Chapter 5 The First Appearance of the Dragon
While Yang Kang was looking forward to seeing Cheng Yaojia, Hou Tonghai was working hard at Baoying.
Half a month ago, he had a good meal of wine in the restaurant in Kaifeng City, returned to the Zhao Palace drunk, and then ran all the way to Jiangnan in a daze. So far, he still couldn't figure out what happened that day.
Didn’t the little princess come out to welcome him at that time? Those thieves were so hateful that they just happened to kidnap the little princess from him. Can’t they take action later?
It was really unfavorable that Hou Tonghai spat on the ground and looked at the dilapidated temple not far away. At this time, there were many beggars gathered there, and each beggar sat cross-legged on the ground without saying a word. Hou Tonghai knew that they were going to convene a beggar sect conference and were waiting for important figures to come.
Hou Tonghai followed the personal soldiers of the Zhao Palace to chase out of Kaifeng City and chased the bandits along the way. Gradually, the personal soldiers could not keep up, leaving only Hou Tonghai.
He originally wanted to go back. The Beggars' Sect was well-known in the world, not comparable to the robber organization like the Yellow River Sect. Moreover, there are many masters of the Beggars' Sect, and even if he rushed up and fought his life, he could not save the little princess.
But he would inevitably be punished when he went back. What he couldn't understand the most was that the blind maid in the palace was the Black Wind Twins who had long been extinct in the world. He was a big devil who used human life to practice martial arts.
For a moment, the impression that the Zhao royal mansion gave him became gloomy. Who knows what kind of monsters are hidden in the royal mansion? It would be bad if you were tortured by such a monster.
Under the influence of this emotion, he decided to chase after him. On the one hand, he might be able to lose his merits and on the other hand, he also wanted to escape. This pursuit lasted for more than ten days.
In order to facilitate tracking, he took off his clothes from a victim who returned home and put them on himself, pretending to be a victim. At this time, the victims had not dispersed, and his outfit was not conspicuous, and the victims were almost the same as beggars, so it was not easy to identify.
On the way to chase south, Hou Tonghai did not expect that he would get along with the Beggars' Sect. His dress and extraordinary appearance of the victims gave him a lot of points and won the sympathy of some beggars.
In order to deal with Wanyan Honglie's large-scale search of the Beggars' Sect in Jiangbei, some Beggars' disciples lurked on the spot, put on clean clothes and became friends in the store, while other Beggars' disciples began to move south one after another.
This is only temporary. When this battle is strictly investigated, these disciples will return to Jiangbei and continue to work underground.
Hou Tonghai sneaked into the group of disciples of the Beggars' Gang who moved south. Among them, there was an old beggar with three bags of pity that he was willing to be his introducer and asked him to join the Beggars' Gang.
As a large social organization with complex personnel, strict structure and distinct hierarchies, the Beggars' Sect has a strict management system.
They use the number of cloth bags on their backs to determine their identities. One bag to three bags belong to the lower-level disciples, and their main job is to beg for begging and spying on intelligence, convey information, etc.
Four bags to six bags are middle-level managers, and they arrange certain affairs depending on their personal abilities. For example, Lu Youjiao is a disciple of five bags, so he became the incense master in Kaifeng. If he can successfully advance to six bags of disciples, he can be promoted to the helm leader, and the corresponding management area must be expanded a lot.
Seven bags to nine bags are senior managers and are awarded the position of elders.
There are also differences among them. The Seven Bag Elders and the Helm Master are almost the same. They are talents with potential for cultivation. The Eight Bag Elders really hold real power. The Nine Generation Elders are generally of honor, giving those elders of the Beggar Gang who retreated behind the scenes a honorary title.
Of course, the biggest one is the leader of the Beggars' Sect. He doesn't have to carry a cloth bag on his back, but just hold a dog-beating stick that symbolizes the supreme power of the Beggars' Sect. This is similar to the emperor's seal.
If you want to enter the Beggar Gang to become a bag of disciples, you must have an introduction to Beggar Gang disciples. For example, Tolei and Guo Jing are reckless to run over directly. Even if someone introduces it, it will take a period of observation. However, there are exceptions in everything. If an elder or gang leader nods directly, there is no need to observe.
Hou Tonghai was facing this situation at this time. He was waiting to be introduced to the Beggars' Sect. At present, as an external member of the Beggars' Sect, he is not qualified to attend the Beggars' Sect Conference. He can only wait in the distance and be responsible for the vigilance work.
He couldn't help but feel a little proud of this change. His senior brother always said that he had no brains. Can he get involved in the Beggars' Sect? Can he do such a big thing without brains? When he meets his senior brother in the future, he must brag about it.
While Hou Tonghai was fantasizing about showing off his head in front of Sha Tongtian in the future, two old beggars came from a distance.
These two old beggars seemed to be walking very slowly, but after Hou Tonghai was stunned, he passed by him and headed straight for the dilapidated temple.
When the Beggar Gang disciples who were sitting in front of the ruined temple saw the two of them coming, they picked up the bamboo sticks in their hands and beat them regularly. This is the etiquette that only welcomes important figures in the gang, and it is the same as playing music when the leader inspects.
Before the two old beggars arrived at the ruined temple, one of them waved his hand, and the beggar below stopped to knock. The old beggar who waved his hand was the eight bag elder of the Beggars' Sect, nicknamed Jiangdong Snake King Elder Li Shengli.
Jiangdong originally referred to the territory of the Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, it referred to the East Road of Jiangnan, and most of the southern Jiangsu areas, including Jiankang Prefecture. The Snake King refers to his livelihood of carving snakes when he was walking in the world. Of course, snakes were also his attack weapon.
As one of the elders of the Beggar Gang’s real power sect, Li Sheng was responsible for affairs in Jiangsu.
At this time, a beggar with a look of sagging expression came out of the ruined temple. It was Lu Youjiao, a five-bag disciple of the Beggars' Sect who assisted Tolei and his three children in Kaifeng half a month ago.
Lu Youjiao didn't expect that things would be so big. He only knew what happened in Kaifeng on the way to escape. It was just because of his decision that thousands of Beggar Gang disciples died overnight. This huge pressure almost collapsed. If he had not wanted to take his child out of danger at that time, he would have the urge to run back and fight desperately.
Li Sheng looked at Lu Youjiao's decadent expression and sighed in his heart. He has always been optimistic about this junior. If there are ten years later, Lu Youjiao will become the mainstay of the dirty clothing school, but now...
"When will the gang leader arrive? I want to apologize to him for his death." Lu Youjia said in pain.
"I don't know yet. The gang leader said he wanted to remove the tail for you, and then he arrived." Li Sheng patted Lu Youjia's shoulder and comforted him, "The responsibility this time is not on you. Wanyan Gou Thief just arrived in Kaifeng. In order to shock the martial arts world in Jiangbei, he must have a surgery. You just happened to hit the knife."
Hou Tonghai didn't know that the tail in Li Sheng's words was referring to him. He suddenly felt the darkness in front of him and lost consciousness.
"Even the Beggars' Sect is not that ugly. Do you think you're really not discovered by making secret notes around the city?" A voice jokingly said.
Chapter completed!