The Survival Gang Ceremony begins.

The two disciples of the Survival Gang came up with a wine bowl and a dagger respectively. The representative standing at the front was the first to pick up the dagger, pick his index finger and drip the blood into the bowl, the others followed suit in turn, and soon the bowl of wine was dyed red. The twelve delegates drank the blood wine one by one, and the ceremony of the blood alliance was over.

At this time, the sound of the drum music changed from high-pitched to low, and the disciples on the field got up one after another, walked in front of the twelve people one after another, and spat on each of them, until everyone had finished spitting.

The matter of blood alliance is not new in the rivers and lakes, and the practice of spitting on others is the first time Ah Niu has seen it. Within the Survival Gang, such rules have their own special significance. The Survival Gang started out of war, and although there were many of them, they were not the largest gang in the rivers and lakes. At that time, the Survival Gang had large geographical differences, there were many branches within it, and there were often conflicts between different factions because of their interests.

The main purpose of the annual Junshan Conference is to mediate the contradictions between different factions. The Blood Alliance was to unite the twelve delegates, and to spit on them was to remind them to endure humiliation in order to win more elder seats and division of interests for the rudder.

After the ceremony, everyone dispersed one after another. Ah Niu had neither silver nor acquaintances, and there was no suitable place to settle on the left and right, so he chose a corner in the square and dealt with it indiscriminately for a night.

The next day, the weather cleared.

Since leaving the stone prison, Ah Niu has been full of hope for everything, especially when he thinks that he will be able to see his mother soon, he can't hide the excitement and joy in his heart, but at this moment, his stomach is hungry.

Ah Niu's current situation is just like a beggar, but after all, he can't pull his face down to do the thing of stretching out his hand to beg, so he can only strengthen his spirits and turn a few streets in the city to find something to fill his stomach.

I didn't know that it was almost noon, and there was no gain. Ah Niu smiled bitterly and thought, "That's it, you can't starve to death here, go out of the city to find some wild vegetables and fruits." ”

Soon, Ah Niu walked to the door of a restaurant. It was lunchtime, and the people upstairs and downstairs were full of people drinking and eating meat, and the aftertaste wafted into the street, burrowing into the nostrils, adding to the hunger.

Ah Niu couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva. He stood in front of the door, looking in, and several times wanted to go in and eat his overlord meal. According to his current skills, it is expected that few people will be able to stop him. But when I think about this forcible seizure, if it accidentally reaches my mother's ears, wouldn't it be a big shame to go home.

Ah Niu sighed lightly and wanted to continue on his way, but saw a shopkeeper running out of the building and shouted: "The guest officer stays, the guest officer stays." ”

Ah Niu thought he was calling other pedestrians, so he ignored it. I didn't know that the shopkeeper ran a few steps, chased in front of Ah Niu, bowed his head and said, "The guest officer stays, the villain is calling you." ”

Ah Niu was stunned for a while, and said, "Call me?" The shopkeeper said again: "Exactly." ”

Ah Niu said: "This is a place to drink and eat, I don't have silver taels on me, and it is useless for you to stop me." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The guest officer misunderstood." It's not the little one who calls you, it's a guest upstairs who tells the little one to come and invite you upstairs. ”

Ah Niu thought to himself: "What's going on, I don't have any friends here, and besides, who can recognize me if I'm dressed like this." ”

If you are curious, you will go and see you.

The shopkeeper led Ah Niu up to the second floor and walked straight to the seat by the window.

Ah Niu took a cursory look at the situation on the second floor, and saw that all kinds of guests were sitting around, drinking and guessing boxing, and it was very lively. The shopkeeper stopped at a table in the corner and said, "Guest officer, the person you want, the little one has been invited to you." Any other commands?"

Ah Niu laughed in his heart, it turned out that the person who invited him up was a beggar dressed like him.

The beggar was grabbing the chicken leg and eating it, and when he heard the shopkeeper speak, he didn't turn around, but took out a silver ingot from the pocket of his coat and threw it to him, saying, "It's for you." ”

Ah Niu saw that the silver weighed more than ten taels, and said strangely in his heart: "It is rare for Huazi to be so rich." ”

Ah Niu thought about it carefully, and was sure that he had never seen this person before.

Walking to the table, Ah Niu was just about to ask, but the beggar said first: "Don't say, don't ask, eat and drink first, I told Hanako that she doesn't have the strength to speak if she doesn't eat enough." ”

Ah Niu saw that he was unkempt, and his beard was stained with oil stains on the chicken legs, which was not unusual. If you come here, you will be safe, and you are already hungry for seven or eight times, so you don't care so much first, it is important to fill your stomach. He sat down opposite Hanako, grabbed his two wings and ate them.

