Chapter 992 991 [Bragging]

Master Pang You was originally wearing a large cotton-padded jacket and a melon-skin hat, dressed like a rich country man.

He first took off his hat and put it away, then dusted himself off and strode up to Zhou Hexuan. Before he could say anything, he shook the non-existent sleeves of his broad robe, then bowed and said, "In front of Ming Gong, student Pang You is polite."

What the hell?

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Who is this?"

Ma Yongkui introduced: "This is the master of Shanzhai, Master Pang Youpang."

Pang You's self-introduction was more detailed: "The student was originally from Tangyi County, Shandong Province. When he was a child, he attended private school for three years and primary school for two years. During the great disaster in central Shandong, his family was killed by the mob. The student begged all the way to Tianjin, and was arrested again. The matchmaker tricked him into going to Luanzhou to mine..."

Zhou Hexuan was sweating violently and could only listen patiently to the master's life story.

To be honest, Pang You's life experience is really colorful. He has read books, begged for food, dug mines, served as a soldier, served as an official, and now he is hiding in a bandit's den as a master. This man looked to be in his fifties or sixties, but in fact he was younger than Zhou Hexuan. He only looked old because he had gone through too many hardships.

Pang You boasted: "Although students live in the northwest corner and are bandits in the mountains, they dare not or forget the teachings of the saints. The principal and I donated money to the primary school in Sanxiang nearby, trying to educate the ignorant in the countryside. Hooligans. In the six years we have been bandits, we have never killed innocent people. All we have slaughtered are treacherous and evil people. The students also study hard morning and night, and practice swords and guns day and night, just so that one day they can go into battle to defeat the Japanese pirates!"

"good!"

Zhou Hexuan praised greatly, held Pang You's hand and said: "Mr. Pang has a noble character and is able to emerge from the mud without being stained. I admire him greatly. Since Mr. Pang wants to go into battle to kill the enemy, I will write a letter to recommend you to Hu Zongnan Serving under the Commander, I guarantee that your lifelong wishes will come true!”

"Uh..." Pang You was a little confused and said with an awkward smile, "Well... the student is suffering from illness and it is difficult to travel long distances. I am afraid that if he wants to kill the thief, he will not be able to save himself!"

After hearing the content of the conversation between the two, Wanrong burst out laughing, which made Pang You even more embarrassed.

Ma Yongkui was also a little disdainful of Pang You's performance. He shouted: "Come here! Prepare the food and wine. I'm going to entertain the distinguished guests tonight. The whole village will eat big chunks of meat and drink from big bowls!"

After "Water Margin" became popular in the world, it seemed that every bandit den had a Juyi Hall, and Zhou Hexuan and others were now respectfully invited to the Juyi Hall.

The big and small bosses in the village quickly gathered. In addition to Ma Yongkui, Zhang Debiao and Pang You, there were also Lin Decheng, the water press in the village (responsible for business negotiations and meat ticket evaluation), Ma Zhongguang, the accounting master, Du Heng, the patrol leader (guard captain), and others. Line leader (investigation team leader) Luo Laoqi - there is also a leader who engages in intelligence outreach and is currently in the county town having not returned.

When they heard that Zhou Hexuan was a high-ranking member of the Central Committee or the deputy commander of the Air Force, the bandit leaders all gathered around and looked at him in surprise, but they were not afraid of the disaster that would result in the destruction of the village.

This was the case with bandits during the Anti-Japanese War, and their relationship with the government was very ambiguous. Unless the big bandits go too far like Ma Zhongying, they will basically end up being recruited; as long as the little bandits don't cause big trouble, the government doesn't have the financial resources and energy to encircle and suppress them.

Even many bandit gangs who have been recruited into the regular army, as long as they have not been transferred out of their own territory, most of them secretly continue to engage in banditry business with the local government - the military pay is not enough to survive.

This situation resulted in the bandits not being afraid of officials at all, even if central officials came.

When the Kuomintang was defeated, these recruited gangs immediately turned into bandits again. Coupled with the bandits formed by the Kuomintang's defeat, there was a vigorous campaign to suppress bandits in the early days of New China.

"You don't have a long head and six arms. The deputy commander of the Air Force is just a weak scholar?"

"He is quite handsome, I'm afraid he is not a rabbit raised by Chiang Kai-shek."

"Brother is too cowardly. In my opinion, it's better to just kill him. Who knows in this wilderness."

"Have you seen that aunt? Her face is really tender, much prettier than the women in the village."

"..."

Several bandit leaders whispered, their voices getting louder and louder, causing Sun Yongzhen and Zhu Guozhen to glare angrily.

"Nonsense!"

Ma Yongkui scolded: "Shut up, if you keep talking nonsense, get off the mountain!"

