Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 160

The Guandi Temple has experienced wind and rain, and the walls and curtains are covered with smoky black spots. Looking from the patio to the ridge, there are pottery sculptures on the roof, decorated with double Ao orbs, gray tiles, plain tiles trimmed, and eaves carved with flowers and birds. The decoration, although old, is still clear.

Looking at the golden needle hidden weapon inserted in the green brick, the elders of the Guangzhou Beggars' Clan who hadn't succumbed to Master Fan's martial arts a moment ago were all silent at this moment, looking at me and looking at you, it seems that they still want to recommend A talker, come to answer this difficult matter to the outside world.

But Jiang Wen had already picked out three sticks of incense from the divine table without a teacher. After lighting them on the swaying candlestick, he bowed three times to the statue of Emperor Guan who was holding a knife to watch the spring and autumn, and inserted them into the incense burner.

While the breeze was whistling, the faint flames on the three incense sticks flickered, reflecting the smile on Jiang Wen's face when he turned his head slowly.Everyone stared with bated breath in amazement, not knowing which side the person in front of them would aim at.

The forces in front of him were obviously divided. On one side was the leader Fan who was crossing the river. He was powerful in martial arts but not many in number.

And the local Guandi Association in Guangzhou is the local snake that Jiang Wen wants to find on this trip. His eyes are all over every corner of the city, and he can provide him with urgently needed information.

In this way, it is self-evident how to stand in line—Jiang Wen also taught the three apprentices by example, and let them see how qualified people from the rivers and lakes stir up the situation...

His eyes slowly scanned the pictures of "Old Pine in Winter Snow", "Picture of Gold and Jade in the Book", "Picture of Harmony Producing Wealth", "Picture of Fortune Coming from Heaven", and "Picture of Encountering Mountains and Rivers" on the walls on both sides, and finally landed on the Fan Gangzhu body.

"Master Fan, I think everyone's anger has been hurt just now. Why don't you, the leader of the gang, take the lead and speak up?"

The stubble-faced Gang Leader Fan looked at Jiang Wen meaningfully, and seemed to have sensed that he was pulling aside, but he just let go of his grip after a sigh, and took out three sticks of incense just like Jiang Wen, showing great respect. He quickly completed the ceremony in front of Master Guan.

Unstoppable and unstoppable, Gang Leader Fan can't control the situation now, and Jiang Wen is a heavy straw, so he can only avoid the edge for the time being.

After burning incense, Master Fan told everyone the reason for this incident.

Only then did Jiang Wen know that he was the city that Bingyinri entered, that is, he had only arrived in Guangzhou five days ago. He made a special trip to Guandi Temple, but he did not find the leader of the Guandi Society, Wu Gangzhu. Instead, he met several beggar gang members The elders fought here, trying to mediate the dispute, but accidentally intensified the conflict, and they have been entangled for a few days and cannot move.

"Elders, I did come to Guangzhou day and night to discuss the merger of the two beggar gangs after receiving a message from your clan leader Wu. This matter is related to the Holy Emperor, and I, Fan Xinghan, have absolutely nothing to say!"

Chief Fan's tone was righteous and awe-inspiring, his tiger eyes swept across the crowd, and he seemed very confident.

But as soon as the words fell, a beggar elder who was blind in one eye stood up and said in a bad tone.

"Then I would like to ask you boldly. It has only been half a month since Chief Wu went missing, and you Xinghan gang members have jumped out to stir up trouble. Don't you just want to share a piece of the pie because we have no leader?"

In addition, some people hid in the crowd and spoke out.

"Guangzhu Wu can't be contacted now. We five sub-heads want to choose the leader by ourselves, but you don't let us choose, and you use some specious news to fool us. What are your intentions!"

"Furthermore, the leader of the Wu clan has been kind and generous, and none of us beggars in Guangzhou will refuse to let you be the leader of the Guandi Society. Do you have the strength? You don't want to lose your face!"

The clothes of the local beggar gang elders were tattered but not dirty, and the usual food was pretty good, and the voice of questioning was passionate and powerful, and the lack of quality was instantly made up for by the superiority in numbers.

"Bastard, since ancient times, there have been Fan, Gao, and Li families in the beggar gang, all of whom are headed by my Fan family! Tell me what you can't do!"

