Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Four

This is an ordinary night, but not a peaceful night.The hustle and bustle of the night, the restlessness of the night, and the fighting of the night are destined to leave a deep memory on this ancient land. It was very windy that night. The wind was blowing from the direction of the beach, with a damp and sticky smell of the sea, and the coolness unique to late autumn nights, passing by Ruan Dacheng's side in short bursts and slow bursts.Some street lamps on both sides of the street were blown out by the wind—the street lamps were installed in the wall holes on both sides of the street, one every twenty or thirty steps.On the half side of the street that is leeward, there are still some street lights that have not been extinguished, but the lights are not so bright, just a little yellow, which can only illuminate the palm-sized area in front of the hole in the wall.The street became very dark and quiet, and Ruan Dacheng felt as if he was walking on an uninhabited wasteland, with only the noise of the wind in his ears, and continuous darkness in front of his eyes.

The soft-soled soap boots stepped silently on the street paved with green strips, and his body was as light as if he was about to fly.As a result, he had an illusion, he felt that he was not walking on the street, but floating in mid-air.The night wind in late autumn had already brought a chilling chill, but he didn't feel the cold, and his palm that was pressing the hilt of his sword was sweating profusely.He had been looking forward to this day, he finally emerged from a piece of frozen ground like a dormant snake, and he wanted to make the world in front of him face up to his existence!Face up to the existence of an orthodox Hong surname force!Gao Laosan does not have the surname Hong in his bones—he is not worthy of the surname Hong at all. It is a huge misunderstanding that he controls Qingpu Hongmen Xiangtang. His actions today are to eliminate this misunderstanding for the history of Qingpu Hongmen, and for the future of Qingpu Hongmen's great cause has laid a solid foundation!

Emperor Heaven Buddha seemed to be protecting him in secret. From the time he set foot on the bird ship "Chunsheng" in the Nanyang territory, his luck was unbelievable.He never thought that he would meet the three pirate monks at sea, let alone that that frightening disaster would bring him such a good reputation!The good reputation of being a hero is the initial capital for him to set foot on this land.He didn't waste this capital, he made full use of it, and quickly established his own Xiangtang power.When he was in need of talented and talented scholars, Emperor Heaven Buddha sent Du Tianxing and Qi Mingda to the door again.Emperor Tian Buddha always turned him from bad luck to good luck.The lawsuit with Yang Maozi was very dangerous. Unexpectedly, in the end, he won the lawsuit and his reputation was well publicized.Now, he has further found a reasonable way to deal with Gao Lao San's forces...

He decided that his actions tonight would be a success! Before the action tonight, he bathed in incense and worshiped the Emperor Buddha. He counted Gao Laosan's heinous crimes in front of the Emperor Buddha.He thought that he was going to kill Gao Laosan after getting the approval of Emperor Tian Buddha - it was not that he wanted to kill Gao Laosan, but Huang Tian Buddha wanted to kill Gao Laosan. He, Ruan Dacheng, was fulfilling his moral duty for Emperor Heaven Buddha. At some point, the thick black braid wrapped around his neck fell down his chest, and the wind blowing from the side of his body twisted the braid like a snake, and he flung the braid behind him.

At this moment, he vaguely saw a person walking in the darkness.He hastily cut off those complicated thoughts, and instinctively hid at the base of the wall on the side of the street—coincidentally, there was a light hole in the wall, and a dim yellow lamp was still flickering with the residual oil in it It was on, and he blew out the lamp with a "puff", and then, with his fingers, smashed a little bit of residual red on the wick. His fingers were a little sore from the burn, and the back of his hand was stained with soot from the lamp hole.He wiped his hands on the wall, and fixed his eyes on the swaying figure.

The man was swaying more than ten steps in front of him, humming a little song, probably drunk, and his steps were a little unsteady.He didn't notice Ruan Dacheng in the dark at all, and walked past Ruan Dacheng without looking sideways. Ruan Dacheng waited for the man to go far away, then looked back and forth again, and continued to rush to the east gate where Gao Laosan lived. After another bag of cigarettes was spent, Ruan Dacheng went out of the crossing building at the east gate, and arrived at the door of Bai Erlong's dog meat shop. He knocked lightly on the door three times according to the signal he had agreed in advance.

A light was lit in the dark window pane, and the door creaked open a crack more than half a foot wide, and a thin pointed head poked out: "Is... is it Brother Ruan?" Ruan Dacheng nodded and pressed his chest with three fingers of his right hand. The door swung wide open, and that pointed and thin head swung in front of Ruan Dacheng. "Quick! Brother Ruan, come in! Brother Lu and the others have been waiting for a long time!" Ruan Dacheng looked behind him again, quickly stepped into the door, and after entering the room, he closed the door with his backhand. "Brother Ruan!"

