Chapter 426: Can't Escape (Subscribe)
"Brother Jia is here!"
Zhang Jingbie greeted Jia Huan with a cheerful face when he saw him enter the room.
"Deputy leader, you didn't tell me in advance that there were other elders here!"
Jia Huan glanced at the many Beggar Gang leaders in the room and chuckled, "Aren't you setting an ambush?"
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't expect these people to come here suddenly!"
Zhang Jingbie welcomed Jia Huan in and said helplessly, "These people also knew that I was looking for you, so they hurried over. It's not easy to see you!"
Why is there a little bit of resentment in these words?
Ahem...
Jia Huan coughed lightly and bowed to the Beggar Gang elders present.
It is said that since he adjusted the affairs of the branch, he has started to do justice again.
Whenever he heard that there were brutal bandits, and it was not the direct jurisdiction of those big forces in the world, he would take his brothers with good martial arts to do justice.
With his martial arts skills as a second-rate martial arts master, how could ordinary bandits be his opponents?
He only needed to scout behind and let the brothers he brought come forward to solve the problem.
On the contrary, Jia Huan himself did more, negotiating with the local government's constables and Jinyiwei members, distributing the seized benefits and other things.
In the world of Red Mansions, Jia Huan had quite a lot of experience in suppressing bandits.
He also knew that behind some bandit problems in various places, there were many local interests involved!
In order not to become the target of public criticism, he certainly had to drag the Six Gates and Jinyiwei into the water.
The relationship between these two families and the local government offices and forces was quite delicate. It happened that Jia Huan had more or less contact with them in the process of doing chivalrous deeds and suppressing wanted criminals before.
He was a bounty hunter, and the Six Gates and Jinyiwei reaped some benefits and credits, and everyone was happy.
At this time, Jia Huan's status and position were very different. After all, he was a seven-bag disciple of the Beggar Gang, and he was also the very important leader of the Yuezhou branch.
A martial arts, also tested in actual combat, a real second-rate martial arts master!
Such a person, the Six Gates and the Jinyiwei will naturally try their best to win over and give some convenience in some aspects.
Even if they know that it is impossible to let Jia Huan join them, it is quite necessary to build a good relationship.
Most of the time, the Six Gates and Jinyiwei in various places are quite tight in terms of manpower.
Especially for those martial arts bandits, and more difficult Jiangyang robbers, they all need famous martial arts masters like Jia Huan to help capture or kill.
Not only that, when Jia Huan is chivalrous, the Six Gates and the local Jinyiwei can also get a lot of benefits.
So, the relationship between Jia Huan and the two yamen is quite good.
It's just that he concealed it very well and was not noticed by outsiders!
It is also influenced by the habitual thinking of people in the martial arts world. The martial arts world and the officialdom seem to be two different existences, and there are quite a few signs of never dealing with each other.
In fact, the relationship between the martial arts world and the court can be said to be one in you and the other in me.
It's just that the middle and low-level people in the martial arts world have been brainwashed and don't understand the inside story.
When Dongfang Bubai first became the leader of the Demon Cult, he must have been ambitious, otherwise there would be no need to overthrow the former leader, Ren Woxing.
But he clearly has the strength of the world's number one martial arts master, but he did not take the opportunity to unify the martial arts world. He must have known some of the inside situations, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
Later, it was obvious that the influence of practicing "Sunflower Manual" was too deep, which directly distorted his temperament. This was something no one expected.
Not to mention, with the help of the Six Gates and Jinyiwei to deal with the local gentry and landlords, Jia Huan could save too much trouble.
When facing those famous green forest strongholds, Jia Huan could kill through them with a pole.
The leaders of the targeted strongholds were at most third-rate martial arts masters, and Jia Huan could deal with them easily.
As for whether they have a boss behind them, whether they are local gentry or powerful forces in the underworld, they have the manpower of the Six Gates and the Jinyiwei to deter them, and the effect is very good.
At this time, Zuo Lengchan, the head of the Songshan School, has not yet begun to secretly recruit strong men in the green forest.
The green forest masters who are proud of the world are basically scattered at this time.
As long as Jia Huan, the "chivalrous beggar", is willing to target them, they will basically end up destroyed.
The information collection ability of the Beggar Gang, Jia Huan's powerful martial arts, and his steady command, plus the passionate brothers who are gradually influenced by the slogan of "chivalry", and the cooperation of the local Six Gates and Jinyiwei, can exert a power beyond imagination.
In less than half a year, three famous green forest strongholds were destroyed by him one after another.
He overturned as many as seven or eight ordinary bandit dens in one go.
Such an impressive record not only harvested a considerable amount of spoils, but also made the name of "chivalrous beggar" more and more famous in the underworld.
Later, when they heard that the Beggars' Gang's 'Chivalrous Beggar' was coming, the local passionate warriors, who were basically young righteous men, took the initiative to help or even directly participated in the fight against the bandits.
It gave people the feeling that they were admirers who brought their own dry food, which was quite shocking.
Apart from anything else, the Beggars' Gang brothers who followed Jia Huan out, seeing this scene, all of them were filled with passion and felt that their whole bodies were filled with infinite power.
"Chivalry and chivalry" turned out to be not just talk, nor just a loud slogan!
