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Chapter 231 Bihe Mountain and the Tang Sect’s Expected Road

Tang Muzhi suddenly laughed: "Master, have you been punished after this incident?"

Yang Lie turned his head to stare at him, and said meaningfully: "Of course I will be fined. You can ask Zhang Wang and Tang Tingfeng, they haven't gotten out of bed for several months. But I'm different, I already know how to swallow pills at that time." Well, the gate leader was afraid of beating me to death, so he just asked me to face the wall in the Tang Tomb for a while... I'm going too far, let me tell you about the situation of the Ninjas in Bihe Mountain at that time."

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On August 1945, 8, the Japanese Emperor announced his unconditional surrender.In Guanxian County not long after, Zhang Wang and others looked at the empty gate of Tangmen. The former commanders and brothers heard the news of their death one after another in the blood-stained days, and were sent to the even colder and more empty Tang Tomb.

It was a rainy day, and in the humid atmosphere, the smell of burning sandalwood trees wafted out from the tomb. Everyone inside heard the news of Japan's surrender in the early hours of last night, and spent the night preparing three sacrifices, incense sticks, dishes, bowls, cakes, When Guijiu arrived at Mao Shi, he also brought over the family members of the disciples at the foot of the mountain.

The disciples were scattered. Zhang Wang did not stand with Yang Lie and the others. He dragged Xiaomei and her husband up and stood with all the family members.

"Hee..." Xiaomei had just been pulled down by her husband Mao Wu with her right hand, and now she couldn't hold back anymore. She stretched out her left hand again, pointing towards the hazy skyline in the distance, and the cuff slipped down, revealing her scarred face. arm.

"Ahem, Brother Wang, Brother Wang..."

Mao Wu was a thin, weak and consumptive ghost with weak body and weak strength. Although Xiaomei was not mentally healthy, her body and bones were good.When Xiaomei moved a lot, he couldn't hold it back anymore and wanted Zhang Wang to help him.

"It's okay, Mao Wu, just hold her." Zhang Wang stretched out his hand to straighten Xiaomei's cuffs and cover her scars.

"Oh, oh." Mao Wu nodded with some confusion, and squeezed one of Xiaomei's hands with all his strength.In fact, he and Xiaomei have been married for two years. It was just the first time to go up the mountain, so he felt a little nervous.

Zhang Wang looked at the couple in front of him, each with their own flaws, and thought that it would be nice for two people to help each other live in this world.Xiaomei is the only daughter of his master Gao Yingcai. She was tortured by the omnipotent white owl in the past and became mentally insane. Her mind is now similar to that of a child. Mao Wu was originally called Mao Wu. He originally helped a Taoist priest collect medicine on Qingcheng Mountain. Later, the Taoist priest He went out to fight in the mountains and did not come back for several years, so he wandered around to do some business at the foot of Tangmen Mountain not far away.Because of tuberculosis, he has never been able to find a wife.

After Gao Yingcai's death, the head of the Tang clan felt that it was not good to have someone else take care of Xiaomei all the time, so he asked Zhang Wang to find an honest person to take care of her.Zhang Wang has been inspecting Mao Wu for several years. He has some culture, knows a lot of words, and is kind-hearted. He would not even look at killing chickens and dogs. He usually delivers food to the elderly who have no one to take care of him, but he is afraid of the elderly. Since I am so attached to him, I can only deliver it quietly at night, and he is only a vegetarian.

The two have been married for more than two years now. Xiaomei's illness is sometimes severe and sometimes mild. When it is mild, she doesn't laugh or make trouble. She just sits there and can't speak. But when she is hungry or thirsty, she knows how to eat and drink, and others He also responds a little as if he can understand what he says; when it is severe, he runs around like a child and has to be taken care of everywhere.Zhang Wang often investigated secretly and found that Mao Wu really took good care of Xiaomei.

The Tang clan had rules, and only blood relatives of the Tang clan could visit the Tang tomb. Zhang Wang asked Mao Wu to wait for him and Xiaomei outside the tomb. There was also a place to burn incense and paper outside the tomb, so Mao Wu and his non-direct relatives went to the mountains outside the tomb. Setting up a brazier to burn paper, the mist and smoke mixed together, and the entire hilltop of Tangmen was shrouded in haze.

The sacrificial ceremony in the tomb lasted about two hours.After Zhang Wang led Xiaomei out, Mao Wu asked him to go down the mountain to sit at home, but Zhang Wang refused. He watched the two go down the mountain hand in hand, and Tang Tingfeng stood behind him.

The two of them stood together in silence, feeling a gloomy mood lingering in their hearts. During the 14 years of the Anti-Japanese War, the country's mountains and rivers were shattered, and life was full of ups and downs. When Zhang Wang saw the slightly bulging graves in the tomb, he thought of those disciples who were shattered to pieces under the gunfire of Japanese soldiers and whose heads were separated by the swing of Japanese swords. With their remaining bones, they are still silently guarding this land underground.

a few days later.

