The calm passage of time is often like water, but even without realizing it, it is also in a hurry.
It was June in a few days. After a fierce battle for days, Lao Cao occasionally took time to write a letter. He found an illiterate mute in the barracks and asked him to ride a skinny donkey to the Privy Council in Tokyo to write a letter.
This letter was written to Tong Guan, saying that he was on a previous mission and was held hostage by the Jin Emperor. During this period, news came from the Liao Kingdom that Song and Liao had re-allied, but the Jin people were furious and wanted to harm them repeatedly, but they had no choice. He was on the run and was being hunted by the Jinren's national master. The national master Wu Ling Sheng Sheng had infinite magic and was forced to flee into the desolate ocean. He has been wandering until now and has not returned. Not even a tenth of his brothers are left with him. I beg you to be kind enough to make the decision for him. .
The mute wrote during the day, and Yan Qing arrived at night. Thirty carts of gold and jewelry were delivered to Tong Guan's house in an honorable manner. There was also a separate cart containing various kinds of treasures, jewelry, and precious furs, which were selected by Master Li himself. Give it to Fan Meiren.
After Tong Guan saw the gift list, he secretly sighed at Cao Cao's loyalty, summoned Yan Qing into the study, and said with a bad face: "Wu Jiedu has always been a man of general knowledge. The Liao people used deceit to sow discord between the Jin people and me. It is normal for the Jin people to get angry for a moment without knowing the reason. For the sake of the country, he should be forbearing, so how can he use a sword? If the Jin people are angry at me and the covenant fails, can he bear this responsibility? "
Yan Qing had already received advice from Cao Cao, and when he heard the words, he was calm and looked aggrieved: "Commander, my general is aggrieved! There are some things that cannot be explained in the official document, so I specially called the villain to tell them. Those Jin people, in fact, started to It is not that I want to harm my general, but I want to recruit him as a prince-in-law and let him return to the south. After the Jin army destroys the Liao Dynasty, it is convenient for Shandong to raise troops to respond. The two groups will attack Bianjing and occupy the territory north of the Yangtze River. After this is accomplished, Make my general the King of Qi."
Tong Guan was shocked when he heard this, his eyes widened, and he said angrily: "These Jurchens are barbarians! Aren't they out of their minds? I'm not dead yet, and he has twenty soldiers coming, and I also want to wipe out the officials!"
Yan Qing answered the question and said quickly: "The commander-in-chief is the jade pillar of my dynasty, the golden beam that holds the sea..."
He meant it as a compliment, but as soon as he said the words, he saw something wrong with Tong Guan's expression, and suddenly he understood: Ah, Yan Qing, Yan Qing, it's in vain that you claim to be eloquent. In front of a eunuch, what are you talking about? What beam?
He quickly said: "Anyway, if he wasn't afraid of the might of the commander-in-chief, how could he be willing to take out the princess and force my general to become a traitor? It's just that my general is loyal on the one hand, and not a womanizer on the other, so he refused to take his bait, so the golden man With a murderous intention, my general had no choice but to run away. After going through hardships and dangers, he finally came back with a few scraps of life, but he also fell seriously ill and is bedridden to this day."
Tong Guan recalled carefully that Wu Zhi was able to offer even the beautiful women back then, so it was obvious that he was really not good at women. Besides, those Jurchen leopards could not change for a few years. They were princesses and they must have grown up hunting and fishing. They had rough skin and flesh. Thick, what color can it be?
After writing most of the letter, he thought about it for a while, pointed at the gift list with his fingers, nodded and said: "I understand this matter. You can go back and tell Wu Zhi: He is my favorite general. As long as he remains loyal and does not lose his integrity, I will Protect him from wealth and peace for the rest of his life."
Yan Qing thanked him for his kindness, but Tong Guan thought again and went to the palace in person to ask for an audience with the officials, saying that Fan Meiren missed the emperor so much.
