Chapter 15: The Attack
I'm very strange, I couldn't help but ask when I said what Master Dengcheng said just now, I have only been down the mountain for less than two months, how can everyone know that I am going down the mountain, and know that I will participate in the martial arts alliance master competition?
Hong Zhuoli said: Which sect doesn't care about such a big matter? Every sect will always send spies to inquire about the news.
I said, why did you press Shaolin to win?
Hong Zhuoli said: I had the pleasure of watching the competition last time. At that time, Master Hui En had an absolute advantage, but unfortunately he lost lightly compared to the hidden weapon. He injured his hands, and he had no choice but to abstain from the following rings. You have obtained the true inheritance of Master Hui'en, and you have chosen the Commander Excalibur, as long as you are cautious during the game, there is no reason to lose.
I asked, is it possible that a lot of people have pressed their bets on this game?
Hong Zhuoli said that of course, people in the martial arts, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, you don't know what kind of rivers and lakes you have? There are many people who bet on you to win, don't believe it, look at it.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, someone next to him took out a white pigeon from the cloth bag and handed it to Hong Zhuoli.
Hong Zhuoli took out a small rolled note from the bamboo bucket of pigeon legs, and read: Zhishan has obtained the true inheritance of Huien, and my teacher can sit back and relax.
I was stunned and said, "Where did this pigeon come from?"
Hong Zhuoli said that when you were beating the money helmsman just now, I saw several white doves flying up on the roof outside, and ordered someone to intercept them, and only this one pigeon was shot down in a hurry.
I said, "Isn't it......
Hong Zhuoli nodded, looked back at the roof and said: Friends on the road, the beggar gang wants to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Master Zhishan, and you may be inconvenienced with it.
There was a laugh from the roof, and he said: "Gang Master Hong, there are beggars to take care of Master Zhishan, and we can rest assured." I wish the Hong gang leader a lot of money next year, and I will leave now.
Sakura Ling and I were both taken aback, we had been in for so long and we hadn't noticed anyone on the roof.
Hong Zhuoli said they were gone. How many of them, I asked?
Hong Zhuoli said that listening to the voice, there should be more than a dozen.
I froze, and I had images of a dozen or so people coming from under the roof to the backyard.
Hong Zhuoli said again, go, go and sit at the helm, since you have come to my territory, let me be an east.
Without waiting for me to excuse myself, he dragged me and Sakura Ling away.
When it came to the rudder, I finally understood why the money helmsman wanted to rob the temple. Where is the rudder, it is an earthen kiln.
Hong Zhuoli looked apologetic and said that we are a beggar's gang, of course the place where we live cannot be magnificent, and you will settle down.
When we arrived at the earthen kiln, there was only a broken table and a few rotten chairs, and Hong Zhuoli invited us to the table.
Hong Zhuoli said that when the dish was served, someone served a pot of hot dog meat and a pot of daughter red.
Hong Zhuoli poured me a drink, poured himself another glass, and said, Little brother, I was very happy when I saw you. I hope you can win the competition next year, and my brother and I can take the opportunity to make a small fortune. Come, I'll toast you.
I looked at the crystal clear wine in the glass, and when I smelled it, it was even more mellow and rich, and the fragrance was surprisingly fragrant.
I owe it and say: I went down the mountain before the abbot strictly ordered Sanshen not to touch the wine. This glass of wine is really undrinkable.
Hong Zhuoli held the wine glass and looked at Ying Ling embarrassedly.
Sakura Ling whispered and said just have a drink, I think others are quite good, and I will give you a token. You can't save face when you refuse him like this, you look at his pitiful appearance.
I shook my head.
Hong Zhuoli said, it's okay if you don't drink, presumably you haven't had dinner yet. I heard that the Shaolin monks are all protected by the Buddha's body, and the dogs do not distinguish between ghosts and gods, and often bark and chase and bite. Shakyamuni was angry and ordered the monks to eat dog meat. I want to come to the little brother to eat dog meat too.
