On February 15, the weather was unusually cold, and God liked to abuse the old, weak, sick and disabled like this.

Two beggars walked by the river outside the city, one in front, but sixteen or seventeen years old, thin, carrying a sack, with a happy face, and constantly urging the back to hurry up, and the beggar in the back, in his thirties, with a slight limp, a cane, tall, pockmarked face, and a bitter face.

When the two came to the river, they opened the sack, and took out two chickens, both of which had broken their necks, and each of them took a chicken, and began to pluck the feathers. The little beggar said: "Brother Tian, this lotus flower is really useful after practice, this plucking is the same as bullet ashes!" Brother Natian said: "Gen'er, you don't have to thank me, it's not that I introduced you to the gang, where can you learn such skills!" The little beggar who called "Gen'er" said: "That's, that's, when Brother Shimoda eats three chicken legs, I'll only eat one." Brother Tian smiled: "How can you eat so much!" Don't eat more of yours, you kid just remember my goodness. While talking, the two plucked the chicken feathers cleanly, and Brother Natian took out a dagger from his arms, disemboweled both chickens, and washed them in the river. One man carried a chicken into the woods by the river.

When they came to the forest, there was a bonfire that had been extinguished, and there was a pile of branches around it, and the two of them drove well, lit a fire, put the chicken on the branch that had been cut early, and put it on the fire and burned it.

Gen'er said: "Brother Tian, I came back from Henan this time and heard a big news, I wanted to tell you about it last night, but you just need to sleep." ”

Brother Tian said: "You kid is making a fuss, and you are shocked when you are a big fart, what big news can there be, and it is Liu Yuanwai's female dog who gave birth to seven cubs?" ”

Gen'er said: "No, no, this time is a really big event, it is related to the life and death of our beggar gang!" ”

Brother Tian disagreed, and said: "The fate of our beggar gang for thousands of years, what is life and death, there is an emperor called Huazi, and there is a beggar gang called Huazi, what are you afraid of!" ”

Gen'er said: "No, no, Brother Tian, listen to me slowly." You see that we beggars help disciples, stealing chickens and touching dogs is indispensable, although the helmsman has always warned us not to steal from the poor, not to oppress the weak, but hungry, that cares so much! If you want to say that it's okay to steal from the poor family, it's even more troublesome if you steal what you can't afford to provoke, and this time the incident was caused by the two brothers stealing Yaojiazhuang's dog......"

Brother Tian said: "What can't be provoked, the emperor can afford to provoke him, people want to eat, and if they don't have anything to eat, they will even make a rebellion...... Which Yaojiazhuang? Could it be ...... That's a bit of a hassle......"

Gen'er said: "Originally, eating a dog was not a big deal, but the eldest lady of the Yao family insisted that it was a treasure dog she raised, and you said that this dog still has treasures?" Not a pot of soup yet? ”

Brother Tian shook his head and said, "This Miss Yao is famous for being unreasonable, even I have heard of her rudeness." Jumbo Dog should be sent to watch, how can it be stolen and eaten, it is obviously an ordinary dog, Miss Yao wants to be unreasonable and sit on the ground and start the price. ”

Gen'er said: "No! The unreasonable is yet to come! Gen'er said this, angry, and his voice was high-pitched, and said: "The helmsman of the Henan rudder, send someone to apologize, what's wrong with you?" This Miss Yao actually whipped the beggar disciple who came to apologize! Bloody face! ”

Brother Tian was also angry and said: "It's good for Yaojiazhuang to dominate the Central Plains, but it also takes my beggar gang too seriously!" Since you go to the door to apologize, where is there any reason to be beaten! The two countries are fighting each other, and they are not slaughtered! ”

Gen'er said: "Ah, at that time, Lord Wang Helm also said so, so he took dozens of brothers to Yaojiazhuang to discuss the law, but Miss Yao avoided it and sent a smiling tiger ......"

