Chapter seventy-one
In the restaurant, Xiahou Zhuo looked at the men and introduced them to Li Dioudi one by one.
"His name is Ruan Chen, and Qingyi arrays three knots."
When Xiahou Zhuo said this, he paused for a moment and explained to Li Dioudiu what the three knots are.
"Look at his clothes, there are red knots on his sleeves on his left wrist. This red rope is called a knot of loyalty in the Qingyi array. The more knots of loyalty, the higher the status ranks in the Qingyi array."
"The least one is the one who just joined the Qingyi Array. They only have one loyalty, and the most one is seven. There are only one person with seven loyalty on their sleeves, which is the leader of our Qingyi Array. There are four people with six loyalty, and they are called the Array Gate in the Qingyi Array."
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Dioudiu, took out a red rope from his arms and handed it to Li Dioudiu: "Embroidering this red rope on the sleeve means that you are also a brother in the Qingyi array."
A knot was tied to the red rope he handed to Li Dioudiu.
Li Dioudiu solemnly put away the red rope.
Xiahou Zhuo smiled and said, "Damn it, let me get started with someone as young as you, I feel like my green-clothed array is quite a bit worse. I have become a big deal to deceive children. Alas... the world is so difficult."
All of those people laughed.
Xiahou continued to introduce: "His name is Ruan Mu, and he is a brother to Ruan Chen, and he is also a three-knot in the Qingyi array."
Li Dioudi felt a little weird, but he was embarrassed to say it, because the names of the two brothers were really unfriendly to men. One was named Ruan Chen and the other was named Ruan Mu. They were together for a day.
Xiahou Zhuo saw Li Dioudi's eyes narrowed slightly and knew that this guy was not thinking of anything good. After coughing a few times, he continued to introduce: "This person is Jia Dongxing, Qingyi Array Three Knots, and this person is Zhen Hongxing, Qingyi Array Three Knots, are all brothers who have a life-and-death friendship with me."
After the introduction, Li Dioudiu leaned over to salute one by one.
Li Dioudi asked curiously: "What about you?"
Xiahou Zhuo said: "It's four knots."
Li Dioudi asked curiously again: "Generally speaking, organizations like yours can collect my younger brothers from what kind of knot?"
Xiahou Zhuo said seriously: "We Qingyi Array is not a gang of gangsters in the world, and we cannot come in casually anyone who wants to come in. Qingyi Array is extremely rigorous in recruiting newcomers. Not only should we be able to examine martial arts, but also character. Even if our martial arts are strong, we should not be able to do so, Qingyi Array will never be allowed."
Li Dioudiu understood, he nodded and said, "That is to say, brothers, Brother Xiahou is the fourth knot of Qingyi, and the four brothers are the third knot of Qingyi, and you five are the only one younger brother so far."
The four people looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
Although Xiahou Zhuo felt a little embarrassed, he still had to admit: "Yes... we are five, you are the only one younger brother for the time being."
Li Dioudiu said: "It's so honorable."
He asked again: "Then are there any rules for our Qingyi array?"
Xiahou Zhuo said: "I just said that what Qingyi Array values most is a person's character. The so-called rules mean that you cannot do things that harm the world. Looking back, I will give you a copy of the rules of the Qingyi Array. You must remember carefully that the Qingyi Array is not as simple as you think, nor as scammers as you think. The reason why you can successfully enter the Qingyi Array..."
Xiahou Zhuo paused for a moment and looked at the four people and said, "It was your four brothers who jointly signed with me to ensure that you have no problem with your character and good martial arts skills, so you are exempt from the assessment."
Li Dioudiu said: "It seems that my character is really nothing."
Xiahou Zhuo said seriously: "Your character...barely the lower limit of our Qingyi array's character requirements... Otherwise, do you think you need five people to jointly build a guarantee for you?"
Li Dioudiu: "..."
Xiahou Zhuo smiled and said, "Just...but you are indeed the first person in Qingyi's array recruitment recruitment in the past six months. Are you proud?"
Li Dioudiu had to ask: "Does the membership fee be paid?"
Xiahou Zhuo: "..."
Li Dioudiu said: "I only hired one in half a year. First, I think the rules for our Qingyi array are really strict. Second, are we quite poor? If there are too many people, I can't afford to support it?"
He had seen all these four people, although he had never spoken. Last time Xiahou Zhuo was seriously injured, all four of the people who rushed over later were there. Li Dioudi could see that they were all of the same kind as Xiahou Zhuo, otherwise he would not have joked casually.
At this moment, Xiahou Zhuo stood up. As he stood up, the four brothers also stood up, and the faces of the five people became awesome. Li Dioudi knew that he was going to talk about serious things at a glance, so he quickly stood up.
