Chapter 48: White Feather Rises
The weather was unusually sunny on this day. The shore of Dongting Lake, which has been shrouded in clouds and mist for many days, is sunny today. However, the entire Dongting Lake is unusually calm, and even the sound of fish leaping and birdsong is rarely heard. It seems that these birds and beasts all feel the monstrous murderous aura that permeates the entire Baling County.
It was close to noon, and there was silence in Longjiazhuang. The masters of the Year Gang, the helmsmen of the helmsmen, and all the masters of all parties who worked for the Year Gang gathered in the wide courtyard outside the living room of the Year Gang. The number of people is more than 1,000. The other subordinate gangs of the Nian Gang, equipped with swords, guns, swords, halberds, and strong crossbows, were distributed in various villages within a radius of 300 miles near Longjiazhuang. Everyone knows that Hong Sixue is going to go to Longjiazhuang alone today to make an appointment. Moreover, everyone understands that Hong Sixue is about to announce the dissolution of the Nian Gang, and from then on, this lonely and stubborn beautiful girl will become a strong enemy among all the gangs of the Nian Gang, and she will no longer be her own gang leader.
A crisp sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and a rouge horse with a red mane slowly approached from far and near. The girl on the horse was dressed in a red samurai uniform, with thin red boots, a yellow belt, a blood-red cloak, and a blue hat. Her face was snow-white, without a trace of blood, and her eyes drooped, making it impossible to see her eyes, but everyone felt the cold murderous aura emanating from her. This murderous aura, surging and thick, is still constantly agitating and rising. It was as if a vast and endless ocean of death was coming. This murderous aura is soaked with determination to do whatever it takes, and despair to give up everything.
On the three Taishi chairs in the courtyard of the Long family, there are the three altar masters who are leading this annual gang meeting. One arrow in the eye, Zong Haogu, the rich and noble dragon dragon thousand scales, and the seven-star divine sword Song Zheng. Long Qian's pale face oozed a pale iron blue, a pair of dark eyes revealed a terrifying fierce light, and the three-inch-long scar trembled on the constantly distorted face, like a crawling centipede. Zong Haogu's pale red hair was windless, like a fierce burning flame, and a pair of pale yellow eyes, staring at Hong Sixue who slowly walked into the main courtyard, full of murderous aura, like a beast that was about to choose people to eat; A powerful right hand, a long knife that firmly grasped the sharkskin scabbard at his waist. And Song Zheng, who had a blue shirt and a white belt and three strands of long hair, sat calmly on the Taishi chair in the middle, leisurely holding his long hair, and looking at Hong Sixue who was slowly riding his horse with interest.
At their hands stood the hall masters of the twenty-four solar terms.
Spring Altar: Lichun Hall, Yushui Hall, Surprise Hall, Spring Equinox Hall, Qingming Hall, Guyu Hall.
Summer Altar: Lixia Hall, Xiaomantang, Mangzhong Hall, Summer Solstice Hall, Xiaoxia Hall, Da Xia Hall.
Autumn Altar: Liqiu Hall, Summer Hall, Bailu Hall, Autumn Equinox Hall, Cold Dew Hall, Frost Fall Hall.
Winter Altar: Lidong Hall, Xiaoxue Hall, Big Snow Hall, Winter Solstice Hall, Small Han Hall, Big Han Hall.
And in the hands of the hall masters, there stood three hundred and sixty-five rudder masters. Inside the courtyard of the Long family, the swords and guns are dazzling, and the murderous aura is pervasive, like Shura hell.
At this time, Hong Sixue had already ridden her horse to the middle of the cross-courtyard, and then reined in the horse's head, letting the rouge horse stand in the middle of the cross-courtyard, while she was on the horse, coldly looking down at the three major altar masters of the Nian Gang who were facing her.
Song Zheng smiled slightly, and said slowly, "Red niece, why don't you get off the horse and talk. We haven't seen each other in years."
The cold light flashed in the eyes of Hong Sixue, and suddenly took out a golden token from his arms, this card is exquisitely made, engraved with spring breeze and summer flowers, autumn rain and winter snow, and the back is carved with five big characters, spring, summer, autumn and winter. She held the token high in the air and shouted, "Spring, Summer, and Autumn altar masters are so bold, why don't you kneel when you see the Nian Gang leader, don't you want to rebel against the gang."
