Chapter 30: The Lord of the Beggars

At this time, Xiao Xiaoke had already arrived, and when he saw that Cheng Yuesong was dead, he said to Li Shengmin: "Shengmin, thank you so much, sure enough, he killed my father." "On the first day I came, I knew that he was not a good person, but I didn't expect him to wait and attack the Xiao Gang Leader in advance. Now it has been ascertained that it was he who secretly colluded with Yan Qinyang and reported to him, so that the Xiao gang leader was murdered.

Li Shengmin took Xiao Xiaoke out of Cheng Yuesong's living room and went back to their rooms to rest.

Early the next morning, Xiao Xiaoke came to Li Shengmin to discuss, and said: "Shengmin, now that the thief is dead, and there are still a few respected elders in a different place, how about you summon everyone to discuss the matter?" The disciples have been to Cheng Yuesong for too long, and now that I have killed him, it will inevitably arouse their anger, how can they obey me? Xiao Xiaoke persuaded: "You have to try, if we escape, we will become the number one enemy of the beggar gang, it is better to take the opportunity to persuade them!" Li Shengmin thought about it and felt that this method would also work.

So the two came to the hall, as soon as they arrived, the faces of all the disciples changed drastically, they all pulled out their weapons, and one pointed at Li Shengmin with a sword and said: "You rat generation, killed our beggar gang elder, and now you dare to come!" Li Shengmin was not in a hurry, stepped forward and smiled faintly, and said: "This brother, you are so bad, put away your weapons, how about listening to me?" Suddenly, a disciple in the crowd said sharply: "The surname is Li, if you have a fart, let it go!" Li Shengmin glared at the man and said loudly: " I know that you have a deep grudge against me, and you want to kill me with a sword, but do you think that Cheng Yuesong, as an elder in the gang, did not do his best to assist the gang leader, but instead colluded with Yan Qinyang to murder the gang leader!"

As soon as these words came out, all the disciples discussed, and one disciple said: "It turns out that Cheng Yuesong is a traitor to the beggar gang, and he should be killed!" Another disciple said: "No wonder he has been acting secretively recently, it turns out that he is framing the beggars for injustice, such a thief, he is innocent!"

When all the disciples heard Li Shengmin say this, they knelt down in unison and said loudly: "What Li Daxia said is very true, please try to save the beggar gang!" Li Shengmin suddenly felt pity and said, "You all get up, how about we discuss together?" "I am an outsider, and I cannot participate in the political affairs of your gang, but I have a suggestion, quickly get your elders back, and let them take charge of your affairs! Otherwise, the beggar gang will be in chaos."

A disciple said: "The beggar gang is very widely scattered throughout the country, there are a few elders, and they are wandering, how is this good?" The disciples said one after another: "Yes, some elders have not seen each other once in a few years, and the huge beggar gang can't be without an owner for a day!"

"This can't be helped, I'm young, and I'm not qualified to be the leader of the beggar gang, so you might as well choose another merit!" Li Shengmin said. Suddenly, a person said in a loud voice: "Li Daxia's martial arts are strong, and he has eradicated a big traitor for the beggar gang, so we should be the leader, what's wrong?" Xiao Xiaoke stood up and said: "Everyone's kindness, Li Daxia understands it, but I don't know what he wants?" Xiao Xiaoke was very close to Li Shengmin, and said softly: "Since everyone has good intentions, you can agree for the time being, so as not to disappoint the disciples!"

Li Shengmin nodded slightly, and said loudly: "Thanks to your brothers, since this is the case, I will temporarily act as the leader of your gang!" But I assure you that although I have very little experience, I am willing to work together with all the brothers to govern our beggar gang!

"Okay, great!" the disciples cheered in unison.

Then, all the disciples knelt on the ground one by one and said in unison: "The gang leader is wise and the world, and he is willing to live and die with the gang leader!" Li Shengmin helped everyone up one by one, and then threw a banquet to celebrate.

Within a while, the news of Li Shengmin being the gang leader spread all over the rivers and lakes, and Suo Undefeated was very angry, and scolded: "Little rabbit cub, he actually ran to the beggar gang to be the leader of some bullshit gang, which insulted the reputation of my Ten Immortals Sect." After thinking about it, I also thought that it would be bad to let him sharpen and sharpen it?

