The little beggar said quickly, "Just after you enter the door, turn right and there is a room. That's where we sleep."
Jiang Ning asked again. "Are you all together?"
The little beggar nodded repeatedly.
"What are you waiting for?"
With a clang, Linghu Chong drew his sword and pointed it at the Beggars' Sect branch not far away.
"Junior Brother Lin, you stay here and look after him."
Jiang Ning asked Lin Pingzhi to stay here to look after the little beggar. Firstly, Lin Pingzhi's martial arts skills were not top-notch, and he didn't know if there were any masters in this branch of the Beggar Gang, so he was afraid that Lin Pingzhi would not be able to cope with it. Secondly, he didn't know what was going on inside, and if there were too many people inside and a fight really broke out, he was afraid that he would not be able to take care of the little beggar, so he asked Lin Pingzhi to stay here.
Lin Pingzhi originally wanted to go in, but after hearing Jiang Ning's words, he nodded.
"Yes, senior brother."
Leaving Lin Pingzhi and the little beggar here, Jiang Ning and Linghu Chong walked towards the Beggar Gang branch.
Several people guarding the gate saw two people coming towards this side. Both of them were carrying weapons, and one of them even drew a sword. Several people shouted loudly.
"Who is it? Stop!"
However, the shouting of several people had no effect. One of them walked towards them quickly. Several people were about to draw their swords, but suddenly, there was a flash before their eyes. The man had disappeared, and only another person was left.
While these people were confused, the remaining man rushed forward. His movements were so fast that they couldn't react. After a few swishes, several people fell down, covering their necks.
After dealing with several people in the blink of an eye, Linghu Chong took a look at their corpses, snorted, and walked in past their corpses.
Chapter 496: Rage
"Messenger, this is the total revenue of my Yanping branch last year. Please count it."
A middle-aged man said to the young man with a smile on his face and a flattering look.
The middle-aged man was a little ragged, but he was very sturdy, with muscular arms and eight cloth bags hanging around his waist.
This person is the leader of the Yanping branch of the Beggars' Gang.
Hearing the words of the branch leader, the young man called the envoy nodded, took the account book handed over by him, opened it and took a look, but frowned after a while.
"Captain Xu, why did the Yanping branch pay so much less last year than in previous years?"
The amount of silver handed in by the Yanping Prefecture branch is now more than 100,000 taels less than before. Such a large fluctuation made the young man ask questions.
"The messenger is Rong Bing."
Captain Xu was not panicked when he heard this, and said, "Last year, my Yanping branch had some difficulties. I hope the envoy will say a few good words for me when he returns to the headquarters."
"I'll put in a good word for you?"
Seeing that the other party only said that there were some difficulties, but did not even explain what the difficulties were, the young man was very displeased, his face fell, and when he was about to continue speaking, he suddenly stopped.
Because the other party had handed over a silver note with fifty thousand taels written on it.
When the young man saw the banknote, a strange look flashed in his eyes. He accepted it calmly and said.
"It seems that your Yanping branch is indeed in some difficulties. I will explain it to the leader after I return to the headquarters."
At this time, in addition to the young man and Captain Xu, there were several other people in the room, all of whom were other senior leaders of the Beggar Gang's Yanping branch.
Several people were overjoyed when they heard this, and said one after another: "Messenger, please be merciful. We thank you."
Captain Xu was also expressing his gratitude, but he was cursing in his heart.
"What are you talking about explaining to the gang leader? Isn't it just you and your son dividing the spoils?"
The young man is the Green Lotus Messenger, and there is also a White Lotus Messenger. Neither of them has the surname Jie, but they are both illegitimate sons of Jie Feng, the leader of the Beggars' Sect.
Originally, the positions of Blue Lotus Messenger and White Lotus Messenger did not exist in the hierarchy of the Beggars' Gang. They were specially created by Jie Feng for his two illegitimate sons. Although Jie Feng did not acknowledge them openly, he was very caring towards these two illegitimate sons. He also let them be responsible for collecting the silver handed over by various branches, and they could make a lot of money from it.
Some high-ranking members of the Beggars' Sect knew that these two were Jie Feng's sons, so they did not dare to neglect them in the slightest.
After receiving the fifty thousand taels of silver note, the Qinglian Envoy felt a little happier and no longer had a stern face. He asked, "Have you prepared the silver to be handed over?"
Captain Xu smiled and said, "Everything is ready. It has been packed and loaded onto the car. The messenger can set off at any time."
The Qinglian messenger nodded.
