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Duan Wucun was overjoyed to think of this. He laughed out loud. These people were emotional people. Gongsun Mu's death had not yet ended. This should not have happened. However, in the face of a great catastrophe, he had thought of a way to deal with it. How could he not be happy? Everyone seemed to understand, but they did not understand what he was laughing at. Moments later, Duan Wucun slapped his chair and shouted, "Good! This can't be any better! " He then shouted out, "Bring me some wine!"

After a while, the servants brought up four or five jars of wine and some dishes to distribute among the group. When it came to Liu'er, she didn't take it. "I don't know how to drink …" Duan Wucun waved to the servant, indicating that he was fine. After the servants had filled their bowls with wine, Duan Wucun spoke up, "Previously, there were 28 of us brothers who were able to shake White Pond Town. How awe-inspiring was that? I didn't want anything to happen that night, so Big Brother Gongsun left with my brothers first. Since then, heaven and man are separated …" As he spoke till this point, everyone shed tears. Duan Wucun continued, "We have sworn an alliance to live and die together. We should have accompanied big brother Gongsun. But the evil dog that killed Big Brother is still living a carefree life with no revenge. Even if we follow him with our deaths, how can we face big brother? For a gentleman to exact vengeance, ten years was not too late. The most important thing for us brothers is to think of a way to live and train our martial arts, but we hope that one day, we will be able to kill that evil dog and avenge our brother! " His words were impassioned, and everyone could not help but feel hatred as they followed, "That's right! To avenge your big brother by harming the evil dog! " The sound was deafening.

Duan Wucun waited for everyone to quiet down before continuing: "Since Big Brother Gongsun is dead, and us brothers lack a leader, we have to recommend someone to be our big brother. But amongst us twenty-seven bros, there is no one like Big Brother Gongsun who is capable of suppressing everyone. Even if he is selected, most of the bros won't be able to accept it. The reputation of the martial arts world's twenty-eight baleful qi stars inevitably dropped just like that, becoming the laughing stock of others. We are not some heroic chivalrous hero, we do not need the respect of others, but if we are despised by others, we absolutely cannot do so. " He pointed to Liu'er and said: "This young hero has unparalleled chivalry and unique skills, it is very suitable to be our big brother. But you all understand that we have committed countless heinous crimes. How can we force others to be our big brother? " Wu Ying said anxiously, "You've said so much, but the little hero still doesn't agree. What should we do then?"

Duan Wucun smiled and said, "Brother Wu, there is no need to be impatient." Whether the little hero agrees or not is his business. Whether or not we acknowledge him is our decision. Don't tell me that you made a mistake and that your parents didn't recognize you? Wu Ying pouted and mumbled, "My father and mother didn't want me anymore. That's my fault, but this is the only father and mother I have ever had in my life! When Brother Duan Wu mentioned the matter of paying his respects to Big Brother, why are you making fun of Old Wu? " Duan Wucun said in a serious tone, "Brother Wu, I'm sorry." However, he wasn't making fun of you. Brother wants you to understand that whether or not the little hero is our big brother, it's all up to us. We recognize him as big brother, and he's our big brother! "

At this point, everyone finally understood what Duan Wucun meant, and all of them had smiles plastered on their faces as they laughed, "Fifth brother is right! "We will never tarnish the little hero's reputation!" Not bad, not bad! "This is called 'Overlord's Bow'!" Haha! We brothers love to rob and steal the most, we don't want to get a big brother today! "

Duan Wucun was about to stand up, but he couldn't do so due to the inconvenience of his legs. He looked towards the Zhuang family's boss, who understood and stood up first. Duan Wucun raised his wine bowl high into the air and shouted, "Everyone! Those who wish to recognize the little hero as big brother, please raise your glasses! " Wu Ying was the first to stand up. As he was not tall, he raised his wine bowl over his head. When everyone saw this, they all stood up amidst their laughter. They stood there solemnly, not missing a single one. Duan Wucun's eyes were brimming with tears as he replied, "Good! "Brother Gongsun is right, everyone here is a man who dares to take responsibility for their actions!"

Duan Wucun held the big bowl and spoke word by word, "There are 27 of us and we recognize Little Hero Ye Lang as our big brother today. We don't seek for wealth to share, but for life and death to live together!" He raised his head and drained all the wine in his cup before continuing, "If anyone breaks the oath in the future, it will be like this bowl!" As he spoke, he threw the large bowl on the ground, shattering it into thousands of pieces. Everyone raised their heads to drink the wine and said, "Those who break the oath, do so in this bowl!" They all shattered.

Duan Wucun nodded, then he turned to Liu'er and shouted, "Big Brother!" Everyone followed and shouted, "Big brother!" The sound was like a clap of thunder, shaking the roof until dust began to fall.

Liu'er was shocked and quickly waved her hand. "Don't, don't …" Don't do this... "I, I …" He was hesitating and didn't know what to say. Everyone in the hall laughed out loud. They were straightforward and bold, and didn't care about Liu'er's words of dissuasion as they continued drinking. Wu Ying laughed, "Big brother, it doesn't matter if you don't take us as brothers. We have decided that you are a big brother!" Liu'er just waved her hand and shouted, "No, no! How can I be everyone's big brother at my age? "

Liu'er was extremely anxious. She turned around and said to Duan Wucun, "Manager Duan, quickly tell this big fellow not to call me Big Brother. I can't afford it." Duan Wucun said, "Big brother, you've seen it for yourself. If you're willing to call me by your name, then I don't care." She went off to drink with the others. Everyone was happy as they drank until they were completely drunk.

The next day, just as Liu'er got up, two servants came into the room to help him wash his face and put on his clothes. Liu'er had always been free, so he felt uncomfortable all over. He thought to himself, "It's better if I quickly scatter the gold and silver to my fellow villagers. It's best for me to leave early." With this thought, he found Duan Wucun and said: "Manager Duan, I am just a little beggar. I really don't have the ability to be a big brother. Manager Duan is extremely intelligent, so it's better for you to be the boss. I still have something to take care of. I need to go to Shaolin Temple, so I can't delay any longer. I hope that Manager Duan can explain the matter of the gold and silver split with those great kings and flee for your life. "

Duan Wucun was greatly comforted by these words, and he thought, "If the little hero doesn't want to be our big brother, he can leave just like this, regardless of whether we live or die. But he still can't bear to leave us wicked people behind. It's really the benevolence of righteousness. " So he said, "You are the big brother, how can you listen to my words? Besides, these people had been robbers for half their lives and valued gold and silver more highly than anything else. How could they be willing to listen to these words when they were given a share? You go ahead. "

When Liu'er heard this, she changed her mind and asked, "They will listen to whatever you say?" Duan Wucun nodded, and Liu'er said happily: "Good! Then I would like to ask Manager Duan to invite the various great kings to the front hall for a discussion. I have something to say. If they don't listen, then there's no point in doing so! " Duan Wucun smiled lightly, nodded his head, and went off to give his instructions.

In a flash, Liu'er came to the hall and saw that everyone was already there. When those people saw Liu'er, they all stood up and cupped their fists as they greeted, "Big Brother!" Liu'er nodded apologetically, walked to the center and said, "My lords, I am not a talented individual, but I am honored that you all love me and call me big brother." [How can I, Ye Xiao, be the leader of a bunch of people?] However, when I heard what Shopkeeper Duan said just now, I said that everyone recognizes me as their big brother so please listen to me. "I dare to ask, is it so?" Everyone said in unison, "We will listen to Big Brother's teachings! To go through fire and water, and not refuse at all! "

Liu'er said, "Alright! "Since that's the case, let's make three rules!"