Hearing Xie Yixiang's question, Ye Dinggong replied: "It is estimated that there are more than 12,000 martial arts people who came to the meeting this time. Regardless of those lone masters who have no door and no faction, there are more than 170 large and small gangs in total, almost the entire Central Plains martial arts, and now sixty or seventy percent have arrived in Xishan. If Miss Xie San wants me to list them one by one, it will be a little embarrassing for my brother...... Well, I'll test you, according to Miss Xie San's opinion, how should all the gangs in the Central Plains martial arts be classified and classified?"

Xie Yixiang didn't think about this question, thought about it for a while, and immediately replied: "Naturally, it is divided by region. But seeing Ye Dinggong slowly shook his head, put down his chopsticks and said: "This is the consistent classification method on the rivers and lakes, but it is not advisable." For example, the beggars and the Jianghai gang, the former had its headquarters in Luoyang, but its power was north of the Yellow River, and the latter's headquarters was located in Zhenjiang, and its disciples walked among the three rivers and five lakes. If they are geographically defined, which state and province should they belong to?"

"Second, taking the two capitals and thirteen envoys of this dynasty as an example, there is actually a difference between the number, scale and martial arts of gangs in various places, and if it is strictly divided into state capitals, districts and counties, it will make it difficult to balance the strength of martial arts in various places, and bury the hidden danger of bullying the weak. To put it in layman's terms, it is impossible to achieve a bowl of water. ”

As he spoke, he smiled slightly, and said proudly: "This grand event of 'Taihu Lake Stresses Martial Arts', Xuanwu Feihuamen is not only to unify the rivers and lakes in the name of the imperial court, but also to command the heroes, so the entire Central Plains martial arts should have a new look, thus opening up a new situation and a new atmosphere, how can we change the soup without changing the medicine, and follow the bad habit of dividing the gangs and factions by region in the past?"

Xie Yixiang couldn't help but be interested, and said, "I wish Lord Wen Ye would see it." ”

At that moment, Ye Dinggong explained: "The so-called 'gangs' on the rivers and lakes can actually be divided into two categories, one is 'gangs' and the other is 'sects'. The most fundamental difference between the two lies in whether the martial arts of the disciples are of the same origin and whether they all come from the same lineage. ”

"For example, the beggar gang, the Jianghai Gang, the Salt Gang, the Tianxing Sect, the Murder Alliance, the Flying Dragon Village, the Kamikaze Dart Bureau, etc., and even the uninvited Shenhuo Sect, in the final analysis, are all alliances formed out of morality or interests. Although they have complete gang rules and strict management, there may also be some divine skills that have been passed down internally, and even passed down intermittently for dozens or even hundreds of years, but because of the different identities of their disciples, they are all introduced to the arts, so that the martial arts are chaotic, and there is no unified martial arts ancestry. Therefore, such gangs are 'gangs', and their number accounts for about forty percent of the entire martial arts. ”

"For example, the Wudang faction, if it is traced back to the origin, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a Taoist patriarch 'Wenshi Zhenren' Yin Xi who was as famous as Li Er in Wudang Mountain, and until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a complete set of Taoist treasures and martial arts have been inherited from generation to generation, which has gradually evolved into today's Wudang faction; Therefore, this kind of gangs in the rivers and lakes is a 'sect', and its number accounts for about sixty percent of the entire martial arts. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Dinggong breathed a sigh of relief, then drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and said: "As for the sixty percent 'sects' in the martial arts, they can be further subdivided into 'three shows and one hidden'. ”

"The so-called 'three manifests' refer to the three major 'Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism' in the world. Speaking of those who came to the meeting this time, the Shijia sects such as Wutai Mountain Dafu Linghu Temple, Jiuhua Mountain Huacheng Temple, Luoyang White Horse Temple, Kaifeng Daxiangguo Temple, Suzhou Hanshan Temple, Jiazhou Lingyun Temple, Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, etc., Taoist sects such as Wudang Mountain Zhenwuguan, Kongtong Mountain Wendao Palace, Qiyun Mountain Quanzhen Dao, Longhu Mountain Zhengyi, Taishan Bixia Temple, Jiangxi Maoshan Road, Tianya Haijiao Pavilion, etc., are the two famous Buddhist and Taoist sects in the martial arts. The remaining schools can be classified as Confucianism, such as the Huashan School, the Baiyun Sword School, the Nangong Family, the Emei Sword School, the Kunlun School, the Huangshan School, the Murong Villa, etc., are among them. ”

"And the so-called 'one hidden' refers to all the hidden schools in the world at that time, which are neither Buddhism nor Taoism, and obviously do not belong to Confucianism, all belong to this category. Among them, the most famous is naturally the Mo family, which is divided into two factions: the Tianshan Mo family and the Qingcheng Mo family. In addition, there are Shennong Valley, Senluo Palace, Buried Sword Pavilion, Baicao Hall, Tianyi Pavilion, Five Poisons Sect, etc., and even the Guigu Dao of the small path leader who walked with you this time can also be classified as 'Yiyin'. ”

In the end, Ye Dinggong concluded: "Therefore, more than 170 gangs and more than 12,000 people who came to participate in the 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts' can be divided into 'three manifests, one hidden and one gang'. Except for a very small number of gangs that are really unable to attend the meeting, this time it also covers at least eighty or ninety percent of the gangs in the world. ”

After listening to Ye Dinggong's explanation, Xie Yixiang knew that the momentum of "Taihu Lake Martial Arts" was so big this time, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened. However, after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't help but ask: "It is said that there is another faction in the martial arts, which has always been on a par with Wudang, and is known as the 'Taishan Beidou' of the Central Plains Martial Arts, but Lord Ye did not mention it. I wonder if they refused to come to the meeting, or if Lord Ye didn't invite them at all?"

