Romance of Gods

Chapter 198 Conference of Heroes
Last night's chaos and pre-dawn shelling plunged the entire city into an eerie silence. The sun was about to rise, dispersing some of the thick fog. There were still some magatama-shaped smoke in the blue sky, but The streets were unusually empty, and neither vendors nor residents showed any intention of opening their doors.

dong dong dong-

Suddenly, high-pitched gongs and drums sounded in the streets and alleys, and a group of buddies in team robes walked through the streets and shouted loudly.

"The General Assembly of Heroes will be held today! I hope that all my fellow countrymen and comrades from all walks of life will come to watch the ceremony! The General Assembly of Heroes will be held..."

They repeated this sentence back and forth, tirelessly, and gradually, the people from the faction who had received the news last night began to go out.

In fact, the slightly more powerful sects have already gone to Chaotianmen.

Because they were living in a restaurant run by the big bosses, the news they received in advance this time was that at the gathering of heroes, Ao Sanye would announce the next successor of Pao Gehui.

The building they live in means that they choose whose team they are on. But before they came out today, the leaders changed the news again and told them not to mention the replacement of the old with the new.

At this time, after hearing Brother Pao's shouts, most of the people who went to the meeting were insignificant and small roles. After everyone packed up, they went to the river in groups.

At this time, Qi Junping led the disciples out of the inn. This group of people was very eye-catching.

The male and female disciples of the Dongting Sword Palace all have good looks. Coupled with their white robes and long swords, their figures alone give them the air of a famous family.

Seeing them, people from all walks of life on the road gathered around them and kept saluting Qi Junping, "Good morning, Palace Master Qi!"

Qi Junping didn't have any airs, and returned the greetings to everyone with a smile on his face, "There are many heroes in Yuzhou City, so this gathering of heroes is worthy of its name!"

"Palace Master Qi praises us so much! We who are wandering around in the world are so lucky to be able to gather together with celebrities like Ao Sanye and Palace Master Qi!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Ha ha!"

The miscellaneous chatter of people made the deserted streets seem a little more lively.

At this time, an old woman coughed twice, walked forward tremblingly on crutches, and asked at the top of her voice: "Palace Master Qi! What kind of cannons were fired on the city gate building tonight? I have such an ear. It’s not easy to use, but you can still hear it clearly. It’s so lively. Are the rebels coming?”

Hearing this, other people also asked about what happened last night.

Qi Junping smiled and said: "To be honest, I'm confused now, but I think it's just a small problem. With the current martial arts leader Ao Sanye in charge of Yuzhou City, there won't be any big trouble."

"That's right. Mr. Ao San is unparalleled in his magical power and is invincible in the world. With him protecting the law, no monsters or ghosts can mess up this world."

Everyone agreed, Qi Junping stroked his beard and smiled, but there was a hint of sinisterness in his eyes, "Okay everyone, it will be too late if we delay any longer. We can't let the martial arts seniors wait for us."

"Yes! Listen to Palace Master Qi, let's go!"

Immediately, a group of nearly a thousand people, led by Dongting Sword Palace, headed towards the intersection of the two rivers.

……

It's cool in the morning, the water vapor is overwhelming, and white smoke rises above the river.

On the vast river, dozens of large ships were connected horizontally and vertically, tied together with thick iron chains, swaying like a small island on the river covered with pavilions and pavilions.

At this moment, the ship island is buzzing with people, and all the sects are gathered here. Outside the ship's side, many robed brothers wearing bamboo hats, black robes, raincoats, sleeve arrows, scimitars, and carrying long bows are strictly guarding.

In each cabin, famous chefs from Yuzhou lit stoves and were preparing banquets. One after another, awning boats filled with passengers kept going back and forth between the island and the dock.

"Sister Shen, look! Big fish!"

Xiaohua grabbed two paper pinwheels and ran excitedly on the boat. Suddenly, she stopped, pointed at a big fish that suddenly jumped out of the river several feet high and shouted.

Shen Mengxi walked behind her, followed the sound, and said with a smile: "That's a finless porpoise, not a fish, Xiaohua."

Xiaohua touched her chin, puzzled: "But it looks like a fish."

"They look alike, that's it."

Chen Yan came over, also wearing a hat and a black robe, dressed in the attire of Brother Pao. This time, dozens of performers came to the island. In order not to attract attention, they all disguised themselves as Brother Pao.

"But finless porpoises are mammals."

"If you ask a five- or six-year-old child to distinguish this animal from that animal, it is as difficult as asking me to build a rocket."

"Brother, what is a rocket?"

"A huge two-kick."

"Oh……"

Xiao Hua was thoughtful, while Shen Mengxi was speechless.

Chen Yan looked into the distance, and suddenly huge ripples began to appear on the river surface, like an invisible rainstorm falling out of thin air.

Suddenly, finless porpoises jumped out of the water one after another. There were tens of thousands of them, and they built a spectacular [-]-foot-long bridge on the vast river, causing people on the ship island to look at each other and exclaim.

Shen Mengxi was surprised when she saw this: "What's going on?"

