Chapter Twenty-Six: Deepavali
Fang Zhongjin and Lu'er rested for one night at Antai Dart Shop. On the evening of the second day, he was invited into the main hall of the dart game by a disciple of the dart game.
The main hall was once wide, but now it is crowded with people. In the middle two rows of chairs sat the leaders of various gangs in the suburbs of Beijing. Behind them stood the disciples they had brought with them.
As soon as the old hero Du Zhenxiong saw the two of them entering the hall, he smiled and took Fang Zhongjin's hand and sat beside him. The disciple of the dart game next to him led Lu'er to sit a little farther away. Du Zhenxiong introduced to everyone: "These two little heroes are under the seat of Boss Yang. They were sent together to discuss the great calamity that was before them. ”
The heroes sitting in the hall include men in the prime of life and white-haired old men, but no matter who they are, their faces are full of sadness. They were stunned when they saw Old Hero Du affectionately pulling this little doll.
A man couldn't help asking: "This little doll is the age that the demon loves the most." Do you really want to go to Slay demons with us? Don't go to the road yourself. ”
No one on the field could laugh. Du Zhenxiong said: "Although these two young heroes are young, their kung fu is indeed excellent. The day before yesterday, there was some misunderstanding with Zhao San, the Zhao family's house. also beat Zhao San to bedridden. ”
A young man who sat at the top of the five big and three rough said: "With Zhao San's ability, it is not difficult to win against him. ”
A disciple behind Du Zhenxiong said angrily: "Qian is blind, he doesn't know the rules when he speaks. All of you are famous heroes, and of course you don't need to make your own moves if you want to discuss martial arts with Zhao San. It's just that you can rupture Zhao Sanda's internal organs with a single move, vomit a liter of blood, and can't get out of bed in March, and you still have to beat more than 30 people in Zhao's house alone?"
The strong man known as the blind man touched his nose and stopped talking. Fang Zhongjin was worried in his heart, why was this cowhide blown bigger and bigger, and he himself was becoming more and more difficult to ride a tiger. Now he rashly said that he was just bragging at the beginning, and he was afraid that he would be beaten by the crowd in this room. At the moment, I can only take one step at a time, and listen to what they say is a big disaster, and then find a way to get out.
Du Zhenxiong waved his hand and asked the disciple not to talk much. At this time, another middle-aged man who was a little older and dressed as a scribe said: "We can all trust the eyesight of Old Hero Du. It's just that the two of them claim to be under the seat of Boss Yang. I don't know which one Boss Yang is? What credentials do these two dolls have? I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm afraid that the demon will send a fine work to our demon slayer meeting, and it won't be very fun. ”
The middle-aged man asked the question in everyone's mind. Du Zhenxiong said: "Don't hide it from all the heroes, the towns on the outskirts of Beijing have been plagued by demons from the Soul Sect in the past few days. But everyone knows that demons can harm people, but no one has ever seen who the demons are sacred, and what methods they use to harm people, yes or no?"
When he saw the heroes on the table nodding, he said again, "The reason why I have the courage to convene this demon slayer meeting. It's not because I'm trying to make a name for myself. It's just that I know a little bit more than the heroes. There is a kid in our Heyang Town who was also taken captive by demons. I don't know whether to say it's fortunate or unfortunate, this kid escaped. He fainted at the entrance of the village and was found and carried back. The kid had a high fever for four or five days, and in the end he didn't make it to life. After an hour or two of sobering up in the middle, he told his own mother that the demons were all women, and they were kidnapping young boys. Those women had painted hands on their faces, and they loved to use a strange kind of fragrant cake on their bodies, and they couldn't leave it for a moment. His mother told me that when the child was first discovered, he also had this strange smell on his body, and no matter how much he scrubbed it, he couldn't get rid of it. There is still an aftertaste until the burial. ”
He turned his head and pointed at Fang and Lu and said, "You see that this little man is a man, naturally not a demon. And this deer girl is delicate and cute, and her skin is snow-white and unpainted. I asked the boy's mother to recognize him, and there was nothing strange about the deer girl. I guess they're not the demons of the Soul Sect. ”
The man dressed as a scribe arched his hand and said, "Thanks to Old Hero Du for thinking so carefully for us early on. We're so scared. Now that I think about it, if we were really mixed in by the soul screamers, I'm afraid we would all be bad now. He said this with fear in his eyes.
