Shaolin Bajue

Chapter 622
Today's Hangzhou City is very lively.Just after dawn, a group of well-dressed young men and women lined up on both sides of the avenue outside the city. There were ten lion dancers waiting in the city. From the gate of the city to the most luxurious restaurant in Hangzhou-the Land of Paradise, there are people everywhere. It can be seen that the fluttering ribbons have dressed up several avenues.

A bearded man dressed as a butler leads a group of servants to walk along this section of the road from time to time. Whenever he sees something that is not pleasing to the eye, he will yell at the servants and ask them to do what they want. They have been busy until noon. , he was satisfied, and then he led a group of servants to the avenue outside the city to welcome someone.

This incident alarmed everyone in the city, including Master Li, the magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture. Li Daren was already struggling with the affairs of the two major martial arts forces. Whenever there was any disturbance in Hangzhou City, he would feel terrified.Now, someone suddenly held a welcome ceremony in the city with great fanfare, and he only felt that the black gauze hat on his head might be lost at any time.

In fact, the news has already spread to Hangzhou City. Many people know that there is a rich man named "Beautiful Beard" coming to Hangzhou. As for what he will do, everyone has their own ideas. The news that the "Beautiful Bearded Man" paid 300 taels of gold to buy the "Sword God" to go south came from someone, and soon everyone in the city knew about it.Almost everyone wanted to see what this "beautiful bearded man" looked like, so people along the way opened their doors and windows and peeked at the street from time to time.

Teahouses, restaurants, and restaurants along the road, as long as there are places where people can stay, are almost full of customers, and the bosses are all happy, and they almost regard the "beautiful bearded man" as the God of Wealth.

However, there are exceptions, and there are three exceptions, one is "Ruyi Tea House", the other is "Xiangyun Restaurant", and the other is "Huanke Restaurant".

At this time, upstairs in the "Ruyi Tea House", in the huge venue, there were only six people, a "boy" dressed as a son of a son, two old men with strange looks, a five-year-old man in casual clothes, and two people who looked at each other. A young man who looks like a bodyguard.

The "young man" like a son-in-law was playing with a teacup in his hands, while the two old men sat on their seats with cold faces, and looked out of the window from time to time. The flow stopped, and the eyes were a little uneasy.

The "boy" raised his head, seeing the strange appearance of the fifty-year-old man opposite him, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Master Li, are you hot?"

Master Li's face panicked, and he said: "No, no, I'm just worried."

"Youth" said: "Worried that this 'beautiful man' will cause trouble?"

Li Daren said: "Yes."

The "boy" smiled and said, "Don't worry, I heard that this 'beautiful bearded man' came to Hangzhou to make a fortune, so it is impossible for him to make trouble with you. If he wants to make trouble, he will not make such a big show."

Master Li made sense after thinking about it, and asked respectfully: "I don't know what your highness the princess thinks about this person coming to Hangzhou?"

The "boy" pondered for a moment, frowned and said: "I thought he was a person in my imagination, but judging from the current situation, this person is not him. Therefore, I can't guess his real identity." The reason for coming. However, his arrival may turn things around a bit." After speaking, he looked deep in thought, as if he was thinking about a very important matter.

The restaurant was quiet for a while, and Master Li said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I am sorry for your humble position. Why don't we ignore the affairs of the Lei family? You must know that the affairs of the Lei family are of great importance. Once something goes wrong, it may cause serious damage. Big loss."

The "young man" heard this, gritted his teeth, raised his eyebrows, and said, "It's not that I don't want to control it, but that I can't control it at all. The eunuch Wang Zhen has controlled the government for many years, and his minions are everywhere. The emperor's brother sometimes You have to listen to him. If my second brother and Master Yu hadn’t written letters many times, the emperor’s brother would not have sent Golden Dragon Warriors to fight against Japanese pirates.”

Master Li looked sad, and said: "According to Her Royal Highness, these two martial arts forces will fight in Hangzhou City one day?"

The "young man" nodded and said: "It's just a matter of time. However, you don't have to worry too much. This is a matter for people in the martial arts. We have also warned them not to hurt the local people. I think no matter how brave they are, I dare not go against the court."

Master Li wiped the sweat off his face, and temporarily breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man sitting on the right said: "Princess, the Lei family has an extraordinary relationship with the imperial court, and they are also a great helper of the imperial court. Now that there is a conflict among them, do we really want us to watch them resolve it by themselves?"

