The palm stick faucet was attached here to take a closer look, and then pinched it with his hand and said: "I saw this purple spot in the first autopsy, and I didn't say that it was because this purple spot has been at least three years old, and it is not fatal." Looking at it again, I still have to say that this is by no means the reason for the death of the helper. It's just that the old gang leader also has this problem, it's too strange, and I can't understand it. ”

Deputy Gang Leader Ma and several other elders all came over to take a look, but they couldn't see why. The elder surnamed Qian said: "This is the ancestral root of their Lin family's disease, a strange disease born with it, passed down from generation to generation. The head of the stick and the head of the bowl all said: "It must be so." The rest of the people were silent, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Deputy Ma said: "Since the gang leader was not killed by someone, but he was sick, as the saying goes, if you go into the ground, we will bury the gang leader!" The six elders all whispered, "Good! ”

Deputy Gang Leader Ma pointed to the embankment not far away and said, "There is water, flowers and grass here, and it is not blocked, it is a good place, so we will bury the gang leader here...... We dug the cemetery first, and when the coffin arrived, we buried it. So a few low-bag disciples came over and dug a square tomb in the place pointed out by Deputy Gang Master Ma, and at this time, four disciples came from a distance carrying a Nanmu coffin, and one of the disciples reported: "This is the Shoumu prepared by the local purified disciple for his father, will it be simpler?" Deputy Gang Leader Ma looked at it and said, "Our sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, how can we be so exquisite, that's it." ”

So he put the coffin, covered the soil, kowtowed, and about 400 people buried the helper together.

As soon as everyone kowtowed and got up, a law enforcement elder stood up, used his internal force, and slapped his hand three times, which shocked everyone's ears, Xiao Dongshan said secretly: "Good guy, this person is not amazing, but his skills are so profound." The law enforcement elder waved his hand again, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said: "As the saying goes, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the gang cannot be without an owner for a day. ”

Everyone said in unison: "Yes! Four hundred or so people spoke in unison, and many of them were startled.

Elder Sun knocked on the stone with his cane and said, "What is the best choice!" Ten years ago, when the old gang leader went west, he should have chosen Deputy Gang Leader Ma to take over, and it was Deputy Gang Leader Ma who pushed him in every possible way to ensure that the Gang Leader became the Gang Leader, and according to Deputy Gang Leader's character, martial arts, and qualifications, which is not the first in my gang! Back then, even if he was an old gang leader, he had to give five points to the horse gang leader, and I only recognized the horse gang leader! ”

The Dharma Protector Elder surnamed Qian took out two plate axes, collided the two plate axes, splashed with fire, and said: "Qian is a murderer who does not want to die, and only recognizes the Ma gang leader, which one does not choose the Ma gang leader, first ask my plate axe if you agree!" ”

The head of the dragon stood up, raised his hands high, and shouted, "Everyone be quiet and listen to me." Ten years ago, Deputy Gang Leader Ma refused to take over the position of the gang leader, how many brothers' hearts were cold, didn't there be two elders who said goodbye because of this? The prestige of my gang has been greatly reduced, and finally Lin Xiaogang leader led us to regroup, and the days are getting more and more prosperous, who knows that the day is not a holiday, and the gang leader died young, this time, Deputy Ma Gang Leader must not shirk again, otherwise my gang will suffer a big disaster again! ”

Several other elders also immediately chimed in, and the gang below had already coaxed, shouting: "Deputy Gang Leader Ma, don't push it again!" "I only recognize the horse gang leader!" "Except for the Horse Gang Master, there is no second person with this prestige!"

