Chapter 203: That Year
The scattered gangs ask for money, the blackmailers keep coming to find trouble, everyone comes and argues to find Shao Mingqian himself, and others will not admit it no matter what they say. From the end of the day to dusk, Shao Mingqian was so busy that his eyes rarely blinked, and if it continued like this, the 'Yang Dao Alliance' didn't have to do anything, it was enough to deal with these people all day long.
Shao Mingqian really couldn't detain all the people who came to blackmail, and sent them to the government another day, and ordered Zhang Xi, the deacon of the six groups of 'Xuanyiwei', and Fang Rong, the deacon of the five groups of 'Xuanyiwei', to take turns to guard the mountain at the foot of the mountain to seal the mountain. Following the practice of the 'Zhongzhou' government, all things are to be dealt with together in the first year, but the blackmail is blocked, but it has attracted the government's arrest, 'Bairui City', 'Brown City', 'Luoyang City', 'Jiuliang City' wherever there is a 'Yangdao League' Tangkou rudder are all caught to investigate, these people come one by one, none of the two groups are coming together, and even the "Bairui City" is only three or five to catch five batches, each batch will be the "Yangdao League" inside and out to search.
Dusk to the second watch continues, to the third watch there are still people entangled, these are the people on the official face, the investigation is their power, the 'Xuanyi Guard' closed the mountain but it is not good to seal them, otherwise once the Yamen starts, they will send troops again, and the officers and soldiers will attack the mountain again except for rebellion, I am afraid that the 'Yang Dao League' has no other way to go.
In the past 24 and 25 days, the 'Yang Dao League' was withdrawn by the partners of more than 200,000 taels of silver, refunded the payment and compensated more than 50,000 taels of silver, among which due to the death of Li Wan and Chu Zhongqing and their subordinates, some transactions could not be checked, I don't know how many were blackmailed, and the 'Yang Dao League' did not want to be a scoundrel, and it was inevitable that people would fish in troubled waters.
The continuous pressure from the outside has made all kinds of disagreements and rumors appear within the 'Yang Dao League', among which taking in Liang Xie and his party has become the most discussed one, and when the three gangs attacked the mountain that day, Liang Xie's master, wife, and brother-in-law hid and did not exert half of their strength, and the matter was spread more and more outrageous, Shao Mingqian had no time to explain, and he had no time to deal with it, so he had to endure it.
Liang Xie saw that the senior brother was still resisting under internal and external pressure, and he was extremely unbearable, but his help attracted nothing but white eyes, not only him, but also Zong Lao, Yifeng, Tan Xingde and others were not welcomed.
The more white eyes Liang Xie suffered, the more distressed he felt for the senior brother, the more dissatisfied he was with his master's actions, and his dissatisfaction with Ren Xiao increased day by day.
The closest person to Shao Mingqian in the entire gang should be him Liang Xie, Shao Mingqian treats him the best, and the one who bears the most kindness from the 'Yang Dao Alliance' is also the one who is desperate, but when resisting the enemy, they become the only three people who do not contribute to the entire 'Yang Dao League' - Sun Ming, Ren Jiaxian, Ren Xiao.
Even if you come out and watch others do it, it's one thing, but it's a pity that they didn't do that, Liang Xie was dissatisfied, angry, and even more aggrieved, even more aggrieved by the senior brother.
Three watches, 'Bairui City' came another wave of catch, compared to the previous ones, this group is easier to speak, and does not name Shao Mingqian, just find someone to understand the battle of 'Bairui City', Shao Mingqian is afraid that others will say that he will miss his mouth, so he asked Yifeng to answer with him, and he took a break and went out to take a breath.
Shao Mingqian knew that this matter was actually the 'Yang Dao Alliance' in charge, and the four gangs led people to attack the hall entrance of the 'Yang Dao League', and according to the law of the 'Tianmang Dynasty', the 'Yang Dao Alliance' could kill them, and it stands to reason that the people of the Yamen should first find trouble with the four gangs, but this group of people are colluded and show favoritism, and he knows that there is no good way.
However, Shao Mingqian got it right, as long as the 'Yang Dao Alliance' is fighting back, he is not afraid of the government's investigation, after all, such a big force, the government is also afraid of three points, and the imperial court's 'Beichuan' soldiers' salaries, soldiers, and equipment are still insufficient.
What really worries the 'Yang Dao Alliance' is that Lei Jun killed the 'Yuan Rong Gang', this matter is not a small trouble for the 'Yang Dao Alliance', but it is not possible not to take this risk, and when the people of the 'Yuan Rong Gang' are well injured, the 'Yang Dao Alliance' is a one-to-four situation, so to deal with the 'Yuan Rong Gang' Lei Jun, who is the most ruthless, to kill a chicken and dog, the government and the four gangs know it.
However, Lei Jun burned it clean and did not leave evidence, today it lacks the level of arrest of Di Renjie and cannot be interrogated casually, even if the yamen knows that there is no real evidence, they dare not openly send troops, then again, the officers and soldiers of 'Zhongzhou' can't take the 'Yang Dao League', and to solve the 'Yang Dao Alliance', they have to go through the imperial court to send troops, then they have to go through the hands of the emperor, and they must not have the courage, in addition to relying on the means of the four gangs and other Jianghu sects.
