Chapter 10: The Knights 1
One.
As soon as Liu Mazi put his head into the hole, he was frightened by the various flying insects and poisonous snakes in front of him, and fled in a hurry, scolding: "Damn it!"
The black spider was simply more threatening than any master, and those two toads were even more terrifying than the sword around his neck. He sat down at the entrance of the cave, ashamed of his embarrassment, and scolded angrily at the entrance of the cave.
"What the hell are you doing in there?"
Ximen Jing poked his head out, smiled slightly, and said slowly.
"They are already full of food and drink, and they won't bite you easily, so you can come in with confidence!"
Liu Mazi sat on the ground, and before he could stand up, he hurriedly took a few steps back.
It turned out that Ximen Jing had a poisonous spider on her head.
"Damn it!"
Liu Mazi said indignantly, got up and patted his buttocks.
"Come out, I have something to say. "What Liu Mazi wants to say is about the beggar gang.
The beggar gang is the largest gang in the Central Plains, with a large number of people, but now, it is in crisis.
Beggars, also known as Hanako or Hanako. There are two groups of people among them. One is the optimist who enjoys this kind of life of inaction and takes the sky as the earth. There is also a group of greedy people who are dissatisfied with their own nothing, and who are bent on getting rich. Of course, the rules of the beggar gang encourage the first type of beggar. And the second type, once discovered, is subject to severe punishment. Once a beggar in an area is caught committing a crime, all beggars in that area will no longer be able to beg. Therefore, crime can be a fatal blow to beggars, and even to beggars.
However, the upper echelons of the beggars are certainly not optimists who can rest on their laurels. The person who can organize and manage the world's first gang must be ambitious and want to make a difference. Moreover, there are many beggars, and there must be an unknown chain of interests behind them. The beggars who can get a piece of the pie here are all rich people wearing beggar masks. Imagine what would happen if the world saw them for what they really were? As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes. Therefore, once the beggars get out of control, the situation will inevitably develop to the point of no control. Once a beggar tastes the sweetness of money, he will become the most terrible thief in the world, and he will do anything for it. Now, the southern rudder of the beggar gang centered on Nanjing is exactly like this. In the southern rudder of the beggar gang, there are very few people who actually become beggars because of poverty. Most of them join the beggar gang to make money. At first, they would sing the lotus flower and beg, and if the other party did not give money, they would force the other party and even scold. In this case, most people will choose to compromise and spend money. However, this is not the most serious. Among them, there are also some people who are called "back big strong". Usually, they hide weapons on their bodies, and they seem to be begging, but behind the scenes, they are engaged in murder, robbery, and human trafficking. Normally, Hanakotou, who is in charge of the beggars in the area, does not usually have to beg. Their status is second only to the helmsman, and they usually not only have fine clothes and food, but also try to collect money for themselves. In the Jiangnan area, there is even a saying that "high-ranking officials are not as good as Hanakotou". However, the beggar gang is a chivalrous gang, and when this kind of thing happens, the chief rudder cannot stand idly by. However, this also involves the contradiction between the Zhulong Union and the Humeng. The leader of the beggar gang and the northern rudder originally wanted to sanction the southern rudder, but they were stopped by the Zhulong Alliance. The Zhulong Alliance asserted that their move was to contain the beggar gang Beiru, who was closer to the group of tigers and Meng. However, there were people in the southern rudder who advocated taking this opportunity to establish their own sect and divide the beggar gang into two. Liu Mazi's Shandong rudder belongs to the North Rudder, and he himself is the eighth disciple of the beggar gang leader, the iron cane Han Chang. Liu Mazi suffered huge setbacks when he was young and lived a life of self-abandonment. Later, due to coincidence, he was accepted as a disciple by Han Chang and officially became a member of the beggar gang. Liu Mazi is righteous and chivalrous, so he will naturally be dissatisfied with Nanruo.
