Chapter 22

  Gao Fei Hu couldn't help but admit that although the words on paper were crude and shallow, they had a strong provocative power, and even he himself was slightly moved.

  And a group of rough men from Feihu Village have eagerly started tearing down the notices on the trees.

  "Lao Ba, I clearly saw it first, why are you competing with me!"

  "Whoever snatched it from you, whatever you see is yours! You clearly have a horse, why are you competing with me?"

  "That horse is already old, Old Eight, if you make another move, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

  Gao Fei Hu reluctantly let everyone hold back the two brothers who were about to fight, which was a common occurrence in the mountain village and didn't count for much. Seeing his subordinates eager to take action, he also had no way out.

  "Then let's go and take a look, see what tricks they have up their sleeves."

  At the same time, all the mountain strongholds around Qingniu Mountain were filled with billboards. Dog Head Ridge, Bald Head Slope, Apricot Flower Ridge and other strongholds were all discussing this matter. Horses in the Cold Arms era were simply strategic weapons that could directly enhance a stronghold's combat strength. The advertisement written by Cheng Da Lei himself had indeed struck a chord in their hearts. Owning a horse sometimes represented power, dignity, and was a symbol of status.

  Qingniu Mountain, Ha Ma Village.

  Cheng Dali and several others stood guard at the gate of the village, gazing far away at the mountain path leading up the mountain.

  "Big boss, you said someone would come?" Xu Shenji asked.

  "Wait a minute, dissemination and transformation always take some time."

  "Although I don't understand what you're saying, it somehow sounds very reasonable." Xu Shenji.

  Huang San Yuan felt a sudden chill beside him, that bad feeling appeared again. The old man he had just recognized, wouldn't be another Han Xuan Zi, would he? Why was his life so miserable, always running into people like this...

  "Look!" Xu Ling'er suddenly pointed down the mountain and exclaimed.

  Everyone's eyes lit up, and they saw that on the mountain path, there were seven or eight people walking towards them. They were Gao Feihu and Gao Feibao, brothers from the Flying Tiger Fort, but it wasn't just them; at this moment, many people appeared on the mountain path, all of whom were bandits from various mountains and forts. Some had only two or three people, while others had over ten. Almost every fort in the Qingniu Mountain area was present.

  "Hurry up, everyone get ready, don't make a mistake."

  Gao Fei Bao was still riding his one-eyed horse, which had lost sight in one eye and tended to run off course, often going around in circles. It could be said that successfully riding here was extremely difficult.

  "Hey, open the door quickly, I've come to buy a horse."

  "Qin Man, prepare your bow." Cheng Dairen said.

  "Yes!" Qin Man drew his bow and nocked an arrow, taking aim at the soaring leopard.

  Gao Fei Bao suddenly spurred on his horse and hastily dismounted to block its path: "What's going on, you won't even leave me with one eye!"

  Gao Fei Bao coughed lightly and said, "My brother is acting rashly, Master Cheng doesn't need to get angry. We are sincere in buying horses, as you can see we have brought grain with us. Where are the horses? Can we take a look first?"

  At this moment, almost all the people from various mountain strongholds have arrived and gathered in front of the main gate of Hamao stronghold. Everyone looks ferocious and sinister, with a menacing air about them, their mouths cursing and swearing.

  Cheng Dairen saw this scene, slightly furrowed his brow, and suddenly shouted: "I have a divine method, I can invite heavenly thunder..."

  In an instant, the crows and sparrows fell silent, even such a big fool knew to shut his mouth.

  "That's right, that's the way to be obedient. Huang Guanjia will tell everyone about the rules." Cheng Dairen put down his hands, and in his heart, he also knew that this play would not fool people for much longer, and must let the mountain stronghold develop as soon as possible.

  Huang San Yuan saw Cheng Da Lei speaking so well and felt a sense of confidence in his heart. It turned out that this old man had such prestige.

  "This time we used a hidden camera."

  "What is a candid shot?" High Flying Leopard.

  "This friend asked what is a sneak shot, I was just about to explain to everyone, has everyone seen the red cloth on the door?"

  Everyone followed Huang San Yuan's pointing direction to look, and saw that on the wooden gate of Hamao Village, a red cloth was hung, covering the gate tightly.

  "Every time a horse is auctioned off, we first lead the horse behind the gate and everyone makes their own bid. The highest bidder gets it."

  "Isn't this saying that we can't even see what a horse looks like!"

  "What if it's a blind and lame horse behind?"

  "You're secretly exchanging our good horses."

  The gangsters were stirred up, and Huang San Yuan's voice couldn't calm them down at all.

  "Thunder..."

  The gangsters shut their mouths, and Cheng Dalai looked at the distance with a calm and composed expression. Since it's useful, let's use it a few more times.

  "We certainly won't secretly swap, this red cloth is transparent, and everyone can see the movement behind it, they just can't see what kind of horse it is. As for whether you buy a good horse or a bad one, it really depends on your luck, maybe you spend very little money to buy a thousand-mile horse, of course, the opposite situation will also occur, this is what gambling is all about."

  Huang San Yuan said, his eyes scanning the room in a circle. Seeing no one else speaking up, he nodded: "Since everyone has no other opinions, the auction will officially begin. Please bring out the first horse."

  Everyone saw through the red cloth that a horse was led to the back, but what kind of horse it was, no one saw.

  "The first horse, starting bid is one stone of grain!" Huang San Yuan loudly rang the copper gong in his hand.

  A group of mountain bandits looked at each other in dismay, some still hadn't figured out what was going on. Nobody dared to bid as they couldn't see any horses. Cheng Dalai sat cross-legged on a large rock, seeing this scene he couldn't help but feel a bit worried: Could it be that the game has gone too high-end and is now ruined?

  "I'll contribute one stone of soybeans."

  A bright female voice rang out, and Cheng Darui's heart moved. He actually saw a woman wearing cotton clothes, with a long black braid on her head, the most striking feature was white... as white as June cotton, you could see the fine blood vessels under the skin.

  "This is Xiao Bai Lang from Apricot Flower Ridge." Xu Shenji whispered.

  Not just Cheng Da Lei, other mountain bandits also couldn't move their eyes away, some even made gulping sounds with their mouths.

  "What are you looking at? Go look at your mom, and then have your aunt cut off that thing of yours to feed the dogs." Little White Wolf drew out a gleaming waist knife and danced it in the air.

  Cheng Dali also felt a chill in his crotch and quickly closed his eyes, pretending to breathe deeply.

  "We're congratulating the White family, they got a good horse for such a cheap price, I'm so envious." Gao Fei Bao covered his mouth and laughed. He thought to himself: What good horse can you exchange for with one stone of beans? You can't even get a saddle.

  The hearts of all the thieves were whispering secretly, thinking about the same thing.

  "Alright, the first horse was bought by Bai from Apricot Flower Village, and Lin Shaoyou led the horse."

  Although the robbers didn't have much hope in their hearts, they couldn't help but satisfy their curiosity and passed over a pair of eyes. They saw the wooden door slowly open, and a horse was led out.

  Whoosh!

  Countless people's eyes were wide with shock, and some even stood unsteadily on their feet.