Outside the city of the Daimyo's Mansion, in an overcrowded tea shed, Hua Qian, Xu Yun and Long Yiwen were sitting around a square table, listening to an old man with gray hair in the center of the tea shed talk about history. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

I only heard the old man say to everyone in the tea shed: "Gao gradually left the building to bid farewell to the old man, and Jing Qing sang loudly to the beat while walking forward: 'The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return!' The prince Dan and others present listened to Jing Qing's singing, and none of them were so excited that they cried. But that Jing Qing didn't even turn his head, so he sang and walked into the car, all the way to the east, to the Qin country. "It turns out that this old man is telling the story of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin.

The old man spoke dryly, drank a bowl of tea, cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, cough, don't talk about it, don't talk about it, it's not early in the day, I have to go home." I want to hear what happened to Jing Qing after she went to Qin, so I will get up early tomorrow and come to this tea shed again. ”

Everyone "pouted", paid for the tea one after another, and dispersed to go home. Hua Qian felt that it was still early, so he insisted on taking Xu Yun and Long Yiwen to accompany him to the city for a walk.

"When Jing Qing arrived in the Qin Kingdom, what could he encounter, wasn't it just that he failed to assassinate Qin and was hacked to death by the guards on the main hall?" Hua Qian yawned and walked out of the tea shed.

"The final ending, of course, is like this, but the old man always likes to add some adventures and anecdotes to it, which sounds more interesting. Xu Yun said with a smile, "When we were young, didn't Grandpa Hua often take us to listen to him talk about history?"

"Haha, I remember once, when you heard the story of Na Huo going to the Hun court and sealing the wolf Juxu, you jumped up with excitement and shouted that you wanted to go to the barracks with my second uncle. Hua Qian recalled the old days and couldn't help but wonder.

"I didn't expect you to have such thoughts, senior brother!" Long Yiwen used to be the head of the infantry of the forbidden army, and when he heard that Xu Yun, who was calm and calm on weekdays, also had the idea of joining the army when he was young, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Yes, this old man still told Huo Quai's deeds, I don't remember. Xu Yun shook his head, "But at that time, I was just a young child, and when I heard those heroic deeds, I was inevitably impassioned, and it was very likely that I would say something like that when I was excited." ”

Long Yiwen nodded and said, "Hehe, if you want to talk about this hero, Jing Qing, who talked about the old man just now, should also be counted as one." If Jing Qing lived in our Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that he would be the number one person in the rivers and lakes. ”

Hua Qian agreed: "Yes, in order to repay the kindness of the crown prince, he dared to work hard with the first emperor Yingzheng, and he has the demeanor of a martial arts knight." ”

When Xu Yun heard this, he shook his head again: "Although Jing Qing is chivalrous, it's a pity that his ambition is great and talented, and he is burdened by false fame, so he can't escape death after all, but it has affected Prince Dan." That Prince Dan is Baoyan Kingdom, and he dares to fight against Qiang Qin, which can be regarded as a hero, but unfortunately, he used the wrong person. Therefore, this easy water parting has become a farewell. ”

Long Yiwen sighed: "'The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return once he is gone', even if Jing Qing's martial arts are world-famous and he stabs Yingzheng to death, it is difficult to guarantee that he will be able to retreat from the palace of King Qin, so no matter what the result is, he will die in Xianyang after all." ”

Hua Qian said: "Alas, in my opinion, most of the heroes in this world have nothing to do. Na Huo Qu was also ill, died young, and died inexplicably at the age of twenty-four. There is also the Chu overlord Xiang Ji, the hero I, after all, he will not escape the embattled songs. Both of you are the top masters in the rivers and lakes, but don't think about being a hero, you can't tell if you will end up on the hero's end one day, hehe. ”

Long Yiwen listened to Hua Qian's words, laughed and picked up the gourd on his waist, and drank two large sips of wine. And Xu Yun squinted his eyes and smiled helplessly, and said to Hua Qian: "Xiao Qian, there are too many grievances on the rivers and lakes, and it is really difficult to be a hero." Those heroic heroes are just living in the mouths of those tea shed storytellers. ”

"Ah, Brother Yun, why are the rivers and lakes in your mouth always different from those in other people's mouths?" Hua Qian turned his head and asked Long Yiwen, "Bearded, what do you think?"

