Section 6: The Four Gangs

It was noon, the sky was clear, and the location was a hotel.

At the back of the hotel is a small courtyard, with thatched houses on one side and a back door on the other. The man with his head tied in a green cloth looked at the door that led to freedom, and then looked back at the hellish little shop, as if sensing that someone was watching his every move inside. He was also alert, and walked to the hut with a light cough.

Yang Ling leaned against the eaves of the door and waited for a long time, but he never saw the green cloth poking out, and wondered in his heart: "This guy shouldn't have slipped away, right?" He couldn't rest assured, and approached to check, but didn't find any movement. "Is there another way out of this hut?"

Yang Ling didn't dare to be careless, took out the folding fan, and stepped into the thatched house. As soon as he stepped in with his front foot, a strong wind hit him! Yang Ling turned sideways, the other party's gesture did not stop, and he swiped to the right with the momentum, it was the Qinglong Gang's stunt probe!" Yang Ling sneered, but he was quite happy in his heart, the person he wanted to arrest did not run away, and he also showed the move he wanted to see.

Isn't this just a life encounter? Some people can't bump into things in their lifetime, and some people run into them one after another. Whether it's a blessing or a curse?

Yang Ling folded his fan in front of his chest, and with his left hand, he made a move "Chunhua Whisk Willow" to the person, this move was gentle and elegant, but it was the temple on the ear. The man knew that it was powerful, and raised his hands in front of the door. Yang Ling shouted "yes" and immediately kicked him off the plate. The two of them dismantled more than ten moves before and after, and Yang Ling had firmly taken the lead. The man thought that he could not defeat him, so he tried to escape. Yang Ling saw his intentions, stepped on one leg, and blocked it with a horizontal palm.

The man had no choice but to retreat and said loudly: "Who is Your Excellency? Why do you want to follow me?" Yang Ling closed his fan and asked, "Who is Your Excellency? Why did you want to run away when you saw those two Jinyi Guards?" Yang Ling said this deliberately, and he could see that after Jinyi Wei came, this person showed an uneasy look. An exposed look is definitely one of a person's greatest weaknesses, but it can also be a person's greatest strength.

The man's eyes slid from side to side, and he said with a dry smile: "What are you talking nonsense, I don't know those two people, why are you running? Yang Ling knew that he was insincere, and immediately said: "In this case, why don't you go back to the store?"

The man's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Hehe, I've eaten and drunk enough, and I don't have to go back." It was just a misunderstanding, so I'm embarrassed to let you have a treat. Yang Ling smiled slightly: "Where do the rivers and lakes know themselves, why should Your Excellency push it back?" he said and came to pull the man, the man was frightened, and hurriedly hit Yang Ling in the chest with a move.

Yang Ling had already taken precautions, his left hand was slapped horizontally, and his right hand reached out and grabbed the man's wrist. The man's arm shook sharply, and Yang Ling's right hand was firmly clamped, where could he break free? He closed his eyes and secretly shouted: "I'm dead this time." But the other party didn't kill again, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Yang Ling's friendly expression, so he had to doubt: "Your Excellency doesn't harm each other, why do you want to embarrass me?"

Yang Ling smiled faintly and said, "I don't want to embarrass Your Excellency, but I have many questions and want to ask Your Excellency." The man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Please speak." ”

Yang Ling said: "'Cangnan One Palm' held a meeting of the Southern Martial Arts Alliance in Fengyang, Dongchang and Jinyiwei helped each other, what is the plan?" When the man heard this, he was relieved and said with a smile: "How do I know this? Little brother should go and ask Wei Zhongxian, the sect master of Dongchang, and Yan Song, the head of Cangnan, why did they come to ask me this nobody?"

Yang Ling took advantage of him to relax his vigilance, and his right hand suddenly tore off the green cloth on his head, and the man retreated in astonishment, but the big tumor on his forehead had already been seen by Yang Ling. Yang Ling threw the green cloth back to him and said slowly: "The Dragon Gang Master still can't believe it after all. Don't you dare to ask, how did the leader of the Taihu Qinglong Gang come to Huainan? This lake business has gone so far?" "People who have too many things in their hearts are not used to telling the truth as soon as they open their mouths, and they will test each other for several rounds. Long Yuanjiang is like this, why not Yang Ling?