Deputy Ma said: "Everyone be quiet, I have received the hearts of the brothers!" I don't agree with Elder Sun just now, he said that my Ma's character, martial arts, and qualifications are the first in my help, and what character and qualifications are false, everyone has their own opinions, and they can't be counted, if you want to say that this martial arts is the first, this is too much to praise me, everyone knows that I help martial arts, and I am the first to pass on the martial arts, that is, the leader is in Japan, and I also push the martial arts of the elders to be higher. Our beggar gang is a gang with chivalry as the first, but the disputes in the rivers and lakes have never been afraid of anyone, and the brothers said yes! ”

Everyone roared: "Not bad! ”

Deputy Gang Leader Ma continued: "But what is the solution to the disputes in the rivers and lakes? In the final analysis, it is not a matter of martial arts to fight a male and female, those who win are justified, and those who lose are ignored. Elder Chuangong's martial arts are the first, and I recommend Elder Chen Zhiduo as the helper. ”

The Dharma Protector Elder surnamed Qian said: "No one else is here, how can I do it for the helper, I won't accept it, I can't beat him, and I won't accept it." ”

Elder Sun said: "Elder Chuangong is too young to convince the public, so I don't accept it. ”

Deputy Gang Leader Ma said: "Elder Chuan Gong is two years older than the gang leader, why is he young?" Elder Sun should not rely on the old and sell the old. ”

Elder Sun said: "I obey the gang leader because the gang leader is the blood of the old gang leader!" Although the martial arts of the Elder Chuan Gong are high, but they have no great merit in our help, and many brothers here have never seen him. ”

Deputy Gang Leader Ma said: "The elder of the Gong Gong is the son of the old gang, and he is also the bloodline of the old gang leader, and the eight bags of disciples in the gang have all been taught martial arts by him, how can it be said that there is no great merit for my gang?" ”

The law enforcement elder stood up again, mobilized his internal force, clapped his hand three times, and said: "The state has national laws, the gang has gang rules, the ancestor has a testament, and the gang has a major matter related to life and death, and the nine bag elders and the gang leader and the deputy gang leader jointly decide." Each nine-bag elder has one vote, the deputy gang leader has two votes, and the gang leader has five votes. ”

Xiao Dongshan said secretly: "If the eight elders are of the same heart, wouldn't they compare the gang leader and the deputy gang leader?" What a great helper. ”

I only heard the law enforcement elder continue: "Today's selection of the gang leader is a major matter related to life and death, and we should follow the instructions of our ancestors. As he spoke, he took two begging bowls from the disciples behind him, one large and one small, and placed them among the elders, and said, "The big bowl is Ma Santong, the deputy gang leader, and the small bowl is Chen Zhiduo, the Dharma Protector Elder." Don't make the wrong shot. ”

As soon as the words fell, the Dharma Protector Elder surnamed Qian raised his hand and said, "I vote for the Horse Gang Leader!" "A copper coin has fallen into the bowl. Immediately afterwards, the two Sun elders threw two stones into the big bowl, and the elders such as Wednesday Dao also each voted a copper coin into the big bowl, and then looked at the small bowl, there were only two copper coins, which were voted by Deputy Ma Gang Leader.

The law enforcement elder stepped forward and deliberately counted them, and said, "The Ma gang leader has already received seven votes, even if the Elder Chuangong himself votes for one, it will only be three votes. As he spoke, he walked to the front of Deputy Ma's gang leader and said loudly: "The gang leader is above, and I will be courteous to my brother!" As he spoke, he knelt down and pulled up the corner of the horse leader's coat, tied a knot, and tied a knot on the corner of his own coat. The head of the stick, the head of the bowl, Elder Sunda, Elder Sun Xiao, Elder Zhao, and Elder Qian stepped forward in turn, saying "The helper is on top, and he will be courteous to his brothers!" (Elder Sun Xiao naturally couldn't speak) all half-knelt to tie a false knot on the placket of the Ma Deputy Gang Leader's clothes, and tied a solid knot on himself. This is the meaning of "knotting Jinlan, living and dying together". When the elders finished saluting, the other 400 or so people fell to their knees and said in unison: "The helper is above, and the disciples will bow down." Xiao Dongshan thought secretly: "This horse gang leader is not annoying, he is older than my father, and I am too conspicuous when I stand, and it doesn't hurt to bow down." So he also bowed indiscriminately.

