3. Incident
Hearing what Yang Beihan said, he remembered that Brother Zhang Chu also asked him to send a letter to Brother Zhang Lan.
"Oh"
Worrying about life, he immediately answered honestly.
This young man, when he didn't take the evil knife, he really had a good personality.
Yang Beihan, since Zhang Moxie's disappearance, has been sitting in the Seven Peerless Sects.
grew up watching the worry of lifelessness since he was a child, and he also taught him some rough knife techniques, this child is simple-minded, and he will not despise Yang Beihan because of his appearance.
Therefore, the relationship between these two people is indeed very good, and outsiders look like grandchildren.
"Why didn't you kill that person just now?"
Yang Beihan lay in the carriage and said to Wu Wusheng:
"Why spare his life? Do you think that if you let him go, he will thank you? He's going to want to kill you now. ”
“…”
Worrying Wuming sat on the wheel and ate steamed buns, as if he hadn't heard it at all.
"You just look at him pitiful.
I guess you saw them and remembered your mother.
When this seat and the master of the sect picked you up in Broken Leaf City, you and your mother were exactly the same as the pair of masters and apprentices today.
But if you want to take control of the evil sword, you can't do that. ”
Yang Beihan shook his head, and he said:
"This time, we're helping the Holy Fire Sect with things, so it doesn't matter. Even if that person has hatred, it will be added to the Holy Fire Sect, and there is no need for me to wipe their butts clean for them.
But that's what happened to the rivers and lakes.
On another day, if the Huashan disciple wants to kill you, this seat doesn't care.
You kid take care of it yourself. ”
"Hmm."
Worrying and lifeless, he replied, and took out a steamed bun from the baggage.
Tear it apart little by little, and feed it into your mouth little by little.
Yang Beihan threw away the package of cured meat, but he didn't look at it without worry, so he ate cold steamed buns by himself, which made Elder Beihan quite surprised.
He asked:
"When did you like eating this steamed bun?
I remember that you didn't have this habit before, what's so delicious about this cold steamed bun? ”
Wu Wuming smiled, but still did not answer.
When Yang Beihan saw that he was silent, he also felt bored and stopped asking.
The young man didn't tell the story of Luoyang.
He didn't tell Brother Zhang Chu about this, and he didn't even tell the evil knife.
Everyone deserves a little, innocuous little secret.
He was simple-minded.
But, he's not stupid.
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A few days later, Luoyang, Lei Fu.
Lei Ye just finished talking with his baby daughter.
Miss Lei Shiyin has been very busy in the past few days, and when she saw that Shen Qiu and Xiao Tie's crested eagles were so mighty, she made up her mind to re-tame the free-range chicken she raised.
In order to help his baby daughter domesticate her pets, Lei Ye also specially invited a few animal trainers who are said to be from the south in Luoyang City to teach his daughter.
These days, Lei Ye is very busy.
The remnants of the land of Qilu need to be taken care of, as long as these people who dare to fight return to their hearts, the elite strength of the Heluo Gang will skyrocket a lot at once.
The strength of the Heluo Gang is related to the future of the baby daughter, and there is no room for the slightest difference.
He is a long-sleeved and good dancer, and he is a delicate person.
Under his deliberate operation, the non-village people led by Lang Mutou have a good sense of the Heluo Gang, and the next step is to divide these bandits into the various halls of the Heluo Gang.
With the help of their years of experience, a group of elite people have come out.
If you can rebuild a "right and wrong village" in the Central Plains that dares to fight, then Lei Ye will be much stronger in the face of the Holy Fire Sect.
"Master, the beggar gang leader is here."
Lei Ye is about to eat something, treat himself for his hard work, and later, go to the Heluo Gang General Altar to have a look.
As a result, I saw my confidant Steward Zhao coming in a hurry and whispered to him.
"Zhang Tugou?"
Lei Ye frowned, and he said:
"What is he doing?"
Steward Zhao shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
"Please come in first."
Lei Ye waved his hand and asked the steward to invite the beggar gang leader in.
Speaking of this beggar gang leader, Zhang Tugou's experience is quite legendary.
He was not born as a beggar, he was originally a butcher in Luoyang for generations, and his family had some meager wealth.
