"Wait!"

  Just as Jiang Ping was about to capture Zhang Dali and Chen Gou, Yang Chengye suddenly stopped him: "Commander Jiang, at this critical moment before the big battle, it's not appropriate to hurt them."

  Jiang Ping asked: "Then according to your view, what should be done?"

  Yang Chengye pondered and said: "In my opinion, it would be better to demote each of them by one rank. The captain will be demoted to fire chief, the fire chief will be demoted to soldier, and they will wear their crimes and make amends. If they perform well on the battlefield, they can still be reinstated to their original positions."

  Jiang Ping thought for a moment and said: "What you say is quite right, let's follow your advice."

  Haha

  Hong Qigong burst out laughing and said: "Yang brothers, this matter is settled, let's go have a drink."

  Hong Qi finished speaking and then pulled Yang Chengye into Xiangyang City.

  After seeing Yang Chengye and Hong Qi leave, Jiang Ping roared at Zhang Dalong: "What are you waiting for? Get out of here quickly!"

  After hearing Jiang Ping's words, Zhang Dalong and Chen Gou left in a dejected manner.

  Xiangyang City, Yunlai Wine House, Yang Chengye and Hong Qi sat opposite each other, with several exquisite dishes on the table, as well as a jar of Fen wine brought by Yang Chengye from Xinghua Village.

  Hong Qigong was also a foodie and a drinker, otherwise he wouldn't have been expelled from Shaolin Temple in the first place.

  Seeing Yang Chengye bring Fen wine, both eyes almost emitted green light.

  The two men downed a bowl of wine. Hong Qi poured another round and asked, "Brother Yang, it's been a year since we parted ways, where did you go?"

  "You stood me up! We agreed to watch the Junshan Conference together, why didn't you show up?"

  Yang Chengye sighed: "It's not that brothers don't want to come, but it's the will of heaven! In short, it's hard to say!"

  Hong Qigong smiled and said: "Well, there's nothing we can do about it! Come on, let's have a drink!"

  Two people clinked bowls together and drank, half a jar of wine downed, both slightly intoxicated.

  Yang Chengye asked: "Brother Hong, what was the outcome of the meeting at Kunshan?"

  Hearing this, Hong Qigong sighed and said: "To be honest, it wasn't until the Gathering at Junshan that I realized the Beggars' Sect really did have hidden dragons and sleeping tigers!"

  "The Beggar Clan is divided into two factions, one being the Dirty Clothes Faction and the other being the Clean Clothes Faction. The two factions mind their own business and don't interfere with each other, but unexpectedly, this time the Clean Clothes Faction has made a surprise move."

  "I belong to the Wū Yī Pài, and at the conference, I relied on the Dah Fú Mó Zhǎng you taught me to get first place. The Jìng Yī Pài also produced a prodigy named Hé Zú Dào, and we two fought five hundred rounds, still ending in a draw."

  "So the leader ordered that we have a rematch in six months' time. Whoever wins then will be the next successor to the leader."

  Hong Qi said as he drank another bowl of wine and grabbed a chicken leg to eat.

  Yang Chengye smiled and said: "Don't worry, Brother Hong. I'll teach you another set of fist techniques that will guarantee your victory over He Zuodao."

  Hong Qigong shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't necessarily want to be the leader of the Beggar Clan. It's just that Hei Fengda is not a good person, if he becomes the leader, the future of the Beggar Clan will be worrying. Moreover, the old leader also told me to win no matter what."

  Yang Chengyi said: "Since that's the case, you should be the leader even more. Think about how powerful the Beggars' Sect is, with disciples all over the place. If it were led by someone with ulterior motives, the Beggars' Sect would really be..."

  Hong Qigong sighed and said: "Who says it's not? So no matter what, I must defeat Hei Fo Dou."

  Yang Chengye smiled and said: "Good, then brother will wait for your good news."

  Hong Qi looked at Yang Chengye and burst out laughing, his two eyes narrowing into a slit.

  Yang Chengye felt a chill and asked: "Brother Hong, why are you looking at me like that? It's giving me goosebumps all over."