But when the news of Cheng Yuesong's death reached Yan Qinyang's ears, he was shocked and scolded: "Cheng Yuesong, Cheng Yuesong, you are too incompetent, you can't even deal with a yellow-haired baby, and you still want to be the leader of the beggar gang!" made up his mind and decided to get rid of Li Shengmin first.

In the middle of the night, Yan Qinyang quietly infiltrated the beggar gang, evaded the patrolling beggar gang disciples, and hid behind a big tree. Suddenly, Li Shengmin walked out of the door with Xiao Xiaoke and walked towards an alley. Yan Qinyang wondered in his heart, what are they going to do? Is there an ulterior secret? He followed and followed, only to see Li Shengmin take Xiao Xiaoke to a big tree, and the two of them sat down. It turned out that it was summer, and it was hot in the house, so they came to cool off under the big tree.

Suddenly, Li Shengmin said: "Sister Xiao Ke, are you satisfied with this life?" After a long time, Xiao Xiaoke said slowly: "Now that my father is dead, I am left to live alone in this world, as long as I am with you, I will be satisfied." "Sister, why am I not? I was also an orphan since I was a child, and I survived by Huo Kedong, the master of the Killing Sect, when I was only ten years old. Xiao Xiaoke asked, "Why haven't you heard you mention it?" Li Shengmin bowed his head and was silent for a long time before replying: "Huo Kedong is a revolutionary party, and once, their underground secret liaison station was destroyed by the enemy, and on the way, I was separated alone. "After that, they could no longer be contacted. Xiao Xiaoke saw that he was in a very low mood, and said: "Don't talk about this, as long as we live well, it will be the greatest happiness!" Li Shengmin stepped forward and grabbed her hand tightly, and said: "Sister Xiaoke, you are so good, it is enough to have you in my life." Xiao Xiaoke looked at him with a fascinated look, was speechless for a while, hugged Li Shengmin tightly, and said: "Shengmin, in this world, you are my only relative, can you promise me one thing?"

"Tell me, what is it?" said Li Shengmin.

"Please don't be your enemy, he is your savior. At this moment, Li Shengmin recalled the incident of a few years ago, he and Qin Xiwen had a big fight in the Tiger Roaring Forest, and later Qin Xiaotian not only did not blame him, but was very affectionate to himself, did he bother to deceive me? Li Shengmin smiled slightly, "Sister, just this little matter, I will go to the Moon Palace in the future and explain it to Uncle Qin. ”

"So, you still can't promise me. ”

Li Shengmin blurted out a smile and said, "I promised my sister that I would never be an enemy of him!" Yan Qinyang, who was hiding in a hidden place, was very impatient because he couldn't stand the bite of mosquitoes, and jumped out, only to see him cover his face with a veil, laugh, and said: "You kid is really a blessing, it is a great blessing in life to be able to marry me and me here with Miss Xiao!" But it's a pity that your kid is a short-lived ghost! Li Shengmin jumped up and said loudly: "Who are you?" Yan Qinyang laughed, it's not difficult for me to tell you, you just need to win the Kunlun Sword in my hand. As soon as Li Shengmin heard about the "Kunlun Sword", it was Yan Qinyang who arrived. Then, Li Shengmin pushed Xiao Xiaoke back and said, "Sister, you stand aside first, and I will meet the national teacher when I come!"

Li Shengmin sneered and said: "My subordinates are defeated, dare to speak wildly, how about I can take your life with both palms?" Xiao Xiaoke, who was standing on the side, heard that it was Yan Qinyang who arrived, his teeth were gritted, and he also stepped forward, Li Shengmin stopped: "Sister, you are not his opponent, let me come!" Xiao Xiaoke had to step back, Yan Qinyang sneered: "You all go together, why am I afraid?" Li Shengmin didn't answer, turned his hands and slapped Yan Qinyang. Yan Qinyang also knew that he had profound skills, but he hadn't really seen his iron sand palm, so he didn't dare to be negligent. He turned the Kunlun sword in his hand around, and raised it upwards to cut Li Shengmin's palms.

