The world is like a prison, my body is holy

Chapter 56 Senior Brother

Wang Wen came out of the cell and went straight to the lobby of the Sanhe Gang.

Before he even entered the door, he saw someone in the lobby who shouldn't be there, and wondered, "Old man, why are you here?"

Huang Xingde, who was drinking tea and chatting with Jiang Jin in the hall, smiled and waved when he heard the voice, "Why can't I come over? Isn't this the hall of my Cao Gang?"

Wang Wen was on high alert. Just as he was about to finish, he suddenly stopped and held his abdomen, crying out, "Ouch, my stomach hurts. I must have eaten something unclean at noon, and now I have diarrhea..."

The two Cao Gang bosses in the hall watched his performance with a smile, but neither of them pointed out his mistake: "Go ahead, go ahead, a lazy donkey will only make more shit and piss if it goes to the millstone!"

"Hey, Master, please continue drinking. I'll be right back!"

Wang Wen responded, turned around and ran away.

Jiang Jin, who was standing in the hall, pointed at Wang Wen's swiftly running back and said with a smile, "I've always said this kid is a clever kid with a simple mind. As soon as I saw you, I knew what you were doing here."

Huang Xingde smiled and shook his head: "He only uses his cleverness to compete with us..."

"Just be tough!"

Jiang Jin stroked his beard and laughed, "Anyway, the more I look at this child, the more I think he suits my taste."

Huang Xingde asked doubtfully, "Isn't that right? I remember that you used to be most annoyed by these nagging, womanizing, foolish men and women, weren't you?"

“It was indeed annoying in the early years.”

Jiang Jin nodded with a smile, and finally sighed with some emotion: "Later, I met too many people who were not fussy or soft-hearted. I felt that the world of martial arts should be more interesting if there are more people who would rather break than bend."

"Brother, we only have this one son, and we're counting on him to beat the banners and smash the pots for us in the future!"

Huang Xingde quickly said, "Don't tease him. His little arms and legs can't stand your tossing and turning."

Jiang Jin laughed and said, "What are you thinking? I have a successor!"

Huang Xingde finally breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "Hehe," "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You scared me!"

Jiang Jin was so angry that he laughed. Finally, he asked, "The child has grown up and has his own ideas. Don't go against him on everything..."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Huang Xingde readily agreed: "Next time, definitely next time!"

Jiang Jin: "What about this time?"

"this time……"

Huang Xingde narrowed his eyes and smiled: "This time, let's just treat it as our father teaching him a lesson!"

……

On the other side, Wang Wen hurriedly found Xu Ergou who was playing in the Sanhe Gang hall: "Ergou, Ergou, come here quickly!"

Xu Ergou, who was in the crowd, immediately dropped the sieve in his hand and stood up to greet him: "Brother, what's the matter?"

Wang Wen pulled him over and said in a low voice, "Something's wrong! My old man is coming!"

"Why is he here?"

Xu Ergou scratched his head in confusion: "Brother, are you in trouble again?"

"Are you stupid?"

Wang Wen slapped him on the head and said, "I haven't even had time to go to Lichunyuan these days, what trouble could I possibly get into? It's Qing'er. If he comes, will Qing'er still have a chance to survive?"

Xu Ergou exclaimed, "Oh my god!" and said in shock, "That's not really the case, is it? Is such a small matter worth him making a personal trip?"

Wang Wen: "Don't waste time, quickly pick two reliable brothers, go and rescue Qingge'er and get him out of the city... Remember, don't take the water route. It's best to let him hide in a remote mountain area for a while, and then escape after the storm has passed."

Xu Ergou looked at him hesitantly without moving.

Wang Wen was anxious: "What are you afraid of? If he gets angry, I'll take care of him! Hurry up and go, or Qingge'er will be dead!" Xu Ergou gritted his teeth and ran towards the cell: "If anything happens, remember to rescue me..."

