Master Lou Wen and several of his subordinates all changed their colors and looked at each other. Master Lou Wen asked with slight excitement in his eyes: "You said the gang leader is still alive?"
"Elder Lou, I advise you to check whether what is said in this letter is true or false." Qi Ning said: "It is true that the imperial court wants to weaken the strength of the Eight Gangs and Sixteen Factions, but the imperial court has never thought about the dangers. At least I have never thought about it myself.”
A person behind Master Lou Wen said: "If it wasn't you, why did Elder Baihu say it so clearly in the letter? As far as we know, the Shenhou Mansion led eight gangs and sixteen factions to attack Qianwu Ridge, and they must break through the Black Stone Palace. At that time, you suddenly appeared, causing the eight gangs and sixteen sects to fall short, and the Black Lotus Sect was still alive because of this. Isn't this true?"
"Indeed!"
"So, you admit that you colluded with the Black Lotus Sect and saved them when they were in danger?"
Qi Ning said: "Then you know that at that time, the Black Lotus Sect had already captured dozens of hostages, including several sect leaders of the Eighth Gangs and Sixteenth Sects. Once attacked, they would be destroyed and none of the hostages would survive. Do you also know that, The poisonous leader of the Black Lotus Sect, Zhu Qianyi, came to Beijing to plead guilty and explain the misunderstanding?" He glanced at a few people and said calmly: "If your brothers from the Beggar Gang become hostages, do you want to see them die inside?"
Master Lou Wen was thoughtful, pondered for a moment, and then asked: "As far as we know, after the withdrawal from Qianwu Ridge, the gang leader left with you. There are many people who can testify. After that, the gang leader was harmed by others. What role did you play in this?"
Qi Ning didn't say much and walked over to Master Lou Wen. Master Lou frowned but had no intention of taking action. Qi Ning walked up to him and said, "Don't you want to know whether what I said is true or false? ?You come ashore with me, and I’ll just prove it to you.”
Master Lou Wen was startled, and someone immediately said: "Elder, be careful of fraud."
Qi Ning said: "The dignified elder Qinglong of the Beggar Clan, are you still worried about losing in my hands?" He pointed to Chi Danmei, who was lying on the boat and sleeping, and said: "This is my Pengyu, she stays here. , you don’t have to worry about what tricks I am playing.” Without saying a word, he squeezed through a few people, walked directly to the hatch, turned around and said: “Elder Lou, the other three people stay here, you come here alone, I will Your answer." He lifted the curtain and went out.
Master Lou turned around to follow, and someone behind him said: "Elder...!"
Master Lou Wen sneered: "He's right. Since he dares to go out, shouldn't I dare to follow him? You guys wait here." Without further words, he left the cabin.
The three beggars looked at each other and wanted to follow, but they did not dare to disobey Master Lou Wen's orders. They could only sit down and wait in the cabin. Thinking that Chi Danmei was Qi Ning's companion, they looked down on Chi Danmei to death. A beggar asked the old boatman, "Who is this woman?"
Although the old man was well-informed, he had never seen such a battle before. The disciples of the Beggar Clan, the best gang in the world, were facing each other in the cabin, almost fighting to the death. At this time, he was still in shock, shaking his head and saying: "No... I don’t know, it was... brought by that... that Marquis."
Several beggars also knew that it was impossible for a mere boatman to know the truth, so they had no choice but to give up.
The three of them waited for a short while, and one of them couldn't bear it anymore. He opened the cabin curtain and looked out. The wind and rain were still there. It was obvious that Qining and Master Lou Wen had already gone ashore. In the rain curtain, they couldn't see the figures clearly, and they didn't know where they were. Where, just as I was wondering, I suddenly saw two figures appearing in the rain. The two people arrived very quickly. In a blink of an eye, they reached the shore and jumped on the bow of the boat. The person in front was Master Lou Wen, followed by Qi Ning and Master Lou Wen. After entering the cabin, he immediately said: "Come here and apologize to the young Marquis quickly. We were all wrong."
