At this time, as soon as he heard the righteous Jinlan, Luo Xihan looked back at Mao Qinglian, Mao Qinglian thought about it, and then arched his hand towards Zhong Dabiao and said, "Brother Zhong looks up to us, we can't ask for it." ”

Zhong Dabiao said: "That's great, it's not that I Zhong Dabiao doesn't believe you, in fact, this is the rule left by the ancestors to break into the Kanto, when the ancestors broke into the Kanto, it was the crime of killing the head, if some of them are not righteous, the accomplices will suffer from the disaster of extermination, so our Gada pays special attention to the word righteousness." ”

I said, "Is Brother Zhong's ancestor also from Shandong?" ”

Zhong Dabiao nodded and said: "Yes, the ancestors were in the Qing Dynasty, at that time, there was a great drought in Shandong, natural disasters and man-made disasters were rampant, and people couldn't survive, so they broke into the Guandong, of course, the Guandong included the entire Northeast, at that time, unlike now, the Northeast was the land of Longxing of the Qing Dynasty, so the Qing Dynasty was afraid of digging up the dragon veins, so they did not let the Han people go to reclaim the land and mine gold mines, but this place in the Northeast is full of treasures, the land is vast and sparsely populated, especially the gold mines and precious Chinese medicine in the deep mountains, which are absolutely good things, It can make people live a life of abundance. For those who are struggling on the line of life and death, the Northeast is the mansion of the gods, so there is a break to the east of the country.

Breaking into Kanto is not a casual break, at that time, as long as he was caught by the Qing soldiers, it was the crime of beheading. At that time, everyone who went to the Northeast was very united, paying attention to righteousness and brotherhood, even if it was a beard that killed people without blinking, it was also in the form of brothers, and the righteousness of each other was important. ”

I said, "Since Brother Zhong is like this, let's do what you say, and you tell us how to worship." ”

Zhong Dabiao said: "Worship is also called Jinlan Jieyi, and there is a standardized ritual procedure for righteousness, that is, on a voluntary basis, through consultation and consent, choose auspicious days and good days, in a place that everyone thinks is more suitable, such as ancestral halls, etc., hang statues of Guan Gong and other gods, and lower the three animal offerings, namely pork, fish, eggs, and a live chicken (male worship is a rooster, female worship is a female chicken), a bowl of red wine and Jin Lan spectrum. A copy of the golden orchid book is written for each person, and each person's name is written in order of age, and the fingerprint is pressed. After the ceremony begins, each person takes a stick of incense and a golden orchid spectrum. Then, the chicken is slaughtered, the blood of the chicken is dripped into the red wine, the middle finger of each person's left hand (the woman's right hand) is pierced with the tip of a needle, the blood is also dripped into the red wine, stirred evenly, first three drops are sprinkled on the ground, and finally in order of age, each person takes a sip, and the rest is placed in front of the statue of Guan Gong. This form is also called a blood alliance.

The number of righteous people is unlimited, but it must be an odd number, and people of the same sex worship in the same year, and the men are called brothers, and the women are called sisters. We don't pay attention to so many rules, but the content of the oath and chicken blood wine can not be less, first prepare a rooster, a jar of wine, and then let's write a tablet of Guan Erye, and worship together in front of Guan Erye's tablet. ”

I said, "Okay, I'll let Tinian prepare the." ”

After saying that, I asked Tianning to buy a rooster, after buying a big rooster, we wrote the tablet of Guan Erye on paper, of course, Guan Erye's name is the full name of Loyalty, Righteousness, Martial Spirit, Youren, Yongwei, Guan Sheng, the Emperor, after getting it done, Zhong Dabiao took out a knife on his body, took the big rooster and said: "Rooster, borrow your blood today, our brothers worship, all the cause and effect are counted in my Zhong Dabiao's body." ”

After finishing speaking, he cut off the chicken feathers, cut off the head of the chicken with a knife, dripped the chicken blood in the wine bowl, threw the chicken away, and then made a cut on his hand with a knife, and dripped the blood on his hand into the wine, and said to us: "Let's drop the blood in the wine and let the blood of five people flow together, so that we will be brothers in the blood alliance. ”

After saying that, I handed the knife to my hand, I saw that Zhong Dabiao had cut his fingers, and gritted his teeth, cut his fingers with a knife, and dripped his own blood in the chicken blood wine, and then handed the knife to Mao Qinglian, who held the knife in her hand, looked at her delicate fingers and was stunned, her hands and our rough hands could not be compared, her hands were very slender and good-looking, I watched her there reluctant to cut her hands.

