Final Chapter. 23. People are rivers and lakes
Sheng Beichuan replied with an awe-inspiring and righteous attitude, obviously unable to satisfy the other party. After Qi Yan heard this, he quickly secretly clasped a dart in his hand, and at the same time slightly let go of his two night eyes, and looked at the two sides in front of the real god statue.
With the word confrontation, in fact, it is somewhat elevated Sheng Beichuan. Now the Dengzhou boatmen in the Dragon King Temple can even count on ten fingers, and they are all tied like a zongzi, unable to move; However, looking at the opponent's lineup, even if Fang had just surprised more than 20 water thieves, there were still no less than ten water thieves in the temple who were on guard with swords.
Sheng Beichuan, a conservative person, is obviously fully prepared to die generously; Although he is now tied hand and foot, slumped on the ground, and has lost all ability to resist. Most of the people who have worked on the ship for many years will fall into some small problems of bowing and bending their legs due to professional reasons; Looking at his forcibly upright sitting posture now, it is not difficult to understand the tragic and resolute feelings in his heart.
Looking at several other Dengzhou boatmen, it is obvious that they do not have the heroic spirit of Sheng Beichuan who is not afraid of danger; But although some people were trembling and some were scared out of tears, no one cried, and no one begged for mercy! From this point of view alone, these people still have the word dignity in their hearts!
The leader of the Liangjiang Alliance, after listening to Sheng Beichuan's answer, first turned his head and whispered a few words to a man behind him, and then turned the long knife in his hand and said in an indifferent tone:
"Sheng Beichuan, I haven't set foot in the rivers and lakes for a long time, I'm afraid you think highly of yourself, right? A hero of the green forest that no one remembers, how is it different from an ordinary bandit rogue? If it weren't for the fact that you and I are in the same vein......"
"Ho...... Bah! ”
“……”
Sheng Beichuan opened his big mouth, spit out a mouthful of old phlegm, and flew straight to the other party's door. After the other party deftly dodged, he angrily picked up the long knife in his hand!
The reason why they instigated Sheng Beichuan to kill people was not because of their Liangjiang Alliance, or the secret support of their Diting, who could not bear these two lives; It is the current Liangjiang Alliance, which is the master of the Jiangnan faction; They don't want their reputation to be tarnished, and they don't want to be involved in troubles that have nothing to do with making money.
Therefore, if Sheng Beichuan is willing to accept this matter, their Liangjiang Alliance can take advantage of the situation to support this time-honored water thief; Under his banner, he began to integrate the green forest water village north of the Huajiang River. Moreover, if the drowning of Shen Gui is revealed in the future, you can also splash all the dirty water on Sheng Beichuan, so as not to cause more trouble.
After all, the rivers and lakes that govern the people have existed for hundreds of thousands of years; Although they are completely extinct in Nankang; But on the ground of the Northern Yan Dynasty, there are still countless people living in the rivers and lakes; At least in the circle of water thieves, the name of Nanlei and Beisheng still has a bit of residual power, and it is worth their extra effort.
But not wanting to participate, and not being able to participate, are completely different things!
If Sheng Beichuan is willing to cooperate, it is hello, hello, hello, everyone; But looking at his reaction now, then the slaughter will be slaughtered. In their opinion, whether it is the common people or the recklessness of the rivers and lakes, those so-called rules and morals can finally be completely leveled with boxes of gold and silver!
Moreover, on this point, there have been successful cases of the Nankang Dynasty in the past; In the future, the unification of Huayu will be ushered in, but it will take another generation or two.
"Boom!"
The whistling steel knife was broken by a dart that was too ordinary to be ordinary; The upper half of the blade swirled like a headless fly and slashed into the red-lacquered temple pillars; At the same time, a gust of wind blew open two broken doors, and everyone subconsciously looked back, thinking that it was a group of uninvited guests from outside the temple......
At the same time, a thin black shadow also appeared behind the stone statue of the dragon king; The black shadow carried the icy rain and the biting cold wind, and slammed into the leader of the water thieves who was looking behind him......
For knee-jerk behaviors such as listening to the sound and turning back, it may save people's lives, and occasionally harm people's lives; From the perspective of martial arts, as long as you make a move, you will definitely expose a fatal void to the enemy, which is absolutely unavoidable. Therefore, most of those experienced old rivers and lakes are very calm when they fight against the enemy; They will capture as much information as their physical condition and reaction speed as they can, and then they will start to act.
The way of using troops has long been a plan to "observe and then act", which can reflect each other.
Fang just broke the steel knife with a dart, and the wooden door behind him also made a loud noise, and all the water thieves naturally looked back in unison; They saw that the temple was still covered with a curtain of torrential rain, and the sea and sky in the distance were also dyed by the surging electric light! This rainy night seascape is like a dream, looking like you are in the chaos, day and night!
