Chapter 35: The Scourge of the Year Gang
Unknowingly, Peng Wuwang had been living in Washington for seven or eight days. These days, the people of the Pengmen Dart Bureau are in high spirits and everyone is elated. Because everyone knew that Third Young Master Peng had killed the five sons of Jin Baiba's family, only Jin Baiba and his wife were left without ambush and were rescued by the children of the Yue Nu Palace. Now that the Bashan Qisha who is so difficult has also been taken away by the young dart head, everyone feels that as long as the third young master is there, any difficulties will be solved one day. These days, while partying with the Huanhua children night and night, they are stepping up their martial arts practice under the leadership of Peng Wuxing and Hou Zaichun. The so-called strong generals have no weak soldiers, and now Peng Wuwang is in charge of the Peng family dart bureau as a matter of course, and everyone will be his subordinates in the future. Peng Sangongzi's reputation is now known to the world. If you don't walk the rivers and lakes in the future, not only will you be embarrassed, but the most important thing is that you will lose Peng's hopeless person. And Hou Zaichun now, the pressure is great, everyone sees him as the pillar of the dart game, Peng Wuxing also appointed him as the deputy dart head, if he has no ability in his hands, then he will not be blind. When he practiced martial arts, he was like crazy.
Besides, everyone doesn't say it in their hearts, but they all know it by heart. Peng Wuwang has revived the prestige of the Flying Tiger Dart Bureau this time, and he will definitely return to Qingzhou Tai'an and rebuild the General Bureau. So at the beginning of the game, if there was no Jin Baiba and his wife's head to open the sacrificial dart flag, how could they raise their eyebrows. Therefore, everyone is in one mind, practicing martial arts desperately, and in the future, they will kill the Yuenu Palace in Yishan with Peng Shaodart, and take out the Jin Baiba couple and slaughter them with a knife. It can be seen how excited the battle of Bashan was to everyone in the Flying Tiger Dart Bureau, and they even felt that the Yishan Yuenu Palace, which had been in the world for hundreds of years, was nothing to fear.
Peng Wuwang's injury healed quickly, and his mood was extremely comfortable, these days he has either feasted with a wave of Bashu martial arts masters, or taught the darts to the Pengmen martial arts. It seems that the carefree good days of the past are back.
On this day, he and Hua Bufan returned from the night banquet in Chengdu, and just about to step into the guest room in Washington, a big man in a black suit suddenly appeared next to Peng Wuwang, and said in a deep voice, "Peng Shaoxia is invited."
Peng Wuwang drank a little wine, but he was not drunk, but his speech was a little slurred, and he said vaguely, "Well, please."
The big man looked left and right, and whispered, "Peng Shaoxia, Mr. Li and I invite you to the guest compartment for a gathering."
Peng Wuwang was surprised: "Mr. Li, I haven't seen him all the time, it's really rude." He thought for a moment and said, "It's good to see you tonight, and you will lead the way."
The big man bowed respectfully and said, "Peng Shaoxia, please."
When he came to the Nian Gang room, Dahan led him to Hong Sixue's room. Peng Wuwang looked around, and saw that this room was surrounded by eleven or twelve men in strong suits, their temples bulging high, and their expressions were fierce and mighty. He was a little strange, but he didn't care, just tilted his head and strode into the house.
There were two people sitting in the room, Li Yu and Hong Sixue. Seeing Li Yu's big head and bloated belly, Peng Wuwang felt a sense of kindness in his heart, he laughed and arched his hand to Li Yu: "Mr. Li, it's been a long time."
Li Yu smiled and replied: "Young man is amazing, in the past few months, in the rivers and lakes, from Henan to Bashu, your heroic achievements have been praised everywhere."
Peng Wuwang smiled: "I'm busy taking revenge, it's all my own business, so there's nothing to say."
Li Yu didn't expect him to say these words, and after careful consideration, he was stunned.
Hong Sixue stood up solemnly and said with a smile, "In this way, Brother Peng still has great ambitions to be rewarded."
Peng Wuwang was startled, looked at her, smiled and said, "Yes, the Red Gang Master can see it. What I actually want to do is to travel the world, act chivalrous and righteous, and eliminate violence and peace. If I can't get what I want, I hope to stay in Tai'an, become a chef in a restaurant, and live a quiet life. I don't want to do this kind of thing for the rest of my life."
Li Yu twisted his beard and laughed, and said continuously, "Admire, admire."
Hong Sixue's eyes suddenly brightened when she looked at him, she didn't say more, just took out an object from the package behind her, handed it to Peng Wuwang, and said, "Brother Peng, this thing has been shelved with me for a long time, but it is not very harmful, and now I will return it to you."
Peng Wuwang looked at it fixedly, it was the token he gave to Hong Sixue a few months ago: the Mandarin Duck Knife.