There was still a follow-up to this matter. In July, the Jin State sent envoys to the court to meet with the Song Emperor and question the "Song envoys who kidnapped the princess and fled privately."
Tong Guan sneered in his heart, but looked surprised, saying that Wu Zhi and the others have not returned yet, where do you start talking about this?
He blamed the Jin envoy, saying that Wu Zhi was a famous general of the Song Dynasty and sent him as an envoy to show his sincerity. How could he not see the dead and alive but not the corpse?
As for the theory of escaping privately, there are only a few of him in the vast snowy land of your country. If he really wants to escape, how can he escape from your hands? There must be something wrong with this matter, and you must give me an explanation in the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Guan's family was also very unhappy. He had already planned before that when Tian Hu's matter subsided, he would summon military personnel to the capital, recognize Fan Meiren as his sister, and formally present her as the king, so that he could be brought into the palace.
Wu Zhi had been waiting for this for more than a year, but unexpectedly, something like this suddenly happened. According to what Tong Guan told him in private, it was not convenient for Wu Zhi to appear in public during this period, so as to evade blame with the Jin people.
This meant that his plan was completely disrupted. Fan Meiren cried bitterly about this, saying that her family was not blessed and she had no chance to serve the king. Several times of love and affection from the Zhao Guan family could not stop her tears, and she felt so pitiful in her heart.
At this moment, he took advantage of the situation and shouted loudly: "We are a small country and a backward foreign country. As the lord of the great country of China, I took the initiative to send envoys to make an alliance. I have given you enough dignity. You misunderstood the lies of the Liao people and harmed the life and death of our envoys." I don’t know, instead of asking for forgiveness, you are asking for punishment. Do you really think that my sword is harmful?"
At this time, the Kingdom of Jin did not really know the reality of the Song Dynasty. Seeing that the emperor was angry and very majestic, he felt frightened for a moment and said aggrievedly: "Our country has never harmed the envoy Wu. It was him who escaped and offended the imperial master." , so much so that it blew into the depths of the ocean, and even our princess disappeared with it. Do you still blame me?"
Tong Guan sneered and said: "If someone disappears in your country, why don't you blame us? It's like your envoy. If someone eats someone in Tokyo and kills him, we send someone to inform the emperor of your country. The reason is that your envoy committed a crime and escaped. But so what?"
After hearing this, the envoy knew that if there was no clear evidence, the matter had to be shelved. He smiled bitterly and said: "Well, since this person has never returned to the country, let's not say more, let's discuss the matter of your two countries joining forces to attack Liao! "
Tong Guan snorted coldly: "Your country has harmed my general. Even though it was the Liao who made the rumor first, it's still your fault. Let's do it this way. In addition to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun, you need to pick two more to conquer the Liao Kingdom." A good city is considered as compensation for our country.”
The messenger said with a grimace: "This is a serious matter, and we need to reply to my emperor before we can discuss it."
Tong Guan and Zhao Ji looked at each other, the emperor and his ministers were all filled with smug expressions: Look at the majesty of our emperor and his ministers! Don't scare those savages to death!
Dashuai Tong and Miss Fan showed off their power at the same time, and the section "Wu Zhi escapes gold" was just lightly revealed.
However, it was said that in early June, not long after Lao Cao sent the letter to Tong Guan, he personally accompanied Xu Churen and traveled across the eight states under his rule, secretly observing the civil affairs of each state. Any officials who harmed the people or refused to cooperate with Tongque Trading Company were recorded in his book. On paper, he wanted to report a reason for "bandits causing trouble", eradicate them all, and then arrange for his own family members to take positions. For positions beyond his reach, he would buy his successors with money, so that Xu Churen could secretly control the political affairs of the eight states.
After going there for several days, they just returned to Qingzhou to rest. The "Shen Juzi" Ma Ling stepped on the hot wheel and rushed over at lightning speed.