It's not good Li Shengmin has already changed his moves, waving his palms to grab his chest, Yan Qinyang knew that it was the iron sand palm, and hurriedly put the Kunlun sword in his hand up, blocking his claws, in this darkness, Yan Qinyang's eyes were not too accurate, not to mention that he shot quickly, only listening to the sound of the wind on his right arm, Yan Qinyang knew that it was not good, and then, he only felt a sharp pain in his arm, and looked at it, his arm had been caught. Yan Qinyang took a few steps back and said, "Your kid's iron sand palm is really powerful!" Li Shengmin sneered and said, "Dead old man, I'll let you taste a little sweetness again, does that taste good?" As he spoke, he stepped up his offensive and grabbed Yan Qinyang's throat again, his right arm was injured and he couldn't use his strength, so he hurriedly used the Kunlun sword in his hand to separate him, but his speed slowed down a little, and he fell sideways, but Li Shengmin's claws grabbed his shoulder blades, and he lifted it up again, screaming in pain, and threw it back, broke free from Li Shengmin's claws, covered his shoulders, and rushed forward. Seeing that he wanted to escape, Li Shengmin pulled out a dagger from his waist, Xiao Xiaoke was very fast, and threw it at Yan Qinyang with a big knife, only to hear a scream, Yan Qinyang fell to the ground. Xiao Xiaoke caught up and said sharply: "Old thief Yan, if you kill my father, today is your death!" Yan Qinyang was dying on the ground, begging bitterly: "Ask Miss Xiao to spare my life, all this is Cheng Yuesong's conspiracy." "Now that Cheng Yuesong is dead, there is no proof of death, if you want me to spare your life, don't you think about it! Xiao Xiaoke picked up the big knife and took Yan Qinyang's head with one sword. She knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Dad, my daughter has avenged you, please rest in peace!" Li Shengmin helped her up, sister, let's go back!

Just as he was looking back along the original road, a disciple suddenly stumbled and stumbled and reported: "Gang leader, the officers and soldiers have surrounded the entire beggar mansion!" Li Shengmin scolded: "Damn, I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to come so quickly, it seems that they are prepared!" Li Shengmin took Xiao Xiaoke and his disciples to run back, at this time, there was already a sea of fire inside, the cry shook the sky, the officers and soldiers at the door were shouting, the people inside listened, you have been surrounded, hurry up and surrender! After a while, the leading officer ordered: "A group of stinky beggars, what's the use of keeping?" Burn them all to death, and not a single one will be left alive!" Li Shengmin was furious, I went to fight with them, Xiao Xiaoke saw this, grabbed him, and said: "Shengmin, you calm down, they are outnumbered, not to mention that they have guns in their hands, aren't we taking our lives in vain?"

Li Shengmin hugged his head and cried, I am sorry for all the brothers of the beggar gang, I should die! But I didn't expect that Yuan Shikai would kill the beggar gang. Xiao Xiaoke comforted: "It's not your fault, it's not your fault!" The beggar gang has always been a big gang, and if the imperial court wants to deal with the Jianghu sect, it must start with the beggar gang. If this is the beginning, as I expected, they don't know what sect they will be dealing with next.

The disciple said: "Helper, let's quickly withdraw, stay in Qingshan, and come back in the future to avenge the brothers!" Li Shengmin gritted his teeth and said: "Sister, let's withdraw, this revenge, I, Li Shengmin, will definitely avenge it!" The three of them ran south, not far away, and saw several soldiers galloping towards them on horseback, Li Shengmin was feeling aggrieved in his heart, and there was nowhere to vent, he shouted loudly and ran forward. When several soldiers saw that one of them was blocking the way, they scolded: "Don't you kid want to live anymore? Dare to stand in our way!" Li Shengmin's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Your grandfather is in a very unhappy mood today, how about taking a few lives?" A soldier snorted, pulled out a pistol from his waist, and frightened: "If you don't believe it, let's try to compete, let's see if my gun is fast or your fist is powerful!" Before the words fell, only the soldiers led by him were heard, and then, a few more times, the daggers that flew out hit the vital points of the other two soldiers, Li Shengmin pulled the reins, jumped on the horse, and said to Xiao Xiaoke and his disciples: "Quick, hurry up and get on the horse!" The two jumped on the horse and galloped south.

