A restaurant on Shizhong Mountain in Poyang Lake, the plaque is engraved with a very cheesy name 'Zuixian Building', the restaurant is a stone and wood structure, divided into two floors, there is no wall and no window on the upper floor, only a few pillars support the grass shed, it looks like a pavilion, sitting upstairs, blowing the breeze, the scenery of the lake is unobstructed, simple and gorgeous.

It is not easy to find such a restaurant in such an era, and it is even more difficult for people to come out to drink in such an era.

On weekdays, there are not many people in the restaurant, but today there are many people here, and many boats are parked by the lake.

There were eight people upstairs, sitting around a large long table, seven men and one woman, but they were not here to drink.

There were many guards downstairs, all wearing dark gray clothes, and at a glance they knew that they belonged to the same gang, the Poyang Gang.

Founded less than ten years ago, the Poyang Gang rose rapidly, with thousands of gangs, hundreds of ships, controlling the waterways of the Yangtze River Valley, collecting high passage money from caravans, plundering the imperial court's grain and tribute, selling illicit salt, and controlling the Ghost Shadow Gate in the Central Plains, which were the two most troublesome grass robbers for the Qin Dynasty and merchants.

There are twelve people in charge of the Poyang Gang, known as the Twelve Jiao, and now there are only eight Jiao left, four of whom went to Cangyan Mountain three years ago and never came back, and the eight people upstairs are the eight leaders of the Poyang Gang.

Sitting in the right position is the big boss Wu Chunhu, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, dark skin, thick eyebrows and bull's eyes, a beard, a scar on his face, looking very fierce, the 'Broken River Knife' on his waist is particularly famous in the Yangtze River area, and there are few opponents, at this time, I read a letter, put it on the table, was silent for a long time, and asked: "What does the second brother think about this?"

Sitting in the first place on the left is the second master Cui Hongtao, who is thin, with long eyes and a pointed nose, a beard, three points of bookishness, seven points of evil spirit, giving advice in the gang, and winning the trust of his brothers.

Wu Chunhu was slightly surprised, and asked, "Tell me the reason?"

"If we don't take refuge in the Qin Court, we will definitely lead to annihilation!"

Sun Haiqing, the third master sitting in the first place on the right, said unhappily: "Qin Ting regards us as a thorn in his side, and in the past ten years, he has sent a naval army to encircle and suppress us many times, but we have been defeated by the shipwreck, I don't believe that they can destroy us!" This person has thick arms, a pointed head and a square face, a short neck, and a body that resembles a big ape, and his body seems to be full of infinite strength.

Cui Hongtao said: "Now is not what it used to be, the reason why we can survive until now is because our goal was small at that time, and it was not worthy of their army to encircle and suppress, we can fight and avoid, and kill them by surprise, and now we are helping thousands of people, and it is difficult to hide so many people and ships, as long as they free their hands, determine our position, and suddenly attack, we will definitely lose." ”

Sun Haiqing laughed and said: "I'm afraid they won't be able to spare their hands, 500,000 troops, after four years of fighting in southern Xinjiang, only came back 200,000, the commander Tu Sui was killed, I'm afraid that the Qin army will not dare to cross the Yangtze River in ten years." ”

Cui Hongtao said: "The third brother underestimated the strength of the Qin State too much, the Qin State has a million troops, sweeping the six countries, and the loss of 300,000 will not hurt the vitality, if it is not bad, they will soon march south again, and before that, they will definitely encircle and suppress our gang on a large scale to solve their worries, this letter is a warning." ”

Wu Chunhu said: "The Poyang Gang is full of brothers in distress in the Six Kingdoms, if they take refuge in the Qin Court, how can the brothers be convinced?"

Cui Hongtao said: "This is the trend of the times, if you want to survive, you need to learn to bow your head." ”

Bai Yuhe, the fourth master, said with a smile: "The second brother said this, the fourth sister doesn't want to listen to it, why do we have to bow to them, if we can't beat them, we can also take refuge in the king of Wenlang Guoxiong, they will be able to treat us well, and Zhou Jinggong Ji Jie is now in Wenlang State against Qin, this time the Qin army was defeated, it was commanded by them, and we will be able to worship the marquis with them." "Her surname is white, in fact, her skin is not white at all, but she is indeed a beauty, with a well-proportioned figure, bumpy and convex, full of wild beauty, and a pair of eyes are even more vicious, as if she can arouse a man's desire.

Cui Hongtao said: "How can a monarch of a dead country be restored, taking refuge in them can only make our brothers become soldiers of the charge, and die on the battlefield, there will never be a comfortable life, not to mention that our roots are in Poyang Lake, how can we just leave." ”

Sun Haiqing said: "Could it be that if we take refuge in the Qin Court, we won't become soldiers who charge, and we will have a good life?"

Cui Hongtao said: "If we take refuge in the Qin court, we will still stay in Poyang Lake, be responsible for the water transportation of the Qin army, and we will never charge into battle." ”

Wu Chunhu said: "The brothers are used to eating and drinking spicy food, after joining the Qin Court, there are many laws, and they are subject to restrictions everywhere, the most important thing is that they can't rob or rob, which undoubtedly cuts off our financial route, how can the brothers adapt." ”

Feng Dingbo, the fifth master, glared at his eyes and shouted: "If I don't eat meat or drink alcohol for a day, I would rather die in battle with the Qin army than eat a mouthful of military ration!" Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Yuan Qinghe said: "Robbery becomes delivery, it sounds awkward, making the world laugh, how to raise your head and be a man in the future, in my opinion, you don't need to take refuge in either side, whoever they come, you will fight with whom!"

