Chapter 87 Chapter 87: The Dog Beating Stick Method

The next morning, Ling Haotian was woken up by Tong Bao, who said: "Benefactor Ling, the sun is shining on your ass, get up quickly."Someone is looking for you. Ling Haotian rubbed his eyes, sat up, and saw that Qing Zhao had already got up and left the room.He stretched himself, washed his face, and went out, but saw a little beggar waiting at the door, and said: "Master Ling, the old gang leader wants to invite you to come over and have a talk." Ling Haotian nodded, and followed the little beggar to the gate of the temple. Wu Sanshi was already waiting there. When he saw him coming, he waved and said, "Xiao San'er, can you walk up the mountain with me?"Ling Haotian nodded and said yes, then followed Wu Sanshi to the back of the temple, and came to the cliff of enlightenment that he had visited yesterday.

Wu Sanshi looked up at the floating clouds in the sky, pondered for a while, and then said: "Little brother, you saw me using the dog-beating stick yesterday, what do you think of this stick?"Ling Haotian said: "You are as clever as a god, it is indescribable." Wu Sanshi turned his head to look at him, and said: I want to pass on this dog beating stick technique to you.Ling Haotian froze for a moment, shook his head and said: I heard that this technique is only passed on to the successor of the clan leader, I can't afford it, so don't pass it on to me either.Wu Sanshi said: I taught you the stick technique, not to make you the heir of the Beggars' Clan, but to entrust you with something.

Hearing his solemn tone, Ling Haotian asked: What's the matter? Wu Sanshi said: I saw you come forward to mediate the misunderstanding between Wudang and our gang yesterday, and I deeply admire that although you are young, your knowledge of martial arts is far superior to many martial arts seniors.I have been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and I have only met a clear-headed, courageous and insightful person like you, and that is your mother.The matter I want to entrust to you is related to the rise and fall of my help. I really can't find a better person to help me, so I want to ask my little brother to help me, and I will be grateful for my life.

Ling Haotian shook his head and said: The more you talk, the more confused I become.You and my parents are old acquaintances, and I also have good friendship with the elders of the Gui Gang, if the Beggar Gang needs help, I will do my best to help.But is there anything that I have to learn the dog-beating stick method to do? Wu Sanshi looked serious, and said: What I want to ask you to do is related to the succession of my gang, so you must be able to beat dogs with sticks.My beggars' gang has always had six elders, divided into two factions, Shandong and Shanxi.You must know by now that Quanma and Mingyan belong to the Shandong school, while Lai Gujiu, Mugua old man and Wang Mituo belong to the Shanxi school.All five of these people are eligible to succeed the clan leader, and I have passed the stick method to one of them at this moment. In order to avoid controversy, I haven't announced the whole clan yet.The thing I'm most worried about in the past few years is that after I die, there will be disputes within the gang over the establishment of a gang leader, and it will eventually split.I am teaching you the dog-beating-stick technique today because I hope that when the leader of the gang I have chosen succeeds to the throne, if the other faction refuses to accept it, or someone in the gang refuses to accept it, you can help him and mediate from it.After the new gang leader succeeds to the throne, if he harms the other elders and commits many unrighteous acts, you can clean him up for me and establish a new gang leader.Xiao San'er, you are smart and upright. Although you are young, I am afraid that there will be no more competent person in the world.I know that you are not someone who will covet the position of the leader, so I thought of entrusting this important matter to you.

Ling Haotian didn't expect that the matter Wu Sanshi wanted to entrust was so important. He looked at Wu Sanshi's aging face, saw the eager look in his eyes, and suddenly felt a sense of sadness and desolation in his heart. The days are running out, maybe in three or two months, maybe in a year or so, he will return to the loess forever, if he can't agree to his request, he will regret it to the end.Ling Haotian turned his head and looked at the green mountains and green waters in the distance. The mountains and rivers he admired yesterday were still beautiful, but they seemed different.He was silent for a while before he asked: Who did you pass the dog-beating stick to?

Wu Sanshi asked back: What do you think? Ling Haotian said: It must be Lai Gujiu.Wu Sanshi smiled and said: Not bad.How do you know?Ling Haotian said: Among the five elders, this person is the most talented, and you trust him the most.Wu Sanshi nodded, and said: Do you promise to help me with this matter? Ling Haotian pondered for a while, then took a long breath, and said: I promise you.I will try my best to maintain the unity of the beggar gang, but I will do what I want. Wu Sanshi stared at him, nodded and said: Good!Little San'er, I believe in you.He took out a yellow-patterned bamboo stick from his waist, handed it to Ling Haotian, and said: This is the Beggar Clan's token of killing thieves.Except for the dog-beating stick, this stick is the most respected.Ling Haotian took it respectfully, the bamboo stick was only a few weights, but he felt it was extremely heavy in his hand.

