Chapter 16: The Ghost Soldiers
On the issue of changing the name, according to Su Zedong's idea, the assassination team is in the past tense, and it is old-fashioned, and everyone is using it, so he listened to Liu Zhenming's opinion and changed it to the ghost army, the source of which is the anti-shogunate organization of Takasugi Shinsaku in "Gintama", and its concept and purpose are very in line with what Su Zedong wants to do. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to solve the problem of the way, Su Zedong still took advantage of the fame of the original owner's father, that is, Su Xingdong, a great benevolent person, and spent three weeks in Dadu to prepare, through drinking and sending money, to meet and make friends again with the court officials who have cooperated with Juyitang and are officials who are quite good!
And most of them were Han officials, and when he saw that Su Zedong's attitude was sincere, very sincere, sensible and high-minded, he knew martial arts but did not lose his talent, so the communication was very smooth.
Liu Zhenming admired Su Zedong's ability to do things, and praised him for his love and career; But when asked who Qin Xiaoqing, who is as beautiful as a flower and has both intelligence, and Xiao Qi'er, who is clever and cute, and who can be his wife, Su Zedong still resisted in his heart.
Liu Zhenming saw that Su Ze's eyes were dull and speechless, and according to his words, he was not enlightened, so he said: "Ahem, I know that when you were on a mission in Xiaoqi'er, you gave people clothes and chicken soup more than once!" Don't tell you you're not interesting to her! ”
Su Zedong was still speechless, after having the experience of watching his beloved become a wife because of poverty in later generations, he still decided to focus on his career first!
Therefore, for things that have nothing to do with work, he doesn't mention anything, and the other party is still a prodigal son in love, and he will be despised if he communicates his view of love!
In order to change the topic, Su Zedong specially asked him why he suddenly added a few Northeast Han men to the front of the southward migration team, and when it came to work, Liu Zhenming immediately became serious and replied: "There are only a limited number of more than 100 killers and thugs in Dadu who are scattered to their friends; So I was divided into a lot of caravans of the Semu people, but I didn't know them very well, so I had to give some silver taels! ”
"After all, people are risking their lives to help you entrust people to pass, so you have to give a lot of silver! I'm going to pull a few practical Northeast men over and follow us all the way, and take care of it. ”
Su Zedong smiled: "Then you don't need to call me a big brother from the underworld who once crisscrossed Liaodong Province!" It's too much of a show..."
After Liu Zhenming sighed, he said: "You don't understand this strong man in the Northeast too much!" The bosses who can mix with the Northeast are all righteous words! Especially the big brother in the underworld you said, Cheng Zeheng, you can rely on it! ”
"If it weren't for Liu Futong, who was killed by a group of teammates who cheated and lost his net worth, not to mention being chased and beaten by the Yuan Dynasty's diamond-level Zhanchahan Timur, and later saved by Su Ersan's father, Liaodong probably wouldn't have had anything to do with Liu Yi! But he was righteous, so he followed Liu Futong to join the rebel army... Tsk tsk"
Su Zedong saw that Liu Zhenming praised Cheng Zeheng, who he had never met, to be smallpox, and even had the intention of belittling himself for relying on his father to take the position, so he had to interrupt and said: "Ahem, facts speak louder than words!" Set off a week later, aiming for Gaoyou City. ”
Under the leadership of Cheng Zehu and several other Northeast Hans, the group smoothly returned to Dadu from Liaodong Province with three domesticated sables.
However, it was not rain or shine along the way, sometimes in order to rush back to arrange the affairs of the south, and on the unofficial road chosen, occasionally there would be a few blind bandits and robber leaders, with twenty or thirty little minions blocking the road ahead, but before they could ask for goods, Cheng Zehum and a few people stood forward, and their arrogant and domineering posture when they appeared was instantaneous.
Not to mention that there is no gain, they still have to paste dozens of taels of silver upside down, "filial piety" to these few bosses in front of them who have led thousands of troops and horses across the underworld of Liaoyang Province!
Later, Su Zedong realized that the strong men in the Northeast he brought were not younger than him; In particular, Cheng Zehu, who was led by five people, was one of the top underworld tycoons in Liaodong Province, and his strength was on par with the "Fourth Master Qiao" and Du Yuesheng in Shanghai in later generations, and even in terms of the number of commanders, it was twice as much as that of Juxiantang at its peak!
It was only when they came to the back that Liu Futong's Red Turban Army followed that after the Henan Uprising; Due to the fact that there were too many personnel in the army, poor management, and the quality of the militia was sharply reduced, he was defeated by the fierce general Chakhan Timur at the end of the Yuan Dynasty!
And since then, he has been in a slump, and he no longer has the style of the past, but when he is in a slump, he responded to the call of the master of the Su Hall of Juxian Hall, and after joining the Mingjiao assassination team two years ago, he is like a fish in water, and he is indispensable for assassination, assassination, smuggling and other heavy work and life-saving work in the sect!
He also relied on his connections in Liaodong Province to attract a group of more than 100 strong men from the Northeast to run and transport with him, and made outstanding contributions to Juxiantang's cause in the north!
And Liu Zhenming values this, so when he left, on the list of recommenders, Liu Zhenming was the first to recommend it to Su Zedong!
finally had the opportunity to show himself in front of the big boss, and Cheng Zehum also had a long face. Not to mention that he managed to catch the sable, he also collected more than 300 taels of silver for the "filial piety money" when he came back, which could almost be offset by the 321 taels of silver he paid for three sables!
"Haha, my subordinates actually have such skills! It's no wonder that Brother Liu, you said those things to me."
After figuring out the details, Su Zedong, who was drinking distilled liquor with Liu Zhenming and Song Wenji Chen brothers, laughed and sighed.
After hearing this, Liu Zhenming still chewed the meat in his mouth as if nothing happened, and after swallowing, he said: "I have been a vegetarian for a few days, and I finally have to eat a piece of pork today, but the taste is still as light as ever." Oh, I forgot to tell you that Cheng Zehum is a Jurchen after Sinicization; Living in the northernmost part of Heilongjiang, the Heishui Tatar tribe..."
For the two of them to say incomprehensible words from time to time, Song Jiwen and the Chen brothers are not surprised, the younger brother Chen 500 is more attentive than the elder brother Chen 400, and he is full of curiosity about the conversation between Su and Liu, and his watery eyes look directly at Su Zedong, hoping that the hall master who is regarded as a "martial saint" can have something to think about it.
Seeing the young Chen Wubai's strong desire for knowledge and curiosity, Su Zedong was very happy! This shows that this child is diligent in thinking, and is still sixteen years old and young, and he wants to live with this mentality for another twenty or thirty years, and the future is limitless, and he needs to be guided now.