At the end of the Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the lord was extravagant and unauthoritarian, and the eunuchs competed for favor and tried to abuse power, resulting in the corruption and festering of the dynasty. The feudal towns took advantage of the situation to loot the people's fat, levy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and bully the good people. Under the forced oppression of the official lords, there were many peasants and ordinary people in various places who exposed the uprising, represented by Qiu Fu, Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao and others, and the uprising against Korea for more than 20 years. Famine, natural disasters, plagues, and the scenes of easy food and miserable deaths are shocking and outrageous! From time to time, the people went into the forests and took refuge in the mountains and wilderness, fleeing the endless killing and conquest......

It was night, thunder and lightning blended, flashing like day, and a gentle drizzle drifted in the air, as if a rain cloth was covered in this valley.

At the time of the fourth watch, dozens of households in the valley have already blown the lamp and pulled out the wax, tired and rested, except for the gentle sound of the raindrops hanging on the eaves door, the four are quiet and peaceful, clear and empty.

Suddenly, I saw several tall figures in the southeast corner of the valley mouth, and when I got closer, there were eight horses riding, and each horse was carrying one person, and I saw that the horses' hooves were wrapped in cotton cloth, which was obviously to prevent people from detecting it. However, the horses were very strong, and in a short time they rushed into the heart of the valley, and a horse as black as charcoal stood first, and the man on the saddle raised his right hand to stop it, and followed the seven horses and rode forward slowly, fanning around them.

The first one on the left of the seven people asked in a low voice: "Lord Chaoxiang, we have been tracking down the traitors of this gang for more than a month, and a few days ago we heard that this traitor was hiding here, and he arrived overnight with a fast horse change of horses, what are you going to do now?" The person who spoke was about fifty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wide forehead and ears, and a martial body, and the morning incense lord in his mouth was the man on the saddle of the black charcoal steed. As soon as he finished speaking, a man in a black and white robe immediately took over: "Lord Xiang, this valley is located in a lonely place, if it is not for someone to guide it is extremely difficult to find, fortunately this valley is not very large, it is better for a few of our brothers to disperse and inspect, choke the key entrance, take advantage of the thunderstorm cover, do not startle the snake, determine the target, and then concentrate on attacking him by surprise." ”

When the incense lord heard this, he nodded slightly and said: "Brother Zhao is reasonable, the brothers have heard the news and this, it has been more than a few days, one does not know whether this news is reliable and true, and the other is to guard against conspiracy schemes, someone secretly used cold arrows, Xu Xiang ...... Xu Jian's martial arts are very good, if he takes a picture, he must be careful not to act rashly, and the brothers act with their cameras. He then said to the man dressed as Wu Shu: "Brother Zhang, you take the two brothers Zhou and Wu to the west side of the house to inspect. He said to the man in the robe, "Brother Zhao, you take the two brothers, Chen and Huang, to the north side of the house to inspect it. "I'll explore the middle road, Brother Liu Tianying will guard the valley mouth, if one side finds it, Shi Fa code will meet, otherwise gather here in three minutes."

The name of the lord of Chaoxiang is Chaotian Xiao, but I saw that he was wearing a light yellow robe, a three-foot long sword hanging from his waist, his eyebrows were close to his temples, his starry eyes were bright, and his appearance was handsome, and he was about twenty-seven or eight years old. The crowd whispered, "Yes." Then they all turned over and dismounted, and they dispersed, and Liu Tianying tied all the horses to the whole place, and returned to the valley mouth.

This valley is famous as Sanqing Valley, the geographical location is more special, the mountain is hugged on three sides, the top of the mountain enters the hole, only one entrance and exit in the southeast corner is left, the cold current is not soaked for more than 100 years, the climate in the valley is warm and pleasant, the four seasons are everyspring, melons, fruits, rice, poultry and game are self-sufficient, the valley people are engaged in agricultural production for generations, but also at ease, not stained with the hustle and bustle of the world. In order to feel the grace of God, the people built a temple to worship the three Qings, meaning to bless the blessing of the son and the generation of Kangping. This temple is called Sanqing Temple, and it is located in the northwest of the valley.

Chao Tianxiao explored the house in the center alone, his martial arts were the head of the eight, and he showed his light skills, and he was only ten feet away from the house on the left. At this time, he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart, if he really bumped into Xu Jian later, would he either catch up with the old greetings and treat each other peacefully, or ignore the old feelings and meet each other with a sword? For a while, there is no way to choose.

