The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter Eleven

At noon the next day, the scorching sun hung high in the sky, and thousands of golden lights were like countless rockets shooting on the water. The huge Dongting Lake seemed to be boiled into a pot of boiling water.However, no matter how strong the sunlight is, it still cannot see through a layer of blackness on the lake, like a "dense fog" stretching to the sky.

I saw warships densely packed with bandits on the water in Dongting, all of which were painted with black paint, gathered together like boundless dark clouds rising on the lake, as if to cover the brilliance of the sun and the moon.

At this moment, there are countless beggars standing on the bank of Junshan Mountain. There are strong young men, pale old men, burly men, and thin old men. The light that is not afraid of death.

At this time, the scorching sun is like fire, the killing intent is like fire, and people's hearts are even more like fire. Just a negligible grass can completely detonate this already boiling world!

Situ Zhong didn't carry a weapon on his body, and didn't say a word, he just looked at the water surface with breathless concentration, his expression was full of death.Situ Tianxing stood beside his father, holding an iron rod in his hand, and when he waved it slightly, there was a sound of "huhu" piercing the air.The beggars behind them were gearing up for a long time, and they were about to fight to the end with the invading water bandits as long as the leader gave an order.

On a warship in the middle of the water, stood a burly man. His upper body was shirtless and his lower body was wearing a tight-fitting swimsuit. He held a nine-ringed saber in his hand. Under the sunlight, the light of the saber was chilling!

The big man looked at the beggars with a contemptuous smile, then raised his knife and pointed at Situ Zhong and shouted: "Listen, old man Situ, it is a blessing that our king has been able to see Junshan for several lifetimes. If you know the acquaintance, hurry up Surrender, not only will your majesty not embarrass you, but he will satisfy all your wishes, whether it is gold, silver or beauties! But if it is not the truth, then don't blame me for cutting you all with swords and knives. Executed!"

Before Situ Zhong could answer, Situ Tianxing had already sneered and said, "What are you, dare to come to Junshan to speak out? Our beggar gang is known as the largest gang in the world, and everyone in the gang is a strong man, how can we ask you Wait for this group of thieves who eat floating money to surrender!"

The big man shouted: "You are so ignorant of affairs, no wonder I, Yao Hongbin!" He tapped his toes lightly on the bow of the boat, and his extremely strong body jumped down to the shore lightly.

Seeing this, Situ Zhong frowned slightly, looked at Situ Tianxing and whispered: "Tianxing, has Wan Shaoxia sneaked into the Dongting as planned?"

Situ Tianxing nodded slightly, "Yes father, he jumped into the ancient well before dawn today, so it should be here by now!"

Situ Zhong nodded gratifiedly when he heard the words, "That's good! It's hard enough for him to deal with Yao Hongyuan alone, we have to hold back Yao Hongbin no matter what we say, otherwise no matter how good his martial arts are, it will be difficult for him to kill Yao's double bandits alone! "

While he was speaking, someone had already jumped towards Yao Hongbin, and struck his chest hard with the sound of thunder.Seeing this, Yao Hongbin swayed to the side, raised the big knife in his hand, and slashed at Situ Zhong's wrist.The treasured sword in his hand was very cold, and the nine rings sounded like a ghost crying. Not to mention the ferocious moves, this precious sword alone was enough to scare people away.

Situ Zhong hastily stepped back a few steps, and was about to strike again, but Situ Tianxing rushed forward first, swung the iron rod in his hand, and hit Yao Hongbin on the head like a Mount Tai.

"Damn!" Yao Hongbin raised his saber to brace Situ Tianxing's iron rod, when the sword hit Yao Hongbin, he felt his mouth go numb, and the saber almost flew out of his hand.Yao Hongbin has crossed the two lakes for nearly ten years, except for the famous Murong Yanzhao, who can catch him?

Yao Hongbin looked at Situ Tianxing for a while, and then shouted behind him: "Why are you still standing still? Hurry up and end up with this bunch of beggars who don't know the current affairs!" After shouting, he used all his strength and slashed at Situ Heaven works.