The owners of the two altars in spring and summer stood up at the same time with a "boom", looking at each other, not knowing what to do. Because Hong Sixue has not announced the dissolution of the Nian Gang, according to the gang rules, she is still the leader of the gang, and it is the right thing to salute her.
Song Zheng, the owner of the Autumn Altar, was still sitting leisurely on the Taishi chair, smiling calmly, and said, "Red niece, Song was pardoned by the former helper back then, and he didn't kneel in front of people, forgive me."
Hong Sixue snorted coldly and said, "Uncle Song is the overlord of Bashu, of course he doesn't have to, but what about the others...... she suddenly shouted: "The spring, summer, autumn and winter orders are here, and those who do not kneel will be punished with three knives and six holes." Don't kneel down yet!"
This loud shout, Qingyue is like a phoenix singing for nine days, and the momentum is impressive. The hall master of the twenty-four solar terms, the master of the three-hundred-sixty-five rudder helm was taken by him for a while, and he couldn't help but kneel down one after another.
Zong Haogu, Long Qianlan was furious. Long Qianlu shouted, "Bastard, don't stand up for me yet. This man is no longer the leader of the gang. She has been planning for many years, plotting to disband the Nian Gang, and destroying the Nian Gang's centuries-old cause, but she is a sinner of the Nian Gang, and she won't let me take her down."
Zong Haogu sneered fiercely: "Red girl, your old father who wants to subvert the Nian Gang has been arrested by us, and it is your turn today."
Hong Sixue's expression darkened, and she said loudly, "Zong Haogu, did you set up an ambush to kill me on the shore of Dongting Lake?"
Zong Haogu hesitated for a moment, looked at Song Zheng, Song Zheng looked around, and suddenly nodded to him. Zong Haogu's spirits perked up, and he said sharply, "Yes, it is the ambush set up by my Zong Haogu. Peng Wuwang, who is in cahoots with you, has been killed by us, come on!"
He waved his hand behind him, and Liu Xiongyi, the master of Xiaomantang, immediately stood up from the ground, came out of the crowd, came to the Hongsi Snow Horse, shook his hand and threw the Qiushui long knife and the mandarin duck double short knife that Peng Wuwang left on the lakeside to the ground, and then quickly retreated into the ranks.
Zong Haogu smiled proudly at the sky, and said, "Hong Sixue, you are here today, what is the matter, everyone knows it, I want to kill you, what's wrong?"
Hong Sixue looked at the three knives on the ground that reflected the sun's brilliance, and her heart was at a loss. Although she had long expected that Peng Wuwang would be more than lucky, but seeing him lying helplessly on the ground against the strange weapon that never left her, it was as if something in her heart that she loved like her life was thrown to the ground.
She felt dizzy for a while, and Peng's hopeless voice and smile appeared in her mind one after another.
"Girl, I have been studying with my teacher for many years, and I have learned superior martial arts, and I am already a useful body when I ask myself, but I really don't dare to be arrogant."
"Red Gang Leader, let's solve each other's difficulties, it can be regarded as a friendship that has passed our lives, please tell me face to face if you have something."
"Red Gang Leader, Peng Moujing You are a heroine who does not let your eyebrows go, and is willing to intersect with you, if there is anything to send, just talk about it. Why do you want to be like that little child, it's really depressing."
"The Red Gang Leader Gao Yi. Now I know that the doctrine of sacrificing one's life for righteousness is not a lie."
"What the Red Gang Leader said is very true, our lives are in an instant, and it is indeed difficult to reunite with Dongting. However, if you don't have the opportunity to see a view again, then you don't need to see it again."
"He's really dead?" Hong Sixue looked at the long knife on the ground in a daze, "When he died, he was alone. I wasn't there for him. Is his soul also going to wander alone on the Nai He Bridge?"
A palpitating stinging pain came from Hong Sixue's heart, and she felt a warm bloody breath in her throat, and a mouthful of blood had reached her mouth. Hong Sixue stubbornly raised her head, swallowed that mouthful of hot blood, and looked at Zong Haogu firmly with that more resolute gaze.
"Yes, I'm here to disband the Year Gang today. I am here to officially announce as the leader of the Nian Gang, that the Nian Gang will be disbanded from now on, and all the rudders of each hall and below can no longer call themselves the children of the Nian Gang. Everyone immediately took off their spring, summer, autumn and winter clothes, and then dispersed. From now on, there will be no more New Year's Gang in this world."
