Chapter 14 Rivers and Lakes

On the right is the Jingfan Gang that has developed from elsewhere in recent times.

Among these two gangs, the Turning River Gang was originally a small gang that mixed rice in the rivers and ports around Qiyun City, and usually managed the handover of some goods for some big gangs, occasionally selling some illicit salt, and the disciples in the gang were also some local residents, who had learned one or two rough kung fu, or simply just had the strength to do it, because everyone in the gang was diligent, and in the past two years, they have been praised by the local gangs, granted some martial arts and obtained permissions, and can develop their own forces.

Under the leadership of Tian Heng, the leader of the Chuanjiang Gang, the Guangzhao disciples faintly have a tendency to grow, but at this moment, the Jingfan Gang, which has always had nothing to do with it, suddenly made a difficulty, claiming that they wanted to withdraw from Qiyun City and give them all the business of water transportation in the city.

At first, the Chuanjiang Gang ignored the provocation of the Jingfan Gang, but it didn't take long for the people of the Jingfan Gang to start making trouble at the major docks, and the whole Jiangbian Gang was jumping around, and even because the struggle between the two gangs had affected the interests of some of the main factions, the two gangs were warned because of this matter, and both sides realized that they could not continue like this.

So the gang leader of the Jingfan Gang first proposed that since the two gangs are both Jianghu sects, then follow the rules of the Jianghu and decide the winner by competition, and the losing party will withdraw from Qiyun City.

Because the disciples in the sect have made great progress in martial arts in the past two years, they have recruited some good players, and they are more confident in their own strength, and they really can't make trouble anymore, so they also agree to compete to determine the winner.

And so the two gangs met today in the ring in the city.

Tian Heng, the leader of the Chuanjiang Gang, is a middle-aged man around forty years old, and his skin looks particularly dark due to the perennial sun and rain, and then his hands are different from ordinary people, not only are they bigger than ordinary people, but the calluses on their hands seem to have condensed into, like gloves, and it can be seen that his hand skills should not be bad.

Tian Heng came to the ring with all the gangs of the Chuanjiang Gang, followed by several newly recruited Jianghu experts, plus hundreds of gangsters, and suddenly the momentum became different when he went to that station.

"Wei Jiang! I have no enmity with your Jingfan Gang in the past, why do you have no grudges recently, if you retreat today, I Tian someone will be grateful!" Tian Heng shouted to Wei Jiang, the leader of the Jingfan Gang. It can be seen that Tian Heng does not want to start a war with the Jingfan Gang in his heart, even if he is about to fight, he still persuades him with the last glimmer of hope.

Wei Jiang, the leader of the Jingfan Gang, is also a middle-aged man in his first or forty years old, but unlike Tian Heng, who looks older in the wind and rain all the year round, Wei Jiang looks younger and a little thin, but from the subtleties of his demeanor, it can be seen that he seems to be from a good background, and has a unique temperament of a literati, it stands to reason that such a person should be like a scholar rather than a gang leader of a gang, but when he looked at his face, he saw a scar from the top of his forehead to his chin, which seemed to divide the face into two, the face without a scar on the right looked like a teacher who read poetry and books, and the face on the left was extremely hideous, which looked a little terrifying。

Qi Yue couldn't help but feel that the world was so big when he saw such a face and temperament appear on the same person.

When Wei Jiang heard Tian Heng say this, his expression was a little strange, as if he was struggling in his heart, as if he didn't want to be like this, but after a while, he seemed to have made up his mind, raised his head and took a step forward, and saluted Tian Heng: " Tian Gang Master, it's not that Wei is struggling with each other, it's just that today's business on the water transportation in Qiyun City, my Jingfan Gang must get it, and I must get it, if the Tian Gang Master is willing to give up the business, Wei is grateful, and in the future, Tian Gang Master will be the guest of my Jingfan Gang, but if there is any sending, my Jingfan Gang will do my best!" After finishing speaking, he bowed to Tian Heng and made a big salute.

Seeing Wei Jiang say this, the gang members of the Turning River Gang talked endlessly, not understanding what Wei Jiang meant.

Tian Heng saw that Wei Jiang's attitude was so sincere, he seemed a little caught off guard, he had imagined today's scene before he came, and even he had prepared for the worst, but now that Wei Jiang suddenly came with such a hand, this made him a little overwhelmed.

"You...... What do you mean by that?" Seeing that Wei Jiang made such a big salute to himself, he asked with some hesitation.

Wei Jiang got up and replied: "Gang Master Tian, your gang has nothing to do with my Jingfan Gang, but my Jingfan Gang was hit hard by thieves a few days ago, and we fled here to have no way to survive. As the leader of the gang, I have to find a way to live for my brothers no matter what, so please forgive me for the offense" Saying this, the gang behind Wei Jiang also lowered their heads.

Although Tian Heng is in the same situation as the scene of the Fan Gang's encounter, but the water transportation business is the lifeblood of the Jiang Gang, seeing that the Jiang Gang has worked hard under his hands for many years, it has finally improved a little, and it is impossible to give it to others, "Wei Gang Master, don't say it anymore, I will definitely not let the water transportation business, so today we will follow the agreement and fight it out in this ring, whether it is life or death is all up to God's will!"

