Hong Jun thought of Duan Qing's risking his own life to save him, and knew that he was kind-hearted and did not want innocent victims on both sides. She was immediately relieved, and seeing the critical situation, she flew out from behind.
Hongjun said to King Tu again: "Father, what Brother Duan said is right. Why do you need to commit more crimes? It's better to stop fighting and make peace!"
Hong Jun scolded Xiang Feng and Tian Meng: "You two are so brave. You make decisions without authorization. Aren't you afraid of the king's law? Tian Meng, do you still have a conscience? Brother, I didn't hurt you even a hair, so I let you go." Are you going to repay kindness with hatred?" As soon as Hongjun appeared, the situation became more complicated. King Tu saw that Lord Hong was bent on protecting Duan Qing, and was in a dilemma for a while.
King Tu thought for a long time and said to Duan Qing and Hong Jun: "This time the Gu family is bound to win, and we cannot fall short because of you. If we let the enemy run away this time, there will be endless troubles. Jun'er, it's not that you don't know them, you just Don’t make things difficult for me, my father. For your sake, I can forget about Duan Qing. What do you think?”
Seeing that King Tu was still stubborn, Hong Jun glanced at Duan Qing in embarrassment. Duan Qing said: "If my father insists on doing this, he can only step over my body."
Seeing that Duan Qing was so determined, Hongjun said: "Father, the husband sings and the wife follows. Since the eldest brother is willing to die to stop me, my daughter can only accompany him to death. But in the future, I can't offer incense to grandma to worship." After speaking, he pulled out his waist. The sword between.
Hong Jun said to King Tu with tears in his eyes: "Father, my daughter is sorry for you. You asked an expert to refine this jade sword. It cuts iron like mud. But it has never been stained with blood. Today, my father only needs to order an attack." , Jun'er will sacrifice his blood." After Hongjun finished speaking, he put the sword on his neck.
King Tu said hurriedly: "Jun'er, don't do anything stupid, put down your sword quickly."
The Tu King said to Peng Yong again: "Quickly pass the order. No one can move forward without my order." Although Peng Yong was angry when he saw Hongjun being so ignorant, he would not sit back and watch Hongjun commit suicide because of the love between brother and sister. in front of yourself.
Peng Yong then gathered all his strength and shouted: "All the troops obey the order. No one can take a step forward without the personal order of the King of Tu. Anyone who violates the rules will be punished by the nine tribes."
Peng Yong was worried that someone would act rashly, so he increased his tone and looked at Xiang Feng and Tian Meng to warn them.
Duan Qing couldn't help but feel excited when he saw Hongjun supporting him so much, and said to Hongjun: "Hongjun, you don't have to come into this troubled water. Put your sword down quickly and don't hurt yourself."
Hong Jun said: "Since you have decided, I will naturally follow the chicken when I marry a chicken, and a dog when I marry a dog. But I can't fight against my father and the army, so this is the only way."
At this time, the two armies faced each other quietly, and no one dared to make a loud noise. I was afraid that I would startle this beautiful girl and accidentally hurt herself. On the battlefield there are only the occasional sounds of horses crowing and the spring breeze blowing leaves. Tu Wang stared at Hong Jun with nervous eyes. Tu Wang said softly: "Jun'er, why are you doing this? Father, if you don't give the order for the time being, put down the Jade Girl Sword first."
King Tu knew that this sword was extremely sharp, and he was really afraid that Hong Jun would hurt herself if she shook her hand.
But Hong Jun said: "Father ordered the troops to retreat, only then could Jun'er put down his sword."
"This..." The Tuwang hesitated and hesitated, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
At this moment, someone from behind said: "Jun'er did the right thing."
Everyone looked for fame and saw a white-haired old man walking out of the army. It turned out to be Peng Bing, followed by Peng Chang. When the Tuwang saw him, he jumped off his horse and saluted, "Hello, uncle."
Peng Bing nodded and said, "You don't have to be polite, Lin'er." Then he turned to Hongjun and said, "Girl, put the sword down quickly. Aren't you tired of holding it up? Grandpa is here, so don't worry." Hongjun said this Then he put down the sword.
King Tu asked: "Why are you here, uncle? It's been such a long journey. Please go back and rest."
Peng Bing said: "Are you going to drive me away as soon as I arrived? I heard from Chang'er that something was going to happen, so I hurried over. Fortunately, I arrived in time, otherwise the jade girl would have turned into a jade corpse." King Tu He hurriedly said: "My nephew doesn't dare."
Peng Bing said: "I think this is good. You order the army to retreat five miles and still surround this place. Then talk to them. If we really can't reach an agreement, it's not too late to fight again."
King Tu said: "Since my uncle said so, let's do what he wants. Yong'er, pass the order. The army will retreat five miles and set up camp. Guard tightly and don't let everyone on the mountain escape." Peng Yong turned around to make arrangements.
Peng Bing said to Duan Qing: "You are a good kid, Hongjun has a good vision!"
Peng Chang introduced from the side: "Brother, this is my grandfather Shang Peng Xia Bing."
Duan Qing said: "Grandpa Peng is well, brother."
