flapping wings

puff!

An extremely faint sound resounded in the night, and was immediately covered by the howling north wind, and the world returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.

But the torn holes on the window paper indicate that all this is not that simple.

The man in black who was standing outside the window didn't dare to act rashly, he listened carefully to the movement in the room, and after making sure that there was nothing unusual, he put a burning incense in from his chest.

Smoke spiraled up in the darkness, and gradually, the smell permeated the entire room.

The people outside the window waited long enough, tapped the window frame lightly, turned their ears over to listen for a moment, the room was quiet, and there was no sound at all.

He turned his head and looked at the other four people, nodded, opened the window gently and jumped in.

These five people tiptoed towards the bed, and after seeing the face of the person outside the bed clearly, they all raised their weapons and slashed at them without hesitation.

Chi Chi Chi!

The sound of the breaking wind suddenly appeared, and the man in black was startled, and quickly dodged to avoid the five darts that came in for a sneak attack.

I saw that they were very good at lightening their bodies, and their movements were urgent but methodical.

Ding Ding Ding!

The darts brushed the sleeves of the men in black and nailed them into the wall behind them. Three of them quickly turned around and rushed towards the roof vigilantly.

The rest of the people continued to point their weapons at the people in the bed. At this moment, Qi Ping quickly opened his eyes, looked at the two people and smiled.

Holding the sword in his arms, he rolled around on the bed, dodging the crescent scimitar attacking his waist, and then threw the quilt on the bed to cover the faces of those people.

The moment Mu Xiaoque turned over from the beam, he kicked the table and threw the table at one of them.

He stabbed at the other person with his sword, but halfway through, the sword suddenly changed direction and swept across the throat of the third person who was caught off guard.

Then I saw him short, dodging the oncoming giant hammer, and swept his legs towards No. 1's feet, the speed was so fast that it was almost impossible to distinguish.

The movement of the man in black to avoid the table was blocked immediately, and with a bang, the force of the table smashed his brains apart.

Mu Xiaoque's wrist was bent, and the sword in her hand came out, puffing into the lower abdomen of the last person.

Qi Ping was stepping on the quilt to get out of the bed at this time, and made a backhand move of "flying flowers and dancing".

The two of them had just escaped from the entanglement of the quilt, and before they could react, they were caught off guard by the dazzling sword flower, and suddenly they were a little bit overwhelmed, and they both fell to the ground within a few moves.

Within 30 seconds of the whole process, five people fell to the ground and died. At this moment, another person came in from the window.

Mu Xiaoque rushed over with a stride, and only heard a click, the man was limp and fell to the ground.

There was no one in the room for a while, and the two stared at the window frame fluttering in the wind, their eyes full of vigilance.

After a while, after confirming that there was no more danger, Mu Xiaoque lightly pressed Qi Ping's shoulder and jumped out of the window.

He grabbed the window frame and turned over to step on the roof, without making a sound from the beginning to the end.

Qi Ping took advantage of this to pick up the clothes of those people, searched for a while, and found a tattoo of a fire skull on the last corpse.

There was a clatter of tiles colliding, followed by the plop of heavy objects hitting the ground.

Qi Ping looked out from the window, at this moment, an arrow suddenly broke through the darkness and came into the eyes of the two.

Qi Ping couldn't help being stunned, the arrow was shot too crookedly.

"It's broken," Mu Xiaoque muttered on the roof, and immediately jumped off the roof to try to stop it.

Qi Ping was in a daze, and a smell was blown to his nose by the wind, and his hands and feet went numb in shock.

He didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, the moment the arrow passed through Mu Xiaoque's hand, he jumped out of the window and rushed towards it, stepped on the wall, and rolled into the distance with Mu Xiaoque in his arms.

boom!

The fiery tongue exploded loudly, licking Qi Ping's back violently, scalding a blister.

The fire swept across his body along his hair, Qi Ping frowned in pain, and just about to push Mu Xiaoque out of his arms with all his strength, his whole body was thrown into the pool like a shell.

The bone-cold water soaked his whole body, Qi Ping struggled for a long time before he emerged from the water.

Regardless of his choking nasal cavity, he quickly looked for the figure of Mu Xiaoque.

Mu Xiaoque glanced at him from afar, turned her head against the tongue of the flames, dodged the jumping crowd and flew up the stairs, and when the flames were about to bite his fingers, she propped herself up and fell into Xiaobao's room.

