"Damn it … Damn monkey … Damn monkey … Hiss … Meow meow …"
It was a rainy night outside. Located in an unknown material warehouse in the south of Jiang Ning City, a small oil lamp was lit on a tall pile of goods. Two young figures with bare upper bodies were applying medicinal wine to each other's bodies under the faint light of the flame. Then, they rubbed their bodies with all their might while gritting their teeth, completely ignoring the flammable sacks underneath them.
According to the older of the two young men, "Let's light it up, let's burn those bastards to death."
After all, this unlucky warehouse belonged to Baofeng.
The two of them had been beaten up badly that night. The little monk's injuries were slightly lighter, but his body was covered in bruises. He had been chased by Jin Yong Sheng that night. Jin Yong Sheng was old, but he was not as agile as before. The little monk relied on his crafty fighting style to attack Jin Yong Sheng, so he did not suffer much. However, when he was hit a few times, he could not help but roll around on the ground. He had internal and external injuries, and there was even a cut on his mouth. He looked quite pitiful.
However, compared to his big brother, Long Aotian, the little monk's injuries were nothing. As the main force that obstructed Li Yanfeng and Jin Yongsheng's pursuit, the domineering young man took on most of the pressure from the two Greenwood Tyrants during the initial period of time that he covered Yan Yunzhi's escape. Not only did he get hit by Jin Yongsheng's iron abacus, he also fought with Li Yanfeng who was an expert in fist techniques for a very long time.
When they estimated that the girl had escaped, the two young men ran for their lives, one in front and the other in the back. Only then did their injuries lessen. However, when they found a foothold and took off their clothes, the little monk realized that his big brother's upper body was badly injured, and he had vomited a lot of blood. It was obvious that his internal injuries were not light either.
After resting for a while, the two of them found some medicinal oil to treat each other's injuries. The little monk grimaced in pain from Long Aotian's rubbing. He used both of his hands to rub Long Aotian's body to get rid of the bruises, and started to flatter him.
"Big Brother Long is really amazing. His bones are still fine after being hit so many times … He can really take a beating …"
"Hiss … Damn monkey … Ah … That goes without saying. You didn't train to hit people, but you trained to get hit first. My family has been practicing the Thirteen Guardians Cross Technique and the Golden Bell Technique since young … Hiss, it hurts … You haven't practiced it before …"
"When Master taught me martial arts, I was still too young. It was useless to learn how to resist beatings. I always relied on dodging …"
"It'll be useful when you grow up … What a pity, the Thirteen Gangsters Brute Training is a Virgin Skill. It's most effective when you're young … F * ck, I'll kill that monkey … and that old thing!"
"I wonder who that old grandpa is …"
"The one with the abacus, and he's old. Just ask him and you'll know … I'll take you to revenge …"
"Amitabha … Ugh, it hurts, it hurts …"
"Ah, ouch, it hurts … Be gentler …"
The two of them rubbed against each other, hurting each other. After a while, they calmed down and started to reflect on the gains and losses of the night. Their biggest problem now seemed to be their bad luck. They had said that they wanted to secretly spy on Li Zhenfeng and find a chance to kill him in private. Who knew that they would bump into the person in question before they even reached the place? They were beaten up so badly that they had to flee in a sorry state. They had completely ruined their reputation as the Peerless Proud Pair.
"… But after thinking about it, we bumped into someone and started fighting for no reason. I don't think I told them my name, did I? Goku, try to recall, is that right? "Long Aotian, who had been beaten up into a pig's head, came back to his senses and tried to recall the most important thing.
The small monk thought for a while and said, "I … I think so …"
"Then it's fine," Long Aotian said. "Fortunately, we didn't ruin our reputation. Otherwise, that monkey would have laughed at us to death … Hmph, his martial arts are just so-so. Let's work together and make a few more traps. That should be enough to kill him."
"Amitabha, I think we should be more cautious."
"What are you afraid of? Don't worry, I still have many tricks that I haven't used yet. Watch me think about it, I'll definitely be able to do it! Hmph, watch me do it beautifully. "
After coming to Jiangning from the southwest, Long Aotian had finally found such a like-minded younger brother. Their personalities were compatible, and they also had a tacit understanding when fighting. This was supposed to be an excellent thing. Unfortunately, after working together, the two of them always suffered setbacks when it came to doing important things. They wanted to look for the "Assassin" Wei Yiwen, but they couldn't find him. When they caught his younger brother, they accidentally knocked him to death. They said they wanted to find Zhou Shang, but in the end, they had no clue. Instead, they wanted to catch Li Jiafeng. They wanted to change their plan and investigate first, but in the end, they ran into Li Jiafeng and were beaten to a pulp. As the leader of the two, Ning Ji, who always made the plan sound logical, felt a little embarrassed.
