The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 410: Xingzilin Conference, everyone has their own thoughts

In fact, the existence of Ma Dayuan, the deputy leader, should have been very embarrassing, probably because in the hundreds of years of the Beggars' Sect, there has been no second deputy leader except Ma Dayuan. He came to the position during the period of Wang Jiantong, nominally to assist the elderly Wang Jiantong in taking charge of the Beggars' Sect, but when the young and strong Qiao Feng came to the position, he still held great power.

Qiao Feng is a heroic person by nature and has a good relationship with Ma Dayuan. He himself does not care, but both Ma Dayuan himself and Murong Fu know that his existence is a means to monitor and hold Qiao Feng hostage, and it is the last resort left by Wang Jiantong.

In terms of ability, Qiao Feng is definitely the best in the entire Beggar Gang. He is top-notch in terms of martial arts prestige and leading troops in battle. In the original novel, he was able to bring many Beggar Gang masters to Wuxi, which is across the river from Gusu City, without the Gusu Murong family knowing anything about it. This shows how capable he is.

However, it was not Qiao Feng who facilitated the Xingzilin Conference this time. Someone was using Ma Dayuan's death as an excuse to instigate the Beggar Gang masters to gather in Wuxi. They were not fools either, and they knew that Gusu City was like an iron barrel built by the Murong family. If they rushed in rashly, they would definitely be committing suicide.

But they also knew that the Murong family did not dare to go too far. Except for Gusu City, they did not dare to do so in other cities, otherwise they would be suspected of rebellion, which would be courting death and would not be tolerated by the Song Dynasty court.

After the three evil men joined Helian Tieshu, Murong Fu did not dare to challenge the entire Xixia Yipintang group alone. They were not ordinary martial artists, but Xixia's paramilitary force. If he was not careful, he would be beaten to death by the group, which would be the biggest joke in the world.

Murong Fu left Duan Yanqing behind and returned to Chanhe Villa. When passing by Gusu College, he found his uncle and father-in-law Wang Erlang, and called a small meeting with Su Xinghe and the Eight Friends of Hangu to make some arrangements.

On the second day, Wang Erlang handed over the academy to Su Xinghe, and headed straight for Wuxi with four of the Eight Friends of Hangu and twenty second-rate guards.

Murong Fu's existence changed too many things, especially the Beggars' Sect. Because the leader Qiao Feng fought with him several times and ended up with a draw (or was unable to win), he became more focused on martial arts, so that the power of the Beggars' Sect was shared by no less than that of the deputy leader Ma Dayuan, but his own martial arts were one or two points stronger than in the original work.

Now, Sun Yuankai has possessed Ma Dayuan. He knew from the beginning that Ma Dayuan was not dead. He carried with him a handwritten letter that Ma Dayuan had recently given him. Naturally, he was not interested in seeking justice from the Gusu Murong family. The reason why the Xingzilin Beggar Gang Conference was held was more to expose the hidden dangers of the gang's internal pests, so the organization did not spend too much effort on it.

However, even so, his ability was still extraordinary. He arranged the entire itinerary properly. It was just for fishing, and he did not interfere too much with the participants. Everything was voluntary, but after they responded, the list still fell into his hands.

Qiao Feng not only knew Ma Dayuan's whereabouts, but also knew Murong Fu's general whereabouts. After all, he had never concealed it. He would always look for Murong Trading Company and Beggar Gang branches to gather intelligence wherever he went, even after he was mistakenly accused of killing Deputy Gang Leader Ma Dayuan recently.

It is precisely because of this that there are actually not many people in the Beggar Gang who suspect him, but these people happen to be mostly high-ranking officials, which makes Qiao Feng have to think more.

The Beggars' Sect under Qiao Feng and Ma Dayuan is extremely disciplined, and Murong Fu, who is determined to restore his country, has an even stricter discipline. Furthermore, with Wang Yuyan and Ah Zhu pregnant, and Ah Zi away in search of ice silkworms in Kunlun, Ah Qing and Ah Bi are the only ones left at home to care for them, so leaving the sect at will is naturally out of the question. Furthermore, the four great officials each have their own priorities, leaving no one to attend to the Beggars' Sect's provocations.

Through Murong Trading Company, almost all the senior members of the Murong family knew that their young master had rescued the deputy leader of the Beggar Gang, Ma Dayuan, and was rushing back to the Central Plains. At this time, no one would cause trouble for the Beggar Gang for a little unnecessary grievance.

Taihu Lake is the base of the Murong family. Even if the Beggar Gang mobilizes a large number of troops, it will be impossible to achieve anything. Water combat is not the Beggar Gang's strong point. What's more, Wuyazi is now in charge of Chanhe Villa. Not to mention Qiao Feng, even if Xiao Yuanshan is added, they cannot take it.

Only the Gusu Academy, although it has dozens of first-class masters, and even has the super-first-class master Wang Erlang in charge, is not as impregnable as a rock. There is no other reason, everything is laid out in the open.

However, precisely because of this, it was impossible for others to openly attack Gusu College. The Gusu government would not allow it, the Song Dynasty court would not allow it, and even the Confucian scholars would not allow it.

Qiao Feng arrived at the apricot forest on time, but found that he was not the last one. There were only four elders, Xi, Wu, Chen, and Song, and several helmsmen present. The highest-ranking elders who taught skills and those who enforced the law were not present.