Na Long Yiwen squinted at Xu Yun, smiled slightly, and remained silent.

After entering the city, after walking a few steps, Xu Yun pointed to a wine shop and said to Hua Qian: "Okay, you go, Senior Brother Long and I will have some wine here, and wait for you to come back." ”

"Huh, what are you talking about, where am I going?" Hua Qian kept shaking his eyebrows and said to Xu Yun.

Xu Yun curled the corners of his mouth slightly: "You asked me where I was going? Isn't the direction you took us going to Washington Mansion......?" It should be called Wufu now. ”

"Hehe, you can see it. Hua Qian laughed embarrassedly, "Then come with me?"

"In the past ten days, you have been fidgeting, muttering, and restless, you must be worrying about that matter, right? Today, you suddenly have to drag me and Senior Brother Long for no reason to accompany you to the teashed to listen to the history, and now you are dragging us into the city, isn't it just to let us walk with you and give you courage?" Xu Yun smiled, "But if you want to ask the Wu shopkeeper about it, you can't let us help you ask too, right? ”

Listening to Xu Yun's words, Long Yiwen seemed to understand what was going on, patted Hua Qian's shoulder and said, "Brother Hua, compared to Jing Qing's trip to Xianyang, you have gone and returned, what are you afraid of?"

"Hmm. Hua Qian replied vaguely, and said in his heart: "That's not necessarily, I don't know if I didn't say anything right, her dead hand slapped me down, and I really have no return." Alas, that Jing Qing died for the sake of assassinating Qin's great cause, and he was able to leave his name in history. And I, Hua Qianke, are in a bag, just because a few words abruptly made a beauty, I lost my life, oops, this is not good......"

Although he thought so in his heart, Hua Qian still went alone. After all, the knot in his heart needs that cold woman to untie after all.

That Xu Yun and Long Yiwen entered the wine shop, and asked Xiao Er for a pot of wine and two side dishes, but before they drank a few sips, they saw Hua Qian running in panting.

"Brother Hua, what's the matter, don't you dare to go?" Long Yiwen put down his wine glass and looked at Hua Qian in surprise.

"I didn't ...... No, I went. Hua Qian wiped the sweat on his face and said breathlessly.

"And then?" Xu Yun raised his wine glass, sniffed the aroma of wine, and asked Hua Qian softly.

Hua Qian sat on the bench, snatched Xu Yun's wine glass, drank it all, and said: "Ah, good wine-the maid at the door told me that her master has been closed for the past few days, and I think she may be unhappy because of what happened recently, so I didn't bother her, and came back to you directly." ”

"So...... Are you eating a closed door?" Xu Yun said while pouring wine for Hua Qian.

"Ah...... Sort of. Hua Qian frowned and drank the wine in the cup again.

"Hahaha, I said Brother Hua, you are not happy to do things, manly man, why are you worried so much, just break in, why do you want to come back!" Long Yiwen laughed and said, "Seeing that you are so frustrated, why don't we just have a big drink here?"

Hua Qian shook his head, leaned against the table and sighed, "Alas, no, I'm not in the mood." ”

Long Yiwen looked at Hua Qian's depressed appearance, put down his chopsticks and said, "The dignified head of the Hua family, sighing there for a woman, what kind of hero is he?"

Hua Qian casually took a few bites of side dishes, and said while chewing: "What about the overlord and Yu Ji, why can't I sigh for a woman? Besides, I'm not a hero." ”

Long Yiwen listened to Hua Qian's words, he had no ambition, he was very unhappy, and wanted to say a few more words, but Xu Yun on the side said with a smile: "Senior Brother Long, don't embarrass Xiaoqian, he has had this temper since he was a child." Long Yiwen saw Xu Yun speak, thinking that he and Hua Qian were only new acquaintances after all, and it was not easy to talk too much, so he couldn't help but have a seizure.

