Chapter 2: The Beggars Puzzle

Just after the winter solstice, Elder Liang and Elder Jian of the Beggar Gang came to Kaifeng City.

They came to invite Mu Nianci to participate in the beggar gang meeting held on Dongting Lake, this beggar gang meeting has two topics, one is to elect a new gang leader, and the other is to avenge the gang leader, because the beggar gang received the news from the senior monks of Dali Tianlong Temple that the northern beggar Hong Qigong had unfortunately passed away in Tianlong Temple a month ago.

Yang Kang knew about this matter a little earlier, and he learned about it through Peng Lianhu.

Ouyang Feng and Ouyang Ke came to Taoyuan County, Xiangxi after killing the beggar gang Li Sheng, and after Peng Lianhu's guidance, they found the peak where the Southern Emperor lived in seclusion.

In the Tianlong Temple, Master Yideng and seven other senior monks of Tianlong Temple joined forces to form a sword array with a yang finger to injure Ouyang Feng, the Western Poison, and Ouyang Feng's father and son fled from Dali Tianlong Temple in a hurry and returned to the White Camel Mountain in the Western Regions to recuperate.

Although the six-vein divine sword sword spectrum of the Duan family in Dali has long been lost, the notes of the ancestors of Tongguò record that several people can simulate the power of the six-vein divine sword by joining forces, which is the same as the Tiangang Beidou Array of the Quanzhen Sect, which is a combined attack technique that gathers the strength of many people to attack one person.

Yang Kang was quite helpless when he received the news, there will always be countless accidents in this world, but there was no news of Hong Qigong's death in the message sent back by Peng Lianhu, only the news that Ouyang Feng was defeated, and the robber leader gave the beggar gang's dog-beating stick to the emperor by the way, this dog-beating stick was obtained by Ouyang Feng when he killed Li Sheng, and the West Poison did not have the habit of collecting loot, so he threw it to Peng Lianhu.

Combined with the news from the beggar gang this time, the northern beggar Hong Qigong should have died in Tianlong Temple after being injured by Ouyang Feng.

The death of Hong Qigong made the differences between the two factions of the beggar gang more obvious, and Lu Youjiao replaced Li Sheng to temporarily manage the affairs of the beggar gang. However, his qualifications are still shallow, although he has a very high reputation among the disciples of the Purified Clothes Sect, but he is not treated well by the disciples of the Pure Clothes Sect, Elder Liang and Elder Jian of the Pure Clothes Sect have enough qualifications, but they lack a prestige, if Peng Sihai is still alive. In the case of Li Sheng's death, there is no objection to Elder Peng taking over the beggar gang.

The Dirty Clothes Sect and the Pure Clothes Faction had an endless dispute, so Lu Youjiao held a beggar gang meeting on the Jun Mountain in Dongting Lake, and gathered more than five bags of disciples of the beggar gang to jointly elect a new gang leader, which is why Elder Liang and Elder Jian invited Mu Nianci to go, the two beggar gang elders knew that they might not be selected, but they were unwilling to give up the position of the gang leader to the dirty clothes faction, so they had to play Mu Nianci's idea.

Mu Nianci was a personal disciple of Hong Qigong, and succeeded Elder Peng to preside over the affairs of the Jiangbei Beggar Gang. Coupled with her special status in the Jin Kingdom, she has protected many disciples of the Beggar Gang, and she is very prestigious in the Pure Clothes Sect, and she is a strong contender for the new gang leader.

His Majesty the Emperor comforted Mu Nianci, who was sad to hear that Hong Qigong had passed away, and at the same time thought about it in his heart.

No matter how you look at it, there is a hint of weirdness in this matter. Yang Kang has never been afraid to speculate on others with the worst malice, or to live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Judging from all the information, Hong Qigong did not die violently, but died in the Tianlong Temple in Dali, with a lamp master and all the senior monks of the Tianlong Temple around him, didn't he designate the heir of the beggar gang leader before he died?

