Chapter 01 A Stormy Night

The heavy rain began to fall heavily, and the paper lanterns hung on most of the doors were burned down by the heavy rain. At this time of the night, there was no one on the street. There are usually some vendors, but due to rain tonight, vendors are not open. On this dark street, Dong Shun took his wife Dong Qiji's hand and they ran on the dark street, being chased by a group of ten men in black. Dong Qiji carried her daughter Dong Lanying on her back, holding a sword in her right hand.

One of the men kicked a hawker stool on the street into the back of Dong Qiji's right calf, causing Dong Qiji to slowly fall to the ground. Ten people flew directly to Dong Shun and Dong Qiji. Dong Shun and Dong Qiji put them back together with the ten people surrounded them.

Everyone looked at each other, testing each other's courage. Immediately afterwards, the night sky suddenly rumbling and blooming sound thunder, causing Dong Lanying to let out a scream.

The Dong Shun whispered, "Be careful."

Dong Qiji said, "So are you."

A man in black demanded, "Give it back."

Dong Shun grabbed Dong Qiji's belt and threw her over the surrounding men. He shouted, "Go now. Go get da ge."

Dong Qiji ran away from the crowd, and the two men chased after her. She knew that Rao Manor was not far away.

Dong Qiji shouted back, "Shun ge…"

Dong Shun shouted, "Quickly leave…Go get da ge." It is difficult for him to protect himself from harm when eight men are striking at him in all different directions.

A few blocks further down the street, Dong Qiji finally arrived at Rao Manor. She rushed to the door and started knocking hard. She yelled, "Open the door...someone opens the door."

Two masked men caught up to her, and the three of them fought in front of the gate of Rao Manor. A man kicked Dong Qiji hard in the chest and his kicked caused her to stumbling backward toward the front stairs. Subsequently, the man rushed to the injured Dong Qiji and Dong Lanying who is on her back.

Just when the two masked men were twenty feet away from Dong Qiji, the door of Rao's mansion opened suddenly, and Rao Qingsheng flew out and rushed towards the two. Coming from behind him was Madame Rao holding an umbrella.

Madame Rao rushed toward the injured woman, "Qiji meimei." Madame Rao helped Dong Qiji up.

The two women watched the three men fight fiercely in the street. The sound of the men's foot stepping on the rain can be heard loudly through the night.

Within a few moves, the two masked men were defeated by Rao Qingsheng. In the distance, eight men are chasing Dong Shun to the Rao Manor.

Rao Qingsheng rushed forward at the eight people and began to fight them. He drew two butterfly swords from the sheath of his left belt. His butterfly sword swiftly swung towards the eight masked men.

Two masked men swung their swords at Rao Qingsheng. Rao Qingsheng blocked their two swords with the butterfly sword, sprinted behind them, and hit them on the neck with the hilt of the butterfly sword. The two were knocked to the ground. Immediately afterwards, another person stabbed Rao Qingsheng with a sword. Rao Qingsheng flipped his right blade to his chest, blocking the sword, and the sword tip hit his blade. Rao Qingsheng flipped his left blade and hit the man in the head, knocking him to the ground. Rao Qingsheng threw the right sword at the four people, and quickly rushed to the person on his right. Rao Qingsheng twisted in the rain and slammed into the man's chest, throwing him twenty feet away. Rao Qingsheng quickly put away the butterfly sword and walked towards Rao Manor.

Rao Qingsheng watched the ten defeated men slowly get up, only to see a woman holding an umbrella, walking towards Rao Manor from a distance. The woman stood among ten people.

Rao Qingsheng looked at the woman and said, "Ma furen, I apologize for my bad hospitality."

Lin Daiyu looked at Rao Qingsheng and said with a smile, "Leader Rao, we want Dong Shun and his family. If you step aside, I will pretend you are not involved with them."

Rao Qingsheng, "What if I refuse?"

Lin Daiyu, "I suggest Chief Rao think about it again. The person you protect has stolen something from Leader Cao. Leader Cao wants what is his."

Rao Qingsheng, "He is my sworn brother, I will not turn a blind eye."

Lin Daiyu said, "I can only suggest. The Rao family is as famous as the other three. Do you really want to protect the thief?"

Rao Qingsheng, "As far as I known, the Ma clan has nothing to do with the four houses."

Lin Daiyu, "We don't, we are just return a favorite to the Cao household that is all." She looked at ten masked men. "Let's leave." She took a few steps. "Leader Rao, as a fellow martial artists in wulin, don't say I haven't warned you." She reached into her robe and took out the fireworks. At midnight, the rain stopped, and a red flare illuminated the dark sky in front of Rao Manor.

Sitting upstairs in an inn on the outskirts of the city, Mu Jiao Long was drinking tea. He shook his head.

Mu Jiao Long looked at the young man sitting across from him. He said, "Dishi, that's the Wang signal."

Mu Dishi looked at Mu Jiao Long, "What does it mean?"

Mu Jiao Long said, "Sometime it ask for help, sometime it mark an enemy's location."

Mu Dishi, "Should we go take a looked?"

Mu Jiao Long said, "No need. It's not our problem." He smiled at Mu Dishi. "Hurry up and eat, we will go to Tong village tomorrow morning."

Stood on the hill with an umbrella, Wang Zedong looked at Cao Fengge as the fire signal flares spread on the night sky. Wang Zedong, "Leader Cao, are you sure about this?"

Cao Fengge stood beside Wang Zedong holding an umbrella, watching the fire spread in the night sky. Cao Fengge said, "Thank you for your help, leader Wang, I will deal with it in the future. This is between me and Dong Shun, and has nothing to do with you and Rao Qingsheng." He sighed. "But if Rao Qingsheng wants to get in my way, then I have no problem eliminating him from wulin."

Cao Fengge slowly descended the mountain, leaving Wang Zedong behind. His one hundred archers followed him into the night.