The person at the head was immersed in this strange scene, and his neck seemed to be disturbed by the cold wind that broke into the temple gate, and he felt a trace of cold and itching. He raised his right hand and scratched his throat, only to feel that the fingertips touched and the hands were slippery and sticky; When I looked down again, I saw that my chest was already red!
"Ho !!"
A hysterical sound of air squeezed out of the open throat, and he staggered a few steps backwards at the same time, and fell to the ground on his back; He saw the mottled pattern of water around the roof of the temple, and he also saw a black shadow quickly streak in front of his eyes; Then, all that was left was a scarlet ......
Qi Yan, who was born as a snitch, is indeed not a top master; But fortunately, these water thieves are not famous martial arts masters. Both sides are out of what they are best at, so this rainy night fight has become a struggle between ordinary people and ordinary people.
For Qi Yan, if he can't get out and leave, he will definitely not be an opponent if he fights head-on with more than a dozen strong men with sharp blades; But with the strong wind in the temple and the two broken doors Hongfu, these people were shocked at the same time! In this way, I also got the most perfect time to shoot!
Qi Yan regarded this fight as his best theft. From the perspective of changing cities, he walked quickly past more than a dozen people who were watching the big show, and took the talisman jade pendant from their necks. This kind of theft plan is not difficult at all for Qi Yan!
Since you can take away the jade pendant hanging around your neck, it is not difficult to wipe the throats of these people with those two fingertip knives that never leave your hands!
As the saying goes: an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad Qi Yan's martial arts are, he has practiced Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer; With just his unbelievable lightweight method, isn't it still easy to catch a dozen water thieves! If it weren't for the fear that these dogs would jump over the wall and hurt Sheng Beichuan; Even if he swaggers to knock on the door to report the number, these water thieves don't have a good way to take him!
Qi Yan, who is good at capturing the timing of his shot, quickly solved the dozen or so water thieves. But he had just untied Sheng Beichuan and the boatmen, and those water thieves who braved the rain to go out of the temple to search for the enemy also happened to return in vain; After the two sides fought for a while, no one said any more nonsense, and rushed forward with a random opponent!
That group of water thieves had just been drenched outside the temple inside and out, and they had already harbored a wave of anger in their hearts, and they were worried that there was nowhere to disperse! And the nine unarmed shipwrights in the temple, except for Qi Yan and Sheng Beichuan, are now all weak and numb, and even normal actions are very laborious!
Therefore, if these people want to face the two river water thieves, they must first overcome the numbness of their limbs, hands and feet, and find a weapon from the ground, so that they can barely have a certain combat ability!
Sure enough, when the physical weapons and psychological quality were not superior, the two sides only fought for a while, and three boatmen who couldn't even hold the knife were killed tragically under the chaotic knives of the water thieves!
These boatmen are all people who follow Sheng Beichuan to make a living and sell their hardships, and they are convinced of Sheng Beichuan's outstanding ability to operate boats, not his heroic and chivalrous name. Don't look at the times when these boatmen fight and brawl on weekdays, they are all good hands; But now that they are really allowed to kill people with knives, it is inevitable that they will not dare to make a move for a while!
They don't dare to kill people, but the water thieves of the Two Rivers Alliance are all bloody experts!
Seeing the three shipwright brothers die tragically under the enemy's random knife, Sheng Beichuan, who has lived for more than 20 years, finally started the real fire! His endless concessions to the new forces are not out of fear or fear; It's just that he's tired of the old life.
There is also an essential difference between unwillingness and dare.
Whether it is the rivers and lakes or the temples, it has always been chaotic and changeable; Maybe it has changed its appearance, maybe it has changed its way, but in essence, those struggles and sacrifices have not brought about any change. Sheng Beichuan firmly believes in this, and also thinks that even if he can really swallow the king of the Minjiang River in one bite, and then unify the water thieves in the north and south of Huayu, what will happen after that? After a hundred years, won't the green forest road return to its original point soon? If it weren't for this thought, how could he have chosen to die down and retreat bravely before the final battle began?
In fact, Sheng Beichuan, who thinks he is alive and clear, only thinks about part of it. As the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, the rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes, and they will never become calm because of the lack of two peerless beasts! The cutting-edge forces want to develop and grow, and the younger generation wants to make a name for themselves, although he retired cleanly enough, but the fame of Beisheng and Nanlei has always been with him for many years!
That is to say, as long as the name of Beisheng and Nanlei is still praised in the rivers and lakes for a day, he Sheng Beichuan will never have a peaceful birthday!
Looking back now, Sheng Beichuan also felt a little funny. He was willing to endure endless humiliation just so that one day he could live a peaceful and tranquil life; However, he has endured twenty springs, summers, autumns and winters so far; But that kind of ideal good day, I haven't even enjoyed a day!