Captain Xu added: "It's rare for an envoy to come to Yanping Prefecture, so why not let him stay for a few more days so that we can entertain him well."
The other senior officials also said, "Yes, Envoy."
After saying that, Captain Xu clapped his hands, and several women who had been prepared walked out from the darkness, each of them beautiful and charming.
Upon hearing this, the Qinglian messenger wanted to refuse, but after seeing these women, he could not continue.
"Okay, then stay a few more days."
The Qinglian Messenger nodded.
Captain Xu and his companions laughed.
The two sides had a great time talking.
"Oh, right, Captain Xu."
The Green Lotus Messenger suddenly said, "When I first came here, I saw a lot of little beggars going in and out of the room on the right. Is that where they live?"
Captain Xu asked, "But are they in the way of the envoy?"
The places where those little beggars lived were not shabby, but not much better either. Upon hearing this, Captain Xu thought that the Green Lotus Envoy disliked them for being mean to the beggars.
The Green Lotus Envoy said, "After all, this is our Beggars' Sect branch. It would be bad if outsiders saw us. Take them somewhere else."
Captain Xu understood immediately after hearing this.
"Your Excellency is right. I thought of leaving them at the branch so that I could keep an eye on them, but I didn't think of this. I was inconsiderate. Your Excellency, rest assured. I will have them taken away right away."
Captain Xu was about to stand up after he finished speaking, but a Beggar Gang disciple ran in in a panic.
"Helmsman!"
Seeing this disciple, Captain Xu frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
The Beggars' Sect disciple said in surprise: "Captain, someone has broken in."
"Called in?"
The others were shocked when they heard this.
"who?"
Captain Xu asked sternly.
The Beggar Clan disciple said, "I don't know. That person claimed to be from Huashan Sect and has killed many of us in the outer courtyard."
"Huashan Sect?"
Captain Xu was shocked when he heard this.
The Huashan Sect is in Shaanxi, thousands of miles away from here. Why did people from the Huashan Sect come here?
"Are you sure that man is from Huashan Sect? What's his name?"
Captain Xu frowned and asked.
The Beggar Clan disciple shook his head and said, "We don't know either. He only said that he was from the Huashan Sect. His swordsmanship was so powerful that he killed many of our brothers. No one could stop him."
"Captain, Captain."
Before the Beggar Gang disciple could finish his words, another person came in.
"Someone took away those dozens of little beggars, and the brothers who were guarding them were killed."
Hearing this man's words, Captain Xu was shocked.
Several other people looked at each other.
"Let's go out and take a look."
The Qinglian Messenger frowned, stood up and said.
Captain Xu and others also nodded and gave the order.
"Gather the brothers and go to the front yard to see who dares to come to my Beggars' Sect and cause trouble!"
……
After entering the gate, Jiang Ning turned right and walked straight, and saw several Beggars' Gang guarding a dilapidated house.
"who are you?"
When these people saw that Jiang Ning's clothes were different from theirs, they immediately raised questions.
The sword flashed, and a line of blood appeared on the necks of several people, and then they fell to the ground.
Jiang Ning sheathed his sword, opened the door and walked in without stopping. The scene he saw made his pupils shrink.
There were dozens of children in tattered clothes lying in the house.
These children were covered in dirt, some had broken hands, some had broken feet, and some even had no hands or feet at all.
Apart from these, they all had injuries on their bodies, similar to the little beggar Jiang Ning rescued during the day.
Seeing the house was opened, some of the children were still awake, while some had already fallen asleep but were awakened by Jiang Ning's action of opening the door. They all looked over here, subconsciously backed away, with looks of fear on their faces.
The environment inside the house was bad, and it could even be said that it was smelly. The floor was covered with feces and urine, and many children were covered in these filth.
It can be imagined that these children basically eat and live here. In such an environment, coupled with the injuries on these children's bodies, many of them are already dying. Jiang Ning turned his head and looked, and his eyes were stunned again.
Several more children were lying quietly in the corner, without any sound or movement, and they were obviously dead.
Saw this scene.
Jiang Ning's pupils contracted violently, and his usually calm face became somewhat ferocious at this moment, with anger burning in his eyes.
Chapter 497: Rescue the Little Beggar (Louis Likes Oranges 1/16)
These kids didn't know who Jiang Ning was and thought he was here to beat them up again. They huddled in the corner and looked at Jiang Ning in fear.
Jiang Ning closed his eyes upon seeing this, then opened them again.
"All of you come out with me."
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