Gang leader Fan was furious when he heard the words, and he slapped the table to get angry again. This time, he obviously used the sound of Dantian Qihai, which was deafening like a copper bell.

"Who the hell is maliciously slandering you! Do you dare to swear in front of Master Guan? There is no such thing as your extra oil and vinegar!"

This time, Chief Fan's identity as a speaker seemed to suffocate the opponents.

Historical data show that professional beggars who used begging as a means of living first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Zuo Zhuan·Xi Gong 23 Years" records that Chong'er, the son of Jin State, "begged for food in the wild, and the wild man gave him a piece, and the son was angry and wanted to whip him."

There are tens of thousands of sects of the Beggar Gang in the world, but when talking about the historical origin, we have to mention the three major sects of the Beggar Gang with their surnames alone - Fan Jiamen, Gao Jiamen, and Li Jiamen.

Fan Xinghan's surname is Fan, but the Fan family's family name is not necessarily Fan. It seems that the Gao family's family is attached to Gao Wenju, the legendary number one beggar, and the Li family's ancestor is Li Niangniang, the concubine of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty.

The Fan family he mentioned originated from the legend that Confucius traveled around the world and survived by begging in the state of Chen. Confucius survived with the help of the ancestor Fan Dan. The Confucian children are very grateful to the old man Fan Dan. Thanks to the generosity of ancestors.

Later, Fan Dan's family property declined, and he could only go to the street to beg for food. Later, there were beggars begging for food, so he claimed to be a disciple of Fan's family and came to ask for debts for the ancestor Fan Dan.

These stories are often mentioned by those who talk about cross talk and allegro, but in fact Fan Dan was from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was not close to Confucius at all. It was only later that word of mouth spread among the people, and Fan Dan actually became the creditor of Confucius.

But in any case, beggars from south to north recognize this period of history, and they especially respect the Fan family, and gradually formed such a group of people who share common beliefs and have standards for money and food. Take Fan Xinghan as the master.

"Hmph, so what about the Fan family? Then how can you prove that you are not here to take advantage of the fire? Do you dare to swear a poisonous oath that you will stop scaremongering the merger of the two factions unless you find Clan Leader Wu!"

The beggar elder who was blind in one eye stood up, lit incense and handed it out immediately, put out a seemingly equal condition in front of Fan Xinghan, and looked at the leader Fan provocatively.

It can be seen that the reason why the members of the local beggar gang in Guangzhou are reticent and have a bad attitude is because of the insecurity caused by the uneven strength of the two sides.They are now facing the Xinghan Gang that is united but under the same leadership. At this time, the Guangzhou Guandi Society, which is on the verge of fragmentation, is already powerless to resist, which is why they are so extreme and xenophobic.

Fan Xinghan seemed to be irritated by the other party's behavior for several days, and immediately made an oath without thinking too much, agreeing to bring up the matter after finding the leader of the Wu gang. At that time, Emperor Guan of Guangzhou will give him another explanation. Full of confidence.

"Master, why do I feel that Chief Fan has been duped?"

Ning Die, who was watching the play, poked her master carefully and said in a low voice.

Jiang Wen cheerfully explained to his disciples: "Of course he was fooled. Now the leader of the Wu clan is not alive or dead. Fan Xinghan wants to prove his innocence. It is not so easy. The Guangzhou Beggars' Gang just wants to use expedient measures to delay time. "

Hong Wending also looked at Master with a sudden realization: "I understand. They threatened Fan's reputation in the world and forced him to agree to this condition. The Guandi Association, then they can only return in vain..."

Jiang Wen could also see that Chief Fan felt trapped and helpless staying here for the past few days.

From the moment this person walked into the hall with the slogan of "Jiepai", he was involved in this farce, but as long as he left, it meant that the Xinghan Gang with few people would withdraw from the competition. Leaving an excuse to take advantage of the fire, he fell into a situation where people and money were empty.

Jiang Wen nodded: "Well, the idioms are used well, much better than the swearing one at the door."

Seeing that the two sides had entered into an atmosphere of needle-point confrontation again, Jiang Wen, who had watched the play for a long time, hurried out to mediate.