"Brother Ruan!" "Ruan..." Immediately, there was a low-pitched greeting in the room, with reverence and admiration in that greeting. Ruan Dacheng nodded at the brothers indiscriminately. While nodding, he raised his hands and pressed them down, signaling for everyone to keep quiet. The brothers looked at their leader and stopped talking. The three interconnected rooms were eerily quiet for a while. Ruan Dacheng stood in this terrifying silence for a while, and after looking at his brothers one by one, he said in a dark voice, "Is everyone here?" Lu Niupi, who was at the front, said: "It's all here, all are here!"

"Have you brought all the guys?" "Take it!" Ruan Dacheng nodded in satisfaction, and sat down on a square stool: "Sit! Brothers, please find a place to sit." A dozen or so men huddled around the oil lamp found places to sit down. Some sat on benches, some sat on wooden pier, and some simply sat on tables. The flickering lights dazzled their faces. The holes are shining brightly. "Call a brother to watch the wind at the door!" Lu Niupi responded, and sent the owner of the dog meat shop, Bai Erlong, to the door. After Bai Erlong went out, Lu Niupi approached Ruan Dacheng and said, "Brother Ruan, what are you waiting for, let the brothers do it!"

Dacheng squeezed his chin, and said calmly: "Not busy, brother still has something to say to the brothers!" "Then let's talk about it quickly, brothers can't stand it anymore!" Dacheng nodded, looked around at the crowd, smiled slightly, and asked kindly but dignifiedly: "Brothers, Lao Lu has already told you about the work to be done tonight? You all know how to do it." Bar?" All kinds of heads floating in the blazing yellow lights moved at the same time: "There are so many!" "Countless!" "Brother Ruan, what should I do if you don't want to tell me!"

