Next, Xu Qing listened to Jia Quan's investigation of Fang's sister-in-law, and Zhao Tuozhi's investigation of the identity and background of the bully Pei Shiye who tried to rob the people's daughters on the street, and learned that Fang's sister-in-law was not a woman from an ordinary people's family, but a weapon manufacturing family, a martial arts family, one of the weapons suppliers in the Tang Dynasty, the owner of the famous Sword Villa, and the eldest daughter of Dong Yuanshan, a famous wealthy businessman in Youzhou, Dong Xijun Dong Eldest Lady, just because she fell in love with a blacksmith in his own villa who was engaged in building weapons, had low martial arts skills, and had a humble status, Dong Yuanshan was angry and broke off the father-daughter relationship with Dong Xijun. expelled Dong Xijun from his home and left him to fend for himself. Understand that Xijun felt that he was bent on going his own way and eloped with others, because he was unfilial and to avoid humiliation in his family, so he changed his name to Dong Fang; I learned that Master Pei was a person from the palace of King Yan and Fan Yang Jiedu Li Yong.

Xu Qing was surprised by the former, a beautiful daughter like Dong Xijun, no father was reluctant to expel her from the house, and after she gave birth to two children, she lived in poverty and ignored her plight; For the latter, Xu Qing was not surprised, there were dozens of royal relatives and nobles who were crowned kings in the Tang Dynasty, not in the capital, and there were many local high-ranking officials who were assassins and jiedu envoys in other places, and it was not surprising that one or two scum appeared.

Xu Qing's weapons craftsmen imitated the pistol very smoothly, in just a few months have been equipped with two regiments, but the submachine gun imitation has not been imitated for half a year, the difficulty lies in the manufacture of the submachine gun barrel, the barrel of the submachine gun is much longer than the barrel of the pistol, the bullet is fired much more intensively, the heat is large, the need for higher strength and toughness, better reduce friction, from iron smelting, steelmaking to forging technology, there are many difficulties have not been overcome.

Mingjian Villa is a family of weapons manufacturers, one of the suppliers of weapons in the Tang Dynasty, and the iron-smelting, steel-making, and forging processes must be outstanding. Dong Xijun's husband was originally a weapon manufacturing craftsman in the famous Sword Villa, and perhaps mastered more advanced iron-smelting, steel-making and forging processes than Xu Qing's weapons manufacturing craftsmen, in order to succeed in imitating the submachine gun as soon as possible, Xu Qing decided to visit Dong Xijun and his wife to learn about Dong Xijun's husband's situation, to see if he had any use value and whether he could collect it for his own use.

At noon, Xu Qing, under the protection of Zhao Tuozhi, Zhao Mengchen, Nie Hu, and Jia Quan, walked through the bustling streets of Youzhou City, and near the West Gate, he saw two groups of people fighting on the street, fighting, and onlookers. "Why is the security in Youzhou City so bad?" Xu Qing was secretly puzzled, and stepped forward to inquire, only to learn that one of the two sides of the weapon fight was a student of the "Elite Martial Arts Hall", the largest martial arts hall in Youzhou City and even in the whole Tang Dynasty, and the other side was the Fang Gang. The "Elite Martial Arts Gym" and the Fang Gang are both one of the "Six Factions of Youzhou", which is why it has such a sensational effect.

If you don't know the "Six Factions of Youzhou" in Youzhou, you may be suspected of being an imbecile. The so-called "Youzhou Six Factions" refer to the Feiyun Dart Bureau, ** Gate, Elite Martial Arts Hall, Cao Gang, Fang Gang and Youzhou Branch of the Four Seas Dart Bureau. **It has been introduced in front of the door and will not be repeated here.

Feiyun Dart Bureau is the second largest dart bureau in the world before the establishment of the Longmen Dart Bureau, headquartered in Youzhou, there are six large branches, respectively located in Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Hongzhou (now Nanchang, Jiangxi), Chengdu, the total number of more than 5,000, has been established for 50 years, the first bureau owner is Mei Congyun, the current bureau owner is Mei Congyun's eldest son Mei Yong. The Mei family is second to none in Youzhou. Mei Congyun's second son Mei Zhi is a general of the imperial court, serving as the chief of the guard of the Yan Palace, commanding the three thousand elite cavalry of the Yan King, the eldest daughter Mei Langui married the first hall of the rivers and lakes, and the leader of the Yangtze River Alliance He Yaoting, who has more than 20,000 people, and the second daughter Mei Lanwei is the most favored side princess of the Yan King today.

The Elite Martial Arts Hall was the largest martial arts hall in the Tang Dynasty.

Cao Gang is an old gang with a history of more than 100 years, helping 5,000 people, has been operating (Sui and Tang) Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal transport and wharf warehousing business, the main altar in the center of the Sui and Tang Dynasty Grand Canal Luoyang (Yuan Dynasty and later, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was greatly repaired, cut and straightened, bypassing Luoyang). Ten years ago, the Cao Gang still had absolute control over the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and later the Yangtze River League, under the leadership of He Yaoting, gradually infiltrated the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and finally formed the current Cao Gang and the Yangtze River League in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. But the dock business in Youzhou is still firmly controlled by the Cao Gang.