Despite the danger of the situation, the chief rudder did not dare to act rashly. Now, Nanru is protected by the Zhulong Alliance, and once a conflict occurs, it will inevitably lead to a big war between the Zhulong Alliance and the Humeng, and the consequences will be unimaginable. The conflict between the South and the North and Bangladesh had nothing to do with the beggar gang, but if the beggar gang became the fuse of the Great War between the North and the South, it would inevitably be pushed to the cusp of this war, and the beggar gang would suffer a catastrophe. In any case, the beggars could not allow this to happen. "So what?"
Ximen Jing said lightly with an expression of indifference. His words made Liu Mazi very angry, but he still held back his anger and replied.
"Ten days later, he killed a dog in Li Laoting. ”
Killing dogs is a code word for the beggars, which means a gathering of beggars. The venue was set in Li Laoting, which meant that a meeting of the elders of the beggar gang was to be held. Because the church of the beggars is there. Ximen Jing said lightly.
"Don't go. ”
Hearing this, Liu Mazi's face turned red. Although Ximenjing's answer was expected, his categorical answer still made Liu Mazi angry, and said indignantly: "Why?
"I'm busy!"
"Busy with what?"
"I'm going to teach him martial arts, and ......!"
Ximen Jing pointed to the cave with his finger, looked at Liu Mazi seriously, and threw the blackened bamboo card in his hand to him.
"It's useless for me to go, so you should go for me. I'm sure the other elders thought the same way. ”
Liu Mazi felt that what he wanted in his heart was seen through by Ximen Jing, and he couldn't help blushing. But he still put away the elder's order, which symbolized the status of the elder. "The helper will be angry. ”
"I want to take this opportunity to resign as an elder, so that Han Chang won't be angry. What do you mean by that?"
Right now, Ximen Jing's whole mind is on Wang Yi, and he doesn't care about the beggars at all. What he asked was exactly what Liu Mazi had just said at the entrance of the cave.
"He has been reborn, how can he be compared to ordinary people?"
Liu Mazi shook his head.
"Reborn, reborn, what evidence do you have to say that? Moreover, although there is such a thing as rebirth in the rivers and lakes, no one has ever seen it, has it? Perhaps, this is just nonsense in the rivers and lakes, how can you take it seriously?"
Yes, there are some people who say that they are reborn, they are reborn, but no one has really seen the symptoms or the effects. Everyone said this, but when they asked, no one said that they had met it with their own eyes, they just heard it. ”
Ximen Jing was furious.
"I use my personality to guarantee that he has indeed been reborn!"
"What personality do you have......
Although Liu Mazi had something to say, he thought that the other party was an elder, so he held back his anger, got up angrily, and said.
"I'll prove it to you myself!"
Liu Mazi wanted to walk into the cave, but suddenly hesitated and said.
"Bring him out. ”
The cave full of flying insects and poisonous snakes, Liu Mazi didn't want to step into it.
Simon Jing brought the king out. Liu Mazi stretched out his right hand.
"Push me!"
Wang Yi didn't know why, so he walked over and aimed his palm at Liu Mazi's right hand, and Liu Mazi took a few steps back.
"Good, good strength. Much better than me, a beggar with little food and clothing. Come here and push again!"
Wang Yi repeated the action just now, but this time, Liu Mazi did not take a step back.
"Exercise your internal strength, luck, adjust your breathing, and imagine that you have a thread in your palm that runs through me all the way to that tree!"
Wang Yi felt a fever all over his body, and a stream of true qi poured into his palm, but it was fleeting. What followed was a sharp pain in his chest, as if someone had hit him with a sledgehammer. Blood gushed out of the king's mouth, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he had flown backwards two feet away.
"Draw your sword! I'm going to show you what real martial arts are today!"
Wang Yi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, pulled out the matching knife, and rushed towards Liu Mazi with a wave, slashing it down.
Liu Mazi looked at Wang Yi fixedly, and when Wang Yi slashed at him one by one, he quickly picked up the pot on his waist and waved it at Wang Yi.
With a bang, Wang Yijie was smashed solidly and fell to the ground, and the knife in his hand was also thrown into the air and fell to the ground.