"Li Chi, what I want to tell you now is what Qingyi Array needs to do in Jizhou City. You must never tell anyone who has nothing to do with Qingyi Array. Once Qingyi Array is implicated because of what you said nonsense, the formation master and the formation gate will do it according to family law."
Li Dioudiu nodded: "Remember."
Xiahou Zhuo continued: "What Qingyi wants to deal with is the secret forces in Jizhou City who do evil and do everything they want to do, that is, the bad guys in the eyes of children like you."
He glanced at Li Dioudiu and said, "Every night, the brothers in Qingyi would patrol the city of Jizhou to deal with thieves, bandits, and people who robbed the house. Although the government would also send people to patrol after the curfew, they were perfunctory and didn't know where they would go to sleep."
"And when it comes to night, it is when those who are stalking out to do bad things. Although there are curfews, the places such as brothels and casinos are paid, and Jizhou Prefecture does not care about them, and there will be many evil people in these places."
Li Dioudiu asked: "Do you have to patrol all night?"
"No."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "You listen to me first. Part of the income of the brothers in Qingyi Linear was paid by these merchants. They paid the money. We are responsible for helping them make their business safe and no one disturbed them, but Qingyi Linear does not charge the casino money."
Li Dioudiu asked: "Why?"
Xiahou Zhuo said: "You know, the money in the casino is not clean."
Li Dioudiu said: "If we collect money from the casino and the Qingyi array takes over, then the casino is cleaner than others, isn't it?"
Xiahou Zhuo was stunned, thought for a while and said, "You said this and suddenly felt that it made me feel very reasonable. Don't mention this for now. I will go back and say to the formation master and see what the formation master thinks."
He continued to Li Dioudiu: "According to the rules set by the leader of the formation, we will catch the thief and we will take one-fifth of the stolen goods on the thief. Otherwise, wouldn't the brothers stay up in vain? We are not in the official uniforms and have no salary."
"Tonight, you can go out with the brothers who are lined up in Qingyi. You are still studying in the academy, so you don't have to patrol every night like them. We will look for you when you need to do anything, and study with peace of mind when you don't need you."
Li Dioudiu nodded: "I understand."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "The place I am responsible for is the academy and the two streets of the north and south of the academy. So are your four brothers. Because I... are really lazy, they are all on duty every night. In those places where the money is paid, our special brothers stay. There is nothing to worry about in those places. The five of us are actually... support teams."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "If those brothers stationed on the businessmen's territory encounter tough problems, the five of us will rush over immediately."
Li Dioudi nodded: "So, are all the five brothers who are more capable of fighting among the Qingyi array?"
The four people looked at Xiahou Zhuo at the same time. Xiahou Zhuo said with shame: "Although it seems a bit proud if you admit it, it is indeed the case."
Li Dioudiu said: "Your martial arts..." Xiahou Zhuo said: "What's wrong with my martial arts? I'm different from you. You learn martial arts and I learn murder skills. So most of the time I like to use bricks when fighting with people, because hitting people with bricks is lighter than hitting people with murder skills."
Li Dioudi understood that martial arts are actually killing skills, but not everyone who learns martial arts can transform martial arts into killing skills. Xiahou Zhuo practiced the methods he used to fight on weekdays, which was completely different.
"I've almost explained it clearly."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "Let's order food and have a meal. After you go back in the afternoon, you can rest well. It's a formal entry to be on duty with us at night. In the future, if you have work at night, you won't call you."
Li Dioudiu was thinking about another thing. Xiahou Zhuo saw that he was in a daze and knew that things were not good, so he immediately added.
"Don't think about going out to catch people at night. Although you are already a brother in Qingyi's array, you are still young. What if you encounter any danger? The world of the night is completely different from the world you have ever seen."
Li Dioudiu nodded perfunctorily: "I understand."
He asked: "Actually, did Qingyi also receive a bounty from the yamen?"
Xiahou Zhuo was silent for a moment and nodded: "It's... some thieves, cruel people, and those in the government dare not catch them. They will ask the brothers in the Qingyi Array to take action. Such people will have a large bounty to seize the government, which is one of the main sources of Qingyi Array's income."
Li Dioudiu nodded: "How long does it take for the government to send a list?"
He looked at Xiahou Zhuo and said seriously: "You know, I'm short of money."
Before Xiahou Zhuo could speak, Ruan Chen took out a piece of stacked paper from his arms and handed it to Li Dioudi: "It's a gift from my brother to you."
Li Dioudiu took the paper and opened it and looked at it. It was a portrait.
"The job I just received, Wang Heita was originally the second in command of a rebel outside the city. Because he had a big break with their boss, he spent a lot of money to run to Jizhou City to hide. This man should have defected to a certain master in Jizhou Prefecture. He is now in charge of Changxing Casino."
Li Dioudi frowned, thought for a while, and asked, "Since you have defected to the government, why do the government ask the Qingyi array to help arrest people?"
Chapter completed!