Menke, in traditional Chinese history and culture, belongs to a word that appears very frequently.

Among them, the most famous is naturally Meng Weijun, who is said to have 3,000 visitors, and has also made the idiom "chicken and dog thief" spread to this day. Wang Er, Yuan Wujiu and Zheng Rentong, although they can't simply be called chicken and dog thieves, but in fact, they are not far behind.

The doormen who eat purely mixed rice belong to the lowest level, and the higher ones can be called "scholars". Japan has been deeply affected in this regard, and their so-called "samurai" are actually a kind of doorman.

For these three guys, Zhou Hexuan didn't have much thought, he just spent some rice and grain to raise, maybe he could use it one day. The two parties are not a master-servant or employment relationship, but more similar to friends in the rivers and lakes.

Usually when everyone gets along, Zhou Hexuan always has a sense of inquiry, knocking on the side, wanting to know the other party's real pursuits and ideas.

But Wang Er and the others didn't even know themselves, and repeatedly said "do the right thing for heaven". They don't care about money, they don't care about the law, they only care about some kind of simple morality, and they take this morality as their own code of conduct.

To put it bluntly, they are three people who live in a mess, but they think they are sober.

This kind of person is definitely a factor of social instability in times of peace, but has a place in times of chaos.

In fact, what Zhou Hexuan said before is not entirely correct, although the assassin method cannot eradicate corrupt officials and traitors, it is still somewhat useful, at least it can provide deterrence and deterrence. Especially after the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, the wind of assassination was in full swing, providing a lot of inspiration and material for the anti-Japanese war dramas in later generations.

The most typical example is the "Jinling Poisoned Liquor Case", in which two spies of the Chinese military command poisoned dozens of Japanese puppet high-ranking officials. Among them were Liang Hongzhi, the executive premier of the "Restoration Government" (the Nanjing puppet regime before Wang Puppet), Wen Zongyao, the president of the Legislative Council, and the secretary of the Japanese Consulate General, Miyashita, and the accountant Funayama.

The two spies, named Zhan Changbing and Zhan Changlin, were arranged by Dai Li to serve as miscellaneous servants in the Japanese Legation in China as early as 1934, and their initial purpose was just to collect intelligence. After the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, the entire family of the Zhan brothers died in the Nanjing Massacre, but they still endured pain and hatred and continued to serve the Japanese as miscellaneous laborers.

Until one day, the connector brought them "potassium cyanide", and the goal was to kill all the Japanese high-ranking and traitorous high-ranking officials in Nanjing. It's a pity that the amount of potassium cyanide is too small, diluted into a large number of alcoholic beverages, and only two of them were poisoned, and the remaining dozens of Japanese pseudo-high-ranking officials were saved by gastric lavage.

If someone had provided them with enough potassium cyanide, the administrative system of the entire Japanese-occupied area of East China would have collapsed at that time, because the people attending the reception were all high-level Japanese puppet dignitaries.

Thankfully, the two poisoning heroes were safe and sound, they had "served" the Japanese for many years, and the Japanese special high school did not expect them to be the murderers at all. Among them, Zhan Changlin lived until his death in 2008, and was posthumously awarded a gold-plated silver medal by the Nanjing municipal government.

We should also remember Mr. Shang Zhensheng, a graduate of the sixth phase of Huangpu and the actual mastermind of the Jinling poisoning and liquor case, who was fraudulently demoted to serve as the chief of staff of a certain department of Wang's puppet government, and secretly became the head of the Nanjing District of the Military Command. Later, for plotting to assassinate Wang Zhaoming, Shang Zhensheng was targeted by Japanese puppet spies, betrayed and arrested by traitors, and shouted "The War of Resistance will be won, and the traitors will die" before his execution, and was shot to death at the age of 39.

Perhaps, these three guests living in the house can be recommended to Dai Li after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, so that they can give full play to their professional talents.

Well, Zhou Hexuan thinks so.

There is another person who gives Zhou Hexuan a headache, and that is Chu Zhiliang of the Pao Brothers' Association. This guy came to visit the Zhou Mansion every day, saying that he wanted to help Zhou Shenxian do things, but he could only fight and kill, and he was not even skilled in stabbing methods, and he was used to being tough with a flat diamond.

Could it be that he was made the security captain of which factory?

"Immortal Zhou, just let me follow you." Chu Zhiliang is here again today.

Zhou Hexuan was speechless and said, "Your robe brother is a good one, why do you always want to mess with me?" ”

Chu Zhuliang said angrily: "Brother Pao will become more and more unreasonable, Fan Ha'er, a disciple of the Outer Eight Sects, is now actually regarded as a guest." The Pao Brothers' Club is no longer the former Pao Brothers' Club. What did we do before? Settle the place, take care of the poor, huddle together for warmth, and now you know how to make money one by one! ”

"In the past, the robe brother would really have as positive brilliance as you said?" Zhou Hexuan said.