Ma Santong, the leader of the horse gang, returned the salute with his fists and said: "Brothers, thanks to the brothers who can afford to let me sit in this position, Ma will definitely live up to the expectations of the brothers...... The top priority at the moment is the appointment between today's noon and the Central Plains hero's overlord Gang, what do you think. ”

The head of the stick said: "The battle book of the day, it was dictated by the gang leader, let me ghostwrite, no, it is the former gang leader, only said that Yao Daxia was invited to learn martial arts at noon on the third day of March Xinyang City, and let Yao Daxia bring the best stick, lesp, hehe, lest there be no chance to play the stick in the future, not a word about the entanglement between the two families, even the name of the former gang leader was directly written, and the title of the beggar gang leader was not signed, in my opinion, this is a personal covenant, and it has nothing to do with the gang, the gang leader, no, since the former gang leader is gone, I don't care about him. ”

The law enforcement elder said: "Yes, I was also present that day, and the Lin Gang Leader did not order the brothers to be gathered, the brothers who came today all came spontaneously, I see this matter, let Yao Zhongtian go to the underworld to find the Lin Gang Leader, I will wait for him to do anything!" ”

All the elders said, "Yes." ”

Ma Sandao: "Okay! Thinking about it, Yao Daxia knew that the Lin gang leader had passed away at this time, so the matter was stopped. ”

The law enforcement elder said: "Qi Qi Gang Leader, there is a big matter in the gang now, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Ma San Channel: "Why is it so urgent?" ”

The law enforcement elder said: "Please appoint an elder to be promoted to the deputy gang leader, and promote an eight-bag disciple to be a nine-bag elder, this is a matter for the helper to make a decision, and the elders must not say much." ”

Xiao Dongshan said secretly: "So that's the case. ”

Ma Santong thought for a while and said: "I have been the deputy gang leader for 18 years, and I know best what the deputy gang leader does. ”

Gu Youde, the leader of the stick, stood up, made a gesture, and said: "Xie helps the master to cultivate, how can Gu Mouding be ......?"

The law enforcement elder said: "Deputy Gang Leader Gu, don't be too modest, brother congratulate you!" "It turns out that according to the previous ranking in the gang, there are the elders of the Gong Transmission, the Elders of Law Enforcement, the head of the stick, the head of the bowl, and then the four Dharma Protector Elders. In addition to the gang leader, the law enforcement elder was originally the major, but this law enforcement elder is an upright character, more than majestic, not enough affinity, far less than the leader of the stick is suitable to serve as the deputy gang leader, he himself knows this, so congratulations are sincere. Seeing this, the other elders also congratulated Gu Youde together.

Ma Santong beckoned Gu Youde to come over, took off the nine-bag blanket on his shoulder, swept it over the faces of the eight-bag disciples, and said, "Feng Rufeng stepped forward!" Feng Duo's face did not change, and walked quickly in front of Ma Santong, Ma Santong took his blanket, put Gu Youde's nine-bag blanket on his shoulder, and said: "Feng Rufeng, in terms of your character and martial arts, you are outstanding, and you can apply poison and detoxification, you are a talent, and you should have been promoted to elder early...... You have been in charge of the Huguang branch for three years, you have both merit and hard work, from today, you will be the leader of my help, you are resourceful, you are a civil and military all-rounder, and you will share your worries with Deputy Gu in the future. ”

Feng Rufeng half-knelt down, tied a false knot in the corner of Ma Santong's clothes, and then tied a solid knot in the corner of his clothes, and said, "Thank you for the promotion." ”

Xiao Dongshan secretly looked at the faces of the elders, and saw that the faces of the other six elders and Deputy Gang Leader Gu were all happy, and then looked at the other eight bags of disciples, all of them were unconvinced, and secretly said in his heart: "This Feng Rufeng is so powerful, I am afraid that this prestige is still above Deputy Gang Leader Gu, I don't think anyone will object to directly mentioning him as Deputy Gang Leader." ”

Everything was agreed, and Ma Santong instructed each disciple to go back to their own territory separately, not to stay in Xinyang, not to go to Yaojiazhuang to stir up trouble, and not to go to Bawanggang.

