Chapter 19: The Past
In the silent martial arts hall, only the rustling sound of the bamboo forest in the distance was left in the air, accompanied by the sound of the martial arts flag, and the people in the martial arts hall stood quietly in the martial arts hall, letting the wind rattle the hair in their ears and the clothes on their bodies fluttering.
After half a cup of tea, everyone saw a figure on the path in front of the martial arts hall rushing towards here, and when the person got closer, Shi Qing stepped forward and said to Hai Tianlong, who was closing his eyes: "Master, the second junior brother is back." β
"yes, I see. After speaking, Hai Tianlong slowly opened his eyes and saw the stone tree that had walked to his side, and saw that he was about to salute, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Shu'er, don't be rigid in etiquette, you can talk about it first." β
"Yes, master, I went to the town and saw that the people from the Divine Leg Gate have come here, and now it is estimated that they should be almost there; I saw that the person who came back from the Divine Leg Gate seems to be the second master Duan Hong, there are more than 30 people in total, and basically all of them are inner disciples, and there are only seven or eight outer disciples, and they all seem to be good hands, and Liu Yun, the master of the outer hall, is also among them, it seems that this time they are not just coming for the little junior brother. Shi Shu told Hai Tianlong all the 1510 he saw in Qiandeng Town, and after speaking, he stood aside and waited for the people of the Divine Leg Gate with everyone.
Hai Tianlong listened to Shi Shu's words, sighed slightly, and muttered: "It seems that what should come in this world will always come, Brother Yun, it seems that I have to go first, and I can't help you take care of Xiao Xiang anymore." After speaking, Hai Tianlong closed his eyes again, but the bloody scene of twenty-five years ago slowly appeared in his mind: "In a small fishing village next to Suzhou City, with the arrival of the Duan family and the people of the government, this place has become a hell on earth, and the village was slaughtered in just one night. Thinking of this scene, a painful expression appeared on Hai Tianlong's face, and he shook his head vigorously, and another picture appeared in his mind: He had just turned 20 and had just finished his studies and went down the mountain; it was the age of his blood and strength, and he went into the martial arts alone; because he was not accustomed to the hypocrites of some people, he relied on his good martial arts, so he taught them a lesson, and some people died under his own sword, including some corrupt officials and Duan Hong's father; after a few years, Hai Tianlong lived in seclusion in an unknown small fishing village next to Suzhou City because he looked down on the rights and wrongs in the martial arts, and married his wife and had children, and lived a quiet life every day, making a living by fishingγ Unexpectedly, there were unforeseen circumstances, one day, Haitianlong, as usual, went fishing to Suzhou City* , but happened to meet Duan Hong, in a hurry, Hai Tianlong hurriedly turned around and returned to the fishing village, after coming back, Hai Tianlong was afraid that they would find this fishing village, and did not want to wait for several days without moving, so Hai Tianlong relaxed, but on this day, the people of the Duan family and the people of the government quietly came here, taking advantage of the night to burn and loot here, and when it was dawn, the whole village was razed to the ground by them, Duan Hong also captured Hai Tianlong's wife and son, and used them to force Hai Tianlong to give up resistance; γ
After Duan Hong captured Hai Tianlong, not only did he not fulfill his promise to release innocent people, but also killed his wife, children and surviving villagers one by one in front of Hai Tianlong. Thinking of this, two tears slipped down Hai Tianlong's face;'Just when they tortured Hai Tianlong enough, they were about to kill him, when suddenly a person appeared and saved him, this person was his later sworn brother, Yun Ao, and Xuanyuan Xiang's father, Xuanyuan Ao, and later, after Hai Tianlong recovered from his injuries, because he couldn't forget the scene of the slaughter of the fishing village, Yun Ao and Hai Tianlong sneaked into Duan's mansion one night and slaughtered all 132 members of the Duan family. But because Duan Hong was not in the Duan Mansion that day, he escaped. Later, because his eldest brother Yun Ao lived in seclusion in this Thousand Lights Town, Hai Tianlong also opened a martial arts hall here to teach apprentices, and no longer paid attention to the affairs of the rivers and lakes. Unexpectedly, today it was ...... again' Thinking of this, Hai Tianlong shook his head vigorously, opened his already reddened eyes, sighed slightly, and said to the disciples behind him: "Shi Qing, you take your junior disciples and go to the back mountain to take refuge, you don't have to worry about the affairs here." β
As soon as the disciples behind him heard that the master was going to let them go, they said in unison: "Master, we have to live and die with the martial arts hall." Hearing this, the tears in Hai Tianlong's eyes burst out again, and he turned to everyone and said, "What's the matter, don't you listen to the master's words?" Quick, Shi Qing, you quickly take the junior disciples to the back mountain to hide, this time I think they are not here for your junior brother, maybe the matter is more serious than you think. β
"Master, disciple don't leave!" All the disciples knelt on the ground in unison, and Shi Qing said again: "Master, you treat us like father and son, this martial arts hall is our home, you drive us away, where are you going to let us go? β
Shi Qing's words said that Hai Tianlong was in tears, and he held back his tears and burst out of his eyes again, helped Shi Qing up and said, "Okay... Then our master and apprentice will protect the martial arts hall together!" After speaking, I saw that all the disciples were also standing proudly in this trembling wind with tears in their eyes, just like a group of warriors.
"Haha, Hai Tianlong, you really moved me, but when you master and apprentice are waiting, you can only go to Huangquan Road to be a master and apprentice. Haha" A voice sounded behind Hai Tianlong, Hai Tianlong followed the sound and looked back, only to see a person dressed in white, holding a painting fan in his hand, dressed as a scholar, walked out of the bamboo forest slowly, the man then said, "Hai Tianlong, I can't imagine that your dignified 'eight-armed Tianlong' actually makes you like this remote place, it was originally in a fishing village, and now it is in a mountain village?" β
Hearing Duan Hong mention the incident again, he immediately said angrily: "Duan Hong, you are a brute with no humanity, you actually killed so many innocent villagers back then, and all 346 people in the entire village were killed by you. Today I want to get justice for them. β
"Haha, good scolding, I'm a brute, so what are you? My Duan family has a total of one hundred and thirty-two, plus my father also died in your hands, a total of one hundred and thirty-three people died at your hands, so how to calculate this account. Today I also want to get justice for my family. Duan Hong was also unstoppably excited, clenching his hands into fists and shouting excitedly.
Listening to Duan Hong's words, Hai Tianlong subconsciously looked at his hands, thinking that his hands were also stained with blood, he couldn't help but show a painful expression on his face again, and only after calming down a little, Hai Tianlong said to Duan Hong: "Duan Hong, I don't know anything, I've been here for almost twenty years, I want to know how you know I'm here." Although Hai Tianlong hated Duan Hong very much, he was still puzzled by this matter in his heart. He has lived in seclusion here for twenty years, and it turns out that Duan Hong can't find himself, why did he suddenly come to the door today?
"I can't blame anyone else for this, but I can only blame you for taking in a good apprentice, come and bring him up. Duan Hong said, a few disciples of the outer hall of the Divine Leg Gate walked up from behind with a person, only to see that the man was covered with scars, as soon as the man walked up, he knelt down towards Haitianlong: "Master, the apprentice should die, the apprentice is sorry for you, the apprentice just wanted to teach Xuanyuan Xiang a lesson, and he didn't want to... I don't want it to be like this. After saying that, the man sobbed and scolded Duan Hong, "You damn Duan Hong, you god legs are all damned." β