Chen Yan's eyes were slightly sharp, "If something goes wrong, there will be a monster. Be careful, we are ready to run away at any time."

"Do you want to go down and have a look?"

Chen Yan waved his hand to reject, "If we can't get on board, it will be bad. Just stay on the ship and adapt to changes."

Shen Mengxi nodded, "I understand."

At the same time, a burst of laughter broke out on the bow.

Mr. Ao San was dragging his cigarette rod, and behind him stood dozens of elderly men and women, who were either gang leaders or leaders. If these people coughed, the Ming Dynasty would be shaken.

Everyone enjoyed the wonderful scenery on the river. The leader of the Beggar Clan carried the dragon and snake on his back and complimented him: "This dolphin and pig is a rare thing in the river. It is really rare to see one on weekdays. Today, ten thousand fish jumped into the river. It is really a rare occurrence in a thousand years." This is a good omen! It’s God’s reward for Mr. San’s hard work for many years!”

Hearing this, everyone laughed again.

Ao Sanye hurriedly waved his hand, "What the Tuo Gang leader said is wrong. In my opinion, today's wonders are all because friends came from afar to welcome you. I am taking advantage of you."

While everyone was complimenting each other, someone came to report: "Chief Qi! The master of Dongting Sword Palace, Qi Daxia, has arrived with his disciples!"

"This old relative, I haven't had tea with me once since I came to Yuzhou. It seems that I, as the leader of the alliance, haven't done a good enough job to satisfy everyone. I'm ashamed, ashamed."

Mr. Ao San lowered his head and sighed. Everyone seemed a little embarrassed when they heard this. Who didn't know that Qi Junping was arrogant and had been secretly competing with Brother Pao. Both families were masters, so they would not get involved. .

When Mr. Ao Sanye spoke, he had been quietly observing everyone's performance. He was planning who to win over and who to kill from now on.

"Okay, since people are almost here, let's start the conference as soon as possible instead of late!"

Everyone was relieved after hearing this. At this time, Yan Huan, the head of the Huanxi Sect, asked, "Eunuch Cao and the others haven't come yet?"

Mr. Ao Sanye smiled and said: "They have been here for a long time and are waiting to help the conference. Please come."

After that, the group of people headed to the center of the ship island. Horns sounded from the edge of the island, and a hot banquet was quickly served.

Chen Yan heard the commotion and asked Shen Mengxi to take care of Xiaohua, and then walked towards the conference venue.

The largest ships are all parked in the center of the island, which is a spacious place that can accommodate thousands of people.

"Palace Master Qi, you are well and well!" "Thanks to Mr. Ao, everything goes well. This time Mr. Ao summoned all the heroes of the world to discuss the plan to stabilize the country. It is a feat that benefits the people. We, the Dongting Sword Palace, will definitely do our best. Help.”

"With the words of Palace Master Qi, there is no need to worry about the world being unstable!"

Ao Sanye and Qi Junping cupped their hands at the same time, looked at each other and smiled, seemingly without any gaps.

"All heroes, please take a seat!"

Mr. Ao Sanye raised his head and shouted. The sound shook the world. The originally noisy venue suddenly became quiet. Thousands of people were looking for seats to sit down.

A group of heads walked to the platform set up at the end of the venue, headed by Mr. Ao, and sat in two rows.

After Chen Yan arrived, he mingled with the crowd at the edge of the venue. After exchanging glances with other performers placed in the venue, he began to pay close attention to the movements of the noisy crowd.

Now there are only twelve of the eighteen leaders in the Brother Pao Association. Four generals, including Zhao Shentong and Feng Erniang, have been assigned to guard the city. There is a shortage of manpower in the association. They have only one task as gods, to assist Brother Pao. The conference went off smoothly.

At this time, he noticed that one of the disciples in the Dongting Sword Palace seemed particularly sneaky. She seemed to be observing the personnel arrangement and defense situation in the venue.

Suddenly, her slowly turning head stopped, as if she felt someone behind her watching her, she got up and walked away, walking quickly.

Chen Yan realized something was wrong and raised his fingers. A man walked up to him and whispered, "Brother Chen, what are your orders?"

Chen Yan pointed at the woman's leaving back with his chin, and said calmly: "Take two brothers and keep an eye on her."

"it is good."

After saying that, Chen Yan moved his gaze to the platform not far away.

Before coming to Chuandao, Mr. Ao Sanye had a secret mission with him. He told him many grievances and disputes between Jianghu sects and the division of interests, and specifically named the Dongting Sword Palace.

Mr. Ao San said, in today's world, all sects, big and small, are benefiting from the Brother Pao Association. If there is an incident today, these people are nothing to worry about.

Only the Dongting Sword Palace, which owns Dongting and Poyang, a world-famous company with abundant products, is not short of money compared to other sects.

Because they both depended on water for food, there was constant friction on weekdays. Moreover, the owner of the palace, Qi Junping, was arrogant and ambitious, and had long planned to overthrow the Pao Brother Club.

In today's gathering of heroes, others don't need to be on guard, but they must keep an eye on Qi Junping. If they sense something is amiss, they can assassinate him immediately.

