Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 28: Gold is Priceless
This chapter has no subtitle: The king of heaven can cover the tiger of earth, and the pagoda cannot suppress the monster that travels through time
But our Master Yuan is a time traveler with a lot of tricks. He has already been fully indoctrinated with the seabed. President Yuan said confidently: "Xiao Lu, don't worry."
Since a guest had mentioned the Hongmen contact code, someone would have to respond. All the Hongmen disciples present looked at Master Li Wu, waiting for his instructions.
He was just stunned for a moment, then he chuckled, with an admiring look on his face, and quickly walked to the table, slightly bowed, and asked attentively, "What kind of tea would you like, sir?"
Yuan Yan raised her head suddenly, looked him in the eye without avoiding, and said with a smile on her face: "Black tea."
"Red" naturally refers to "flood".
Uncle Li Wu did not actually make tea, but raised his hand, and naturally someone brought a bowl of tea in a covered bowl to his hand. At the same time, he picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table, and after pausing for a while, he carefully placed both in front of Yuan Yanshu.
Our Master Yuan casually placed the chopsticks on the left side of the covered teacup, then picked up the lid of the teacup and placed it face down on the left side of the chopsticks.
After Yuan Yanshu finished this set of movements, the atmosphere in the field relaxed a little, and Lu Yan's gaze on him finally didn't seem like he was looking at a dead person anymore.
Master Li Wu nodded slightly and asked, "What would you like to eat, sir?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly: "I want to eat food."
Master Li Wu asked, "Where are you from, sir?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly: "I came from the mountain."
Master Li Wu asked, "Mountains of gold and silver, which treasure mountain are you meditating on, sir ?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly: "That's right, the gold and silver mountains are your brother's treasure mountains, and the grass mountain is... a hundred-year-old mountain."
He thought to himself, there are many Hongmen mountains anyway, and one more bottle...well, a Baisui Mountain, I don't think you can figure it out.
His judgment was correct. Uncle Li Wu frowned, but he couldn't confirm whether this Baisui Mountain existed.
This was the biggest difference between the two largest gangs among the Chinese at that time, the Hongmen and the Qingbang.
As a politically motivated and dynamic social group, Hongmen does not particularly care about the master-disciple relationship, but rather pays more attention to "being a brother", well, that is, joining the party... well , helping to introduce people. At the same time, Hongmen disciples can open their own mountain halls without the permission of the gang's top leaders. Of course, how many people they can recruit depends on their personal ability. This has resulted in the proliferation of Hongmen mountain halls and countless branches. Except for the five original mountain halls and a few famous or closely connected halls, even a figure like Li Wuye can't figure out how many mountain halls there are in the country.
The Qing Gang was born out of a religious group like Luojiao, so naturally they paid special attention to the master-disciple relationship. So there is a saying that "the Qing Gang is one line, and the Hongmen is a large area".
After a moment of hesitation, Master Li Wu asked, "Where are you going, sir?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly: "I will go by water."
Master Li Wu asked, "Golden Water and Silver Water, which precious water did you drink, sir?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly: "Well, the gold and silver water are your brother's precious waters, and what I drink is... the divine water."
Master Li Wu asked, "Where is your residence, sir?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly, "I live in Tangtou Township (Xiang)."
Master Li Wu asked, "Golden Hall or Silver Hall, which hall do you live in, sir?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly: "Well, Jintang and Yintang are your brother's names, and my Caotang is...Nintendo."
He thought to himself, I am already giving face to you Hongmen by not mentioning Shiseido and Baicaotang.
Master Li Wu asked, "Golden incense or silver incense, which precious incense stick are you burning, sir?"
Yuan Yan replied suddenly: "No problem, the golden and silver incense are your brother's precious incense, and the humble grass incense is... the thousand-mile incense."
The so-called mountain, water, hall and incense are the "four pillars" of Hongmen disciples.
Although the well-informed Li Wuye had never heard of Yuan Yanshu's "Four Pillars", and he might not even know what mineral water, cosmetics, game consoles, and Qianlixiang wontons were, he still continued to ask professionally: "Sir, what is your name? How many brothers are there?"