"I bought a piece of information from the inn. The forces in Japan now have no time to take care of the Higashan ninjas who are still hiding in the country. Their wounded in the north have gone south and are living in prisoner-of-war camps and are going back one after another. "

Tang Guanhai handed Zhang Wang a piece of paper dampened by rain, with several familiar names listed on it.

There are many Ninjas in Bihe Mountain. After the Tang Sect selected ten people to assassinate the Ninja leader in Mianshan in June [-], the Ninjas from Bihe Mountain swarmed into Shu and carried out crazy revenge on the Tang Sect. During this period, all the disciples died. countless.

Of course, with the help of the machine formation in the Tangmen territory, the Ninja people themselves suffered heavy losses. Later, in order to understand this matter, the Ninja people came to the top of the Tangmen mountain to post a battle post, and agreed that ten people from each side would fight in the Jilin Tuotian Cave. If the Tang Clan wins, the people will never be enemies with the Tang Clan again, and they will never set foot on Chinese soil again; if the people win, the head of the Tang Clan will have to sacrifice his head.

However, the Japanese respect small etiquette and disregard big things, so naturally they cannot trust what they say. This is a trap for the Tang Sect.Fortunately, Tang Bingwen, the head of the sect, has long understood the habits of the Ninja people: fierce and aggressive, brave and not afraid of death, proud of death, vengeful, capricious... If this kind of people do not rely on the hole through the sky to fight, they will be completely wiped out. If it is lost, there will definitely be consequences.

In the battle at the Tuotian Cave, the Tang Sect won by killing and stopping the killing. The news of the battle made everyone on Bihe Mountain tremble and lost the courage to do it again. However, the Japanese Fish and Dragon Society took this opportunity to liquidate the forces of Bihe Mountain in Japan. The Heshan ninja people were unable to return home, and the remnants of the party were lurking in the country. They were dug out by the people from the small inn some time ago.

Zhang Wang saw the name of a ninja on the list——Masino Takuto, this man was present when his master Gao Yingcai died, and later also attacked Tangmen several times and escaped unscathed.Zhang Wang had already made up his mind. He turned to Tang Tingfeng and asked, "How long ago was this news?"

"More than ten days ago, it's a pity that it would be nice if the news came sooner... These people became prisoners of war, eating us and drinking our food. The troops will not stay long, and they can return to Japan in a few months. This is Let’s take a look at the specific location of Bihe Mountain.”

"..." Zhang Wang felt bursts of intense excitement in his head, and his skull began to tremble. He and Tang Tingfeng looked at each other, and both of them saw a strong killing intent in each other's eyes.Zhang Wang: "Tang Tingfeng, you usually don't show mountains or waters. I didn't expect you to do all the work!"

Tang Tingfeng: "Don't you want to do this? The Japanese can go to our China to burn, kill and loot for so many years, and now we have to feed them and send them back. You can bear this? Why don't we kill them back? Just Because of the sect rules! We are not allowed to act rashly after Jiashen, aren't you panicking?"

Zhang Wang's eyes narrowed and he stared straight at Tang Tingfeng: "Even if there is only a group of remnants left in Bihe Mountain, just the two of us crossing the ocean and trying to kill them would be a fool's errand!"

Tang Tingfeng swallowed a sip of saliva, "The ones with the courage and strength now are Miao Xing and Yang Lie. Yang Lie can speak Japanese. With him here, our chances of success will be much greater."

"Tang Miaoxing is not sure. How could that guy Yang Lie do such a thing! He has been a member of the Tang Sect for so many years, but he has never violated any of the rules."

Tang Tingfeng: "Humph, I think there are exceptions to everything. Yang Lie usually looks serious, but he may not have this idea in his heart. No matter what, we can still cheat..."

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Yang Lie: "The first time I went to Japan was in the late winter of [-], and the only people who went with me were Tang Miaoxing, Zhang Wang and Tang Guanhai. Things went smoothly that time, and there was no news on the road... Actually, that time At that time, they had no time to take care of this. We drove for two days in a row to reach Bihe Mountain."

"At that time, Higashan was already in an isolated and helpless situation. Their supporters either collapsed or abandoned them all. Japan's largest alien force, the Yuryu Kai, and Higashan were also in an antagonistic relationship. They were only burned by a bomb not long ago. The vitality is severely damaged, and the two sides have not started fighting yet. The entire mountain is surrounded by deathly silence and decadence, and those who returned home are basically injured."

"We took a short rest outside Bihe Mountain and then started taking action. This operation has no restrictions, because there are only three 'ghosts' left in the mountain, and we can't find anyone alive in Bihe Mountain after only one daylight... The wildfire never burned out, and the spring breeze blew again. A few years later, a new group of ninjas gathered in Bihe Mountain. That was the last ninja-the one who died in the hands of the great master. These ninjas were his before the war. The adopted children grew up silently outside Bihe Mountain. They declared war on the Fish and Dragon Society under the banner of "Killing out the internal thieves, and the heroes' souls will never die". They resisted for several years, but in the end they were unable to defeat the fish with the support of the Japanese cabinet. Dragon Club.”