It didn't take long for Hua Qian to eat up the two side dishes, and then poured himself a glass of wine. As soon as he brought the wine to his mouth, he sniffed it, then put down the wine glass and said: "This wine is still a little worse after all, let's go back and drink the good wine at home now, and we will drink him today without getting drunk!"

Xu Yun was often brought by Hua Qian on weekdays, so he didn't speak, just smiled and nodded. And Long Yiwen heard that there was good wine to drink, of course he would not refuse, picked up the wine jug on the table, drank it all and said: "Wonderful, Brother Hua has spoken, so what are you waiting for!"

So, the three of them laughed and left the wine shop and went straight to the north of the city to return to Washington.

"Hua Gongzi stay!" As soon as the three of them walked out of the city gate, before they could walk a few steps, they heard someone in the city shouting Hua Qian loudly, and they stopped all over the city.

"Who?" Hua Qian looked back, but saw that Li Da of the beggar gang was leading a big man with a big shape, and he was running towards him quickly.

When Long Yiwen saw the big man like King Kong, he smiled and said, "Isn't that Song Lai of the Beggar Gang? What is he looking for Brother Hua?"

Xu Yun saw that Long Yiwen recognized Song Lai, and said in surprise: "How do you recognize Song Tuantou?"

Long Yiwen said: "I have not been blind in the rivers and lakes in the past few years, and I have inquired about the experts and masters from all walks of life. I have also studied martial arts with some of these famous artists, and this Song Lai is one of them. ”

"How many moves did you use to defeat him?" Xu Yun asked softly.

"One move...... Ah, no, three tricks. Long Yiwen replied.

Xu Yun had also fought with Song Lai, and he recalled the power of Song Lai's Powerful Vajra Hand that night, and said to Long Yiwen in surprise: "Only three moves have you used?

Long Yiwen saw that Xu Yun seemed to have suspicion in his words, so he said, "Why, you can't take him in three moves?"

Although Xu Yun fought Song Lai and Zou Ku alone that time, even if he fought alone, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to defeat Song Lai within three moves, so he smiled at Long Yiwen and didn't say anything explicitly.

Song Lai ran to the three of them with Li Da, and saw a big man in shabby clothes and a beard standing with Xu Yun and Hua Qian, looking familiar, and blurted out: "Is it Long Yiwen, Brother Long?"

Long Yiwen laughed and hugged his fist at Song Lai and said, "Brother Song Lai, don't come to harm?"

Song Lai also laughed and said, "It's really you!, why are you with Hua Gongzi and Brother Xu Yunxu?"

Long Yiwen said with a smile: "Xu Yunnai is my senior brother, and Hua Gongzi is an old friend of my senior brother, why can't I be with them anymore?"

Song Lai was shocked and said, "Could it be that Brother Long is also a master disciple of Zhang Daxia of Yunzhuang?"

Long Yiwen said with a smile: "The high apprentice can't talk about it, it's just that he didn't embarrass the teacher." ”

"Brother Long is humble. Song said, and then hugged his fist at Xu Yun and said, "Brother Xu is good." ”

Xu Yun returned the salute with a fist and said lightly: "Song Tuantou, let's meet again." ”

Song Lai glanced at Xu Yun meaningfully, and said in his heart: "This person is suspected of killing Zhang Daxia, Long Yiwen even dares to be with him, could it be that he is really not a murderer? Or, Long Yiwen also participated in the killing of Zhang Daxia? Forget it, Zhang Fangzhou's death has nothing to do with me, what do you do with this heart, the position of the leader of the beggar gang is what I should keep an eye on." This Xu Yun's martial arts are not bad, if I can win him over to help me deal with Zou Ku and Chen Kai, the old turtle, it will definitely be no problem to win the position of the gang leader. After taking over as the gang leader, he immediately designed to arrest him, and then confirmed the name of killing Zhang Daxia, at that time, everyone in the world thought that it was me Song Lai who avenged Zhang Daxia, so that I Song Lai and the entire beggar gang had the prestige in the rivers and lakes...... Hehehe......"

