Huacheng is very prosperous on the surface, but in fact, it is secretly very unpeaceful, because the location here is very good, in addition to businessmen, there will also be gangs and gangs set up here.

Naturally, there will be turf grabbing incidents from time to time, so every night, there will be bloodstained in some unnoticed alleys.

The biggest gangs in the entire Xi'an County are the Qingfeng Gang and the White Whale Gang, and they all happen to have a hall in Huacheng, these two gangs have business on the surface, and they also have some cooperation with the Huacheng Prefecture, so as long as they don't make things bigger, basically nothing will happen.

Originally, the number one gang in Xi'an County was Suzaku Hall, but in the early years, the old hall master of Suzaku Hall died of illness, and the sphere of influence began to shrink, for the sake of the face of the old hall master in the past, Suzaku Hall was not annexed by other gangs, but this also required the new Suzaku Hall master to take the initiative to give up some territory.

Although this may seem like a shame, it is the best way to protect the existence of Suzakudo.

So Xi'an County was divided equally between the Qingfeng Gang and the Moby Dick Gang, and Suzaku Hall only had the territory of Huacheng left, although this is the case, but Suzaku Hall is still the third largest gang in addition to the former, never involved in the battle between Qingfeng and Moby Dick, and maintains neutrality peacefully.

As the so-called camel that suffers is bigger than a horse, the Qingfeng Gang and the Moby Dick Gang don't dare to squeeze the Suzaku Hall too much, so it also causes the Suzaku Hall to seem to stay out of the matter, and even gradually be forgotten by the Jianghu people.

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Qing'an Street in Huacheng is where the entrance of the Qingfeng Gang is located.

Gangs in the rivers and lakes are institutions allowed to exist in the imperial court, and as long as they do not kill people and set fires, the imperial court generally will not take care of them. In Jiang Country, gangs basically have business, not pure fighting, but such things are always unavoidable, after all, it is difficult to live in peace in the rivers and lakes.

So this kind of thing can only be carried out in secret, the court is in charge of the sky and the earth, but it can't control the people to shit and fart, and the court has no way to put an end to what the gangs are doing in secret.

It is common to chase and cut people on the street, but most of them do not end well, and even if they can be related to the local government, they cannot do whatever they want.

Therefore, any regular gang will not do such a thing, even if it fights and kills, there will be a special location, and it is impossible to be in public.

In front of the entrance of Qingfeng Hall, there are two gang disciples guarding them, and they don't have too much ruffianism, as if they are really guarding the house.

Seeing a young man dressed out of place with Huacheng people coming along the street, and was even about to cross the hall gate directly, the two gang disciples glanced at each other and decisively stretched out their hands to intercept them.

"Boy, not everyone can get in here. ”

Li Mengzhou, who was blocked from going to the road, frowned slightly, and said indifferently: "I have something." ”

The gang disciples felt as if they had been insulted, the Qingfeng Gang, as one of the largest gangs in the entire Xi'an County, had business all over Xi'an County, and it had a good reputation even outside the state and county, even if it was the Huacheng Mansion Order, he had to be polite when he saw the gang leader, how could he allow a kid to be presumptuous.

"I don't care if you have something, anyway, it doesn't matter what we do, if you want to go in, it's easy, as long as you have our hall master's token, if you don't have it, you can stay where you go." ”

"I think our Qingfeng Gang Tangkou is an inn, come if you want, and leave if you want?"

Li Mengzhou didn't understand very much, he didn't seem to say anything excessive, right?

He looked displeased and said, "Are you sure you want to stop me?"

"What, you still want to do it?"

The two gang disciples stepped forward and stared at Li Mengzhou with vicious expressions.