Liu Mazi grinned at Wang. "Being able to defeat the strong with the weak and strike at the back is called martial arts!"
He kicked hard at a tree in front of the hut.
"Look, isn't this tree very thick? If you want to kick this tree off, what should you do? You kick like this at close range, you will always kick it, you have to ...... like this!"
Bang! Liu Mazi stood in place, and with a roundhouse kick, he broke the tree in one fell swoop.
"...... like this"
Liu Mazi straightened his clothes and said lightly.
"With practice, anyone can do it. However, this is not martial arts. If you move too much, you can easily expose your weaknesses to the enemy. So, what will a martial arts student do?"
Liu Mazi walked to another tree and gently kicked the stump with his toes.
With a bang, the tree fell to the ground with a bang, and the section was clean and smooth, as if it had been cut off by an axe.
"The so-called martial arts is to use the smallest movements to obtain the greatest effect. For this, internal strength is indispensable. Without internal strength, no matter how many moves there are, it will not help, and without internal strength, no matter how fast the reaction is, it will not help. Internal strength is the foundation of martial arts. ”
"So aren't you cultivating internal strength?"
Ximen Jing couldn't help but shout.
Liu Mazi glanced back at Ximen Jing, sneered, and said to Wang Yi.
"Internal strength is not something that can be practiced overnight. I've been practicing for 30 years to get to where I am today. Moreover, the cultivation of internal strength is time-sensitive, and it is necessary to practice from a young age. If you practice again after the age of 20, I am afraid that your efforts will be in vain. Most people start practicing at the age of ten, but first-class masters start to practice their own mental methods at the age of five, and with the help of drugs, they can achieve superior results. Otherwise, even if you spend your whole life, it will be in vain. ”
The king stood there without saying a word. Liu Mazi glanced at him, lowered his voice, and continued.
"You have been cultivating internal strength, but you have only been practicing for more than a month. For an adult, it's a miracle to be able to do this in a month. Perhaps Elder Simon is right, you have been reborn, and your physique is no different from that of a five-year-old child, and you have achieved the same effect. As long as you practice diligently, you will achieve success within ten years. But I thought, isn't ten years too long for you?"
He shook his head.
"No, I don't know what kind of hatred you have, but to take revenge now is tantamount to a moth to a fire and an egg to a stone. I think you should give up, as the so-called retribution is over, let it pass. You're too young to risk your life, after all, you still have a long way to go. While you still have some money in hand, go home and buy a piece of land, and live a good life!" Liu Mazi's words made Ximen Jing stand speechless like a dumb person who had eaten Yellow Lotus. I have to admit that what Liu Mazi said makes some sense. Wang Yi's so-called rebirth did not bring about the changes that Ximen Jing expected, at most it just freed him from the age limit.
However, unlike Ximen Jing, Wang Yi had no disappointment on his face. He took a closer look at the tree that was kicked off by Liu Mazi and nodded.
"Now, I finally know what martial arts are. It is difficult for ordinary people to reach the sky, but it is effortless for those who practice martial arts. If you can, it's good to learn a one-and-a-half-trick. However, from the very beginning, I never thought about learning martial arts. I have only one purpose, and that is revenge. ”
Liu Mazi frowned. He spoke bitterly for a long time, but Wang Yi didn't listen to a word.
"If you don't learn martial arts, how can you talk about revenge?"
Wang Yi said firmly.
"There are many ways to get revenge, and it doesn't have to be a knife. I really can't, I can still ask for help. ”
Wang Yi turned his head, looked at Ximen Jing, and said.
"I worship you as a teacher, not to learn martial arts, but other ways to kill. ”
Ximen Jing was puzzled, and he suddenly laughed when he was blinking his eyes just now. Ximen Jing looked at Wang Yi suspiciously, suddenly realized, and said.
"Poison, do you need it?"
"You said it, but it's poison?"
"Of course. ”
"Not bad. ”
Wang nodded.
