Performing light feats in the midst of a surging flow of people is a bit shocking. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Wu Ruotang turned to the corner of the street, jumped onto the roof beside him, and after identifying the direction, he silently used Xuangong to accelerate in a straight line. It's still impossible to avoid being seen, but at least it doesn't cause a riot, and the biggest advantage of this is that you can get to your destination faster. Although he tried his best to turn his attention to the defense of the Wen family, it was not until the Wen Mansion was already in sight that he despaired to find that Iori's tearful, sad face was still shaking in front of him. Iori ...... I'm sorry!?

"Hello Brother Wu! Hearing the name of Brother Wu for a long time, I can only see my dignity tonight, and sure enough, the Yushu is outstanding in the wind...... "Suddenly, a black shadow rose from the roof opposite, blocking the direction of Wu Ruotang's advance.?

Wu Ruotang was startled, and his footsteps abruptly stopped in place. This person quietly came out just to get stuck in the direction of his own progress, and the time was just right, and this hand was already not to be underestimated. He held the hilt of the knife behind him with his backhand and looked at the other party carefully, but saw that this person had broad shoulders and thick back, dressed in a navy blue light coat, a square face with thick eyebrows, and his eyes flashed between opening and closing.

Wu Ruotang fixed his gaze on the head of a red iron spear behind the man, and he couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart.

"Stinging Tiger Bian stop?" Wu Ruotang pulled out the Great Xia Dragon Bird Knife from its scabbard and said in a deep voice.

Bian Zhu's achievements are high and the world's greatest, and most of the foundation of the immortal dynasty can be said to be created by Bian Zhu, and the dynasty is thankless, and the only way to do it is to teach his beloved sidearms "breaking the formation" gun. This allusion is known to everyone, because Wu Ruotang immediately guessed who was coming as soon as he saw the broken array gun. Knowing that the other party is a super-first-class master who is well-known in the north and south of the country, without knowing whether he is an enemy or a friend, Wu Ruotang dares to deal with it carelessly.

Seeing Wu Ruotang's reaction in his eyes, Bian Zhu smiled slightly and said, "It's Bian Zhu. I wonder if Brother Wu can talk to Bian? ”?

Wu Ruotang was anxious to return to the Wen family, and he was really unwilling to entangle with Bian Zhu so as not to miss the big event. He tentatively took a small step to the left, only to find that his left foot had just been lifted, and Bian Zhu's body was slightly tilted to the right side at the same time, obviously seeing through his own path of advancement.

Wu Ruotang knew that he was invincible, and gave up his intention to break through the other party by force, and sighed and said: "General Bian is really powerful!" Looks like I just don't want to talk about it. If you have anything to say, Wu listened attentively. ”?

Bian stopped and smiled: "I really don't want to do such a scoundrel act, but the stakes are very high, and I have to make this decision, and I hope that Brother Wu Haihan." ”?

Wu Ruotang was already in a bad mood, and at this time, he even saved hypocritical polite words, and sneered: "What Haihan is not Haihan, this world has always been who has a hard fist and who speaks." Today, your fist is hard, you tell me to stop, I dare not stop, but when my fist is harder than yours on another day, you see that I ignore you! ”?

Bian Zhu was not angry, but clapped his hands and smiled: "Well said!" It is rare that Brother Wu is so young and has such knowledge. Indeed, as Brother Wu said, this world is about strength! Today, my strength is higher than Brother Wu, Brother Wu can only listen to me obediently, and when Brother Wu's strength is higher than my Bian on the other day, it should be me Bian who comes to beg Brother Wu. Survival of the fittest, the law of survival. ”?

Wu Ruotang frowned slightly and sighed: "I still have important things to do, if General Bian is still here and doesn't talk about the topic, I know that I am invincible, and I am afraid that I will have to break through." ”?

Bian stopped and smiled: "Brother Wu is a little restless, what I want to talk about is the question of how you and I survive in Xiangyang." ”?

Wu Ruotang's heart moved, and said, "How do you say this?" General Bian has the support of the Immortal Dynasty behind him, Xiangyang City can come and go if he wants to, who dares to stop it? And I, Wu Ruotang, am a notorious prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, with no wealth and no power with his bare hands, how dare I have anything to do with General Bian? ”?

Bian stopped shaking his head and said, "Brother Wu is too modest. Brother Wu's deeds of resisting the Tianshan Sword Sect alone have long been spread all over the rivers and lakes, who doesn't know who doesn't know? If you talk about the most popular people in the rivers and lakes in recent years, who else will there be besides you Wu Ruotang? Who would dare to ignore a teenage hero like you? ”?