"The Red Gang Leader has something to ask for?" Peng Wuwang asked in a deep voice.
Hong Sixue smiled: "I did save your life that day, but you also saved me once on the top of Ba Mountain, the so-called two do not owe each other, I am no longer qualified to beg you to do anything with this knife."
Peng Wuwang smiled and said, "But you still have something to ask me."
Hong Sixue and Li Yu glanced at each other in surprise, Li Yu coughed, and said in a deep voice, "How did Little Brother Peng know."
Peng Wuwang couldn't help but laugh: "Hey, don't look at me as a rough person who can only dance and wield swords, but I'm not a fool. If you have nothing to do with me, why do you secretly ask me here in the dead of night? There are more than a dozen heroes guarding outside your house, and this matter seems to be a big secret."
Li Yu glanced at Hong Sixue with a smile, and Hong Sixue's face finally showed a hint of admiration, and said with a smile, "Brother Peng has a lot of plans in his heart."
Li Yu laughed and said, "I said earlier that this kid has both wisdom and bravery, and he is worthy of use."
"The Red Gang Leader has something to say, Peng is willing to serve." Peng Wuwang helped the long knife he was wearing beside him, with a confident look on his face. These days, he has repeatedly defeated strong enemies, and has accumulated a wealth of experience and confidence, and I am afraid that there is really nothing in the world that can hardly hold him.
Hong Sixue hesitated, not knowing how to speak.
Peng Wuwang looked at her and smiled unconsciously: "Red Gang Leader, let's solve each other's difficulties, it can be regarded as a fateful friendship, please tell me face to face if you have something."
Hong Sixue's face was still full of embarrassment, and she hesitated.
Peng Wuwang looked at Li Yu and said, "Mr. Li, why don't you talk about it."
Li Yu touched his beard, sighed, and said, "I can help this year, but I can't call the shots, and I have to say it myself."
Peng Wuwang looked at Hong Sixue again, and after waiting for a long time, Hong Sixue was still reluctant to speak, and said hurriedly: "Red Gang Leader, Peng respects you as a heroine who does not let you have eyebrows, and is willing to intersect with you. Why do you want to be like that little child, it's really depressing."
Hong Sixue's eyes showed a look of emotion, she stood up, learned from a man's attitude, arched her hand to Peng Wuhope, and said, "Brother Peng is high-minded, Sixue has thanked you here."
Peng Wuwang laughed and waved his hand, and said, "No need to say more, come quickly."
Hong Sixue took a deep breath and said, "In this way, I will tell Brother Peng about the major affairs of the gang, and then mention the matter of helping."
Peng Wuwang hurriedly said, "Please speak, please speak."
Hong Sixue sighed and said, "Brother Peng, do you know how famous my gang is in the rivers and lakes?"
Peng Wuwang scratched his head, thought for a while, and said, "My eldest brother often told me that the Nian Gang has been helping for hundreds of years, founding a righteous army, forming associations and gangs, resisting heavy taxes from the government, fighting against corrupt officials, helping the weak in addition to the strong, helping the poor and helping the poor, and doing countless feats of helping the world and saving the people, which can be called the first chivalrous gang in the world. But,......" He glanced at Hong Sixue and hesitated.
Hong Sixue smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Peng, just talk about it."
Peng Wuwang smiled awkwardly and said, "But at the end of the Sui Dynasty, your gang of heroes came out one after another and founded the Seven Righteous Army, but the military power was not severe, and the good and the bad were uneven, and they were destroyed by the current Da** and Wagang Army respectively. After that, your gang became famous and the evil deeds were notorious, hehe, in recent years, I heard that your gang and the Shenlong Gang, Qingfengtang have joined forces to do a lot of big things. Regardless of whether it's right or wrong, just say that the Shenlong Gang, Qingfeng Hall is a gang of martial arts scum, and joining forces with them will inevitably fall too much to the reputation of the Nian Gang."
A gloomy look appeared on Hong Sixue's face. Peng Wuwang saw it in his eyes, and quickly coughed and stopped talking.
"Brother Peng is right, over the years, I have produced a large number of unscrupulous people, and what they have done is outrageous." Hong Sixue sighed softly, "That's why I invited Brother Peng to help."
When Peng Wuwang heard this, he immediately cheered up and said, "Could it be that the Red Gang wants me to help eradicate these unscrupulous people and reorganize the Nian Gang?"
Hong Sixue smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want to reorganize the Year Gang, but to disband the Year Gang."
As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt in mid-air, which stunned Peng Wuwang there, and he was speechless for a long time.
