Ling Cang smiled nonchalantly: "Thank you for the compliment,"
"Hall Master Ling is not a snob..." Zhuge Xiaoyi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly laughed and said, "It's that Hall Master Ling doubts our identity."
"Yes, you just made such a gesture and said a few empty words, how can you prove that you must be from the main gate?" Ling Cang guessed when he heard this, this "Wolong" acted as a think tank within the main gate. effect.
Hua Chenche was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked Ling Cang: "We are from the main sect, how can we still pretend to be?"
The main sect has always been a thing that exists in legends. Even though the internal fighting in the Ge Laohui was so fierce a few days ago, they have not shown up. In recent decades, they have been based in North America, not to mention the mainland, even the Eastern Hemisphere. He had never been here before, and now they suddenly appeared. Ling Cang had to be more careful: "That's hard to say,"
Zhuge Xiaoyi smiled slightly and said: "If I am right, Hall Master Ling may have prepared people to ambush outside..."
Ling Cang didn't deny it, but he didn't admit it either: "You are very smart."
"Let me make a wild guess. As long as Hall Master Ling sends a signal at this time, they will immediately take action against us."
"What?" Zhang Xiaochen was quite nervous and subconsciously looked outside.
"Don't worry, Hall Master Ling has no ill intentions. It's just for personal safety." Zhuge Xiaoyi waved his hand and asked Ling Cang with a smile, "I don't know if my guess is right."
Ling Cang nodded helplessly: "Okay, I admit, it's completely correct."
"Actually, Hall Master Ling's caution is justified." After sighing, Zhuge Xiaoyi suggested: "How can we prove our identity? Hall Master Ling can just ask us."
"Yes," Hua Chenche nodded hurriedly: "If you have any doubts, just say it."
"That's right," Zhuge Xiaoyi made a "please" gesture and said slowly: "Although Hongmen doesn't have a fuse, it does have a tea cup array, code words and gestures. Hall Master Ling can use them to test us."
Ling Cang's eyes passed over the faces of the three people. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly smiled and sat down magnanimously: "Since you all said so, I believe you are,"
Zhuge Xiaoyi asked doubtfully: "Really?"
"If you dare to ask me to take the test, you must know these things well. Then, even if you are pretending, you have done enough preparations and I have no way of noticing."
Zhuge Xiaoyi said with a half-smile: "Maybe we don't understand at all, this is an empty city plan and deliberately defrauding the hall master."
Ling Cang also said with a half-smile, "Then consider me unlucky,"
"Okay, cool," Hua Chenche laughed a few times and said slowly: "Don't worry, Hall Master Ling, we won't lie to you. They are definitely from the main sect. They are guaranteed to be genuine."
Ling Cang immediately said: "Then I have some questions,"
Hua Chenche nodded: "Please speak,"
"Wait a minute." When Zhuge Xiaoyi saw that Hua Chenche was about to speak, he made a gesture of silence, and then ordered Zhang Xiaochen: "Take this person out."
Zhang Xiaochen nodded, picked up the killer bundled like a rice dumpling with one hand, and walked out the door.
Seeing Zhang Xiaochen close the door, Zhuge Xiaoyi nodded: "Let's talk now,"
"Since the reform and opening up, various Hongmen organizations have returned one after another, either doing business under the banner of legitimate businessmen, or engaging in some shady activities," Ling Cang looked at Zhuge Xiaoyi and asked word by word Said: "Only the main gate is always on the North American side. I don't know why."
"The reason is very simple. The identity of the chief sect is too sensitive." Taking a deep breath, Zhuge Xiaoyi said with emotion: "You should understand that this country is very sensitive to various underground associations, especially Hongmen. It has been passed down for hundreds of years, and its name is so famous. At the beginning of the founding of the new country, three methods were adopted to deal with various Hongmen organizations at that time, either to recruit them, to clean them up, or to drive them out of the country. Although the current situation is It has changed, but the big policy remains. As long as other Hongmen organizations do business seriously and don’t do some things behind the scenes, the country welcomes them, but the nature of the main branch is different, because it is like an incubator, spawning future generations. All Hongmen organizations,”
"Hallmaster Ling doesn't know that even in North America, we are still under surveillance by the 03 Brigade," Hua Chenche sighed and shook his head: "How do you think we dare to set foot in the mainland so easily?"
"So that's it," Ling Cang said, somewhat believing the other party. He also learned from these words that the 03 brigade also had strength deployed abroad.
"In the past few decades, we have been testing to a limited extent to see if we can come back, and we also want to find out what the country's attitude is towards us." After a pause, Hua Chenche said slowly: "You You may not believe it, but that’s the truth,”
"Hall Master Ling may want to ask why we are back now," Zhuge Xiaoyi smiled and said slowly: "The reason is very simple. After these years of waiting, we found that this country is open to us. As for prompting us The incentive for returning is naturally the infighting within the Ge Lao Hui."