"Everyone on both sides, since Chief Fan has already spoken, you have to sit down and talk slowly, and let's take a closer look at the news before Chief Wu's disappearance. Now that the dragon head is found sooner, Emperor Guan will be one day less The civil strife and the Xinghan gang are also free from suspicion for a day, right?"

Having said all that, the two sides have actually gone through a round of considerable negotiations, and each has figured out the other's bottom line, so they sat down honestly.

Fan Xinghan's purpose is very simple. Naturally, he wants to recruit these leaderless Guangzhou beggars, so that the power of the Xinghan Gang will expand to the south.What the Guangzhou Guandi Club needs is time, and to choose a prestige speaker to take the lead, so as to occupy the local advantage and prevent it from being disintegrated by beggars from other places.

"Wu Gangzhu came to see me in the temple half a month ago. At the same time, he ordered the beggars under his command to be restrained and not to cause trouble at the 'Golden Basin Washing Conference' of Old Hero Luo. I followed the order."

"I once sent some beggars under my command to investigate. There were no carriages or horses staying at the Lord Wu's mansion for more than ten days, and the kitchen waste and slops are also different from the past. They must have long since left the mansion and lived elsewhere."

"By the way, I just remembered that Lord Wu's favorite food is the fragrant meat at the entrance of the City God's Temple. The owner of that shop once told me in a chat that Lord Wu once asked him to buy wine and meat on the day and night of Kuichou, and he had a full meal. After a pause, we went to the northwest."

"Northwest? You heard me right. The leader asked me about the South China Sea Temple that day. Why should it be going to the south? I thought I went there to go to sea? But my beggars didn't receive any news. ah……"

Several local beggar heads started chatting and chatting, and soon figured out the trajectory of the leader Wu of the Guandi Society before his disappearance.Although these beggars at the bottom of the three religions and nine streams are inconspicuous, they are all-pervasive when they inquire about the news, which is frightening.

No matter how professional the other spies are, they probably don't have the ability to judge the specific time when he is not in the house by relying on the two leftovers of bitter bamboo shoots and bee chrysalis in the slops from Gangzhu Wu's mansion?
Jiang Wen secretly sighed, this trip is really looking for the right person, with the help of these professionals, finding the hiding place of Nan Shaolin is easy, even finding out how many hairs the monks have lost is not a problem.

"Fellow beggars, so it is possible that the leader of your clan disappeared in the Nanhai Temple. Could it be that he encountered misfortune while going out to sea? I wonder if you could tell me the name of the leader of your clan, so that we, the Wuyi faction, can help to find out."

The play had to be a complete set, and Jiang Wen immediately acted eagerly and righteously, and wanted to make some contributions to helping them find the gang leader.

"Guangzhu Hongfu Qitian, everything will be fine."

An old beggar with gray hair said slowly: "Thank you for the kindness of the head of Jiang. The name of the head of the gang is Wu Liuqi. He is now the commander-in-chief of the hanging seal and is stationed in Raoping."

As soon as this remark came out, Jiang Wen immediately smiled, covered up his inner surprise in a standard way, and looked at Fan Xinghan again, and he really found the helplessness on his expression.

"It turned out to be General Wu! I have heard about his name for a long time, but I never thought that he has such a relationship with you. If you calculate it like this, you are all generals and guerrillas? I really envy others!"

Jiang Wen flattered and flattered, which made the beggar elders in front of him laugh very happily, and looked at Jiang Wen with a lot of kindness.

"Master Jiang, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense!"

A group of people burst into laughter in an instant, as if they were not the ones who had caused internal strife before.

Wu Liuqi, in Jin Yong's novels, is Tiandihui's undercover agent in the Qing court. In the book, he was a disciple of the Beggar Gang at first, but he was expelled after making a mistake. He was appointed by Chen Jinnan as the Hongshuntang Red Flag Incense Master by virtue of his martial arts and character.

But the problem is that this is not the Jin Yong Jianghu, but the plausible Ming and Qing Jianghu!
In real history, it is true that Wu Liuqi used to beg for food because of his addiction to alcohol and gambling. He first joined the Southern Ming Dynasty and became the general soldier. Take the lead in welcoming the surrender, and as a guide, attract Pangyi.

