The autumn wind is bleak and the waves are surging.

On Liugong Island, the wind and clouds will meet.

These three days have passed in a blink of an eye.

On the day of the Seven Heroes' Meeting, as soon as noon arrived, the heroes from all over the world had already landed on the island one after another on the boats provided by the Cao Gang.

It is said that the Weihaiwei area, including Liugong Island, is an important coastal defense area of the imperial court, and it is guarded and managed by garrisons all year round, and no one is allowed to ferry to and fro at will, but today...... They still opened the net.

Why?

That's naturally because Cao helped the local snake "get it".

This Dengzhou Mansion is the base camp of the Cao Gang, and they are ...... with the local government and garrison Can that relationship be bad?

In short, today, the coast near Liugong Island is occupied by the Cao Gang, and all those who go to the island without exception have to take the boat provided by them.

If you want to get your own boat and make a detour from somewhere else, you have to think about it, the garrison on the island is not blind, they are all veterans who have dealt with the Japanese pirates all year round, and you can see it in broad daylight from a few kilometers on the sea, of course...... If you can jump off a boat a few kilometers away and dive all the way to the island, you're in for a treat.

"Qingzhou Salt Gang Cao Gang Leader has arrived-"

At noon, when the sun was in the sky, there was a sudden shout on the shore, which attracted the attention of many people.

There is no doubt that the Salt Gang among the four and three gangs is still very good.

Everyone knows that among the "six heroes" now, in terms of comprehensive strength, it must be the strongest in the Cao Gang, but if you only talk about the ability to "make money", it has to be the Salt Gang to earn more.

Cao Fengchao, the leader of the Salt Gang, is fifty-three this year, with a smiling and fat face like Maitreya Buddha, and he is also big-shouldered and round-waisted, looking amiable, and polite to everyone.

On weekdays, this Cao gang leader is able to speak, be a person, and have a smart brain, especially good at mathematics...... That is, to settle accounts; according to the current term, what property, co-ordination, public relations, HR...... and the final job, he can do it all, and he can be described as a natural businessman.

But at the same time, he is not just a "businessman".

Back then, the former gang leader of the Salt Gang had a total of sons: the eldest was strong in martial arts, brave and heroic, and his personality was most like his father; although the second brother's martial arts were weaker than the eldest brother's, he was quite scheming, and he was also very good at patting his father's sycophants; only his third brother, Cao Fengchao, had a modest personality, and even a little weak, he was obsessed with reading and counting all day long, and he didn't like to practice martial arts, and he didn't look like his father at all, plus he was still a concubine, so he was not treated well by his father, and his two brothers didn't take him seriously, and no one thought of "uniting" him.

As a result, after a few years, the old gang leader died of a violent illness and passed the throne to the second brother, the boss must not be convinced, so the two brothers had a "battle for succession" within the salt gang, and finally the boss saw that he was going to lose, and he was anxious, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and his second brother came to the same end.

You say this is a good hatred for your own brother, how much hatred is it?

But many families in this world are like this, some parents and children are enemies until death, some brothers are enemies since they were sensible, and some relatives make you wish that you were held wrong in the hospital back then.

Anyway...... Those two goods are dead, they can't be left without owners in the gang for a day, at this time, many of the "old ministers" around the former gang leader, those "meritorious people" jumped out one by one.

Cao Fengchao was only in his early twenties that year, and he looked like a little fat man who could be bullied by anyone, and everyone thought that he could snatch the position of gang leader from him.

Therefore, Cao Fengchao had just succeeded to the throne, and those old guys came out to stumble him everywhere, saying that this would not work or that no matter what he proposed......

They originally planned: if they make trouble like this for a while, the affairs of the gang will definitely be in chaos, and then they will use this as a reason to gather together to accuse Cao Fengchao of being immoral and incompetent, unworthy of inheriting the position of gang leader, and should "choose another virtuous".

Where could they have thought that the little fat man was like a mirror in his heart, he knew exactly what they were calculating, and at the critical moment, he was also ruthless......

Cao Fengchao's seemingly harmless appearance made those old guys completely unwary of him, which led to the fact that Cao Fengchao only spent one night to let those "old ministers" collectively retire early.

Let's not talk about the details, I've read the paragraph before the end of "The Godfather", that's pretty much what it means.

After that, Cao Fengchao sat firmly in the position of the leader of the Salt Gang, and he has ...... so far It has been more than 30 years.

The Salt Gang under his leadership, compared with a "Jianghu Gang", is more and more like a pure business group, which is quite similar to the "High-speed Rail Gang".

