Under the sky
Chapter 59: Encounter with heroes on the road
Chapter 59: Encounter with heroes on the road
The boat that Li Jingfeng and the others rescued was called "An Yun". The boat owner's surname was Zheng, his given name was Bao, and his surname was Anzhi. He had short hair and dark skin, which was the standard skin color of a man on the water.Zheng Bao looked to be in his fifties, but his figure was still strong, but his lower abdomen was slightly protruding, which could not hide his age.
He has been traveling on boats for more than thirty years, and has encountered several river pirates. He has escaped with his life and been caught, and it was the Xiangyang Gang who paid the ransom for him.When he saw that it was these three young men who sank the river bandits, he couldn't help but admire them and moved three large rooms to let them rest.
Li Jingfeng bandaged the wound. He was exhausted both physically and mentally these past two days and fell asleep.It was almost noon when he woke up the next day. The boatman informed him that the boss of the boat had hosted a banquet for them and invited him to take a seat.
The banquet was hosted by Zheng Bao himself, and there were also several important guests on the ship. Although the food on the ship was not as rich as on land, it showed the sincerity.When Li Jingfeng saw that Ming was not there, he asked around and found out that he had postponed the dinner because he was a vegetarian.During the banquet, Zheng Bao raised his glass and said: "The two young heroes insist on getting it. If you three don't show your loyalty, the Anyun will really be robbed by the gangsters. Old Zheng has no shame in asking Gang Leader Yu to redeem it a second time!"
Yang Yan said: "If it is really robbed, there is no need to redeem it. Together with the previous merchant ship, the Xiangyang Gang has been robbed three times this year. In which case was there anyone alive?"
Zheng Bao frowned and cursed: "How come these guys with no buttholes are killing all the Japanese on the river! The Han River is so dirty, where are the dock brothers going to make a living? The Japanese are raping women! The Japanese are in the world. It’s a heinous crime that we must all commit! We will destroy them sooner or later!”
Yang Yan said: "How to suppress it? That's the territory of Huashan! There is no one behind, how can we kill them all like this? We rush to grab the second ship before the cargo is unloaded. We are really short of money. Why don't we want the ship or the ransom? This is not directed at The Xiangyang Gang is here for Wudang!"
Li Jingfeng saw that he couldn't suppress the depression and anger on his face when he spoke. He remembered that he said yesterday that he had a grudge against the leader of Huashan. The meaning of his words also pointed out that Huashan deliberately condoned the river bandits. He didn't know whether it was true or an excuse for revenge.
As soon as Huashan was mentioned, Zheng Bao frowned and said: "The two young heroes saved the Anyun, so why not follow me to the gang? Gang leader Yu has clear rewards and punishments, and there will be a heavy reward. Also... help me with the matter. Report it up."
Li Jingfeng said hurriedly: "We are also saving ourselves. If it weren't for Brother Yang and Brother Ming, I would have died on the ship. No reward is needed, just let me go ashore in Xiangyang."
Zheng Baodao: "How can this be done if you force me to do it? Ah, I am not forcing you to force me to do it. Oh, I mean, this is not possible! If you don't go, I'm afraid the gang leader will blame you!" He added, "Young Master Li, please don't be polite! The Xiangyang Gang is the dominant force in the West in Hubei Province, and the head of Xuanxu has to reward our gang leader with some favors! You saved his boat, and you will be rewarded with dozens or hundreds of taels of flowers! You are a young hero, maybe Gang Leader Yu will appreciate it You, I’ll leave you a job, and your rise to greatness is just around the corner!”
Li Jingfeng said hurriedly: "I don't have a chivalry certificate, so I can't do gang affairs!"
Zheng Baodao: "You don't need Gang Leader Yu to show up for those little gadgets. I'll buy some for you when you get off the boat. You can have as much as you want. You can use it as toilet paper!"
Li Jingfeng still refused repeatedly: "No, I really don't need it!" He remembered that when he first arrived in Kongtong, he met the head of Beiying Hall. He said that he wanted to learn from his master, but he also changed his skills to sell his reputation as a hero.
Yang Yan asked: "Where did you originally plan to go?"
Li Jingfeng said: "I want to go to Hunan."
Yang Yan said: "You really don't have any masters? Then where did you learn martial arts?"
Li Jingfeng said: "I met a...brother in Kongtong, and he taught me." He thought of the past, and then thought of Qi Zigai.Although it is not an exaggeration to call him "master" or "uncle" based on his age and the way the third master takes care of him, Qi Zigai has a bold and lazy temperament, and the two of them get along more like brothers. The third master usually also He was called "brother Jingfeng", so he had to say "brother".
Calculating it this way, he and Zhuge Ran were on equal terms, but if he called him "Brother Zhuge", he would probably receive a cane instead of a slap.Thinking further, if the third master and the head of Qingcheng are the same generation, then shouldn't the Shen Yuqing brothers and sisters call themselves "Uncle Shi"?I call Xiaofang "sister", doesn't Miss Shen want to call Xiaofang "auntie"?
"Brother, why are you dazed?" Yang Yan asked.
Li Jingfeng was thinking about these generations when he was called out by Yang Yan. He came back to his senses and said awkwardly: "No... no, I'm just in a daze."
Yang Yan said: "You are going to Hengshan. We will disembark in Xiangyang and walk to Yichang. We will meet Gang Leader Yu at the head of the Xiangyang Gang and then go south without delaying the trip."
Li Jingfeng asked: "Aren't you going back to Wudang?"
Yang Yan shook his head: "I was ordered by my master to escort the ship, and the ship sank. I have to explain to Gang Leader Yu before I can return to Wudang. Besides, if you don't meet with Gang Leader Yu, you may not be able to live longer in Hunan. Branches."
Li Jingfeng didn't understand the meaning of his words, but since he was on the way and Yang Yan was accompanying him along the way, it would be good to have more company, so he said, "Then let's go on this trip with Brother Yang."
Yang Yan said: "Well, why don't you invite Brother Ming to come as well?"
Li Jingfeng said yes, thinking that he would have to ask Mingshi about some things clearly.
After the banquet was over, the two of them returned to the room side by side. Li Jingfeng thought of Yang Yan's eyes and asked, "Brother Yang, your eyes..."
"The doctor said that my blood energy attacks my eyes. It's fine on a normal day, but it's hard to use at night. I need light." Yang Yan said.
Li Jingfeng felt sympathetic and said: "I know a doctor with extraordinary medical skills. I saw him treat a blind musical instrument with my own eyes. Maybe he can help..."
Yang Yan interrupted him and said: "No need. The person who diagnosed and treated me is also a miracle doctor. I have never seen a better doctor than him in my life."
Just as Li Jingfeng was about to persuade him again, Yang Yan added, "It's fine for me to do this. When I open my eyes, it will always remind me of what I still have to do."
Li Jingfeng asked tentatively: "Is it related to... your enemy?"
Yang Yan didn't answer. Li Jingfeng didn't like to inquire about right and wrong, but he felt that this was probably the reason why Yang Yan was difficult to get close to.The two were silent for a long time, and Li Jingfeng couldn't help but ask: "Why did you and...Master Yan...have a feud?"
Yang Yan snorted and said, "I thought I was going to die yesterday, so I talked nonsense. This matter has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to ask."
Li Jingfeng said: "If you treat me as a friend, your business is my business. Even if my martial arts skills are low and I have no ability, if I know about it, I can still share your worries."
Yang Yan said coldly: "What's the point of worrying? It's just that many people know about it. You can't help me, and I don't want to cheat others. I accept this offer."
Li Jingfeng knew that he had made up his mind not to tell anything. After all, the two had known each other for a short time, so it was not easy to pursue further questions.
The two of them walked outside Ming's unknown house. Yang Yan knocked on the door and asked, "Is Brother Ming here?"
Ming unknown answered the door and invited the two of them into the house.Yang Yan explained his purpose and asked Ming Wuxi to go to the Xiangyang Gang. Ming Wuxi thought about it and said, "Okay."
Seeing that he readily agreed, Yang Yan was about to leave immediately. Seeing that Li Jingfeng was hesitant to leave, Yang Yan asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Jingfeng asked Ming Shixiang: "Do you know Blacksmith Gan Tiecheng?" After asking, he stared at Ming Shixiang's eyes, only to feel that his eyes were so deep that they were almost bottomless.
"I've seen him before," Ming said vaguely. "When his family died tragically, I was blacksmithing with him."
Yang Yan was very curious when he heard Li Jingfeng talking about irrelevant things and asked, "What's going on?"
Li Jingfeng signaled Yang Yan not to interrupt, and then asked, "Do you know how their family died?"
"His daughter was hesitant, maybe she was killed because of love." Ming said unspecified, "She told Yingcai that she wanted to return to Wuwei. Maybe she heard something in Wuwei."
"You told Senior Gan that this was revenge for Senior Xiang Hai," Li Jingfeng asked, "Why did you say that?"
"What I said was, 'This is Xiang Hai coming to seek justice.' I asked him again, 'Having come to this point, do you regret killing your brother?'" Ming shook his head and said, "I have been to Yuanzihao. Many old masters said this. When I saw the tragedy that day, I felt it was unbelievable. Maybe there was some divine will, so I asked. Later, when I saw Master Gan’s expression, I was even more sure, so I asked him if he regretted his death. My own brother."
Li Jingfeng was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Senior Gan has lost his beloved daughter and disciple. It's okay if you don't comfort her. Why do you say that?"
Ming looked at Li Jingfeng for a long time and asked, "Do you think I killed them?"
Li Jingfeng shook his head and said, "I just want to know the truth."
