The opening chapter states that in the Chessboard Valley, a man was chased by several masked men.
The man who was being chased was Yan Qing, the prodigal son who had just quietly escaped from the team that had just returned from Liangshan's victory over Fangla.
The prodigal son Yan Qing saw through the outcome of the matter. He knew that even if the Liangshan generals were appointed as officials by the imperial court, the traitorous officials in the court would not get along with the Liangshan generals. They would definitely try their best to bring Liangshan to justice. The generals were harmed.
Yan Qing did not want to go to the capital to receive a title, fearing that he would be harmed by traitor Ning's traitors, so he quietly left the team and escaped on his way back in triumph.
At that time, Liangshan soldiers and horses defeated Fangla and returned to the court in triumph. On the way back to the court, I couldn't help but walk and rest. At night, I stationed outside the city of Hangzhou.
That night, Yan Qing came to Lu Junyi's deputy vanguard's tent alone, and advised Lu Junyi not to just focus on the present, but to take a long-term view. He simply gave up the title granted by the court and lived in seclusion in the countryside with himself, hoping to find a permanent home.
Lu Junyi was reluctant to part with his hard-won benefits and refused to agree. He was determined to go to Beijing and accept the title granted by the imperial court.
Seeing that Lu Junyi was not moving, Yan Qing said goodbye to Lu Junyi.
Yan Qing left Lu Junyi's tent, but did not return to the tent where he and Chai Daguan lived. He took advantage of the situation, greased his feet, and fled privately.
The next day, when the army set off, the officer on duty counted the number of people and saw that Yan Qing was missing. He hurried to the vanguard and reported loudly: "Report to the vanguard and deputy vanguard, General Yan Qing is missing."
Song Jiang was shocked when he heard this.
After hearing this, Lu Junyi remembered what Yan Qing said to him last night, and knew in his heart that Yan Qing must have deserted. Because Yan Qing once persuaded him to go on a desertion together, but he refused. Instead, he scolded Yan Qing, and the guy quietly ran away.
Lu Junyi couldn't say it clearly, so he kept silent.
Song Jiang said: "This Yan Xiaoyi is really fooling around! I understand, just wait!"
Song Jiang sent away the duty officer and called a few cronies to ask them to inquire about Yan Qing's information privately. After arranging this, Song Jiang gave the order and the army set off.
Liangshan soldiers and horses then meandered towards Bianjing.
Along the way, the people Song Jiang sent out to inquire about Yan Qing came back one after another. These people went to the Songjiang tent to report: "Returning to the command of the vanguard, after many inquiries, there was no news about Yan Xiaoyi, and I don't know where he went."
When Song Jiang heard the report, he sighed and said: "Then Yan Xiaoyi must have other plans. But it's okay, everyone has their own ambitions. If he doesn't want to enjoy this wealth, then let him be!"
The people sent by Song Jiang did not find out the news about Yan Qing; but the news about Yan Qing's private departure from the military camp was found out by the girl Sixia arranged by the second princess Yinzhi.
After the girl Sixia sent by the second princess Yinzhi found out that Yan Qing had left the military camp privately, she hurriedly returned to the Cianli Empress Temple, found the second princess, and reported the information to Princess Yinzhi.
Princess Yinzhi got her revenge, so she sent a masked killer to intercept and kill Yan Qing on the way, determined to get Yan Qing's head back to avenge her parents and sister Princess Jinzhi. .
Originally, the second princess wanted to take Chai Jin's head, but because Chai Jin was following Song Jiang on the way to Bianjing, surrounded by a large number of officers and soldiers, it was difficult to do so, so she had to give up temporarily.
Since she couldn't kill Chai Jin, Princess Yinzhi decided to attack Yan Qing after learning that Yan Qing was alone and left the team alone.
Princess Yinzhi was aggrieved that Chai Jin could not be punished immediately.
On the day they broke into Yuantong, Princess Yinzhi took Miss Sixia and ran out of the cave among the crowd.
Yun Fengwei, also known as Yan Qing from Liangshan Mountain, followed closely and escorted them out of the cave.