I said it was the first time I'd heard of it. Without waiting for Hong Zhuoli to speak, he asked: How did the beggar gang develop into such a scale today, when I was in Shaolin Temple, I heard that the children of the beggar gang are at least more than 100,000.
When Hong Zhuoli heard this, he became proud and said: Twenty years ago, I took over the beggar gang, and there were no more than 10,000 disciples. There is some prejudice against the beggar gang on the rivers and lakes, and I always feel that the beggar gang is all called Huazi, and the people who do it are incompetent, so they can't recruit anyone. Later, I pondered and finally came up with a good solution. I told my men that if they wanted to get rich, they should do it -- just go around and bring people into the beggars' gang and raise their profits. For example, if you pull someone to ask for money, and you get 50 wen a day, you can get a commission of 500 wen, and if you pull a hundred people, you can earn 500 taels of silver a day. You only need to give eighteen taels to the person who brought you into the beggars, and the rest of the money is yours. When everyone heard about this model, they felt that it was very profitable, and they all agreed. At that time, I selected four elders as one bag of disciples, each of whom developed the downline, and the downline of development as the second bag of disciples, and the second bag developed as the third bag...... So far, I can't figure out how many bags of disciples there are in the beggar gang.
Sakura Ling blinked and said how much do you earn a year?
Hong Zhuoli said, I charge very little for a bag of elders, and I basically rely on membership fees to make money, and every disciple who joins the beggar gang must pay a penny of membership fees every day. Now there are 100,000 beggars and disciples, and the membership fee I collect is about 100 taels a day, or 36,000 taels a year. In the past 20 years, I have removed the expenses, and I have about 500,000 taels left. This time it's all on the Jisan brothers.
Sakura Ling asked again, you are dressed so richly, will it be inappropriate for the boss of the beggar gang to dress like this? Will the people under him be unconvinced?
Hong Zhuoli smiled: On the contrary. In order to dress like me, everyone worked hard, and many beggars had to beg for more than five hours a day. The Four Elders are dressed better than I am now. The second bag of disciples is now dressed like a dog.
Sakura Ling grinned when she heard him say this.
I said I don't have much appetite today, so let's rest soon.
Hong Zhuoli was helpless, got up and said that the hospitality was not considerate, forgive me, etc., and arranged for us to sleep in the earthen kiln next door.
I lay on the floor and said to Sakura Ling, tomorrow we will enter Kaifeng early in the morning, I don't like it very much here.
You were eating meat when I first met you, and you rarely ate vegetarian food along the way, and you drank a few glasses when you had nothing to do, so why didn't you eat and drink today?
I said I'll talk about it tomorrow on the road.
Ying Ling said, why do you want to talk about it on the road tomorrow? I see that you are eating the vinegar of the Hong gang leader.
I said what vinegar do I eat from him?
Sakura Ling said that the Hong Gang leader is better looking than you, richer than you, and more powerful than you. You feel sick in your heart.
I asked you if you liked him, and when I was in the temple, I saw that you looked at him with straight eyes.
Sakura Ling got up and got out of bed, squatted beside me, and laughed quietly: You are really eating the vinegar of the Hong Gang Master.
I turned my back to her and snorted.
Ying Ling said softly: No matter how good Gang Master Hong is, where is my brother Zhishan. Even if there are a hundred Hong gang leaders in front of me, I will not be rare. The reason why I was stunned at that time was that I didn't expect the leader of a beggar gang to be so white and clean, and I thought he was also dressed in tatters.
I turned around and asked, "Really?"
Sakura Spirit is serious.
I pulled Sakura over me, and Sakura fell on top of me.
Sakura's hot face pressed against my chest.
Suddenly, a picture flashed in my mind, and I realized that something was wrong, so I grabbed Sakura Ling and jumped up and rolled onto the bed.
At that moment, a spear stabbed out of the ground from where I was sleeping, piercing through the bunk and into the roof of the cave.