After all, he, Long Aotian, also wanted to save his face.
Of course, he was still young. Although Long Aotian's face wasn't as thick as his, he had practiced the Thirteen Guardians Brute Training since he was young, practiced the Tai Chi Dispersing Technique, and fought on the battlefield for a period of time. But after a series of curses and curses, he could throw the embarrassment to the other side of his memory.
He could just pretend that the setbacks of young people had never happened.
They spent half the night recuperating in the rain. Then, they blew out the oil lamp and rested for a while in the warehouse. After temporarily calming down the internal injuries that couldn't be healed in a day or two, the two of them found straw raincoats and put them on. In the rain, they sneaked through the dark city and returned to the Five Lakes Inn where they were temporarily staying.
It was already early in the morning.
Near the Five Lakes Inn, Lu Xian and the others, who had received Wei Yiwen's order to investigate the four-foot and five-foot Y-demons, were still keeping an eye on the inn.
This was originally a relatively simple matter, but when they investigated at night, the waiter they caught turned out to be someone with a reading club background. This suddenly made the whole matter complicated.
This so-called "reading club" of the Party of Fairness was a strange thing that had only begun to spring up at the end of last year. At first glance, this name seemed harmless, but in private, it was a pamphlet that discussed the concept of equality in the southwest.
The nature of this matter in the Party of Justice could be big or small. After all, on the surface, He Wen's idea of establishing the "Party of Justice" originated from the southwest, and to this day, not a single member of the Party of Justice had officially rejected this theory — after all, the tiger skin of the Chinese army was truly useful.
But for the middle and upper echelons of the Party of Justice, the rise of the Party of Justice and the discussion of the southwest's ideals had completely different meanings. The discussion of the southwest's ideals was too pure in some aspects and too conservative in other aspects. It was absolutely impossible to copy them. Moreover, in some public opinion, it wasn't much of a secret that He Wen didn't like the Chinese army of the southwest. The Party of Justice had used the tiger skin of the Chinese army to establish itself, but when it came to the stage where the five great kings ruled separately, the entire system would sooner or later diverge from the southwest's Chinese army. This was something that wasn't difficult to understand. The reason it was divergence and not conflict was only because the distance between the two sides was too great.
Of course, since the Party of Justice had used the name of the Chinese army from the very beginning, even though the majority of the middle and upper echelons had accepted the reality that the two sides weren't on the same side, it wasn't strange that a small portion of them began to lean towards the southwest, admire the southwest, and even began to learn from the southwest. Because of these complicated reasons, those in the Party of Justice who were curious about the southwest initially circulated the pamphlet in the form of a "reading club". Most people turned a blind eye to this.
But this perfunctory attitude didn't last for several months. For some deeper reason, the kings of the Party of Justice began to investigate and clean up the existence of the "reading club". Among them, "Yama King" Zhou Shang's side was the most forceful in cleaning up the reading club. Almost as soon as he discovered it, he would immediately kill off a large number of those implicated. This was because Zhou Shang's followers were the most fanatical of the five kings. They had the most extreme attitude towards equalizing the rich and the poor, dividing up the land. Discussing how to handle matters rationally and how to practically achieve the goal of "fairness" within this group was tantamount to a kind of rebellion.
As for the other kings, including the "King of Justice" He Wen, they also chose to suppress the existence of this "reading club" in private. Although their situation wasn't the same as Zhou Shang's, in the process of investigating the reading club for more than half a year, Lu Xian was able to sense that the pamphlet these members of the "reading club" were circulating might not actually be the original ideas from the southwest.
In other words, there was a certain group that, starting from the end of last year, had borrowed the name of the "Southwest Chinese Army" in the Party of Justice to secretly pass on their own "private goods". Perhaps this also contained a plot that could shake the foundation of the Party of Justice.
For any of the "kings" of the Party of Justice, they didn't need some "orthodox" ideas of fairness to exist. After all, if orthodox "fairness" appeared, what would their own ideas do? The Jiangnan Party of Justice now had tens of millions of members. This so-called "orthodoxy" was something that had to be fought until one's head bled. Anyone who proclaimed orthodoxy would inevitably be beaten until their head bled.
