Suitable for: raising beams, praying for blessings, collecting wealth.
Taboo: Do not taboo on anything
Today is the fiftieth birthday of Jiang Tianxiong, the Heluo hero in Luoyang City. As early as January, Jiang Tianxiong had sent people to send out invitations. Heroes from all walks of life will gather in Luoyang City today.
Jiang Tianxiong's birthday party is destined to be anything but simple.
Fifty years old is an important age for Jianghu people. It means that people have passed through their prime years and entered their twilight years. Therefore, most Jianghu people will choose to wash their hands and withdraw from Jianghu at the age of fifty.
Heluo hero Jiang Tianxiong sent out invitations to his birthday banquet, and all sects paid great attention to it. Most of the sect leaders came in person with a few outstanding disciples, or arranged for their senior disciples to visit.
Jiang Tianxiong has a very wide network of contacts, not to mention that he is also the instructor of the Imperial Guards and a wealthy businessman in Luoyang. Just in terms of Jianghu, Jiang Tianxiong has been involved in Jianghu for decades since he became famous. There are also various waves in Jianghu, but in Luoyang
The area around Heluo in the center is calm.
Especially after the six major factions besieged Perak Hall, Jianghu Zhengdao suffered heavy manpower losses. At this time, Jiang Tianxiong alone took on the important task of being the mainstay.
Ten years ago, Wu Xiazi entrusted the Heluo Wulin to Jiang Tianxiong. In the following ten years, Jiang Tianxiong's reputation almost reached the pinnacle of the Wulin, and he was known as the Heluo Hero.
If it weren't for the fact that there would never be another martial arts leader after Xiao Xiami, otherwise the position of leader would be none other than Jiang Tianxiong.
Of course, there is a saying that people are famous for their right and wrong. After Jiang Tianxiong became famous, the criticism against him gradually increased.
Among them, the most important point that has been repeatedly criticized and slandered is that Jiang Tianxiong is obviously an official (lackey) of the imperial court. What qualifications do he have to hold the position of leader of the martial arts world?
After all, the imperial court and Jianghu have always been at odds with each other, and the relationship between the imperial court and Jianghu has further deteriorated.
Emperor Shenzong of this dynasty, in order to have enough force to solve some major events or important cases that the emperor was more concerned about, specially established a secret organization besides the Jinyi Guards, integrating martial arts masters, spies, detectives and killers.
Because this organization is too secretive, it has not been named, and because the headquarters located in the Forbidden Palace is a room facing north and south, with doors on three sides, southeast and west. This room has two doors on each side, six in total, so
It is called "Six Doors".
Once the Six Sects were established, countless martial arts masters joined the Six Sects in order to help future generations get rid of their humble status and become officials, or simply seek wealth.
Just like the most powerful person in catching thieves is the Saint of Thieves, the Six Gates are particularly good at "dealing with" gang conflicts and martial arts people who have been against the government for a long time.
Of course, when a person in the martial arts world is cornered when being hunted by the Six Gates, he can also change his identity and join the Six Gates.
These people who have committed crimes and made meritorious deeds are even more ruthless when they bite Jianghu people.
Therefore, since the day Liumenmen was established, people in the world have been in a state of panic and faced a dilemma of life and death.
Therefore, most martial arts people have a bad impression when they hear about Six Doors.
Of course, it would be better if it was someone like Shi Gang who had never been in the martial arts world and joined the Six Sects as a head catcher. After all, they themselves were members of the government.
If someone from the martial arts world joins the Six Sects, they will definitely be looked down upon by people in the world.
Although Jiang Tianxiong is not from the Six Gates, he serves in the military after all, so rumors about him have never stopped.
In recent years, perhaps because he was upset by the rumors, Jiang Tianxiong paid little attention to the affairs in the world and devoted himself to cultivating the disciples in the Tiangang Sect.
As soon as the tiger took a nap, various little ones appeared again, such as Heifeng Village, which was causing a lot of trouble during this period.
It was at this time that everyone discovered that behind the decades of peace and tranquility in Heluo, it was actually Jiang Tianxiong who had done most of it by himself. He only paid little attention to Jianghu affairs, which made bandits rampant. If Jiang Tianxiong
On his birthday, Xiong announced his retirement from the world, so the world of Heluo was not about to change.
It is said that a tiger father has no son. Jiang Tianxiong has an only son named Jiang Yu. Although he is young, he has learned the true inheritance of his father's Tiangang Boxing. He has extremely high martial arts understanding and is known as a little prodigy.
Jiang Yu also had extremely high attainments in Buddhism, and was highly praised by the abbot of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, saying that if he enters Buddhism, he will definitely become a golden Arhat in the future.
However, no matter how talented Jiang Yu is in both civil and military affairs, he is only nineteen years old after all, so he may not be able to assume the important task of guarding Heluo.