Wu Ruotang sneered: "I know how many catties I have, if General Bian wants to use this bowl of soup, he wants to make me faint, but I am afraid that I will be disappointed." ”?

Bian stopped and said with a smile: "Don't be arrogant or impatient, I really didn't look at the wrong person, I believe that in time, Brother Wu will be able to become an extraordinary person." He paused, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and continued: "It's just that Brother Wu is now in danger from all sides, and he is lonely, so I don't know if there is a chance to wait for that day?" ”?

Wu Ruotang said with a smile: "General Bian is so concerned about Wu's recent situation, I really don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing." ”?

Bian Zhu smiled slightly: "Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, it depends on how Brother Wu chooses." ”?

Wu Ruotang smiled and said, "What does General Bian mean ......"?

Bian stopped and said seriously: "I know that Brother Wu has been infiltrating Xiangyang for a long time, in order to borrow the power of the Wen family to fight against the Tianshan Sword Sect. However, after the Tianshan Sword Sect unified Jiangnan, its power expanded extremely rapidly, and it was tantamount to an idiot's dream to prevent the Tianshan Sword Sect from going north just by relying on the strength of the Wen family. In this case, I would like to talk to Brother Wu about the possibility of our cooperation......"?

Wu Ruotang interrupted Bian Zhu's speech with a wave of his big hand, and said, "General Bian, if I'm not mistaken, your lord should have an alliance with the Tianshan Sword Sect. Just last month, Gui Valve and Lantao Yaxuan jointly sent troops to clamp down on Guanzhong, severing the connection between Guanzhong and Xiangyang, and creating an opportunity for Meng Caiyi to raid Xiangyang, and the commander who led the coalition army seems to be your General Bian...... You wouldn't be so forgetful, would you? ”?

Bian Zhu laughed and said, "If I deny this, how will Brother Wu think of me?" ”?

Wu Ruotang said coldly: "If you deny this, then you are not a thorn tiger Bian stopped." I only hope that General Bian can give a reasonable explanation, otherwise there is no need for us to talk about it any further. ”?

Bian stopped and glanced at Wu Ruotang, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, and sighed: "This time and that time." Political alliances are about stakes - profitable, everyone is brothers; It's unprofitable, and immediately turns his face and doesn't recognize people. Don't hide it from Brother Wu, the reason why we chose to form an alliance with the Tianshan Sword Sect that day was not that we didn't know that this was a move to lure wolves into the house, but we really had to do it. ”?

Wu Ruotang said curiously: "Bitter? What's the pain? ”?

Bian stopped and said, "This has to start with the origin of my immortal dynasty. The Imperishable Dynasty was originally born in Mobei, and after it grew stronger, the barbaric land of Mobei could no longer meet our needs. More than 20 years ago, we went through a lot of hardships to fight a bloody road and moved south to Zhili, Hebei Province to take root. After arriving in Hebei, although we have tried to use other ways to make money, including collecting protection fees from local merchants, opening brothels and casinos, etc., the survival method of killing people and robbing goods in the past has been deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts, so secretly we will still go out to do some business ...... without capital"?

Wu Ruotang sneered: "Being a robber is the fastest way to get money, if it were me, I'm afraid it wouldn't change." ”?

Bian Zhu shook his head awkwardly and said, "That's not the case, if there is a choice, we also want to be innocent Jianghu people." The reality is that it relies on legitimate means...... I mean, you can't support yourself by collecting protection money and opening brothel casinos. In fact, I don't say that you also know, among the eight valves in Jiangbei, except for the Jingshi Zhao family, which of the other seven valves is clean? Who hasn't done something shady in the dark? It is no secret that the Wen family privately forged weapons, swords and roses sold illicit salt, and Xun Jiali built warships. He continued: "The He family is relatively more hidden, they collude with the government to regulate the price of goods privately to obtain huge profits, and I have heard that they often make profits by making counterfeits of jewelry, calligraphy and paintings...... Hehe, let's talk about it, only we don't extinguish the dynasty and come out to grab money with an open fire cane. But in this way, we have become the target of public criticism, and we have been named "****" for the rest of our lives, and we cannot "bleach". Originally, this is nothing, **** is ****, as long as there is meat to eat and drink wine, we can live happily, and we will not care if we are scolded ****. But even if it is ****, it must have the rules that it must follow to survive......" Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Brother Wu is also from ****, when you can understand what the real survival of **** is......"?