  Hong Qigong smiled and said: "I don't know what kind of fist method you're going to teach me this time, Brother Yang?"

  Yang Chengyi originally wanted to pass on the Thirty-six Routes Dog-beating Stick Technique to Hong Qigong first, but he thought that only the leader of the Beggar Gang had the qualifications to practice both the Subduing Dragon Eighteen Palms and the Dog-beating Stick Technique. If people found out that Hong Qigong was practicing the Dog-beating Stick Technique, it would inevitably bring unnecessary trouble.

  Moreover, the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms and the Dog Beating Stick Technique had already been lost when Xiao Feng died, so if they suddenly reappear now, it will surely cause a sensation in the entire martial arts world, so it's better not to spread them for now.

  It's better to stick with the Empty Clear Fist, originally it had 72 moves but Yang Chengye simplified and condensed them by half, making its power unmatched. I estimate that defeating He Zuodao should be more than enough.

  Yang Chengye said: "It's San Liu Road Kong Ming Quan."

  Upon hearing this, Hong Qi hastily nodded his head. Yang Chengye continued: "After Brother Hong takes the position of leader, I have a great gift to give you."

  Splashing sound

  Suddenly, Hong Qi stood up and knelt down in front of Yang Chengye.

  Yang Chengye was shocked and hurriedly went to pull Hong Qi, but was stopped by Hong Qi.

  Hong Qī said: "Yang brothers, you have taught me martial arts three times, comparable to a benevolent teacher."

  "I am much younger than Brother Hong, how can I be like this!" Yang Chengye exclaimed urgently.

  Hong Qigong said, "Learning has no sequence, whoever is superior becomes the teacher. Yang brothers are far better than me in both character and knowledge. Besides, I, Hong, don't have a master. Today, I'll make you my master!"

  Hong Qī said and was about to kowtow, Yang Chéngyè grabbed Hong Qī's arm, internal force surged, and instantly pulled Hong Qī up.

  Hong Qī felt a surge of immense power coming towards him, wanting to resist, but that boundless power seemed endless, his internal energy hadn't even been mobilized yet and was already destroyed.

  Hong Qiqi looked at Yang Chengye in shock and awe. At such a young age, how could he possess such profound inner strength, giving him a feeling of being dwarfed by a towering mountain.

  Yang Chengye smiled and said: "Brother Hong, it's absolutely impossible to kowtow and become a disciple. If you're willing, we can become sworn brothers instead. What do you think?"

  Hearing this, Hong Qi burst out laughing and said: "Good brother, come drink wine!"

  The two of them clinked cups and started drinking again.

  "By the way, Brother Hong, why are the Beggar Clan disciples gathering towards Xiangyang?"

  Yang Chengye asked the question that had been bottled up in his heart.

  Hong Qigong said: "According to the information passed back by my Beggar Gang disciples, Jin and Western Xia have formed an alliance of mutual defense and offense, and will soon jointly attack Xiangyang."

  "The southeastern coastal areas have seen banditry, threatening Lin'an. The court has dispatched troops from various places to suppress the sea bandits. Now Xiangyang is short of soldiers, so the leader of the Beggar's Sect ordered its disciples to gather in Xiangyang to help defend the city."

  At these words, Yang Chengye was suddenly startled and asked: "Pirates? Are they people from Eastern Japan?"

  Hong Qizhen shook his head and said: "I don't know if they are from Dongying Fusang, but they dress strangely, their weapons are different, and I couldn't understand what they were saying."

  "I once fought a pirate and his kung fu was quite strange. I had to spend some effort before killing him."

  At this time, Yang Chengye finally realized that what he was worried about had happened after all. It must be that Wanyan Jingshu and Nomura Shinji had reached an agreement and had already started taking action.

  Yang Chengye asked: "Who is leading the army to suppress the pirates?"

  Hong Qi said: "The court has appointed Han Shizhong as General-in-Chief."

  At this time, Yang Chengye finally felt a little relieved. Han Shizhong was originally good at fighting on water, and he believed that the people of Dongying Fusang would not be able to make trouble for him either.

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