Alchemy Greater China

"According to the family rules, these serious crimes of yours are all capital crimes! In Gen, don't you remember the lessons learned by your elder brothers at all?"

"I, I was wrong, I know I was wrong! Please spare my life, Fang Da, the head of the family. No matter what I say, I have made a lot of contributions to the Hongmen. The merits and demerits are equal, and the crime is not worthy of death..."

"Brother Hong, he is your son after all, cough, tell me!"

Fang Mingde glanced away from the corner of his eye and saw Long Hao sitting beside him just teasing with Yuan'er, as if staying out of the matter, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and could only kick the ball to Hong Tianzhu: Tianzhu, Tianzhu, you are too smart to do all the tricks, you bitter plan , it seems that Master Long has clear eyesight, and he doesn't eat at all!

"You committed a serious crime, and you are my son, Hong Tianzhu. No matter how great your merits are, your merits and demerits cannot be offset!"

Hong Tianzhu's face was like the bottom of a pot, and he said coldly: "Originally, I would have executed you scoundrel one day earlier, in order to rectify my Hong family's reputation, but when I think that Master Long is still around, he was assassinated by you, and the loss is not insignificant. So today I invite Master Long to come here, and let him execute you, a traitor, with his own hands, so as to eliminate his hatred! Master Long, do it yourself!"

"I come?"

Long Hao raised his eyelids, and said with a half-smile: "Master Hong, Mr. Fang, all the elders of the Hong family, actually, I came here today, thinking that I would have a good meal to eat, but as soon as I come, you will interrogate me." My own children want me to do it in the end, this... really confuses me!"

Hong Tianzhu looked directly at Long Hao, and said, "Master Long, my family is unlucky, and evil sons appear one after another, ruining my Chinese roots. If you don't do it, I will feel really restless!"

Long Hao shook his head and said: "I haven't figured out the matter yet, this is the sixth son of your family? When I marry Xiang Ling, he will be my sixth uncle. Killing the elders with his hands, and committing crimes below... Hehe, Mr. Hong, this disobedient I can't afford to wear the hat of guilt!"

Long Hao was well aware of Hong Tianzhu's bitter scheme, and the more Hong Tianzhu wanted Long Hao to kill Hong Zaigen.The more he understood, the old boss of the Hongmen was actually reluctant to part with his son.

Apart from Hong Zaimo who has been wandering away for many years, Hong Zaigen is the youngest son of Hong Tianzhu, and doting on the youngest son has always been an inherent habit of the Chinese nation.

Ever since Hong Zaimo returned to San Francisco, and since Long Hao came to San Francisco, the Hong family has encountered 'misfortunes' one after another, not to mention the root causes of these 'misfortunes'.But it is always a fact that Hong Zaizhen and Hong Zaigan were 'forced to death' by Long Hao, no matter how open-minded Hong Tianzhu is, it is impossible for him to ignore it completely.

He might think: If I had known earlier, it would be better if I died, so that I would not suffer from the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person!

Judges, don't look at this kind of thinking as ridiculous, but it really exists in the hearts of many old people.

In addition, Hong Tianzhu actually didn't have the guts to pull a boat like a prime minister, so.After the deaths of his sons, he felt sorry for Long Hao, the savior in his heart.There is indeed a grudge.

This is also the reason why Hong Tianzhu sent Hong Xiangling to Boston, and let Hong Zaigen play around without turning a blind eye.

After all, this old man really doesn't want to repeat the tragedy of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man away!

However, Hong Zaigen caused too much trouble, Chinatown was destroyed!And Long Hao's life was too tough.The six battleships couldn't kill him, but in one day, Long Hao wiped out the whole army in a daze!

Therefore, Hong Tianzhu could only come up with bitter tricks to see if he could save Hong Zaigen's life.

"This evil son. I have kicked him out of the house and crossed off his name from the genealogy. He will not be your sixth uncle, Master Long. If you have thousands of resentments, just vent them all on him! He, any You deal with it!"

Hong Tianzhu rubbed his palms on the camphor wood armrest, and some sawdust fell from it.

"Okay, since all the elders want to see me vent, then I will reluctantly let everyone see it?"

Long Hao smiled lightly, stood up, and someone next to him immediately handed him the Nine Ring Ghost Head Saber.

That knife, with a sharp edge, must have cut off the head, and could still speak after falling to the ground.

"Don't, young master, don't make it..."