"Okay! Then I won't be too long-winded about this matter. I just want to make it clear that we have no choice but to do what we did tonight! It's up to Mrs. Gao to get to where he is today! Everyone! You know, Mr. Gao has held grudges against our brothers for a long time, and he and the gang around him will do everything they can to bring down our brothers! When they filed a lawsuit against the foreign men, they actually stood with the foreign men. On the one hand, I almost killed me! However, after thinking about it, I, Ruan, really have nothing to do to him. Why do they hate me so much! It must be because I blindly protect the brothers and provoked many of his problems. No hurry, today, I will settle the account with Gao Laosan, and subdue Gao Laosan and his cronies in one fell swoop, otherwise, there will be endless troubles in the future!" Having said this, Ruan Dacheng stopped. He looked carefully at the faces of the brothers, and then sighed again: "We have to take this step, we can't kill innocent people indiscriminately! Except for Gao Laosan, we can Those who don’t kill will not be killed. According to Lao Lu and several brothers’ inquiries, Gao Laosan’s wife and children returned to Xinshi Market tonight, and there was no one else in Gao Laosan’s store except Gao Laosan and two assistants. We have to get rid of those two guys, so we can’t leave anyone alive. When you move, you have to be fast, and the work must be done cleanly and neatly, without leaving any traces, and without letting the government catch anything.” At this time, a brother timidly asked: "If...if there are traces left, what should we do?" Dacheng pondered for a while and said: "Of course, although this matter has been carefully considered, after all, human life is at stake. If something happens, I, Ruan, will not push it away, and I think the brothers will not push it together Push 265, we will bury the dead ones; raise the wounded ones; as long as I, Ruan, are not beheaded, there is no need for you to make trouble! Now, if any brother is afraid, it is not too late to withdraw immediately Night! I, Ruan, do everything with a word of loyalty and a word of righteousness, and I never force others to do things that are difficult!" After finishing speaking, Ruan Dacheng stood up slowly, looked around the crowd with two majestic eyes, and asked coldly: "Is there anyone who wants to quit!" Brothers, you look at me, I look at you, no one expressed withdrawal.They admire and respect Brother Ruan!Brother Ruan is a hero, he is a hero, he sticks knives in both sides of his friend, and he is really lucky to be able to fight with Brother Ruan once!They don't need to be afraid of things that Brother Ruan is not afraid of!What Brother Ruan thought he could do, they also thought he could do it!They can't show their cowardice in front of the heroic brother Ruan!Besides, Brother Ruan was not for himself, Brother Ruan was originally for them - it was for them that Brother Ruan suffered from King Chen Yan's stick and the finger of Chen Yan Wang!If they didn't follow Brother Ruan to kill and set fire, it would be unreasonable! After a moment of silence, Lu Niupi took the lead and called out: "Brother Ruan, this question is unnecessary! If you don't want to do it, who would come here tonight? Brother, you should send a message, let's work quickly!" "Yes, Brother Ruan, we are afraid of things that you are not afraid of! What does brother think of our brothers!" "Brother Ruan, we listen to you!" "..." A chaotic sound of echo suddenly resounded, even though the echo was squeezed out from one after another of suppressed voices, the volume was still loud enough when combined together. Ruan Dacheng raised his hands again, and pressed them down: "Okay, since everyone is willing to work with me, Ruan, then we are on the same boat. If anyone leaks the news in the future and hurts everyone, it will be a disaster." Thunder and bang, you will die! Let’s get rid of Gao Laosan tonight, it’s just the first step to do justice for the heavens. In the future, my brothers and I will show our talents and do some great things! Do you remember the four sentences when we worshiped the alliance? Is it poetry?" The brothers said: "Remember!" "Sing and listen to me!" Everyone chanted: "Good! Well done!" Ruan Dacheng shouted. "If you are loyal and righteous, you will be a duke and prince in the future; if you are ruthless and unrighteous, if you reveal the secrets between us brothers, you will die under the sword sooner or later! My brother asks one more question, remember the hand gesture given when we worshiped the alliance! " The brothers said: "Remember!" "Do you know what this means?" Everyone said in unison: "It's the three characters of Taoyuan's three vows!" Ruan Dacheng smiled and said: "No! This gesture means the three points of the Hongmen. This gesture is popular in the Qing Dynasty, and everyone with the Hong surname knows it! He is a member of the Hongmen!" Everyone was shocked, and everyone was dumbfounded. A stocky man sitting on a bench stretched his hands behind his back and began to touch the knife quietly. Ruan Dacheng pulled the long sword out of its sheath in a "swipe" manner, and the sharp edge of the sword pressed to the short fat man's neck: "Don't move around! If you move, don't blame brother for being ruthless!" The short fat man trembled all over, obediently withdrew his hand, put it on his knees neatly, and said with a cowardly smile: "Brother Ruan, what is this... this... what is this! I... I... brother I have never made an alliance with you, brother!" Lu Niupi laughed and said, "But you have worshiped my old Lu! Old Lu has a surname of Hong!" Lu Niupi only found out that his surname was Hong last night. Last night, Lu Niupi, Lin Sangouzi, and Zhong Deliang discussed with Ruan Dacheng about getting rid of Gao Laosan. At the end, Ruan Dacheng seemed to show his cards intentionally and unintentionally. He was a little surprised, but besides being surprised, he was very excited. He didn't feel that he was being cheated at all, he only thought that Brother Ruan was amazing!Brother Ruan has a city mansion and a strategy, and he has gathered so many heroes around him without revealing the Hongmen signboard for a few months, and he is one of them!Brother Ruan gave him the surname Hong, and he will have the opportunity to honor his ancestors and build his career!At that time, he thought again that he would most likely become an admiral, a Daoist, or something in the future! Right now, the opportunity to build a career has come, he can't let Brother Ruan underestimate him! What a good Lu Niupi, he immediately drew a big knife from behind the short fat man, jumped to Brother Ruan's side, and said heroically, "Don't be afraid, brothers, it's different now, brothers from the Hong family have spread all