Chapter 18: The Red Flame Witch

"Brother Chu, Brother Feng, have you seen it?" Qin Muxue frowned. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"These people seem to be coming for us," Yang Yu sighed, "Alas, it seems that the influence of the Jianghu Hunt Order is not small!" ā€

"Fortunately, we have a boat to sit on, don't be afraid!" Princess Xiaobai Meizi said.

"But can this broken ship reach Chang'an?" Zhao Bing, a woman like fire, asked.

Chu Lianjun smiled: "Don't you know that the eight rivers go around Chang'an?" There are eight rivers around Chang'an City: Wei, Jing, Feng, Waterlogged, Wei, Zhu, Chan, and Ba, and if I guessed correctly, we should be on the Bahe River now! He looked at Jiang Taigong, who nodded silently as he rocked the boat.

"Oh, Bahe, I know that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Liu Bang, the king of Han, fought here, and they are on Bahe." Qin Muxue was anxious to fiddle with her knowledge.

"It's the Hongmen Feast of the First Banquet of the Ages!" Chu Lianjun looked at the upper reaches of the Bahe River and said slowly.

"That's right, it's the Hongmen banquet set up by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, isn't it a bit like Liu Bang going to the Hongmen banquet this time! Hahaha! Qin Muxue laughed heartily, and when he said this, the four swords of Yanmen all felt the same way.

"This is indeed a Hongmen feast! At that time, Xiang Yu dominated the world, Liu Bang was alone, and Liu Bang's name was known all over the world in the battle of the Hongmen Banquet, and many heroic strategists followed him to Shu to conspire with the world! Huyan Xiaofeng was arrogant, his eyes met Chu Lianjun unexpectedly, he turned around to hold the boat oar, and shouted to Jiang Taigong: "Hongmen banquet!" Hear me, bring some more wine, we drink and be brave enough to go to the feast! ā€

Jiang Taigong sighed and said, "Alas, the rabbit cub has to drink the old man's good wine. After speaking, he bowed his head and went into the cabin and took out three jars of wine, all of which were "West Wind Fierce", and also took some small dried fish and dried shrimp to drink.

Huyan Xiaofeng drove the boat, and Jiang Taigong sat down and drank wine.

"Old man, you are so old, you must know a lot of things, do you know what the Jianghu Hunt Order is?" Qin Muxue loves to drink the west wind, and she is very close to Jiang Taigong.

"Jianghu chase and kill order? Why don't you ask Huyan Xiaofeng about this, he knows best! Jiang Taigong drank some wine and talked a little more.

"Oh, he knows, I asked him hundreds of times along the way, but he wouldn't say." Xiaobai pursed her mouth and shouted, Jiang Taigong turned her head and glared at her, she hurriedly covered her mouth in fear, signaling that she would not speak again.

"Taigong Jiang, tell us about it!" Qin Muxue pleaded.

Jiang Taigong drank two more sips of wine, touched Qin Muxue's head a little happily, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahaha!" What wine! "The laughter was bitter, and no matter how it sounded, it sounded like crying.

"If you want to hear the story of the Jianghu Hunting and Killing Order, then the old man will tell you about it......" He sat up straight, and learned to tell the story: "This Jianghu Chasing and Killing Order is an ancient custom in the rivers and lakes, according to legend, it was founded by Dan, the prince of Yan State in the Warring States Period, and the goal was to assassinate King Yingzheng of Qin. The custom has been passed down for more than 1,200 years, when the Warring States Seven Heroes competed for the world in the Central Plains, the wolf smoke was everywhere and the beacon fire burned the plains, and finally the Qin State destroyed Korea with its iron-blooded division, and then broke through the capital of Zhao State, Handan City, all the way to the north and swept over, and the army approached the Yan State in a blink of an eye! Prince Yan Dan was unwilling to be captured, and he was powerless to resist the tiger and wolf army of Qin, so he could only use the powerful forces of the rivers and lakes at that time to issue a reward of one million taels of silver on the rivers and lakes for the head of King Yingzheng of Qin, which was the first order to hunt down and kill the rivers and lakes. "

"I know this, it's Jing Ke who assassinated King Qin!" Qin Muxue scrambled to speak.