Thinking of the sneaky woman just now, it seemed that the visitor to the Dongting Sword Palace was really evil, so Chen Yan was a little more careful.

At this time, Mr. Ao Sanye stood up with his hands behind his back, looked around the heroes in the world, and shouted loudly: "Convening all the heroes to hold a meeting of heroes, you must have known the purpose! Now our Ming Dynasty is troubled at home and abroad, surrounded by powerful enemies outside, and there are rebellions inside. Thieves are causing chaos, and even demons appear in the world, turning the martial arts world upside down!

Although the rivers and lakes are far away, the world is so big that it is the land of the king, and the shores of the land are the ministers of the king!You all think highly of me, Ao Sanmeng, and I have taken the position of leader of the Jianghu Alliance. I should share the emperor's worries and work for the benefit of the people! "

As soon as he finished speaking, the venue boiled with excitement, and the voices of those who responded were like thunder.

"Master Ao San is a righteous man! Although we are reckless in the world, we are not greedy for life and afraid of death! As long as we can calm down this troubled world, we are willing to go to pieces!"

"Yes! What Mr. Ao San said! We will do it!"

Compared with the high-ranking officials in the world, these reckless people with no family or sect seem to be more sincere. Many people come to Yuzhou City just to do practical things.

All the heads looked at each other. Finally, the head of the Chilie Palace, Zhan Fei, the leader of the Beggar Clan, Tuo Long She, and the head of the Mangshan Sect, Su Hua, stood up together, "Sanye Ao, please give us all an idea!"

Chen Yan nodded when he saw this. These three sects were die-hard allies of Brother Pao, so there was no need to pay too much attention to them.

Just when Ao Sanye was being watched by everyone, he suddenly looked gloomy and laughed helplessly: "You heroes, of course we can kill enemies for our country, but have you ever thought about why there are these enemies?"

"This……"

The whole place fell silent, and whispers could be heard all the time.

"To put it bluntly, even if we risk our lives and wealth to kill all those rebels! Monsters! One day, they will come back! Because... my real enemy of the Ming Dynasty is not in the world, but in the temples. !”

"what!"

"This!"

Some leaders on the stage were shocked when they heard this and immediately stood up, looking slightly panicked.

Mr. Ao San said this in front of all the heroes in the world. What is the difference between it and treason?
Chen Yan observed the expressions of several people. Except for Qi Jun, who had a calm expression, the others all changed slightly.

This man is getting weirder and weirder, as if he already knew what was going to happen.

Chen Yan looked at the disciples of Dongting Sword Palace again and saw that they were also indifferent.

Mr. Ao Sanye became excited, "Did I say it wrong? If it weren't for those dog officials who brought trouble to the people, if it weren't for those eunuchs who disturbed the holy hearing! How could our Ming Dynasty fall into this situation! If we didn't clean up the court, Kill all these rebel thieves and the next batch of rebel thieves! Ask these heroes below, which one of them has not been squeezed by the government! Bullied by the dog officials!"

This statement ignited people's emotions again.

"Ao Sanye dares to say something that no one in the world dares to say! He is a well-deserved man! A well-deserved leader of the martial arts alliance!"

The disciples placed in the crowd by Brother Pao were the first to shout, and the others followed suit.

"I agree with Ao Sanye. What we have to do is not only to cut the weeds, but also to eradicate the roots."

"Oh?"

All the heads looked at Qi Junping together. They never expected that at this juncture, Qi Junping would be the first to stand up and speak for Ao Sanye.

Mr. Ao San was also confused. Could this man have taken the wrong medicine? What on earth did he want to do? "

Qi Junping smiled so enigmatically that it made people confused.

Mr. Ao Sanye clenched his fists, put aside his doubts first, and said while the iron was hot: "Come here! Invite Eunuch Cao, Governor Zhang, Governor Ru, and Magistrate Lu to all come to the stage!"

Everyone was confused. Since Mr. Ao wanted to go against the imperial court, why bother inviting these people to come and only cause trouble?

Just as they were thinking, four strong men walked onto the high platform carrying trays covered with red cloth and lined up.

Mr. Ao Sanye stepped forward and waved his hand. The strong wind blew. After the red cloth was lifted, four dead and bloody heads appeared. Their round, lifeless eyes looked at thousands of people.

At this time, everyone's astonishment reached the extreme, their brains went completely blank, their bodies were trembling, and they didn't know what to say.

Ao Sanye said loudly: "These four thieves were killed by me last night, so I will use their heads to sacrifice the flag for the gathering of heroes!"

After a brief silence, the crowd burst into cheers.

"Happy! Happy!"

"Good kill!"

"These thieves deserve to die!"

When Mr. Ao Sanye saw this, he felt satisfied. These few deaths were considered a well-deserved death.

Qi Junping, who had always remained calm, suddenly showed a bit of uneasiness. He glanced at the vast misty river surface, but there was no sign of the expected change.

At this time, an actor came to Chen Yan's side and whispered: "Brother Chen, something happened. Go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)