At this time, a pair of people who looked like masters and servants came far away outside the city gate, the rich merchant in front of him was dressed up, his figure was very bloated, he kept wiping the sweat on his face with a handkerchief, his eyes were slightly dark, and the servants behind him were dark, and the servants were sweating all over his face, and the underworld on his face was one left and one right, which was ridiculous. Carrying a burden on his shoulders, both ends were heavy, and he had to free one hand to lead two horses, and the horses were also loaded with luggage, which looked very heavy, and it was obvious that it was cargo or something.

The two men entered the city, stood at the door and gasped for a while, and then continued to walk forward, but saw an extremely old beggar hurriedly chasing after a few steps, and at once grabbed the servant's trouser leg and shouted, "Poor uncle, give me a few dollars!"

The servant was pulled by the leg of his trousers, and was already carrying a heavy load, and suddenly staggered forward a few steps and fell to the ground, the two horses were both neighing, and the two cages on their shoulders rolled to the ground, and the rich merchant who was walking in front hurriedly turned around, kicked and reprimanded: "How did you do it?

The servant stood up resignedly, and was about to point to the old beggar, but when he saw that the rich merchant was very impatient, he threw two or three copper plates on the ground and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, I've been walking for a long time, I'm tired, it's important to find a place to sharpen quickly!"

The servant was recolded, glared at the beggar viciously, stooped down and picked up the cage, put it on his shoulder again, and staggered after him.

The old beggar picked up a few copper coins, still swayed back to the city gate, and shook his head at the crowd, and the disciples suddenly showed disappointment on their faces, and continued to turn their heads to stare at the city gate.

The hour passed quickly, and in the evening, the people who came into the city gradually could not see their faces clearly, and a beggar disciple walked up to the old beggar and bowed down and handed over a short stick, and said respectfully: "The hour is too late, just guard the disciples here." ”

The old beggar frowned, sighed, and said, "Well, you should step up your patrols." So saying, he put the stick under his side, and was about to leave the gate, when he heard a quarrel at the gate, but a merchant was in a hurry to enter the city, and the guard who was guarding the gate refused to let him go because it was time to close the gate.

The old beggar saw that the merchant was out of breath, and the sound of quarreling with the city guard was also intermittent, a thought flashed in his heart, and he shouted, "Ah, it's not good", all the beggar gang children were stunned for a while, and they all stood up and looked at him, he paused and said: "I am really old and confused, but I tried to let them go in person!" Seeing that the disciples were still standing, he hurriedly said: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go and look for it?"

The disciple of the first life said boldly: "Elder Qi, who do you want us to find?"

Elder Qi said angrily: "Fools! The two merchants who passed by at noon are Lin Gongzi of the Kuangyi Gang and the dog thief!"

The disciples were reprimanded, but they were not very convinced: "Since you scolded us for being stupid, why didn't you see it yourself at that time?"

Elder Qi said: "I personally tried to pull the servant's trouser legs, but he fell on the spot, as if he was a person without martial arts, and when I saw their heavy cages, I didn't doubt them anymore. I haven't seen Lin Gongzi in person, but I have seen Lei Kan, and the two of them are not very similar in appearance and figure. ”

A disciple said: "If they are really the little sons of the Kuangyi Gang and the traitors of Lei Kan, how dare they enter through the city gate? ”

Elder Qi nodded and said, "Yes, this is where they are bold! If it weren't for the merchant just now, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed anything unusual." They came from a long way, and though they could pretend to be tired, the horses could not disguise themselves, and when the servant fell, both horses neighed, but their noses were loud. Isn't it strange that the cage on horseback is so heavy, but there is no fatigue at all?"

Another disciple said, "How do the elders know that they didn't rest for a while before moving forward?"

Elder Qi said impatiently: "Why are you all so stupid? Let me ask, if you can't go far and then go into the city to find an inn to rest, will you still waste time outside the city?"

The disciples nodded suddenly, and Elder Qi pointed at the two of them and said, "You go to the rudder to report the news, be sure to explain the appearance of those two people clearly, and the others will explore the inn everywhere!"

Everyone nodded and rushed away, but Elder Qi felt that he had been greatly fooled, and his anger was not gone, so he jumped on the city wall on tiptoe, looked around, and ran along the city tower towards the west gate.

