Chapter 200: The Beggar Gang Conference
"Elder Peng—"
Seeing that the visitor had entered the hall, Qiu Qianren clenched his fists slightly and said hello to the visitor.
"Western Poison" Ouyang Feng sat there, not saying anything at all.
It was not easy to find fault with the visitors, so they sat down with their backs to the door.
"Mr. Ouyang and Gang Leader Qiu are both seniors, and in front of the two, Peng doesn't dare to take it."
Elder Peng was always smiling, in fact, his age and generation were similar to those of Ouyang Feng, the "Western Poison", and Qiu Qianren, the "Iron Palm Floating on Water".
Among the beggars, the four elders ranked third, and they were also the speakers of the "Pure Clothes Sect".
It can be said that among the entire beggar gang, Elder Peng is the most scheming person in martial arts.
As far as his identity is concerned, if he is put on the rivers and lakes, he will not be lower than the master and head of the ordinary sect.
The reason why he is so groveling in front of these two people, in addition to being inferior to the two in martial arts, and more importantly, he has to rely on the support of these two people in the upcoming beggar gang conference.
Elder Peng and Qiu Qianren, the two are old acquaintances, they are both active in the two lakes martial arts, they don't see anyone who looks up, and they haven't been dealing with each other for three or five years.
Both of them are people who are hungry for profit, and they took refuge in the Jin Kingdom together, and they can be regarded as "like-minded" people.
"Elder Peng, how are the preparations for tomorrow's beggar gang meeting? Your gang leader, 'Northern Beggar' Hong Qigong, won't come here when he hears the wind, right? ”
Qiu Qianren is still not very down-to-earth in his heart, although he is very conceited about his kung fu, but when he really faces the people in the "Five Uniques", he is still a little stunned in his heart.
In the past year, he has also had a lot of contact with the "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng, although the other party is always sneering at him, Qiu Qianren has never dared to reply to his face.
From a few shots of "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng, Qiu Qianren can see that he is by no means this person's opponent.
Even if he goes all out, he can insist on two hundred moves in front of "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng, which is estimated to be his limit.
This discovery made "Iron Palm Floating on Water" very frustrating, and the result was not to return to the mountains for penance, but to be more enthusiastic about fame and fortune.
Therefore, among the offerings of the Zhao Mansion of the Jin Kingdom, at present, this Qiu Qianren's sense of responsibility and enthusiasm is the highest, as if he is a member of the Jin Kingdom.
"Rest assured, Gang Leader Qiu, according to reliable sources, there were still people in the Huaibei area last month who saw the traces of Lao Gang Leader Hong."
"Haha, since he is known as the 'Northern Beggar', he still doesn't like to come south of the Yangtze River."
Speaking of his helper, the "Northern Beggar" Hong Qigong, although Elder Peng was a little jealous, but between his words, he lacked due respect.
"I've also seen you, Elder Peng can say what arrangements you have, and everyone should rest early."
Seeing Qiu Qianren and this Elder Peng, the two of them sang and harmonized there, arranging the "Northern Beggar" Hong Qigong behind their backs, and the "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng felt a little disgusted inexplicably.
even felt that it was a blasphemy to work with these two people in his own identity.
However, he is now not only the master of the White Camel Mountain in the Western Regions, not only the "Western Poison", one of the five uniques, but also the "Snake King" of Mingjiao, and what he says and does is also related to the interests of the family behind him.
"Haha, what Mr. Ouyang said is true. This time, our beggar gang conference was initiated by our 'clean clothes faction', and we elected an 'executive gang leader' on the grounds that we couldn't see Hong Lao's gang leader all year round, and many major matters in the gang could not be solved in time. ”
"Although he can't completely replace the leader of the Hong gang, in his absence, he can completely decide the affairs of the beggar gang and order the entire beggar gang up and down."
"Over the years, although my brother and I have only ranked third among the four elders, the entire 'Pure Clothes Sect' can still be completely controlled."
"The four elders of the Beggar Gang, Jane, Liang, Peng, and Lu, Elder Jian is weak in fame and fortune, but Elder Liang is the first to look forward to Lu Youjiao, who is ranked last."
"Hmph, isn't it just that kid with Lu Youjiao, who is closer to the old gang leader Hong, and has also learned three tricks of 'Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descending'?"
Lu Youjiao, among the four elders of the Beggar Gang, ranked last.
Regardless of age or martial arts, he can be regarded as the existence of the bottom, a middle-aged man in his forties.