Although Cao Fengchao's father had a good relationship with the imperial court back then, he was actually always regarded as a "reckless man who could be used", but Cao Fengchao is different, after years of hard work, his relationship with some forces in the imperial court is now more than "good".

The methods used by this fat man are not too complicated...... It was during these years that he "created man" as soon as he had time, and before he was forty years old, not counting those who died young, he had a total of thirteen children with ten wives and concubines, and nine of these daughters, without exception, were married to officials in the court or sons of eunuchs.

Do you think his business will be difficult?

Therefore, what is the dispute between the rivers and lakes, and what is the head of the four doors and three gangs...... Cao Fengchao really doesn't care, he just comes to make soy sauce every time.

The other heads of the Four Sects and Three Gangs also understand that Cao Laosan's ambition is not in the rivers and lakes, he wants to do some business to earn his money, and he will let the Salt Gang continue to stay in the "Seven Heroes", mainly because this is the alliance that his father led the gang to join before his death, and there is no need for him to deliberately withdraw under any special circumstances, anyway, he will not fight with others, and no one will take the initiative to argue with the Salt Gang.

"Huh...... The little brother of the Cao Gang is polite. "Cao Fengchao, even if he faced an ordinary Cao Gang disciple who led people to board the boat on the shore, he was smiling and polite.

"The Cao gang master was polite, and the villain was terrified. "The disciple who is in charge of receiving people is also quite good at talking, and he also hurriedly responded, "The Di Gang Master has set up a banquet on the island to wait, and there are Lao Cao Gang Leader and the heroes of the Salt Gang who are ranked on the island to move again, get on the boat and land on the island, and there will be someone on the island to greet you, please ......"

"Okay, hehehe......" Cao Fengchao listened, waved his hand, and walked to the dock with a large group of people behind him with a smile on his face.

There were a lot of people from the Salt Gang, and they had to take a larger boat, and the big ship would be stranded if it was too close to the shore, so they had to follow the dock to a deeper place to board the boat.

And where the water money is next to it, there are also some Jianghu tourists who wade through the water and take a small boat directly to the island, and those are basically small sects and stragglers.

So is it true that as long as you are a person in the rivers and lakes, anyone can come to the island?

Apparently not.

No, one of them was stopped.

"Eh, why are you blocking me?" said a young man of seventeen or eighteen.

This person has a face with a Shen character, inverted triangular eyes, two willow leaf wide eyebrows, the eyebrows are thick in the middle, the wings are light, the nose is short, the lips are thick, and there are a little rabbit teeth.

If you look at his appearance, he is not outstanding, and then look at his dress, it is even more shabby: a coarse cloth dress and shoes, there are many patches on them, the hair on his head is not neatly tied, and there is a broken sword pinned to his waist that you know is very worn just by looking at the scabbard.

As for this one, if he simply untied his bun and threw away his sword for a stick, he said that he was a beggar, and others might believe it.

"Boy...... I want to ask you......" One of the gang minions on the shore squinted at him, "who are you? Do you know where this ship is going?"

"Hey, didn't I tell you just now? My name is Ling Huxiang, and I'm here to see the Seven Heroes. Ling Huxiang replied.

"It's because I've never heard of you at all, that's why I asked you, who are you?" the Cao gang continued, "You just don't have a nickname or anything, so let's tell me which sect you belong to?"

"I ......" Ling Hu Xiang looked embarrassed at this moment, and he replied hesitantly, "...... I have no sect. ”

"Hah!" the minions laughed, but he hadn't said it too badly, "I'm sorry, our Seven Heroes also have rules, and we won't accept these nameless people." ”

"Eh, don't you Cao Gang claim that all the heroes of the martial arts in the world can come to testify?" Ling Hu Xiang was unconvinced.

"Hmph...... Boy, you're really good at putting gold on your face, I'm polite to you, and you're kicking your nose in the face, aren't you?" The minions were undoubtedly annoyed, "Are you, a nobody, one of the heroes in the world?" Then any person who comes and holds a broken sword in his hand can say that he is a hero? Also, you can't report your own sect, and no one has heard your name, so who knows if you are a fine work sent by the evil sect? If you really let you go to the island, who is responsible for what happened?"

Although he was a little snobbish at the beginning, he was also a little reasonable in the second half, and Ling Huxiang was indeed not easy to refute, and he was speechless for a while.

