Chapter 41: The Family Is Broken
Xue Atan saw Wang Jin leave on a bamboo raft, and no longer had any scruples, and shouted bitterly: "Damn it! These days we are patronizing and eating, drinking and being happy in the Taiye Valley, but we have forgotten my mother, and her old man can't see us these days, she must be in a hurry!" After speaking, I was in a hurry to go down the mountain and go home.
He Mengjiao also sighed: "Yes, Aunt Xue can't see us these days, she must be worried!" After speaking, she took An Jingsi's little hand, followed Xue Atan and Xu Zhi to trot all the way, along the original road, and went down the Clam Mountain.
As soon as Xue Atan and the four of them entered Xuejiazhuang, they heard a burst of rapid bird whistles, and the dogs in the village kept barking in horror. Xue Atan was anxious and went straight to the door, Xu Zhi followed, but He Mengjiao's pace was a little hesitant.
"Mother, Ah Niu is back!", Xue Atan called out to his mother, opened the door curtain, and was about to enter the house. At this time, the yellow dog in the family came out of nowhere, bit Xue Atan's trouser legs, and made a strange chirping sound.
Xue Atan didn't notice the abnormality of the yellow dog at all, and scolded with a smile: "Damn Ah Huang, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you don't even recognize your own master?", after speaking, he kicked away the yellow dog and went into the house again.
Seeing this, He Mengjiao was a little hesitant, but she still stepped forward to stop Xue Atan and persuaded: "Brother Xue, don't go into the house first, maybe Aunt Xue is not in the house, or let's look elsewhere?"
Xue Atan, Xu Zhi, and An Jingsi all looked at her in a daze when they saw He Mengjiao's words.
Just when the four of them didn't know what to do, they only heard a few bangs, and several masked people in gray and white clothes jumped down from the roof, these people held long swords, steel forks and other weapons in their hands, and quickly surrounded Xu Zhi and the four people.
The masked man at the head lowered his voice and shouted: "Xu Daxia, it's been a long time, as long as you come with us, we will treat you with good wine and food, otherwise, this is an example!" After speaking, he flew and kicked the barking yellow dog, kicked the yellow dog ten feet away, and fell to death on a big tree.
Xue Atan saw that the masked man was very domineering, and asked, "Who are you? Why are you masked? Why did you kick my family Ah Huang to death and take Brother Xu away?"
The masked man at the head just sneered and did not answer. He Mengjiao's face was full of nervousness, took An Jingsi's little hand, and took a few steps back.
Seeing that the masked man was very unreasonable, An Jingsi secretly broke free from He Mengjiao's pull, and secretly popped a stone out of his sleeve with his right hand. The leader stretched out his long arm, made a move of "swallow sweeping the water", and copied the stone in his hand. An Jingsi has never missed a shot since he came out of the mountain, he saw that the masked man was very agile and his internal strength was very deep, so he simply sent dozens of small stones with both hands, and shot out in volleys from different directions. The masked man sneered, quickly turned his body, and waved his sleeves up and down, left and right, making a "storm" move, knocking down all the stones around him.
An Jingsi was very frightened, and hurriedly took a few steps back, looking at Xu Zhi helplessly. Xu Zhi had seen Jiang Chengfeng use the trick of "stormy" on the boat on the Ruhe River, and blurted out: "Your Excellency is Jiang Chengfeng of the Changjiao Gang!"
The man praised: "Good eyesight!", knowing that his identity had been exposed, he simply stopped hiding it and tore off his mask casually.
Xue Atan saw the true face of that person and shouted: "Brother Xu!
Jiang Chengfeng didn't talk, just "hummed", his eyes glanced at He Mengjiao, who kept dodging, and then stared at Xu Zhi and Xue Atan.
When He Mengjiao saw her helper, she didn't dare to dodge anymore, so she hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, and shouted softly: "Gang leader Jiang, my subordinates are ashamed that they failed to kill Xu Zhi and avenge the deputy gang leader!"
Jiang Chengfeng sneered: "Mengjiao, you still know that you want to take revenge! I'm afraid that you have long forgotten your brother's deep hatred!"
He Mengjiao defended: "No, helper, my subordinates see that Xu Zhi is above board, not like the murderer of my eldest brother, will there be some misunderstanding?"
Jiang Chengfeng replied: "Mengjiao, I know that you have been following Xu Zhi for a long time and have some feelings for him, so you will be partial to him." ”
He Mengjiao's face was flushed, and she argued softly: "Helper, you misunderstood, I didn't ......", lowered her head after speaking, and stopped talking.