Situ Tianxing smiled, swung his stick and received Yao Hongbin's knife forcefully.The two of you hit each other with a knife and a stick, just like a blacksmith forging iron, the sound of "Dangdang" came in an endless stream.Twenty or thirty strokes passed in an instant.The more Yao Hongbin beat his heart, the more startled he became, he didn't know whether it was because the sun was too full in the sky, or he was exhausted from the beat, and his temples began to sweat profusely.Seeing this, Situ Zhong rushed forward and fought Yao Hongbin side by side with his son. At the same time, his eyes subconsciously looked towards the end of the lake.

At the end of the lake is Yao Hongyuan's water village. The pier in front of the village is endless and can accommodate dozens of warships.The Juyi hall in the village is even more luxurious with carved beams and pillars. If it weren't for the weapon racks on both sides and the huge bronze sculpture of gluttony pattern hanging behind the tiger leather chair, anyone would mistake this place for a high-ranking official. , Fuja's mansion.

At this moment, Yao Hongyuan was holding a young girl in his arms, sitting on a tiger leather chair in the lobby drinking.On the table in front of him is a table full of delicacies from mountains and seas, the meat is like a mountain of meat, and the wine is like a sea of ​​wine, so greedy for food, he really shares the same interests as Taotie.

The girl in his arms is very beautiful, she is wearing a very thin gauze skirt, which shows her bumpy figure to the fullest, especially the looming collarbone under the gauze skirt, which can definitely attract the souls of all men in the world Son.

Yao Hongyuan raised his neck and drank the fine wine in his glass, and then stroked the girl's cheek with his big hand, "Little beauty, I have already sent my brother to attack Junshan, and Junshan will be ours in a short time. Don't you like Banzhu, when the time comes we Just go to the bamboo forest every day, so that you can have a good look at it!"

The girl covered her mouth and smiled coquettishly: "Haha, I still don't understand you? Why do you want to accompany me to see the bamboo? You obviously want to have fun in the bamboo forest with me, so that you can give birth to a small village owner as soon as possible!"

Yao Hongyuan laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, little beauty, you still understand me!" He said and hugged the girl in his arms even tighter.Then he poured himself another glass of fine wine and drank it all in one gulp, with a very happy expression.

The girl twisted her body in Yao Hongyuan's arms, and was about to act coquettishly to please her again, when she suddenly heard a burst of laughter from the beam above her head, "Hahaha, the word male thief and female prostitute is perfect for you two! You pair of dogs Men and women patronize themselves to drink and have fun, and don't invite this young man down for a few drinks, it's too stingy!"

The girl was startled when she heard the words, her flushed cheeks turned pale in an instant, and the wine glass in Yao Hongyuan's hand fell to the ground in shock, making a "dang" sound.He looked up at the beams of the room, and shouted: "Who is sneaky, get out of here quickly, Grandpa!"

"Okay, I'm going to roll down now, but please put your clothes on first, I'm afraid to see my eyes!" Wan Jianfeng really turned over and rolled off the beam with the words.The beams of the house were only one or two feet away from the ground, but the moment before he landed, he rolled six or seven times in a row in the air, and finally stood firmly on the ground without making a sound.

The girl was already dumbfounded, and even Yao Hongyuan was stunned. He couldn't believe his eyes anyway, "You... who are you? Why did you break into the water village? You have light skills and... who did you learn from?" of!"

Wan Jianfeng patted his chest, and said with a smile, "Ask me? I'll just say it again. Remember, my surname is Zu Ming Zong, and my name is Weng Weng!"

Yao Hongyuan nodded slightly, and muttered to himself: "Ancestor? Weng Weng?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said, "Hey, my good grandson, what's your name Weng Weng?"

Only then did Yao Hongyuan come to his senses, his face instantly turned redder than a boiled crab, "Smelly beggar, you dare to take advantage of me, I think you are tired of work!" Stepping up to the knife holder, he took out a simple knife from it, raised the knife and slashed at Wan Jianfeng.