Ye Dinggong suddenly laughed and said: "Miss Xie San's good question! You must know that the reason why the faction you mentioned can have today's grand occasion is, in the final analysis, just the love of friends from all walks of life in the rivers and lakes, coupled with the hype of all kinds of drama and literary commentaries, which can make this faction and Wudang side by side, and gain a false name of 'Taishan Beidou'." As everyone knows, this faction got its name because of this, but it doesn't think of serving the court, and it doesn't think about helping the people, and the incense money that comes in every day is not enough, but whenever someone mentions his name between the government and the opposition, he will come to blackmail and collect money, like this kind of ingratitude, forgetting the original and chasing the end, the rivers and lakes have already been scolded. Therefore, this 'Taihu Lake Talks about Martial Arts' did not invite this faction, not only the meaning of my Xuanwu Feihuamen and even the imperial court, but also the common aspiration of all gangs in the martial arts;

Xie Yixiang was dumbfounded when she heard this, and said in her heart: "This Ye Dinggong is so big, although there are irregularities in the words and deeds of this faction, it has a thousand-year-old inheritance, how can you remove it with a word?" I heard Xian Jingyue suddenly ask: "I don't know which category of Xuanwu Feihuamen is among the 'Three Manifests, One Hidden and One Gang'?"

As soon as these words came out, Ye Dinggong was stunned for a moment. He didn't think about this problem, hurriedly poured himself a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "My brother's words are wrong, my Xuanwu Feihuamen is working for the imperial court, and there are even pro-military governors and even the emperor himself behind him, how can I compare with those mud legs on the rivers and lakes?"

Xian Jingyue was speechless immediately, just bowed her head to eat. It is said that as early as on the way to Taihu Lake, he had a discussion with Xie Yixiang. You must know that the height of the temple, the distance of the rivers and lakes, the coexistence of the imperial court and the martial arts, just like day and night, the scorching sun and the bright moon, are both interdependent and mutually restrictive, so the delicate balance in the world has been maintained for thousands of years. And the imperial court forcibly intervened in the rivers and lakes this time, trying to unify the rivers and lakes and command the heroes, which will undoubtedly break this balance, although I don't know what the final result will be, but the two of them are also half of the people in the rivers and lakes, if they are regarded as people in the rivers and lakes, this move is obviously not advisable.

Moreover, for Xie Yixiang, the death of her father Xie Fengxuan is almost equivalent to being given death by the emperor, she has resentment in her heart, and she is unwilling to serve the court from the bottom of her heart, let alone ask her to help the court take the lead and help the court harm the rivers and lakes. So she came this time, more because of the order of the criminal arrest room, and at the same time, she also accompanied her senior brother on a trip, and never thought of interfering in the process.

At that moment, Xie Yixiang asked: "The rivers and lakes have their own rules, even if the imperial court intends to interfere arbitrarily, it cannot be an exception; Now, since the Xuanwu Feihuamen wants to dominate the martial arts as a similar 'martial arts alliance leader', it is always inseparable from the word 'martial arts', and it has to rely on the senior brother to overwhelm the group with one person and one sword skill. I don't know if Lord Ye has ever calculated in detail who are the masters of the gang that went to the meeting this time?"

Ye Dinggong had already taken a hairy crab, and said with a smile while peeling the crab: "Miss Xie San doesn't need to worry, I am the same as an official of the court, how can I put my senior brother in danger? The list of celebrities in the rivers and lakes' is under a group of masters. However, these sects had already had contact with the imperial court in private, and they were all in favor of the arrangement for the Xuanwu Feihuamen to take over the entire martial arts. So these masters are not only not our enemies, but even our friends. ”

"As for the so-called 'Jianghu Celebrity List' master, Wen Tianting, who ranked first, has already died; the third-ranked old man Qingzhu is not only indifferent to fame and fortune, but also greedy for life and afraid of death, like this kind of martial arts conference, it is a plan that he will never come; Mo Hanshan, the fifth-ranked Mo family giant, is currently leading the Mo family disciples to fight against the five-nation alliance in Jiayuguan, and he will not come either; Tu Lingxiao, the seventh-ranked Tibetan Tu Lingxiao, is no longer alive, and he still died under the knife of Jingyue's elder brother. Except for these people, the rankings on the list are not worth mentioning. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Dinggong's face suddenly sank, and he said: "So the real threatening opponents this time are Gongsun Mo Ming, the sect leader of the Divine Fire Sect, who was just mentioned by Brother Jingyue, and Penglaike, who reappeared in the Central Plains, plus Zhu Ruoyu, the head of the Emei Sword Sect. In addition, although Nangong Xiao, the number one master of the Beggar Gang and the leader of the Nangong family, has ambition, it is not enough to become the opponent of the old brother of Jingyue. ”