Start by capturing Zhu Chongba alive

Chapter 31 Murderous Intent
Jia Lu opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

He is a veteran of the officialdom, his eyelashes are empty, he is good at observing words and expressions, seeing this little monk Zhu Chongba call Chen Sijiu his eldest brother, he just laughed it off.

Chen Sijiu also didn't want to tell Jia Luduo that although this person's ass is a little crooked, in the words of the master, his knowledge is limited by the era he lives in. If he had seen Yingzhou Immortal World, he would naturally not have the idea.

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the people are few and the relatives are many. How about fighting three times a day?"

Chen Sijiu recited a poem, which made Jia Lu so sleepy that he frowned and remained silent for a long time.

In Yingzhou Immortal World, at least everyone can be equal.

At this time, some beggars in front of them were beating gongs and drums, singing and begging for rewards.

The Gang of Beggars existed in the Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. At that time, there were many disciples of the Gang of Beggars in Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, who specialized in begging. Whenever there were weddings and weddings, they would come to the door wearing hundreds of clothes, singing, chanting, beating, and begging.

But this gang of beggars is obviously different.

They lead a few "monkeys", but they are tall and look like children. They can write and recite poems, but they can't speak. Chinese writing and coloring are very clever.

Therefore, the place is the official road to Shangdu, so there are many people traveling to and from business, and there are many onlookers.

There are also a few children, about five or six years old, they look very young, their bodies are covered with abscesses, they are very pitiful.

Zhu Chongba looked at those children, pulled Chen Sijiu and said, "Brother Chen, we want to save these children."

In order to facilitate walking and not reveal his identity, Chen Sijiu called Zhu Chongba and Peng Yingyu and called himself the eldest brother. The two of them argued endlessly over who was the second child, and finally had a fight. Second child.

Seeing this, Chen Sijiu's eyes flickered. This gang of beggars is not ordinary people. The gang of beggars is known as the largest gang in the world. Anyone who kidnaps and sells babies among the people must have shadows of the gang of beggars. Carrying pancakes or sesame candies, teasing children with pancakes and sesame candies, knocking the child unconscious and taking them away, this is called Paihuazi, lucky children can be recruited into the beggar gang, most of them will be dumbed by drugs, or made deaf, Either the hands and feet are broken, and the sky is broken.

There are also some wealthy landlords and squires who build temples, bridges, and houses. They like to buy boys and girls from the beggar gang, pour mercury, seal their mouths and noses, and bury them alive in the eyes of the earth, which are called life piles.

What is even more evil is "harvesting life and cutting it". This is an ancient evil witch who sacrifices humans to ghosts, seeks fame and fortune from ghosts, lurks in the grass, and adopts strangers. The "cutting" of strangers and children into monsters is also called "the method of making animals". First, the child is stripped and caught, and the whole body is stabbed with needles to make the blood drip. The monkey skin bag and the child's body, human blood and monkey blood adhere to each other and never fall off. They are bound with iron chains and shackles to defraud people of money.

This kind of sorcery was originally prohibited in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but under the command of the Yuan Dynasty, it intensified.

The dignitaries of the Yuan Dynasty, especially the Mongol Tartars, were very fond of sacrificing their lives, and the practice of sacrificing was prevalent. The folk Han landlords and squires also learned everything.

Looking at the appearance of those "monkeys", Chen Sijiu knew that these were not ordinary monkeys, they must be children dressed in monkey skins and pretending to be monkeys to beg for money, and most of them had their tongues cut off, unable to speak. Mixed flavors.

Peng Yingyu also said: "Big man, I don't like the gang of beggars. They are worse than the monk Lama and Semu Huihui. I was almost abducted by the beggars back then."

Zhu Chongba said: "So did we. When we were begging in Fengyang, we were almost deceived by the elders of the beggar gang. We cut off our hands and feet and became a crippled person. According to the elder, we became a crippled person. The higher the status of the Beggar Clan, the more they can get food, if we hadn't been clever then, we wouldn't have hands and feet at this time."

Chen Sijiu shook his head, and said to the two of them: "I tell you one thing, before you have absolute strength, don't easily provoke such a huge force as the Beggars' Gang. If you grab it hard, you will have endless troubles. The reason why they are called the No. [-] gang in the world is because they are begging, but they have a lot of money. You can see behind this group of beggars, there is a group of warriors not far away, all of them are burly and wear swords around their waists. The common people wear swords and soldiers, so this group of people cannot be said to be descendants of Han military families."

