"I'm sorry, the hall master was supposed to meet you as soon as possible, but there is a more important guest who has arrived temporarily, and has brought information that is crucial to the future development of our association, and is from China, so the hall master can only meet the guest first." A strong man named Zhang Dacheng, who claimed to be the hall master's personal guard, patiently explained to Cao Shanhu and Zhu Junyi.

Less than a mile away from the sugar mill was a very ordinary village, probably made of more than thirty earthen huts, where the owner of the Blackshirt Hall was stationed. When Cao Shanhu and Zhu Junyi were brought here, they went through three checkpoints in succession, each of which had two combinations of light and dark, three or four congregants in the open, and two or three people hiding in the sugar cane fields, behind the house and other dark places to be vigilant.

At the entrance of the small village, Zhang Dacheng led Cao and Zhu to a spacious wooden hut, which was furnished with several wooden chairs and a wooden table, and was completely decorated and rudimentary.

Zhang Dacheng led the two of them in and left, but he didn't stop for a moment. Another congregation came in and brought two cups of warm tea, Zhu Junyi opened the lid and took a look, only to see a few pieces of tea residue floating in the rough tea bowl, and he didn't drink a sip, but Cao Shanhu drank it dry in one go.

Cao Shanhu seemed to be very nervous, neither standing nor sitting, which made Zhu Junyi very strange and asked, "Doesn't Brother Cao often see the hall master?" Why are you so nervous? ”

Cao Shanhu said anxiously: "No...... It's not ......, it's the first time I've come here, listening to the Wei brothers, only when I enter here can I really join the club. ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard a chaotic dispute from the depths of the village, and it seemed that there were quite a few people.

Zhu Junyi vaguely heard a few words, his heart moved, and when he saw that there was no one at the door, he simply looked for the sound and walked out.

"Little brother, where are you going?" Cao Shanhu asked in the house.

Zhu Junyi said: "Of course I went in and listened!" ”

Cao Shanhu's face changed, and he hurriedly said, "That's not good!" The hall master must have something important to discuss, and at this time, they can't break into the blind and commit taboos! ”

Zhu Junyi said with a smile: "If you don't want us to hear it, you should arrange for someone to guard the door." Shouting so loudly and not beware, Bacheng deliberately shouted to us. What is Brother Cao afraid of, let's go and listen to it together. ”

Cao Shanhu was so frightened that he sat down and shook his head desperately.

Zhu Junyi was not reluctant, and said with a smile: "That's good!" Brother Cao will sit down for a while, and I will go back by myself. After that, he ignored Cao Shanhu's advice and walked briskly towards the center of the village.

Cao Shanhu raised his feet and chased out the door, but there was no more Zhu Junyi in his eyes, and he stomped his feet anxiously: "It's over, it's over!" What if it makes the hall owner angry? How good is that? ”

Zhu Junyi turned a few corners along the dirt road, turned onto the main road of the village and walked to the end, a huge pergola built of coconut wood came into view, only to see that the pergola was full of people, not to mention two or three hundred people, Cai Jiaquan and the Wei brothers were among them, all of them were dressed in black clothes and pants, but they were wrapped in white cloth around their waists, and they were holding swords in their hands, all of them had sad faces, and some people were angry. Rao is Zhu Junyi was bold, and when he saw this battle, he also gasped, and hurriedly hid behind the mounds on the corner of the street.

Zhu Junyi hid for a long time, but there was no movement, and then he poked his head out and continued to look inside. I saw a painting hanging on the innermost side of the pergola, with four big characters of "Qiankun Bingzheng" written on it, and there were two people sitting at the head below, one was in his thirties, and he was also dressed in black clothes and trousers, and his waist was wrapped in a white cloth.

I saw that the old man whispered something, which caused the crowd to burst into a burst of curses, and Zhu Junyi vaguely heard someone shouting: "When the leading brother of the main hall was still there, it was these turtle grandsons who squeezed our Houshui Hall out of the main hall, especially that Zhou Chengbang is the most unkind thing, we can't believe his words!" ”

"That's it! It is! ”

A tall and fat bearded man got up and retorted: "Zhou Chengbang is just the hall master of Jiamutang, we can not listen to what he said, but now that the leading brother has been killed, the main hall is torn apart, and the Manchurian Tartars are chasing and killing the brothers of our association everywhere, it is when we need to unite as one and fight against the Qing court. Zhu Junyi took a closer look, it was Wei Shangli, the eldest of the Wei brothers, who spoke, and he had a realization in his heart at the moment, no wonder the black shirt would be so loose, it turned out to be smoke, I am afraid that this is their core organization, but I don't know what it is?