He slashed down with a knife, trying to split Wan Jianfeng in half so that he could drink his heart and liver, but Wan Jianfeng suddenly disappeared.He was about to turn around and change his moves, but it was too late.In the back of my mind, I was struck by something violently, and gold stars appeared in front of my eyes.

Yao Hongyuan shook his head, turned back abruptly, and the simple knife in his hand whizzed across Wan Jianfeng's waist.Seeing this, Wan Jianfeng didn't panic, he jumped up slightly, and his whole body fell on the knife.

He giggled and said: "Master Yao Dazhai, your knife is light and light when you cut it out. Did you not eat lunch, or were you tired when you were happy with the beauty? This young hero has medicine to treat your problem. Do you want to try it?" try?"

Yao Hongyuan was startled again, and was about to ask questions, but Wan Jianfeng walked up to him along the blade, and struck a gourd on his head again, "This young hero wants to treat your illness, but your heart is so If you are dishonest, you should fight!"

"You want to treat me, why are you still beating me!" Yao Hongyuan was furious, flipped the blade in his hand, throwing Wan Jianfeng three or four feet away, and then he used all his strength to dance the simple knife in his hand vigorously Feng, slashing at Wan Jianfeng's vital point.

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "Now I have more strength, is this young hero cured of his illness?" He said that his figure dodged left and right in the gap between the sword lights, Yao Hongyuan's original flawless sword skills, In his eyes, it was indescribably funny and clumsy.

Yao Hongyuan was furious when he saw that his saber was missing, he shouted violently and swung his saber straight at Wan Jianfeng's neck.Wan Jianfeng saw that Pu Dao was coming very ferociously, he hurriedly retreated a few steps, staggered and fell to the ground.

"Hahaha, I see how arrogant you are now!" Yao Hongyuan laughed loudly when he saw this, and approached Wan Jianfeng step by step with the Pu knife upside down, the cold light from the knife tip made him unable to open his eyes.

Wan Jianfeng simply closed his eyes and stopped looking at Yao Hongyuan, as if he had put life and death aside.Yao Hongyuan arrived in front of Wan Jianfeng in a few steps, holding the simple knife high in his hand, once the knife fell, Wan Jianfeng would be decapitated in an instant.

Yao Hongyuan wanted to cut off Wan Jianfeng's head with one blow, but he couldn't help being startled when he saw that he didn't respond at all.Just when Yao Hongyuan was stunned, Wan Jianfeng suddenly came up with a carp kick, his whole body bounced up instantly, and at the same time, his legs kicked Yao Hongyuan's lower abdomen violently.

"Ah!" Yao Hongyuan covered his lower abdomen with both hands, and screamed. His sturdy body flew six or seven feet away, and hit a pillar with a heavy heart. Suddenly, a big mouthful of blood spewed out of his mouth, and then he fell to the ground. There was a muffled sound, and the ground of the Juyi Hall seemed to be shaken.

Wan Jianfeng looked at Yao Hongyuan with a smile, and asked, "Master Yao Dazhai, you must have been exhausted last night, otherwise why did you lie on the ground after only a few strokes? You should get up quickly, otherwise this will be terrible." It's mine!" He said and pointed in the direction of the tiger leather chair, then ran over excitedly.

Yao Hongyuan forced himself to sit up, and shouted: "You...you don't want to touch my beauty! Otherwise, be careful of me..." Before he could finish his sentence, he spurted out a big mouthful of blood, rolled his eyes and fell down on the ground.

The girl on the tiger leather chair suddenly turned pale, and stared at Wan Jianfeng in horror, frightened and motionless.Wan Jianfeng smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not interested in you, I'm only interested in it!"

As he spoke, he picked up the wine jug on the table, pointed it at the spout, and drank all the fine wine in the jug with his neck raised.After drinking, he smiled at Yao Hongyuan, "Master Yao Dazhai, the wine in this jug is too weak, not tasteful at all, hurry up and get some good wine!"