Pang You introduced: "Brothers, let me introduce to you. This is the deputy commander of the Chinese Air Force, the famous Mr. Zhou Hexuan Zhou. He is the Wenqu star in the sky who has come down to earth. He has helped countless victims in Tianjin and can be called a living Bodhisattva. He is a great kind man, brothers, please don’t neglect him!”

Information in Gansu is still too backward. Most of the deeds of Zhou Hexuan that Pang You knew were from several years ago. Although he claims to be a scholar, apart from martial arts novels, he has never read any other works by Zhou Hexuan. Even regarding Zhou Hexuan's status in Chinese academic circles and the relevant situation of the Aviation Commission, Pang You got scattered information from old newspapers and magazines.

During the Anti-Japanese War, there were few progressive publications in Gansu, and it was difficult for newspapers from other places to be distributed here.

Let’s put it this way, with the two anti-G waves by the national government in recent years, there is now only one secret party branch left in the entire province of Gansu. This is a world dominated by the government, warlords, and bandits, and the enlightened people with open vision and advanced ideas have long gone to other provinces.

Ma Yongkui invited Zhou Hexuan to sit down in the guest seat and said flatteringly: "General Zhou, my subordinates are all rough people. Don't be offended by their harsh words."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It's okay. I often deal with rough people, and I have long been accustomed to my straightforward temper."

Ma Yongkui apologized to Wanrong again and said, "Mrs. Zhou, my men were too rude. They had wronged my wife before. I, my old man, did not want to accompany my wife."

"It doesn't matter." Wanrong said.

Master Pang You said: "Mrs. Zhou, there are some rough people in Juyi Hall, why don't I ask my mother-in-law to take you to the guest room to rest?"

Wanrong has seen a lot of storms over the years. She said with a calm expression: "No need, it's pretty good here."

Ma Yongkui gave a thumbs up and praised: "As expected of the general's wife, a woman is not inferior to a man."

Sun Yongzhen and Zhu Guozhen had been standing behind Zhou Hexuan and Wanrong respectively. Pang You said: "Two heroes, please take a seat."

"No need!" Sun and Zhu said in unison.

Ma Yongkui gave a thumbs up again and said, "I admire you for your loyalty to protect the Lord!"

Pang You then held it up and said with a smile: "The two warriors are of extraordinary arrogance. If they can follow Duke Ming, they must be heroes in the world."

These two are very interesting. They don't look like bandits at all. They are already very good at flattering.

In order to make his men look good, Zhou Hexuan boasted and introduced: "This is Sun Yongzhen, a native of Shanxi, a disciple of the Shenquan Che Yizhai, and a registered disciple of the swordsman Li Jinglin. He once killed Chu Yupu, the governor of Zhili, with one punch in Tianjin, and also killed him in Shandong. After passing dozens of soldiers and bandits, a Japanese assassin was captured with his bare hands in England!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and their eyes suddenly changed when they looked at Sun Yongzhen.

"Disrespect, disrespect, Brother Sun is so skilled!" Ma Yongkui stood up and clasped his fists.

Sun Yongzhen's face turned red. Zhou Hexuan's boast made him feel embarrassed. He waved his hand and said: "Nothing, nothing."

Most of the martial arts masters boast like this. Maybe a few decades later, someone will make a movie about it. As the saying goes: Zhou Hexuan made clever plans and tricks, and Sun Yongzhen killed the warlord with a single punch.

Zhou Hexuan added: "This is Zhu Guozhen, a native of Zhili. He is a disciple of Sun Lutang, the Hutou Shaobao, and a disciple of Du Xinwu, the leader of the Natural Sect. He once won the best in the national martial arts examination and served as He Jian's subordinate. The chief martial arts instructor of the Fourth Route Army, and also served as the chief instructor of the Hunan Martial Arts Museum."

"Oh, I really underestimated the hero." Pang You said quickly.

Pang You was from Shandong and had briefly stayed in Zhili. Of course he knew the names of Hutou Shaobao Sun Lutang and Natural Sect Master Du Xinwu. Since Zhu Guozhen was the apprentice of these two men, he also passed the "Martial Arts Scholar" examination in the Republic of China, and also served as the chief instructor in the army, so his strength was absolutely outstanding.

Other bandit leaders also marveled, and the patrol leader Du Heng even shouted directly: "The two brothers are so powerful, why not stay in the village and join the bandit!"

Zhang Debiao, on the other hand, did not believe in evil. He pointed at Sun Yongzhen and Zhu Guozhen and said, "It all depends on this Zhou's mouth. Who knows whether it is true or false? If you have the guts, come over and compare, and we will see the real seal!"

"Yes, gestures!"

The bandit leaders all agreed that there were too few entertainment projects in the village, so they naturally had to find ways to have some fun.