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The twenty-third day of the lunar month is the traditional "day of the stove", that is, the day of sending the stove prince to heaven, Chengdu is also called "the small year", on this day, every household must offer dumplings, pasta, candy and other food in front of the stove, praying that the stove prince will say good things for himself in front of the Jade Emperor, so that the Jade Emperor can bless the whole family with good health.

As the owner of the Dragon and Tiger Club, Jian Lanning is ruthless and has killed countless people, but he believes in ghosts and gods, often goes to temples and Taoist temples to burn incense and worship Buddha, and has donated thousands of charity funds over the years, and has made countless good fortunes. There is a special Buddha worship room on the second floor of the Dragon and Tiger City, which is dedicated to the statues of the three saints of the West and the ancestors of the three Qing Daoists.

After Ba Hongliang's recommendation, Jian Lanning specially chose the special day of the 23rd day of the lunar month, and asked Ba Hongliang to bring "Tang Tianshi" to his home to celebrate the festival together, ask divination and fortune after dinner, and pray for good luck next year.

In the afternoon, Ba Hongliang took his wife Jing Yan, the "Tang Tianshi" wearing Taoist robes, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba, sat in five sedan chairs, and went to the gate of Dragon and Tiger City under the leadership of Xu Bin and other eighteen guards. When the guards outside the city gate saw Xu Bin, they opened the gate and let everyone into the city, and five sedan chairs fell in the empty courtyard.

Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba got off the sedan chair to see, although this dragon and tiger city is called "city", it is actually a large manor, the house is a cliff with eaves and cliffs, the ancient trees in the courtyard are towering to the sky, the Zhuang guests inside are tightly bound in black clothes, the thugs are strong and strong, the family is in a hurry, everyone is busy and orderly, and the village is quiet and powerful.

Ba Hongliang came to Tang Hai and said: "Dragon and Tiger City is the main altar of the Dragon and Tiger Society, the first sect in Sichuan, and it is heavily guarded on weekdays, and outsiders are not allowed to bring an iron or a stick when they enter the city, please come with me to cleanse yourself." Tang Hai and the four of them followed Ba Hongliang, Jing Yan, Xu Bin and others to a side room inside the gate, where there were already five Zhuang guests standing on the side, and when they saw Ba Hongliang and others coming in, they searched their bodies one by one, and then issued a black wooden sign to each person, with the word "pass" written on it. Ba Hongliang said: "With this sign hanging on the chest, you can continue to enter the village, if you don't have this card, the guards in the village will be captured as an assassin when they see it." ”

Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba nodded, and also wore this card like Ba Hongliang, led by the Dragon and Tiger City Zhuangke to continue to walk inside, first entered the hall, the hall was placed with all kinds of weapons, there were thirty-four big men practicing boxing and sticks, Ba Hongliang said: "These are all tiger generals, there are a total of one hundred and eight tiger generals in the city, all of them have unique skills, and they are standing guards in the Dragon and Tiger City." ”

Passing through the hall and entering the second hall, the guards who came and went in the second hall walked around frequently, and they didn't know what they were busy with. Walk through the two halls, enter the three halls, these three halls are the Yingwu Palace, is the place where Jianlanning receives the heroes of the rivers and lakes, this hall is six zhang wide, six zhang deep, the middle of the hall is the black tiger skin copper throne, there are nine tiger skin black iron chairs on both sides.

The guide Zhuang Ke reflexively said to Ba Hongliang: "Master Tiger, you and the Heavenly Master are here for a while. ”

Ba Hongliang said: "Okay." Then beckoned Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba to sit down.

Jing Yan said: "I'll go to my sister-in-law to play." As he spoke, he walked towards the back of the Yingwu Palace.

At this time, Tang Hai found that Xu Bin and the other eighteen guards did not follow up, so he asked Ba Hongliang: "What about the people who came with us?" ”

Ba Hongliang said: "The Heavenly Master doesn't know, Dragon and Tiger City stipulates that foreign guards are not allowed to enter the second hall, at most they can only go outside the hall of Dragon and Tiger City, if they trespass within the second hall, they will be killed." ”

Tang Hai nodded, "oh" and said no more.

After a while, a forty-five or sixteen-year-old man came to the Yingwu Hall with four people, Ba Hongliang hurriedly stood up respectfully, Tang Hai guessed that this person was Jian Lanning, and also got up with Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba, the person had not yet approached, Ba Hongliang knelt on the ground and bowed three times, and said: "Ba Hongliang knocked to see the Dragon Master!" ”

Jian Lanning said: "Get up." Then he walked directly to Tang Hai, and said respectfully with his hands: "This is Tang Tianshi, welcome!" ”

Tang Hai clasped his palms together and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, good, good!" ”

Jian Lanning said: "Heavenly Master, please upstairs." ”

Tang Hai also said: "Please! ”

Jian Lanning took Tang Hai and Ba Hongliang to the second floor, while Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba still stayed in the main hall on the first floor. There are five or six rooms on the second floor, one of which is a Buddha worship room, Jian Lanning took Tang Hai and Ba Hongliang into the Buddha worship room to sit down, Jian Lanning asked: "Where is the Heavenly Master layman?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Guizhou Water City." ”

"What year did you enter the Tao?"

Tang Hai replied: "I entered the Tao at the age of twenty, and it has been eighteen years. ”

"Which Immortal Venerable did you study with?"

Tang Hai replied: "Yantai Laoshan Mingxin Road Chief, Hubei Jiugong Mountain Yiqing Road Chief, Jiangxi Longhu Mountain Wangju Chief. ”

"Where is the Heavenly Master cultivating in the Immortal Temple?"

Tang Hai replied: "Longhu Mountain is immeasurable. ”

"Why did you come to live in Chengdu?"