The situation was turbulent, the DPRK and China were treacherous and power-grabbing, and the local government was rampant in colluding with thieves and oppressing the people. The gangs of the rivers and lakes responded one after another, and the imperial court sent troops to forcibly suppress them, and the conflicts were vicious, chaotic and killed, and the officers and soldiers Lu Lin took advantage of the fire to plunder, and killed countless innocent civilians. It is common for people to starve all over the wilderness, people are not able to make a living, and people and ghosts are the same way.

In recent years, the Righteous Gang has rarely tasted defeat in the righteous struggle, and gradually echoed the heroes, became famous, and the momentum was great! Become a confidant of the court officials. The Yibang branch is scattered in 12 provinces, including Liangguang, Lianghu and Lianghe, and each province has set up an altar of incense flags, with a total of 12 flags, which correspond to the flags in 12 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, green, blue, purple, brown, white, gray, black and gold. Each flag has a incense master, and Chaotianxiao is the yellow flag, which belongs to the Henan branch, and its gangs are all pseudonyms according to the word Tianzi, such as Chaotianxiao, Liu Tianying, Wu Shu is called Zhang Tianwei, and the Taoist robe is called Zhao Tianren. From top to bottom, the Yibang respects the "Twenty-one Rites" training, which are the Seven Rules, the Seven Precepts and the Seven Prohibitions, collectively referred to as the "Twenty-one Rites" of the Righteous Gang. The prohibition of the gang is strict, the style of work is clean, the action of dividing the flags of each altar is extremely hidden, and the confidential affairs are only in the hands of the incense owner. The righteous gang has always been difficult to distinguish between fiction and reality, which makes the government unpredictable, so they often defeat the officers and soldiers as soon as the elite soldiers come out. It is rumored that the imperial court had secretly used heavy money to hold official positions as bait, colluding with the major famous gangs on the rivers and lakes, and plotting to encircle and suppress the Yi Gang and other reactionary gangs with the henchmen of the gangs.

A few months ago, the Yi Gang, together with the Kagura Gang, Jiaojiabao and other major gangs, raised a rebellion in Yecheng. According to the report of the spies, they have grasped the trend of the government's allocation of salaries, and after repeatedly confirming that the information is reliable, the volunteers sent Orange Banner and other gangs to ambush and intercept the places where the official salaries passed, and everyone agreed to hide in the forests on the north slope, and when the escort passed, they would be blocked and strangled from it, but they did not expect that there was no trace of anyone in the middle of the night, and everyone noticed that it was not good to evacuate, but they did not know that they had already fallen into the enemy's trap, only to hear the sound of killing in all directions, and the rockets were fired in unison, and thousands of officers and soldiers had surrounded the gangs. It was really like catching a turtle in an urn and wantonly encircled and intercepted and killed, and in an instant the flames burned the sky, howling and screaming, and the blood-stained maple forest, and finally only one person escaped, that was Xu Jian, the incense master of the Orange Banner who commanded the Righteous Gang. Since then, it has been rumored that Xu Jian sold the gang to seek glory, colluded with the government to kill the brothers of the Jianghu Gang, and the other gangs that were killed in this battle will naturally not let Xu Jian go, widely spread eyeliner, visited many parties, and vowed to kill this person to avenge the death of the brother. Since then, there have been many ill-intentioned gangs in the rivers and lakes under the banner of "severely punishing the rebels and doing the right thing for heaven", and they have repeatedly claimed to help the righteous gang and join the ranks of the team looking for Xu Jian, in fact, the fundamental purpose is to take the first step to restrain Xu Jian, intending to force a confession to the confidential list of the righteous gang.

Overnight, Xu Jian's reputation was shattered.

Chao Tianxiao and Xu Jian have a very personal relationship, and they both belong to the Shuanghe Branch, one in the south and the other in the north. The Xu Jian he met was upright and steady, strong in martial arts, and even more jealous and hateful, and the two first met a gang secret a few years ago. Because Xu Jian's matter is too involved, if he leaves the rebellion and defects to the court officials, all the secrets in the gang will be leaked, and the righteous gang will be in a bad crisis and the hinterland will be constrained, and the strange thing is that in the next few months, the righteous gang has been ambushed by officers and soldiers many times in various places, with countless casualties and heavy losses, and the repeated defeats seem to have been dialysed by the government in advance. The Volunteer Gang has been dispatching provincial branches to find out Xu Jian's whereabouts for several months, Chao Tianxiao thought that he would not be able to cause trouble to his family, and secretly inquired about the location of Xu Jian's family, and arranged for his wife and children to go to a safe place in advance, and they have been safe for several months. It's just that Xu Jian has not shown up until this moment, and I don't know if he is dead or alive, a few days ago, Chao Tianxiao had been pointed out, saying that Xu Jian was hiding in the Sanqing Valley, so he arrived overnight with seven cronies.

