It was late at night, and a large boat was moving slowly on the river. The water on the river is dense and white. From afar, only the white light from the bow lantern was still distinct.

There is a bright full moon hanging in the sky, and the full moon is reflected in the heart of the river, which is very interesting. At this time, Xiao Yunfan was not in the slightest mood to appreciate this wonder. Because the right eyelid was beating non-stop, a heart was like a worm that fell into a spider's web, and when I saw the colorful spider crawling towards me step by step, my heart was more and more helpless in addition to being uneasy.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and sat up. He reached out and lit the oil lamp. The soybean-sized light quickly spread in the cabin, shining on his face, and fine beads of sweat slowly slid down the corners of his forehead. He gasped for breath, grasped the hilt of the sword beside the bed, and slowly drew his sword. The cold light of the sword was dazzling, and it was the sword in his hand that made him feel safe.

Xiao Yunfan looked at the sword for a long time. Then slowly pushed open the pane, and the cool moonlight spilled in, and the room was bright. The night breeze blew his hair loosely. He looked out the window and muttered, "Isn't it that Brother Luo has an accident?"

The thought was like a dove, swirling in his mind, making him more and more uneasy. Finally managed to reach dawn, he hastily packed up his salute, explained a few words to the second maid, and then left the boat and headed for Chengdu.

When you come to the shore, a row of willows on the shore sway in the wind, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the road. I walked twenty miles north along the main road and came to a small town. He had a full meal, bought a horse at the bazaar, asked people about the way to Chengdu, and set off in a hurry.

At dusk, he actually rushed from Jue County to Yibin ground. When people were sleepy and tired, he randomly picked an inn to stay. I washed my feet and fell asleep. When I woke up, it was already three poles in the day.

He opened his mouth and yawned, then jumped out of bed and walked towards the window. Pushing the window and looking out, the street is crowded with people, and it is extremely lively. From east to west, more than a dozen shops line up. The hawkers in front of the stalls along the street shouted one after another, and they were all beaming, as if they had inexhaustible strength.

Suddenly, he saw four unkempt beggars in the crowd, and the first one was Zhang Chengyun.

Xiao Yunfan's heart moved and said happily: "There is a way, but the road is narrow. You Zhang Chengyun almost took your grandfather's life last time in Zhongnan Mountain, and I am blessed with your grandfather's life. The so-called revenge is not a gentleman, this time I won't let your old boy suffer a little, my jade lion is your grandson. ”

He hurriedly put on his long robe, took up his long sword, came out of the window, tiptoed, and landed lightly on the roof tiles opposite. The streets are crowded with people, but it is not advisable to start. Zhang Chengyun and his three disciples walked from east to west, turned the intersection, and walked into an alley to the south.

Although Xiao Yunfan's light skills are not as good as at the beginning, it is easy to keep up with the four of them. The four men walked into the alley and stopped in front of the gate of a courtyard. One of the disciples reached out and grabbed a shiny bronze knocker and knocked it three times. The person inside asked, "Who does Yetai pay homage to when he burns incense?"

This sentence said by the insiders is an incision of the beggar gang, but whenever there is a secret assembly on the rivers and lakes that needs to be contacted, there is a set of code words of their own people, in order to prevent outsiders from seeing through it. When connecting with each other, they have to be taught.

The disciple said loudly: "Guan Gong Qin Qiong's horns are mourning. ”

The people in the door asked again: "The cloud is from the tiger, the wind is from the dragon, who is the male in the four seas?"

The disciple said: "Heaven Gang, down the earth, yin and yang seize the creation." ”

The person inside the door heard that the other party's incision was correct, so he slowly pulled the bolt of the door, leaned out and smiled: "The four inside, please." The four of them walked around the wall and into the patio. Xiao Yunfan lifted his breath and jumped out, hiding on an old acacia with lush foliage, looking down.

In the middle of the patio, a stone-paved path leads to the hall, and on both sides of the gravel path are flower beds. Outside the hall, two white paper lanterns swayed in the wind. Under the eaves stood two beggars in rags. More than a dozen beggars drank and punched in the courtyard.

Xiao Yunfan saw Zhang Chengyun and his disciples enter the house with the man, and he dodged, slid out like a bat, and landed gently on the roof of the hall, he carefully lifted a tile to look into the house. Zhang Chengyun sat on the first Taishi chair below, and the other three disciples stood behind him. Across from him sat a middle-aged man in a blue shirt.

Zhang Chengcheng said with a smile: "Brother Hao, don't come unharmed. Now that you live in this place and enjoy Qingfu, it is really the envy of my old brother!"

This middle-aged man in the blue shirt is the apprentice of Uncle Zhang Chengyun named Hao Siming, although his position is one level lower than that of Zhang Chengyun, but he is a figure with a head and face on the ground in Sichuan.

Hao Siming was originally a person from Yibin, so he replied in Sichuan dialect: "Brother don't want to laugh at my brother, where is my senior brother, you are a celebrity in front of the helper, and you have to get it." If the senior brother sneezes, it will rain in Sichuan. ”

Zhang Chengyun laughed and said: "No wonder you kid can make a fortune, this mouth can be said to be white if it is black." Hao Siming held his stomach and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhang, you have always waited for the Three Treasures Hall to have nothing to do, and if you are in a hurry, you are not in a hurry. Let the younger brother be the east, in order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord. ”

Zhang Chengyun told him to tell him clearly, waved his hand and asked the three disciples to go to the door to guard. glanced at Hao Siming, and Hao Siming also asked the left and right disciples to retreat, and only the two of them were left in the hall.