After the meeting, Tian Xi smiled and said: "I saw you just kowtowed, your head is kowtowed, or I will introduce you and join the gang, and it is always a good thing to have brothers to take care of you, right?" Xiao Dongshan was a little embarrassed, and he was not ready to really be called Hanako, so he couldn't speak for a while. Tian Xi said again: "I can also see it, you are not a poor background, you will not look down on our beggar gang, don't care what your identity was before, it is not a shame to join my beggar gang, you look at Feng Helm, now he is the leader of the club, I have to change this title, he is a rich man, and our deputy gang leader Gu, he used to be a red man in front of the prefect, I will also tell you a secret, there are two court generals are our seven bags of disciples." Xiao Dongshan thought about how to deal with it at this time, and said: "Brother Tian, I have received your kindness, but I have another apprentice, how can I join the gang and join the faction casually, then I have to agree with the master." I kowtow to admire the demeanor of the horse gang leader, and I am sincere, don't laugh at me. Tian Xi thought about it, so he didn't mention it anymore.

Xiao Dongshan secretly planned: "It's too early to go to Master Beiping now, and I'll follow Brother Tian for some time." First, it is much more convenient for someone to take care of it, and secondly, I may bump into Master, so I will pay more attention along the way. So he followed Tian Xi and Gen'er to the south, and the three of them laughed and played all the way, making fun in the bitterness, which was really much better than walking alone.

On this day, Xiao Dongshan practiced qi in the forest, only to feel that the dry and hot qi of the dantian was getting stronger and stronger, and then it was condensed into a shape, like a swimming dragon swimming on the body, walking faster and faster, as if to burst out of the body, Xiao Dongshan was overjoyed, he heard the master say, this is the performance of internal force training to the second realm, not to go out of the fire, this swimming dragon qi walked on the body for a long time, and ran to the throat, Xiao Dongshan could no longer bear it, "Huo" screamed, spit out this breath, only to see the branch five feet away swaying. Tian Xi saw it and shouted: "Amazing!" Terrible! You've taken your kung fu to the next level! Gen'er came up and pinched Xiao Dongshan's mouth and said, "I have an idea." He turned around and picked up a thumb-sized pebble on the ground, stuffed it into Xiao Dongshan's mouth, and said, "You can try that branch by luck!" Xiao Dongshan looked at his finger, it was a branch on the tip of the tree three zhang away, and he didn't answer, he was lucky, and spit out the pebbles, only to see the pebbles shoot out, breaking the branch to the ground. Gen'er cheered and shouted, "Yes! All right! Tian Xi said: "Shouting, what's the good!" Gen'er said: "You are so stupid, you are much better than your broken slingshot, and you will rely on this to fight birds, pheasants, and hares in the future." Tian Xi thought about it, it was really good, Xiao Dongshan was also secretly funny, and said, "Okay! In the future, when I hunt, you two have to serve me well before I have enough to have the strength! ”

Xiao Dongshan practiced for a few days, and he was able to use this method to hunt, and since then, the food of the three of them has greatly improved.

On this day, Xiao Dong's lynx was hunting birds in the woods, and because the weather was gradually getting warmer, Tian Xi and Gen'er took off their coats and washed them by the stream. From time to time, woodcutters and porters passed by behind him, and Gen'er smiled and said, "Brother Tian, you have gained weight, you see that you can't wear this clothes." Tian Xi said: "After two days, I will enter the city, find a rich family, and make another one." Just say me, you see, your little face is round! As he spoke, he pinched Gen'er's face. Gen'er smiled: "No way, the food has been too good recently, and the salt is almost finished, so I have to think about getting some salt." The two of them hammered the clothes on the stones, and Tian Xi said: "We have washed it ourselves, Brother Xiao hasn't washed it yet, wait for us to help him take it off and wash it, and then bake it for him, so that he can be comfortable." Gen'er said, "Wash him, and leave the matter of lighting the fire to me." ”