Within two days, the three of them had arrived in the territory of the Moon Palace, and were walking, when they suddenly heard the sound of fighting in the woods, Li Shengmin hid behind a big tree and took a look, and saw a white-haired old man fighting with a middle-aged man thirty miles away, the middle-aged man was very fierce, and he was very vicious, attracting people's vital points, seeing that the old man couldn't resist, Li Shengmin jumped forward, stopped the middle-aged man and said: "Hey, what kind of hero are you bullying an old man?" The middle-aged man saw a young man blocking the way and asked, "Who are you?" Don't stop me, I have to kill this old man and not die! The middle-aged man swung his sword again and was about to stab the old man, but Li Shengmin stopped him.

At this time, Xiao Xiaoke and his disciples chased after him and said, "Shengmin, it's not early, let's go!" The middle-aged man laughed when he saw that there were two more of them, and said, "Yo, there are two more guys who are not afraid of death!" "I taught my family this old immortal, what does it have to do with you?" Li Shengmin glared at him, it turned out that it was his son who beat Lao Tzu, you really have a chance! Since this is the kind of thing, I will take care of this matter today!

The middle-aged man took a few steps back and looked at Li Shengmin with a strange look, Li Shengmin beckoned to him: "Come here! How about we fight?" The middle-aged man glared, don't think that I am afraid of you if there are many of you, just fight. He pulled his posture, and the long sword in his hand shook, stabbing at Li Shengmin's heart. Li Shengmin said in his heart: "This bastard is really vicious, and his moves are ruthless enough!" Don't give him a bitter taste, he doesn't know how powerful my iron sand palm is. He strained his feet and shook his palms forward, but he grabbed the middle-aged man's long sword. The middle-aged man had never met such an opponent who was not afraid of death, and he was very surprised, when he was distracted, Li Shengmin really wrapped the long sword in his hand, so he slapped it sideways, and the long sword in the middle-aged man's hand struck to the side, but Li Shengmin quickly freed his hand and grabbed the middle-aged man's chest with one claw. Hearing only an ouch, the man's long sword fell to the ground, jumped back a few steps with all his might, and screamed: "Iron Sand Palm!" Li Shengmin sneered and said, "You rat generation, you are still knowledgeable!" He covered his chest and said, "I admit defeat, don't kill me!" Li Shengmin looked at him with contempt, you are a useless thing, you admit defeat with one move, so unambitious, will you still beat you in the future?

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "The hero spares his life, and I will never beat him again in the future." The white-haired old man stepped forward to salute Li Shengmin and said, "Thank you Daxia for saving my life, this beast is not a human!"

The old man said with tears in his eyes: "A few days ago, the beast kidnapped a young man from nowhere, and the young man had some martial arts, but he couldn't beat him, so he tied him to a big tree and didn't give him food and drink!" Xiao Xiaoke interjected, "So he fought you hard, right?"

"Yes!" said the old man.

The old man is also a martial arts practitioner, because of his age, kung fu has been abandoned a lot, I think of the relationship between father and son, and let him have a few points, so...

Well, I see. Senior, where is the young man now? Can you take us to have a look? Okay, you come with me. The old man led the way, and Li Shengmin said to the middle-aged man, "Don't go quickly!" He picked up the long sword, covered his chest, and followed behind everyone. After walking for about half a mile, I saw a young man tied to a tree in front of him, his face was full of wounds, he had been whipped with a leather whip, and his long hair was disheveled, covering half of his face. Li Shengmin stepped forward and asked, "Little brother, wake up!" After a long time, he woke up and asked, "Are you ・・・・・" Don't be afraid, we are here to save you, and then untie the rope and help him sit down. Li Shengmin looked at his face carefully, it was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. Asked softly, "Little brother, what do you call you?"

The young man looked at the stranger in front of him stupidly, and said for a long time: "Brother, thank you! My name is Qin Xiwen." Li Shengmin was stunned, you are the Qin Xiwen who fought with me when I was a child? Who is my brother? When did we fight. Li Shengmin laughed, maybe you forgot, I beat you to the point that you were bleeding before, and then your father came to look for you, don't you remember?

Qin Xiwen smiled slightly and said, "Ah, I remember, you are Li Shengmin's brother!" Xiao Xiaoke was surprised and happy when she saw Li Shengmin meet her childhood friend, but she had never seen Qin Xiwen, but Qin Xiwu had seen it, and she still poisoned him. Thinking of the past, he didn't feel ashamed, and said with a red face: "Little brother, how did you get kidnapped by him?" Qin Xiwen glanced at her, shook his head and said nothing, and Xiao Xiaoke was inconvenient to ask more.

