Chapter 126: Elder of the Beggar Gang
When Feng Mu was on Meizhou Island, he had also heard Grandpa Xu talk about the people and things of the Central Plains Martial Arts, but he had never heard him talk about Mr. Yunzhong.
He looked at Wang Yangming with an inquiring gaze, Wang Yangming also looked at Feng Mu, and then said: "My eyes at that time were the same as you are now, and they were also full of doubts, although I don't walk around the rivers and lakes, but I have heard about the things on the rivers and lakes, but I have never heard anyone talk about the name of Mr. Yunzhong." ”
"How did you find that?"
"I asked the third brother where Mr. Yunzhong lived, and the third brother just said, 'Go to the poor place of the water and sit and watch the clouds rise.'" Then I suddenly understood that Mr. Yunzhong's dojo was in Zhongnan Mountain. ”
After Feng Mu heard this, he couldn't help but show a sad face, and asked out loud: "Dare to ask sir, where were you at that time?"
Because Wang Yangming's hometown is in Yuyao, Zhejiang, Feng Mu unconsciously thought that Wang Yangming is likely to be in Yuyao, if that is the case, to get to Zhongnan Mountain in Shaanxi, you have to travel thousands of miles, not to mention the danger along the way, and Grandpa Xu was also seriously injured, which is a huge challenge for the scholar Wang Shouren.
Wang Yangming understood Feng Mu's meaning, and said: "At that time, I was not in Yuyao's hometown, but traveled in Handan, but Handan is also a long way away from Zhongnan Mountain, I think we must plan carefully, otherwise in the situation of the third brother, if we encounter a group of robbers, we will both have to die." ”
Feng Mu nodded approvingly, the matter of blocking the road and robbing was not uncommon in ancient times, and it also had a certain organization, formed a certain scale, and there were ten bandits in the entire empire, Feng Mu had heard of it a long time ago, but he had never seen it.
"Do you know what is the best way to hide your body?" Wang Yangming suddenly asked.
Feng Mu was an undercover agent in his previous life, so he naturally knew the chameleon's disguise, so he said: "The best way is to blend in with the surrounding scenery to achieve the purpose of confusing the real from the real with the false, and the real from the false." ”
Wang Yangming nodded and said: "What you said is right, I thought about it again and again, first settled the third brother in the inn, and then carefully observed the travelers coming and going from the south to the north, and finally stared at a hunchbacked middle-aged man in sloppy clothes, his appearance is fierce, and those who walk darts, he can interject with every passer, and seems to know everything about the black words of the rivers and lakes." ”
But I didn't dare to believe him easily, and thought of finding a way to test him, so I quietly followed him, and when he came to an alley, four men who were cleanly dressed and holding bamboo poles attacked him. ”
Hearing this, Feng Mu asked out loud: "Are the four people holding the bamboo pole in their hands the beggar gang clean clothes faction, and the hunchbacked middle-aged man is using a very domineering palm technique?"
This time it was Wang Yangming's turn to be surprised, he looked at Feng Mu and asked with a slightly surprised tone, "How did you know, the third brother mentioned it to you?"
Feng Mu hurriedly shook his head and said, "I heard Mr. talk about holding a bamboo pole, so I thought about which sect on the rivers and lakes would hold such a weapon, and then I thought about the hunchbacked middle-aged man that Mr. said, so I boldly speculated that it was probably a dispute between the Beggar Gang Clean-Clothes Sect and the Dirty Clothes Sect. ”
"You are thoughtful, and you guess that ** is not far from ten, the hunchbacked middle-aged man's palm is domineering and fierce, and he completely defeated those four people with his devastating tricks. ”
Feng Mu listened, but his heart was very excited, because the beggar gang's mastery is the eighteen palms of the dragon descending, but I don't know if it has been lost, even if the hunchbacked middle-aged man does not use the eighteen palms of the dragon, it is also a similar trick, and he will definitely ask the elders of the beggar gang for advice when he has the opportunity in the future.
Wang Yangming continued: "Seeing that he beat those four people to death or cripple, I didn't dare to ask him for help again, and was about to leave quietly, but he stopped me, he asked me what I had to say, and I stepped forward.
Feng Mu couldn't laugh or cry, it turned out that the complicated question was so simple in Mr. Wang's opinion, there was no detour at all, so he asked directly, it seems that frankness also has the benefit of frankness, the hunchbacked middle-aged man's martial arts take the fierce route, and he must be a refreshing person, so Mr. Wang is the right person.
"He replied to me that he was Lang Kuoyun, the eight-bag elder of the beggar gang, and he only shot to punish the traitors in the sect who were traitors to the criminal department, he was naturally a good person, I saw that although he looked fierce, there was a righteousness between his eyebrows, so he said to him: 'I have a brother who was seriously injured and his meridians were broken, and he wanted to go to Zhongnan Mountain to see Mr. Yunzhong, and he was dangerous and abnormal along the way, and he needed to be escorted by someone who knew the secret language of the rivers and lakes, would you like to draw a knife to help?'"
Feng Mu nodded, and said with a smile: "That elder is bold, he must have agreed immediately, and I seem to have heard Grandpa Zhao mention that he has a friend in the beggar gang, most likely this person." ”
Wang Yangming looked up to the sky and sighed: "Yes, Elder Lang did agree on the spot, but he and the third brother were not friends, and when they met, the third brother almost died in his hands." ”
Hearing it in Feng Mu's ears, he felt that it was a twist and turn, and sighed: "It seems that Grandpa Zhao still has a lot of enemies, but he hasn't done anything bad, why do those people always want to trouble him?"
"When I saw that Elder Lang was about to kill the third brother, I shouted: 'He has been seriously injured by someone, and his life is in danger, you take advantage of the danger of others, what kind of hero is you, if you are really above board, just wait for him to recover from his injuries and compete in a dignified manner, so as not to be ridiculed by the people in the rivers and lakes. He really retracted his palms and said immediately: "Then I'll wait for you to recover from your injuries, and then compete with you, Zhao Sanshui, don't die easily." Then he followed us on his way. ”
Along the way, I met two groups of people in the green forest, Elder Lang sent a group of people with Jianghu secret language, and the other group of people relied on the strength of the crowd, and did not intend to let us go easily, regardless of whether he was an elder in the beggar gang, as a result, the two sides did not agree on a word, so they fisted and kicked each other, guns and swords, and countless casualties.
Feng Mu said with some indignation: "Those people don't abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes, they must have no fear, and they must have a big background, otherwise they won't even dare to offend the elders of the beggar gang." ”
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "You are young, but you know everything about the rivers and lakes, and you are also a person who has experienced many setbacks and ups and downs. You're right, those people suffered heavy casualties, and only two escaped, and then they also said that we were about to face a catastrophe and offended the 'Guanxi Ancestor', even if it was the Heavenly King Laozi, he had to leave his life behind. ”
Feng Mu didn't hear Grandpa Xu mention the Guanxi Ancestor, so he asked out loud: "Who is the Guanxi Ancestor, is he still alive?"
Wang Yangming showed a helpless expression and said, "Actually, I don't know, although I have heard Elder Lang say that the 'Guanxi Ancestor' is a figure who is enough to compete with the 'King of Hanzhong', I have never seen it with my own eyes, because we were busy on the road, and those people in the green forest did not chase us anymore." ”
Hearing the "King of Hanzhong", Feng Mu showed a shocked expression on his face, because he ranked sixth among the top ten bandits in the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court had not been able to exterminate him for decades, and he was still dominant, which showed that his strength was outstanding.