Chapter 40: Passing the Hall

Zhao Yunwu came to Yangcaogou to find Wu Fangxiong's residence.

Zhao Yunwu wandered outside the courtyard with a gun on his back for a while, and was immediately targeted by two men with guns on his back, who came over with guns and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Zhao Yunwu said: "What about Wu Fangxiong? I'm his friend! ”

The two men looked Zhao Yunwu up and down viciously, and one said, "Since you are a friend of Wu Ye?" Newspaper Vine? ”

The man meant to tell him to come by name. Zhao Yunwu didn't understand the bandits' black words and was stunned. The two big men winked at each other, and one shouted, "Stand here and don't move." "A trot into the yard.

Another big man looked at Zhao Yunwu with a gun and shouted, "Boy, are you eyeliner?" Zhao Yunwu ignored him and looked at Wu Fangxiong's mansion. I saw a big willow tree outside the door, and in front of the door was a tall gatehouse, and there were two gate stones at the door. These two gate stones are two feet square and polished to an extremely smooth finish. Looking into the gate, a shadow wall obscures the view, and the peony flowers are painted on the wall, the flowers are red and the leaves are green, although it is a little cheesy, but it is very eye-catching.

In the blink of an eye, Wu Fangxiong swaggered out, and as soon as he saw Zhao Yunwu, he immediately shouted: "Oops, Yunwu!" ”

"Haha, Brother Wu!" Zhao Yunwu took a step forward and arched his hand to Wu Fangxiong.

"Come, come, come! Yunwu, come in, get in! Wu Fangxiong greeted him with a smile. When the two big men saw that Zhao Yunwu was really Wu Fangxiong's friend, they all grinned.

Zhao Yunwu followed Wu Fangxiong through the shadow wall, only to see that there was a long courtyard inside, more than thirty meters long and twenty meters wide. There are two walnut trees standing in the courtyard, about the thickness of a bowl.

On one side of the courtyard there is a horse shed, a pigsty, a chicken rack, and a mill.

On the other side of the compound is a leveled clearing. There is a yellow wooden shelf in the clearing, on which are various weapons. Knives, guns, swords, axes, you name it, all of them are of different lengths. This is where Wu Fangxiong and his subordinates usually practice martial arts. There are also two stone piers at one end of the clearing, and they usually sit on the stone piers to rest after practicing martial arts.

A blue brick wall separates the courtyard, and a door opens in the middle of the wall.

Passing through the door, there is another small courtyard with a row of main houses. Some flowers and plants were planted in the yard.

When you walk into the main room, there is a hall. The hall is full of birch chairs, arranged in four rows, and in the center is a Taishi chair. There are more than a dozen candlesticks around it, and at night, the candles are lit, and the hall is as bright as day. This is where Wu Fangxiong convened the brothers for a meeting.

Wu Fangxiong sat down on the Taishi chair, let Zhao Yunwu sit down, and instructed one of his subordinates: "Serve tea to the guests!" ”

One of his subordinates brought a pot of tea and two tea bowls, which were placed between Wu Fangxiong and Zhao Yunwu. Zhao Yunwu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea!

Wu Fangxiong picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and asked, "Yunwu?" Which gust of wind brought you here today? ”

Zhao Yunwu was silent for a while, he didn't know where to start, he wanted to join the gang as a beard, but it was difficult to speak!

Wu Fangxiong saw that Zhao Yunwu didn't speak, knowing that he must have encountered something difficult, he knew Zhao Yunwu's character, so he easily didn't ask for help, and asked, "Yunwu, what's wrong?" Why do I think you're a little unhappy? ”

Zhao Yunwu was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Brother Wu, I want to join the gang"

When Wu Fangxiong heard this, he was overjoyed, got up from his chair, grabbed the teapot and filled it with tea for Zhao Yunwu, and said, "Yunwu, you're not joking with me, are you?" ”

Zhao Yunwu held the tea bowl with one hand and said with a smile: "I'm not joking, I want to join the gang and follow you!" ”

Wu Fangxiong laughed heartily and said, "Hahaha, Yunwu, I had long expected such a day, I knew that you would have to take this road sooner or later, what's the matter?" I was right! didn't say it, Yunwu, you follow me, I'll let you sit in the second position! ”

When these men in the room heard that Wu Fangxiong was going to let this person sit in the second position, which means that this person would be the second leader in the future, they were very surprised and thought, "Who is this young man?" What virtue can he have? Why did the big boss exalt him so much? I don't have a shelf, and I poured him tea with my own hands! ”

There were five or six big men in the room, all of them were Wu Fangxiong's right-hand men, Wu Fangxiong walked to the center of the hall and said loudly: "Brothers, let me introduce to you, this brother's name is Zhao Yunwu, last year I fought with the sea, and I was trapped in Zhaojiagou, and the pursuers across the sea chased me into a corner, but fortunately he hid me in the water tank, and I escaped." Brother Yunwu saved my life! Ha ha! ”

The men thought to themselves, "No wonder? It turns out that this Zhao Yunwu is the life-saving benefactor of the big boss! ”

Wu Fangxiong continued: "Do you know? The Yunwu brothers' marksmanship is good! He once single-handedly beat away Waihazi! He also once knocked down the Great North Wind with one shot! Don't look at him young, but he's a cannon head! ”

Waihazi and Cannon Head are both bandit slang, Waihazi refers to bandits from other places, and Cannon Head means sharpshooter.

When the brothers heard this, they turned their heads and said, "It's not simple, it's not simple!" ”

It turned out that the deeds of Zhao Yunwu who overthrew the Great North Wind with one shot had already spread in the rivers and lakes, and it can be said that everyone on the road knew and everyone knew about it.