Even in Lu Xian's eyes, this entire matter was truly ironic. Back when "King of Justice" He Wen had risen up, he had borrowed the name of the southwest, but in reality, he didn't walk the same path as the southwest. Now, someone wanted to pull out the firewood from under the cauldron and plot. On the surface, they wanted to use the name of the southwest, but in private, they had modified the ideas from the southwest and used them.
And in this complicated situation, Lu Xian could also sense that although the "reading club" had been suppressed without prior agreement, the powerful figures behind them had always harbored the worst kind of worry. That was … they were worried that the mastermind behind the "reading club" might really be someone sent by that "inner demon" from the southwest.
After all, if this opponent was someone from within the Party of Justice, everyone could still weigh the matter and wouldn't be too surprised. But if it really was that Mister Ning from the southwest who had extended his tentacles over thousands of li and wanted to use those illusory pamphlets to crush the deformed "unfilial child" of the Jiangnan Party of Justice to death in its infancy … these people who could usually look down on all the heroes of the world would truly feel afraid.
Because of these reasons, the suppression of the reading club had never been made public, but most of the participants knew the seriousness of the matter. Lu Xian had already temporarily extricated himself from this matter. Only after capturing the waiter did he feel that things had become thorny.
He gathered his nearby subordinates and sealed their mouths. Then, he sent out Li Duanwu and the others, the most experienced members of the jianghu, to investigate the surrounding situation in detail. The matter of the two Y-demons was already nothing compared to the "reading club". Previously, capturing the reading club in King Yanluo's territory was one thing. Now that they were in Jiangning, the five kings had tangled and complicated forces. If a certain backer of the reading club appeared, it was very likely that it was a father that he couldn't afford to provoke.
"… A mission is a mission. We received orders from above to investigate the reading club, and there's nothing more to say. But now we don't have this mission, and we've suddenly run into it. Whether or not to provoke them, we'll have to carefully consider. "
In the night rain, Lu Xian hid in the darkness. As he watched, he imparted his experiences in the jianghu to his subordinates.
"… Outside this Five Lakes Inn, there's a sign for 'Virtuous Farmer' Zhao Jingci. Although 'Virtuous Farmer' is famous for not stirring up trouble among the Seven Virtuous Farmers under the 'King of Fairness', not stirring up trouble doesn't mean that he doesn't have the ability to … After our Fairness Party rose up, we divided up the territory in the whole of Jiangnan. On our side, we were the most decisive in killing the landlords, but the territories that were divided up were all dilapidated. The 'King of Fairness' is doing business and has the most gold and silver under his command. It seems like he's the richest, but if we really want to talk about peace, it's still the 'King of Fairness''s' side."
"… Why is that? Because in the Prince of Justice's territory, reclamation and agriculture are the fastest. We've been fighting here for two years, and a lot of land is barren. Even now, no one is planting it because even if they were planted, it would be burned down. Only on the Prince of Justice's side, crops have been planted in several large cities. This year's harvest is still alright … Look, this winter, they will be the ones with the fewest people dying of starvation … And these matters are left to Sage Farmer Zhao Jingci and Sage Zhang Shen Li. "
"… They don't stir up trouble because if others provoke them, they don't even need to do anything. Those people will be inexplicably killed. Especially when everyone is short of food this year, Zhao Jingci is not someone to be trifled with. "
Lu Xian was able to gain a foothold under Wei Yiwen because he relied on his subordinates from the same village and clan. Thus, he led them to do their best. When it came to matters, they would carefully explain them. When he finished speaking, everyone looked at the Five Lakes Inn again, their gazes became complicated.
Lu Chuanwen, who was relatively young among the group of juniors, had participated in the interrogation of the inn's waiter. Later on, he killed the waiter and found a place to bury him. At this moment, he was feeling a little anxious.
"Then what should we do? We've already killed him. No matter what, they'll probably alert us when they discover that we're missing people. Brother Xian, are we just going to turn around and leave like this? If we stay here and get discovered, we'll be sowing enmity with them. "
"When something big happens, we need to be calm." Lu Xian glanced at him. "The Martial Arts Alliance Master and the Little Saint, Heaven's Equal haven't returned yet. What's the rush?"
