The winter of 187 AD, the fourth year of Zhongping, was obviously the beginning of a series of tragedies for the Han court.

In this year, Zhang Ju proclaimed himself emperor, and the Wuhuan people rebelled.

In order to conquer Zhang Ju, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty wanted to conquer the Southern Huns, but the Southern Huns also rebelled.

As a result, there was no longer a peaceful place in the entire northern territory of the Han Dynasty, from Youzhou to Bingzhou to Liangzhou.

Luoyang still maintains its inherent calm in winter. The Han Dynasty is so big that even though the entire northern Xinjiang is in turmoil, it still seems unable to shake Luoyang's stability.

But hidden behind this calmness is an undercurrent that is unpredictable.

Especially the gangs in Luoyang, because the rise of a new gang has completely disturbed the nerves of all gangs.

Due to their inherent shortcomings, gangs update much faster than outsiders imagine. Sometimes, shortly after a gang is founded, it is picked up by another gang that doesn't like it. These are common things.

It can be said that it is extremely rare for a gang like the Luoshui Gang to be able to stand for thirty years without falling. Therefore, Zhou Gu not only received the favor of the court, but also gained the respect of all gangs in the entire underworld.

But now he is troubled by this newly emerged gang.

The Five Bear Gang is headed by five sworn brothers. They rose from the former site of the Yuan Gu Luo Gang, and the men they led were also members of the Yuan Gu Luo Gang. However, these five people relied on these rabble to kill other gangs who did not dare to do anything wrong.

Think about it.

These five people are highly skilled in martial arts and dare to fight. They are unstoppable. In just one winter, they have annexed four or five surrounding gangs, and their number has expanded from the original 200 to 300 people to more than 1,500 people.

, has become the second largest gang in Luoyang South City after the Luoshui Gang.

Today's Five Bears Gang is naturally far from the Luoshui Gang's opponent in terms of financial resources, but the territory it controls is no longer under its control, and more importantly, the number of brothers under its command is almost the same. All of this has seriously threatened the Luoshui Gang.

Dominant position in the Nanshi underworld.

You must know that although there were many gangs in Nanshi in the past, the Luoshui Gang had absolute dominance, and no one in the underworld in Nanshi dared to defy his words. But now the emergence of the Five Bears Gang has completely broken this power structure.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, Zhou Gu was troubled by how to deal with the Five Bears Gang.

This is the Luoshui Gang's annual year-end summary meeting. In previous years, everyone gathered together to celebrate another year's harvest. At the same time, bonuses began to be distributed to prepare for the end of the year.

But now the place is completely lifeless, and everyone is waiting for their spiritual godfather, Zhou Gu, who has led them for decades, to make the final decision.

Zhou Ju is Zhou Gu's eldest son. When he was a child, he followed his father in fighting in the streets. Later, as the power of the Luoshui Gang gradually stabilized, his position became more stable, so his temper began to become violent and irritable.

However, he was good at martial arts and was very helpful to Zhou Gu, so Zhou Gu also planned to train him to be his successor.

At this time, Zhou Ju said impatiently: "Father, what are you thinking about? When did our Luoshui Gang get bullied so much? We should take a preemptive strike and destroy this Five Bear Gang and let them know who is this Nanshi Gang."

The boss."

"Shut up and sit down." Zhou Gu ordered. "The imperial court has issued an order that all private fights are strictly prohibited during the Chinese New Year, otherwise you will be in trouble with the government. Do you want me, the Luoshui Gang, to be the target of government suppression?"

"However, after the New Year, the Five Bears Gang will definitely have integrated the strength they have obtained now. If we fight again, we will probably suffer heavy casualties."

"Of course I understand this." Zhou Gu turned to the housekeeper and said, "How is the background check of the Five Bears Gang?"

The housekeeper reported back: "We have found out that the five leaders of the Five Bear Gang entered Luoyang with Xu Kang."

"Xu Kang?" Zhou Gu asked doubtfully. The name seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"When my husband celebrated his birthday this year, he also sent congratulatory gifts."

"Oh." Zhou Gu was stunned and said, "I've seen him before?"

"No, it's not him, it's one of his sisters named Xue Kerr. The gift is a rare pearl necklace."

Zhou Gu immediately thought about it and said: "It turns out to be them. But aren't they going to do business? Why did they start a gang, or are they on our territory?"

The housekeeper said clearly: "These two brothers and sisters have not formed a gang. Xu Kang is the adopted son of Cheng Yuanzhi, the commander of the Fengtian Army in Liaodong. He came here to accept the imperial decree. Now he has become the imperial councilor.

Moved into Luoyang City."

"Now that he has become an official, what will happen if something goes wrong with the Five Bears Gang?"

"This subordinate doesn't know either." The steward paused and said, "But the five leaders of the Five Bears Gang once destroyed the Guluo Gang with Xu Kang. Later, after Xu Kang left, the five of them joined the Guluo Gang.

The Five Bears Gang was formed on the basis of that.”

Zhou Gu thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Since Xu Kang is already an official, why don't we report him to the government? As an official, he established a gang. Once this charge is confirmed, his other crimes will not be trivial."

"I'm afraid this won't work, because we have no evidence to prove what the relationship between Wu Xiong and Xu Kang is. What's more important is that as soon as Xu Kang became the Yilang, he proposed to surrender the Black Mountain Army, and he actually did it. Now

He has even left Luoyang, and it is said that he went to Shandong to recruit rebels from various places under the emperor's orders."

"What?" Zhou Gu said in surprise: "Isn't he a hostage? How can he still be running around?"

The butler smiled bitterly and said: "That's why I said it's troublesome. It seems that our Emperor trusts him very much."

Zhou Gu walked back and forth anxiously and said, "Even so, the court will not sit back and watch him interfere with the gang."

"But Xu Kang had already left Luoyang before winter came, and won't come back until at least the spring of next year. How can we blame him for everything that happened here?"

"Should we just swallow our anger?"

"My subordinates feel that since Xu Kang dares to do these things so blatantly, he may have some support that we don't know about, so it's better not to fight forcefully."

Zhou Ju immediately shouted dissatisfied: "What kind of talk is this? When have our Luoshui Gang ever been afraid of someone coming?"

The other stewards also seemed to be resurrected, and they started shouting and disagreeing. These people were accustomed to using the name of Luoshui Gang to dominate, and suddenly there was a gang beside them that could be on an equal footing with them, which naturally attracted everyone's attention.

People unanimously opposed it.

Zhou Gu Leng shouted: "Shut up, everyone. Give me an order. After the ban is lifted in the spring of next year, we will first attack the Five Bears Gang to see what capabilities they have and dare not to take our Luoshui Gang in their eyes."

Zhou Gu has unparalleled prestige in the Luoshui Gang. Now that he has spoken, there is no objection from anyone.
Chapter completed!