Zhu Chongba narrowed his eyes and said, "Maybe it can be bought with money."

Chen Sijiu sighed again, and asked: "If you buy it with money, you are harming these children instead. Do you know why the beggar gang made them covered with abscesses? It's because the beggar gang makes money with human compassion." , Just like Zigong Redeemer, if you buy them now, these beggars will not appreciate it, but think it is a matter of course. These children should be sold at a high price, but they will catch more children to sell. This way is impossible."

"Besides, if you buy it today, you can buy it tomorrow. There are more than [-] children abducted by the gang of beggars in the world. Can you buy it?"

"What should I do?"

Zhu Chongba was a little dumbfounded.

Chen Sijiu's eyes flickered, and he said seriously: "It's easy to handle. If we gain power in the future, beggar gangs are not allowed to beg, but anyone who is found to be abducted and trafficked, harvested and cut will be executed immediately!"

"If their beggar gang refuses to accept it, we will beat them until they accept it, and kill them until they submit!"

Zhu Chongba nodded thoughtfully.

But Peng Yingyu asked: "That big man, what can we do to save these children?"

Chen Sijiu grinned and said, "We need money, but we need to find a reason, a reason that makes these beggars afraid."

Immediately, he took a step forward, pretending to be a spectator who watched the excitement, and walked towards the group of big men with knives guarding the side, seemingly unintentionally.

"Several heroes, but the clean clothes envoys of the Beggar Clan here?"

These strong men not only carry weapons, but also have clean and tidy clothes. They are the leaders of the beggar gang here. The beggar gang is divided into elders in Jingyi and elders in Huayi. The team shoots Hanako and begs for food, and the division of labor is clear.

The leading strong man was obese with greedy eyes. He was looking at the girls and children in the crowd. Seeing Chen Sijiu's burly figure and carrying a weapon behind his back, he was startled at first, and subconsciously reached out to touch his waist, then Puzzled: "Where to burn incense in the Shanzhai Water Village?"

Chen Sijiu made a Taoist gesture: "Tao Patriarch Sanqing sits in Liaoyang."

Seeing Chen Sijiu coming up, the leading fat man smiled and said: "It's easy to say, I am the elder of Jingyi from the Beggars' Clan here, called Wang Si."

"Brother Wang."

Chen Sijiu complimented first, then looked at the pustule-covered children among the group of beggars, and said with a faint smile: "Brother, we came here to talk about something, we see that you are good looking, Especially those pustule-covered ones, we want to buy them to make medicine and refine medicine, I wonder if big brother can make it easier for us?"

As he spoke, he took out an ingot of gold from his bosom with his right hand.

There are two taels of this gold, which is very valuable.

The Jingyi disciples of the Beggars' Gang around them all had bright eyes, and they couldn't hold the dog-beating sticks firmly in their hands. They gathered around and drooled. There are specific skills in begging, playing, playing and singing, and begging for words, while monks are similar to begging, but the skills are far behind.

It is easy to ask for money, but spending money is extremely lavish, and the Beggar Clan also has the custom of not giving overnight money, so this group of clean clothes disciples of the Beggar Clan spend a lot of money.

Seeing someone taking the bait, the fat elder Wang smiled all over his face, and said with a grin, "It's easy to say, you just want pustules all over your body? Do you want to be short? There are so many people in the capital recently, and we caught more than a dozen It’s a flower, and before it can be cut off, there’s a Mongolian woman living here, if you give me enough money, we can let you open a bud, that woman is from a wealthy family and can speak Chinese.”

Chen Sijiu asked with a smile: "How many brothers does your beggar gang have?"

The fat elder Wang Si proudly said: "Hey, our gang of beggars is the number one gang in the world, and brothers in Shangdu are naturally indispensable. The biggest owner of the tooth shop here is our gang of beggars. We have more than two hundred disciples in clean clothes. , There are more than one hundred Huayi envoys, and there are three hundred Huazi, that is to say, the Mongols like to catch Hanako as slaves, otherwise we would have more Hanako."

"How many have not yet been harvested and cut?"

