Shao Mingqian and his entourage followed the route of Chu Zhongqing and their previous withdrawal, discarding all kinds of weapons and clothes along the way, thinking that it was the mark left by the previous 'Soldier Armor Gang', the traces of the fight were rare, and it was not until the gate of the old city that dozens of corpses were found, four of them were Yue Han and the 'Lingfeng Three Musketeers', Heng Wushu and they had known each other for a short time, but the friendship was good, and he was even more angry when he saw the corpse of his friend, but the brothers in the gang were uncertain, and he had no time to leave to bury the corpse, so he immediately bowed three times and got up and left.

After passing the west gate of the old city and going west, out of the city to the outskirts of the city, Shao Mingqian and his entourage searched all the way down the place where the weeds were trampled, walked through the potholed road section, arrived at the plain, and walked for a while to find that a large piece of grass in front of him fell down, judging from experience, it must have been caused by a fight, maybe there would be a corpse.

A few people walked over in three steps and two steps, only to see a large piece of grass stained red with blood, more than a dozen corpses fell to the ground, and some had their heads cut off.

Looking at the clothes and figures of those corpses, none of them were enemies, one of them was larger, with a bulging belly, and held a long knife in his hand, and the long knife was engraved with a Chu character, which was Chu Zhongqing's knife.

Shao Mingqian's nose was sore, he held back strongly, and looked at it again, there were several corpses of 'Xuanyiwei', and several female corpses, one of which had her head cut off, her body was small and exquisite, wearing a light jacket, and a few pink azaleas were embroidered under the left neckline of the jacket, which was very gorgeous, but her craftsmanship was very ordinary......

Shao Mingqian slowly squatted down, picked up the woman's hand, and held it tightly, the tears in his eyes couldn't hold back anymore, and they poured out silently.

That year, he was the leader of the 'Raising Knife Society', and she was the leader of the 'Zai Wutang', and they competed with each other, competing with each other for business, and neither of them had a good impression of each other. Until one day, when he went to find her, she deliberately made it difficult for him and told him to wait for more than half an hour before Shi Shiran came out to meet. He said the idea of cooperation, she interrupted six times halfway, each time she asked her subordinates to water the flowers, and he didn't even change an excuse, he knew that she was deliberately making things difficult, he didn't get angry, and he still finished patiently.

"What's in it for us to work with you?" she asked, smiling, disapproving.

He patiently explained the principle that cooperation is strong and division is weak, and how to join forces, how to develop together after joining forces, when can we resist the four gangs, what are the disadvantages of the business done by the four gangs, and how to develop under the disadvantages of the four gangs' business, how to survive under the 'Osumi Amagi', etc., and what are the benefits to 'Zai Wutang'.

After he finished speaking, she only said three words, 'I didn't understand', so he said it again, but he still didn't understand, and so three times, until it was dark, she didn't even give him saliva to drink, and he was busy all day and finally got an ambiguous answer like 'look and talk'.

After a few days, Shao Mingqian went to Li Wan again, but Li Wan still did not reply clearly, and after a few days, Shao Mingqian went to Li Wan for the third time, and this time Li Wan offered a condition - embroidery. There are no standards, no restrictions, the only requirement is to embroider the flowers she likes by hand.

Shao Mingqian went back to ask people what flowers are beautiful, I heard that the peony is bright, so he bought a needle and thread and began to embroider peonies all night, he has always been clumsy, others can embroider the small flowers in two days, he spent several days and nights to 'get' out, the petals are big and small, the big is as strong as a strong man wearing cotton pants, up and down a bucket; the small dry and thin is like a sun-dried firewood, the left and right are craggy, the stitches are dense and thin, dense and thin, dense accumulation, and sparse bottom.

He took it to Li Wan to see, Li Wan threw out three words with a straight face, 'I don't like it', and sent him away Li Wan finally couldn't hold back and almost died of laughter, Shao Mingqian didn't understand why the two gangs cooperated with this woman Why did she have to let him embroider, but there was no way, since the conditions were better than no conditions.