Wang Wen watched him go away, feeling a little relieved. He turned around, tugging at his belt and slowly walked towards the lobby.

"Are you feeling settled?"

Inside the hall, Huang Xingde looked at him with a smile, his words having a double meaning.

"Now that I've felt better, I'll go burn down that wonton stand I had at noon..."

Wang Wen lied to avoid his gaze, lowered his head, found a random chair and sat down upright: "Old man, why are you visiting here in the middle of the day instead of taking a nap at home?"

Huang Xingde suddenly said with a smile: "Don't call me Lao Deng anymore?"

Wang Wen subconsciously glanced at the smiling Jiang Jin in the hall, and said hurriedly with a guilty conscience: "What Lao Deng? Old man, don't wrongly accuse me!"

He looked at this gentleman in the same way as he looked at Zhang Yuan before. Although this gentleman always had a friendly smile on his face, he felt inexplicably uneasy when he saw this gentleman.

Huang Xingde smiled complacently and did not expose him.

"Okay, let's get down to business first."

Jiang Jin stroked his beard gently, smiling softly, "My dear nephew, is Mr. Zhao from the Astronomical Bureau satisfied with the explanation given to my Cao Gang?"

"To my uncle, at first he wasn't very satisfied, saying that this explanation wasn't fair enough."

Wang Wen quickly sat up straight and replied seriously, "After my disciples argued and bargained, he reluctantly accepted the explanation given by our Cao Gang. He just said that we didn't handle the matter properly and left a tail. He wanted to join forces with our Cao Gang to eliminate future troubles."

Huang Xingde interjected at the right moment, "What tail? Weren't all the White Lotus Sect's minions sent to them? Why are we still involved in the Cao Gang's affairs?"

"Yup!"

Wang Wen nodded vigorously, acknowledging his adoptive father's skill. "That's what I said, too. But that guy insisted that the White Lotus Cult had been stirring up trouble in Yangzhou City all this time just to build an altar. Now, even though those evil White Lotus Cult members have been brought to justice, the altar hasn't been found yet. This is like treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

"Altar?"

Huang Xingde and Jiang Jin exchanged glances and frowned at the same time.

Wang Wen: "Yes, old man, do you remember when I first started fighting with Qin Laoba from the Beggars' Sect? That time when Ergou ran into the Beggars' Sect members beating beggars in the grass market and almost got into a fight?"

Huang Xingde nodded: "I remember, why?"

Wang Wen: "That night, didn't Ergou and I raid Qin Laoba's lair? We didn't find the child then. Later, didn't the Imperial Astronomical Bureau discover that the Beggars' Gang was colluding with the White Lotus Sect? They discovered that the Beggars' Gang was kidnapping and trafficking young boys and girls in the city, selling them to the White Lotus Sect for rituals."

"I've already asked around. Last night, we raided the nunneries hiding the White Lotus sect, but we found neither children nor corpses..."

Huang Xingde frowned and looked at Jiang Jin, and found that he also had a frown on his face and a solemn expression.

"Brother, this matter is of great importance. Can we, the Cao Gang, intervene?"

he asked softly.

Jiang Jin frowned and pondered for a long time before answering in a resounding voice, "Precisely because this matter is of such importance, it must not be associated with our nunnery!"

Huang Xingde thought for a moment, then hesitantly whispered, "Brother, regarding the Black Tiger Taoist priest incident, we can still say that the White Lotus Sect was the first to lose its moral integrity, but this Laozi Altar... I'm afraid the White Lotus Sect won't let this go."

"Junior brother, don't laugh at others when you are only fifty steps away."

Jiang Jin said bluntly, "Either don't do it, or do it thoroughly. Anyway, the White Lotus Sect doesn't talk about morality at first, but later wants to talk about tea and fight. My Cao Gang will follow suit!"

"Master Uncle is tall and hard!"

Wang Wen took the opportunity to flatter him, but he secretly muttered in his heart: "You two are indeed worthy of being brothers!"

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