The "young man" sighed, and said, "The conflicts in the Lei family had already appeared before I was born, and it's normal to explode this time, but I didn't expect that the Lei family's affairs would be involved in the struggle for hegemony in the martial arts world." Together, the situation is even more complicated, if the imperial court intervenes rashly, it may not only be a matter of Hangzhou, but may involve the entire south of the Yangtze River in disputes."

The old man on the left said indifferently: "Back then, Lei Meng's father relied on the power of a group of martial arts masters to eradicate dissidents and controlled the entire Lei family. Now, Lei Meng has followed his father's example and united with the strength of the martial arts alliance. , I'm afraid it will be much more difficult to destroy his cousin who rebelled against him!"

The old man on the right said with a sneer: "Lei Meng's father had to deal with the Lei family who refused to listen to his orders. Now Lei Meng has to deal with the Lei family who has joined the Blood Hand Sect. In my opinion, if we really don't care, I'm afraid the Lei family will change owners."

The "boy" listened and remained silent.Presumably everyone knows who this "boy" is, and she is the heroine Zhu Qiyan.Those two old men are Xiaoyao Erlao, Master Li is the magistrate of Hangzhou, and the two young men are his personal bodyguards, but they don't wear official uniforms.

When Zhu Qiyan came to Hangzhou, she thought that the situation was not so bad, but as soon as she entered the city, she found that the situation was very wrong. There were a large number of martial arts people in the city, and finally realized that these people were not members of the Wulin Alliance, but People from the Bloody Hand Gate.

When she came to Lei's house, it wasn't Lei Tiandong who greeted her, but Lei Meng who had lived in seclusion for many years.After living in Lei Mansion for a few days, I also learned a thing or two about the situation in Hangzhou City.

It turned out that the rebel was Lei Meng's cousin, a man named Lei Hong.As I said before, Lei Meng's father laid down the foundation, and his younger brothers and cousins ​​all contributed a lot. When Lei Meng's father was in power, he could see that these younger brothers and cousins ​​would become disasters in the future. Therefore, before he died, these "meritorious officials" were killed, and those who cut power were cut.

However, Lei Meng's father had a brother who had saved Lei Meng's father's life, and this man was loyal, Lei Meng's father not only did not kill him, but also handed over part of the power to him.

This person is Lei Hong's father. When he was alive, he did work for Lei Meng's father wholeheartedly without any second thoughts.

Lei Meng's father and Lei Hong's father died one after another. Lei Meng took power, followed his father's example, and handed over part of the power to Lei Hong.In the early days, Lei Hong had no intentions, but with the passage of time, the contradictions in Lei Hong's family became more and more serious. Although these people don't have much influence, they are still part of the Lei family, and there are quite a few of them.

Lei Meng saw that the situation was not good, and wanted to get rid of Lei Hong, but he was powerless, so he released Lei Hong out of Hangzhou and asked him to leave Hangzhou to manage the branch of the Lei family. It was passed on to the eldest son, Lei Tiandong, and the other three sons also held great power. The Lei family in Hangzhou was completely ruled by Lei Meng's four sons.

Lei Hong's release does not mean that he has lost his power. He also knows Lei Meng's real purpose for releasing him. If he resists, Lei Meng will have an excuse to borrow troops from the court to beat him. Some officials of the imperial court communicated and became friends with Wang Zhen.In this way, even if Lei Meng wants to restrain him, he is not afraid. As long as Wang Zhen says a word, the court will not help Lei Meng, but it is impossible for Wang Zhen to help him. Don't dare to openly help him "rebel".The court recognized that the owner of the Lei family was Lei Meng, not Lei Hong.

At this time, the people from the Bloody Hand Sect approached Lei Hong's people, got in touch with each other, and gradually formed a cooperative relationship. Later, under the instigation of the Bloody Hand Sect, Lei Hong decided to snatch the head of the Lei family After receiving the support of the Blood Hand Sect, he led his children and grandchildren, as well as nearly a thousand famous families in the family, into Hangzhou City to fight against Lei Meng.