Lu Youjiao is an elder of the "Dirty Clothes Faction", he is upright, he is very stupid and upright, but he is loyal and righteous, and he is never greedy for life and afraid of death, which is also the reason why he is valued by Hong Qigong.
And irritable and stupid are his shortcomings, and his martial arts are not only at the bottom of the four elders, but even some of the eight bags of disciples are behind.
"Are you sure you can help Kerr become the new leader of the beggars?"
This is what "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng is most concerned about, once Ouyang Ke can become the leader of the beggar gang, even if he can't fully control the beggar gang, he can control half of the power, which will be of great benefit to what they are planning.
"Mr. Ouyang, please rest assured, this beggar gang conference is mainly a competition to win the gang leader. Our four elders have the right to recommend, and each of them can recommend two people, whether they are children in the gang or not, they can all run for election. ”
"The recommended person is not more than forty years old, I think Ouyang Shaoxia will be invincible as soon as he appears, and he will be able to win the position of the gang leader."
Although Elder Peng was a little flattering, to a large extent, he was also telling the truth, Ouyang Ke's character was not good, but his kung fu was also good.
A few years ago, after Ouyang Ke was frustrated in the Zhao Mansion of the Jin Kingdom, he was sent to the Mingjiao General Altar for special training and learned to be "cold and icy".
Last time, the "Peach Blossom Island" failed to ask for marriage, and Ouyang Feng risked being reprimanded by the family again, and passed on the two magical skills he had obtained from the family to Ouyang Ke.
Although Ouyang Ke's current internal strength is still a little worse, with his exquisite exercises and ruthless moves, ordinary first-class masters are definitely not his opponents.
Even if the "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng ends up by himself, if he doesn't do it with all his might, Ouyang Ke can support a hundred moves, and he can be regarded as a good hand when he looks at the rivers and lakes, and he is not under the "Black Wind Double Evil".
"In tomorrow's competition, Peng will let the people recommended by the other three elders compete first, and then Ouyang Shaoxia will appear again to beat the crowd."
"With Mr. Ouyang and Gang Leader Qiu here, even if Old Gang Leader Hong comes in person, I'm afraid I won't be able to get any bargain."
The last sentence spoke Elder Peng's heart, and even he felt that it was best for Hong Qigong to show up.
If you really let the two people in front of you solve it even with Hong Qigong, then it will be called once and for all.
As for Ouyang Ke, the new gang leader who was elected, haha, just a hairy guy.
The plan has been decided, so there is nothing more to say.
Elder Peng clenched his fists and said goodbye, and a table of discordant banquets dispersed.
Others went to rest, leaving it alone.
"Iron palm ruthless" Lu Pingsheng, looking lost and depressed, walked out of the small courtyard, and left the "Wanghu Restaurant" without saying hello to the master.
Seeing this, Guo Mo's heart moved, and he followed Lu Pingsheng away.
Yueyang City is not a border city, and the city wall is not tall, Lu Pingsheng found a place where no one was, flew on the wall, and left Yueyang City.
Originally, he came out to find the master, and found the master, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
The master is with people like Ouyang Feng, the "Western Poison", and betrayed the Great Song Dynasty to join the Jin Kingdom, and now he is with the traitors of the Beggar Gang, wanting to control the Beggar Gang......
This pile and one thing after another, in front of Lu Pingsheng, he couldn't accept it at all.
Is this still the master I have admired since I was a child?
Where do you go from here?
Lu Pingsheng walked aimlessly, walking in the wilderness south of Yueyang City.
"Master Lu Zhai, where are you going?"
A calm voice woke up the depressed Lu Pingsheng, "What person?" ”
When he turned around, he saw a man standing five feet behind him.
"Is that you?"
Lu Pingsheng recognized the person who came, more than a year ago, Guo Mo left a deep impression on him.
made him, a person who has also called himself a "martial arts genius" since he was a child, suffered a great blow.
Therefore, he left the "Iron Palm Gang" gloomily, and while looking for his master, he also secretly worked hard and honed his palm skills.
"It's me, I've seen everything that happened at Wanghu Restaurant. Guo didn't expect that Brother Lu turned out to be a loyal person who 'came out of the mud without being stained'. ”
"In the past, if there was something to live in, I still hope that Brother Lu has a lot of Haihan."
After speaking, Guo Mo actually clasped his hands into fists and gave a salute.