Although everyone knew that Hong Sixue was here to disband the Year Gang, but now that they heard her say it herself, they still couldn't believe it. Everyone "boomed" and became confused, and they exchanged heads and ears, some whispered, and some roared loudly. And Zong Haogu, Long Qianlu shouted angrily at the same time, "Don't listen to her, everyone. Hong Sixue has betrayed the gang, everyone, listen, now we will hold a public trial meeting to try Hong Sixue for the crime of betraying the gang."
The children of the Nian Gang across the courtyard shouted angrily, "We can't disband the Nian Gang!"
"Swear to live and die with the Nian Gang!"
"Kill Hong Sixue and defend the Year Gang!"
There was a loud bang, and countless long knives came out of their sheaths. Hundreds of pairs of blood-red eyes looked at Long Qianlu at the same time, Zong Haogu and Song Zheng, just waiting for them to give an order, they were about to pounce and cut Hong Sixue into meat sauce.
Suddenly, a clear and melodious long whistle came, and the whistle was so strong that it buzzed everyone's ear drums. Everyone unanimously turned their gaze in the direction where the whistle was initiated. I saw that on the highest carved beam main hall of Longjiazhuang, there was a lonely figure standing majestically. This person stood with his back to the sun, and the whole person was shining in the golden sun, making it impossible to see his appearance. I only saw a huge silver bow five feet long in his hand, and five delicate white feather arrows held in his hand. The bowstring has been stretched to the extreme like a full moon, and the weight of the silver bow is no less than three hundred stones. And this person still has the strength to pull it to the full moon, and the depth of his skill and the stability of his hand are jaw-dropping.
"The leader of the Red Gang has an order, the Nian Gang has been dispersed, who dares to disobey?" The man said aloud.
Liu Xiongyi, the hall master of the small hall of Xia Tan, flew out of the ranks with an arrow step, raised his head and shouted at this person: "Where did the rats come from, dare to ......" Before he finished speaking, everyone only saw a faint flash of white light. Liu Xiongyi felt a sweetness in his throat and spurted out a mouthful of blood. Feeling inexplicable, he glanced back. I only saw that everyone around me was looking at me with a frightened gaze. He struggled to speak, but couldn't make a sound. At this moment, his head hung limply, and he saw his own shadow in the sun, in the part of his mouth, where there was a golden circle of light, and the sunlight passed through his body, leaving a halo here. He then lost all consciousness and collapsed to the ground weakly.
Everyone's minds flashed the most talked about proverb of the heroes outside the Guanwai: When the white horse appears, the danger is like an egg, the silver bow sounds, the life is like a hanging line, the white feather is a shot, and the nine deaths are alive.
It was only at this moment that people vaguely heard the melodious bowstring trill. Everyone focused their eyes on Liu Xiongyi, who was lying on the ground. Behind him, they saw that a white feather arrow was embedded deep in the earth, leaving only a short section of white feather feathers exposed.
"Son of the White Horse, Zheng Juechen!" Zong Haogu said sharply.
"Not bad!" Zheng Juechen was still standing high above the main hall of the Long Family, and said loudly, "Zong Haogu! You, a traitorous beast, privately sold the Zhuge Divine Crossbow produced in the Central Plains and the Thunderbolt firearms from the Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall to the Guanwai ** Turk in order to help it invade the south. You still dare to point fingers here and interfere in the internal affairs of the Nian Gang."
Zong Haogu was shocked, and said sharply: "You yellow-mouthed son, you spew blood, say that I colluded with foreigners, what evidence is there?"
Zheng Juechen said loudly: "Your stupidity has long been discovered by my father, and the thunderbolt firearms have been desperately intercepted by our brothers in White Horse Castle, but the Zhuge Divine Crossbow has flowed out of the territory. Isn't it enough to talk about evidence, we have captured all of your immediate cronies?"
Zong Haogu panicked, and suddenly shouted: "Don't believe his gossip to confuse the crowd, go up together and capture Hong Sixue and Zheng Juechen."
Long Qianlu also said, "The people of the Spring Altar listened, and they all went up together and killed Zheng Juechen and Hong Sixue!"