Peng Bing said: "My old bones can still hold on. You go up the mountain to discuss with Wu Long. We will wait for your news in the big tent in the afternoon."
Duan Qing said: "Follow grandpa's orders." He nodded to Peng Chang.
Then Duan Qing asked Hong Jun again: "Hong Jun, are you going back to the tent to wait for me, or are you going to go up the mountain with me?"
Hong Jun said coquettishly: "There is no need to ask, I will naturally follow you up the mountain."
The King of Tu and others returned to the main tent of the army. Duan Qing, Hongjun and four maids went up the mountain.
When they arrived at the mountain, Wu Long led everyone to thank Duan Qing and Hongjun.
Duan Qing asked Wu Long: "Uncle Wu, now that King Tu has temporarily withdrawn his troops, the next step is for you two to negotiate. What do you think of Uncle Wu?"
Wu Long said: "Young master, please forgive me, we have never thought about peace talks. Therefore, we can't say anything for a while. Why don't you tell us all your thoughts, and we can discuss it together?"
Duan Qing said: "I know that Uncle Wu wants to take back the chieftain throne. But time has changed. The Peng family has been through several generations, and the people's hearts have attached to it. I can only advise Uncle Wu to give up the idea of fighting for it."
Wu Chang said displeasedly: "If you give up just now, you will really be ashamed of your ancestors and go against the teachings of your ancestors." Wu Chang was very unwilling to give up.
Duan Qing said: "Brother Wu, why do you have to worry about whether the Wu family will be the earth king or the Peng family will be the earth king. The key is to save Xiangxi from the devastation of the war. The Peng and Wu families are close relatives. The tragic things that happened in the past, It shouldn’t happen again now.”
Wu Long thought for a while and said: "Everyone knows that the jade girl has a good heart. But I dare not forget the ancestral precepts. If I don't follow it, wouldn't it be a great act of unfilial piety."
Hong Jun said: "Uncle Wu shouldn't think so. You heard just now that my father has betrothed me to Duan Qing. If he calls you uncle, I should follow him. According to the seniority of the Peng and Wu families, I I should call you uncle. My great-grandmother must not be willing to continue the vendetta between the Peng and Wu families."
Duan Qing said: "Uncle Wu, if you insist on following the ancestral precepts, the lives of thousands of people here will not be saved. What should their ancestors say? The rules set by the predecessors are dead, but people are alive, so we should save time It’s better to take advantage of the situation. Uncle Wu should be responsible for the thousands of lives now."
Under the persuasion of Duan Qing and Hong Jun, the Wu family father and son finally figured it out. When Duan Qing saw that they agreed to the peace talks, he said, "Then does your mother have anything else to ask for?"
Wu Long said: "Then I hope they will agree to take Longshan as the center and a radius of a hundred miles as our residence, and they will not interfere."
Hong Jun thought for a while and said: "Western Hunan is only so big. If you ask for a hundred miles radius, I guess my father will never agree."
Duan Qing said: "We can wait until we meet King Tu to see what he wants."
Wu Long added: "There must be statues and tablets of our ancestors in the memorial ceremony in the royal city."
Duan Qing and Hong Jun then said goodbye to Wu Long and came to the military tent at the foot of the mountain to pay their respects to King Tu and Peng Bing.
King Tu asked: "What do Wu Long and others say?"
Duan Qing told Wu Long's two requests. The King of Tu thought for a while and said: "It is impossible to have a radius of a hundred miles. At most, we can set aside a radius of twenty miles for them to settle down. As for the memorial, this is no problem. His grandfather was the former King of Tu and was also our elder. ." Duan Qing was very happy to see the Tuwang, and he must have hoped that Xiangxi would be peaceful from now on.
Duan Qing hurried back to Longshan and told Wu Long what King Tu wanted. Wu Long initially felt that a radius of twenty miles was too small.
Duan Qing said: "Uncle Wu, you currently only have four or five thousand people. King Tu agreed to set aside such a large place for you to settle down, which can be considered sincerity. If it continues, it will be endless. Please think again, Uncle Wu."
After Wu Long discussed with everyone again, he told Duan Qing that he agreed with Tuwang's arrangement.
The next day King Tu and Wu Long swore an oath of blood. From then on, the Peng and Wu families lived in peace, and the imminent war disappeared. Duan Qing stayed in the royal city for a few days before continuing his study tour.
Naturally, Jade Girl wanted to go with Duan Qing, but Tuwang was reluctant. Therefore, Duan Qing set off for the capital first, and Hongjun came to the capital to meet him in more days.
After Duan Qing left, he and Hongjun used flying pigeons to pass messages along the way, firstly to convey feelings of missing each other, and secondly to inform each other of the situation. Not long ago, Hong Jun told Duan Qing that she had left Xiangxi and rushed to the capital. Also coming with her were several maids and Duan Qing's sworn brother Peng Chang.
King Tu had always had business dealings with the capital and opened a trading house in Luoyang. On the one hand, the mountain goods in western Hunan can be brought to the capital for sale, and on the other hand, some things can be brought back from the capital. There is a team of guards in the trading house, with a total of one hundred people. These people have received special training and have good martial arts skills.
