If a person has died once, he will generally not want to die a second time.
He Xie turned around and said to Qiao Feng: "Second brother, I know you are not a person who is greedy for power, you are just unwilling. But now that the matter has come to this, can't you still see the situation clearly?"
He pointed at the four elders of the Beggar Clan: "Even if all four of them are fools, I can see that they are not all selfish and power-hungry people! Even if you clear out the murderer of Ma Dayuan
Suspect, they still don’t want you to be the gang leader. It can be seen that they unanimously believe that there is something wrong with you as the gang leader.”
"Brother, I don't understand..." Qiao Feng said excitedly.
He Xie stopped him and continued: "You have to understand it, understand it, the price is that the elders of the Beggar Clan and below will commit crimes and overthrow you as the leader. Elder Bai is willing to commit suicide for the reputation of the Beggar Clan, second brother, how can you
Do you really want to create a bad start for the Beggar Clan and let future generations know that if you want to be a gang leader, all you have to do is rebel?"
Qiao Feng was stunned, then his expression changed.
He Xie sighed and patted Qiao Feng on the shoulder: "Second brother, even if you are not the leader of the gang, third brother and I will accompany you to find out the truth. If you are really wronged, the three of us brothers will fight for you."
That's fair! It's better to retreat cleanly than to be splashed with mud that can't be washed away."
Duan Yu on the other side also stepped forward to persuade: "Second brother, just listen to the elder brother. The elder brother will not harm you."
Qiao Feng was silent.
For a long time, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and clasped his fists at He Xie: "Big brother's golden words have given me good advice, and my little brother has learned a lesson."
After saying that, he turned around, faced the Beggar Clan, and pulled out a crystal green stick from a long pocket on the outside of his right trousers.
It's a bamboo stick.
This is the dog-beating stick that has been passed down from generation to generation as a token of the Beggar Gang. Qiao Feng raised it high, looked around, and said slowly in a deep voice: "This stick was given to me by Gang Leader Wang. Qiao is in charge of the Beggar Gang. Although
No achievements have been made, and fortunately, no major mistakes have been made. Today, all the elders unanimously oppose Qiao Mou's re-appointment as the leader of the gang. Although Qiao Mou does not know the reason, he has no words to steal this position again and should abdicate in favor of others."
"No, Gang Leader Qiao. Someone is plotting to frame Gang Leader Qiao. We can't just believe what others say!"
"The position of gang leader cannot be changed so easily! Gang Leader Qiao, we all believe in you!"
"I follow Gang Leader Qiao wholeheartedly! If you want to force the gang leader to change, even if you kill my head, I won't accept it!"
As soon as Qiao Feng finished speaking, the Beggar Clan exploded with excitement.
Qiao Feng has a high prestige among the Beggar Clan. Even if Qiao Feng's life experience is revealed in the original plot, nearly half of the disciples are still willing to follow him, let alone now?
But since Qiao Feng had made up his mind, he naturally would not change it easily.
"Brothers!" he shouted loudly, suppressing the noise, "I have made my decision, and there will be no change in this matter!"
"Gang Leader Qiao..."
The beggars were furious and wanted to make trouble again, but Qiao Feng stopped them again.
He looked at Bai Shijing, hesitated slightly, and then said to the four elders: "It is a rule passed down from generation to generation of the Beggar Clan. When a new leader takes office, the rules must be taught by the original leader with the dog-beating stick. Before giving the stick, the dog-beating stick must be taught to him.
Fahe Eighteen Palms for Subduing the Dragon, Qiao is a guilty person, and the four elders of this gang should keep the dog-beating stick, which is the treasure of the gang. In the future, the gang leader will be decided, and then the elders who pass on the power and the seniors in the gang will make the decision.
Practice teaching.
The four elders were silent, with complex expressions on their faces.
Although they were determined not to let Qiao Feng become the leader of the gang, when it came to this moment, they were a little concerned about the gains and losses, not knowing whether they were doing the right thing.
Chen Guyan suddenly took a step forward, looked deeply at Qiao Feng and said: "Okay! Qiao Feng, since you resigned as the leader of the gang, from now on, you and I will have nothing to do with the Beggar Gang. You..."
He paused and then said: "You can do it yourself!"
Qiao Feng was silent, holding the dog beating stick in both hands and handing it to Chen Guyan.
Immediately, Qiao Feng turned around, returned to He Xie, forced a smile, and said: "Brother, little brother, now I am a wandering cloud and a crane, and I feel relaxed."
Although the words are free and easy, who can't hear the sadness and bitterness in them?
Qiao Feng was in his thirties. It was a good time to show off his talents and achieve great things. His ambitions and ambitions were inexplicably reduced to nothing today. If he could still be free and easy, then Qiao Feng would be Xian'er.
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"That's nothing," He Xie smiled, "gold will shine wherever it is."
Qiao Feng was about to reply when a horse came rushing from the north. In a moment, a man rode into the forest, turned over and got off the saddle.
This man walked up to Commander Jiang of the Dayi Branch, respectfully presented a small package, and said: "Report to Commander, urgent military..."
After only saying four words, he couldn't breathe, his body swayed, and he fainted.
Captain Jiang hurriedly asked someone to send the messenger down, and then walked quickly to Qiao Feng, bowed and said: "Gang leader, this brother went with Vice Captain Xie to deliver a message to Xixia Yipintang, he..."
Qiao Feng stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing and said sadly: "Brother Jiang, I am no longer your gang leader."
Captain Jiang was stunned for a moment. He held up the package and was stunned for a moment, speechless for a long time.
At this moment, I heard the sound of clothes breaking through the air coming from the east, and a man in the air shouted loudly: "Qiao Feng, wax pills are sending messages, this is a major military matter, you can't watch it!"
Everyone was shocked when they saw a man with a fluttering white beard landing in front of Captain Jiang, snatching the package from his hand, and then took two steps back, staring at Qiao Feng warily.
"Elder Xu!" Elder Chen exclaimed and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
The other elders did not dare to neglect, and they all stepped forward and bowed to this man: "Elder Xu arrived, but I didn't go far to greet him. Please forgive me!"
The people in the Beggar Clan also saluted and said hello, and even Qiao Feng bowed respectfully.
This person's name is Xu Chongxiao, he is a very senior member of the Beggar Clan. He is eighty-seven years old this year. The former leader of Wang Gang respected him as "Uncle". There is no one in the Beggar Clan who is not his descendant. He has retired for a long time.
He no longer cares about worldly affairs.
Xu Chongxiao nodded, stared at Qiao Feng seriously, then turned around, looked around and said loudly: "Mrs. Ma, the widow of Brother Ma Dayuan, is coming soon and has something to say to you. How about everyone please wait for her for a moment?"
Everyone in the Beggar Clan looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces, while the four elders all looked embarrassed and their eyes were full of embarrassment.
At first, four elders tried to force her to go to the palace. Later, senior elders who had not been away from home for a long time arrived and even invited Ma Dayuan's widow to come.
If He Xie had not cleared Qiao Feng of the suspicion of killing Ma Dayuan before, the behavior of these senior officials would have been justified. However, He Xie had previously stated the stakes and everyone was certain that Qiao Feng could never be the murderer of Ma Dayuan. So this
Elder Xu's move to invite Mrs. Ma seemed to have ulterior motives.