The quick inquiry left after half a day, when the mountain wind became tighter, mixed with icy raindrops were about to fall on people's heads, and their faces were cold and piercing to their necklines.
"With this rain in the way, no one will come. Shao Mingqian muttered to himself.
"Senior brother!" Liang Xie didn't go to sleep, not only did he 'raise the sword alliance' many people didn't sleep, after all, it was not easy for a group of people to toss back and forth to ask questions and search to fall asleep.
"It's getting colder. Shao Mingqian seemed to say to himself.
Liang Xie didn't know what his senior brother meant, and echoed: "Yes, there was no such cold weather in the past two years, even before the 'light snow' in the capital, not to mention that this is still in 'Zhongzhou'." β
Shao Mingqian stretched out his hand to take a few drops of rain, and said with some worry: "This year's rain is less, the crops are not growing well, and the corn has already failed. β
Liang Xie said: "Relying on the sky to eat is good and bad, and maybe a bumper harvest next autumn may not be necessarily." He couldn't help but admire his senior brother, the first thing he was worried about when the weather changed was whether Jiaxian's illness would worsen, and secondly, he thought that his friend's injury would be affected, and he would have to be much more painful to go to the thatched house, and the senior brother cared about the people and the court, and his vision was much higher than his own.
Shao Mingqian shook his head and said: "I don't know, the climate of our division is similar to that here, and I didn't feel cold at all if I didn't wear cotton clothes before the number nine of my division, and after your second senior sister got married, I never had such a mild weather again." When it comes to the teacher, he seems to bring back memories.
"Zhang Xi, don't guard the people called 'Xuanyi Guard' at the bottom of the mountain, come back and rest, it is estimated that the official of the yamen will not come again in such weather. β
"Alliance leader, this cold 'Xuanyi Guard' can stand it. β
Shao Mingqian said: "Hard work is in exchange for value, not meaningless torture, just leave two brothers on the mountain to keep vigil against the enemy, and there is no need for others to consume." β
"Yes. Zhang Yi left in response.
The rain became more and more rapid, swaying in the mountain wind, gradually condensing into fine snow particles, brushing people's skin, cold and painful.
"I remember that day was also such a night!" Shao Mingqian said to himself.
Liang Xie knew which day the senior brother was referring to, and he vaguely remembered that day.
That day the sun was shining, that night was rainy and snowy, that day someone was happy, that night someone broke the liver and intestines, that day the second senior sister went out of the cabinet, that day the senior brother was confused, that day the groom was laughing and laughing, that night the bride had no words, that day the senior brother congratulated and played, and that night the senior brother did not say a word.
'The moon bends and shines on Kyushu, a few families are happy and a few are sad. How many couples are in the same tent, and how many are floating outside?' That night, the senior brother left the master alone in a single shirt and braved the rain and snow, and when the master and the brothers came back, they saw only a letter left by the senior brother, which was short and simple, and the master said that the senior brother had no measure, no income, and no responsibility, and the senior brothers also thought so.
Liang Xie didn't understand back then, and the brothers and disciples didn't understand, in their hearts, only vigorous, breaking free from the world, wandering the world, life and death, regardless of any consequences, the struggle is worthy of being called love, never think that like the elder brother and the second sister, the mediocrity, the prosaic, the gossip, the tasteless and untested feelings can be called love, they think that it is too ordinary, too boring, only the old antiques bound by Confucian etiquette decades ago will like, young people never like it, especially the young people now, unlike before, this is a new era, a different era from the previous era, an era that can be arrogantγ
In this era, those who do business can be compared to cattle farming, merchants can be richer than the imperial court, officials can be more arrogant than the emperor, being an official is a sideline, and trading is the right way; in this era, everyone can play two Zen words, and every open mouth is life, farmers can talk freely about the world, beggars have also pointed out the country, the old man pretends to be tender, the child is pretending to be mature, people are throwing away the delicacies of the mountains and seas and throwing away the silk and satin, and at the same time, they accuse the court of feeling that the days are still comfortable without enough food, and most people's lives are very good, and some of the good ones are idle and have nothing to do, and they have to be nonsense; in this era, it is also the temperament to ask others to be honest, and to treat themselves as hooligans, the chivalrous man who helps others to collect one or two is scolded as a beast, and the more evil the thief, the more heroic.
A new era, an era of infinite vitality, a new era, an era of strange and distorted things. Maybe it's because the good days have been gone for a long time and there is nothing to do, or maybe it's because I'm full of food and support, in short, it's very ...... It's very peculiar, Liang Xie was also so peculiar, but he is not peculiar enough, he still wants to be a hero.
When the thankless man who was praised in front of the face and was poked in the back, so he was not looked down upon, Shao Mingqian was not looked down upon, he was not looked down upon by others, and at the same time looked down on his senior brother, thinking that he was cowardly, although he never dared to admit it, but not admitting it does not mean that there is none, so when Shao Mingqian lacked people, money, and helpers, no one in the division went to help, so later when Shao Mingqian became a giant, there was no one in the division to take refuge.