Jiang Taigong nodded, shook his head again, and said: "The story of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin is just the tip of the iceberg of the whole incident, in fact, the real story is: the entire rivers and lakes at that time were shaken and crazy, some for money, some for fame, and some for their homeland, a large number of first-class swordsmen and outlaws poured into Chang'an City, and finally one day they waited for the perfect opportunity for King Qin to go out, and all the forces of the rivers and lakes lurking in Chang'an City were all dispatched, like a tornado and suddenly launched a fierce attack, This fierce and crazy attack even the Qin army in Chang'an City could not resist, until the sky was dark and the blood flowed like a river, the King of Qin was surrounded by many swordsmen several times and almost died, thanks to a mysterious master hidden by his side to escape, and later Jing Ke's fatal blow was also lost because of this person. "

"Who is this person? Why don't you say your name? Qin Muxue hurriedly asked.

Jiang Taigong was stunned for a moment and said, "Who is this person?" Some say that it is the sword madness Qin Xin, some say that it is Chu Yuke, the enemy of ten thousand people, and some say that this person is actually King Yingzheng of Qin himself, and there are different opinions in the end. Why do you have to have a name, it doesn't matter what this person's name is, no matter what he is called, he has become a legend on the rivers and lakes. After the failure of the first Jianghu chase order issued by Yan Prince Dan, Qin annihilated the Six Kingdoms and established the short-lived Great Qin Empire, and in the blink of an eye, in the Han Dynasty, because the power of the rivers and lakes was too strong and threatened the imperial court, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forced all the heroes to move into Chang'an City to facilitate restraint and management, as long as they dared not to move, they were immediately purged by the army. Directly led to the collapse of the forces of the rivers and lakes, the strength is not as good as before, so far the rivers and lakes have not appeared for almost a hundred years, this time you are on the list and you can be regarded as winning the jackpot, congratulations, hahaha! ā€

Jiang Taigong drank two sips of wine, looked up at the night sky full of stars, and continued: "The last time there was a Jianghu chase and kill order was in the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, issued by Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the four Jiangyang thieves who died at the end of the world were on the list!" These four people are the top masters in the Bashu area, their martial arts are vicious and cunning, and in the end they were all beheaded by the same person, that knife is the legendary Red Flame Demon Knife with hidden powerful magic, and that person is the Khitan Grassland Generation Grandmaster: Red Flame Witch Yelu Fairy Song!

Once the order of chasing and killing in the rivers and lakes of the past dynasties was issued, all the bounties were sealed by the ten gangs in the rivers and lakes, and they sent the top ten masters to supervise it day and night, and these masters regarded it as the supreme honor, more important than their own lives, so the bounty was never lost. In the end, even if the pursuit is unsuccessful, the victim can only get back half of the silver taels, and the other half will be divided equally by the top ten gangs. Because of this, the cost of issuing a chase order is huge, and it has never been issued. It wasn't until more than a hundred years later that Wang Song, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, issued a reward: a reward of 330,000 taels of silver was offered to hunt down the four swords of Yanmen! Hehe, you guys are so valuable, old man, I'm ready to move, hahaha! The rabble you met in Longmen, such as the Flying Knife Society, the Five Poisons Gang, and the Hongmen Banquet, they are just small characters who want money, and they are actually not terrible, you know? ā€

Jiang Taigong: "Goo! Goo! After taking two more sips, he handed the wine jar to Qin Muxue, and Qin Muxue took the jar and said, "Goo!" Goo! After taking two sips, he hurriedly asked, "Is there anything else that doesn't want money?" What is scary? Go on! ā€

Jiang Taigong coughed lightly a few times and continued: "For example, Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, killed his most beloved concubine because of four Jiangyang thieves, and in a fit of anger, he offered a reward of 400,000 taels of silver to issue a chase and kill order in the rivers and lakes, which caused a sensation in the entire martial arts for a while. But these four Jiangyang thieves have extremely high martial arts and are inseparable, and the masters of the rivers and lakes who are chased and killed by all walks of life often die in their hands. However, the tragic murder of an innocent woman angered the Red Flame Witch Yelu Xiange who was far away in the Khitan, and also angered another Central Plains hero Hu Yan, and the two of them finally turned into a chase and kill competition in order to kill these four people with their own hands, which became a battle of will, but instead hindered each other everywhere and ruined the business. ā€

"Oh! Huyan Yidao and Huyan Xiaofeng, they are both surnamed Huyan, are they a family? Xiaobai listened attentively and couldn't help but start talking again.