Jiang Chengfeng comforted again: "Mengjiao, I have also carefully considered the murder of your eldest brother in Caizhou, according to the current situation, Xu Zhi does not look like the murderer of Deputy Gang Leader He." Therefore, we would like to invite him to the main altar of our Changjiao Gang! Let those witnesses at that time carefully identify and identify him, and I also hope that you will persuade him well! Come with us, clear his grievances, and give him justice. Mengjiao, what do you think?"
He Mengjiao saw that Jiang Chengfeng said something reasonable, and was afraid that Xu Zhi would not agree, so she was very embarrassed, so she had to say to herself: "This, this...... , how can I persuade him?", after speaking, he secretly glanced at Xu Zhi again.
Xu Zhi saw that He Mengjiao hadn't fully understood, and said, "Miss He, you don't have to be embarrassed. Gang Leader Jiang's purpose in inviting me to Yuezhou is not just to identify the murderer, he is a drunkard, not because he is drinking, but in a strange book! In order to hide his true purpose, he did not dare to show his true face, is this as simple as giving a gift? Gang Leader Jiang, what you have done is too ridiculous!"
Jiang Chengfeng was a little embarrassed, but soon smiled again: "Xu Daxia, I know that you are still angry about the things on the Ru River, that time was really a misunderstanding, as the so-called 'don't fight, don't know each other'! Jiang apologized to Xu Daxia and Xue Daxia here!", after speaking, he bowed his hand and bowed again.
Seeing this, Xu Zhi did not speak. Xue Atan saw that Jiang Chengfeng's behavior was very hypocritical, and scolded: "The surname Jiang, you don't have to act here in a coy manner, Brother Xu and I will not forgive a wicked person like you." You killed innocent people on the Ru River, and kicked Ah Huang to death at the door of my house, if it wasn't for Miss He to stop us, I'm afraid that we would have been poisoned by you when we entered the house, right?"
Xu Zhi also sneered: "Brother Xue, that's a good point. Gang Leader Jiang, how can these things you do be ended with an apology?"
Jiang Chengfeng saw that Xu Zhi and Xue Atan did not fall for their bitter plan, so he was angry in his heart, and no longer pretended to say: "Xu Zhi, if it weren't for the old man to stop you, I'm afraid that the tens of thousands of sect members of our Changjiao Gang would have already broken your body into ten thousand pieces." Since Xu Yingying is so ignorant, then we have to tie Xu Yingying back to Yuezhou and give an explanation to the brothers in the gang!"
After Jiang Chengfeng finished speaking, he swung his right fist, and hit Xu Zhi with a move of "taking the lead", Xu Zhi had seen Jiang Chengfeng's move on the Ruhe boat, and he quickly returned a move of "pushing the boat down the river" and dodged this blow sideways. Jiang Chengfeng didn't wait for Xu Zhi to react, and then made another move to "sweep away a thousand troops", a whirlwind leg, with great strength, and actually rolled up a layer of dust on the ground.
Xu Zhi didn't dare to take this trick hard, so he had to take a step back, a golden rooster was independent, and his right hand pointed at Jiang Chengfeng's Baihui acupoint. Jiang Chengfeng turned sideways slightly, and also returned the same move, both of them secretly used their internal force, their fingertips struck each other, and each stepped back, He Mengjiao saw that Jiang Chengfeng only took two steps back, while Xu Zhi retreated seven or eight steps.
Jiang Chengfeng retreated as an advance, and it was another "storm", using a mandarin duck chain kick, and hitting the temples on both sides of Xu Zhi's head with both hands. Xu Zhi saw that Jiang Chengfeng's body was turning rapidly, using his hands and feet at the same time, his moves were interlocking, and his internal strength was strong, so he didn't dare to take it head-on, so he had to make a move "Horse Stepping on Feiyan", crossed over Jiang Chengfeng's head, and dodged his blow.
An Jingsi saw that Xu Zhi was not Jiang Chengfeng's opponent, and Xue Atan only had brute strength and did not know martial arts, and He Mengjiao was a member of the Changjiao Gang, so it was inconvenient to help Xu Zhi at this time. An Jingsi saw that Xu Zhi was completely in a situation of being beaten passively, he couldn't bear to see Xu Zhi defeated and captured, so he secretly took out a few stones in his sleeve, held them in his hands, and took advantage of Jiang Chengfeng's unpreparedness to hit his limbs.
