There are strong men above the water and monsters below the water. Unless Lu Xinqing had wings, he would have no way to escape in the sky or on earth, so he had to answer the questions obediently. Liang Qu recorded them one by one on the album. He is used to recording key information on paper and browsing it backwards and forwards. It is easier to summarize clues and patterns than dreaming up in his mind. "Wait, you said earlier..." Liang Qu circled two places with a wolf brush and asked Lu Xinqing to explain in detail. Lu Xinqing broke out in a cold sweat on the spot, kowtowed, and immediately poured beans into the bamboo tube, saying something. After walking underwater, Lu Xinqing did not dare to lie, but despite being frightened, he still wanted to avoid exposing the evil deeds he had committed and fight for his life. I didn't expect Liang Qu to be so perceptive. Lu Xinqing, a big man in his thirties, stood in front of him as if he had no clothes on, completely naked. No wonder others can be a master, but I can only be a water bandit.
Lu Xinqing thought to himself. Liang Qu reluctantly recognized Lu Xinqing's change of attitude. The purpose of reading is not to increase knowledge, but to develop logical thinking. Liang Qu has not been in the academy for a long time, but the good education he received in his previous life has made his thinking and logical ability much higher than ordinary people. It is not difficult to find loopholes. With the aid of ear recognition, one can tell whether Lu Xinqing has a "guilty conscience". "What kind of forces are there in Huazhu County? Including the surrounding towns and villages. Let's talk about the powerful ones." "Power?" Lu Xinqing pondered, "In the past, there should be three major martial arts schools in the county, Shahe Gang and Zhenyuan Escort Agency, right? There are five unique schools, all with masters of Langyan. Later, it was said that there were rebels making trouble, and all the forces were in ruins. The three major martial arts schools were all collapsed, and some fled and some scattered. On the contrary, the Shahe Gang had many boats, so they escaped. When they came back, they were going to be the dominant family, but I heard that the Shahe Gang was also punished a few months ago, saying..." Lu Xinqing raised his eyes slightly to check Liang Qu's reaction. Liang Qu frowned: "See what I do, keep talking!" "It's said that... the government took action. Several masters were killed, and a large number of people were wiped out in the middle. However, the water transportation on the Black Water River cannot be separated from the Shahe Gang, so some of them were left to maintain the water transportation and did not kill them all..." Government, Shahe Gang? Liang Qu thought of the Whale Gang, counted the time, and roughly guessed what was going on. The incident involving the Whale Gang caused the Hebo Institute to conduct a large-scale purge of the entire Fish Gang in Huaiyin Mansion. The Shahe Gang may have hit the muzzle of the gun and become a piece of credit left on the album. "The reason for the destruction, I have heard about it, and it is said that the trouble was caused by the Shahe Gang leader Kaichun taking a concubine!" Liang Qu was stunned: "How to say that." Lu Xinqing got excited and said, "You don't know something, sir. That concubine was originally the sweetheart of a young master surnamed Liang. Unexpectedly, the leader of the Shahe Gang fought for her love and was the first to make rice and cook the rice. Mr. Liang couldn't love her. Angry from shame, how can the small Shahe Gang withstand..."
"Fake." Liang Qu rejected it outright. "Fake?" Lu Xinqing didn't believe it. The young man in front of him was of high rank and strong, but no matter how powerful he was, he was still a foreigner. How could he know he was fake? However, due to the current situation, Lu Xinqing did not dare to refute. A slander from the belly, officials protect each other. "Go on, which are the three major martial arts schools?" "Panshan, Zhu's and Qinghe." "Qinghe?" Liang Qu asked, "Have you ever heard of a man named Pang Qinghe?" "Pang Qinghe?" Lu Xinqing chewed twice, with a look of surprise on his face, "Sir, are you talking about Master Pang? Master Pang is the original master of Qinghe Martial Arts School! He is well-known in our Huazhu County and is the Langyan Martial Arts Master. , great master!” "What about Yan's Martial Arts School?" "Yan family? I seem to have heard of him, he should be from Huangsha Town? The owner of the hall had two sons, both of whom were martial arts masters. They also fell down later. Anyway, the martial arts schools in Huazhu County were completely ruined, and the capable ones were not kept, but all went elsewhere. There were very few merchant ships on the Blackwater River. After that, there were more and more water bandits, which made merchant ships even more afraid to leave. It became more and more difficult for the brothers to eat. They lost their minds when they saw you coming. " Liang Qu nodded slightly and sorted out his thoughts. Martial arts schools are a feature of the Dashun Dynasty and can be found in almost every county. Whether a county is strong or not depends basically on how many large and small martial arts schools there are in the county. Essentially, martial arts schools are substitutes for sects. When the Dashun horse travels across the world, only a few can retain the sect system, such as the Five True Traditions, while the rest have slowly evolved into various martial arts schools. There are many benefits to a martial arts gym. First, it is open to the common people, most of whom are seeking wealth. The threshold is low, and it can effectively expand the base of martial arts practitioners. The base base is large, and the benefits are self-evident. Second, the relationship between the top and bottom of the martial arts school is not close. Apprentices pay to learn skills, and the business relationship is far inferior to the upper and lower class system like sects. It is easy to form a sense of identity after entering. It is difficult for martial arts schools to form local forces, which effectively reduces the difficulty of centralization. Then the pressure on the people at the bottom will not be so great, further promoting population development. Furthermore, if power cannot be formed, the platform provided will be limited after all. Most people will lay a good foundation and look forward to a bigger platform. Where is the bigger platform? The court! Hebosuo, Sanfa Department, Demon Hunting Department, joining the army... there are many ways. The imperial court is like an extra-large sect, gathering talents from all over the world. For this reason, Dashun has always encouraged the development of martial arts schools. Huazhu County was bloodbathed by the Ghost Mother Cult, and its vitality was severely damaged. Most of the martial arts schools disappeared. The corresponding support system and downstream structures gradually failed, which in turn affected the lives of the people at the bottom.
