There is a mountain range at the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi, called Xianxia Ridge, and there is a rugged ancient road above Xianxia Ridge, which is called Xianxia Ancient Road.

After Xianxialing is the boundary of Fujian Road.

Xianxia Ridge terrain is high and steep, the peaks are continuous, the precipices are dense, the ridge is also the ancient trees towering to the sky, the layers of forests are one after another, the mountain road is rugged, five steps and one bay, three steps and one rock, there are mountains in the mountains, the cliffs are thousands of layers, it is extremely difficult to walk, some dangerous places only allow one person to ride through, such as a line of heaven and so on.

"How much is it light and thin, and it is dust-free and locks the building. The first day of the mountain every three leaps, flying into the mountain road imperial state. ”

There is a pass above Xianxia Ridge, which is called Xianxia Pass. Xianxia Pass is also known as Guquan Mountain, and Jianmen Pass, Hangu Pass, Yanmen Pass, and called the four ancient passes, the gate is majestic, all are built with a stone, there are double gates, the door is the arch roll top, if the door is closed, coupled with the terrain is dangerous, it is really a person to guard the danger, a thousand people are sad, from ancient times to the present, are the place where the soldiers must fight, known as "the lock and key of the two Zhejiang, the throat of Fujian".

Xianxia Pass is not only dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also the surrounding scenery is also unusually beautiful, so the name is "Xianxia".

There is a Huanxia pond on the east side, a stream of flying springs goes straight to the pool, the droplets are like wet smoke and rain, and the sunlight reflects each other, turning into five colors.

At this time, a young official stood in front of Xianxia Pass, looked at the majestic pass and the flying spring of Huanxia Pond, and asked his fellow people with a smile: "The people of Beijing say that Fujian is a rugged and accurate place, and Keer is equal to the beautiful scenery in Beijing?" ”

"That's what Li Taishou said." An eighteen-year-old black-clothed young man on the side said with a smile: "This is because others have never seen my Fujian customs, so it is false to hear it." ”

"You kid, don't you even call your brother?" The young officer slapped the young man in black and said with a smile.

"Brother doesn't dare to call me brother outside." The young man in black hurriedly said.

"Your brother, am I such a formality?" The official in front of him shook his head with a smile and said to the entourage: "Let's go, I'll wait to pass the customs." ”

The young official is Li Sanjian, the new governor of Quanzhou and the secretary of Quanzhou City, and the young man in black is his brother Li Gang.

Li Sanjian and others rushed from the capital Kaifeng Prefecture to Quanzhou in Fujian in February of the first year of the reign of Song Jianzhong, and only arrived at Xianxia Pass in May and entered the Fujian Road, which was delayed for more than three months.

The reason for this is that one of the reasons is that it was winter when Li Sanjian and others set off, and in winter it was impossible to sail or it was difficult to sail, so Li Sanjian and others had to take the land route. The second is that Li Sanjian rushed to Quanzhou with his mother, wife and concubine and other family members, so he did not dare to urge him to move forward. Therefore, it took more than three months to arrive in Fujian.

"This road is also smooth, why did people build it?" Li Sanjian walked on the relatively smooth road in front of Xianxia Pass and asked casually.

"Brother, this 700-mile Xianxia Ancient Road was made by Tang Zhi's 'Storming General', and it has been more than 100 years ago." Li Gang replied when he heard this.

Li Gang is the younger brother of Li Sanjian, and like Li Sanjian, his ancestral home is Shaowu, Fujian, but at this time Li Gang has moved to Wuxi with his ancestors, so Li Gang's family is not on Fujian Road, but in Wuxi. However, Li Gang was already studying at this time, so he volunteered as a guide and went to Quanzhou, Fujian Road, with Li Sanjian.

At the same time, what is surprising is that Li Sanjian treats this little-known brother who has never met in the past and seems to be extremely enthusiastic, and even a little flattering to him. It's puzzling.

"Who is the 'Storming General'?" Hearing this, Li Sanjian turned his head to look at Li Gang and asked.

"This person's surname is Huang Mingchao, a person at the end of the Li and Tang dynasties, born in a family of salt merchants, failed the imperial examination repeatedly, gathered thousands of people in a fit of anger, killed the rich and helped the poor, killed officials and rebelled, called the general of the sky, founded the country named Daqi, and arrogated the emperor in Chang'an, and called 'saving the people from fire and water, relieving the people from hanging upside down'." Li Gang replied.

"Yellow Nest?" Li Gang said that Huang Chao, how could Li Sanjian not understand who he was? One of the most influential rebel armies at the end of the Tang Dynasty rose up against the Tang Dynasty and established a regime.

"Save the people from fire and water, and relieve the people from hanging upside down?" Li Sanjian then shook his head and said: "But all the people who cause trouble take this as their banner, but do they really save the people from fire and water and relieve the people from hanging upside down?" Is it really about the world? ”

"That's what Li Fuzun said." Uncle Xu on the side interjected slightly: "Huang Chao is a thief, cruel and unkind, and regards all the people as grass mustard. Huang Chao this thief once went to Guangzhou on the East Guangnan Road, was in service, and killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Guangzhou, according to the Tang Dynasty records, when this person wandered around the country, he also killed people as military food, and he ate countless people, countless, Huang Chao also called the people who were eaten by him 'two-legged sheep', which is simply appalling. ”

"'Two-legged sheep'? Is that really the case? Is the Yellow Nest Rebellion really so brutal? Li Sanjian asked with some suspicion.