Master Li, the prefect of Hangzhou, saw that there was internal strife in Lei's family, so he didn't dare to intervene, so he immediately reported the matter to the court. Zhu Qizhen knew that his younger sister, Princess Heroine, had a good relationship with Lei Meng's family, and Lei Meng was the current head of the family. People, when he was about to intervene in this matter, Wang Zhen came out to persuade him not to take care of it, and pointed out that the Lei family was already full of conflicts, let them solve it by themselves, the court needs a stronger Lei family, no matter which side wins, it will be the final victory. To listen to the imperial court's order, Zhu Qizhen no longer cares about it under these words of implementation but not, but asks people to pay close attention to this matter.

During the few days when Zhu Qiyan lived in Leifu, there were some conflicts between the two sides, but because Zhu Qiyan brought the magistrate Mr. Li out to make trouble from time to time, there were no casualties. Bian was at a disadvantage, and when Lei Meng was about to eliminate Lei Hong in one fell swoop, the main force of the Blood Hand Sect finally arrived, and their strength far surpassed Lei Meng.Later, Long Biyun arrived in time with the help of the Martial Arts Alliance. The strength of the two sides happened to be evenly matched, and no one dared to act rashly, resulting in a stalemate.

Fearing that Zhu Qiyan would be hurt, Lei Meng "invited" her out of Lei's residence one day. Zhu Qiyan knew it was a good intention and didn't blame him, so she had to live in the official residence.

Later, a few Japanese pirates along the coast dared to come out to make trouble, and robbed a lot of the property of the Lei family, most of which belonged to the Lei Meng family.

After Yu Qian heard about it, he wrote to Zhu Qizhen many times, and with Zhu Qiyu speaking, Zhu Qizhen also knew the harm of Japanese pirates, so he asked his younger brother Zhu Qiyu to send Golden Dragon Warriors to Jiangnan to cooperate with local officers and soldiers to eliminate these Japanese pirates .

As a result, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is so complicated that it is difficult to solve it in a short period of time even if someone has great abilities.

Zhu Qiyan was thinking in a trance when she heard the sound of firecrackers on the street, followed by the sound of gongs and drums, and she was awakened immediately.

The four got up, went to the window, and looked towards the street.The two youths who looked like bodyguards still stood where they were, not daring to go up to look.

At this time, the whole street seemed to be boiling. There were five lions clearing the way in front, and five lions trailing behind. In the middle was a group of servants surrounded by seven people moving forward.

There were crowds of people, and people along the road were pointing at the seven people, talking a lot, this is probably the weirdest scene in the history of Hangzhou.

Among the seven, Fang Jianming pretended to be a "bearded man" at the front, followed by Bai Yiyi and Dongfang Tianjiao, followed by Bai Yiren and Ji Furong, and finally Zhu Hongshou and Meng Sansi.Meng Sansi was talking to Zhu Hongshou respectfully, as if a housekeeper was reporting something to the master.

Zhu Qiyan concentrated her skills and looked at Fang Jianming carefully, but she couldn't see anything suspicious at all. She frowned and asked, "Second elder, did you see anything?"

Old Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "I can't tell, this person is very strange."

Yao Lao said: "I can't see it either, it doesn't seem like someone who is easy to tolerate."

At the same time as the four of them looked towards the street, a few people appeared by the upstairs windows of "Xiangyun Restaurant" and "Huanke Restaurant".

A stunning beauty among the people at the "Xiangyun Restaurant" looked down for a while, with no disappointment on her face, she shook her head slightly, and a middle-aged couple next to her who looked like a couple asked What did she say, she still shook her head and turned away from the window.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man among the middle-aged couple raised his head, fixed his eyes, and looked at the few people who appeared on the "Huanke Restaurant" not far away.In fact, in his eyes, there is only one person, and this person is an elegant-looking middle-aged scribe, who is the Heavenly Venerable Linghusong of the Blood Hand Sect.

Linghu Song smiled slightly, as if seeing an old friend.

The middle-aged woman smiled coldly, and pulled the middle-aged man away from the window.

Linghusong and the others stood by the window, and they didn't leave the window until they watched the crowd go away. There are only a few of them on the second floor of "Huanke Restaurant".After several people were seated, Linghu Song asked with a smile: "Mr. Deng, how are you doing? Can you see anything?"

One of the weird-looking old men pondered for a while, smiled coldly, and said with certainty: "I, Deng Qian, the 'God Eye', dare to use my head to guarantee that the person in the front is absolutely not disguised, are the five women? There are signs of over-dressing."

(End of this chapter)