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

Chapter 389: Rape
In Luoyang, Henan, Wu Chengyu traveled north after leaving Shangzhou and finally caught up with the sixth prince of the Jin Dynasty in this ancient capital.

This person is actually a fictional character created by Jin Yong. The real Sixth Prince of this generation died at the age of two. Some people also say that the prototype of Wanyan Honglie is Wanyan Chenheshang, a general at the end of the Jin Dynasty. Although the Jin Dynasty eventually collapsed, it still caused great trouble for the Mongols.

But this is the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and this Sixth Prince is alive and well, with a very important role. In fact, the story of The Legend of the Condor Heroes originated from him sending people to forcibly abduct Bao Xiruo. Of course, there's also the saga of Qiu Chuji involved.

It is precisely because of the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that Wanyan Honglie is probably the most famous member of the entire Jin Dynasty royal family. Many people only know that such a guy exists after reading martial arts novels, but who knows what the current Jin Dynasty emperor, Wanyan Honglie's father's name is?

At this moment, Wanyan Honglie and his guards were resting at a royal estate in Luoyang. However, he was furious and smashed his teacup on the ground, cursing at the guards kneeling in front of him.

The guard was covered in blood, which had turned slightly black. He banged his head on the ground, trembling with fear.

“I have a great use for Zhang Agou. He is the only bandit who has voluntarily surrendered to our Great Jin in recent years. I will give him a high position and generous salary in the future, so that the world can see that as long as you join our Great Jin, you can rise to prominence. Let’s see who would still want to be with that bandit army.”

"Now you come to me and tell me that Zhang Agou was beheaded right before your eyes, and you didn't even see the person who did it, leaving behind only a headless corpse. So incompetent, what use are you to me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked the guard so hard that the guard stumbled. The guard didn't dare to cry out in pain and quickly knelt down again. He didn't dare to beg for mercy either, because Wanyan Honglie hated it most when his subordinates begged for mercy after doing something wrong.

The sixth prince was so angry that he was panting heavily. He sat back down in his chair in a huff. Now, wanting to impress the emperor, he set his sights on the rebel army.

The longer the rebels lay low over the years, the more uneasy the Jin dynasty's upper echelons became. Wanyan Honglie wanted to enhance his own prestige by suppressing the rebels.

This defection of Zhang Agou was his doing, and he was needed to carry out a series of actions afterward. Who would have thought that Zhang Agou would be killed before he even reached the capital of Daxing, without even knowing how he died.

However, he was extremely shrewd and quickly regained his composure, asking in a deep voice, "Where did he die? What were the specific circumstances before his death? Tell me everything in detail."

"Yes, Your Highness, Zhang Agou was killed while gambling at the gambling den."

"Wait, he went gambling again. He's a real piece of trash. The rebels have already issued an order to eliminate him. Are you still letting him leave?"

“Your Highness, you said before that we should treat him well and meet his demands before returning to Daxing City. Moreover, it was my carelessness. I thought Luoyang was too far from Shaanxi, and that the bandits’ order to eliminate traitors wouldn’t arrive here so quickly. Besides, I took more than twenty guards with me. Who would have thought that we would still fall into someone else’s trap?”

Zhang Agou is one of the managers of the rebel base outside Shangzhou City. He is mainly responsible for the supply of materials to the base. However, he has become addicted to gambling and often appears in various gambling dens in Shangzhou City.

At first, he had good luck gambling and made some money, which made him increasingly complacent. Soon, he was noticed by Jin Dynasty spies. At that time, Wanyan Honglie was leading people to Shaanxi to make plans to deal with the rebel army. He was overjoyed when he heard the news.

Afterwards, under Wanyan Honglie's remote control, the gambling dens colluded to cheat, and Zhang Agou quickly lost everything. He was completely blinded by greed and, in an attempt to win back his losses, he secretly embezzled funds from the rebel base, but he also quickly lost them all.

The rebel army's upper echelons quickly discovered that there were problems with the accounts at the Shangzhou base, which is why Hong Niangzi sent Old Man Liang to investigate the accounts.

Knowing that his superiors were about to arrive and that he would soon be exposed and severely punished, coupled with the enticement of Jin spies, Zhang Agou finally defected to Jin and revealed the location of the rebel base, the distribution of personnel, and the city's liaison stations all at once.

It was just bad luck for this old man Liang. He had just arrived at the Shangzhou base and hadn't even gotten to know everyone when the base was captured by the Jin army, and he was taken prisoner.

This led to Wu Chengyu's later appearance and the subsequent series of events. Wanyan Honglie even needed this traitor to pull off a "money-for-horse bones" scheme to damage the reputation of the righteous army.

"Go on, with more than twenty guards following him, how could someone still take his head?"

"Your Highness, we went to the largest gambling den in Luoyang, Dali Casino. It's a gambling den owned by a noble family from the Jin Dynasty. There's nothing wrong with the gambling den itself."

There were quite a few people in the gambling den at the time, but no one paid much attention to Zhang Agou. Zhang Agou liked to play Pai Gow, and there was nothing suspicious about the people around the gambling table.

He had a very good run of luck, winning over two hundred taels of silver in a row. In the end, he even drew a set of Double Heaven Supreme cards. I was right next to him at the time, and he turned to me and said that the prince had brought him good luck. But just as he slammed the cards onto the gambling table...

All we saw was a flash of black light, and Zhang Agou's head was gone. His body was still standing next to the gambling table, spurting blood. We were caught off guard, and the whole casino was in chaos.

After that, I immediately took out the prince's token and locked the casino, preventing anyone from leaving and checking each person one by one.

"I dared not delay and returned here immediately to apologize to Your Highness."