"Haha—what kind of loyal man am I? Seeing that someone had turned his back on the Great Song Dynasty, this person was his own master, but Lu couldn't stop him, and he was ashamed of his father. ”
It turned out that this Lu Pingsheng's father, who was also the old man who followed the "Iron Palm Gang" and became the leader of the gang Shangguan Jiannan, died in the war against Jin.
As an orphan of a martyr, he was brought back to the Iron Palm Gang.
Qiu Qianren saw that he had good bones and was a good material for practicing martial arts, so he accepted him as an apprentice.
Although Lu Pingsheng was less than eight years old that year, he spent more time with retired veterans on weekdays, and the idea of "resisting Jin and protecting the Song" was engraved in his bones since he was a child.
"Officially, my name is Guo Mo-"
"Guo Mo? Are you the champion of the new science and martial arts, the commander of the 'Dunwu Army', and Guo Mo, who also leads the 'Imperial City Division'? ”
Guo Mo had just finished saying his name, but he didn't expect Lu Pingsheng to be excited.
Originally, when the entire Great Song Dynasty was promoting "martial arts" a year ago, Lu Pingsheng also wanted to sign up.
In order to find his master, he was delayed.
However, he has been paying attention to the matter of "martial arts", coupled with the official family, he intends to build momentum for his son, and hyped up the preparation, selection, and list of "martial arts" in the Great Song Dynasty.
The top ten "protégés of the Son of Heaven", for a while, I can't wait for the entire Great Song Dynasty to be a household name, not to mention Guo Mo, who is the champion of martial arts.
"Haha, didn't you expect me to be so famous? Yes, I am that Guo Mo. ”
Of course, there is nothing to hide, Guo Mo admitted calmly.
After confirming Guo Mo's identity, Lu Pingsheng's willingness to join the army is stronger, especially now that he has no worries.
It's just that between him and Guo Mo, they are not related to each other, and they were even opposites before, how can they open their mouths?
Back in the Iron Palm Gang, Guo Mo found that this Sanzhai master was different.
Tonight, I saw with my own eyes that he disagreed with Qiu Qianren's "backing Song and throwing gold", and parted ways.
Guo Mo wanted to accept this person, which could be regarded as accumulating more strength for the Great Song Dynasty.
"If Brother Lu has nowhere to go for the time being, why don't you temporarily shelter in the 'Dunwu Army'? Defend the family and the country, fight on the battlefield, and live up to what Brother Lu has learned in his life! ”
Lu Pingsheng didn't expect that Guo Mo would take the initiative to recruit himself and hurriedly hugged his fist.
"I don't dare to ask for it."
......
Junshan, thirty miles southwest of Yueyang City, is located in Dongting Lake.
In ancient times, it was called Dongting Mountain, Xiangshan Mountain, and Youyuan Mountain, and it is a small island in the 800-mile Dongting Lake.
It is far away from the famous building "Yueyang Building", and takes the meaning of the fairy "Garden of the Cave".
Because the two concubines of Emperor Shun, Empress E and Nuying were buried here, Qu Yuan called Xiangjun and Mrs. Xiang in the "Nine Songs", so the descendants renamed this mountain "Jun Mountain".
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, "Junshan" was lively early in the morning.
On the entire island, hundreds of Hanako popped up out of nowhere.
The people who can come here are called Hanako, and they are not ordinary Hanako, and they must carry at least three sacks on their backs before they can enter this island.
These Hanako are all members of the beggar gang, and today's beggar gang meeting is scheduled to officially start at noon.
There is still an hour before the official start, and the martial arts friends who were invited from all walks of life gradually arrived at "Junshan", and more people came to see the excitement.
Guo Mo took Lu Pingsheng with him, had dinner early in the morning, and didn't ride a horse, so he rushed over.
After returning last night, Guo Mo got the news that the Jin garrison in Dengzhou had really moved south.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, he jumped over the border of Song and Jin, and the whole 5,000 cavalry did not attack the cities, but seemed to rush hundreds of miles to help "Junshan".
Meng Zongzheng's "Loyal Shun Army" also moved when he heard the news, but it was only a "Loyal Shun Army" of more than 20,000 people, but the number of cavalry was less than 2,000.
Historically, the cavalry in the south of the Yangtze River, except for Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu back then, was far behind the north as a whole.
Even so, Meng Zongzheng still came with all the cavalry, plus 10,000 "loyal army" foot soldiers, and followed the cavalry of the Jin State.
At the same time, he sent 800 li to report to Lin'an, and also sent people to report to other Great Song garrisons in the Lianghu and nearby areas.