"Why are you still standing, hurry up, don't get in the way of the people behind!" Seeing that Ling Huxiang didn't speak or move, the Cao gang became more and more impatient, so he stepped forward and pushed him, "Really...... Where did the poor boy come from, he also wanted to go to the island like this, what did he think of our Seven Heroes...... ......Shh Shame. ”

He pushed the other away and spat there, swearing in his mouth.

But in less than two seconds, in the face of the other heroes who came over, he immediately put on a smiling face and entertained him.

Ling Huxiang was humiliated by this minion, but he couldn't do anything, he stood there silently for a while, thinking about it, he could only turn his head and go back.

Who knows, as soon as he turned around, he almost collided with someone.

The man also stood behind him at some point, and he was still standing quite close, so that Hu Xiang didn't notice that he had something in his heart.

"Hey, look at it, what are you doing standing behind me?" Ling Huxiang also had a little fire in his heart at this time, and he spoke very quickly.

Lin Yuancheng was very quiet, as quiet as water, and quietly looked at the broken sword on Ling Huxiang's waist: "Good sword." ”

When Ling Huxiang heard this, his eyes widened: "Who are you scolding?

"I'm talking about the sword at your waist. Lin Yuancheng replied unhurriedly.

As the so-called slap doesn't make a sound, Ling Hu Xiang saw that the other party was so calm, and it seemed that he had indeed misunderstood, so he also calmed down: "Oh?

"Your sword, though it is worn and old, is not bad in terms of materials or the craftsmanship of the swordsmith, and now it is so broken because it has been tempered in the hands of the swordsman...... In my opinion, as long as you find a good craftsman to repair and sharpen your sword, you will be able to dry the wood in the spring, and it will be better than at the beginning. "This Lin Yuancheng looks at the sword, which is similar to the old woman looking at the woman, the latter doesn't need the woman to strip naked to know a lot of information, and Lin Yuancheng doesn't need the sword out of the sheath to know this.

"Really, brother, aren't you fooling me?" Ling Huxiang was actually a little unsure, because this sword was picked up by him with the sword book, and it was already very broken when he picked it up, and he didn't see how good this sword was before it was useless.

"It's just...... Even if you repair the sword body, the 'qi yun' on this sword is still not worthy of it, I think this is a weapon passed on to you by your master, right?" Lin Yuancheng said, looking up at Ling Huxiang, "Hmm...... With your current cultivation, if you want this sword to show its edge again, I'm afraid you will have to practice for a few more years. ”

"Hey, who are you?" these words made Hu Xiang not like to hear them, although he could vaguely feel that this was the truth, but these words came out of the mouth of a person his own age in a tone like "lesson" and "pointing...... I don't like it, this young man is arrogant, isn't it, "Do you have to agree to my sword?"

"Heh......" Lin Yuancheng was choked by him, but laughed, "Yes, I seem to be nosy, sorry, I borrowed it." ”

With that, he walked around Ling Huxiang and walked forward.

In fact, Lin Yuancheng will come to such a show, also because he also has something on his mind now.

A few days ago, wasn't the saber that had accompanied Lin Yuancheng for many years cut off by Kohei Terashima? Although it was not a treasure blade, it was also a good sword, and it was something he had been using since he was a child.

So today, when Lin Yuancheng saw Ling Huxiang's sword, and saw that the sword was wrapped with the extraordinary aura of the previous master, he was a little distracted, and he couldn't help but walk behind the people and say a few more words.

"Eh, you wait. Ling Huxiang suddenly remembered something, turned around and chased after him.

"Is there anything else?" Lin Yuancheng thought that the other party still wanted to quarrel with him, but unexpectedly......

"What's that...... Brother, you're also going to participate in the Seven Heroes Meeting, right?" Ling Huxiang squeezed out a smile and asked in a somewhat subtle tone.

Lin Yuancheng is not deaf either, he actually heard the conversation between Ling Huxiang and the Cao gang just now, so he immediately reacted at this moment: "Do you want me to take you to the island?"

"I wonder if my brother can make it convenient?" Ling Huxiang said with his fists clenched.

"No, you can't. Lin Yuancheng also replied quickly, "I also came with the same door, but I walked slower." He paused, raised his hand and pointed ahead, "Look, the big ship in the distance is the boat that my sect is on, and they are still waiting for me right now......" He looked at Ling Huxiang again, "If you want to follow me on the boat, I must ask for my master's consent, and his old man will never agree, so ......"

"Uh......" made Fox Xiang look disappointed, "That...... I won't be strong, don't bother my brother, please. ”

He is also a reasonable person, or he has to make a face, so as not to mess around.

