bestfiction Chapter 176: The Bottom-Ranked Old 9 and the Depressed Old Leader of the 9 Dragon Gang
Chapter 176: The Bottom-Ranked Old 9 and the Depressed Old Leader of the 9 Dragon Gang
It must be said that Jiulongling is really a Feng Shui treasure land. Even though Yun Bai doesn't know Feng Shui at all, he can feel a sense of spiritual beauty here, and the energy of heaven and earth is also a bit stronger than the outside world. The Jiulong Gang they are going to this time is just halfway up the Longtou Peak, the main peak of the ninth Longling Mountain Range, where the headquarters of the Jiulong Gang is located.
Along the way, Peng Chun and Yun Bai introduced themselves to each other. Peng Chun's group of nine were all strong young men in their twenties, only a few years older than Yun Bai and his companions. In addition, the other party had generous and honest personalities, so the dozen of them quickly became friends.
Yuanye had introduced to several people before that Jiulongling was managed by nine "whitewashed" gangs. Each gang governed a mountain range in Yilongling, and all the population and resources in the area were owned and managed by the corresponding gang. However, the nine gangs also had their own closeness and distance. For example, the Jiulong Gang had the best relationship with the Yilong Gang and the Liulong Gang; while the Erlong Gang, Sanlong Gang, and Wulong Gang were three "secret bandits" with similar tastes - they had turned over a new leaf, but they were still engaged in illegal activities in secret.
The nine gangs in Jiulongling have different strengths and management models. For example, the Yilong Gang is the strongest, followed by the Erlong Gang, Sanlong Gang, and Liulong Gang, and the weakest is the Jiulong Gang. In fact, the strength of the Jiulong Gang was similar to that of the Liulong Gang, but a hundred years ago, the second leader of the original Jiulong Gang was assassinated by a gangster while he was out at sea. His entire family, as well as a ship full of gang members and goods were killed. Afterwards, Lu Liang conducted many investigations and pointed the finger at the Erlong Gang, but he had no evidence and the other party was very slippery. After so many years, Lu Liang still couldn't find any evidence.
During this hundred years, the Second Dragon Gang became more and more powerful, but the Nine Dragon Gang was seriously injured due to the previous "accident". In addition, Lu Liang's cultivation had not improved at all over the years. The Nine Dragon Gang was suppressed secretly by the Second and Third Brothers, and became the weakest one. If it were not for the covert support of the First Dragon Gang and the Six Dragon Gang, they might have been swallowed up by the other gangs.
Strangely enough, after the decline of the Kowloon Gang, the growth of the Bodhi tree also deteriorated, especially after the Bodhi tree king fell ill, the growth of the Bodhi tree here became even worse. Every time at the "Bodhi Gambling Conference", they were at the bottom, and some unscrupulous person spread the word and gave them a nickname, "The Bodhi Nine at the Bottom". For this, the old gang leader Lv Liang and the newly elected second gang leader Lv Wang were very distressed. However, no matter how many spiritual plant masters they invited, they could not solve the problem at all - and it even tended to get worse as they got older.
I heard that the World Alliance has launched a "Revival Alliance", which includes compulsory tasks for all colleges and universities in the world. A while ago, the nine gang leaders also received notification letters from the Alliance and Tianlan Academy, Hongdao Academy and Guangteng Mingyuan, saying that a group of students will arrive here to complete the tasks. The two groups had been picked up by the Second Dragon Gang and the Third Dragon Gang respectively, but they didn't expect to meet the third group today.
The management model of the Nine Dragons Gang is very similar to that of the One Dragon Gang and the Six Dragons Gang, both of which are relatively loose and free. They take good care of ordinary people and tree farmers and fruit farmers who have signed indentures, pay them reasonable wages, and do not collect high taxes. In bad years, they will even reduce or exempt taxes. Usually, they will also provide a lot of help to the people in the jurisdiction, especially families with poverty and no strong labor. People like Peng Chun will go there from time to time to help with the work. Therefore, they are quite prestigious among the people and are especially loved by the people.
When they passed by Lingtian, many farmers stopped their work and greeted Peng Chun and his friends warmly. When they passed by the market, many stall owners would take the initiative to force their own fruits, grains, eggs, etc. into Peng Chun and his friends' hands, and they would not refuse. This scene touched Yun Bai and his friends deeply, and they also had a good impression of the leader of the Jiulong Gang, whom they had never met before.