Occasionally, there were soldiers blocking the way, so Yan Qing flew forward, pointed his sword to block the soldiers, and shouted loudly: "I am Yan Qing, the leader of the infantry. My brother Gongming, the pioneer of the Song Dynasty, has ordered that the women and their families in the cave are allowed to leave the cave. Do not block or harm anyone, and those who disobey orders will be killed!"
All Liangshan soldiers recognized Yan Qing as the leader of the Tiangang Stars. Who would dare to disobey Yan Qing's orders? Naturally, he did not doubt Yan Qing's statement, so he took the initiative to move out of the way, maintaining order, and allowed Yinzhi to lead Miss Sixia and the maidservants of the concubines in the cave to leave the cave in a hurry.
While Yan Qing was escorting Princess Yinzhi and Miss Sixia, he was also looking after his four confidants who were carrying gold and silver treasures for him. When they were about to leave the cave, Yan Qing said to the four confidants who were following Princess Yinzhi and carrying gold and silver: "Wait for the four of you and quickly follow them out of the cave. After leaving the cave, don't delay, be the first to arrive. Fang Yuru, a member of the family in Niujiazhuang, northwest of Tokyo, is waiting for me! When I go, I will reward you generously. Remember! Remember!"
The four confidants replied: "Master, don't worry, we will be careful all the way and we will arrive at Fang Yuan's wife's house safely. The little ones are waiting for the master's arrival."
After answering Yan Qing, the four confidants followed Princess Yinzhi and the others out of Bangyuan Cave.
Yan Qing escorted Yinzhi, the others, and four of his confidants to the outside of Bangyuan Cave.
Outside the cave, Yinzhi suddenly stopped, turned around, and slashed at Yan Qing with his sword.
Yan Qing hurriedly raised the sword in her hand, knocked away the Yinzhi sword, and said loudly: "Princess Yinzhi, you must be conscientious. I escorted you out of the cave. If I hadn't escorted you, your life would be gone at this moment. You must not be ungrateful, burn bridges across rivers, and repay kindness with hatred."
Yinzhi scolded angrily: "Bah! You gangster! Do you still know that you have to be conscientious? How does my father treat you and Ke Yin? When you arrive at Bangyuan Cave, you can be a high-ranking official and ride a horse. You were recruited as a consort, and you did not want to repay, but instead killed. Where was your conscience at that time? Now you are talking about the word conscience? The word "conscience" comes out of your dog's mouth. It is really an insult to conscience. Where are the two characters! Yunbi, look at the sword!"
Saying that, Yinzhi swung his sword and struck again.
Yan Qing opened Yinzhi's sword again and said: "Princess Yinzhi! Chai Daguan and I are also acting under orders. You must know that people in the world cannot help themselves. Princess Yinzhi, now is not the time to explain, you Leave quickly and let me protect you. If you insist on messing around again, you will be responsible for the consequences. I forgive my lieutenant for no longer guaranteeing your safety.
Yinzhi slashed hard, and the sword and knife collided together, causing sparks to fly and making Princess Yinzhi's hands numb.
Yinzhi was so angry that she was shaking all over. Yinzhi glared at Yan Qing angrily and said: "Yunbi! Yun Fengwei! Listen to me! The green mountains will not fall and the green water will flow forever, but it will be difficult to survive in the world. Go back and tell Ke Yin, kill your brother, Yinzhi keeps the hatred of forcing her father, harming her sister, and bullying her sister in her heart. From now on, you Yunbi and Ke Yin, that thief, are Yinzhi's enemies! The hatred between a king and his father is irreconcilable; the hatred between brothers, Don’t rebel against the military revolution; don’t fight against the same country as sisters. In the future, either you will die or I will live. You just wait to be poked!"
Hearing this, Yan Qing said: "Princess Yinzhi, let's talk about the future. The situation is urgent now. Ke Yin and I have taken a huge risk to let you out of the cave. You leave quickly. Don't let Ke Yin down." The consort and I have the best of intentions! Please!"
Hearing this, Yinzhi became even angrier and cursed: "Yunbi! You are shameless! You and Ke Yin are dignified men who pee standing up. If you have the ability, just go and fight with each other, okay? What kind of sneaky behavior has ruined my parents and caused my sister to hang herself, and you still have good intentions?! Your family has such good intentions?!"
