Through the introduction of the Eighteenth Duke, Mai Ke had a further understanding of the chaos of the beggar gang.

Not only were they divided into two beggar gangs on the outside, but they were also divided into two factions on the inside.

One faction was the so-called non-surrendering faction headed by Xiao Qi, who insisted on not compromising with the Manchu government.

The other faction was a compromise faction led by several elders of the beggar gang, and Jia Daren, the elder in charge of finances and property, was the leader, and they wanted to follow the example of the Northern Beggar Gang and make peace with the Manchu government.

Most of the ancestors of the Xiaoqi faction were slaughtered and persecuted by the invaders when the Manchus entered the Central Plains.

National hatred and family hatred made them incompatible with the Manchu government.

Although these people were not represented at the elder level, they were supported by the old gang leaders, and the independent hall masters of the Beggar Gang Law Enforcement Hall also supported them.

Therefore, the non-surrendering faction and the compromise faction fought evenly matched.

Xiao Qian also revealed that his disciples, who were responsible for gathering intelligence, discovered that those compromisers had ties to the Northern Beggars.

Lao Hong added that Jia Dayi, the leader of the Northern Beggars Gang, is said to be the uncle and brother of Elder Jia here.

In order to prevent the beggar gang from falling into the hands of the compromisers, the old gang leader wanted to officially hand over the power of the beggar gang leader to Xiao Qian while he was still alive. But what is difficult is that Xiao Qi's martial arts and Elder Jia are in the middle.

And the experience of the old, the depth of the heart, Xiao Qi is much inferior.

"If you can press him or make a move for him, it's all right. ”

Lao Hong said expectantly.

"Give my brother something to do, no problem! ”

Mai Ke felt a sense of urgency in his heart, and a bunch of things were waiting for him to arrange.

Lao Hong hurriedly comforted him and said, the procedure is very simple, and your martial arts are so high, it will all be over in half an hour.

He also said that the beggars helped more than eight bags of disciples. It's all already here.

Xiao Qian fainted that day, because he had been running around for several days, tired and hungry.

Xiao Qian said in his heart, if it is a notice to run away, where is the need for me to go out?

Didn't I go around looking for my comrades in order to get votes?

You have to know that the big brother appears. I'm not going to be that tired.

That tiredness really doesn't tire me, I'm actually in a hurry.

Mai Ke thought about it, this matter will be resolved sooner or later, so it is better to strike while the iron is hot.

So he agreed to stay and help.

Xiao Qi went to send someone to inform all kinds of people to gather here.

The old gang leader took advantage of this free opportunity to once again tell Mai Ke to take care of Xiao Qi.

He already knew that they were brothers, but he didn't know about their relationship with the Lord's disciples.

Mai Ke thought that he would have a chance to reveal it to him in the future.

Mai Ke also took the opportunity to inquire about the distribution of beggars in various southern provinces.

The leader of the Hong gang gave him a general description of the sphere of influence of the northern and southern beggar gangs.

This range is in the place where the original Han people lived, that is, the eighteen provinces in the interior.

The northern and southern beggars are bounded by the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River belongs to the southern beggars. Jiangbei belongs to the Northern Beggars.

In this way, the southern beggars belong to the Yangtze River basin from the south bank of the Yangtze River to the south and the entire Zhujiang River basin, including the Xijiang basin.

The Northern Beggars Gang is the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin to the north on the north bank of the Changjiang River.

Looking at the power of the northern and southern beggar gangs from the provinces, the two lights (Guangxi and Guangdong), the two hu (Hu Nan and Hu Bei), and the southeast and southwest regions all belong to the South Beggar Gang.

Liangshan (east and west of the shirt), Lianghe (Henan and Hebei) and the northwest region all belong to the Northern Beggars.

As for the northeast region, which was the birthplace of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the power of the beggar gang had not yet penetrated into it.

And more remote areas. Such as rare and Xinjiang, it has not been taken into account yet.