The history books are written by the victors, and the so-called victors and princes and losers are the truths, since this is the case, the matter of Huangchao recorded in the Tang Book is doubtful.

"There shouldn't be a fake, right?" Li Gang heard this and said: "Even if the matter of the 'two-legged sheep' is fake, there is no doubt that it is cruel and unkind. ”

"Maybe." Li Sanjian nodded and said: "Whoever achieves great things is people-oriented, and regards all the people as mustard, and will inevitably be abandoned by all the people." ”

"That's what Li Fuzun said." Li Gang, Xu Shuwei and others responded together when they heard this.

"Tom... Tong... Tong... ”

"Woo... Woo... Woo... ”

At this moment, just as Li Sanjian and the others were approaching Xianxia Pass, Guan Shang suddenly remembered the sound of drums and trumpets, and then more than 100 Song soldiers armed with swords and guns came out of the pass in several columns. Goshoya

Judging from the uniforms of the soldiers, there is no doubt that these are the local army of the Song Dynasty, but although the weapons are simple and the military uniforms are not as bright as the Song Forbidden Army, their military appearance is still extremely neat, showing that their generals are well organized.

Such a dangerous pass will inevitably be guarded by soldiers, Li Sanjian and others had long expected this, but at this moment, the Xianxia Pass defenders put on an appearance as if they were facing a great enemy, which made Li Sanjian and others wonder.

"Who's coming?" At this time, a military academy stepped forward with a knife on his shoulder, and shouted with a shy stomach: "Don't go forward, otherwise the knife and gun will have no eyes!" Who's coming? Hurry up and get your name out. ”

"The court council doctor, the Zhilong Tuge, the right to know the affairs of Quanzhou, and the promotion of Li Sanjian and Li Xianggong of Quanzhou City to Quanzhou, you will open the door quickly." Hearing this, Xu Biao took a few steps forward and replied loudly.

Xu Biao's body is fierce, like a black tower, and his voice is also extremely loud, which is really majestic.

"What a black man!" The military academy secretly praised and said, "Do you have a paperwork?" ”

When Xu Shuwei and the others heard this, they hurriedly handed over the official form.

"It turned out to be Li Zhizhou, I have been looking up for a long time, since this is the case, please pass the test." After the military academy verified the officer, he ordered someone to open the door behind him

The military academy said something that he admired for a long time, but there was no look of long-term admiration on his face, and there was a trace of impatience.

"This soldier!" Zhai Liu then stepped forward and said, "It's getting late, and there are female dependents, can I wait for a night in the pass?" I'll leave Xianxia Pass early tomorrow morning. ”

"Don't!" Jun Han glared at Zhai Liu and said, "I don't have enough to eat myself, where can I give you more?" ”

When Zhai Liu heard this, he immediately rushed up angrily, a military man was so rude?

You must know that the Song Dynasty is "promoting culture and education and suppressing military affairs", even if a military attache is of the same grade as a civilian official, he must be three points shorter when he meets.

Li Sanjian, the dignified Taishou of a state, asked to stay in the Guannai at this time, but was actually rejected by this small military school? Ordinary people can't shoot it.

How unreasonable!

"We don't need to wait for food and drink, we can bring our own, just stay overnight in the gate." The military academy is like this, and Zhai Liu doesn't have a good face, so he said angrily.

"That's not going to work either!" The military academy seemed to be a stunned man, and his temper was also relatively stubborn, and he continued to stare at Zhai Liu and said: "The Guannai is the place where the troops are stationed, how can you wait for you to stay here?" Hurry up, go quickly, close the door when it's late. ”

"You... Zhai Liu was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while.

A good man is not a soldier, and a good iron does not hit nails. When did the Great Song soldiers become so arrogant? Zhai Liu thought depressedly.

"Okay, okay, since people don't allow it, I'll wait overnight today." Li Sanjian was not angry, so he said to Zhai Liu and the others.

Now Li Sanjian and others have not entered the territory of Quanzhou, so these soldiers are not Li Sanjian's subordinates, and at the same time, what this military academy said is also very reasonable, Guannai is a garrison place, and it is indeed extremely inappropriate to let others rest and sleep.

Therefore, Li Sanjian did not use official coercion to suppress people, nor did he get angry, but just said with a pleasant face.

If Li Sanjian really uses officials to coerce people, it is not something that these small military men can bear.

"Yes, young master!" Zhai Liu responded, then glared at the military academy fiercely, and then turned around to make arrangements.

"It seems that I can't get more beautiful scenery of Xianxia Pass, so let's go." Li Sanjian then smiled at Li Gang, Xu Shuwei and others.

"Brother, there are countless beautiful scenery in Fujian, and this is especially true in Quanzhou, so it's just a matter of not seeing it here." Li Gang also said with a smile.

"Oh, could it be that Bo Ji really went to Quanzhou?" Li Sanjian asked with a smile.

"Why did my brother say that?" Li Gang said angrily when he heard this: "My brother moved to Wuxi with my father at this time, but the ancestral tomb is still in Fujian, how can my brother be a person who forgets his ancestors?" ”

Li Gang's implication is that Li Sanjian has never worshiped the ancestral tomb of the Li family, so Li Sanjian is a person who has forgotten his ancestors...

"Haha!" Li Sanjian didn't get angry when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Brother is just joking with you, why are you so excited?" ”

Li Gang is good at everything, and his knowledge is extraordinary, but his temper is easy to get excited, and when he flirts with a little teasing, he jumps like thunder...

"Is it really Li Zhuangyuan in front?" Just as Li Sanjian and the others were about to leave the customs, a Song army general caught up and asked.