Volume 1 Chapter 25: Arrows Raining Down and Burning the Sky
Ding Lei nodded and said, "Okay." The two of them whispered for a while, and Ding Lei stepped forward, laughing strangely, "Girl, I underestimated you just now and let you scratch grandpa. This time I'm going to use my real kung fu!" After that, he swung the carved-head stick, which swept towards Yin Yin with a whirring wind.
Everyone on the floating bridge over the courtyard wall had already seen the two men in danger, but they could not get off the bridge without orders. They were also afraid that the soldiers outside the dense forest would take advantage of the chaos to shoot arrows inside. They were really confused and most of them could no longer concentrate on fighting the enemy. From time to time, they looked at the movements of the government troops outside, and from time to time they turned back to look at the battle situation on the broken bridge.
Ding Shui had been watching from behind for a long time. Seeing that Yin Yin was concentrating on dealing with Ding Lei and had no time to take care of him, he exerted force on his feet, turned over, and rolled behind Yin Yin. He was feeling proud when he saw a bamboo pole facing him. There was no place to leverage in the air at this time, and the bamboo pole just stabbed his chest firmly. Ding Shui could n't help but scream and leaned back. Ding Lei was also shocked when he saw this. He took a few steps back and saw Ding Shui falling straight into the water beside him. He hurriedly raised his carved head stick and lifted him up. Although Ding Shui's back was hurt by the carved head stick, he hooked the stick with his feet and got back to the bridge in a mess with the leverage.
Both of them were sweating coldly. They were both unable to swim and were usually very afraid of rivers and lakes. They were afraid that they would fall into the water and no one would rescue them. At this time, Ding Shui had escaped death. He stood up and glared at Lin Jianlan with a very vicious look.
It turned out that when Lin Jianlan saw Ding Shui watching the fight from behind, he quickly ran to the small boat by the lake and took a bamboo pole to support the boat. In the early spring, willow catkins were flying and flower petals were falling. In addition, this lake was very fond of growing duckweed, and the surface was covered with these debris, so it often looked dirty. This small boat was originally used to salvage floating objects in the lake, but Lin Jianlan didn't expect to use it at this moment.
The bamboo pole stabbed Ding Shui back, and Lin Jianlan was also rebounded. He stepped back a few steps and fell to the ground. He felt a dull pain in his palm, but he got up and stood behind Yin Yin, still holding the bamboo pole. The fat old man's eyes flickered with cruelty, and he whispered to the tall and thin old man for a while. The thin old man kept nodding and his eyes swept over here. Lin Jianlan's heart tightened, and he thought to himself: "I wonder what tricks they have come up with."
But this time it was Ding Shui who took over. He walked forward slowly and pointed a scale bar in the air towards Yin Yin. Although Yin Yin was very talented, he was young and weak after all. He had just tried to stop Ding Lei and was now a little tired, but he gritted his teeth and did not retreat. His every move was as smooth as flowing water, showing that he had learned a lot.
Ding Shui saw that he had not been able to take down the two men for a long time, and he was anxious. He did not care about the severity of his attack. He thought that if he killed the girl, it would be the same to capture the boy alive. His moves became more and more fierce. He raised his right hand slightly, and it was a move of "Zhang Chang Huamei" and pointed directly at Yin Yin's head. Yin Yin was short and had suffered a loss. He tried his best to block with the short sword in his hand, but he heard Lin Jianlan shouting from behind: "Right hand 'pull the grass to find the snake', left hand 'immortal belt'!" He did not think about it and attacked Ding Shui's lower road with his right hand long sword. The short sword blocked the scale bar and swung it back, but it was swiped towards Ding Shui's waist. Ding Shui quickly withdrew the scale bar and flew up to avoid the two swords, but he heard Lin Jianlan shouting: "He is afraid of water and dare not jump too high. Use 'force to split Huashan' with your left hand and 'the great river flows eastward' with your right hand!"
Yin Yin understood immediately, and with a tap of her toes, her small body flew up. The short sword slashed towards Ding Shui, while the long sword gathered internal strength and stabbed from left to right. Lin Jianlan exclaimed in his heart, "Yin Yin is indeed very talented. It is rare for her to use two moves with both hands. What's more valuable is that one is a fast move and the other is a slow move, but she doesn't make any difference at all." He didn't know that Yin Yin had been practicing martial arts with these two swords since she was a child. There were not many people in the world who used two swords, and there were almost no people like Yin Yin who used one long and one short. Cao Shujian was determined to train her. In addition to the masters in the gang, he also hired many sword masters from outside with a lot of money. Therefore, Yin Yin was so young, but her swordsmanship was already unique.
Lin Jianlan watched the battle intently, and from time to time he shouted out his advice. Yin Yin actually beat Ding Shui back several times. Ding Shui thought that if he delayed any longer, it would be difficult to deal with the reinforcements. He turned around and blew a whistle. Ding Lei immediately held the staff in both hands and stared at the battle situation. Lin Jianlan thought to himself, "Why did he whistle?"
