"Change your life? Do something?"
Teng Liang was confused and said, "What do you want me to do?"
Tang Zhao said: "Just break away from the gang and live a normal life."
Teng Liang said: "Normal? I can live a normal life now, right? I have food and drink."
Tang Zhao was speechless for a moment, then continued: "Is gang life really normal? Aren't you fighting and killing every day, and your life is precarious? Didn't you also say that you are either bullying others or being bullied by others. Isn't this normal? How long have you been living in this life? There is no hope. Can’t we live a peaceful life?”
Teng Liang said: "Ansheng's life? You want to be a small boss or a small landlord? But those kind of people are usually bullied by us? When I go out, I pass by them sideways without even looking at them. . Just reach out and grab whatever you want, and they don’t even dare to fart. Don’t I have a better time than them?”
Tang Zhao couldn't help but said: "Just bullying ordinary people, how fun is that? Aren't there more people bullying you?"
Teng Liang said disapprovingly: "Then they are weaker than me, so of course I bully them. Those who bully me bully me because they are stronger than me. But I will not be bullied all the time. What you said to me back then It’s called ‘Don’t bully young people who are poor’, it’s such a good saying. I always remember that when I am stronger than them, I will bully them back ten times.”
Tang Zhao suddenly sighed and looked at the sky.
Seeing Tang Zhao's expression, Teng Liang also sighed and said: "So, you are still the same? You haven't changed? That's good. You are different from me. You have studied and can be a high official. , can walk on the right path. I can't walk on your Yangguan Road, so I will walk on the single-plank bridge, and I will seek a happy revenge and travel across the rivers and lakes. If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry, and the head will fall off, and the bowl will be scarred. People die..."
Tang Zhao stopped and said, "You learned these words from people in your gang, right? Is the person who said these words to you over twenty-five? How are you doing? Can you sleep at night?"
Teng Liang said: "I think they are having a good time. In their thirties, they still want to drink vegetarian wine, drink flower wine, drink flower wine, and touch Pai Gow. I don't see anyone who can't sleep?" "
He smiled and said: "Zhaozi, you are a good citizen. You always think about having a share of property and settling down. If you don't live in a house or lie down on the ground, you will feel penniless. But I am different. I have been running around in the world since I was a child. One city today, tomorrow A village where you can be free regardless of where your destination is. I can't get used to living a life of ten acres of land and one cow, with my wife and children on the hot bed. Give me a stick and a knife, and let me go out and kill people and spill blood on the streets. My life is more comfortable than farming."
Tang Zhao smiled and shook his head and said: "That's right. I remembered that you liked taking risks when you were a child, and you really couldn't settle down. But you don't have to be a gangster to take risks? Why not learn some martial arts seriously from a good master? What? Go out to the rivers and lakes. There are many people fighting and killing in the rivers and lakes. There are also heroes like you who lick blood with their swords. You can just cut at them. Isn't it clean if you are no different from others? "
Teng Liang said: "Become a disciple? I'm about to do so. I can go to Black Spider Villa to become a disciple soon."
Tang Zhao shook his head and said: "Black Spider Villa is not a good force. The chance of coming out alive is less than 30%. You like to be at ease, not to seek death, right?"
Thinking that he lived next door to the Grape Courtyard, how could he not know how cruel the selection of people at Black Spider Villa is? The assessment is really deadly. In the previous joint examination of the four departments, the Xinrui camp said that it would allow one person to die, which caused dissatisfaction from all parties. The Five Poison Association only selected one person to die, and the senior officials would not even frown.
When it comes to being ruthless to enemies, there are many gangs in the world, but when it comes to being ruthless to one's own people, they have to be the Five Poison Society.
Teng Liang was shocked when he heard this and said: "So cruel? More people died than us on the streets?"
Tang Zhao asked back: "Don't you have this awareness? How can you join the Five Poison Society without this awareness? The streets are the court's territory, how many people can die? Once you enter the Jianghu, the court will have less control, and the King of Hell will have more control. Black Spider Dead people in the Villa are like dead bugs.”