Another short man asked, "Then after talking for a long time, who is Boss Yang referring to? Is it Old Man Yang of Fuhu Mountain?"
Another bearded man said: "Fuhu Mountain is so far away from here, I'm afraid I can't care about the idle things here." I guess it's the descendant of Yang Shaokun, the great disciple of the Shaolin layman, Yang Daxia, right?"
The short man from before: "Yang Shaokun has always been a loner, how can there be a disciple?"
The bearded man was still waiting to be divided, only to hear the first old man slam the dry tobacco pouch in his hand on the table, and said: "What's the matter, I'm still fighting about these trivial things." At present, almost all the boys and boys in our villages and towns have been taken captive. So far, except for the kid in Brother Du's town, I haven't heard of anyone who can survive, and no one has even seen a corpse. Now people everywhere are panicking, and the government is unreliable. It is necessary for those of us in the martial arts to come forward to protect the safety of the people. At this time, no matter where the heroes come from, as long as they are willing to contribute to the people, we are welcome. ”
Everyone cheered, but a gloomy voice said: "I'm afraid that our people here will go to slaughter demons, and it will only add a room of corpses." I don't know if it's us who slaughter the demon or the demon who slaughters us. ”
The people in the lobby who said this were all stagnant, and everyone didn't say it, and they all felt that it was reasonable.
Du Zhenxiong said to the yin person: "Hou Si, you usually love to say some backwords, and others don't bother you." Today, we need to show some martial spirit. All of us here are well-known sects, and we all sacrificed our brothers in the fight against the demons. As long as we work together today and discuss a feasible solution, we will be able to get rid of this scourge. ”
Hou Si said again: "These people are very ghostly. When he saw the young man, he was forcibly taken away, and he has not been heard from since. The men who saw the adults were all killed directly. So many of our heroes have been killed by these, and no one even knows what kind of person the other party is. Our Brother Tan is the most miserable, he has lost so many heroes in the gang, and he has lost even his own brothers. What can we come up with?"
After hearing this, everyone's eyes looked at a man with a white cloth wrapped around his head, and the man's eyes were red and his throat choked, thinking that it had aroused sadness.
Du Zhenxiong waited for everyone to calm down before he said: "In the past, everyone fought alone, although there was no way to take these demons. But nowadays, when people work together, they don't have to be at a loss. He paused and then said, "We used to lose because we didn't know anything about these demons. It is said that knowing oneself and knowing the other is invincible, if anyone can blend into this group of demons, know the details of the demons, and then think of escaping. Gather the wisdom of so many of us, and you will be able to think of this group of demons. ”
A man asked, "But we have lost so many young men, and we have not seen anyone escape." ”
Du Zhenxiong said again: "In the past, those sons and daughters were not good at learning, so naturally they couldn't escape from the hands of demons. The adult men were all killed by the demons by their unpreparedness, and they didn't leave a single living mouth. At this time, he got up and walked to Fang Zhongjin's side and said, "Now it's different, we have this little boy with extremely high martial arts to help." I'm sure I'll be able to find out a thing or two. ”
Seeing that they didn't want to work hard by themselves, everyone praised Old Man Du for his unparalleled scheming, and this little man was loyal and righteous.
Fang Zhongjin secretly said in his heart: It turned out that he was waiting for me here.
Du Zhenxiong didn't wait for Fang Zhongjin to say something refused, and hurriedly said: "It's very dangerous to go undercover, and Miss Lu'er can't help if she is a woman, so let's stay in the house to recuperate for a while." ”
Only then did Fang Zhongjin find that there was a circle of men with weapons on the edge of Lu'er's seat. He secretly screamed in his heart: "Careless!" This Du Zhenxiong had planned to keep Lu'er as a hostage, and he wanted to risk his life to explore the bottom of the demon. I'm afraid that the circle of people around Lu'er is not as easy to deal with as the gangsters in Zhao's house. The hall is full of famous heroes, and they can't escape if they want to. If you don't obey them at this time, it is estimated that it will be unfavorable to Lu'er.
He thought for a breath in his heart, and couldn't think of any other way but to take one step at a time. If you can really get rid of demons, it is also a great good thing to eliminate harm for the people. So he clasped his fists and saluted everyone in the hall and said, "Thanks to the heroes, let's take the first step." ”