Tang Hai replied: "At the invitation of the king of Heming Mountain, I came to participate in the 'Taoism and Benevolence' conference, and I wanted to return, but because of the fatigue of long-distance walking, I occasionally suffered from foot disease, so I temporarily lived in Chengdu to recuperate, and then set off back to the mountain after the foot disease recovered." ”

Tang Hai replied fluently, his expression was free, there was no flaw, and Jian Lanning was not suspicious. At this time, someone knocked on the door outside, Ba Hongliang got up to open the door, and a guard in a black cotton jacket came in and reported: "Master Long, the vegetarian banquet is ready." Jian Lanning instructed: "Set up a table in the backyard, let the sister-in-law and her family accompany Jing Yan to eat, set up two tables in the second hall, the brothers will eat in the second hall, and then put a table of vegetarian dishes in the guest hall on the second floor, and I will accompany the heavenly master to eat together." By the way, you can invite the three Taoist leaders downstairs to come up and fast. ”

The man was about to go out, and Ba Hongliang shouted: "Fang Xin, after you make the arrangements, go outside to find Xu Bin and bring in the gifts and hand them to Jing Yan, which she brought to her sister-in-law." ”

The guard called Fang Xin said yes and went out. Jian Lanning said: "What gift did you bring to your sister-in-law?" Ba Hongliang smiled: "It's Jing Yan who got the perfume and rouge from somewhere." Jian Lanning smiled and said, "Women, they love beauty." By the way, Hong Liang, will you eat with me and the Heavenly Master or go to the backyard to accompany my sister-in-law to eat with them? Ba Hongliang said: "I'll still accompany you and the Heavenly Master, and I'll go to see my sister-in-law after finishing my business." ”

Tang Hai thought in his heart, it turned out that this person was Fang Xin, and he heard Xiaolong say that Fang Xin and Bao Da were Jianlanning's two personal guards, and everyone called the two Qin Shubao and Wei Chigong of Jianlanning, if you want to get rid of Jianlanning, these two must be eliminated first.

Jian Lanning took Tang Hai and Ba Hongliang to the small guest hall on the second floor, at this time, five or six maid rings were putting out the meal, and Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba, who were dressed in Taoist robes, had already been taken upstairs by Fang Xin to sit on the chairs in the guest hall. Jian Lanning said: "Heavenly Master wait a while, I'll go out and make arrangements." Tang Hai said: "Master Long, please." Jian Lanning and Ba Hongliang then went downstairs out of the guest hall.

Yahuan set up the food and left, Tang Hai whispered to Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf: "The black cotton jacket guard who invited you upstairs just now is Fang Xin, who is known as Qin Shubao, you can get rid of this person first when you do it." Shan Yong nodded, and said softly to Tang Hai: "Just now we saw a big man with a beard downstairs, presumably it was Wei Chi Jing Baoda." Tang Hai nodded, and said, "Jian Lanning said that there should be fifteen to twenty thugs in the second hall to set up two tables for the thugs to eat, that is, there are fifteen to twenty thugs near the Yingwu Palace. Shan Yong sneered: "Big brother, don't worry, even fifty hundred is not afraid." ”

At this time, Jian Lanning, Ba Hongliang and another woman in her thirties came in, Jian Lanning pointed to Tang Hai and said to the woman, "This is Tang Tianshi." The woman hurriedly shouted, "Heavenly Master! Jian Lanning said to Tang Hai again: "Cheap inner Zhang Chunling." Tang Hai bowed slightly to Zhang Chunling and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! ”

Jian Lanning, Zhang Chunling and his wife sat down at the dinner table with everyone, and Zhang Chunling said: "Heavenly Master, you slow fasting, and I will go downstairs to accompany my sister and them." Tang Haizuo said: "Thank you, thank you!" Madame, please. ”

Ready to eat, Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba closed their eyes slightly, and there were words in their mouths, Jian Lanning listened carefully, it turned out to be "Iftar Mantra", and only heard the four of them read: "Natural Heavenly Cooking, I am blessed today." A grain is all over the ten directions, and the river sand is dusty. Hunger and thirst are forever extinguished, and the feast of food is Yaochi. Now with the ghost, the merit is incredible. After reciting the incantation, Tang Hai and the four of them had a meal. After the vegetarian meal was finished, the four of them recited the "Fasting Mantra": "A hundred grains enter the stomach and merge with the gods." Fill the blood, and the corpse will die. Immortal world, flying to the jade que. The servant envoy is six, and the spirit child is guarded. After finishing the reading, he put down his chopsticks.

Jian Lanning invited Tang Hai to go to the Buddha worship room again: "Heavenly Master, let's go to the Buddha worship room to sit for a while, and then ask the Heavenly Master to calculate a hexagram for me." Tang Hai thought to himself, the Buddha worship room is on the second floor, it is a small room, it is inconvenient for Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba to be present, I still take them to the living room on the first floor, so he said: "Master Long, the main hall on the first floor belongs to the main hall, and it looks solemn to welcome the Heavenly Master in the main hall!" Jian Lanning blamed himself: "It's me who didn't think about it, what the Heavenly Master said is, then the first floor hall." ”

2

In the Yingwu Hall of Dragon and Tiger City, Jian Lanning sat on the throne of the bronze tiger, Zhang Chunling, Ba Hongliang, Jing Yan, Fang Xin, and Bao Da sat on the right side of the main hall, and Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba sat on the left side of the main hall. Ba Hongliang said: "Heavenly Master, can you start?" Tang Hai thought to himself, it is still early, the later the time is delayed, the better, and it is best to do it late at night, so he said: "When people just eat, the food is still in the stomach, and there are residues left in the cavity, so it is inevitable that there will be a knot, at this time, it is not appropriate to ask the gods for divination, and it must be an hour after the meal to start!" Jian Lanning said "oh", so he had to order tea, and everyone gossiped about it.

The purpose of Ba Hongliang's trip was to let "Tang Tianshi" calculate it for himself in front of Jian Lanning, so that Jian Lanning would know his loyalty and trust himself completely, so he pretended to be very casual and asked: "Can Heavenly Master measure words?" Tang Haidao: "The gossip is mysterious, the magic is endless, the word measurement is biochemical, the changes are endless, although the two methods are different, but the law is the same, the poor road is not talented, and he has been concentrating on learning the Tao for more than 30 years, not only understanding the mystery of the gossip, but also the magic of measuring the word." ”

Ba Hong Liang said happily: "Mo Ruo before divining the hexagram for Long Ye, give me a word test first, let us open our eyes." ”

Jian Lanning smiled: "Hong Liang, you didn't believe it before, how can you believe it now?" ”

Ba Hongliang said: "I haven't met a real person before, and since I met the Heavenly Master, I can't help but believe it." ”

Jian Lanning laughed heartily when he heard this.

