Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Tavern
There were a lot of people in the hall of the restaurant, most of the thirty tables were seated, men, women and children, old and weak, women and children, but it was unexpectedly quiet, except for the occasional clash of dishes, almost no one spoke.
The footsteps sounded again, and this time the people who came in were seven or eight strong men with ghost head knives and chain guns, led by a person with a face like a crab shell, a body like a winter melon, a big black scar on the top of his head, his eyes were hanging, and in his eyes, there was an undisguised violent meaning, he looked around, snorted coldly, and walked towards a vacant tabletop.
The quiet scene suddenly became a little noisy, and the whispers didn't soundβ
"Xichuan's horse bandits, the leader is not Hei Tai Sui, he hasn't left that mountain nest for several years. β
"Why, not only did the blood pole get a bonus, but even the happy forest also recruited a blood standard?"
"Hey, the world is peaceful, and the business of the bandits is not good, so they have gone to other places to grab food. β
Hei Taisui turned his head violently, clenched his fists, his fists were flat, his bones were tied with tendons, and he said viciously: "Locals, it's your business!"
"Why don't you care about Lao Tzu's business, Lao Tzu is the boxer of Yuexing, believe it or not, Lao Tzu makes you unable to leave Yuezhou today," the man in his thirties on the opposite side sneered, and seemed to be unafraid of the other party.
"Brother, Bai Jiaquan's Bai life. β
Although this Bai Shengsheng is not the next head of the Bai family, he is also a ruthless character who has made a name for himself in the Bai family's boxing, and he has already mastered two types of boxing, and the Bai family's boxing is said to have reached the edge of Dacheng.
Hei Tai Sui also has a boxing skill to be proficient, and he is better at knives, guns and darts, fighting to the death, not necessarily inferior to the other party, but the other party is a local boxing sect surname, and there is a white old ghost who is the head of the family who will be old, in case of ruthlessness, using the Bai family relationship, he can really do what he says.
Hei Taisui took the initiative to retreat, retracted his eyes, and muttered, "Yue Xing's own people beat their own people, and they are out!"
"Brother, what he said is not right, the Burning Body Martial Arts Hall has not joined the Yue Xing, how can it be said that it is his own people who beat his own people," on the opposite table, another person spoke.
The man was strangely long, with a long, thin neck, bulging eyes, hands above his knees, and fingers that were not only thick but seemed to be glued together.
"That's right, Old Zhou. β
"En," the man next to him replied weakly, this man also looked very strange, obviously he should not be very old, but his hair was gray, his forehead was wrinkled, he took a small sip of tea, and coughed a few times from time to time, like a tuberculosis ghost.
This time, the fierce and irascible Hei Tai Sui didn't talk at all, he was impulsive, but he was not stupid, the most important thing about being a mountain bandit was to distinguish what a fat sheep was and what was a hard stubble.
He doesn't know the other party, but he can be sure that the other party's boxing skills are still above that white life, although the toad face looks weird, but at first glance, it is that the boxing has been practiced to the bones, and it has begun to transform the physical state, seventy percent of it may be Dacheng level, it is more likely to be pictographic boxing, as for the other one, it seems that the boxing skills are profound, and it seems that there is no heel, he can't see the depth.
"Brother Toad Fist Liu, and this brother, you also come to join in the fun?" said a big fat man sitting by the window with a smile, he brought the most people, all of them were strong and fierce, and they sat on four tables.
"President Hu, how can a big businessman like you make this kind of money?" The toad's face and neck subconsciously bulged, and he was surprised, this surnamed Hu is the president of the Guangdong Blacksmith Company, this blacksmith business is not only to build farm tools, mining, ironmaking, armor piercing, and building weapons, both official and private, there are rumors in the outside world, this President Hu is also smuggling and trading with pirates, it can be said that he is rich in oil, how can he participate in this matter.
"There's no way, brother, I've lost a little bit in business recently, plus 100,000 taels of white silver hooked, scratching my heart, no, I brought the master of the nursing home, invited the martial arts head of the military camp, and specially came to get a piece of the pie," President Hu didn't care on the surface, but in fact he deliberately showed off.
The toad face narrowed his eyes, these twenty or thirty people, they have not practiced boxing to the bones, but there should be seven or eight proficient men, and the military men have always been famous for killing and wounding, and the real combat effectiveness should be raised to a higher level.
The people in the restaurant are not here to have a tea party, each has strange thoughts, and it is vaguely divided into three pieces, the locals are together, these people have similar characteristics, the skin is slightly dark, slightly rough, this is the appearance of being blown by the sea breeze.