After waiting for a while, Gen'er said again: "Brother Tian, what do you say is the origin of Brother Xiao, why did you waste your hands, the two hands are like hanging bags, dangling, without any strength." Tian Xi said: "I can't say either, it's definitely not what he said about dog bites, we see a lot of dog bites, how can there be such a thing!" However, Brother Xiao is not a bad guy anyway. ”

As the two spoke, one of them passed behind them, overheard the conversation, and retreated. I saw that this person was tall, wearing a soap-colored robe, a flag, a square hat, a peacock feather in his ear, and blindfolded his left eye, which was Xu Junping.

"Oh, little Hanako, where is this person you are talking about?" Xu Junping asked sharply.

The two looked back and saw that the person who came was not good, and Tian Xi glanced at Gen'er. Gen'er said, "Who are you?" Why should I tell you? Xu Junping said: "I'm his friend, and I'm looking for him." Tian Xi said: "I know all his friends, but I haven't heard of you having this number." Xu Junping said with a smile: "Brother Xiao didn't tell me that I have a friend like you, no matter what, you can take me to see him." Tian Xi said: "He went to Beiping with his master." ”

Xu Junping observed his words and knew that what Tian Xi said was not credible, so he took out a piece of broken silver from his pocket, about five cents, shook it at the root, and said, "Little brother, you tell me where Xiao Dongshan is, and this piece of silver will belong to you." Gen'er said: "Phew, who wants your stinky money, what kind of person are you and me!" ”

Tian Xi said: "Good brother! ”

Xu Junping smiled slightly, took out a large ingot of silver from his pocket, and said: "This is a full five taels of silver, you can ask for a lady who is like a flower and jade, think about the taste of a woman warming her feet at night, you tell me where Brother Xiao is, I will ask him to drink, and the silver belongs to you." ”

Gen'er was moved and said, "Such a little silver is enough to buy people?" What do you eat with your mother-in-law? ”

Xu Junping took out a large ingot of silver, put it together with the previous one, and said: "Five taels of silver buy people, and five taels of silver buy another acre of fertile land, so you won't have to worry about food and clothing." Seeing that you are young, you can't always be called Hanako, so that your ancestors are extinct. ”

Gen'er's heart was moved, and Xu Junping hit the railroad while it was hot: "Whoever says the silver first will be given to whoever you two say, I think this old man can't wait?" ”

Tian Xi was furious and scolded: "I'll fuck your mother!" Who do you think of Lao Tzu! The head can be broken, the blood can be shed, and I don't do anything to betray my friends! ”

Gen'er pointed with his hand and said, "It's in the forest ahead!" After speaking, he came to get two ingots of silver, Xu Junping raised a kick, kicked the root into the stream, collected two ingots of silver, patted the four words "for the heavens" on the newly made flag, and said: "Seeing the dog things that forget righteousness, I still want to take Lao Tzu's silver!" Lao Tzu acts for heaven and governs all kinds of villains! As he spoke, he threw the previous five cents of broken silver on Tian Xi's body, and said, "This silver will reward you for buying wine and drinking!" I saw him spread his banner and strode into the forest.

Tian Xi followed him and shouted, "Brother Xiao, go quickly!" Brother Xiao go quickly! He judged according to common sense that this person must be Xiao Dongshan's enemy.

Xiao Dongshan heard the noise outside in the forest, looked over, and saw Xu Junping coming like a fierce god, only to be frightened, turned around and ran. Xu Junping saw it and shouted: "Dog thief, where to go!" Do you expect your good friends to save you today? Xiao Dongshan didn't dare to answer, he only ran wildly for his life, and Xu Junping also tried his best to catch up. At this time, Xiao Dongshan's skills have improved again, and he is familiar with the road surface, where can Xu Junping catch up for a while?

