Nine idlers

Chapter 81 Xingwu Jinbao

Bazhou Xingwulou can be regarded as one of the few large restaurants in the Bazhou territory. Merchants from the north and the south like to gather here, not because of anything else, but because there is a unique Cloud Piercer here.Every day, there are martial arts practitioners from the north and the south, for the huge gold and silver rewards of the piercing cloud ring, sign the certificate of life and death, and fight to the death on the ten-foot-high ring, and those merchants from the north and the south will be in the restaurant next to the ring Drinking and gambling.The lives of these martial arts practitioners are like a piece of thin paper. Every day at least ten martial arts practitioners who are living for nothing die under the ring, which is strange It is the government that turns a blind eye to this situation.

The boss of Xingwulou was named Long Jinbao, a native of Longchuan, Guangdong. He claimed to have forgotten his surname, so he borrowed the character for dragon from Longchuan as his surname, and took the name of Jinbao.Six years ago, he came to Bazhou alone. With his superb iron cloth shirt and Southern Shaolin's Iron Fist, he made a name for himself in this area, and was nicknamed the Southern Dragon King.Afterwards, with the help of a wealthy businessman, he built this Xingwulou, and by virtue of his exquisite communication methods, both the government and the people in Bazhou were very satisfied with it, so that he built such an unruly and extremely dangerous Cloud Piercer , No one stopped him, and even if he died afterwards, someone excused him, which made him gradually become the number one black and white force in Bazhou.

Others don't know the details of Long Jinbao, but Xu Changqing knows very well that he was originally an abandoned student from Room 36 outside the South Shaolin, but because of a life lawsuit, he was forced to become a bandit.In the days when he was a bandit, what he did was regarded as a righteous thief. Corrupt officials, rich and unkind people were all robbed, but the common people did not move at all. .Due to the cover of the local people, every time the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi sent troops to encircle and suppress, they failed to gain anything.

Later, one of Long Jinbao's generals robbed the Chen family of food used for disaster relief, which annoyed the Chen family. They took away his hall outside the mountain that night and arrested the general.Long Jinbao, who was born and raised in the village, naturally knew a little about the influence of the Chen family. After learning about this, he rushed to Chen Jiachong non-stop, pleaded guilty, and willingly punished the general as the head of the cottage, only begging Chen Deshang to forgive him Go-getters, and other people in the cottage.Seeing his loyalty, Chen Deshang spared him this time, but he was beaten fifty times, and the executioner of the fifty punishments was Xu Changqing.

At that time, Xu Changqing also felt that although this person could not be called benevolent, he was extremely loyal and dared to take responsibility, so he wanted to cultivate him.Using fifty boards full of real energy, he tempered his iron cloth shirt from his family, making him achieve great feats, and then pointed him out, telling him where his luck is flourishing.After receiving the board, Long Jinbao guessed that Xu Changqing was a strange man from his great achievements in the iron cloth shirt, so he treated him as a teacher. After returning, he immediately obeyed Xu Changqing's order to disband all the bandits, and went north alone , When I arrived in Bazhou, I stopped and settled down here.In the next two years, after he had made some achievements, every once in a while, he would send someone to send several boxes of rare and exotic objects to Xu Changqing as a token of his gratitude.Originally, Xu Changqing didn't intend to come to Bazhou to visit Long Jinbao, but the train stopped here by chance, which made him feel that maybe God arranged this opportunity, so he came up with the idea of ​​going to Xingwu to see A look at the mind.

Xingwulou is not difficult to find, just ask anyone, and it will be clear, even if you don't even need to search for the highest wooden ring in the town, you can find it.When Xu Changqing and Guan Zheng found Xingwulou, the wooden frame ring was surrounded by gamblers and spectators, and many merchants were sitting on the fence of Xingwulou's four-story building , shouting loudly.In the Cloud Piercing Arena, two martial artists were fighting to the death. One used Cai Lifo, which is common in the south, and the other used the northern No. 37 Waijia's spring leg. There was not much difference in skill between the two sides. And all the people below the ring are shouting, falling, falling.

"This is really too much. What do they take human life for?" Seeing this scene, Guan Zheng immediately clenched his fists, stared angrily, and said angrily.