Mao Qinglian was just stunned for a moment, and then slashed his fingers with a knife, and at that time, red blood beads appeared on his hands, and I felt inexplicably distressed when I saw this. After Mao Qinglian's hand was cut, he just frowned, dripped the blood into the blood bowl, and then handed the knife to Luo Xihan, Luo Xihan looked at the chicken blood wine, and then looked at us, at this time, Mao Qinglian nodded at Luo Xihan, Luo Xihan cut his finger without hesitation, and then dripped the blood into the chicken blood wine.

Finally, there was Tianning, who watched us all cut our fingers, and there was no way to cut our fingers with our eyes closed, dripping blood in the blood wine. After we got it done, we each said their names and years, Mao Qinglian and Luo Xihan casually gave fake names, Mao Qinglian's fake name is Mao Qingshan, Luo Xihan's fake name is Luo Xifeng, among which Zhong Dabiao is the biggest, is the eldest brother, I am the second, Mao Qinglian is the third, Luo Xihan is the fourth, and Tianning is the youngest.

After talking about Nian Geng, we began to bow down, kneeling down in order, and then Zhong Dabiao held up the blood wine and said loudly: "The emperor is above, Guan Erye testifies, today I and Yang Zhendong, Hao Qingshan, Luo Xifeng, and Yu Tianning have formed brothers in life and death. Accept the name and form a brotherhood; Death and life are entrusted, and good and evil are rescued; Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and adversity and adversity help each other. Don't betray your brothers, don't leak the news, if you can't do it, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky. ”

Zhong Dabiao said, let's follow a word, after speaking, Zhong Dabiao took a sip of chicken blood wine, and then handed me the chicken blood wine, I had to frown, closed my breath and drank a sip of chicken blood wine, swallowed it quickly, and then handed it to Mao Qinglian, who also frowned and took a sip, followed by Luo Xihan, Luo Xihan took the wine, closed his eyes and took a sip, and then covered his mouth with his hand to prevent it from spitting out.

The rest of the wine is Tianning's, Tianning looked at the half bowl of wine in the bowl, the old man with that face was long, this time Zhong Dabiao said: "Fifth brother according to the rules, the last half of the bowl of blood wine, you should drink it at all." ”

Tian Ning said with a bitter face when he heard this: "Is it okay for big brother to drink less?" ”

Zhong Dabiao shook his head, Tianning had to cover his nose and drink it in one go, after drinking the blood wine, the five of us became brothers, although Mao Qinglian and Luo Xihan were women dressed as men, but I won't tell you about this, and my eldest brother Zhong Dabiao didn't ask. After worshipping the brothers, we began to pack up our things to go to the northeast, Mao Qinglian brought down two rifles on the mountain, this I used with Tianning, Zhong Dabiao himself had a gun, and Mao Qinglian and Luo Xihan also had short guns.

After everything was cleaned up, I found the brother of Baoguo, and said to Baoguo, we are going to the Northeast, Baoguo is anxious, and I want to go with us to say anything, I want to talk about it, and finally make sense, I asked him to watch the house in Sanbao, waiting for the master to come back, if there is anything that can not be handled, you can go to Qingfeng Village to find someone to help, Mao Qinglian left a letter to Baoguo, saying that he wanted to go to Qingfeng Village, and gave the letter to the master of Dazhai. After we got it done, we took enough money for the round-trip trip and got into a carriage and drove to the county seat.

As soon as I arrived in the county seat, I heard that Lugou Bridge was at war with the Oriental devils, and the north was in turmoil, and the news was obtained from the people who were doing business in the north, and there were many discussions in the county, among which there were some students, holding flags, shouting slogans to defeat the Japanese devils and return my rivers and mountains, at this time, most people did not realize that the disaster was coming, just a few months later, Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist Government, fell, and the devils launched a tragic massacre, and only a few months later, the devils who occupied Nanjing and the devils in the north, came a front and back attack, and the Battle of Taierzhuang broke out, this is a later story.

We had some dinner in the county town, and there were all kinds of talk in it, everyone talked about the battle of Lugou Bridge, listening to their voices, I am afraid that Lugou Bridge would not be able to hold it, at that time, Lugou Bridge was basically not in my concept, and I couldn't imagine what the Japanese devils in their mouths looked like.

After eating some food, I didn't go to see the county magistrate Ma, nor did I go to see my senior brother Zhang Shan, but got into a carriage and hurried away, marched to the north, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and on this day I came to a place, in this place, I don't know what's going on, it's very barren, full of desolate graves, indescribably desolate.