Brother Tian said: "But Yao Zhongtian's great disciple? ”

Gen'er said: "Exactly! ”

Brother Tian said: "I know this person, this person is not easy to deal with, it is said that his martial arts are not much worse than Yao Zhongtian, he was also a tyrant back then, and Yao Zhongtian fought viciously for several days before he was convinced, and later recognized Yao Zhongtian as a teacher, this person is always smiling, and he is very smooth in dealing with people, and he is the first right-hand man under Yao Zhongtian." ”

Gen'er said: "The king helmsman and the smiling tiger said a few words, and said that the two of them would fight to resolve their enmity and hatred, and they would be at their own risk. So he made a move in the hall of Yao's house, and the king helmsman fell behind, was swept away by the smiling tiger, and died when he went home. Hey, my beggar gang really can't hold their heads up! ”

Brother Tian said angrily: "Fart! Fart! What can't raise your head, the king helmsman lost his life for the sake of his brothers, it is the righteousness of the clouds, which is admirable! ”

Gen'er shook his head and said: "If you lose, you lose, if you win, you win, whatever righteousness and what day, you are inferior." What's even more annoying is that when the brothers carried the king helmsman out, Miss Yao jumped out again, laughing and scolding us beggars for being a waste, and we will see you once in the future! ”

When Brother Tian heard this, he slapped his palm on the pyre, knocking several branches into the air, and said angrily: "Stinky bitch, fall into the hands of Lao Tzu, rape first and then kill." ”

Gen'er said: "Guess what happened later?" ”

Brother Tian was still angry, and said: "If you have something to say, I am very angry!" ”

Gen'er said: "Don't be fierce, you won't be so angry if you know what happened later, guess what, the helper personally gave Yao Zhongtian a war letter, and agreed that on the third day of the third month of March, the overlord gang thirty miles north of Xinyang City, asked Yao Zhongtian to go to the title of 'Peerless Stick'." ”

Brother Tian shouted: "Okay! Good helper! What a helper! What a hero! Although the gang leader is young, he is really a hot-blooded boy! ”

Gen'er said worriedly: "You say, can the helper win Yao Zhongtian?" ”

Brother Tian thought about it carefully and said, "It's hard to say. If it was three years ago, the gang leader was definitely not an opponent, but now it is difficult to say, the gang leader has made great progress in recent years, it is said that the big lotus has been practiced to the tenth level of the unprecedented realm, last year was not in Songshan to force the Shaolin abbot Ruzhi master to do it, at that time the brothers felt that the gang leader was too arrogant, aggressive, and embarrassed a Shaolin abbot, and then I thought about it, but the gang leader trained the big lotus to the tenth layer of the realm, and wanted to find someone to try the hand. This time, Yao Zhongtian was attacked...... Yao Zhongtian is also too powerful...... I think there's at least a 40% chance of winning. ”

Gen'er said: "I have also heard about the Shaolin Temple, what a long face, the helper is mighty!" ”

Brother Tian said: "You know a fart, the helper has great ambitions, these masters who have been famous in the martial arts for a long time, the helper will have to deal with it sooner or later, and the fight with Yao Zhongtian will have to be fought sooner or later, but it is not as easy as a long face." ”

Gen'er said: "You know! You said that the gang leader has great ambitions, is the gang master the supreme martial arts? ”

Brother Tian snorted and said, "Martial Arts Supreme? It's not that simple. It's been three years, and it's been three years since the gang leader aggressively expanded the Cleansing Sect...... The helper is young, but he is a person who does great things. ”

Gen'er stuck out his tongue and said, "The helper is so powerful, but I haven't seen the helper, what does the helper look like?" ”

Brother Tian said: "The gang leader Shenlong can't see the head but not the tail, how can it be so easy to see, I haven't seen the gang leader for ten years, and the last time I saw him was at the funeral of the old gang leader." At that time, the old gang leader was sick and disaster-free, and suddenly disappeared overnight, no one could tell the cause of death, and there were no injuries on his body, the gang leader was still a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, and the main force of the Ma Deputy Gang was in a big position...... I always say that the helper is young, but in fact, he is not light, twenty-six or seventeen years old, which is a good age to do a career! ”

Gen'er said again: "You said that the Lotus Flower of the Gang Master has been practiced to the tenth layer, when will we be able to practice?" ”

Brother Tian said: "Don't dream, we practice the Little Lotus Fall, which is a low-level martial art that all the beggar disciples can learn, and the gang leader practices the Big Lotus Fall, which is the most profound martial arts, not everyone can learn it, only more than eight bags of disciples in the gang have the opportunity to let the elders teach the Gonggong!" ”

The two talked for a long time, and the chicken was cooked thoroughly, exuding bursts of fragrance. Gen'er took out a handful of salt, sprinkled it on the two chickens, and tore it to eat.

