Chapter 34: The Beggar Gang

Wang Jian poured a bowl of liquor into his mouth, and suddenly heard two more people walking upstairs, from the sound of footsteps, you can hear that the martial arts of these two people are not at the same level as those beggars before, and they should be important figures in the beggar gang.

Sure enough, as soon as the two of them walked up to the top of the stairs, there was a loud bang, and the beggars upstairs stood up together. In order to avoid trouble, Wang Yi also stood up to greet him. He sat in the middle corner, and sat with everyone, and it was not conspicuous, but when everyone stood up, if he still sat still, he was afraid that there would be chaos on the spot.

Wang Jian looked at the two of them, and saw that the first person was of medium stature, with a delicate appearance, three long beards, and in addition to wearing beggar clothes, his expression seemed to be not a good talent. The person in the back was full of flesh, bearded and halberded, and his appearance was very fierce, only three points darker, like Zhou Cang holding a big knife next to Guan Gong. Both men were in their fifties, with gray beards and nine small cloth bags on their backs. These nine bags only indicate their identity, and they are very small in size, and it is difficult to hold anything.

The two Nine Bag Elders walked over to a large table in the middle and sat down. The beggars sat down one after another, ate and drank, reached out to grab vegetables, held bowls and drank soup, and ate a mess. Wang Ji listened attentively, wanting to hear what the two Nine Bag Elders had to say. Unexpectedly, the two of them were all drinking and eating, except for saying something like "you have a bowl" and "this beef is very fragrant", and so on, they didn't talk about business. When the two leading elders went downstairs after eating, the beggars were already drunk and full, and they dispersed in a hurry.

Wang Ji waited for the beggars to disperse, and went downstairs to the counter to pay the bill, but the shopkeeper was very surprised, and refused to accept anything.

Wang Yu thought to himself: "The beggars are so frightened that the taverns and restaurants here are scared, and you don't have to pay for food and drink." At this end, it can already be seen that they are usually lawless. ”

Wang Jian remembered that when he first came to this world a hundred years ago, he also met a disciple of the Beggar Gang. At that time, the beggar gang had strict rules, and there were few disciples in the gang who were traitors and criminals, although most of them did not pay for food, but that was the leftovers from begging. If you go to a restaurant to eat a good meal, you also have to pay money.

Compared with what he saw and heard today, Wang Ji couldn't help but deeply feel that the beggar gang had finally declined.

Out of the restaurant, Wang Wei found a small inn to stay. Although there are many beggars in the town, according to the usual practice, none of them live in the hotel, so they are not afraid to bump into the beggars in the inn.

Because he had already set up to support Chen Youliang to compete for the attention of the world, he took a short rest in the inn and went out, wanting to find a beggar to help his disciples find out about Chen Youliang's information.

However, when he walked from the south end to the north end of the street, he did not see a single beggar disciple.

He pondered: "In less than half an hour, the beggar gang in the town suddenly disappeared, and I expected to go not far. He walked to a southern goods store, widened his eyes, struck the counter with his fist, and shouted, "Hey, shopkeeper, where are my brothers?" ”

When the guys saw his fierce and vicious appearance, they only said that he was an evil beggar in the beggar gang, all of them were frightened, and one of them was bolder, pointed to the north, and said with a smile: "Your friends have all gone north." Does the uncle have a cup of tea? ”

Wang Yu drank: "What kind of tea?" Don't drink! He turned around and strode north, secretly amused in his belly.

He walked quickly out of the town not far away, only to see a figure flashing in the long grass on the left side of the road, and a beggar disciple stood up, looking like he was going to come up and ask. Wang Ji's feet quickened, and he passed by. The beggar helped the disciple wipe his eyes, and he was still suspicious of his eyes, why suddenly there seemed to be someone, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Wang Jian thought that the beggar gang had set up cards along the way, so he was not heavily guarded, so he immediately started a light work and galloped north. The sticks that the beggars laid behind the trees, in the grass, in the mountains, and on the edge of the rocks fell into his eyes one by one, and instead became a guidepost.