In the 12th year of Shunzhi (1655), Wu Liuqi even proposed to the imperial court to strengthen coastal defense.The following year, the Qing court announced the "maritime ban" policy.Wu Liuqi took the opportunity to control the naval ships, recruiting naval forces to suppress Xiamen, and recruited the Nan'ao defenders to attack and block Zheng Chenggong's anti-Qing struggle on the southeast coast.

As a general, he strictly enforced the sea ban in the Chaoshan area, and massacred the sea people of Chaoshan, killing more than tens of thousands. Only in this way was he appreciated by Shunzhi, and he was sealed and sealed as the commander-in-chief Zuo Dudu.

You must know that strictly enforcing the sea ban is an important means to weaken the Zheng family in the southeast. How could Chen Jinnan dare to accept such a life-and-death enemy when he turned to Tiandihui, which was loyal to the Zheng family?

The reason why such a bizarre plot appears in Jin Yong's book is because of Wu Liuqi's relationship with the Cha family in Haining, where he was born.

When Wu Liuqi was begging for food, it is said that Zha Jizuo, the ancestor of the Cha family, saw Wu Liuqi's good conversation and treated him as a distinguished guest. With the future prosperity.

In the second year of Kangxi (1663), Zhuang Tingyuan, a native of Gui'an (now Wuxing, Zhejiang), recruited famous scholars to secretly study Ming history. Later, due to the "Ming History Case", Zha Yihuang was implicated. Wu Liuqi tried his best to rescue Zha Yihuang, and escaped. Pass it on as a good talk.

This deed is also recorded in the Deer and Ding Ji, but this story, which was born of family memory, is far from the real history.

It must be a signal that cannot be ignored that such a celebrity of the Qing court is actually the leader of the Guangzhou Beggar Gang Guandi Association.How could such an important member of the imperial court disappear inexplicably?

"Master Jiang, we have an unfeeling request, is it convenient for you?"

The one-eyed beggar gave Fan Xinghan a provocative look, took out a very delicate invitation card from his arms, and carefully placed it in front of Jiang Wen.

"For the disappearance of Chief Wu, the friends of the Xinghan Gang have a solution. But we have always felt that it is impossible for an important court official like Chief Wu to disappear for no reason. Maybe it's just that our status is low and we can't contact you..."

Jiang Wen took a look, and found that this was the invitation card for the "Golden Basin Washing Hands Conference", one of the two most exciting events in Guangzhou City.

"Elder, what do you mean by this?"

Jiang Wen asked in a low voice.

"This is an invitation from the old hero Luo to the Emperor Guan for the sake of the leader of the Wu clan, but he is showing love and treating us as fellow martial artists."

The one-eyed elder paused for a while before he said with emotion, "But we are all from Hanako background, so we dare not bring bad luck to the heroes no matter what, it's better to let you go instead, maybe we can meet Chief Wu at the meeting, Or ask the hero at the meeting, or ask him to come back and preside over the overall situation..."

After the words fell, the other elders also raised their voices, and there was no voice of objection, which was completely different from the previous state of choking.

But Jiang Wen knew that the unanimous opposition to Fan Xinghan in the past and the support for him now were nothing more than scheming tactics, just to tell Fan Xinghan one thing - even if you feed the things of Guan Dihui to the dogs, you will not let you touch it. finger.

Jiang Wen smiled slightly, and took the opportunity to throw out his own conditions.

"Then respect is worse than obedience. As long as everyone can tell me the news about Nan Shaolin, how difficult is it to go to the Golden Basin Handwashing Conference?"

"South Shaolin? They disappeared suddenly last month. Pingnan Palace has been searched for a long time and there is no trace of their whereabouts. Now we have not heard any clues. If the head of Jiang wants to know about this matter, it is really only Guandihui who can do it..."

The old beggar and the one-eyed beggar are obviously the stronger side, no matter what happens, they will prevent the other party from getting bigger, and said quickly, "I will take care of this matter, and I will let you know as soon as there is news!"

"Thank you!"

Holding the invitation card, Jiang Wen clasped his fists together, signaled Ningdie with his eyes to quickly pull out the golden needles on the ground, and then left without hesitation.