Long Yiwen saw Song Lai looking at Xu Yun, and didn't speak for a long time, so he said: "Brother Song, you just shouted again and again to let Hua Gongzi stay, do you have something important to find him?"

Li Da on the side saw that Song Lai still didn't react, so he coughed twice: "Song Tuantou, Song Tuantou, we are here to find Hua Gongzi." Then he said to Hua Qian: "Master Hua, this is the head of our Daimyo's Mansion Beggar Gang, Song Lai Song Tuantou." ”

Hua Qian nodded and responded with a smile: "Song Tuantou, fortunately, fortunately." ”

Song Lai said "ah", came back to his senses, and said to Hua Qian with a smile on his face: "Master Hua, we want to ask you for a favor." ”

Although Fang was the Hua Qian that Li shouted, it was actually Song Lai who was looking for him on purpose. But after meeting, Song Lai did not meet Hua Qian first, but greeted Long Yiwen and Xu Yun, which inevitably did not value Hua Qian. However, Hua Qian was casual, and he didn't care about these red tapes, and when he saw Song Lai speak, he yawned and said, "What's the matter?"

Song Lai smiled and said, "This ...... I wonder if Hua Gongzi has heard that Gongsun Liangbi of Wanyingtang and Zou Ku of Zhending Mansion have joined forces?"

When Xu Yun heard this, he couldn't help but widen his originally squinted eyes, knowing that what Song Lai said next must be extremely confidential, so he stretched out his hand to signal him not to speak, and said in a low voice: "It's a big matter, there are many people here, and Song Tuantou is still silent." ”

Hua Qian comprehended, and immediately said: "Well, why don't Song Tuantou and Brother Li follow the three of us back to Washington and talk about this matter in detail?"

Song Lai hurriedly nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

Back in Washington, Hua Qian instructed his subordinates to set up a large table of wine and food, and called Quan Chengkong, Hua Changwu and Hua Changwen over.

After the introduction to each other, everyone took their seats. Hua Qian sat on the main seat and said to Song Lai on the right hand: "Song Tuantou, all of you here are my Hua someone's close friends, not outsiders, and please explain to us carefully what you wanted to say outside the city before." ”

"Old Song, I have this intention. Song Lai looked around at everyone present and said loudly, "Friends of Washington, I don't know if you know that Sun Liangbi, the second hall master of Wanyingtang, went to Zhending Mansion shortly after he was defeated by you in a battle in the forest north of the city, and spent a few days in the Zhending Mansion Beggars' Gang at the helm——"

"What, you said that Gongsun Liangbi went to Zhending Mansion? No wonder Brother Changwu and I didn't find a person from Wanyingtang in Cangzhou Guanhai Tower. Hua Changwen suddenly interrupted Song Lai and interjected.

It turned out that there was a fierce battle in the forest on the day of Qingming, and Gongsun Liangbi slipped away, which made Hua Changwen quite regretful. In order to avenge his father and brother, he dragged Hua Changwu all the way to Cangzhou Guanhai Tower to settle accounts with Gongsun Liangbi, but he only saw an empty building. Seeing that Hua Changwen was in the air, he was angry in his heart, so he burned the Guanhai Tower to the ground, relieved the resentment in his heart a little, and then returned to the Daimyo's Mansion.

As soon as this incident came out, it caused a sensation in HB, and everyone in the martial arts said that the famous Hua family wanted to compete with Wan Yingtang for the position of HB overlord, and after that Hua Qian knew, he blamed the two younger brothers for acting without authorization, but he was helpless, so he had to be grounded at home for a month as a punishment.