Once you gain the recognition of your colleagues in the martial arts world, you can really get a lot of admirers to take the initiative to help just by relying on your reputation. The feeling of fighting for "chivalry" is really refreshing and refreshing.
The same is true. Jia Huan has been quite busy recently.
There are some noises within the Beggar Clan. Some say he is just trying to gain fame, while others say he is hypocritical.
After hearing this, his brothers were all very angry, but Jia Huan disagreed. Instead, he persuaded his brothers: "Just do good deeds and don't ask about your future!"
I don’t know how it reached the ears of gang leader Jie Feng, and he immediately lost his temper.
It was not aimed at Jia Huan, but to suppress the shady comments in the gang.
How should I put it? To be able to achieve the position of leader of the Beggar Clan, Jie Feng is definitely not a fool.
Although his business ability and martial arts talent are not outstanding, it does not prevent him from seeing the benefits of what Jia Huan did to the Beggar Clan.
As Jia Huan's reputation as a "heroic beggar" spread across the two lakes, he also gained considerable fame in the south and the Central Plains. It was much easier for the Beggar Gang to move around in these places.
Especially in Hubei Province, where the Beggar Gang originally operated, it was greatly restricted by Wudang and Wudang's peripheral forces, and the space and scope for its activities were not large.
But at this time, it would be much more convenient and easier for our brothers to move around Hubei Province under the banner of "Xia Beggar". This is the huge effect of positive reputation.
Of course, there are interests involved, but Jia Huan's name also plays a role.
Even when the head of the Wudang Sect, Taoist Chongxu, was chatting with his fellow disciples in private, when he mentioned Jia Huan, he said with emotion: "It has the chivalrous style of the Beggar Gang in the Two Song Dynasties!"
No matter what, Jia Huan felt that he was on the right path and naturally wanted to continue on it.
The same is true. He is often not at the helm, and his brothers with considerable strength also take turns following him out to do heroic things.
It is not easy for even the senior members of the Beggar Clan to meet him on Junshan Island.
Naturally, some of the higher-ups felt unhappy and made some weird comments, but it didn't do any harm.
However, I didn’t expect that the senior officials of the Beggars Clan would come together this time?
"Brother Jia, this is what happened..."
It was rare for Jia Huan to come to Junshan Island, so Zhang Jinlian naturally wanted to make things clear as soon as possible.
Otherwise, based on his understanding of Jia Huan, he might not know when the next meeting will be.
What he was talking about was naturally the ideas of the dirty clothes and clean clothes factions, or the struggle for interests.
The so-called dirty clothes and clean clothes can be understood literally.
The Dirty Clothes Sect is the real group of beggars under the Beggar Gang. They stay disheveled and dressed in rags all day long. Basically relying on begging and stealing to survive, they are the lowest level of the Beggar Clan, and they are also the largest group in the Beggar Clan.
What they believe is that a beggar is a beggar, and a beggar must look like a beggar. No matter whether he has money or not, he must maintain the appearance of a beggar, otherwise he is not a real beggar.
As for the Jingyi Sect, most of them are famous members of the Beggar Clan.
Just like in the modern entertainment industry, those comedy stars who rely on playing clowns are basically no longer willing to entertain people with their ugliness after they become completely famous.
The disciples of the Beggar Clan who have become famous are naturally not willing to continue to be the lowest level, beggars that are looked down upon by others. They already have psychological baggage, and it is stronger than ordinary beggars.
In addition, there is a group of special beings in the Jingyi Sect, who are heroes from the world who have taken the initiative to defect to the Beggar Clan!
Either they want to take refuge in the Beggar Clan to avoid threats to their lives, or they think the Beggar Clan is powerful and want to join, or there are other reasons for joining the Beggar Clan.
Most of these guys have a certain net worth, and they are even less likely to beg on the streets like the beggars at the bottom.
Moreover, most of them have good martial arts skills and have certain connections and reputations in the world, so the senior officials of the Beggar Clan cannot force them.
The same is true. Because of their living habits, their understanding of their own position, and the amount of resources they have at their disposal, the beggar gang has formed two factions: dirty clothes and clean clothes.
In fact, the two factions had already appeared in the era of Hong Qigong in the Southern Song Dynasty, and they had quite obvious conflicts.
Hong Qigong is not a management master, and he doesn't have much to do about the conflicts between the two factions.
Fortunately, he was strong enough and had high enough prestige to be able to control the situation. At least there was no problem with the Beggar Clan at that time, so he could only pretend that his eyes were dirty and his mind was not bothered.
At the same time, all Hong Qigong can do is wear pure beggar clothes one year and clean clothes another year, showing that he has no objection to the dirty clothes and clean clothes factions.
At that time, the crisis of the nation and the country was a top priority. As for the dispute between dirty clothes and clean clothes within the Beggar Clan, it was only a secondary conflict, so the conflicts within the Beggar Clan did not break out until the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The beggar gang in the late Yuan Dynasty was also in a similar situation. Although the beggar gang at that time had basically abandoned the idea of chivalry, internal conflicts did not intensify due to general environmental factors.
In the Ming Dynasty, the social environment was stable and the development of the Beggar Clan was restricted. On the contrary, the disputes within the Beggar Clan became fierce and prominent. At this time, Jia Huan was implicated.
At this time, he also knew that it was impossible to escape, so he just said.