The weather at Qixingyan in Zhaoqing in October is slightly cool.
In the Star Lake, seven gray rocks rise from the lake, like seven hills. The scenery is picturesque and beautiful.
He Ziran followed his master and uncle in a small boat and came to Tianzhu Rock. He Ziran looked at the beautiful scenery of Qixing Rock and secretly sighed at the magic of nature.
Huo Shengming took Gu Mai and Yin Zheng on another boat and also reached Tianzhu Rock.
Gumai was also lingering on the beautiful scenery of Qixing Rock and admiring the cave. He couldn't help but ask: "Master, is this a competition for the leader of the martial arts league? Is this a public-funded tour?"
Huo Shengming laughed and said: "Gumai, you are quite interesting. Where are the public funds? The court has not allocated funds. If you can come, the master has to pay for it!"
Gumai blushed and said, "Brother He, you are still great. You are a doctor and can make money. Unlike me, I have to be supported by my master."
He Ziran smiled and said: "Miss Gu, Master Huo's family has a big business, isn't it a small thing to raise you two apprentices?"
Just as I was about to go up the mountain, I heard a person say: "Amit, thank you, you are so good. He Ziran, little friend, I am very happy to see you at Qixingyan!"
He Ziran looked up and saw that it was Master Sikong and Master Simiao from Shaolin Temple walking slowly together, and they immediately greeted them.
He Ziran said: "Two masters, are you also here to compete for the position of leader of the martial arts alliance?"
"That's not necessarily the case. The two masters actually just came to see Qixingyan. Let's see if the beautiful scenery of the rocks like the Big Dipper can enlighten people's hearts and lead them to the great road!"
He Ziran heard the sound and shouted happily: "Taoist Master Weiying, Taoist Qingshu, you are here too!"
Taoist priest Weiying said: "Mr. He, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are getting more and more energetic."
He Ziran immediately introduced the masters and brothers of the Five Elements Sect to the abbot of Shaolin and the head of Wudang one by one.
It is getting late, and the stars in the sky are faintly visible. Everyone is discussing how to hold a competition to determine the new martial arts leader.
At this time, I saw two more Taoist nuns walking over under the moonlight, and there was a Taoist boy holding a torch next to them.
Taoist priest Weiying clasped his hands together and said, "Taoist Hexiang, Taoist Hemiao, how did you get here?" After speaking, he introduced to everyone: "This is Taoist Hexiang, the head of the Emei sect, and next to him is Taoist Hemiao. "
Taoist Master Hexiang said: "Everyone, please don't be busy saying hello. If you look towards the lake, you won't be so enthusiastic!"
Everyone followed Taoist Hexiang's gesture and saw rows of torches on the lakeside, forming a square array, all around the lake, it was bright!
Master Sikong, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, asked: "Taoist Master Hexiang, do you know the meaning of this torch?"
Taoist priest He Xiang said: "Because I arrived late, when I was at the lakeside, I heard two men carrying burdens talking about a good show tonight. I immediately paid attention and asked my junior sister Taoist priest He Miao to ask around. Soon the junior sister came back and said she heard someone talking in a small room."
Everyone asked: "Who spoke? What did he say?"
Priest Hexiang said to Priest Hemiao, "Junior Sister Hemiao, please tell me."
Taoist priest He Miao said: "I heard one person say: 'Ask the governor of Guangdong to immediately send troops for reinforcements. We must catch all these traitors today!' Another person said: "Master He, you are really smart. You thought of this ambush from all sides. Hey, what kind of martial arts competition are these rebel thieves planning? Tonight, let them die in Xinghu Lake to feed the fish and shrimps! "
After listening to Taoist Hemiao's speech, everyone's hearts could not help but sink. Looking at the torches by the lake, everyone suddenly became silent.
Master Sikong suddenly said: "Amitabha, it's so good. I didn't expect that the court would think of this trick. It seems that it will be even more difficult for us people to get out alive tonight. Why not, this martial arts conference ends here, and the martial arts leader will still be Hero Jin Shenping is in charge. How about we all listen to his orders today and break out of the encirclement?"
Everyone said yes. Taoist Master Weiying of Wudang Mountain also said: "Master's words are very reasonable. The Jin Alliance Leader's literary talent, military strategy, and martial arts character are second to none. Today, all sects and sects are listening to the orders of the Jin Alliance Leader."
Jin Shenping clasped his fists and said, "Since everyone trusts me so much, I won't refuse. Whoever has good eyesight, please go to the top of the mountain and see where there are few torches!"
Everyone yelled and said that their eyes were good. He Ziran didn't speak, took a deep breath, flew up to the top of the mountain, looked around from east to west, and flew down like a big bird.