He also ordered them to send cavalry with more than 100 men to fully participate in the encirclement and suppression.
That's right, it's not a request, it's an "order", and the official document is impressively stamped with the big seal of "King Yan".
Half a year ago, the imperial court issued a holy decree to entitle Zhao Hao as the "King of Yan", which could mobilize all the soldiers and horses in the Great Song Dynasty.
When Meng Zongzheng saw the letter brought by Wang Jian, he was also shocked, and he was in awe of this "King Yan" who had never met.
In addition, his most outstanding son, Meng Hui, was the deputy commander of the "Dunwu Army" under Guo Mo at this time, and naturally fully supported this military order.
According to Guo Mo's meaning, the "Zhongshun Army" was naturally led by Meng Zongzheng, and the cavalry of the other garrisons gathered together and asked them to send a general to lead them.
For the time being, it was also under the command of Meng Zongzheng and under his unified command.
The team of 50 people commanded by Wang Jian and Qin Ju is divided into two teams to respond to all parties.
In just two or three days, four or five thousand cavalry were gathered, plus the two thousand cavalry of the "Loyal Shun Army", nearly seven thousand cavalry.
......
At noon, today's sun is exceptionally warm, and the breath of spring has been faintly revealed everywhere on the island of "Junshan".
"Everyone, welcome everyone to come and watch the 'Junshan Conference' of my beggar gang, and as the law enforcement elder of the beggar gang, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone for coming!"
Presiding over today's meeting was Elder Liang, the law enforcement elder of the Beggar Gang, who ranked second among the four elders.
He is also an elder of the "Dirty Clothes Sect", second only to the first-ranked in martial arts, and Elder Jian, the elder of the Transmission Sect.
"Now that Song and Jin are standing side by side, the world is an eventful time, I help the northern beggars 'Hong gang leader, Shenlong sees the head but does not see the end, and after the 'Pure Clothes Faction' Elder Peng has suggested many times, today will hold a 'Junshan Conference' to elect a 'executive gang leader'."
"Each of the four elders has two recommendation places, and young heroes under the age of forty can be recommended to compete for the gang leader."
"When the Hong gang leader is not there, the 'executive gang leader' can order the beggars to go up and down to deal with the affairs of the whole gang."
As soon as Elder Liang's words were finished, there was a lot of discussion below, some of them were in favor of it, and some of them were against it, and it was a mess.
"Without further ado, the competition below has officially begun-"
The beggar gang is different from other sects, there are not so many restrictions on the inheritance of teachers, many people come with art, and there are various martial arts.
Except for the "Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descending" and "Dog Stick Method" of the previous gang leaders, no one has studied the martial arts and origins of other people.
The first to play was recommended by Elder Jian and Elder Liang, both of whom were members of the Beggar Gang, both in their thirties, and were already eight bags of disciples of the Beggar Gang, and they were inextricably linked for a while.
The competition began, and the discussion below stopped, and they all watched the competition in the field seriously, cheering for their respective favorites.
Guo Mo was also watching in the crowd, and the martial arts of the two in the field were so-so.
However, he is in his thirties, reaching the second-rate level, and he is also a good hand in the rivers and lakes, and the beggar gang still has some background.
More than fifty faces, Elder Jian recommended that one, slapped the other party's shoulder with one palm, and won half a move.
The two are acquaintances, and they will no longer be entangled after the victory and defeat have been divided.
Below, Cailu Youjiao sent someone up, only to see a thin middle-aged man in his thirties and less than forty walking out of the crowd.
"Koto Snake King—"
As soon as this person came out, some of the beggars' disciples shouted.
If Guo Jing was at the scene, he would know this person, he is Li Sheng, who is known as the "Jiangdong Snake King".
Li Sheng hugged his fist at the people in the field, "Li Sheng is here, please give me advice." ”
The person who had just won saw that it was Li Sheng who was sent by Elder Lu, and he felt a little uncertain in his heart.
Sure enough, the two fought for more than 40 rounds, and Li Sheng suddenly performed a palm move to knock the opponent out of the court.
Fortunately, Li Sheng kept his hand, and the other party just fell and was not injured much.
"Koto Snake King! Koto Snake King—"
It seems that this person's popularity is quite good, just now he used that palm to be exquisite, Guo Mo said secretly in his heart.
"Elder Peng, it's time for you to send someone."
Elder Liang, who presided over the meeting, said to Elder Peng next to him.
