Chapter 22: The Vipers
Two days later.
Contingents of other gangs appeared on the official road, all of them lined up in a long line of snakes, and disciples on each side rode horses to patrol to guard against surprise attacks.
Although these gangs know each other, they don't communicate too much before entering the city, at most their leaders say hello from the air, so as to minimize the possibility of accidents.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and there are some small gangs or martial arts halls that have to go forward in groups, otherwise the scale is not enough, and it is easy to cause bad thoughts of bandits.
On the way to escort the tribute, any pedestrians, or carriages and horses who try to approach the convoy, will be cleared in advance, and only after the escort procession has passed, will be released.
This is a means of seeking stability, and the tribute escorted will be very troublesome except for accidents, and the Giant Whale Gang will blame it.
"See, the group in green in front of you are the people of the Viper Gang, and this time it is also their gang leader Old Poison Teng Li who personally leads the team!" Guan Shanhai pointed to a team in front of him and said slowly, "The strength of the Viper Gang is not much different from my Haihe Gang, it started in the herb business, it is good at poisonous snake skills, silk winding hands, and its moves are relatively slippery, and its gang is good at using poison!" β
Su Poman looked around, and saw a convoy escorting large red wooden boxes on the road ahead, all wearing green robes and wearing snake-tail-like ornaments on their heads.
The convoy of the Haihe Gang followed behind, and the distance between the two convoys was always about 100 meters.
As for the team that followed up from the rear of the Haihe Gang, Su Poman knew, it was the team of the Wujiang Gang, and this time I heard Guan Shanhai say that it was also led by his gang leader, and he had to be careful on the road.
Although the Haihe Gang and the Wujiang Gang are both subordinate gangs of the Giant Whale Gang, the Giant Whale Gang does not care about the fights between these small gangs, as long as they pay tribute on time, they basically will not interfere in the affairs between them.
Su Poman has super eyesight, and when he looked back, he saw that the leader of the Wujiang Gang was a fat man with a fierce face, with a long scar on his face, and every time he looked in the direction of the Haihe Gang convoy, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, which made people know that this guy was not a person to be messed with.
Touching the long sword hanging from his waist, Su Poman smiled, and said in his heart: "It's okay if you don't have a trick, if something happens, just try to see if my long sword is sharp enough!" β
This long sword is a hundred steel long sword specially customized for him by Guan Shanhai before he set off, it is very valuable, and it can withstand the huge force of Su Poman every day, it can be regarded as a good sword.
Nowadays, a peculiar scene has formed on the official road, as if it is a festival, and an endless stream of motorcades is heading in the direction of Dengfeng Mansion City.
There are many subordinate gangs of the Giant Whale Gang in the Dengfeng Mansion, and they have basically set up a business name, and there are dozens of them who are willing to pay tribute to the Giant Whale Gang, including some dart bureaus and large martial arts halls.
Therefore, every time it is time to pay tribute, Dengfeng Mansion City is like the New Year, and there are a lot of foreign gang members, which will cause great pressure on the security of the city.
The helm of the Whale Gang is set up in the inner city, and the tribute does not need to enter the helm, but only needs to be carried out in several halls set up in the outer city, and different subordinate gangs will be assigned to different halls according to the different areas where the forces are located.
Although the Haihe Gang and the Wujiang Gang share borders on each other, they belong to different jurisdictions, so there is conflict.
If you are in the same hall, every time you pay tribute, you will bow your head and not look up, and the relationship will not deteriorate so much.
A while ago, after Su Poman killed a hall master of the Wujiang Gang, the news was transmitted back to the Wujiang Gang, and several elders were furious and wanted to send their disciples to find out the news, which guy who didn't know whether he was alive or dead dared to touch the moldy head of the Wujiang Gang.
After many inquiries, I learned that the person who stunned the disciples that day and killed Gongsun Ye was the current deputy leader of the Haihe Gang.
The deputy gang leader, in these forces, is generally a six-rank martial artist-level master.
This revenge is not easy to revenge, but to swallow this breath, Fan Chengjie, the leader of the Wujiang Gang, felt unhappy again, he stared at the convoy belonging to the Haihe Gang in front of him, and kept thinking in his mind, wanting to find an opportunity for the Yinhaihe Gang once, it could be regarded as a bad breath.
This time, although he brought two more elders, even if two seventh-rank martial artists joined forces, they couldn't fight against a sixth-rank martial artist, so it was unrealistic to want to take revenge openly.
It didn't work, so Fan Chengjie thought about enlisting other gangs as allies to fight together to suppress the sharpness of the Haihe Gang.
The matter needed to be discussed in the long run, so he called the two elders to the carriage to discuss the plan.
After passing a hill in front, a post station appeared, built near the river, and now it has been surrounded by the disciples of the Viper Gang, Guan Shanhai saw this and rode forward to negotiate.
"Old poison, come out quickly, let go of the two upper rooms to let this seat and my Su brother rest!" Guan Shanhai stood in front of a group of Viper Gang disciples and shouted, his momentum was very heroic, coupled with his tower-like body, the young disciples of the Viper Gang were intimidated, and they didn't dare to stop them for a while.
The crowd separated, and a young man with a double snake headdress came out, his complexion was a little sickly pale, and he knew the rules better, and after coming out, he first made a junior salute in a regular manner, and then said without humility or arrogance: "It turned out to be the Guan gang leader of the Haihe Gang, this post station has been occupied by my Viper Gang, you better take care of yourself!" β
"Yo!" Guan Shanhai smiled contemptuously, and said loudly: "The old poison actually taught a disciple who can support the faΓ§ade, you are Teng Li's personal disciple, right?" Why didn't he dare to come out and let you, a junior, talk to me? β
The face of the young man with the double snake headdress was a little ugly, according to the rules, he really did not have the qualifications to talk to Guan Shanhai, but just when he heard him call his father-in-law "old poison", he felt angry and wanted to scratch this Guan gang leader with words.
At this moment, the window on the second floor of the post station suddenly opened, and an old man in a green robe climbed out of it, his body changed in the air several times, and then fell to the ground lightly.
I saw that his face was old, his skin was red and his flesh was rough, and there was a layer of goosebumps in his neck, and there were also small and large pockets hanging on his body, some of which were tied, some of which were open, and a black snake tail could be vaguely seen passing over one of the pockets, which looked creepy.
"Brother Guan Xian, don't embarrass my disciple, you can let one room out, but there are too many!"
Fuji Li's voice was like the sound of glass scraping a blackboard, hoarse and unpleasant, but if you listen carefully, you can still hear what he said.
"Vine old poison, I haven't seen it for a long time, and your serpentine light skills have improved a lot!" Guan Shanhai first praised it, and then glanced at the second floor of the post station, "I remember that this post station has a total of four upper rooms, do you want to occupy three rooms exclusively?" β
"Hehe, Brother Guan Xian, do you think, my disciple lives in one, the old man lives in one, you live in one, and Fan Fatzi who comes from behind must also live in one, isn't this the end of the allocation?" Teng Li's eyes were unwavering, and he was not angry at all because Guan Shanhai called his nickname, and said lightly.
"Him?" Guan Shanhai glanced at the young man with the double snake headdress in front of him, then shook his head slightly, and said: "He is an eight-rank martial artist at a young age, which is not bad, but he is not worthy of occupying an upper room alone, my brother Su Xian is a master of the same level as us, so he can't let the deputy gang leader of our Haihe Gang go to sleep on the first floor of the Chase Shop, right?" β