Chapter 4: The Alliance Leader

The merchant village is more than 100 miles away from Jiangzhou City, and there are thousands of households in the village, all of which are red walls and high tiles, and the green trees outside the village are shady, and the stream is murmuring, which is a good place to go.

After a few days, it will be the birthday of the old man of Shang Rong Shang, Shang Rong is known as "Sai Meng taste", he is highly respected in Jiangnan, and the doorman is all over the Jiangnan, it is said that the old man has been the leader of the Jiangnan Salt Gang before Fang La's development, and after the golden basin washed his hands, he bought the merchant Zhuang and sat up as a big landlord. In the past, Fang La also had to give the old man a few thin noodles, and in terms of prestige, no one in Jiangnan could beat him.

The old man's 70th birthday is naturally going to be held in the scenery, half a month ago, the merchant village has been lit up, and the colorful shed to welcome guests has been set up a few miles away.

On this day, on the east avenue of the merchant village, several luxury cars drove slowly, all of them were carriages with more than four horses, the groom wore silk and satin, the maid on the carriage was light and graceful, and dozens of fast horses next to the carriage were fat and strong, and their looks were extraordinary. This is also arrogant, a bit out of the score, right? Is the carriage as many horses as you want? If this is taken out by someone, no matter how big the force is, it will not be able to stand up to a piece of paper in the imperial court?

muttering in his heart whether he was muttering, or smiling to greet him, more Zhuang Ke rushed into the village and told the young masters of the deacons in the village.

Die'er jumped out of the carriage, snickering secretly in her heart, it is half the work to be able to trick the gentleman here, look at the temper of the gentleman, Nineteen is going to have a dispute with these Jianghu characters, who cares if you have money or not? Here, fists are the last word!

"Childe, you are ......" Zhuang Ke nodded and bowed, quite respectfully.

"Little brother, take a step to speak." Die'er took the Zhuang Ke to a secluded place, stuffed the Zhuang Ke with a handful of copper coins, and said with a smile: "Little brother, my master is in business, from the capital, I have heard the name of the Zhuang owner for a long time, and I came to see ......."

Hearing this, Zhuang Ke's spirit immediately changed, he was a rich man for a long time, or a northerner, even if he had some wealth, he was just a hairless phoenix in this Jiangzhou land, not to mention that if he was really wealthy, he could still run to the old man by himself? The person who had already looked for the official face of Jiangzhou was introduced. However, looking at the hundred and ten dollars in his hand, Zhuang Ke still smiled and said: "It's easy to say, since that's the case, I'll arrange an identity for the son casually." ”

Die'er smiled and thanked, Zhuang Ke returned to the welcome shed, with a stroke of the pen, Hebei Tongtian Gang came into being, Die'er and the group became Hebei Tongtian Gang, Zhuang Ke was secretly proud, so arranged, it seems that the name of the master is more famous, even the northern green forest road also knows the reputation of the master.

The carriage slowly moved towards Zhuangzi, but Zhuangzi hurriedly ran out of a young man with red lips and white teeth, and politely greeted Die'er before getting closer, but it turned out to be Shang Rong's second son Shang Weiyang, who heard Die'er report "Hebei Tongtian Gang", Shang Weiyang's face changed, and then there was a villager next to him muttering a few words in his ear, Shang Weiyang immediately had a cold face, "hummed" and turned around into the village, and hung Die'er on the spot, Die'er was annoyed for a while, and Shangzhuang didn't seem to be as hospitable as the master said.

There was a lot of noise in the carriage, "Why didn't anyone greet the master, who is that little beast who doesn't know how to be polite!" When Die'er was full of depression, she smiled, and for the first time she felt a little cute.

Die'er and his party were arranged in a remote courtyard, and it is estimated that this is the result of a large amount of money spilled, otherwise, they will definitely not be given a separate courtyard.

Die'er slipped out to inquire for several days, and finally heard a news that made her ecstatic, Tian Fangge had already posted that the old man was going to celebrate his birthday on his birthday.

And in the courtyard, when she saw those men in strong suits with swords and swords, Die'er was even more excited, this is not the rivers and lakes she imagined!