In a panic, Yuan'er grabbed Long Hao's sleeve: If the young master kills Hong Zaigen, Huaxia Town and Hongmen will really have an irreconcilable enmity!

This old man Hong has a bad mind!

Yuan'er squinted her pretty eyes, and even hated Hong Tianzhu.

"Don't worry, my young master has his own measure..."

Long Hao turned his head and said softly to Yuan'er: "It's just a trick, I'll play with them and see who gets slapped in the face in the end and can't get off the stage? Good Yuan'er, you can watch the show with peace of mind!"

Seeing Long Hao's confidence, Yuan'er let go of his hand and let him go.

"A good knife, a good knife, can kill all the barbarians without rolling the blade. It's a pity that it is used on our compatriots today. It's a pity that you will feel bitter and helpless with the knife?"

Long Hao picked up the nine-ringed ghost-head knife, stroked the blade, and the golden rings collided with each other. With square steps, singing continuously, he walked towards Hong Zaigen, who was paralyzed into a ball of mud.

"No, don't kill me!"

Hong Zaigen's miserable echo resounded in the lobby. Hong Tianzhu and several elders of the Hong clan had ugly expressions on their faces. Among them, Hong Tianzhu quietly closed his eyes and turned his head slightly, unable to bear to see.

The Ghost Head Knife struck down, cutting off a stubble of Hong Zaigen's hair, touching the tip of his nose, and making a 'ding' sound, his hair fluffed into the air like a dandelion blown with chrysanthemums.

"Woo, hiss, woo..."

Hong Zaigen was so frightened that his face paled, he kept trembling, bit his tongue with his teeth, he couldn't speak a word, his crotch was wet, and a stench came out.

The sixth son was so shocked that he became incontinent!

Long Hao frowned slightly, secretly thinking that Hong Tianzhu was not dedicated to his work, and must have given his son enough food when he was imprisoned, which made the smell very heavy now.

"Come here, take the sixth son down to cleanse and change clothes. All the elders of the Hongmen, you can open your eyes!"

Long Hao threw away the Ghost Head Saber casually, let the servants beside him drag the paralyzed Hong Zaigen down, and then looked at Hong Tianzhu and the others in a leisurely manner.

Hong Tianzhu opened his eyes, the armrest had been crushed: "Long, Long Hao, why don't you do it?"

Long Hao said: "There is no reason, it's just that I suddenly feel that killing him is not worth it!"

"Isn't it worth it? If my son's life can't be exchanged for you to calm down and relieve your hatred?"

"Oh, I never thought of taking the life of Mr. Sixth Hong. But since it was Mr. Hong's order, if I had to do it, then I had no choice but to use a knife! That tuft of hair was to die on behalf of Mr. Sixth... ..."

"Die for him? Why do you want to spare him? Do you know that he colluded with foreigners and wanted to kill you? Capital crime is already a minor crime..."

Hearing this, Hong Tianzhu's eyes became a little angry.However, the tone of voice was still as stubborn as ever, insisting that Long Hao should punish Hong Zaigen severely and never let him go.

Long Hao was disdainful in his heart: This old man Hong clearly hoped that I would let Hong Zaigen go, but he repeatedly accused his son of crimes and forced me to do it. He wants both face and a son, and I will take care of the wicked, humming.How can there be such a cheap thing in the world!

"I didn't spare him!"

"……Um?"

Hong Tianzhu was talking happily, when he suddenly heard Long Hao speak, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Didn't Mr. Hong hear clearly just now? I'll let someone take the sixth son down to purify, cleanse, ah!"

Long Hao smiled playfully.

"Purification? You mean..."

Hong Tianzhu couldn't help but tremble.

"Yes, it's the kind of body purification you understand. Purify the roots of lovesickness and troubles, and enter the palace to serve the emperor and the empress. Although the servants here at Mr. Hong's place may not understand it for a while, but after the sixth son is cleaned, he will do it again. It's not too much trouble, and it's never too late."

"You, you. You want my son to be a eunuch?!"

Hong Tianzhu almost gritted his teeth: If Hong Zaigen enters the palace, what face will Hong Tianzhu have?It would be better to kill that evil son with one knife!

"Yes!"