Immediately, there were four very high light skill players who took a few vertical jumps, and they were about to fly and jump onto the main hall of the Long family. I saw that the white light flashed a few times, and a brilliant blood flower appeared on the chest of a good hand, and his entire body had already jumped in the air, but at this time, it accelerated and fell to the ground, making a thud. The other striker dodged behind a low wall like lightning, but the white light flashed, and a large hole burst into the low wall, and the white feather arrow pierced through his body, pinning him firmly to the ground. The two best players flew up at the same time and leaped towards the roof of the main hall. A white light pierced the throat of the former person, and shot through the heart of the next person like a bamboo, and the two people fell to the ground under the powerful momentum, smashing the ground into a large hole.
Everyone was dumbfounded, and it took a long time to take their eyes back from the white horse boy.
At this time, the Seven-Star Divine Sword Twist Beard smiled and said, "Good archery technique, one arrow and seven injuries, Zheng Xian's nephew's seven arrows are only stronger than Ling Zun." "Seven arrows?"
Zong Haogu and Long Qianlu immediately found out at the same time that the seven masters under their command who rushed towards Hong Sixue fell neatly in front of Hong Sixue's horse, and everyone was shot in the throat. It turned out that Zheng Juechen shot ten arrows in a row at such an instant, the first three arrows killed four masters who attacked him in a row, and the last seven arrows were the seven arrows of the Zheng family's wonderful world, which were issued for a string, piercing the throats of seven masters at one time. Such a miraculous skill can really be called unparalleled in the world.
As soon as Zheng Juechen's divine arrow came out, it immediately shocked everyone present, and no one dared to act rashly. There was silence in the room, and no one spoke. Only Hong Sixue was left standing proudly on horseback, while Zheng Juechen was holding a longbow and standing high in the main hall of the Long family.
Hong Sixue raised her head high and said loudly, "Nian Gang everyone, please listen to the little girl's words. At the beginning of the Nianbang's business, it was to resist the persecution of our Han ancestors by the Hu people in the north. At that time, the Hu people in the north invaded the Central Plains, wantonly invaded, killed people and set fires, raped and plundered, and did all kinds of evil. The government shielded the Hu people in the north and oppressed the Han people in every way, and the people were miserable. The New Year Gang was born at the right time to save all the people in the world. In the hundreds of years since the creation of the gang, under the management of the gang leaders of previous generations, the Nian Gang has resisted the Hu people in the north, and the strong in the south, disobeyed the oppression of the government, and made countless heroic feats that can be sung and cried. Admired by all the people of the world. You have received the great grace of the Nian Gang, and in order to maintain the survival of the Nian Gang, you are willing to throw your head and spill your blood, which is really admirable. But ......"
Just as she was about to state the gist of disbanding the Nian Gang, Long Qianlu suddenly raised her arms and shouted, "Listen, everyone, don't ......" Suddenly, a white light came to him like lightning. Long Qianlu has been refining the Mixed Yuan Yiqing Qigong for many years, and his senses are extremely keen, and at the moment when the judgment of life and death is decided, he twisted his body with all his strength, and his body moved to the side like lightning, and a white feather arrow grazed his left neck and sank into the ground. Long Qianlu was scared out of a cold sweat, secretly lucky, hugged Yuan Shouyi, and didn't dare to talk more.
Zong Haogu snorted coldly, and withdrew his world-famous quick slashing knife with a "hurry", and just as he was about to speak, three powerful lightning bolts staggered, shooting towards his lower abdomen, chest, and left eye. He roared, slashed his sword, flashed twice like lightning, and the two long arrows were cut off by him, but the white feather arrow that shot into his lower abdomen was about to pierce him. He snorted, his body twisting rapidly, barely getting out of the way. And Long Qianlu pushed out with a palm in time at this time, and the white feather arrow was slapped to the ground by him. The two of them glanced at each other, unable to hide their horror at the White Horse Divine Arrow.
At this time, Hong Sixue had already continued to speak with enthusiasm: "For hundreds of years, although the Nian Gang has spit out the old and accepted the new, it has still mixed in many traitorous villains. They gather in strange places, make huge profits privately, make money privately, cause chaos in people's livelihood, and are not tolerated by the decentness of the rivers and lakes, but they are big in the year, and everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak. Now, the troubled times will pass, and the prosperous times will come. The common people are about to live a good life. Our Nian Gang still adheres to the style of troubled times, selling illicit salt, population, opening gambling houses and green buildings all over the world, boycotting the government, and raising prices, which is the cause of the chaos.