Ma Ling was so busy that he met Lao Cao. The first thing he said was: "Brother, brother Zhu Dian was not killed by the soldiers. He fell into the hands of Wang Gong and Lao Buddha! Li Zhu and Lei Heng , but he was captured and taken to Tokyo."
Cao Cao was surprised and said quickly: "Tell me in detail!"
Ma Ling took a sip of tea and immediately explained the details of the farewell——
After everyone said goodbye, Fang La gathered up the people who were unwilling to go north with Cao Cao, and taught him to rectify the dilapidated Muzhou with most of them. The remaining hundreds of people personally led them to Quzhou to join Yu Wupo.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Quzhou, they found the valley where Yu Wupo was stationed, but the building was deserted and there was not a single living person.
Fang La was startled and doubtful, so Lu Zhishen asked: "Could it be that when the news of our defeat came, the soldiers and horses here dispersed in shock?" Fang La frowned and shook his head: "I definitely won't! I am a female disciple with a proud spirit. If you are not a man, something must have happened."
He picked up a branch, scribbled on the ground, and shook his head again: "Tong Guan retreated and couldn't come here. What happened? Hey, it would have been nice to have left the ancestors far away, but now I am short of a painter."
There were a total of eight heroes left behind, namely Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, Ma Ling, Shi Jin, Yang Chun, Chen Da, Ruan Er, and Ruan Qi. After hearing this, the last seven nodded at the same time, greatly agreeing.
Lu Zhishen laughed and said: "Why didn't the Holy Duke ask about the Sa family? According to the Sa family, if this place had experienced a war, it would be in a mess, but if you look around, there is not even a drop of blood, and the warehouse is also empty. It can be seen that most of your disciples He went to lead the troops on his own. Among the Ming Cult, who did not go with my brother, besides you, who else can mobilize your female disciple? "
Fang La woke up from a dream and slapped her legs: "My two masters, anyone can mobilize her!"
Lu Zhishen said again: "If the two of them transfer your female disciples, where will they go? Your Ming Cult is in the southeast. How many lairs do you have?"
Fang La had completely understood at this time: "Master Chen Houtong's Maitreya Sect was originally preaching in the north. In the seventh year of Qingli (1047), the leader Wang Ze rebelled in Beizhou and was wiped out by Emperor Renzong. The remaining people fled to the south, and their foundation was not established. Although it is considered deep, Manichaeism is powerful and deep-rooted. In addition to me, Wang Gong Laofo also has two disciples, Zhong Xiang and Wang Zongshi. Although they are under the banner of Mingjiao, they do not listen to my propaganda. For the sake of my brothers, I , has never been dealt with.”
Lu Zhishen said: "Needless to say, your female disciple was probably deceived by Wang Gong and Lao Buddha. She brought soldiers and horses to meet his disciples, but I don't know whether to go to the place named Zhong or the place named Wang."
Fang La said decisively: "Zhong Xiang, who is known as the 'Dongting Jiao' by people in the world, is thousands of miles away from the local area. Wang Zongshi is known as the 'Chanting Bodhisattva' by people. His foundation is in Xinzhou. According to this, it is less than three hundred miles away. If Wang Gong and Lao Buddha turn around, My disciple must meet Wang Zongshi first!"
Ruan Xiaoqi then said: "Shenggong, I think Wang has bad intentions. When he arrives in Xinzhou, he might take people and horses to Dongting again. Should we follow him and eat ashes? Why don't you take a token and ask Ma Ling Go ahead and try to intercept your apprentice, I'll catch up in time."
Fang La said casually: "Great idea! In this case, Brother Ma Ling will have to work hard."
Now he took off the jade pendant around his waist - but when he passed his birthday, Yu Wupo personally carved it and gave it to Fang La. Give it to Ma Ling and let him use the wind and fire wheel to catch up with Yu Wupo's team, asking her to stay and wait for Fang La to join them.
