Chapter 237 Chapter 237

A month ago, on the desert thousands of miles away, Ling Haotian rode a non-horse horse with pecking eyes and headed back to the Central Plains alone.He entered the pass from Fugu on the edge of the Yellow River. As soon as he entered the pass, he saw dozens of beggars gathered beside the city wall inside the pass. Seeing him enter the pass, they all surrounded him and shouted: "My lord, give me some charity!"Kind sir, please stop and donate some porridge, rice, gold and silver! Ling Haotian saw that these beggars only surrounded himself and ignored the other merchants passing through the customs. He felt strange and suspected that they were members of the beggar gang, so he jumped off the horse, clasped his fists and said, "Which elder of the beggar gang is here?"

The beggars didn't answer, they still shouted for him to give alms, and surrounded him into the city.Ling Haotian knew that this must be the arrangement of the beggar gang, so he followed them and gave five liang of silver to the beggars to eat and drink.But the beggars refused to pick him up, they just hugged him to a deserted alley, and then retreated one after another. Ling Haotian stood in the alley for a while, and suddenly heard a familiar voice saying: "Little San, come in." He heard the voice coming from a dilapidated firewood gate by the side of the alley, so he opened the door and went in, but saw that the room was gloomy, and there was a person half sitting and half lying on a straw mat in the corner, but it was an old beggar with gray hair. , missing a left arm, a long face full of scars, sunken cheeks, obviously injured and sick, only a pair of eyes still shining, looking straight at himself.Ling Haotian was stunned, rushed forward and shouted: Yilima, it's you!

That old beggar is indeed Yi Lima, the elder of the beggar gang.When he saw Ling Haotian, a smile appeared on the face of Ma, who had experienced many vicissitudes, and said: "Xiao San'er, I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I finally see you." Seeing his miserable condition, Ling Haotian was shocked and hurt in his heart, held his right hand and said: Who are you to hurt you like this?At that time, I heard that you were plotted against, and I was very worried. I didn't expect you to be hurt so badly! Yi Lima sighed for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: This matter is really annoying.It was the traitor Lai Gujiu who plotted against me!

Ling Haotian hurriedly asked what happened.Yili Ma's voice was hoarse, and he said slowly: "Little San'er, we heard that Zhao Guan of the Green Gang had returned to the Central Plains, and thought that you would probably enter the customs, so we split up and waited for you at various gates, and wanted to tell you about the past two years." A major event that happened in the Chinese beggar gang.Back then, the guild master passed on the dog-beating stick method to you in order to test Lai Gujiu's mind.Unexpectedly, it didn't take long before the incident of the girl from Quzhou Road happened. Lai Gujiu obviously had the intention to oppose you and deliberately framed you.Seeing that you were furious about this, the gang leader dropped the thief-killing stick and left, so he was anxious to find you back, but he still couldn't find you.Later, when the Shaolin unjust case happened, Lai Gujiu advocated that the beggar gang draw a clear line with you and stop communicating with you.The gang leader disagreed, and still sent everyone out to look for you and protect you.You were besieged outside the city of Luoyang, Lai Gujiu came forward to help, but you scolded him and retreated, that's what happened at that time.He was very angry about this, became angry from shame, and wanted to revenge on you, that's why he assassinated me and then blamed you.