"As I said before, the relationship between Brother Laohui and the main sect is only nominal, and there has never been any substantive affiliation." Ling Cang looked at the two people and suddenly smiled: "You don't want to Take this opportunity to establish your authority,"
Zhuge Xiaoyi asked: "Why not?"
"This shows that your ambitions are too great," Ling Cang said, slowly stood up, and seemed to want to say goodbye and leave: "The Ding family has ambitions, and so does Renzitang. To me, you are no different from them. ,"
"People will make progress because they are ambitious. Hall Master Ling, you have gone from an ordinary high school student to an important figure in the elder brother association today. It must be driven by ambition." Zhuge Xiaoyi said with a smile: "If Hall Master Ling has no If you have no ambitions, you can go back to live in seclusion in the mountains of your hometown in the Northeast and become a modern Tao Yuanming."
"You are right, I also have ambitions, but if my ambitions conflict with yours, what do you think I should do?"
"On what basis do you say there will be a conflict,"
"Is there no conflict?" shrugged his shoulders, Ling Cang said slowly: "No one wants someone to take care of him. Not to mention that I haven't become the master of the hall yet. Even if I do, I don't want to be accepted by anyone." control,"
"I think you misunderstood,"
"What a misunderstanding,"
Zhuge Xiaoyi pointed to the chair: "Hall Master Ling, sit down first, and we will talk later."
"Okay," Ling Cang nodded, and sat back down again: "Go ahead,"
"Historically, the Zongmen rarely gave direct orders to other Hongmen organizations. In more cases, it played the role of the central nervous system, which was to coordinate the relationship between various Hongmen organizations and connect everyone to jointly take action to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. "When the time comes, it's like a brain, making plans." After a pause, Zhuge Xiaoyi said with emotion: "For hundreds of years, the status of the main sect has remained unchanged. It is precisely this that we rely on. We do not interfere with other organizations." In internal affairs, I don’t regard myself as the boss,”
Ling Cang knew based on his own knowledge that there was something hidden in Zhuge Xiaoyi's words.
To a large extent, the status of the main sect is also consolidated by strong power, and there are too many organizations under the banner of Hongmen. During the period when there were the most associations and organizations in history, any little bastard, as long as he and Hongmen If you have a little connection with the family, you can win over a few people and call yourself a member of the Hongmen.
Faced with such a wide variety of so-called "Hongmen", even if the general sect wants to command the heroes, there is no way.
However, it is normal for Zhuge Xiaoyi not to say this. After all, no one wants to expose his own shortcomings, so Ling Cang can understand: "You mean, history is like this, and you will not get involved in Ge Laohui today,"
"That's right,"
"Then why did you come to me?"
"Help you become the leader of the hall, revitalize the Ge Lao Hui, and unite with us to carry forward the cause of Hongmen,"
"The cause of Hongmen..." Ling Cang felt a little heavy when he heard this sentence: "The original intention of the establishment of Hongmen was very simple, but the actual behavior is not simple at all. I don't know how many people are using the banner of Hongmen, It’s just to satisfy their own selfish interests. For example, the Ge Lao Hui was established under this general background. They inherited the rules and etiquette of Hongmen, but they never felt that they had anything to do with the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.”
"What Hall Master Ling said is a bit absolute. Only some people have this attitude. There are more people who have never forgotten the purpose of Hongmen." After a pause, Zhuge Xiaoyi said word by word: "Back then, Many brothers and elders have contributed to the fight against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and today there are even people like your father-in-law,"
"He is outside the mainstream,"
"I admire Hall Master Ling for being able to expose his own family scandal," Zhuge Xiaoyi smiled with an unknown meaning, and then added: "But, has Hall Master Ling ever thought about turning non-DC into the mainstream?"
Ling Cang hesitated: "This..."
"Historical development is like a long river. People and things change over time. What was non-mainstream in the past can become mainstream, and it can also become non-mainstream again." Zhuge Xiaoyi walked closer, looked at Ling Cang and said seriously: "As long as we I never lost my soul,"
"Well said," Ling Cang agreed with these words and nodded slowly: "Then what is Hongmen's career?"
"The founding of Hongmen was due to the brutal rule of foreigners. The slogan put forward at that time was 'remaining Han', which meant preserving the blood of the Han nation under oppression,"
"You are right, so..." Ling Cang immediately reminded: "After the Revolution of 1911, most Hongmen organizations believed that their purpose had been achieved and disbanded on their own."
"Yes, the Manchu dynasty did fall, but..." Zhuge Xiaoyi looked directly into Ling Cang's eyes, and his voice became a little high-pitched: "Hall Master Ling believes that the mission of 'expelling the Tartars and restoring China' has been Has it been realized?"