"In Nanban, I used to be with poison all day long, so I know how powerful it is. As long as it is used properly, I believe that any master is not a poisonous opponent. ”
"Then you've got the right person. The poison of my Ximen Jing is unsolved by no one in the world, and I can guarantee this. ”
Ximen Jing said proudly. Ximen Jing smiled hesitantly.
"With my poison, it's okay to be one enemy and a hundred. And those treasures of mine, all of them are elite soldiers, and the effect is comparable to that of a million troops. ”
At this time, Liu Mazi interrupted Ximen Jing's words and said.
"Poison, this kind of indiscriminate means ......!"
He frowned and looked at Wang Yi with disdain.
"The people in the rivers and lakes are the most disdainful of poisoning, especially those who are secretly poisoned. A manly man, if you want to fight, you should decide the winner in a dignified manner. Although his blood unicorn is a master of using poison, he can ascend to the throne of the first place in the world, not because of poison, but because of his secret weapon. ”
Listening to Liu Mazi's words, Wang Yi was furious.
"I don't care what other people think of me, as long as I can take revenge, I'm willing to do whatever they want me to do. If I can't avenge this bloody vendetta, what's the point of living in this world? I don't despise using poison? They killed my whole family and insulted my sister, so why should I use despicable means to deal with them? People in the rivers and lakes? For money, they become slaves of others and run rampant in the village, and they are those people in the rivers and lakes who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality! I kill them to eliminate harm for the people, and the important result is not a means!"
Wang Yi's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared excitedly. The anger in his heart finally exploded completely at this moment.
At that moment, the voice of a man was heard in the woods.
"If you have revenge, you don't take revenge! You're right. ”
This person is none other than Master Sun. Although his voice is a little old, it is sonorous and powerful, and the words are correct and round. Master Sun walked into the thatched hut as he spoke, and Ding Lao Er and Hu Lian's younger brother also followed.
Master Sun walked up to Wang Yi and looked around. His gaze was intense, scanning everyone in the room.
"Even if Yao Shun is reincarnated, it is impossible to meddle in everything in the rivers and lakes, let alone in a troubled world like the current one. In today's world, you only recognize your fists and don't recognize reason, and no one can protect you except yourself. That's why there are chivalrous. ”
Liu Mazi was furious, and wanted to fight with reason, but he still suppressed his anger and walked out of the room.
"Phew!"
Wang Yi ignored Liu Mazi and said to Sun Fuzi with his fists.
"The master came from afar, and the villain missed the welcome, and hoped that the master would forgive his sins. ”
"No need to be polite!"
Master Sun waved his hand.
"I wanted to come earlier, but I was delayed by something at home, so I was a little late. ”
After speaking, Master Sun turned to look at Ding Laoer. Ding Lao Er seemed to be smiling, with a strange expression. Master Sun blushed, shrugged his shoulders, looked at Wang Yi again, and said.
"To be honest, what Chen Jiazhuang did, I saw it in my eyes, and I was very dissatisfied in my heart. It's just that they have always been a little jealous of me and don't dare to offend me easily, so I haven't found a chance to start. And this time, they actually colluded with bandits, washed the royal family, and robbed the people's daughters, such things that are indignant to God, I should not have stood idly by. But this is your king's business, and if you don't open your mouth, I will lose my name. But if you are willing to ask me, I will do my best to seek revenge with you. ”
Wang Yi clenched his fists again and said tremblingly.
"Master Sun is righteous, and the villain is impressed by it. Chenjiazhuang is powerful, and there is Tianfu Village behind it, even if the villain has the heart to ask for help, he does not dare to speak rashly. And now, the master himself has come to the door, willing to conspire with us and others, and the villain is grateful. ”
Ding Lao Er stepped forward and said.
"That's all for the polite remarks, let's find a place to settle down first. ”
He felt his bag on his horse's back, looked around, and took a closer look.
"It's a good location, it's just a little narrow, I'm afraid I can't fit these luggage. ”
Wang Yi said.