"Haha, Elder Liang, don't be impatient, the people I recommend will arrive later, or your people will compete first? In order to apologize, Peng only recommended one place for this conference. ”
Elder Peng smiled, looking confident.
Elder Liang turned around and discussed with the other two elders, and the contest continued.
In less than an hour, three more good players came off the field one after another, fists and feet, blades, and all kinds of competitions, and Li Sheng did not meet the expectations of the public, and all of them won.
"Koto Snake King! Koto Snake King—"
The voice of shouting for Li Sheng became louder.
Guo Mo found that although the content of each person's competition is different.
However, this "Jiangdong Snake King" won every time with the same move.
So what exactly is it? How is there only one trick?
"Haha, the person recommended by the old man is here-"
Elder Peng, who was sitting on the side watching the excitement, suddenly stood up.
From outside the "Junshan" island, three people have just arrived, two old and one young.
Guo Mo saw that it was the three people he saw at the "Wanghu Restaurant" last night, but Qiu Qianren at this time was no longer wearing a mask.
A man in his fifties, burly and dignified.
It stands to reason that Guo Mo has seen Qiu Qianzhang, and he is twins with this Qiu Qianzhang, but the breath on the two people is very different.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Peng will introduce you to the two martial arts seniors to open your eyes."
"This is one of today's 'Five Uniques', 'Western Poison' Mr. Ouyang Feng, Mr. Ouyang, this is the leader of the 'Iron Palm Gang' who is famous all over the rivers and lakes, and the 'Iron Palm Floating' Qiu Qianren Qiu senior."
"Wow-"
The shadow of the famous tree of people, is the "Five Uniques" still good?
That's the top few people in today's martial arts, all martial arts practice!
Especially for the beggar gang, the "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng is comparable to the existence of the "Northern Beggar" Hong Lao gang leader who they worship the most.
"Iron Palm Floating on Water" Qiu Qianren, that's not simple.
In the land of these two lakes, the "Iron Palm Gang" is the existence of behemoths, and Qiu Qianren can also be regarded as the local Taishan Beidou.
Unexpectedly, the Junshan Conference recruited these two old-timers.
The other three elders of the beggar gang had heavy faces.
These two people are indeed considered martial arts seniors, but the deeds and character of the two of them, as the elders of the beggar gang, how could they not know.
"Elder Peng, who are you recommending?"
"Haha, the person recommended by Peng is Mr. Ouyang's nephew Ouyang Ke Shaoxia."
At this time, Ouyang Ke, who was dressed in white, also stepped forward with a smile on his face and greeted everyone present.
The three elders looked at each other, but they were speechless, and Elder Peng didn't seem to be in violation of the rules by doing this.
"Do you need to take a break and compete again?"
Ouyang Ke hugged his fist at Li Sheng.
"No, the beggars don't have the soft bones to be cowardly in battle."
"Haha, that's good, look at the palm."
Of course, Ouyang Ke will not be polite, and when he comes up, he is a "cold ice palm", directly hitting Li Sheng's face.
Li Sheng's true level, but he has just touched the threshold of first-class, and he has not yet been able to enter the first-class realm.
The trick of defeating everyone just now was the "Divine Dragon Tail Swinging" learned from the "Northern Beggar" Hong Qigong, because Li Sheng made a great contribution to the beggar gang, and was passed on a trick to descend the dragon and eighteen palms.
And Ouyang Ke, that is a proper first-class master, the "cold ice palm" he uses is also a peerless master.
Li Sheng barely supported more than a dozen faces, and as soon as he cast the "Divine Dragon Swing Tail", he was hit hard by Ouyang Ke and knocked out of the field with one palm.
In a hurry, Li Sheng used a trick to lower the dragon and eighteen palms, and even then he was beaten and spat blood.
"Uncle Shi—"
From the gang, a young man ran out, stepped forward and hugged Li Sheng, and found that he was shivering with cold.
"Haha, you just cast the Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descending, right? I heard what it is, the world's first palm method, it turns out that it is nothing more than that. ”
"It seems that the martial arts of my 'White Camel Mountain' in the Western Regions are even better, hahaha-"
The beggar gang was present with hundreds of people, and when they saw that Li Sheng was so easy, they were defeated in the hands of this person.
Hearing him speak so wildly, although he was angry, no one dared to go down.
For a while, the atmosphere in the field was extremely dull.
"Who said that the martial arts of 'White Camel Mountain' are better than the eighteen palms of the beggar gang?"
Suddenly, a deep voice came from outside the crowd.