The two merchants were Lin Jianlan and Lei Kan, when they were in the Baiyun Temple that day, Duanmu taught Lin Jianlan a lot of disguise techniques taken from local materials, so he dressed up a little and deceived the beggars at the city gate. The street was bustling with people and could not go fast, the two of them walked straight forward, and when they reached the time of the lamp, they walked to the west gate, and found an inn closest to the city gate to stay, because the inn was close to the city gate, it was very remote, and the business was very ordinary, but there was only one shopkeeper busy inside and out.

The two of them ate something indiscriminately, took off their disguises in the room, and remembered that along the way, except for the city gate, they could see beggar disciples scattered everywhere, and every other street corner, there were two or three disciples wandering around, and they all looked solemn under the lamp.

But when he heard the door "creak", the shopkeeper came in with a teapot and said, "Two of you, please use tea!" Looking up to see that the fat merchant and servant in this room have become a strong man and a white-faced scholar who is not very old, it is not too strange, Luoyang is located in the traffic artery, extending in all directions, he has seen a lot of people in this inn, and he knows the truth of the trouble from the mouth, so he does not ask much.

Lin Jianlan said: "Shopkeeper, I heard that your eastern capital is extremely rich and prosperous, why are there beggars everywhere when you come here today?"

The shopkeeper "shh

Lin Jianlan remained silent, looked at Lei Kan, his heart was full of joy, counting the days, from Lei Kan's trip from Chang'an to today, about 20 days, it was actually at that time that something big happened in the beggar gang, and people were mobilized to search for Lei Kan everywhere.

The shopkeeper put down the teapot and wiped the table casually, but heard Lin Jianlan say: "Shopkeeper, do you want to make a windfall?"

The shopkeeper was about to leave, and when he heard the word "windfall", he suddenly turned around and said with a smile on his face: "What do the two masters have to take care of the little one?"

Lin Jianlan smiled, threw the silk clothes that had just been changed on the bed, and the shopkeeper hurriedly took them in his hand, Lin Jianlan said again: "The two horses and the goods on the horses we brought were also given to you!"

A good horse can be sold for ten taels of silver, and the shopkeeper smiled when he heard it, and said, "The little one met the God of Wealth today, didn't he? I don't know what the uncle wants me to do?"

Lin Jianlan said: "You go out of our door, immediately lead the two horses to your father-in-law's house, if someone asks you if you have seen someone like us dressed just now, you can't reveal it, otherwise it will ......"

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "I know, I know, why am I so bad?" and bowed and withdrew.

Lei Kanfang smiled bitterly: "The old beggar at the city gate is Elder Qi of the Qi Domain, it seems that I really made a big mistake, Elder Qi actually came to Luoyang to intercept me." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Since the beggars are trying to hide it, it is up to us to do so." Although tired of running around for days, but there is really no time to rest, tonight we have to inquire about the news, if there is any change, try not to conflict with your gang as well, immediately leave from the West Gate, I have inquired, there is a mountain col outside the city that deviates from the official road for more than ten miles, we meet there and go straight to Chang'an. After a pause, he said: "I will go to your gang to divide the rudder alone tonight, Brother Lei doesn't have to go with me, I'm afraid that there are not many people who know you in the low-level disciples of the beggar gang, so I just want to inquire about them, or I may have a harvest." ”

Since Hangzhou experienced the snake hunting array, Lei Kan knew that although Lin Jianlan was young, his martial arts attainments were really much higher than his own. At this moment, in the Luoyang rudder, most of the masters of the beggar gang must have gathered here, their martial arts are low, if they go with Lin Jianlan, they will drag him down, seeing Lin Jianlan clearly say this, he put down a big stone in his heart, nodded and said: "Lin Gongzi is very good at arranging it like this." With that, he changed into a dark costume and walked out the door.

Lin Jianlan knew that there must not be many people in the beggar gang who recognized him, so he did not change his clothes, the scale of the beggar gang rudder in Luoyang was not small, and after a little inquiry of a few hawkers in the city who had not yet closed the stalls, he knew that the beggars gathered all year round, and saw three or two beggar gang disciples standing in front of an inn along the road and asking what was going on.

The rudder is located in the southwest of Luoyang City, where it is extremely dilapidated, because there are beggars here all the year round, officials and civilians do not dare to approach easily, these years are more depressed and dilapidated, broken wells and ruins, bricks and tiles are everywhere, barren grass is overgrown.