Li Mengzhou exhaled slightly and said seriously: "If I do it, you will die." ”

The two gang disciples seemed to have heard a big joke, and said sarcastically: "Stinky boy, it seems that you are not from Huacheng, you dare to say such a thing at the entrance of my Qingfeng Hall, I think you are looking for death by lighting a lamp in a thatched house." ”

Li Mengzhou said lightly: "The Qingfeng Gang is one of the largest gangs in Xi'an County, and the watchdog is this kind of weight? Boring. ”

"Bastard, who's the dog you're scolding?"

The two gang disciples drew their knives in anger.

Li Mengzhou turned a blind eye and said indifferently: "I don't have time to play games with you, get out." ”

"Good boy, it seems that you are really here to find death, isn't it the Moby Dick gang who is looking for trouble? They sent you here? Is there no one in the Moby Dick Gang, boy, are you weaned?"

Of course, they can't do it directly, otherwise it will damage the face of the Qingfeng Gang.

But if the other party strikes first, they are out of self-defense, even if they miss and beat the other party half to death, it is forgivable, right?

With this kind of thought, the two people naturally don't have anything good to say, and it is best to provoke each other to anger, so that they have enough reason to kill each other.

However, Li Mengzhou still had a flat face, as if he hadn't heard their words at all, and said to himself: "I'm here to find Lin Shaoyun." ”

The two gang disciples were stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly, "Do you know our young gang leader?"

Li Mengzhou didn't speak, just stared at them.

They also looked Li Mengzhou up and down, and saw that he was dressed in tatters, obviously not an upper-class person, how could the young gang leader of his own family know such a person?

They looked at Li Mengzhou coldly and said, "Dare to come to our Qingfeng Gang to deceive, you kid is really bold, if you know our young gang leader, I also say that I am the brother of the young gang master." ”

Li Mengzhou looked at him in surprise and said, "Lin Shaoyun still has a younger brother?"

How did he remember that Lin Shaoyun was the only son in the family, when did a younger brother pop up?

"It's your business, you don't even know this, and you dare to say that you know our young helper? I advise you to get out of here, otherwise you will be unwelcome!"

How could they pick up Li Mengzhou's words, just a sneer.

"What's the noise?"

An impatient voice sounded behind him.

I saw a young man come out pretending to be shaking a folding fan.

The two gang disciples immediately saluted respectfully and said in unison, "See the young gang leader." ”

Lin Shaoyun was not in a good mood today, he was bored in the room, so he planned to go out for a walk, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the noise and couldn't help but be annoyed.

He was dressed in a white shirt, with a blue belt around his waist, leather boots on his feet, his eyes squinted lazily, and his folding fan was shaken around by him, as if he were a gentleman.

"What is the noise in broad daylight, disturbing Young Master Ben's rest. ”

The two gang disciples explained in a sincere panic: "Back to the young gang leader, there is a stinky boy who is making trouble, we will drive him away immediately! We suspect that this kid is from the Moby Dick gang, and what do you say that you know the young gang leader, this kind of lie is simply ridiculous, or we will secretly kill him?"

Lin Shaoyun was about to say something, but a familiar voice suddenly came into his ears.

"Lin Shaoyun, when did you have a younger brother, did your father marry another daughter-in-law?"

“......”

The two gang disciples were startled, raised their knives and pointed at Li Mengzhou, and roared angrily: "Stinky boy, dare to talk to our young gang leader like this, I ......"

Before they finished speaking, Lin Shaoyun knocked on their heads with two bursts: "You dare to talk to my brother like this!"

The two of them looked at Lin Shaoyun stupidly, not understanding what was going on at all.

Li Mengzhou said again: "You haven't answered my question yet, when did you have a younger brother?"

Lin Shaoyun said puzzledly: "Where did I get my brother?"

Li Mengzhou pointed to one of the two gang disciples.

The man's body trembled, and he looked at Lin Shaoyun with a sneer.

Lin Shaoyun smiled and said, "When will you become my younger brother?" This guy is not very ambitious, do you still want to be the young gang leader of the Qingfeng Gang?"