"Your Excellency's good eyesight is none other than Long. The cunning Jiaolong couldn't deny it, so he had to say helplessly: "The Taihu Qinglong Gang has long been removed from the rivers and lakes, and Long has fled to this point, which is really a last resort." You've seen the gang out there, they're from the Xuanwu Gang. My Qinglong Gang has always been at odds with them, and now that Long is alone, how dare he reveal his identity?"

The lie was debunked, and I had to admit that what you said was right to avoid further embarrassment. But the words that continue after admitting it are absolutely not true. This is the ghost of the human heart.

Of course Yang Ling knew this truth, he didn't say anything, and pretended: "I see, the Dragon Gang Master doesn't have to be busy, I am very familiar with those two Jinyi Guards, and with the help of Jinyi Guards, I don't dare to make a mistake with those thieves!" Long Yuanjiang's face suddenly turned pale, and he said with a dry smile: "It turns out that Your Excellency is also an official master, and the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai." This matter is a grudge between the villain and the Xuanwu Gang, and he didn't dare to alarm the Jinyi Guard. "Did he really believe it? I'm afraid it may be, but he has to pretend to believe it, so that others think he's scared, and then he will have a chance to get out. Otherwise, how could the cunning dragon still wander in this river and lake unharmed?

After he finished speaking, he wanted to leave, but Yang Ling didn't let go: "Don't be busy with the Dragon Gang Master, it's okay to see in the past, I want to see the group of people in the Xuanwu Gang, do you have the courage to do it to you?" After speaking, he dragged Long Yuanjiang to the store, Long Yuanjiang was held by him, and he couldn't show his kung fu, and he didn't dare to make a loud noise, and he complained bitterly in his heart.

Failure, it's not that you're not strong enough, it's that you've met someone stronger than you.

As soon as the two of them entered, Yang Ling saw that the Xuanwu Gang Du Cheng's expression was quite unnatural, but the two Jinyi guards drank by themselves and ignored it. He knew in his heart: "This Qinglong gang leader and the Xuanwu gang leader have known each other for a long time, and they are here, presumably to talk about the 200,000 taels of silver, but unfortunately they were bumped into by Jinyiwei, so it is inconvenient to talk." The two of them sat down, and Yang Ling said in a loud voice: "Little Er!"

Xiao Er hurriedly came over to order food for the two of them, Yang Ling looked calm, and Long Yuanjiang was dumb and ate Coptis chinensis - he couldn't say what he was suffering from. Yang Ling deliberately raised his voice, and what dishes he ordered, he could hear them clearly in every corner of the store. Du Cheng glanced at the left and right, and the two big men of the Xuanwu Gang immediately got up and walked to Yang Ling's side, and shouted: "Boy, there is too much money in your waist, is it necessary to shout so loudly?"

Yang Ling turned a blind eye and still called for dishes. The big man was furious and pushed him hard in the back. Yang Ling had already carried the internal force on his back, and as soon as the man's palm touched it, it was like hitting a ball of cotton wool, and then his huge force rebounded back, and his huge body immediately flew out, knocking over the big table. The soup splashed He Weiwu and Chen Jie, and they slapped their thighs and said angrily: "Grandma's! Don't you know that the officials and old men are eating!?

Yang Ling turned his head, looked at him and smiled: "Don't you two come here to be harmed?" Chen Jie recognized him and exclaimed, "It's you!", thinking: "Damn, why didn't you notice this person just now." He Weiwu snorted at him, Chen Jie understood, and was about to walk away, but Yang Ling stopped him: "The two posts have gone down to Huainan Mansion, it's really good Yaxing." Where is Xu Xianchun?" He Weiwu held an embroidered spring knife: "Lord Xu's whereabouts, can you also ask?"

Yang Ling sneered: "If you don't ask, don't ask, but what are you doing here, you have to recruit from the truth!" Chen Jie said angrily: "The kid has eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall!" Yang Ling snorted, slapped it with one palm, He Weiwu and Chen Jie both knew that fighting alone was not this person's opponent, and the two pulled out the embroidered spring knife and slashed at Yang Ling.