Hua Qian glared at Hua Changwen: "Are you embarrassed to mention this? It seems that you have no remorse, do you have to punish you for thinking about it?"

Hua Changwen was afraid that Hua Qian would really be punished, so he pouted, picked up the wine glass and took a small sip, but he didn't dare to speak.

Hua Qian turned his head to Song Lai and said, "Song Tuantou, you said that Gongsun Liangbi went to the Zhending Mansion to divide the rudder, what did he do there for no reason?"

"I heard that he went to Zhending Mansion to divide the rudder to see Zou Ku and Elder Chen Kaichen of my beggar gang. Song Lai said, "After the Yelu Longqing incident passed, Zou Ku took Elder Chen to live with him, and took advantage of Elder Chen's reputation in the gang to attract many brothers in the gang to gather around him. ”

Although Hua Qian had also heard Xu Yun talk about some things about the beggar gang, he still didn't know who Zou Ku and Chen Kai were, so he didn't quite understand what Song Lai meant, so he looked at Xu Yun suspiciously.

Xu Yun nodded, and said to Song Lai: "After all, Elder Chen is highly respected among your gang, and now he lives in Zhending Branch, and he is clearly supporting Zou Tuantou in Zhending Mansion, presumably Zou Ku's power now should be much greater than Song Tuantou's power in the Daimyo!"

Hua Qian knew that Xu Yun's words were deliberately said to him, so he touched his round face and smiled, and said, "But I don't know what Gongsun Liangbi is doing to Elder Chen?"

Song Lai sighed softly and said to Li Daodao: "Brother Li, take out that letter and show it to everyone." ”

Li Da responded and handed a letter to Hua Qian. After Hua Qian read it, he passed the letter to Xu Yun again.

"I received this letter this morning, and the letter is from Chen Kai...... It was written by Elder Chen himself, saying that the position of the leader of the beggar gang could not be left undecided forever, so he wanted to ask me to meet by the Zhanghe River in the northwest of W County on April 24 to discuss the selection of the leader of the gang. Song Lai frowned.

Hua Qian touched his chin and pondered, "Your Elder Chen has just met Gongsun Liangbi, and he has this letter to discuss the selection of the master, it is difficult for people not to think about the relationship between these two things......

Song Lai stroked his palm and said: "That's right, what Hua Gongzi said is not wrong at all. According to the disciple who came back from the north, Gongsun Liangbi didn't know what conditions he had discussed with Elder Chen, and he even openly supported Zou Ku as the leader of the beggar gang. The villains in Zhending Mansion, with Wan Yingtang's support, only remembered to ask me to meet by the Zhangshui! Hmph, to put it nicely, it's called Counseling to help the master choose, but in fact, don't they just want to take my big name by the river, and then let Zou Ku be the leader of the gang comfortably? That Wan Yingtang killed the two brothers Li Er and Li San of our gang, and also killed several of Hua Gongzi's close relatives, so it can be said that we are our common enemies. That's why I Song will come to the house to bother, not for anything else, in fact, just to seek help from Washington, and work with me to deal with Gongsun Liangbi and Zou Ku. First, there is a chance to destroy Wan Yingtang and avenge his own people, and secondly, it can be regarded as for me, to give the brothers of the Daimyo Helm a way to live, and don't let us go on April 24 without returning. ”

"Since you know that there is no return, then don't go?" Hua Qian said disapprovingly.

Song Lai said in a loud voice: "What did Hua Gongzi say! Since I, Song Lai, have already received this war letter, even if I am thrown into the river to feed the fish at that time, I will have to go to the appointment no matter what." If you don't go by then, won't you become a turtle with a shrunken head, and you will be laughed at by the people of the rivers and lakes?"

Hua Qian shook his head and said: "Alas, you don't understand what I mean, people dare to run all the way from Zhending Mansion to Zhanghe, and they still care about running a little longer?

