Twilight Boundary

After the New Year, I returned to Zhuangzi and began to prepare for the spring harvest of Tai Sui.

It stands to reason that it was not the first year, and Hu Ma and others in this village were also familiar with it, but last year their village was really not popular, and they were always guarded like thieves.

During the entire months of harvesting Tai Sui, I was just doing warehouse management work, because I had no chance to interact with Tai Sui, and of course there was no money and water. This was also the reason why the public accounts in Zhuangzi were poor last year.

But this year, it's different.

We are hugging Xu Xiangzhu’s lap, and the meeting is full of acquaintances!

When he arrived in the city, he put away the mountain goods that he had brought from the second master for his old friend. Xu Xiangzhu understood what was going on and whispered: "Come into our club. If you don't walk around the mine, it will be useless." He has a reputation of relying on blood food, but in fact he only works as a bodyguard."

"Of course, walking around the mine is not because we want to make money. The main reason is to get closer to Master Tai Sui and gain some luck, right?"

"..."

Hu Ma deeply agreed, that is, we have no selfish motives, we just want to know more about Master Tai Sui.

"I've chosen a place for you..."

Xu Xiangzhu lowered his voice and said: "There is a blood food mine over Xiazi Ridge in Xishan Mountain. It used to be the property of the Tsing Yi Gang, but we took it over last year."

"It's just that when I took over the Blood Food Mine, in order to avoid trouble, I agreed to the people who guarded the mine before, but only if I continue to use them, will a fool really continue to use them. If it is safe, I will have to clear them out."

"You can go over there later, take it over directly, and let the old abacus follow you to settle the accounts. We will feel relieved, and so will my wife, right?"

"Of course, a promise is a promise, and you have to live with dignity. I just promised last year that they would continue to take care of it. This year, I'm just going to kill the donkey. It doesn't look good on my face, so..."

After a slight pause, he lowered his voice and said: "...We will kill him in the second half of the year."

"This season, let them continue to be in charge. I will point out a few of their mistakes and attack them together, just in time for you to take over. But you have to do a good job this year and establish a solid reputation, so that I can directly hand over It’s in your hands…”

"Otherwise, there would be quite a few Zhuangzi in our Red Lantern Club just staring at the blood food mine..."

"..."

Hearing his clear arrangement, Hu Ma was moved, and then seriously criticized: "Uncle Xu, what you said is wrong. What do you mean by leaving it in my hands?"

"This is obviously yours, I'm just going to keep an eye on it for you..."

The two people immediately looked at each other and smiled, and then hurriedly muttered for a while some whispers that could not be heard by the Red Lantern Lady and could only be spoken by themselves.

After coming back, he used his own money to prepare a table and told the guys to get busy.

At first, the guys just thought it was the same as last year, just repairing the rat holes in the warehouse, and waiting for the people escorting the blood food to come. Be diligent and careful, and don't get into trouble.

But they soon discovered that the work they received this year was completely different from last year.

Last year they were only in charge of the warehouse, and even the work of guarding the warehouse was guarded. This year, they made several trips out in a few months. They received truckloads of blood food from the blood food mine, and then went out all the way. He was escorted and taken to Zhumen Town for accounting.

This is also due to the changes brought about by the building of the temple by the Red Lantern Empress.

In the past, the Red Lantern Society settled in the city, but now, the first temple of the Red Lantern Lady Society was built in Zhumen Town.

Together with the guardians on the left and right, as well as a group of worshipers, incense masters and incense burners, they all came to Zhumen Town.

As they began to receive and escort the food, the work and the risks on the road naturally increased. From the moment the blood food came out of the mine, into their hands, and then all the way to Zhumen Town to take over, all the responsibilities in between were theirs.

The guys were naturally worried, as they felt like they were facing a formidable enemy along the way, but Hu Ma personally escorted them every time, and they were careful and careful all the way, so there were no problems.

No problem means that the problem has been solved, not that there is no problem.

Attracted by the smell of blood food, some evil spirits couldn't help but come over, but they were dispersed by Hu Ma's roar.

In addition, there are also a few bandits who want to take advantage of their batch of blood food. These are not the kind of bandits in the mountains who block the road and let them go after asking for something. They really want to kill people, steal a batch, and then hide in Laoyin Mountain. The robber who waits for the limelight to pass before coming out.

As for this group of people, one of them was kicked to death by Zhou Datong, and Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu also got blood on their hands.

After all, each of them has now learned a hand.

Zhou Liang learned his left hand, Zhao Zhu learned his right hand, and Zhou Datong has already perfected his legs. He is best at ghost climbing skills, sliding through doors to pick locks, climbing over widow's walls, picking up windows and listening to music...

... Hu Ma didn't know why he learned this unique skill that was different from hers, but he did practice it well and had his own characteristics.

Of course, the unified rule is that although Hu Ma taught them, Hu Ma is not their master, the second master is.

Hu Ma was just teaching the Dharma on behalf of the Second Master, and was only considered their senior brother.