Yao Hongyuan said weakly: "There are countless fine wines in Laozi's village, and I will give them to you, but you must promise to spare Laozi's life!" Before Wan Jianfeng could answer, a cold light suddenly flashed outside the door, followed by blood gushing out Come out and go straight to the sky.

"Your dog legs dare to insult me, so don't blame me for washing your bastard's nest with blood!" With an extremely clear voice, a girl in purple stood on the spot holding a sword, and the blade continued to drip blood beads.

When Wan Jianfeng saw the girl in purple, his whole body trembled involuntarily, and then he waved at her with a smile and said, "It's such a coincidence, we meet again! Don't you see that this young hero is handsome, and you feel so reluctant, So you have been secretly following me?" The purple-clothed girl snorted coldly, without even looking at Wan Jianfeng, she went straight to the girl on the tiger-skin chair.

Seeing this, the girl knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the girl in purple, and begged, "Sister, please forgive me! I was only arrested by Yao Hongyuan, and the bad things he did have nothing to do with me, please sister Raise your hand and let me go!"

The girl in purple sneered and said: "Bitch! How many bad things you and Yao Hongyuan have done together these years, don't you know when you are my girl! If you don't want to suffer, you should kill yourself quickly, otherwise this girl will make your life worse than death!"

The girl hurriedly kowtowed to Wan Jianfeng again, and begged: "This young man, you can see that he is a person who loves the fragrance and cherishes the jade, please save the slave's life no matter what!"

Wan Jianfeng spread his hands when he heard the words, and said with a wry smile: "I can't afford to mess with this little witch, you should ask for more blessings!"

The purple-clothed girl nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "The person who can make my Murong Yunyao merciful has not yet been born!" She said with a flash of the long sword in her hand, piercing the girl's chest instantly, the girl's eyes widened, But he didn't even make a sound of exclamation, and the person died of exhaustion.

Wan Jianfeng subconsciously patted Murong Yunyao's shoulder with his hand, but then his hand seemed to be pricked by a needle, and he took it back suddenly, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I like to pat other people when I get excited. shoulder, girl, don't mind!"

Murong Yunyao turned around slowly, gave Wan Jianfeng a very disgusted look, and said coldly: "You beggar, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, our grievances will be settled together in half a month!" She As he spoke, he tapped his toes lightly, and the person had already crossed the hall, and then disappeared in a few flashes.

Wan Jianfeng looked at the back of Murong Yunyao going away, subconsciously licked his lips with his tongue, and said with a smirk: "No wonder I saw her so familiar yesterday, it turned out to be that little witch, I didn't expect that I haven't seen her for two or three years, and she looks so beautiful." Even more beautiful than before! If I can marry her, it would be a beautiful thing!"

He touched his face, and then said disappointedly: "Forget it, forget it, so what about being beautiful, she is just a tigress, whoever marries her is afraid that it will be bad luck for eight lifetimes!"

Wan Jianfeng was thinking wildly, and was almost vomited by the bloody smell in the hall.He looked at the bodies of Yao Hongyuan and the girl on the ground, and said with some joy and regret: "This means that you will die if you do many unrighteous deeds. Who told you to do so many bad things? Don't tell me when you see the King of Hades. Blame me!" You can only blame yourselves!"

As he spoke, he picked up the girl's body, put her in Yao Hongyuan's arms, and then slowly walked out of the Gathering Hall.As soon as he stepped out of the gate, he was stunned by the bloody scene in front of him. He saw that the water village, which was originally a strong army, turned into a sea of ​​blood in an instant, and all the water bandits in the village died tragically!
Seeing this scene, Wan Jianfeng stuck out his tongue in fright, "Oh my God! She actually killed so many people to vent her anger. She is such a little witch. When I see her again, I will definitely educate her for the dead old man Murong!"

He planned to return to Junshan immediately, but when he looked back at the corpses all over the place, he thought, "Although these water thieves have done a lot of evil, we can't let their bones show up like this! Why don't I burn the water village with a torch, which just happens to be a setback?" Defeat that fellow Yao Hongbin!"