It turns out that the Nian Gang is the largest gang in the world, and the foundation is so deep that no matter which dynasty or generation of the gang can reach it. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the world was harassed and oppressed by the Hu people in the north, and the Han people were bullied and miserable, especially when the merchants engaged in business in the towns and towns, when the soldiers were in chaos, they often had to lose all their belongings under the hands of the chaotic soldiers who were wandering around.
In order to let all the Han people who are engaged in business to find a way to survive in troubled times, the first hero of the Southern Jin Dynasty founded the Four Seas Gang, which has become a big gang that shelters the foot merchants from all over the world. After the death of the year's hatred, Guo Mengde, the hero of Jiangnan Province, inherited the will of the year's hatred, changed the Four Seas Gang to the Nian Gang, set up four altars in spring, summer, autumn and winter, 24 solar terms, 365 rudders, and invited the world's heroes to join, establish guilds in the local area, protect businessmen, buy and sell publicly, and share profits equally. At that time, the world was in turmoil, the people were not able to make a living, and the Nian gang united the township to resist the plundering of the Hu people in the north and the exploitation of corrupt officials in the south. Now it is in charge of all the most profitable businesses in the world, such as private salt, jewelry, silk and grain in Bashu, swords and horses in the north, restaurants and markets in the Central Plains, and even all the hawkers in the streets and alleys, all under the jurisdiction of the Nian Gang.
The strength of the Nian Gang is evident from this.
The hall master of the twenty-four solar terms hall alone is an extremely terrifying martial arts force. The master of the Four Seasons Altar is even more martial arts. The three hundred and sixty-five rudder masters are also amazing masters of martial arts, and there are a large number of good hands under them. The annual gang is all over the country, and it is never less than one million. The lord of the Nian Gang, he doesn't have to kowtow when he sees the emperor.
And now, Hong Sixue wants to dissolve such a huge gang, which will be the most earth-shattering event in hundreds of years. Peng Wuwang touched his head and sighed, wanting to say something, but finally didn't say anything.
"Brother Peng has something to say." Hong Sixue looked at his appearance and said with a smile.
"I have something to say? Do I have something to say?" Peng Wuwang shook his head, only feeling a thousand thoughts in his head, a chaos, as if there were countless thoughts, but there was no way to talk about it.
"You're asking why I broke up the Gang?" Hong Sixue asked again.
"Yes," Peng Wuwang finally thought of a topic, and said busily, "That's what I mean."
Hong Sixue sighed and looked at Li Yu, who desperately twisted her short hair, just nodded. She raised her eyebrows and said, "This is what Mr. Li meant after discussing it with his father. Now that my father's whereabouts are unknown, and most of them have been framed, I swear to uphold my father's wishes, and because I also agree with my father and Mr. Li, the Nian Gang has really reached the end of the road."
Peng Wuwang shook his head blankly and asked, "Why? Although the Nian Gang has been a bit of a mixed bag in recent years, as long as the gang is reorganized and the gang members are streamlined, there is still a lot to be done?"
Hong Sixue smiled bitterly and said, "My Nian Gang was born in response to troubled times, and since the day of the establishment of the Gang, it has not been tolerated by the government of various dynasties, and it is precisely by connecting the township, fighting against the imperial court, and establishing guilds, the harsh taxes of the government of all dynasties have not fallen on our heads, so that our momentum has become bigger and bigger, until today's millions of people. But now that the Son of Heaven has been born, the world is about to end the war of more than 300 years and usher in a peaceful and prosperous era. However, our Nian Gang still gathers wealthy businessmen, raises prices, gathers strange people, makes huge profits, follows the tradition handed down for 300 years, competes with the official tax and official prices of the government, sells illegal salt, smuggles gold, and makes money privately, although these are the way to survive in the troubled times, but in the prosperous times, they have become the cause of chaos. I don't want to see the Nian Gang as the first hero in the world."
Peng Wuwang didn't seem to understand it, and he didn't know how to comment at a loss.
Hong Sixue glanced at him and sighed, "I have studied under Mr. Li since I was a child, and Mr. Li often tells me these truths, so now I can think so clearly, but Brother Peng, hey, maybe I still can't understand it." She looked up at the moonlight outside the window, and said softly, "I can't even convince Brother Peng, who is dedicated to helping me, how to tell these truths to those elders who are stubborn and self-serving."
Peng Wuwang hurriedly said, "Don't be discouraged, the Red Gang Leader must not be discouraged, I will listen to a few more words, and maybe I will understand."
Hong Sixue and Li Yu looked at each other and smiled, Li Yu said, "Young man, do you know where most of the Nian Gang are now?"
Peng Wuwang said, "I don't know."
Li read and laughed, "It's in Baling County."
Peng Wuwang was shocked: "Baling! Xiao Xian's lair."
"Exactly!"
Peng Wuwang was puzzled: "It's about to become a battlefield there, what are the children of the Nian Gang doing there?"