The two gang disciples all knelt on the ground and howled in fear: "Young gang leader, spare your life, I just said nonsense, it's him ......"

Lin Shaoyun waved his sleeves and said angrily: "What is he, this is my brother, my brother, blind your dog's eyes, get out of me!"

These two people trembled with fright and looked at Li Mengzhou in horror.

I didn't expect this young man to really know the young helper, and now it's miserable.

But when did the young helper really have a younger brother?

They really don't have the heart to think about this now, they only know that they seem to have offended another young gang leader, how should this be good?

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Of course, Li Mengzhou didn't have the heart to target two inconsequential people, but he did have some small suggestions for the control of the Qingfeng Gang, Lin Shaoyun listened carefully, and then couldn't wait to take Li Mengzhou to drink.

Lin Shaoyun's appearance is very delicate, if it weren't for the identity of the young gang leader of the Qingfeng Gang, I am afraid it would be easy for people to think that he was just a weak scholar.

In a restaurant, two people drank to each other, Lin Shaoyun said with a smile: "My brother is good at drinking, not bad." ”

Lin Shaoyun is Li Mengzhou's only drinking friend, and he can only be completely let go when he drinks with him, so the relationship between the two is also very good.

Li Mengzhou said: "You haven't changed much, I'm afraid you're just getting older, and your heart is still so naïve." ”

Lin Shaoyun didn't think about it and said: "In life, the important thing is to be happy." You should also learn more from me, at a young age, you have a straight face all day long, as if you are old, I thought you would change, but I didn't expect it to be even more boring than before. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Shaoyun asked curiously: "What did you do without saying goodbye three years ago?" I thought you forgot about me, you haven't come to see me once in three years." ”

The two have known each other for five years, and at that time Li Mengzhou was only an eleven or twelve-year-old child, his complexion was not as dark as it is now, but it was much worse than now, and he was as thin as firewood, without half of the spirit of a teenager.

Lin Shaoyun five years ago was already fifteen years old, so he took a lot of care of Li Mengzhou, and even the matter of drinking alcohol became a habit because of the two years of getting along with Lin Shaoyun.

Li Mengzhou is not afraid to recall the past, because he has lived in the past, and has struggled to survive in the darkest place for eight years, and that past is impossible to forget, but has become his belief that he wants to live better.

"You also know that I am different from you, I am destined to not live long if I don't have the ability, I need to re-devote myself to the darkness to temper, I have been in the northwest of Jiang Country for the past three years, and I have encountered many people and many things, but fortunately, I survived, and I lived better than before. ”

Lin Shaoyun's expression was a little complicated, and listening to Li Mengzhou's unmixed context, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He thought of the first time he met Li Mengzhou.

There is a fighting arena in Mangcheng, Xi'an County, which is a place for the rich to gather and have fun, an underground place, and is under the jurisdiction of the Moby Dick Gang.

At that time, the Qingfeng Gang and the Moby Dick Gang had not yet begun to deteriorate, at least on the surface, the young Lin Shaoyun had followed his father Lin Zhennan to the fighting ring.

The picture he saw in the fighting arena caused a lot of shock to Lin Shaoyun's young heart, and it was the first time to understand the cruelty of this world, what is the three religions and nine streams.

The fighting arena is not only a life-and-death struggle between people, but also a fight with fierce beasts such as tigers and lions, and those who participate in the fight are either orphans without relatives or have offended people, or have been trafficked to fight for a chance to survive with their own lives.

But most of the people who fight are adults, the youngest is also a young man, and it is rare to see teenagers, except for a few rich people with bad tastes, in order to see teenagers fighting beasts in the fighting arena.

The fight match that Lin Shaoyun watched back then was a duel between the youngest person in history and the colorful tiger who had bitten a double-digit adult to death.

Looking at the weak, obviously malnourished boy and the colorful tiger on the opposite side, which was as majestic as a mountain, this fight was not only cruel, but also palpitating.

