Chapter 19: The Past

"After talking about the order to chase and kill, the old man will tell you another story. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Jiang Taigong was drunk and confused, but he was still unsatisfied, "Have any of you heard of the King Slaughter Operation?" "

"I know! The operation of slaughtering the king was that Bai Lieyan, the general of the northwest of the Great Song Town, led ten top masters to raid the Western Xia, all the way into the palace of the Western Xia and kill the king of the Western Xia. Your old man is one of the top ten masters, and I heard that our Khitan master Yu Fangqing also went, right? Qin Muxue's eyes lit up and she replied loudly.

"There is a Khitan man who makes a 160-pound mixed iron rod, but it is unknown whether he is the rain and sunshine you are talking about or the old man of the nine princes of the Great Liao Kingdom, because the ten of us are all veiled and do not know each other, and only General Bai knows their respective identities, and he is doing this to protect us......" Jiang Taigong's voice trembled a little, and there was a trace of imperceptible loneliness in his eyes, he looked at the northwest direction blankly, paused, and continued to tell the story: "Before I tell this story, We must first talk about history: our Great Song Dynasty was established by Zhao Kuangyin in Chenqiaoyi in Chenqiaoyi, after the yellow robe was added, he abolished the young emperor and killed his political enemies, and released the military power with a glass of wine to weaken the power of the mutiny, but he didn't dare to touch the four generals' mansions guarding the border at that time! The four generals' mansions are strong and strong, and their subordinates are like clouds, Zhao Kuangyin is hard and does not dare to come, only to come soft, he keeps the four generals' mansions intact, and gives his family permanent hereditary rights. These four generals' mansions are the Zhangda General's Mansion in the north of the town, the Huyan General's Mansion in the west of the town, the Linghu General's Mansion in the southwest of the town, and the Bai General's Mansion in the northwest of the town. The four generals' mansions are dedicated to defending the land of the Great Song Dynasty from foreign enemies, and the descendants of fierce generals have come out one after another, including Zhang Qing, who you want to find, Zhang Biao, the general of Zhenbei Mansion who died in battle, and Zhang Qing, who was sixteen years old, took charge of the Zhenbei Mansion Army, and created the first infantry army with strong combat effectiveness Biaoqi Army, and has not tasted defeat so far, which is really terrifying! ”

"According to what your old man said, Yin Linghu of Kaifeng Mansion should be from General Linghu's Mansion, right? This time he told us that we were going to Dali to find Zhang Dashuai. Qin Muxue interjected again.

"Well, you're talking about Ling Huju, the civil and military champion of the Great Song Kingdom, he is indeed the second son of the southwest mansion of Zhenxi, but he has no intention of doing anything in the army, and after winning the championship, he stayed in the court as a civil official. It's really boring for the eldest husband not to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he wasted his strategy and martial arts in vain. After Jiang Taigong finished speaking, he glanced at Huyan Xiaofeng with disdain, and seeing that he didn't react, he took a small sip of wine very boringly, and then continued: "When General Bai took over the northwest mansion of the town, it was in his prime, and he was heroic and righteous, and he could be called a hero in troubled times. When he was young, he once roamed the rivers and lakes with a flaming knife, and also worshipped Yelu Jinge, the ninth prince of the Great Liao Kingdom, as brothers with different surnames, and the two were inseparable from life and death. The two of them are so uneven, good at drinking, good for the humanities and customs of the rivers and mountains, and they are all people of the year wherever they go! The old man also met General Bai at that time, but it is a pity that the northern and southern brothers retreated at the same time, and the identities of the two disappeared without a trace, just like a flash in the pan, and gradually they were forgotten by people and stopped talking.

The four major generals' mansions have always guarded the border mainly on defense, General Bai is bold and different, and has formulated bold active offensive tactics, he secretly invited the top ten masters on the rivers and lakes at that time, ready to launch an attack on the Western Xia, the target is the Western Xia Palace! This operation was very secretive in advance, and even the Great Song Dynasty did not know about it! General Bai had a one-line contact with the ten of us, and afterwards there were rumors in the rivers and lakes that Yelu Jinge, the ninth prince of the Great Liao, was also here, but as mentioned earlier, no one could be sure whether he was involved in this operation. General Bai raised 100,000 taels of silver as a bounty, and the top ten masters who participated in the operation were 10,000 taels each! And this operation was named "Operation Slaughtering the King", codenamed "Xifeng Spirit", he named it after the most prestigious liquor in Western Xia, which shows his heroic ambition of the hot-blooded man who died on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud. "

"Wow! Jiang Taigong, you are so rich, why don't you change to a new big boat! Princess Xiaobai couldn't help but interject.