On the way, Peng Chun also asked Li Fu about the situation in detail, including where he gambled with whom on Bodhi, how he lost so many spirit coins, whether he knew the other party's true identity before, and why he sold his daughter to the other party, etc.
Li Fu had been frightened ever since Gu Lao San and his gang of vicious villains came to rob people. Seeing his daughter's miserable condition, he wished he could die for her. Unfortunately... Now that the two of them had escaped, Li Fu dared not hide anything anymore. He immediately told Peng Chun and the others what had happened in detail.
It turns out that Li Fu had a happy family of three before. His wife was very virtuous, but unfortunately she died of dystocia when she gave birth to Li Yuner. Li Fu and his wife had a very good relationship. His wife's death hit him hard, but because he had a daughter to support, he had to linger on. But his heart had nowhere to rest, and he gradually became addicted to gambling. The gamblers in Jiulongling don't play mahjong or shake dice. They only gamble on one thing, that is, "betting on Bodhi." Betting on Bodhi is not only legal here, but there is also a formal Bodhi gathering every year, and the most grand Bodhi conference every five years. Usually, people here will gamble on Bodhi for fun, but some people play it too big, selling houses and land, abandoning wives and children, and even risking their lives.
In areas like the First Dragon Gang, Six Dragon Gang, and Nine Dragon Gang, illegal gambling houses are relatively rare, but they are still rampant despite repeated bans. In places like the Second, Third, and Fifth Dragon Gangs, there are countless tragedies caused by illegal gambling houses. If it weren't for the prohibition of private movement of people in Jiulongling, many people would have secretly fled to other places.
Li Fu was deceived, on the one hand, because he was to blame, and on the other hand, he was indeed tricked by Gu Lao San. He knew that Li Fu's daughter Li Yun'er was not only pretty, but also had a unique skill. She produced more good, superior, and even special and exotic bodhi seeds than anyone else. Whether she really had this special ability or was just lucky, in short, Li Yun'er was a small cash cow. If he could get her... Gu Lao San himself would definitely not have the courage or the ability to take advantage of this, so he consulted with his master Hu Junfeng to offer Li Yun'er to the wise and powerful Third Master.
Hu Junfeng has two major hobbies in his life, one is gambling on Bodhi trees, and the other is pretty girls. Hearing that there is such a good thing, Hu Junfeng immediately came to "check out" secretly, and saw that Li Yun'er was indeed a beauty, so he discussed it with his good brother Tu Tianhu. The other party was full of bad intentions and soon came up with a trick for him. He asked him to take advantage of Li Fu's weakness of illiteracy, first lure him into signing a huge gambling debt, and then trick him into signing a sentence that would cancel the debt through labor. After Li Fu signed and sealed the contract with many thanks, he immediately turned hostile and came to collect the debt with a "sale contract" that was actually Li Yun'er and the only Bodhi tree in their family.
Although there might be some troubles in snatching people from the Kowloon Gang's territory, Gu Lao San had inquired before that the two brothers Peng Chun, who were in charge of managing this area, were out on business today and would not be back. As long as they succeeded in snatching the people away, even if the Kowloon Gang came forward to ask for the people later, they could produce the written indenture to argue. In short, it was impossible for them to return the people.
Unexpectedly, a Cheng Yaojin showed up and their good deeds were ruined by Xiaohua and his friends. Moreover, the two brothers Peng Chun and Peng Xia came back early from their work and rushed over quickly after being tipped off by the people. They successfully drove away Hu Junfeng and his lackeys and rescued Li Fu and his daughter.
"This is the whole story. I swear to the heavens that I will not lie to you. Please save my father and daughter!" When they said this, everyone had already arrived at the "Juyi Hall", the headquarters of the Kowloon Gang. At this time, Li Fu burst into tears and knelt in front of Lu Liang who was sitting in the middle and cried bitterly.
His daughter Li Yun'er also knelt beside him and said in a sad voice: "We are members of the Kowloon Gang in life and ghosts of the Kowloon Gang in death. We are not going anywhere, and I will never marry you even if I die!"