Yinzhi said, swinging his sword to strike again.
Yan Qing moved past and did not confront Princess Yinzhi. She just pointed at Yinzhi with her knife and said loudly: "Princess Yinzhi, leave immediately. Let's meet again in the world!"
After Yan Qing finished speaking, his body flashed and he left.
Yinzhi stood on the ground in a daze.
Seeing this, Jin Xia hurriedly advised: "Second Princess, it's important to save your life now. Let's escape from this dangerous place first, and then we can make plans slowly. Second Princess, as long as we have the intention, we don't have to worry about killing Ke Yin and Yunbi." Those two sycophants."
When Yinzhi heard this, there were tears in her eyes and her face was full of grief and anger.
Yinzhi waved the sword in his hand and said: "As of now, it can only be like this. Let's go!"
After saying that, he took Miss Sixia and blended into the crowd and fled Bangyuandong.
Princess Yinzhi and Miss Sixia came to the back mountain outside Bangyuan Cave and hid in a dense forest. Princess Yinzhi knelt on the ground, sobbing and about to cry.
Seeing this, Miss Sixia of gold, silver, copper and iron also knelt on the ground with "plop, plop", surrounding Princess Yinzhi, sobbing.
Yinzhi cried to Miss Sixia of Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron, "Sisters, I think our Fang family is a well-off family. We abide by the laws of the country, but only because of that thief Zhu Meng, we robbed and destroyed the people's families. My father is not willing to give up." I was angry for a moment and revolted, which caused great disaster. I saw my brother was killed and my sister hanged herself. I don’t know how my father, mother and brother are doing now? It’s really painful for me!”
After Princess Yinzhi finished speaking, she burst into tears.
Seeing this, Jin Xia sobbed and advised: "Second Princess, we don't know how the Emperor, Queen and Prince are doing now, so we can only inquire from many sources; but since we have heard that the Emperor, Queen and Prince are in critical condition, based on our current situation , I’m afraid I’m helpless and unable to save you. Second princess, why don’t we inquire about the whereabouts of Ke Yin and Yunbi first, and kill these two thieves, pay with blood, so that we can avenge Princess Jinzhi!”
Hearing this, Yinzhi stopped crying and stared blankly at the gold, silver, copper and iron girl Sixia.
Yinxia then said: "Second Princess, when we came out of the cave just now, Yunbi was talking to a few men carrying burdens. I vaguely heard what they were saying about Niujiazhuang in northwest Tokyo. It must be that thief from Yunbi. We searched for the treasure and asked those men to take it to Niujiazhuang in northwest Tokyo to hide it. Second Princess, in my estimation, the thief Yunbi will definitely go to Niujiazhuang in northwest Tokyo in the future. Why don't we inquire about Yunbi first? If that guy really goes to Niujiazhuang in Tokyo, we will intercept him on the road, steal the treasure, and kill the thief."
When Yinzhi heard this, her eyes lit up and she asked, "Yinxia, did you hear that clearly?"
Yinxia replied: "Second Princess, there was a lot of people and noisy at that time. I couldn't hear clearly, but this place is Niujiazhuang in the northwest of Tokyo. I should have heard it right."
"Okay!" Yinzhi said: "Jinxia, Yinxia, Tongxia, Tiexia, the four of you split up and inquire about your father's situation first. It's best that your father is safe. If something goes wrong, you won't have time to take care of it. The key is to Find out the whereabouts of Ke Yin and Yunbi so that you can kill them and make me angry! Jinxia, Yinxia, Tongxia, Tiexia, after you leave, I will gather my old troops and select the people I want to wait for news about you so that I can kill them. Kill Ke Yin and Yunbi and avenge your sister! Jinxia, Yinxia, Tongxia, Tiexia, Yinzhi usually treats you as sisters. Now, Yinzhi is isolated and helpless. There are only four of you good sisters. I hope you don’t give up. I do not care."
After hearing this, Miss Sixia of Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron all knelt in front of Princess Yinzhi and confessed: "Second Princess, just don't worry, my sisters will be shattered into pieces, even to the ends of the world, they will always follow you, there will be no Two minds.”