Wei Shangli's words were also supported by a small part of the congregation, and the congregation said, "This is the reason! "We should have gone back a long time ago!" "Yaojintang, don't they also look at Zhou Chengbang and Jiamutang unpleasantly? Let's go back and take them to fight with Jiamutang to see who is tougher! ”

"Nonsense! Let's go back to fight against the Qing court, not to go back to fight our own people. "Then in whose hands did the king catch the wind, and the eldest brother died? Isn't it him Zhou Chengbang? ”

Suddenly, Wei Shangyi said coldly: "Go back to fight the Qing Dynasty, what you said seems to be like that." Didn't we kill the Tartars when we didn't escape? Didn't go against the Qing court? At the beginning, the five halls inside and outside our Heaven and Earth Society were also dedicated to resisting the Qing Dynasty, which brother did not have the blood of the Tartar in his hands? Who is it who is playing right and wrong, acting as a villain, and provoking disputes in the five halls? Bring us men who stand up to the sky to this little island? The main hall? After the death of the leading brother, who is in charge of this main hall? If Elder Jiao said that there was no Zhou Chengbang for him, then we would go back and fight happily with the Qing court Tartars. ”

"Exactly! Precisely! "The second brother of the Wei family is right!"

Zhu Junyi was taken aback, he didn't expect that these people were actually a branch of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the name of the Heaven and Earth Society was known to everyone in later generations, and he was fortunate to see it.

"This ......" The old man hesitated, and thought for a long time before he said: "Now there are several hall masters in the main hall co-deacons, and the hall master Zhou...... It's also a ...... in it."

Wei Shangyi sneered: "Ma Yishan and He Jiong of the Red Fire Hall and the Pure Land Hall were all bought by Zhou Chengbang, and they can't wait to wear a pair of pants with him, what can the remaining Yaojin Hall do?" Even if we all go back, I'm afraid that we will end up in a situation of working for people as a short-term worker, and maybe we will be used as cannon fodder. ”

"Don't go back! Don't go back! "Fuck Zhou Chengbang, Lao Tzu won't go back!" "Fart! Why can't you go back? Let's go to fight the Qing Dynasty! ”

When everyone says a word, I say a word, they are fighting with each other, and they are arguing so much.

Cai Jiaquan strode forward, pressed his hands down, and shouted: "Everyone, don't be impatient!" What's the point of arguing in front of the hall master? Let's listen to what the hall master has to say! The crowd quieted down.

Cai Jiaquan hugged his fists at the first man and said: "Master Huangtang, you are the head of our Houshui Hall, what you say, the brothers will do it, whether to stay or return, there is no other word." Everyone came to their senses, stood up in unison, clasped their fists in unison, and said, "Obey the orders of the hall master!" No other words! ”

The Huang Hall Master who was seated at the top invited everyone to sit down again, and only after a while did he get up and sigh: "What the brothers are worried about, Huang has heard the truth, what he said is good, and the truth is right. Everyone was a little confused when they heard this, and the Wei brothers were anxious to persuade each other, but they were stopped by the Huang Hall Master waving his hand, and the Huang Hall Master said: "Since Huang came to this Ba City, he has been thinking about it every day, thinking about it all the time, and all he thinks about is the situation in the meeting over the years!" Since its establishment, it has been nearly 70 years, worshipping God for the father and worshiping the earth for the mother, taking the anti-Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty as the ambition, doing the right thing for the heavens, and supporting the righteous act, the heroes of all parties are from the scene, the people love, the wind and clouds will meet, and it will be prosperous for a long time, as far as eight years ago, there are 600,000 brothers with names and surnames in the meeting alone, and there are countless peripheral brothers and registered reserves. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard it, and they nodded their heads in agreement.