In fact, it is not just the Five Poison Society, it is too common for people in the Jianghu to die. Going to the front line, even a swordsman can die in one death. As long as you have learned martial arts, the earthen pot will be broken in the well, and those who are brave and ruthless will die sooner or later. Tang Zhao was also mentally prepared.
Then again, are ordinary people safe? In the event of a sinister disaster or an invasion by turtle bandits, the city can collapse overnight. From this point of view, it is better to learn martial arts.
"If you just say that you are ready to die and don't have the consciousness to die, just be a rich man honestly. Think about the old men in the gang. After several years of being around, they are still scrambling to clear their names, buy property, and marry. Wife and children? In your thirties, you can only drink today and get drunk today. Do you don’t want to or can’t?”
Teng Liang looked a little confused and said: "According to what you say...you really have a way for me to become a good master and learn martial arts?"
Tang Zhao let out a long sigh, braced himself, and said, "Of course."
…
maybe.
To be honest, Tang Zhao didn't seem to have much connections in the martial arts world. The martial arts sect he was most familiar with was actually the Black Spider Villa.
His real connections and foundation are in the government, with Marquis Gao Yuan. He can directly meet the monarch himself, has a relationship with Zhang Rong, who is basically the chief staff officer now, and can speak to several branches of the Prosecution Department, not to mention his special status as a swordsmith.
But Tang Zhao would never let Teng Liang have anything to do with the official family. From the moment Teng Liang said his theory of "bullying those who are weaker than me", Tang Zhao became obsessed with it.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that he really couldn't let go of their small friendship, Tang Zhao would have wanted to break up the relationship at the beginning of the conversation just now. That was really a high-level argument that triple-jumped on Tang Zhao's nerves.
If it weren't for Liangzi, Tang Zhao would have had a fit on the spot if it were any acquaintance he later met.
The more Tang Zhao grows up, the more he values like-minded people. As his status rises, he has more opportunities to choose companions. If they agree, they will stay, if they don't, they will go. If they are really disgusted, they can still draw their swords against each other. There is absolutely no need for him to make mistakes on himself and others.
Just like Wei Se, there was nothing wrong with helping him before and after, but the most important thing was to always follow Tang Zhao's stance without deviating from it. Regardless of whether they agreed from the bottom of their hearts or not, the two parties were walking the same path, so Tang Zhao Zhao is willing to help him make a sword.
Like Jiao Feng, the two of them also had a friendship in the past, but Tang Zhao took the initiative to invite him to meet again during the New Year, not only because of an old friendship when he was a child, but also because Jiao Feng said during the chat: "It's no fun to bully the weak." talk. In a place like Black Spider Villa, being able to hide this sentence is already the best way to get out of the mud without getting stained.
Tang Zhao agreed with him. If the friendship was stronger, Jiao Feng would have a chance to obtain the sword seed, and Tang Zhao could help him forge a sword.
At this moment, Teng Liang, who has the deepest relationship with Tang Zhao and even has a childhood filter, is the farthest away from him. The two sides have long been polar opposites.
In other words, the two of them were never close to each other.
In the beginning, it was just that the two lines met by chance. After the intersection, they extended separately, only farther and farther. Even if Tang Zhao did not achieve anything and was still a poor scholar, the two of them would still go further and further apart.
But Tang Zhao is still a human being after all, and the feelings he had as a child are still hard to let go of, so he can't do anything like cutting off his clothes. Even because of the huge difference in their situations, it was difficult for him to show off and teach Teng Liang anything.
He simply could not in good conscience allow Teng Liang to come into contact with power. A gangster who can patrol the streets can bully ordinary people. What else can he do if he has the legitimate power of the government to back him up? It is not easy to keep the ethos of the Jiandi Division clean, and it requires the self-restraint of the swordsmen and the teachings of the training camp.