Our Master Yuan replied: "No problem, my name is Yuan Yanshu, and I..."
He knew that the so-called "how many brothers" was not asking how many brothers he actually had, but was asking about his position.
Most people only know that Hongmen has "red sticks", "white paper fans" and "straw sandals", but in fact these three are only the duties of the early leaders. As Hongmen gradually expanded, by the end of the Qianlong period, there were "36 and a half" divided into ten levels.
There are thirteen half-masters in Xingyi. This "half-master" refers to the emperor or the emperor emeritus, that is, the former leader. Although his status is respected, he has no say in daily gang affairs except for major events that are related to the life and death of the sect. The other thirteen masters are of course all powerful figures in the hall.
The second position is called sage, or Erye. Because Guan Gong is the second among Liu, Guan, and Zhang, this position is called sage.
The third person in the group is Huan Hou (Zhang Fei), wearing red and holding flowers.
There are five masters in charge, namely Red Flag, Black Flag, Blue Flag, Law Enforcement, and Green Gang.
Hongmen is superstitious about the numbers four and seven, because in its early history, the three great traitors who defected to the Qing Dynasty all had some connection with these two numbers, either with these two numbers in their names or ranked fourth or seventh. So these two ranks are given to women. The fourth is the Golden Phoenix Front Mountain, and the seventh is the Silver Phoenix Back Mountain.
As soon as you hear the name of Li Wuye, you know that this person is the head of the five stewards, Hongqi Laowu, also known as the big steward, who is in charge of external affairs, including communication with all parties and contacting various docks. It is for this reason that he came in person to help Yuan Yan with the seabed, because this is the basic duty of Hongqi Dawuge, and he cannot refuse it if he wants to.
Yuan Yanshu naturally knew the latter few, but he didn't need to think about them any further. Since he had already "established his own temple", he didn't necessarily have to be the Sixth Lord of Xunfeng, the Eighth Lord of Baiqi, the Ninth Lord of Shoukou, or Xiaoyaoman. These titles didn't sound impressive enough and didn't match his identity as a time traveler at all.
Having made up her mind, Yuan Yan suddenly chanted in a gentle voice: "The red camp rises under Muyang City, I am the only one on Baisui Mountain..."
The so-called "Muyang City" refers to the Eastern Tartars, and both "Mu" and "Yang" belong to the East. Therefore, there would never be a hall name like "Qingmu Hall" in the Tiandihui, the ancestor of the Hongmen. It is just a fiction. "The Red Camp Rises" refers to the grand occasion when the Hongmen brothers formed a joint camp to attack the Eastern Tartars.
But... this sentence on the seabed always feels weird.
He continued, "I am... the second son of the second house."
When the Red Flag Old Five of New York Anliang Hall heard this, he immediately stood in awe and said, "Excuse me, my dear, it turns out that you are the Second Master of the Outer Eight Halls."
According to the division of labor in internal and external affairs of the Hongmen, there are eight inner and outer halls. The inner eight halls are actually the thirteen and a half masters of the first row, and the rest belong to the outer eight halls, naturally including the red flag old five like Li Wuye.
Yuan Yanshu naturally clasped his fists in return, but this time he did it in a particular way. Except for the index fingers of both hands that were bent and the thumbs that formed a circle, the other three fingers were stretched straight. This is called "three and a half incense sticks", which is also a Hongmen metaphor.
and "Two and a half"Three and a Half Incense" commemorates four famous stories in history. The characters in the stories are good role models for every Hongmen brother.
The first stick of incense commemorates Yang Jiaoai and Zuo Botao, and this stick is called the incense of benevolence and righteousness. The second stick of incense commemorates Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's oath of brotherhood in Taoyuan, and this stick is called the incense of loyalty and righteousness. The third stick of incense commemorates the 108 generals of Liangshanpo, and this stick is called the incense of chivalry. The half stick of incense commemorates Qin Shubao and Shan Xiongxin, and this half stick of incense is called the incense of benevolence but no righteousness..
