A few days ago, on the top of Natai Mountain, Yuan Chengzhi was elected as the leader of the alliance by the martial arts figures in the north and south, and on the same day, he led the martial arts heroes to kill more than 2,000 Tartars in Shandong.

Because he wanted to send the treasures to the capital to be the military salary of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, Yuan Chengzhi prepared to march north and escort this batch of treasures into Beijing, accompanied by Sha Tianguang, Cheng Qingzhu, Qingqing, Dumb and others. Later, on the way north, I heard that Gai Meng tasted Meng Bofei Meng's old man was going to celebrate his 60th birthday, Yuan Chengzhi wanted to make friends, so he led a few people to Baoding Mansion to celebrate Meng Bofei's birthday.

On the day of Meng Bofei's birthday, after Yuan Chengzhi and several people sent their name cards to the Meng Mansion, after a while, a burly old man and two young people hurriedly walked out of the Meng family.

The old man is the birthday star Meng Bofei, and the two young people around him are his two sons, Meng Zheng and Meng Zhu.

Meng Bofei had already heard about the election of the leader of the martial arts alliance in the seven provinces, and he thought that this martial arts alliance leader must be an extraordinary-looking and majestic hero, but he didn't expect to see Yuan Chengzhi, and found that the kid in front of him was dark-faced, mediocre in appearance, and not tall, and he didn't even have the heroic spirit of the people in the martial arts, so he was a little disapproving, and thought: "How did these heroes of the seven provinces choose such a person to be the leader of the alliance, it's like child's play." ”

But people are guests from afar, and they are the leaders of the martial arts alliance who are in the limelight recently, and they can come to the house to congratulate themselves on their birthdays, which is to give them a great face, Meng Bofei will naturally not be rude, and they will admire each other at the moment, and invite a few people into the inner hall to sit down.

Although Meng Bofei tried his best to hide the disdain in his eyes, none of Yuan Chengzhi and his gang were fools, how could they not see it? Qingqing pouted and said: "This person has such a big reputation, it turns out that it is nothing more than that, what do you say to cover Meng Wei, if Meng Yanjun knows under the spring, seeing that this person has the same name as him, it is estimated that he will be ashamed to live!"

Yuan Chengzhi comforted: "I am still young, so I have become such a martial arts alliance leader of the seven provinces, he is an old man with high morality, so he naturally does not worry about me!"

Cheng Qingzhu persuaded Qingqing: "Qingqing girl, don't take it to heart, Brother Meng doesn't know our alliance leader very well, if he understands, his attitude will naturally change." ”

Qingqing was still unhappy.

In the evening, Meng Bofei feasted on guests, he Meng family is rich in Baoding, this time for his birthday, there are more than 3,000 people who come to celebrate his birthday. Seeing so many people coming, Meng Bofei lifted his hair and played music, and he felt a light on his face.

The Meng family opened seventy or eighty seats in the hall, and Yuan Chengzhi was arranged to a table in the center because of his extraordinary status, accompanied by Cheng Qingzhu and Sha Tianguang on the left and right, and Meng Bofei sat on the main seat, toasting to the people who came to celebrate his birthday.

Meng Bofei saw several expensive gifts given by Yuan Chengzhi to him as a birthday gift, and his attitude towards Yuan Chengzhi changed greatly, from the initial disapproval, to a spring breeze with a smile on his face.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Meng Bofei had the heart to repay the favor, he raised his wine glass and stood up, and said to everyone in the hall: "Everyone, I will tell you one thing today!"

Everyone in the hall put down their cups and chopsticks, and they all wanted to hear what Meng Bofei had to say.

I only heard Meng Bofei say: "A few days ago, in Shandong, our martial arts colleagues showed their faces fiercely, I don't know if everyone present knows?"

Someone asked: "Is it what Old Man Meng said about killing Tartars in Jinyang Pass a few days ago?"

Meng Bofei smiled: "But this is the case. He said loudly: "Our martial arts heroes in the seven provinces, under the command of the alliance leader, ambushed in that Jinyang Pass for a few days, and finally killed thousands of Tartars, which can be described as very happy. It's our officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they have never heard of such a great victory for decades!"

Someone shouted: "I heard that the killing of the Tartars, all thanks to the idea and command of the alliance leader, there was such a big victory, I heard that this newly elected martial arts alliance leader, although he is young, but his kung fu is deep, it is a rare humility, very good at being a man, and his prestige is extremely high, but it is a pity that he failed to meet him!"

Meng Bofei rushed to the man who spoke: "If you want to meet the alliance leader, it is not difficult!"

The man was overjoyed: "It turns out that Old Man Meng also has a friendship with the new martial arts alliance leader, that."

It's convenient, so it's good to introduce me to it. ”

Meng Bofei smiled: "It's very convenient today!"

The man said excitedly: "The alliance leader, his old man, has also arrived in Baoding?"