Ran out of four or five miles, but saw three steps and one post, five steps and one card, and the sentry post became denser and denser. Although the martial arts of these people are not high, it is not easy to avoid their eyes under the blue sky and white sun. Later, I had to avoid the main road and take a tortuous detour. Seeing a mountain road leading to a large temple on the mountainside, I knew that the beggars would gather in the temple, and ran to the northeast corner, and then turned westward, bypassing the beggars' clips, and went straight to the side of the temple. I saw a plaque in front of the temple written "Maitreya Buddha Temple" four big characters, the temple appearance is solemn, very majestic.

Wang Jian secretly thought: "There must be a lot of important people in the beggar gang this time. If I am in the midst of the crowd, I will not let them find out. Looking around, I saw an ancient pine on the left in the vestibule of the main hall, an old cypress on the right, the double trees stood vigorously and erect, and there were many higher than the top of the hall, and the branches and leaves were dense, and it was quite possible to hide in the middle.

So he went around to the back of the temple, flew up to the roof, crawled to the corner of the eaves, lightly vertically, fell to the top of the pine tree like a smoke, looked out from behind a big branch, the scenery in the hall, in full view, couldn't help but secretly say: "Luck!" ”

I saw that the underground of the main hall was full of beggars, not to mention three hundred or dozens of people. They all sat inward, and he jumped into the pine tree, and no one was aware of it. In the hall sits a Maitreya Buddha, with a big belly exposed, a big smile open, kind and amiable. There are five futons placed under the Buddha statue, waiting for the empty seat, obviously waiting for someone to come, although there are three or four hundred people gathered in the hall, but there is no sound, and the scene of the chaotic competition for food in the restaurant is completely different.

Wang Yu thought to himself: "The beggar gang has been famous for hundreds of years, although it is in decline in modern times, the past is typical, and it is not gone. The chaotic appearance in the restaurant is just a normal situation. It seems that the elders of the gang gang gang are very strict in enforcing the law. ”

Wang Ji was looking around, and suddenly heard a person in the hall shouting: "The head of the palm bowl has arrived!" ”

The group of beggars stood up together, and the nine-bag elder with the appearance of a talented man held a broken bowl in his hand, walked out slowly, and stood on the right.

Someone else shouted: "The head of the dragon is here!" ”

The nine-bag elder of Zhou Cang held an iron rod in both hands, strode out, and stood on the left.

The man shouted, "The law enforcement elder has arrived!" ”

I saw a thin old beggar walk out, holding a broken bamboo piece in his hand, his feet were light and agile, and he couldn't get a piece of dust when he walked.

Wang Jixin said: "This person is not bad. ”

Someone shouted, "Elder Gong has arrived!" ”

What came out this time was an old beggar with a white beard and white hair, with empty hands, but the depth of martial arts could not be seen in the footwork of his body.

The four old beggars moved the four futons downward, leaving only the middle futon, bent down, and said in unison: "Please help the master!" ”

Wang Wei knew that the current leader of the beggar gang was named Shi Huolong, and whether it was martial arts or strategy, he was extremely mediocre. Not to mention that compared with gang leaders like Hong Qigong and Huang Rong who brought the beggar gang to the top, even Lu Youjiao is far stronger than him.

The beggars in the main hall bowed together, and after a while, the footsteps behind the screen sounded, and a big man strode out. But seeing that he was more than six feet tall, extremely burly, full of red light, and looked like a great official and a gentleman, he walked to the middle of the main hall and stood with his hands on his hips.

The beggars said in unison: "Disciples, see the master of the gang." ”

Shi Huolong, the leader of the beggar gang, waved his right hand and said, "That's it! How are the boys? ”

The beggars said, "Help the master be well." ”

After Shi Huolong sat down on the futon in the middle, everyone sat on the ground separately.