The only problem is...

...The second master didn’t know that he already had four disciples in his sect.

…

After working hard for several months, Hu Ma and his gang escorted dozens of blood food into Zhumen Town. When they were busy, they would make a trip every two or three days. As soon as they came back, the animals didn't even have a good rest, so they picked them up again. Got the order.

But Hu Ma also knew that this was Xu Xiangzhu helping him to accumulate merit, so he did not refuse. He took care of the guys with good food and wine every day, and the guys were happy.

In this way, seeing that this busy period is about to pass, Hu Ma also thinks to himself that he has almost accumulated credit. The next step is to wait for Xu Xiangzhu to make arrangements, then go to Xiaziling to take over the blood food mine there. When the time comes, You Shui will It suddenly became thicker.

But on this day, I was ordered to pick up a batch of blood food sealed in a large vat.

Seeing that it was sealed in a large urn with runes painted on it, Hu Ma guessed that the things in the urn must be good things. She felt excited, but warned herself to hold back, hold back...

...We’ll talk about it later when we get to the mine!

When he takes over the mine, Xiao Hongtang can eat blood food every day.

I picked it up early in the morning and after a day's journey, I wanted to go back to Zhuangzi to rest for a day, but I didn't expect that there was a flood in a place and washed away a bridge. I took a long detour, but my trip was delayed. When Zhuangzi was still more than ten miles away, the sky became dark.

"We've reached our doorstep now, so we won't stop!"

Hu Ma thought, it was now around Zhuangzi, and sometimes they would come here on night patrol.

It only took more than half an hour to rush back, but I rested here and didn't have to sleep long nights.

So he rode faster, promised in a low voice that the horseman would give him two kilograms of wine to rest after he returned, and then continued on his way along the official road.

It is easy to encounter evil things when traveling at night, and if you are driving at night with blood food, the number of evil things will increase tenfold. However, because of the land around Zhuangzi, Hu Ma and the others are so familiar with each other that everyone knows which grave is sleeping. .

We all have friendship, so there aren't many people who cause trouble for them.

But just when they were passing by Huanggou Village and almost saw their village in the distance, they suddenly saw a large flag standing on both sides of the dark official road in front of them. A lantern was lit on the top of the flag, illuminating it. The words on the flag were illuminated.

Floating and drifting are exactly the words "avoid strangers".

A group of strong-looking men stood behind the plaque. When they saw someone coming, they immediately shouted:

"Stand far away, don't come close!"

"..."

"this……"

After hearing this, all the guys were a little confused and turned to look at Hu Ma.

Hu MaBian also jumped off the carriage politely, stepped forward a few steps, bowed from a distance, and said: "Whose friend is in front of me?"

"We are disciples of the Red Lantern Lady Society. We are going back to Zhuangzi. Can we borrow a way?"

"..."

"Red light party?"

The group of strong men sneered when they heard this and said, "So what?"

"Our mage master is here to remove evil spirits and save people. Everyone who is wandering around should quickly go around to avoid bumping into the altar."

"..."

"Eliminate evil spirits and save people?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma was slightly startled.

Now at the gate of their own village, everyone is used to being arrogant, and they all have skills. When they heard the other party speak so rudely, Zhou Datong, Liang and Zhu were a little angry.

But Hu Ma was busy asking people to stop, and stepped back more than ten feet, not wanting to conflict with these people.

"Xiao Hongtang, what happened ahead?"

After retreating far enough to make sure those people couldn't hear what was going on here, Hu Ma came to the roadside and asked in a low voice into the dark field.

"Oh, it's the sister in the well..."

Xiao Hongtang quickly crawled over from the field, holding a small basket in her hand, and said nervously to Hu Ma: "Brother Hu Ma, the sister in the well is fighting with someone in front, and those people keep beating her with whips. But she just grabbed someone and wouldn’t let go.”

"Sister in the well?"

Hu Ma was also stunned for a long time, and then suddenly realized: "Is it her?"

…

…

Right in front, behind the two plaques, and in the middle surrounded by a group of people, there is a carriage. This carriage originally had a roof, but now it has been removed.

Sitting in the carriage was a middle-aged man with a white face and a long beard, who was dressed luxuriously, but now he had a sinister look on his face, his movements were shaky, his eyes were strange, and he was full of hatred. He looked at the man in front of him holding the Man with oil lamp.

This man wore a black robe, had a mustache, and held a willow-tipped whip in one hand. He stared at this man and shouted: "Evil beast, do you know who he is and how dare he harm others?"

"Leave him quickly, or I will discipline you to death, and you will never be reincarnated!"

"..."

"Of course I know who he is. He is my husband-in-law. He just pushed me into the well cruelly."

When the man heard this, his eyes were full of hatred and he smiled: "I later moved his grave just to guard him here..."

"I didn't expect him to be so cruel. When he finally came back, he filled up my well first. If I hadn't moved and was just waiting for him by the official road, I wouldn't have even seen him face to face now. No, Master, take a look, isn't this our fate?"