Ah Niu ate a few rounds, and before he was full, he called Hanako to call the shopkeeper to settle the bill. He was generous, and the menu only cost four taels or five of silver, but he threw two or two taels of silver to the shop. The shopkeeper only met a nobleman, and he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

Asked Hanako to wipe the oil stains off her mouth, and said, "Have you eaten enough? You have to leave if you are full, I told Hanako to be full, and leave when you are full." ”

Ah Niu was honest by nature, and when he saw that this beggar was kind-hearted, he sincerely invited himself to dinner, so he said truthfully: "I haven't eaten enough." ”

Told Hanako to laugh when she heard this, and took out two taels of silver, threw it to the shopkeeper, and said, "Serve him food, know until you are full." ”

Ah Niu said: "Thank you, senior. Senior, why did you invite me to dinner?"

Hanako's eyes widened, and she said, "If you don't invite you to drink, you have to say the reason, and if you drink alcohol, do you have to say the reason?"

Ah Niu said: "I don't drink. ”

It was only after calling Hanako that she reacted, Ah Niu just ate and ate vegetables, and did not drink. He was an alcoholic, and he couldn't believe that there were people in the world who didn't like to drink. However, Hanako pouted and said, "If you are not invited to dinner, you have to say the reason, and if you are invited to dinner, you must also say the reason?"

Ah Niu scratched his head and said, "Then, I have to think of a reason for the people I have to meet." ”

Hanako smiled: "Is this the reason, it's very simple, because you don't have money!"

Ah Niu scratched his head and said, "No, my mother said that being invited to dinner is a debt of favor." I owe you a favor. ”

Hanako said, "Since you owe me a favor, then why do you ask me the reason, I should ask you the reason." ”

Ah Niu was dumbfounded by his crooked reasoning, and said, "Then what do seniors have to ask?"

Huazi seemed to be angry, and turned around the table for a while, pointing to Ah Niu's nose and saying, "I said that I should be asking you, why are you asking me." ”

Ah Niu couldn't see his face clearly, he could only distinguish it by phonetics, and he should be over fifty years old. The mouth of the cannibal is short, and the other party is an elder, Ah Niu is not easy to refute, but there is no suitable word to reply to him, so he simply keeps silent.

The flower child said again: "The wine was also drunk, no, you also ate the rice and the vegetables, and now you have a very important thing to do with Hanako, do you have the courage to come with me?"

He didn't wait for Ah Niu to speak, and said: "This matter is a bit dangerous, I guess you don't have the guts, so let Hanako go alone." I know that you will eat and drink for nothing. ”

Ah Niu said: "I won't eat and drink for nothing, eat your food, help you do something, that's right." Although the seniors led the way, I followed. However, there is one thing that needs to be informed. ”

That Hanako squinted at Ah Niu and said, "You ask." ”

Ah Niu said: "What is the name of the senior, and it will be good to repay the kindness of the predecessor in the future." ”

Asked Hanako to scratch his head for a while, and said: "To call Hanako is to call Hanako, how can there be any name......"

He paused for a moment, rolled his eyes a few times, as if remembering something, and said, "But some people call me 'wandering beggar', I don't know what it means, and I don't know which one called it that, anyway, someone called it that." You can call it that, too. ”

Ah Niu said: "Okay, big brother beggar." ”

The beggar became irritable and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Why are you so verbose? ”

Ah Niu followed the beggar through the streets and alleys, but he never said where he was going or what he was going to do. I couldn't help but ask: "Brother Wanderer, you and I don't know each other, why did you stop me on the street and invite me to dinner?"

The beggar said: "Who said that I haven't seen it, I have seen it a long time ago." ”

A Niuqi said: "The juniors can't remember where we met. ”

Now they passed through two more alleys, and the road became more and more remote, and the noise of the street had disappeared.

Ah Niu slightly widened the distance to follow, concentrating on vigilance, just in case.

After a few more steps, I turned a corner and suddenly opened up in front of me. I saw a wide street, all paved with clean granite, and on both sides of the road were all lined with towering trees, and the trees were covered with small red lanterns. There are few pedestrians on the street, compared to the hustle and bustle of restaurants, it is a paradise. There is a house opposite, the vermilion lacquer door is open, and the door plaque is impressively written with two golden characters of 'Yan Mansion'. There is a marble staircase in front of the door, and on both sides of the steps stands a stone lion with teeth and claws, and next to the lion stands two big men dressed in strong clothes, full of magnificence.