Lin Jianlan stood on top of a big tree with bated breath, hid his body and looked down, but saw that there were disciples patrolling everywhere below, very alert, and then there were many candles burning inside, and the figures were not very clear, at this time, a gust of night wind swept by, and the shadows of the trees around him swayed, mixed with the sound of the wind rolling branches and leaves, and when the wind stopped, Lin Jianlan had already jumped to a tree very close to the center.

The voices below could be heard clearly and discerningly, and a man with a long jade body in the middle said: "From Elder Qi's report, it can be seen that my inference is correct, they must enter Chang'an through Luoyang." The voice was very warm in the ears, but there was a chill in it, it didn't sound very old, Lin Jianlan looked at it intently, but he was shocked, what that person was holding in his hand was a nine-bell long staff! I vaguely remembered that Lin Longqing had said that several elders of the Beggar Gang were all old and highly respected people in the Beggar Gang, and unless someone died, a suitable person could be selected to fill his position, but this young man did not know when he became an elder in the Beggar Gang.

I heard a person next to him: "Elder Qi expected that in order to leave Luoyang quickly, they would definitely find an inn near the West Gate to stay, and they had already gone to inquire at this moment." ”

The man bowed slightly: "It is best to capture that rebel in one fell swoop, if not, I have to kill him on the spot and cut off his head to pay tribute! Alas, it is a pity that the martial arts are low, and these things that have blood on the knife can only be left to the people." ”

Lin Jianlan heard the word "memorial" like a lightning strike. Looking down, Fang noticed that everyone below had a thin white silk tied to their foreheads, and the candle flame was not like the variegated candles that were usually made up, but all white candles, and then leaned over and looked inside, it was an extremely simple sacrificial table, and the word "Dian" was very dazzling, Lin Jianlan almost planted a tree! Fang remembered that when he was at the city gate today, Elder Qi pretended to be an old beggar and tried to test him, although the clothes were complicated, they were all plain, and the beggar disciples gathered at the city gate were the same.

If the middle ranking of the beggar gang and the elders are all filial piety, Lin Jianlan gasped when he thought of this, and he struggled to figure out the changes in the beggar gang along the way, but it turned out that the old gang leader with unkempt hair and amiable hair had an accident!

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, stabilized his mind and carefully filtered this matter from beginning to end, Fang condensed his strength, and said loudly: "Kuang Yi helps the junior Lin Jianlan to meet the seniors of the Luoyang rudder!"

Although this voice was very gentle, it seemed to sound in all directions in the forest, echoing endlessly, but the sound below did not show panic, the corners of the young elder's mouth curled, and he said loudly: "In the next Ding, Kuangyi will definitely explore the rudder tonight, Lin Gongzi has no shadow, please show up!"

The young man looked around, and then turned around, but saw that the disciples of the outer guards looked nervously around a young man of the same age as himself, standing in the distance, and was concentrating on himself, his eyes were naturally a little crooked, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, containing a smile, and he looked sincere and confident, and hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "In Xia Tang Zimu, I have heard the name of Lin Gongzi for a long time, and I have expected to be as smart as Lin Gongzi, and I will definitely not take that thief to Chang'an without knowing it." ”

Lin Jianlan raised his eyebrows and smiled, but said in his heart: "I have just come out of the rivers and lakes, where is there any big name." Seeing that the young man had upright eyebrows, although his clothes were shabby, he was very clean, and his hair was also combed and tied, tied with a cloth belt, unlike the other beggar disciples who had a dirty face, and his face and hands were clean, and he had a kind of grandiose spirit.

Tang Zimu saw Lin Jianlan looking at the people behind him, so he turned around and introduced them one by one: "These people are all very high-status people in the beggar gang, this is Diao Beidou, the helmsman of the Luoyang rudder, and the elder of this gang, this is Chen Xing Chen Protector, Mu Yongan Mu Protector." ”

Diao Beidou said with a smile: "I was very familiar with Gang Master Lin before, I didn't expect that Gang Master Lin's descendants were so young and promising, but Zhu Protector praised you greatly." ”

Lin Jianlan secretly said in his heart: "Although Zhu Protector praises me, I am afraid that you hate me very much for blocking and arresting Lei Kan, and you can still be so close to me on your face, this master is willing to be behind this person at this moment, it seems that this Elder Tang has a great background." ”