Wu Ruotang had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and blurted out: "Official! ”?

Bian stopped clapping his hands and sighed: "It's the word government!" Unless it is a rebellion under the banner of righteousness, which **** gang dares to fight the government? There are many people who don't understand this truth, thinking that the bastard **** can fight against the government with confidence, but in fact, if the government is really determined to eradicate you, there is no **** gang that can support it all the time. ”?

"The reason why **** exists is not because it can be strong enough to be on an equal footing with the government, but because it has been repeatedly banned, this one has been eliminated, and the other has risen again, just like weeds, and it can be blown and born again when there is a suitable opportunity. Therefore, the government's attitude towards **** is like that of ordinary people to weeds in the courtyard, since it can't be completely eradicated, it can only acquiesce to its existence, but once you feel that a certain bush of weeds grows too lush or too eye-catching, even if you know that it will grow again in the second year after eradication, you still have to spend some effort to eradicate it! ”?

"In fact, to put it bluntly, whether it is **** or Baidao, it is still the government that really makes the big dealer in this world." Bian Zhu's wonderful assertion accurately described the subtle relationship between the government and ****, which can be said to be extremely incisive, and Wu Ruotang opened his eyes and nodded secretly.

Thinking of the scene when the four families formed an alliance that day in the Yueyang Mansion, Wu Ruotang couldn't help but suddenly say: "Is General Bian implying that the last time your lord formed an alliance with Meng Caiyi, it was the result of the government's secret manipulation?" ”?

Bian stopped and praised: "Brother Wu is really smart, and he can guess it." I will not destroy the imperial dynasty rooted in Hebei, and it is on the side of the important land of Beijing. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are many taboos, and some side businesses are a little difficult to carry out, and the business of murder and robbery must be carried out carefully, and it is often necessary to detour to the territory of other gate valves to do it, which inevitably increases the risk of acting. When we first moved to Hebei, we didn't feel much for a while because we still had a lot of savings, but the more we got to it, the more difficult it became, the government had to conduct a temporary inspection today, and tomorrow it would have to collect taxes, and many businesses did not make enough money to give those officials a tooth sacrifice. In this way, day by day, no matter how thick the foundation is, you have to sit and eat nothing. Faced with such a predicament, we were forced to seek cooperation with the government. ”?

Wu Ruotang couldn't help laughing and said, "**** cooperation with the government? This is a strange news in the world, and I am afraid that few people will believe it when it spreads. ”?

Bian Zhu said angrily: "Don't you believe it? Listen to me, and you'll understand. The world says that our **** means are black, but I think the government is darker than our ****! When we collect protection fees from local merchants, we will only collect them when their business improves, because we know that these merchants are actually our food and clothing parents, and if we force them to death, it will not benefit us at all. ”?“ But the government is different. All kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are charged per capita, regardless of whether you make money or lose, and all are collected according to the law, which has little impact on some businesses that buy and sell well, but it is really fatal for some small businesses that do not make much money. Originally, the business was poor, if the tax was paid, then there would be no money turnover, and the business would definitely be finished, so the tax could only be resisted and not paid. Some people with weak personalities went to scare and scare and honestly pay in tears; If you encounter some hard-tempered people, it is not to scare and scare them, but the government can't kill people and raid their homes on the basis of tax resistance, after all, it is really a big trouble, and it is not good for those officials......"?

Wu Ruotang said curiously: "Why is this? ”?

Bian stopped sneering and said, "You still don't understand this? Because there are many elaborate and excesses of taxes and miscellaneous taxes that these officials and lords conceal from their superiors, in order to enrich their private pockets. If this kind of thing is stabbed by Diao Min, who is not afraid of death, the money will not be small, and if it is not good, I am afraid that they will lose their black yarn hats. However, they were unwilling to eat the fat that reached their mouths. So this kind of errand fell on our heads, and it was up to us to persuade the hard-line tax resisters to pay their taxes honestly...... Do you know what I mean by 'persuasion'......"?

Wu Ruotang said angrily: "Strange Taoist people often say, 'Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver', these officials are really jackals who eat people and don't spit out bones!" ”?

Bian stopped and said disdainfully: "What is this? What could be worse than that! Seven years ago, the Yellow River burst, people on both sides of the river were struggling and starving, the imperial court ordered all prefectures and governments to open warehouses to release grain, and the victims of the disaster in various places rushed to celebrate each other. However, compared with these victims, it is the officials and men of the state capitals who are more happy, because they have the opportunity to make a fortune in the country......"? (To be continued.) )