Huyan Xiaofeng shook the boat and blew the evening breeze, but did not answer.

Jiang Taigong handed Chu Lianjun a jar of wine, glanced at Xiao Bai, who had a lot of words, and continued: "Later, Yelu Xiange and Huyan competed in Huashan, and it was agreed that the winner would be qualified to continue to hunt down the four thieves. Yelu Xiange and Huyan fought for three days and three nights, regardless of victory or defeat, and finally the two competed in a wine fight, and the woman naturally drank better, Huyan drank only defeat, and gave up the qualification to chase and kill. ā€

"Haha! The competition is also a competition, and the wine is also a comparison, how can you lose the wine as if Hu Yan is not convinced. Zhao Bing sneered coldly, "Men are like this, if they lose, they lose, and they always like to make excuses!" ā€

Huyan Xiaofeng glared at Zhao Bing angrily when he heard this, but was stunned back by Zhao Bing's cold eyes.

"Yes, yes, I'm also a woman, so the amount of alcohol is poor!" Xiaobai responded, pretending to be a lady at the same time.

"If I am willing to lose the bet, I will not be afraid to drink with women, hum!" Only Qin Muxue agreed, he was really not afraid of comparing wine with a good amount of wine.

Chu Lianjun and Huyan Xiaofeng looked embarrassed, thinking that it seems that the amount of alcohol must be practiced well, but Yang Yu is young and doesn't care at all.

Jiang Taigong didn't pay much attention to it, and continued: "The four thieves finally appeared in Xianyang one day, and Hu Yan lost to Yelu Xiange in a fight before a knife, so he was not qualified to make a move, so he could only sweep the formation on the side to prevent the four from escaping." The four thieves fled all the way from Jiangnan to the northwest, and along the way, there were masters of various factions chasing and killing, such as the elder of the iron eye of the Shaolin Temple, the white-headed Taoist of the Wudang faction, etc., all of whom died tragically in their hands. Yelu Xiange Xianyang fought a battle, killed the four evil thieves with the power of one person, and the name of the Red Flame Witch moved the world! It's a pity that the duel at that time was only witnessed by Huyan Yidao, and the outside world of how Yelu Xiange killed the four top masters is unknown, only that Yelu Xiange married Huyan Yidao after this battle, and since then he has stayed in the Central Plains and never returned to Khitan for the rest of his life. Later, Yelu Xiange and Huyan also retired to the rivers and lakes, and later, their descendants followed Zhou Shizong Chai Rong to fight the world and became a town guard general, that is, the Huyan family of the Zhenxi General's Mansion that has continued to this day. ā€

"In other words, Huyan Xiaofeng is the descendant of Huyan Yidao and Yelu Xiange, ouch! I said no wonder he was so wicked, it turned out that he was really a descendant of the Great Witch! The little white eyebrows flew and said hurriedly.

"So, Huyan Xiaofeng still has the bloodline of the Da Liao royal family." Qin Muxue said with envy, and took a good look at Huyan Xiaofeng.

"Emperor Da Liao is also surnamed Yelu, so I don't know if he is a family with Yelu Xiange." Jiang Taigong also looked at Huyan Xiaofeng, expecting him to say something, preferably with some strong revelations, especially how Yelu Xiange killed the four evil thieves, but unfortunately Huyan Xiaofeng never said a word to disappoint him.

"The current emperor of Da Liao is the descendant of the Yelu Xiange family!" Qin Muxue's words were conclusive.

"How do you know?" Huyan Xiaofeng was surprised, and his eyes were full of suspicion.

"Brother Feng, don't forget that I'm from the Great Liao Kingdom! At the same time, I am also a Khitan, and there are many legends about Yelu Xiange in the grasslands of our hometown, and I grew up listening to her stories. After Yelu Xiange entered the Central Plains, her tribe gradually grew under the leadership of her eldest brother, and finally unified the grassland, and later established the Great Liao Kingdom. ā€

"Alas, it is for this reason that my family almost suffered a catastrophe several times, my great-grandfather used to be a general in Zhenbei, and later took the initiative to apply for the transfer of Zhenxi Mansion, just to avoid suspicion and protect the Huyan family, but I didn't expect that in the end, my family did not have an accident, but the Bai family suffered a catastrophe!" Huyan Xiaofeng said sadly.

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