Li Xiangru said: "Elder Hao, then what should we do?" Elder Hao groaned slightly, and said: "Since we have elected you as the acting gang leader, the current matter, one is to summon the gang, and the other is to spread the word to the rivers and lakes, so that everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that although the original gang leader is missing, there is now an acting gang leader in charge, so that those thieves with evil intentions dare not act rashly." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The third is to continue to organize the disciples in the gang to find the Tong gang leader, to see people alive and corpses to death, and not to let him disappear unclear. Fourth, a few days ago I saw Mrs. Tong and her daughter, Tong gang leader is not there, so he became an orphan and widow, really pitiful, I think to collect a hundred and ten taels of silver to send to them, how to say, Tong gang leader over the years to our beggar gang is also dedicated to our beggar gang, he has an accident, we don't care about his family, it is a loss of my beggar gang to regard the people in the gang as brothers and sisters chivalrous name. What do you think of the deputy gang leader and the three elders of Huangfu?"

Huang Fu Ne said coldly: "Since the acting gang leader is already here, just listen to his opinion, why bother asking me." Elder Hao knew that this deputy gang leader had always been yin and yang, and in addition to the election of the acting gang leader this time, it should be him, but he made a mistake, and he was angry and excusable in his heart, and he didn't care about his words, and glanced at the other three elders with his eyes, and the three elders all agreed. So Elder Hao clapped his hands, and a beggar disciple walked in from outside the door, and Elder Hao explained to him what the people had agreed upon, and the beggar disciple took the order and left.

Elder Hao said: "Since the matter in the gang has been agreed, now it is the matter in the rivers and lakes. The beggars have been ganged for hundreds of years and are known as chivalrous. Recently, the momentum of opposition to the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty has been booming in the rivers and lakes. As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "Many gangs in the rivers and lakes secretly raise the banner of rebellion, and they want to contact like-minded colleagues in the rivers and lakes to work together to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and drive the Tartars out of the customs." When Li Xiangru heard this, he was so happy that he jumped up, and before Elder Hao finished speaking, he said: "Yes, anti-Qing and Ming, drive away the dog Tartar, arrest Wu Sangui, and cut off his *** to prevent him from harming people everywhere." ”

When Huang Fu Ne, Elder Hao and others saw him as a child, they were very excited when they heard that they were against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, and they were all surprised. Five pairs of eyes looked at him in unison, and Li Xiangru also knew that he was out of shape. Hurriedly said: "Alas, my family has been killed by the Tartars, and I hate them to the core, so when I mention this, I can't help but get up." Elder Zhu sighed and said, "It turns out that the gang leader still has this tragic experience. At a young age, it can be regarded as very unfortunate. He choked up as he spoke. Everyone in the beggar gang knew that more than a dozen members of Elder Zhu's family had died under their butcher's knives after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, which aroused his sadness, and he and Li Xiangru felt sympathy.

He very much agreed with Elder Hao's proposal to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and said: "This world is originally the world of my Han people, and the Tartars are barbarians, why should they occupy the country of our Han people. Huangfu said coldly: "A few people can think clearly, this anti-Qing restoration is not only a big crime of losing one's head and stealing one's family, once it is known by the Qing court, I am afraid that my beggar gang will also be destroyed, and then who can afford this big crime of infamy?"

As soon as Huang Fu Ne said this, Elder Hao and the other two elders were silent, Huang Fu Ne was right, and the facts were too important, not a joke. Only Elder Zhu shouted: "If you do big things, there are those who don't bleed and lose their heads, they can only shout slogans one day, and they don't dare to do it, it's useless." Li Xiangru said: "Yes, my beggar gang has hundreds of thousands of gangs, can the Tartars really be able to kill it, besides, there are many people who want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore their sights, and it's not my beggar gang all the way, when we unite the heroes and heroes of the world, and we are still worried about whether we can get rid of them?" Elder Zhu saw that the gang leader was all facing him, and he was interested, and said: "Although the gang leader is young, he has a heroic spirit, which is much stronger than many old rivers and lakes." Speaking and seeing problems, he has extraordinary insight, and in one sentence, he is really three points superior to others, which is admirable. Although Li Xiangru was young, he received his compliment, and his heart was greatly used, and he immediately smiled.