Long Hao pretended not to see Hong Tianzhu's bulging veins, and said to himself: "I've thought about it, Mr. Hong, you say it's fierce, but you still hate this son in your heart. If I kill him with a knife, how can I kill him?" Wouldn’t it make you regret for the rest of your life? But if you don’t kill him, you keep saying that he’s guilty of this or that. If you don’t kill him, you won’t be able to explain to the dead compatriots. So I was in a dilemma, and I was in a hurry. I came up with this best-of-both-worlds solution, as long as Purify the sixth son, and I will send him back to the country to serve the emperor. You know, I have a deep friendship with Li Zhongtang... In that case, he doesn't have to die, but he can live to atone for his sins. Wouldn't it be great? Mr. Hong, if you I miss him, and I have a chance to visit him, I also have friendship with Sir Weng Tonghe, it is not difficult to enter the palace..."

In a hurry...your sister's wisdom!

What a shabby way to get the best of both worlds!

You are going to castrate my son, do I still have to thank you?

Hong Tianzhu was so angry that three souls came out of his body, the chrysanthemum was smoking, he got up angrily and shouted: "Long Hao, you are insulting me!"

Long Hao sneered, folded his arms and said, "Why are you insulting you? Mr. Hong, you are so unreasonable. I was thinking for you, but it's not like this? Tsk tsk, it's hard to be a good person these days!"

"You want to cleanse my son, aren't you insulting my Hong family?"

"Hey, that's funny. Who said that just now? Hong Zaigen has been expelled from the house and his family name has been removed... Could it be that what he said just now was to bluff me?"

"This……"

Hong Tianzhu stared wide-eyed, and was speechless for a moment, choked.

"Since Hong Zaigen has nothing to do with your Hong family, how I want to deal with him is my freedom, and it has nothing to do with insulting the Hong family!"

Taking advantage of the victory, Long Hao chased after him, and continued: "Master Hong, unless you take back what you just said about 'let me handle it', otherwise, just obediently watch how your former son became a eunuch!"

Hong Tianzhu's chest rose and fell, and the color of his face changed back and forth. He let out his last breath and said dejectedly, "Okay, okay, okay, Long Hao, you won again. Tell me, what can you do so that you don't castrate Hong Zai?" Gen?"

The bitter plan failed, and the vain slash just now had actually cut off Hong Tianzhu's determination to "sacrifice his son", and the insult of "cleaning himself" declared by Long Hao completely made Hong Tianzhu bow his head and admit defeat. In front of ordinary teenagers, how ridiculous and superfluous their own scheming is. If I had known it earlier, it would be better to have a frank and honest talk, and maybe I would not lose face like I am now.

Hong Tianzhu was exhausted, looking at the heroic Long Hao like an old man in his twilight: Back then, when he first arrived in San Francisco, he was just a young boy who had just dug some gold mines. In just two years, he has become famous all over the world , even battleships can't catch him, has his own vision really degenerated to such a point?Even the real one...

Thinking of this, Hong Tianzhu trembled in his heart. Long Hao, who was already tall and tall in front of him, seemed to cover the sky and the earth at once.

What Hong Zaigen did, don't look at Hong Tianzhu's prohibition one by one, but if there is no his acquiescence.Can Hong Jae Gen be so arrogant?How can you act so carelessly?

Long Hao glanced at the collapsed Hong Tianzhu, and sneered in his heart: After all, Hong Tianzhu was also pessimistic about his future after bombarding the crisis, and decided to bet on both sides, that's why Hong Zaigen colluded with Miller, and then made a whole Going out and rioting and other things.

But Hong Tianzhu didn't expect it.Fueled by Long Hao, the riots expanded, and the entire Chinatown was almost razed to the ground, property was destroyed regardless, countless people were killed and injured, and Hong Zaigen's reputation was extremely stinky!

In addition, Hongmen's reputation is extremely stinky!

in this case.Hong Tianzhu was still holding on, thinking that the combined pressure of the Benson Fleet and the 338e Division would cause Long Hao to collapse, but who would have thought that Hong Tianzhu's wishful thinking would fall to pieces as soon as the great miracle came out, and they couldn't even stick together!

But Hong Tianzhu still didn't give up, and invited Long Hao to perform such a clumsy, self-righteous trick... Isn't this asking for a slap in the face?

"Don't castrate him? That's impossible... What if Mr. Hong still forces me to kill someone?"

Long Hao was having a good time.Where is he willing to stop like this: "I, Long Hao, am an innocent and responsible person. I only know how to prepare medicine to save people. I don't know how to kill people!"

This sentence was another resounding slap in the face of the ungrateful Hong Tianzhu.

