Chapter 6: Ten Brothers
After Bai Juan drowned in his home inexplicably, there was no longer any "advice" and "medicine", and he appeared in front of Xiong Dongzhen at an inopportune time.
In any case, since Xiong Dongwei sat in the position of "big boss", it has become more and more difficult for outsiders to see this busy man and nobleman; even his most relied on and trusted old subordinates and old brothers in the past, the "Four Great Divine Beasts and Eight Great Calves of the Northeast", it is also extremely difficult to see the second master to catch up with the old days.
However, these old subordinates and old brothers don't have too many complaints, they understand that the current Second Master Xiong is different from today, he is now the head of a gang, and hundreds of thousands of brothers and sisters under his hands are waiting for him to feed and take care of him, he has all the opportunities day and night, and he is too busy.
In the days when I couldn't see my old boss Xiong Erye, these "four great beasts and eight calves in the Northeast" lived separately in the "Changfeng Dart Bureau" in "Liaodong" almost every day, and drank sullen wine with Yu Chibei. Chat about idle days.
Yu Chibei is a few disciples of the old dragon head Yun Feiyang, and a while ago he had a dislike with Zhao Ritian, the "Golden Lion Dart Bureau" in the capital, involving the three sword kings of the "Power Gang", but fortunately, the five whirlwinds of the "Tencent Hall" that were good with the "Dafeng Tang" took action to resolve the crisis. (See the volume of "Red Silk Scarf")
Wei Chibei's temperament and temper definitely have to inherit the head of the cloud.
Whoever he doesn't like, whether he is a rich man or beggar, he will scold and scold him in person, and he will show no mercy at all. However, as long as he is a friend, he will not frown when he goes to the soup and fights the fire, and he sticks a knife in both ribs.
Over time, the brothers and sisters in the gang have learned about Wei Chibei's personality, and they all like to have a deep friendship with him for a long time, plus he is a character of the same generation as the "Three Tigers of Kanto", so everyone respects him and loves him.
Yu Chibei also likes the "Four Great Divine Beasts and Eight Great Calves in the Northeast", these ten straightforward and straightforward men, everyone has a similar temperament and has a very happy relationship.
Because he wanted to temporarily avoid the "power gang" in the capital, Wei Chibei had to live separately in "Liaodong" and stay for a long time.
Everyone drank a lot of wine, ate meat, chatted about the world, the sea and the sky, and it was also very lively for a while.
Until one dayβ
Wei Chibei, this person is "gone".
It's like evaporating in the air.
The "Four Great Divine Beasts and Eight Great Calves of the Northeast" asked the guys of the "Changfeng Branch" if there was an urgent matter in the capital of Wei Chi Dart Tou and he hurriedly returned to the General Bureau.
Anyway, Yu Chibei disappeared.
At noon on the third day of Wei Chibei's disappearance, Buber appeared in front of the "Four Great Divine Beasts and Eight Great Calves of the Northeast" who were looking for his old friends with a gloomy face, and he informed them with a gloomy face: "Second Master Xiong invites your old subordinates to go to the 'Crazy Lion Hall' to drink 'Laba Porridge'. β
- "Laba Festival" has passed a long time, not every year, what kind of "Laba porridge" is this for the second master?
Although the ten people were suspicious, they still felt extremely happy: the second master could take out precious time to eat porridge with them in his busy schedule, which showed that the second master still hadn't forgotten their old subordinates and old buddies.
At noon that day, drinking "Laba porridge" in the "Crazy Lion Hall", Xiong Dongwei came out to preside over the scene and greet his brothers with a red face.
The ten brothers were suddenly excited and excited: in fact, the second master Xiong, who was the big boss, had not seen them for a long, long time.
During these days, as soon as the second master Xiong had a task to send, he either ordered "the birds to hide the bow, the rabbit to die and the dog to cook", or to instruct Buber, Ruyi, Mr. Pants, these guest secretaries, and even Lang Xin and Gou Fei, Sangang and Wuchang, these "generals" have something to do, and the second master has only been idle and their ten brothers don't need to-
They can't figure it out! Why? Could it be that we are old? Useless? The second master will never see us again?
All doubts and grievances were swept away this afternoon!
ββThe second master personally received us today, and there must be a major task to be delivered. We must not live up to the expectations of the second master, and our ten brothers must prove to those newcomers and generals: our "four great beasts and eight calves in the northeast" are the most loyal and brave elite teachers under the second master!
The ten brothers were excited, grinding their fists and eager to try.
Loyal and brave men and good generals like them are not afraid of a good knife to cut off, but only afraid of the rust of the sword, and the waste of time waiting, the hesitation of distrust, is even more uncomfortable than cutting their necks with a knife.
The ten brothers of the "Four Great Divine Beasts and Eight Great Calves of the Northeast" are all friends of life and death who have followed Xiong Dongzhen for the longest time and killed the most people for him.
