Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 20 Tianma
  Although Ma Kongqun was committed to opening up trade with the grassland tribes, the goods he sold were mostly daily necessities and luxury goods. He never sold a weapon or a grain of food. After all, his purpose in doing business was to strengthen himself. Strength rather than funding the enemy.

Therefore, in the past few years, when the caravans of the "Wanmatang" came to the grassland to do business, many people were greedy for the fine steel knives worn by the caravan guards and even the coachmen. Many people also offered to buy them at high prices, but Ma Kongqun only said, "I won't sell them." "This is the answer.

At this moment, he heard that he had a chance to get a long knife called "Miao Dao" by "Wanma Tang", which was extremely sharp and lethal. Mo Rigen was overjoyed and immediately jumped up and asked: "What is it?" ? Ma Kongqun, just say it, I will definitely..."

Bilig is an experienced man, and he has already made some guesses by observing his words. He held his son down, turned to Ma Kongqun and asked, "Master Ma, you want Mo Rigen to help you capture the 'Dark Lord'?"

Ma Kongqun nodded: "Yes, since Morigen was able to set up an ambush for the 'Dark Lord', he must have touched some of its habits. I don't need Morigen to take action, as long as he can let me get someone close to the 'Dark Lord' Opportunity. No matter what the final result is, he has helped."

Bilige hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Mo Rigen can help you, but the reward must be increased to ten long knives!"

Ma Kongqun shook his head, raised his right hand and held out three fingers: "Up to three mouthfuls."

Although Bilige saw his firm tone, he still raised his right hand, spread out his five fingers, and asked tentatively: "How about five mouths?"

"That's three people," Ma Kongqun said decisively, "otherwise I would rather spend more time and find someone else to find out the information - Mo Rigen should not be the only one who set up an ambush to capture the 'Dark Lord'?"

Bilige no longer had extravagant hopes and immediately nodded and said: "Deal!"

Because of the problem of weapon loss if a battle breaks out, one of the "Wanmatang" fleets is specially equipped with spare weapons.

At that time, Ma Kongqun called out a Flying Eagle Guard and asked him to fetch three spare Miao knives from the carriage - of course, they were just three-foot-seven-inch small Miao knives made by Tie Zhan's disciples.

He was not afraid that the other party would default on his debt, so he took the three long knives and sent them directly to Bilige.

Bilige looked at these three long sheathed knives that were like works of art. He quickly wiped his hands that were stained with oil while eating, took the knives in his hands and pulled them out of the sheaths one by one. He then put away two of them and took the other ones. He handed it to his son and ordered: "You will take Master Ma to that place in person later. Someone recently saw that the 'Dark Lord' is still active in this area, and he should be there again tonight."

Mo Rigen had no consciousness of being betrayed by me. He happily took the long knife, held it in his arms and refused to let go.

Ma Kongqun shook his head and laughed, and asked Bilige for the details.

It turns out that the "Dark Lord" is different from ordinary horses in that it likes to catch fish in places with water sources.

There is an inconspicuous pool eighty miles northwest of the Baiyin tribe, connected to the river near the Baiyin tribe through an underground river.

In this dark river, there lives a kind of translucent strange fish without eyes.

During the few days around the middle of each month, as long as the weather is clear, many strange fish will swim from the underground river to the pool, jumping on the waves and swimming under the bright moonlight, which is a spectacle.

Because this strange fish is not large in size and the meat is of average quality, even though most of the Baiyin tribe’s herdsmen are aware of their characteristics, they have no intention of catching and eating them.

Last summer, Morigen accidentally discovered that the "Dark Lord" somehow knew the existence and characteristics of this strange fish, and seemed to particularly like eating this kind of fish, and would come here to hunt for several bright moon nights in a row. .

He was so greedy that he forgot how difficult the "Dark Lord" was. After he came back, he made an appointment with more than a dozen young people from the tribe, and went to the pool in advance to set up an ambush, preparing to catch the "Dark Lord" while he was fishing. is behind.

As a result, the "Dark Lord" somehow discovered their existence before they even got close to the pool, and instead used his speed to catch them off guard. Several of them were hit and kicked and were seriously injured.