Of course, there was actually a lot of "sand" in it. Tang Zhao didn't have time to pick out the sand, so he really couldn't do anything to add sand to it with his own hands.
Tang Zhao really wanted to help Teng Liang find a "serious" tutor, or in other words, he wanted to help him find a teacher who could teach and teach, and then give him a hand. At eighteen, there should still be hope.
This teacher should not only be able to teach, but also have patience and tolerance. He should not be like Xing Ji, who has a clear distinction between love and hate, and is eccentric, nor should he be too pedantic and upright. It is best to be round on the outside and square on the inside, with extraordinary means and righteousness. Only when it is clear can it be truly guided.
...Does he know this kind of person?
Hmm, I think we know each other.
Just... Gao Yuanhou.
Just kidding, if he introduces Teng Liang to Marquis Gao Yuan, let alone the Marquis, Xing Ji will come and whip him.
Although Tang Zhao couldn't think of anything at the moment, he agreed very simply. He really wanted to find a teacher.
Teng Liang said with a smile: "Can it be a gangster sect? I heard that the white gang has a lot of restrictions. I want to join the gangster."
Tang Zhao only felt very tired and said to himself: "I don't recognize the underworld. To tell you the truth, the end of the underworld will not be good. You should be smarter. Just wait for me for a few days and I will find a good way out for you. If you go out like Personally.”
His tone was not so polite, and Teng Liang was not disgusted, saying: "That's great. You tell me one night in advance, and I will put sacks on the leaders of the Eight-legged Gang, beat them severely, and set fire to their lair. , I’m leaving now.”
Tang Zhao said: "Aren't you brothers on the road?"
Teng Liang said: "Brothers are bullshit. When I get rich, the first one I kick will be his mother's brother."
The two stopped talking about serious things and talked about their childhood experiences. They relaxed a little more and became more harmonious. When he saw the meal, Teng Liang pulled him and said: "Come on, you have come to my brother's territory. I will take you to eat something delicious and show your loyalty as a landlord..."
Tang Zhao pointed at himself and said: "I am from Muncheng, this is my hometown, and I am the landlord."
Teng Liang laughed and said, "That's different. There are places in the market that only we know about, and they only serve them the best meals when I go there."
Tang Zhao agreed to keep the appointment, and the two pushed the door open and saw no one in the yard. Although Jiao Feng and the others had left early, Wei Se was not there either. There was only a cotton coat hanging on the pergola, which was exactly the one Teng Liang took off when he saw Tang Zhao.
Tang Zhao pointed at the cotton clothes and said, "Isn't this yours? Why did you take it off?"
Teng Liang smiled and said: "I have a little baby in my clothes..." He took out a big spider from his clothes. It was indeed a specialty of Black Spider Villa. "Aren't we afraid of biting you? Look at you. Looks like, am I worried in vain?" He put the cotton clothes on again.
Tang Zhao felt warm in his heart. He could still consider this despite the surprise of the reunion. Teng Liang was a careful and good friend.
The two opened the door and saw Wei Se standing outside the door and leaning on the corner of the street, obviously not wanting to disturb Tang Zhao.
Tang Zhao nodded and apologized, saying: "I'll be back later today. You don't have to wait for me."
Wei Se nodded and turned back. Teng Liang had already walked over, but suddenly he flew up and kicked Wei Se.
Wei Se didn't look back or dodge. Tang Zhao grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him a few steps away. He gritted his teeth and said, "What are you doing? You are fine - like a human being."
Teng Liang groaned and said: "You just take care of me, why don't you take care of my subordinates? They just bullied me, why didn't you say anything? Is it because my brother didn't get along well and embarrassed you?"
Tang Zhao suppressed his breath and blurted out: "How dare you talk nonsense to me? Did you lose your mind and go crazy before you drank a few drops of horse urine? Get out." After spouting a curse word that he would never utter in the past, he shook his head. , smiled apologetically at Wei Se again, and dragged Teng Liang away.
(End of chapter)