At this time, I suddenly heard a person on the tree say, "Give me the chicken butt!" ”

When the two looked up, they saw a beggar sitting on the tree, and they didn't know when they came, but they didn't notice it when they were talking. I saw that his hair and beard were dirty, especially his beard, which was messy. Wearing a gray cloth robe, he was covered in greasy, but he put his hands in his sleeves, and he looked no more than twenty years old. Brother Tian really sprinkled the chicken butt and threw it at him, and the man was also strange, so he took it directly with his mouth, and ate it a few times.

"Little brother, give me your cock ass too!" The man begged Gen'er.

Gen'er grinned and tore off the chicken butt and threw it at the man, Gen'er was a slippery head, and deliberately threw it off two feet. The man suddenly stood up and kicked on the tree, flew flat, caught the chicken butt with his mouth in the air, and landed on another tree.

Brother Tian said: "Good handsome kung fu, brother, it's cold on the tree, come down and roast it hot!" The man jumped down and sat down against Brother Tian. Brother Tian tore off a chicken leg again and handed it over, and the man said: "No, no, no, I've already eaten your two chicken butts, and I'm almost full, and you haven't eaten it yourself!" Brother Tian said gently: "I'm not hungry, my brother is welcome, take it!" The man stretched out his arm, but did not take his hand out of his sleeve, but took the chicken leg with the crook of his arm and sent it to his mouth.

"Brother, what's wrong with your hand?" Brother Tian asked with concern.

"I've been bitten by a vicious dog." The man replied.

"My name is Tian Xi, this little brother's name is Zhang Dagen, we are all beggar disciples, where did you come from, brother? The noodles are very raw. After Brother Tian introduced himself, he asked the man.

"My name is Xiao Dongshan, and I wandered from Jiangxi."

This person is Xiao Dongshan, he said goodbye to Yang Yang that day, penniless, his hands were crippled, and he was in pain, so he had to be a beggar and beg all the way. He didn't dare to go south, firstly, he didn't want to meet someone from Xinyang Pavilion, and secondly, he was afraid that if he met Xu Junping, although this person was injured, he would kill himself like slaughtering a chicken.

He can't go home either, it turns out that after his father's death, he and his stepmother don't get along very well, and now that he has been seriously injured, won't he go home with endless white eyes? So he went all the way north. It turned out that the master had told him that there were two places to go to find the master, one was to find the host of the Jiming Temple in Nanjing City, this person was a close friend of the master, and he would send someone to bring it to the master's house, and the other was that the master also had a residence in Beiping City, as long as he went to Jintaifang in Andingmen to find a master surnamed Luo, who was also a close friend of the master. Master said that he would definitely go to Beiping in September, and as long as he found Master Luo, he would find Master. It's just that it's still early, and it's useless to go to Peking early, so he wanders around until he bumps into these two beggars on this day.

Besides, the hands have been in unbearable pain, but fortunately, the shoulders gradually recovered, the arms gradually gained strength, and the begging food was sometimes eaten on the ground like dogs, and sometimes it was eaten with the crook of the arm. Xiao Dongshan cursed Xu Junping fiercely in his heart, but he was not depressed, he thought: "This is retribution, I didn't take good care of Sanjiu, I lost his life, God punished me to taste the pain of Sanjiu's wasted hands, it is really no more suitable!" So, I was relieved in my heart, in fact, this waste of hands and the waste of one hand are thousands of times different! He thought again, "Master has always boasted that he is good at medicine, so I went to him to see if he could cure him." It's my blessing to be able to cure, but if I can't cure it, I just happened to taunt him and watch him blow! Think about his unwilling and helpless expression, that's fun! "Fortunately, at that time, the people were rich, and there were many people along the way who were good at giving and accumulating blessings, so there were few flowers, and there were not many competitors, so they were not hungry.

That day's practice went off the rails, almost lost his life, scared him for a few days did not dare to luck, and then the wrist was really painful and unbearable, and he had to resist the exercises, and then did not dare to practice as fiercely as before, the amount of daily homework was only three percent of the previous one, so as to ensure that the hands were not completely necrotic, and the second skill also improved, and the benefits were not much slower than the fierce practice, and after more than a month, the ears and eyes were more intelligent, and the body was much more flexible than before, like a chicken butt thrown from the tree to the roots, and it was impossible to do so light and casual before.