Chaotian smiled and groaned and inspected three or four rooms, but found nothing unusual. Under the cover of the night, there was a trace of snake-like electric light, and the drizzle had soaked his forehead and neck, and in the electric light, he saw a faint hint of worry on his delicate face, and at this moment he was cold, and he didn't know whether he was happy or worried. He was about to check the next one, but he heard three light whistles in the direction of North Point, two short and one long, with tight gaps, which were the secret signals of the gang's urgent whistle. Hearing the whistle, Chaotian smiled, his heart tightened, and he said Isn't it that Zhao Chenhuang and the three of them have discovered Xu Jian and started to move? He didn't have time to think about it, so he rushed to the north corner of the valley, thinking in his heart that he hoped that the two sides would stop fighting and be in harmony, and that he would make another chamber of commerce after he arrived. Only ran out of ten feet, and heard "Ouch ......" and "It's you!" from the first house in the north! Two frightened screams, apparently someone had already encountered an accident, and the screams spread far away in the quiet valley, and then slowly paced with echoes, which immediately attracted the sound of barking dogs.

Chaotian smiled and was even more shocked, the soles of his feet could not be lazy, and a few rabbits fell and fell, and he ran to the place where the sound was transmitted. When I ran closer, I saw a few thatched huts scattered and far apart, one of which stood next to the mountain, the appearance was broken, the wall was ruined, the outer wall collapsed in half, the inside and outside were green and reckless, and it seemed that no one lived for a long time. He hurriedly arrived, paused slightly, listened to the intermittent sound of intermittent panting in the grass pavilion, and then kicked his feet, his left hand protected the door, and his right hand held the hilt of the sword, and jumped over the wall. After landing on the ground, I saw that there was no ambush on the left and right, and with the glimmer of lightning, I saw at a glance that there were three people lying on the grass in front of one after the other, but they were dressed as Chen Huang and Zhao!

Chaotian Xiao's heart trembled, and he hurried to Chen and Huang, only to see that the two of them were motionless, bleeding from their seven orifices, their faces were hateful, and their deaths were very terrifying, obviously they had been poisoned by extremely strong and fierce poison. He was grief-stricken, his eyes turned red, and when his thoughts were in turmoil, he suddenly heard someone say, "Morning ...... Toward...... The incense lord ...... "Listening to the voice, he recognized Zhao Tianren as speaking, and his body flashed with a smile towards the sky, and he had arrived in front of Zhao Tianren, only to see that his face was pale, his chest was heaving, his cheeks on both sides were bulging high, and his eyes were full of endless anger. Chaotian smiled and squatted down to probe his injuries, and saw that the palm print on his chest was red, which was clearly visible in the dark night, which was given by Xu Jian's famous palm technique "Hibiscus Palm"! Chaotian smiled slightly surprised when he saw this, Furong palm is Xu Jian's stunt to go south and north to look after the family and protect his life, the palm is unpredictable, the palm power is unmatched, ten years ago, he used this palm method to pick the Taixuan Gang to protect the thirteen Taibao, the thirteen Taibao were either killed or injured, and thirteen people have been hidden from the rivers and lakes since then, and Xu Jian has become famous since then, and he is the world! It can be seen that the power of Hibiscus palm, but Zhao Tianren only injured the flesh and skin, not deep into the internal organs, the middle qi is still there, and there is no worry about his life, is it because Xu Jian's conscience is not clear, and his palm is merciful? Chaotian smiled a little wider, and asked Zhao Tianren, "Do you see that it is Xu Jian?" Zhao Tianren gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words from between his teeth: "...... Turning to ashes...... That's it...... This thief! Chao Tianxiao's heart darkened, sighed, and said to Zhao Tianren: "Brother Tianren, since you are injured, let's avoid it for the time being, and then make a theory in the future." Zhao Tianren raised his left hand slightly, his five fingers trembled, pointed to Chen and Huang, and asked, "Chen Tianzhi...... Huang Tianwen...... He...... They ...... "Chaotian smiled silently, shook his head slightly, Zhao Tianren was very sad when he saw this, closed his eyes, his face was distorted, as if he wanted to cry loudly, but he was patient, his teeth clenched, rattling, and he kept repeating "traitor Xu Jian...... Traitor ......" these words.