Xiao Bao was quickly wrapping a bandage around his face at this moment, obviously even in such a dangerous situation, he didn't want others to see his appearance.

Mu Xiaoque took off his coat and put it on his head, picked him up and quickly returned to his room next door.

He grabbed the small silver pot that Qi Ping had given him from the table and stuffed it into his arms, and finally rushed out of the flames that had already reached the window with Xiaobao.

After landing on the ground, Mu Xiaoque quickly rolled out the fire around her, carried the trembling Xiaobao quickly away from the fire, and sent her to the cold Qi Ping's arms.

"Xiaobao? Are you there?" Fang Jianzhi broke into Xiaobao's room amidst the smoke, stretched out his hand to fan the smoke, the beam above his head suddenly fell down, Murong Jin grabbed him and stepped back.

"Brother, Xiaobao has already escaped." Murong Jin coughed and wrapped a soaked quilt around the two of them: "There is no one else, let's go too!"

Red River Gang Office in the West Wing

At the moment when the flames were reflected in the distance, Wan Linglong wiped the blood off his face and looked over with flickering eyes.

The dim light of fire rose in his eyes, mixed with an indescribable meaning.

"Brother, are we still running away?" The disciples of Wuhu Gang gathered behind Wan Linglong, deep fear hidden under the thick scab of blood.

There were dead people all over the ground, and the corpses were piled up, and the blood soaked the uppers of the shoes and climbed up the socks.

The hands holding the sword trembled, and they looked at the shrinking encirclement with horror, and unconsciously leaned together again, looking for the last trace of warmth and support.

Wan Linglong flicked his already sore and numb palms. Although he was at the end of his strength at this time, his aura was still intimidating, and even the fierce light in his eyes never went out.

"You go to Jushuifang to report to Master, and say that the plan has been completed, and leave it to me here," Wan Linglong looked around, and pulled out the hatchet that had been treasured for 22 years from his boots.

He brandished the knife and hit somewhere, a pool of hot blood splashed down on his head and body, and at the same time, his eye sockets were stained red.

Wan Linglong looked at his junior brother who was leaning on him behind him, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Go!"

Until there was no more warmth around him, and his blood turned cold, he leaned wearily against the pillar behind him, his expression finally tinged with tenderness, and the past unfolded before his eyes like a scroll.

Twenty-two years ago, when he was six years old, the bandits on the Five Lakes were pacified. The people in the village thanked the "General of the Water" for his righteous deeds. Every family erected a longevity tablet for Wan Hong, sang praises for him, and prayed for him.

When children meet everyone, they should listen to the story of this "general on the water", wave it twice with a branch they picked up anywhere, and imagine that they are the indomitable hero, and they will also fight against bandits and become heroes in the future.

But he is the most powerful of all the children, because he is the only one who has a real knife.

When others are just children playing around with sticks, he is already a grown-up with a knife.

But this knife has never been drawn out, because his parents have warned him that it is most meaningful to draw a knife out of its sheath when others are in danger.

Half a month later, the thunderstorm season came, and households kept their nets at home as usual. When the rainy season passed, the fish in the five lakes were at their fattest.

The thunderstorm season that year was even milder than before. He still remembers his father happily saying to his mother at the dinner table: "Before, there were benefactors who wiped out the bandits, and God will take care of them later. This year, you don't have to worry about food, and I can give it to you." Make new clothes with Long Er."

As a result, that night, there was a loud noise, and the whole village was instantly swept away by the flood. He was hung on a tree and survived by luck. From then on, he planned a revenge plan.

The pain in his body stimulated Wan Linglong to come back to his senses. He could no longer hold the hatchet in his hand, and fell to the ground. Several spears pierced through his stomach and nailed him to the wall behind him.

Blood gushed out of his mouth, Wan Linglong looked at the corpse on the ground, a line of hot tears finally flowed from the corner of his eyes.

From now on, there will be endless scenes between the Five Lakes Gang and the Red River Gang. After he got revenge, he can finally be free from this moment and fly high, even if it is only for a short moment.

北厢

A group of disheveled Jianghu people stood outside the building and looked at each other, staring at their equally disheveled companions, the fear in their eyes was gradually replaced by joy.

At this time, there were hardly any people left in the building. Everyone knew martial arts. It was very easy to jump down from this kind of two-story building.

Qi Ping huddled in Mu Xiaoque's arms to keep warm, his body shivered endlessly, when the cold wind blew, he couldn't help opening his mouth and sneezed, "Ah~"

The ground under his feet trembled violently, Qi Ping closed his mouth in confusion, and suddenly there was an explosion that went straight into the clouds, and almost at the same time, Mu Xiaoque covered his ears.