However, although Ding Shui was still fighting with Yin Yin, he quietly put the hand holding the scale bar into his sleeve and shouted, "Watch out for his sleeves!" As soon as he finished speaking, something with a thin rope attached flew out of his sleeve and instantly reached the end of the scale bar and hit Yin Yin. Yin Yin blocked the scale bar with a sword, and saw the object coming towards him, so he hurriedly used another sword to block it. However, it was a rope with a weight tied to it that rolled towards the hilt of the sword in Yin Yin's hand. Just as he was about to avoid it, he heard Lin Jianlan shouting, "Be careful ahead." He heard a sound of breaking air, and instantly felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. The dagger in his hand almost fell, but he held it tightly, but it was a marble that fell to the ground, bounced a few times, and rolled into the water. It turned out that the whistle was to remind Ding Lei to pay attention to the situation and make a secret move. Just now, Ding Lei saw Ding Shui use his special move. When the scale bar was pointed quickly, the hidden weight also broke out of his sleeve. While Yin Yin was parrying with his two swords and had no time to pay attention to him, he activated the mechanism of the carved head stick, and the carved head fired a bullet that hit Yin Yin's shoulder.
Lin Jianlan was very worried. He saw that Ding Shui's weapon was a scale bar, and he felt that something was missing. It was not right. He realized that a weight was missing. He must have hidden it in his sleeves and used it when the opponent was relaxed. Seeing Yin Yin's face full of pain, but still holding the two swords tightly, not retreating a single step, he was very anxious. Seeing Ding Lei and Ding Shui approaching step by step, Lin Jianlan quickly looked around and shouted to Yin Yin: "Yin Yin, get down!"
Upon hearing this, Yin Yin didn't think twice and immediately threw himself on all fours on the floating bridge. At this time, Lin Jianlan had already rushed onto the bridge and also lay down with all his strength, but his hands pressed on the seventh bridge board from the bridge head, and he closed his eyes and pressed down hard.
Ding Lei and Ding Shui were just feeling proud of themselves when they saw the two children lying on the bridge with their heads in their hands. Suddenly, dozens of sharp arrows were shot from the bridge pillars half a foot above the bridge deck. The big trees at the bridge head also rustled, and countless arrows flew out from them, hitting the two of them directly, and they had no way to dodge! The two men cried out in their hearts that something was wrong, but did not dare to jump into the water. They just waved the carved-head stick and the weighing rod rapidly in front of them. The flying arrows fell to the ground with a crackling sound, and stopped after a while. Lin Jianlan and Yin Yin slowly got up and saw that Ding Lei was hit by an arrow in his left leg, and Ding Shui was hit by arrows in the waist and shoulder. They looked extremely embarrassed, and they could not help but smile at each other. Lin Jianlan saw that Yin Yin's face was slightly red, and she was holding her shoulder where the bullet hit her, biting her lips tightly. This smile was eye-catching, and he remembered the pear blossoms in the rain that he saw at the stern that day, and thought to himself: "Sister Yin Yin is actually very beautiful, but she has a cold face most of the time, and people dare not look directly at her." Yin Yin just smiled, but saw Lin Jianlan staring at her with a silly grin, and his face suddenly turned cold. He walked forward, holding his swords to his chest, and looked coldly at Ding Lei and Ding Shui.
Ding Shui felt a slight numbness on the wound, knowing that there was anesthetic on the arrow, and his credit would be lost. He hated the two children in his heart, especially Lin Jianlan. He stared at them and said hatefully: "I will deal with you sooner or later. Be careful not to let the grandfathers see us!" After that, he and Ding Lei left.
Seeing Yin Yin become cold as snow again, Lin Jianlan felt quite bored. He did not dare to go out again. He just sat by the lake in a depressed mood. Thinking of the folding bridge, he said to Yin Yin: "Sister Yin Yin, how do you think they know the mechanism here?" Yin Yin turned around and slowly walked to Lin Jianlan's side. She also sat on the rocks by the lake, grabbed some stones and threw them hard inside, saying: "I was also wondering, how did they know the mechanism on the folding bridge? I'm afraid they also know the mechanism inside."
Yun Mengzhen saw the two men helping each other out in a miserable state, and thought to himself, "These two people are so useless that they can't even catch two children. They are really useless." He was anxious because he couldn't take them down after a long time of attack. He saw that his men around him couldn't get any advantage. Hebao had already been hit by Qin Tianxiong with a small tree, and his ribs were broken. He was probably dead. Lin Hongfeng's men were also showing signs of defeat. It would be a matter of time before they were dealt with by Lin Hongfeng. He made up his mind, turned around, whistled, and shouted to the government troops, "Shoot!"
The people of the Kuangyi Gang were equally anxious. There were many masters from the Yukou Division coming this time, and it was a chaotic fight. They didn't know when they could force them back. There were also a group of government troops behind them who were eyeing them covetously. When they heard the command "shoot", they were all startled, but they did not relax their hands and their attacks became more fierce.