Tang Hai thought to himself, I just used the word test to delay the time, after all, Xiaolong told all the situation of Ba Hongliang, and he knew him well, but Jian Lanning's water was too deep, Xiaolong only knew that he was the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Gang, and he didn't know the details, once he started telling fortunes to Jianlanning, it meant that he had to do it as soon as possible, otherwise he would soon be exposed.

Tang Hai said with a smile: "Then I'll test the tiger master first." ”

"Okay." Jian Lanning only heard Ba Hongliang say that "Tang Tianshi" is very godly, and he has never seen it, so he happened to see the skills of "Tang Tianshi" first.

"Tang Tianshi" spread out the gossip map, put on the copper incense burner, flattened the white rice paper, held the sky-measuring pen, closed his eyes slightly, and read the words, after a while, "Tang Tianshi" handed the pen to Ba Hongliang and said: "Please give words." ”

The only purpose of Bahong Liang's word measurement is to express his loyalty to Jian Lanning through the mouth of "Tang Heavenly Master", and after asking for some false meaning, he wrote a "cheng" character on the paper uprightly, expecting the heavenly master to interpret "cheng" as "sincerity".

Tang Hai was secretly amused when he saw it, and he measured the word "cheng" for Dai Haixia, this guy must have heard Dai Haixia tell him that the word "cheng" represents loyalty, so he also asked me to test this word, and took the opportunity to show loyalty to Jian Lanning.

"Well, I'm going to kill you with that word today!" Tang Hai originally wanted to provoke the relationship between Ba Hongliang and Jian Lanning when he was telling the hexagram for Jian Lanning, but now Ba Hongliang wants to measure the word, and the word "Cheng" is written, Tang Hai is overjoyed, and secretly decides to take this opportunity to get rid of Ba Hongliang first, and then try to build Lanning.

Tang Hai took a pen in his right hand, took out a piece of spiritual talisman in his left hand and handed it to Lin Yuandao: "Quickly go outside the city, bow to the Big Dipper, and incinerate the spiritual talisman." Lin Yuan took the spirit talisman, led out of the Yingwu Hall by Bao Da, and when he arrived in the compound, he saw more than a dozen guards talking and laughing in a row of houses on the left side of the compound, and when he arrived at the gate, Bao Da said to the guards guarding the door: "This Taoist chief goes outside the city to worship heaven and earth and then returns to the city, you must not stop it." With that, he went straight back to the Yingwu Palace.

Tang Hai drew and wrote on the paper for a while, and suddenly lost his pen and shook his head, frowning sadly, sighing and complaining, and said with a depressed look: "Master Hu, you are a fierce word!" ”

Ba Hongliang was shocked, originally thought that "Tang Tianshi" would say that this "Cheng" is the same as "Cheng", indicating that he is a loyal person, but he didn't expect "Tang Tianshi" to say this word sinister.

"How so?" Ba Hongliang was puzzled.

Everyone present was silent, and everyone looked at Tang Hai, waiting for the Heavenly Master to explain further.

Tang Hai looked a little embarrassed, looked at Ba Hongliang, looked at Jian Lanning, and stopped talking.

Jian Lanning smiled: "Heavenly Master, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Tang Haidao: "'Cheng' is composed of 'Wan' and 'Ge', 10,000 represents many, Ge represents the knife, and Wan Ge is combined, which is the meaning of sword fighting, isn't it dangerous?" ”

Ba Hongliang said with a smile: "Fighting and killing is a common thing for us, so why is it strange. ”

At this time, Lin Yuan burned the spirit rune and returned to the Yingwu Palace, still sitting next to Tang Hai, Tang Hai caught a glimpse of Lin Yuan coming back, and thought that it was time.

Tang Hai's expression was solemn, his brows were tightly locked, he looked at the word "Cheng" carefully, and suddenly he screamed "ah", his eyes turned confused into anxious, his face turned suspicious and frightened, everyone was confused, even Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba didn't understand what kind of medicine was in the gourd of "Tang Tianshi", what was the eldest brother going to do?

"Heavenly Master, what's wrong?" Ba Hongliang asked in surprise.

Tang Hai said slowly: "With all due respect, 'Cheng' is composed of '戌' and an inverted vertical hook '亅', and '戌' belongs to the eleventh branch of the Heavenly Stem, after the unitary time, before the Hai time, which shows that the person who wrote has a battle of rebellion after the Youshi tonight. ”

This is the end of the unitary time, and it will soon be the end of the hour, isn't this obviously nonsense? Everyone thinks that "Tang Tianshi" is talking nonsense, Ba Hongliang previously praised "Tang Tianshi" to Jian Lanning when he solemnly recommended "Tang Tianshi" to the sky, and now he also feels that this "Tang Tianshi" is bullshit and not accurate at all, so he looks particularly embarrassed in front of Jian Lanning.

"The Battle of the Defection? Defections? Whose is it? Jian Lanning secretly pondered in his heart: "The little red wolf colluded with Ye Yang to rebel against the Dragon and Tiger Gang, and Ye Yang often had pastime in the Ririhuan casino, Ba Hongliang really didn't know anything about it?" Ba Hongliang's subordinates are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and even the famous No. 1 thug in Hanzhong on the rivers and lakes play for him......"

A tiger general pushed the door in, bent over, whispered a few words in Bao Da's ear, Bao Da's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly walked out of the hall, and after a while, he broke in with five tiger generals, each holding a steel knife to surround Ba Hongliang, Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba pretended to be frightened, and hurriedly stood up and retreated a few steps.