The wanderer stopped walking, but sat down against the wall in the corner and fell asleep. Ah Niu couldn't figure out what he was thinking, and asked, "Brother You, aren't we leaving, what are we going to do here?"

The beggar squinted his eyes and said, "Don't go, sleep." ”

"Sleep?" Ah Niu wanted to say something again, but heard the beggar snoring loudly, and he didn't know whether he was pretending or really asleep.

No, Ah Niu had to sit down next to him. At this time, it was almost evening, and the winter sun was weakly spread on the ground, just like a pair of small hands of a girl, gently caressing her cheeks, which was very pleasant. I don't know how long it took, Ah Niu also fell asleep dimly.

In his sleep, Ah Niu dreamed that his mother had burned a large table of dishes, and he couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, and he reached out to grab them, but he couldn't touch those meals.

Ah Niu woke up from a dream, and it was nightfall.

"Are you full in your dreams? Unfortunately, you can't fill your stomach after all. "The beggar has a steamed bun in his right hand and a roast chicken leg in his left hand, and he is eating it with relish.

Ah Niu said: "It turned out that the roast chicken of the predecessors disturbed my good dreams. ”

The beggar said "Oh?" and said, "Then you continue to sleep, and call you after Hanako finishes eating." ”

Ah Niu saw that although the beggar was old, he had a childlike personality, so he turned over regardless of his status as a young adult, took the remaining half of the roast chicken, and ate it.

Ah Niu asked while eating: "Brother Beggar, where did you get the roast chicken?"

After eating the roast chicken, the beggar licked the oil stains off his hands, pointed to the opposite side and said, "People give alms." ”

At this time, the Yan Mansion was already hung with red lights, and the entire courtyard was illuminated. From the open door, you can see the figures flickering inside, and the whole street is shaken by the sound of eating, drinking, and shouting.

The beggar said: "Today, Master Yan is 60 years old, and the guests and friends from all over the world are full of guests, and it is very lively. We should go in to celebrate our birthdays. With that, he walked towards the gate. Ah Niu followed closely and said, "Do you know Master Yan from your predecessors?"

"I don't recognize it, and there's no invitation. ”

Ah Niu said: "I don't know each other, and I don't have an invitation, besides, the two of us are estimated to have been blasted out before we entered the gate." ”

The beggar rolled his eyes and said, "You reminded me." You can't enter the gate, so go through the small door. ”

The two walked along the fence and went around to the back gate of the Yan Mansion.

Ah Niu saw that the beggar was about to cross the wall, and hurriedly said: "What are you going to do, senior, I won't do anything about stealing chickens and touching dogs." ”

The beggar grabbed Ah Niu's collar, gently verticalized, climbed over the wall, and said, "I didn't let you do it, you just follow me." ”

Ah Niu said: "That's not good, this is the work of the rats." ”

The beggar said, "How did you promise me before?

Ah Niu said: "The younger generation doesn't dare to forget, but they can't steal chickens and dogs." ”

The beggar said: "If you don't have a full stomach, how can you be so serious." Let me tell you, this Master Yan is not a good thing, he bullies the weak and steals the weak on weekdays, let's take advantage of his birthday tonight to rob the rich and help the poor. My name is Hanako, don't spoil my mood. ”

Ah Niu was suspicious, and jumped off the wall with the beggar, thinking: "If the facts are not as good as the beggar said, it is not too late to stop it." ”

The two of them sneaked all the way under the cover of flowers and trees, and did not meet the guards who patrolled the night, presumably most of the people who guarded the courtyard went to the banquet to greet them, and most of the people in the courtyard belonged to the female dependents, and irrelevant men generally could not approach.

The wanderer seemed to be familiar with this place, and every time he saw a corner, he did not think about it, and Ah Niu guessed that he must have come to explore the road before.

Turning around another row of houses, you will see a tall two-story room, with a plaque of "Lan Tingge" hanging directly above the door, the font is elegant and smart, and there are four guards standing at the door.

All four were in their forties, with strong builds, and each carrying a large knife.

The wandering beggar motioned to Ah Niu to hide his body and said softly: "This place is heavily guarded, there must be good things." If you can't subdue the four guards with one move and alarm the front yard, it will be difficult for you and me to retreat. ”

He paused for a moment and said, "I'll take care of the two on the right, and yours for the rest." No problem, right?"

Ah Niu shook his head and said, "I can't beat them." ”

"What a nuisance. The beggar looked disappointed for a while, thought for a moment, and said, "You wait here, I'll turn to the back and lure them away." ”[.]