The members of the Kuangyi Gang on the floating bridge in the courtyard had just breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Lin Jianlan and Yin Yin escape, but they heard the other side shouting slogans, and they dared not relax. They held their hidden weapons in their hands and watched . They saw that the government troops were well-trained this time, with arrows on the strings. Immediately, a person behind each person lit the arrows and shot them into the courtyard. Everyone saw the incoming force and threw them. It turned out that the person in the gang was a master of hidden weapons. In a blink of an eye, the flying arrows fell outside the courtyard wall, and soon there was thick smoke in the dense forest.
Lin Jianlan and Yin Yin were sitting by the lake when they heard crackling sounds of burning outside. They looked at each other and hurried to the gate of the courtyard. This time they did not dare to run out. They just stuck their heads out of the gate and saw the government troops in the distance frequently lighting arrows and shooting them over. The people in the courtyard kept using hidden weapons to shoot down the flying arrows. However, the flying arrows fell under the courtyard wall and burned. The thick smoke was too close to everyone. Gradually, everyone felt their eyes sore and unbearable. Another batch of flying arrows came, and several people could not grasp the accuracy, and they shot into the courtyard. Some people were hit by the flying arrows and fell off the floating ladder.
The two saw more and more burning arrows falling in the yard. Although some fell into the lake, some fell on the grass and trees, burning more and more vigorously. They hurriedly put out the fire everywhere. Lin Jianlan thought that if a few more rounds went on, the fire inside might not be able to hold. He hurriedly held a few burning arrows and ran to the bottom of the floating bridge, shouting, "Uncles, can you throw these arrows back?" The man close to Lin Jianlan leaned over and took the arrow and said, "The key to a hidden weapon is accuracy and strength. It won't be enough if the distance is too far. Let me try." After that, he threw the arrow back with force, but shook his head and sighed. Lin Jianlan stuck his head out to see that the burning arrow was only thrown more than ten feet away, still far away from the government army. He was very anxious, and saw another batch of arrows coming towards him, so he hurriedly hid behind the wall.
How could those who were meeting the enemy outside not know that the situation inside was critical? However, at this moment, the two sides were in a stalemate and everyone was like the bushes under the courtyard wall, with a burning fear in their hearts. Then they heard someone on the courtyard wall shouting, "Why is there chaos over there with the government troops?" The voice contained surprise.
Lin Jianlan and Yin Yin looked out and saw smoke and dust billowing behind the government troops, constant shouting, and the camp was becoming more and more chaotic. After a while, several horses broke through the encirclement and rushed to the headquarters. More than 20 strong men in strong clothes reined in their horses and jumped off. The leader saw that Lin Longqing and others were still fighting hard, and the woods on both sides were filled with thick smoke. He shouted, "Fortunately we are not too late. Wait until this critical moment is over before you pay your respects to the gang leader! Brothers, follow me!" As soon as the words fell, everyone drew out their sharp knives from their waists, followed the big man and rushed into the camp of hundreds of government troops. Suddenly, there was a sound of killing inside, and sharp knife lights emerged from the smoke, mixed with screams from time to time.
Everyone was cheered up when they saw the help coming. Lin Longqing smiled, and his belt suddenly stabbed towards Yun Mengzhen, saying, "Master Yun, it seems that you can't take the heads of the Kuangyi Gang to claim credit and reward today!" After that, his moves became more sophisticated and fierce. His martial arts were originally slightly better than Yun Mengzhen's, but because he was distracted and worried about the safety of Lin Jianlan and the hall, he couldn't concentrate, and instead fought Yun Mengzhen to a draw. Yun Mengzhen felt the pressure increase sharply at this moment without any worries, but he forced a smile and said, "A small martial arts sect is disobeying the holy order of the Heavenly Dynasty. If we surrender, we may still be able to save the lives of innocent people. If we resist forcefully, even if we fail today, you may not be able to escape the catastrophe in the future!" But he did not relax his strength, and swept a whisk towards Lin Longqing frequently.
Lin Longqing said angrily: "What do you mean by saving the lives of innocent people? Three branches were massacred by you, so don't say such hypocritical nice things!" As soon as he finished speaking, the technique of the cloth belt changed from sword to whip, like a spirit snake spitting out its tongue, and the moves became more and more flexible and strange.
Seeing this, Lin Hongfeng felt relieved, but he was suspicious: "These people seem to be Kuang Yi's subordinates. How come I have never seen them before, nor heard Dad or Brother Qing talk about them?"
At this time, Lin Jianlan and Yin Yin had already climbed onto the floating bridge. Looking out from the courtyard, they saw the government troops were in a frenzy. The twenty or so men seemed to have formed a battle group, and wherever they went, there was chaos. Lin Jianlan looked from afar and thought to himself, "These people don't seem to have any exquisite martial arts skills. They just cooperate with each other and don't care about their own safety. They just want to kill the enemy. They seem to be fearless, and they are in line with the saying 'the brave are invincible'. Those government troops are afraid of death. Seeing this group of people coming fiercely, they are just busy dodging and have no intention of fighting. I'm afraid they will be dispersed soon."