"Tang's army is strong, and it is impossible for flesh and blood to resist it. However, Zong Haogu, Long Qianlu and Song Zheng wanted to gamble with the lives of hundreds of thousands of gang members of the Nian Gang to confront Tang Bing. Regardless of the victory or defeat, the reputation of the Nian Gang will plummet from now on, and the people of Jiangnan will never have a good life again. Ladies and gentlemen, the dissolution of the Year Gang today does not mean that the reputation of the Year Gang will be dissolved. If you want to repay the great kindness of the Nian Gang, this is what you should do."
Hong Sixue's words made everyone's hearts move, although many people still have the intention of being loyal to the Nian Gang and obeying the altar owner's deployment, but they were also more or less moved by Hong Sixue's words. Only those subordinates of the underworld and profiteers who took refuge in the Nian Gang will not be tempted at all, because the Nian Gang is dead, and they will suddenly lose their backing, and they will definitely be killed by the enemies on the rivers and lakes, or they will go bankrupt.
At this time, Zheng Juechen shouted: "After all the good things are said, don't you all realize it? If you want to continue to follow my Zheng family, go to Shanxi to find our Zheng family, if you want to leave, leave now, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless."
The Zheng family in Shanxi has a supreme and sacred position in the hearts of the people in Dongtan, and now when they heard Hong Sixue's deafening words, everyone had the idea of retreating, and immediately hundreds of people put down their swords and dispersed one after another. No one stopped them, because Zheng Juechen's divine arrow was on the string.
Zong Haogu and Long Qianlu glanced behind them at the same time, and immediately a few people who looked like family members quietly retreated to the back hall to mobilize more than 100,000 people from the twelve halls of the Spring and Summer Altars, ready to kill Hong Sixue and Zheng Juechen at all costs.
Song Zheng saw it in his eyes, shook his head slightly, and did not speak.
Suddenly, Long Qianlu sang loudly: "The spring rain shocks the spring and the valley sky, and the summer is full and the summer is busy. Autumn dew, autumn frost, winter snow and snow and winter small and big cold. Haojie founded the Four Seas Gang, Megatron is brave and famous, the annual gang is 360 rudders, heroes and heroes gather together, 24 halls are earth-shattering, spring, summer, autumn and winter I am king. Have you forgotten the heroic achievements of the Nian Gang? If the Nian Gang is destroyed, where will my generation live!"
Zong Haogu also said loudly: "Don't be bewitched by Hong Sixue, kill them, and defend the Nian Gang!"
The ballad of Long Qianlu is the solar term that the Nian Gang has sung when they gather in various places for three hundred years. The first few sentences are based on the folk ballad of the 24 solar terms, while the last few sentences are often recited by the Nian Gang in order to motivate the gang to resist the rule of the Hu people in the north and rebel.
The solar term is the favorite song of the Nian Gang, and what is sung in the song is also what they are most proud of. Hearing this ballad being sung again, it finally aroused the blood of all the young gangs present, and they couldn't listen to anything. They furrowed their eyebrows angrily, danced with swords and swords, and gradually approached Hong Sixue.
Hong Sixue sighed heavily, shook her hand and withdrew her flying eagle whip, now, there is nothing to do, only to fight and die.
Zheng Juechen shouted: "Don't show up yet!"
Hearing only two loud bangs, the courtyard walls on the east and west sides of the Long family's cross-courtyard suddenly fell outward, as if two powerful wrestlers pulled down the two walls. It turned out that more than a dozen iron hooks were hooked on the courtyard wall, and the other end of the iron hook was tied to several mule carts, and the mule carts sped outward, and the huge pull pulled down the courtyard wall. At the same time, there are dozens of white horses in the east and west, like the rising tide of the Qiantang River, galloping into the courtyard, galloping back and forth in the middle of the yard with wind and electricity, and gathering around Hong Sixue, fanning to protect Hong Sixue in the middle.
With a crisp sound of gold and iron, more than 100 white-clothed heroes neatly drew their sabers, and the swords were shining and dazzling.
Zheng Juechen shouted: "The Shanxi Zheng family swears to live and die with the Red Gang Leader, if you want to kill her, it depends on whether you have the ability to pass my White Horse Array."
Zong Haogu's eyes turned from pale yellow to red: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, follow me and rush over to see what he can do to me?"
Long Qianlu took out an ancient lance from behind him: "Come on, today is either you die or I die!"
Hundreds of Nian Gang masters slowly surrounded the white horse formation in the middle of the courtyard.