Shengzhou, the place where Jinling City, the former capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is located. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

During the Southern Tang Dynasty, this place was called Jiangning Mansion or Jinling City. In the eighth year of Kaibao in the Great Song Dynasty, the general Cao Bin broke through Jinling City and destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Taizu changed this place to Shengzhou. But in the mouths of those who are old, this place is still called Jiangning Mansion or Jinling City.

This Jinling city is rich in money and food, and the people are happy, and it is a prosperous scene. Less than 20 miles west of Jinling City, you can see an ordinary manor. This manor is not big, it can be seen everywhere in the rich Jiangnan, and it is inconspicuous, but the owner of this manor has a lot of background. Its owner is Wang Guanru, the leader of the Tianwang Gang, who was once famous in the rivers and lakes, and this manor is the helm of the Tianwang Gang.

The Tianwang Gang was originally established during the Tang Huichang period and has been around for more than 100 years. At that time, some poor people in Luzhou were forced to join together to establish the Tianwang Gang because of their livelihoods, in order to support each other to survive, not a martial arts gang vying for fame and fortune. It wasn't until a big man sat on the position of gang leader that the Tianwang Gang changed.

This big man is the Huainan Festival in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu. He lost his father at a young age and was raised by the Heavenly Kings. The Heavenly King Gang saw that he was fierce and resolute, and he loved to fight and be uneven, so they jointly pushed him to be the helper.

This Yang Xingmi is indeed very talented, and he soon strengthened the Tianwang Gang, so that others no longer dare to bully the children of the gang at will. But he acted too vigorously and resolutely, causing a lot of trouble, attracting the jealousy of others and being sent to the border. He didn't want to be an enemy of others, but he didn't expect to be framed by the villain, so he had no choice but to raise troops in Luzhou, and many gangs of the Heavenly King Gang also followed him to participate in it.

didn't think that Yang Xingmi would occupy the entire Luzhou in such a trouble, and the court saw that he was powerful, so he had to appease him and make the history of the Luzhou assassination, and since then he has become a warlord who occupies one side. When Yang Xingmi was worshiped by the imperial court as the envoy of the Huainan Festival, he no longer served as the leader of the Tianwang Gang, but concentrated on army conquest and territory management. However, he did not cut off contact with the Heavenly King Gang, but became more closely connected.

As Yang Xingmi's minions, the Tianwang Gang collected intelligence, assassinated political enemies, and did their best for Yang Xingmi to fight the world. And when Yang Xingmi's strength grew and he was named King of Wu, the Tianwang Gang had become the largest gang in Jiangnan. At this time, the masters of the Tianwang Gang gathered, and the martial arts heroes in the world all looked up.

After Yang Xingmi's death, his eldest son Yang Wu succeeded to the throne. That Yang Wu only knew how to play all day long, and the generals Zhang Hao and Xu Wen took the opportunity to launch a mutiny and seize the military and political power. Later, Xu Wen killed Zhang Hao again, and all the power of the Yang family fell into the hands of Xu Wen alone. That Xu Wen was also a member of the Tianwang Gang, but he was depressed in the gang, so he broke away from the Tianwang Gang and joined the army. He knew that the Heavenly King Gang was extremely important to the Yang family, and after taking power, he tried his best to suppress it, wanting to get rid of it as soon as possible.

At that time, the leader of the Tianwang Gang saw that he could no longer keep the descendants of the previous gang leader Yang Xingmi safe, so he agreed with Xu Wen not to interfere in the affairs of the temple, in order to save the lives of the disciples in the gang. That Xu Wen thought of the old relationship, and agreed to this matter.

Since then, the Tianwang Gang has completely become a martial arts gang. After Xu Wen's death, his adopted son Xu Zhihe usurped the throne and founded the country, and the Tianwang Gang did not ask the slightest question, but just concentrated on the affairs of the rivers and lakes. But after all, the Tianwang Gang has something to do with the Yang family, and in the following decades, those in power have been wary of the Tianwang Gang. Therefore, the disciples of the Heavenly King Gang had to be cautious, and did not dare to make great achievements in the rivers and lakes, for fear of being wiped out.