Hong Sixue took over the conversation: "They want to help Xiao Xian fight against the big **."
"Are they crazy?" Peng was hopeless, shocked and angry.
Hong Sixue shook her head and sighed, "They are not crazy. Because they also know that in the peaceful and prosperous times, the most profitable business of the Nian Gang will be seized by the government, and casinos, green houses, private salt, and gold will all be banned, and without these accounts, the Nian Gang will not be able to maintain the huge industry accumulated over hundreds of years, that is, it will be ruined."
"They are fighting against Datang in order to maintain the income of the Nian Gang?" Peng Wuwang only felt a burst of absurdity, "Why should they think so much, the Nian Gang can't be maintained, it's over if it is disbanded, everyone will be clean." They are all martial arts children, wandering the rivers and lakes, will they starve to death?"
"Ahh Hong Sixue and Li Yu high-fived and laughed at the same time. Li Yu laughed, "This kid is not stupid. Understand that."
Hong Sixue nodded slightly, and said, "It's a pity that the elders of the Nian Gang not only didn't understand the truth of taking a step back and opening up the sky, but they were actively preparing to fight against Tang Bing. Three of the four altar masters have already issued spring, summer, autumn and winter posts, and gathered the Quartet to gather in Baling, with great momentum. My father had already realized it two years ago, and his old man advocated the dissolution of the Nian Gang, so as not to let the innocent children in the gang die for this reason. However, some of the elders in the gang are stubborn and unwilling to disband the Nian Gang, and some have accumulated a lot of wealth because of the relationship between the Nian Gang, and they have long regarded the Nian Gang as a cash cow, and they will definitely not sit back and watch the Dissolution of the Nian Gang. There are also countless bullies who made their fortune by selling illicit salt and people to seek refuge by taking refuge in the Nian Gang, and they will never watch the Nian Gang fall apart. It's just a pity that those gang disciples who have been called to come don't know that they are being used by others, just because they are grateful for the little favor of the gang in the past, they have to shed their blood for these selfish gang elders and bullies, not only losing their lives in vain, but also leaving an infamy in history."
Peng Wuwang heard this, and he couldn't wait to kill Baling immediately and kill the important members of the gang one by one one under the knife. "Hateful! Annoying!" Peng Wuwang said angrily: "Red Gang Leader, I, Peng Wuhope, am determined to help you with all my might, and I will not give up. What should I do, you just tell me."
Hong Sixue was overjoyed and said, "With the help of Brother Peng, great things can be accomplished." Let's talk about the details one by one.
It turned out that the original gang leader of the Nian Gang, the Red Flame Dragon King, was strongly advocated for the dissolution of the Nian Gang, and was hated by the nobles in the gang, and secretly connected with Qingfeng Tang, and the Shenlong Gang repeatedly poisoned him. Red Sky Man was injured and escaped, and his whereabouts are unknown. After his daughter Hong Sixue became the leader of the Nian Gang, she still adhered to the Red Sky Hero's wishes, made every effort to prepare for the disbandment of the Year Gang, and invited Red Sky Hero's best friend Li Yu to carry out this plan together.
The dignitaries of the Nian Gang actually connected with Xiao Xian and kidnapped Li Yu to Shu Cottage, and he should have been killed, but because he coveted his firearms manufacturing skills, he was spared. Fortunately, he was rescued by Peng Wuwang and Hua Bufan and other heroes, so he was not punished.
Now, Hong Sixue has received a spring, summer, autumn and winter post, asking her to go to Baling to preside over the New Year Gang Conference, and ask her to bring only one entourage to go, if she doesn't comply, immediately kill the Red Sky Man who has unfortunately fallen into their hands. This is actually to lure her into Baling and kill her.
"My father does not know that he is not in their hands, but he would rather believe in what he has than what he does not. I had decided to go alone. But if my father is really in their hands, I can't let it go, so I hope Brother Peng will go with me and wait for the opportunity to rescue my father." Hong Sixue told the truth.
Peng Wuwang's heart shook when he heard this, and he said loudly: "Red gang leader, Peng vowed to rescue the red seniors and reunite your father and daughter."
Hong Sixue smiled and said, "For the sake of hundreds of thousands of lives of the Nian Gang, our father and daughter have long put life and death aside. Whether or not the father can be rescued this time is secondary, the important thing is to persuade those Nianbang children who are ordered to be stationed in Baling to withdraw as soon as possible before ** attacking the city. Otherwise, the lives will be ruined, and the reputation of my gang for hundreds of years will not be guaranteed, and these hundreds of thousands of lives will also be buried."
Peng Wuwang gave Hong Sixue a deep squeeze, and said in a deep voice, "The Red Gang Leader is Gao Yi. Now I know that the doctrine of sacrificing one's life for righteousness is not a lie."