So, he had to start over, this time he wanted to embroider the lotus, it seemed more complicated, so he chose a simple 'narcissus' to embroider, bought a pattern and went back to see a stitch embroidery, take a ruler to measure, take a needle comparison, a flower seriously embroidered for seven or eight days a little form, but the stamen part was embroidered into a lump, flat, dead and alive, but it was much stronger than last time, take it to Li Wan to see, it still doesn't work.

So Shao Mingqian began to embroider for the third time, this time embroidering the 'cuckoo', Shao Mingqian thought the flower was beautiful, but it was the pattern, when he worked hard for fifteen days and nights to complete it, only to find that the 'cuckoo' on the pattern was bright and flexible, and he was lifeless. This time, Li Wan couldn't help laughing in front of him.

"Don't you embroider with a bandage?"

"What is embroidery?"

"And how do you embroider?"

"Look at the embroidery, otherwise how else can you embroider?"

Li Wan was relieved again, but through these three embroideries, she finally figured out a few situations: 1. Shao Mingqian is really stupid and attentive as she asked;2. Shao Mingqian is really patient, really sincere, and really trustworthy, but if he finds someone to help, he will not embroider such a thing;3. Shao Mingqian has no woman around him, and if there is this flower, it can't be embroidered like this, at least she thinks so.

These three points are consistent with what she heard, she is not deliberately difficult, but not at ease, she is a woman, her martial arts are far inferior to Shao Mingqian, nor as good as Lei Jun and Chu Zhongqing, she doesn't want to fall into the mouth of the tiger, and she doesn't want her gang to be swallowed up, so she came up with this way to test Shao Mingqian, and she has a good impression of him.

Choosing a good day, Shao Mingqian took Lu Chaohua, Lei Jun, Chu Zhongqing and Li Wan to have a meal together, which can be regarded as a matter of alliance and cooperation, the four-gang alliance, named 'Yang Dao Alliance', and then several people discussed with each other how to start trading, Li Wan then knew that whether it was Shao Mingqian's 'Yang Dao Society' or Lei Jun's 'Absolute Knife', or Chu Zhongqing's 'Chumen Knife' had a lot of problems.

Shao Mingqian's general direction is correct, his vision is more accurate than theirs, and his reputation is rare and good, but he is a little clumsy, many businesses are always slow, and they are preempted by others, and the money they should make is not earned. Chu Zhongqing is easy-going, generous, will come to things, has a good relationship with people from all walks of life, and the business is getting more and more prosperous, but there is no long-term plan, and the books are also a mess, and he has been hacked a lot by the people under his hands. Lei Jun is the most miserable, he has to do everything to raise a lot of idlers, because of a fierce face, and the negotiation is straightforward, many guests are reluctant to deal with him, resulting in too many other two groups of guests who introduced the past. And Li Wan herself is the weakest, although the accounts are clear, but she lacks long-term vision, and she suffers from force and lack of background, so she can only make small troubles.

Li Wan joined forces with the three gangs, learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, business is getting better and better, Shao Mingqian is steady and not impatient, their alliance is not developing fast, but it is stable, the four of them get along better and better, and gradually become a family, the 'Yang Dao League' is no longer just the 'Yang Dao League' more like a gang, at that time, the 'Yang Dao League' already had the strength to compete with any of the four major gangs in Zhongzhou, such as the 'Bingjia Gang', which they didn't dare to think before, and they didn't dare to think that one day they could override the four gangs.

Until one day, Shao Mingqian met the God of Wealth, and the God of Wealth joined in a drastic change, first forming the 'Lutang', he accepted Lu Chaohua's apprenticeship to teach in person, and then it was to cut personnel and some business, and the gang was lazy to do, to spend accounts, and those who were incapable of resigning one by one.

After that, the God of Wealth used a large amount of silver to quickly help the 'Yang Dao League' develop its business, who had unique goods and immediately bought it at a high price with people and technology, and won almost all the prefectures and counties of 'Zhongzhou' in just one year, which coincided with Shao Mingqian's plan, just because there was more silver, it was done in advance. At the same time, in order to avoid being hated by others and being unfavorable to the 'Yang Dao Alliance', the God of Wealth and Shao Mingqian set up the 'Xuanyi Guard' to be responsible for protecting and responding to the enemy.