over the world, as long as Brother Ruan gives an order, the whole world will be destroyed." If the Hongmen raise an issue together, the Qing court will be fucked! In the future, when the Lord Ming ascends the throne, we will all be the founding heroes, high-ranking officials will be appointed, and horses will be ridden! Anyone who dares to disobey Brother Ruan’s orders, my old Lu will not recognize him For brother!" Among the more than ten brothers in this room, besides Lu Niupi, there are also Lin Sangouzi and Zhong Deliang.Lin Sangouzi and Zhong Deliang's lofty ambitions are to occupy the mountain as the king and do justice for the heavens, so naturally they will not oppose Brother Ruan's great cause. When I heard that they both had the surname Hong last night, I was both happy and excited.When these two heroes saw Lu Niupi stepping forward, a rush of blood rushed to their foreheads. They both rushed forward and shielded Brother Ruan's body with horizontal knives: "Brother Lu is right! This fucker The imperial court, the fucking government should have turned against it long ago! If anyone retracts his head, we will take his head first!" Seeing this situation, the bald Zhao Lao Er, Xiao Dou Sprout, and seven or eight brothers who had a fierce fight with Lu Niupi also showed their guys and expressed their attitude, claiming that from today onwards, they are willing to be surnamed Hong and support Brother Ruan to do justice for the sky ! The remaining three or four brothers didn't dare to make a sound. Although they didn't want to be surnamed Hong, Brother Ruan insisted on giving them a surname, so they had to. If they insisted on not having a surname, Brother Ruan would definitely not let them go. Ruan Dacheng saw that his position had been stabilized, so he took his sword back, and then smiled kindly, and asked Lu Niupi and Lin Sangou to put them away too: "They are all brothers surnamed Hong, don't draw your sword like this. Yes! I explained this matter to the brothers today, not for anything else, just to let you know what you think, and don’t think that I, Ruan, have deceived everyone. I just said that if I don’t want to do it, I will not force it , you can still walk, but there is one thing to explain, but anyone who is in the Hongmen, the government and the court will be regarded as treason and rebellion, and they will be executed everywhere! I think, even if any fool does not want to work with my Ruan, he will not At the risk of dying, go out and sue the officials? One more point must be made clear, that Gao Laosan and the four dragons, three tigers and a group of people around him are also surnamed Hong! As long as we do a good job tonight, If they don't disturb the government, they will definitely not dare to disturb the government!" When Ruan Dacheng said this, everyone in front of him was surprised again: it turns out that Gao Laosan and others are also surnamed Hong!In this way, brothers surnamed Hong are all over the world, it is definitely not a lie! Ruan Dacheng said again: "Master Gao has been in the Hongmen and controlled the Qingpu Xiangtang for three years. During these three years, Gao recruited a lot of people and ran wild in the village. He didn't talk about the righteousness of the Hongmen, but only wanted to extort money. Breaking the rules of the Hongmen Fragrance Hall, especially collaborating with foreigners, framing your own brothers, going to the limit, the crime should be punished..." As soon as I said this, an unexpected thing happened: a fisherman called Liu Er suddenly pulled out a short knife, and rushed over from behind Ruan Dacheng like a hungry wolf, and stabbed Ruan Dacheng in the ribs.Ruan Dacheng sensed the movement behind him, turned his body, the knife missed his body, but poked a hole in his sleeve.Lin Sangouzi next to Ruan Dacheng grabbed the big knife and stabbed Liu Er in the stomach. Immediately, a strong smell of blood permeated the room. Liu Er who had been stabbed did not die. He was lying on the ground and struggling to get up. While crawling, he gnashed his teeth and shouted at Ruan Dacheng: "Ruan...Ruan Dacheng, you...you...are you doing something? Well, the trap let me... let's drill! I... I..." Lu Niupi threw himself in front of Liu Er and raised his knife to stab Liu Er again, but Ruan Dacheng stopped him with a cold smile. Ruan Dacheng snatched the knife from Lu Niupi's hand and handed it to the short fat man in front of him. The corner of his mouth pointed at Liu Eryi, signaling the short fat man to kill Liu Er. Humpty Humpty's face was pale, his hands and feet were shaking, and he didn't stand up for a long time. Ruan Dacheng still didn't speak, and pulled his sword out of its sheath again like playing, and slowly stretched it towards the short fat man's chest.Humpty Humpty's eyes were fixed on the sword's edge stretched out, and his body straightened back. "Ruan...Brother Ruan, spare...forgive, forgive me! Killing...killing, I have never...never done it!" Ruan Dacheng sneered, and forced the sword to the short fat man's ribs, until the end of the sword touched the short fat man's jacket, then the short fat man grabbed the knife and walked towards Liu Er step by step. Seeing the situation, Liu Er murmured involuntarily: "Fourth Brother, don't...don't kill me...don't..." The short fat man walked up to Liu Er, closed his eyes, trembling with his hands, and slashed at Liu Er's head. With a weak moan, a red and white thing gushed out of Liu Er's head. Liu Er twitched in a pool of blood, his hands and feet twitching wildly. Humpty Humpty chopped again cruelly, and only then did Liu Er's life end. "Okay! Well done! This is my good brother!" Ruan Dacheng patted the short fat man on the shoulder and said: "Fourth brother, in the future, brother will not treat you badly! But if there is anything that needs brother's help, brother will never say anything!" After the short fat man called the fourth brother killed someone, he seemed to be a different person, half ingratiating, half timidly said: "Ruan... Brother Ruan, I am determined to be the fourth, I... I I just beg my brother not to leave me halfway!" Ruan Dacheng said: "Don't worry! Don't worry! Brother, I'm not that kind of unkind person!" The bloody scene in front of them completely dispelled the fantasies of some lucky ones. They experienced Brother Ruan's authority and means on the spot, and fully understood the power of Brother Ruan who is generous and generous!Brother Ruan can not only send them to the wonderful clouds, but also send them into a deep hell.Those restless thoughts in their minds were dispelled one by one, they didn't want to end up like Liu Er. After tidying up Liu Er's body and wiping off the blood on the ground, Brother Ruan finally pulled out both swords at the same time, pointed to the door, and issued a dark order to set off.