Cui Hongtao said: "How can the days of licking blood from the knife edge last long, only by taking refuge in the Qin Court and making contributions can it be a long-term plan." ”

Wu Chunhu said: "Can you delay for a while, and then make a decision when you see the situation clearly." ”

"When the judgment continues to suffer from its chaos, the current situation is very clear, a country will be easily destroyed, one of us can survive, Yingzheng will never tolerate the existence of the countries in southern Xinjiang, let alone give us time to hesitate, because hesitation is suspicion, is disloyalty, he does not want others to be disloyal to him. ”

Sun Haiqing's eyebrows widened, and he said angrily: "Are you willing to become Yingzheng's minions, have you forgotten the days when we were hunted down?"

"It's because I can't forget those days that I'm worried that I'll never have those days. ”

Sun Haitong said with a smile: "I didn't expect that after a few comfortable years, your courage has become smaller." ”

Cui Hongtao said: "The longer we live, the more worries we will have, and our courage will become smaller, but you don't admit it." ”

Bai Yuhe said leisurely: "It seems that the second brother has already made up his mind to join Qin Ting, and the sisters-in-law of the second brother in the village yesterday should have been given by this Mr. Li, right?

When everyone heard this, they all showed angry looks, staring at Cui Hongtao, and they all knew that Bai Yuhe was the most well-informed, and he was not far from ten.

Sun Haitong slapped the table, stood up angrily, and pointed at Cui Hongtao angrily: "I didn't expect you to be such a forgetful person, and we still treat you as a brother!"

Cui Hongtao didn't get up, and said without changing his face: "Why doesn't the fourth sister tell the few guests who live in your village together, there is a poisoning master among them, it seems that if we don't take refuge in them today, it will be difficult to leave this drunken immortal building." ”

When everyone heard this, they turned their eyes to Bai Yuhe, but they didn't expect her to collude with the 'burial ding' and lure the wolf into the room, Sun Haitong said angrily: "Fourth sister, how can you do this, can't our brothers' affection be compared to those people?"

Bai Yuhe smiled and said: "How can they compare with our brothers, otherwise the fourth sister would not sit here and discuss with your brothers, but the 'burial ding' is really not easy to provoke, I can only leave them in the village to entertain them, waiting for our reply, if they offend them, it is easy for them to kill a few of us, now it's just polite to us first." ”

Cui Hongtao said: "Could it be that this Mr. Li is easy to provoke, he is the imperial envoy appointed by Yingzheng, and is now responsible for pacifying southern Xinjiang, I feel fear when I see his eyes, which are a pair of eyes that can penetrate people's hearts." ”

Bai Yuhe said with a smile: "It's ridiculous, a pair of eyes can make the second brother afraid, could it be that his cultivation is even higher than that of the real person who stops the water, the ghost shadow gate has now taken refuge in the 'burial ding', what are we hesitating about." ”

Cui Hongtao said with a smile: "That was seven days ago, now the Ghost Shadow Gate no longer exists, Wei Yanke's head is in my ship, if you don't believe it, I can order someone to bring it up now." Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and they all felt that it was impossible.

Wu Chunhu said: "It is said that Wei Yanke's pupils are white, like the eyes of a dead fish, which are easy to identify, so the second brother ordered someone to bring it up for the brothers to see." ”

After a while, Cui Hongtao's cronies lifted the head wrapped in a black cloth upstairs and opened it in front of everyone, everyone saw it, and gasped, it was indeed the eyes of the dead fish, the eyes of the dead fish were open, and they still retained the look before death, not anger, but fear, and everyone was even more afraid when they saw his eyes, a scattered immortal-level door master was actually dead, his head was in front of everyone's eyes, how did he die, everyone wanted to ask.

Cui Hongtao said: "There are more than 2,000 people up and down the Ghost Shadow Gate, only one night, not one left, all of them have become real ghosts, this is the consequence of taking refuge in" Funeral Ding ", my previous words are by no means alarmist, not to mention that Mr. Li sent me a few beauties, even if he gave me a mountain of gold, I would never betray our brothers who were born and died, but when I saw this head, I was really afraid, not that I was greedy for life and afraid of death, but that this involved the lives of more than 1,000 people in our Poyang Gang, how can we afford this responsibility. Tears flowed.

Wu Chunhu's face turned white, and he asked, "How did he die, and what did that Mr. Li say to you?"

Cui Hongtao said: "He didn't say it, he only told me that this was Wei Yanke's head, and he just wanted us to give us an answer." ”

Several people who were full of pride before are now silent, in fact, everyone is afraid of death, the big faction of more than 2,000 people was wiped out in just one night, how not to make them afraid, this human head is the strongest persuasive, it is the result, it is a threat, there is no need to explain.

Wu Chunhu slapped the table and said: "Ten years ago, our brothers in order to eat together, fell into the grass and became a coward, born and died, only to lay down this water, if I take your brothers to take refuge in any party, be instructed by others, and look at people's eyes, I will not be willing, but the current situation, the second brother analyzes very clearly, if we don't work for Qin Ting, the next one to be destroyed is us, so ......"

"What the second brother said is right, if we refuse the 'Burial Ding', it will be difficult to leave this Drunken Immortal Tower alive today!" Bai Yuhe cut off Wu Chunhu's words in a cold voice.

(End of chapter)