The night was miserable and miserable. The night breeze of late autumn gently swept this dark and dead silence of a hundred miles of depression. The moon was like a half-dead man's face, and its cold light was faint, and it could not penetrate the dark night. Occasionally, the crow and night owl crow, which was even more eerie and terrifying.

A grave without a stone monument stands like a small hill, which is the only evidence left after death, and perhaps at some point, a heavy rain can raze the ground. So when Li Ling was very young, he planted a locust tree for his mother, and now they are all spreading branches and leaves to shelter the tomb from the wind and rain.

Li Ling walked straight over, he hadn't come to worship his mother for more than half a year, and the grave that had not been repaired for a long time was overgrown with weeds. touched the scene, and sorrow came from it, and he cried loudly. Years of grievances erupted and dripped down tears. Although he is a well-known gangster leader, although he has always boasted of being a man who sheds blood, sweat and tears, but after all, he is his mother's child, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.

Every time he was bitter, tired, and tired, he would come to his mother's tomb, enjoy the peace, and tell his mother he had never met.

Every time he was wronged and unjust, or humiliated and bullied, he would crawl on this yellow earth, where he comforted the wounds all over his body, and then licked himself bit by bit.

Perhaps the mother in the heavenly spirit will see all this, probably different from what the father did! should care about it, and feel sorry for his son.

This time, he will leave the yellow earth of his hometown, where he was born and raised, and begin to drift like rootless duckweed, drifting in no known direction. Next time, I don't know when I will be able to come to my mother's grave. Maybe there is no next time, in this era of chaos in the Republic of China and warlord melee, maybe under which artillery fire, it has become cannon fodder.

After crying, my mood is a little smoother. He gently and slowly pulled out the weeds that were almost withered, for fear of disturbing his mother, and then solemnly kowtowed three times.

Standing up, it seems to be a nostalgia for the environment, to keep the impression of this place in mind, raise your eyes to look around, it is still dark and quiet, and a figure in the southeast direction suddenly appears ten zhang away, under the hazy moonlight, unrecognizable, you can only see the white clothes fluttering in the wind.

Even if Li Ling was bold, he couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp and his hairs stood on end. So late at night, in this group of graves, such a shadow appeared silently, and anyone would be creepy. Li Ling strengthened his courage, opened his posture and shouted: "Who is sneaking around here?" ”

In the darkness, the trembling figure drove slowly, nearly five meters, and suddenly his body rose from the ground, his fists were vigorous, and he approached Li Ling's door. Li Ling was horrified, his right foot was slightly wrong, his body was half-rotated, and he stood alone and avoided it. But the black shadow turned into palms with both fists and swept it with a palm knife. Li Ling had no choice but to meet it with both fists. The palms and fists intersected, Li Ling only felt a dark energy attacking, and the tiger's mouth was numb, "Kick, kick, kick," even took three steps back, and after standing still, he was not guarded, and scolded: "Okay, you old man, come to play with this young master in the middle of the night?" As soon as they fought, it was clear that he had already recognized the person.

The old man in dove, who was called Old Man Ren, snorted lightly: "Little rabbit cub, it's a teacher, not an old man!" It's not big, it's not small, and even the master doesn't scream. But this kung fu still has to be practiced diligently, and I want to try you unexpectedly, and the reaction is okay, but the heat is still far away, and your two styles are just getting started. ”

Li Ling looked bitter: "I have been practicing Dahong boxing for so many years before I can be considered a beginner, if I learn Xingyi, gossip, eighth-level boxing and other boxing, I must not practice to death." ”

This old man is Li Ling's master Ren Chunshan, who makes a living as a fortune-teller in the suburbs of Jinan.

When Li Ling had not yet given birth to his mother's womb, Ren Chunshan traveled here with a Hubei accent and made a hexagram for Li Ling, saying that he was destined to commit a bad star, and he was born with a rebellious bone and endless disasters. At that time, the old lady Li, who wanted his son to become a dragon and his daughter to become a phoenix, was furious, so that the entire Li Jiazhuang attacked him because of this incident, scolding him for cursing the villagers and confusing the people with his evil words.

Afterward...... Later, this fortune teller became a prophecy, became famous with a hexagram, and became a well-known half-immortal.

When Li Ling was very young, he occasionally found that he was hiding a body of kung fu, and did everything possible to worship him as a teacher, and learned the basic martial arts boxing method Dahong Boxing, which has been a little successful due to hard work in the past few years, and has a lot of practical combat experience. Of course, there are also reasons for Ren Chunshan's pushing. Later, he was instructed by him to be admitted to Qilu University, a school run by the American Church.

At this time, Ren Chunshan raised his eyebrows and scolded: "You know a fart, you are not afraid of a thousand tricks, you are afraid of a trick, the more ordinary the trick, the more practical it is. After a pause, he said: "Recently, you have been in a big accident, and you are wanted all over the street, where are you going to take refuge?"