Ming unknown: "I advised Xiang Yingcai not to take Ma Chenggang seriously. Master Gan's daughter will eventually marry him, and I also advised Ma Chenggang to give in. I even advised Master Gan to pay attention to his daughter's apprentice. On the day of casting, I also said Once again. They didn't listen. I was in the foundry when the incident happened, how could it have anything to do with me?"
Li Jingfeng felt that what he said was reasonable. There was nothing suspicious about the two days we spent together.The most suspicious thing is that he can be so knowledgeable and astute at his age.But was that really just a coincidence?
As he was thinking about it, Ming Ming said, "There is a disagreement in Blacksmith Gan's family. This will happen sooner or later. It just depends on who was present when it happened. If you were at Gan Xiang Iron Shop that day, could it be that you were the one who killed him?"
Li Jingfeng was immediately speechless.He also remembered that he always had a weird feeling when he heard Ming Ming's unknown words in the cabin. Now that he was talking to him face to face, the weird feeling disappeared without a trace. He didn't know why.Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Ming Wei asked, "What else do you want to ask?"
Li Jingfeng thought for a long time, but couldn't find any doubts. He also saw that Ming Xiang's expression was magnanimous and showed no signs of guilt, so he could only say: "I misjudged you, I'm sorry."
Ming Wu nodded: "It is true that such a thing cannot be speculated with common sense. However, people's hearts cannot be speculated with common sense."
Li Jingfeng felt that there was something in his words, but he didn't know what he meant, so he could only say, "Farewell."
On the way back to the room, Yang Yan was curious, so Li Jingfeng told him about Gan Tiechi's family.Yang Yan said: "It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with him."
Li Jingfeng said: "After much thought, I feel that Brother Ming had no reason to harm Blacksmith Gan's family. Maybe it's just a coincidence."
Yang Yan said coldly: "There are many people who want to harm people without any reason. It's just that this story is ridiculous, and it's difficult to involve Brother Ming." After a while, he said, "He is still a vegetarian."
After leaving Baihe County, we arrived at the border of Hubei, and one day later we arrived in Xiangyang.Zheng Bao sent two bodyguards to escort them to Yichang, originally taking the main road.Hubei is much richer than Gansu. There is also a trade road from Xiangyang to Yixing, and business travelers are often seen on the road.
Yang Yan looked at the sky and said, "Looking at the sky, we have to take a small road to get to the helmsman in Xiangyang before dark."
Li Jingfeng asked: "How come the chief helmsman of the Xiangyang Gang is not in Xiangyang?"
Yang Yan replied: "Qingcheng is not in Qingcheng Mountain either."
The group of people turned to the path. Within a few miles, they saw three strong men pulling up a fence on the path. Li Jingfeng was surprised and asked: "Is this road impossible?"
Yang Yan smiled and said: "This is really your first time coming to Wudang!" As he said that, he immediately stepped forward.At the moment, a strong man shouted: "This is Xijiazhai's private road! If you want to cross, it costs ten coins for each person and twenty for each rider!"
Li Jingfeng exclaimed: "With five people and five cavalry, don't we get 150 coins?"
The strong man in the lead cursed: "You bitch, you're a thief, get out of here if you don't pay me!"
Li Jingfeng thought to himself, why do you keep swearing at people?Then I heard the two accompanying bodyguards of the Xiangyang Gang shout: "These three are guests of the Xiangyang Gang, please let me know!" He showed his token.
Seeing the token, the three strong men hurriedly said: "It turns out to be Master Yu's guests, please!" Then they moved the fence and let the five people pass.
Li Jingfeng thought to himself that Mr. Yu from the Xiangyang Gang is indeed famous.Then I thought, why in the Wudang world, instead of Yang Yan bringing out the Wudang token, he came out with the Xiangyang Gang's token?
After walking five or six miles, the group came across a fence with four or five people standing in front of them. They shouted: "This is the private road of Fuhumen! Ten coins per person and twenty per rider!"
Li Jingfeng looked around and saw green trees in the distance and overgrown weeds nearby. Where were the people living?I wonder where this Fuhu Gate is?This is obviously a trail, and the front is Xijiazhai, why is Fuhumen behind it?Five people would have to spend three hundred coins to take this route?I couldn't help but ask: "Where is Fuhu Gate? Why didn't I see it?"
The strong man cursed: "You want to see where the Fuhu Gate is? If you have money, pay, but if you don't, get the hell out of you!"
The boatman from the Xiangyang Gang took out his token again and said, "This is Gang Leader Yu's guest!"
The five people quickly pulled up the fence and shouted: "Please come over, please come over!"
Li Jingfeng asked strangely: "How many sects are there on this road? For ten coins at a time, I even have to take off my pants when I get to Yichang!"
Yang Yan said: "How can this be a private road? This is a bandit road! Those are bandits who keep money to buy the road!"
Li Jingfeng said: "Being a bandit and collecting ten coins at a time? It's too poor!"
Yang Yan pointed at a boatman and said, "Explain it to him!"
The boatman nodded and said to Li Jingfeng: "I come from out of town and don't understand the rules. A few decades ago, this path from Xiangyang to Yichang was also a dangerous path. It was originally started by fighting. It took decades to get there." The road has become what it is today. I thought, if there are big roads, why should we take the trails? People come and go on the roads, it is much safer, and the gangsters have no chance. If we take the trails, aren't we just like us? We are greedy for speed! "
Li Jingfeng nodded and said, "That's right."
The boatman continued: "The robbery along the road is to make money and kill people at the beginning. But if there are too many people trying to make money and kill people, no one will walk on the road. If no one walks on it, the road to wealth will be cut off. Only by leaving a way for others to survive can you leave a way for yourself. A way to survive. So seeking money and killing people turned to robbing merchants and demanding ransom. If they didn't pay, they would hurt people. This is called 'blood money'. If you don't want to bleed, you have to give money."
Li Jingfeng said: "Bandits are bandits, and ransom is ransom. What kind of blood money! No matter how nice it sounds, they are still bandits!"
The boatman said again: "But even if this is the case, what should we do if there are many bandits and few pedestrians? Think about it again, I can only earn dozens of taels of silver from a trip to the merchants. If I grab ten taels here and ten taels there, what I just said Yes, I even took off my pants when I walked to Yichang. Who would walk on this road? So the bandits on the road collected the blood money and had to protect the passers-by from bleeding. It was also a bit like bodyguards, but they had to be hired as bodyguards. The first one The gangsters have bodyguards, and the ones behind them are not happy because they cannot receive any money, so the two sides have to fight. As long as there is money to be made on the road and a group of bandits are driven away, there will always be a new group of jealous ones. Many people will die, and the bandits will not Are you willing to risk your life on the edge of a knife and earn only a few pennies, is it worth it? Simply change the rules again."
Li Jingfeng asked strangely: "Changed to blocking the road along the way?"
The boatman said: "A group of bandits on this road, no matter which village or cave, get together to figure out what is fair. They set up checkpoints along the way to block the road. For each step of the way, the cost of passing each checkpoint is ten cents for a pedestrian and twenty for a horseman. Those with trucks will get fifty. If the price is too expensive, lower it. If there is more traffic, raise the price. In this way, no weapons will be used, no lives will be hurt, money will be earned, and people will be safe. If there is Other villagers wanted to take a share of the pie, so the bandits along the way united to fight back their enemies, ensuring the profits from this path. There are seven checkpoints in total on this trail, which cost seventy coins."
Li Jingfeng nodded: "I see." But after a second thought, he suddenly realized, "No! Aren't these still bandits? They just changed their tricks to steal money! Over the past few decades, bandits have made their own rules. Wudang in spite of?"
Yang Yan sneered and said: "In Wudang, this is called 'governing by doing nothing'! You see, you don't need to pay for taking the main road. If you take the small road, you have to pay some checkpoint fees. There is a fast way and a slow way. This is not Is the world at peace?"
Li Jingfeng was stunned.He heard that public security in Wudang was corrupted, but he didn't expect that a set of rules could be corrupted. It was really unreasonable, so he asked again: "But why don't you give me money?"
"This land belongs to the Xiangyang Gang, and the public security management is under the control of the Xiangyang Gang. It is easy to eliminate them, so they naturally dare not offend them. As long as the goods transported by the Xiangyang Gang's ships are stamped, no goods tax will be levied along the way. , which also means ensuring safety. Therefore, our Xiangyang Gang handles almost all the water transportation in the Xiangyang area. But if it passes through western Hubei, it cannot be controlled and has to be dealt with separately." The boatman continued, "Our gang leader is celebrating the New Year. I will also give them some gifts to give each other some face. Only the boss of the ship has this token, and it has unimpeded access in the Xiangyang Gang's territory."
Li Jingfeng said strangely: "It's okay if your gang leader doesn't eliminate these road bandits, but you still give gifts and money?"
The boatman didn't reply, and Yang Yan didn't comment. He just said: "Brother Li, you are really an honest man."
Li Jingfeng was confused. He turned around and saw Ming Wuxiang behind him.Knowing his doubts, Ming Wuxiang rode his horse forward and said slowly: "Only goods stamped by the Xiangyang Gang will not be taxed. If the Xiangyang Gang wipes out all the bandits in the territory, there will be no difference between other water transport companies and the Xiangyang Gang." , wouldn’t the Xiangyang Gang’s business be affected?”
Li Jingfeng nodded, feeling that it made sense, but suddenly thought: "Wait a minute! This... is this what other sects call officials and bandits colluding?!"
Ming said unclearly: "Although the Xiangyang Gang is a sect and a businessman, it can also be said to be a collusion between businessmen and bandits."
