Chapter 6 Chapter Six

After taking advantage of Master Xiaolian's power to establish himself on the ground of Qingpu, Ruan Dacheng thought that the time had come and he had to move his muscles and bones to do something.He is not an authentic scholar!Let him stay in the room all day long, reading Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, "Xian Si Nong Anthology", wouldn't it blow him up-earlier, he could become an authentic scholar and seek fame, but the evil court did not To put his father in prison, but to force him to cross the ocean, but to prevent him from studying, how can he be blamed?Now, he can't read this book anymore, and he doesn't even think about the future of fame and fame. Ever since he was introduced to the Tiandihui in Chaozhou by Zhu Mazi at the age of twenty-three, he has been obsessed with wanting to be an enemy of the full court. up.Therefore, in his eyes, the antiquated Mr. Xiaolian and the overbearing Mr. Chen's parents are ridiculous!He doesn't believe their deceitful nonsense!He is not a teenager now, he is already in his early thirties!No one can fool him!

He doesn't need the fame and future bestowed by the people to decorate his life, he wants to do something earth-shattering in this muddled world-return the Qing court and restore the Ming Dynasty!This is naturally not an easy task, if it is not done well, there is a danger of being beheaded by the government, but he is not afraid, he wants to avenge his father who died unjustly in prison, and avenge the shame of the Han nation!He is not alone, he has a secret society and world, and his brothers are all over the world.Since Lin Shuangwen, the leader of the Shuntian League in the fifty-first year of Qianlong's reign, rebelled in Taiwan, there have been frequent riots in the Tiandihui for more than 30 years. He once participated in the Tiandihui uprising in Meixian, Guangdong in the 22nd year of Jiaqing.Later, the uprising failed, and the government arrested the brothers in the meeting, and he fled to Fujian.In Fujian, he recruited more members of the party, rebuilt the Xiangtang, and prepared to act righteously when the time was right.Unexpectedly, he was denounced, and most of the brothers in the meeting were killed, so he went to Guangdong again and went to Qingpu.

He firmly believes that the rebellious cause he devotes himself to will succeed sooner or later!Sooner or later, the Manchu court will be overthrown by the Han people!He could see that this alien imperial court was unpopular, and those who opposed it were not only the Tiandihui, but also the people of the whole country, as well as those other gangs that did not belong to the Tiandihui, and the green forest heroes everywhere!Those heroes of the green forest don't respect the Qing court, but they respect the Tiandihui!When he encountered the pirate three monks at sea, it was the signboard of the Tiandihui that saved his life!

That day, after he entered the Hall of Yongyi with the three pirate monks, he immediately talked with the three monks about the heroic deeds of Lin Shuangwen, the leader of the Shuntian alliance. Using Hongmen code words to answer each other, the two talked more and more speculatively, and later they worshiped Jinlan, which made the three monks release the people on board.At the time of parting, the third monk reluctantly said: in the future, as long as Ruan Dacheng raises an issue in Qingpu, all the brothers in Xiaojuhai will definitely help and respond. Naturally, except for the third monk and a few close leaders around the third monk, no one knew about it.

Qingpu also has Tiandihuixiangtang. The person in charge of the Xiangtang is a shopkeeper of a fishing company named Gao Fangming Gao Laosan. This is what Zhu Mazi from Chaozhou told him.Two years ago, Zhu Mazi visited Qingpu and set up this incense hall.However, later on, Zhu Mazi knew very little about this incense hall, and he sent people to contact him several times without reply. That is to say, I will meet the third child and deal with the camera. Now, it's time to meet Gao Laosan. In the afternoon of this day, Ruan Dacheng avoided Mr. Xiaolian and walked along the street to Daji outside the east gate of the town alone.The market was bustling with noise, seafood sellers, fruit sellers, and caramel cake sellers all gathered on both sides of the street, covering many shops on both sides of the street.Ruan Dacheng managed to find Gao Laosan's seafood shop that Zhu Mazi mentioned next to a silk shop.