Maybe they and Liang Xie both have the same idea, after all, Shao Mingqian was ordinary, wooden, dull, introverted and a little clumsy, today's Shao Mingqian is much stronger than back then, too much extroverted, in fact, the person is still that person, the difference is only identity, so the ordinary of the year has become hidden, the wood of the year has become calm, the dullness of the year represents persistence, the introversion of the year has become disdain to argue, and the clumsiness...... of the year has become wise and foolish.
He is indeed just stupid, not stupid, he is slower, but very wise, his responsibility is not for others to see, but silently bear, the people who looked down on him back then are now far inferior to him, there may be only one person in the division who has really understood him, really believed in him, that person is not his master nor Liang Xie, the junior brother.
Life complains in happiness, hesitates in advance, struggles, lookouts, hopes, efforts, tastelessness, profligacy, accusations, everything is constantly seeking new things in nonsense, seeking new breakthroughs, breakthroughs need opportunities, hard work, persistence, and luck and chance, some people's efforts will be like Shao Mingqian' Ten years of cold window no one asked, once the world knows ', there are also many people who want to fall in front of the opportunity like the former Jiuding Ding Lord, no one knows before it happens, the opportunity may be an opportunity, or a trap, these people don't know, the officials don't know, and the emperor doesn't know.
Suddenly, one day people changed, they no longer talked about life, they became tired of playing Zen language, they began to yearn for chivalry, and they suddenly felt that Confucius was not bad, not as pedantic as everyone said, so disgusting, so rigid, and everyone began to re-examine the rules.
Then, suddenly, suddenly, the imperial court increased taxes, and then fought a battle - the Northern Expedition, a battle that had to be fought logically, and the reason why it is said that suddenly was not a sudden battle, but a sudden defeat.
After that war, the nightmare approached the people of the 'Tianmang Dynasty' again, after that war, 'Beichuan' fell to most of them, the commander of that war divided his troops and advanced, so that the imperial court lost hundreds of thousands of elites, so that the 'Tianmang Dynasty' fell in one day, offensive and defensive transposition, the madman in the army died in that war, the first fierce general of the court in that war was besieged by the 'Golden Cavalry' and died, the most elite 3,000 elite soldiers of the court in that war were pitted by the reinforcements, and died in battle, how many people were displaced in that war, and how many traitors were complacent in that war.
That battle was so frightening, so abrupt, so unexpected, and even more unexpected was that the enemy's art of war was bold and sharp far beyond estimate, and the most unexpected thing was the death method of the two masters in the army and the more than 30 first-class masters and 1,000 elites of the 'Six Dragons Gang' - the improved 'Peerless Thousand Peaks Great Array'.
The 'Thousand Peaks Array' is one of the best formations of the 'Mountain Sect', and the 'Mountain Sect' is a sect in the 'Osumi Heavenly City' that specializes in the conquest, research and development of martial arts and formations, and its leader is called the 'God of War'. This set of formations is cumbersome and complex, extremely powerful, can counter the master's coercion and restrain the master's exercises, because there are too many people who need to cooperate, so few people will learn, and there is only one person who can learn and improve - Yubian has defeated the 'Northern Calamity' and 'Golden Cavalry' for more than 30 years, and the battle will be won, and the attack must be taken, known as the 'Tianzhu General', the first general of this dynasty in the past hundred years.
'General Tianzhu' died a few years ago, an inconspicuous tribe that had never heard of it suddenly drilled out to unify the eight tribes, known as the 'Golden Horse' to build the country' Tianxiong', as if it was drilled out of the ground, abruptly drilled out, powerful forces, well-trained cavalry, superb military skills can be called the world's first-class, before that war, the court thought that the opponent was just a cat, after all, the emerging forces can have how much background, after the fight, only to know that the cat has grown into a tiger, has been planned for a long time, the tiger that has been dormant for a long time.
Tiger is an assassin, there is a violent heart at any time under the docile and beautiful appearance, the tiger is an assassin, a master's martial arts may be stronger than the assassin, but when the assassin shows the dagger, the master has no time to draw the sword, that battle 'Tianmang Dynasty' is that master, a master who thinks he is winning, when a person thinks that one thing is nine out of ten, in fact, it is often the most terrible time, the terrible thing is that he doesn't know where the threat is, so the 'Tianmang Dynasty' is defeated.
After the war, the imperial court was like breaking free from the wheels of the axles, and from then on they were not pulled by the axles of the wheels, and they 'rode away from the dust', running farther and farther. 'Beichuan' fell, the ministers of the court and the central government quarreled all day long and impeached, the emperor became ill, the people panicked and cursed, and the 'Osumi Amagi' was repeatedly questioned, the internal chaos was unbearable, and the trade plummeted.
That year, Shao Mingqian was still being chased and killed several times and almost died, Liang Xie remembered that Jiaxian was very sick that year, he ran around all day but had no choice, desolation and helplessness have always followed, never broken.