Volume 3 Jianghu Dao, People's Hearts Are Dangerous Chapter 199 Shuzhong Tangmen
As an authentic Sichuan and Shu Chinese, Xiao Qian's understanding of Tangmen is naturally very deep, even deeper than many guests in the hall.
Now that Sun Ning asked her about the situation of the Tang Sect, she also told everything she knew in detail.
"The Tang Sect is said to have taken root in Shu as early as the middle of the Li Tang Dynasty, and they also pasted gold on their faces, saying that they were the descendants of this royal family, and they were left by the descendants of Li Longji, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, who avoided Shu during the Anshi Rebellion.
"But in order not to cause trouble, they didn't take Li as their surname, but instead took the country name as the surname of the family, and this is why they have the Tang family in Shuzhong."
When Xiao Qian talked about this period of the past, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, revealing a trace of disdain.
After drinking a glass of wine to moisten her throat, she continued: "The next few hundred years were actually not easy for the Tang family. After all, they are outsiders, and there are more or less contradictions and gaps between them and the local wealthy clans, they can only curry favor with all sides, endure humiliation, and use various ways to make their own family gain a firm foothold in Shuzhong.
"They have tried to go through business and officialdom, but the results are not too promising.
"It wasn't until two hundred years ago that the Tang family produced an unborn genius, a genius who practiced martial arts, that the situation of the entire Tang family changed.
"This ancestor of the Tang family named Tang Aotian not only has a strong martial arts, but also has a clever mind, and actually through simple things such as bows and crossbows and various darts and hidden weapons, he has realized that he can make more ingenious weapons, which can kill people with the help of machine springs.
It is precisely with these weapons that their Tang family was able to shine in the rivers and lakes of Shuzhong, eradicating those so-called master enemies of the past one by one, and even destroying them.
It was also at that time that the Tang family showed a family style that was far more united than the ordinary gangs, and a more fierce and domineering style.
"Ordinary children of the rivers and lakes always have deaths and injuries when they walk outside, and even if they cause disputes, most of the time they just seek justice, and they pay attention to the wrongs and debts.
"But the Tang Sect is not like this, as long as it is an enemy who harms his family's children, it is a great enemy who will not die and slaughter the family. Moreover, their methods are ruthless and they use everything, which leads to the danger of everyone in Shuzhong, and even coerces all the forces in the Central Plains. ”
Sun Ning listened to her eloquently, and couldn't help but be amazed: "This Tang family is really not afraid of making enemies on all sides, and it is still a strong clan in the southwest to this day, but it is an outlier." ”
"It's not like they've had a life-and-death crisis."
Xiao Qian smiled: "Just when they were at their peak, they were finally attacked by the forces of all parties in the southwest. The united heroes even went straight to the Tang Family Fort, where their main hall was located, and almost uprooted the entire Tang Sect.
"But the next two things saved them, and finally allowed the Tang family to stand for two hundred years and become the Tang Gate in today's powerful Shu."
"Oh? But what's the matter? ”
"First, they found a backer, the Hou Xiao family in Dingxi.
"The Xiao family was originally a noble military general of the imperial court in southern Yunnan, and then moved to Shuzhong for some reason to control the entire southwest territory.
And to do this, it is inevitable to have contradictions and frictions with many barbarian tribes and wealthy families entrenched in Shu at that time.
"Although the Xiao family has the imperial court to rely on, it is located in the middle of nowhere, and in addition to the soldiers and horses, they can only find the local forces in Shuzhong to work together.
So the Tang family seized this opportunity and took the initiative to take refuge in the Xiao family.
"Their actions are also decisive enough, almost the entire family is taken out, they ask for money, they want people, and they don't care if their children die...... In this way, the two parties joined forces and dealt a severe blow to the Jianghu forces and barbarians on all sides in Shuzhong - this is also one of the reasons why they made enemies on all sides.
"So when the Tang family is attacked by all sides of the rivers and lakes, the government will naturally not sit idly by, so there is foreign aid.
"And another key is that at this critical juncture, the Tang family has finally discovered another stunt of theirs in addition to hidden weapons - using poison!"
Xiao Qian said this, and Sun Ning immediately remembered the terrifying secret weapon he saw when he was assassinated in Liangzhou City.
Aren't the fine needles bursting out of the ball all blue and poisonous?
This is exactly the characteristic means of the Tang Gate.
Xiao Qian drank another glass of wine, and there was a lot of strangeness in her expression, as if she was emotional, and she seemed to be afraid: "The secret weapon and the unique poison are too great to kill the opponent."
"In just one battle, hundreds of people were recruited, and then the vast majority of them died of poison before they could stay overnight, and their deaths were extremely miserable, and their flesh and blood were festering.
"The people in the rivers and lakes are happy to take revenge, or many of them are not afraid of death, but such a miserable scene still scares more than eighty percent of the people.
In addition, the government came forward again at this time, and the officials and soldiers also had the intention of mobilizing to come, which finally made them feel frightened, and finally had to negotiate peace with the Tang Sect, but they had grievances.
"After this battle, the Tang Sect completely shocked all parties in the southwest, especially those who had seen their quenching secret weapons, and they did not dare to regenerate the idea of being enemies for many years.
And after experiencing this life-and-death catastrophe, Tangmen has a further understanding of his own strengths. simply completely calmed down, constantly researching and developing different hidden weapons and poisons, coupled with their own growing techniques and martial arts of sending hidden weapons, finally two hundred years later, they have become a terrifying existence in the entire southwest that everyone talks about. ”
After saying that, most of the pot of wine fell into Xiao Qian's stomach.
However, this time, Sun Ning no longer stopped it, because his mind had been taken away by the process of the rise of the Tang Sect, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
The Tang Gate in Shuzhong is famous all over the world, and it is really true.
Obviously, after two hundred years of development and improvement, today's Tang family's secret weapons have reached an unprecedented height, so if they can be used for their own use, when they are put on the battlefield, will they be able to exert great lethality?
But then, he smiled again.
I'm afraid that the current Tang Sect has long been unwilling to be subservient, right?
Just from the style of Tang Lie and his party seen today, you can know how domineering they are, and in this troubled era, will such a family that prides itself on being a descendant of Li Tang have greater ambitions?
Just when Sun Ning had such a strange judgment in his heart, it was quite lively, but the hall where there was a lot of money suddenly quieted.
When he hurriedly looked up, he found that everyone's eyes fell on the top, and Tang Lie, the master of the South Fire Hall of the Tang Gate, was getting up to raise a glass, toasting to Yan Baichuan, and said with a smile at the end: "Today, I am waiting to come, in addition to congratulating the Lord of Yan Castle on his birthday, there is actually one more thing I want to discuss with the Yan family." ”
Sure enough, the comer is not good, and there are other plans!