Jian Lanning saw that the tiger would surround Ba Hongliang with a knife, and said strangely: "What are you doing here?" ”

Bao Dadao: "Master Long, Master Bahu's subordinate Qian Guang secretly told that Lord Bahu turned against him tonight and conspired to kill Master Long." ”

This statement was really earth-shattering, and everyone present was stunned.

Ba Hongliang shouted that he was wronged, and he shouted again and again, and Jian Lanning shouted fiercely: "Shut up." Ba Hongliang saw that Long Ye was angry, and then he was silent, and the hall calmed down again.

Jian Lanning smiled and instructed Bao Dadao: "Who?" Bring it in. ”

Bao Da shouted, "Bring it in." "The two tiger generals outside entered the Yingwu Hall with trembling money.

"Qian Guang? What are you doing here? Ba Hongliang was puzzled.

Jian Lanning ordered Ba Hongliang to shut up, but he spoke again, could it be that he wanted to threaten his subordinates and prevent them from telling the truth? Jian Lanning was furious, abruptly left his seat and came to Ba Hongliang, slapped Ba Hongliang five or six times in a row, pointed at him and scolded sharply: "If you dare to say one more word, I will cut your tongue." The five sturdy tigers will immediately push Ba Hongliang to the ground, immobilizing him.

As soon as Jian Lanning turned around, he had a different look, with a smile on his face and kindness, and asked Qian Guang softly: "What's your name?" ”

"Subordinate Qian Guang."

"What?"

"Ba Huye's subordinates received some silver."

"What are you doing here?"

Qian Guang replied: "Hu Ye knew that Long Ye preferred monks, and I heard that Tang Tianshi, the head of Longhu Mountain, was passing through Chengdu, so he hired Tang Tianshi to come to Longhu City to tell the hexagram for Long Ye. Today, the tiger master brought eighteen people to do internal response, and they hid their weapons under the sedan chair, wanting to take advantage of the dragon master's unpreparedness. The Tiger Master's plan was to kill the Dragon Master first, and then kill the four Tang Tianshi masters and apprentices, and finally ...... At last...... In the end, it was claimed that Long Ye was murdered by the enemies of the rivers and lakes who pretended to be Taoist priests, and it was the revenge of the Tiger Lord for the Dragon Ye, so that the Tiger Lord became the master of the Dragon and Tiger City, and took over the Dragon and Tiger Club justifiably. ”

Ba Hongliang listened to Qian Guang's nonsense, and wanted to refute it, but he was afraid of Jian Lanning, so he didn't dare to speak, and looked at Jian Lanning with bulging eyes, expecting him to order himself to justify.

Who knew that Jian Lanning was not in a hurry to listen to his arguments, but sneered a few times, and calmly ordered: "Go and search in the sedan chair." Fang Xin took the order and left, clapped his palms outside the door of the Yingwu Palace, and seven or eight tiger generals ran at once, Fang Xin ordered to act separately, and then returned to Jian Lanning's side.

Jian Lanning laughed a few times, and asked with a pleasant face: "Qian Guang, you tell the truth, I, Jian Lanning, will not treat you badly, let me ask you again, how did you know that he was going to turn against me tonight?" ”

Qian Guang saw that Ba Hongliang was pushed to the ground by several big men, and knew that he would definitely die tonight, so he was no longer afraid of him, and opened his mouth to say: "Ba Hongliang has long been antipathetic, and often complains that the gang leader Long Ye looks down on him, doesn't trust him, and marries such an ugly cousin to him, which makes him disgusted when he sees it." Ba Hongliang found two lovers, one is called Dai Haixia, the other is called Jinzi, a few months ago, Long Ye fell in love with Jinzi and asked him to send the gold to Longhu City, Ba Hongliang hid the gold, pretending to say to Long Ye that the gold ran away, that day he happened to encounter the enemy chasing and killed, and was injured in one eye, so he took the opportunity to say that he was blinded by gold on the way to send gold to Longhu City. Ba Hongliang once said after drinking: 'Sooner or later, I will kill Jian Lanning, a pervert', and the gambling brothers all know about it. ”

"Master Long, wronged, this bastard is nonsense," Ba Hongliang still couldn't help it, although his head was pressed to the ground, he still desperately pleaded.

When Jian Lanning heard Qian Guang's words, he felt a great shame, no wonder when he wanted to bring the gold back to Longhu City that day, Ba Hongliang hesitated, and said that he would send the gold later, and it turned out to be his own lover. Jian Lanning had a fire in his heart, and when he saw Ba Hongliang speak, he was even more furious, but Jian Lanning was overjoyed, coughed lightly, and asked Fang Xin coldly: "Fang Xin, Master Tiger is talking again, what should I do?" Fang Xin understood, directly took out a short knife, squatted down and grabbed Ba Hongliang's chin, put the knife into his mouth, and cut off his tongue stiffly.

Everyone was shocked, but Jian Lanning smiled and said to Ba Hongliang, who was full of blood: "Hongliang, do you think my cousin is ugly?" Hate me for robbing your lover? You say it directly, you say it directly, I let Jing Yan go back to her parents' house, I don't rob you of women, why lie to me? ”

At this moment, no one in the entire hall dared to speak except for Ba Hongliang alone, and they all looked at Jian Lanning with their eyes.

Jian Lanning came to Qian Guang, still with a pleasant face: "You are his brother, why do you want to betray your master?" ”

Qian Guang looked angry and said: "Dai Haixia is a subordinate cousin, who was robbed by him, and his subordinates are afraid that he will be powerful and powerful, so he has to swallow his anger so far." Yesterday, he plotted to assassinate Long Ye, and asked his subordinates and several other brothers to come to Dragon and Tiger City with him today to rebel, promising to destroy Long Ye, and he rewarded us after he became the master of the Dragon and Tiger Society. However, this move is perverse, and heaven does not tolerate it, and his subordinates once entered the Dragon and Tiger City, and they will not help him for life, how can they follow him to do anything wrong, so his subordinates fled this morning and did not come here with him to rebel. ”

At this time, the tiger general of the horse-search carriage came to the main hall, threw more than ten knives, swords, axes, iron hooks and other objects on the ground, and said: "Master Long, this is found in the carriage of the Bahu master. ”

Jian Lanning just smiled gloomily.

