Guangdong.

It is close to Hong Kong and is quite prosperous.

The streets are full of people, very lively, all kinds of salesmen, stalls, fortune tellers, also gathered in the most lively place, either by virtue of ability, or with a three-inch tongue mixed with a bowl of rice to eat.

There is a City God Temple at the intersection of Wende Road, Huiai Road, Guangzhou, and the incense is prosperous. The square in front of the temple has a lot of stalls for physiognomy, fortune-telling, and divination. These charlatans understand people's psychology very well, and know that most of the people who come to see the physiognomy and fortune tellers are unlucky and disappointed, or people who are in adversity and danger. Therefore, as soon as the visitor sat down, the warlock deliberately ridiculed him, such as "You are full of bad luck and are walking with bad luck". Then the conversation changed: "Fortunately, you found me, I can guide the maze." "Then tell some deceitful nonsense that will make you fall into trouble.

Among them, there is a scholar nicknamed "Big Sand Pot", who scolds people and takes the lead in snatching people, but because of this, the business is surging and quite famous.

At noon, a man in his fifties, in good spirits, wearing a blue coat, accompanied by several subordinates, walked slowly.

When he came to a photo stall, this person stopped, and the "big sand pot" saw that the business had come, so he planned to do it again, and scolded at that time: "Look at your decay, you dare to wander around when you are dying, and you will have it in three days."

The subordinates next to the blue coat were so frightened that they hurriedly glanced at the man again and again. Before the buttocks of the blue coat sat down, he was scolded inexplicably, and was about to get angry, but a young scholar on the side said unhurriedly: "You are wrong, I know at a cursory glance that this gentleman must be the life of the noble." ”

The blue coat suddenly flashed with joy on his face, and came to the young man: "How can you see it?" ”

The young Xiangshi was not in a hurry: "I look at Mr.'s face shape, it is very distinctive, how to look at it is a 'no' word, dismantle it, the top is 'dish', and the bottom is 'knife', it can be seen that other people's eating utensils, and even the surname is only in the mind of Mr. Hold the dish on the top and the knife on the bottom"

Speaking of this, the young Xiangshi's face suddenly changed: "Mr. Trouble stretched out his hand to show me." ”

The blue coat stretched out his hand according to his words, and the young man looked at it carefully, his face became more and more nervous, and he said respectfully: "Sir's life, I don't dare to look at it." ”

Lan Da Coat was curious: "But it doesn't hurt to say it, I won't blame you if it's broken, and I'll have a heavy reward if it's good!" ”

The young Xiangshi gritted his teeth, leaned in front of the blue coat and whispered: "Holding the male soldier in his hand, standing alone, the thunder is angry, and the world is shaking." Sir is not a mortal, he must be a general! ”

The blue coat looked shocked when he heard this, and he put his hand in front of him and looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't see the reason for coming, and after a while, he suddenly laughed "haha": "Come here, reward the ocean one hundred!" ”

There was an exclamation on the side, and those peers who also looked at each other, everyone was surprised and envious. How long has it been, a hundred oceans? Which one of the looks here has made so much money at once?

Dayang put it in front of Xiangshi, and the big sand pot on the side saw that his big business was robbed, and he was jealous and annoyed in his heart, and he couldn't help but scold a few words.

It's okay that he didn't open his mouth, but when he opened his mouth, he reminded the blue coat, and looked at the big clay pot with a gloomy face: "Smash this stall for me!" ”

Under an order, several subordinates will be exposed, and they can't be distinguished, and they smashed the fortune-telling stall of the big sand pot to a pulp, and the big sand pot only opened its mouth to argue a few words, and was beaten by those people on the ground!

The young Xiangshi didn't persuade, but just pushed the ocean: "Sir, I can't ask for this money." ”

The blue coat felt even more strange: "Why? ”

The young Xiangshi looked to the side, and lowered his voice very low: "Although Mr. is rich and noble, he will say that there will be disasters." If the gentleman listens to me, he will never go out at noon."

The blue coat groaned: "I have an important banquet at noon." ”

"Sir, by no means!" The young man hurriedly said: "Sir must stay at home until after noon before he can go out, otherwise it will be a disaster of death, after noon, the disaster will be solved, and after this disaster, Mr. has an unlimited future, please Sir listen to me once no matter what!" ”

The blue coat glanced at the big clay pot that was beaten on the ground and called "ouch": "So that's what he just said?" ”

"This man is a charlatan, and he says that to everyone." The young Xiangshi smiled slightly, and then said with a straight face: "Sir, please go back, these oceans are also brought back, if I am right, it is not too late to thank me again." ”

The blue coat thought for a moment and nodded

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

A large group of soldiers rushed over, dispersed the crowd, came to the stall of the young Xiangshi, and drove away an old lady who was looking at the photo, an officer came up, and a standing upright:

"Sir, please come with me."

If you are a soldier, please, is there a good thing?

The young acquaintance was not panicked, smiled slightly, stood up and cleaned up briefly: "Please lead the way, sir." ”

The officer waved his hand, a car came, and the officer opened the door and said respectfully:

"Please, sir!"

In the huge room, the young scholar stood calmly, admiring a painting hanging on the wall.

After a while, suddenly a burst of laughter came from outside:

"Benefactor, benefactor, where is my savior, where is my savior!"

