The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 185 Bad Fate
Wu Chengyu was quite helpless as the gossip had gotten to him. After being injured, he had been heading to Xiangyang, thinking only of recovering from his injuries as soon as possible. He really didn't know when he had acquired the titles of "Unrivaled in the Nine Provinces" and "Great Hero of the Divine Land".

In martial arts novels, people with this nickname are highly likely to be betrayed by a villain and die meaningless deaths. Wu Chengyu has no interest in such nicknames.

However, he then heard about a person called the "Big Boss".

At this moment, Old Man Liang asked the chieftain in return, "When will the chief be able to return?"

"It should be another half month. The Hebei rebels were almost wiped out by the Jin dogs last time, and some orphans are still hiding. The leader of the rebels, Renyi, couldn't bear to see the descendants of the rebels being bullied, so he took his brothers to Hebei."

I heard a few days ago that they are already on their way back.

This time it was a close call, but we lost a few brothers.

After listening, Old Man Liang angrily said, "It's all the fault of the rebel leader in Hebei. He believed Jin Gou's rumors with just a few words and exposed himself for the sake of the Wumu Manual. How many rebels are left in Hebei now?"

The chieftain said, "We can't blame him for this. That's the legacy of Yue Fei. To be fair, if you or I heard this news, how could we not be fooled?"

If we obtain the military treatise left by Grandfather Yue Fei, we might be able to defeat the Jurchens and restore the Han people's land.

Most importantly, the brothers of Yue Fei's army mentioned that the "Wumu Manual" truly exists, and they have been searching for it for many years.

It's the Wumu Legacy again. This Hebei rebel army must be one of the people who fell into the trap set by the Shi family last time. Wu Chengyu sighed. That incident was indeed far-reaching. Fortunately, after Shi Miyuan died, the Shi family fell apart and is probably in dire straits now.

However, these rebel armies seem to be having a bad time. They have neither the support of the Song Dynasty nor the support of the Jin Dynasty. This situation will likely continue until the fall of the Jin Dynasty, after which they will be unable to make a dent in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty's unparalleled cavalry.

Next, he got to eat his own melon, his own, not Shenzhou Daxia's.

The chieftain asked, "Did you encounter any suspicious people on your way back from the Song Dynasty? The chief said that those Song officials were not friendly to us either, regarding us as rebels. Some of them even cooperated with the Jin dogs and tipped us off."

"Don't worry, I was very careful with our caravan this time. I didn't see anyone suspicious, except for a scholar who joined us halfway through, which was a bit strange."

“Something’s not right. If there’s a problem, we absolutely cannot let it go. We’ve suffered too many losses in the Song Kingdom over the years.”

"No, he was just a young scholar, tall and thin, who looked rather frail. He had become a blockhead from studying so much. I didn't suspect anything at first."

But this boy was a bit strange. Aside from being a bit pedantic, I always felt that the way he looked at me was off. It seemed like he was always looking at me with a hint of mockery, as if he were watching me as a joke.

"You don't need to worry, I won't be careless. He's just a scholar; he can't cause any trouble."

"That's good. Besides gathering information, you've also brought back so many good things. Make sure to deliver them to the chief."

"Don't worry, there were no problems all the way from Song, so there will be even less of a problem here."

"The chief will meet you at Dasanguan. Just hand these things over to him then."

Wu Chengyu gave a wry smile. He felt that he had seen through the old man Liang's identity and was slightly pleased with himself while he was being polite and accommodating. He was truly shrewd as an old man. Who would have thought that the old man Liang would see through him? He had been getting a little cocky lately and needed to reflect on his actions.

The chieftain and Old Man Liang then spoke for a while longer, but Wu Chengyu had no interest in listening anymore. He was also not interested in the things Old Man Liang had brought from the Song Dynasty. The rebel army lacked nothing more than weapons and provisions, and they must have had their own routes to transport them from the Song Dynasty.

However, since Old Man Liang seemed to be hitchhiking just like him, it appeared that he was the person in charge of the entire caravan. Wu Chengyu quietly left the mountain stronghold's main hall, avoiding the guards, and prepared to return to the inn at the foot of the mountain. Unexpectedly, he suddenly saw a dark figure quietly leaving the stronghold. The figure was skilled in light footwork and very familiar with the stronghold, easily avoiding all the visible and hidden sentries, and also heading towards the foot of the mountain.

However, he didn't go to the inn; instead, he went in the opposite direction, heading straight for another destination.

Wu Chengyu became curious. This person acted suspiciously, dressed in night clothes and wearing a mask. He was definitely not from the mountain stronghold, nor was he from the rebel army. Whoever he was, he was definitely going to harm them.

Thinking of the benevolent leader who had just claimed to be the righteous army, and how these righteous soldiers had indeed sacrificed their lives to fight against the Jin Dynasty, Wu Chengyu still followed along.

This person's so-called lightness skill was nothing to Wu Chengyu, who didn't even realize that someone had been following him.

He ran two or three miles from the foot of the mountain and came to an abandoned house. He did not go in immediately, but carefully looked around. Finding that there was no tail behind him and nothing unusual around him, he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the abandoned house.

A loud thud echoed in the dead of night, followed by a voice from inside the abandoned house: "Who goes there?"

When the man in black opened his mouth, he spoke Jurchen, the language of the Jin Dynasty. When Wu Chengyu infiltrated the royal manor to make kebabs, the Jin guards communicated with each other in Jurchen. So although he couldn't understand it, he could still make a judgment from the pronunciation and intonation.

Therefore, Jin spies had long infiltrated Black Tiger Stronghold and were planning to commit treacherous acts today.

The people inside also answered in Jurchen, but they spoke haltingly, clearly not Jurchens.

After the man in black finished speaking, he pushed open the door and entered. Wu Chengyu did not follow him in, but stood by the wall, observing the activity inside using a 3D model.

There were five people inside. The one speaking was the one in the middle, and the other four were holding weapons.

"Greetings, sir. I only know a little bit of the language of the Great Jin Dynasty, and I am not proficient in it. I will have to trouble you to speak our Mandarin."

"Very well, so you were the one who secretly contacted me through my Jin's spies in the Song Dynasty?"

At this moment, Wu Chengyu was somewhat surprised. Life is full of unexpected encounters, and the person in the room turned out to be an old acquaintance, Shi Chang.

He sighed. Ever since he met Shi Tong in Suzhou, he had been entangled with the Shi family. He originally thought that with Shi Miyuan's death, the Shi family would never be able to turn things around again and that he would never meet them again.

Little did he know that his ill-fated relationship with the Shi family was not completely over, and he even encountered them again when he came to Shaanxi.

However, Wu Chengyu was actually quite happy. Back then, so many of Yue Fei's soldiers died in the ambush in Suzhou. This Shi Chang was the real mastermind behind it all.

He later encountered Shi Chang again on a painted boat on West Lake, but at that time he still needed to find Shi Miyuan, so he did not kill him immediately.

When Shi Miyuan was assassinated at the Royal Manor, Shi Chang was not present. It was thought that there would be no more chances. Wu Chengyu was very regretful about this. If Shi Chang had not died, the revenge of Yue Family Army would not have been completed.

But who would have thought that justice would prevail, and after all the twists and turns, Shi Chang still appeared before him.

Is this fate? Shi Tong, Shi Chang, and Shi Shun, the three brothers of Kai Sai Lu, none of them can be missing.

The ill-fated relationship with the historians can finally come to an end today.

(End of this chapter)