Li Jingfeng walked through Qingcheng, Tangmen, Kongtong, and Huashan. Although the rules in different places were different, he still figured out the reason. Only Wudang was so unbelievable, so he asked: "Then why don't we use the banner of Wudang, but use the banner of Xiangyang?" The banner of the Gang? The Xiangyang Gang is still under the control of Wudang!"
Yang Yan laughed "Hey" and said: "You can only use the name of the Nine Families outside the realm of Wudang. In the realm of Wudang, this means that the King of Hell has no control over the brats!"
As he was talking, there was another fence in front of him. Yang Yandang shouted first: "I am a disciple of Wudang, please borrow a way!"
Just listen to the other party say: "You bitch! Wudang disciples are great, don't you need to pay for smuggling? I won't let you go this way, you go to Wudang and sue me!"
Yang Yan turned to Li Jingfeng and said, "Look, this is Wudang's prestige in the local area."
Li Jingfeng's eyes widened, and he finally believed that the world was full of wonders.
Indeed, as the boatman said, there are seven checkpoints on this trail.After crossing the trail, we arrived at Yichang, arriving at Xiangyang Gang Chief Helmsman at dusk.Li Jingfeng looked at the manor. Although it was not as grand as Qingcheng and far inferior to the scale of Kongtong City, it was still a large courtyard of nearly a hundred feet from end to end.Yang Yan stepped forward and handed over the token, along with the letter written by Zheng Bao, and asked the guard to send it in. After a while, the group was invited in.
Gang Leader Yu looks to be in his fifties, with a slightly blessed round face and the same figure. The bridge of his nose is slightly crooked, as if he has been injured. He wears a square hat and an emerald green brocade robe with various colorful embroideries on it. The fish, beautifully embroidered, is just dazzling to look at.Li Jingfeng thought to himself that this dress looked expensive, but it was also too vulgar. Even the girl's family didn't wear such fancy clothes.Although Gang Leader Yu is the leader of Wudang, his attitude is modest. Yang Yan is the envoy of Wudang. When he saw him, he stood up and greeted him, shouting: "Young Master Yang."
"Gang Leader Yu, Yang Yan is incompetent and the ship has been robbed again." Yang Yan also bowed his hands in salute and apologized.
Leader Yu said in surprise: "You were robbed even though you were using the banner of Wudang?"
"I'm afraid they were robbed because they raised a flag." Yang Yan said, "Killing people, raping women, and they also want to rob the Anyun!" Then he recounted what happened along the way.
While Yang Yan was talking, Li Jingfeng felt bored and didn't want to be rude, so he had to look around with the corner of his eye.He looked at the hall first and saw that it was larger than the Fuju Pavilion. It was full of carved beams and paintings, and there were many jades, porcelain vases, and gold items. He thought that if he fell down here and broke a few vases and jade items, he would probably fall down. I have to pay for half my life to the Xiangyang Gang.He glanced to the other side again, and saw that he was standing steadily without squinting. He seemed to be focusing on listening to Yang Yan's words, but it seemed that he was being frivolous.
There is really nothing wrong with this person. No matter what he says or does, he is not even remotely impolite. He makes people feel stable and dignified.
After Yang Yan talked about what happened on the Han River, Gang Leader Yu was very impressed and said: "What a hero! It's thanks to you that we saved this ship. I will be rewarded for your kindness!" He frowned deeply and asked again, "Together with this This year, four ships have been robbed. How did the Han River become so dangerous? Brother Yang... what do you think of this?"
Yang Yan said: "Robbing the ship for no ransom, killing everyone, and raping women, there must be someone instigating it, or a big shot." He snorted coldly and said, "No matter how hard you pretend to be deaf and dumb, you know what's going on, right?"
Gang Leader Yu stood up and paced back and forth, very anxious. After a while, he said: "Brother Yang, what do you mean... is it the envoy of Master Huashan?"
Yang Yan said: "Could it be that Kongtong is the leader?"
Gang leader Yu said: "Four ships were robbed in one year, and the gang suffered heavy losses. If this continues, business along the Hanshui River will be unavailable. All the medicinal materials to be sent to Wudang this year are gone. This... No, no... ..." He frowned and thought hard, then said slowly, "Head Master Yan still needs his master to come forward before he can speak."
Yang Yan said: "I will report back to the master, but my uncle is urging for the medicinal materials..."
Gang Leader Yu said: "The road to Han River is blocked, and there are only medicinal materials sent from Tangmen in Qingcheng. Half of that waterway is occupied by the Three Gorges Gang's boats. I have tried my best to prepare, but the medicinal materials sent this year can only be [-]% at most."
Yang Yan said: "I'm afraid that my uncles will only be angry and not care about anything else."
Gang Leader Yu frowned, obviously displeased, and took a breath and said, "I understand." After a while, he said to Li Jingfeng and Ming Wuxi, "You are neglecting two brothers. You two are extremely wise and courageous. I rely on you two this time." A lot. Whatever requests you two have, Yu will do his best to fulfill them."
Li Jingfeng saw that he was still polite and considerate even though he was in a high position, and he couldn't help but feel good about him. He cupped his hands and said, "No need."
Ming Ming didn't know, but he shook his head and said, "I don't need it either."
Gang leader Yu said: "There will be guests later. I have prepared a room for the three of you to stay here. If you need anything, I will give my orders to my servants. No negligence will be tolerated."
Yang Yan cupped his hands and returned the greeting: "You're welcome."
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No, I can't help it!
Yu Jien looks calm on the surface, but in fact he is worried and angry.Even under the banner of Wudang, it doesn't help. Four merchant ships, that's a loss of several thousand taels!And goodwill... He walked through three corridors, entered the study, pushed open the secret door on the wall, made sure to close it, then picked up the silver bricks and gold bars on the table, and threw them on the ground viciously, "Clang Rang" The sound of "clang and bang" echoed in the stone house.
"Fuck! A bunch of dog Taoist priests! They only look forward to being supported by people, but they really think they are living Bodhisattva!" Yu Jien yelled, picked up a silver stick, and beat a cloth-wrapped dummy hard until he was out of breath. Throw down the silver stick and sit on the Taishi chair to rest.
This stone room is his "angry room".He usually kept his emotions secretive, but whenever he was depressed, he would come to this angry room made of stone and smash things to vent his anger.Most of these items are made of gold and silver. They are indestructible and cannot be smashed. Although the sound is loud, the sound is not leaked—and they do not cost any money.
His real name is Yu Daro. His father kills pigs for a living. He gave him this name in the hope that when he grows up, he will be able to "drink a big bowl and eat meat with a big mouth", which means that he will have enough food and clothing.He took a pee and followed his mother to collect pig manure from pig farmers and sell it to farmers for compost. At that time, he was thin and smelled of pig manure at all times. Children of the same age despised him. Whenever he passed by, those children would pinch him. He pinched his nose and shouted: "It stinks! It stinks!" and ran away.
He was looked down upon by people in his hometown, so he joined the Caogang Boating Group at the age of 15.Although he is young, he is diligent and hard-working, which is highly appreciated by the boat boss and makes other boatmen of his generation jealous.These people knew his origins, and every time they passed by him, they would pinch their noses and say, "It stinks! Where does the smell of pig shit come from?" He often fought over this, but he was always outnumbered.He knew he couldn't get rid of the smell.
So Yu Daro spent all the money he earned on hiring a teacher to learn literature, martial arts and business.He strived to move up the ladder, and became the second-in-command on the ship when he was 20 years old, and the boss on the ship when he was 25 years old. From then on, people on the ship no longer dared to look down on him, and he was considered young and promising.He asked his father to stop killing pigs and his mother to continue collecting pig manure, and invited them to Xiangyang. The money he earned was enough to support them in their old age.
But one day, when he was on the shore urging the boatman to load goods onto the boat, a passerby passed by him, held his nose and said: "It stinks!" He turned around and recognized that it was his childhood neighbor, who had now joined the boat. Wu-Tang.The man looked at him with contempt and said, "You can smell pig shit from all the way!"
In a daze, even he himself smelled the smell...
He finally understood that the reason why he was being laughed at was not because of pig manure, but because of his low birth.As long as you are lower than others, others can easily laugh at you.No matter what job you change, no matter how far you are from pig shit, you will always have that smell on your body, a smell called "lowness".
He wants to climb up.
He transferred to the Xiangyang Gang, starting as a master, and handled every business matter properly.
He divorced his wife and married the only daughter of the former Cao Gang leader, a woman who only knew how to eat.He always felt that this wife only did two things in her life. The first was to eat, and the second was to think about what to eat later.
His wife weighed twice as much as he did, and she was also the most capable person he had ever seen who could bear the word "behemoth."
He changed his name to Yu Jien and expressed his courtesy name. The four-character "repay the favor" is not to repay the kindness of parents and mentors, but to express gratitude to the former old gang leader for his kindness. Any kindness must be repaid.
After all the flattery, all shame and all his abilities, his status soared. Finally, he inherited his father-in-law's family business and became the leader of the Xiangyang Gang.
No one dares to laugh at him anymore.
When Yu Jien met his childhood neighbor again, he was still just a bodyguard with a knighthood.Yu Jien ordered someone to bring a bucket of pig shit and said to him: "Jump in, I'll give you 50 taels."
When he was a child, his neighbor jumped into the pig shit bucket without saying a word and asked him, "Do you want to put your head in too?"
Only then did Yu Jien laugh.
But he is not without regrets.Whenever he sees his current wife, he thinks of his ex-wife.He felt that he was in debt and sent people to send money to help him.Unexpectedly, his wife found out about this and made a big fuss. As a last resort, he had to beat his ex-wife in front of her and drove him out of Yichang together with a pair of children he had with his ex-wife. Only then did he let his wife calm down.
