Quick Travel: From Beginner to Master

"Boss, we have collected a lot of coins. We have enough food for the past two days."

"Yes. But this money can't even buy the cheapest pastries in Jixiangju. If one day I can eat a whole box of Jixiangju's lotus cakes, it will be worth dying!"

"It would be nice to have something to eat. How dare you think about such expensive things? Are we able to go to Jixiangju?"

In the damp and dilapidated small house, the half-grown boy patiently listened to the chatter of his companions, and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.

A shaky wooden door stood in front of Ling Liang. Shu Qing gently pushed it open, and the two of them lowered their heads and entered the yard.

There are three houses in the courtyard. It can be seen that they have been abandoned for many years. The beams of two of them have collapsed. There are bursts of laughter from the only remaining inhabited hut.

Shuqing stepped forward and knocked on the door, "I have a visitor, please come out and see me."

The sounds in the room suddenly stopped.

The door latch was opened, and the young man stepped across the threshold and walked into the courtyard. He had just seen who the visitor was through the leaky window in the house.

"General Cui, Xiao Liu has already apologized to you. Did you follow us here because you regretted it and want to investigate Xiao Liu's mistakes?"

Ling Liang saw the young man pretending to be calm despite being frightened. He shook his head and said bluntly: "No, I'm here to find you."

"Looking for me?" The young man was very surprised, "General Cui, I should have never seen you before."

Ling Liang smiled and glanced at the children hiding behind the boy, "This is a serious matter. I wonder if we can talk alone?"

The young man stepped back warily, "Can the villain not go?"

"Okay. But, you might miss one, Great Expectations."

Seeing the parting eyes of his companions, the young man followed Ling Liang without hesitation.

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"So...you want to support me as emperor?"

The young man swallowed hard, feeling the absurdity of his fate.

Ling Liang: "Not bad."

"You want me, you want me to pretend to be the emperor, pretend to be the late emperor's prince living among the people, so that he can rise to power in a legitimate way?"

The young man numbly summarized what Ling Liang meant, feeling that he had received the biggest threat in his 13-year-old life.

Ling Liang: "Yes. The late emperor was passionate, and it is normal for the people to have a few abandoned children."

"Well, General Cui, why don't your Cui family want such a good thing?"

Ling Liang said half-truthfully, "Cui just wants to protect herself and has no intention of taking the throne."

The original owner and Master Cui really had no intention of taking the throne. As for the rest of the Cui family, they had intentions, but they were really powerless.

"General Cui, why did you choose me?"

This is a question that the young man cannot figure out no matter what.

"Because you are very suitable."

Ling Liang has been observing this small gang for several days.To be more precise, it was this young boy who was observing.

That day, when he was worrying about where to go to choose a qualified monarch for Da'an, the young man broke into his sight very timely.

There are experienced beggars in every area of ​​the capital. As the gang leader, the young man leads his men to fight for territory with other beggars all day long.It's not easy to compete with adults for survival opportunities, but the teenager relied on his intelligence to prevent the gang members from starving.

Ling Liang was already at the beginning of the art of war when he saw the strategies he used.

But this is not what Ling Liang admires most about him.

Generally speaking, most people who are reduced to begging for a living have some bad habits, such as taking advantage of others or committing petty theft.

No one in the boy's gang has such bad habits.

But there was before.

According to the information collected by the book investigation, the small gang was established less than three months ago.Before the boy gathered a group of people together, the people nearby hated these seven or eight little thieves.

He is intelligent, has outstanding organizational skills, has a leadership style, sticks to his own principles, and is responsible for his subordinates. So far, Ling Liang is very optimistic about the young man.

There may be deficiencies in other aspects, but it's not a big problem. You will improve if you study more.

The young man stared at Ling Liang for a while, "This incident is too sudden. I, the villain, am very confused right now. Can you give me some time to think about it?"

He had been in shock just now, and only then did he realize that the address was wrong.

Ling Liang didn't force it, "It should be so."

The two of them made an appointment for the next meeting, and Ling Liang said goodbye to the young man and left the restaurant first.

The young man, whose name was Yang Huaijin, looked at the table full of exquisite dishes without even using a chopstick, and called the waiter to pack all the dishes.

The waiter did not dare to neglect, and neatly filled two large food boxes with more than a dozen dishes. Holding them in both hands, he followed Yang Huaijin towards his residence.

Yang Huaijin couldn't help but think about Ling Liang's words over and over again on the road.

He didn't understand why he was favored by others and thought he was a good candidate to become emperor.

However, he could not refuse this tempting offer.

Yang Huaijin is not from the capital.

His hometown is located in a small town in the south. It is not a very wealthy place, but it is not poor either.

Yang Huaijin's parents opened a shop selling ready-made clothes. Because the prices were fair and the quality was good, the business was always good.

But the good times didn't last long, and they encountered a rare flood in decades.

Because the town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, several swollen rivers merged into one. When the river water finally receded, the people in the town lost everything, and some people lost their lives in the sweeping flood.

The family was lucky and survived the flood; but unfortunately, while the whole town was escaping, their parents were exhausted and fell on the roadside.

Yang Huaijin still remembered the grief at that time. Looking at the two warm bodies, he just wanted to dig a hole, bury his parents, and then jump in himself.

But this is a fantasy. Every inch of land they step on has an owner. Although the owner may have forgotten that there is a piece of land far away, it cannot change this fact.

Yang Huaijin was quickly dragged away by her neighbors in the town. She was running away and could not rest. Once she rested, she would no longer have the strength.

His father and mother were lying alone next to the big rock, exposed to the wind and sun, frost and rain, their bodies rotted and worms grew, and they gradually merged with the soil.

Yang Huaijin hasn't thought about his parents for a long, long time. This memory will always hurt him.

He was nine years old when he came to the capital.

With no food or water, and no one to help him, Yang Huaijin went from door to door begging to the restaurants and shops. He could do anything. He just wanted a place to live and eat, even if he didn't have to pay for it.

The proprietress of a tea shop took pity on him and took him in.

Yang Huaijin is smart and diligent, and his boss and family treat him well.

He thought he could live like this forever, but suddenly, his boss's son was framed and killed. The boss had to sell the tea shop to get out of prison, and spent all his money to save his son.

Brother Da Niu kills someone?

Yang Huaijin didn’t believe it.The honest and honest Brother Da Niu has to close his eyes to kill a chicken, how could he possibly kill someone!

The government was vague, and Yang Huaijin couldn't find any valuable information by asking around. The gray hair on his boss's head was getting more and more.

Yang Huaijin couldn't do anything to help. In the end, he could only bid farewell to his employer with tears in his eyes.

How can a gangster who leaves the protection of his employer survive in Beijing?

After Yang Huaijin was repeatedly rejected, he had no choice but to form a small gang and officially joined the Beggar Clan.

Now, a fate-changing opportunity is just around the corner, and Brother Daniu, who has decided to be the Queen of Autumn, is saved. Yang Huaijin finds it increasingly difficult to refuse General Cui's proposal.

Murong Yunian secretly embezzled the disaster relief money from the south and forced people to flee thousands of miles. When he did such evil things, he never thought that a child among the refugees would one day take his place in the seat he cherished.

Life is unpredictable and happens due to fate.

The coincidences everywhere are wonderful.