When Yinzhi heard this, she cried with joy and hugged the gold, silver, copper and iron girl Sixia who was kneeling in front of her.
After a long while, Yinzhi said: "Jinxia, Yinxia, Tongxia, Tiexia, my good sisters, when you leave this time, you must be careful at all times. Don't be careless, make mistakes, and suffer harm in vain. Once you find out the situation After that, return quickly; even if there is no definite news, we will definitely return in a week, and we will discuss it again after we meet up."
The gold, silver, copper and iron Sixia girl nodded when she heard this.
Jin Xia asked: "Second Princess, after the four sisters inquired about the situation, where will they find you?"
After hearing this, Yinzhi pondered for a while and replied: "Ci Guli Empress Temple! Where is my distant aunt, I will wait for you there."
The gold, silver, copper and iron girl Sixia nodded and said: "Okay, Second Princess, we will inquire about the situation right now. A week later, no matter what the situation is, we will rush to the Ciguli Empress Temple to report the situation to the princess."
Princess Yinzhi nodded and said: "Sisters, take care of yourself, Yinzhi is waiting for news from you."
Miss Sixia stood up, said goodbye to Princess Yinzhi, and turned to leave.
After Miss Sixia left, Princess Yinzhi also stood up, kowtowed three times in the direction of Bangyuandong, stood up, and headed north.
The place Yinzhi wants to go is Ci Guli.
When Yinzhi was very young, a distant aunt of hers married into her sister-in-law. She has not seen her for more than ten years now.
Yinzhi walked for most of the day and arrived at Cigu's house when it was dark.
After arriving at Ci Guli, Yinzhi made several inquiries and finally found her distant aunt who had been married to Ci Guli in her early years.
Yinzhi's distant aunt was a middle-aged woman in her forties. She suddenly saw Yinzhi who had come to escape, and she felt frightened and frightened.
What is shocking is that my brother Fang La has done such a great evil and stirred up the world. He is being conquered by the imperial court. I am afraid he will not escape death. Fortunately, a girl escaped, which can be regarded as a good thing.
What I am afraid of is that my brother Fang La has committed the crime of rebellion, which is the first of the most heinous crimes. Although I have been married to Fang La for five times, they still have the same surname after all. If he takes in Princess Yinzhi and it is known, he will have to do it. Beheaded.
At that time, Princess Yinzhi's distant aunt was shocked when she saw Princess Yinzhi who had come to escape. She was afraid of being implicated and could not refuse on her face, so she had to hide Princess Yinzhi in an abandoned shabby outside the village. in the house.
In her spare time, besides visiting her old headquarters, Yinzhi went to the Ciguli Empress Temple to wait for Miss Sixia.
A few days later, Miss Sixia went to Ci Guli, found the Empress Temple, and met Princess Yinzhi who was waiting here.
Princess Yinzhi was very happy when she saw Miss Sixia coming back one after another.
Miss Sixia told Princess Yinzhi what she had learned.
From Miss Sixia's mouth, Yinzhi learned that the emperor's father and the prince had been taken to Tokyo, and that the queen mother, the family members of the concubines, and related people had all been killed on the spot.
When Yinzhi heard the news, he was furious and burst into tears.
After crying, Yinzhi asked: "Where are the two thieves Ke Yin and Yunbi?"
Jin Xia said: "I heard that on the way to Beijing to be granted the title, Yunbi left without saying goodbye and disappeared without a trace. The thief Ke Yin followed Song Jiang and was waiting in Hangzhou, preparing to go to Beijing to receive the title!"
After hearing this, Yinzhi thought for a long time and said to Miss Sixia: "Ke Yin followed Song Jiang to Beijing. We can't do anything to him for the time being; that Yunbi must have gone back to Niujiazhuang in Tokyo. You guys need to rest for a few days. I'll I have already visited several old troops, and I will arrange for them to intercept and kill Yunbi at the foot of Qipan Mountain."
After hearing this, Miss Sixia went to the Niangniang Temple, leaned against the Buddha statue, and took a nap to rest.
Yinzhi left the Empress Temple and arranged for personnel to intercept and kill Yunbi at the foot of Qipan Mountain, thus leading to the scene at the beginning of the chapter.