How did he know that Jiang Chengfeng heard the sound of wind behind him, and knew that someone was sneaking up and down on him, so he waved his long sleeves up and down, blocked his body, and actually changed the direction of the stone and fought back. An Jingsi also took precautions, but the strength of the stone in the counterattack was huge, An Jingsi dodged left and right to avoid, but unfortunately was hit in the left leg by a small stone, and he didn't feel weak, and he sat on the ground and couldn't stand up for a while.
Xu Zhi took advantage of Jiang Chengfeng's distraction to deal with An Jingsi, and turned the defense into an attack, at this time, Jiang Chengfeng had to face Xu Zhi's fast attack and beware of An Jingsi's sneak attack, and he was dual-purpose, slowed down his hands and feet, and tied with Xu Zhi. Jiang Chengfeng saw that Xu Zhi's martial arts had made great progress, and he estimated that he would not be able to easily catch Xu Zhi in a short period of time, and secretly wondered, thinking that on the Ruhe boat that day, Xu Zhi had almost no power to fight back, and today he was able to catch his thirty or so killing moves.
It turns out that this Changjiao Gang's kung fu is good at close combat, especially on a small boat with a narrow surface of water, and the opponent can't use his fists and kicks at all, so he will be defeated soon. And now the two are not fighting in the water, but on the flat ground, Xu Zhi has enough space to avoid and fight back, although Jiang Chengfeng's internal force is far better than Xu Zhi, but Xu Zhi sees the opportunity and avoids it in time, so Xu Zhi can still support it in a short time.
He Mengjiao saw that Xu Zhi was gradually at a disadvantage after a hundred moves, and was hit by Jiang Chengfeng three palms, his legs and feet were staggering, and he was secretly anxious, and it was inconvenient to help him openly, so he had an idea in his heart and shouted loudly: "Helper, I see that Xu Zhi's martial arts are just commonplace, or I will take him for the helper and atone for my sins, how about it?"
An Jingsi listened to He Mengjiao's words, she was very puzzled, and shouted loudly: "Sister He, you can't deal with Brother Xu like this, have you forgotten that the four of us used to be together day and night?"
Xue Atan didn't understand He Mengjiao's intentions, and scolded: "He Mengjiao, you turned out to be a two-faced and ungrateful person, in order to avenge your personal revenge, you actually helped Jiang Chengfeng to deal with Brother Xu, have you forgotten that Brother Xu and I once saved you in the Ru River?"
He Mengjiao sneered: "Yes, you saved me, but Xu Zhi is also my brother-killing enemy, and besides, the Jiang Gang Master has the grace of nurturing me, which is more important, I naturally understand in my heart!"
Jiang Chengfeng saw that He Mengjiao was suddenly in front of Xu Zhi, so he had to forcibly withdraw the serial blow to Xu Zhi, but his sharp palm still made He Mengjiao take several steps back, causing her to fall into Xu Zhi's arms.
Xu Zhi saw that He Mengjiao was unstable on her feet, so she hurriedly hugged her with her hands, and then the two fell to the ground at the same time.
He Mengjiao's face was full of shyness, and she whispered in Xu Zhi's ear: "Brother Xu, take advantage of this opportunity to hold me hostage!"
Xu Zhi immediately understood, used his eagle claw hand to seal He Mengjiao's throat, and shouted: "Jiang Chengfeng, don't come over, you have to come over again, I will kill He Mengjiao immediately!"
Jiang Chengfeng never expected that such a thing would happen, and his careful plan was interrupted like this. Although he is cold-blooded and unkind, in front of all his children, he can't ignore the lives of his brothers, and He Mengjiao was also the daughter of his friend. He had no choice but to stop his hand and scolded: "The surname is Xu, the old man originally admired you as a young hero, it turns out that you will only use these lowly means to blackmail others, this time the gang leader can spare you from dying, I hope you will do it well, don't hurt Mengjiao, otherwise, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, our Changjiao Gang will let you pay for your blood debts!"
After Jiang Chengfeng finished speaking, he let out a long bird whistle, and the disciples listened to it, followed Jiang Chengfeng and jumped onto the roof, and then disappeared into the vast mountains.
Xu Zhi saw that Jiang Chengfeng left with the people of the Changjiao Gang, and still stupidly hugged He Mengjiao in his arms.
He Mengjiao glanced at Xu Zhi and said angrily: "Brother Xu, the helpers are all far away, you let go of me!"
Xu Zhi hurriedly let go of He Mengjiao and apologized to her: "Miss He, forgive Xu Zhi for being rude just now!"