Therefore, after receiving the invitation to Jiang Tianxiong's birthday banquet, the heroes came to wish him a happy birthday, and they also had a wait-and-see attitude.
At the same time, Tiangangmen has another big problem, it is not a Jianghu sect.
Although the Tiangang Sect also accepts apprentices to practice martial arts, and Jiang Tianxiong is still a Heluo hero, the Jiang family's martial arts training is just a family tradition. In fact, they are businessmen, and the apprentices they accept are used to guard the courtyard.
It can be said that this generation of family leader Jiang Tianxiong stepping forward to become a martial arts hero is an extremely unusual thing. It has never happened before.
In Jiang Yu's generation, no matter whether he can take on the heavy responsibility of Heluo Hero or not, as long as he is still in the world, he can still be regarded as a pillar in the righteous path.
The most fearful thing is that Jiang Tianxiong announces his retirement and Jiang Yu does not set foot in the world. Then the entire Tiangang Sect will be separated from the world.
In this way, the impact on the martial arts will be so great that it will directly change the structure of the martial arts.
There are currently six major sects in the martial arts world, namely Xiaoyao Valley, Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan, Beggar Clan, and Tianshan. Among them, Xiaoyao Valley is a branch of the original Xiaoyao sect, and another branch of the Xiaoyao sect evolved together with the Kunlun sect.
The Tianshan sect.
There are some peculiarities in the ranking and identification of these six sects, which were specially judged by someone.
Many years ago, a martial artist appeared out of thin air in the martial arts world. Every year at the end of the year, he would evaluate the combat strength of the martial arts sects. In other words, whoever he said was more powerful would be more powerful.
From top to bottom of Jianghu sects, Bai Xiaosheng only commented on the top ten, among which the top six were the six sects.
The Tiangang Sect, which has been in the limelight in recent years, has always been ranked seventh. The difference between it and the Tianshan Sect, which is ranked sixth, is very significant, not to mention the other sects in the top three.
Many people are unconvinced by this. Why should you decide the rankings in the world? Who do you think you are?
However, Jianghu Baixiaosheng never discusses scriptures with others. His whereabouts are unpredictable. If someone wants to forcefully entangle with him, he will be thrown away at will.
Until a few years ago, Xiaoyao Valley defeated Tianyi City in a battle that suppressed everyone. It turned out that even if there was only Wu Xiazi left in Xiaoyao Valley, he was still ranked first among the six major sects.
Only then did everyone finally believe in Jianghu Baixiaosheng's combat strength list.
The emergence of the combat power list, Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng said, is to encourage various sects to cultivate disciples, because this list does not require you to participate in killings. Being strong means you are strong, and there is no need to prove it.
The six sects lost a large number of disciples fifteen years ago, resulting in a hiatus.
Now whichever sect recovers from the hiatus first will be able to move up the combat power list quickly.
For example, from the ranking of the combat power list three years ago, the Wudang Clan surpassed the Huashan Clan and ranked third, and looking at the posture, the Wudang Clan has the momentum to rush to the second place.
Talented people emerge from generation to generation, and in the past two years, a new generation of righteous disciples have begun to make their mark in the world.
This time, masters from various sects brought their disciples to Jiang Tianxiong's birthday banquet. They also had the idea of taking the disciples to broaden their horizons and allow them to meet the elders in the martial arts world.
With these many factors overlapping together, this birthday banquet can be said to be the most important event in the entire martial arts world in the past ten years.
Huang Xiaoshi has been preparing and planning for this day for a long time. For him, today will definitely be a long and busy day.
…
In the morning, after Huang Xiaoshi had a hearty meal of beef offal soup at Grandma Huai's shop, he walked along the street to eat.
When Huang Xiaoshi turned the third circle along the street, the door of an inconspicuous house opened.
When Huang Xiaoshi saw it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he swooped in.
This residential house looks no different from ordinary residential houses, and the furnishings in the room are also quite satisfactory. Only the huge screen placed in the living room is somewhat out of place with the surrounding environment.
Huang Xiaoshi walked behind the screen and stepped on a floor three times. After a while, a piece of floor bounced out from bottom to top. Huang Xiaoshi bent down and lifted the floor, revealing a narrow step under the floor.
It was dark under the stairs and nothing could be seen.
Huang Xiaoshi walked down the stairs calmly. He also pulled the floor over and covered it with ease.
One, two, three...ten, turn.
One, two, three...ten, turn.
After turning two turns, you can vaguely see lights coming from below.
After turning two more ten-step turns, Huang Xiaoshi had entered a basement about twenty steps long and wide.
I saw lights everywhere in the basement, and the wind came from nowhere. It was neither stuffy nor dark.
In the basement, three or five people have gathered together.
This private house was originally built by a powerful man for some ulterior purpose. Later, when the powerful man committed a crime and the whole family died, the private house was sold off by the government at a cheap price.