The three of them were even more surprised, wondering why Master Lou had changed his attitude in just a moment. At this moment, Qi Ning had entered the cabin. Master Lou stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Little Marquis, I am too reckless. Don’t be offended.”
Qi Ning said with a smile: "Elder Qinglong hates evil as much as he hates it, and he has clear grudges. He is a real good man. You didn't know my identity before, but you helped my friend with a chivalrous heart. I am very grateful in my heart."
Master Lou Wen smiled and said: "The gang leader is right. I am a reckless person. I don't like things that I don't like. I am always impulsive. I have to take care of anything I say." He took Qining's arm and sat down and said with a smile: " Little Marquis, the gang leader is safe and sound, that's better than anything else. I don't know where he is now, can I see his old man?"
In fact, Xiang Baiying is not much older than Master Lou Wen, but when Master Lou talked about Xiang Baiying, his tone was filled with awe and he seemed extremely respectful.
Qi Ning shook his head and said: "I know how Elder Lou feels, but Gang Leader Xiang is currently recuperating, and his martial arts will not be restored for a while. Elder Lou also knows that the Beggar Gang is the best gang in the world, and he covets the Beggar Gang. There are not a few people there, so...!"
"I understand, I understand!" Master Lou Wen immediately nodded and said, "Young Master is very considerate."
The three subordinates of Master Lou Wen were all confused, wondering what method Qi Ning used to make Master Lou believe so easily. They had followed Master Lou for many years, and they knew very well that Master Lou had an upright temperament. It was his flaw, but Master Lou Wen naturally had his own strengths in controlling a party. He was by no means a good person. It was not easy to make Master Lou change his attitude in a short period of time.
"What are you still doing?" Master Lou Wen glanced at the three of them, "Gongsun Jian, take out the wine I brought. It's really a great joy that the gang leader is safe and sound. I will definitely give you a few toasts to the young marquis. "Introduced to Qining: "Little Marquis, this Xiangyang Qingmu Conference is the top priority of our Beggar Clan. The Beggar Clan's twenty-eight-star branch will send people to attend the conference. The three of them are Kang Jinlong, Fang Ritu, The helmsmen of Xinyuehu's three branches, Gongsun Jian, Zheng Quan and Mao Hu'er, and the other branches also went to Xiangyang respectively."
The three of them were very polite to Qi Ning when they saw Master Lou Wen. They didn't dare to lose their etiquette at this time, so they all saluted Qi Ning. Qi Ning immediately stood up and returned the salute to the three of them. When the three of them saw Qi Ning's dignified and elegant clothes When he was young, he was able to stand up and return the courtesy immediately, without the slightest aristocratic airs, and he felt good in his heart.
Gongsun Jian took a wine bag from the package and handed it to Master Lou Wen. Master Lou was obviously used to it casually. He took the wine bag, raised his head and took a sip, shouted "good wine", and handed the bag to Qi Ning suddenly thought of something and felt a little embarrassed. He hurriedly said: "Get a clean bowl quickly." Suddenly he thought that he was drinking from the mouth of the bag. Even if he poured the wine into the bowl, it would be inappropriate. He was a little embarrassed. He didn't want Qi Ning to drink. He had already reached out to take the bag of wine, and without saying a word, he raised his head and took a sip. Master Lou Wen was startled at first, then clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Young Master Marquis is indeed so heroic. It's no wonder that the gang leader looks at you differently. We all When beggars walk on the street, even ordinary people are afraid to avoid them, but the young marquis actually doesn't mind the beggars being dirty, hahaha, if the beggar's previous temper were to be followed, he would be punished at any cost!"
Qi Ning smiled and said: "I want you to be my master?"
Master Lou hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile: "Just kidding, Lord Marquis has a rich body, and Lou is just a beggar living in the rivers and lakes. Even if he has this intention, then...!"