"Alas~~ Even so, then I'll follow the rules of the rivers and lakes, see you in the ring, please!" Wei Jiang sighed, waved his hand and said please, Tian Heng was not hypocritical, and led a group of people to walk towards the viewing platform, and the Jingfan Gang also followed.

Tian Heng and the others came to the viewing platform with their helpers, the two of them sat away from the left and the right, and the disciples behind them surrounded them, and both of them seemed to be waiting for something.

Qi Yue saw that the people on both sides had arrived at the scene, and said a few words to each other but sat down separately, as if he didn't want to do anything.

"Senior brother, what's going on, why don't the two sides fight?" Qi Yue asked Shen Qingdao.

"Senior brother, don't worry, generally speaking, a notary is required to be present in a competition like this, but now none of the notaries have come, so naturally we have to wait"

"What do you mean?" Qi Yue asked puzzled when he heard a new word.

Shen Qing just wanted to open his mouth to answer, but was preempted, "Hehe, little junior brother, you are so stupid, you don't even know the notary" It turned out that Chen Ning stood there for a long time and saw that everyone went to greet Shen Qing and no one paid attention to her, seeing Qi Yue asking, in order to show off, he interrupted Shen Qing and said.

Qi Yue had heard the word "stupid" from Chen Ning's mouth for the second time, originally because he was very unhappy after letting the system laugh at him for being stupid last time, but he didn't expect to hear others say that he was stupid again not long after, and he was annoyed at the moment.

Shen Qing saw that Qi Yue was angry, so he turned his head to Chen Ning and said reproachfully: "Cousin, junior brother, he went down the mountain for the first time, so he doesn't understand a lot of things, how can you laugh at him" Seeing Shen Qing reproaching himself, Chen Ning suddenly stopped talking.

"Senior brother, don't mind, cousin, she has just been arrogant and spoiled by her uncle since she was a child, and she doesn't know how to speak, so don't be angry with her, I'll explain it to you" Shen Qing comforted.

Qi Yue didn't care about Shen Qing comforting him, and listened attentively.

"The so-called notary refers to some rivers and lakes battles, there are often some large-scale battles for certain things, but because no one in the rivers and lakes has three or five friends, even for the sects, there will always be some inextricable relationships between the various sects, resulting in a trigger and the whole body, originally it was just a small thing at first, but under the influence of each other, things became bigger and bigger, so that the last shot was out of control, causing irreparable losses, do you understand?"

Qi Yue nodded and then shook his head and said, "Well, it's not particularly clear."

Shen Qing thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll tell you a story."

"Story?" Qi Yue was even more puzzled, not knowing what Shen Qing was going to say.

"Yes, the story, this story happened more than a hundred years ago, when there was a gate sect called the Roushui Sword Sect in the Yanting Country, and a disciple was killed by mistake when he was fighting with others, it was not a big deal, such a thing is too common in the rivers and lakes, but who knows that this disciple is the only son of an elder of the Roushui Sword Sect, this elder is the son of an old man, usually he is naturally pampered in every way, suddenly heard bad news, almost fainted, and after waking up, he threatened to avenge his son despite everyone's dissuasion.

The murderer was from a small local family, and he regretted it after hearing about it, but the matter had come to this point, so he could only send someone to contact the Roushui Sword Sect, hoping to get the other party's understanding, but who knew that the messenger did not reach the Roushui Sword Sect for some reason. The elder of the Sword Sect stopped the anger in his heart after being dissuaded by the others, and promised that as long as the other party handed over the murderer, he would not pursue others, but he never saw anyone from the killer's family. The elder was furious, thinking that the other party not only killed his beloved son but also despised the Roushui Sword Sect, so he rushed out of the sect and rushed all the way to the family, and after arriving, he couldn't help but say that he would slaughter the other party's family.

After the news came out, the entire martial arts of Yanting Kingdom was shocked, and they all asked the Roushui Sword Sect to give an explanation. The then sect master of the Roushui Sword Sect imprisoned him because he was grateful for this elder's contribution to the sect over the years, and he was not allowed to step out of the sect again for the rest of his life.

It stands to reason that the story would end here, but that's not the case. Time flies, thirty years have passed, and at that time, this matter has gradually been forgotten with the passage of time, and even most of the disciples of the Roushui Sword Sect do not know that this kind of thing has happened in the sect at the beginning.

Thirty years later, a young man came to the gate of the Roushui Sword Sect, the young man claimed to be the orphan of the original murder case, and asked the Roushui Sword Sect to hand over the original murderer, but thirty years have passed, and the original elders of the Roushui Sword Sect have also abdicated, and there are very few people who still remember the original incident. The new head is a young man, young and vigorous, and the new head of the house, some of them are unstoppable, I heard that someone is picking quarrels and provoking trouble outside the sect, and now I can't help but say that I plan to teach that young man a lesson.