Jing Yan was furious, rushed over and kicked Ba Hongliang, who was pressed to the ground, and scolded while kicking: "You brute, don't say anything about me being ugly and raising women outside, and dare to harm my cousin, I'll kick you to death!" I'll kick you to death! ”

Jian Lanning greeted Zhang Chunling and said, "Take her to the backyard." Zhang Chunling pulled the crying Jing Yan out of the hall. Jian Lanning turned around and instructed Bao Dadao: "First, tie up the eighteen people brought by Ba Hongliang. Second, send four King Kong and fifty-four tiger generals to quickly enter the city of Chengdu to encircle and suppress the remnants of Bahongliang. Third, strengthen vigilance, close the gates, and do not allow strangers to enter and leave Dragon and Tiger City. He easily instructed Fang Xindao: "Take Qian Guang out and reward a thousand taels of silver, by the way, there is a shortage of fertilizer in the back garden, bury the people brought by Ba Hongliang in the back garden to raise flowers and plants." ”

Fang Xin and Bao Da walked out of the main hall and conveyed the orders of the Dragon Lord to King Kong and the tiger general outside the hall, and the two returned to Jian Lanning's side.

Jian Lanning squatted down, patted Ba Hongliang's face and said, "Hongliang, many people want to kill me, I really didn't expect you to want to." I think it's strange, how can you be a big man blinded by a little girl, you never believe in fortune telling, how did you recommend the Heavenly Master to me this time. By the way, Lin Yuan and Ye Yang, the aliens in the rivers and lakes colluded with the little red wolf, often have fun in your casino, how can you not know it? Little Red Wolf, you, Lin Yuan, Ye Yang, and Xiaolong, the number one thug in Hanzhong, have long wanted to kill me. ”

Ba Hongliang was anxious to argue, but his tongue had been cut off, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only be pressed tightly to the ground and scream.

Jian Lanning took a sharp knife from the guard's hand, stabbed it hard at Ba Hongliang's right eye, and then dug out, and the eyeball suddenly collapsed.

Seeing Ba Hongliang's painful appearance, Jian Lanning laughed a few times, put the bloody eyeballs in his mouth in front of everyone and chewed them with relish.

After eating the eyeballs, Jian Lanning smiled and said, "It's delicious, I don't know if it's delicious, I'll taste it." After that, he ripped off Ba Hongliang's coat, stabbed him in the chest with a sharp knife, dug out his heart and liver, cut it into small pieces with a knife, and ate it piece by piece in front of everyone.

3

All this was Tang Hai's preset strategy, and last night he asked Tang Xi to sneak into the Bahongliang Dragon and Tiger Cellar and hide the weapon under the seat of the sedan chair. Tang Xi was superb, although there were often thugs patrolling back and forth, but no one found Tang Xi's whereabouts.

Killed Ba Hongliang, Jian Lanning was eating his heart and liver with hideous eyes, suddenly heard a scream, looked up, it turned out to be his wife Zhang Chunling looking at him at the back door of the main hall, Jian Lanning smiled, left the uneaten heart and liver, wiped the blood on his hands with Ba Hongliang's clothes, waved his hand at Zhang Chunling with a smile and said, "It's okay, go back and accompany Jing Yan." ”

Jian Lanning glanced at the main hall and found that the "Tang Heavenly Master" and the three Taoist masters were hiding in the corner of the main hall, hurriedly adjusted their clothes, and respectfully bowed their hands and said: "The Heavenly Master is frightened, forgive me!" Excuse me! ”

Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba made a shocked look, and Jian Lanning said: "Heavenly Master God counts, God counts!" Jian Lanning admires! Please sit down! After Jian Lanning killed someone, he actually acted like he was fine, and invited Tang Hai to the seat again, and climbed the treasure chair with a smile and said: "The Heavenly Master's word measurement score is not bad, which shows that the Heavenly Master is not an idle person, please also make a hexagram for me." ”

Tang Hai looked at the five sword-wielding tiger generals who were still in the Yingwu Palace, showing a terrified look, Jian Lanning smiled, waved his hand at the five people, and said, "All retreat, don't scare the Heavenly Master." The five people dragged Ba Hongliang's body and turned around and left the main hall, leaving only Jian Lanning, Fang Xin, Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba in the hall.

Jian Lanning folded his hands and said: "Thank you Heavenly Master for helping this gang leader to see through the rebellion, there will be heavy thanks for a while, Heavenly Master God calculates, this gang leader has opened his eyes." ”

Tang Hai looked around the hall and said lightly: "The hall is full of murderous aura, God is good at killing evil, today's things are against the will of heaven, angry Tianzun, with this heavenly master, Long Ye is only afraid that there will be bad luck coming!" ”

Jian Lanning was shocked when he heard this, and looked coldly at Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba, his eyes were like sharp swords, his thoughts were flying, he was silent for a long time, and after being silent for a long time, he suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Although I, Jian Lanning, have killed countless people, but my life is very blessed, and the Heavenly Master can rest assured." ”

Tang Hai laughed and said: "Master Long doesn't know, there are gods who have passed through the world and often follow people, according to the severity of the bad karma committed by people, it is calculated to take people, and there are Beidou gods who often record sins on people's heads, and deduct their lives, so they do too much evil, no matter how big their lives are, how thick their blessings are, they will inevitably suffer from God's punishment and eat evil fruits!" ”

"Oh, that's it, I have to ask the Heavenly Master to do the math," Jian Lanning smiled and said, "May I ask the Heavenly Master, since this gang leader has done a lot of evil, I don't know if I can survive tonight?" ”

Tang Hai said coldly: "Could it be that Master Long has already had a premonition that there will be a catastrophe tonight?" Hasn't this catastrophe just passed? ”

"Ba Hongliang has followed me for many years, I know him well, this person has no courage and no strategy, but he is arrogant, if it weren't for his cousin's face, he can only be a tiger general in my Dragon and Tiger City at most, how can he be qualified to be a tiger master? I've been distrustful of him for years, and it's only natural that he would complain about me. However, he often comes to Dragon Tiger City, and he knows the strength of my Dragon Tiger City well, and with his ability, he will succeed against all odds, even if he secretly hides weapons and wants to kill me while I am not prepared, he will not be able to escape. Therefore, I think that if he really wants to defect, in addition to bringing those eighteen guards, he must have another killer feature. Jian Lanning's words softened, and after calmly analyzing it, he came to a conclusion: "Therefore, I am afraid that today's catastrophe of this gang leader has not yet passed." ”

Tang Haidao: "Ba Hongliang really has some killer features, everyone is dead, why don't you sacrifice it?" ”

Jian Lanning said: "That's because his brother Qian Guang suddenly appeared and disrupted his clever plan. ”

"I want to hear about it." Tang Hai folded his hands and smiled.