Li Shengmin raised his head, looked at the middle-aged man, and shouted: "Why did you kidnap him here and answer me truthfully!" The middle-aged man said in a low voice: "I lost all my money in a gambling house in the capital, and I owe a gambling debt, and seeing that this young man is very clever, I want to sell him to the capital in exchange for some silver." But he would not obey, and in my anger I tied him to a tree and did not give him food or drink. Li Shengmin slapped him in the face and said loudly: "You are really lacking in virtue, do you know who he is?" to tell you, he is the son of Qin Xiaotian, the master of the Moon Palace, and his father's martial arts are unparalleled in the world.

The middle-aged man knelt down and begged for mercy again: "It's me who has no eyes, I deserve to die!" Li Shengmin said in his heart: "I'm worried that I don't have a meeting gift, and this opportunity has come." "Sister, we might as well tie him up and hand him over to Uncle Qin to deal with!" Xiao Xiaoke also thought that his words were reasonable, so he stepped forward and tied up the middle-aged man and escorted him to the Moon Palace.

Within two hours, everyone came to the gate of the Moon Palace, and the disciples of the Moon Palace saw that Qin Xiwen had returned safely, and hurriedly flew to report to Qin Xiaotian. Suddenly hearing that Xi Wen had returned safely, he was overjoyed and hurried out to greet him. Seeing a young man standing outside the door with a man, it can be seen that this young man's martial arts are outstanding and extraordinary. Li Shengmin stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Excellency must be Uncle Qin, the younger generation is polite." Qin Xiaotian saw that the young man was very polite, and called himself uncle, but he didn't know who it was? Because Li Shengmin was still an ignorant child when he was in the Moon Palace, and many years had passed, and he never imagined that Li Shengmin would appear in the Moon Palace again.

Qin Xiaotian was surprised, and hurriedly said: "Exactly, please follow me into the palace!" Xiao Xiaoke escorted the middle-aged man to follow behind and came to the hall, Qin Xiaotian beckoned Li Shengmin and others to take a seat. Li Shengmin said loudly to the man: "You thief, don't kneel down for the palace master!" He knelt in front of Qin Xiaotian with a plop, Qin Xiaotian was at a loss, what are you ・・・・・

Li Shengmin stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Your Excellency the Palace Master, you don't know that it was this thief who kidnapped Qin Xiwen!" Li Shengmin told the man how he treated his father and Qin Xiwen, Qin Xiaotian was furious, glared at the man and said, "You thief, it turned out to be an unrighteous person, I can kill you!" Thinking that you have your father's sake, I will spare your dog's life for the time being, but you have to beat the Moon Palace with a stick.

Xiao Xiaoke shouted: "Don't thank the palace master?" The man's hands trembled, and he kowtowed to Qin Xiaotian three times in a row, and said: "Thank you for the palace master's grace of not killing, the villain Zhongwang will never forget it in his life!" Li Shengmin teased: "I don't think you are in Zhongwang, do you still want to be in Zhongwang?" Qin Xiaotian glanced at his disciples, and a few disciples came up and knocked Zhongwang out of the Moon Palace.

At this time, Qin Xiao Tiancai secretly looked at this young man and saw that he was handsome, quite like a scholar, but he was so good at martial arts. Then he asked: "Young man, I am very surprised that you call me uncle, why is this?" Li Shengmin pounced, knelt in front of Qin Xiaotian, and said, "Uncle Qin, I am Li Shengmin!" Qin Xiaotian was surprised and delighted, and said: "Are you really a Min'er? Get up, child!" Qin Xiaotian hurriedly helped him up and let me take a good look! Sure enough, he found that Li Shengmin looked like his mother Li Lanhui, and Shicai didn't dare to recognize him! You are not the leader of the beggar gang now, why do you have time to come to see me? Speaking of the beggar gang, Li Shengmin cried loudly, Qin Xiaotian was puzzled, and comforted: "Min'er, don't cry, take your time, maybe I can help you." Li Shengmin wiped away his tears and said, "Uncle, you have to help me, the beggars' mansions outside the capital have all been burned down by the officers and soldiers." "The poor beggar disciples were all burned inside, I'm sorry for the dead disciples, I deserve to die!