When Jinling City was broken and all the land of Jianghuai was returned to the Song Dynasty, the Tianwang Gang wanted to regroup and reproduce the prestige of the largest gang in Jiangnan back then. However, at this time, the Tianwang Gang is no longer like it was back then, it is just an ordinary gang on the rivers and lakes, and it can no longer call for wind and rain on the rivers and lakes like it did decades ago. And the gang is no longer as full of masters as it once was, and no one can make a name for the Tianwang Gang on the rivers and lakes. Despite their ambitions but lack of talent, the Tianwang Gang could only remain silent on the rivers and lakes until a young scholar joined the gang a few years later.

This scholar is now the leader of the Heavenly King Gang, Wang Guanru. He became an elder in the gang less than three years after joining the gang, and was promoted by everyone as the leader of the gang after five years of joining the gang. And this person who took over as the leader of the gang before the establishment took another five years to turn the Tianwang Gang into a big gang known to the world, and the rudder was almost all over Jianghuai.

At this moment, Wang Guanru, the leader of the Heavenly King Gang, was sitting in his garden drinking wine and enjoying flowers, and the one standing next to him was Xiao Wu, who was not very talkative. Wang Guanru looked at the flowers blooming in the garden, his heart was happy, he poured a full glass of wine, and then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

"The weather is very good today, don't you say, Xiao Wu?" he said to Xiao Wu as he looked up at the white clouds in the sky.

"Yes, Father. After a long time, Xiao Wu squeezed these three words out of his mouth.

"Alas, Xiao Wu, you always don't like to talk like this, and many brothers in our gang think you are a mute. In addition to staying by my side on weekdays, you should also walk around with them more, and young people should have their own lives. Wang Guanru didn't look at him either, just said while admiring the flowers.

"Yes, Father. Xiao Wu still only said three words.

Wang Guanru shook his head and smiled: "Then you go back and rest, the village is full of my own brothers, and I will not be in danger here." ”

"Yes, Father. Xiao Wu agreed, but the person still stood in place, motionless.

Wang Guanru knew that Xiao Wu would not leave, after all, Xiao Wu grew up beside him, and he knew this child too well. He didn't say much more, but poured another cup and drank it all.

Ten years ago, the Tianwang Gang was already the largest gang in Jiangnan in the eyes of many people. And his crown is also a powerful hero on the rivers and lakes, everyone knows it, and no one knows it.

However, the current Wang Guanru lives silently in this small manor outside Jinling City, and he has not walked around the rivers and lakes for a long time, except for a trip to Muniu Town more than two months ago. Many people don't remember that the leader of the Tianwang Gang is named Wang Guanru, and some people don't even remember the Tianwang Gang, which was once famous in the rivers and lakes.

The reason why people forget these things is because the Tianwang Gang almost disappeared from the rivers and lakes after suffering a heavy blow at the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference ten years ago. That martial arts conference was initiated by Wang Guanru, and he originally wanted to take this opportunity to become the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance. But what he didn't expect was that the conference would become a meeting of Jiangnan Qunhao against the Tianwang Gang.

Wang Guanru thought that he could rely on the strong strength of the Heavenly King Gang to coerce the various sects to ascend to the position of alliance leader, but he didn't want them to join forces to deal with him, and the people who took the lead were Yu Wanting, the owner of Yujiazhuang, and Zhang Fangzhou, who had just established Yunzhuang for a few years. Seeing that the major masters in the gang were beaten to death and injured, he challenged Zhang Fangzhou angrily, but he was also defeated by Zhang Fangzhou.

The gang leader was injured, which made the children in the gang lose their desire to win, Wang Guanru had to take the Tianwang Gang to withdraw from the martial arts conference, and then Yu Wanting, the owner of Yujiazhuang, was promoted to the leader of the alliance, and it had nothing to do with him and his Tianwang Gang.