Ma Ling did not refuse, put away the jade, finished preparing, and chased him along the road alone. However, Wang Gong and Lao Fo's movements were faster than they expected. By the time he found Yu Wupo's subordinates, he was already there. In the countryside of Xinzhou, he joined forces with Wang Zongshi.
Ma Ling did not dare to show up rashly, and waited until late at night before avoiding the sentry and sneaking into his village quietly to look for the house where Mrs. Yu lived.
After searching for more than ten rooms, I suddenly heard someone speaking in a low voice with a very familiar accent. I hurriedly went over to listen and recognized Zhu Tong's voice, saying: "I think brother Wang Zongshi is very prestigious here, so why not?" Must we go to Dongting? Wouldn’t it be that we have lost a good fortune in vain?”
Ma Ling discovered Zhu Tong's whereabouts. She was overjoyed and breathed a little thickly. She was immediately noticed by the people in the house. Wang Gong and Lao Fo shouted sharply: "The lackeys of the Imperial City Department are entangled day by day. Isn't it over?"
Before he finished speaking, the man broke through the window and flew out, stabbing him with his sword.
Ma Ling relied on her own abilities and was not afraid at all, so she immediately engaged him in battle. The two fought for seven or eight times. Wang Gong Laofu's sword was unpredictable, and Ma Ling couldn't resist it, so she hurriedly sacrificed the gold brick.
When Wang Gong and Lao Buddha saw that he was using his magic skills, he did not dare to underestimate the enemy, so he hurriedly danced his sword to protect his whole body.
When Ma Ling came to Bangyuan Cave, the man had already hid in the secret room, so he didn't know who was on the other side.
At this moment, seeing that Ma Ling had extraordinary abilities, especially the Golden Brick Technique, which was agility and swiftness, far superior to Demon Lord Zheng's magic, he couldn't help but ask for help: "Little brother, you are so skilled, don't you think it's embarrassing to do things for those who have no eggs?" Qu? How about you just join me in the Ming Cult and I will make you the Right Envoy of Light?"
Hearing this, Ma Ling must have thought that he was from the Imperial City Division. Although he didn't know the reason, he still followed the words and said: "The rebels are arrogant. I am working for the imperial court. How can I help the rebels?"
Wang Gong and Lao Fo said angrily: "Kui Xiangyang came specifically to kill me, but both of us were injured. It can be seen that the fate of the Zhao family dynasty is over. You call me a traitor today, but you don't know that I have achieved great things. You are the traitors!"
After saying that, he called out: "Brother Zhu, I am pestering him with this gold brick, you go and capture this person."
Sure enough, Zhu Tong jumped out, holding a spear in his hand, and took Ma Ling directly. He raised his two spears and halberds at the same time, and the fight was extremely fierce.
After fighting for a few times, Zhu Tong lost his composure. Ma Ling understood and turned around to leave. Zhu Tong shouted and entangled him. One of them ran away and the other chased him. When they got a little further away, Zhu Tong whispered: "Hurry up to Wu." The eldest brother reported that Li Zhu and Lei Heng were both trapped in the hands of the Imperial City Division! Kui Xiangyang, the commander of the Imperial City Division, personally went to the south of the Yangtze River. He was originally going to wipe out the remnants of the Ming sect, but unexpectedly, he caught Li Zhu and two others. Kui Xiangyang He was also injured by Li Zhu’s sword.”
Ma Ling was surprised when he heard this, nodded, waved his halberd to force Zhu Ding away, and then drove away. Zhu Ding yelled and couldn't catch up.
Ma Ling circled around, pinched the gold bricks with his hand, and retreated into the darkness like a fly. Seeing him retreating like a god, Wang Gong and Lao Buddha were secretly frightened, and had no choice but to give up the idea of pursuing him.
Although Ma Ling failed to contact Yu Wu Po this time, he gained a lot. First, he determined the safety and whereabouts of Zhu Tong. Second, he found out that the Imperial City Division had also taken action. Finally, he found out the whereabouts of Li Zhu and Lei Heng. No wonder this There was no sound from Banjiu. It turned out that it was a cannibal.