A man in a military uniform strode in, and the young man looked at it and was stunned: "It's you?" ”

This person is the blue coat who came to tell the fortune yesterday.

The blue coat laughed loudly, and grasped the young man's hand; "Benefactor, benefactor!"

"Yes, sir," asked the young man suspiciously.

The blue coat laughed again, and the adjutant next to him said, "This is Lu Rongting, the overseer of Guangdong!" ”

The young Xiangshi obviously showed a look of surprise on his face, and hurriedly bowed: "The grass people don't know that it turned out to be Lord Overseer, and yesterday it was said that there were many offenses, offenses, offenses!" ”

Lu Rongting was in a hurry: "Where did I offend, I am grateful that Mr. is too late, and I haven't asked Mr. Gao's name yet?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, grass people Lin Tianlong."

"Lin Tianlong? Okay, that's a domineering name. Sir, please be seated! ”

Lu Rongting invited him to sit down, and sighed with emotion: "Mr. Lin, you really saved my life!" I had a banquet at noon today, and I had to go, but when I thought of Mr. Yu's words yesterday, I didn't go to the banquet. Later, I received news that a bomb had been set off in the banquet, and as a result, two people were killed on the spot, and the others were seriously injured. If there is no gentleman, I am afraid that my surname will not be guaranteed, and someone will come! ”

Slowly, a large plate of ocean was brought up, and Lu Rongting pointed and said: "Sir, yesterday I said that I refused to accept it, and today I said that there are a thousand oceans here, and I have to accept it no matter what, this silver can't be exchanged for Lu's life, and it is just a matter of Lu's intentions." ”

Lin Tianlong smiled slightly: "The overseers are so polite, but the grass people are disrespectful. ”

Seeing that Lin Tianlong accepted it, Lu Rongting was in a good mood: "What else can Mr. teach me?" ”

"Don't you know that the Overseers have another calamity?" Lin Tianlong said suddenly.

"What?" Lu Rongting was taken aback: "Wasn't it yesterday?"

"Yesterday was just a small disaster, the overseer is auspicious, even if there are no grass people, they can avoid it, but this disaster is difficult!"

Lu Rongting was already convinced of Lin Tianlong at this time: "Please also teach me!" ”

Lin Tianlong put away his smile: "In the past, after the Second Revolution, Yuan Shikai was very jealous of the Overseers, and he wanted to get rid of the Overseers for a long time, but he had no chance to do it. Now that Duan Qirui is in power, he has been spying on the Overseers for a long time. And Sun Wen's forces are also prosperous in Guangdong, and they regard Guangdong as a must-win place, and dare to ask the overseers, how to deal with it? ”

Lu Rongting's eyes narrowed.

stared at Lin Tianlong there: "Who are you?" You're not a fortune teller! ”

Lin Tianlong said lightly: "Fortune telling, but it's just a way to make a living, what's the wonder?" ”

"Who are you?" Lu Rongting's tone suddenly became stern: "Lin Tianlong, this is the Guangdong Overseer's Mansion, I want to kill someone like crushing an ant!" ”

"Of course the Overseers can do that, but the grass people don't have any ill will, it's all for the Overseers' sake!" Lin Tianlong did not show any panic:

"The ancestors of the grass people were also generals in the past, do the overseers remember? First, do not rob the Chinese, second, do not rob the poor, and third, do not rob people near the station. All the robberies are outsiders, and the compatriots who do not harm themselves are also called righteous thieves! ”

Lu Rongting stood up with a "whew": "You, who are you?" ”

Lu Rongting is really familiar with these words.

Back then, he was originally a "three-point meeting". He wandered to Shuikou in Longzhou in the fourth year of Guangxu, and had to be helped by Tan Taiyuan, a ferryman, to support the ferry for a period of time, and then Tan Taiyuan married his daughter to him. Soon after, Lu Rongting gathered more than 20 youths in Shuikou to carry out activities on the Sino-Vietnamese border, robbing the French of guns and property. Become the leader of the Three Points Society and the smuggler.

The three points will grow to hundreds, and the people of the time are called "righteous thieves".

Lu Rongting read very little, but he tried to find a model of life in the clear teachings of the sages, who was righteous, honest and faithful, magnanimous, and very popular. In the green forest, we strictly observe the principle of three non-robbing: first, do not rob the Chinese, second, do not rob the poor, and third, do not rob people near the station. Therefore, the Muyi gradually returned to thousands of people, and formed a brigade on the Sino-Vietnamese border, as if they were the kingdom of Yiyuli, and they were the enemies of legal persons, and they competed for nearly ten years, fighting dozens of battles large and small, and France suffered heavy losses.

Lu Rongting alone personally killed 23 French soldiers and robbed countless finances in Vietnam at one time, and if you count the combat power of the 5,000 troops under his command, it is self-evident that he inflicted heavy losses on the French.

After the French were exhausted, they extorted a monument and offered a reward for the arrest of Lu Tesong, and at the same time coerced the Manchu government to drive Lu Rongting out of the Sino-Vietnamese border, and strictly restrained him.

This move is enough to show that Lu Rongting's brave armed forces dealt a serious blow to the French attempt to covet China's frontier, and saved China's southern Xinjiang from the threat of encroachment by foreign forces.

At this time, these things that Lu Rongting was most proud of in his life actually came out of the mouth of this fortune teller!

(To be continued)