<strong>Chapter 1149: Chapter 1149: Internal and External Troubles of the Hongmen</strong>


    Xiang Yu pulled down his sleeve, and only then did Hong Jinbao bring over the tools prepared to tattoo words on Xiang Yu.


    “Hold on, you’re not the one doing it, are you?” Xiang Yu said with a face full of horror.


    “Don’t move, I used to be a professional tattooist,” Hong Jinbao whispered.


    “Come on, I haven’t seen anyone using a big knife to tattoo words on someone,” Xiang Yu said, puzzled.


    “Stop talking nonsense, hurry up,” Hong Jinbao said, looking serious, then took a dagger ready to write on Xiang Yu’s arm.


    Xiang Yu was speechless; this Hongmen ritual was really kind of twisted. But on second thought, it was normal. The old gangs always fought and killed, and tattooing words on the body was a habit of many gangs.


    Firstly, it could serve as proof, showing that one was part of Hongmen. Secondly, it could demonstrate that the tattooed person was a real man.


    “Hold on, I feel like I wrote it wrong,” Hong Jinbao said to himself doubtfully.


    Xiang Yu really wanted to curse out loud, but it was a serious moment, everyone was watching him, so he could only swallow hisints.


    Now Xiang Yu only felt a burning pain on his arm, but he maintained a calm expression on his face.


    Blood flowed from Xiang Yu’s arm, and everyone started apuding. Only Tie Zhuzi and Xiaoxuan stood there with serious faces.


    Hong Jinbao wrote for about five minutes, then breathed a sigh of relief, saying, “It’s done.”


    Standing not far away, Jin Guozhong looked at Xiang Yu’s arm and saw only a bunch of blood, flesh messy like mud, nowhere resembling words.


    He was also speechless; this Sect Leader was an unreliable person.


    “What beautiful handwriting,” Hong Jinbao admired his work self-contentedly.


    Xiang Yu quickly looked at his arm and nearly fainted from anger upon seeing it. He stood up, red at Hong Jinbao, then used his tattered sleeve to cover it up again.


    If he were in the second city now, he could still ask Liu Yuhang to quickly remove these scars; now he could only leave them.


    Around him arose enthusiastic apuse and cheers. Although they just met Xiang Yu, his prestige in Hongmen was still very high.


    “Now, I announce Xiang Yu as the Vice Sect Leader of Hongmen. When I’m not here, all matters are decided by Xiang Yu, representing my will,” Hong Jinbao shouted.


    At that moment, Xiang Yu stood at the center, receiving the admiration, admiration, and jealousy of those around him.


    “Good!” Tie Zhuzi shouted standing there.


    Seeing so many people around, they were all filled with heroic feelings.


    “Now, let’s invite the Vice Sect Leader to speak to us,” Hong Jinbao shouted standing there.


    Hearing this, everyone quieted down. Xiang Yu was slightly speechless; he didn’t know there was this segment, surely Hong Jinbao, this old fox, was ying tricks on him.


    Xiang Yu stood there, raised his head, and said, “Today, I am the Vice Sect Leader of Hongmen. You all are my good brothers. I don’t care what Hongmen was like before, but starting today, I will definitely develop and strengthen Hongmen, let our people be in every corner of the world, every ce have our Hongmen base…”


    Xiang Yu stood there talking at length, full of heroic ambition, making those around him passionately excited, overflowing with infinite imagination about the future.


    Finally, the crowd erupted in waves of apuse, and then, feeling unsatisfied, dispersed on their own. Today was a major event for Hongmen, and it would likely be the subject of their discussions for some time in the future.


    After the others left, only Hall Master and some key figures remained on the scene.


    Hong Jinbao directly called them to his office.


    “Today is a big day for Hongmen, we should celebrate,” Hong Jinbao said.


    After he finished speaking, the other several Hall Masters bowed their heads in silence. Yesterday they had a match with Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu’s drinking capacity was like a bottomless pit; even if all of thembined, they weren’t his match.


    “Sect Leader, I have something in the hall in a little while, I need to go first,” Jin Guozhong said first with an apologetic smile.


    The other Hall Masters also stood up one after another, expressing that they had things to do and needed to go.


    Hong Jinbao understood their intentions and didn’t stop them, then let them go to arrange their matters.


    But they wouldn’t leave the vi temporarily, because each hall still had to discuss their situation with Xiang Yu.


    After everyone left, only Hong Jinbao, Xiang Yu, and Yuan Huai remained.


    “Xiang Yu, I need to talk to you about our current situation in Hongmen,” Hong Jinbao said, showing a serious expression.


    “Don’t expect me to be your workhorse, I’m not doing it; I’ll leave here tomorrow,” Xiang Yu said directly.


    Hong Jinbao red, shouting, “That’s not possible. You are now the Vice Sect Leader of Hongmen, and sitting in this position means you have to bear certain responsibilities.”


    “Stop talking nonsense; you’re the one who forced me into being this Vice Sect Leader,” Xiang Yu said, adjusting his arm still hurting.


    Seeing Xiang Yu’s action, Hong Jinbao only awkwardly smiled and said, “There was a slip-up earlier; I forgot how to write while writing.”


    Everyone was speechless, then shook their heads and chuckled.


    Hong Jinbao paused and then looked at Tie Zhuzi and Xiaoxuan; now he wanted to talk about the secrets in Hongmen, emotionally, he hoped that outsiders wouldn’t hear.


    “Both are my brothers, speak freely,” Xiang Yu said directly.


    Regarding a person like Xiang Yu, even Hong Jinbao had no choice. Now Xiang Yu was Vice Sect Leader, acting like the Sect Leader.


    “Currently Hongmen appears prosperous but has great dangers hidden within,” Hong Jinbao sighed deeply.


    Yuan Huai sat at one side, listening and frowning, sitting silently.


    When Hong Jinbao hurried to find a candidate, he knew that something must be happening in Hongmen.


    “Are you trying to escape responsibility, not wanting Hongmen to copse in your hands, so you’re trying to get out quickly?” Xiang Yu stared at Hong Jinbao.


    Hong Jinbao coughed before speaking, “Don’t say it so harshly. The future is yours, the young people’s, you young folks have to bear the big duty.”


    “Stop, stop, in short, you just want to shirk responsibility, right?” Xiang Yu said directly.


    “What kind of attitude is that, talking to an elder like this, you have no idea what respecting elders and caring for the young means,” Hong Jinbao said, coughing twice as he spoke.


    Everyone was speechless, shaking their heads; Hong Jinbao was very dignified to outsiders, appearing superior, but to them, he was just an old man.


    If outsiders saw Hong Jinbao like this, their eyes would surely pop.


    “Now Hongmen is facing internal and external challenges,” Hong Jinbao said worriedly, “Hongmen looks united on the surface, but several halls secretly have different intentions and are plotting things.”


    Hong Jinbao looked very troubled; he was somewhat self-reproachful.


    Xiang Yu knew that Hongmen’s hallscked unity, but he didn’t expect it to be so severe and listened seriously there.


    Now that he was Vice Sect Leader, he carried responsibilities, and he couldn’t watch Hongmen decline like this…