Traveling through the heavens starts from practicing swords in the palace

Chapter 113 112. The Injured Little Beggar
Lin Pingzhi asked casually, and of course he answered in the affirmative in his heart.

It's been a few days, Ling Chang came here, there must be news about Yue Buqun and Linghu Chong.

"However, why did Ling Chang bring a bandaged disciple of the Beggar Clan? Could it be that he wanted to heal him? I don't have this skill either." Lin Pingzhi thought.

Unexpectedly, Ling Chang shook his head and said, "Young Master Lin, we have passed on news to other Beggar Clan disciples who are at the helm, and we have indeed heard some rumors about Young Master Linghu and Sect Master Yue."

Lin Pingzhi was a little confused: Since there is news, why are you shaking your head.

Ling Chang continued: "However, I only heard rumors, but I don't know their whereabouts yet."

Lin Pingzhi said: "If there are rumors, we should be able to know their whereabouts based on clues, right? Can I ask Master Ling to tell me what rumors there are?"

Ling Changdao: "I heard that Mr. Linghu was seriously injured after he was taken away by six weirdos, and then he was severely injured by these six weirdos."

This was exactly what Lin Pingzhi wanted. The six scumbags of Taogu Six Immortals would definitely do something wrong when they saw Linghu Chong was seriously injured.

So he asked, "What happened next?"

Ling Changdao: "Later I heard that Master Yue and Lady Ning found these six weirdos and rescued Linghu Chong."

Lin Pingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that with the martial arts of the Six Immortals of Peach Valley, he could easily beat Ning Zhongze two against one, and Yue Buqun would be worthy of defeating Yue Buqun three against one.

It is not true that Yue Buqun and his wife rescued Linghu Chong by force, but Linghu Chong deceived each other with words and asked these six fools to send him back to his master and wife.

Ling Chang continued: "But we don't know what happened after that, let alone how Linghu Chong was injured."

"The disciples of the Beggar Clan at the foot of Mount Hua in Chang'an received news that Sect Leader Yue and the others did not return to Mount Hua."

"So we have no clues for the time being, and we don't know where they went."

Lin Pingzhi nodded slightly when he heard the words, guessing that the people from Songshan School and Jianzong made Yue Buqun very afraid, and he didn't know whether the Six Immortals of Taogu were enemies or friends, so Linghu Chong, who was seriously injured, did not return to Huashan for the time being, to avoid the limelight .

Since they want to avoid people's eyes and ears, they naturally pretend to be very concealed. Although the Beggar Clan has a well-developed information network, it is difficult to find out the members of the Huashan School who deliberately hide their whereabouts.

Immediately Lin Pingzhi sighed and said nothing more.

Ling Chang hurriedly said: "Mr. Lin, don't worry too much. The head of the Huashan School, Yue, is such a person. It is impossible to keep shrinking... Hey, it is impossible to keep their names. We will always know their whereabouts."

The helmsman of the beggar gang obviously also thought that Yue Buqun deliberately deceived others in order to avoid the enemy, and wanted to say that he was a coward, but he didn't say it after all.

Although Lin Pingzhi was a little disappointed, he would not blame the Beggars' Gang for their ineffectiveness. He said, "Thank you, Master Ling Duo. You Beggars' Gang used such manpower for my own private affairs. I really feel sorry."

Ling Changdao: "Mr. Lin, you are welcome, not to mention that you and I have a great friendship, your Fuwei Escort Bureau and our beggar gang have frequent contacts, and the movements of the Huashan faction are what our beggar gang pays attention to."

"Hey, Mr. Lin, we know each other so well, so we don't need to hide it from you. Zuo Lengchan, the leader of the Five Sacred Sword Sect, has made a lot of moves in the past few years, and our beggar gang also feels threatened."

"There is no request from you, Mr. Lin. As the leader of an important branch of the Beggar Clan, I should also grasp the movements in these martial arts."

"Speaking of which, I will go north in the next two months to attend our annual beggar gang meeting. If I don't know anything about the northern martial arts at that time, I will be underestimated by the middle and high level of other gangs for no reason."

Lin Pingzhi asked casually: "The beggar gang meeting? Where is it held?"

Ling Changdao: "Although our Beggar Clan General Assembly keeps everything low-key, due to the large number of people, the annual Beggar Clan General Assembly is quite noisy."