Qin Xiaotian sighed: "You can't be blamed for this, maybe it's because the beggars' qi is like this." "No, it's my fault, the enemy's estimation is too low, that's why this catastrophe has been created. At that time, I successfully eliminated the traitor Cheng Yuesong, who colluded with the national teacher Yan Qinyang and wanted to sit in the position of the gang leader. Later, after Cheng Yuesong died, we were negligent for a while, and we were unexpectedly attacked by Yan Qinyang's troops, so...

At this time, Han Liuyun led Qin Xiwu to come, and she stepped forward and asked, "Brother Xiaotian, I heard that Min'er is here, is it true?" Qin Xiaotian looked at Li Shengmin and smiled, and said, "Min'er, your aunt has come to see you." Li Shengmin glanced at her a few times, bowed forward, and said, "Under Li Shengmin, meet your aunt!" Han Liuyun smiled, no need to be polite, she stepped forward to look at Li Shengmin left and right, stroked his head, and said, "Child, you have grown so big." "Come on, let's sit down and talk, let me take a good look at you?

At this time, Li Shengmin's heart was extremely warm, and his chest couldn't help but feel hot, and he couldn't help but sit down with the Korean wave. As soon as he sat down, he didn't know where to start. Xin said: "This aunt is very modest, maybe I misunderstood them at the beginning." He dispelled his previous concerns. Han Liuyun saw that he was already a handsome young man, thought he was shy, and said with a smile: "Min'er, you speak, now we are all a family, you don't have to be polite!" Let me ask you, how have you been doing over the years? Li Shengmin saw her ask about the original incident, and the previous scenes flashed in front of his eyes, he was frightened, confused, disappointed, hateful, and hateful, all kinds of painful tastes wrenched his heart, but he forced a smile and said: "Thank you aunt for your concern, I am very good!" Han Liuyun saw the complicated expression on his face, and seemed to smile and said:" Min'er, you have to tell us the truth, we will have the opportunity to compensate you more in the future!" As soon as she said compensation, Li Shengmin's heart was upset, and she said secretly: "Okay, sure enough, it was you and your wife who killed my mother!"

Qin Xiaotian, who was standing on the side, saw Han Liuyun chattering endlessly, and said: "Sister Liuyun, don't ask, a young man from another family, patronizing and nagging, the people will be embarrassed!"

"Yes, we haven't seen Min'er for many years, so why don't we sit down and talk?"

Min'er, your aunt cares about you very much, but don't think she is nagging! Your two virtuous brothers, she has never been so concerned, it can be seen that she is good at good intentions!

Li Shengmin bowed to Qin Xiaotian and changed his voice to call him uncle, I understand this, thank you for taking care of me all these years!" Han Liuyun waved his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't say that! "To be honest, our husband and wife are ashamed of you, and it was we who sent you to the Killing Gate back then. But you don't know the environment at the time, the world **** is uneasy, we were hunted down by the government, hiding in the west, unable to take you with us, so we had to live in the lore gate.

The Killing Gate is Mr. Sun's secret organization, and it is not easy to be discovered, we asked the door master Huo Kedong, but you escaped. Qin Xiaotian saw Li Shengmin's embarrassed expression, and persuaded: "Sister Liuyun, which are all things in the past, don't mention it again!" As long as Min'er is very good with us now, we can eat and chat together in the future, and I can pass on my life's martial arts to him, why not?"

Min'er, don't you hurry up to thank your uncle? Li Shengmin was unwilling, but he didn't want to disappoint his aunt, so he stood up and said, "Min'er is willing to listen to his uncle's teachings!" Han Liuyun smiled and nodded, "Okay, that's right?" She suddenly looked up to the sky and said, "Sister Lanhui, have you seen it? Min'er has finally grown up!" After that, she burst into tears and cried whining, if you had listened to me at the beginning, you would not have been separated now.

Li Shengmin saw Han Liuyun crying so sadly, and his heart was also full of pain, as if a sharp sword was stabbing his heart, he stepped forward and persuaded: "Auntie, don't be sad, I will be a useful person in the future and avenge my parents!"