Elder Hao said: "Since everyone can't reach an agreement on this matter, let's postpone it for the time being. Let's talk about something else. Then he introduced the situation of the rudder division in Fujian and Guangdong to Li Xiangru, and also talked about Yunnan, and when he heard Yunnan, Li Xiangru was very attentive and listened very seriously, nodding his head while listening. Elder Hao Lala talked for more than an hour before he talked about everything in the gang, and Li Xiangru couldn't remember much, so he just nodded, still thinking about how to escape.

Seeing noon, I worked all night last night, and so far the rice has not entered, and several people's stomachs are growling. At this time, two beggars brought food to the disciples. These meals are not begged, but they are made by themselves. It turns out that the beggar gang has a rule, where the disciples in the gang have more than eight bags, they do not have to go out to beg for food, but the disciples below eight bags ask for offerings. The beggar gang disciples are all over the world, although they make a living by begging, they have gang rules, and over the years, they also have a certain amount of savings in the gang. When they reached the high positions of the elders of the nine bags and the helpers and deputy helpers, there were people who served, cooked vegetables, and did not eat the food they begged. Of course, if you voluntarily want to go out and beg or eat food begged by your subordinates, you can't do it.

What was sent was only coarse tea and light rice, green vegetables and tofu, and a plate of braised pork, although there were no chickens, ducks, fish and geese, but Li Xiangru had already seen it drooling. The two beggars served rice for them, and Li Xiangru picked up the rice bowl and devoured it unceremoniously, eating two large bowls before he was full. When I looked at Elder Hao and the others again, a bowl of rice had not yet been eaten. Elder Hao and the others saw that he was getting carried away from eating, and thought, "What a child's heart." However, seeing that he did not dislike the hard life in the gang at all, he was secretly happy in his heart.

Li Xiangru sat aside and waited for the few of them to finish eating, and the two beggars helped the disciples clean up the dishes and chopsticks and make a pot of tea. Elder Hao took a sip of tea and said, "Shicai talked about a lot of things with the helper, and there is one more important thing that I forgot. Li Xiangru said: "Why does Elder Hao still have something to say." If it doesn't matter, please say it another day, I have something urgent to go out to do. Let's talk about that another day. He got up and left.

Elder Hao got up and pressed Li Xiangru on the chair and sat down, and said, "As a helper, this matter is also very important to you, so you have to say it today." Li Xiangru said with a sad face: "Why are you so wordy, if you have something to say, don't waste time." ”

Elder Hao said unhurriedly: "As the leader of the beggar gang, you must have an outstanding martial arts, I think that although the gang leader's martial arts are strong, the roots are not deep. But you're still young, so it's a good time to practice martial arts. According to the gang rules, the gang leader must be able to beat the dog stick method, but this dog stick method is only the gang leader one person, but the rest of the people do not teach, from the previous gang leader to the next gang leader, passed down from generation to generation, now the Tong gang leader has disappeared, this dog stick method only he knows, you can't learn it. Since you can't learn how to beat dogs and sticks, according to the gang rules, each of our four elders must personally teach you a set of martial arts to show respect and attention to the new gang leader. Therefore, you have to stay in the gang during this time, and each of our four elders will pass on a set of special skills to you, so as to live up to the name of the gang leader. ”

Li Xiangru was irritable and asked, "How long does it take to learn?" Elder Hao said: "Each of the four of us will pass on one set to you, and it will take at least one and a half months to learn each set, and it will take about three months at the earliest." As soon as Elder Hao finished speaking, Li Xiangru exclaimed, "What, you want to stay here for three months." With a thud, he rolled out of his chair.