Xiao Dongshan looked at Tian Xi carefully, and carried three small bags on his back, it turned out to be a three-bag disciple, and that one carried a small bag. The beggar gang disciples can distinguish the level of identity by the number of small bags on their backs, the elders are all nine-bag disciples, and the helmsman is generally eight-bag disciples.

After the three of them finished eating the chicken, Tian Xi pointed to the path by the river and said: "Brother Xiao, this is thirty miles, it is the Ten Virtues Village, the owner of the village is our Feng Helm Master, and the Feng Helm Lord is the first person in my beggar gang to be kind and charitable, just listen to the name of this 'Ten Virtues' Village." The two of us have received the summoning order and are about to go, how about you go with us? Gen'er said: "Most of it has something to do with what I just said." Xiao Dongshan secretly thought: "The proverbial cloud 'hoe one evil, grow ten good', these ten virtues do not mean to do a lot of good, Brother Tian is a rough person, it is not surprising that he doesn't understand." It's okay to have a meal left and right, and maybe you can see it for a long time. He happily responded: "So please ask Brother Tian to lead the way." ”

The three of them put out the fire, Tian Xi took his crutches, and led the way along the river. Gen'er kept talking about the knowledge of going to Henan, but it was just some gossip about the bustling streets and magnificent mountains and rivers. Xiao Dongshan didn't talk much for a long time, but he interjected from time to time to ask Gen'er a few words, and talked happily all the way, but he was no longer lonely.

After walking for a long time, I saw a village in front of the boss, and there were three gold-inlaid characters on the gatehouse: "Ten Virtues", and the pen was extremely handsome. Entering the gatehouse, a Tsing Yi villager came up to greet him and said to Tian Xi: "Brother Tian, you are here!" Go in by yourselves, the brothers are in the backyard! ”

Tian Xi was very familiar with Zhuangli Road, and took Xiao Dongshan and Gen'er through several halls and came to a large courtyard, only to see twenty or thirty beggar disciples sitting on the ground, and a few people who were familiar with Tian Xi greeted him. Tian Xi looked inside, walked up to a man with a long beard, a kind face, and a thick waist and round arms, hugged his fist, and said, "Master Feng, we are here." Master Feng Helm sat on the ground, didn't get up, glanced at the three of them, raised his hand and said, "Okay, okay, find a place to sit by yourself." Xiao Dongshan looked at this Feng helmsman, and saw that he was in his forties, slightly fat, with resolute eyes, and a blanket on his shoulders, on which eight extremely small bags were densely sewn.

The three of them retreated and found a place to sit down, it turned out that the beggar gang disciples did not sit on stools when they gathered, but sat on the ground. Xiao Dongshan thought secretly: "This boss and a village courtyard are all owned by Feng Helm, he is clearly a rich man, but he is a beggar gang rudder master, it seems that the beggar gang is not only called Huazi." Looking at Master Feng Helm carefully, he couldn't stop talking to a person next to him, this person was obliquely facing Xiao Dongshan, Xiao Dongshan counted the small bags on his coat, and was startled, this person actually had nine bags! He was afraid of losing wrong, so he counted it again, and it was still nine, and it turned out to be an elder.

Xiao Dongshan was about to listen to what the two of them said, when suddenly, there was a long laugh at the entrance of the courtyard, and an old voice said: "I heard that Brother Feng has a treat today, and my brother has come to ask for a glass of wine." Brother Feng, where are you? When the people looked at it, two people came in the courtyard. The person in front has white hair, wears a blue cloth coat, tattered, is in his sixties, and walks with a slight limp, and the one in the back has half-white hair, wears a black cloth coat, full of patches, is in his fifties, and both are on crutches.

Everyone in the courtyard stood up, and Lord Feng took the lead to catch up and said, "Feng has a big face!" The two Sun Elders are here! Please! Please! Elder Sun, who was walking in front, patted Lord Feng Helm on the shoulder, and was about to say something, when he saw the person next to Lord Feng Helm and shouted, "Yo! Yo! The mantle faucet is also there! Brother Zhou, don't come unharmed! The dragon head surnamed Zhou held hands with the two of them, and said, "Brother Sun, Second Brother Sun, I haven't seen you for a long time, and the two Brother Sun are getting more and more energetic." ”

When they had finished greeting, they all sat down on the ground.