Jian Lanning said: "Ba Hongliang knows that the Yingwu Hall in the Dragon and Tiger City is the place where the gang leader meets the guests of the rivers and lakes, except for the gang leader and Fang Xin, Bao Da, and the Eight King Kongs, the one hundred and eight tigers in the city will not be allowed to enter without being summoned. Bahong conscience I like to ask God for divination, in addition to Fang Xin and Bao Da when asking God for divination, I don't like other people to be present, so I specially recommend the Heavenly Master to me, and I will definitely meet the Heavenly Master in the Yingwu Palace, so that he can wait for the opportunity to sacrifice his killer weapon in the Yingwu Palace, at this time I only have Fang Xin and Bao Da around at most, as for Mrs. Zhang Chunling and cousin Jing Yan are powerless, don't worry, so he can kill me in an instant. It's a pity that Qian Guang's appearance disrupted his deployment, and he was killed by my preemptive strike before he could sacrifice his killer weapon. ”

After a pause, Jian Lanning asked coldly: "Heavenly Master, you are a god of calculation, and this gang leader also knows a little bit about the art of calculation, do you say that this gang leader is accurate?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Based on Master Long, what is Ba Hongliang's killer feature?" ”

"It's the Heavenly Master and the three Dao Masters around him," Jian Lanning's gaze pressed towards Tang Hai: "The Heavenly Master and the three Dao Masters must be hidden masters, right?" In this Yingwu Palace, I and Fang Xin and Bao Da, the Heavenly Master and the three Dao Masters, and Ba Hongliang are five people, you have the advantage in numbers, if there is another raid, get rid of one or two of my three first, your chances of victory will be greater. ”

Jian Lanning said this, Fang Xin beside him suddenly pulled out his sword, and the blade of the sword pointed directly at Tang Hai, his eyes were like electricity. Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba used all their strength and waited for Tang Hai's order at any time.

However, Tang Hai did not issue an order to attack, and Jian Lanning did not make a killing gesture.

Jian Lanning leaned forward and said coldly: "Without the killer weapon of Tang Tianshi and the three Dao Masters, he would not have the courage to defect to a hundred Ba Hongliang." ”

Tang Hai originally had a solemn expression, but after listening to Jian Lanning's words, his face gradually relaxed, and he slowly smiled again, and finally laughed hehaha. Seeing this, Jian Lanning also laughed, and in the end, the two laughed heartily in the hall as if they were friends.

"The gang leader Long Ye is so wrong!" After laughing, Tang Hai shook his head and said.

Jian Lanning paused slightly, leaned forward: "Oh, where is wrong, please ask the Heavenly Master to make it clear." ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "Ba Hongliang has no intention of defecting, and he recommended this Heavenly Master to Long Ye, all because Long Ye believes in asking God for divination, and Ba Hongliang wants to please Long Ye, so he did it." That Qian Guang and Dai Haixia were originally lovers, after Dai Haixia followed Ba Hongliang, the two often had a bad time, this heavenly master used a little trick, so that Qian Guang mistakenly thought that he and Dai Haixia were found out by Ba Hongliang, Ba Hongliang was chasing him, Qian Guang was afraid, so he had to take a risk to come to Longhu City to falsely accuse the master, in order to save his life. The weapons in the sedan chair were all done by this Heavenly Master, and Ba Hongliang didn't know about it. ”

After listening to Tang Hai's words, Jian Lanning was quite surprised and asked, "In this way, Ba Hongliang's death was a murder by the Heavenly Master?" ”

Tang Hai nodded slightly: "Ba Hongliang has done a lot of evil, and Master Long killed him, and his merits are immeasurable." ”

"Hahahaha, what a strategy!" Jian Lanning really didn't expect that Ba Hongliang was really wronged, although he laughed, he was sad and sad in his heart, and his heart was miserable and cold. Jian Lanning's face gradually became gloomy, and he lamented: "To be honest, my Dragon and Tiger Club is full of talents, heroes, and it is nothing to lose a tiger master and a few dragons and tigers, but this gang leader has been on the rivers and lakes for more than 30 years, and this is the first time that he has been used, which is really a great shame!" ”

"Master Long, your life is gone, what do you want to do with your reputation?" Tang Hai seriously advised Jian Lanning.

"Oh...... The Celestial Master is so confident? ”

"This Heavenly Master has never missed."

"Dare to ask the Heavenly Master which way of the immortal, this gang leader will die to understand."

"Didn't Master Long say that if the world's number one thief dares to come to Chengdu, Lord Long will break his body into ten thousand pieces?"

Jian Lanning was taken aback when he heard the name of the thief, the thief led his brothers to be haunted in the rivers and lakes, and his whereabouts were unpredictable, how many powerful bullies and corrupt officials died quietly in their hands, and the killers of the rivers and lakes and the government had never heard of him and never saw him, I really didn't expect that he would swagger into his dragon and tiger city.