Song Lai saw that what Hua Qian said was clueless, so he had to stare at him, take a big sip of wine from the sea bowl, and didn't know how to respond. Quan Chengkong, Hua Changwen and the others couldn't help but bow their heads and snicker when they knew that Hua Qian had deliberately made a mess again.

"Song Tuantou, there is something unclear below. Xu Yun put down the letter in his hand and said to Song Lai.

"Brother Xu, please speak. When Song Lai saw Xu Yun speak, he ignored Hua Qian and hurriedly replied.

"That Gongsun Liangbi has done a lot of injustice in HB, and it is said that he still has a private relationship with Yelu Longqing, the Khitan prince, and often has dealings. Even if Zou Ku wanted to fight for the position of the gang leader for a while, he lost his mind and agreed to join forces with Gongsun Liangbi, but the old man Chen was still really deciding the rudder, how could he agree to the beggar gang disciples to be with such a person?"

Song Lai smiled awkwardly, quite embarrassed: "Hehe, although this ugliness can't be publicized, but since I, Song someone, have a request from you today, then some things should still be picked out." ”

When everyone saw Song Lai suddenly say this, they were curious, so they all pricked up their ears and listened to his words quietly.

"You must all know that the former leader of our gang, Dahu Zhang, is the apprentice of Chen Kai. But what you may not know is that the position of the previous gang leader was actually meant to be passed on to Chen Kai. ”

Li Da has been a member of the beggar gang for nearly 20 years, and he probably knows some secrets in the gang, and when he heard Song Lai mention it, he was immediately surprised: "Song Tuantou, are you going to tell them about that!"

Song Lai nodded and said, "Well, then Chen Kai is unjust to me, why should I hide it for him? He, Elder Chen Kai, has always been showing people as a beggar gang elder in the rivers and lakes, if I don't explain this matter, I'm afraid everyone here won't believe that Chen Kai will join forces with Wan Yingtang!"

Hua Qian couldn't help but feel funny when he saw Song Lai, a man like King Kong, but his mother-in-law and mother were grinding and chirping when he spoke: "I said Song Tuantou, you have something to say quickly, don't talk about it there, it will hang people's appetites." Since you said that Elder Chen should have been the former helper, then why wasn't he the last helper?"

"Okay, since Hua Gongzi is quick to talk, then I won't be verbose anymore. If you are more verbose than this, there is no point, no one at this table can compare to Hua Qian, but Song Lai and Hua Qian are only new acquaintances after all, and they don't know him as a person, so they will say such words as "Hua Gongzi is fast and fast", and everyone in Washington who was present couldn't help but secretly feel funny.

I only heard that Song Lai said slowly: "The reason why Chen Kai has a relatively high prestige in the rivers and lakes is mostly because others respect him for his rich experience in the rivers and lakes and his superb martial arts." In the hearts of most people, people with high prestige in the rivers and lakes will not have too bad character, so Chen Kai is also a hero in the hearts of many people. In fact, he has an unknown weakness, that is, he is greedy for money, and he can even ruin people's families for the sake of petty profits. But at the beginning, Chen Kai covered it up better, so the brothers in the gang didn't find out about it, otherwise everyone wouldn't want to choose him as the leader. ”

At that time, there were brothers in the gang who disappeared one after another, and the gang suspected that there were outsiders who wanted to be unfavorable to the beggar gang, so they arranged for Chen Kai's disciple Zhang Dahu to investigate the matter. Zhang Dahu's gang leader was careful and intelligent, and he was relatively neat in his work, and he quickly sorted out the clue of the matter, but it turned out that there were no outsiders who wanted to disadvantage the beggar gang, and these missing brothers were all related to Chen Kai. It turned out that Chen Kai seemed to be making some kind of transaction with the Khitans in private, and he would get a lot of gold and silver from the Khitans every year, and most of these missing beggar brothers were involved in this transaction. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, and Long Yiwen blurted out: "You mean, those who disappeared were all ...... Chen Chen Kai killed?"