Meng Bofei laughed and said: "Not only to Baoding, but also to my Meng family, now in the hall!"

Rumble!

The hall exploded!

Someone asked loudly, "Dare to ask who the alliance leader is?"

Meng Bofei pointed at Yuan Chengzhi with his hand, "Isn't this the leader of our Seven Provinces Martial Arts Alliance, Yuan Chengzhi, Yuan Alliance?"

Yuan Chengzhi hurriedly stood up and looked around, "Yuan is not talented, in fact, he can't be the leader of the alliance, he just sits temporarily, there is a suitable candidate, so he naturally abdicates and makes way for Xian." He smiled and said: "Originally, on the top of Mount Tai, everyone elected Old Man Meng as the leader of the alliance, but everyone considered that the old man's family has a big business and is different from us, so the brother took the lead and sat for the old man first." ”

Meng Bofei heard Yuan Chengzhi say this, his heart was very happy, he has a wide range of contacts, a big face, and a great prestige, for Yuan Chengzhi such a hairy boy to be the leader of the martial arts alliance, the boss in his heart is awkward, now seeing him so good at being a man, the resentment in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he thought of the gift he gave him, and thought: "This kid may not be able to do well as the leader of the alliance!"

The people in the martial arts are also bloody, and they hear a lot about the Tartars killing people on weekdays, but the Han people kill the Tartars, but they rarely hear about the killing of the Tartars, but the officers and soldiers are often heard about being killed by the Tartars. A few days ago, I heard that the martial arts heroes of the seven provinces gathered in Shandong and killed more than 2,000 Tartars, all of whom were admired in their hearts, and now they saw Yuan Chengzhi, the leader of the Seven Provinces Alliance, in front of him, although he was not amazing, but he did not dare to underestimate him, and gathered to toast Yuan Chengzhi one by one, and was greatly complimented.

At this moment, Meng Bofei's doorman came to report that someone had come to the house to spread the word.

"Message me?"

Meng Bofei is the number one person in Baoding Mansion, ordinary people want to see him, then they have to come in person, then I heard that someone did not come by himself, but sent someone to pass on to him, Meng Bofei was secretly angry: "It is the current Baoding prefect, and you have to give me three points of face, I want to see who you are?"

He laughed and smiled at the heroes in the hall: "Just now, Menzi said that someone sent me a message saying that there was something for me to do. Ladies and gentlemen, Meng is now sixty years old, and he has never only listened to the words of his subordinates and told him to do things!" His face was already gloomy, "Do you want to hear what kind of person this big man is?" Ahahaha...... Although he laughed, he didn't have any smile on his face.

The people in the hall were also extremely angry, and some people said: "Today is the 60th birthday of the old man, even if the message of the king of heaven Lao Tzu is not to pay attention to him, he will not come to personally pay homage to the old man's birthday, and even send a random person to tell the old man to draw a nose on a piece of paper -- he has such a big face!"

Meng Bofei said to Menzi: "Let that person in!"

After waiting for a while, an old man came from the door of the hall, and everyone saw that he was thin and withered, with a wisp of goatee, and carried a wooden box with an envelope on it.

Meng Bofei asked loudly, "Who are you?"

The old man was startled by his voice, shivered, almost fell to the ground, and said cowardly: "The little one is Wang Lao Liu!"

Seeing him staggering, he walked three times, and was so frightened by Meng Bofei's words that he almost stumbled, and they all laughed loudly. Seeing everyone laughing, Wang Lao Liu was even more at a loss, standing in the hall, just stunned.

Meng Bofei asked, "Who is the master of your family?" What does he want you to say to me?"

Wang Lao Liu was puzzled: "Master, the little one has no master!"

"Who are you who asked you to speak?"

Wang Lao Liu reacted and said: "Oh, you are talking about Yang Gongzi? He is not my master, after the little one was rescued by him in the hands of the Tartars a few days ago, he gave me a few taels of silver, and asked me to come to Baoding Mansion to pass on a word to Gai Mengwei Meng Bofei." As for who Yang Gongzi is, the little one doesn't know. ”

Wang Lao Liu looked at Meng Bofei and asked cautiously, "You are Old Man Meng, right?"

Meng Bofei said: "I am." He saw that Wang Lao Liu was just an ordinary messenger, and he didn't want to embarrass him, so his voice softened: "Then what did Yang Gongzi ask you to pass on to me?"

Wang Lao Liu handed the envelope on the box to Meng Bofei, "He asked me to give you this letter first, and only after you read the letter did I let me pass on his words to you." ”

Meng Bofei took the envelope, took out the letterhead, and after opening it, the corner of his eyes jumped suddenly, only to see a few bloody words written on the letterhead: Do as he says!

The content of the whole paper is just these few words, and it is actually written in blood, and there is a smell of blood.

Looking at the payment again, it is written in the name of a person: Yang Yi.