Everyone looked at each other abusively, and some couldn't help but shake their heads, originally elated, but when they thought that it was not Aokitang's brother who killed Aobai, they were all greatly disappointed. The tall and thin old man said: "In the past two years, the hall has no owner, and everyone has pushed the brother to temporarily take charge of the function of the incense master. Now that Lord Yin Xiang's revenge has been avenged, the brothers handed over the token in front of the spirit of Lord Yin Xiang, and asked the brothers to choose another meritocracy. As he spoke, he knelt down in front of the spiritual seat, held a wooden plaque in both hands, bowed a few times, stood up, and placed the token in front of the spiritual seat.

One person said: "Brother Li, in the past two years, you have handled the affairs in an orderly manner, and who can be worthy of the position of my incense lord except you? Another said: "The position of the owner of incense is not based on our own will, and whoever wants to be in charge will be in charge." It was delegated by the helmsman. ”

The first person said: "Although the rules are like this, it has always been a convention, and after each meeting is agreed, it is reported, and the higher authorities have never rejected it, and the so-called appointment is just a routine." ”

Another said: "As far as my brother knows, the new incense owners of each hall have always been recommended by the old hall owners. The old incense owner is either old, or sick, or when he is dying, he leaves a last word, and he chooses one of his cousins to replace him, but there is never a rule of self-election. The first person said: "Lord Yin Xiang was unfortunately harmed by Aobai, how can there be any last words left? Jia Lao Liu, you don't know about this matter, why are you picking your eyes at this time? I understand your intentions, you oppose Brother Li as the master of the incense in the hall, but you have ill intentions and other plans. When Wei Xiaobao heard the words "Jia Lao Liu", his heart sank, remembering that this person was what the salt lords in Yangzhou were looking for, turned his head to look at him, and saw that the top of his head was bare, there were not a few hairs left on a small braid, and there was a big scar on his face.

Na Jia Lao Liu said angrily: "What evil do I have in my heart, what other plans do I have? Cui Blind, you speak clearly, don't spray people with blood." ”

The person surnamed Cui lost a left eye, and said loudly: "Hmph, open the skylight and say something bright, in the Aoki Hall, who doesn't know that you want to hold your brother-in-law Guan Fuzi as the master of incense." Guan Fuzi is the master of incense, you are the uncle of the country, isn't that still in power, do you want the wind to be windy, and you want the rain to be rainy?" Jia Laoliu said in a loud voice: "Whether Master Guan is my sister or not, that's another matter." Brother Li is old and popular, so I'm not against him. But when it comes to skills, after all, Master Guan is much better. ”

Suddenly, one of them cried loudly, and while crying, he said: "Lord Yin Xiang, Lord Yin Xiang, you are in the world, how harmonious I am in the Aoki Hall, all the brothers are really like relatives and flesh and blood, working together to do the great thing of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty." Unfortunately, you were victimized by this traitor, and there is no second person in my Aoki Hall who can be as popular as you, both popular and capable. Lord Yin Xiang, unless you come back from the dead, I, Aokitang, am afraid that we will quarrel with each other and become a plate of loose sand, and I will no longer be able to prosper as much as you did when you were alive. When the people heard him say this, many could not help but burst into tears. There is a humanitarian: "Brother Li has the benefits of Brother Li, and Master Guan has the benefits of Master, both of them are good brothers of their own, but they can't be at odds with everyone for the sake of promoting the incense master." ”

Wei Xiaobao stood aside, and the audience was arguing endlessly, and some people scolded and watched coldly, which was quite interesting. At first, he thought that these people were Aobai's subordinates, and he would inevitably kill himself to pay tribute to Aobai, but when he knew that these people hated Aobai very much, his heart fell like a big stone to the ground, but he heard them say what they kept saying "against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty", and he was worried: "They naturally think that I am a little eunuch in the Qing Palace, no matter how I defend myself, they will definitely not believe it." After the incense master is chosen, the first thing will come and kill me. Isn't that anti-Qing and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty? The 'Qing people' in front of me, except for Lao Tzu, where is there no one else? Besides, I am here, and I have heard all their secrets, even if I don't kill me, I will be locked up, and I will never be able to live beyond my life. Lao Tzu, it's good to slip away. Slowly retreating to the door step by step, hoping that the situation in the hall would be chaotic again, he escaped.