Wu Sanshi immediately read out the secret of the dog-beating stick, let Ling Haotian memorize it, and practiced the moves.Ling Haotian read it once, and learned about seven or eight points, and Wu Sanshi explained the subtleties in detail.After learning, Ling Haotian rehearsed it three times in front of him, Wu Sanshi smiled and said: You are as smart as your mother.In the past few decades, I have never met such a talented person.Sighing, he said again: If our beggar gang is lucky enough to get such a talent, that would be great luck.Brother Ling, would you like to join my gang of beggars? Ling Haotian smiled and said: You taught me the dog-beating stick method first, and then asked me if I could join the gang, you are very generous.Chief Wu, Xiao San'er does his own thing and doesn't intend to join any gang, so I can only rebel against your good intentions.

Wu Sanshi smiled and said: You don't want it, and I can't force it.I just want you to know that if you want to join my beggar gang at any time, we welcome it wholeheartedly.After a pause, he asked again: I heard that your second brother is going to marry the only daughter of the leader of the Longbang Yun, and in a blink of an eye he will be the heir of the Longbang.But is that so? Ling Haotian nodded and said: Yes.Wu Sanshi asked: Where is your elder brother?Ling Haotian said: My eldest brother has stayed at Hushan's house for a while. Wu Sanshi nodded and said: I have never met your two older brothers, but I heard that they are rare talents.Ling Haotian showed a smile on his face, and said: My brothers' martial arts and intelligence are much higher than mine.The eldest brother is bold and heroic, I have always loved him the most.The second brother is calm and wise, and has the style of a leader, which is respected and convincing.Chief Wu, you met me by chance, if you entrust the matter to my brother, you can rest assured.Entrust it to me, you can rest assured at most seventy or eighty.

Wu Sanshi smiled and said: "Little San'er, you must not underestimate yourself."You are stronger than your two older brothers.Your elder brother is a chivalrous man for the sake of family reputation; your second brother is a chivalrous man for his reputation.What you do is from the heart, naturally, without any reason, which is beyond their reach. For some reason, Bao'an's face suddenly appeared in Ling Haotian's mind, his heart ached, and he hurriedly turned his head away. Wu Sanshi patted his shoulder and took his hand to go down the mountain. However, it was said that Wu Sanshi bid farewell to Shaolin that day and led the crowd down the mountain. Ling Haotian and Qing Zhao stood at the gate of the mountain and watched the beggar gang leave.Ling Haotian felt gloomy and felt that he couldn't stay in the monastery any longer, so he also bid farewell to Qingzhao that afternoon.Qing Zhao said: "Little brother, the decency conference will be held in two months. My brother is very busy, so I can't stay with you for now."At that time, the mountain will be very lively. If you want to come and see it, we are more than welcome.

Ling Haotian said: I don't know where I will be in two months.Why don't you wait until after the conference, when you are free, and I'll meet you for a drink.Qing Zhao nodded his approval, Ling Haotian bid him farewell and went down the mountain. Before reaching the foot of the mountain, I saw two young men approaching. They were surprisingly handsome. They were wearing green cloth gowns. When they saw Ling Haotian, they yelled together: "Xiao Saner, why are you here?"Ling Haotian was stunned, looked carefully, and said with a smile: It turns out that they are the two elder brothers of the Jiang family. I am used to seeing you wearing coarse clothes, and wearing this Huashan Taoist uniform. I couldn't recognize it.

Those two were indeed brothers Jiang Jin and Jiang Mingyi.Jiang Mingyi scolded with a smile: The kid doesn't learn how to speak well.We are used to seeing you dressed up as a little monkey and a beggar, but why do we recognize you? When the three of them met each other, they were so happy that they sat down in a tea shed by the mountain to get together.Ling Haotian asked why the two of them left Mount Tai and came here, Jiang Jin said: Isn't it for the righteous meeting?Master said that this is a major event every seven years, we Huashan faction can't lose face in front of the heroes of the world, let us ask the master if we need help.The head of the sect sent us to go to Songshan Mountain to communicate with Shaolin Temple first, and we came here after showing some courtesy. Ling Haotian smiled and said: Congratulations!The two swordsmen must have achieved great success, so Grandpa Chang let you go down the mountain.The last time I saw a guy who claimed to be a great swordsman, Cheng Wuyin, I said that your swordsmanship is better than him, and I was right. Jiang Jin shook his head and said: I have heard of this person.Cheng Wuyin is known as the Broken Soul Sword, and I heard that his sword skills are really good.The two of us together should be able to defeat him, it's hard to say if we fight alone.Ling Haotian blinked and said with a smile: I haven't seen you for many years, and you two have learned the word of modesty. Grandpa Chang really spent a lot of effort. Jiang Mingyi laughed and scolded: I haven't seen you for many years, but you are still the same, and you will talk to us!Why not learn more from your elder brother?Jiang Jin said: Speaking of your elder brother, we recently met your sister-in-law-to-be.She is much prettier than when she was a girl, no wonder Brother Ling fell in love with her so much.Jiang Mingyi said: Isn't it?She had grown a lot taller, she was slimmer, and she was really pretty. Ling Haotian's heart was shocked, and he blurted out and asked: How did you guys meet Bao'an?