The gate of Guandi Temple was opened, seeing Jiang Wen walk out of it unscathed, and his elders also filed out, watching him leave without any look of gunpowder smoke, the beggars at the gate were all surprised, secretly glad that there was no Do it like that stunned young man.

"Master Jiang wait a minute!"

With a deep roar, several elders of the Guandi Society couldn't help showing smirks, and they looked very uncertain and weird under the candles.

Fan Xinghan took two steps forward and looked at Jiang Wen with an unfriendly expression, as if he was very annoyed at Jiang Wen's limelight just now—since the beggar Cai Zhuang also took the opportunity to come up and whispered a few words in his ear, Fan Xinghan's expression changed Even more embarrassing.

"Master Jiang, what my unworthy disciple said, is it true?"

Chief Fan's subordinates surrounded him, but he waved his hand to disperse them. He faced Jiang Wen alone with piercing eyes.

Jiang Wen looked at him with a half-smile: "So what if it's real? So what if it's fake?"

Fan Xinghan also laughed in a strange tone: "If it is fake, it will be punished by its own family rules. If it is true, I, the head of the Fan family, will have to seek justice!"

Jiang Wen, however, seemed to be passionate about it, and said to Fan Xinghan without giving in, "Okay! Since Gang Leader Fan has advice, how dare Jiang refuse to accompany him? Why don't we take a step to talk!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

The tone of the two of them was already mixed, and the beggars on both sides stepped aside knowingly, for fear of being involved, the two gradually moved away and came to the edge of the shelter where they could not see.

In addition to the shacks built anywhere, urban beggars often have their own shelters, which are usually built with the money of local wealthy individuals or the joint efforts of multiple people, commonly known as "begging houses".

The scale of the residence next to the Guandi Temple is not small, and it seems to be at least seven or eight rooms in size. A residence like this has become a common place for beggars, big and small.Beggars, their wives, children, and their family lived in the main room, and the hall in the middle was where Beggars worked, where cases and executions were carried out.

The beggars of the Guandi Society lived in separate bunks on the two corridors and wing rooms according to the gender. It can be calculated that there are about 200 beggars under the jurisdiction of the beggar heads here, but there are only three or forty beggars living in the shelter at this time. people.

When the two came under a banana tree next to the shelter, their expressions changed instantly.

"Fan has offended me so much, I thank Sect Leader Jiang for saving me just now!"

The anger on Fan Xinghan's face dissipated in an instant, and turned into the fear of the rest of his life, "These gangsters want to accuse me of killing the imperial court official, it is really abominable!"

Jiang Wen also hurriedly said modestly: "It's nothing more than a little effort! Master Fan, it's also fortunate that you have quick wit and cooperation, otherwise Jiang can only add to the superfluity."

So sometimes, preemptive criticism may be protection. Jiang Wen’s method of resolving conflicts is very interesting. On the surface, he stood in line with the beggar elders of the Guandi Society and bought time for them to unify the internal affairs, but secretly found a way for Fan Xinghan to step down. Weakened the crime of killing the gang leader into looting while taking advantage of the fire.

Conflicts in the rivers and lakes are often resolved by talking and talking, because the face cannot be lost, and the lizi refuses to let it go.In this scene, everyone is actually cooperating, and everyone thinks that only by taking advantage of it can there be a decent solution.

It can only be said that among these high-level people, there are very few people who are not clear-headed.

For Fan Xinghan, the last trick was nothing. After all, the crime of killing the imperial court official was really scary. Once it got out, Fan Xinghan would probably be ashamed.

Fan Xinghan laughed out loud, looking very frank, "The gang of killers thought that they saw Hai Chizi, and they were the grandson of Yingclaw, so I will show them some color in the future."

At this time, the mouth is full of slang in the northern rivers and lakes. Hai Chizi refers to high officials, and Eagle Claw Sun refers to official servants.

In the final analysis, the position of the leader of the gang is just empty, and it is impossible for the generals of the court to control a group of beggars, so whoever can be the leader of the gang, but whoever sits is different.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fan Xinghan also told the reason why the general in Guangzhou was the head of a beggar.