Mai Ke listened to the introduction of the old gang leader. On the one hand, the distribution of the beggar gang and the strength of the optimal combination and allocation are carried out.

A blueprint gradually appeared in his mind.

He wanted to use modern management methods to reorganize the existing beggar forces.

This includes focusing on some provinces and taking advantage of others.

However, the key premise for the realization of these ideas is to help Xiao Yi succeed in seizing power.

Otherwise, it's useless to think about it.

At this time, in the big house next to it. There was already an uproar, and footsteps came one after another.

Say hello loudly, laugh loudly, laugh and talk, and scold. Intertwined.

The noisy Mai Ke and Lao Hong both had to raise their voices to make each other hear.

Lao Hong was obviously also affected, and kept calling out the names of the speakers.

Finally, a slightly somber voice appeared.

"This is Jia Daren, he usually comes last, let's go out too. ”

Lao Hong stood up as he said and walked out with Mai Ke.

Mai Ke originally wanted to help him, but he shook his hand and refused, as if he was unwilling to show the truth of weakness in front of everyone.

As soon as the old gang leader entered the door, everyone stood up and saluted the old gang leader.

There was only a middle-aged man with a gloomy face, sitting in a chair in the middle of the room.

"Jia Daren, you are rude!"

A man with a well-defined face shouted, his eyes shining.

At this time, the little man who came over said to Mai Ke: "The one who spoke was the strict master of the law enforcement hall. ”

Jia Daren replied disdainfully: "How old are you, can you control me?"

According to the rules of the beggar gang, the power of the law enforcement hall is extremely great, from the gang leader to the children of the ordinary beggar gang, it is all under their jurisdiction.

But that was when the beggars were thriving and disciplined.

Now that the old gang leader is seriously ill and the new gang leader has not yet been established, a situation has been formed.

This Elder Jia is deliberately making trouble, so this is why this situation occurs.

He was full of plans, the more lively the better, so that he could make trouble.

Yan Yan turned his face at that time, and ordered the four law enforcement disciples he brought to go up and enforce discipline on this unruly great elder.

But as soon as these four people walked in front of Lao Jia, there was a cheer around him, and more than a dozen big men stood up, all of them fierce and vicious.

Not only are they fierce, but everyone doesn't know who they are.

When an elder on duty saw these strangers, he went and asked who they were.

Who knew that Lao Jia choked him back with a word: "What do you ask, they are all my subordinates who have just grown up, can't they?"

Seeing that he is so arrogant and unreasonable, others don't say it, but he secretly scolds in his heart: "I've just grown up." His beard was half a foot long. ”

A few of those men were bearded masters.

The old gang leader was also furious when he saw that this kid was so unsightly, so he waved everyone to go up and beat up this rebellious guy.

Mai Ke hurriedly persuaded him, saying that he had fallen for his plan to attack the west and delay today's business.

The old gang leader also came to his senses. It won't work. The helper can't be changed, so it's in line with their wishes.

I'm going to change the helper today, I'm going to you off!

So, he sat on the chair of the gang leader and loudly announced the purpose of today's meeting: "Get together today, decide the new gang leader of the beggar gang, and determine who will be the nineteenth prince of the beggar gang." ”

Then, without waiting for anyone else to speak, he continued, "According to the custom of the beggars." The old gang leader has the right to propose who will pick up my dog-beating stick! I'm going to give it to my closed disciple to look at people, that's all. ”

Only now did Mai Ke know what Xiao Qi's name was.

It's a weird name.

Turning back and asking him why he even chose a name, he was so cynical.

Haha!

No wonder he was so dismissive of the upper echelons of the wedding.

As soon as the old gang leader's voice fell, many people immediately expressed their approval of the old gang leader.

But there are also several people who disagree, and the voice is quite high.

Then they all stood up and continued to oppose it, and they talked nonsense, and they had all kinds of reasons for opposition.

So the two sides for and against began to quarrel.

At first, you listened to each other's reasons. After a while, it was a mess.

Everybody just cares about talking. No one wants to listen to it anymore.