"There are thirty or forty more, brother, do you want to buy them all?"

"I'll buy them all. The two taels of gold are the deposit."

Chen Sijiu threw the gold in his hand to the fat elder Wang Si. He smiled like a flower and bit his teeth to confirm that it was real gold. Then he said: "Do you still want the kind with pustules all over the body? It's not easy to deal with." , It’s a technique we learned from a wizard from Miaojiang, and we need to apply witchcraft medicine on the wound to do this, and it costs at least ten taels of silver for a flower.”

Chen Sijiu smiled again: "It's easy to say, let's buy them all. You can introduce the wizard you mentioned to me if it's convenient."

Fat Elder Wang Si patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, you are very knowledgeable. This pusty man asks for a lot more money. Rich people will pay for it when they see it."

Chen Sijiu said: "They are full of pustules, and they just came to refine the five poison pills, take out their pustules, and then mix in the secret medicine, which can be used for making."

The fat elder Wang Si looked at Chen Sijiu with some disdain, and whispered: "You Taoists also do this kind of thing? There was a big lama from the Tantric sect who asked us to buy flowers to make it, and their secret medicine still needs to be used. Dead man’s fingernails, dead man’s body oil, women’s menstrual blood cloth, dead man’s spittle, Buddha’s head’s piss and feces, we, the beggars’ gang, are more particular, although they are begging for food, we never use flower seeds to make these messy medicines.”

Chen Sijiu still looked indifferent, and said with a smile: "That is, my Taoist school has always paid attention to saving people to heaven."

"Keep all your uncut flowers for me. Don't touch them yet. I need to buy test medicines. I will refine various secret medicines for the great emperor. I need a lot of test medicine boys."

"It's easy to talk about, brother, you have as many as you want. If you want new ones, we will catch them immediately."

Chen Sijiu waved his hands, looked left and right, and asked doubtfully, "Where is your general altar?"

Fat Elder Wang Siqi said: "It's right here in Duolun Post. It's only 45 miles from here to Dadu. Semu Huihuizai of Shangdu believes in heaven and is not allowed to beg in Shangdu city, so we are all around Shangdu, the main altar right here."

"Doesn't that mean that all Hanako are here?"

"Yes, I can take you to see it right now."

Chen Sijiu grinned and said: "It's easy to say, then let Elder Wang lead the way."

As he said that, he turned his head, looked at Peng Yingyu and Zhu Chongba, and confessed with a serious face: "You two are following Long Jiao's caravan, and I will come to find you."

Zhu Chongba and Peng Yingyu wanted to talk, but seeing the murderous look in Chen Sijiu's eyes, they immediately understood and nodded.

Seeing this, the fat elder Wang Si asked suspiciously: "How many followers do you not bring? Do you have enough gold and silver on you?"

Chen Sijiu patted the Mo Dao and the longbow behind him, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I've brought enough."

The fat elder Wang Si grinned greedily and said: "That's good, brother, don't you bring a few followers, and you are not afraid that we will rob you of your money when you arrive at our site?"

Hearing his words, Chen Sijiu laughed out loud, showing harmless teeth to humans and animals, with serious eyes, and said: "How come, your beggar gang has always been well-known, by the way, Elder Wang, I still have three taels of gold here, you take it first Go, tell the local brothers to buy more wine and vegetables, and call all the Jingyi disciples and Huayi disciple elders of your beggar gang in the local area, and we invite you to eat wine and meat."

The fat elder Wang Si hurriedly reached out to take it over, his eyes flashed, and he squinted greedily at Chen Sijiu, as if he saw a big fat pig, thinking that this Taoist is probably not a fool, maybe he doesn't know who my beggar gang is? Born in a tooth shop, is it natural to abduct and sell human teeth?

I'm afraid that if you enter the main altar of my beggar gang in the local area, you will go in if you are killed, and you will come out if you are not!

But Chen Sijiu thought about it again, took out another ingot of silver, the more it was ten taels, and said: "Buy more wine and water, and buy some mutton, so that every brother can drink wine."

"Eat and drink enough before we can send you on your way!"

　Little knowledge: Ma Zhiyuan, who writes about ancient roads, thin horses in the west wind, people with small bridges and flowing water, and heartbroken people at the end of the world at sunset, is a native of Beiping, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.

　　
　
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