Lin Yuancheng also has a good impression of this Ling Hu Xiang, one is because they are the same age, and the other is also a swordsman; Lin Yuancheng may not be very accurate in seeing people, but when he sees Ling Hu Xiang's sword, as well as the cocoon in Ling Hu Xiang's hand and the sword qi on his body, he knows that this is also a person who is sincere to the sword, so he has a little heart to help.

Just when he was hesitating whether to try his luck with his master, suddenly, two figures came into his sight.

At this moment, Lin Yuancheng smiled slightly, and immediately stopped Ling Huxiang: "This friend, please stay." ”

"Hmm, is there anything else?" asked Ling Huxiang when he turned around.

"I can't help you, but I have two friends, and I think they will find a way to bring you to the island. Lin Yuancheng said.

"Oh?" Ling Hu Xiang became emotional again when he heard this, "Really?"

"Of course it's true...... Lin Yuancheng said with a smile, "With their ability, don't say that they will take you to the island...... Even if it is not difficult to bring ten or eight unrelated people to the island. ”

"And where is your friend now?" Ling Huxiang hurriedly asked.

"There it is. Lin Yuancheng said, and pointed to the side and back of the command fox Xiang.

Ling Huxiang looked in the direction he pointed, and saw two people walking in the distance: one was wearing a brown-gray robe, with crane hair and a childish face, a long beard, and a big burden on his back;

These two goods...... Anyone with a little eyesight could tell that the beards on their faces were fake, and from the skin they showed they were not old at all, and besides, the gait and frequency with which they walked were those of young people, and they were very light.

Others may not be able to see who they are for a while, but Lin Yuancheng can still recognize them, after all, he has more contact with Sun Huang and is quite familiar, and he can still see through such a scumbag disguise.

As soon as Ling Huxiang saw these two, he felt a sense of harmony coming to his face, and he couldn't help but ask Lin Yuancheng: "Brother, aren't you blinded by me, do you? Why do I think that your two friends are also planning to 'mix' on the island?"

Lin Yuancheng didn't reply to his words, but quickly greeted Sun Yihuan and Huang Donglai.

Lin Yuancheng was not polite to the two of them, and asked, "...... you two Where's this now?"

"Dare to ask who this young man is, it seems that our second elder and you are meeting for the first time, right?" The next second, Sun Yihuan replied in a tone, and as he spoke, he gave Lin Yuancheng a fierce look.

"Huh...... Okay, then I hope the two 'seniors' will do me a favor......" Lin Yuancheng couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only answer according to their wishes, and then turned to look at Ling Huxiang and said, "This Ling Hu Shaoxia is a friend of Lin, just because he has no sect and no faction, and he has no reputation in the rivers and lakes, so he was blocked by the disciples of the Cao Gang and did not let him go to the island." Lin begged the two of them to take him to the island together, and let Lin trouble you again. ”

Sun Yixiang heard the words and glanced at Huang Donglai.

Before the two of them could speak, they had completed the exchange, so Huang Donglai answered in the next second: "It's not a hassle." ”

"Yes! Lin Yuancheng said, "Then Lin will go first, and we will meet on the island." ”

With that, he arched his hand and turned to the docks.

"Eh, brother, what's your name?" Ling Huxiang called out to him again when he saw him leave.

"Lin Yuancheng. Lin Yuancheng replied without replying.

When he walked away, Ling Huxiang turned his head and found that Sun Yixiang and Huang Donglai had already arrived in front of him.

"II...... Two ...... I don't know ...... you guys" Ling Huxiang was intimidated by the strange momentum of these two, and it was really a bit empty.

"Needless to say, you come with us, and act when the opportunity comes. Sun Yi said humorously.

............

When they came to the shore, the Cao gang who had driven away Ling Huxiang had been waiting for a long time.

This minion is not blind, although he didn't hear what Ling Huxiang said to Lin Yuancheng and Shuanghuan, but he probably guessed that the two fake bearded goods in front of him were going to take this nameless poor boy to the island together, can he let him go?

"Well, you stop. Seeing them approaching, the minion immediately beckoned to a few of the gangsters beside him, and several Cao Gang disciples immediately stood in a row and stopped them, blocking the way for the three of them to board the boat.

"Little brother...... Do you have any advice?" Sun Yi looked at the other party and calmly responded.

"Advice? Huh...... Can't. The minion sneered, "I just wanted to ask...... He frowned, pursed his mouth, and crooked his eyes, "Who are you?"