He was about to return to Quzhou and tell everyone the information. Unexpectedly, he met two masked men in black clothes five miles outside the village. They sneaked into the village. Ma Ling thought to herself: These two are probably from the Imperial City Division. It takes no effort to get it, just catch it and make a tongue!
He rushed out at the moment and used the Golden Brick Technique. He killed one, knocked another unconscious, and carried it on his shoulders. When he came back and met everyone in Fang La, he told his former story, and Lu Zhishen slapped his thigh: "Needless to say, Brother Zhu Dian." He must have been captured by the old thieves in Bangyuan Cave, and he pretended to surrender because he had no choice but to do so."
Fang La asked doubtfully: "My master is the best at deceiving people. Will Brother Zhu really be persuaded by him?"
Yang Zhi sneered and said, "Shenggong doesn't know that our brother is nicknamed 'Beautiful Beard Master'."
Fang Laqi said: "I know his nickname. I told you about it when we first met."
Yang Zhi frowned and said, "'Beautiful Beard Master' is so righteous, how can Brother Zhu be willing to do unjust things?"
Fang La hesitated and smiled bitterly: "That's all, I made a mistake."
Ma Ling then said: "If Brother Zhu really obeys, he won't let me take the lead. I just wonder who Kui Xiangyang can capture 'Mr. Jinjian'?"
Shi Jin said: "Brother, I'm so stupid. Why should I guess if I put this tongue here? Wake up now, don't worry if he doesn't tell me."
At that moment, everyone tried their best to revive the man in black, and after some torture, he finally confessed that he was indeed a subordinate of the Imperial City Department. Based on his confession, everyone roughly guessed the cause and effect——
After the First World War in Hangzhou, Huang Shang, a master in the army, disappeared without a trace. Tong Guan felt strange and sent someone to send a message back to Bianliang. It happened to be that Kui Xiangyang had achieved great success in martial arts and officially left the country. After learning about this, he said: "Mr. Huang really has the gift of preaching to the Za family. Since he has something to do, the Za family should go and see it personally."
Then he reported to the Ming Emperor and led a group of elite troops to quietly go to the south of the Yangtze River in several groups.
Kui Xiangyang knew that after Hangzhou, Tong Guan would have to send his troops to Muzhou, so he did not cross the river via Yangzhou, but went to Luzhou, crossed the river from Chizhou, and went straight to Shemu.
It was also a coincidence that not long after arriving in Shezhou, he met Li Zhu and Lei Heng. The two were pretending to be Feng Shui masters and Taoist boys, and were about to find a boat to go to Muzhou. Kui Xiangyang took a quick look and saw that they were He was a master of martial arts, and he thought that now that the officers and soldiers were attacking Fangla, it was only logical that those who had nothing to do with him should stay away. These two people decided to go, and they probably had something to do with the Ming Cult.
So he pretended to tell fortunes and tested the two of them with words. Both sides had their own agendas and gradually fell out of harmony. Lei Heng became anxious and knocked the two of them everywhere.
At this time, the seven or eight people following Kui Xiangyang were all masters of the Imperial City Division. He jumped up and injured two of them. The others all started to attack, and Lei Heng was immediately unable to stop them.
Seeing this, Li Zhu drew his sword to help. The sword came out and fell, killing six people in an instant.
Kui Xiangyang was shocked, screamed, and struck out with all his strength. Li Zhu used his sword to fight. Both of them used swords. After hundreds of moves, each was slightly injured. Kui Xiangyang used Qinggong to escape.
Lei Heng searched for the corpse and found out that this group of people were from the Imperial City Division.
This was the first time that Li Zhu met his opponent since he became an expert. He went down the mountain this time because he was afraid that Huang Shang would assassinate Lao Cao. Now that he met such a master of the imperial court, how could he be willing to let him go to Muzhou? He wanted to kill the opponent in Shezhou.