Li Ling looked sad: "I don't know where to go, you also know that I haven't been far away, and I don't have any relatives and friends in the field, so I can only take one step at a time." ”

Ren Chunshan looked into the distance and said with a serious face: "Born in troubled times, when it is an era of heroes, instead of living in this nest for a lifetime, it is better to take risks, go out to make contributions, and have a good time." I just made a divination for you, this road is dangerous, if you can be careful, you can also turn the danger into safety. If you have the help of nobles, you can turn evil into good fortune, and it is not impossible to be rich and rich. ”

Li Ling was bitter in his heart, laughed at himself and said: "Why should the master entertain me, although I care about the motherland and aspire to the world, I really want to unify China, recover the concession, and let the world be a vassal." How can I be just a little gangster in the eyes of others, a poor boy who is homeless and unemployed, his studies have been interrupted, and his life is about to be guaranteed, how can I be able to dominate in troubled times. My wish is to get an errand in Jinan City and live the rest of my life decently. ”

Ren Chunshan thought for a moment and said: "Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a corner, and those who do not seek the general trend are not enough to seek a moment." There are three religions and nine streams in all corners of the world, and there are many talents, and if you want to get ahead, you must manage these characters. Therefore, some people choose to enter politics, and the backing of politics is the military, and if they seize military power, they can be called kings. Now that the north is "directly in the war", Sun Wen in the south organizes the government to go on a northern expedition, and China is about to be baptized by a war, for the sake of today, you either go to the northeast to join the Feng system, or go to the south to participate in the revolution like your eldest brother, in the old man's opinion, these two forces may be able to unify the Republic of China. ”

The more Li Ling came into contact with his master, the more he felt that he was unfathomable, whether it was martial arts, military affairs, strategy, way of doing things, and unique vision, Li Ling was impressed, and he smacked his tongue and said: "Since you can see through the current situation, and you are still here to count the Laoshi hexagram, you want to be a military advisor or something, and then you will be promoted and make a fortune, wouldn't it be beautiful." I don't have such big ambitions, I just want to be a ruffian in the eyes of a few people, do my own thing, and live happily. ”

Ren Chunshan hated that iron could not become steel, and scolded: "One side of the beautiful jade is hard to make rotten wood, and it is a waste of material." I have an old friend many years ago, his hometown is in Tengxian County, Shandong, I heard that Shanghai is now developed, you go to him, and let him take care of it. ”

The corners of Li Ling's mouth twitched: "I can't see that you are such a sloppy old man and have developed old friends, hehe." ”

He has long been accustomed to this disciple's disrespect for the teacher, and Ren Chunshan ignored his ridicule, looked into the distance, and said after a long time: "That was my friend who fought the world back then, and we each had children, so we ordered a baby kiss for the child." Who knew that after a sudden change, I was betrayed by a traitor, and all my family of more than 20 people were killed, and my son was also among them, no more than two years older than you, otherwise he would have almost proposed marriage. ”

The corners of his eyes were red, and he fell into the torment of memories, nearly twenty years of bitter hatred has not faded away with the passage of time, he vowed to overthrow the Qing government, and now he has already been in the Republic of China.

Li Ling only knew that he was a lonely and lonely old man, with his knowledge and background, he must be extraordinary, and every time he asked in the past, he was silent and very mysterious. I didn't expect my life to be so miserable. Listening to him talk about it for the first time today, although he was curious, he couldn't help but apologize, and comforted him in a low voice: "The deceased has passed away, don't be sad, master, don't you still have my apprentice, I will do something unfinished for you, anyway, I was also expelled from the family, so I will be your son, and marry your daughter who is a friend of your neck to honor you." ”

Ren Chunshan's heart was hot, and he looked at his apprentice fixedly, with a sense of relief on his wrinkled face, and suddenly old tears raged: "Sure enough, my hard work for so many years has not been wasted, I am very relieved, I am very relieved." Good boy, remember to be a teacher, if you can use literature in external affairs, you will never use force. Don't remember the moment, let alone be greedy, go out and have a good time, and when you return to your hometown, the old man will come out of the rivers and lakes again and give you a big wedding. ”

Li Ling has not been able to get his father's love since he was a child, and he can't help but feel emotional at this time: "Master rest assured, I will never embarrass you, and I will definitely be able to return to my hometown." When you get married, you will be the lord, and after worshipping heaven and earth, I will worship you. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm a little impatient, I'm sitting in the high hall, so what should your father do?"

"We've all severed the father-son relationship, and now it's up to you."

"Wouldn't I pick up a big bargain?!"

"But it's not, don't forget that you don't have to be petty at the wedding, you have to take out a big red envelope. By the way, did you really marry that girl you haven't met? ”

"Nonsense, my old man has always been a man of his word, when did he break his word."

"It's not you. The fiancé has changed, and people agree? ”

"Why don't you agree, I saved the lives of his family, why can't he sacrifice a daughter to come over? I also have tokens from the time of the marriage of the two families. ”

“……”

Took the mutton fat white jade handed over by the master, a jade pendant of dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, but unfortunately half of it was missing, it is estimated that the half is on the woman's side, Li Ling played with it casually, and found that the tentacles were warm and shiny and beautifully carved, and he wondered in his heart, maybe it was a treasure that fell into dust, and it should be worth a lot. If you don't have any money to spend, you can get a pawnshop as a lot of money, and hurry up to put it in your pocket, afraid that the master will take it back.

Li Ling has been away from the family ancestral hall for about three or four hours, this place is not far from Lijiazhuang, I am afraid that the ears and eyes of the county police department have already spread the news, and it will change later.

Ren Chunshan has been lonely for half his life, and finally he can get this apprentice, Lao Huai is relieved, although his apprentice is sometimes neither big nor small, and he does not respect the etiquette law, but he also reveals his true feelings, and attaches great importance to love and righteousness.

Li Ling frequently turned his head and waved his hand, and gradually disappeared into the night.

Since he was going to leave a foreign country, he should say goodbye to his group of brothers, and without hesitation, he went directly to the heavily guarded Jinan City.