After all, horse thieves are human beings and they are intelligent.

Almost everyone in Hongye City grits their teeth when mentioning horse thieves, as they have all been harmed by them directly or indirectly.

Horse thief is a profession that everyone hates, but there is nothing we can do about it.

They have a large number of people, and they commit crimes on the move, specifically targeting vulnerable groups. The Red Leaf City used to be an vulnerable group.

However, Hongye City is too remote, so remote that horse thieves generally look down on it. Only when winter comes, when everyone tightens their belts and stops going out, will horse thieves come to this remote place to rob.

Zhang Feng learned from Knight Marlowe that the last time Hongye City encountered horse thieves was at this time last year.

At that time, the previous city lord was still in office, and there were many knights and soldiers in Hongye City. The horse thieves did not rush in directly, but the city lord of Hongye City did not dare to conflict with the horse thieves.

At the same time, as Zhang Feng rode his horse at full speed, he soon saw the iconic adobe city wall of Hongye City.

The correct version of this content can be found on 6/9*Shu.ba%! 【6*9*S*H*UBA.CX】

"This... this is trouble!"

These horse thieves who came to Hongye City to collect protection fees came from the Black Stone Forest, but they encountered a pack of wolves. They were no match for them and were wiped out.

"If the bandits find out that the people they sent to collect the money have died, they will definitely think it was us who did it."

Huh~ A cold wind blew by, and Marlowe shivered without warning, and his eyes narrowed.

Apart from the rustling of leaves in the wind, the chirping of birds disappeared.

Zhang Feng nodded. It seemed that everything about the horse thieves was clear.

The second conscription has to be put on the agenda. No matter how strong these soldiers are, at least their numbers have to be maintained so that they can scare people.

"Um?"

But there are more than four horse thieves, there is a team behind them. If they knew that these horse thieves died here, according to their character, they will definitely not let it go!

Quiet, too quiet.

"Then why didn't the city lord at that time drive away the horse thieves? The horse thieves should not have many people. There were so many knights and soldiers in Hongye City at that time, they could definitely win!"

"Recruit soldiers when you return!"

There was no stupid person present, and Caroline naturally thought of this as well.

"Go back."

But as fate would have it, the horse thief died in the territory of Hongye City.

The storm is coming.

This horse thief has developed in a quite formal way!

But Zhang Feng felt it was a little weird.

But the horse thief was not a moral person. Although he did not attack the people in Hongye City, the people around him were unlucky and many of them were robbed by him.

Zhang Feng ordered everyone to leave around the corpses, but everyone was much more careful along the way.

"There are far more horse thieves than just this one. Although each one is generally small, there are many of them. There are many groups of horse thieves. They may not interfere with each other normally, but they are connected. If the Lord of Hongye City pays him gold coins, those horse thieves will declare that Hongye City is theirs, and other horse thieves will not come to Hongye City to attack..."

“Something seems to be wrong!”

Zhang Feng suddenly said with some pain in his balls.

After hearing Malo's explanation, Zhang Feng was speechless. To put it bluntly, isn't this just paying protection money?

After all, horse thieves are desperate criminals, most of whom are the kind who will fight for their next meal after the last one they robbed. If you have a conflict with them, you will not gain anything even if you kill them.

Caroline tugged at the reins, and under the protection of several soldiers, she took Zhang Feng and quickly left the Black Rock Forest. They were already at the edge of the Black Rock Forest, and the group soon disappeared.

Marlowe touched his head, feeling helpless.

Zhang Feng was a little confused.

Zhang Feng didn't say anything like "Let's go together". In this battle, Marlowe definitely has more say than him, and he believes in Marlowe.

Huh! Marlowe also noticed it. He drew out the fine steel knight sword he carried with him and looked at the forest behind him with a serious face.

Headache!

Zhang Feng sucked his teeth, feeling helpless.

Although he had never heard of the term protection fee, Marlowe probably understood what Zhang Feng meant, and he nodded.

…

After waiting for a few minutes, nothing happened, but Marlowe did not relax his vigilance at all.

"Why did they come from Blackrock Forest?"

“But these people died.”

So the city lord spent money to avoid trouble and gave the horse thieves some gold coins to avoid some unnecessary trouble. The horse thieves were naturally very happy that they could get what they wanted without any effort, so they did not attack the people in Hongye City.

"Lord City Lord, you go first."

Marlowe whispered to Zhang Feng, then winked at Caroline. The knight's intuition told him that they seemed to be in trouble, and it was a big trouble! "Okay."

After watching Zhang Feng leave safely, Marlowe breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Feng silently hugged Caroline's waist, his face looked a little serious, and even some indescribable meaning flashed in his eyes.

Zhang Feng was saying, how could Marlowe recognize them as horse thieves from several corpses that did not look like humans? It turns out there is this layer of relationship.

It’s still a little too weak!

There is trouble in Hongye City.

Caroline exclaimed in surprise.

"After all, they are horse thieves, people who don't like to be seen in public. If the king orders their extermination, they are no match for the country, so they can only keep a low profile. No one knows where their lair is, and every time they go out to rob, they are elusive."

"To be honest, although we haven't fought them, those horse bandits are probably no match for the soldiers from Hongye City. But how should I put it..."

"That's why I could recognize them as horse thieves. Their torn clothes had the marks of the previous horse thieves on them."

However, because they were afraid of the Lord of Red Leaf City, they were only robbing and no one was killed, so the Lord turned a blind eye.

Apart from the trees and rocks, nothing much happened.

Although he did not see any human or beast, Marlowe felt as if a ferocious and extremely vicious beast was staring at him.

"So, this period of time is when they come to collect protection fees from us?"

He just wanted to do some construction work and make some money. He never went out to cause trouble, but trouble came to him.

"It should be. These people are most likely here to find us."

"drive!"

Just as he was about to leave the Black Stone Forest, a feeling of being watched came over him again, and Zhang Feng suddenly turned his head.

As for these corpses, Zhang Feng did not have the chastity to help bury them. Since they were destined to be enemies anyway, he just let them be exposed in the wilderness.

He had heard that these bandits could be dealt with with gold coins, so he thought that at most he could just spend some money to avoid disaster. He did not want to fight with the bandits.

Ma Luo's expression remained unchanged, obviously he knew what Zhang Feng meant.

Marlowe's hair stood on end, he tightly grasped the sword in his hand, and the few soldiers left behind him also nervously grasped their spears.

Zhang Feng asked Ma Luo in confusion.

Suddenly, Zhang Feng felt a chill in his heart, and the feeling of being spied on appeared again!

——————————

PS: Please recommend and support me! Thanks to [I am a professional dad] for giving me 500 coins

Thanks to [Luo Fugui and 38] for the 100-coin reward

Thanks to [沉沙缸海] for the 1100 coin reward