Then he built this angry room.
The Taoist priests on Wudang Mountain just ask for money and assign local affairs to large and small sects to handle. Whoever pays more taxes will have more weight.Through hard work over the years, the Xiangyang Gang has become the largest sect in Wudang, and every year they receive large sums of money to support the Taoist priests.
After losing his temper, Yu Jien sat down quietly and thought about the whole incident.
Huashan clearly wanted to attack him, but Wudang did not solve the problem and only asked for the alchemy ingredients.What's more serious is that if the Hanshui trade route is cut off, the Xiangyang Gang's income will be greatly reduced, and his weight in Wudang will be reduced.
In the final analysis, no matter how big the Xiangyang Gang is, they are still short compared to the Nine Families.
What is Yan Feixi’s purpose?The courtesy given to Huashan over the years has not been unkind, why bother to poke him in the ass like this and make him unhappy?
And the next guests...it's time to arrive.If you have this customer as your backer, there may be a way out...
Yu Jien stood up, gathered his mood, and left the angry room.
He kept all his emotions in this room, telling himself that only in this room could he have a temper.
He put on a smile and prepared to welcome guests.
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Li Jingfeng finished his meal, put away his luggage, changed his clothes, and took them out of the cuffs of his old clothes without any regrets.Wuhui could only hold four arrows at a time, which was difficult to load. That day, the ship was in danger, there were too many enemies, and it was in a panic. He was not good at using it, and he couldn't use it in time.If you encounter danger next time, you must keep it in mind, otherwise you will die in vain and this thing will fall into the hands of others.
He put Qu Wugui back into his cuffs. Seeing that it was still early, he practiced how to cast it a few times, but felt bored again. He was about to practice sword practice. When he got up to his original intention, he saw that there were jade vases, calligraphy and paintings all around. Although the room was large, I was afraid that If you accidentally break something, you can't afford to pay for it, so you have to go to the atrium.
He walked through the corridor, and there were more than a dozen upper rooms on both sides, each of which was carefully decorated to entertain distinguished guests.As Li Jingfeng, it was originally out of his control, but he saved a shipload of cargo and lives, which was worth thousands of taels of silver, so Yu Jien naturally treated him kindly.
He passed by the unknown room and heard the sound of chanting.After listening to the scriptures for a while, he felt peaceful and peaceful.He didn't want to disturb Ming Wuxiang, so he walked directly to the atrium, only to see Yang Yan practicing his sword in the atrium.He saw a ball of sword light rolling and flashing under the moonlight. After watching it for a while, Li Jingfeng felt that although the sword technique was not bad, it was not brilliant.
Suddenly, Yang Yan's sword posture changed, he jumped up, made a cross horizontally and vertically, his momentum was powerful, completely different from before.Li Jingfeng thought in amazement, indeed, with his little skill, how can he tell whether he is clever or not?This single move seems simple, but in fact it is extremely powerful. The previous rough sword skills just paved the way for this move.
He was afraid of disturbing Yang Yan's practice, so he was about to retreat quietly, but Yang Yan had already noticed him and said, "You want to practice? Why don't you come out?"
Li Jingfeng said: "I'm afraid I'll disturb you."
Yang Yan said: "With such poor kung fu, it doesn't matter whether I disturb you or not."
Li Jingfeng said: "What's wrong? I look at this last move. It's so powerful that it turns the complex into simplicity. It's really powerful. Wudang is known as the second best Kung Fu in the world. It's really outstanding."
Yang Yan was silent for a long time and said: "This is the only move that is not Wudang Kung Fu."
Li Jingfeng said "Huh", quite surprised.Yang Yan sat down and seemed to be full of thoughts. After a while, he said: "Are you going to Hengshan to learn from a teacher?"
Li Jingfeng nodded and said yes, sat next to him and asked, "You are so worried, what's wrong?"
Yang Yan said: "You can't get revenge even if you practice this kind of kung fu for ten years." He raised the knife, made a gesture on the ground, and then said, "I have seen a person who can use this move to draw a sword casually. Two horizontal and two vertical. He said that when he was young, he could do three horizontal and three vertical swords. I thought, if I could practice three horizontal and three vertical swords like him, I might be able to take revenge. But no matter how I practiced, I could only do this. Horizontally and vertically.”
"But I only have this chance left. If I want to take revenge, I have nothing else to do."
Yang Yan covered his face with his hands, feeling very annoyed.Li Jingfeng comforted him: "Wudang Kung Fu is extensive and profound. You are just getting started. Don't be in a hurry. You will definitely learn advanced martial arts over time."
Yang Yan shook his head and said: "It's difficult. Those uncles, including my master, only think about refining elixirs and cultivating immortals. Look at how corrupt Wudang is. The people on the mountain don't care about anything, as long as they pay taxes on time. I don’t care what the sect below is doing. Guess when the Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain come down the mountain most frequently?"
Li Jingfeng shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Yang Yan said: "The most diligent when paying taxes! Whoever pays more money and food will have more weight. Just like the Xiangyang Gang, it is under the jurisdiction of Wudang, but whatever Gang Leader Yu says, the head master will follow the three points, no matter what. The reason is that we pay too much money, food, medicine and materials!" He sighed, "Wudang has not been in charge of the subordinate sects, but the subordinate sects have supported Wudang. There are only a few masters and uncles left on the mountain who are interested in taking care of things. If it weren't for the foundation left behind back then. It's even thicker than Tangmen Qingcheng. Look, aren't you being bullied by Huashan?"
Li Jingfeng asked: "Is it really possible to make elixirs and cultivate immortality? Is it useful?"
Yang Yan said: "If you want to become an immortal, wiping your neck will be much faster!"
Li Jingfeng burst out laughing and asked, "How did Wudang become like this?"
Yang Yan cursed: "How could I know!"
"It doesn't matter when it became like this, it has always been like this." Li Jingfeng knew from the voice that it was unknown. After reciting the sutra, he came to the atrium for some reason.Maybe they are here to practice martial arts, Li Jingfeng thought.
"Waitan has always been an important Taoist method. In the past, medicinal materials were expensive and minerals were scarce, so there were few people practicing elixir. Now Wudang governs Anhui and Hubei, and all kinds of medicines are available and sufficient." Ming said unknownly, "Today there are still Many people rely on alchemy to practice internal strength."
"Is it useful?" Li Jingfeng asked.
"Sometimes it works." Ming said vaguely, "If some people improve their skills because of this, more people will be obsessed with this way."
"Master is refining a seven-level pill that will restore heaven. It's still a few points away from the Marquis of Fire. It will be completed in a few days, and it's time to ascend in the daytime!" Yang Yan laughed loudly, "I just can't wait. This trip I was asked to go down the mountain to escort the boat, but it all sank in the Han River."
After finishing speaking, he said to Li Jingfeng: "When you go to Hengshan to become a master, you must also pay attention to choosing a good master. If I had known this, I would not have come to Wudang in the first place!"
"Headmaster Xuanxu has not confiscated his apprentice for 20 years." Ming said vaguely, "He must be very fond of you."
Yang Yan snorted and was noncommittal.
It was unclear but he said, "Someone is here. It's Gang Leader Yu's guests."
Li Jingfeng and Yang Yan stood up quickly and were about to avoid it when they suddenly heard a girl's voice saying: "When you get to the guest room, don't worry about the value of other people's things. Just go back!"
Another person said: "Bah! I really want money to play a trick, but he still refuses to obey and gives it to me, begging me to save his life?"
Li Jingfeng was stunned and thought: "This voice sounds so familiar..." He looked at the door.Yang Yan also looked at the door with a very strange expression.
A man and a woman came in from the corridor. Li Jingfeng felt dizzy and blurted out: "Miss Shen?!"
Shen Weichen was also surprised and said: "Jingfeng?!"
Li Jingfeng saw Zhu Menshang beside her, and behind her were Shen Yuqing and Xiaoba—no, it was Xie Gubai.Everyone met here unexpectedly, and they were all surprised and happy.Li Jingfeng rushed forward and said happily: "Why are you here?"
Shen Weichen said excitedly: "Why are you here?"
Zhu Menshang cursed: "What a fucking evil fate! If you go north and we go east, we will collide!"
When Li Jingfeng met an old friend, he was so happy that he burst into laughter. He hurriedly went to visit Zhu Menshang and said, "Doctor Zhu, it's great that you are here too! I have a friend..." As he said this, he turned around and said: Seeing Yang Yan standing still, he looked at Zhu Menshang blankly.
Zhu Menshang was also stunned when he saw Yang Yan, and then stepped forward. "You seem to have grown taller?" He looked Yang Yan up and down, put his hand on his shoulder, and raised his eyebrows, "A lot stronger."
"Doctor Zhu, long time no see." Yang Yan said, his eyes slightly moist and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.This was the first time Li Jingfeng saw him laugh sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
"Long time no see." Zhu Menshang said, "How have you been these past years? Tell me."
Yang Yan smiled and said: "It's not all nonsense."
Shen Yuqing saw that their old friends were reunited and it was not easy to disturb them. Seeing someone standing next to him, Shen Yuqing asked: "Brother Jingfeng, who is this?"
Li Jingfeng said: "His name is Ming Wu, he is a disciple of Shaolin and he is a friend he met on the road."
Shen Yuqing bowed his hands and said, "I'm Shen Yuqing in Qingcheng."
It's unclear whether it's clear or not, and he returned the gift with his hand: "Shaolin, it's unknown whether it's clear or not."
"Thank you Gubai." Xie Gubai also bowed.He bowed his hands, and when he bent down, his eyes met with Ming's unknown.
