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C4 Mandarin Red

Chapter IV Manchurian Red

Mountain Meridian Dissolution I

This year was the first year of Jing Kang, Song Dynasty, winter.

There were thick layers of ice on the Yellow River, along with Lee Zhu Du. It was a small crossing on the banks of the Yellow River.

In the middle of the night, thumps of drums could be heard.

The sound of the drum was like thunder.

Yue Fei suddenly woke up from his dreams, and then turned and sat up.

Listen. From afar, he could hear the incessant sound of drums.

Yue Fei's heart trembled, and immediately after, he got up and rushed out of the tent. When he arrived outside, he saw that there were already dozens of people in the tent that were shocked by the sound of the drum as they stood up and walked out.

Upon seeing Yue Fei, everyone called out, "Cultivator —"

Yue Fei nodded.

A youngster called Zhang Danian walked to Yue Fei's side and said in a deep voice, "Cultivator, this voice seems to be coming from the Yellow River — —"

Yue Fei's heart sank, "I just met with soldier of Kim Country a while ago and I killed an enemy general myself. Could it be that those soldier of Kim Country have come back again?" Looking around, he saw that he only had three hundred men under him in a tent of various sizes. What should he do? War or leaving?

Yue Fei thought: "Man man, are you scared by this small drum sound? Even if the person behind the drum sound was the soldier of Kim Country, so what? He wasn't afraid even if he was alone. With three hundred more brothers here this time, where would he go? Moreover, it's very late in the night and our side is in the dark, which is very advantageous for us. Since the Yellow River is in the Central Plains, our side will have the advantage of being in the right place, so what's there to be afraid of? "

A heroic spirit rose in his heart.

Yue Fei called out to Zhang Danian: "Blow the horn, gather. We'll be there in a moment. "

Zhang Danian agreed, then retreated a few steps back. He took out his Oxhorn, and blew on it.

The horn rose up, but the thundering sound of the drum suddenly disappeared.

A moment later, all three hundred brothers under Yue Fei's command were gathered. Yue Fei said: "Everyone follow me, do not make a sound, we will quietly go and see what is happening, if there is a soldier of Kim Country, we will kill them all by surprise."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Under the night sky, Yue Fei brought along his three hundred brothers and silently touched the pitch-black banks of the Yellow River.

They arrived at the shore. Under the moonlight, they saw that the Yellow River was frozen for dozens of miles. The moonlight shone down and the layer of ice reflected the silver light. In the darkness of the night, the Yellow River looked desolate and desolate.

However, there was no one outside this desolate area.

Not a single person could be seen!

Everyone was stunned and didn't know what to do.

Zhang Danian looked at Yue Fei, his gaze full of questions.

Yue Fei's eyes flashed as he slowly stepped onto the Yellow River. At the end of the year, the ice layer was especially thick. Yue Fei walked a dozen or so steps on the ice, and was pondering if the soldier of Kim Country had arrived, so where did that thunderous drum come from?

Right at that moment, a few hundred meters away, in the darkness of the night, the sound of a drum could be heard once again.

Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong …

This time, the sound of the drum could be heard even more clearly as it was so close.

Yue Fei looked over carefully.

The three hundred men also cast their gazes in the direction of the voice.

After a while, the drum stopped beating again.

This time, it stopped abruptly. Everything was silent. Everyone seemed to be able to hear the heartbeats of these three hundred brothers. "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Yue Fei secretly thought: "What's going on?" After pondering for a moment, he waved his hand and said, "Everyone, follow me." He then took the lead and led the three hundred brothers in sprinting towards the origin of the voice.

A few hundred meters of distance was traversed in a few moments.

Just as they were about to arrive, the drum sounded again. Everyone kept walking and followed Yue Fei. After a while, they arrived in front of the voice.

Yue Fei and the three hundred brothers were all shocked. So it turned out that the origin of the voice was actually a large hole in the ice with a radius of a few meters.

The hole seemed to have been cut by some sharp weapon, and the cut was neat and smooth. A dozen or so steel wedges were wedged several dozen zhang away on the layer of ice. Each of the steel wedges was tied with a thick rope. One end of the rope was hanging into the hole.

Yue Fei brought Zhang Danian and slowly walked to the entrance of the cave. Raising his eyes, he saw that the dozen or so thick ropes within the cave had already drooped down into the river below the layer of ice.

Yue Fei was confused: "What's going on?" Just as he was feeling suspicious, he saw the river water suddenly surge. Following which, fresh blood began to flow out from the bottom of the river.

The bottom of the hole was immediately dyed red.

The river continued to flow downstream, and the blood continued to pour out.

Blood flowed unceasingly. In the blink of an eye, the entire bottom of the cave was dyed in red.

No matter how chilly the moonlight was, it could not cover up this tragic and bizarre scene …

The sound of the drum also stopped at this moment.

Yue Fei, Zhang Danian and their three hundred subordinates instantly tensed up.

After roughly an incense stick of time, the flow of blood stopped, and the river water continued to flow eastward.

Yue Fei's eyes turned, he thought for a while, then called for his brothers, each of them pulling on a dozen ropes one by one.

After the ropes were pulled out and placed on the ice, there was nothing at the end of them.

However, there was a knot at the end of each rope, as if something had once been tied to it. However, that thing had disappeared without a trace.

Yue Fei pondered for a bit more, then looked at Zhang Danian: "Da Nian, you know water, bring the two brothers down to see what's going on —" After pausing for a moment, Yue Fei instructed: "When we go down, be careful, if there's anything wrong, quickly pull on these ropes, I will pull you up together with the brothers."

Zhang Danian nodded, then called for his two brothers. He took off his clothes and wore only a small outfit, with a dagger in his mouth, he grabbed onto a rope and sneaked down.

Although the river was cold, the three of them had been on the banks of the Yellow River for a long time, and their physiques were also excellent. In winter, they often practiced martial arts bare-chested, so staying in the river for half an incense stick of time wasn't too difficult.

Yue Fei and his subordinates stood by the entrance of the cave, staring intently down below. After a while, two of the ropes suddenly started shaking violently.

Yue Fei called for the other subordinate, each of them had a rope in their hands, and they used their hands to pull the rope upwards.

The other one was called Yang Dalee, he was as strong as an ox, his hands intertwined and used all his strength, but he was still slower than Yue Fei.

The faces of the two brothers in the water turned deathly pale. Their eyes were filled with fear, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.

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