"In order not to be said by other big factions that we are too public, our annual conference is chosen in a place where there are no other famous big factions, and there is no fixed location."

"This year, our Beggar Clan meeting will be held in Handan, Hebei... Ahem, Mr. Lin, this is a secret of my sect. It's okay to tell you, so don't spread it to the outside world."

Lin Pingzhi smiled and said: "Understood, I am not the kind of person who is not strict with my mouth. Master Ling, what is the name of this little brother you brought, why is he injured and not resting at home?"

"Could it be that you went to the wrong place to find the pharmacy and found our bodyguard?"

Ling Chang said: "Mr. Lin is joking."

He glared at the little beggar again, and said, "Don't you kowtow to our well-known escort Lin Shao of the Fuwei Escort Bureau?"

The little beggar was also quite spirited. Hearing this, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed firmly to Lin Pingzhi twice. When he reached the third kowtow, Lin Pingzhi supported him and said calmly, "Good boy." , don't be too polite."

The little beggar looked at Lin Pingzhi and said, "Little Yan Chu, I have seen Lin Shao's bodyguard."

Lin Pingzhi hummed, and said to Ling Chang again: "Master Ling, you don't have to cover up with me, what happened, and how did the doll you brought get hurt?"

Ling Chang sighed, and said: "It's not worth mentioning, Mr. Lin, what are your plans next?"

Lin Pingzhi laughed inwardly: "You brought this injured beggar here, you must have something to tell me, but you said it's not worth mentioning."

He wanted to tease the leader of the Beggar Clan, so he stopped talking about it right now, and replied: "To tell the truth, Master Ling, Miss Yue of the Huashan Pai has been staying in Fuzhou for so many days, and I worry about her parents every day."

"As the saying goes, help people to the end, and send Buddha to the West. Since she can trust me, she will go all the way to join me, so I must take her to find her parents as soon as possible."

"Although there is no definite news about Master Yue and his wife and Linghu Chong, I plan to take Miss Yue out of Fuzhou to find her parents. It's better than waiting here."

Ling Chang nodded and said, "That's fine. Mr. Lin, I have a token of the Beggar Gang here. You hold my token, and when you meet disciples of the Beggar Gang from all walks of life who need help, they will naturally help you."

"You can also inquire about their whereabouts from the Beggar Clan disciples from various places along the way. If there is any news, you should know it from the Beggar Clan's people as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Ling Chang handed the bamboo stick in his hand to Lin Pingzhi.

Lin Pingzhi saw that Ling Chang never left the bamboo stick in his hand, and originally thought it was his handy weapon, only then did he realize that it was a token of the Beggar Clan.

He is not a coy person, and he is not polite, so he took the bamboo stick.

The bamboo stick looks inconspicuous, but it is quite heavy in the hand. It is obviously not an ordinary bamboo. The dense texture of the stick can be touched in the hand, and it feels comfortable.

Lin Pingzhi said: "Thank you very much, Master Ling. You trusted me so much and entrusted me with the token of your Beggar Gang. I will remember it deeply in my heart. If Master Ling has any mission, I will be happy to do so." "

As he spoke, intentionally or unintentionally, he looked at the little beggar with bandaged hands, but asked again.

Ling Chang coughed twice and said: "Master Lin, hey, um... naturally I don't dare to send you... um, you are very skilled in martial arts, and if you take action in anything, you will be able to succeed immediately. I..."

Lin Pingzhi felt even more amused when he saw him hesitating, and deliberately said: "Master Ling, I was afraid that Miss Yue would be worried, so I went to find her and tell her about the Huashan Sect. You can just drink tea now."

After a pause, he added: "Maybe I will leave today and have to pack my bags later. If Captain Ling doesn't come back after meeting me, he can go back on his own after drinking tea. That would be rude!"

After speaking, he really got up and left.

Ling Chang was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly stopped Lin Pingzhi: "Mr. Lin, you!"

Lin Pingzhi asked suspiciously: "What's the matter, Master Ling, do you have anything else to tell me?"

Seeing that Ling Chang hesitated to speak, Lin Pingzhi stopped teasing him, and said with a smile: "Master Ling, there is nothing to say between us."

"Did this little beggar run into some trouble that you, the Beggar Gang, couldn't handle, and need my help?"

"Hey, the things next to me can't, but if you want to be a thug or something, you can still."