"Why do you talk so much?" Yang Yu was fascinated by what he heard, and complained angrily.

"To be honest with you, at first the old man was really for the money, but then the old man didn't ask for the 10,000 taels of silver, and the seven people didn't ask for the silver! The eldest husband lives a lifetime, and it is worth it to have the opportunity to do a vigorous event! What kind of bullshit is money! Jiang Taigong's eyes lit up as if he had returned to the past, but the cough pulled him back to reality.

"You old man, drink a good drink." Qin Muxue was afraid that he would drink too much and have no stories to listen to, so he hurriedly handed over the water bag.

Jiang Taigong drank some water, and said with a nostalgic look in his eyes: "On that day, all ten of us arrived at the agreed place on time, the black scarf masked and wearing the strong clothes were very excited, General Bai divided us into three teams according to the characteristics of each person's martial arts, and took advantage of the sandstorm weather at dusk to enter the Xixia Palace from the northeast, east and south together. The guards of the Xixia Palace were very loose, and the yellow sand covered our actions, and after our three sharp knives stabbed into it violently, they killed the Xixia Palace with a river of blood, and the Xixia warriors did not distinguish between the enemy and me, and they slashed each other. At this time, someone took advantage of the chaos to set a big fire, and the palace was completely chaotic, and the Xixia people thought that a large army had killed them, and they scattered and fled for their lives. At the time of chaos, the king of Western Xia was slashed by General Bai under the flame knife, so later the flame knife was also called the king killing knife. After killing the king, we quickly evacuated, at this time the Western Xia warriors guarding the palace also woke up, and began to frantically counterattack and retaliate, they pounced on them with red eyes, and shouted loudly one after another, their faces were hideous and terrifying, causing us a lot of damage, if it wasn't for General Bai's careful planning and proper command, I am afraid that our top ten masters would have been wiped out. After the whole sandstorm, the entire Western Xia Kingdom was shocked and mourned, and immediately the Western Xia royal brother hurriedly raised 100,000 troops to take revenge, but in the middle of the ambush that General Bai had already laid out, the Western Xia army was defeated by less than 10,000 people, and only less than 10,000 people fled back to China. And the Western Xia domestic infighting, the Queen of the Western Xia because she was not in the palace at that time to escape a catastrophe, she strongly opposed the dispatch of troops to take revenge, until the defeat of the younger brother back to the country, she took the opportunity to raise troops to kill the younger brother, seized the throne of the Western Xia King! After this catastrophe, the national strength of Western Xia was greatly reduced, and he was no longer able to invade my Great Song Dynasty. Although General Bai made miraculous achievements, the Great Song Kingdom did not recognize it, and the Western Xia warriors regarded the "King Slaughter Incident" as a great shame and humiliation, and have been looking for opportunities to take revenge. ”

Jiang Taigong talked about the past and drank two more sips, and said inarticulately: "The ...... of the king-slaughtering operation The old man was very seriously injured...... He stayed in Baifu to recuperate...... After...... When the wound healed, he stayed, alas...... Isn't it so happy to have wine and meat every day......"

Jiang Taigong closed his eyes, his face was full of sweet memories, and he seemed to wake up drunk.

"Although your operation to slaughter the king was successful, it was not at all honorable! It can only be called a sneak attack, an assassination operation. Zhao Bing said in a cold tone.

"yes, yes! I also don't think it's good, it's not good, I can't do this, it's not a hero to do this! Princess Xiaobai agreed, half because she suffered the loss of Jiang Taigong, and half because she also lived in the palace, for fear that no one would come to the Great Song Dynasty to carry out such an action in the future, so she hurriedly expressed her attitude.

Jiang Taigong didn't speak, not knowing if he was really drunk or unable to answer.