Roll the calf, he runs fast, and he is also witty, when the "Shanhaiguan" and the "Western Xia" army Helian Tieshu are fighting, it is he who fights with one breath and puts Xiong Dongwei, who was injured by enemy artillery fire, off the battlefield where the cannonballs fly sideways;
Pulling the calf, he has followed Xiong Dongzhen for the longest time, before Xiong Er Ye became famous, he had followed him to carry a knife and lead a horse, a total of twenty-five years. He has saved Xiong Erye 16 times, and 20 years ago, the doctor diagnosed him with five incurable diseases, but he is still alive today;
Protecting the calf, he and Xiong Dongzhen have participated in eighty-four battles of all sizes, and every soldier must desperately protect the horse in front of Xiong Erye, he is injured in every battle, and there are no less than 300 scars on various knives, axes, arrows and bullets all over his body, but they are only injured and not dead, many comrades-in-arms who have experienced previous wars have said: Without his full body injuries, I am afraid that Xiong Erye would have died in the field;
After finishing the calf, a few years ago, he broke into the camp of Xiao Nanyan, the "King of the Southern Courtyard" on the border of the "Khitan", slashed the enemy's marshal flag and returned, and fought a bloody road in the forest of thousands of troops and horses, swords and guns, and the Xiongdong Crazy Lion Force became more famous;
Pretending to be a calf, he completed thirty-six missions for Xiong Dongjiao, and completed thirty-five times excellently, the only time he failed was that when he was on a mission, he was recognized and captured by the "Blue Dragon Society", and in the process of extorting confessions, he was stripped of an eyeball, cut off six fingers, lame two legs, tore off half of his ears, and pulled out a full mouthful of teeth, but he just stood up and did not betray Xiong Dongjiao;
Deflated calf, he is the most angry, the most temperamental, he is the kind of person who can die for Xiong Dong's words, but if someone says a bad word in front of Xiong Erye, he will also run headlong into the past and fight hard, the most typical one, before the death of the fourth master Zhuge Xi, when a meeting at the head of a major branch hall, publicly accused Xiong Er's military law of being too harsh and the criminal law was too cool, so that Xiong Erye couldn't get off the stage, and he was going to fight with the old master with a big halberd;
Little calf, he is the youngest of the ten brothers, the most handsome, he is good at makeup, excellent light skills, sleek and sleek, and very familiar with the people in the rivers and lakes.
Wang Ba Lion, in a confrontation with the "Jurchen" people, it was he who stole the confidential news that the "Jin Kingdom" iron cavalry intended to sneak attack the "Crazy Lion Hall", he ran 3,000 miles in five days at the cost of exhausting five horses, ran back to China to deliver a letter, when he threw himself down in front of Xiong Dongjiao, the person had collapsed heavily, almost exhausted;
The cat and the donkey and the stupid roe deer, they are twin brothers of the same mother, they have left the "Crazy Lion Hall" seven times, and they have joined seven times. In these seven times, they were ordered by Xiong Dongwei to be "undercover" and "spies" in the left side of the door, thus destroying seven batches of quite powerful "Green Forest" people for Xiong Erye seven times.
These are the great achievements of the "Four Great Divine Beasts and Eight Great Calves in the Northeast", including the three masters who went out of the customs to Beijing to rescue the executed An Dongye (see the second chapter of the "Dongfeng Break" volume), including the night attack on the "Wolong Hall" to destroy Meng Dongtang, the ten brothers have been seriously injured, fought big battles, made great efforts, and made great contributions under the command of Xiong Dongjiao, they are definitely weighty and famous roles in the martial arts and rivers and lakes.
Xiong Dongjiao was also very polite to them, and he was especially polite this afternoon.
He politely greeted these old subordinates and brothers: "It's been a long time since we've sat together and had a good meal, come on, old guys, please raise a glass." β
"The Four Great Divine Beasts and the Eight Great Calves of the Northeast" They are ten brothers, and they have really not drunk and eaten at the same table with Second Master Xiong for a long time.
- I remember the last time we had a meal and drank together, a few months ago, when the siege of "Lengfeng Fort" was besieged, on the battlefield in the ice and snow, everyone gathered around the fire of a broken yurt, eating roast beef with hard erection and ice ballast, drinking soju, smiling proudly, and full of spirit.
This makes these authentic "Kanto" men can't help but think of the glorious years of happy enmity, wind and clouds, swords, horse leather shrouds, looking forward to who is male, and standing across the world!
Can we do it again? Can we go back?
A few large glasses of wine fell into the stomach, and they were a little drunk, and they talked and laughed in front of the old boss Xiong Erye, and they all said that the second master's complexion today was really good, golden and yellow, some said that it looked like a gold ingot, some said it looked like a fierce general of the Three Kingdoms, some said it looked like an orange, and some said it looked like a child's urine, and some people scolded him, how could he compare the face of the eldest brother to urine? The scolded person gave people a round of snatching white, and finally blurted out the color of a bubble of shit, and everyone couldn't hold back their laughter in the end.
Xiong Dongwei also seemed to have heard a big joke, he was not angry, he also grinned widely, touched his bald head, and smiled happily and heartily.
His smile made everyone feel relaxed and relaxed, as if he had returned to the days of wandering the rivers and lakes and sharing joys and sorrows.
Buber, who had a gloomy face, brought a big pot of porridge, and Xiong Dongwei greeted the old guys who laughed enthusiastically: "Don't patronize the laughter, drinking on an empty stomach is not good for your health, come, brothers drink a bowl of porridge while it's hot, this 'Laba porridge' is very delicious, this is my eldest brother, I specially ordered the kitchen to boil it for you." β
The big guy was in high spirits, no one dared, couldn't bear it, was inconvenient, and it was not good to brush off the good intentions of the second master Xiong, each holding and drinking a big bowl of porridge, and eating a lot of meat and blood sausage in the porridge, the strong flavor has been drilling into the spleen and stomach, the more they drink, the more they want to drink, the more they drink, the more addicted they are, and everyone drinks a few bowls by themselves.
"Boss, what kind of porridge is this? so delicious!" asked the little calf as he drank it.
"Porridge made especially for you. Second Master Xiong smiled compassionately and asked with a smile: "How does it taste?
"It's delicious, it's delicious!"
"I'll have another bowl!"
"Thank you, big brother, for the delicious meat porridge!"
In order to show that they live up to the boss's wishes, these men also said that they can eat and drink heavily, that is, they are still able to eat and eat, and their energy and skills have not been reduced, and they are absolutely capable of the important tasks called down by any boss.
Everyone got carried away and enjoyed eating-
- until the stupid roe deer fishes out a bulging human eye in the porridge pot.