Lu Chuanwen didn't dare to speak again after being glared at like this. Someone said, "Previously, there was a rumor that the 'reading club' incident was likely instigated by the southwest. I heard that this child who calls himself the Martial Arts Alliance Master is also from the southwest. Brother Xian, if this Five Lakes Inn is where the people from the southwest are staying, then this matter … can be big or small. "
"If it's reported, we'll be rich."
"If it's true, will we be able to handle the matter if we report it? I'm afraid we'll have the life to collect the money, but not the life to enjoy it … "
"The southwest is thousands of li away from here. How can it be so mysterious …"
Everyone whispered to each other in the darkness, each expressing their own opinions. Lu Xian didn't participate in the discussion. After a while, Li Duanwu returned with some people.
"Something happened in the city. There were fireworks in the middle of the night. Someone died at the Golden Tower. The envoy sent by Liu Guangshi was killed. Many people are at the Golden Tower, and they're bleeding badly from the fight. This matter is going to be big …"
Everyone met up in the darkness. Li Duanwu first shared some information that wasn't directly related to the matter, then walked to the side with Lu Xian.
"I've sent people to investigate the background of this Five Lakes Inn. The boss's flag was directly taken from Nong Xian, not randomly placed … This matter makes sense. If the flag was randomly placed, not many people would place it at Nong Xian's. Since Nong Xian was placed there, then he's most likely a direct descendant … It can be big or small … "
The Fairness Party's internal banner was chaotic, but generally speaking, direct subordinates usually had someone protecting them. As subordinates of the Assassins Organization, if they really offended Nong Xian, the final outcome would be hard to predict.
Lu Xian nodded. "I was just saying that the Martial Arts Alliance Master and the Little Sage, Heaven's Equal were so ostentatious, so they might have some background … Long Aotian is obviously from the southwest. Uncle Duanwu, if we really find out that the Southwest is behind this matter, then the Reading Club … We're a Heavenly King, a Death Step, and the whole village might die."
"Yes, we have to be more cautious." Li Duanwu nodded. "Fortunately, there are still scapegoats this time. They can help us test the waters."
In the darkness, Lu Xian also nodded.
"Let's wait first. As long as we can confirm that these two are really in this inn … things will be easy."
After they came to this conclusion, they continued to keep watch for a while. After midnight, Li Duanwu finally discovered two sneaky figures circling around the inn a few times, then quietly entered the second floor of the inn.
"Everyone, retreat first. Keep tonight's matter sealed. No one is allowed to speak of it. Uncle Duanwu and I will handle things here for the time being. "
The whole matter had already been complicated by the Reading Club. Lu Xian did not dare to leave any greenhorns behind. He immediately sent the rest of his men back, leaving him and Li Duanwu to keep watch.
The two of them did not intend to go in and capture the two Y-Demons, because there were many people in the city who were more interested in them.
"Go to Baofeng first and report," Li Duanwu said. "Don't tell that Shopkeeper Jin. He's experienced and knows his limits. Think of a way to pass the news to Shi Baofeng. I think he's called Shi Weiyang. Young people are impulsive. This time, the Y-Demon made a fool out of us. With him, it'll be easier to blow things up. "
Lu Xian thought so too.
He passed through the dark curtain of rain and headed toward the Juxian Restaurant in Zhongan Market.
The sky had just brightened when the second young master of the Shi Clan gathered his men and charged towards the Five Lakes Inn in a grandiose manner.
The two Y-Demons, who had been beaten black and blue in last night's fight, were still sleeping soundly on their beds. They did not know that danger was about to befall them in the morning rain.
In the inn at the northern end of the city, Yan Yunzhi sat in front of the bed and watched the morning light gradually spread through the dark curtain of rain. Day had arrived. She had already bandaged the wound on her chest, but she had not slept the whole night. Her mind was in a mess.
"Your grandfather …"
"Let you …"
"… go …"
The figure of that young man fighting seemed to be swaying in front of her. His roar actually suppressed that arrogant Monkey King.
It was not a good memory.
But from the first time Tong Shan saw him, this youth from the southwest had been so fierce and domineering. He could walk into someone else's manor and kill them. He could fight against the entire power of Tong Shan without fear for a scholar. Even in a place like Jiangning, where heroes gathered, he was still insufferably arrogant as he fought against Li Yanfeng and Jin Yongsheng, these big shots of the underworld …
Was he still alive?
Originally …
…
They wanted him dead …
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