In fact, in any society, there will be begging phenomenon due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. Beggars are also a profession with a long history. They are not full of anger like ordinary landless farmers, nor are they full of arrogance like unemployed postmen. Beggars are marginal figures in society. , In fact, it has long become a part of a deformed society.

In the former Song Dynasty, the leader of the beggar gang was called "Tuantou", and at most he was just a rich man.As early as the Song and Yuan stories, there are detailed records in the novel "Jin Yunu Sticks Beating the Boss Lover". He often collects money handed in by beggars, so his family is very well off, and sometimes he even gives out tickets.

In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the beggar head was already responsible for the burial of the local dead. In "Water Margin", after Wu Dalang was poisoned to death by Pan Jinlian, it was the beggar head He Jiushu who took the beggar to the burial. It seems that it has already played an irreplaceable role in society. .

Such gangs of beggars are actually mainly begging, mainly to solve their own food and clothing problems, and a few of them use begging as a guise to engage in cheating and abducting activities, and engage in behaviors similar to the underworld, but in general , These people don't have much hatred for the government, and they belong to the gray area that can be recruited and used.

In this case, there was a differentiation between the government-run beggar gang and the Jianghu beggar gang.

The Fan family, represented by Fan Xinghan, is a standard beggar gang. The members of the sect know a little martial arts and have the ability to protect themselves, relying on layers of organizational structures to support themselves.

Some of them go out to beg during the day, and when they come back at night, they have to pay "regime" - three to five yuan or a few meters; money; there are also some people who are "tolerances" in the kingdom of beggars—someone in the gang violates gang rules, and they are responsible for the punishment (equivalent to law enforcement elders); They are responsible for carrying it to the cemetery to bury it and then receive the reward money from the land protector.

The reason why the government-run beggar gangs like Guangzhou can dominate the local area is because their identities are officially recognized.

Guandi Club is the only one in Guangzhou city, and has the right to collect "beggar donations" of varying amounts from people who hold weddings and weddings. The rest of the "public funds" of the imperial hall must be handed over to the government through Wu Liuqi, and become part of the income of Pingnan Wang Shang's family.

The government-run beggar gang looked down on the Jianghu beggar gang, and there was nothing they could do about it. No matter how high Fan Xinghan's martial arts were, he still couldn't be convincing with the power of the commander-in-chief of the hanging seal, Zuo Dudu.

And Wu Liuqi became the beggar leader because of some problems left over from history.

Wu Liuqi was a beggar in his early years, and later he joined Shang Kexi as one of his generals, so he was discovered to integrate these "recyclable garbage". But now his fame has entered Shunzhi's field of vision by virtue of his achievements in the sea ban, so he is naturally unwilling to do this unseemly thing again.

For this reason, he found Fan Xinghan and invited him to take over the Guandi Association in Guangzhou to escape, but suddenly disappeared for some reason, which made Fan Xinghan panicked, wondering if he was in some kind of crisis.

"Master Fan, I think you should leave early."

Jiang Wen also tried to persuade him, "If Wu Liuqi disappeared because he annoyed the Shang family, you will easily get burned this time."

Fan Xinghan nodded, but didn't speak. Judging from his expression, he was still a little hesitant, which really surprised Jiang Wen.

"Hey, since that's the case, please accept this invitation, Chief Fan, and go to the Golden Basin Handwashing Conference to see it, and you will never forget this thought."

Jiang Wen took out the invitation card for the Golden Basin Handwashing Conference.

"The invitation is unnecessary."

Then he took a sly look at Jiang Wen, and deliberately lifted the corner of his tattered clothes to reveal a corner of the invitation card that he kept close to him—he even had one, but he kept pretending to be stupid.

"Sect Leader Jiang's kindness is appreciated by me."

Then Fan Xinghan raised his head with some embarrassment and said: "Master Jiang, I just don't know how to explain to the disciples in the sect. At the beginning, I came here with bold words, but now I go back without success..."

When are you still following this?
Jiang Wen just felt that if the person in front of him didn't have a brain problem, he must have lived a very tired life.Some people in the world cherish feathers, and some value profit over righteousness, but it is always out of their own heart, or because of their personality, which is understandable.

And Fan Xinghan in front of him only cared about a group of disciples of the Xinghan Gang, always thinking about maintaining his image in front of the disciples, which was equivalent to living in the eyes of others.

