A gust of wind blew, and the oil lamp in front of the eldest young master Wan Jingcheng went out.

"The door is closed, where does the wind come from?" asked everyone in their hearts. The hall fell silent, dead silent.

Yu Ruoshui first broke the death-like silence.

Yu Ruoshui: "Young Master, Protector Li, elders, the rivers and lakes are indeed the places that pay the most attention to strength. We don't talk about ghosts and gods, but we are now facing a big problem, even if the Tang family's martial arts are very ordinary, even if there are indeed no ghosts and gods, the old lady's nephew Wang Shanren is accompanying Emperor Jiajing in the palace, and the Tang family's big affairs will be sent by the government, what should I do?"

Li Jinshan: "Master Yutang, when it comes to the government, our Cao Gang is not without people in the imperial court, you don't have to worry about this." The key is that we find a solution to the problem. ”

Yu Ruoshui: "Force, definitely not! Although our Jiangnan people's martial arts are not high, but we are not stupid, Tang Lishan can be the first leader of Jiangnan martial arts, it is definitely not a simple matter." In the past few decades, the Taihu Gang and the Tang family in Qianguo Lane have formed a blood feud, and everyone has heard Zhang Tiezui talk about it just now, and I am no longer burdensome. However, let's think about it, why did the Taihu Gang resolutely support Tang Lishan when he was the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts League? Do you say it's strange? Also, Niu Kun didn't know why he had a serious illness, and when he got better, he dismissed everyone from being bandits, learned to do business, and built Wanliu Lane next door to Qianguo Lane, the key is that the Niu family will go to Qianguo Lane to meet the Tang family every New Year's Day, although the Tang family has not been seen, but the Niu family has never stopped, do you say it's strange?"

Wan Jingcheng: "Why can Tang Lishan be the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance? Is it because of his strong martial arts?"

No one answered.

Wan Jingcheng looked at everyone and said, "Which elder can I tell me?"

Everyone was still speechless.

Wan Jingcheng looked at Yu Ruoshui and said, "Hall Master Yu, who do you think is better?"

Yu Ruoshui stood up and walked to Deng Yunhe, bowed, and said, "Old man, can you please do it for you?"

Deng Yunhe nodded.

Yu Ruoshui turned to face the eldest young master and said respectfully, "Please ask Old Master Deng." ”

Deng Yunhe stood up and said, "Okay, let's talk about it." In the gang, there is no need to hide it, everyone knows that I have a relationship with the Tang family. Actually, to be fair, for so many years, the Tang family in Qianguo Lane, especially the old lady, has been very good to each of us, how many people in our gang have not received the favor of the Tang family. The eldest young master, it is very difficult to do something to the Tang family in Jiangnan. If you like to listen, I will tell you about the Tang family and why Tang Lishan can be the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance. ”

Deng Yunhe began to tell the story of the Tang family:

Everyone is asking how Tang Lishan's martial arts are, and I can tell you responsibly that it must be very high. How high, I don't know, but I heard the master say that Tang Lishan's mana is through the sky, his martial arts are outstanding, and he has the style of Tang ancestors, I believe it.

As you said, Qianguo Lane was not peaceful during the orthodox years, and the Taihu Gang often came to harass it. However, since Tang Lishan's predecessors and the old Taijun Wang Saihua have been married for a hundred years, Qianguo Lane has been peaceful, and the Taihu Gang has disappeared. Later, I heard that it was Niu Kun who dismissed everyone, stopped being a bandit, and learned to do business. Legend in the rivers and lakes is related to Tang Lishan.

In addition, don't forget, it was also that year that our Cao Gang Sun went crazy. Some people also say that this incident is related to Tang Lishan.

As for why Tang Lishan can be the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance, I think it is martial arts cultivation, martial virtue, not force.

It is said that the establishment of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance was Lao Taijun's idea.

Lao Taijun has always said, "When people are in the rivers and lakes, they can't have their hearts in the rivers and lakes, but they must have the world in their hearts." You can't always think about fighting and killing to fight for territory, you must cherish life with the world in mind, and learn to convince people with virtue. He felt that in order to maintain the long-term peace of Qianguo Lane, it was not the best way to learn from Tang ancestors to solve the problem by force, and only by making people happy and convincing and working together could we ensure the long-term comfort of Qianguo Lane.

Tang Lishan believed his wife's words, faced the rivers and lakes with benevolence, and was eager to be righteous and benevolent, winning everyone's respect for him. He went to Maoshan alone to meet his father Tang Xianyuan's head brother Zhang Xinquan Tianshi, the presiding officer of Maoshan Taoist Temple, and hoped that he would come forward to contact Jiangnan martial arts colleagues to sit down and negotiate the establishment of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance, and everyone would jointly manage Qianguo Lane, so that Qianguo Lane would be far away from fighting and killing, and it would always be peaceful.

Zhang Tianshi was completely impressed by Tang Lishan's understanding of the supremacy of Taoism, and on the second day of Tang Lishan's ascent to the mountain, he took two apprentices to run around the five major cottages and eight major schools of Jiangnan martial arts, lobbying everywhere, and later Tang Lishan became the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance, and cooked wine with Jiangnan martial arts people on the top of Maoshan to discuss heroes.

Tang Lishan built the Tang ancestral hall Huaxu Hall at the end of Qianguo Lane, bought the east head of Qianguo Lane for himself to live in, and managed Qianguo Lane and the wharf.

Tang Lizhong, loyal and honest, went to the shore of Yanghu Lake to protect the ancestral house of the Tang family, managed thousands of acres of peach forest, and lived in a paradise.

Tang Liliang, dedicated to the Tao, lives at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, manages thousands of acres of orchards on three hills, and can go to Maoshan to ask for immortals.

Tang Lixiu married the Zhou family in Xishan, Suzhou, and took the Tang family's Qianguo Fang and fruit shop as a dowry.

Tang Lizhen, married to a general in Changzhou City, took the cloth mill and the fruit shop as a dowry.

Tang Liren devoted himself to cultivating because of his worship of Zhang Xinquan Heavenly Master in Mao Mountain, and the other family properties in Qianguo Lane were temporarily represented by his eldest brother under his name.

Tang Lishan gave birth to three sons, Tang Xiaoen, Tang Xiaocheng, Tang Xiaolian and two daughters, Tang Xiaohe and Tang Xiaomei. The second son, Tang Xiaocheng, became a monk at the age of twelve, worshiped Zhang Xinquan as a teacher, accepted as a closed disciple, and took over as the twenty-seventh generation head of Maoshan in the spring and March of the first year of Zhengde.

After saying this history, Deng Yunhe hugged everyone, then sat down and said, "Hall Master Yu, I'm not wrong, your predecessor also participated in the Heroes Conference. ”

Yu Ruoshui nodded and said, "Really." The predecessor was the father. ”

Wan Jingcheng stood up and walked in front of Deng Yunhe and bowed: "Thank you, Elder Deng." I have two more questions. ”

Deng Yunhe: "Senior young master, you're welcome, I must know everything, please speak." ”

Wan Jingcheng: "Okay, thank you, old man." Ask the old man first, is it true that the people of Changzhou say that Tang Guiren, the ancestor of the Tang family, has the magic power to reach the sky?"

Deng Yunhe: "I don't know, but you must ask, there may be a brother in the gang who knows." ”

Wan Jingcheng: "Who is it?"

Deng Yunhe smiled and did not answer.