Zhang Chengyun said: "Don't hide it from my brother, I have important things to do in Shuzhong this time." The old gang leader gave an edict to teach me to bring it to Elder Cheng. Elder Cheng was not in Chengdu a few days ago, so he must have other affairs to deal with. I thought about handing it over to his subordinates, but I always felt that it was inappropriate, so I asked my brother to present it on my behalf. ”

Hao Siming hesitated: "This ...... I'm afraid this ......," Zhang Chengyun said, took out a yellow-skinned envelope from his arms, stood up and walked in front of Hao Siming. Hao Siming stood up to pick it up, and five fingers of Zhang Chengyun's right hand poked out and pointed at Hao Siming's chest like lightning.

Hao Siming was unprepared, and secondly, Zhang Chengyun's martial arts were much higher than him. When he was about to point to the other party on his chest, his face was full of astonishment, and he said loudly: "Brother Zhang, you ...... What do you mean by that?" Zhang Chengyun took two steps forward with a frost on his face, raising his hand and slamming it into his neck. Hao Siming rolled his eyes, foamed at the mouth, and fainted. Zhang Cheng took out a roll of cow tendon rope from a gray pocket behind his back and tied him firmly.

When Xiao Yunfan saw this, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Why does this carrier have to deal with his own people? ”

At this moment, I saw Zhang Chengyun walk to the door and push it open, take out a letterhead, and pull out the letter page. Said loudly to the disciples outside the door: "In the hands of the master, take the secret stake of the imperial court." Who is the biggest of you here besides Hao Siming?"

A thin young man in the patio arched his hands and said, "Elder Hui, the villain is Hao Tangqi's cronies. Zhang Chengyun gave the left and right disciples a look and said, "Take it." The two beggars struck from the left and right, and threw the young man to the ground. The young man said in a panic, "I don't know what the villain has done, the elder is doing this to me?" The other beggars in the courtyard also looked at each other, at a loss.

Zhang Chengyun stepped forward, stretched out his hand and pointed at the man and shouted coldly: "This person is close to Hao Siming, and they are both secret piles of the imperial court. You go quickly and spread the word that all the leaders and disciples in Yibin have come here to see me. ”

When those disciples heard him say this, they couldn't help but be taken aback, but they didn't expect Hao Tangqian to be a member of the imperial court, and they had mixed feelings in their hearts for a while, and they stood still. Zhang Chengyun took out a knife and cut off one of the young man's ears. The young man screamed like a pig and fainted.

He held up his bloody ear, and scolded loudly with a fierce light in his eyes: "It's all fucking deaf, and I dare not listen to Lao Tzu's words, so I don't want to go quickly." ”

When the beggars saw this scene, their hearts were worried, and they fled one after another. Zhang Chengyun's gaze fell on a disciple with a scar on his face, and said lightly: "Daozi, you and Bai Mao showed me Hao Siming, and the beans were released to inform Elder Liu of them." ”

Within half an hour, most of Hao Siming's subordinates came and stood in the courtyard waiting. Liu Wanting also appeared in this house. Zhang Liu and the two sat in the hall separately, Liu Wanting picked up a cigarette stick, lit the tobacco in the smoke pot with coals, and smoked it, and the hall was full of smoke.

Zhang Chengyun touched his chin and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, let's take Hao Siming this time, Cheng Lixin is equivalent to breaking an arm, and it will not be him Cheng Lixin alone who has the final say in the future." ”

Liu Wanting took a puff of cigarette and said leisurely: "Cheng Lixin, this old ghost always can't get along with me, this time you can be regarded as a bad breath for my brother." ”

Zhang Chengyun stretched out his hand to pick up the tea bowl, took a sip, wiped his mouth, laughed and said: "Brother Liu, since Hao Siming is in our hands, the younger brother will use some methods to let him climb up to Lao Cheng, and when Elder Qi is there, he can't tell if he has a long mouth." ”

When Liu Wanting heard him say this, he was overjoyed. Suddenly, he squinted his eyes and stared at Zhang Chengyun and said, "Good brother, it's rare that you think so thoughtfully." You must have a plan to help my brother like this. You might as well get it straight, right?"

Zhang Chengyun coughed dryly twice, stretched out three fingers and said: "The ancients said well, brother, settle accounts." In the future, the silver collected from the ground in Shuzhong, the brothers will ask for thirty percent. When Liu Wanting heard this, he was furious. Knock the soot on the bottom of your foot and press the cigarette stick on the table with a pop. Stared at Zhang Chengyun for a long time, and said coldly: "You are too greedy." ”

Zhang Chengyun touched his chin, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, the younger brother pulled out the thorn in your eye for you, and there is really not much silver in three percent." ”

Liu Wanting lowered his head, hummed two cold air in his nose, clenched his fists, thought about it again in his heart, and sat down. Gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! ”

Xiao Yunfan smiled slightly in his eyes, and thought secretly: "I thought that these two people were inseparable and had a great friendship. It seems that in their eyes, their father and mother are not as good as these silver relatives! Since they do not trust each other, it is much easier to deal with the beggar gang. ”