Yang Ling didn't want to be entangled, he took out the fish intestine sword and swung it, the two knives broke together, the two of them were shocked, and it was too late to retreat, only to see that Yang Ling's left two fingers had already poked Chen Jie's chest and abdomen acupoints, and the fish intestine short sword in his right hand pointed at He Weiwu's throat. It is said that although Yang Ling's martial arts are above Chen and He, but to capture and kill the two, it is necessary to make one or twenty moves, just because he is holding the fish intestine sword, and he broke Chen and He's blades first. There was silence in the shop, Xiao Er and the shopkeeper had already hid far away, where did they dare to serve food. Du Cheng and Long Yuanjiang glanced at each other, and they both thought to themselves: "Who is this young man, he is good at martial arts!"

Yang Ling's short sword slapped He Weiwu, made him sit down, and said, "Do you say yes?" He Weiwu said loudly: "You have the courage to give the master a good time, but you remember, Jinyiwei will never let you go!" Yang Ling sneered: "Isn't it easy to die?" He reversed the sword body, and the hilt of the sword instantly hit more than ten acupoints between He Weiwu's chest and abdomen. He Weiwu only felt that a warm current in the various acupuncture points was wandering around, itching and unbearable, and he was in doubt, and listened to Yang Ling say: "The monstrous energy I injected into you will flow along your qi and blood all the acupoints around you, and then slowly guide it to your internal organs, only three weeks, you can break out of the abdomen, although you will not die immediately, but you can watch your stomach open and intestines cracked, it is also good." He Weiwu was dripping in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to be tough anymore.

Yang Ling said to Chen Jie again: "Do you want to try it too?" Chen Jie couldn't move, but his eyes moved from side to side. Yang Ling explained his acupoints and asked, "Say it." Chen Jie knew that he couldn't escape, so he had to whisper: "Explain from above, let's come here to check someone"

"Who?"

"This, this...... Although this person's ancestral home is Huainan, but in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to open a family, the establishment of the fish gang, we only found out on the Yangtze River line that his surname is Wu, it is very strange that they fish gang seems to have run away, we did not find any of them, so this is the south to his hometown, to investigate. ”

Yang Ling shrugged his eyebrows and secretly thought: "What they want to investigate is that Yu Ziyin killed Boss Wu? Yu Ziyin wants to kill him, most of it is because of color, why did Jinyiwei also look for him? Could it be that it was for that?" He still has the dragon pattern ring he picked up from Boss Wu's corpse in his pocket.

"What are you looking for Boss Wu?"

"I don't know, I just heard Commander Xu say that he was entrusted by King Xin. ”

"King Xin!?You didn't lie to me?"

Chen Jie shook his head.

Yang Ling's expression was solemn, he knew that this king of faith was Zhu Youzhen, the younger brother of today's son, although he was a prince and nobleman, he had no intention of acting, he had never interfered in court politics, and he had never acted in other rivers and lakes. Why did Zhu Youzhen, who was a member of the royal family, want to find the mind of a small gang? This is not only unreasonable, but also unbelievable.

He really couldn't think of a clue, so he unlocked He Weiwu's acupoint and said, "Get out." He Weiwu hurriedly asked: "How to eliminate the monstrous energy in my body?" Yang Ling sneered: "Hmph, where is the monstrous energy, the internal force enters the body, and there will naturally be a hot current, I just lied to you, why take it seriously." He Weiwu was skeptical, but seeing Yang Ling's cold expression, he didn't dare to say more, so he only thought: "I don't know if what he said is true or false, if he is lying to me again, then what should I do? ”

After the two left, the diners in the restaurant were suddenly half empty. The shopkeeper is mixed, happy that he has not broken many tables and chairs, and worried about whether this group of people will still fight, right?

Yang Ling turned his head and asked Long Yuanjiang: "Gang Master Long, there is no one else here, why don't you and I be honest with each other?"

Long Yuanjiang and Du Cheng glanced at each other and wondered, "Who is Your Excellency? Why do you recognize Long?"

"In Xia Yangling, I buried the deputy gang leader of your gang a few months ago, so I also know a little bit about the plight of the dragon gang leader. Long Yuanjiang heard that Zhou Changfeng was dead, and he was not too moved, as if he had expected it: "I see, so does the young man want to capture Long and dedicate it to Yan Song or ......"

"I want to read the letter. Yang Ling didn't want to be entangled.