But these days Die'er is more annoying, that is, the damn gentleman, all day long asking when he will see Shang Rong to talk about his big business of antiques, almost forcing Die'er to go crazy, what makes Die'er a little worried is that these days there are always some ghostly men snooping near the courtyard gate, although Die'er also wants to be unlucky, but there are a few men with lewd eyes, which makes Die'er's heart tight, and then I want to draft a mangzhong who has seen these pretty maids, just afraid that someone will move some crooked thoughts, at this time Die'er, secretly regretting his decision, In order to get into danger for a while, he persuaded him to leave several times to no avail, and then he thought that Tian Daxia would also be here, and there were some respected seniors in the rivers and lakes, and they would not tolerate Xiao Xiaohu Wei when they thought of it, and Die'er was slightly relieved when she thought of this.

As for the idea of rescuing those maids, Die'er didn't want to mention it again, but there was a big embarrassment in the ****, and when a **** chatted with a few maids, he inadvertently said that he could help them get out of the house, and said that if there was a shortage of money, he could still get the money himself.

Who knew that several of the originally delicate and lovely little maids immediately turned cold, looking at her as if looking at a monster, a maid said coldly: "The girl said that she laughed, does the girl know how blessed it is to serve my master?" What a rare opportunity? Do you know how much I have suffered to have this day? How much sweat was shed? And how many sisters have been laid off and washed their faces with tears every night? Although the girl is good friends with my mother, she should not slander my master, lest she regret it later! “

Die'er only listened dumbfounded, speechless, looking at the expressions of a few little maids, it was by no means a fake, the fanatical piety when mentioning that gentleman, and the coldness to themselves, as if the gentleman was like a god in their minds, and could not tolerate half of the destruction by others.

Die'er said goodbye in embarrassment at that time, and her heart was depressed, why are all the good women in the world blind? Why are they so attached to him! But these days, my dislike for the gentleman seems to be slowly disappearing.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the day of Shang Rongshou's birthday, early in the morning, Die'er was awakened by the earth-shattering sound of gongs and drums, rubbing her hazy sleepy eyes, and her arrogant voice sounded again, "Rush to mourn early in the morning!" Isn't it great to have a good life? Waiting for Lao Tzu's 70th birthday, please check the fence all over the world, have you heard of the Kingdom of Britain on the west side of the sea? When the time comes, Lao Tzu snatched his princess to sing and cheer up! The crisp laughter of the girl in the green dress also sounded, which is the "wake-up march" that butterflies must pass every day.

Maybe it is used to nature, listening to the tone of "Lao Tzu is the first in the world", Die'er just smiled, a very interesting person, that is, arrogant and arrogant is very "type", yes is what you said, "stylish", a few days, Die'er has some faith in the words of the girl in the green skirt, she is indeed knowledgeable, not the rich man in her original mind, if not too arrogant, Die'er may have a better impression of him.

Die'er smiled and dressed, naturally she couldn't see the girl in the green dress "giggling" and rolling on the bed, and she couldn't hear the words of the girl in the green dress when she was tired of being coquettish in her arms: "Xianggong, your arrogant appearance is so funny, Qiqiao likes it too much!" Is it okay for Xianggong to be so arrogant in the future? When he returned to the capital, Xianggong went directly to smash Cai Jing's mansion, hehe......"

She shook her head helplessly, and whispered a few words like "If you say it, I won't pretend to be a rich man......", and Die'er won't hear it.

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After freshening up and having breakfast, Die'er and Orange Orange went out of the room, but they saw the girl in the main room and the girl in the green dress walking out with a smile.

"Sister, Mu Gongzi, what are you ......" Die'er greeted her a little nervously.

"Of course, go and see the excitement! Look at what tricks this rich man in the countryside can do, hum, it's such a big shelf! He said in a hateful voice.

"Sister, you can't go." Die'er's worst fear still happened, "Sister, listen to me, today are all rough people, my sister's daughter's body, and being looked at by these rough people is also blasphemous to my sister......"

That sounds a little more pleasing to the ear! But it doesn't matter if you look at it a few times, if anyone has a crooked idea, I will cut off his head! He said in a big way.

Seeing his self-righteous arrogance, Die'er is angry and funny, and his guards have not been seen before, they are all silver-like wax spearheads, but they are afraid that people will show their swords, and they will already flee for their lives.

Die'er was about to say more, but she had already turned around and shouted: "Hey, you guard the yard, if the master's maid is missing, you will all wait to lose your head!" ”

After the gentleman finished speaking, he didn't wait for Die'er to speak, and walked by himself, the girl in the green dress stuck out her tongue at Die'er, and trotted to follow, Die'er was slightly surprised that the gentleman who loved to put on music didn't bring a maid.