Fang Gang helped 3,000 people, and the gang leader Fang Zairong was the son-in-law of King Yan and Fan Yang Jiedu Li Yong. Because of this relationship, the Fang Gang expanded rapidly, rising in Fan Yang in just ten years, and its power penetrated into all corners of Fan Yang, half of which had the nature of a gang in the rivers and lakes, and half of which became Li Yong's eyes and ears, taking on the responsibility of monitoring Fan Yang's civil and military officials. The members of the Fang Gang are of mixed quality, kidnapping, extortion, gathering crowds to fight, lending usury, collecting protection money from stall owners and shopkeepers, and privately selling salt monopolized by the imperial court to make huge profits. The residents of Youzhou City were overwhelmed and told the government, but under Li Yong's interrogation, all the cases were closed.

The Youzhou Branch of the Four Seas Dart Bureau has a long history, more than 60 years earlier than the establishment of the Feiyun Dart Bureau, before the establishment of the Longmen Dart Bureau, it is still the world's largest Dart Bureau after the establishment of the Longmen Dart Bureau, and there are branches in major cities, with a total number of more than 10,000. But in Youzhou, the head of the Feiyun Dart Bureau is here, and its strength is much stronger than that of the Youzhou Branch of the Four Seas Dart Bureau.

Most of the students in the elite martial arts hall are the children and grandchildren of Fanyang's high-ranking officials and the children of rich families, no wonder they dare to make trouble in Youzhou City, they are not afraid of Youzhou's headhunters coming to arrest them, and they are not afraid of the retaliation of the Fang gang who rampant in Fanyang. It is said that the cause of the group fight between the students of the elite martial arts hall and the Fang Gang was a group of students of the elite martial arts hall and the first beautiful girl in Youzhou, Mei Kaifang, who ranked fourth in the "Top Ten Beauties of the Rivers and Lakes", gathered "Picking the Moon Building", and Fang Xing, the deputy gang leader and the cousin of the leader Fang Zairong, happened to have a birthday on this day, and more than a dozen leaders of the Fang Gang who were good friends with him booked two tables of banquets in the Picking Moon Building to celebrate Fang Xing's birthday. Mei Kaifang, because her uncle is a general of the imperial court, the chief of the guard of the Yan Palace, and her aunt is the concubine of the Yan King, her family education is very strict, and she has always respected her identity and does not interact with people in the rivers and lakes.

Fang Xing heard Mei Kaifang's name for a long time, but it was the first time to meet, and he was shocked at first sight, so he raised his wine glass uninterestingly and asked Mei Kaifang to accompany him for a drink, but Mei Kaifang didn't appreciate his face, Fang Xing lost face, was furious, got angry and forgetful, forgot Mei Kaifang's identity, and wanted to force Mei Kaifang. The leader of the students of the elite martial arts hall is Li Shusheng, the son of King Yan, Li Shusheng has been fond of Mei Kaifang for a long time, one is unwilling to be humiliated, and the other is out of wanting to perform in front of the person he cares about, so he takes the lead in swinging his fist at Fang Xing. The Fang Gang then fought with the students of the Elite Martial Arts Gym.

Xu Qing soon noticed Mei Kaifang, who was wrapped in a dark blue embroidered scarf and embellished with more than a dozen peach, apricot and orange ribbons, and wore no other jewelry except for a pair of milky white jade earrings. She wears an embroidered silk shirt with a pink background, a blue and white striped skirt, and dark red striped shoes. Gaudy and simple clothing styles are intertwined in her body, showing off her personality. Her pretty face was angular, and her skin was white and red; A pair of beautiful eyes are black and white, looking forward to life, and definitely meets one of the standards of beauty. Tall and graceful, although beautiful but not weak, this may be related to her growing up in the north and practicing martial arts for a long time.

Xu Qingxin said: "This Miss Mei is beautiful, but she is ruthless. Seeing that the two groups of people were fighting for her life and death, she stood by and watched, looking like she didn't care about anything and hung high. Xu Qing didn't want to do much, and hesitated whether to intervene to stop the fight. But after a moment's hesitation, several people on both sides had died. Xu Qing had no choice but to stand up and said loudly: "You are fighting in the streets, don't you have the royal law in your eyes?" ”

Fang Xing glanced at Xu Qing and said disdainfully: "Where did you come from, I dare to take care of my affairs, did I take the wrong medicine?" ”

Xu Qing was furious, his palms were wrong with each other, and he cast the "Dark Fragrance Floating Dusk Near" of the twelve tricks of the "Snow Mountain Palm Technique", his figure flashed, and he grabbed Fang Xing, who was two zhang away, and brought him back to his original position, as if the distance of more than two zhang was not a distance at all, and then opened the bow left and right, and rewarded Fang Xing with two heavy slaps, and then the palm force vomited slightly, throwing Fang Xing out of the zhang, and fell to the sky. The Fang Gang rushed out one person to help the deputy gang leader, and the rest of the people threw down their opponents and swarmed towards Xu Qing. Xu Qing used his fists and feet together, causing the close Fang Gang to fall and couldn't get up for a while.