"No, I'm just saying that this matter is related to Chen Kai, but whether the person was killed by him, or what, I don't know. Song Lai shook his head, "Because Chen Kai is the master of Gang Leader Zhang after all, after Gang Leader Zhang found out that this matter was related to Chen Kai, he didn't want to continue to investigate, but just told the Gang Leader and several elders at that time everything he found out about it as it was." ”

After the seniors in the gang learned about this, they were naturally shocked, and asked Chen Kai to inquire about it. Chen Kai admitted that he had private contacts with the Khitans, but he only said that he did not know the whereabouts of the missing brothers. Several seniors in the gang could not be sure that Chen Kai had done something to mutilate his fellow disciples, and in desperation, after several discussions, they believed that Chen Kai colluded with foreign clans and should have been expelled from the gang, but because his reputation in the rivers and lakes was too loud, if such a heavy punishment was made, it would be equivalent to exposing his own family scandal, which would greatly damage the reputation of the beggar gang, so he did not punish Chen Kai heavily, but forced him to retire from the rivers and lakes. And the position of the leader of the gang was taken over by Zhang Dahu. Chen Kai saw that he was his apprentice's successor to the helper, so he didn't say anything, and directly agreed to this disposition and lived in seclusion behind closed doors. ”

"Not many people knew about this at that time, and it was not a glorious thing, most people chose to rot it in their stomachs and did not want to tell others, so after so many years, there are fewer and fewer people who know about it. Now the new disciples of the gang only say that he Chen Kai is a beggar gang senior who lives in seclusion in the village, but they don't know that he has done such inexplicable things. Brother Xu Yun, I don't know if you still think that Chen Kai will not join forces with the evil-doer Wan Yingtang for any reason after I have talked about this?"

Song Lai said so much in one breath, only to feel smoke in his throat, so he poured a bowl of wine and drank it with a clatter. Nalong Yiwen frowned and looked at Xu Yun, as if asking if Xu Yun knew about it. When Xu Yun saw it, he only shook his head slightly, this was the first time he had heard of such rumors, and he really didn't know if what Song Lai said was true or false.

Although Song Lai was drinking, his eyes never left Xu Yun. When he saw Xu Yun shaking his head, he put down the wine bowl and said, "What, is there anything else Brother Xu wants to ask?"

Xu Yun smiled: "I didn't expect Elder Chen to have such a past, if Song Tuantou didn't talk about it, Xu really didn't know." ”

"That's natural, who hasn't had a bit of the past?" Song Lai looked at Hua Qian with a laugh and said, "Master Hua, I don't know if you are willing to help the old brother?"

When Xu Yun heard this, he squinted at Hua Qian, and said in his heart: "What Song Lai said is to ask Washington to jointly deal with the beggar gang disciples of Wanyingtang and Zhendingfu, and protect his name and rudder everyone's lives, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, it is just to win over Washington to support him Song Lai as the leader of the beggar gang." If this is agreed, then after the meeting at the Zhanghe River on April 24, regardless of whether Song Laidang becomes the leader of the beggar gang in the end, Washington will still be the same as before, and will not get any obvious benefits, at most he will get a word of thanks and sell his personal favor. But if that Zou Ku becomes the gang leader, then Washington will become an enemy with the new beggar gang leader because of his support for Song Lai, which is really a big disadvantage. However, on the other hand, if Washington can take this opportunity to dominate the entire situation, use Song Lai's strong reinforcement to eliminate Wan Yingtang in one fell swoop, and while eliminating Wan Yingtang, he still leaves Zou Ku's life and maintains the state of infighting among the beggars, it will be extremely beneficial to Washington. Alas, this matter is very important, and if it is handled properly, Washington has a great chance of being the leader of HB Martial Arts, but I don't know if Xiao Qian has already considered the pros and cons, and I don't know how he will answer. Although Xu Yun already had the answer in his heart, he was just a guest who temporarily lived in Washington, after all, he was not the lord of Washington, so he couldn't say much, so he could only be secretly anxious in his heart, and when Hua Qian replied to Song Lai, he still pretended to be calm on the surface.

