Volume 1: Wild Beasts, Changes Begin Chapter 27: The Old Generation Are All Lame
The news of Fang Yunhan's battle on Ginkgo Street had gradually spread. In addition, he was now accompanied by four young masters, so he did not encounter any significant obstacles on the road afterwards.
A few ignorant ambushers were easily dealt with.
In this way, three days later, the five of them finally arrived at the next city. However, this time, before they had time to enter the city, they saw the long banner hanging outside the city wall.
The long banner was five meters off the ground and more than three meters away from the top of the city wall. The fine iron pole was nailed directly into the bricks and stones of the city wall. Several lines of large characters were written in conspicuous red on the white banner.
——All the members of the Beggars' Sect, Shaolin, Wudang and others have been captured. In order to keep them alive, they should take the escorted items back to Pingyu Cliff, fifty miles outside Yueyang City, and exchange them.
The cloth banner fluttered in the warm morning breeze. Some people gathered around the city gate, pointing at the long banner and talking. The five young masters riding on four horses and one donkey were all solemn when they saw the words.
Feng Qingyang jumped up from the horse and took down the long banner, but found that there were many bright red words left on the back of the banner.
Those were names, Zhao Dapeng, Fakong, Qingyun, Lu Kuanglan, Duan Wangsun, Bai Yunshen...
The expressions of Robert Kuok and the others gradually turned ugly as they saw the name of the head of the Five Mountains Sword Sect behind them.
Mo Taichong had already gone around to inquire, and now he came back and said, "This thing was inserted more than two days ago, and no one knows who did it."
"I'm afraid that the Eagle has sent a message to activate some secret agents in this city. It seems that the power of this group of criminals cannot be underestimated."
After Yu
Honestly speaking, although we had expected that Master Fakong and his men might encounter strong enemies along the way, or even be defeated and scattered, it was a bit too exaggerated that all the masters were captured alive.
Capturing alive and killing are two completely different levels of difficulty, not to mention that none of the masters escaped.
However, even if they did not believe this, they could not gamble with their leader's life.
"There is an old friend and master of my Songshan Sect in this city. I will go and ask him if he has heard any news about the Beggars' Gang that came out from Yueyang." Robert Kuok said as he rode into the city.
Fang Yunhan and the other three found a nearby inn and waited.
While waiting, Fang Yunhan said, "I think this is very likely true. Even if not all of them were captured alive, at least some of them were captured by them."
Yu Longzi agreed and said, "The group our leader is with is quite powerful, so it's not difficult to verify their whereabouts. If this is a fake, it's easy to expose. There's no need for the other party to be so mysterious."
"If it's true..." Mo Taichong paused halfway through his sentence.
It was true. The four great disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect would definitely not sit idly by and watch their leader die. But they were already halfway to the capital. Did they really have to turn back and obediently hand over the treasure map?
Also, is Fang Yunhan willing to hand over the treasure map entrusted to him by the Beggars' Sect?
Although the five of them had a great time talking to each other these days, they were still not close friends, so it was difficult to ask such questions directly.
Even now, Yu Longzi and the others still find it a little hard to believe.
According to what was written on the banner, didn't it prove that the new leader of the Beggars' Sect really entrusted the treasure map to Fang Yunhan? But these two people had only known each other for a few days, so how could they be entrusted with such an important thing?
Are there really people in this world who are so close to each other that they can trust their lives to each other?
"If it's true, let's prepare to return."
When Fang Yunhan said this, the other three people who were immersed in their own thoughts were stunned.
Feng Qingyang was the first to come to his senses and nodded, "That's right. We have to go back first to see if there is any chance to rescue the elders of each family."
Mo Taichong looked at the two of them, lowered his head to look at the teacup, and said, "Brother Fang, are you going to exchange it for the real treasure map?"
"That group of mysterious people already knew about the treasure map. It's hard to say how much they know about it. If we rashly make a fake, I'm afraid it won't be credible."
Fang Yunhan drank a cup of tea, looked at the other three, pondered for a moment, and said, "You don't have to feel strange. In fact, for me, gold and silver treasures have no appeal. They are not as attractive as the magical charm of martial arts. Besides, it was Zhao Dapeng of the Beggars' Sect who entrusted the treasure map to me. It was the Beggars' Sect who wanted to borrow the treasure map to communicate with Lord Yang in the capital. If I send the capital, but the new leader of the Beggars' Sect loses his life, wouldn't it be a wasted trip? It's meaningless."
After hearing this, the other three people still felt that it was too light, but they also felt that since these words came from Fang Yunhan's mouth, they were very true.
If he didn't have this kind of mentality, how could he have cultivated such a powerful internal force at such a young age? And how could he have done such a thing on Ginkgo Street?
"However, even though we have to go back, this transaction cannot rely on just the five of us."
Fang Yunhan continued, "Given your age and martial arts skills, you should have some credibility in your own sect or even other righteous sects. It will take us about six days to get back to the fifty miles outside Yueyang City from here. Send a message immediately. If your sect is nearby, bring more people. If your sect is far away, pick all the elite."
"Let's gather a strong team. At least the overall strength should be better than the team that the leaders of the various factions were in before. Only then will we have confidence in this transaction."
"good."
Feng Qingyang left immediately. Mo Taichong drank two more cups of tea and left as well.
When Yu Longzi saw the two of them leaving, he really wanted to ask - Aren't you afraid that Fang Yunhan deliberately sent us away?
But in the end, he didn't ask.
Before Yu Longzi left, he took only one more step than the two people before him. He bowed solemnly to Fang Yunhan.
After Fang Yunhan waited for him to leave, he sat alone at the table for a long time and laughed.
Although they have different personalities, they can all be considered heroes after all.
"Brother Fang, in this situation, you can actually laugh?"
A low and hoarse voice was heard. Fang Yunhan was slightly surprised and turned to look.
An acquaintance came into the inn.
Fang Yunhan looked at the Golden Tou Tuo as he walked towards him step by step, and sat down opposite him at the table, drinking like they did that day.
"The more urgent the situation is, the more we should smile." Fang Yunhan picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Jin Tou Tuo.
The golden monk raised his eyebrows and said, "Am I not worthy of drinking Brother Fang's wine?"
"What kind of wine can an injured person drink?" Fang Yunhan laughed and chatted calmly, raised his teacup and clinked it with him, "I'll drink tea with you."
The golden monk's hands still seemed a little weak. He held the teacup and watched the other party drink tea as heartily as if he were drinking wine. He drank it all in one gulp and sighed, "It seems that you have made up your mind to go back and exchange with the leader."
"Master, are you going to stop me again?" Fang Yunhan's smile faded a little, and he said, "Your small body can't withstand three moves from me now."
"Hmph." The Golden Monk drank his tea and said coldly, "The leader is not a cruel person. Wounded people like me and the Red Jade Dharma King will not participate in the next operation. Just go and recover. I came here just to repay the favor you did me that day."
Fang Yunhan said: "Oh~ How do I pay it back?"
"The leader now has 800 elite soldiers and hundreds of archers. One of the four Dharma Kings has a mysterious origin. He has not shown up in any of the several gatherings of the four Dharma Kings, five scattered people, and ten elders."
After saying this, Jin Tou Tuo put down his teacup and immediately turned around and left.
"I'm returning a favor, and that's all I'm saying. Also, I heard you say you don't care about the treasure map, so why risk your life? I hope I can hear about your deeds again in the future."