(End of this chapter)
The boat that Li Jingfeng and the others rescued was called "An Yun". The boat owner's surname was Zheng, his given name was Bao, and his surname was Anzhi. He had short hair and dark skin, which was the standard skin color of a man on the water.Zheng Bao looked to be in his fifties, but his figure was still strong, but his lower abdomen was slightly protruding, which could not hide his age.
He has been traveling on boats for more than thirty years, and has encountered several river pirates. He has escaped with his life and been caught, and it was the Xiangyang Gang who paid the ransom for him.When he saw that it was these three young men who sank the river bandits, he couldn't help but admire them and moved three large rooms to let them rest.
Li Jingfeng bandaged the wound. He was exhausted both physically and mentally these past two days and fell asleep.It was almost noon when he woke up the next day. The boatman informed him that the boss of the boat had hosted a banquet for them and invited him to take a seat.
The banquet was hosted by Zheng Bao himself, and there were also several important guests on the ship. Although the food on the ship was not as rich as on land, it showed the sincerity.When Li Jingfeng saw that Ming was not there, he asked around and found out that he had postponed the dinner because he was a vegetarian.During the banquet, Zheng Bao raised his glass and said: "The two young heroes insist on getting it. If you three don't show your loyalty, the Anyun will really be robbed by the gangsters. Old Zheng has no shame in asking Gang Leader Yu to redeem it a second time!"
Yang Yan said: "If it is really robbed, there is no need to redeem it. Together with the previous merchant ship, the Xiangyang Gang has been robbed three times this year. In which case was there anyone alive?"
Zheng Bao frowned and cursed: "How come these guys with no buttholes are killing all the Japanese on the river! The Han River is so dirty, where are the dock brothers going to make a living? The Japanese are raping women! The Japanese are in the world. It’s a heinous crime that we must all commit! We will destroy them sooner or later!”
Yang Yan said: "How to suppress it? That's the territory of Huashan! There is no one behind, how can we kill them all like this? We rush to grab the second ship before the cargo is unloaded. We are really short of money. Why don't we want the ship or the ransom? This is not directed at The Xiangyang Gang is here for Wudang!"
Li Jingfeng saw that he couldn't suppress the depression and anger on his face when he spoke. He remembered that he said yesterday that he had a grudge against the leader of Huashan. The meaning of his words also pointed out that Huashan deliberately condoned the river bandits. He didn't know whether it was true or an excuse for revenge.
As soon as Huashan was mentioned, Zheng Bao frowned and said: "The two young heroes saved the Anyun, so why not follow me to the gang? Gang leader Yu has clear rewards and punishments, and there will be a heavy reward. Also... help me with the matter. Report it up."
Li Jingfeng said hurriedly: "We are also saving ourselves. If it weren't for Brother Yang and Brother Ming, I would have died on the ship. No reward is needed, just let me go ashore in Xiangyang."
Zheng Baodao: "How can this be done if you force me to do it? Ah, I am not forcing you to force me to do it. Oh, I mean, this is not possible! If you don't go, I'm afraid the gang leader will blame you!" He added, "Young Master Li, please don't be polite! The Xiangyang Gang is the dominant force in the West in Hubei Province, and the head of Xuanxu has to reward our gang leader with some favors! You saved his boat, and you will be rewarded with dozens or hundreds of taels of flowers! You are a young hero, maybe Gang Leader Yu will appreciate it You, I’ll leave you a job, and your rise to greatness is just around the corner!”
Li Jingfeng said hurriedly: "I don't have a chivalry certificate, so I can't do gang affairs!"
Zheng Baodao: "You don't need Gang Leader Yu to show up for those little gadgets. I'll buy some for you when you get off the boat. You can have as much as you want. You can use it as toilet paper!"
Li Jingfeng still refused repeatedly: "No, I really don't need it!" He remembered that when he first arrived in Kongtong, he met the head of Beiying Hall. He said that he wanted to learn from his master, but he also changed his skills to sell his reputation as a hero.
Yang Yan asked: "Where did you originally plan to go?"
Li Jingfeng said: "I want to go to Hunan."
Yang Yan said: "You really don't have any masters? Then where did you learn martial arts?"
Li Jingfeng said: "I met a...brother in Kongtong, and he taught me." He thought of the past, and then thought of Qi Zigai.Although it is not an exaggeration to call him "master" or "uncle" based on his age and the way the third master takes care of him, Qi Zigai has a bold and lazy temperament, and the two of them get along more like brothers. The third master usually also He was called "brother Jingfeng", so he had to say "brother".
Calculating it this way, he and Zhuge Ran were on equal terms, but if he called him "Brother Zhuge", he would probably receive a cane instead of a slap.Thinking further, if the third master and the head of Qingcheng are the same generation, then shouldn't the Shen Yuqing brothers and sisters call themselves "Uncle Shi"?I call Xiaofang "sister", doesn't Miss Shen want to call Xiaofang "auntie"?
"Brother, why are you dazed?" Yang Yan asked.
Li Jingfeng was thinking about these generations when he was called out by Yang Yan. He came back to his senses and said awkwardly: "No... no, I'm just in a daze."
Yang Yan said: "You are going to Hengshan. We will disembark in Xiangyang and walk to Yichang. We will meet Gang Leader Yu at the head of the Xiangyang Gang and then go south without delaying the trip."
Li Jingfeng asked: "Aren't you going back to Wudang?"
Yang Yan shook his head: "I was ordered by my master to escort the ship, and the ship sank. I have to explain to Gang Leader Yu before I can return to Wudang. Besides, if you don't meet with Gang Leader Yu, you may not be able to live longer in Hunan. Branches."
Li Jingfeng didn't understand the meaning of his words, but since he was on the way and Yang Yan was accompanying him along the way, it would be good to have more company, so he said, "Then let's go on this trip with Brother Yang."
Yang Yan said: "Well, why don't you invite Brother Ming to come as well?"
Li Jingfeng said yes, thinking that he would have to ask Mingshi about some things clearly.
After the banquet was over, the two of them returned to the room side by side. Li Jingfeng thought of Yang Yan's eyes and asked, "Brother Yang, your eyes..."
"The doctor said that my blood energy attacks my eyes. It's fine on a normal day, but it's hard to use at night. I need light." Yang Yan said.
Li Jingfeng felt sympathetic and said: "I know a doctor with extraordinary medical skills. I saw him treat a blind musical instrument with my own eyes. Maybe he can help..."
Yang Yan interrupted him and said: "No need. The person who diagnosed and treated me is also a miracle doctor. I have never seen a better doctor than him in my life."
Just as Li Jingfeng was about to persuade him again, Yang Yan added, "It's fine for me to do this. When I open my eyes, it will always remind me of what I still have to do."
Li Jingfeng asked tentatively: "Is it related to... your enemy?"
Yang Yan didn't answer. Li Jingfeng didn't like to inquire about right and wrong, but he felt that this was probably the reason why Yang Yan was difficult to get close to.The two were silent for a long time, and Li Jingfeng couldn't help but ask: "Why did you and...Master Yan...have a feud?"
Yang Yan snorted and said, "I thought I was going to die yesterday, so I talked nonsense. This matter has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to ask."
Li Jingfeng said: "If you treat me as a friend, your business is my business. Even if my martial arts skills are low and I have no ability, if I know about it, I can still share your worries."
Yang Yan said coldly: "What's the point of worrying? It's just that many people know about it. You can't help me, and I don't want to cheat others. I accept this offer."
Li Jingfeng knew that he had made up his mind not to tell anything. After all, the two had known each other for a short time, so it was not easy to pursue further questions.
The two of them walked outside Ming's unknown house. Yang Yan knocked on the door and asked, "Is Brother Ming here?"
Ming unknown answered the door and invited the two of them into the house.Yang Yan explained his purpose and asked Ming Wuxi to go to the Xiangyang Gang. Ming Wuxi thought about it and said, "Okay."
Seeing that he readily agreed, Yang Yan was about to leave immediately. Seeing that Li Jingfeng was hesitant to leave, Yang Yan asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Jingfeng asked Ming Shixiang: "Do you know Blacksmith Gan Tiecheng?" After asking, he stared at Ming Shixiang's eyes, only to feel that his eyes were so deep that they were almost bottomless.
"I've seen him before," Ming said vaguely. "When his family died tragically, I was blacksmithing with him."
Yang Yan was very curious when he heard Li Jingfeng talking about irrelevant things and asked, "What's going on?"
Li Jingfeng signaled Yang Yan not to interrupt, and then asked, "Do you know how their family died?"
"His daughter was hesitant, maybe she was killed because of love." Ming said unspecified, "She told Yingcai that she wanted to return to Wuwei. Maybe she heard something in Wuwei."
"You told Senior Gan that this was revenge for Senior Xiang Hai," Li Jingfeng asked, "Why did you say that?"
"What I said was, 'This is Xiang Hai coming to seek justice.' I asked him again, 'Having come to this point, do you regret killing your brother?'" Ming shook his head and said, "I have been to Yuanzihao. Many old masters said this. When I saw the tragedy that day, I felt it was unbelievable. Maybe there was some divine will, so I asked. Later, when I saw Master Gan’s expression, I was even more sure, so I asked him if he regretted his death. My own brother."
Li Jingfeng was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Senior Gan has lost his beloved daughter and disciple. It's okay if you don't comfort her. Why do you say that?"
Ming looked at Li Jingfeng for a long time and asked, "Do you think I killed them?"
Li Jingfeng shook his head and said, "I just want to know the truth."