"In this 'chaotic' world, human life is the least valuable thing." Xu Changqing saw that Guan Zheng was about to go up to disrupt the situation, so he grabbed him and stopped him: "Don't mess around, this is not the countryside, is there anyone here?" The eagle dog of the Young Court is nearby." Then he pointed and pointed to the two people on the ring, and said: "If you understand the method of observing appearances, you will find that the two of them are full of evil spirits, and their faces are dead. If it is not true When it comes to life and death, no one will come to fight this kind of death ring, you will undoubtedly cut off their last way of life by rushing up like this." Then he sighed: "Brother Guan, don't you think that we have nothing to do with the people on the ring?" Are people very similar? They are all at the juncture of life and death, fighting to the death for a chance of life, now you have the ability to save them, but when it is our turn, who will come to save us?"

"Ah!" Guan Zheng let go of his fist in frustration, sighed, and said, "Could it be true that people under the Dao are like pigs and dogs?"

"Let's go!" Xu Changqing didn't speak, Guan Zheng needed to understand many things by himself, so he patted Guan Zheng's shoulder and walked into Xingwu's arms.

After Xu Changqing and Guan Zheng walked in, they immediately attracted a lot of attention. Although there are quite a few people wearing western clothes, there are not many people who can dress so well.The guys in the restaurant have developed a pair of snobbish eyes. Seeing Xu Changqing and Xu Changqing's clothes, they knew how to treat them. They immediately greeted them and said, "Welcome, welcome, do you want to stay in the restaurant or eat?" Do you want some tea?"

"Let's drink tea!" Xu Changqing casually gave the waiter a few pieces of silver, and said, "Open a private room, or something lively."

"Okay! Please come with me." The clerk took the broken silver, smiled on his face, and quickly led Xu Changqing and Guan Zheng to the private room in the inner courtyard, and then ordered several people to bring some flower and fruit snacks , made a pot of good tea, put it on the table respectfully, and asked Xu Changqing who was sitting down in a low voice: "Do you need anything else? Do you want to find two singers to serve you?" , or play two hands in the outside game?"

"No need! You go and tell your boss that an old friend from the south is visiting, and I hope to see him." Xu Changqing filled his teacup, took a sip, and then said.

The guy was stunned for a moment, then returned to his usual 'color', bowed his head and said, "Young one, go and tell the boss, you two sit down slowly."

After speaking, he backed out, and then heard the sound of him trotting away in the corridor.

"The guys here seem to have good worldly skills. It seems that Xingwulu is also a place where dragons and tigers are hidden!" Guan Zheng heard the footsteps of the guys leaving, and couldn't help sighing, then turned his head and asked Xu Changqing : "How did the master know the owner of this family? To be honest, from the actions of the owner, Guan can conclude that he is not a good person, and the fact that the master has such a character to know such a person really makes Guan feel a little bit uncomfortable." Surprised?"

"I have made friends with people from all walks of life. Maybe you will be more and more surprised like this in the future." Xu Changqing didn't answer directly, but just smiled lightly.

Not long after, I heard a burst of heavy footsteps coming from outside the door. One of the footsteps was a little flimsy, and it should be that guy's, while the other footsteps were heavy, and the footwork was extremely solid, and the breathing was steady and long. Vigorous, but it also shows that he has a masculine kung fu.After the two arrived at the door, he waved his hands to let the buddies leave, then pushed them away and walked in. When he came in and saw Xu Changqing sitting next to the table, he was stunned.

At this time, Guan Zheng just saw the appearance of the owner of the restaurant, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a burly man.I saw that the person was more than eight feet tall, standing upright, his head was almost touching the threshold, and he was wearing a robe made of Jiangnan silk and satin, which made him feel awkward no matter how he wore it. Seeing how he looked like a bandit, he was short of having the words "I am a bandit" carved on his face.

Just when Guan Zheng was wondering about this person's previous occupation, he saw him kneel down in front of Xu Changqing with a plop, knocked his head three times, and said respectfully: "Master, disciple Wang San is here for Master!" Kowtow!"

Xu Changqing shook his head helplessly, smiled and stretched out his hand to lift Long Jinbao up from the ground, and said: "Didn't I tell you that back then? I just made your iron cloth shirt a big success by the way. And it’s just to point you out a way out, it’s not your master.”

"In the mind of my disciples, you will always be my master, Wang San." Long Jinbao looked at Xu Changqing with great respect, and said without denying it.