Sakura Ling screamed in fright, I held Sakura Ling in my left hand, pulled out the handsome with my right hand, and remained motionless.
After a while, a red light lit up outside the door, and Hong Zhuoli led someone to push the door in.
Hong Zhuoli asked with concern, what's wrong?
I pointed to the spear stuck in the roof of the cave, and Hong Zhuoli jumped and pulled it out.
I saw that the head of the gun was green, obviously fed with poison.
Hong Zhuoli asked where he shot it, and I pointed to the floor with my handsome.
Hong Zhuoli slapped the floor with a palm, and with a "boom", the floor collapsed. There's a pit down there.
Hong Zhuoli jumped into the pit, looked at it, jumped up again, made a gesture, and more than a dozen beggar disciples carried torches into the pit.
Hong Zhuoli said that there is a secret passage underneath. I didn't expect someone to hit your idea. While you're resting here, I want to assassinate you. Looks like someone doesn't want me to get rich.
I asked who it was. Hong Zhuoli said: Tiger Shark Gang.
I said, how can you be sure it's the Tiger Sharks?
Hong Zhuoli said that I was betting with their gang leader. Next year, Shaolin will give me 500,000 taels if they win, and I will give them 500,000 taels if Shaolin loses. Now the money of both parties is pressed on Tongbao Gambling House. This spear is used by the tiger shark to help the river and sea stabbing fish.
I said, how do they know I'm going to sleep in this room and in that spot?
Hong Zhuoli said that I am afraid that it is not only you, but the other rooms have also been hollowed out. As for the location, did you just speak?
I nodded.
After a while, a beggar gang disciple leaned out of the pit and reported to Hong Zhuoli: The secret passage is behind the cave, and we have traced the footprints to the river in the back mountain, and there is no trace of the enemy.
Hong Zhuoli sneered: When I am a beggar, I can go up if I want. It's not going to end there. However, they tracked the rudder all the way to the rudder and failed to let me find out, which is also their ability.
I said forget it, I'm okay with Sakura anyway.
Hong Zhuoli's eyes widened when he heard "Sakura Girl".
I looked down at the cherry blossom in my arms, Sakura Ling's long hair and shawl, had already faded from a man's dress, and she was wearing a girl's underwear.
Hong Zhuo hurriedly lowered his head, waved his hand and drove everyone out, bent down and clenched his fists and said that he was offended, and retreated with his head down as he spoke, and when he retreated to the door, he took the door with him.
Early in the morning, Ying Ling and I said goodbye to Hong Zhuoli and set foot on the road to Kaifeng.
Ying Ling said Why are you in such a hurry to leave the beggar gang, I think Hong Zhuoli wants to keep you for a few more days.
I said that if I stayed any longer, my life might be gone.
Sakura Ling said how come, the Hong Gang Master will protect us. Didn't he crush the silver, and you won?
I said what if he pressed me to lose?
Sakura Ling didn't believe it and said how could it be.
I said that a dozen people on the roof of the temple were simply beggars, and the pigeons were his own.
Sakura Ling said, so you didn't drink it because you suspected that there was poison in the wine?
I said yes, I was suspicious of the color of the wine. While we were sleeping, the spears that popped up from the ground were also made by the beggars. How could the Tiger Shark Gang bring their own weapons to attack in a sneak attack? Obviously, the beggar gang was afraid that they would blame the Tiger Shark Gang if they missed. Besides, how many hours did it take us to dig the secret passage from the back mountain to the bottom of the bed?
Sakura Ling said wait, you can't see the people on the roof and underground, how do you know it's the beggars?
I said you don't know that I have a skill, as long as I concentrate, I can see the picture within ten feet. I saw people on the rooftops and underground dressed in tatters, with bamboo poles pinned to their waists.
Sakura Ling's face was a little ugly. I asked her what was wrong.
She said for a long time, I didn't seem to be more than ten feet away from you when I was on the side of the road.