Although Lei Heng's martial arts couldn't interfere with the fight between the two of them, he had been a leader for many years and was quite good at tracking down people. Now the two of them competed with Kui Xiangyang and chased them all the way. However, Kui Xiangyang was extremely powerful in light kung fu. , several confrontations, but this person was never left.
At this time, the masters of the Imperial City Division came to Shezhou in batches. More and more Kui Xiangyang had more and more men. The situation was reversed, and they began to hunt down Li Zhu and Lei Heng. The two were afraid of causing trouble to Muzhou, so they struggled to deal with him. .
After fighting like this for a few days, news spread in the Jianghu that Fang La's army was completely defeated. The officers and soldiers seized the Bangyuan Cave and extinguished the sacred fire. Seeing that they were about to retreat, Li Zhu and the two people inquired about it and concluded that Lao Cao was fine, so they decided to retreat. As he was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that a large number of subordinates of the Imperial City Division had left Shezhou.
However, after Tong Guan's victory, he heard that Zhu Meng had been killed and that his great achievements had been in vain. He was angry and asked the Imperial City Division to help deal with it. He must capture "Si Xingfang", "Yue Fei" and so on. The leader of the thieves, cut him to pieces to relieve his hatred, so that he will not be reborn again in the spring breeze.
Li Zhu and others didn't know the cause and effect, and were afraid that their visit was related to their brothers, so they followed them quietly.
As soon as Kui Xiangyang entered Muzhou, he bumped into Wang Gong Laofu who was sneaking away. He decisively stepped forward to intercept him. There were twenty or thirty experts around him, but Wang Gong Laofu had only Zhu Tong by his side and fought hard. , seeing that he was outmatched, he suddenly came out of the Maitreya Cult Leader Chen Houtong!
Chen Guotong was like Fang La. He had long noticed that there was something fishy about Wang Gong and Lao Buddha, so he snuck behind him. Now that he saw that his life was in danger, thinking of their long-standing friendship, he couldn't help but show up to help.
If the two of them had worked together, they would have been better than Kui Xiangyang. Unexpectedly, when Chen Houtong made a move, Wang Gong and Laofu took Zhu Tong and took the opportunity to run away. Chen Houtong regretted it and used the Great Nine Heavens Technique. He fought tooth and nail and killed seven or eight masters of the Imperial City Division, and his own family was knocked off the cliff by Kui Xiangyang's palm - at his age, it was unlikely that he would have any chance of falling off the cliff, and he would most likely die or not.
Kui Xiangyang led his men to pursue him again, and after several rounds of sieges, he stopped Wang Gong and Lao Fo again. However, Wang Gong and Lao Fo also became prosperous. When they saw that they were defeated, Li Zhu and Lei Heng rushed to fight.
This time Wang Gong Laofu did not run away from the beginning, and he did not know these two people. Seeing Lei Heng's martial arts skills and Li Zhu's sword skills were unparalleled, he immediately wanted to recruit them and wanted to join the four of them. With all his strength, he defeated this group of masters from the Imperial City Division.
Unexpectedly, Kui Xiangyang is a man with excellent martial arts skills, but he does not have the demeanor of a master. He has suffered a small loss in front of Li Assistant several times before, and has already arranged countermeasures. During the fierce battle, poisonous mist suddenly spurted out from his sleeves, and Li was immediately paralyzed. To help, he turned over and kicked Lei Heng unconscious. Wang Gong and Lao Buddha realized that something was wrong, so he forcibly picked up Zhu Tong and ran away again.
Why doesn't Kui Xiangyang chase him? But before Li Zhu fell, he thought he was going to die and counterattacked with all his strength. The sword went deep into his chest and he was seriously injured.
There are different religions: Shenju sent a message to the south of the Yangtze River, and the prodigal son sent a letter to the Privy Council. Where the golden sword rustled and folded, sunflowers bloomed toward the sun.
(End of chapter)
