Chapter 44 The Rules of the Rivers and Lakes

Tie Wanquan can still fight rice with a meal, ten catties of meat, if he goes out to handle a case, it doesn't hurt if he doesn't eat or drink for a few days, in the six doors, people call him "Iron Old Ghost" behind his back, but recently, he feels more and more old.

The Shuijiao Gang and the Sky Eagle Hall, the two families are fighting like chickens and dogs, and all the smoke and dust on the rivers and lakes are ready to move. Just said that in Bianliang City, Tokyo, the well-known gangs came one after another, not to mention seventeen or eighteen, but he couldn't do anything. He couldn't even control Qin Fangyu with one hand, at this juncture, Fang Yu actually set up his own door?

Audacious......

If a person is old, the first sign is a sense of powerlessness. Tie Wanquan felt powerless, and the time when everything came according to the rules in the past is gone. Earlier, there were so many things, where was the need to use knives and guns? A few of them caught heads, as long as they showed their faces, the rest was just a meal of wine.

Now, who comes to see your old face?

The second sign of aging is that we always think about the past. During this period of time, he often thought, in fact, in himself, there is nothing to think about, he left Songshan back then, and the matter of Songshan, as he and Teng Xuefeng said that day, is even more unclear than Hengshan! Hengshan is still a family matter in the final analysis, what is Songshan?

A good sect and a mountain, what do you have to divide into Songshan and Songshan Nuwa Palace, cough......

If it weren't for seeing Teng Xuefeng that day, he would have already broken his mind about Songshan, and he always thought of two apprentices recently-Xie Yuan, the second brother who died in Taiyuan five years ago, and the old Sitiefeng, who died in the Daimyo Mansion four years ago. Why did these two apprentices die?

It's not that Tie Wanquan favors one over the other, it's just that these two people are orphans of the deceased!

Needless to say, the second Xie Yuan, the fourth Tiefeng, is the son of the old man of Tie Wanquan Songshan, and that old man is the Nangong Zhen who was famous in Hedong in the early years.

Thinking about Songshan back then, he Tie Wanquan and Nangong Zhen, as well as Xiao Chaozong, and called "Songyang Three Heroes". Later, Xiao Chaozong became the head of the Songshan faction, and he and Nangong Zhen coincidentally went down the mountain in front of the head's succession ceremony. Nangong Zhen went back to take charge of the Nangong family, and he went incognito, wandered the rivers and lakes, and finally did a quick catch.

Perhaps, he is the most unproductive one of the "Songyang Three Heroes", but he is the one who lives the longest.

Tie Wanquan walked among the hidden alleys, deliberately avoiding the crowds on the street, and the old things were like the embankment of the estuary, which could not be stopped.

Xiao Chaozong died in the battle of Tianying Hall to attack Songshan, and died a heroic death! As for Nangong Zhen...... Tie Wanquan sighed again.

The Nangong family struggled many times in the territory of Shandong and Hebei, but was still defeated by the powerful "Hedong Red Gun Society" at that time, so Nangong Zhen ignored the rules of the rivers and lakes and made a far-reaching taboo.

He secretly colluded with Jinan Mansion, designed and framed the capture of the two masters of the "Hedong Red Gun Society" Murong Di and Wei Ziling, first locked the two heroes in prison, tortured them into wastes, and then used the execution on the court as bait, secretly set up ambushes to cooperate with the government, and in the name of suppressing bandits and catching thieves, the Red Gun Society that came to rob the prisoners was wiped out!

"Nangong Zhen, you think you're at ease, right?" Tie Wanquan suddenly muttered to himself, "You know what is called a grievance in the rivers and lakes!

In the dimly lit alley, Tie Wanquan sneezed violently, his whole body trembled, and suddenly a thought occurred in his heart, the ending of Nangong Zhen's father and son, isn't it retribution for breaking the rules of the rivers and lakes?

The scenery of the Nangong family only extended to the south of the Sky Eagle Hall. That year, the Heavenly Eagle Hall entered the customs, and the vanguard army went straight to Qingzhou! It slaughtered and ransacked the entire Nangong family, and the one who commanded the vanguard army of the Heavenly Eagle Hall was the second leader of the Red Gun Society who was framed and died tragically, Wei Ziling's youngest son, Wei Shaoling!

Nangong Zhen heard the wind in advance and fled with his relatives, but he didn't know that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.

Tie Wanquan's eyes appeared Nangong Zhen's overly frightened and distorted face, on the way to escape, he was chased and killed by an unknown master, there was no way to the sky, there was no way to enter the ground......!

That year, in the west of Bianjing City, there was a mass grave, and Tie Wanquan personally piled two new graves. Later, he had an additional young catcher under him, named Tie Feng, who was the fourth in line.

After that, there was nothing to do for many years, and Tie Wan almost forgot that there was such a thing.

Until four years ago, he took Tie Feng to the Daimyo's Mansion to handle the case, which was originally a small case that was not worth talking about, and it was originally for the apprentice to experience, but Tie Feng died......

