Chapter 7: The Beauty Bestows the Gun
Seeing the second master walk in from outside the door, Hongyi's heart was delighted and she hurriedly went forward to greet him.
"Big brother, you've come to pick me up!" Hongyi excitedly smiled and ran over.
It has been more than a month since she left the mountain stronghold alone, during which time Er Niang had repeatedly urged her subordinates to hurry her back to the mountain stronghold, but she was busy outside and didn't have time to go back. Until two days ago when things were settled, she ordered the maid who followed her to return and report, and wait for her here.
Hongyi was adopted by the old master of Fenghuangling's mountain stronghold since she was a child, until two years ago when Hongyi turned 18 and became an adult. The old master opened the fragrance hall and officially handed over the mountain stronghold to her management.
In the northern part of Hebei, Fenghuangling is the largest outlaw group. The entire stronghold has nearly 1,000 people and over 500 guns. The leader, Lao Dangjia, is a just and fair man who never bullies the nearby villagers. However, he never spares corrupt officials and greedy merchants. Since the Japanese occupied the three northeastern provinces and Rehe, Fenghuangling has been at odds with them. In the past year or so, they have fought over 30 battles, big and small, gaining a lot but also losing around 40-50 men.
The second master is the only son of the old master Guo Shan Dao, named Guo Tian Long. He grew up with Hong Yi from a young age and was her childhood companion. The two had a very good relationship, and in Hong Yi's heart, Guo Tian Long was like an older brother who doted on her and protected her. However, she never thought that Guo Tian Long had already developed feelings for her in his heart.
Actually, Lao Zhai Zhuo's mountain knife also has this meaning. Under his knee, there is only one son, and this adopted daughter is as precious as his own eyeball. If she really marries someone that day, the old man will indeed be a bit reluctant to part with her. So he plans to wait until the mountain stronghold's affairs are stabilized before handling Hong Yi and his son's matter.
However, Hongyi still didn't know about this matter. She had her mind focused on horseback riding and shooting, and hadn't noticed Yixiong's feelings for herself at all.
The second master of the Tianlong clan saw Hongyi walking over, smiled and patted Hongyi's shoulder, then asked: "Second sister, how was this trip? Is everything still going smoothly?"
Hongyi smiled and said, "Everything went smoothly. On the way back, we encountered a few black dogs from the government office, and they were taken care of in no time!"
She pulled Tianlong's hand and walked in front of Qinyang, then pointed at Qinyang and said: "This is my lifesaver, Qinyang. Today I owe it to him, or else I would have been bullied by those Japanese soldiers!"
Then Hongyi pointed at Guo Tianlong and introduced him: "This is the son of my adoptive father, my elder brother Guo Tianlong!"
Qin Yang nodded with a smile, Tian Long was dissatisfied in his heart, but for the sake of Hong Yi's happiness, he still pretended to be happy on the surface.
At this time, Hongyi seemed to have thought of something and pulled out two brand new revolvers from the package on his back. He handed one of them to Er Dangjia: "Brother, I got these from those officials' henchmen. Such good guns, it's a waste for them to use. Here, take this one!"
"What a great gun!" Tian Long couldn't help but admire the gleaming chrome-plated pistol in his hand, exclaiming in praise.
Hongyi walked up to Qinyang, looked at the shotgun in his hand, hesitated for a moment, then put it back into his waist and pulled out a German-made pistol from his own holster. He handed it over to Qinyang with a slightly flushed face, saying: "Qin big brother, you saved me this time, I don't have anything to thank you with. This gun is my spare, I'll give it to you as a keepsake!"
The second master's face changed drastically!
Qin Yang wasn't clear, but he knew that the German mirrored box was a birthday gift from Lao Dangjia's mountain knife when Hong Yi was 15 years old. Since then, Hong Yi treasured it and never left his side, even putting it under his pillow when sleeping. Others weren't allowed to touch it.
Unexpectedly, today Hongyi actually gave one of them to Qinyang.
He certainly understood the meaning of presenting a red dress and a gun.
Tian Long took a step forward and said, "Second sister, this is something you're fond of, and besides, it's a gift Father gave you. How can you give it to someone else? If we want to thank Qin brother, we can just give him more silver dollars!"
Qin Yang didn't want the red-clothed man's things to begin with, and after seeing Tian Long block his way, he hastily said: "Red-clothed man, you'd best take back your spear, it's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning!"
Hongyi, furious, stomped her foot and pulled Qin Yang's hand over, shoving the gun into his hand. "Qin Gege, I told you to hold it so you hold it! What, are you looking down on your sister's gun?"
Qin Yang saw Red Clothes' words had reached this point and could only put away his spear.
Looking at Hongyi, who had always been bold and unrestrained, suddenly revealing a little girl's demeanor in front of Qinyang, Guo Tiandragon gritted his teeth secretly!
"This Qin Yang is really annoying, like a sticky plaster that's stuck to Hong Yi. And Hong Yi too, they just met once and he's already being so nice to him, why hasn't he ever been this nice to me?!" He thought to himself, feeling very unfair.
Qin Yang and the others were talking, when the bandits from Feng Huang Ridge had already cleaned up all the Japanese soldiers' bodies on the ground, and the bloodstains on the ground had also been washed away with well water. However, those broken tables, chairs, and stools could not be restored. Seeing that everything was tidy, they walked over to stand beside Hong Yi and Guo Tianlong. A small leader approached and whispered a few words in Guo Tianlong's ear.
Tian Long looked back, then walked to Qin Yang and Hong Yi's side, saying to Hong Yi: "Everything is settled here, let's hurry back to the mountain, Father will be worried if we're late!"
Hongyi responded with a sound, turned her head to look at Qin Yang, she was very much looking forward to Qin Yang being able to go back up the mountain with her. Not to mention that she had already developed good feelings for Qin Yang, just based on Qin Yang's exceptional skills, the mountain also needed someone like him.
"Qin big brother, why don't you come back to the mountain with us for a few days? My adoptive father is very hospitable and will definitely be delighted to see you," said Hongyi.
Qin Yang shook his head, to be honest, he didn't want to get too entangled with these people. Although he also liked the bold and uninhibited nature of the red-clothed man, he had never thought of becoming a bandit himself.
Repeatedly persuading him, seeing that Qin Yang was determined not to go, the red-clothed man had no choice but to lead the crowd back to the mountain stronghold with Er Dangjia and Tianlong Band.
Tian Long let out a breath in his heart and a stone fell to the ground.
Just now he was really afraid, really afraid that Qin Yang would agree to Hongyi going up the mountain. If that were the case, with Hongyi and Qin Yang together every day, he would have even less hope.
Tian Long secretly made up his mind, and after returning, he would let the old village master arrange the marriage with Over Mountain Knife as soon as possible to avoid having too many dreams.
Looking at the red clothes, they gradually went away from the flying dust behind them. Qin Yang inserted his gun into the gun case in his cotton jacket, pulled over his horse, turned over and jumped up, heading towards the outskirts of Wangxiangtai Town.
The town gradually returned to calm, the heavy snow in the sky was still falling, only the dim lanterns of the inn were shining lonely in the night, guiding people to come and go, go and come...