On the other side, there are boxers from other places, the background is very complicated, there are mountain bandits like Hei Tai Sui, there are also obviously elite fighters, the descendants of small boxers, threes, threes, twos, looking around, more vigilant, poor and rich, boxers unless they have a family owner to support, otherwise there are few who are not short of money.
There is also a group, the smallest number of people, only four or five tables, dressed in different ways, and there are old and weak women and children, there are old people with children, middle-aged people with broken arms, old women holding babies, and mysterious men with hats on their heads.
These people have a common characteristic, that is, they don't look like boxers, or even martial arts practitioners, but everyone present is very jealous of them, because they are eight out of ten killers of blood poles, or experts in the lower nine gates, thousands, stealing, abduction, prostitutes, and rolling, compared with this kind of person, even Hei Tai Sui is a very good person.
President Hu swept his eyes around, and suddenly got up and said: "Brothers, especially our local brothers, everyone comes here, they are all Qing'er, and there are a lot of people who know me Lao Hu, knowing that I never believe in opening the river, let's get straight to the point, now everyone is a casual guest, if you really want to swallow 100,000 taels of bonuses alone, it is estimated that you will not be able to see the sun tomorrow, and in addition to this inn, there must be more individual customers in the periphery." β
"Such a big bonus, I suspect that this is very likely to be just the bait of the big dealer, let us be cannon fodder, and then our own family will lead it to destroy one of the three major martial arts halls in Yuezhou, such a big thing, can they really rest assured that we outsiders will do it?"
"President Hu, what do you mean?" Bai Shengsheng frowned.
"Brother, what do I mean, our locals know the roots, can we unite first, do a vote, really go lucky, dividends everyone, 10,000 steps back and say, even if nothing is caught, there are many people to ensure safety, now there are mixed fish and dragons, who knows if there is anyone who eats black, in the local area, everyone knows the roots, has a family and a room, really want to do dirty things, not afraid of losing face." β
President Hu's words are both soft and hard, and the face of the inside has arrived, and he is worthy of being the leader of the line.
In the restaurant, local boxers still account for the majority, although there are many bonuses, it is unlikely in the end, and if the locals are united, it may not be, just like President Hu said, the locals form a group, at least they can protect themselves.
"I agree," the two brothers who practiced the Hong family boxing took the lead.
"Add me one," this is Zhao Yi'er of Kunlun Boxing, he is actually not a local, Kunlun Boxing also came to Guangdong from Henan Province when the displaced people went south, but he opened a bone-setting clinic in the city five years ago, and he can barely say the past.
"I'll give Brother Hu's face. β
"Okay, the Cantonese people do their own things, and the others get out!"
This group of big-shouldered, round-waisted, outwardly fierce local boxers echoed one after another, at least on the surface, everyone is on the same path.
"What about the two brothers?" President Hu said with a smile, among the present, in fact, he was most optimistic about this toad face and the sick ghost, although the toad boxing was ugly, but they were standard ancient boxing, and the boxing skills were so high that almost no one present could beat them.
As for the other one, he is a little unsure, he is the head of a line, the local three sects and nine streams have dealings, and he is also a member of the Yue Xing, and he has never heard of this person, but the appearance of the other party is a little similar to a character in the legend more than ten years ago, but wasn't that person killed by Luo Yanzong, the senior brother of the Burning Martial Arts Hall ten years ago?
As soon as Toad Face wanted to speak, he was patted on the shoulder by the tuberculosis ghost, and said hoarsely: "Thank you President Hu for your kindness, we just came to see the excitement, and we are not involved in this matter." β
Before long, the locals were organized by President Hu, and more than 30 boxers set off in a majestic manner.
And one after another, outsiders, blood poles, and people from the lower nine gates also left the tavern, and in the end, only these two people were left in the tavern.
"Why don't you go, follow Lao Hu to fish in troubled waters," the toad face wondered.
"The tree is a big wind. β
"Speaking of people," the toad said dissatisfiedly: "You were the sect master of the Nanzhi Fist Sect back then, it was Luo Yanzong who picked you up, and you yourself said that you wanted to take revenge, why are you so careless now!"
"There are masters," the tuberculosis ghost coughed a few more times before he said with a sad face: "And I have my eyes on Lao Zhou and his group." β
"Master, how tall is it?"
"It's so high that I think of someone, let's go, it's almost time to see the excitement now," a hint of gloom flashed in the tuberculosis grimace.