From the leader of Mingjiao to the heavens

Chapter 22
Standing in the middle of the ruined temple, Wei Xiao said to the little beggars, "Come out, come out!"

The little beggars came out from behind the cover tremblingly, came to him together, knelt down and kowtowed: "Kowtow to the Lord."

Wei Xiao asked them all to get up: "Why are there only seven of you? Where are the others?"

"Brother Xiao Wu and the others heard that Grandpa is coming today, so they went to make a banquet for Grandpa, and they will welcome Grandpa later."

"You guys have a heart." Wei Xiao walked to a lame table, and a nimble little beggar ran over, pulled off the straw on it, and wiped it vigorously with his sleeve for him to sit on.

Wei Xiao sat on the table and asked the names and ages of these little beggars. The oldest was fourteen years old, and the youngest was only eight years old. They all had big heads and small bodies.

After chatting for a while, three older teenagers came in, all with bruised noses and swollen faces. The leader had a piece of skin the size of a teacup on his forehead. He walked briskly, with a chicken in his hand. I was stunned, and then seeing the four bags on his body, I hurriedly smiled and came over to kowtow: "Master! You are finally here, I got you a chicken, and I will cook it for you."

Wei Xiao frowned: "I am the leader of Huangni Town, you can call me Wei... Brother Wei, why do you call me Lord?"

A child said: "We have always been called "Ye" here. If you call him wrong, you will be beaten and you will not be allowed to eat."

They are all reduced to being beggars, and they are still fighting each other, Wei Xiao cursed inwardly, but he also knows that the poorer the place, the stronger the fighting.There is a strict hierarchy in the beggar gang, and those above oppress those below, not only have martial arts, but also gang rules.

Beggars don’t even have household registration. Every day, people die of starvation, sickness, and beating. People checked and no one asked, the beggar head in front must be more powerful than the bearded Zhang in the city, he dealt with these children hard, so he was very scared.

"From now on, I will be called Brother Xiao, Brother Wei, or Big Brother. We are all brothers, so don't call me Master."

The boy carrying the chicken nodded and smiled and said: "Okay, I'll listen to my brother. You sit down first. I'll pack up the chicken, bake it and serve it to you. Little walnut, quickly give it to the master, no, boil some water for the elder brother." drink!"

Wei Xiao called him back: "You are Xiao Wu, right?"

The boy nodded and bowed his head: "If you go back to brother, I am Xiao Wu."

"Where did your chicken come from?"

"It was stolen from Zhou Yuanwai's house."

Wei Xiao saw that the rooster had a bright red comb and was well-raised: "How many chickens does their family raise, are there any more?"

"This..." Xiao Wu looked embarrassed, "Yes, there is, but their home's nursing home is very powerful, and now they have strengthened their defenses. I'm afraid they won't be able to steal it. It will take ten days and a half months to wait for them to relax." It's a good time to start."

Wei Xiao looked at the wound on his face: "This is from their nursing home? I didn't let you steal it." He took out a piece of silver from his pocket, "Go and pay for this chicken, and the extra money Buy one, and buy rice for the rest of the money, bring it back and let's have a good meal."

Seeing Yinzi, all the children's eyes lit up: "Really? That's great! Thank you, grandpa...thank you, brother!"

Everyone was overjoyed, Xiao Wu took the money and took people to buy chicken and rice, Wei Xiao took the rest of the children and started cleaning.

This ruined temple was originally a Temple of Wealth, and there was only one main hall. Fortunately, the tiles were complete, and the rain would not leak. , Bring well water again, wipe clean the broken tables and chairs, and thoroughly wash the earthen pots and thick bowls for eating, and then drive everyone to the yard to take a bath.

Before the sanitation activities were finished, Xiao Wu and the others came back. All three teenagers were bloody, and Xiao Wu was the worst, with red and swollen cheeks, cracked eyes, and blood on half of his face. He was limped by his two companions. come back.