Helplessly, my father was a bad gambler, and when Zhang Tugou was not an adult, he completely ruined the family business, forced his wife to death, and ruined the family, leaving Zhang Tugou alone to live
The butcher's business can't be done, and the young Zhang Tugou also has to eat.
was ruthless, and joined the beggar gang, but he was appreciated by the leader of the Luoyang beggar gang, and since then he has risen to the top.
After becoming the leader of the Luoyang Beggar Gang, Zhang Tugou befriended beggars all over the Central Plains, trying to make the Beggar Gang bigger.
However, Zhang Tugou really made his fortune, and he still got the assistance of Lei Ye.
Lei Ye's Heluo Gang is rich, and after befriending Zhang Tugou, he helped him succeed, and after ten years, the beggar gang became more and more powerful, and beggars everywhere took the initiative to vote.
This can be regarded as the formation of the beggar gang in the real sense of the world.
The beggars didn't have a general altar before.
But after Zhang Tugou came to power, Luoyang, where he originated, became the head of the beggar gang.
The loosely connected beggar gangs in various places have also been integrated by him by various means, and the beggars all over the world have gradually been twisted into a rope.
And Zhang Tugou is naturally the most powerful beggar gang leader since the concept of beggar gangs.
If everyone in this world has talent, then this talent for slaughtering dogs is afraid that he will be a beggar.
And this man was lucky.
When he was a teenager, he worked hard, saying that he was appreciated by nobles and learned some advanced martial arts, and now he is also a master of the land list, ranking 17th on the land list.
Over the years, he has also mixed up the title of "Top Ten Masters of Decency", which is really gaining momentum.
Especially for Hanako, who has always been looked down upon, this is an extremely remarkable achievement.
Lei Ye helped him succeed, and this slaughtering dog also knew how to repay him.
After making a career, he became a cooperative relationship with Lei Ye.
The Heluo Gang and the Beggar Gang are bright and dark, and they operate this Luoyang City and even the Central Plains region like iron buckets.
Lei Ye believes in his own vision of seeing people.
He felt that this Zhang Tugou was a righteous person who could be trusted, so he asked Lei Shiyin to worship Zhang Tugou as his father-in-law, which was enough to give Zhang Tugou face and not treat him as an outsider.
Of course, Lei Shiyin's true life experience, Zhang Tugou does not know.
"Lao Zhang, why did you have time to come here today?"
When Zhang Tugou walked into the hall with a lotus stick, wearing torn clothes full of pockets, and with a serious face, Lei Ye still looked so enthusiastic.
Regardless of the "original" beggar outfit of this slaughtering dog, he welcomed him into the table.
He also instructed people to set up a banquet and have a good drink with Zhang Tugou for a while.
Zhang Tugou was a man of nearly forty years old, tall and tall, walking like a butcher, and the tattered beggar costume was worn on him as if he were wearing a skirt.
Holding a green bamboo stick in his hand, it seems ordinary, but it is also a strange thing that was exchanged for Tianji Pavilion, and it is extremely tough.
On that stick, there is also a gourd, which is exactly the same as the dress of the beggar of the Song Dynasty in Suzhou.
It's hard to say whether he learned from the Song beggars or the Song beggars from him.
"Don't drink today, old Lei."
Zhang Tugou stepped forward, lowered his voice, and said to Lei Ye:
"The things you entrusted me with are moving!"
"Hmm!"
Lei Ye's expression changed, and he immediately waved his hand, asking Steward Zhao to disperse the people around him.
After everyone left, Zhang Tugou sat on a chair, holding the lotus stick tied to the wine gourd in both hands, and said to Lei Ye:
"Early this morning, on the side of the Guanzhong beggars, there was a flying pigeon to send a book to Luoyang. Lao Lei, do you know that the Huashan faction was wiped out a few days ago! ”
"Huh?"
Lei Ye was also taken aback, and the hookah in his hand trembled.
The Huashan faction has been in decline since the war between good and evil more than ten years ago, and now it is two or three kittens, which seem to be still gaining momentum, but it has completely become a second- or third-rate force in the rivers and lakes.
But in any case, there is also a heritage.
