"Didn't you say that we still need to find Mr. Wenwu?" Lao Liu asked as he was surrounded by people walking forward.
"That's us." Hou Er and others laughed and said, "Anyone who has been in the gang for more than five years can be a civil and military teacher. We have no other advantage, except that we have long seniority."
"Don't we still need to examine it, which can be as short as one or two months, or as long as one and a half years?" Lao Liu asked again.
"Haha, that's all bluffing. What's he going to eat for such a long time? Give Mr. Wenwu a gift and we'll deal with it." The beggars laughed and said, "How can a beggar be so poor and picky? The better.
The more particular you are, the poorer you will be."
To follow the rules, you need to have capital. Once there is no money, the rules often become just a formality. Especially a group of stinky beggars will definitely change in the direction with the least rules.
"But this is the first time that brothers like Hong Qi joined the gang on the same day." Hou Er was afraid that the sixth brother would regret it, so he emphasized: "It will take a few months."
"Yeah." Lao Liu nodded and said with a smile: "The gang leader needs some kind words from my brother."
"It's easy to talk, as long as brother teaches me the art of talking, we will be brothers for life." Hou Er and Lao Liu said intimately.
While joking, everyone came outside an abandoned temple located in the slums of Dongcheng.
"This is our chief helm?" Lao Liu saw a row of beggars sitting under the wall at the entrance of the temple, sunbathing, and immediately felt like he was home.
"Our chief helmsman is not here, this is just one of our halls." Hou Er whispered: "There has been a lot of unrest in the city recently, and the official officials keep asking us to beg for food, so the gang leader took us here to avoid it.
Get out of the limelight.”
"Understood, the cunning rabbit has three caves." Lao Liu nodded.
"You wait outside first, I will go in and report." After Hou Er said this, he asked several brothers to accompany Lao Liu and his group, while he went in with another older beggar.
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In the backyard of the ruined temple, a brazier is lit in the abbot's room.
An old beggar in his fifties was sitting on Zhang Chan's bed, adding firewood to the brazier and listening carefully to the sounds.
Suddenly, there was a knocking sound beneath him. He quickly stood up and pulled the Zen bed away, revealing a stone door under the bed.
He pushed the stone slab away with all his strength, and a young man with disheveled hair climbed out.
At the same time, there was also a strong medicinal smell.
Then the two worked together to restore the stone slab and Zen bed.
The old beggar asked in a low voice: "Gang leader, is that man feeling better today?"
"Well, the wound has scabbed over, and the fever has basically gone away. When he woke up, he said a few words to me." The gang leader was naturally Shu Laibao. He threw the medical waste he brought into the brazier.
Burning, he said happily:
"This life should have been saved. All the hard work this gang leader has put in is not in vain."
"Yes, the gang leader has done a lot for him." The old beggar sighed: "The province is going crazy looking for him. I heard that Xiong Qitai actually offered a reward of 100,000 guan today! 100,000 guan!
It can make people sell themselves!"
"What do you mean?" Shu Laibao was young, but he was very evil-minded. Hearing this, he glanced at the old beggar with a somewhat evil look.
"Gang leader, don't worry, this old man gave you his life, and I won't betray you even if you give me a hundred thousand guan." The old beggar hurriedly patted his chest to clarify, and then advised: "It's just that you keep saying to save him. It’s for the sake of finding rare items, and now should be the most valuable time, right?”
"You know nothing!" Shu Laibao sneered and said, "Xiong Qitai himself can't even protect himself. The money he gave me? I'm afraid I'll take it with my life, but I won't spend it with my life."
"No way. The imperial envoy sent by the imperial court this time is his old boss. Doesn't it mean that he should be protected?" The old beggar had a different view.
"Are you talking about Shen Liben? He is nothing!" Shu Laibao said disdainfully: "This world belongs to our ancestor. If you offend the old Zhu family, you will die sooner or later."
"Well, the county magistrate might as well be in charge now. The emperor has too many things to worry about, and I'm afraid he won't be able to take care of us in Jiangxi." The old beggar sighed.
"No, no, the emperor is most concerned about Jiangxi right now." Shu Laibao said stubbornly: "Otherwise, Liu Shenzheng would not have died a tragic death."
"Alas..." The old beggar was still waiting for further persuasion when the gatekeeper's voice sounded from outside: "Gang leader, Hou Er wants to see you."
"Yeah." Shu Laibao just didn't want to talk to the old beggar any more, so he smiled at him and said, "Believe me, that's right. Come on, let's see what Hou Er has to do."
"Oh, okay." The old beggar nodded helplessly and followed Shu Laibao out of the meditation room.
After saying that, the disciple still stood guard at the door and no one was allowed to enter the gang leader's room.
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In the Mahavira Hall, the gang leader ascended to his throne. The old beggar stood aside.
"Hou Er and Chen San, what's the matter with you?" Shu Laibao asked the two people in the hall in a deep voice.
"Let me tell you, the leader of the gang, that I have recruited a great talent for Xie!" Hou Er said with joy: "This man is simply a born beggar, a beggar master! If this person joins the gang, the leader of the gang has always wanted to make it bigger and stronger. Creating brilliance will definitely come true!”
"Yes," Chen San on the side also hurriedly agreed: "That Hong Qi is so powerful. The amount of money one person can collect can catch up with our entire gang!"
"Real or false?" Shu Laibao was moved when he heard this: "There is such a person in Nanchang? How come this gang leader has never heard of him?"
"He came from Jiujiang. He just arrived in Nanchang not long ago, so we discovered this." Hou Er hurriedly expressed his merit: "It's easy to talk, and he said that the gang leader is thirsty for talents, and that we are beggars. Like a family member, they even invited him to join the gang. The gang leader must meet him."
"Yes, the gang leader must meet him." For the benefit Hong Qixu gave them, Chen San also nodded vigorously. "We have neglected the master and asked him to transfer elsewhere, and we will have no place to cry."
"As for..." Shu Laibao was also interested and said with a smile: "Then let's meet him and see if he is as amazing as you say."
"Okay." The two of them jumped three feet high and happily went out to call for help.
"It seems that man is really capable of making these two old fritters so excited." The old beggar on the side chuckled.
"I don't believe there is a better beggar than this gang leader." Shu Laibao muttered.
After a while, Lao Liu and others were sent to the Main Hall.
Shu Laibao looked at this group of people, including a burly young man, a bad old man with bad eyesight, and a tomboy who looked like a woman disguised as a man. The other men were also very capable and not easy to mess with at first glance.
.
Lao Liu also looked at Shu Laibao and saw that this boy was only about twenty years old. He had a sinister eyebrow and a sharp eye. He was very clever from the bottom of his heart. He was indeed called by the wrong nickname.
"Take them down!" Shu Laibao suddenly slapped the armrest of the seat and shouted.
Two hundred beggars inside and outside the hall heard the order, and all rushed in with sticks and shouts.
Several guards quickly protected the three His Highnesses behind them. Although they were outnumbered, they showed no fear.