After speaking, he sat back on the chair, crossed his legs, and looked at Ling Chang with a smile.

Seeing the enthusiasm of Lin Pingzhi's words, Ling stopped hesitating, gritted his teeth and said to the little beggar, "Yan Chu, tell Mr. Lin, how did you get your injuries?"

Yan Chu, who looked quite clever, saluted Ling Chang and Lin Pingzhi after hearing the words, and then said: "Mr. Lin, I was injured by a disciple of the beggar gang."

Lin Pingzhi was surprised and said, "Ah, so you were not injured by a rival gang, but by a disciple of your beggar sect?"

Ling Chang sighed and said, "Although our Beggar Clan is not as good as Shaolin Wudang and the Five Sacred Sword Sect, we are definitely not easy to bully."

"If it is said that people from other sects beat our beggar gang disciples, then even though we are not good at martial arts, we are still stubborn, and we must seek an explanation."

"The difficulty is that my nephew was injured at the hands of a fellow disciple, which is a bit tricky."

Lin Pingzhi was surprised again: "This little beggar is your nephew, Master Ling?"

Ling Chang nodded and said, "That's right. Although my sister has practiced martial arts since she was a child, she doesn't know why she doesn't like barbarians like us who practice martial arts. She likes a handsome young master like Mr. Lin."

"She fell in love with a poor scholar from our Fujian Province. Not only was she willing to marry, but she also sponsored him with silver so that he could go to Beijing to take the exam."

"That scholar—that is, my nephew's father, was really uplifting. He passed the Jinshi examination and was sent to Hubei as an official by the imperial court. My sister and this nephew followed him to Shanxi..."

Lin Pingzhi said: "It turns out that this baby came from Shanxi, but it's quite a long way."

Ling Chang said yes, and continued: "But when it comes to women, they are elusive. My sister loved this scholar to death. She went to Hubei for a few years to live as an official's wife, but she felt that the officialdom was pedantic and smelly. , far less than martial arts people who go straight and say that they will kill your whole family."

"Although it is said that there are intrigues in the world, but in the end, the louder the fist, the louder the voice, unlike Shilin who has so many beautiful articles to do."

"That's why my sister suddenly changed her sex a few years ago, and she insisted that my nephew practice martial arts and set foot in the martial arts world, rather than write nonsense every day."

Hearing this, Lin Pingzhi found it funny and thought: "Although your sister may have changed her mind, she may not be so disparaging to scholars. After all, her own husband is a middle-class scholar. This is probably your own grievance." Take the opportunity to vent it out.”

He continued: "So she let her son join your gang of beggars?"

Ling Chang shook his head and said: "At first, she would not let my nephew join the beggar gang no matter what. After all, they are officials, so how prestigious are they, so how can they let their son be a beggar?"

Yan Chu had been listening carefully, but at this moment he interjected, "Uncle, although the Beggars' Clan are all beggars, there are so many heroes. Joining the Beggars' Clan is by no means humiliating the family."

His expression was firm as he spoke, and he was obviously a very independent person.

Ling Chang sighed: "Master Lin, my sister and brother-in-law have already established a good relationship and want my nephew to join the Wudang Mountains... But my nephew has a big idea and must join me in the Beggar Clan."

Lin Pingzhi almost burst out laughing, after all, whoever chooses, it is better to be a Taoist priest on Wudang Mountain than to be a beggar in the beggar gang.

He even suspected that Yan Chu made up his mind to join the Beggar Gang because he was bewitched by Ling Chang.

Of course he wouldn't say it directly, he just said: "Those ox-nosed old Taoists have many rules and regulations, so it doesn't matter if they don't join Wudang."

"How nice the beggars are, they are sloppy and don't take a bath every day, and no one cares about them."

Although this remark was meant to be a bit of a joke, but Ling Chang really didn't like a clean person, but he felt that Lin Pingzhi's words came to his heart, and he said:
"It's far away, it's far away. Anyway, after my nephew quarreled with his parents a few times, he finally joined the beggar gang as he wished."

"Of course his mother's condition is that he can only join the Hubei Branch of the Beggar Gang, and cannot come to Fujian to join me."

"I thought to myself that even though he wasn't with me, with my relationship in the beggar gang, it would be no problem to take care of this kid, so I wrote a letter to the head of the Hubei branch, recommending my nephew to join the Hubei branch. "

"Hey, I didn't expect that something like this would happen. I really have no place for my uncle-like face."