The colorful tiger was starved for many days before it was released, not to mention the eleven or twelve-year-old boys, even if they were adults, they would never want to escape the fate of being buried in the tiger's mouth.

Lin Shaoyun could clearly feel the fear in the young man's heart, even if he was just watching from the high platform, but the immersive feeling, the fierce beast roaring in the sky, still made his legs and stomach weak, he didn't know how the young man in the fighting arena had the courage to still stand.

He didn't want to see the scene of the boy being torn apart, but at the same time he admired the boy in that scene.

This should have been an easy ending, no one thought that the boy could defeat the tiger, they just enjoyed the fun of the boy being chased by the tiger and screaming, seeing the boy struggling in despair, being pounced on by the tiger and torn apart.

Lin Shaoyun will never forget the scene back then.

The young man who is not favored, in order to survive and live, even if he is afraid in his heart and has tears on his face, he is still not afraid of death and fights with the tiger.

He had only a broken dagger in his hand, which his small hands gripped tightly as he fought the tiger.

He could not have the strength to fight against the tiger by strength alone, and he used his thin body to fight the tiger and try to traumatize the tiger in various ways.

The fight wasn't exciting, because the rich didn't see what they wanted to see, and the scolding resounded in the ring.

The boy couldn't seem to hear anything, and all he could see was the tiger that wanted to eat him.

At the critical moment when he was exhausted and covered in blood, he stabbed the tiger in the eye with a dagger in an incredible way, and the blind tiger was even more violent, but it gave the boy time to survive temporarily, and the rampaging tiger could not hurt the boy, and was finally killed by the boy.

It seems a little unrealistic to recall, but Lin Shaoyun deeply understands the overwhelming atmosphere of despair at that time, even if he just thinks about it, it makes him shudder.

Looking at the bland and emotionless face on the other side, Lin Shaoyun felt even more that Li Mengzhou was a monster, how could there be such a person in the world.

"Actually, you can stay in the Breeze Gang, and you don't need to go for things that are unrealistic. ”

Lin Shaoyun sincerely hopes that Li Mengzhou will join the Qingfeng Gang, at least the two brothers can always be together and help each other.

Li Mengzhou shook his head and said: "It may be unrealistic for you, but that is the only thing I have to do in my life, if I choose to give up, then everything I have suffered in the past and what I have insisted on is not useless?"

Give up as soon as possible, it's too late, you can only go all the way, after all, this is my belief to try to live, if I don't have this belief, what can I do?"

Even if Lin Shaoyun thinks that he knows Li Mengzhou very well, it is difficult to find out the other party's true thoughts.

He knew that Li Mengzhou wanted to become a cultivator, and even became a necessary condition for life, but he didn't understand why Li Mengzhou wanted to become a cultivator so much.

Cultivators possess extraordinary skills, which is indeed what most people aspire to, even if they are martial arts masters, they are still struggling to pursue the path of immortality at the last moment of their lives.

But cultivation requires qualifications, and without qualifications, everything is in vain.

Lin Shaoyun didn't know if Li Mengzhou had cultivation qualifications, but he knew that he didn't, because since he was a child, his father also hoped that he could become a cultivator, and he didn't know where he got in touch with a cultivation mountain gate, and it took a lot of money to invite an immortal to find out Lin Shaoyun's qualifications.

The result was naturally disappointing to Lin Zhennan, Lin Shaoyun had no cultivation qualifications, and he couldn't even perceive the aura of heaven and earth.

He felt that Li Mengzhou was different from him, but he didn't have much expectation that Li Mengzhou could become a cultivator.

There is no way, you can't even see the shadow of a cultivator, even if there may be a cultivator passing by in the growing years, but the probability is too slim, and even if you do, you don't know that the other party is a cultivator.

Invisible and intangible, a cultivator who is high above is inherently unrealistic in Lin Shaoyun's opinion.

He was just afraid that Li Mengzhou's efforts would come to an end, leaving only disappointment.