After telling the whole story, Bilig said: "The 'Dark Lord' rarely stays in one place for a long time, especially after a conflict with others. The reason why it did not leave this time may be because it was reluctant to leave those strange fish. If the weather does not change , the moon will be shining brightly tonight, as long as Mr. Ma goes there in advance to ambush, he can probably wait for the 'Dark Lord'."

Ma Kongqun thought for a while and immediately ordered the caravan to be temporarily stationed in Baiyinbu, while he followed Mo Rigen on horseback to the waterhole.

After the two of them left the Baiyin tribe, they galloped all the way and arrived at the shallow, clear water pool that was no more than an inch in diameter before sunset.

Mo Rigen said: "This is it. If you don't bring any lasso pole or lasso, how do you want to catch the 'Dark Lord'?"

Ma Kongqun first looked around to observe the environment for a while, then jumped off his horse and replied with a smile: "I have a clever plan. You can go back and take my horse with you." Mo Rigen then remembered his father's instructions when he arrived: As long as he does his job well, he doesn't look at or ask what Ma Kongqun wants to do. So he agreed, stepped forward and took the reins handed over by Ma Kongqun, and returned the same way.

Ma Kongqun speculated that the reason why the "Dark Lord" was able to discover the ambush set up by Mo Rigen and others in advance must be because some of the five senses are extremely sensitive.

If you want to get close to it, you have to find a way to hide it from its perception.

Regarding this point, after observing the environment just now, he already had a plan in mind.

Ma Kongqun stepped into the pool. When the water level gradually reached his chest, he lay down on his back and silently used the "thousand catties drop" technique to sink his body to the bottom of the water.

Then he performed a "yoga technique" originated from ancient Tianzhu. His breath became weak and almost non-existent, his heartbeat slowed down and almost stopped, his body temperature dropped to close to the water temperature, and his whole body seemed to turn into a lifeless stone.

But his perception is still lively and sensitive, and he can even sense every tiny change in the pool more clearly through the pool around him.

Time passes bit by bit, and gradually the red sun sets in the west and the bright moon rises in the east.

The night sky is as clear as a wash, and the bright moon like an ice disk casts its boundless light, turning the human world into a silvery white.

Ma Kongqun sensed some changes in the fluctuations of the pond water, turned his eyes, and saw a group of about seventy or eighty strange fish swimming out of the hole that connected to the underground river through the moonlight shining into the clear water.

These fish have no eyes, most have palms as long as two fingers, and their bodies have a strange translucent shape.

They swam past the makong group, which showed no sign of life, surfaced on the water, and wandered around to their heart's content under the moonlight. Some even flicked their tails and struggled to jump out of the water, as if they were performing some mysterious ritual imprinted in their blood.

Ma Kongqun was sighing that "the world is so vast and full of wonders" when he suddenly saw a dark shadow appearing beside the pool through the clear water.

Because it was from a bottom-up perspective, the black shadow appeared even larger, like a moving hill.

In his previous life, Ma Kongqun had also seen giant horses whose weights were measured in "tons", but those horses were extremely thick and bloated, with particularly broad backs, and were not suitable for riding at all.

Although the horse by the water is huge, its body is well-proportioned and natural, with smooth and graceful muscle lines, and its pure black short hair is as smooth as a black brocade.

Although the herdsmen on the grassland called it the "Dark Lord", Ma Kongqun felt that this extremely beautiful thing was simply a Pegasus that was transformed into a Pegasus after the Nine Heavenly Dragon broke through the barrier and fell into the mortal world.

The water in this pool of water was so clear that it could not block the sight. Ma Kongqun knew that since he could see the "Dark Lord" clearly, the "Dark Lord" could also see him clearly.

So he didn't hesitate at all. The moment he saw the black horse appear, he pressed hard on the bottom of the water with both palms, and with the help of his body, a spray of water flew out of the water.

　The old book "The Immortal in the Gourd" by Zhu Tianliu, which I recommend, is almost complete. You can read it by clicking on the book title below.

　　brief introduction:
  　　Look at the world with a smile, who is in charge of the ups and downs of the world?

　　Fighting for the world with fists, the mountains are so high that I am the top.

　　How many times will we see each other in the vicissitudes of life?

　　After passing through all the waves of calamity, this body turned out to be the Immortal in the Gourd.

　　Traveling through the heavens and worlds with the mysterious gourd mark, on the long journey of seeking the truth, I meet some people and change some things, that's all.

　　
  　
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