One day, the people living in this house discovered this basement, but ordinary people don't have much use for such a large space. Even if it is used by people, it will cost more lamp oil and have to climb stairs.
Later, after this ventilated and soundproof basement was bought by someone, it was built into Luoyang's famous underground casino, specializing in black boxing gambling.
This boxing game is divided into two parts.
One is that spectators place bets on both sides.
Second, you can box on your own.
Don't look at a small black box casino. If it can be opened in Luoyang City, it means that it is not simple at all.
Huang Xiaoshi was brought here to play by Guan Wei, the second boss of the Changhong Escort Agency. Over the next six months, Huang Xiaoshi came to gamble from time to time just to get acquainted with him.
Huang Xiaoshi rushed in as soon as the door opened today. It wasn't that he was itching for a long time and was waiting to gamble, but that a very important special person would come to the underground casino today. Huang Xiaoshi had been planning for this day for a long time.
Now, Huang Xiaoshi is waiting, wondering whether this man will come today or not.
After all, the plot has changed, and some plot characters may not appear.
Huang Xiaoshi's guess was correct. The plot of the game had indeed changed, but the butterfly fanning the wind was not his, but another one, a really big one.
…
In the underground casino, the most eye-catching thing is a tall and sturdy man with a beard but a bald head. Although he is wearing a monk's robe, his words, deeds, and appearance are completely unlike him.
A monk, judging from the evil spirit and fierce look on his face, he looks more like a pig butcher than anything else.
This is the ever-winning champion in underground casinos, Wujie.
Rumor has it that Wujie was a warrior monk in the Bodhidharma Hall of Shaolin Temple. He was not familiar with Buddhist scriptures, but he had a very high level of martial arts. He rebelled from Shaolin because he was tired of the strict rules and precepts.
Wujie has made a lot of money in the past few years by playing black boxing in underground casinos, but the money comes and goes even faster.
Whenever Wujie squandered all his money, he would return to the underground casino to box. At present, he has won ninety-nine games in a row.
Next to the stout Wujie, there were two guys who were dressed differently from ordinary people.
Although February is already warm and the flowers are blooming, it is not yet hot. A guy is wearing a brown short coat. The short coat is deliberately open, revealing a patch of black hair on his chest and abdomen. This man's appearance is decent, but his brows are full of expressions.
Endlessly obscene.
Although the other guy was neatly dressed, he had two earrings made of dice hanging on his earlobes. He was also turning over a few dice in his hand as if they were flowers. His slender eyes were full of cunning light.
Huang Xiaoshi recognized them at a glance. These two strange people were [Prostitution] and [Gambling], one of the four murderers. But he didn't want to do anything about them yet. Huang Xiaoshi found a place to lean against the wall and wait quietly.
The underground casino does not open every day. It only opens three times a month, and every time it opens, many people come to play.
After a while, there were more and more people in the underground casino. The dealer saw that there were a lot of people coming, so he shouted loudly: "Come on, come on, the market is open. It's Wujie's hundredth game, as long as you win
If you don’t take the precept, you will get 40,000 Wen, and if you lose, you will lose 500 Wen.”
After the dealer shouted three times, someone actually came forward to challenge Wu Jie.
I saw this man with a thick waist and round arms, and he looked like a hunter in the mountains.
"Banker, I'll fight." The hunter couldn't hold it any longer and took a few steps forward to walk into the white circle drawn with lime.
"Okay, this strong man wants to challenge Wujie." When the banker saw it, he shouted loudly, "Please pay five hundred coins first."
When the hunter touched his body and saw where the 500 coins came from, he became anxious and took off the gold string bow hanging from his waist and handed it to the banker and said: "Here, use this bow to pay."
The dealer took a look at the golden thread bow. To be honest, this bow might be worth seven or eight hundred cents, but if he sold it from his own hands, it would be pretty good to sell it for three hundred cents.
Although the banker is not satisfied with the gambling money, it is the first game in the morning after all, so it should be treated as a warm-up for Wujie.
"Come on, come on, the housekeepers want to place bets, so hurry up." The dealer shouted to everyone, "If you win without warning, you will pay 1 for 40; if you win for this strong man, you will pay 40 for 1."
Amidst the dealer's vigorous shouting, someone with dark skin suddenly appeared in the crowd at the underground casino.
This man was tall and had messy hair. He was wearing a dark brown tattered robe with no sleeves or trousers. He was tied up with a black trousers belt around his waist.
This man was standing on the ground with bare feet. At first glance, one could only think that he was the kind of person with no money and no character.
However, if you are a discerning person, you will know at a glance that this person is not wearing a shabby robe, but a sleeveless karate uniform.
If Huang Xiaoshi hadn't been scanning the crowd with his eyes at all times, I couldn't believe that in such a small space with so many masters, this person could actually appear unnoticed and blend into the crowd.
This is the mysterious figure that Huang Xiaoshi has been waiting for for a long time: Hao Gui.