When I entered the door and asked, it was wrong again. The shopkeeper's surname was not Gao at all, but Kuai. Ruan Dacheng asked the clerk in the shop: "Is there a seafood shop with the surname Gao outside the east gate?" The guy was quite enthusiastic, and said again and again: "Yes! Yes! It's on the other side of the street, next to Liu Ji Baozi Shop!" He also led Ruan Dacheng to the door of the shop, and showed Ruan Dacheng the signboard of Liu Ji Steamed Bun Shop. Ruan Dacheng finally found Gao Laosan's shop, thanked the clerk, crossed the street and broke into Gao Laosan's shop.

A clerk came up to him and asked, "What do you want, sir?" Ruan Dacheng glanced at the table, and said quietly: "Nothing, I want to meet your shopkeeper. Is your shopkeeper Gao Fangming?" "Exactly! Exactly!" Ruan Dacheng said: "I'm from Nanyang, and I want to discuss business with your shopkeeper! Please inform me in the back hall." "Okay! Okay! My lord, wait a moment!" The guy went away for a while, and then led a big man with a square face full of flesh out of the back hall.The big man was about forty years old, with a broad and thick body.He stared at Ruan Dacheng with a pair of fierce eyes across the seafood counter. After watching for a long time, he said in a rough voice, "Are you looking for me? I don't do Nanyang business! That business is done by someone on Nansipo! Please go over there and ask!"

Seeing that no one was paying attention, Ruan Dacheng raised his right hand, secretly stretched out three fingers, put them on his chest, and said, "Brother Zhu from Chaozhou made this deal!" "Oh? Brother Zhu?" Seeing Ruan Dacheng's gesture, the man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Please talk inside! Please talk inside!" In the back hall, the two sat down across a square table. Gao Laosan called people to serve tea. A tall man came in holding a teapot, a tea tray and teacups.The guy first poured a cup of tea and put it on the back of his hand, and respectfully approached Ruan Dacheng and said, "Master, please use tea!"

Ruan Dacheng remembered the rules of drinking tea in Hongmen very clearly, and knew that the cup of tea placed on the back of his hand was called "Five Ancestor Tea" and was not edible.Then with a slight smile, he took it and clasped it in both hands, reciting four lines of poetry: Seeing that Ruan Dacheng hadn't eaten the tea from the Five Ancestors, Gao Laosan immediately took an empty cup from the tea tray, poured another cup of tea, put it on the four fingers of his right hand, pressed the edge of the cup with his thumb, and said, "Then Please drink this cup, brother!"

When Ruan Dacheng saw the pie, he understood that this cup of tea is called Lingjiao tea.This youngest Gao seems to be polite, ask him for advice, if he dares to teach him, you can eat it, otherwise it will be embarrassing, even die for it!Right now, he doesn't know the details of Gao Laosan, or how powerful his Xiangtang is, so he must not act rashly. He got up and cupped his fists and said: "Brother came to ask for advice this time, but I dare not accept such an offer of tea!" Gao Laosan chuckled, with a look of smugness on his face, he inadvertently closed the teacup in his hand to the tiger's mouth, and handed it to Ruan Dacheng again.

