The No. 3 courtyard in the old town of Huayang is by far the most concentrated part of the residents in the old town, and the urban planning is not done well, and the renovation of the No. 3 courtyard is very difficult, and the nearby residents will definitely not be able to move out in a short time. I wasn't very familiar with this place, and I didn't find the Seventh Master's residence until it was completely dark.

The place where the seventh master lives is still an old bungalow, but it has been renovated. Many old people in the ancient line are like this, they like to live in their old residences, not because they can't afford to buy a new house, but because they are used to living here.

I stood outside the door and knocked on the courtyard door, and soon, the seventh master opened the door, and when he opened the door, the seventh master had a smile on his face and muttered in his mouth: "What time is it, why did you ......come?"

However, when the old man saw me standing outside the door, his smile froze on his face.

"Seventh Master, where are you at home?" I looked into the courtyard and it was supposed to be just him.

"What are you doing here?" The Seventh Master obviously had an impression of me, and at that time, he cooperated with Su Shiren to squeeze me out of Datong, which was a big thing, and it was impossible for the Seventh Master to forget.

"Seventh Master, ...... ask you something?"

"Not available!" The seventh master didn't wait for me to finish speaking, and he was about to close the door immediately.

Xiao Mao stood by the door, stretching out his hand to push the door. The Seventh Master was also a person who fought and killed back then, but he was older, and his strength was definitely not as big as Xiao Mao, and it took a long time to work hard, but he still couldn't close the door.

"Seventh Master, I'm just here to ask a few words, and I'll leave after asking, what should everyone do, if you don't even give this little face, then you can't say anything."

Xiao Mao and I didn't care what the expression of the seventh master was, and pushed the courtyard door hard and broke in. Xiao Mao closed the courtyard door with his backhand, and the two of them sandwiched the seventh master in the middle, one left and one right.

"Come with me?" The seventh master sneered, and gently flicked a little dust on his sleeve: "When I came out to mix, you were all still wearing open crotch pants, come with me, it's useless!" ”

"Last time, it was you who took a few people to speak and squeezed me out of Chase, and I don't care about this matter, and I don't care about it. I'm just asking something else, and I'm done. ”

"I don't know anything."

The three of them were entangled in the courtyard, and the courtyard door was knocked again, Xiao Mao looked through the crack in the door, and opened the door easily. Outside the door was a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties, very well maintained, dressed in a trendy manner, and carrying some vegetables in her hand.

"What is this?" The woman didn't expect that there were still people in the yard, so she couldn't help but froze for a moment.

"Let's talk to the Seventh Master about something."

"Oh, you say, you say." The woman didn't have much to do, and walked inside with the dishes: "I'll cook." ”

The seventh master's expression was a little ugly, and he couldn't say anything to the woman. When the other party walked to the back room, Xiao Mao smiled and said to the seventh master: "When people are older, they may not care about many things, but who doesn't have three relatives and four relatives?" The top master has something to say, let my brother take his place and be the leader of Datong, you collude with outsiders to squeeze my brother away, is this a taboo? You don't think about yourself, you have to think about others, don't you? ”

"What taboo am I guilty of?" The seventh master's tone was not as hard as just now, maybe it was because this woman came here that the seventh master was very scruples, he suppressed his voice and said: "I am the old buddy of the top master, can I speak with a clear conscience?" Su Lao was originally the boss of the top master! ”

"I just want to ask about this, why is he the boss of the top master?" As soon as I heard that the seventh master had pulled the words to Su Shiren, I immediately asked: "I just let it go away, and it was you who were replaced, are you willing?" I'm not going to bother you, but you're going to have to let me know the ins and outs, right? Otherwise, the top master is really back, how can I explain to him? ”

"Are you still looking forward to the top master coming back to call the shots for you? I'm not saying discouragement, master, most of the time I won't be able to come back. ”

"Whether the top master comes back or not, let's not talk about this first." Xiao Mao frowned, he had a deep relationship with Lu Fangding, and when he heard the Seventh Master say such a thing, he didn't like to listen to it: "Let's talk about it, just to ask what is going on with the surname Su, you are an old-timer, you broke out of the Fire Sea Knife Mountain, you have the courage, I can't do anything to you, but I'm not a fool of the ancients, you can't take me, I will stare at the people around you every day in the future, if you don't believe it, let's try." ”

"Su Lao is the boss, this is what the top master said!" The seventh master was obviously angry, but he really had scruples in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak loudly, so he continued to suppress his voice and said: "The old guy who followed the top master back then is not me alone, if you don't believe it, you can ask casually!" ”

"Seventh Master, what are you angry about? We're just here to ask. ”

The seventh master endured his anger and told me about the matter, in his opinion, this is not something unseemly.

It was a long time ago, Lu Fangding had just begun to meddle in Guxing's business, and at that time, it was rumored that Lu Fangding had sold a dzi and had money in his hand. Therefore, some people are willing to follow Lu Fang. However, it didn't take long for Lu Fangding and Zhao Sanyuan to have a conflict,-for-tat, Zhao Sanyuan's power was large, and some of the people who were fishing in troubled waters left Lu Fangding, and only a few were left.