Die'er and Orange Cheng followed closely after the couple, until they reached the side hall, and saw that they arranged themselves in the side hall, and they lost their temper and threw a ten-run handover to the Zhuang Ke on the spot, and the Zhuang Ke went out for a long time before they came back and said that there was a small gang of helpers who were willing to change seats, and the Fu Wan turned his anger into joy, and rewarded the Zhuang Ke ten times, and then swaggered into the main hall accompanied by the Zhuang Ke.

There are eight big tables in the main hall, and the people present are handsome or ugly, fat or thin, with different shapes, but the same is that everyone has a fierce atmosphere, probably all of them are the leaders of various gangs in Jiangnan or the people with faces in the green forests of Jiangnan, and the four of Die'er were arranged at the most remote table, with a reluctant face, and reluctantly sat down under the persuasion of Zhuangke.

As soon as a few people entered the main hall, a few eyes shot over, most of them were focused on the girl in the green dress, with her, the butterfly dressed as a man was no longer eye-catching.

After Die'er entered the main hall, she didn't care about others, glanced at the audience slightly, and couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed, there was no rumored personable Tian Fangge among these people.

On the main seat, an old man has white hair, but his face is full of red light, and his face is full of energy, probably the owner here, "Sai Meng" Shang Rong.

"Miss, why hasn't Tian Daxia come yet? Will it not come? Orange Orange said with some disappointment.

"Tian Daxia? Who is it? "The ears are inverted.

"You don't know, big hero! Big hero! A hundred times stronger than you! Hmph, "Orange Orange grimaced at the gentleman.

He smiled: "Is it your idol?" The girl in the green dress explained with a smile: "An idol is a person who worships and admires!" ”

Orange nodded her little head and smiled, "Yes, idol?" That's a fitting word! However, my young lady's most admired idol is not Tian Daxia! ”

The girl in the green dress smiled: "Really? Who's that? ”

Orange said: "My sister has been in the capital for a long time, don't you know if you have seen the princess?" ”

The girl in the green dress grinned: "I've seen it a few times, the concubine is really a national beauty, and I heard that she is the most favored by the king!" As he spoke, he glanced at the gentleman.

"Who said that the king's favorite is Princess Ye! Sister, don't talk nonsense! Die'er's little face turned red, and she argued with the girl in the green dress for the first time.

The girl in the green dress was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "How do you know? ”

Orange Orange secretly winked at the girl in the green dress and smiled: "Now you know who Miss's idol is, right?" ”

The girl in the green dress was stunned for a while, turned her head and saw the girl smiling at herself, her face was red, and she was a little embarrassed.

He interjected with a smile: "I heard that Princess Ye is rude and willful, and she acts crazy, you rabbit is really funny, how can you admire such a crazy girl......"

"What did you say?" Butterfly's face sank.

"Ha, don't say it, don't say it, in fact, Princess Ye is the first in the world to be cute, smart and peerless......" Seeing the girl in the green skirt, she pouted, and hurriedly started haha, the girl in the green dress smiled happily, and Die'er also glanced at him, and her face eased.

"Hey, you guys be quiet!" An ugly man with a pimple on the table next to him looked back at them, but his eyes looked straight at the face of the girl in the green dress.

The girl in the green dress had a sinking face, as if she wanted to get angry, but she was gently pulled by the placket, snorted, and turned her head away.

Die'er frowned, and just wanted to speak, but heard the sound of rapid running outside the hall, and a Zhuang Kefei also seemed to rush in, shouting in his mouth: "Master! Tian Fang Song Tian Ye has arrived! ”

There was a loud uproar in the hall, most of them were saying words such as "Old Man Shang has a big face", Shang Rong was full of smiles, striding out, and his actions were swift and neat, without showing the appearance of a dragon bell.

After a while, there was a group of people talking and laughing outside the door, and Shang Rong and a personable white-robed boy walked hand in hand, with a very intimate demeanor, and everyone in the hall got up and hugged their fists, and the greetings of "Tian Daxia is good" came and went.

The white-robed boy smiled on his face, responded politely and politely, and never missed a person, even if it was the most remote hero at the table, he walked over and saluted one by one, everyone was impressed by his bearing, and the hall was thunderous.

When he walked to the Die'er table, he saw the girl in the green dress slightly stunned, a trace of different color flashed in her eyes, and then she turned her gaze away, and said with a smile to the orange who saluted him with a red face: "Whose little scholar is so handsome?" Seeing Die'er again, he smiled: "Sure enough, the lord is a noble servant, the brother is elegant, and the scholar is so delicate......"