Huang Tang said: "After Huang thought about it, there are three reasons, so I said it here and now, and I will refer to it with all the brothers. ”

The congregation said, "The hall master said it is okay! "Hall Master, please!"

Elder Jiao also said: "Master Huang, please say, the old man is also trying to listen to him!" ”

Huang Tang said: "First, my heaven and earth will take the anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty as its own responsibility, killing the court of a foreign race, and recovering the Ming family of my Han nationality, but since the Yongli Emperor died in Burma, the Ming family has disappeared, and the founding purpose of the anti-Qing and Ming restoration has become unsustainable, and the people in the meeting have gradually dispersed beyond recognition. ”

I only heard the congregation say: "As long as this world is the world of the Han people, who is the emperor, Lao Tzu has no opinion." It's good for me to look at our hall master! It's just that the hall master did this emperor! Some people also responded from the side, but were stopped by the people next to them: "Fool, silence!" Don't hurt the hall master. ”

Seeing that Elder Jiao's face changed when he heard this, the Yellow Hall Master couldn't help but smile bitterly, and continued, "This is the crux of the matter! As the saying goes, 'only the virtuous live in the world', but the three words 'virtuous' are very subtle, who is the virtuous? Except for the direct descendants of my Ming Taizu Emperor Hong Wuye, no one has this qualification to serve the public, why did Yang Qilong, the third prince of Zhu, get into trouble in Hanzhong and Xing'an, Shaanxi? Just because of the great righteousness of borrowing a direct descendant of Emperor Hong Wuye, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it's a pity that it can't be fake, and it can't be fake, it's just a clown. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Hall Master Huang said: "Second, my heaven and earth will be able to have today, and it is also bad because of the four words of uneven hearts." Under the main hall of loyalty, there are two inner and three outer three halls set up, each leading a hero, acting separately, the original intention is to divide labor in an orderly manner, complement each other, but for more than ten years, each branch has fought for power and profit, self-chaos, Huang someone eight years ago Menglongtou eldest brother wrong love, in the main hall, leading a group of brothers, wearing liver and gall, throwing blood, never complained, both for the same anti-Manchu Xinghan cause, is to be assigned to this desolate island, our brothers have no complaints. But if this state of affairs does not change, I am afraid that within five years, my heaven and earth will have to worry about survival! ”

"What the hall master said is very true!" "I couldn't have clearer!" The congregation chimed in.

Elder Jiao was speechless when he heard this, so he had to sit in a daze and not say a word.

Seeing Elder Jiao's expression, the master of the Huang Hall continued: "Third, since Manchuria entered the customs for nearly a hundred years, there are thousands of people in my Han family, and the Manchurian Tartars are not worth one, even if I Han people spit at the mouth, they can drown the Manchurian Eight Banners in the long river, but why is the Qing court still firmly sitting in Beijing?" Speaking of which, the Manchu Tartars were not all stupid people, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, the three Manchu emperors, became more and more skilled in their means of winning the hearts and minds of the people. However, although we are waiting to see the fire, more and more people are deeply fooled by small favors, and if we don't think about our loyalty and righteousness to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the great strength of the Qing army, it will inevitably become more and more difficult for us to get started. After a pause, he finally concluded: "If these three points are not changed, I am afraid that the Heaven and Earth Society will only degenerate into a vulgar association of peddlers and pawns in the future, and a third-rate gang fighting for food for a while." ”

Everyone was very worried when they heard this, and Elder Jiao also nodded and said, "Although this third point is exaggerated, it is also a reality. The old dragon head raised an incident in Guizhou this time, gathered tens of thousands of troops within ten days, but he was not low on the iron cavalry of the Tartars, and finally died on the battlefield, which is helpless! The implication is that I agree with it.

Zhu Junyi nodded secretly when he heard this, this Huangtang master is a person who understands, but the future of the Heaven and Earth Society can be guessed wrong, even in the late Qing Dynasty, the Heaven and Earth Society still has great prestige among the people, and even Sun Dacang, the pioneer of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in later generations, has joined the Heaven and Earth Society to rub his popularity, and his status is not low, at least he is a red stick.

Seeing that the Yellow Hall Master still had something to say, he turned sideways and continued to listen.