Chapter 19: The Zhang Family, the Black Tiger Gang
Under the light of the fire, the scene in the stone chamber instantly came into view.
Half-open sarcophagi stand, the surrounding scene faintly lit by torches.
Li Ding glanced twice, and just wanted to go out, the torch in his hand suddenly went out with a pop.
He was stunned for a moment: "Is there no oxygen?" ”
Awakened in his heart, he hurriedly went down from the hole in the ground, looked up at the space on the top, and thought that maybe it was because the passage was sealed, and a hundred years had passed, and some ventilation measures set up in the Tomb Sect had been blocked?
"In that case, you'll have to climb it for a while longer if you want to get in."
Putting down the torch in his hand, Li Ding shook his head, thought for a while, and felt that he could call his subordinates to widen the upper and lower passages.
But thinking about the various things that I had explained, I still put this idea down for the time being.
"Let the air circulate through this little hole on its own, and then it's not too late to come back in a month."
After roughly estimating the time it might take for air circulation, Li Ding wrote it down in his heart at this time and now, turned around and walked back to the stone room, just as he had just obtained the "Yi Muscle Forging Bone Chapter" now, and it was the time to consolidate his cultivation, so that he didn't have to be in such a hurry to get the cold jade bed.
In a month's time, the cultivation of his own "Yi Tendon Forging Bone Chapter" can also officially enter the track, and the tasks assigned to Yun Su Baili and the two can almost be completed, and the forces under his hands have entered a new stage, and it will not be too late to get this cold jade bed again.
After some tossing, he digested a lot of the food he ate, but his muscles and bones were still weak, and he couldn't continue to practice the more comprehensive effect of "Yi Tendon Forging Bones", Li Ding turned to sit cross-legged and began to practice internal strength alone.
According to a specific route, the internal force was constantly carried by him, pinching the points and turning in the places that needed to be turned, and at the end, the internal force increased in a circle, and returned to the dantian.
In this way, the internal force continues to accumulate, and at the same time, the muscles and bones where the internal force flows are also slowly improving.
Although Li Ding couldn't look inwardly and didn't know his situation at this time, he knew that his muscles and bones, and his meridians were growing in the process of practicing the exercises, which was incomparable to other exercises.
Exercises that can improve qualifications are naturally very rare, and the ones that can be compared with the Shaolin Room's "Yijin Sutra" and "Washing the Marrow Sutra" are two articles.
Moreover, the latter is now only afraid that the Shaolin room has also been lost.
In this way, it becomes more and more evident the preciousness of "Easy Muscle Forging Bone Chapter".
I knew in my heart that I would naturally work harder and harder to cultivate.
…………
On the top of Zhongnan Mountain, on the ruins of the original Quanzhen Sect.
Wooden houses rise from the ground, and there are some brick houses made of bricks and stones, and various facilities such as martial arts arenas and drying fields are newly built, and I don't know when, a well-organized station has been built here.
There are men and women in and out of the station, all of them have ruddy faces, full bodies, and in some brick houses, you can still hear the sound of teaching and reading aloud, and on the martial arts field, half-grown children, adult men sweat like rain, and work hard to temper their martial arts.
The whole station is in harmony, except for the ———— this one yard.
"Miss, this group of people has been locked up for a month, when did you say you let us go?"
A girl in a plain skirt puffed out her big mouth and complained to the young lady sitting in a daze on the chair.
"Don't worry, although they locked us up here, they didn't beat us or scold, no one harassed us yet, they must have gone to inquire about the news of my family, and when the inquiry is clear, there should be movement."
The young lady sighed helplessly, a month has passed, not only the maid, but also she is bored.
"But I've heard that many of the other women who have been arrested recently have found their homes, and those who are willing to pay for food have brought them home."
As if remembering something, the maid turned her head and said to the young lady beside her: "At first, we thought that they would sell people directly like those Black Tiger Gang, but we didn't expect to really charge some food fees." ”
"Well, I don't know if they have heard about our family."
Speaking of this, the maid felt sorry for herself again, sighed again and again, and the young lady on the side did not speak, but just stared at a wild tree in the courtyard that had not been cut down.
On the other side, the matter about them was also reported to Li Ding.
"The owner of the village, I have found it out, this Zhang family is a down-and-out Jiangmen family, and some people in the family hold positions in the border army, but the main life depends on some business contacts."
In the stone chamber of the ancient tomb, Bai Li reported to Li Ding the information collected by the cottage brothers in these days: "It's just that the Black Tiger Gang seems to have a bigger background, and it is backed by some officials in the court, specifically doing some shady things for them, and the people we caught are all peripheral members, not even insiders." ”
"There are thousands of people in this Black Tiger Gang, and it can be said that half of the underground business in Chang'an City has been controlled, and its gang leader is still a martial arts expert."
Li Ding couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and his body couldn't help but lean forward: "Help thousands of people, control half of the underground business in Chang'an City, so this Black Tiger Gang is very difficult to mess with?" ”
Bai Li hung his head silently.
"Those few people are still paving the way for the cottage and doing coolies?"
Li Ding thought quietly for a while, and then asked.
"Yes, the square by the waterhole hasn't been repaired yet, and they're mowing the lawn and leveling the road."
Bai Li nodded, these robbed captives were not raised for nothing, the men were all taken to work as coolies, and the women had to help with laundry and sewing every day, just the girls from the two big families did it easier.
"In this way, those gangs on the periphery of the Black Tiger Gang should not be put back, and stay here to work as coolies for the rest of their lives, as for the young lady of the Zhang family...... First go to contact the people of the Zhang family secretly, reveal the situation, and see what the reaction is. ”
Li Ding thought for a while, and if he gave Bai Li an order, he didn't expect his subordinates to intercept a dart and intercept it into trouble.
But...... If you want to say something from the Jiangmen family, it's also a good opportunity.
After making a simple arrangement of this matter, Li Ding postponed the matter, and then instructed Bai Li to do something else: "Don't stop collecting intelligence in Chang'an City, and in the future, you must continue to inquire about all kinds of news, send it back to the cottage, and act as eyes and ears." ”
"In addition, the construction of the cottage station can be slowed down for a while, send some people to lead the water out of this pool, and then come a few to expand the hole leading to the top, and the people in the cottage will learn the exercises that should be learned, and the next month will be mainly to practice martial arts."
"If you can, try to let the Wang family help solve the problem of our brother's meal."