signingbooks #179 - Split again
#179 - Split again
God Deer Peak.
A mourning hall had already been set up in the main altar of the Taiping Dao.
A huge "Condolences" character hung on the wall, and a dark coffin was placed in the mourning hall.
The brazier was bright, and the ashes of the paper money burned inside turned into a group of black butterflies fluttering in the wind.
Although it was late at night, a group of Scarlet Fire Sword Sect disciples knelt in the mourning hall to keep vigil for Shao Hongbo.
It was very quiet all around.
After the high-level members of the Taiping Dao came to offer their condolences, they left one after another.
The people of the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect knew that the Taiping Dao had important things to do tonight.
Jiang Lengxue also knelt on the ground.
She was dressed in mourning, but even in plain clothes, it was difficult to hide her beautiful appearance.
Since her husband died, Jiang Lengxue could feel that the eyes of several elders in the sect had changed when they looked at her.
Some of the bolder ones had even begun to show goodwill to Jiang Lengxue.
A widow with high martial arts skills, considerable wealth, and great influence in the sect would naturally attract the attention of the sect elders and even the sect disciples.
Whoever could marry her would have the opportunity to become the next head of the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect.
Originally, the person her husband had arranged for her was Liang Jin.
If she could marry Liang Jin, then no one else would have any ideas.
But Jiang Lengxue refused.
As a result, she now felt like a delicious piece of fat meat, attracting everyone around her to take a bite.
This feeling made Jiang Lengxue feel disgusted, and she couldn't help but wonder if she had lacked consideration in the first place.
Before going down the mountain, Liang Jin had approached Jiang Lengxue and asked if she was willing to lead everyone with him?
Jiang Lengxue knew that Liang Jin was going to do something big tonight and needed more people's support.
But she still refused.
She said that now that the sect leader had just died, the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect should not commit murder and needed to keep vigil for the sect leader first.
This reason was very reasonable.
Liang Jin also said that he could understand, so he led the Taiping Dao people down the mountain to Qingzhou City.
Liang Jin's generosity made Jiang Lengxue feel uneasy.
She was not disgusted with Liang Jin.
She only rejected Shao Hongbo's arrangement of her life. She wanted to resist this arrangement imposed on her, so her attitude towards Liang Jin became more and more distant.
"Am I... too indifferent?"
Jiang Lengxue didn't know.
No matter what, Liang Jin was the newly appointed sect leader.
If he really encountered something, then Jiang Lengxue should not hesitate to lead all the disciples to help with all their strength.
Jiang Lengxue closed her beautiful eyes, becoming more and more distressed.
At this time.
Only to hear a faint shout coming from the night sky.
The shout seemed to come from a distant direction, but it could be transmitted to God Deer Peak, obviously those shouts must be extremely loud.
Such shouts continued, finally attracting the attention of the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect disciples in the mourning hall.
Finally, someone couldn't help but be curious and walked out of the mourning hall to watch.
In the end, even Jiang Lengxue couldn't kneel anymore and followed everyone out to check.
And on the bank of the river, a city stood tall and majestic.
That was Qingzhou City.
It was already night, and Qingzhou City should have been pitch black.
But now, only to see Qingzhou City brightly lit, countless points of light like groups of fireflies, connected together between the scattered cities.
That was countless people holding torches, gathering and moving in the streets.
Such a spectacular scene was naturally not because of a festive celebration.
In this time of rampant plague, where would there be any festivals?
Everyone present knew that the struggle between the Taiping Dao and the Yang family had reached a fever pitch.
An elder of the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect sighed:
"Such a big commotion?"
"It seems that the Great Virtuous Teacher and the Yang family will decide the outcome tonight."
"Judging from the current situation, the two sides are probably irreconcilable."
These words made the disciples feel heavy in their hearts.
The Great Virtuous Teacher was now their new sect leader, and his enemy was the tyrant of Qingzhou, the Yang family.
The Yang family was not to be trifled with.
If the Great Virtuous Teacher was defeated, then the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect would probably suffer as well.
This also made the disciples discuss:
"What should we do now? Continue to keep vigil for the sect leader?"