Die'er was excited and couldn't speak, she wanted to speak, but she didn't know what to say, looking at Tian Fangge's gentle eyes, Die'er only felt that the hardships and grievances of the past few days were swept away, and her heart was extremely relaxed.

"What does it smell like? Hey, splash, get out of the way, and make this girl unappetizing! The girl in the green dress, who had been sitting still, frowned, her face full of disgust, took out a handkerchief, and waved it lightly in front of her nose.

The hall was silent, if it was someone else, I was afraid that these men would have already scolded and even fought, but the girl in the green dress looked beautiful and refined, and her demeanor was like a fairy, and no matter how vulgar the man was on weekdays, she couldn't scold her, only the ugly man who began to stare at the girl in the green dress muttered in a low voice: "Dead girl's skin......"

He glanced at the ugly man and did not speak.

Tian Fangge's face was slightly embarrassed, and then he smiled: "It's rude and rude, Xiaosheng is born to work hard, how can he have time to freshen up, and please don't blame the girl." ”

"That's it! Tian Daxia has been running for the well-being of my Jiangnan Green Forest in many ways, regardless of informality! Respectable, respectable! Shang Rong laughed and played a round game.

The girl in the green dress frowned and covered her nose with a handkerchief, turned her face away, and didn't bother to say anything.

A trace of anger flashed in Tian Fangge's eyes, and then he smiled, waved his hand slightly at the commotionous crowd, and walked towards the chairman hand in hand with Shang Rong.

Immediately there were exclamations such as "Tian Daxia is so big" in the hall.

"Tian Daxia! I heard that you had another big fight with the Mu family gang a few days ago, can you say that you came to help the wine? A man shouted loudly, causing everyone in the hall to applaud.

Tian Fangge smiled: "It's just a trivial matter, what can I say?" ”

"Tian Daxia is too modest, the Mu family gang is rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, so that we and other small sects see that there is no way to live, Tian Daxia can make this breath for us! It's a pleasure! Tian Daxia, I Lei Zhen toast you! A stout man with short hair as long as a steel needle raised his bowl and drank it all.

Tian Fangge said with a smile: "Is this big brother the big brother of the Minjiang Gang Benlei and Lei Zhenlei?" ”

The stout man said in surprise: "My Minjiang Gang is just a small gang by the Minjiang River, and Tian Daxia actually knows that he is under the name of Bo and under the ...... It's really ...... in the next place," I couldn't say any more excitedly.

Tian Fangge said: "Brother Lei's thirty-two thunder hands have beaten the invincible opponents of the two Zhejiang, where is the little person?" Saying that, he laughed, raised the big bowl, and drank it in one gulp, and the hall suddenly cheered like thunder.

Then the leaders of the gangs got up one after another to toast, Tian put the song wine to the cup dry, twenty or thirty bowls of rice wine in one breath, his face was slightly red, but he still smiled on his face, and he spoke freely, he remembered very well, everyone who came to toast knew it, so that everyone who toasted felt a lot of face. The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became warm.

Looking at the people in the hall drinking and eating meat, Die'er was so excited that she stood up suddenly, raised her bowl and sang to Tian, and said loudly: "Tian Daxia, little brother respects you!" ”

"Thank you for this little brother, forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know my brother's name." Across a few tables, Tian Fangge also raised the sea bowl, facing each other from a distance, and drank it all.

Die'er raised her head and drank it in a big gulp, her heart was stirring and unspeakable, looking at the people in the hall, no matter how ugly her face looked so cute at this time, Jianghu! Is this the Jianghu?

"Brother Tian! Can you tell us about the Battle of Suzhou? A drunken man stood up and shouted, and the others applauded.

Tian Fangge sighed: "How about the Battle of Suzhou? How was the Battle of Jiangzhou? In the end, didn't you run away like a lost dog? ”

Lei Zhen said loudly: "Brother Tian's words are wrong! The Mu family has a lot of people! Brother Tian's strength alone can turn them upside down, and he is already a great hero! ”

Everyone in the hall nodded in agreement.

Tian Fangge smiled, shook his head and said: "Over the past few days, I have been thinking that fighting against the Mu family gang by myself is really like a mantis arm as a car, it is difficult to ......" sighed, quite frustrated.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly cooled down, and everyone looked at each other, thinking of the strength of the Mu family's gang, and shook their heads helplessly.

A sturdy man with a long sword on his back looked left and right, and suddenly got up and said, "Tian Daxia is right! Fighting against the Mu family gang is not Tian Daxia's business alone, our small gangs should work together! Everyone looked, most of them knew this person, the lightning sword Pan Zhong, who was originally a subordinate of Wang Qing in Huaixi, after Wang Qing perished, he led the remnants to Jiangnan and broke out of the world, and he was also one of the largest gangs in the field.