"Rest assured, it's not hard to build a few more huts. Before we do that, though, we have a few things to address. You put your luggage down first, and I'll go find a few cloths to cover it. ”
Liu Mazi leaned against the wall and watched a group of people busy unloading their luggage and setting up tents. Now Liu Mazi is very conflicted in his heart. He was originally a chivalrous man who wanted to draw a sword to help when the road was uneven, but now he is forced by the situation and is powerless. First, the chaos of the beggar gang still needs to be solved by him, and second, Wang Yi's enemies are too strong and far beyond his ability. In fact, Liu Mazi just didn't say it, but in his heart, he already knew what happened to Wang Yi. He knew that Wang Yi's enemy was Tianfuzhai. Although he is the helmsman of the beggar gang, it is still quite difficult to uproot Tianfu Village, one of the eighteen villages in the green forest. Not only that, in the current situation, if he makes a rash move, if his identity is discovered, it will definitely harm the beggar gang and make the beggar gang have a feud with the green forest road.
"Once that's ......"
Liu Mazi felt creepy just thinking about it. Once there is a head-on conflict between the beggars and the green forest road, it will inevitably lead to a big war between the Southern Union and the Northern Alliance. At that time, the beggars will definitely bear the brunt, and if they are not careful, they will suffer a catastrophe. Liu Mazi suddenly thought that in order to avoid the beggar gang being implicated, Ximen Jing had to withdraw from Wang Yi's revenge plan.
"But how can we get him to quit?"
Liu Mazi fell into deep thought. At this time, the sun set in the west, and the sky gradually darkened. Not far away, Wang Yiyi and his party were cooking on the fire. However, I don't know if it was because of the use of firewood that had not yet dried, and there was a sudden thick smoke and a choking smell.
"I can't burn a fire, and I still want to sleep in the wilderness? I wonder what today's dinner will be? I wonder if there is any meat to eat?"
Liu Mazi stood in place, staring blankly at the firelight, thinking nonsense in his head. When he came back to his senses, he found that he had been tied up with a tree, and a knife was held around his neck. The man with the sword was none other than Wang Yi.
Two.
"You, what are you doing?"
Somehow, Liu Mazi suddenly felt a splitting headache, and he couldn't speak clearly. He didn't know why, he blinked suspiciously, and didn't understand everything until he saw Ximen Jing.
"You...... You poisoned?"
It turned out that the pungent smell just now was Ximenjing's hands and feet.
Wang said expressionlessly.
"If it weren't for that, how could I hold the Beggar Helmsman?"
Liu Mazi struggled hard, trying to break free from the rope on his body. However, the poison had already made him weak, and he couldn't use any strength. He looked at Ximen Jing and yelled.
"Elder Simon, how can you do this to me? You and I are in the same beggar gang, but you help outsiders plot against me? Who took you in when you were homeless? I didn't expect you to take revenge. I, Liu Mazi, am really blind, so I will help you such an ungrateful villain!"
Ximen Jing sat aside and said lightly.
"I'm not an elder anymore. ”
Wang Yi patted Liu Mazi on the shoulder.
"Calm down and listen to us. ”
Liu Mazi's eyes widened, glared at Wang Yi angrily, and said indignantly.
"You're an ungrateful villain, just like him. I was kind enough to save you, but you will take revenge and kill me instead? I can guarantee that a despicable villain like you will one day be strewn through the streets and die without a whole body. Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will be punished by God, begging for mercy everywhere, and you will live this life. Maybe he will hook up with a **, have another little beast, bear infamy for generations, and never turn over!"
"You are the same, the son of the dog who will take revenge, who saved your life, and actually will take revenge, is this how you repay your kindness? Stinky boy, you are the most despicable and shameless rabbit cub I have ever met, and you will die on the road like a dog in the near future, even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will wander around like a stray dog, and end your dog's life. If you are lucky enough to hook up with a prostitute and have a child, then the child is also a puppy, and the puppy will have another child or a pug, and your children and grandchildren will be called pups, and then you will have the 'Grave of the Yellow Dog' engraved on your grave, including your ancestors......"