"The Yang family has the support of the Senluo Sect and Han Guozhang behind them, and the government in Qingzhou City is full of Yang family people. Can the Great Virtuous Teacher win?"
"If the Taiping Dao is finished, we will probably be affected. The Yang family people are vindictive!"
...
The disciples were full of confusion.
Jiang Lengxue's fair face was also full of confusion.
She also didn't know what to do next?
The Scarlet Fire Sword Sect had always lived a stable life and never got involved in such struggles.
Although the sect leader Shao Hongbo was old, although he had no great ambitions, although he often conceded and kept a low profile.
But this allowed the entire sect to never encounter any major disasters.
But now, the sect was facing danger.
Jiang Lengxue was used to listening to the sect leader's ideas. At this time, she didn't know how to decide for a while.
Suddenly!
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The shouts in Qingzhou City in the distance suddenly intensified at this moment.
Countless people in the city didn't know what kind of stimulation they had encountered, which actually made the shouts increase by a large margin.
Immediately following, only to see that many places in the city had obviously caught fire.
The fire soared into the sky, illuminating half of the night sky.
Even from a long distance away, the people on God Deer Peak could see it clearly.
This also shocked the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect disciples, turning their faces pale.
"Is it... so fierce?"
"It seems that the Yang family mansion is on fire!"
The location of the Yang family mansion was in the center of Qingzhou City, and everyone could easily distinguish it.
Now the periphery of the Yang family mansion was constantly bursting into flames, as if the fire was going to surround the Yang family, burning it all to ashes.
As the night wind blew, countless sparks floated into the night sky and slowly fell, as if it was snowing golden snow.
"Master's wife, what should we do?"
"Sect leader's wife, please make a decision!"
The disciples and elders couldn't help but look at Jiang Lengxue.
The Taiping Dao was going to burn the Yang family, which meant that their struggle had reached its most intense moment.
At this time, the choice of the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect was related to the fate of the entire sect.
Jiang Lengxue faced everyone, and couldn't help but hesitate for a while.
She opened her mouth and hesitated:
"We should... keep vigil for the former sect leader, right?"
"At this time, opening the killing ring, I'm afraid... is not very good."
Jiang Lengxue had no opinion, especially at the most critical moment.
Her words were recognized by some Scarlet Fire Sword Sect disciples.
They believed that it was better to do less than more, pursuing immediate stability.
However, it also disappointed many disciples with long-term vision. They valued the future more.
Only to see an elder stand up:
"As children of the Jianghu, why bother with worldly etiquette?"
"Now the Great Virtuous Teacher is encountering a critical moment. He is the new sect leader of our sect. His fight against the Yang family is also to eliminate harm for the people, which is in line with the way of chivalry."
"How can we disciples shrink back?"
"I am willing to go down the mountain and help with my sword. Those who share the same ideals, please follow me!"
Saying that, the elder led his horse and walked down the mountain.
Many disciples also responded to him, following him down the mountain.
Jiang Lengxue stared blankly at this scene.
With Shao Hongbo's death, the Scarlet Fire Sword Sect had split for the second time in a short period of time today.
The first time during the day, the disciples and elders who did not accept Liang Jin as the sect leader had already left the sect.
And now at night, another group of elders and disciples did not listen to Jiang Lengxue and went to support.
Indeed.
She was just the sect leader's wife, usually serving her husband and not interfering in sect affairs.
Now that the sect leader was dead and the new sect leader had been established, it was reasonable for the disciples not to listen to her.
Jiang Lengxue couldn't help but feel powerless.
Shao Hongbo was dead, and she should have taken on the responsibility of the sect.
But she always couldn't do well, and all she faced was continuous division.
If she had agreed to marry Liang Jin in the first place, perhaps she wouldn't have had to bear all of this.
Jiang Lengxue shook her head helplessly.
The disciples who supported her were still around her, but they did not return to the mourning hall to keep vigil.
Where could they calm down at this time?
Each of them stood in a high place, overlooking the situation in the city below.
Only Jiang Lengxue silently returned to the mourning hall, accompanying her deceased husband...