"What's going on?" Wei Xiao was taken aback.

The boy who went with us cried and said: "We found the rich man Zhou and his family, and we wanted to give them money to buy chickens. They robbed us of the money and beat us... woo woo... and told us not to buy chickens from his house in the future." Go in front of the door, or you will hit me every time you see me!"

"What was the situation at the rich man's house that week? How did you deal with this kind of thing when Beggar Zhang was around?"

The three elders, Xiao Wu and the others, were the backbone of this group of children. The older one cried bitterly after being beaten like this, and the younger ones cried too.

Amidst the cries of his children, you roughly explained what you said one by one.

This week, the rich man is one of the four richest landlords in Huangni Township. The land in the east of the village belongs to his family, and there are several mountains. Calling maidservants is very powerful, there are more than [-] guards in the family, all of them are vicious, Xiao Wu and the others are really desperate to steal his chickens today in order to welcome the new Shangguan.

"If Master Zhang is here... he will scold us for being useless... woo woo... embarrass him... kick us... woo woo..."

"Come on, take me to that rich man's house!"

After Wei Xiao said this, these children were frightened, and then they all knelt down, and the three Xiao Wu kowtowed like chickens pecking rice: "I dare not! I will never dare again! Don't go I'm looking for Master Zhou..."

Wei Xiao wondered: "Why are you so scared? Get up! We belong to the Beggar Gang, the largest gang in the world, and he is a rich man from the countryside. If he dares to beat us, why not ask him for an explanation?"

The teenagers burst into tears: "Didn't you want to take us to their door and dispose of it to vent your anger on Master Zhou?"

"Nonsense! I'm going to ask him for an explanation. Walk around and take me to meet that old master Zhou!"

The teenagers were skeptical, stood up wiping their tears, and followed Wei Xiao to Master Zhou's house anxiously.

"This one, isn't that great!" It's also Wujin Yard, the Longmen Bodyguard Agency is in Lin'an Mansion, beside the West Lake, with green bricks and black tiles, a vermilion lacquered gate, and two stone lions in front of the gate.This week, the lower half of the courtyard wall of the Zhou Family Courtyard is made of rocks, and the upper half is made of rammed earth. Looking inside from a high place, only the two main courtyards are brick houses, and the rest are adobe thatched houses.

Seeing such momentum, Wei Xiao became more calm and went straight to the gate of Zhou's house.

There were two nursing homes standing in front of Zhou's house. Seeing them coming, they each showed disdainful smiles: "You little beggars, what's the matter? This time you're here in a group? Haven't you eaten enough?"

The teenagers backed away in fear, and Wei Xiao said to the two of them, "Go in and make a report, and tell that Master Zhou that Xiao Wei, a disciple of the Four Bags of the Beggar Gang, is asking to see you."

"A stinky beggar dares to make a show at this door!" One of the guards reached out to grab Wei Xiao. Wei Xiao raised his bamboo stick and stabbed forward. He used a sword move, fast and steady, right Poke him in the stomach.

The man said "Ouch", and covered his stomach with one hand while holding the bamboo stick with the other. Wei Xiao had already swung the bamboo stick up and hit him on the head. The guard immediately staggered and turned around twice , squatting on the ground with his head in his arms.

The other beat and scolded: "You little beggar dares to hit people!" He raised his fist and hit Wei Xiao, Wei Xiao raised his stick and slapped him on the socket of the elbow, making him scream in pain and covered it with his hands, and then slapped him in the face Going up, his cheeks were red and swollen immediately, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Go! Tell the surname Zhou to come out and see me!" Wei Xiao pointed his bamboo stick at the second nurse, who covered his mouth with his hand, looked at Wei Xiao in horror, and didn't dare to release any more force. Then, he turned and ran into the yard.

Not long after, more than [-] strong men walked out of the courtyard, holding sticks in their hands, swearing outside the gate, shouting loudly: "Are you a bunch of little beggars here to make trouble?"

(End of this chapter)