"You can call it whatever you like!" Although Xu Changqing didn't agree, but he wasn't going to give up his mind completely, and didn't get too entangled in this issue. He turned around and introduced: "This is the Guan family from the old exorcist family. The doorman is Guan Zhengguan Daxia." Then he pointed to Long Jinbao and said, "This is the owner of the restaurant, Long Jinbao, whose real name is Wang San."

"Nobleman, you are really a nobleman!" Long Jinbao stepped forward to salute Guan Zheng with a look of surprise on his face, "The deeds of the 38 righteous men of the Guan family who resisted the British and French allied forces alone are still spread among the people in the north. They all called the 38 seniors land gods, but they did not expect to be from the lineage of gods, please be respected by Long Jinbao!"

Long Jinbao's sincere respect for the ancestors of the Guan family made Guan Zheng's dislike for him subside a lot. Although he still didn't have a good impression of him, his expression was no longer so stiff, and he raised his hand lightly to return the salute. : "I, Guan Zheng, can't be called a hero. Shopkeeper Long really needs to be more polite."

Although Long Jinbao looks vulgar, he has a fine heart, otherwise he would not be able to open such a large restaurant here. He clearly felt Guan Zheng's indifference towards him, so he stopped disturbing Guan Zheng and turned his head. He said to Xu Changqing: "After the apprentice planned to finish this period of time, he took the time to send some rare and exotic objects found for the master this time. Since the master is here, he happened to take it away with him."

As he said that, he turned around and prepared to ask someone to pick up his things. Xu Changqing immediately raised his hand to stop him and said, "It's not busy, just sit down! I haven't seen you for six or seven years, and this time the train just stopped in Bazhou When I come down, I will come to see you and see how you are doing? But seeing that you are doing really well, I finally did not mention you in vain. "

"I still have to thank you, Master, for your suggestion." Long Jinbao smiled, sat opposite Xu Changqing, and said, "I also want to thank the third master of the Chen family. When he heard that I was in Bazhou, So I sent some men to help my apprentice open up the situation, and even borrowed some money to open this restaurant for me, which allowed me to gain a foothold here."

"So that's the case. No wonder you were able to gain a foothold here so quickly. It turns out that the third child is helping you." Xu Changqing nodded slightly, then pointed to the cloud piercer protruding from the roof of the front yard and said: " Now that you've mixed up, is it necessary to set up such a domineering arena to take advantage of people's viciousness? Although all the people who go up are desperadoes, after all, there will be harm to others. Yes, you can use evil spirits to rise to the top, but you are now in the restaurant business, which is regarded as a good business. Even if you can use evil spirits for a while, it will last for a long time. It seems that I will set up a Fengshui bureau for this restaurant and suggest that you put down this dress Yunlei's people have ulterior motives!"

"There are other things like this, no wonder the things my apprentice has encountered recently are always a bit unsatisfactory. It turns out that the root cause is this cloud piercing ring. This damned Ding III dared to frame me, and he must..." Long Jinbao Hearing Xu Changqing's words, he was convinced, angry, and clamored to show off to the person who put down the feng shui bureau, but seeing Guan Zheng's expression slightly unsure, he immediately calmed down and followed Guan Zheng's direction. In his mind, he said to Xu Changqing: "Master, please rest assured, after this fight is over, the apprentice will immediately send someone to tear down the ring."

"You can figure it out for yourself!" Xu Changqing was noncommittal, took a sip of tea, suddenly stared at Long Jinbao's face for a long time, frowned and said, "Bingsha entered the cabinet! Jinbao, have you been with Long Jinbao recently? People in the army had contact, or were they involved in some military matters?"

"Master, how did you find out?" Long Jinbao's face was startled, and then he returned to normal, and said: "A few days ago, the apprentice did come into contact with a person from Tianjin, he is one of the three masters of Beiyang. The number one person under Feng Guozhang and Lord Feng is Cao Kun, who is now in charge of the third town of Beiyang. Now that Yuan Shikai has stepped down, the Beiyang New Army is extremely chaotic. Feng Duan and Feng Duan have always been at odds. Now that there is no control, the two They are all aggressively expanding their power. Cao Kun came here to win me over and set up a new non-staff army, with my apprentice as the new military leader. Up to now, the apprentice has not made up his mind whether he should listen to him? Now the master is here Just give me a 'confusion'?"

"Cao Kun?" Xu Changqing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Why did he, a leader who dominates the Northeast, ask you, the owner of a restaurant, to form a new army? Is there any other affection?"