After this battle, the Tianwang Gang was greatly damaged, and the talents in the gang withered, and many people withdrew from the gang when they saw that the Tianwang Gang was slumping. All of a sudden, the number of people in the Tianwang Gang dropped sharply, and the rudders located in the states of Liangzhejiang Road and Huainan Road almost existed in name only. And after that, Wang Guanru's right-hand man, Wu Renyi, who was the head of the five elders in the gang, was taken captive by the Rakshasa Villa, which made the Heavenly King Gang even worse.

Wang Guanru saw that the general trend had gone, so he hibernated in this manor, no longer meddling in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and only drank in this garden every day. Seeing that Yu Wanting of Hangzhou had been sitting in the position of the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance for ten years, and listening to Zhang Fangzhou's Yunzhuang power growing day by day, he was indifferent, and it seemed that he had lost his heart to dominate the martial arts.

Of course, this is just the crown of Confucianism in the eyes of others.

Although his temples are gray, he is still the leader of the Heavenly King Gang ten years ago. For the past ten years, he has been secretly running the affairs of the gang, in order to be able to make a comeback. Today's Tianwang Gang has accumulated enough strength, but Wang Guanru only allows the disciples of the gang to operate in a big way around the Shengzhou Helm, and does not allow the rudder in other places to pick quarrels and provoke trouble. He has been holding back like this, as if he is waiting for some good opportunity, and he seems to be afraid of something.

He wanted to dominate the martial arts, but he was afraid that Zhang Fangzhou would get in the way, and he dreamed of erasing Zhang Fangzhou from the rivers and lakes along with his Yunzhuang. In Wang Guanru's eyes, only Zhang Fangzhou can compete with him on the rivers and lakes. He hated Zhang Fangzhou, but he appreciated Zhang Fangzhou. He and Zhang Fangzhou met in the weak crown, and he couldn't beat Zhang Fangzhou at that time. Later, he had an adventure, and his skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he was already a rare opponent in the rivers and lakes. But after he and Zhang Fangzhou fought again ten years ago, he found that he was still not his opponent.

He lost to Zhang Fangzhou, so he was naturally very disappointed. But in addition to the frustration, there was a trace of joy in his heart, and he didn't know why he had such joy.

Wang Guanru lowered his eyes and smelled the fragrance of flowers, feeling a little drunk. He turned the wine glass in his hand and silently counted how many years he had known Zhang Fangzhou. Twenty-two or twenty-three years? He couldn't remember. He only remembered that he had the opportunity to kill Zhang Fangzhou, who was in the way, 20 years ago, but why didn't he do it later? He couldn't remember it clearly.

He squinted drunken eyes, and dimly saw a young child standing in front of him, holding a short sword, staring at him viciously, covered in blood. Behind the toddler lay two men, both of whom were badly injured and seemed to be unable to stand up.

Yes, it was because of this young boy that he failed to kill Zhang Fangzhou at that time. Wang Guanru remembered that the young boy was so fierce at that time, he had been protecting the two people behind him, and he had killed the leader of the gang he had found to help. But was it really because of this young boy that he failed to take that Zhang Fangzhou's life? It doesn't seem to be, what he thought at that time, he himself has forgotten.

Who are the two men behind the young child, one is Zhang Fangzhou, and the other is who? Wang Guanru can't remember his name, but remembers that the person is no longer alive. The man seemed to know him well, and his name was on his lips, but he just couldn't remember it. He took a sip of the wine in his glass and sighed in a low voice: "What happened twenty years ago, what do you want it to do!"

However, the child's name, Wang Guanru, still remembered, because his name Wang Guanru could not be forgotten.

The young child's name was Xu Yun, and he was Zhang Fangzhou's apprentice. Twenty years ago, he desperately blocked Wang Guanru to protect Zhang Fangzhou's life, and ten years ago, he alone injured three elders in the gang at the martial arts conference, destroying the prestige of the Tianwang Gang. This Xu Yun has repeatedly ruined his own good deeds, and Wang Guanru can't forget it if he wants to.