"Good, good, good, the number one in the world really lives up to its reputation!" Jian Lanning clapped his hands and praised three times, stared at Tang Hai tightly, and suddenly said: "Tang Hai, you have swept the rivers and lakes with three brothers for more than ten years, and the heroes from all walks of life are afraid of them like tigers, Jian Lanning is born not to believe in evil, and I have been looking forward to meeting you for a while, but it is a pity that you don't come to Chengdu, Jian Lanning is disappointed, and today the four of you have broken into my Dragon and Tiger City, which just fulfilled the wish of the gang leader for many years." ”

"Dare to be good, dare to be good, Master Long, we are not four evils now, but nine evils, you can hear clearly, I Tang Hai, my brothers Duan Qi, Xiaolong, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, Ye Yang, Tang Xi, Wolf Ba, Jinzi. We will wait for the nine evils, only kill the wicked, and do not set wildfires. But now that you have a lot of crimes in Dragon and Tiger City, not setting fire to it is not enough for the people to be angry, and today you will not only have to destroy your Dragon and Tiger Gang, but also burn your Dragon and Tiger City. ”

Seeing Tang Hai say such a big thing, Fang Xin couldn't bear it on the side, and shouted loudly: "Pifu is so big, you can be presumptuous elsewhere, come to my Dragon and Tiger City, there is only a dead end," Although Fang Xin was anxious to rush over and kill Tang Hai, but without the order of the Dragon Master, he could only shout.

Jian Lanning smiled and said, "Tang Hai, are you so confident that you can win me?" ”

Tang Hai also laughed and said, "Master Long, when did you hear that the number one in the world ever missed?" ”

Jian Lanning was about to speak, when he suddenly saw King Kong Qu Wei of Dragon and Tiger City break into the hall with two people, Qu Wei bowed his hand and said: "Master Long, the eighteen people brought by Ba Hongliang fought with our people, the gongs and drums outside the city were shocking, the sound of killing was moving, and the fire was everywhere in the city, and the smoke was filled, somehow!" ”

It turned out that Lin Yuan went out to burn the talisman to send a signal to Duan Qi and the others outside, and Tang Xi sneaked into the city with oil and flint. When Lin Yuan returned to the city, he said to Xu Bin and the others: "The tiger master has a lot of quarrels with the gang leader in the Yingwu Palace, if you see the tiger general of the Dragon Tiger City coming to arrest you, you can resist desperately, or have a glimmer of life." Xu Bin eighteen people saw Bao Da with fifty-four tigers carrying knives and dragging guns out of the Dragon and Tiger City violently, all frightened, and saw more than 20 tiger generals with swords and fierce towards themselves, everyone expected that the fierce will be more auspicious, Xu Bin shouted: "Brothers, fight." Eighteen people picked up sticks, stools, chairs and other objects and rushed out of the gate of Dragon and Tiger City, trying to escape from the city, but were chased by the tiger generals, and a melee broke out for a while.

Tang Xi heard the sound of fighting, and took advantage of the chaos to set fire everywhere in the city, Duan Qi, Xiaolong, Ye Yang, and Jin Zi saw the sound of killing in the city, and the fire was on fire, and they also beat drums and shouted outside the city, which shocked the one hundred and eight tigers in the dragon and tiger city to panic and make a mess.

As soon as Qu Wei finished speaking, Shan Yong approached, and with just one punch, he knocked the person a foot away, and then opened the bow left and right, knocked the two tiger generals over, grabbed a long knife, called "brother", and threw the knife to Lin Yuan. The wolf tyrant quickly closed the door of the Yingwu Palace, put on the iron bolt, and did not let the outside King Kong and the tiger general enter.

Although Dragon and Tiger City is said to be a "city", it is actually a large manor, with a radius of only one mile, the sound of killing outside is shocking, and it can be heard clearly in the Yingwu Palace, Jian Lanning was shocked, and asked: "Tang Hai, how many people did you bring?" ”

Tang Hai smiled: "Nine hundred." ”

Seeing the confusion on Jian Lanning's face, Tang Hai explained: "The Dragon and Tiger Gang has endangered Sichuan and Shu for many years, and there are thousands of enemies, and many people are forced to join the Liukou helplessly.

The news of the world's first robber to participate in the Xingyang Conference has already spread in the rivers and lakes, and he has had a friendship with the Liukou many years ago, and it is not impossible to besiege my Dragon and Tiger City with the Liukou today. Jian Lanning listened and sat still, but his heart was already in chaos.

After Tang Xi set fire to the warehouse, armory, and backyard house, he jumped onto the Yingwu Hall as agreed in advance, lifted the tiles, and flew down from the roof. When Shan Yong saw Tang Xi coming, he was overjoyed and said, "Brother protect the eldest brother." He said to Wolf Ba and Lin Yuan: "The two brothers will deal with Fang Xin and Bao Da, and I will deal with Jian Lanning." ”

Hearing this, the wolf bully rushed to Bao Da with his bare hands, and Lin Yuan raised his knife and approached Fang Xin. The four of them fought first in the hall.

Shan Yong picked up a knife from the ground and jumped to the tiger chair to look at Jian Lanning, with a murderous look on his face.

Hearing the sound of fighting, Zhang Chunling and Jing Yan in the backyard came out and asked, "What's wrong?" Jian Lanning said: "It's okay, you two go back, don't come out." Seeing this formation, Zhang Chunling and Jing Yan were so frightened that they hurriedly hid back.

The front door of the Yingwu Hall is bolted, but the door to the backyard is open, but the backyard is only Jian Lanning's family members, maids, and servants, and there are no tiger generals, so the front door is bolted, and Jian Lanning has no help.

Jian Lanning stared at Shan Yong, who was close at hand, with a fierce light in his eyes, "You are the first Shan Yong in Miao Jiang?" Shan Yong nodded: "I am." When Jian Lanning heard this, he suddenly took out the steel knife and slashed towards the mountain with a loud roar.