Suddenly, someone said coldly: "Lord Yin Xiang, Lord Yin Xiang, after you die, everyone looks down on you." The words you said before your spirit, the vows you made, have become fucking bullshit. Wei Xiaobao recognized this person's voice and knew that it was Qi Laosan, who was fond of cold words. Everyone immediately calmed down, followed by a few people and asked at the same time: "Qi Laosan, what do you mean by this?" Qi Laosan sneered: "Hmph, my surname Qi kowtowed in front of Brother Wanyunlong and Yin Li's spirit back then, stabbed blood on his fingers, and made a heavy oath, determined to avenge Lord Yin Xiang, and said in person: 'Which brother killed Ao Bai and avenged Lord Yin Xiang, I, Qi Biaoqing, will serve him as the master of incense in the hall, and faithfully obey his orders, and never disobey!' This sentence, this Qi Laosan said. The person surnamed Qi has said that his words count, and he is by no means a bullshit!" Suddenly, there was silence in the hall, and there was no sound. It turned out that this sentence was said by everyone in the hall.

After a while, Jia Lao Liu was the first to lose his breath and said: "Third Brother Qi, what you said is right, everyone has said these few words, including me, Jia Lao Liu, what I have said naturally cannot be ambiguous." But...... But...... You know, I know, everybody knows, this is the one who killed Aobai...... This ......" He turned around to look for Wei Xiaobao, and suddenly saw Wei Xiaobao had stepped out of the hall door with one foot, and was about to flee out, shouting: "Catch him, don't let him go!" Wei Xiaobao was about to run, and in an instant, six or seven people pounced, and more than a dozen hands grabbed his body at the same time, dragging him back. Wei Xiaobao shouted loudly: "Hey, hey, turtle bastard, what are you dragging Lao Tzu for?" He thought that he wouldn't survive this time anyway, so it was better to scold him. A man wearing a Xiucai scarf came out of the crowd and said, "Little brother, don't scold people." Wei Xiaobao recognized his voice and said, "Are you Qi Laosan?" That person was Qi Laosan Qi Biaoqing, and said in amazement: "Do you recognize me?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I know your mother!" Qi Biaoqing has a three-point nerd temper, I don't know that he is scolding, it is even more strange, and asked: "How can you recognize my mother?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I am good friends with your mother, old concubine." Everyone laughed and said, "This little eunuch has a flamboyant tongue!" Qi Biaoqing's face turned red and said, "It's funny." Then he said: "Little brother, what is the name of the little eunuch who killed Aobai, what is your relationship with him?" "Xiao Fengzi, I killed Aobai with him." What are you doing!" Lei Feng asked.

Everyone in the hall looked at me, and I looked at you, and they were amazed.

Qi Biaoqing asked, "How long have you been a eunuch?" Wei Xiaobao said: "How long has it been? I was originally from Yangzhou, but I caught him in Beijing. Spicy mother's, stinky Ao worship is dead, and she has to go up the knife mountain, get off the oil pot, roll the nail board, and wear the bones of the thief Ao worship. A series of Yangzhou curse words rushed out of his mouth. A middle-aged man nodded and said, "He is really from Yangzhou." He also spoke with a Yangzhou accent.

Wei Xiaobao said happily: "Jia Lao Liu, you scolded the salt lord in Yangzhou, Mao 18 fought with people for you, and I also helped him fight." Jia Laoliu scratched his head and said, "There is really such a thing." ”

Qi Biaoqing pulled over a chair and said, "Little brother, please take a seat!" Wei Xiaobao was honestly unkind and sat down. Then someone brought a bowl of noodles and a cup of tea. Wei Xiaobao was so hungry that he ate cleanly. Guan Anji, Qi Biaoqing, and Li Lishi, who everyone calls him "Brother Li", accompanied him to chat, and his words were quite polite, but he was actually interrogating his life experience and experience. Wei Xiaobao didn't hide it, he occasionally bragged a few words of bullishness, scolded a few words of Aobai, and said how to help Emperor Kangxi capture Aobai and so on.

Suddenly, I heard the faint sound of hooves in the distance, and a large group of people rode up, and Guan Anji and Li Lishi stood up at the same time. Li Lishi said in a low voice: "Tartar officers and soldiers?" Guan Anji nodded, stretched out his finger to the entrance, and blew three times, and five people rushed into the hall.

Suddenly, a person rushed into the hall and said loudly: "The chief helmsman has arrived!" Guan Anji and Li Lishi said in unison: "What?" The man said: "The chief helmsman led the five hall incense masters, and rode a horse to this place. Guan Li and the others were overjoyed, and asked in unison, "How do you know?" The man said: "The subordinates met the chief helmsman on the road and ordered the subordinates to come and inform them first. Guan Anji saw that he was running out of breath, nodded and said, "Okay, you go down and rest." Then he whistled and sent someone in, and commanded: "It's not the Tartar officers and soldiers, it's the chief helmsman who is coming!" As soon as the news broke, the room was full of stirring. Guan Anji took Wei Xiaobao's hand and said, "Little brother, the helmsman of this association has arrived, let's go and greet it together!"