He Mengjiao's face was flushed, and she quickly broke free from Xu Zhi's arms, and responded softly: "Brother Xu, the situation was urgent just now, and Mengjiao was rude for a while, please don't take it to heart!"
Xue Atan and An Jingsi understood everything that happened just now from the conversation between Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao, and they both let out a long sigh when they knew that He Mengjiao was to blame.
At this time, Aunt Xue's angry shout came from inside the house: "Who are you, why are you arresting me, an old woman?"
Xu Zhi and the four of them quickly turned around and headed into the house, only to see two disciples of the Changjiao Gang holding knives on Aunt Xue's neck and pushing her out of the door.
A disciple of the Changjiao Gang shouted: "Xu Zhi, listen well: our gang leader ordered before leaving, you must go back to the Changjiao Gang with us immediately, otherwise we will kill this old woman!"
He Mengjiao scolded: "As a disciple of the Changjiao Gang, you actually held an old, weak, sick and disabled old woman hostage, do you still have humanity?"
A disciple sneered, "Miss He, this is the explanation of the gang leader when he leaves. As disciples of the Changjiao Gang, we walk on the cusp of the wind and sword on weekdays, and we don't know what human nature is in this world, we only know that we can't disobey the will of the gang leader!"
He Mengjiao knew that these disciples of the Changjiao Gang had no mercy on weekdays, and it was in vain to plead with them, so she had to scold: "It's shameful to bully the weak!"
Another disciple smiled and said: "Shameful, Miss He, you are also a disciple of my gang, you can't turn your arms outward, you can't say that, our Jiang gang leader didn't care about his previous suspicions, and invited Xu Daxia to Yuezhou General Altar as a guest, it was originally a good intention, if you want to blame Xu Daxia, you can blame Xu Daxia for being too stubborn, so his subordinates made this decision to share the worries of the sect leader!"
Xue Atan saw that his mother was being held hostage by bad people, so he was anxious and pleaded: "Brother Xu, my mother is coerced by these water ghosts, you can't see death and not save it!
When Xu Zhi saw Xue Atan's three-foot man, he almost knelt down for himself, thinking: In order to save Aunt Xue, even if she is broken, she will not hesitate to do it. Therefore, he said to the two disciples of Changjiao: "I, Xu someone, am willing to go to Yuezhou with you, but you must release Aunt Xue immediately!"
The two disciples discussed in a low voice, and one disciple said: "Okay, we promise you, but Xu Daxia, your martial arts are too high, in order to prevent some unnecessary troubles on the road, we need to abolish your kung fu first!"
He Mengjiao and An Jingsi shouted in unison: "Brother Xu, you can't promise them!"
Seeing that Xu Zhi did not speak, nor did he refuse, another disciple of the Changjiao Gang knew that the opportunity could not be lost, so he quickly raised the long sword in his hand and slashed at Xu Zhi's legs.
In order to save Aunt Xue, Xu Zhi had already made up his mind to die, his eyes wide, without fear, and without avoidance.
He Mengjiao saw that Xu Zhi was in danger, so she rushed over desperately, wanting to use her body to block this sword for Xu Zhi.
This scene was seen by Aunt Xue not far away, Aunt Xue shook her head and sighed, it turned out that in Aunt Xue's heart, she had always regarded He Mengjiao as her future daughter-in-law, and at this time, seeing He Mengjiao regardless of her own danger, but wanted to save Xu Zhi, she was worried and sad in her heart.
Aunt Xue suddenly broke free from the two Changjiao Gang disciples, hugged He Mengjiao tightly with her body, and blocked this fatal sword for her, the sword passed through the back of Aunt Xue's heart, and the blood gushed out like a spring, Aunt Xue looked at He Mengjiao for the last time, and closed her eyes.
Xue Atan never thought that his mother would suddenly die tragically in front of him, and shouted, "Mother!" , and then he was in a hurry, his eyes were black, and he fell to the ground and passed out.
When the two disciples of the Changjiao Gang saw Aunt Xue's tragic death, they wanted to take the opportunity to escape. Xu Zhi's eyes were quick, and he waved his palm to block the way of a disciple of the Changjiao Gang, and accidentally used too much force, and actually slashed the back of the disciple's head and killed him.
Seeing this, the other disciple was frightened in his heart, so he ran away, but before he could run a few steps, he was hit in both legs by An Jingsi with a stone, and then Xu Zhi arrived and pressed him firmly to the ground.