Lin Pingzhi said: "Master Ling, why was this child beaten? If the other party is unreasonable, can't you send a letter to the Hubei sub-duo and ask them to teach that disciple?"

"Even—heh, I mean what if, even if the other party has a reason to beat your nephew, beating is wrong after all, the beggar gang can't allow gangsters to fight in private, right? It's not the same, you can let the beater be punished disciple?"

Ling Chang shook his head, frowning.

Yan Chu said: "Master Lin, I have no personal enmity with him, it's an open and fair competition."

Lin Pingzhi began to be puzzled again, and said, "A martial arts competition in the open and aboveboard?"

Yan Chu knew that Lin Pingzhi might not know the rules of the Beggar Clan very well, so he explained in detail: "Our Beggar Clan has a rule. When begging, if one person goes to a place to beg first, then if anyone wants to beg in the surrounding area, he must ask for permission. This person’s consent must be obtained first to prevent people begging in the same area from arguing with each other.”

"But if two people arrive at the same place at the same time, or neither person can prove that they arrived at the place first, then they must report it to their superiors, who will make a decision."

"If the superiors feel that they cannot be judged, they will adopt the fairest method - a competition to determine the territory."

Lin Pingzhi understood a little bit, and said: "You lost the martial arts competition with others, and you were injured because of it?"

He couldn't help frowning, although he didn't mind being a thug to help Ling Chang's nephew, but this reason was a bit too low.

It is indeed the fairest way to decide who wins or loses in a martial arts competition. It is the most normal thing to be willing to admit defeat in a martial arts competition. If Yan Chu really approached Lin Pingzhi because he lost in a martial arts competition, he would probably refuse.

Yan Chu saw Lin Pingzhi frowning and knew a little about what he was thinking, so he hurriedly said: "Master Lin, please don't misunderstand me. If I lose in a fair competition, I will definitely admit defeat and I will never be a dirty person who can't afford to lose." people."

"In fact, it's not that I compete with others for territory. I don't have to worry about money every month, and I will also serve as a sub-ruler. According to the rules, I don't need to beg."

"It was an old man with a physical disability who had a dispute with someone about this, so he approached me and asked me to help him."

"Hey, this competition can be done by asking someone to compete on your behalf. It's probably because some old, weak, sick, and disabled beggars are destined to lose without having to compete. Only by asking someone to compete on their behalf can it be truly fair. Of course, generally if the competition is When people win, they will also receive rewards, sometimes it is a fixed amount of money, and sometimes it is a monthly commission."

Lin Pingzhi didn't expect what else was going on, and asked again: "Then you helped someone lose and get injured—ha, isn't that the same meaning?"

Yan Chu said: "Master Lin, I won the match that the disabled old man asked me to compete for. I lost the other match."

Seeing that Lin Pingzhi was listening, he continued speaking without interruption: "My opponent in that competition was a middle-aged expert from our Hubei branch who was carrying four bags. After I defeated him, in our Hubei branch He has become somewhat famous in the branch."

"People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. It's true. After this martial arts competition, a Beggar Sect disciple named Feng Liang approached me and said he wanted to make an appointment with me for a martial arts competition."

"It was said to be a martial arts competition. I didn't think too much, so I agreed to him. Unexpectedly, I agreed with him on a time, and when I arrived at the designated place, it was not this Feng Liang who came to the martial arts competition."

"I thought it was just a competition anyway. Who should I compete with? So I started a fight with the person."

"Unexpectedly, the person here looks young, but his martial arts are extremely high. I couldn't support the three-fold, so I lost the battle and was stabbed in the arm."

"Hey, at the beginning, I only said that my skills were not as good as others, and I didn't have anything to complain about. I just calmed down and recuperated. I thought that maybe I offended the brothers in the gang by fighting for territory on behalf of others, so I should keep a low profile in the future."

"It wasn't until later that I heard a saying that Feng Liang invited people from Wudang Mountain to come down to trouble me on purpose. I heard that I joined the Beggar Gang because I didn't join Wudang, and their Wudang disciples knew about it. Teach me confidentially. Not only will you teach me this time, but you will also make me suffer in the future."

"When I heard this statement, I was really angry, but I later learned that Fengliang was from a martial arts family. Not only did his family have good relations with the Wudang Sect, but they also had a good relationship with the leader of the Hubei Branch of the Beggar Clan."