"Then why didn't you save General Bai when the Bai family was in a big case?" Qin Muxue was afraid that he would fall asleep, so she hurriedly asked, shaking his body as she shook it.

"You...... I even know about the Bai family?! Jiang Taigong woke up in shock, his eyes widened in doubt, and closed them again after a while, "Hmm...... It's no wonder that you know that the Nine Princes of Daliao led 100,000 iron cavalry to the south, and the Song Liao War was fierce, and Zhang Qing's father and commander also died on the battlefield in that battle, how could you not know such a big thing......"

"I can't blame Mrs. Jiang for this matter, when I ran away from home in anger, he was entrusted by my mother to find me! The matter of the Bai family came too quickly, not only Jiang Taigong, but the other three of us had already closed the case and executed before they could rescue, alas, ......" Huyan Xiaofeng replied softly, and there was also a little sadness in his unruly eyes.

"Hey...... It's all fate...... However, even if there was an old man at that time, I am afraid it would be useless, because General Bai's martial arts were world-renowned, and if he wanted to escape...... No one could stop him and his flaming blade...... The whereabouts of the King-Killing Knife are still unknown, and the knife has disappeared since the King-Killing Operation, and I don't know if I can see it again in this life......"

After Jiang Taigong finished speaking vaguely, he glanced at Chu Lianjun intentionally or unintentionally, and Chu Lianjun was expressionless in the night, just bowing his head and drinking heavily.

For some reason, Jiang Taigong came to his senses again, took a big sip of Xifeng Qiang, and said: "At that time, General Bai's youngest son, Bai Jiansoul, was given to a master to practice martial arts since he was a child and escaped, but the people who murdered the Bai family wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and they captured Li Jing'er, who was engaged to Bai Jian'er, and deliberately led Bai Jian'er to save it, and Bai Jiansoul and Li Jing'er both fell off the cliff, this is the Bai family's catastrophe......" Jiang Taigong couldn't help but cry after speaking, muttering nonsense that he couldn't hear clearly.

"Wow, I see! No wonder my mother cried every day when I was six years old, it turned out that my aunt was killed by bad people! This white sword soul martial arts is so bad that my aunt died in vain. Xiaobai screamed when he heard this.

Chu Lianjun's shoulders trembled slightly and regained his composure, and when he was seen by Jiang Taigong, who had been paying attention to him, Jiang Taigong's eyes were hazy with tears, and he said: "You can't blame Bai Jian Soul, he was only fourteen years old at the time, if he was still alive, he should be about the same age as Chu Lianjun." At that time, when Bai Jiansoul went to save Li Jing'er, the old man had just received the news and hurriedly rushed to the starry night, but he was still a step too late, and saw a black shadow jumping off the cliff to save Li Jing'er who fell off the cliff. The old man hurriedly threw out the golden thread and wanted to save the person, but unfortunately he couldn't hold it, and the person still fell. In a fit of rage, the old man killed all the masters of the rivers and lakes who kidnapped Li Jing'er, and he forgot to leave a living mouth to interrogate who instigated it, alas...... Later, the old man also went down to the bottom of the cliff to search, but he couldn't see the bodies of Bai Jiansoul and Li Jing'er......"

"Senior Jiang, did you say that the King Slaughter Operation and the Bai family's affairs have anything to do with the Jianghu Hunt and Kill Order?" Chu Lianjun, who had not spoken, suddenly asked.

"What does it matter, this is an old man reminiscing about the past!" Qin Muxue's eyes flashed with infinite melancholy, and she looked at Jiang Taigong who was asleep and sighed.

"Maybe there's something involved?" Huyan Xiaofeng muttered to himself, thinking seriously.

Jiang Taigong turned over and said in his dream: "This time the Jianghu chase and kill order is not trivial, it is no longer a matter of the Zhenbei general Zhang Qing and the Yanmen Four Swords alone, I heard that even the King of Western Xia has sent the most powerful young killers Jing Ke Thorn and Night Cat, as well as the wolf clan, the Great Liao Kingdom is said to have also sent people, it seems that it is the rain and what kind of corps, what kind of slave is called the night?" Whew......huhu"

A lonely boat, floating helplessly on the Bahe River, gradually drifted away...... However, is the danger ahead getting closer......

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