Ming unknown: "I advised Xiang Yingcai not to take Ma Chenggang seriously. Master Gan's daughter will eventually marry him, and I also advised Ma Chenggang to give in. I even advised Master Gan to pay attention to his daughter's apprentice. On the day of casting, I also said Once again. They didn't listen. I was in the foundry when the incident happened, how could it have anything to do with me?"
Li Jingfeng felt that what he said was reasonable. There was nothing suspicious about the two days we spent together.The most suspicious thing is that he can be so knowledgeable and astute at his age.But was that really just a coincidence?
As he was thinking about it, Ming Ming said, "There is a disagreement in Blacksmith Gan's family. This will happen sooner or later. It just depends on who was present when it happened. If you were at Gan Xiang Iron Shop that day, could it be that you were the one who killed him?"
Li Jingfeng was immediately speechless.He also remembered that he always had a weird feeling when he heard Ming Ming's unknown words in the cabin. Now that he was talking to him face to face, the weird feeling disappeared without a trace. He didn't know why.Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Ming Wei asked, "What else do you want to ask?"
Li Jingfeng thought for a long time, but couldn't find any doubts. He also saw that Ming Xiang's expression was magnanimous and showed no signs of guilt, so he could only say: "I misjudged you, I'm sorry."
Ming Wu nodded: "It is true that such a thing cannot be speculated with common sense. However, people's hearts cannot be speculated with common sense."
Li Jingfeng felt that there was something in his words, but he didn't know what he meant, so he could only say, "Farewell."
On the way back to the room, Yang Yan was curious, so Li Jingfeng told him about Gan Tiechi's family.Yang Yan said: "It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with him."
Li Jingfeng said: "After much thought, I feel that Brother Ming had no reason to harm Blacksmith Gan's family. Maybe it's just a coincidence."
Yang Yan said coldly: "There are many people who want to harm people without any reason. It's just that this story is ridiculous, and it's difficult to involve Brother Ming." After a while, he said, "He is still a vegetarian."
After leaving Baihe County, we arrived at the border of Hubei, and one day later we arrived in Xiangyang.Zheng Bao sent two bodyguards to escort them to Yichang, originally taking the main road.Hubei is much richer than Gansu. There is also a trade road from Xiangyang to Yixing, and business travelers are often seen on the road.
Yang Yan looked at the sky and said, "Looking at the sky, we have to take a small road to get to the helmsman in Xiangyang before dark."
Li Jingfeng asked: "How come the chief helmsman of the Xiangyang Gang is not in Xiangyang?"
Yang Yan replied: "Qingcheng is not in Qingcheng Mountain either."
The group of people turned to the path. Within a few miles, they saw three strong men pulling up a fence on the path. Li Jingfeng was surprised and asked: "Is this road impossible?"
Yang Yan smiled and said: "This is really your first time coming to Wudang!" As he said that, he immediately stepped forward.At the moment, a strong man shouted: "This is Xijiazhai's private road! If you want to cross, it costs ten coins for each person and twenty for each rider!"
Li Jingfeng exclaimed: "With five people and five cavalry, don't we get 150 coins?"
The strong man in the lead cursed: "You bitch, you're a thief, get out of here if you don't pay me!"
Li Jingfeng thought to himself, why do you keep swearing at people?Then I heard the two accompanying bodyguards of the Xiangyang Gang shout: "These three are guests of the Xiangyang Gang, please let me know!" He showed his token.
Seeing the token, the three strong men hurriedly said: "It turns out to be Master Yu's guests, please!" Then they moved the fence and let the five people pass.
Li Jingfeng thought to himself that Mr. Yu from the Xiangyang Gang is indeed famous.Then I thought, why in the Wudang world, instead of Yang Yan bringing out the Wudang token, he came out with the Xiangyang Gang's token?
After walking five or six miles, the group came across a fence with four or five people standing in front of them. They shouted: "This is the private road of Fuhumen! Ten coins per person and twenty per rider!"
Li Jingfeng looked around and saw green trees in the distance and overgrown weeds nearby. Where were the people living?I wonder where this Fuhu Gate is?This is obviously a trail, and the front is Xijiazhai, why is Fuhumen behind it?Five people would have to spend three hundred coins to take this route?I couldn't help but ask: "Where is Fuhu Gate? Why didn't I see it?"
The strong man cursed: "You want to see where the Fuhu Gate is? If you have money, pay, but if you don't, get the hell out of you!"
The boatman from the Xiangyang Gang took out his token again and said, "This is Gang Leader Yu's guest!"
The five people quickly pulled up the fence and shouted: "Please come over, please come over!"
Li Jingfeng asked strangely: "How many sects are there on this road? For ten coins at a time, I even have to take off my pants when I get to Yichang!"
Yang Yan said: "How can this be a private road? This is a bandit road! Those are bandits who keep money to buy the road!"
Li Jingfeng said: "Being a bandit and collecting ten coins at a time? It's too poor!"
Yang Yan pointed at a boatman and said, "Explain it to him!"
The boatman nodded and said to Li Jingfeng: "I come from out of town and don't understand the rules. A few decades ago, this path from Xiangyang to Yichang was also a dangerous path. It was originally started by fighting. It took decades to get there." The road has become what it is today. I thought, if there are big roads, why should we take the trails? People come and go on the roads, it is much safer, and the gangsters have no chance. If we take the trails, aren't we just like us? We are greedy for speed! "
Li Jingfeng nodded and said, "That's right."
The boatman continued: "The robbery along the road is to make money and kill people at the beginning. But if there are too many people trying to make money and kill people, no one will walk on the road. If no one walks on it, the road to wealth will be cut off. Only by leaving a way for others to survive can you leave a way for yourself. A way to survive. So seeking money and killing people turned to robbing merchants and demanding ransom. If they didn't pay, they would hurt people. This is called 'blood money'. If you don't want to bleed, you have to give money."
Li Jingfeng said: "Bandits are bandits, and ransom is ransom. What kind of blood money! No matter how nice it sounds, they are still bandits!"
The boatman said again: "But even if this is the case, what should we do if there are many bandits and few pedestrians? Think about it again, I can only earn dozens of taels of silver from a trip to the merchants. If I grab ten taels here and ten taels there, what I just said Yes, I even took off my pants when I walked to Yichang. Who would walk on this road? So the bandits on the road collected the blood money and had to protect the passers-by from bleeding. It was also a bit like bodyguards, but they had to be hired as bodyguards. The first one The gangsters have bodyguards, and the ones behind them are not happy because they cannot receive any money, so the two sides have to fight. As long as there is money to be made on the road and a group of bandits are driven away, there will always be a new group of jealous ones. Many people will die, and the bandits will not Are you willing to risk your life on the edge of a knife and earn only a few pennies, is it worth it? Simply change the rules again."
Li Jingfeng asked strangely: "Changed to blocking the road along the way?"
The boatman said: "A group of bandits on this road, no matter which village or cave, get together to figure out what is fair. They set up checkpoints along the way to block the road. For each step of the way, the cost of passing each checkpoint is ten cents for a pedestrian and twenty for a horseman. Those with trucks will get fifty. If the price is too expensive, lower it. If there is more traffic, raise the price. In this way, no weapons will be used, no lives will be hurt, money will be earned, and people will be safe. If there is Other villagers wanted to take a share of the pie, so the bandits along the way united to fight back their enemies, ensuring the profits from this path. There are seven checkpoints in total on this trail, which cost seventy coins."
Li Jingfeng nodded: "I see." But after a second thought, he suddenly realized, "No! Aren't these still bandits? They just changed their tricks to steal money! Over the past few decades, bandits have made their own rules. Wudang in spite of?"
Yang Yan sneered and said: "In Wudang, this is called 'governing by doing nothing'! You see, you don't need to pay for taking the main road. If you take the small road, you have to pay some checkpoint fees. There is a fast way and a slow way. This is not Is the world at peace?"
Li Jingfeng was stunned.He heard that public security in Wudang was corrupted, but he didn't expect that a set of rules could be corrupted. It was really unreasonable, so he asked again: "But why don't you give me money?"
"This land belongs to the Xiangyang Gang, and the public security management is under the control of the Xiangyang Gang. It is easy to eliminate them, so they naturally dare not offend them. As long as the goods transported by the Xiangyang Gang's ships are stamped, no goods tax will be levied along the way. , which also means ensuring safety. Therefore, our Xiangyang Gang handles almost all the water transportation in the Xiangyang area. But if it passes through western Hubei, it cannot be controlled and has to be dealt with separately." The boatman continued, "Our gang leader is celebrating the New Year. I will also give them some gifts to give each other some face. Only the boss of the ship has this token, and it has unimpeded access in the Xiangyang Gang's territory."
Li Jingfeng said strangely: "It's okay if your gang leader doesn't eliminate these road bandits, but you still give gifts and money?"
The boatman didn't reply, and Yang Yan didn't comment. He just said: "Brother Li, you are really an honest man."
Li Jingfeng was confused. He turned around and saw Ming Wuxiang behind him.Knowing his doubts, Ming Wuxiang rode his horse forward and said slowly: "Only goods stamped by the Xiangyang Gang will not be taxed. If the Xiangyang Gang wipes out all the bandits in the territory, there will be no difference between other water transport companies and the Xiangyang Gang." , wouldn’t the Xiangyang Gang’s business be affected?”
Li Jingfeng nodded, feeling that it made sense, but suddenly thought: "Wait a minute! This... is this what other sects call officials and bandits colluding?!"
Ming said unclearly: "Although the Xiangyang Gang is a sect and a businessman, it can also be said to be a collusion between businessmen and bandits."