At that time, Elder Yang Muyang in the gang had already seriously injured Jin Jidi, the master of the Xuanzhou Double Dao Sect, and he could take his life when he saw it, but he didn't want this Xu Yun to rush to the ring to save Jin Jidi. That Yang Mu saw that he had forced Jin Jidi to a dead end, and he was proud in his heart, how could he expect that Jin Jidi would be rescued from his hands, so he was furious, and he couldn't help but be with Xu Yundou. Who wanted to make a few moves, but Yang Mu was suppressed by Xu Yun and was powerless to fight back. Li Duhang and Kong Wuxiu, the two elders, saw that Yang Mu's life was in danger, so they rushed out to fight Xu Yun. And when Xu Yun saw that there were two more masters, not only did he not panic, but he made more and more calm moves, and he was able to fight with the three elders on a par.

Wang Guanru thought that the three elders would definitely be able to win if they attacked together. He felt that Xu Yun was a teenager after all, and if he fought for a long time, his internal strength would be weak, and he would definitely lose. I didn't want the three of them to join forces to fight with Xu Yun, but they didn't fight for more than a hundred times, and they were all broken by Xu Yun, and they were all injured, Wang Guanru couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and the martial arts heroes present were all surprised when they saw it.

The three masters in the gang were defeated by one of Zhang Fangzhou's apprentices, which made Wang Guanru angry for a while but directly challenged Zhang Fangzhou, so there would be a final defeat. Thinking of this now, he still feels as if he is dreaming, Zhang Fangzhou's apprentice is so strong!

He remembered that when he first met Zhang Fangzhou, Xu Yun had already followed Zhang Fangzhou. At that time, Xu Yun was just an ordinary child who liked to eat candy, and no matter how he thought about it, he would never have thought that this child would grow up to become a top master in the rivers and lakes.

At first, Wang Guanru thought that Zhang Fangzhou was teaching his disciples to be in a good way, but more than two months ago, Qin Zun, who was known as one of the four sons of martial arts, was easily defeated by the White Tiger, and even the sword was broken by the White Tiger. It can be seen that Zhang Fangzhou does not have any teaching methods that are different from ordinary people, and not all the disciples he teaches are top masters. That can only say that Xu Yun is indeed a martial arts wizard, except for Zhang Fangzhou, if there is this person in Yunzhuang, then the matter of destroying Yunzhuang is also very tricky.

However, there are also people in the Heavenly King Gang who Wang Guanru thinks can be called martial arts wizards. Not to mention anything else, the four guards around him are all extraordinary. Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, his four righteous sons are only about twenty years old, but under his own training, they are already heroes who can take charge of the rivers and lakes. Perhaps, it won't take him a few years to replace Yu Wanting's old man to sit in the position of the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance, the reason why Wang Guanru thinks so is because he feels that with these four people, the future of the Tianwang Gang is unlimited.

How many apprentices did Zhang Fangzhou have? Wang Guanru couldn't remember. But after trying Qin Zun, he knew that except for Xu Yun and Long Yiwen, who was no longer in Yunzhuang, the other apprentices were not yet successful, but he himself had four outstanding righteous sons. Thinking like this, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and poured another full glass of wine.

"Father-in-law, carrier pigeon. Wang Guanru came back to his senses when he heard Xiao Wu's words, but saw a white dove in the garden. The white dove "cooed" and kept walking around the garden, as if it was very uneasy.

"Bring it to me. Wang Guanru said softly. Every day, he would receive some flying pigeon handbooks from his disciples, and the letters often remembered some innocuous things, but he would read every letter carefully. Even in this small manor, he wants to grasp all the news on the rivers and lakes, because he still has the ambition to dominate the rivers and lakes.

Xiao Wu handed the letter to Wang Guanru and silently stepped aside.

Wang Guanru unfolded the scrolled letter, but saw eleven small characters written on it: "Zhang Fangzhou is in retreat, Xu Yun is seriously injured, come quickly." ”

He jerked to his feet and knocked over the wine glass on the table, spilling the wine on the floor.

Wang Guanru stared at the words on the letter with trembling hands and looked at it again and again, and his heart was excited. He was already slightly drunk, but he was completely drunk at the moment: "Xiao Wu, go and inform the elders to come to the helm quickly, there is something important to discuss!"