He cheered: "This young hero has such outstanding qinggong, he will definitely bring us good luck!"
He Ziran clasped his fists towards Jin Shenping and said: "Leader Jin, I took a look around. There are many torches in the west, about five or six hundred; the torches in the south are quite rare, about one or two hundred; and there are about one or two hundred torches in the north." Two or three hundred, there are only two or three hundred torches in the east."
Jin Shenping said: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. He. Now that the situation is clear, I will assign tasks!"
The crowd said: "Please give me your orders, Alliance Leader, we will not give up even if we die!"
Jin Shenping said: "Please ask each sect to send two disciples to the lake immediately and take control of the boat they came from!"
So each sect sent disciples to guard the boat at the lake.
Jin Shenping added: "There are more officers and soldiers in the west, so we avoided their sharp edges. Most of the troops escaped from their weak points in the south. After everyone escaped, they immediately disguised themselves and dispersed among the people, and then strived to return safely!"
"I will obey the leader's order!" Everyone was excited and ready to give it a go.
"I am from the west, so the masters of Shaolin Temple and the Taoist priests of Wudang Mountain and I will break out to the west and attract the main force of officers and soldiers. Hero Huo Shengming belongs to the south. Please lead your disciples and the Emei sect to break out to the south. Mu Shi and the heroes are from Dongfang, please lead your disciples to break out of the siege to the east; Master Shui Jingshun is from the north, please lead your disciples to break out of the siege to the north!" After finishing the assignment, Jin Shenping saluted Master Sikong and Taoist Master Weiying and said, "What do you two masters think? "
Master Sikong of Shaolin Temple put his hands together and said: "The command of the Jin Alliance leader is Ruoding. With the talents of a general, I will take the lead in executing it."
Taoist Master Weiying said: "Leader Jin uses the principle of yin and yang and the five elements to generate and restrain each other to refer to the directions of the Big Dipper. He is really a genius!"
Jin Shenping said: "Since everyone agrees, let's set off and avoid direct confrontation with the officers and soldiers, focusing on saving our lives. If there is an opportunity in the future, we will fight to the death with the Qing soldiers!"
After hearing this, everyone became excited and shouted: "Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"
Jin Shenping saw that the heroes were excited, so he took the lead and rushed out. Everyone got on the boat, put out the torches, and rowed towards the lake!
He Ziran followed Master Mu Fuhe, took Qi Weixin and other sects from the East, rowed more than a dozen small boats, and headed towards the East!
When they were about to dock, the officers and soldiers holding torches were about to board the big ship. He Ziran jumped on a big ship with officers and soldiers, and swung his sword to kill them all into the water. Mu Shihe and Qi Weixin combined their swords and landed on the shore, as if they were in an uninhabited land! When people from other sects saw that they were taking the lead, they were fearless and started fighting with the officers and soldiers with weapons!
He Ziran didn't think it was right. These people started fighting with the officers and soldiers, and they all forgot to escape. The number of officers and soldiers is overwhelming, and over time, our own side will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. So I looked towards the shore and saw a man who looked like a captain commanding Ruoding and shouting, "Capture all the traitors!"
He Ziran used his light skills to get ashore, and from behind came a "leopard climbing a tree". He clamped the captain's throat with his left hand, put a sword across the captain's neck with his right hand, and shouted: "Let them stop!"
Suddenly someone wanted to kill him. The captain was frightened and immediately shouted: "Stop, stop, let them go!"
He Ziran shouted: "Master, take them away quickly!"
Only then did Kishikiwa realize that his mission was to lead them to escape, not to fight desperately. So he took advantage of the chaos among the officers and soldiers and shouted: "A gentleman takes revenge. It's not too late in ten years. Everyone, hurry up and leave!" Everyone suddenly woke up and fled in all directions!
He Ziran saw the master leading them to escape, so he escorted the captain to the lake. Put the captain into a small boat, push his feet hard, and the boat flew towards the center of the lake like flying!
The officers and soldiers shouted: "Captain! Captain!"
The captain also shouted in the lake: "Come and save me!"
Seeing the officers and soldiers busy rescuing the captain, He Ziran grabbed a horse and chased after Kushikiwa!
In the early morning of the next day, the sky was bright. He Ziran rode around for a while, but found no trace of Kushiki Kazu and the others. So I simply slowed down my pace, let my horse rein, and headed north.
When he was about to reach Hunan, He Ziran met a carriage. A man drove the carriage and sped past He Ziran.
A girl poked her head out of the carriage and saw He Ziran riding by, so she shouted: "Mr. He! Brother He! Why are you here?"