The Seventh Master followed Lu Fangding at that time.

People in the ancient line often say that they only see thieves eating meat, but they don't see thieves being beaten, which means that many people are now beautiful, but when you lift the coat of their scenery, you can see that almost everyone has a history of blood and tears in the past. Lu Fangding became prosperous later, but in the first two years of "entrepreneurship", the situation was very critical. Zhao Sanyuan had the upper hand most of the time, and he overwhelmed Lu Fang's guys. It's just that Lu Fangding is a tough person, and every time he takes the lead, he carries a knife and fights Zhao Sanyuan's people. Just because Lu Fang was supporting him, the old guys under him followed him all the way.

Once, Lu Fangding and a few guys went to dinner in the middle of the night. At that time, it happened to be winter, it was snowing, several people ate hot pot and drank a lot of wine, and when they came out, they were blocked by Zhao Sanyuan's people in a secluded place. Zhao Sanyuan came prepared and blocked all the ways out.

The situation at that time was very dangerous, and in the end, he was forced to have no way out, Lu Fang held his breath and forced people to kill a bloody road. After they escaped, Lu Fangding was covered in blood gourds, which frightened several guys, and they felt that Lu Fangding was going to hang.

Lu Fangding was also a hard fortune teller, and finally gritted his teeth and survived. After this incident, it may also make Lu Fangding feel an imminent crisis, he told a few of his men that if he wants to gain a foothold in Guxing, he will definitely have to fight with Zhao Sanyuan in the future, if he really has an accident, hangs up or is seriously injured, the people below cannot be dispersed.

One day, Lu Fangding gathered all the people under him, and there were less than ten people. Among them, there are seven masters, and several other guys, including the current Datong Lao Gao and Nian Tingbao. At that time, Lao Gao and Nian Tingbao were just in their early twenties, and in the eyes of Lu Fangding and Seventh Master, they were just a few children.

On that day, Lu Fangding brought a person, that person was very faceless, and they had never seen the seventh master. Lu Fangding told everyone that this person was his boss, and the dzi he shot two years ago was this person's goods. Now he is taking a group of people to fight with Zhao Sanyuan, in fact, he is also doing things for this person.

The person Lu Fangding brought was Su Shiren.

Lu Fangding said it in person at that time, if one day, he suffered an accident, then no matter how much territory he had in his name and how much property he had, he would have to hand it over to Su Shiren.

Not only that, Lu Fangding also asked everyone to pay Su Shiren a "recognition money".

"Recognize the owner's money" is the old rule before the ancient bank, the ancient bank is a gang, only to join a certain gang, in order to get protection, this is the fastest and most fundamental way to gain a foothold in the ancient bank. Generally, when newcomers enter the industry, they symbolically pay the boss a meeting money, and the money paid is not much, just a meaning. Long ago, paper money was not in circulation, and the name of the person who handed it over would be engraved on the copper plate or silver dollar. Later, paper money became popular, and newcomers had to write their names on the banknotes and then put their handprints on them.

Now the people of Guxing don't pay attention to these things, but in the past, this was a very grand entrance ceremony, just like throwing a post on the door, a post was thrown over, and it was the boss's person, and he would not regret it until he died.

Acknowledging the owner's money is a ritual, and it is also an oath and a contract, and the people of Lu Fangding's generation still care about these very much. If someone pays the money and doesn't take the boss seriously, he will not only be spurned by all his peers, but also chased and killed by the boss.

At that time, all the people under Lu Fangding paid Su Shiren the money to recognize the owner, and the seventh master remembered very well that everyone handed over five yuan in banknotes.

That time, Su Shiren didn't say anything, took the money and left. For three years after that, every Spring Festival, Su Shiren would show up to have a meal with everyone, and then wrap a big red envelope for everyone. Later, Lu Fangding's power became stronger, and there were more and more people under him, so Su Shiren did not show up.

The Seventh Master also once wondered that Lu Fangding was a person from Guxing, so logically speaking, his boss must also be from Guxing. However, there is no such character as Su Shiren in Gu Xing. Until now, what Su Shiren was doing, the seventh master didn't know.

The last time the Seventh Master saw Su Shiren was seven or eight years ago, when Lu Fangding called the Seventh Master and a few of their old fellows and sat with Su Shiren for a while.

When I see Scholaser again, it will be a few days before I am squeezed out of Chase. Su Shiren found the Seventh Master and a few other old fellows, as well as Lao Gao and Nian Tingbao. Su Shiren took out the money handed over by the Seventh Master and others more than 20 years ago, and asked them to take the money away.

According to the rules of the ancient line, the boss returns the money for the owner, which means that the guys will do the last thing for him, and when the thing is done, the matter of the money will be invalidated, and the guys will come and go freely, and they will be treated preferentially by the boss.

The Seventh Master was dizzy at that time, he was already a handful of years, and he had been injured in the past, even if he wanted to work for Su Shiren now, he would definitely not be able to sell it.

But Su Shiren told them that they didn't have to do anything else, but asked that when Chase had a meeting, they could come out and testify that he was the boss of Lu Fangding and had the right to take over Lu Fangding's territory and business.