What was even more outrageous was that soon after he arrived, a group of Beggar Gang disciples emerged from the east, south, west and north. These Beggar Gang disciples did not greet their leader politely, but instead showed a hint of hostility, which made him feel even more weird.

Although Qiao Feng had ceded much of his authority to Deputy Leader Ma Dayuan, he remained the supreme leader of the Beggars' Sect. Nearly a decade of training had already honed his aura of superiority. Although he wasn't currently in the inner hall of the headquarters, his mere presence there naturally made him the center of attention. However, today, many of the Beggars' Sect elders and branch leaders didn't stand below or to his left, but instead stood opposite him, confronting him.

This meeting was originally just a formality, catering to certain individuals' wishes and catching potential intruders. Secondly, it was to buy time for Deputy Gang Leader Ma, but it wasn't intended to be a direct confrontation with the Murong Family. However, things had turned out somewhat unexpectedly, beyond his control. Not only had the two elders in charge of transmission and law enforcement failed to show up, but even the leaders of the four helmsmen, Daren, Daxin, Dayong, and Dali, who had been reported in advance, were nowhere to be seen, yet their disciples had appeared.

Weird, big weird!

Qiao Feng changed the subject and threatened a seven-bag disciple to get the information that the four captains were not dead but had been controlled. Seeing the absent-minded looks of the four elders, he knew that the thing he least wanted to happen had happened.

I have just said that the whereabouts of Gusu Murong Fu did not match the time and place where Deputy Gang Leader Ma was killed. I also talked about the strength of the Murong family and their official background. If something goes wrong, it will bring disaster to the Beggar Gang. However, this statement did not wake them up. Instead, it made the scholar Shifang keep saying that he had a personal relationship with Murong Fu.

Although this is the truth, he is not the only one who has a personal relationship with Murong Fu. Compared with this friend in martial arts, Deputy Gang Leader Ma and him are the real partners in business interests.

Qiao Feng used clever words to guide and observe the man's expressions, and soon discovered that the mastermind was none other than the scholar Quan Guanqing. With a grin on his face, he approached him from three feet away and suddenly took him down. He even pressed his mute point, creating the illusion that he had confessed his guilt, and thus took control of the situation.

They then offered the promise of reduced guilt to divert the enemy's attention and sway them towards their side. They ordered the leader of the Dayi branch, Jiang, who truly stood by their side, to personally rescue the enemy and arranged for his men to inform the Xixia Yipintang to postpone the meeting. They had chosen Wuxi as the venue not only to target the Murong family, but also to join forces with them to defeat the Xixia Yipintang masters.

Xixia Yipintang has many masters and a good intelligence system. How could they not know that the Beggar Gang and the Murong family were in an uproar because of Ma Dayuan's "death"? Not only did they know that there was a conflict between the two, they also knew that Ma Dayuan was not dead, but was captured by his four evil subordinates and taken to Dali Kingdom.

Xixia Yipintang was not stupid either. They pushed for the meeting to be held in Wuxi, with the intention of causing a conflict between the Beggars' Gang and the Murong family so that they could benefit from it. They even took the initiative to reveal the information about the Beggars' Gang's gathering in Wuxi to the Murong Trading Company.

It's a pity that their little tricks could not be hidden from Murong Fu, Wang Yuyan, Azhu and others. Instead, they sent masters such as Wang Erlang to find Shan Zheng directly. Not only did they stand on the side of the Beggar Gang, they also secretly informed the local authorities and made many arrangements.

However, the various forces at the Xingzilin Conference all had their own ideas, but the difference in their methods easily widened the gap between them. If we say that the Beggars' Sect is the most disadvantaged, not only do they have to fight among themselves even though they are facing a powerful enemy, but some idiots even plan to make enemies on both sides.

The most sober person in the Beggars' Sect is Qiao Feng, but this time he has become the biggest point of conflict in the Beggars' Sect, and he is caught in the vortex and unable to take care of other things.

In the dark, Murong Fu pointed at Qiao Feng from a distance and said to Ah Qing, "This is Qiao Feng, the hero I call the North and South. The four elders of the Beggars' Sect clearly want to rebel against him, but he remains smiling. To buy time and prevent further trouble, he chats with them one by one. Throughout the Murong family, there's no one more heroic than him."

Ah Qing snorted upon hearing this and said dissatisfiedly, "My husband is ten or a hundred times more powerful than him. No one in the entire Murong family dares to rebel against you."

Murong Fu laughed heartily and said, "The Murong family is the Murong family after all. Within the family there are either families or retainers. The Beggars' Sect is even more complicated. If I were in his position, well, I would probably take precautions and not let this happen."

Murong Fu thought about it carefully and found that if he lost the advantage of foresight, he might not be able to do better than Qiao Feng in his position. After all, this was a rebellion against him. Although they were not united, those who opposed him occupied half of the country. In addition, his life experience was exposed, forcing him to leave.

Are you talking about Ma Dayuan’s death?

Haha, not to mention that Ma Dayuan is alive and well now, even in the original novel, Ma Dayuan’s death has nothing to do with Qiao Feng. Everything is just a far-fetched excuse.

At this moment, I suddenly heard footsteps. Many people came running from the northeast corner, and there was a lot of noise. Some asked, "How is the leader? Where is the traitor?" Others said, "I fell for their trick. I'm so depressed about being locked up."