The two chased for half an hour, Xiao Dongshan gradually became timid, but Xu Junping grew in spirit, which is because the two of them have high skills. At this time, the two of them had arrived on the narrow road on the mountainside, seeing that Xu Junping was about to catch up, Xiao Dongshan was in a hurry, turned around, and sprayed the pebbles in his mouth head-on, how could Xu Junping guard against this? hit the forehead and beat Xu Junping to the point where his face was covered with blood. Xu Junping screamed, wiped his face with his sleeve, calmed down, and chased after him again.

There were no stones in Xiao Dongshan's pass, and he was even more panicked. Xu Junping took a stone, as if he had been reminded, took out a flying knife from his pocket, and threw a knife at Xiao Dongshan's back, Xiao Dongshan couldn't dodge it, and hit it in the back. Xiao Dongshan thought secretly: "Die today!" Death will not fall into the hands of this scoundrel, otherwise he will be tormented endlessly! So he jumped and rolled down the hillside. This hillside is steep and deep, at first Xiao Dongshan also transported true qi to protect his whole body, but the flying knife on his back couldn't help but collide with the stones and branches, and hit it a few times, where can that true qi still be contained? As soon as the true qi was loosened, his body was weak, he was knocked unconscious, and he rolled a few feet, his body was scraped by branches one after another, and his head and neck were hitting a tree root, which had fallen to the bottom - another quiet path. Because he hit too hard, Xiao Dongshan snorted and fainted completely.

Xu Junping saw Xiao Dongshan rolling down the deep slope, tried a few times, but after all, he didn't dare to jump down, looking down, the branches and weeds covered it, and he couldn't really see it, and he didn't know what the situation was below. I went back to the road and looked around, and saw that there seemed to be a road going down in front of me, but I didn't know if I could go around the slope. I was about to walk along that road to take a look, but I heard a shout behind me, and when I looked back, I saw Tian Xi bringing three other beggar disciples to come. It turned out that Tian Xi had been chasing after him, and he happened to meet three fellow disciples on the road, so he greeted him and rushed together.

Xu Junping said secretly: "The beggar gang is powerful, although their gang leader has just died, but Ma Santong is not easy to mess with, and he avoided it today." The thief surnamed Xiao was hit by a flying knife, and most of them fell to death when they jumped like this, but I still have thirty-six plans, and it is the best policy to go. ”

Tian Xi saw Xu Junping from afar, and didn't know that Xiao Dongshan had fallen, so he only chased Xu Junping, and drove all the way, Xu Junping's feet were fast, and gradually disappeared again, Tian Xi took people to look for a long time in the mountains, and then saw the shadows of Xu Junping and Xiao Dongshan, so he had to give up.

Besides, Xiao Dongshan fainted for a long time, and two nuns came to the forest. The young one saw it first, called softly, and said, "Master, look, one is called Hanako." The old man said: "Motionless, most of them are dead, starvation to death is what is called Hanako, when I was young, those years, everywhere starved to death." The young man said, "No, it's not starvation, it's blood." The old man said, "That's even more dead, so whatever he does, let's go." The young man said, "I'll take a look." The old man said: "One is called Hanako, and there is no oil and water, what is so good!" The young man said, "Master, do you think this is worth it?" She pointed to the Buddhist bead bracelet on Xiao Dongshan's hand and asked. It turned out that Xiao Dongshan fell on all fours, and the bracelet on his hand was exposed.

The old man squatted down to take a closer look, took the bracelet down, put it in his arms, and said, "This person is still angry, you carry it back." The young man said, "It's so dirty!" The old man said: "If you don't rush to do good things, don't blame the Bodhisattva for not bless you!" As he spoke, he squatted down, carried Xiao Dongshan on his shoulders and left.

Erni walked around for a while, shaking Xiao Dongshan to wake up. Xiao Dongshan snorted, and when he realized that he was being carried on his shoulder, he whispered, "Where is this?" The old man said: "Don't talk, if you talk too much, the meat will not taste good if it is sour." Xiao Dongshan listened to it and was scared to sober up a lot. The young man said angrily, "Master has made another evil remark, which has frightened everyone...... Wouldn't it be more sour when you are frightened? He pursed his lips and laughed.