Long Yuanjiang didn't speak, obviously thinking about the stakes in the middle, Yang Ling was not in a hurry, took a sip of tea, and looked outside the store.

Du Chengke couldn't sit still, and said: "Brother Long, if you are embarrassed, you might as well fight with him!" The horned golden dragon is a far-sighted and changeable person.

So Long Chaoao shook his head and signaled him not to be reckless.

Although Yang Ling didn't know that the four gang leaders of the four major gangs of Qinglong, Xuanwu, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird had known each other for a long time. But looking at their demeanor, you can see that the relationship between the two must be extraordinary. It turned out that Long Yuanjiang didn't go to Shaolin, but he secretly communicated with his friends from the two ribs, so the Xuanwu Gang would go south. "Xiao Er didn't get the boss's instructions, and he didn't dare to serve them food.

Aren't people always afraid of getting into trouble? Not to mention facing this group of people in the rivers and lakes?

Yang Ling shook his head and laughed, so he could only drink tea.

A cup of tea time has passed, and it is not long to say that it is short, but it is enough for some people to weigh the pros and cons and think about it a lot. Long Yuanjiang frowned, sighed, and finally gritted his teeth, and said: "This young man, although Long doesn't know your identity and origin, but your subordinates are kind and did not kill me, and Long is full of gratitude." In reason, Long should be honest with Shaoxia. It's just that this letter is very important, and it is not just about seizing wealth, vendetta, and fighting for hegemony on the rivers and lakes. To tell Yang Shaoxia the truth, this letter is not on me. Please think about it, Long is wandering alone, and he may be captured by the Cangnan faction at any time, how can he keep such an important letter by his side and let Yan Song retrieve it?

Yang Ling couldn't help but nod when he heard what he said. Long Yuanjiang said: "If the young man really wants to read the letter, but it is not difficult, just here, please follow me." Yang Ling let out an "oh" sound, and then said, "Would you like to go with Your Excellency, at this time?" Long Yuanjiang put his index finger to his lips, and then whispered to Du Cheng for a while, Du Cheng nodded, and asked his subordinates to go back to the station first. Yang Ling quietly watched their every move and didn't say anything more.

After dinner, the three of them chatted for a while, and when it was night, they went downstairs and walked into a small dilapidated temple through a hidden alley in Huainan Province. There was a bonfire burning in the temple, and it was clear that there were already people waiting. Yang Ling said in his heart: "Long Yuanjiang is resourceful, you can't easily put your heart into your heart, this place is remote, he shouldn't secretly ambush people and want to sneak attack me, right? The folding fan in his hand is slightly tight, and he can take fish intestines at any time to hurt people.

Long Yuanjiang was the first to walk in and said, "It's all my own people." Yang Ling saw three women and three men in the temple, four of whom were quite familiar, and after a closer look, it turned out to be the four Situ Zhen of the Sword Casting Villa! Situ Zhen and the others also found him, quite surprised, and asked: "Why is Yang Shaoxia here too!"

Long Yuanjiang and Du Cheng saw that they knew each other, and couldn't help but ask about cause and effect, Situ Zhen naturally hyped up Yang Ling's life-saving grace, Yang Ling hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and returned the treasure map to Situ Zhen at the moment. Situ Yuxiu didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, glanced at Yang Ling, but hurriedly turned his head and hid far behind, talking to a woman in fiery red clothes. The woman in red is about twenty-three or fourteen years old, with a cold appearance, similar to Shen Qingling. Chu Hong added firewood to continue the fire, but did not speak.

Long Yuanjiang pointed at the woman in red and said, "This is Miss Yan Fengyan, the head of the Vermilion Bird Society, and this is her aunt Aunt Yan." Yang Ling saw that half of Aunt Yan's face was charred into folds, as if she had been burned with a fire, and the word "Xinghui" in her mouth choked and didn't say it. That Aunt Yan ignored him and was in a daze. Yan Feng nodded slightly and said, "Yang Daxia is good!"

Then Situ Zhen introduced that Yang Ling knew that today was where their four major gangs gathered. Among the four major gangs, except for the Sword Casting Villa, which is inherited from the Spring and Autumn Momen, the rest of the gangs have emerged in recent years, and the gang leaders are respectively called: "Horned Golden Dragon", "White Jade Tiger", "Fierce Sparrow", and "Iron Back Ao". Situ Zhen has a deep friendship with the four gang leaders, and has a relationship with the previous generation, so he secretly established the White Tiger Society, under the name of Sword Casting Villa, and became one of the elders of the four major gangs, and his son was once the head of the White Tiger Society.