Everyone in the hall fell silent, saying a few cruel words and scolding a few mothers, but if it was really a real fight with the Mu family, it was not a joke, who would dare to take this stubble?

"a bunch of pus! Look at you guys! Now that the Mu family gang has ridden on our heads, do you have to put the knife on your neck to know that you regret it? "A white fat man stood up at a table by the window, his face was blue, he scolded, everyone knew him better, Xunyang Wang Deliu, a horizontal kung fu is extremely strong, the only son died in a conflict with the Mu family gang, and since then he has hated the Mu family gang to the core.

Die'er stood up and said: "Yes, yes, the so-called cold lips and teeth, if you don't unite again, you will only be broken by the Mu family gang one by one!" Do you have to wait for the Mu family gang to stop you from selling salt in the future? That's too late! ”

Wang Deliu patted his thigh and said, "Take a picture!" This little brother is right, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, that's the truth, he is still a scholar, we only know this meaning, but we can't say it! ”

Lei Zhen poured down the wine in the bowl violently, wiped the wine stains on the corner of his mouth, and said loudly: "Not bad! Fuck and the Mu family gang did it! ”

"Tian Daxia! What do you say! Wang Deliu turned his head to look at Tian Fangge.

Tian Fangge smiled, stood up, and said loudly: "Everyone, since the rise of the Mu Family Gang and swept the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, ninety percent of the salt road business has been occupied by it, especially compared to the past Fang La's domineering, now although the Mu Family Gang has extended its tentacles to overseas barbarian lands, it seems that they will no longer pay attention to you, but under the nest, how can there be eggs?" Once the Mu Family Gang frees up, how long do you think it will be safe? ”

"Damn, I don't want to suffer this bird anger anymore! Which of you dares to say that you have not been angry with the Mu family? Stand out! A big man slammed the bowl to the ground and stood up and yelled.

"Qu Laosan is right! Lao Tzu also him! Several men scolded and agreed.

After drinking, he was already in his veins, and when he remembered the various deceptive behaviors of the Mu family gang, someone took the lead, and he was immediately scolded.

"Okay, okay, everyone be quiet, no matter how much you scold, you can't scold the Mu family to help a single hair! Let's discuss how to fight with the Mu family's gang! After everyone scolded for a while, Shang Rong stood up with a smile.

Pan Zhong stood up and said: "The so-called snake can't do without a head, and a bird can't fly without wings, since everyone wants to do this big thing together, naturally someone must be in the middle to plan and plan, so that they can make efforts to make it together, so as not to fight for each other, is it not a plate of scattered sand?" ”

A man said with a smile: "Brother Pan's words are good, let's naturally nominate an alliance leader, the old man Shang is highly respected, and he is perfect for being the alliance leader!" Isn't it true? ”

Everyone in the hall applauded.

Shang Rong smiled and waved his hand: "Everyone, old and old, this old bone can't afford to toss a few times, just want to live in peace, the affairs of the rivers and lakes, but don't pull it on the old man's head again......"

Pan Zhong said: "Old man Shang's words are good, we want to fight against the Mu family gang, but don't drag the old man Shang into the water, the Mu family gang has many eyes and ears, if the old man Shang participates, I am afraid that the merchant village will be bloody immediately, and everyone gathered in the merchant village today, it is already a great favor for the old man......"

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and they all thought that this was true, Shangrong's merchant village has been operating for many years, how could he give up his long-term foundation and re-enter the rivers and lakes?

"Since Old Man Shang is unwilling, then I didn't say it, I elected Tian Daxia as our alliance leader, except for him! Lao Tzu is not convinced by anyone! Lei Zhen stood up and said loudly.

"Yes, Tian Daxia, the leader of the alliance, deserves his name, and there is nothing else to think about!" The rest of the people chimed in.

Wang Deliu and Pan Zhong also spoke out in favor, they are the two most powerful and strongest martial arts in these salt gangs, with the support of the two of them, the rest of the people have no objections.

Tian Fangge excused himself several times, until Wang Deliu scolded his mother in anger, and then reluctantly nodded and said: "Since everyone loves him, the little brother can only be disrespectful......"

There was thunder of joy in the hall, and the applause shook the sky, Die'er and Chengcheng saw that Tian Fangge was so admired by everyone, and they applauded excitedly, and their hands were a little red.