The head of Huashan is also a master of the land list, although he is not on the list of rivers and lakes, but he has always been famous in the land of Guanzhong, how could he be destroyed so easily?
Combined with the "incident" that Zhang Tugou just said, a trace of solemnity flashed in Lei Ye's eyes, and he said:
"What did the Holy Fire Cult do?"
"Yes!"
Zhang Tugou also nodded solemnly, and his cleanly washed fingers rolled a little on the lotus.
It represents the heart of the beggar gang leader, and it is also quite uncalm.
He said:
"Ever since I told me a few years ago that you had some grudges with the Holy Fire Sect, I have been telling the beggars in the Western Regions of Guanzhong to pay attention to the movements of the Holy Fire Sect, and there has been no movement in the past few years.
As a result, this thing is a big deal.
Half a month ago, a group of members of the Holy Fire Sect came from the Western Regions, and they didn't do anything evil along the way.
As a result, the head of the Huashan faction gambled ruthlessly, and led the elite disciples to intercept the Holy Fire Sect, as if he wanted to emulate the loyalty of the Huashan faction more than ten years ago, so as to revive the foundation.
Unexpectedly, he kicked the iron plate.
According to what I saw when the beggars went to the place where they encountered, Huashan sent nearly forty people, but only one survived later, and his arms were still abolished.
The head of Huashan saw that his thought was wrong and harmed the lives of the doorman, and he was even more ashamed, so he cut himself on the spot.
It is said that the scene was terrible. ”
Zhang Tugou sighed, and said to Lei Ye, whose face became more and more serious:
"It hasn't been heard yet, but I can't hold it for long.
The whereabouts of those Flame Cultists are unknown, but judging by the direction in which they are traveling, it is likely that they are heading to the Central Plains.
Lao Lei, we Lao Zhang don't know what those demon sect people are going to do.
But now that the martial arts are all in the land of Xiaoxiang, and the other places are very empty, if the Demon Sect wants to use the Central Plains as a breakthrough point to wrestle with the decent martial arts version, this Luoyang City will have to be troublesome again. ”
Lei Ye didn't speak, he grasped the point of the question, and Fu Er asked:
"Lao Zhang, tell me, what is the strength of those Holy Fire Sect people?"
"There's no specific word on that."
Zhang Tugou rubbed the stick in his hand and said to Lei Ye:
"Judging from what the local beggars found at the scene, the Holy Fire Sect has less than fifty people at most, but its strength cannot be underestimated.
The head of Huashan is also a master of the land list, but his arm was cut off and he picked a tesuji.
No corpses of the Flame Cultists were found at the scene, only scattered traces were found. That group of people killed forty or fifty people from the Huashan faction, but they themselves had no casualties, and they must all be elites.
And among the people who come, there must be a master of the land list, and it is likely that there is more than one. ”
As soon as he said this, Lei Ye's expression looked a lot better.
What he was afraid of was that the Holy Fire Sect was pouring in, but now there were only more than fifty people coming, even if he was covered in iron, how many nails could he hit?
This slaughtering dog is the leader of the beggar gang, and if he can mix to this point, he is naturally not a timid person.
The reason why he is panicking now is probably because he has the same considerations as Lei Ye.
The small number of people who came this time is not important.
The important thing is the information revealed by this incident, if the Holy Fire Sect is really in the middle of the court, it is on the same page as the Heluo Gang.
Even if this time he repelled the incoming enemy.
If you don't die in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Heluo Gang to resist.
After all, no matter the quantity or quality, the Heluo Gang couldn't compare to the powerful Demon Sect of the Western Regions.
"Lao Lei, your Heluo Gang is the largest faction in the Central Plains, and everyone around you is watching, something happened in this realm, and neither the Heluo Gang nor my beggar gang can escape."
Zhang Tugou looked at Lei Ye's face.
He lowered his voice and said:
"And you also said that you have an undying grudge against the Holy Fire Sect, so you must plan ahead."
Lei Ye nodded.
There was a dullness in his heart, he had been preparing for so many years, and it seemed that it was now the end of the matter, and he could not hesitate any longer.
Lei Ye picked up the hookah and took a puff.