Zhao Yunwu smiled and said: "Brother Wu, you have won the award, I, Zhao Yunwu, am a farmer, how can I have any ability?" ”

Wu Fangxiong's eyes widened and said, "Tell everyone, how did you knock down the Great North Wind with one shot?" ”

The brothers said, "Yes, brother, tell me?" Let's hear it! ”

Zhao Yunwu put the tea bowl to the side and said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about it, that day, I went to the field to pick up dung with a dung basket on my back, and I fell asleep on the ground while lying down, when I suddenly heard two gunshots。。。。。。 ”

"Good! Attaboy! When Zhao Yunwu talked about the excitement, the brothers cheered.

Zhao Yunwu finished telling this story in three words, and the brothers were still proud of it, and said one after another: "Brother, your marksmanship is so good, why didn't you kill the Great North Wind with one shot at that time?" ”

Zhao Yunwu said: "I don't want to kill people, I want to spare his life and let the people of the horse team deal with him." ”

The brothers said, "Great brother, you are truly righteous! True benevolence! ”

Zhao Yunwu went on to talk about the horse team escorting the Great North Wind to the outside of the city to be shot, and the Great North Wind jumped into the moat and fled.

The brothers were very annoyed when they heard this, slapped the table, glared at them, and said, "Damn, the people of the bandit squad are such a waste! ”

Zhao Yunwu said: "Now that the world is in chaos, who wants to be a beard?" It's all forced by the world! Later, I had a lot of holidays with the Great North Wind, and the Great North Wind took refuge in the sea. They forced me to be cornered when I crossed the sea, so I took refuge in Brother Wu Fangxiong! ”

The brothers said: "The big boss, we have one more brother and one more strength!" ”

Wu Fangxiong suppressed everyone's voices, and said loudly: "Okay! Don't talk about it, everyone. Tomorrow officially welcomes the Zhao Yunwu brothers to join the gang! You go back and inform them separately, call all the brothers here, and get to know the Yunwu brothers! Tomorrow, I will wash the dust for Yunwu, and everyone will come over for two drinks! ”

The brothers were overjoyed and went back to tell each other.

Wu Fangxiong ordered people to prepare wine and rice. The next day, all the brothers gathered together to see the newly joined brother.

Nowadays, guns are rampant, and bandits are plentiful.

Wu Zhanshan's bandits are basically debtors, gamblers, and some desperate croppers. Their purpose as bandits is very simple, they just want to live a better life.

There is a bandit ballad that sings like this: When you are bearded, you don't worry, you drink wine in a big bowl of gold, eat big dishes, live in a brothel, spend money like a river, don't have a gun on your waist, and you are freer than the gods.

Banditry is a profession outside of the three hundred and sixty lines, and for some peasants who cannot survive, it is the best job.

At this time, the eyes of all the brothers were all focused on Zhao Yunwu, and they saw Zhao Yunwu with two thick eyebrows, a black and red face with Chinese characters, blazing eyes, and some manly arrogance.

Zhao Yunwu sat on a birch chair, smiling, calm and kind.

Wu Fangxiong looked at Zhao Yunwu with appreciative eyes and nodded frequently.

"Brothers, let me introduce you to a moment, this brother is my side-by-side (friend), today I am under the red photon (sun), to say a heart-wrenching word, without him, I Wu Fangxiong would have finished fucking a long time ago! Now the Yunwu brothers have come to join me, and if you don't say anything, I'll let him sit in the second place! Wu Fangxiong said.

As soon as the words fell, a slender man like a bamboo pole stood up and said: "Big boss, he is a new bet (gang), as soon as you enter the gang (gang), you let him sit in the second position, I am afraid that the brothers will not accept it?" ”

Wu Fangxiong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Xue Laosi, what do you mean by this?" ”

The tall and thin Xue Laosi said: "The family has a family law, and the mountain has a mountain rule, and it should be done according to the rules!" ”

When Wu Fangxiong heard this, he was a little embarrassed and glanced at Zhao Yunwu. Zhao Yunwu smiled and said, "Big boss, this brother is right!" I don't understand the rules in the locks, and I hope everyone will bear with me! What are the rules in the dreadlocks, everything should be done according to the rules! ”

It is not very easy for ordinary people to join the gang, and the new bandits are called "cubs", and before the cubs join the gang, they must go through the court.

Xue Laosi meant that he wanted Zhao Yunwu to pass through.

Wu Fangxiong was a little angry and said, "Yunwu is my side-by-side, no better than ordinary brothers!" It's free to go through the hall, right? ”

As soon as Zhao Yunwu heard this, Huo Ran stood up and said: "Big boss, what should I do, I joined the gang on the first day, and it is not good to break the rules." ”

Wu Fangxiong nodded and said, "Then let's go through the hall!" Who wants to test their marksmanship with the Yunwu brothers? ”

Xue Laosi said: "I'll compare with him!" ”

Wu Fangxiong snorted and shouted: "Pass-hall!" ”

The said passing through the hall is to compare marksmanship, and test the marksmanship and courage of the passer.

Everyone came out of the house like a swarm, Wu Fangxiong asked Zhao Yunwu to stand in the center of the courtyard, and put a gourd on his head.

Wu Fangxiong said: "Let's start! ”

Xue Laosi pulled out his pistol and stood twenty meters away, about to shoot the gourd. This is to test Zhao Yunwu's guts.

Zhao Yunwu held the gourd on his head and said calmly: "Let's shoot." ”