Sometimes even if he knew it was wrong and he had stepped into a trap, he could only bite the bullet and step forward, just to make his mistakes reasonable.People like this seem to be real villains, but they are actually hypocrites. They are really unflattering existences, and the contradictions are inexplicable.

In Jin Yong's original novel, when he was caught in the dungeon, his bones were quite hard. No matter how intimidated and lured by the big inner master, he was unyielding, but he was flattered by the opponent's flattery and high hat.Later, he also helped the first master of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the head of the game, to capture Miao Renfeng. Even if he was deceived by others first, he should not be so hasty.

Jiang Wen suddenly looked at Fan Xinghan suspiciously, and said slowly, "Master Fan, from what you mean, you don't really want to fight me to save face for your ineffective apprentice, do you?"

Fan Xinghan was even more helpless when he heard the words, but he really lowered his voice and said: "Master Jiang, I am ashamed to speak about this matter, but can you give me some convenience, so I can have an explanation in front of my disciples..."

Jiang Wen was almost annoyed by him, is this a match-fixing?Is there still such an aboveboard discussion with the other party?How can anyone be so hard-pressed to be cheap?

"Master Fan, think about it carefully, I helped you today, shouldn't you give me some face?"

However, Chief Fan still held his hands and looked sad, obviously unwilling to change his style.

"Master Jiang, as long as you promise me this matter, there will be rewards in the future..."

During the stalemate between the two, Jiang Wen suddenly had an idea, patted Chief Fan on the shoulder, and said very seriously.

"Master Fan, you may have made a mistake. I disciplined your apprentice just now as a master. If you want to get back your position, you should come and beat my apprentice too. Is this the truth?"

Fan Xinghan was confused by these words, touched the stubble on his face, and said hesitantly: "Accordingly, it seems to be true..."

Jiang Wen immediately slapped his thigh.

"That's right! I heard that you, the guild master, are unparalleled in the Jiujiu 81 five-tiger knives, and the 23-way dragon-claw grabbing hand penetrates into the bone. I don't think it's appropriate to use a knife now. Why don't you use this grabbing hand to teach my apprentice a lesson?" Don! Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

After being flattered all of a sudden, Chief Fan looked at him feeling refreshed and puzzled: "Master Jiang, where do you start with having the best of both worlds?"

Jiang Wen patted him on the shoulder and said: "I made a slip of the tongue, the leader doesn't need to mind, we've just agreed!"

Then he poked his head out from under the banana tree next to the shelter, and shouted loudly to the onlookers in the distance: "It's not speculative! Shitou, please teach Master Fan's brilliant trick!"

"In that case..."

Fan Xinghan saw a five or six-year-old child running over in a daze, and he clasped his fists in embarrassment and said in a low voice, "Master Jiang, I have practiced my dragon grasping hand for a long time, so I must control my strength well and make sure I won't hurt you. only!"

Then he sighed, with an angry look deliberately on his face, but he still walked out firmly.

Jiang Wen looked at Fan Xinghan with a smile: "It's okay, Chief Fan must remember not to keep his hands, let alone hide his secrets. It's just that your temper is funny, and you will suffer if you don't know it in the future."

"The gang of beggars is the most humble people."

Hearing these words, Fan Xinghan, who had his back to Jiang Wen and was about to go out, suddenly stopped. There was a bit of helplessness in his sturdy back, and the words behind him gradually became blurred with sighs and footsteps, and finally completely melted away. In the rustling of banana trees.

"Someone throws something on the side of the road, no matter how dirty it is, we will eat it; no matter how cheap, we have to pick it up. People like us will believe that this is a person who does not care about fame and fortune. A gentleman, or a real villain who cares about pennies and pennies?"

"Master Jiang, we have no choice but to live..."

　After checking the information, I learned that Chen Qifeng, the beggar emperor in Guangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty.

Someone asked him to donate an official job, and he said, "I would rather be with five hundred arhats than bow down for five buckets of rice."

Maybe he knows that a beggar for one day will be a beggar for life.

No matter how rich and powerful he looks, there is only this self-deprecating sentence left.

　
(End of this chapter)