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Tie Wanquan went around a dark alley, and subconsciously turned back in a trance, as if he felt that someone was standing in the depths of the alley, and then he laughed at his reaction, remembering four years ago, the Daimyo's Mansion.

On the last day of the Daimyo's Mansion, Tie Wanquan went back to the dark alley where Tie Feng was killed, and just like today, his mind was full of distracting thoughts, and he felt ashamed of his old friend. stirred up the underworld in half of the city, and found out that the perpetrator was a Yu Hou, which is just that, but this person once supervised the "Beizhu" for Liang Zhongshu to sacrifice the saint, Liang Zhongshu was very uplifting, and recognized him as a righteous son!

How does this make Tie Wanquan work?

On that day, he was about to walk out of the alley, when he suddenly felt a tight back, and when he turned back sharply, there was a person standing in the dark part of the deep alley.

Tie Da Catcher's eyesight is good, even in the dark, he can see the other party's face clearly, as well as the gun with his back behind his back and his shoulder exposed, the barrel of the gun is red!

"The younger generation has the surname Murong, a single name and a duck character, and there is an idle man in the yamen," the man in the alley said slowly, "Tie Feng, no, Nangong Feng, I killed him." ”

"Who is my Dao, it turned out to be Liang Yanei!"

Tie Wanquan's chest rose and fell, the joints of his hands gurgled, and the nine-ring knife on his back waist began to collide alternately.

It is true that Liang Zhongshu is the father-in-law of the younger generation, but you may not know that the biological father of the younger generation is the big boss of the Hedong Red Gun Society in the past - Murong Di!

"Your old man is the master of Wuyue, how can it be that I am waiting for the green forest and grass to be reckless, and the younger generation does not want you to be difficult, I heard that you will leave today, and I have come to explain the reason. Dozens of people in my Murong family, young and old, died at the hands of Nangong Zhen, not counting the other brothers and sisters in the gang! I killed Nangong Feng to take revenge, and it was also ......the rule of the rivers and lakes."

"Back then, Nangong Zhen framed the Red Gun Society, it was your grievances that were good, but if you have grievances and redress grievances, you will calm the world, and you will wait for your innocence! You say the rules? How did your father die? Who are you working for? What kind of rules! Don't think that with the support of your father-in-law, you can see no king's law!"

"Wang?"

Murong Eagle's expression seemed to have heard something strange, he opened his mouth and closed it, endured it and endured it, and still said: "What a big iron catcher! I came today, no one knows about the Daimyo's Mansion, and the younger generation is willing to follow the rules of the road, the affairs of the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes, life and death, and no complaints." ”

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The third sign of human aging is the loss of blood. On that day four years ago, he still turned around and left, and personally released the enemy who killed his apprentice, is he old?

A year earlier, he fought a bloody battle across the Fen River, and a nine-ring knife killed the Ma Gang and almost broke the incense, how majestic was that! Only a year later, in the face of Murong Ou, who went to the meeting with a single gun, he couldn't make a move?

Tie Wanquan thought all the way, only to feel that his feet were a little swaying, he came back to his senses, took a breath and hurriedly stabilized, looked around, and found himself standing at the door of an inconspicuous incense medicine shop.

He glanced at the wangzi on his head, raised his feet and entered the door, and a hunchbacked old woman with a wrinkled face in the room had already stepped forward, and asked with a smile: "Guest officer, sit inside, I see that you are from the south?"

Tie Wanquan hesitated for a moment and replied, "North." ”

"Okay, the north is good, I wonder what herbs you want to buy?"

"Angelica. ”

"Okay, angelica is good! If you buy more, the old man will give you more licorice!"

"Don't licorice. ”

"Iron catcher, it's been a long time, please inside!"

The old woman changed her old appearance just now, suddenly straightened her waist, and led Tie Wanquan to the second floor of the pharmacy in high spirits, and then the old woman disappeared.

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As soon as Tie Wanquan pushed the door, the fragrance of tea had already floated in the house, and the "old woman" just now was now wearing a green Shu embroidered silk robe, with black hair hanging down her shoulders, sitting without makeup, and making tea in front of the desk.

"I've got a head catcher running in person, can I take a seat?"

Rao is Tie Wanquan is age, seeing such a charming woman, listening to her seductive voice, my heart is also tight. He steadied himself, coughed, and spoke:

"Liu Yue, you haven't changed at all. ”

When the woman heard this, she was both happy and a little shy, she covered her mouth with her hand and snickered, and smiled with a smile.

"Ahem! These days, there have been rumors in Bianjing City, all of them are guessing when you will enter Beijing, and they can't imagine that you are right under their noses. ”

The woman still didn't speak, just smiled and invited Tie Wanquan to sit down, and got up to serve him tea, even if she was draped in a wide robe, under the light in the room, the woman's well-defined posture still swayed with ten thousand styles.