This tea is close to the tiger's mouth, so it is called Zhongxin tea. Ruan Dacheng immediately took it over and chanted a poem: After chanting, he took two sips of the tea and put it on the table. At this time, the tall and fierce guy quietly withdrew, Gao Laosan and Ruan Dacheng closed the door and began to talk slowly. Gao Laosan first asked: "Brother Gao's surname?" Dacheng said, "It's Ruan." "Do you have a righteous surname?" "Yi's surname is Hong!" "Why do you have two surnames?" Dacheng said: "My parents gave birth to my life-sacrificing gold, and I worship the heavens and the earth, and the name and deed are in the Hong family." Then he sang a poem: Third Gao asked again, "Where did brother Ruan come from this morning?" Da Cheng was taken aback for a moment, not knowing how to answer.This reply has a double meaning, one is bright, and the other is dark. I don't know whether Gao Lao San intends to be bright or dark? Unexpectedly, just this startled, Gao Laosan became suspicious, his face tensed up, and he repeated: "Where did brother Ruan come from this morning?" In order not to be suspected, Ruan Dacheng then answered his secret: "Come from the east." "Come in the morning?" "When the sunrise is red, it will come." "You don't come from the east, do you?" When Ruan Da was established, he chanted poems: Gao San stared at Ruan Dacheng's face, and asked, "Is there a white-bearded old man on the road?" Dacheng nodded and said: "I see, it's Fang Dahong, go to Sanhe to gather!" "What else do you see?" "See Erbanqiao." "It's not just the second board, is it?" "Originally there were three boards, but one board was lost in the water, and Hong Wu took it to Duyang Lake to build a bridge!" "You came so fast?" "Buddha, God help me a gust of wind!" "Which store did you vote for on the way?" "It's Yixiong's joint store, the third Hongsheng store!" "How much silver is there for the transaction?" "One hundred and eighty taels." At this point in the cross-examination, Gao Laosan was convinced that Ruan Dacheng was a member of the Hong family, and couldn't help but blurt out praise: "Brother Ruan is so good!" Dacheng also said: "Brother Gao is so careful!" Gao Laosan then explained: "There is no way to do this! Since Lin Da's ally led the Taiwan incident, the imperial court and the officials have regarded my Hong family as a scourge, and they want to get rid of it quickly. Brother, I have to guard against it! Brother Ruan Don't be offended!" At that moment, the two saluted again and began to talk in secret. Ruan Dacheng first informed Gao Laosan of the recent uprisings of Hongmen brothers in Fujian and Guangdong in recent years, and then talked about his purpose for coming to Qingpu this time. "Brother Gao, Brother Zhu thinks highly of Qingpu Xiangtang. One and a half years ago, when Brother Zhu was planning to raise a righteous cause in Chaozhou, he sent a brother to contact him, but he failed to contact him. Later, the matter of the Chaozhou uprising was put on hold. gone." Gao Laosan hurriedly said: "I don't know about the contact. Since brother Zhu left Qingpu, no one has been here again. This is the truth!" Dacheng said again: "This matter is over, let's not mention it! Brother Zhu asked me to come to Qingpu this time, firstly to get in touch with the incense halls along the coast; secondly, to recruit brothers surnamed Hong and save money. Strength, prepare to revolt again, and show off your prestige!" Gao Laosan was startled, rather unwillingly said: "Qingpu is no better than other places in Nanyang. Hongmen's power is very weak, but the government's defenses are extremely strict. I'm afraid it won't be easy to cause trouble for a while!" Dacheng saw that Gao Laosan's life was quite smooth, and he took control of Qingpu Xiangtang, probably reaping a lot of benefits, and seemed not very interested in the great cause of Hongmen. "Brother Gao, how many brothers surnamed Hong are there in Qingpu?" Gao Laosan held his head and thought for a while, rolled his eyes, and sighed: "Not many, about a hundred people! They are all recorded in the Xiangtang meeting book!" Dacheng was very happy, and clapped the case and shouted: "A hundred or ten people is not too small! If a hundred or ten people are mobilized together, and each invites ten brothers to join the association, there will be more than a thousand people! With these more than a thousand people as the foundation, the size can always be determined." Do something!" Gao Laosan said: "Brother Ruan doesn't know something! It's very difficult for brothers to be in charge here, and I have never dared to tell my brothers in the family what I mean by destroying the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. It