The strong men who used to make a living by delivering medicine and running errands can only think of other ways now that they have no work. Some of them will think crookedly. There are more water bandits, mountain bandits, and gangsters. The additional banditry will affect trade, and it will be a vicious cycle. The situation in Huazhu County is becoming clearer and clearer. "You were originally from Panshan Martial Arts School?" "How did you know?" Lu Xinqing was shocked. From the time he met Liang Qu until now, he never said that he was from Panshan Martial Arts School, let alone showed his four-pointed skills! "I have my own channels of information." Lu Xinqing's heart was covered with a layer of awe. He felt that Liang Qu was mysterious and unusual, as if he had the ability to listen to people's thoughts. "Since you are from Panshan Martial Arts School and a four-level martial arts master, why do you become a water bandit?" A four-level martial arts master is not a small person. He can be included in the martial arts register. In a small town, he can be called a master. Can't think it through? Lu Xinqing's face froze: "It's good that I joined Panshan Martial Arts School, but the Four Tips Kung Fu is not passed on to the direct line... I wasted seven or eight years, but still not recognized, so I had to learn it secretly... secretly..." "You are so brave, you escaped?" Lu Xinqing laughed awkwardly. It is a taboo to learn martial arts secretly, not to mention Huazhu County, the surrounding counties can't accommodate him. After the incident, Lu Xinqing wanted to run to other prefectures in one go, but he didn't have enough money on the way, so he had a crooked idea to rob a boat on the Black Water River. Unexpectedly, the first robbed was a father and son who were returning to their hometown to get married, and they got a full eight taels of money to ask for the bride! Tasting the sweetness, thinking that he would be an illegal resident in other places, Lu Xinqing decided to go all out and hide on the Black Water River as a ghost-faced bandit, living by robbing ships, only robbing small ones, not big ones, and got the nickname of Ghost-faced Dragon. "What about the father and son?" "Dead." "Dead?" "No, no, no, don't misunderstand, sir, I didn't kill them." Lu Xinqing hurriedly explained, "I robbed them and let them go. I only found out two days ago. After I robbed them that day, they knew that their marriages were ruined, and they were unwilling to rob others! Robbery is a once and then a second time. They also became bandits! But they were not as smart as me. They were caught by the government in less than three months and sentenced to death!" Liang Qu was silent. "To get rich with human faces, it takes ten years to accumulate; to get rich with ghost faces, it takes only one day to collect. A blade of a certain size, if it is in the hands of others, I will be afraid of others; if it is in my hands, others will be afraid of me..." Lu Xinqing pondered carefully and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, yes, that's the truth! Sir, you are a bandit..." Liang Qu glanced at him, and Lu Xinqing cursed himself for being stupid, and hurriedly crawled on the ground: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"
For a long while. "Are there no women in your village?" Awei went into the water village to investigate, and there were no prisoners inside. "Women? No." Lu Xinqing shook his head, "There are only a dozen of us brothers." "Can you hold it in?" "Usually, we all go to the town to solve it. This kind of thing can cost some money. It doesn't cost much. Not to mention that there are no women in the village, even if I encounter them during a ship robbery, I won't let my brothers touch them. Beautiful women are often rich, and rich women are powerful. I'm afraid of causing trouble. If I open my mouth, I can't control them, so I simply don't open it." Lu Xinqing has been a water bandit for more than three years, and he has his own survival principles. However, if you often walk by the river, you will get your shoes wet. Not every survival principle can be matched. шшш♦TTKΛN♦￠０ If it's wrong once, it will be the scene in front of you.