Wanyan Honglie pondered for a long time. This guard had been with him for many years and had always been reliable. Zhang Agou's death was too sudden, and the guard's response was appropriate.

"If that's the case, the murderer must still be in the casino, and must be a member of the bandit army. Now that Zhang Agou is dead, the blame will fall on this person."

"Go back immediately and find out the truth. If you can't, then everyone in the gambling den must be arrested."

No sooner had he finished speaking than another guard rushed in from outside, looking flustered. He took three steps at a time and then knelt down on one knee.

"Your Highness, something has happened at the city gate of Luoyang."

"What does it have to do with me if something happens at the city gate and we need to find the officials here?" "A person's head suddenly appeared at the city gate at some point, with a sentence written next to it." At this point, the guard turned to look at his colleague beside him and continued.

"That sentence means that the righteous army killed the traitor Zhang Agou here. Those who betray the Han people and collude with the enemy will be killed without mercy."

Wanyan Honglie flew into a rage again, slamming his hand on the table, his face turning bright red as if flushed with blood. He stood up and paced back and forth.

"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! There were so many people in the gambling den, including my guards, yet no one saw how Zhang Agou was killed."

Now it's even worse. In broad daylight, with the huge city gate of Luoyang guarded by soldiers and so many people coming and going, someone actually hung a severed head on the gate tower. How arrogant!

"Guards! Take my identification token and find the garrison commander of Luoyang and the nearby troops. Order them to search the entire city of Luoyang, inside and out. I refuse to believe we can't find this culprit!"

At this moment, the guard who was initially on guard was slightly more sober: "Your Highness, since Zhang Agou's head has already been hung on the city gate, it means that the murderer who killed him had already left the gambling den. This person is highly skilled in martial arts. The most important thing right now is Your Highness's safety."

"The search of the city should be left to the local officials. Our top priority now is to recall all the guards and protect the Prince."

On that day, Luoyang was in chaos and turmoil. Only Wu Chengyu, the instigator, secretly hid in the ancestral hall of a wealthy family in Luoyang.

This ancestral hall is usually deserted; even if the entire city were searched, it wouldn't be found in a short time.

He smuggled some delicacies from the kitchen of the most famous restaurant in Luoyang, leaving behind some silver, and is now enjoying his meal.

Wanyan Honglie and his party of over a hundred people entered Luoyang. Their whereabouts were not investigated at all. As soon as Wu Chengyu entered the city, he made a little inquiries and found the royal manor where Wanyan Honglie was located.

Originally, they planned to sneak in late at night, but unexpectedly, they saw their target walking out the gate with some guards.

Wu Chengyu didn't actually know what Zhang Agou looked like. He only heard from the Shangzhou rebels that he was short and thin. His most distinctive feature was that he had fought against the Jin in his early years and had a leg injury that made it difficult for him to walk.

Judging from his physique alone, there was nothing unusual about him. Wu Chengyu saw the way this guy walked from afar and immediately became suspicious.

The truth about his identity was revealed through his conversation with the guards around him.

"My lords, please don't call me Zhang Ahu anymore. My real name is Zhang Agou. I am willing to be a lackey of my Great Jin and bite those bandit soldiers to death for you."

Upon hearing this, the people around burst into laughter, their contempt undisguised. No one would respect a traitor; if it weren't for Zhang Agou's usefulness, these people wouldn't have given him a kind look.

But Wu Chengyu knew that it would come without any effort, so he followed these guys to the Dali Casino. Finally, when this lackey got the Double Heaven Supreme Card, he used Black Impermanence to instantly take away the traitor's Six Yang Leader.

After that, it was simple. With his current lightness skill, it would be difficult for anyone to discover his whereabouts even in broad daylight. Wu Chengyu left just before the guards sealed off the gambling den, and then hung Zhang Agou's head on the city gate.

Wanyan Honglie wanted to show the world the benefits of surrendering to the Jin Dynasty, while Wu Chengyu wanted to show the world the consequences of surrendering to the Jin Dynasty and becoming a traitor.

Thus, the order to eliminate traitors, initiated by his wife, was perfectly resolved by her husband, a case of the husband following the wife's lead.

At this moment, he was eating the eight delicacies of Luoyang, drinking chicken soup and fried meatballs. Looking at the sky, after all this fuss, it was getting dark. His next plan was to check out Wanyan Honglie, the pure love god of war from the original novel.

Speaking of which, this guy's thought process is different from ordinary people. He was saved by Bao Xiruo back then and immediately fell in love with her. He even went so far as to collude with Song officials to launch a sneak attack on the Guo and Yang families, which led to the story of The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

This behavior is typical of a Jin dynasty prince, characterized by his unbridled and reckless actions. To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than abducting women from the common people, something all too common in that era.

But this guy's actions later changed. He seemed to have an absolute love for Bao Xiruo. Not only did he take her by force, but he actually treated Yang Kang as his own son.

Later, in his mansion, there was only one wife, Bao Xiruo. Apart from Yang Kang, there was no news of him having any other sons.

In other words, this guy actually wants to pass the throne to his adopted son, which is a bit illogical.

These royal children have always disregarded family ties; how could they possibly treat someone else's son as their own?

The same applies to the later stories in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Even after Yang Kang learned about his true parentage, and even after Bao Xiruo committed suicide, he still treated Yang Kang as his own son.

Some later scholars have even analyzed that Wanyan Honglie was clearly very capable, but he was always at a disadvantage in the struggle for the throne, possibly because the royal family knew that Yang Kang was not his biological son, but was entirely of Han Chinese blood.

Given Wanyan Honglie's thought process, if he really became emperor and had no other sons, would he pass the throne to Yang Kang?
Therefore, Wu Chengyu was very curious about this person and what kind of person he was.

(End of this chapter)