Smiled at the sky and sighed, and couldn't help but shed tears. His investigation was intended to redress Xu Jian's grievances, but Xu Jian did not remember the friendship of the gang and ruthlessly killed two brothers, and one was injured! I was worried about it in vain, and I was eager to catch up with him. At this moment, he was hateful in his heart: "Smile at the sky, smile at the sky, you are really ridiculous!" ”

He is open-minded by nature, generous, and has a good grasp of the affairs of the gang, and often laughs at fame and fortune, so he has been firmly seated in the Yellow Flag at a young age. In the dozens of battles with the court officials, they all won surprisingly, and the gang was jubilant and morale was high, how proud and proud! However, at this moment, the sadness and loss are intertwined, and I can't help but feel sad and confused.

At this time, Zhang Tianwei and the three of them, who were inspecting to the west, had also arrived, and when they saw this situation, they hit the soles of their feet and went straight to their heads, and they felt their blood churning and their anger burning, and they scolded Xu Jian, pigs and dogs, and gods and men together, and vowed to pay for Xu Jian's blood debts! The evil words vented their anger for a while, everyone cried to themselves, smiled at the sky and came back to their senses first, suddenly remembered something, and secretly called it bad in their hearts, Xu Jian didn't care about the friendship of his fellow gangs and killed Chen and Huang, so wouldn't Liu Tianying, who was guarding the valley, be in danger? If Liu Tianying has any accidents, he will really be sorry for these brothers who sacrificed themselves to live and die. He Huo Ran got up and said to Zhang Tianwei: "Brother Zhang, you wait and rest in place for a while, you need to prevent the poison on the two brothers Chen Huang, I will go to Gukou to visit the end." Before the words fell, the person had jumped out of the grass pavilion and ran out for a few feet, and went straight to the direction of the valley mouth.

Zhang Tianwei and others reacted at this time, knowing that the incense lord was brave and strategic, and his martial arts were superb, and he expected that although Xu Jian had already gone away, he still hoped that the incense lord could catch up and capture him, and chop it into meat paste with thousands of knives to avenge the revenge of the dead brother.

Chaotian smiled and ran vigorously, and half a cup of tea arrived at the mouth of the valley, but Liu Tianying could not be found. He was anxious in his heart, took a deep breath to calm himself, and looked left and right carefully, what he was most worried about was that Liu Tianying encountered the two like Chen and Huang, and there were no traces of a fight at the scene at the moment, thinking that Liu Tianying found that Xu Jian had escaped and chased after him, but that was the case, the two were too different in skill, and Liu Tianying would inevitably suffer if he resisted head-on. He turned back to check the horses, the place where the general was tied was not very far from the valley mouth, and found that the only thing missing was the black charcoal steed, which had an excellent foot range, but could travel thousands of miles a day, and he expected that Liu Tianying had discovered that Xu Jian had fled his whereabouts, and the situation was urgent, and he did not have time to send a secret greeting, so he chased the enemy on horseback.

Chao Tianxiao stepped on a horse, led the rest of the horses, and rode to the north grass house to meet Zhang Tianwei and others. He briefly said that the valley mouth to find Liu Tianying unsuccessfully, did not do a moment to lead everyone out of the valley, then took off the horse's hoof wrap, spurred the horse to the western mountain forest road gallop away, found a vacant land to bury the bodies of Chen Huang and the two from Jane, everyone immediately fell to the ground and cried for a while, seeing that the sky was getting brighter, after leaving a mark on the side of the road to find the road, rushed to the noon, on the road did not see Xu Jian or Liu Tianying's figure traces. After resting and stopping along the avenue for another three days, he had arrived at a nearby market town, and Chaotianxiao instructed Zhang Tianwei to lead the rest of the brothers back to the Anyang branch first, and not to make noise on the way, so that he would track down the whereabouts of Liu Tianying and Xu Jian on his own, and return to the altar to be a council in the future.

After explaining that the settlement was completed, he said goodbye to Zhang Tianwei and others, and his legs were clamped hard, and the horse was in pain and "neighed" and jumped and galloped, taking the lead, and he had run away without a trace in an instant.