"Uh," Chu Zhiliang smiled awkwardly, "It's better than now anyway." ”

The Elders' Association was originally formed in the Association of Water Bandits, and what they did was to kill and rob the Green Gang, which originated from Caoyun, was even more filthy. However, after the formal association in the late Qing Dynasty, the Brotherhood flaunted benevolence and righteousness, persuaded people to be kind, and stabilized the place.

All good things and serious things are done by the inner eight gates, and the honor belongs to the elder brothers, which are commonly known as Brother Qingshui robes, and the boss is called "helm handle" and "helm master".

All the dirty and rotten things are done by the outer eight gates, they are just temporary workers, and they are contemptuously called Brother Muddy Water Robe, and they have little to do with the Elders' Association, and the boss is called "Lao Shao" (rudder-shaking).

Doesn't it sound like the "clear stream" and "turbid current" in the Green Gang?

This has led to the reputation of the elder association in Sichuan, and even in the 21st century, there are "elder brothers" in Sichuan dialect, which is equivalent to the "big brother" in Northeast dialect.

In fact, the inner eight doors and the outer eight doors are two in one, and they are all constituent departments of the Elders' Association. Especially in the past 20 years, the profits brought by the outer eight doors have increased, and they have gradually become anti-customer-oriented, suppressing the eight doors of the orthodox elders' association.

Even, relying on his strong financial resources and strength, Fan Haer has been promoted from "Brother Muddy Water Robe" to "Brother Qingshui Robe", and officially joined the "Rentang" of the Robe Brothers' Association, but Chu Zhiliang can only stay in the "auditorium".

Benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, benevolence talks about status, righteousness talks about money, and the auditorium relies on force.

This is also the main reason why Chu Zhiliang is reluctant to stay in the Elders' Association, he can't find his place, and he doesn't want to kneel in front of Fan Harr.

Zhou Hexuan was really entangled and asked, "Who is the chief helmsman of the Chongqing Pao Brothers' Association now?" ”

Chu Zhiliang said: "It used to be Zhang Peijue, but now the position of the chief helmsman is vacant. ”

Zhou Hexuan was a little surprised, Zhang Peijue was one of the leaders of the Sichuan Road Protection Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, he was killed by Yuan Shikai 20 years ago, he belonged to the Xinhai Revolutionary Fathers, patriotic warlords who disregarded personal gains and losses, and was posthumously martyred by the Nanjing government two years ago. This person is actually the chief helmsman of the Chongqing Elders' Association?

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Don't you think the current elder brother will be unaccustomed?" Then be the helmsman yourself. ”

"I can't, how can the helmsman be so good." Chu Zhiliang shook his head again and again.

The elder brother will be really terrifying, and its power is intertwined, far more powerful than the Green Gang, but most of the people who have heads and faces in the place belong to the Pao brothers' families. It spreads all over Sichuan, and even every village and town has a hall, covering people from all walks of life.

Officials, gentry, landlords, and cultural people joined Rentang; Merchants join the Righteous Church; Bandits, ruffians, hooligans, and soldiers join the auditorium; Farmers, craftsmen, coachmen, and boatmen joined the Chitang; Monks, Taoist priests, singers and other low-class people joined the Xintang.

If you want money, you want power, you want people, you want soldiers, some villages and towns, and even more than 70% of the men are from the Pao brothers, so I ask you if you are afraid?

It's too difficult to be the helmsman of a place in such a situation. This is also the reason why the position of the chief helmsman in Chongqing has been vacant for 20 years, and no one is convinced.

It was not until Lao Chiang set up Chongqing as the wartime capital that a new helmsman was elected, Shi Xiaoxian, a graduate of the first phase of Huangpu.

Chu Zhiliang specially introduced the details to Zhou Hexuan, and Zhou Hexuan said: "If you can't be the chief helmsman, then you can set up a robe brother organization by yourself." Well, the name is called 'Brother Pao Saves the Congress', and the purpose is: to serve the people, unite the township, serve the country with blood, and save the country. The previous Chongqing Pao Brother Helmsman advocated Mr. Peijue, who was a good patriotic man, who gave up glory and wealth for the sake of national reunification, and was finally killed by Yuan Shikai. Now that there is a great drought in Sichuan and a Japanese invasion outside, the Pao brothers are very young, why don't they pursue the way to save the country and save the people? You don't think that's the truth! ”

Chu Zhiliang's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he quickly shook his head and said, "I can only fight and kill, and I will have some prestige in the local robe." But I don't have the money and the ability to organize a group, so I'm afraid I can't do it. ”

"I have money, as long as you serve the country wholeheartedly, I will pay for the money and food. In addition, there are three righteous people living in my house now, you can ask them to help with advice," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "You can start with disaster relief, now there is still famine in some villages and towns in Chongqing, you can lead people to disaster relief to make a reputation." ”

Chu Zhiliang was full of ambition, rubbed his hands and said: "Okay, since Mr. Zhou is willing to pay, I will do this thing, and I promise to make Brother Pao Salvation Famous for the whole house!" ”

Zhou Hexuan laughed, who said that the rooster and the dog thief can't do the right thing?