Over there, Qu Wei and the two tigers were about to struggle to get up after being knocked down, but Tang was happy to see it, and rushed over with lightning speed, one person and one knife, sending the three of them to hell in the blink of an eye. Tang Xi returned to Tang Hai's side, and Tang Hai said: "Brother Hugh wants to take care of me, go and fight quickly." ”

Tang Xi looked around the hall, only to see that Lin Yuan and Fang Xin were fighting, the wolf tyrant and Bao Da were inseparable, Jian Lanning and Shan Yong were uncertain, Tang Xi expected that there was no danger on Shan Yong's side, so he brought a knife to help Lin Yuan. Fang Xinben and Lin Yuanqi were rivals, and now when he saw Tang Xilai to help, he was suddenly a little flustered, parrying left and right, and had no strength to attack, and after fighting for a while, he was cut by Lin Yuan's arm, and he rolled on the ground in pain. Tang Xi took the opportunity to make up for it and slashed his neck, resulting in Fang Xin's life.

At this time, there was a burst of crashing sounds from outside the Yingwu Palace, obviously King Kong and the tiger generals gathered outside to bang on the door, trying to protect the dragon master. Tang Haidao: "The two brothers are going to kill Jian Lanning and fight quickly." ”

Tang Xi and Lin Yuan took the order and rushed to fight around Jian Lanning. Jian Lanning is okay to deal with Shan Yong alone, how can he defeat three people? At this time, the only hope is that the tiger outside will break into the door, but the three evil tigers chase after him and bite, and there is no chance to open the door at all.

Jian Lanning was anxious, he didn't know what to do, and when he was flustered, he was cut off by Shan Yong with the steel knife in his hand, and was kicked in the lower abdomen by Lin Yuan, Tang Xi punched his head again, and Jian Lanning staggered to the ground.

Jian Lanning spat red blood from his mouth, but still shouted: "Tang Hai, good job, good job." ”

Tang Xi saw that Jian Lanning was seriously injured, and expected that the toothless tiger would no longer hurt people, and the broken foot dragon would be difficult to take off, so he turned around and went to help the wolf bully deal with Bao Da, Bao Da was fighting with the wolf bully, suddenly his eyes flashed, and he felt that a figure was shaking in front of him, and he was stunned for a moment, and was coldly punched by Tang Xi from the side, and then he was slashed on the shoulder by the wolf tyrant.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Bao Da hurriedly ran towards the backyard, but Jian Lanning, who was on the ground, grabbed his leg with one hand and said: "Bao Da, the big husband crisscrosses the rivers and lakes, and the blood stains Kyushu, what is the joy of life and the fear of death?" There are only blood-spilling heroes in my Dragon and Tiger City, how can there be escape heroes! ”

When Bao Da heard this, he had to turn around and fight again, but after a few moves, he was knocked down by Tang Xifei, punched a few more times, and died in the corner of the hall.

When Jian Lanning saw Tang Xi Meng until he was killed, he couldn't help laughing and said: "This is my Jian Lanning's stand-in guard, die well, die well." ”

Lin Yuan was furious, shouted and ran to Jian Lanning, "It's your turn!" When he arrived in front of Jian Lanning, Lin Yuan squatted slightly, raised his knife to stab, and was unexpectedly replaced by Jian Lanning. The wolf bully was furious, and also swung the knife to chop, Jian Lanning rolled on the spot to dodge, the wolf bully wanted to cut again, Jian Lanning caught the blade with both hands, and kicked it in the hand of the wolf bully, the wolf bully had to let go, and the knife actually fell into the hands of Jian Lanning.

Everyone thought that the toothless tiger would no longer hurt people, and the broken foot dragon would be difficult to take off, but unexpectedly, the tiger was toothless and still had three points of power, and the dragon's broken claws also had seventy percent of the strength.

Shan Yong saw that the demon trapped beast was still fighting, and stepped forward, Jian Lanning jumped up and slashed with a knife, Shan Yong dodged sideways, and punched Jian Lanning on the head, Jian Lanning fell again, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground. Shan Yong squatted down again and punched the devil on the chest, Jian Lanning screamed miserably, and the blood in his mouth spurted out two or three feet high, and a generation of heroes in the rivers and lakes returned to Huangquan.

4

The tiger generals in the dragon and tiger city killed eighteen people in Xu Bin, and sent twenty or thirty tiger generals to open the city gate and rush out to find the enemy, and found that although the gongs and drums were noisy outside, only Xiaolong, Ye Yang, and Jin Zi were riding on horses. The tiger generals in the city went around to put out fires, and the Seven King Kongs took thirty or forty tiger generals to rush into the Yingwu Palace, but they were blocked by the iron gate, so they had to divide the soldiers into two ways, one way to hit the door outside, and all the way to wait outside the backyard wall to prevent Tang Hai and others from escaping from the backyard.

King Kong and the tiger generals guarding the front door of the Yingwu Hall were desperately banging on the door, and suddenly six heads fell from the sky, and when they looked up, they saw Tang Xi grinning on the roof: "This is the head of your Dragon Master Jian Lanning and Fang Xin, Bao Da and others." Everyone took a closer look, and sure enough, it was the head of Jian Lanning, Fang Xin, Bao Da, Qu Wei and the two tiger generals, and they were immediately shocked.

When he was in a panic, Tang Xi smashed the tile from the roof again, and the people who hit the door below hurriedly scattered and ran away, Tang Hai took the opportunity to order Lin Yuan and Wolf Ba to open the front door of the Yingwu Palace, Shan Yong and Lin Yuan killed with knives, Tang Hai followed, and the Wolf Ba Palace. Tang Xi also jumped down, and the five of them took advantage of the chaos to rush straight to the gate, although there were King Kong and Tiger General to stop them halfway, they were all killed and retreated by Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, Wolf Ba, and Tang Xi.

The five of them rushed out of the gate, and a shout came from behind them: "All the good men leave me." Tang Hai turned around and saw that it was Qian Guang running in a hurry, this cowardly and afraid of death whore was about to rush out of the gate of Dragon and Tiger City, but was hacked to death by a tiger general from behind.

Tang Hai and the eight people went straight to the dense forest, where Duan Qi had already pulled out a few horses, Tang Hai and others got on the horses with knives, and the nine people quickly whipped their horses and ran west while it was dark, and the tiger generals who were twenty or thirty hands dancing torches saw that the nine people ran away, and they were all at a loss, so they had to go back.