Seeing Shui Xuanling say this, Liu Shaoyang glanced at the group of beggars a few more times, paused and said, "Senior sister, if I am not mistaken, these groups of beggars have a lot of origins. ”

Shui Xuanling didn't know what to do, and said suspiciously: "Isn't the junior brother joking? ”

Seeing that she didn't know, Liu Shaoyang smiled and said, "Senior sister has been in Jianghuai for a long time, so it's not surprising that I don't know the situation here." The gangs in the land of Zhongzhou, if you talk about influence, the first is the Shaolin faction. The masters of the sect gathered, and the monks and lay disciples walked the world. After the Shaolin faction, it should be a beggar gang. The gang leader Nie Xingkong has both swords and sticks, and the six elders and old people under the seat can all take charge of themselves. The subordinate five major rudders are spread all over the Central Plains. ”

Shui Xuanling said "Huh!", and suddenly said: "The name of the beggar gang is very loud in the martial arts, I have never seen anyone in the beggar gang, but I have heard of it a long time ago." Senior brother, are you saying that these beggars who are in groups are members of the beggar gang?"

Liu Shaoyang responded: "Senior sister, you can see that although these beggars are dressed in shabby coarse linen clothes with patches, they are all clean. And each of them has a palm-sized iron plate hanging on their waists, which must be the token of the beggars' 'Chivalry Order'. What is engraved on it is the position of the listed person in the gang, and it is the certificate for the disciples of the beggar gang to walk the rivers and lakes. ”

When Shui Xuanling heard Liu Shaoyang say, he was secretly surprised, and said with a smile: "In this way, these beggars really have some backgrounds. ”

The two of them had talked like this, and the group of beggars singing ballads had gone far. Liu Shaoyang's heart moved, and he secretly thought: "The beggar gang has a chivalrous reputation in the rivers and lakes, and there are many heroes who help the needy. Uncle wanted the Five Elements Gate to gain a foothold here, and said that he wanted to make friends with them. ”

At that moment, Chong Shui Xuanling said: "Senior sister, these people in the beggar gang seem to have something to do. Let's get close to the left, let's go up and see the excitement!"

Shui Xuanling had this intention in his heart, and the two of them walked a few steps closely, followed the group of beggars far behind, walked around the streets and alleys for half a pillar of incense, and arrived in front of a Zhumen mansion with pink walls and tiles.

Liu Shaoyang and Shui Xuanling found a tea shop opposite the mansion and sat down on the side. I saw an old man walking in front of the gang of beggars, with long thin cheeks and a long beard, and he threw the wooden stick in his hand to the ground. When the beggars arrived, they stopped singing the ballad in their mouths, and all of them stood in formation.

The elder whispered a few words to a young disciple next to him, and the beggar helped the disciple climb the steps in a few steps and slowly knocked on the courtyard door of the house.

After knocking for a long time, one of the servants inside opened the courtyard door. Seeing that it was this group of beggars, he said quite respectfully: "It turns out that the masters of the beggar gang are here, but is there anything wrong?"

The long-bearded elder pestle held the wooden stick in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "I'm waiting for the beggars to come to the door to disturb them, because I came to discuss something with your master, and I bothered to report it!"

Before he could finish speaking, before the servant could speak, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe had already walked out of the door, with a look of anger on his face.

Seeing that the middle-aged man had come out, the long-bearded elder arched his hand and said loudly: "Liu Yuanwai, this is the second time that the old man and you have met, and this time it is the last time." The house in the west of the city, we in eastern Henan want to come down and use it as a place for the beggars to gather and rest on weekdays. I said it last time, but I didn't make up my mind, but now I have thought about it?"

That Liu Yuanwai seemed to have resentment in his heart, and said angrily: "Elder Zhuo, the last time you came to the door, you said that you wanted to sell the mansion in the west of my city, and it was only fifty taels of silver when you opened your mouth. My house is not in a bad location and covers a wide area. In addition, it took a lot of effort to build it, and it cost three hundred taels to say the least. How do you ask me to do such a discounted transaction?"

Elder Na Zhuo smiled when he heard this: "Outside of Liu Yuan, we people in the beggar gang turned out to be all mixed in the rivers and lakes, begging for a living. It's only because they can have a foil for each other that they gang up. The situation has improved over the years, and although the disciples have also earned some money with their skills, they dare not forget their roots. All the disciples in the gang are no longer beggars. When they got together, they were still coarse and ragged, and they were dressed as beggars. This is a bargain, and you have to bargain for it. If the price is too low, we can still negotiate!"

When Liu Yuanwai heard this, his face seemed to be even more angry, and he shouted loudly: "I, Liu, have been here for several generations, and it is not easy to gather this family business and property. Ann doesn't know how to start a business, and there is a reason to bargain. It's just that you beggars rely on the strength of the crowd and can't buy it at a low price, so they look for my Liu's bad luck and start a businessless business of stealing and robbing! In the end, most of them are lowly people, who still talk about chivalrous morality on weekdays, but do such things behind their backs!"

As soon as these words came out, all the beggar disciples were stunned. Liu Shaoyang and Shui Xuanling on the side, listening to what Liu Yuanwai said, they also listened attentively.

Elder Zhuo had a modest attitude, but at this time, his face was covered with frost, and he said angrily: "Where did Liu Yuanwai start with this? My beggar gang has always put the word 'righteousness' first, helping the needy, and everyone in the rivers and lakes in the Central Plains and ordinary people know about it. The disciples in the gang are all well-known men, and they are constrained by the gang rules, and the deterioration of the strong beggars will not be, so how can they do the deeds of the gangsters? Liu Yuanwai said so badly, but is there any real evidence?

Among the beggar gang disciples behind him, there were many vulgar people. Hearing this Liu Yuanwai say so ugly, many of them couldn't help but scold. Elder Zhuo slammed the long stick in his hand to the ground again, and the sound of anger could not be stopped.

That Liu Yuanwai is used to scolding his subordinates and tenants on weekdays. Now that he said something casually, he saw that the beggars were angry, and a little fear appeared on his face.

But after all, he was the one who had seen the scene, and he said unforgivingly: "A few days ago, you came to the door, and I invited you to the hall for a banquet and hospitality. Your Elder Zhuo said that he wanted to buy my house, but I politely refused, but there was also room for improvement. But who knew that in the past few days, the home has been stolen one after another, and the loss of gold and silver property is not calculated. Now it is no more troubled than the troubled times, the four seas are peaceful, and my family has not been robbed for many years. But as soon as you beggars left, there was such a coincidence?"

Elder Zhuo heard that he had no evidence, and although he was angry in his heart, he also suppressed his anger and said solemnly: "Your mansion has been robbed, you send someone to report to the official, and you have your own yamen to investigate and deal with it." When it comes time to solve the case, it is natural to know who did it. But how can you slander me for no reason?"

That Liu Yuanwai said hatefully: "The house was stolen on the night you left, and I reported it to the official early in the morning." The thief was very bold and reckless, and left a note, saying that he would come when the next day was ugly. The officials sent by the government to catch the head of the government lay down in advance, and did not hear the slightest movement all night. On the second day, I thought that the thieves did not dare to come, but who knew that more property was lost than the night before. Lu Zhutou in the state government said that the thief came and went without a trace, and it must have been done by the masters of the big gangs on the rivers and lakes. Hehe, besides your beggar gang, are there any other big gangs here, are there such masters who fly on the eaves and walk on the walls, and it is difficult to find them?"

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