Ling Haotian gritted his teeth and said: Lai Gujiu is a traitor, if I knew he would do such despicable things, I shouldn't have let him go! Yi Lima sighed: At that time, no one expected that he would make such a murderous move.It was around that time that I discovered that Lai Gujiu had done an outrageous thing. He once raped several of his female disciples while drunk and made her pregnant. Later, in order to cover up his crime, he killed her again, resulting in two dead bodies. fatal tragedy.As an elder of discipline, I should ask him about his crimes and punish him according to gang rules.I went to Hubei to ask Lai Gujiu to question this matter, but he refused to admit it. Later, he was forced by me and attacked me, cut off my arm, severely injured me, pushed me into a mud pit, and waited. die.It's also my life that should not die, the three-legged dog just arrived, Lai Gujiu had to escape quickly, and I was discovered and rescued.But I remained in a coma and didn't regain my sanity until several months later.At that time, Lai Gujiu testified that it was you who saw the attack, and everyone didn't know the truth, so they had to confront you.At that time, it seemed that people all over the world were looking for you. The three-legged dog and Ming Yanyan chased you all the way to the Void Valley until you disappeared. They never found you to ask for clarification, but everyone thought that you were hiding everywhere at that time. , it is impossible to come to Hubei to hurt me, and I began to doubt Lai Gujiu's words.Later, I heard that brother Ling was killed. Some people said that you killed him. Everyone was shocked and suspicious, and couldn't believe it.

When Ling Haotian thought of the death of his elder brother, although many years had passed, he still couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. Yi Lima took a breath, and continued: It wasn't until I woke up that the truth came to light. Lai Gujiu didn't expect my life to be so tough, and he supported me, so he had to run away in a hurry.After the old gang leader learned the truth, he was furious and couldn't afford it.well!After the death of the old gang leader, Lai Gujiu actually stole the dog-beating stick, and came out swaggeringly, claiming that he was the heir of the gang leader, would know how to use the dog-beating stick, and ordered all other elders to be dismissed and investigated.The reason why I have to hide here secretly to meet you is to avoid that guy's pursuit.The three-legged dog, Ming Yanyan and Wang Mituo have the same heart with me, and they all want to find you quickly so that we can control that fellow.We knew you were going to enter the customs, so we waited for you at the three gates, and now we are finally waiting for you!Xiao San'er, now that the old gang leader has passed away, I discussed with other elders, and I think we should bring you back and apologize to you in person. More importantly, we want you to come back to preside over the beggar gang and be the leader of the beggar gang.

Ling Haotian was stunned, shook his head and said: The old gang leader never intended for me to inherit the position of gang leader.Besides, I have never joined the beggar gang, and I have no intention of being a gang leader.Brother Yilima, I am good friends with you, and I should try my best to help each other, it is my duty.Don't help the master or not, don't mention it again. Yi Lima held his hand tightly and said, "Xiao San'er, we all know who you are.The situation in the gang is uncertain, and we need your help.Little San'er, I just ask you to help me get rid of that traitor Lai Gujiu for the sake of the old gang leader.As for the position of gang leader, it is really up to you.The old gang leader only passed the dog-beating stick method to two people during his lifetime. After Lai Gujiu was removed, you are the only one who knows the dog-beating stick method in the world.If you are not a leader, who else can be?

Ling Haotian still shook his head and said: Lai Gujiu is a cold and ungrateful thief, I will help you get rid of him.When the old gang leader taught me the dog-beating stick method, he told me that if Lai Gujiu did more unrighteous things and persecuted the elders of the gang, I would take action to get rid of him.As for the position of the leader of the gang, there are many talents in the gang, you have elected a new leader, and I will pass on the dog-beating stick method to him. Seeing that he was advised not to move, Yilima sighed and said, "I'm a rough man, I can't speak."Little Saner, let's go find the three-legged dog and the others. Whether you want to be the leader or not, we'll talk about it later.

Ling Haotian said: Yes, it's important that we go find the other elders quickly.He helped Yili Ma to sit up, but seeing that both his legs were broken, it was difficult for him to walk, and he felt uncomfortable, so he said: Let me carry you. Yili Ma hurriedly said: I will ask my disciples to help me.The wound on Yi Lima's body was festering, pus was continuously oozing, it was dirty and smelly, even though his close disciples were reluctant to approach him, Ling Haotian didn't care at all, he put Yi Lima on his back lightly, and strode out of the hut.Yi Lima was moved in his heart and thought to himself: After all, the old gang leader did not misunderstand the person, Xiao San'er is indeed a chivalrous person!