In fact, Tang Muzhi was curious about Yang Lie's reasons for running to Japan with Zhang Wang and the others, but Yang Lie didn't say much about this, and the focus of this conversation was that the company recommended Yang Lie to take the position of "man" Things... As fate would have it, after so many years, the Tang Sect and Bihe Mountain were actually at odds with each other on the issue of establishing a foothold as an assassin organization.

The ninjas of Mount Bihe lost their function because the Japanese society became stable at that time. The people above wanted to completely seal these ninjas and let them fend for themselves in this closed environment.At that time, the ninja of Bihe Mountain reached an agreement with the big shot, and exchanged military merits for the acceptance of the world, so when other alien invaders only participated in the war in the name of individuals, Bihe Mountain almost used the strength of the whole clan, regardless of death Assisting the invader army is bound to make this continent burn to the ground in the flames of war.

From the point of view of Japan now, Tang Muzhi, Bihe Mountain really made great achievements for Japan, assisting the army to assassinate our army's top leaders, and caused heavy casualties to the foreign forces who united to strangle them - that is the Qing Dynasty , Putuo Three Temples, Longhushan, and even the combined forces of the four families can sweep all the forces in the world now, but in the end the two parties only ended up with mutual casualties.

But the final outcome of Bihe Mountain is still to be abandoned - before the battle at the Tutian Cave in Jilin, the enemy force sitting in the rear, the Yulonghui, leaked information and was stabbed in the back. After the defeat, the new forces were gradually wiped out under the instructions from above. .An assassin organization with a long history and a structure similar to that of the Tang Sect has declined due to the repetition of this situation.

The ending of Bihe Mountain is a fierce and tragic ending. They are assassins, and assassins are contrary to the stability of the world, so they have an ending.The Tang Sect is facing the same dilemma now, but it is impossible to change the world, so the only choice is compromise.

But there are different directions for compromise. Should you join the world and become an ordinary sect, or should you follow the same path that the ninjas of Mount Bihe have always followed?In short, in the future, he will definitely deviate from the original intention of his ancestors in founding the Tang Sect and modify the sect rules that have been observed for a long time... Yang Lie is not easy to be the sect leader.

The current situation is that after joining the world and becoming an ordinary sect, the Tang Sect lacks the means to transform and will inevitably gradually weaken and lose its former glory. It will even be difficult to gain a foothold in the world many years later. However, by following the old path of Bihe Mountain, although the ancestors will be The methods are passed down, but they may be reincarnated again, dying in isolation and betrayal.

Now that Nadutong has released the "guy" position, it is to find out the direction of the Tang Clan. Once Yang Lie accepts it, Tang Muzhi estimates that it will be very difficult for the Health Department to accept the Tang Clan again. Nadutong will also be involved in this matter The emperor strongly opposed it, because if the Tang Sect maintained a dual identity, it would be extremely detrimental to their management.And if Yang Lie refuses, burns the achievements of the Tang Sect's entry into the world in recent years, keeps a low profile outside, and gradually hides the Tang Sect in the darkness, in line with the wishes of the higher-ups, the road to Bihe Mountain will be much smoother.

Tang Muzhi thought for a long time, and finally said: "The example of the Ninjas in Heshan Mountain is still a bit extreme. I shouldn't compare the Tang Sect with the Japs."

Yang Lie: "According to your wishes, should we cooperate with the Department of Health?"

"Yes, the only disadvantage of cooperating with the Department of Health while retaining Tang Sect's status in the circle is that it is easy to be criticized by people in the circle at the beginning."

"But it's difficult."

Tang Muzhi: "Difficulties can always be overcome... What I mean is the will of the gatekeepers. Inner disciples, if they are still keen on the assassin profession after adulthood, or if the original intention of the outer disciples to join the Tang Sect has not changed, they can choose Go to the Health Department to work and gain deeper knowledge in the art of assassins; if your mind is not in this area, or you are not the material to be an assassin, you can also find things for them to do, such as setting up a large security company, and relying on the skills of the disciples, you can run it well. It will not decline.”

Yang Lie nodded slightly and chuckled: "After going around for a long time, you have come back to our original expectations. What I'm talking to you about is how to resolve these contradictions and difficulties!"

Tang Muzhi said: "Okay, you listen to me this time. I will establish a line of cooperation between the disciples and the Department of Health in the future, and it can't be blocked anywhere. As for you, just sit in the seat of the ten men with peace of mind, just There is no need to continue running martial arts schools, they will soon become outdated. As I said, the security company is reliable, and there is no shortage of money now. The difficulty in going through the procedures will be solved by slowly communicating with Naduotong when you become a top ten. "

(End of this chapter)