He looked at Zhang Tugou and said:
"Lao Zhang, you give me Lao Lei's words. It's easy to say this time, there are less than a hundred people, and it's just a small fight, but if I Heluo Gang and the Holy Fire Sect will die in the future.
Which side are you going to be on with the beggars? ”
"Old Lei, what are you talking about!"
Zhang Tugou's face changed.
The thick man stood up and said to Lei Ye:
"In your old Lei's eyes, I, Zhang Tugou, am the one who is afraid of things?
I can't forget the kindness of your Heluo Gang to my beggar gang, and although my beggar gang can't be on the stage in the rivers and lakes, I also think that I am acting decently!
This is a dispute between good and evil in the rivers and lakes, if my beggar gang shrinks their eggs, what face will they have in the future?
Rest assured! ”
Zhang Tugou patted his chest and said loudly:
"Although my beggar gang has low martial arts, it has many ears and eyes.
In the past few days, I have cast a wide net in the Central Plains, and I will definitely find out for you those hidden Flame Sect people. If in the future, we want to do it with the Holy Fire Sect, and I am not afraid of it.
Shiyin's daughter calls me Lao Zhang's father-in-law, and I will go into battle with your old Lei with a knife, no words! ”
"Good!"
Lei Ye saw Zhang Tugou confiding in his heart, although he knew that this was just a scene, just listen to it, but after careful analysis, he knew that there was a trace of sincerity in Zhang Tugou's tone.
As he said, this is a dispute between good and evil in the rivers and lakes, and it is the "political correctness" in this rivers and lakes.
With the courage of his beggars, he didn't dare to stand on the side of the Demon Sect.
What they are doing now is buying and selling intelligence, and the most important thing is reputation.
Once this reputation is ugly, the beggar gang that has just improved will be completely finished, unless Zhang Tugou is a bachelor enough to dare to take the beggar gang to the Demon Sect to completely turn against the water.
Lei Ye thought about it in his heart, and said to Zhang Tugou:
"Lao Zhang, don't shout, our old Lei knows that you are righteous.
And things are not bad enough to require you Lao Zhang to carry a knife into battle, you can rest assured, the Holy Fire Sect is here, and the Heluo Gang will naturally be the first to go up! ”
"Lei Ye's righteousness is known to the entire Central Plains.
It's just that our old Zhang thinks this time is a little weird. ”
The beggar gang pouted his lips, and he said:
"According to my thoughts, this should be a small raid, probably to deal with the demon sect demons who were beaten in the land of Xiaoxiang, and plan to do something in the Central Plains to divert the attention of fellow martial artists."
"Well, that makes sense."
Lei Ye echoed Zhang Tugou on the surface, but in fact, he already had some confirmation in his heart.
This group of Holy Fire Sect demons, a small group of raids, hid their traces when they entered the Central Plains, and there are also masters of the land list among them, it is very likely that they are coming for Shiyin.
They probably wanted to kidnap Shiyin and bring it back to the Western Regions quietly.
"I want to take my precious girl away... Think beautifully! ”
Lei Ye sneered in his heart, he put down his cigarette pouch and said to Zhang Tugou:
"Lao Zhang, I have calculated this matter, so I will first rely on the beggar gang to find the traces of those thieves, and after it is confirmed, my Heluo Gang will take care of them!
Also, what I told you before, about the Central Plains Martial Arts Conference, I thought about it and felt that it still had to be done! I'll give you a charter in the next few days, and let's take a closer look at the two Central Plains gangs.
This time, we will also hold a 'hero meeting' to give our Central Plains people a long face. ”
"Well, that's a great thing, I'll go and prepare."
Zhang Tugou liked to be lively, so he laughed, nodded, and did not stop, turned around and left the hall.
After Zhang Tugou left, Lei Ye rubbed his chin and said to Steward Zhao beside him:
"Lao Zhao, go and invite my brother over, there are some things to plan with him in detail. My Heluo Gang has been sharpening a sword for ten years, and it is time to test the sword.
Let him come to the Holy Fire Sect!
If you want to take me and Gillian's daughter, you have to step over the corpses of Lao Tzu and the prodigal monk first! Well, cross him first. ”