"Master Long, it's our Hongmen's fault this time. Whatever anger you have, you'll take it out on us... We, old bones, are willing to bear the burden together. Even if you want to abolish Hongmen, we will never... Frown halfway!"

It was Fang Mingde who was loyal, stepped forward, and interjected with embarrassment.

"Oh, it would have been better if I said that earlier? As soon as I came in, I acted like I beat my son. Do you really think that I, Long Hao, are stupid?"

Long Hao gave Fang Lao face, opened his mouth and stopped.

Seeing this, Chen Youkang and other deputy curatorial leaders also expressed their persuasion. In short, they all begged Long Hao to show his respect.

"Elders, please be quiet. Since everyone is open and honest, I, Long Hao, will not hide it. I have no malicious intentions towards you Hongmen, nor do I intend to tear down your door plaque..."

Seven or eight old men from the generation of grandparents acted like a baby to you, even Long Hao, who had a face as thick as a city wall, couldn't take it anymore, and hurriedly shouted to stop.

It was Fang Mingde who was still steady, pulled back a few times, stabilized the situation, then clapped his hands, and actually ordered someone to serve a table... Ah, no, it was more than a dozen tables.

After a while, Long Hao swallowed a marinated egg, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Elders, do you also study the meal sharing system?"

It turned out that the table was a small table, placed on the grand master's chair in the lobby, it fit perfectly, just enough to eat with chopsticks.

Fang Mingde said with a smile: "I learned from the newspaper that I learned it from Master Long. We elders didn't insist on this kind of Chinese learning. I'm really ashamed, ashamed!"

Long Hao said: "That's the fault of the Hou Jin Tartars, no wonder everyone! But in the future, where we can, we should still focus on the orthodox Chinese culture!"

"sure!"

After a short meal, the topic finally came back to just now. Fang Mingde asked on behalf of all the elders of the Hongmen: "Master Long, is it true that you said that the Hongmen will not be abolished?"

"Really, I, Long Hao, never speak big words. Come on, Yuan'er, eat this tomato. Be good, don't be picky eaters..."

"Ahem, Master Long, we made such a big mistake this time, can you forgive us?"

"Forgive? No, forgiveness is what Daoist Sanqing does. What I usually do is to send people who have made mistakes to see Daoist..."

"Uh, Master Long, we are getting old, I don't quite understand this young man's joke, hehe, hehe..."

"I'm not kidding, ah, good boy, this young master likes to eat this little cherry, I will give you another one... I said I won't abolish the Hongmen, but it doesn't mean that the Hongmen shouldn't make compensation for it."

"How to compensate, please tell Master Long!"

"First, from today, the Hongmen will ban any arbitrary fees in name, and second, disciples of the Hongmen are not allowed to call themselves disciples of the Hongmen..."

Hearing this, Chen Youkang panicked, and interjected: "Then, isn't the Hongmen in name only?"

"That's right, it exists in name only!"

As soon as Long Hao opened his eyes, he pushed away the small dining table in front of him, stepped down from his seat, and stood in the lobby, his sharp eyes swept over the Hongmen elders including Hong Tianzhu one by one: "Everyone, think about it, now Is Hongmen's Hongmen far from the original intention of its establishment?"

The question was like a slap in the face, and all the elders of the Hong clan, including Hong Tianzhu who had lost his spirit, were all confused for a while.

Yes, what was the original intention of Hongmen when it was founded?

What is the purpose?

To put it simply, isn't it for the Chinese wandering overseas to have a shoulder to rely on and a harbor to escape the wind and rain?Hongmen is a bridge link for Chinese to help each other and connect with each other. Hongmen is a high-rise building that Chinese can rely on when the storm comes!

But looking back, what did Hongmen do?

The Chinese Exclusion Act became a reality one by one, and the situation of the Chinese in the United States is getting worse day by day, but what about the Hongmen?Nested in San Francisco's Chinatown, pointing fingers at compatriots, charging so-called "protection fees" for hawkers and coolies on the wharf, and when foreigners shouted, the head of Hongmen said that they must abide by the laws of other countries and implement a "guild hall" registered in other countries 'The obligations that should be fulfilled should not be overstepped.

If you think about it carefully, it's really ridiculous!

This is Hongmen? ?

How is this different from the Qing court?

Oh, there is still a difference. Others, the Qing court enslaved at least a piece of China, while the Hongmen only knew how to be arrogant and arrogant in a corner of Chinatown.

This kind of Hongmen, don't worry about it, it will tarnish the reputation of the predecessors... (To be continued...)