On the same day, a letter of credence and an imperial decree departed from the palace.
The letter of credence was sent to the Kingdom of Jin, and the imperial edict was sent to Medicine Master Guo.
The pharmacist Guo was granted the title of King of Yan, and he was allowed to separate the land of Yan and occupy Yan as the king.
Regarding the fact that Pharmacist Guo had paid the money, did the Song Dynasty court say so? I do not know how?
This move indeed had some effect, making the Jin Kingdom's East Route Army suspicious within and had to postpone its move southward. However, the West Route Army was still blocked by the fortified city of Taiyuan and could not advance even an inch.
Envoys from the Song and Jin Dynasties met to discuss contract matters, and everything seemed to be developing in a good direction.
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To the north of Kaifeng, the Taihang Shiwanshan Mountains stretch for 800 miles, supporting countless people who depend on the mountains and housing countless bandits and strongmen.
In this tiny corner of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, several bandits and strongmen dressed casually were besieging a person.
This man was in his early twenties, lame in one foot and blind in one eye. A black donkey leather belt was wrapped diagonally from the back of his head. He looked even more fierce than the besieging bandits.
At this time, he had one eye wide open, holding a silver spear with a dragon pattern in his hand, and parrying the weapons attacking from all sides.
There was a lot of ping-ping-pong-ping in the field, and they were evenly matched for a while.
"Second Master, this beast's martial arts skills are truly extraordinary. He injured several of our brothers."
A burly man in his forties came down from the mountain with several followers and listened to his subordinates' reports.
The burly man looked at the one-eyed man fighting in the field for a long time, and his eyes gradually lit up, like a money fan seeing a gem.
"stop!"
Following the order from the burly man, the people who besieged the one-eyed man gradually retreated, holding up their weapons and surrounding him without attacking.
"The second boss."
"The second boss..."
Several people greeted him one after another.
The burly man nodded, walked to the field and asked, "Where did this strong man come from, and why did he hurt my brothers from Langya Village?"
"I...I'm from Dong...Tokyo. Come looking for me...my young master. I have no grudge against you...you and the others. It's you who don't...indiscriminately, and beat me when you...come up."
The one-eyed man was breathing heavily. It was Wang Gui who was looking for Wang Zhi heading north.
"Still a stammer."
Several people around laughed, and Wang Gui blushed. This paragraph was almost as much as he had spoken in a year, but now that he was in danger, he had to explain.
The burly man glanced at the brother next to him, and after receiving confirmation from his eyes, he said: "Don't blame me, strong man. It's just that our Langya Village has had a conflict with the enemy recently. You bumped in here, and no one can prove your origin. It's okay to take him for questioning." should."
"The Sa family doesn't care whether you are from Tokyo or where you come from. The Sa family doesn't care whether you have a son in your family. Even if there is, there is no way to survive in this deep mountain. I just ask you if you are willing to join my Langya Village and be with me. Wouldn't it be great to be brothers, drink wine and eat meat together, and be the emperor of the mountain?"
The burly man had a hideous scar on his face and a fierce appearance, but his words were full of appreciation and recruitment.
"No...don't want to."
Perhaps because he was laughed at just now, Wang Gui didn't talk much. He only uttered two words and then stopped talking.
"Are you really unwilling?" the burly man asked again.
Wang Gui nodded.
"Bring me my weapons."
The burly man stretched out his hand, and the attendant behind him handed over a Guan Gong knife that was more than eight feet long.
The burly man took it and waved the people around to step back, "You don't want to enter our Langya Village, and you can't prove your identity, so naturally I can't let you go. After eighteen years, remember not to enter the mountain unless you have something to do. !”
After speaking, the sword came to his head, and the roar filled his ears, like a thunderbolt.
Wang Gui raised his gun to block him, but was pushed several steps away. His expression changed drastically.
Before he could take a breath, the sword light came again. Wang Gui struggled to parry, unable to fight back.
He had been besieged for a long time and was already exhausted. He faced a strong enemy before he could rest. After a few moves, he was already unsteady on his feet. After two more strikes, he fell to the ground.
Several knives were placed directly on his neck, making him unable to move.
"Sajia asks you one last time, are you willing to join my Langya Village?"
The broadsword pointed between his eyebrows, but Wang Gui shook his head despite the blade.
The burly man looked even more appreciative in his eyes, but shook his head and tsk-tsted in regret.
The blade of the knife changed from cutting to cutting, and he was about to cut off the head of the person under the knife.
Wang Gui stared at the burly man with bloody eyes. If he couldn't find Erlang, he would not rest in peace even if he died.
The blade stabbed the neck with chills, and a wisp of bright red flowed down the blade, but the blade stopped on the neck.
"Today is a happy event for my eldest brother. The Sa family doesn't want to see blood and spoil the atmosphere." The burly man put away his knife and said, "Take him back to the village and kill him later."
The strong men tied him up with ropes and blindfolded him, and led Wang Gui to turn left and right on the mountain. After climbing several mountains and crossing several streams, they finally arrived at a village filled with people.
Although Wang Gui could not see his eyes, all he could smell with his nose was the smell of wine, meat, and fireworks, and all he could hear was the sound of laughter, firecrackers, and ritual music.