"You Huashan, the old man is getting more and more confused, why bother getting involved? I don't believe that you are just trying to clean up Li Yanlai, the so-called rebel! If you want to say that it is for Zhang Yingxiang's money, it is not true. Do you also want to dominate the rivers and lakes? I really don't dare to believe this. There is no turning back from the bow, once you wade through this troubled water, what will happen next ......"

The woman smiled again, with a look of joy on her face, giving people the feeling that she was alone in an empty boudoir, and suddenly received a letter from her distant lover.

"Liu Yue really didn't see the wrong person, the iron catcher is worried about Liu Yue's safety!"

"Ahem, where do you want to go, this chaos in Jingshi, I'm afraid that you will add fuel to the fire......"

"Tie Zhutou is more worried about Liu Yue setting himself on fire, right?" The woman smiled again, sat back to the tea table softly, and looked at Tie Wanquan with both hands on her cheeks, "Liu Yue's life was saved by Tie Zhutou." Huashan's future is uncertain at the moment, and the surrounding forces are eyeing him, and in the future, in Bianjing City, Liu Yue's mother and daughter are helpless, and they have to rely on the iron to catch the head......"

"How dare you!" Tie Wanquan didn't look at Liu Yue's bright eyes, "You are Zhang Yingxiang's sworn sister, with a big tree on your back, don't come to entertain the old man!"

“…… Iron Catcher wants to ignore Liu Yue!" Liu Yue's face was suddenly full of resentment, and there was crying in her words, "Zhang Yingxiang is difficult to protect himself, Liu Yue just begs not to let the mermaid flesh be Amitabha! At this time, Iron Catcher Tou let it go, it is better not to save my mother and daughter back then, let us die in the hands of Tianying Hall, wouldn't it be worry-free!"

Tie Wanquan felt more and more uncomfortable, and began to regret coming to see this side, but since he talked about it back then, he felt that he had to make some things clear.

"Back then, it wasn't the old man who wanted to save you, but Xie Wantang wrote to Xie Shi, Xie Shi asked me to help, I couldn't refuse, after all, Xie Wantang also had his difficulties. You gave birth to a daughter to Xie Wantang in private, and secretly raised your daughter in Hengshan, if Xie Wantang doesn't tell you about this, who will care?

"To put it mildly, if there is no Heavenly Eagle Hall to attack Heng Mountain, will Xie Wantang recognize your mother and daughter......

Tie Wanquan couldn't go on, in front of him was Liu Yue's trembling shoulders, she covered her face with her hands, and sobbed softly, Tie Wanquan couldn't stand this kind of woman the most, he closed his eyes and sighed heavily.

"Five mountains and one day, rivers and lakes one. Although the old man said that he ate public meals, he always thought that he was a person in the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes have the rules of the rivers and lakes, and the old man has followed the rules all his life, but the thing itself can save you, it is a broken rule!"

"You are a head catcher, the Heavenly Eagle Hall entered the Central Plains from outside the gate, and you shot so ruthlessly, why did you break the rules when you saved me?" Liu Yue suddenly raised her head, a pair of beautiful eyes with tears not dry, and stared at Tie Wanquan unconvinced.

"If I use my identity as a fast catcher to kill innocents indiscriminately like the Eagle Hall, the old man will not be wronged if he arrests them all, these are two different things! Since the old man and Xie Shi are on business in the yamen, they can't get involved in the underworld fight, otherwise there will be no rules! Just imagine, if one of the gangs fights and one of them has the support of the yamen, what will happen to the others?

Liu Yue's beautiful eyes widened, and she looked at the old man in front of her in amazement, and suddenly her flowers and branches trembled, and she couldn't stop laughing as she spoke:

"I didn't expect this to come out of the mouth of the iron catcher, now, which gang and faction are not deeply involved with the yamen? Let's talk about it first, not relying on the yamen, can the Nangong family destroy the Red Gun Society?

"Let's just talk about you, hehe, the young gang leader of the Ma Gang, what kind of big crime did Ye Xiaolou commit, the six doors tried their best to arrest him and kill him? Five years ago, do you think no one in the rivers and lakes knows? He and Master Li ......?"

"Okay! You just want to say that the world is as black as a crow, right? Then you don't want to look for the old man, if you can't say that the old man has collusion with anyone's family, there will be no benefit to you at that time!"

"Tie Da Catcher! Liu Yue never knew that you were not such a person!" Liu Yue blinked and said coquettishly, "Of course, the senior brother in our early years of Hengshan is the same, he ignores the yamen, and it has always been the yamen who have come upside down to beg him. According to what you mean, it seems that you also think that Liu Yue should go and talk to me, the senior brother?"

Tie Wanquan was thirsty, and he was picking up the tea bowl and sending it to his mouth, but he didn't have a head to listen to Liu Yue's words, the hand holding the tea stopped in mid-air, he groaned for a long time, and put down the tea bowl with a bang......

"Lei Zhantian?!"