Qi Ning thought that the Beggar Clan was complicated and the situation could change at any time. Master Lou Wen was one of the four elders of the Beggar Clan. If he could have a good relationship with him, it would definitely be a big benefit. Moreover, Master Lou Wen had a sensible temperament. He has a chivalrous heart, but he also has the temperament of a knight-errant in the world that Qi Ning admires very much. He smiled and said: "Elder Lou, if you don't mind that I am younger than you, how about we worship now?"
Master Lou Wen was startled. Although he was an elder of the Beggar Clan and had a high status in the world, Qining was a Marquis of Jinyi in the Chu Kingdom. His reputation as a Marquis of Jinyi was famous all over the world. He was the first-class aristocrat in the Chu Kingdom. Their status was comparable. There was quite a disparity. He only thought Qi Ning was joking, but Qi Ning looked serious and was not joking.
"Little Marquis, you...!"
However, Qi Ning took Master Lou's arm and walked out of the cabin. At this time, the rain had weakened a lot. Qi Ning smiled and said: "It's raining heavily today. You and I don't need to be cumbersome. We stand between heaven and earth." How about we use heaven and earth as evidence to become brothers?"
Master Lou Wen was a very free and easy person. Although he was surprised by Qi Ning's behavior, his blood surged for a moment and he laughed and said: "Happy, happy, little Marquis, it turns out that you are also a free and easy person, very good , which matches my temperament, okay, let’s become brothers in this heavy rain.”
The two immediately knelt down on the deck and bowed eight times to the sky. Qining turned to Master Lou and said, "Brother Lou, although you are much older than me, from now on you can only be my brother."
Master Lou patted Qi Ning on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Qi, you are full of heroic spirit, which is completely different from those who are officials. Haha, the gang leader's vision is never wrong."
Gongsun Jian and the other three were stunned, thinking that what happened today was really unbelievable. A moment ago, Master Lou Wen wanted to take Qining's life to avenge Baiying, but in the blink of an eye, the two became Jinlan brothers. The two of them look about twenty years apart in appearance, but they are brothers from two generations, which is really weird.
It's just that they have traveled around the world and are well-informed. People in the world have similar temperaments, and it is common for them to burn yellow paper to worship the leader. It is not too surprising that Lou Wenshi and Qining worship the leader.
Returning to the cabin, both of them were quite happy. Seeing that Chi Danmei had not woken up, Master Lou Wen said softly: "Brother Qi, who is this girl? The injury was not serious. He hurt her. He is a master of heavy palm strength and has been practicing kung fu for at least thirty years. There are not many masters of this kind of outer sect in the Eastern Qi Dynasty."
Qi Ning hesitated for a moment and then said: "I shouldn't have hidden it from Brother Lou, but her status is special. I will explain it to him later."
Master Lou Wen knew that Qining was in trouble, so he didn't ask much. He took a small bamboo tube from his arms, only the thickness of his thumb, poured out a pill from it, and said: "This pill can dredge the blood in the meridians, you give it to her first." After taking one pill, if nothing happens, her internal breath recovery will be greatly accelerated, but she should be able to wake up in three or four hours."
Qi Ning knew that Master Lou Wen had just taken it out at this time, so the pill must be precious. Since he and Master Lou Wen were brothers, he would not be pretentious, not to mention that Chi Danmei was seriously injured at the moment, so he carefully put the pill away. After entering Chi Danmei's mouth, the pill melted in her mouth. Chi Danmei's soft and delicate body moved slightly, and she made a soft hum in her throat, but she did not open her eyes.
Qi Ning felt a little relieved, and then turned around and sat down next to Master Lou Wen, and said softly: "Brother Lou, this trip to Xiangyang will never go smoothly, so be careful of White Tiger!"
Master Lou frowned and asked in a low voice: "Brother Qi, you said that the gang leader is still alive. I believe it. But who was the gang leader injured? Since the gang leader is not dead, why did Bai Hu write this letter to me? , what exactly does he want?"