Na Huaqian touched his chin and hesitated: "This ......" Seeing that the whole table was staring at him, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked. He wanted to open his mouth and say: "You should solve the affairs of the beggar gang by yourself, and our Hua family doesn't want to interfere." But when he saw the expectant look on the faces of his two younger brothers, especially Hua Changwen, he swallowed his words back.

"It's really troublesome for me to make up my mind about this kind of thing!" Hua Qian said in his heart.

Suddenly, Hua Qian thought of the funerals of the second uncle, the third uncle, and Changlin, and the Yishui Pavilion in the Daimyo City that was burned down by fire, all of which were related to Wanyingtang. He remembered the tragic scenes he saw in the forests north of the city on the day of Qingming - female corpses and blood stains everywhere, which made him have nightmares for several days.

"Shhhhhh "What Song Lai, Zou Ku, and Chen Kai did, what did they do, what evil did they commit, and what does it have to do with me? How can I know if what you say is true or not, and whether you are slandering others? However, the evil deeds committed by Wan Yingtang have been seen and experienced with my own eyes, and they will never be false. In the past, my grandfather used to say that our Hua family is mixed with the rivers and lakes, and we must always keep in mind the word chivalry. For the sake of chivalry, the father dared to take the township party to fight against the Khitans, although he was a mantis arm as a car, but he still worked hard; the second uncle devoted himself to the army for more than 20 years for chivalry, and his last wish was to be transferred back to the HB front line from Dengzhou to fight for the Great Song Dynasty. Compared with my two fathers, although I can't serve the country and the people like them, the word chivalrous should still be taken to heart after all. A scourge like Wan Yingtang, I must not allow him to continue to be evil, otherwise what chivalry is there to talk about?"

Hua Qian thought like this, only felt that there was a heroic spirit in his chest that he had never had before, and he couldn't help but straighten his waist and said to Song Lai: "Wan Yingtang is harmful to the rivers and lakes, and everyone will be punished." The Hua family was reluctant to meddle in the internal affairs of the beggar gang, but if this matter involved Wan Yingtang, then the Hua family was willing to wade into this troubled water. However, it was said in advance that if there was no Wan Yingtang present on April 24, then everyone in the Hua family would go home and would never interfere in the election of the leader of your gang. ”

Song Lai couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Hua Qian's approval: "Cheng, as long as the son is willing to help, he can do whatever he wants!"

Xu Yun listened to Hua Qian's words, and probably guessed what he was thinking, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head, but as long as he agreed to make a move, then everything would have a chance to turn around.

Seeing off Song Lai and Li Da, Hua Qian only felt in a good mood, and greeted Xu Yun and Long Yiwen and said, "Haha, the meal just now was not happy at all, I took out the good wine at home, how about the three of us have a good meal?"

When Long Yiwen heard this, of course, he agreed with it. Who knew that Xu Yun shook his head with a smile and said, "No, I drank too much wine, so I will delay you from doing things tomorrow." ”

Hua Qianqi said: "Delay me to do something, what will I do tomorrow?"

Xu Yun smiled and said, "You promised Song Lai to fight with Wan Yingtang, don't you want to tell the Wu shopkeeper about such a big matter?"

Hua Qian said abruptly: "She is closed to the guests, why should I bother her again?"

Xu Yun smiled and said, "Invite her to help you, how could she miss such a good opportunity for revenge?

Hua Qian was overjoyed and said: "It makes sense! However, this wine still has to be drunk, and only after I have drunk enough will I have the confidence to go to her." ”

Long Yiwen laughed when he heard this: "Yes, yes, this wine can strengthen courage! Then let's not get drunk tonight!"

Hua Qian pointed at Long Yiwen and laughed: "That's natural, hahahaha!"