As soon as Elder Sun sat down, he said: "Brother Zhou, Brother Feng, everyone knows what happened to my gang recently, my two brothers are here today to discuss with you, Brother Feng has a lot of ideas, what do you think about what happened recently?" Feng Duo said: "The battle letter of the gang leader has been issued, and Yao Zhongtian has also promised to face the battle, there is no need to say anything, we as subordinates should share the worries of the gang leader, and do all the things that are done carefully, so that the gang leader can concentrate on the battle." Elder Zhou, two Elder Sun, what do you think? ”

The man surnamed Zhou said with a head in the bowl: "What Brother Feng said is extremely true, the helper is eloquent, and he has already cleaned up this Yao Zhongtian, since this day is here, I will wait and move forward and destroy Yaojiazhuang." Elder Sun said, "Oh...... I heard that Yao Zhongtian was just asked to go to the name of 'Stick Peerless', and there was no talk of destroying Yaojiazhuang. The man surnamed Zhou said: "The helper has been ...... recently." Hehe, you're not so welcome...... The two Elder Sun had not been by the side of the helper for a long time, so they didn't know anything...... Move your hands, help the leader to have sex, how can it not hurt people? At that time, a battle to the death is inevitable, and the first strike is stronger, and the second attack will suffer. Although the helper didn't say anything about killing Yaojiazhuang, I should be ready, and when the helper gives an order, don't be caught off guard. ”

Elder Sun thought for a moment and said, "Brother Zhou, do you think the gang leader has a chance of winning?" It's not that I destroy my prestige, this Yao Zhongtian is a first-class master......"

The man surnamed Zhou said: "You also know, I grew up in the Western Regions since I was a child, and I didn't go back to the Central Plains for a long time, and the foundation of the Central Plains martial arts is not very clear. The helper has achieved great success in recent years, and I think the helper has a great chance of winning! ”

Elder Sun was still worried, and said: "As the saying goes: 'When two tigers fight, there must be an injury', although as Brother Zhou said, the helper has a good chance of winning, which is a good thing, but if there is a mistake, we must also deal with it." ”

The dragon head surnamed Zhou was slightly displeased, and said: "Elder Sun also doesn't know much about the current skills of the gang leader, to tell you the truth, my martial arts of the Wednesday knife are okay, can Yao Zhongtian kill me with one move?" Elder Sun said: "Yao Zhongtian wants to defeat you, you have to make more than three moves." Wednesday knife said: "Hmph! Is Yao Zhongtian so powerful? Can three tricks beat me? Even if three tricks can beat me, so what? The helper can make me unable to move with one move, can Yao Zhongtian do it? ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, you must know that this Wednesday knife was to save the deputy gang leader of Ma who was plotted, one person fought alone against the two ghosts of Mobei, killed one person, injured one person, and the name shocked the martial arts, it is by no means a mediocre hand, and it is precisely because of this incident that he was recommended by the deputy gang leader Ma as the leader of the mantle. Now the gang leader in his twenties was able to subdue him with one move, and everyone was surprised.

When Elder Sun heard this, he said, "So good, so good. The melancholy on his face did not diminish.

Wednesday Dao said again: "I just discussed with Lord Feng Duo, and I have sent a few clever disciples to Yaojiazhuang quickly, they are staring outside Yaojiazhuang, anyone entering and leaving, and any movement will be reported one by one, Elder Sun Don't worry too much." ”

Feng Duo said: "I thought that under the current situation, it would be inconvenient for the disciples in dirty clothes to keep an eye on the outside of Yaojiazhuang, so I sent the disciples in clean clothes on my village to go in all kinds of ways, and they had already set off the day before yesterday, and they were all fast horses. ”

When Elder Sun heard this, he said, "So good, so good. ”

At this time, some villagers brought beef, mutton, roast goose, and soju in, and everyone was not polite, and they ate after dividing it. Master Feng Helm also has no host's courtesy, he is very easy-going to eat meat and drink, Xiao Dongshan saw that when he raised his wrist, a tattoo appeared on his wrist, but it was a "good" word, and he was secretly funny: "This person is a little contrived, tattooing the word good on his arm, for fear that others will not know that he is a good person." ”