means that life is based on heaven and earth! There are many reasons for the brothers in the family to join the association. Some want to join the association so that marriage and funeral can be used to support money; some want to help others fight after joining the association; Some people join the club to protect their family property; some just want to make a fortune, and you can get rewards for inviting people to join the club! If we tell the brothers in the door about the meaning of destroying the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that the Xiangtang will be rewarded immediately. Break up!" Dacheng was quite shocked when he heard this, so he asked: "Didn't you tell the brothers who joined the association about the reason why my Hongmen started, the history, and the rules of my Hongmen? You must know that I have been in Hongmen since the sixteenth year of Kangxi. At the meeting, the main purpose of 'anti-Qing and restoring the roots and seedlings of the Ming Dynasty is the first' was set. This is something that people of the Hong surname cannot resist! If there is no such thing, what is the difference between the Hongmen and those gangsters!" Gao Laosan's face and forehead were hot and sweaty, and he murmured: "This... this... I know this! Big brother Zhu told me when he set up Xiangtang, but I don't want to talk to everyone. The brother said. I just said that I learned from Liu Guanzhang, Taoyuan became a sworn brother, helped each other, and started... I never dared to think about it! You must know that our Qingpu is no better than Taiwan or Fujian! Besides ...Besides, didn’t the uprisings in Taiwan and Fujian all fail? Wasn’t Lin Shuangwen also beheaded by the court?” Dacheng said angrily: "But Brother Hongmen has not been intimidated. Isn't there another riot in Mei County, Guangdong? Isn't there another riot in Boluo, Guangdong? Isn't the leader of the Hu Da League in Chongyi, Jiangxi? Haven't you both?" Did you hear?" "I've heard of it! I've heard of it!" Dacheng smiled coldly, and said again: "Now I understand this point. Brother Gao was not interested in the great cause of the Hongmen! The Lixiangtang is probably to collect a group of people and make a fortune for yourself! You probably started from that meeting You must have confiscated a lot of money from Brother Hong! Brother Zhu sent someone to contact you, but you probably ignored it on purpose?" The third brother Gao hurriedly explained: "No! No! Brother Ruan, please calm down! I dare not do such a lowly thing! I have never met Brother Zhu, and I have never searched for anything from Brother Hong. Good news, please, brother Ruan, check it out!" At this time, Ruan Dacheng roughly understood that the surname of this kind of Hongmen Fragrance Hall is not Hong, but Gao. In order to gain benefits by inviting people to join, this Gao Lao San will recruit a large number of disciples. More than a hundred!He made up his mind to look at Xiangtang's membership book. Gao Laosan hesitated and refused to take out the meeting book. Gao Laosan said: "The meeting book is kept in a very secret place, and it is difficult to take it out for a while. Besides, Brother Zhu has also confessed that this meeting book cannot be shown to others!" Dacheng said: "I was sent by Brother Zhu! It was Brother Zhu who asked me to come and see your meeting!" Gao Laosan was very stubborn on this point, and he smiled slyly: "I can't just listen to what you say! What if you are a spy from the government? Not all of the hundred or ten people in my book will be killed! Hong It's not like you don't know the rules of the door." Ruan Dacheng had no choice but to put on a negotiating tone and said, "I'm looking at the meeting book, not for anything else, just want to know who are the brothers in the meeting? Where do you live? For the sake of contact, Brother Gao doesn't have to do this nervous!" Elder Gao said: "But there is no need! If elder brother has anything to do here, just ask my surname Gao, I will definitely do it!" Seeing that he couldn't break the deadlock, Ruan Dacheng had no choice but to give up, but he hated Gao Lao San so much in his heart.He made up his mind to fight this scheming elder Gao, capture all the Qingpu Hongmen brothers into his own hands, and completely change the situation of Qingpu Hongmen's immortality. To do a career, you must establish your own power! From the moment he left Gao Laosan Seafood Shop, he began to think about building his own incense hall. Gao Laosan was very enthusiastic about keeping him for dinner, but he insisted on not agreeing—this was not to be polite, but because he was on guard in his heart, he was afraid that Gao Laosan would do something wrong while eating wine.