This time Peng Chang was responsible for escorting mountain goods into Beijing and at the same time bringing some goods back from the capital. Hong Jun learned that he naturally wanted to go with Peng Chang. The Earth King couldn't resist the Red King, so he had to agree.
Duan Qing traveled around, and when he arrived in Danjiang Town, he happened to meet Xiang'er engaging in a martial arts competition to recruit a bride. Naturally, he had no intention of participating, but when he saw Ma Xiang's martial arts skills, he immediately became eager to compete for supremacy.
Of course, he mainly wanted to learn the Kung Fu of Ma Xiang Huashan School, not Xiang'er. Although Xiang'er's beauty is not much worse than Hongjun's, in Duan Qing's heart, no girl can compare to her.
Duan Qingqing had thought long ago that if he could get the final chance to face off with Xiang'er, he would naturally admit defeat and give up the chance of winning. In this way, it will not affect Xiang'er's plan to recruit a bride.
However, although Duan Qing was highly skilled in martial arts, he was careless and was defeated by Ma Xiang. Duan Qing's martial arts skills are actually no worse than Ma Xiang's. If life and death are in a fight, it's hard to say who will win.
Duan Qing originally just wanted to take the opportunity to learn Ma Xiang's martial arts and didn't care about victory or defeat. Since he lost, he would not admit his defeat, so Duan Qing left the ring.
The next day, Duan Qing continued to watch the competition under the ring. Duan Qing did not expect that Ma Xiang would be defeated by Xu Zhitang, and Xu Zhitang's martial arts was obviously stronger.
What is even more surprising is that Xu Zhitang was defeated by Wang Hai again. Only then did Duan Qing realize that his father's purpose in letting him study abroad was to stop him from being self-righteous. There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the rivers and lakes, there are many masters, and there are many people who are better than him in martial arts.
Duan Qing went to Yunlai Inn to visit Ma Xiang at dusk. Ma Xiang was overjoyed when the two met. Although Ma Xiang lost, he was convinced of the defeat. He knew very well that he was no match for Xu Zhitang, so he did not blame others.
The two got along very well and met each other so late. Duan Qing said that he wanted to study in the capital and asked Ma Xiang what his plans were. Ma Xiang told Duan Qing that he was looking for relatives near Nanyang.
Duan Qing was very surprised and quickly asked what was going on. Ma Xiang told Duan Qing that he was abducted from his home when he was four or five years old. The traffickers originally wanted to take him to Chang'an and sell him to others.
When passing by Huashan, Master Feng Yang, the head of Huashan, saw the problem and killed the trafficker and rescued Ma Xiang. But Ma Xiang was too young at the time and couldn't tell where he was from. He only knew that his nickname was A Xiang.
Master Feng had no choice but to take Ma Xiang to Huashan and accept him as a closed disciple. Later, Master Feng saw half of a jade pendant hanging around Ma Xiang's neck, with the word Ma Xiang engraved on it.
Master Feng knew that this was Ma Xiang's name. Apparently Ma Xiang's parents were also afraid that if their child got lost, they could find it back with the jade pendant in the future. Based on Ma Xiang's accent, Master Feng judged that Ma Xiang should be from the Nanyang area.
Master Feng also sent people to Nanyang to inquire, but there was no news. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years later, Ma Xiang grew up. Master Feng Jian Ma Xiang was successful in martial arts, so he asked Ma Xiang to travel down the mountain.
While traveling, Ma Xiang acted chivalrously and righteously. Thinking of his life experience, he planned to go to Nanyang to inquire about it to see if he could find his family. He came to Danjiang Town and found that Xiang'er was engaging in a competition to recruit a bride.
When Ma Xiang saw Xiang'er's beauty, he was a little tempted. Besides, he wanted to take the opportunity to compete with various heroes, so he entered the ring. But he didn't expect that Ximen Feiyun would give up after fighting for a short time.
Duan Qing heard that Ma Xiang could not go to Luoyang with him, so he had no choice but to wish Ma Xiang could find his relatives as soon as possible. He told Ma Xiang that if he had time to go to Luoyang, he could go to Xiangxi Commercial Bank to find him.
The next day, Ma Xiang left Danjiang Town and went to Nanyang. Duan Qing came to the ring and wanted to continue watching the competition between the masters. But after waiting for a long time, he saw Wen Gui come out and say that the competition for marriage was temporarily suspended.
Duan Qing saw that the martial arts competition was not going to work, so he left Danjiang Town and rushed to Luoyang. After a while, he heard the sound of fighting in front of him and hurried over. He flew up a big tree and watched carefully.
Duan Qing happened to see Huang Dan attacking Liangchen, and he also saw that Xiang'er and Liangchen were together. Duan Qing thought Huang Dan and others were bandits blocking the road, and his chivalrous heart suddenly aroused. He was worried that Liangchen was no match, so he immediately flew in front of Liangchen and took Huang Dan's palm for Liangchen.
The appearance of Duan Qing surprised Liangchen and also surprised Huang Dan. Liangchen took a closer look and recognized Duan Qing, and was immediately overjoyed. Liangchen knew that Duan Qing must have seen him and Xiang'er together, so he came to help.