Li Jingfeng walked through Qingcheng, Tangmen, Kongtong, and Huashan. Although the rules in different places were different, he still figured out the reason. Only Wudang was so unbelievable, so he asked: "Then why don't we use the banner of Wudang, but use the banner of Xiangyang?" The banner of the Gang? The Xiangyang Gang is still under the control of Wudang!"
Yang Yan laughed "Hey" and said: "You can only use the name of the Nine Families outside the realm of Wudang. In the realm of Wudang, this means that the King of Hell has no control over the brats!"
As he was talking, there was another fence in front of him. Yang Yandang shouted first: "I am a disciple of Wudang, please borrow a way!"
Just listen to the other party say: "You bitch! Wudang disciples are great, don't you need to pay for smuggling? I won't let you go this way, you go to Wudang and sue me!"
Yang Yan turned to Li Jingfeng and said, "Look, this is Wudang's prestige in the local area."
Li Jingfeng's eyes widened, and he finally believed that the world was full of wonders.
Indeed, as the boatman said, there are seven checkpoints on this trail.After crossing the trail, we arrived at Yichang, arriving at Xiangyang Gang Chief Helmsman at dusk.Li Jingfeng looked at the manor. Although it was not as grand as Qingcheng and far inferior to the scale of Kongtong City, it was still a large courtyard of nearly a hundred feet from end to end.Yang Yan stepped forward and handed over the token, along with the letter written by Zheng Bao, and asked the guard to send it in. After a while, the group was invited in.
Gang Leader Yu looks to be in his fifties, with a slightly blessed round face and the same figure. The bridge of his nose is slightly crooked, as if he has been injured. He wears a square hat and an emerald green brocade robe with various colorful embroideries on it. The fish, beautifully embroidered, is just dazzling to look at.Li Jingfeng thought to himself that this dress looked expensive, but it was also too vulgar. Even the girl's family didn't wear such fancy clothes.Although Gang Leader Yu is the leader of Wudang, his attitude is modest. Yang Yan is the envoy of Wudang. When he saw him, he stood up and greeted him, shouting: "Young Master Yang."
"Gang Leader Yu, Yang Yan is incompetent and the ship has been robbed again." Yang Yan also bowed his hands in salute and apologized.
Leader Yu said in surprise: "You were robbed even though you were using the banner of Wudang?"
"I'm afraid they were robbed because they raised a flag." Yang Yan said, "Killing people, raping women, and they also want to rob the Anyun!" Then he recounted what happened along the way.
While Yang Yan was talking, Li Jingfeng felt bored and didn't want to be rude, so he had to look around with the corner of his eye.He looked at the hall first and saw that it was larger than the Fuju Pavilion. It was full of carved beams and paintings, and there were many jades, porcelain vases, and gold items. He thought that if he fell down here and broke a few vases and jade items, he would probably fall down. I have to pay for half my life to the Xiangyang Gang.He glanced to the other side again, and saw that he was standing steadily without squinting. He seemed to be focusing on listening to Yang Yan's words, but it seemed that he was being frivolous.
There is really nothing wrong with this person. No matter what he says or does, he is not even remotely impolite. He makes people feel stable and dignified.
After Yang Yan talked about what happened on the Han River, Gang Leader Yu was very impressed and said: "What a hero! It's thanks to you that we saved this ship. I will be rewarded for your kindness!" He frowned deeply and asked again, "Together with this This year, four ships have been robbed. How did the Han River become so dangerous? Brother Yang... what do you think of this?"
Yang Yan said: "Robbing the ship for no ransom, killing everyone, and raping women, there must be someone instigating it, or a big shot." He snorted coldly and said, "No matter how hard you pretend to be deaf and dumb, you know what's going on, right?"
Gang Leader Yu stood up and paced back and forth, very anxious. After a while, he said: "Brother Yang, what do you mean... is it the envoy of Master Huashan?"
Yang Yan said: "Could it be that Kongtong is the leader?"
Gang leader Yu said: "Four ships were robbed in one year, and the gang suffered heavy losses. If this continues, business along the Hanshui River will be unavailable. All the medicinal materials to be sent to Wudang this year are gone. This... No, no... ..." He frowned and thought hard, then said slowly, "Head Master Yan still needs his master to come forward before he can speak."
Yang Yan said: "I will report back to the master, but my uncle is urging for the medicinal materials..."
Gang Leader Yu said: "The road to Han River is blocked, and there are only medicinal materials sent from Tangmen in Qingcheng. Half of that waterway is occupied by the Three Gorges Gang's boats. I have tried my best to prepare, but the medicinal materials sent this year can only be [-]% at most."
Yang Yan said: "I'm afraid that my uncles will only be angry and not care about anything else."
Gang Leader Yu frowned, obviously displeased, and took a breath and said, "I understand." After a while, he said to Li Jingfeng and Ming Wuxi, "You are neglecting two brothers. You two are extremely wise and courageous. I rely on you two this time." A lot. Whatever requests you two have, Yu will do his best to fulfill them."
Li Jingfeng saw that he was still polite and considerate even though he was in a high position, and he couldn't help but feel good about him. He cupped his hands and said, "No need."
Ming Ming didn't know, but he shook his head and said, "I don't need it either."
Gang leader Yu said: "There will be guests later. I have prepared a room for the three of you to stay here. If you need anything, I will give my orders to my servants. No negligence will be tolerated."
Yang Yan cupped his hands and returned the greeting: "You're welcome."
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No, I can't help it!
Yu Jien looks calm on the surface, but in fact he is worried and angry.Even under the banner of Wudang, it doesn't help. Four merchant ships, that's a loss of several thousand taels!And goodwill... He walked through three corridors, entered the study, pushed open the secret door on the wall, made sure to close it, then picked up the silver bricks and gold bars on the table, and threw them on the ground viciously, "Clang Rang" The sound of "clang and bang" echoed in the stone house.
"Fuck! A bunch of dog Taoist priests! They only look forward to being supported by people, but they really think they are living Bodhisattva!" Yu Jien yelled, picked up a silver stick, and beat a cloth-wrapped dummy hard until he was out of breath. Throw down the silver stick and sit on the Taishi chair to rest.
This stone room is his "angry room".He usually kept his emotions secretive, but whenever he was depressed, he would come to this angry room made of stone and smash things to vent his anger.Most of these items are made of gold and silver. They are indestructible and cannot be smashed. Although the sound is loud, the sound is not leaked—and they do not cost any money.
His real name is Yu Daro. His father kills pigs for a living. He gave him this name in the hope that when he grows up, he will be able to "drink a big bowl and eat meat with a big mouth", which means that he will have enough food and clothing.He took a pee and followed his mother to collect pig manure from pig farmers and sell it to farmers for compost. At that time, he was thin and smelled of pig manure at all times. Children of the same age despised him. Whenever he passed by, those children would pinch him. He pinched his nose and shouted: "It stinks! It stinks!" and ran away.
He was looked down upon by people in his hometown, so he joined the Caogang Boating Group at the age of 15.Although he is young, he is diligent and hard-working, which is highly appreciated by the boat boss and makes other boatmen of his generation jealous.These people knew his origins, and every time they passed by him, they would pinch their noses and say, "It stinks! Where does the smell of pig shit come from?" He often fought over this, but he was always outnumbered.He knew he couldn't get rid of the smell.
So Yu Daro spent all the money he earned on hiring a teacher to learn literature, martial arts and business.He strived to move up the ladder, and became the second-in-command on the ship when he was 20 years old, and the boss on the ship when he was 25 years old. From then on, people on the ship no longer dared to look down on him, and he was considered young and promising.He asked his father to stop killing pigs and his mother to continue collecting pig manure, and invited them to Xiangyang. The money he earned was enough to support them in their old age.
But one day, when he was on the shore urging the boatman to load goods onto the boat, a passerby passed by him, held his nose and said: "It stinks!" He turned around and recognized that it was his childhood neighbor, who had now joined the boat. Wu-Tang.The man looked at him with contempt and said, "You can smell pig shit from all the way!"
In a daze, even he himself smelled the smell...
He finally understood that the reason why he was being laughed at was not because of pig manure, but because of his low birth.As long as you are lower than others, others can easily laugh at you.No matter what job you change, no matter how far you are from pig shit, you will always have that smell on your body, a smell called "lowness".
He wants to climb up.
He transferred to the Xiangyang Gang, starting as a master, and handled every business matter properly.
He divorced his wife and married the only daughter of the former Cao Gang leader, a woman who only knew how to eat.He always felt that this wife only did two things in her life. The first was to eat, and the second was to think about what to eat later.
His wife weighed twice as much as he did, and she was also the most capable person he had ever seen who could bear the word "behemoth."
He changed his name to Yu Jien and expressed his courtesy name. The four-character "repay the favor" is not to repay the kindness of parents and mentors, but to express gratitude to the former old gang leader for his kindness. Any kindness must be repaid.
After all the flattery, all shame and all his abilities, his status soared. Finally, he inherited his father-in-law's family business and became the leader of the Xiangyang Gang.
No one dares to laugh at him anymore.
When Yu Jien met his childhood neighbor again, he was still just a bodyguard with a knighthood.Yu Jien ordered someone to bring a bucket of pig shit and said to him: "Jump in, I'll give you 50 taels."
When he was a child, his neighbor jumped into the pig shit bucket without saying a word and asked him, "Do you want to put your head in too?"
Only then did Yu Jien laugh.
But he is not without regrets.Whenever he sees his current wife, he thinks of his ex-wife.He felt that he was in debt and sent people to send money to help him.Unexpectedly, his wife found out about this and made a big fuss. As a last resort, he had to beat his ex-wife in front of her and drove him out of Yichang together with a pair of children he had with his ex-wife. Only then did he let his wife calm down.