Everyone sat down, and Long Yuanjiang said: "This time, I invited the Xian brothers and sisters to come to discuss how to deal with Yan Song of the Cangnan faction. The foolish brother was careless that day, so that he caused today's disaster, and my Qinglong Gang was completely destroyed by the hands of Kou. He told the story of the hijacking of the ship, which was no different from what Zhou Changfeng said. After he finished speaking, Yan, Du and the others were silent, they had been friends for many years, and they no longer needed words to persuade them, and if they wanted to make a plan, they couldn't think of any magic methods.

Situ Zhen twisted his beard and said: "Alas, I was shocked to hear about the tragedy of the Qinglong and broke one of my four major gangs. If you want to grab gold, you don't need to be so fierce and pry up the green dragon of the virtuous nephew. The old man thought that there must be something else in this. And Long Xian's nephew Zeng Yun once found a letter in Yan Song's 200,000 taels of silver, let others think, this letter must be the key, and what is he using this money for, can there be an explanation in the letter?" Yang Ling was also concerned about this question, and listened attentively at the moment.

"Yes!" Long Yuanjiang said categorically, he praised: "Uncle Situ is worthy of being an old Jianghu, every word is to the point!" Yang Ling couldn't help asking, "What is written in the letter?"

"Everyone, please see. Long Yuanjiang stretched out his hands into a hook and claw, bent forward with both paws, and slashed the mud in front of him, everyone saw that he had planed more than two feet deep, and then took out a cloth bag with one claw. He opened the cloth bag and saw that there was about a piece of gold and precious stones, thinking that it was a treasure that had been robbed, and another secret letter was included! Yang Ling said secretly: "Long Yuanjiang is really far-sighted, I have observed many things when I came, and I have not found that the soil here is different from other places, he obviously buried the letter here after escaping from Taihu Lake." ”

Several people took turns to read the letter, Long Yuanjiang glanced at everyone, and saw that they were all convinced, but Yang Ling's expression was solemn, and he didn't know what he thought in his heart. "Flaming Sparrow" Yan Feng said: "If we don't do it, we will make it public to the world." Situ Zhen stopped: "Don't be reckless. Gongsun Ye also said: "Senior brother is reasonable. He turned his head again and asked Yang Ling, "Brother Yang has a good plan?"

Yang Ling groaned: "I think that what Miss Yan said is good, but the timing should be emphasized in the world, and it is not in line with the times, so it can only increase doubts and make the heroes sway." If the letter is true, the current alliance between Wei Zhongxian and Yan Song Fengyang is obviously prepared for this post-gold scheme, and we should take this letter to the place of the alliance, and only then can we announce it to win the hearts of the people. Situ Zhen said: "Brother Yang is reasonable, but Yan Song is bound to strictly guard the place of the alliance, how can Long Xian's nephew easily enter? ”

"Yang Ling has a plan, I don't know what everyone thinks?"

"I want to hear about it. The four of them asked in unison.

"Give this letter to Yang Ling and take it to the venue. ”

"Good plan!" Gongsun Ye couldn't help but clapp.

Long Yuanjiang also nodded and said: "Brother Yang's martial arts are superb and his courage is outstanding, and he will be able to succeed." He was really suspicious, and he didn't suspect it, so he immediately handed the letter to Yang Ling. Yang Ling looked at it carefully again, and then put it in his arms and put it away with the meat.

Long Yuanjiang said again: "Long still has a plan, I want to ask a few brothers and sisters to help." He paused and said, "Long wants to appear near Cangnan to lure Yan Song out, so that Brother Yang can enter Fengyang smoothly." Situ Zhen said: "Although this method is good, I am afraid that Yan Song's martial arts are strong, and we can't resist it." ”

"Yes, so we have to lay out a complete strategy, and we have to have Uncle Lao Situ, Uncle Gongsun, Brother Du, and Sister Phoenix to help. They took counsel all night, and then they dispersed.

Early the next morning, Yang Ling set off for Fengyang.