"Hey, if you want to talk about this, it's true that I agreed to the martial arts competition myself, so it's hard to say anything, but I still feel aggrieved in my heart."

"So I asked for leave from the gang and came to Fujian to look for my uncle, not to complain to him for help, but to go to a different place to relax and avoid the bad luck of being good."

Lin Pingzhi understood this a little bit. To put it bluntly, it was the story of the second generation of officials in this era who were not easy to do in the Jianghu, and the uncle who was the helmsman was far away, and was bullied by the martial arts family.

He didn't know whether he should accept this or not, and immediately looked at Ling Chang to see what he would say.

Ling Chang said: "Young master Lin, as my nephew said, he was injured because he didn't understand the key to it, and he did agree to the martial arts competition."

"And this competition is a competition between the disciples of the Beggar Clan and the Taoist priests on Wudang Mountain. It complies with the rules of the world."

"It stands to reason that this brat deserves the beating for nothing."

Of course Lin Pingzhi would not be stupid enough to believe what he said, so he just smiled and listened to what he continued.

Ling Chang continued: "But this kid is my own nephew after all. He has been close to me since he was a child. If something happens, he will come to Fujian to find me even if he doesn't look for his parents. Really shameless."

"But this matter is really difficult to manage, and it involves Wudang Mountain. It's really hard for me to get involved..."

It was only then that Lin Pingzhi realized why Ling Chang had been covering things up. There was really no good point of intervention in this matter, and it was not easy to say clearly that he had to help Ping.

But Lin Pingzhi had just obtained Ling Chang's token, and the Escort had the strong support of the Beggars' Clan. Although this matter was pretentious, he didn't mind helping out.

He said: "Master Ling, this matter is on me. I just want to take Miss Yue north to find her parents, so let's take a trip to Hubei."

"At that time, I will find my own way to compete with that Wudang disciple, so that he can feel the pain of being injured."

"As for that beggar gang disciple named Fengliang..."

Lin Pingzhi looked at Yan Chu and asked, "Baby, what do you think should be done?"

Yan Chu said: "This... Mr. Lin, if you can help me regain my position and beat that Wudang sect person, I will be satisfied. I don't dare to ask for anything else."

Lin Pingzhi smiled and said: "I know you are afraid that I will be difficult to do, and you are also worried that if I use force to make enemies with the beggar gang, it will be difficult for your old uncle."

"Forget it, let's think of a way on the way to see how we can justifiably teach these two bastards who bullied you."

Yan Chu said happily when he heard the words: "Thank you, Mr. Lin." He has a young heart, although his personality is mature, and he has never shown that he wants revenge, but in fact he is extremely depressed.

At this time, he heard that Lin Pingzhi was willing to help, and that he had agreed not to act recklessly according to the rules of the world. A person who is equal to or even worse than the head of the big faction.

Ling Chang also said happily: "Mr. Lin, you want to take my nephew to Hubei together? With your wisdom and martial arts, you only need to spend one-tenth of it, so you don't want to take care of those two...cough those two turtle bastards." Obedient post?"

"My nephew came all the way to look for me, but I couldn't help him vent his anger. I really feel very uncomfortable. With Mr. Lin's help, you have really helped me a lot!"

Lin Pingzhi said with a smile: "You are welcome, Master Ling, we are reciprocal. Since I reopened the Escort in Fuzhou, you have helped me a lot, but I can't just give you some gold to make things even."

Lin Pingzhi raised the bamboo stick in his hand and said, "Let me tell you, this is the token of the Beggar Clan. If you didn't treat me as a brother and you trusted me not to mess around, how could you have given me such an important thing?"

Ling Chang also said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, if you want to have any plans for our beggar gang, why do you need this broken stick? There are hundreds of ways. I can't trust you."

"Since it is a courtesy exchange, then Mr. Lin, after you leave Fuzhou this time, I will naturally try my best to help you look after your escort agency. Even if the Qingcheng faction comes back, I am determined not to let them easily occupy your property again."

Lin Pingzhi said: "I am relieved to have Master Ling's words. I was really worried that after I left, a few bodyguards who only knew superficial fists and feet would not be able to control the situation."

"Master Ling, please."

Ling Chang said: "Please?"

Lin Pingzhi said: "Please mean please go back, leave your nephew here, I will take him to Hubei today."

(End of this chapter)