There was darkness before his eyes, and he couldn't tell the direction. His mind was a little dizzy, but tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
The scene he was in reminded him of the Wang family's happy day a few days ago, which was also so lively...
"Put him in the woodshed."
A voice sounded, and then he was dragged into a dark and cold room and pushed to the ground.
The door closed, and Wang Gui sat up from the ground, moved his body, and bumped into the firewood.
He held the firewood and rubbed off the cloth wrapping his one eye, and his eye could finally see.
This is a firewood shed made of earth and wood, with ventilation on all sides, and the outside can be seen through the gaps.
People were coming and going outside the house, not only strong men with weapons, but also old people, children and women. If you hadn't already understood the basics of this village and saw such a scene, you would have thought it was an ordinary village.
The familiar character "囍" comes into view. Although the village is simple, it is decorated with a lot of red flowers and red cloth.
There is a happy event in the village, it should be that an important person gets a wife.
It's an obvious conclusion, but I didn't expect that the robbers would also pay so much attention to this matter of civil marriage.
Wang Gui sighed, knowing that he had benefited from the newlyweds' marriage, otherwise they would have been separated at the foot of the mountain.
"Hey, the little lady is finally getting married." A tall and thin young man approached, leaned outside the woodshed and sighed.
"Why, you seem unhappy?" The young man who came with him gave him a light punch.
The tall and lanky man asked him, "Are you happy?"
"I...of course I'm happy." The young man who came with her looked slightly unnatural, and then said confidently, "My wife and I grew up together, and we are as close as brothers and sisters. Of course I will be happy when she gets married."
The tall and thin man said: "Then you smile and I'll see."
Then the young man showed a smile that was uglier than crying, but it made the tall and thin man laugh, "Stop pretending, I don't understand you yet?"
"So what if you're not happy? It's not like the village master hasn't asked us. I guess the young people in the village have been favored by the village master. It's just that no one wants to marry a young lady. Now that the young lady is married, what's the pity? Of."
Wang Gui in the woodshed listened to this and looked puzzled. Why did it sound like these people all liked this "little lady", but no one wanted to marry her. What was the situation?
Listening to this meaning, this "little lady" should be the daughter of the village owner, and this "village owner" should be the second-in-charge eldest brother.
Now it all made sense.
However, since no man in the village is willing to marry the daughter of the village owner, who will be married to for today's happy event?
In Wang Gui's doubts, the two people outside said again: "If the village master hadn't saved the new uncle at the foot of the mountain this time, I'm afraid the young lady would never get married in her life."
"'Ye Mei' is an ominous person. The little lady killed the village master's wife when she was born. Who would dare to touch her if she is not lucky?"
"And after you get married, you can only make vases at home, and you can't do anything else..."
As the two of them talked, Wang Gui probably understood.
Night charm!
This is a title that belongs to a very rare group. Wang Gui has only heard of it in rumors.
It is said that people who are possessed by night demons are possessed by ghosts at birth and cannot see the sun for life. When exposed to the sun, their skin will mutate and they may even lose their lives over time. They are ominous people and no one wants to get close to them.
It seems that the daughter of the village owner is a night charm and an ominous person, so it all makes sense.
I like her, but I don't dare to marry her, so I can only give it to an outsider who is rescued by the village owner.
This outsider probably chose to marry a Ye Mei just to repay his kindness.
"By the way, our new brother-in-law seems to be a fierce man with a strong yang energy. I don't know if he can resist Ye Mei's ominousness. If his injuries recover, I guess even the leader of the village may not be able to hold it."
"How old are our village masters? Is this comparable? When the village master was young, he didn't lose half a move when he met Zhang Tianshen. If he were twenty years younger, I'm afraid even Wang Xiaosheng from Bianjing might not be the village master's rival. .”
"Although I also admire the leader of the village, it is a bit big to say that the leader of the village was able to compete with the little sage Wang when he was young. The little sage Wang was able to defeat dozens of forbidden troops when he was just a teenager, and later brought dozens of soldiers with him. No. 1 recaptured Xixia, and now he has killed Tao Zhiyaoyao, the great eunuch Tong Guan, under the siege of the Forbidden Army. No ordinary person can compete with such a born saint."
When Wang Gui heard that the two men praised his Erlang so much, he felt moved in his heart. If he told the truth about his identity, would he be able to let these strong men let him go.
"The imperial court is really hemorrhaging money this time. I saw in the county town that the imperial court issued an announcement offering a reward of 10,000 taels for the head of Little Sage Wang. If he were captured alive, the reward would be 20,000 taels. Tsk, tsk, tsk... 20,000 taels, what is this world-shattering wealth? The time can also fall on our brothers."
Wang Gui: "..."
The two young men outside the house gradually drifted away, and their voices gradually became inaudible.
After Wang Gui sorted out his thoughts, he no longer thought about it. It was better not to explore the human nature of twenty thousand taels of silver. He just looked around, looking for a way to untie the rope on his body.
After a while, Wang Gui gave up. There was nothing in the room except thatch and firewood.
He sat cross-legged on the thatch and looked outside the house through the cracks, looking for opportunities.
It was getting late, and there were more and more people outside the house. The auspicious moment had arrived. Amid the cheers of everyone, a newlywed couple stepped onto the stage.