During that time, there were many complaints and things in the gang, Shao Mingqian, Lei Jun, Chu Zhongqing, and Li Wan carried it under pressure, and with the joint efforts of everyone, the 'Yang Dao Alliance' overrode the four gangs and gradually became superior to 'Zhongzhou'. Those who remained at that moment gained fame and fortune, and those who left in the past had only regrets.

That day, Shao Mingqian finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was an honest man, unlike other honest people who only kept a few acres of thin fields for a lifetime or cultivated a son to take the top prize, he didn't even have two acres of thin fields, he was an honest man with ideas, he didn't want to live that kind of life, he had his own life he wanted, and he also had his own ambitions, although he knew it was difficult, although he knew that he was a little stupid, but he couldn't fool himself, and he didn't want to lie to himself, he used a knife to engrave his ambition on the tree and engraved it in his heart, although it was very confused, although he didn't know what it was。

Shao Mingqian admired the master uncle since he was a child, he knew that he did not have the talent of the master uncle, nor did he have the courage of the master uncle, but he still wanted to get ahead one day, not for anything else, just to be able to help more poor people, so he practiced very hard, he thought that martial arts could solve everything, the more he practiced, the more mistakes he made, the more he was beaten, and the master looked down on him more and more because of his stupidity.

After that, he wanted to get ahead, not for anything else, just to be able to control his own destiny and no longer be looked down upon by his master and uncle, so he practiced hard.

Later, he saw more of his uncle's face, and he wanted to get ahead, not for anything else, just to be able to say no words before what he didn't want to do, he knew that it was difficult, and it required enough strength, so he practiced with all his might.

When the master was in trouble, Shao Mingqian's junior disciples died, and the uncle's face was undoubtedly revealed, he was chased and killed by the enemy, he wanted to be stronger, and wanted to protect his brother and his relatives.

He was helpless, he was weak, he cried bitterly, but when the enemy killed, he still had to run, and he had to find a way to deal with it, and he had to find a way to face it, he had not learned the sword technique from the master, he had only heard of the deeds, he did not admire the martial arts of the master, but he admired the courage and strength of the master, he firmly believed in it and carried it, so he carried it and defeated the enemy.

At that moment, he was more courageous, he dared to face his true self, felt that he was unrealistic, dared to accept his stupidity, and then engraved his ambitions again, engraved on the tree, engraved in his heart, this time he was very clear, he wanted to help more people, he wanted to have dignity, he wanted to protect his relatives, and he wanted to pass on the spirit of the master.

More than ten years later, he did it, and did not forget his original intention, the 'Yang Dao League' helped more people to eat enough, he gained the reputation of the rivers and lakes, and obtained the dignity given by the people, he not only guarded his brother, but also made his brother respected and loved.

When the 'Yang Dao Alliance' became one of the four major gangs in the world, when the 'Yang Dao Alliance' had enough strength to protect itself, he was very happy, he was happy and excited from the bottom of his heart, he thanked Lei Jun from the inside out, thanked Chu Zhongqing, thanked Li Wan, and also thanked Lu Chaohua, God of Wealth, Heng Wusuan and a brother.

But today, his brothers are facing death again, he couldn't save it, 'Xuanyiwei' is dead, Chu Zhongqing is dead, Li Wan is also dead, and he is very painful at this moment.

"Didn't you bring a whole team of 'Xuanyi Guards', how could you still fail like this?" Shao Mingqian didn't get up, nor did he look back.

Heng Wuxuan was speechless, he didn't know how to speak.

"Yes?"

Heng Wushu sighed, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Shao Mingqian felt very tired and weak, he thought that he had worked hard enough, he could accept failure, and he could accept death, but it was still difficult for him to accept that the brother in front of him who had his head cut off after his death, wasn't the death of dozens of 'Xuanyiwei' brothers enough?

Autumn, morning wind, cold, unforgiving.