Then he built this angry room.
The Taoist priests on Wudang Mountain just ask for money and assign local affairs to large and small sects to handle. Whoever pays more taxes will have more weight.Through hard work over the years, the Xiangyang Gang has become the largest sect in Wudang, and every year they receive large sums of money to support the Taoist priests.
After losing his temper, Yu Jien sat down quietly and thought about the whole incident.
Huashan clearly wanted to attack him, but Wudang did not solve the problem and only asked for the alchemy ingredients.What's more serious is that if the Hanshui trade route is cut off, the Xiangyang Gang's income will be greatly reduced, and his weight in Wudang will be reduced.
In the final analysis, no matter how big the Xiangyang Gang is, they are still short compared to the Nine Families.
What is Yan Feixi’s purpose?The courtesy given to Huashan over the years has not been unkind, why bother to poke him in the ass like this and make him unhappy?
And the next guests...it's time to arrive.If you have this customer as your backer, there may be a way out...
Yu Jien stood up, gathered his mood, and left the angry room.
He kept all his emotions in this room, telling himself that only in this room could he have a temper.
He put on a smile and prepared to welcome guests.
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Li Jingfeng finished his meal, put away his luggage, changed his clothes, and took them out of the cuffs of his old clothes without any regrets.Wuhui could only hold four arrows at a time, which was difficult to load. That day, the ship was in danger, there were too many enemies, and it was in a panic. He was not good at using it, and he couldn't use it in time.If you encounter danger next time, you must keep it in mind, otherwise you will die in vain and this thing will fall into the hands of others.
He put Qu Wugui back into his cuffs. Seeing that it was still early, he practiced how to cast it a few times, but felt bored again. He was about to practice sword practice. When he got up to his original intention, he saw that there were jade vases, calligraphy and paintings all around. Although the room was large, I was afraid that If you accidentally break something, you can't afford to pay for it, so you have to go to the atrium.
He walked through the corridor, and there were more than a dozen upper rooms on both sides, each of which was carefully decorated to entertain distinguished guests.As Li Jingfeng, it was originally out of his control, but he saved a shipload of cargo and lives, which was worth thousands of taels of silver, so Yu Jien naturally treated him kindly.
He passed by the unknown room and heard the sound of chanting.After listening to the scriptures for a while, he felt peaceful and peaceful.He didn't want to disturb Ming Wuxiang, so he walked directly to the atrium, only to see Yang Yan practicing his sword in the atrium.He saw a ball of sword light rolling and flashing under the moonlight. After watching it for a while, Li Jingfeng felt that although the sword technique was not bad, it was not brilliant.
Suddenly, Yang Yan's sword posture changed, he jumped up, made a cross horizontally and vertically, his momentum was powerful, completely different from before.Li Jingfeng thought in amazement, indeed, with his little skill, how can he tell whether he is clever or not?This single move seems simple, but in fact it is extremely powerful. The previous rough sword skills just paved the way for this move.
He was afraid of disturbing Yang Yan's practice, so he was about to retreat quietly, but Yang Yan had already noticed him and said, "You want to practice? Why don't you come out?"
Li Jingfeng said: "I'm afraid I'll disturb you."
Yang Yan said: "With such poor kung fu, it doesn't matter whether I disturb you or not."
Li Jingfeng said: "What's wrong? I look at this last move. It's so powerful that it turns the complex into simplicity. It's really powerful. Wudang is known as the second best Kung Fu in the world. It's really outstanding."
Yang Yan was silent for a long time and said: "This is the only move that is not Wudang Kung Fu."
Li Jingfeng said "Huh", quite surprised.Yang Yan sat down and seemed to be full of thoughts. After a while, he said: "Are you going to Hengshan to learn from a teacher?"
Li Jingfeng nodded and said yes, sat next to him and asked, "You are so worried, what's wrong?"
Yang Yan said: "You can't get revenge even if you practice this kind of kung fu for ten years." He raised the knife, made a gesture on the ground, and then said, "I have seen a person who can use this move to draw a sword casually. Two horizontal and two vertical. He said that when he was young, he could do three horizontal and three vertical swords. I thought, if I could practice three horizontal and three vertical swords like him, I might be able to take revenge. But no matter how I practiced, I could only do this. Horizontally and vertically.”
"But I only have this chance left. If I want to take revenge, I have nothing else to do."
Yang Yan covered his face with his hands, feeling very annoyed.Li Jingfeng comforted him: "Wudang Kung Fu is extensive and profound. You are just getting started. Don't be in a hurry. You will definitely learn advanced martial arts over time."
Yang Yan shook his head and said: "It's difficult. Those uncles, including my master, only think about refining elixirs and cultivating immortals. Look at how corrupt Wudang is. The people on the mountain don't care about anything, as long as they pay taxes on time. I don’t care what the sect below is doing. Guess when the Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain come down the mountain most frequently?"
Li Jingfeng shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Yang Yan said: "The most diligent when paying taxes! Whoever pays more money and food will have more weight. Just like the Xiangyang Gang, it is under the jurisdiction of Wudang, but whatever Gang Leader Yu says, the head master will follow the three points, no matter what. The reason is that we pay too much money, food, medicine and materials!" He sighed, "Wudang has not been in charge of the subordinate sects, but the subordinate sects have supported Wudang. There are only a few masters and uncles left on the mountain who are interested in taking care of things. If it weren't for the foundation left behind back then. It's even thicker than Tangmen Qingcheng. Look, aren't you being bullied by Huashan?"
Li Jingfeng asked: "Is it really possible to make elixirs and cultivate immortality? Is it useful?"
Yang Yan said: "If you want to become an immortal, wiping your neck will be much faster!"
Li Jingfeng burst out laughing and asked, "How did Wudang become like this?"
Yang Yan cursed: "How could I know!"
"It doesn't matter when it became like this, it has always been like this." Li Jingfeng knew from the voice that it was unknown. After reciting the sutra, he came to the atrium for some reason.Maybe they are here to practice martial arts, Li Jingfeng thought.
"Waitan has always been an important Taoist method. In the past, medicinal materials were expensive and minerals were scarce, so there were few people practicing elixir. Now Wudang governs Anhui and Hubei, and all kinds of medicines are available and sufficient." Ming said unknownly, "Today there are still Many people rely on alchemy to practice internal strength."
"Is it useful?" Li Jingfeng asked.
"Sometimes it works." Ming said vaguely, "If some people improve their skills because of this, more people will be obsessed with this way."
"Master is refining a seven-level pill that will restore heaven. It's still a few points away from the Marquis of Fire. It will be completed in a few days, and it's time to ascend in the daytime!" Yang Yan laughed loudly, "I just can't wait. This trip I was asked to go down the mountain to escort the boat, but it all sank in the Han River."
After finishing speaking, he said to Li Jingfeng: "When you go to Hengshan to become a master, you must also pay attention to choosing a good master. If I had known this, I would not have come to Wudang in the first place!"
"Headmaster Xuanxu has not confiscated his apprentice for 20 years." Ming said vaguely, "He must be very fond of you."
Yang Yan snorted and was noncommittal.
It was unclear but he said, "Someone is here. It's Gang Leader Yu's guests."
Li Jingfeng and Yang Yan stood up quickly and were about to avoid it when they suddenly heard a girl's voice saying: "When you get to the guest room, don't worry about the value of other people's things. Just go back!"
Another person said: "Bah! I really want money to play a trick, but he still refuses to obey and gives it to me, begging me to save his life?"
Li Jingfeng was stunned and thought: "This voice sounds so familiar..." He looked at the door.Yang Yan also looked at the door with a very strange expression.
A man and a woman came in from the corridor. Li Jingfeng felt dizzy and blurted out: "Miss Shen?!"
Shen Weichen was also surprised and said: "Jingfeng?!"
Li Jingfeng saw Zhu Menshang beside her, and behind her were Shen Yuqing and Xiaoba—no, it was Xie Gubai.Everyone met here unexpectedly, and they were all surprised and happy.Li Jingfeng rushed forward and said happily: "Why are you here?"
Shen Weichen said excitedly: "Why are you here?"
Zhu Menshang cursed: "What a fucking evil fate! If you go north and we go east, we will collide!"
When Li Jingfeng met an old friend, he was so happy that he burst into laughter. He hurriedly went to visit Zhu Menshang and said, "Doctor Zhu, it's great that you are here too! I have a friend..." As he said this, he turned around and said: Seeing Yang Yan standing still, he looked at Zhu Menshang blankly.
Zhu Menshang was also stunned when he saw Yang Yan, and then stepped forward. "You seem to have grown taller?" He looked Yang Yan up and down, put his hand on his shoulder, and raised his eyebrows, "A lot stronger."
"Doctor Zhu, long time no see." Yang Yan said, his eyes slightly moist and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.This was the first time Li Jingfeng saw him laugh sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
"Long time no see." Zhu Menshang said, "How have you been these past years? Tell me."
Yang Yan smiled and said: "It's not all nonsense."
Shen Yuqing saw that their old friends were reunited and it was not easy to disturb them. Seeing someone standing next to him, Shen Yuqing asked: "Brother Jingfeng, who is this?"
Li Jingfeng said: "His name is Ming Wu, he is a disciple of Shaolin and he is a friend he met on the road."
Shen Yuqing bowed his hands and said, "I'm Shen Yuqing in Qingcheng."
It's unclear whether it's clear or not, and he returned the gift with his hand: "Shaolin, it's unknown whether it's clear or not."
"Thank you Gubai." Xie Gubai also bowed.He bowed his hands, and when he bent down, his eyes met with Ming's unknown.
(End of this chapter)
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