Mei Kaifang's beautiful eyes lit up, looked at Xu Qing, clapped her hands and said, "Your Excellency is good at martial arts, I don't know which way you are a friend?" What is the name of the daimyo called? ”

Xu Qing glanced at Mei Kaifang and said, "I just want to travel around the world, and I don't want to ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so I can't be regarded as a friend on the road." As for the cheap name, he is a nobody, so don't say it. ”

Mei Kaifang was rarely rejected, and she was silent when she heard it.

Fang Xing said: "You don't need to help me. Pushing away his subordinates, he glanced at Xu Qing fiercely, and said, "You give me caution in the future, let's go!" ”

Li Shusheng stopped: "You killed someone, you want to leave like this?" ”

"If you don't leave, do you still want to keep me? We also lost our brothers. Fang Xing said. Li Shusheng was speechless. In this way, Fang Xing still said the next sentence, and walked away with his dead and wounded men.

Xu Qing saw that the matter was over, so he wanted to walk away. Li Shusheng shouted: "Brother Tai, please stay!" ”

Xu Qing turned his head and said, "Do you have any advice?" ”

Li Shusheng said: "I don't dare to give advice. I admire Brother Tai's demeanor and martial arts very much, and I am deeply honored to be handed over by Brother Tai. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm wild in the next life, I'm used to being alone, and I have the intention of disappointing my brother Tai Yayi." Xu Qing said that he would take a step forward and blend in with the bustling crowd. Xu Qing's subordinates hurriedly followed Xu Qing. Only then did everyone know that Xu Qing had a great background.

Mei Kaifang said: "You are out of company! He also blended into the crowd and chased Xu Qing away.

Xu Qing noticed that someone was following, turned into the alley, stuck to the other side of the corner of the wall, and gently patted Mei Kaifang's fragrant shoulder from behind. Mei Kaifang was startled, and saw that it was Xu Qing who came to her senses.

Xu Qing said: "Why is the girl following? Mei Kaifang felt wronged and said, "I want to tell you that the Fang Gang is powerful, and the warning of Fang Xing, the deputy leader of the Fang Gang, must not be taken lightly." "Oh? It turned out that the girl had a good intention, but she misunderstood. ”

"You're a foreigner, so you probably don't know how powerful the Fang Gang is. In terms of numbers, the Fang Gang has more than 3,000 members, which is a big gang in Youzhou, and although the Feiyun Dart Bureau opened by my father has 5,000 people, the General Bureau has only 1,000 people; In the background, Fang Zairong, the leader of the Fang Gang, is the son-in-law of Li Yong, the envoy of King Yan and Fan Yangjiedu; In terms of ruthlessness, few people in Youzhou City can compare to him. It's really a dangerous thing for you to be the enemy of the Fang Gang. But I have two ideas, but I'll keep you safe. ”

Fang Gang has such a big background, Xu Qing was secretly shocked in his heart, he couldn't imagine that he didn't want to cause trouble, but he had a grudge with King Yan and Fan Yang Jiedu Li Yong so quickly, but he still listened to Mei Kaifang's speech quietly, and said lightly: "Listen to me." ”

"The ancestors and fathers are in charge of the Feiyun Dart Bureau for two generations, and the family is quite rich, the uncle is the general of the imperial court, the chief of the guard of the Yan Wangfu, and the aunt is the side concubine favored by the Yan King. Although the Fang Gang is powerful, they don't dare to provoke the Han family, if you are willing to stoop to the Han family, you should rest assured to stroll through the streets of Youzhou. Mei Kaifang said.

"Miss Mei, please give me a second idea." Xu Qing was noncommittal about Mei Kaifang's first idea.

Mei Kaifang said: "If you leave Fan Yang immediately, you can also be safe." ”

"Miss Mei's two ideas are good, but unfortunately I don't like them. Just because you don't like to cause trouble doesn't mean you're afraid of it. Miss Mei's kindness is understood, so don't pass it away, there will be a period later. Xu Qing hugged his fists and turned to leave.

"There will be a date later." Mei Kaifang returned the salute with a fist, feeling that the young man she met today who did not know his name and origin was a very special person. It was too late for others to approach her and please her, but he seemed to be avoiding her. Of course, he is extraordinary, not afraid of power, and does not admire wealth and nobility, which is also the reason why Mei Kaifang feels that he is special.

Xu Qing was in a hurry to leave not because Mei Kaifang was not beautiful, but because Xu Qing was trying to pursue Zhao Mengchen, Zhao Mengchen was staring not far away, with her innate master's eyesight, if in front of her, Xu Qing naturally did not dare to say more to Mei Kaifang, so as not to suspect Zhao Mengchen.