The Northern Beggars should have thought that the Beggar Gang would fall into turmoil after his death, so it was especially important to determine the choice of the new gang leader in advance. But Tianlong Temple only came to the news of Hong Qigong's death, and there was nothing else, which is a bit intriguing.

Yang Kang could feel the meaning of the conspiracy, and he remembered the old story that Wang Chongyang faked his death and deceived Ouyang Feng, what if Hong Qigong also faked his death? This is very likely a game that the Southern Emperor and the Northern Beggars jointly did. Let the beggar gang start the chaos first, and in this mess, you can see everyone's motives clearly, once the matter is out of control, Hong Qigong will come forward to control the overall situation, clean up the scum in the beggar gang, and completely clean up the beggar gang.

This is a trick often played by those in power, and His Majesty the Emperor knows it well.

But what if Hong Qigong is really dead?

This is undoubtedly the best time to control the beggar gang, otherwise once Lu Youjiao becomes the leader of the beggar gang, the beggar gang will completely lean towards Mongolia and become the mortal enemy of the Jin State, which is not in the interests of His Majesty the Emperor, the life and death of the northern beggar is the key to this beggar gang Junshan Conference, Yang Kang can feel that this bureau is aimed at him.

The emperor's majesty put himself in his shoes, Hong Qigong and Master Yideng would definitely guess why Ouyang Feng went to their hermitage, needless to say, someone must have told Ouyang Feng the news, obviously, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom who knew about it became the biggest suspect of the Southern Emperor and the Northern Beggars, which showed that the emperor was fighting the idea of the beggar gang, so Hong Qigong pushed the boat down the river, and made a plan to make a fake death game, so that the emperor entered the game.

Western poison is really not powerful.

Yang Kang sighed with emotion, if Ouyang Feng killed Hong Qigong directly, there would be no need to guess so hard, now Mu Nianci has not suspected that Hong Qigong's death is related to him, otherwise it will be another troublesome matter, His Majesty the Emperor is thinking about whether to meddle in this matter, or give up this opportunity and let Mu Nianci play freely.

This game is still a test of people's hearts and **.

In the end, His Majesty the Emperor decided that even if this is a puzzle, he has to try it, it depends on who arranges it more skillfully, and if it doesn't work, he will use the general trend to crush the past, the so-called general trend refers to the official government of the Song Kingdom, and the rivers and lakes are only a corner of the country in the final analysis, and the power in Yang Kang's hands is where the general trend lies.

Mu Nianci left Kaifeng City accompanied by two beggar gang elders, and then, Yang Kang asked Rongwang Wanyan Hongxi for leave on the grounds of retreat and practice, he was not yet pro-government, he could move freely, even if he was pro-government, he could also go out to observe the people's feelings, just like that, His Majesty the Emperor slipped out of Kaifeng City alone and began his trip to the south of the Yangtze River.

In the Tianlong Temple in Dali, Master Yideng and a person sat face to face, Nandi looked slightly tired, and the person opposite was in deep thought, and only opened his eyes after a long time.

"Are you really sure he did it, and not someone from the beggar gang leaked the news?" the man confirmed.

"Brother Yao, this matter is already clear. Master Yideng said indifferently, "Ouyang Feng came from Zhongdu, the Iron Palm Gang played a role in pulling the strings, the beggar gang Elder Li and the poor monk had seen it, he was a good man who would rather die than give in, this time the beggar gang promoted the alliance between Song and Meng, and the emperor was afraid that he would be dissatisfied, so he would be ruthless." ”

"I said that this plan would go wrong, but the Seventh Brother insisted on going his own way, and now he ......," the man sighed.

"This is a thing of the past, Junshan still has to bother Brother Yao to go there, if it is fine, if the emperor insists on interfering in the affairs of the beggar gang, I hope that Brother Yao will solve it. Master Yilan said earnestly. (To be continued......)