Chapter Fifty-Eight: Hanako Gang Ma Cripple
Song Wen walked all the way to the side courtyard of Daxiangguo Temple, passed through a moon gate and entered a sparse bamboo forest, which was overgrown with wild grass and looked deserted for a long time.
An Chun, the leader of the little beggars, was waiting here with two taller subordinates, and Song Wen had just walked a few steps over, and there was a sound of footsteps behind him.
Looking back, Song Wen suddenly felt relieved...... Lin Chong and An Dao all arrived.
Lin Chong just bowed, and An Daoquan was so excited that his face turned red: "Brother Wen, but you want to negotiate with Bianliang's gang?" Will you do it?"
Song Wen was stunned for a moment, and found that An Daoquan's back waist seemed to be hiding something, and couldn't help laughing: "What do you think?" Let's not do those fights, kills, kills, extortions, and extortion, this time we just have a good chat with them, and by the way, we want a guarantee for Anchun and their little brothers...... After all, they are the ones who eat this bowl of rice on the streets! ”
The three brothers took An Chun directly into the bamboo forest, which was full of dead leaves and quiet, and there were many fewer weeds. Song Wen noticed that several ragged men were lazily lying in the corner next to the stones on the edge of the bamboo forest with black sticks, ignoring Song Wen and the others.
Lin Chong whispered to Song Wen: "The beggar gang has two gangs in Bianliang, and this gang in Beicheng is considered a local force in Bianliang Kaifeng, commonly known as the Huazi Gang. The gang in Nancheng gathered from elsewhere, known as the Ling'er Club! Unscrupulous means have a bad reputation. ”
Song Wen asked: "Reputation is still very important, we can't do things that ruin character!"
An Daoquan answered: "That's for sure, Brother Wen is now a little famous in the Bianliang River and Lake!" Dare to gamble with the Liao people, win the saber of the Liao nobles, and brew the world's first burning spring spirit! ”
Song Wen suddenly asked curiously, "But what kind of nickname do you have for me?"
"Well, not really."
"And ......"
In the distance, several figures sat in a clearing in the middle of the bamboo forest, with a few pots of wine on the ground, led by a tall old man with a messy beard and sharp eyes, and was looking at Song Wen and his party from a distance at this time.
An Chun whispered: "Brother Wen, the one in the middle is the leader of the Beicheng Huazi Gang, Ma Cripple, who was a prisoner who fought hard in the Western Army!" Later, he was lame because he saved a Qianzhi, but after returning to his hometown in Bianliang with a reward, he found that his wife and children were killed. The old magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion took pity on his plight, so he only sentenced him to 50 years of hard labor with a cane......"
"Later, the official family granted amnesty to the world, and the lame horse was released, but he scattered all his family wealth to help many local beggars and homeless people, and he had a good martial arts, so he was praised by these people as the leader of the Huazi Gang in Beicheng......"
A martial artist dressed in short clothes stood up and said to Song Wen: "Brother Wen, Old Pavilion Master Zhou asked me to come over and introduce you and Brother Ma, come here...... Brother Ma, this is the little brother Song Wen and Song who gambled with the Liao people to promote the majesty of my great Song Hanzi! ”
Song Wen vaguely remembered that this martial artist was a disciple of Zhou Dong of the Jingshi Imperial Boxing Gym, surnamed Feng ......, "Brother Feng, thank you for your trouble!" ”
Martial Master Feng laughed: "A little thing, not enough to worry about!"
Song Wen bowed and saluted: "Boy Song Wen has seen the horse gang leader!"
The lame man nodded and stood up with an iron rod, and replied, "My old thing has inconvenient legs and feet, but this gift still has to be returned!" I only respect you, this doll has the heroic spirit of our big Song man......"
Feng Wushi continued: "Brother Ma doesn't know, this Brother Wen is a good way to make money and is equally benevolent!" There are also eight orphans in the army on the Zhuangzi outside the city, plus these little beggars who are taken care of in the city...... There are more than 20 people! ”
The old beggar Ma Cripple nodded, leaned over and picked up a dirty coarse porcelain bowl...... "I've heard of it!" Yes, it's worth calling Hanako to give you a bowl of wine again! ”
Song Wen took the dirty wine bowl with both hands and drank it all, and then took out a huge wine gourd from behind him: "Ma Gang Master, since they are all well-known men, they should drink the best liquor in the world...... Burn Spring! The kid brought a gourd over, and today he will invite the old hero to get drunk! ”
"Hahahaha! That relationship is good, it's not a secret, the wine worm in Hanako's belly has long been eager to try, but the threshold of Gaoyang Zhengdian is too high, the wine is too expensive, and I can't afford it! ”
Feng Wushi next to him quipped: "With your brother Ma's reputation, sit at the door of his Gaoyang main store, and the shopkeeper will respectfully invite the old brother to come in and entertain him in the private room!"
"Hey, that's not going to work! The disciples and grandchildren sang a lotus flower at the door and said an auspicious word, just beg for some food and scattered copper coins, we can't break the rules! Unscrupulous means are not what our Hanako Gang do......"
Song Wendao: "That's why the kid thought of coming to visit the seniors, these little brothers I accepted, if it weren't for the old-timers to take care of them in the past few years, I'm afraid they wouldn't have survived two years at all."
The lame horse pulled Song Wen to sit on the broken futon, and sighed: "In the past few years, there have been more and more beggars and homeless, and I can't take care of it!" And they are all hungry and full, the rules left by the gang before, if you don't worship Master Xiangtang before the age of sixteen, you can't be considered a formal disciple! I can give them a mouthful of gruel, and you can save so many dolls...... My old name is Hanako, thank you! ”
After the greetings, Martial Master Feng said goodbye and left, his task was completed, and the rest of the matter was the private matter of Song Wen and the Huazi Gang, and the Imperial Boxing Gym did not want to and would not participate more.
The old man called Huazi Ma Cripple drank a sip of fire and burned spring, exhaled spicily, and then wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth and asked, "According to this, Brother Wen offended that Wang Huang?" Although the Hanako Gang has some ability in the market, who can suppress this court member? However, if Brother Wen is in danger, he can come to find the old man in advance...... Even if you fight for your life, we have to send you out of Bianliang safely! ”
Song Wen shook his head ...... "I came here today, firstly, to thank the elder brother for his maintenance grace for these little brothers under him!" Second, I want to join forces with my brother's Hanako Gang to do something! ”
"Oh? Aren't you afraid of offending such a big official?"
"No matter how big it is, it's too big to gamble with the Liao people! In addition, as long as public opinion is rampant, as long as people in the court can talk about these things once...... Even if he is unwilling, he can only swallow this breath into his stomach! I'm from a little turtle father, and I won't set foot in the court in this life, what are you afraid of him doing?"
"Good! Bold and daring! Tell me, how do you want our Hanako Gang to help you?"
Song Wen thanked the lame man first, and then took out a bronze medal! The bronze plaque has the words Four Seas Wine Shop and several strange symbols on it. Song Wen continued: "The Huazi Gang is benevolent and righteous first, and the Ma Gang leader is even more righteous and does more good deeds!" Today, I will hand over this bronze medal to the master of the horse gang, as long as I don't fall down in the future! With this bronze medal every month, the Huazi Gang can pay 30 copper coins and 3 stones of rice grain from the Four Seas Wine Workshop...... I swear an alliance with my brother today, and in the future, the Hanako Gang will be my allies in the Four Seas Wine Workshop, and they will advance and retreat together rain or shine! ”