Wan Jianfeng thought about finding a fire pocket from the arms of a dead water thief, put it near his mouth and blew it gently, then raised his hand and threw it back, which happened to land next to the pillar of Juyi Hall.The pillars in the hall are all made of wood, which burns instantly when encountering fire, and the extremely luxurious water village instantly turns into a sea of ​​flames!
At this time, Yao Hongbin was fighting fiercely with Situ and his son, accidentally peeped in the direction of the water village, saw the flames rising into the sky, and immediately panicked.Seeing this, Situ Tianxing laughed loudly, and swept his stick towards Yao Hongbin's temple with a mighty force.

Yao Hongbin wanted to raise his saber to parry, but when he was flustered, he lost control of his hands and feet.He watched Situ Tianxing sweeping towards him with a stick, but he couldn't lift the big knife in his hand, even retreating became difficult.

Situ Tianxing's smile became brighter, and the iron rod in his hand instantly crushed Yao Hongbin's head into powder, and his strong body fell heavily on the ground, making a earth-shattering muffled sound.

Seeing that Yao Hongbin was dead, Situ Zhong yelled at the water thieves: "Yao Hongbin, the leader of the bandit, is dead. Put down your weapons quickly, otherwise no one will leave Junshan alive!"

All the water thieves put down their weapons and knelt in front of Situ Zhong, saying in unison: "Master Situ, please forgive me! We are willing to change our ways and return to the right, and we will join the Beggars' Clan from now on, and we will always be driven by you!"

Situ Zhong nodded, walked slowly to the nearest water bandit, and stretched out his hands to help him up.But at the moment when Situ Zhong was about to help him, the water bandit suddenly took out a dagger from his bosom, and stabbed at Situ Zhong's heart fiercely!

Time froze at this moment, more than a hundred eyes of the beggar gang looked at Situ Zhong, but no one had time to help.Situ Zhong watched helplessly as the dagger was getting closer and closer to his heart. Just now he was complacent, but now his life is hanging by a thread!
"Whoosh!" Just at the very moment, there was a rapid sound of breaking through the air on the water surface, followed by a group of black shadows that were as fast as lightning.

Everyone's eyes were all attracted by this black shadow, even the water thief who was attacking suddenly turned his head subconsciously.Before everyone could see what the black shadow was, the water thief who was assassinating fell to the ground with a bang, bleeding from his orifices.

Situ Zhong was stunned, and hurriedly looked at the lake, only to see a small boat rowed on the lake at some time, and a ragged little beggar stood on the boat, it seemed that what happened just now had nothing to do with him, but his never leaving I don't know where the wine gourd on my body went.

When Situ Tianxing saw Wan Jianfeng came back, he smiled again, "Brother Wan, you really have it! Not only did you take Yao Hongyuan's bastard's nest alone, but you saved my father as soon as you came back! I've made a deal with you as a friend, and said I will never let you go again!" As he spoke, he picked up the wine gourd on the ground, and threw it to Wan Jianfeng with a wave of his hand.

Situ Zhong also gave a deep salute with a smile, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Wan Shaoxia, for your generous help. Without you, I'm afraid that everyone in our beggar gang would really be buried in fish belly today!"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "It's easy to say! It's a pity that although I set fire to the bastard's nest this time, I didn't end up with bastard's soup, and my mouth almost faded out! I'm going to Ezhou to drink soup, see you later!" He said that he was about to leave Junshan with the paddle in his hand.

Situ Zhong hurriedly shouted: "Wan Shaoxia wait a minute!"

Wan Jianfeng asked: "Is there anything else for Master Situ?"

Situ Zhong said solemnly: "Young man Wan, I, Situ Zhong, can't do anything to help, causing water thieves to run amok. If there is no help from young man Wan, it will almost cause a catastrophe. Therefore, I, Situ Zhong, are willing to let the virtuous, and implore Wan Shaoxia to come Be the master of the beggar gang!"

The beggars were stunned at first when they heard the words, and then they supported: "That's right, we are willing to welcome Wan Shaoxia as the leader of the gang, and we will always follow Wan Shaoxia's lead!"