A group of people were thrown out in an instant, smashed to the ground, and howled gradually. Some people were too close to the center of the explosion, and they lost their breath.

Mu Xiaoque hugged Qi Ping's head tightly, but she was shaken physically and mentally, and her buzzing sound hit her eardrums from time to time, causing bursts of severe pain.

Blood pooled on his earlobe, trickled down his cheeks, and gradually disappeared into Qi Ping's hair.

Broken arms and legs fell on the ground nearby. Mu Xiaoque wiped the blood casually and looked up at the center of the explosion.

Houses collapsed, smoke billowed, and flames shot into the sky.

Qi Ping looked out through the gap between Mu Xiaoque's arms, crying and whining, he couldn't hear the sound at all, but guessed it should be so from the mouth shape.

The surroundings were extremely chaotic, but there was a strange silence. People coming and going lifted the wounded away from the fire scene, and the scene was a mess.

"As long as you're all fine," Fang Jianzhi finally found Mu Xiaoque and Qi Ping in the chaos, and he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the unscathed Xiaobao.

At this time, the elegance on his face was gone, the veins on his forehead were bulging, the circles around his eyes were red, and he looked full of hatred and wanted to kill someone immediately, "But what did the devil do?"

Seeing Qi Ping nodding, Fang Jianzhi couldn't help gnashing his teeth, "I really think my Xuanxiu faction is a soft persimmon!"

As soon as the words were finished, the west chamber suddenly lit up with a faint yellow light. Compared with this place, it was as faint as a lost child.

The three looked suspicious, Qi Ping handed Xiaobao in his arms to Zhou's family to take care of, and rushed to the West Chamber with his scorched hair.

The courtyard of the Zhou family was busy going around at this time, and the people who came from the east and south looked around, not knowing where to go first, and finally had to follow the crowd like headless chickens.

The fire in the west wing was just about to start, and when Qi Ping and the others arrived, there was no one alive inside, and there was no sound in the entire courtyard except for the sound of fire beeping.

If the North Chamber is a purgatory, then this place is undoubtedly a slaughterhouse.

The bloody footprints in the courtyard were messy, and one could tell at a glance how fierce the battle had been.

Everyone looked at the corpses all over the ground with inexplicable feelings, and their minds had already turned seventy or eighty times.

Who is the murderer?What is the purpose of doing this?

Qi Ping covered his weed-like hair and glanced at Mu Xiaoque, and the two of them immediately understood what the other meant.

The disaster in the North Chamber might just be a casualty in the process of assassinating the two of them, so what about the West Chamber?

Mu Xiaoque squatted down halfway, and groped for a while with his hands on the corpse. When he pulled open the front, he couldn't help being shocked, a blue palm print was imprinted on the man's chest.

"This, this, this person from the Honghe Gang died in the palm of the whale!"

"What? The Whale Palm of the Five Lakes Gang?"

"The cyan palm print, from the back of the heart to the chest, is indeed the palm of the whale."

"My God, Wan Linglong is here!" Mu Xiaoque and Qi Ping walked to the hall following the shout.

I saw Wan Linglong kneeling under the wall on the left side like mud, his belly was smashed to pieces by someone, and a section of intestine leaked out, his death condition was especially horrific.

While everyone was in shock, a long howl resembling a mournful cry suddenly sounded, with a trembling ending and a crying voice.

This group of Jianghu people who were licking blood had already been exhausted by the chaos tonight, and when they heard this voice suddenly, their hearts couldn't help beating wildly with fright.

However, after seeing who was coming, they immediately swallowed the scolding, and the crowd consciously made way for Qian Shaochun.

At this moment, the middle-aged man's eyes were red, his beard trembled slightly, and he was no longer his usual demeanor.

"Ahhh!" Qian Shaochun slapped Wan Linglong angrily, until his brains burst and he lost his human form. Qi Ping couldn't bear to turn his head, listening to the sound of the slap.

After Qian Shaochun finished venting his anger, he picked up Wan Linglong, who had broken bones, and walked to the courtyard step by step. He looked up at the sky with a crazy expression, "Wan Hong, if you don't destroy your Five Lakes Gang, I, Qian Shaochun, will never go to hell in this life!"

The author says:

Now I really regret giving this person the name Wan Linglong, the face of Hua Linglong always rings in my mind