Chapter Twenty-Six: The Nantang Gang
A month later.
More than 40 days have passed since the incident of making a big disturbance on Cheung Fook Street.
In the past few days, there have been no more violent gang fights like those of the day, although some small clashes have occurred occasionally.
Among them, there were a few minions who claimed to be sent by Dongtang to fight for a while in some shops on Jinhua Street, but this was quickly cleaned up by Brother Pheasant with a group of brothers.
During this period of time, Ye Tianyun spent most of his time practicing Taibai swordsmanship in a small forest not far from Yuzhou City.
Although when the martial arts cheats are extracted, the system will teach Ye Tianyun a certain martial arts foundation so that he can quickly master this martial art.
But this is just the stage for Ye Tianyun to reach the entry stage.
If you want to master the key points of the sword spectrum at a deeper level and understand the essence of the sword technique, you still have to rely on Ye Tianyun to cultivate and study on your own.
At noon that day, the fiery red sun hung over the earth.
In a quiet grove, a slightly thin figure danced in a very swift way under the scorching sun.
And with the dance of this figure, a dazzling and compelling sword light kept flickering in his hand, and under the sunlight, it looked particularly dazzling.
The white mangs flickered, and under the rapid sound of breaking the wind, Ye Tianyun's Taibai sword technique also became more and more proficient.
At this time, a low shout came out, and the wild sword path suddenly exuded a strong momentum, only to see Ye Tianyun's figure scurrying among the green bamboo shadows, the long sword swept, and in an instant, the three slender and thick bamboos were broken at the same time, and the sawdust flew.
Wiping a handful of hot sweat from his face, Ye Tianyun gasped slightly, and immediately showed a satisfied and happy look.
The recent period of hard work has made him look more refined and strong, and his physical strength and coordination have also been strengthened to a certain extent.
Of course, the biggest change is still the level of his swordsmanship.
It is no exaggeration to say that compared to the first time he used the Taibai Sword Technique, the power of his Sword Technique has at least doubled.
He even has the confidence that if he fights against ordinary people who have not reached the strength of a martial artist, he can win without three moves.
After sitting in the shade of the tree and resting for a while, Ye Tianyun did not choose to spend a whole day practicing swords as usual, but walked back directly in the direction of Yuzhou City and returned to the entrance of Jinhua Street.
For Ye Tianyun, today is not an ordinary day.
Because in another hour, he will go to the mansion of the Yu Hall Master to attend the Nantang gang meeting held by the Yu Hall Master. And the main content of this gang is to hand over the money.
For so many years, the Huya Gang has had a rule, that is, in the middle of each odd-numbered month, the street talkers under the four major halls must hand over 40% of the total income of the land they manage for two months to the hall owners as an example money.
After the completion of the four hall masters, four of these example money will be drawn to the Huya Gang Headquarters as the income of the Huya Gang Headquarters.
Although the final share of the sum of money handed over does not seem to be much, in fact, every tael of silver they received was exploited from the blood and sweat of the lowest gangsters, which was simply a profitless business.
Moreover, the higher the level of the superiors, the wider the scope of their jurisdiction, and the larger the base, the more money they can draw.
No matter how you calculate this account, in the end, the people who benefit the most are always the people who stand in a high position.
Ye Tianyun had to smile bitterly at this, it seems that the exploitation of capital will really exist in any world.
After returning to the hall to take a shower and change into clean clothes, Ye Qianyun instructed Liang San to count the number of account books.
Subsequently, he instructed the pheasant to go to the account room and take out the corresponding money, and went with him to the mansion of the Yu hall master.
When Ye Tianyun arrived at the Yu Mansion with the pheasant, the Yu Hall Master had already ordered his subordinates to stand in front of the door and greet him respectfully.
Following the guidance of the two servants and maidservants, Ye Tianyun and the others also quickly went to the meeting hall of the Yu Mansion.
At this time, there were already many people in the hall of the Yu Mansion.
Among them, Yu Zhanlong, the hall master, sat in the top master position.
His confidant Yuan Qian stood in an inconspicuous position not far from him, waiting for his orders at any time.
And on the seat of Yu Zhanlong's head, at this time, there were people who were in charge of the affairs of each street, as well as some elders-level figures with high status in the South Hall.
After Ye Tianyun went in and bowed briefly to Yu Zhanlong, he found a place to sit down at random.
Since the pheasant was just an ordinary gang, he had to stand behind their boss like the entourage of the other talkers.
Looking around, Ye Tianyun found that except for Hall Master Yu and Chief Manager Yuan, most of the faces present were relatively unfamiliar faces.
After all, he had not been in Nantang for a long time, and he had not had much contact with the other elders or people in Nantang. However, after some people learned that the young man who had just come in was Ye Tianyun, who had recently become famous, they showed a little flattering smile to the latter.
With a turn of his gaze, Ye Qianyun suddenly noticed that at this time, there was a cold and hideous gaze, staring directly at his body from a certain direction.
After taking a closer look, he found that the owner of this hideous gaze was none other than the righteous son of the master of the Yu Hall, one of the people under the Nantang Gate, Liu Chong.
If it is said that his eyes can be turned into sharp swords, then at this time, Liu Chong's eyes have already turned into two sword rays, penetrating Ye Tianyun fiercely.
Ye Tianyun really couldn't imagine that Liu Chong's heart and eyes would be so small, and it hadn't been long since he had been in contact with him, and this guy had inexplicably become so hostile to himself, and even mobilized his subordinates to deal with him.
But Ye Qianyun is not a person who is afraid of things, if Liu Chong dares to make any small moves against him in secret, he doesn't mind giving Liu Chong a taste of his own methods.
But this is only a bad plan that will be made only when it is absolutely necessary.
After all, Liu Chong's relationship with Hall Master Yu is not ordinary. On the bright side, Ye Tianyun still didn't show too many contradictions and estrangements with Liu Chong.
In any case, the current status and power he has come from Yu Zhanlong. He didn't want to affect the relationship between himself and Yu Zhanlong because of Liu Chong's provocation.
Seeking progress while maintaining stability and gradually developing his own power and status is Ye Qianyun's original intention.
As for Liu Chong, there was a faint hint of depression under his hideous gaze at this time.
Since the last time he sent his men to deal with Ye Tianyun, he had not received any news report about that operation.
And the few men he sent out have also disappeared and heard from him for more than a month, obviously because those useless things have failed in their actions, but they are afraid of being punished by themselves and have hid.
Every time he thought of this, Liu Chong couldn't help but grit his teeth fiercely. Those damn shitty pieces of shit!
Seeing Ye Qianyun's pampered and unflattering look, and the flattering eyes of other talkers, Liu Chong's depression in his heart couldn't help but become a little stronger.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly quieted down, and immediately, Yuan Qian, the head of the Yu Mansion, stood up and said loudly: "The time has come, this Nantang gang meeting starts now!"