Wan Jianfeng couldn't help staggering, and almost fell off the boat.He stood on the side of the boat, shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Situ, if you really want to give up your position, please go and hire someone else! I'm used to being leisurely alone, so I can't be the leader of the gang!"

When Situ Zhong heard the words, he actually knelt down to Wan Jianfeng, and all the beggars also knelt down in front of Wan Jianfeng's boat, "Young man Wan, you have to stay whatever you say! With you here today, our gang of beggars survived. It's hard, but if there are bad people coming to disturb us tomorrow, I'm afraid we will suffer again!"

Wan Jianfeng said helplessly: "If you insist on accepting me as the leader, you might as well kill me! But you think highly of me so much, and it's hard for me to refuse, what should I do?"

Situ Zhong saw that he was really in trouble, so he had to stand up slowly and said, "Wan Shaoxia is really unwilling to be the leader of the beggar gang, so I will give you a handsome stick. From now on, all beggars in the world will see the handsome stick. It’s like seeing the helper come in person!”

Wan Jianfeng smiled and nodded, "This is the best, this is the best! As long as you don't let me take care of the trivial matters in the gang, and manage the brothers in the gang, I can do anything else!"

Situ Zhong looked at an elder behind him, and said, "Elder Li, hurry up and get the handsome stick, and give it to Wan Shaoxia. Also, bring some more jars of wine as a farewell party for Wan Shaoxia!"

When Wan Jianfeng heard that there was wine to drink, his eyes burst into laughter, "Hahaha, Lord Situ, you still understand me. I came here for the wine. I didn't expect to drink your wine before I left. It's not easy. !” He said, leaning the boat to the shore, and jumped out of the boat.

Soon, Elder Li walked over holding a wooden stick about one foot long in both hands, followed by a dozen or so little beggars, each holding a large jar of fine wine in their hands.Seeing this, Wan Jianfeng's eyes glistened with greed, and his saliva almost didn't flow out.

All the little beggars lined up and handed over the wine jar to the leader Situ Zhong and the elders.Everyone took the wine jar and unsealed it together. The red cloth that sealed the jar was fluttering in the wind, like clouds of burning fire.

Everyone held the wine in front of their chests and said loudly: "Young man Wan, although you have only been here for a short day, you have lived and died with us, and you have taken care of each other with all your heart and soul! Although you have left Junshan today, your heart will always be with you. Beggar Gang. We wish you all the best in this journey, and you will be famous in the Jianghu as soon as possible!"

Wan Jianfeng has never been treated so much at such a young age, his eyes were so excited that he almost shed tears, "Thank you for your kindness, I will finish this wine!" He took the wine jar in Situ Zhong's hand with both hands, and drank it clean , and then smashed the wine jar to pieces.

Seeing this, Situ Zhong laughed and waved to Elder Li.Elder Li immediately understood, and respectfully handed over the stick in his hand to Situ Zhong.Wan Jianfeng didn't have the time to look at the stick just now, but now he was attracted by its strange appearance. He saw that the stick was about one foot long, the upper half was painted with black paint, the lower half was painted with red paint, and the end of the stick was still tied. With a leather whip that is not too long.

"Wan Shaoxia, this is the most precious handsome stick of our gang. I will hand him over to you today, and you will officially become a brother in my gang!" Situ Zhong said and handed the handsome stick to Wan Jianfeng respectfully. Busily took it over carefully, for fear of damaging it in the slightest.

Situ Zhong said in a loud voice reluctantly: "Wan Shaoxia, since you have made up your mind to go, we can't force you to stay, so we will respectfully send Wan Shaoxia away from the island!"

All the beggars bowed together and said: "Send Wan Shaoxia, I hope you will return to Junshan as soon as possible!"

Wan Jianfeng bowed his hands to everyone, and said generously: "Everyone, from now on, the affairs of the beggar gang will be my Wan Jianfeng's affairs. As long as it is useful, I will be there on call! Our green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever. He We will meet again in the next year, and there will be a time later!" He said, slowly got into the boat, propped up the oars, and headed northward.

(End of this chapter)