At this time, that Elder Jia took the opportunity to propose that since everyone disagreed, they must follow the tradition of the beggar gang and compete to determine the winner. If others don't agree with the heir proposed by the old gang leader, they can come up and fight him, and whoever wins will be the one who wins.

Since the beggars have this rule. did not exceed the prior expectations, the old gang leader agreed to Elder Jia's proposal, and decided to compete, and competed on the spot.

The rules of this tournament are also very relaxed, even for strangers. As long as someone is retained, they can participate.

There is no such thing as a one-game winner.

Even if a person loses in the front, he thinks he can do it in the back, and he can go up again, and whoever wins in the end will take over the dog batter.

In the past, if you encountered this way to identify the helper, it often lasted for several days.

While watching the game, everyone eats, drinks and has fun, just like a festival.

Under such a loose request, Mai Ke and several big men beside Elder Jia successfully obtained the qualification for the competition.

There are also a few hall masters and helmsmen who support Xiao Qi who also signed up to join in the fun.

They also have no intention of winning, just to explore the way for Xiao Qian in front.

The first pair on the field were a helmsman who supported Xiao Qi and a man in black who supported Lao Jia.

The two of them didn't even report their names when they came up, so they started fighting back and forth.

As soon as Mai Ke saw it, he knew that the man in black was using the Tan leg of the northern faction, and the helmsman was using the long fist of the southern faction.

The man in black was clearly superior, and in the third turn, a high whip leg popped out, knocking the helmsman to the ground.

While the wounded helmsman was being carried out for healing, a stern one jumped up.

He couldn't help but be furious when he saw that this guy was merciless, and beat the helmsman to the ground with serious injuries.

The anger of the law enforcement hall master is not trivial.

With a move to subdue the dragon and subduing the tiger, the fist was aimed at the head of the man in black and blasted over.

Seeing the ferocity, the man in black hurriedly turned his head sideways to avoid it, and a powerful punch slammed into his shoulder.

There was a click, the shoulder broke, and the man rolled over and fell to the ground.

Mai Ke looked at it next to him and couldn't help but laugh secretly.

This high-ranking cadre of the beggar gang turned out to be a child of Shaolin.

That set of boxing techniques has not been immersed in the Shaolin Temple for ten years and eight years, and it can't reach such a perfect fire at all.

Yan Yan didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, and sneered and stood there with a hand.

At this moment, an old man walked out of the man in black.

stepped forward and was not busy fighting, and shook his hands: "Poor Dao came to teach the monk's boxing technique." ”

Everyone can hear the clouds and mountains and fog, only Mai Ke knows that he is a Tai Chi master, and he may be the successor of Zhang Sanfeng.

Now that the plainclothes veteran meets a layman monk, it is time for a dragon fight.

The grappling between the two was the peak from the beginning.

One moves vigorously and heavily, and the other is light and ethereal, and the palm of his hand is gone.

At the beginning of Shihe, it seemed that the monk had the advantage and pressed the old way to fight.

Only Mai Ke knows that such a storm of severity cannot last, and it will be defeated for a long time.

Sure enough, just after the twentieth round, Lao Dao led obliquely with one palm, and pressed the other palm lightly on the monk's chest.

I didn't even hear the sound, and as soon as Tai Chi was soft, he was thrown out of a foot away.

Subsequently, Xiao Qi came on the field, and he used the token of the helper to beat the dog stick.

As soon as the dog-beating stick method that had been passed on was unfolded, the old man suddenly had no place to hide.

Thousands of whip shadows were entangled like catkins, and when they entangled this old way of light body kung fu, they had to retreat in defeat.

Mai Ke looked at it and nodded secretly.

This brother of mine is really good at martial arts. Although that stick is vulnerable in front of me, it can still withstand ordinary enemies for a while.

In the end, Elder Jia went into battle shirtless. He strode to Xiao Cheng and shouted: "Today I will weigh whether you, who want to be a helper, can you keep the dog beating stick in your hand!".

(To be continued.) )