Han Gray Huixi was seventy years old, and he was already ill, and he was robbed by the Dharma Zun Pavilion, and he couldn't support it at all. Rescue the monks back to the temple, and then carry them to the Tianwang Palace. When Zhao Dangshi and others arrived, Han Gray Huixi had passed away, and all the monks on the other side of Haikuan and other temples knelt in the hall around his corpse, chanting in tears. Zhao Dangshi, as a disciple of Han Gray Huixi, felt that his fate was shallow and short, and he also knelt down. Seeing this, Zhou Wenhe and the others also knelt in the outer courtyard of the hall, silently mourning.

The prayer for the presiding officer continued until noon the next day. During this period, Zhao Dangshi and the monks never moved a step or drank a sip of water. Zuo Mengeng sneaked to the entrance of the temple more than once to see the situation, but he knew that Shaolin had changed a lot, so he didn't dare to say more, although he didn't worship, he led the soldiers and horses to take care of the periphery of the temple, but he didn't disturb half a point.

After the first seven sacrifices, the turmoil in the temple has gradually subsided, and the body of the cold gray Huixi has also been cremated, and there are several relics, and it is expected that a new body bone tower will be erected in Tallinn to worship. The Tukou retreated, Shaolin concentrated on dealing with the aftermath, and the temple was busy, so Zhao Dangshi no longer stayed to add a burden, and led people to the temple to say goodbye. Since the cold gray Huixi has passed away, Shaolin has been expected to return, and pushed the other side of Haikuan as the head, taking over the affairs of the temple, thinking that it will not be long before the court will comply with the hearts of the monks, and order the other side of Haikuan to succeed and preside.

"The presiding over the sacrifice of his life for the temple is worthy of a generation of grandmasters. Although the day of Hai Jianmeng's presiding teachings is short, he should take it as an example in his future behavior, always reflect on himself, and pay attention everywhere. Outside the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple, Zhao Dangshi led the horse to say goodbye to the monks who came to see him off.

On the other side, Haikuan put his hands together and said: "As long as you remember that no matter what the road ahead, Shaolin will always stand behind you." The mountain wind whistled and blew his long monk's robe, majestic and solemn.

Liu said: "Senior brother, you have to take care of yourself in the future. With you, Shaolin can always be safe. ”

Haikuan nodded and said, "Thank you, junior sister." You and Haijian will also get along well in the future. ”

Liu Ru was stunned, turned to look at Zhao Dangshi, lowered his head and gently agreed. Zhao Dangshi thanked the sea wide on the other side, and immediately went down the mountain.

Zuo Mengeng greeted him halfway up the mountain, and sighed in admiration: "Father-in-law, I heard that you stabbed a traitor in front of countless bandits in the Dharma Zun Pavilion, although the child could not witness it with his own eyes, but only according to the description, the feat is as it is in front of you." ”

Zhao Dangshi sighed lightly: "I am angry, and I can't help myself. If you don't do it at that time, you will regret it for the rest of your life. "Continued, "The rebellion in Shaolin Temple can be calmed, and it is also thanks to you that you arrived in time with the troops and lifted the siege. Father-in-law, thank you again. ”

Zuo Mengeng said happily: "Where is the father-in-law talking about this, there are children here, how can you allow the local bandits to bully the father-in-law!" Then he patted his chest, "Father-in-law, these bandits in Dengfeng are extremely hateful, and the child will lead a large army in a few days to level their earthen village and export bird gas for his father-in-law!" ”

Zhao Dangshi said: "Don't be anxious, the rules for dealing with the bandits were set by Zuo Shuai, and this matter has to be decided by Zuo Shuai." "The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, Song Xu is Zuo Liangyu's territory, and Zhao Dangshi is currently beyond the reach of the whip.

When Zuo Mengeng thought of his father, he was a little afraid, and he changed the topic twice: "Father-in-law, it is better to live in Xuzhou for a few days after going down the mountain." I haven't seen him for a long time, and I want to mess with the child, but I have something to tell. ”

Zhao Dangshi replied: "This should have been, but the Northern Army of Chu is pragmatic and urgent, and these days of delay in Shaolin, the backlog of affairs in the army must have been piled up like a mountain early, and I need to go back to deal with it immediately." I think it's not too late for me to bother again when the thief is a little calmer and Zuo Shuai returns. He smiled and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay with Liubo?" ”

Zuo Menggeng's heart fluttered, and he nodded violently: "Good, good, very good!" There is no need for a stepfather to worry. Liubo is virtuous and virtuous, which is a good match. When he spoke, he was already a little distracted.

Although Zhao Dangshi had this question, he had already learned about Rao Liubo's situation in Zuofu from Pang Jinming. Rao Liubo is glamorous, after all, he was born in a cold state, Zuo Mengeng already has a wife with three rooms in the side room, and at the beginning of Rao Liubo entered the house, he didn't dare to make a noise, and he only said that he had bought a new maid to call. Rao Liubo secretly made a living, and took the initiative to ask to serve his wife Mi, only to please and flatter everything, and won Mi's favor and trust in less than three months. Zuo Mengeng had no scruples, and then took her into the fourth room, and she was pampered day and night. Rao Liubo has a scheming, and he has to be secretly instigated by the secret service department, this royal husband's technique is very popular, even if they have been together for more than a year, the relationship between the two is still like a newlywed Yan'er.

"With Rao Liubo's chess piece, I'm not afraid that Zuo Mengeng's kid will be disobedient." Zhao Dangshi thought to himself and said: "I am Liubo's father-in-law, and Zhao Ying is half of her mother's family." I went to visit her because of military difficulties, but I didn't want to go. When you go back to Xiangyang, you will immediately send someone to buy a batch of gifts and send them to the house, which can be regarded as a gift for the two of you to be harmonious. ”

Zuo Mengeng is not as lustful as his father, but he is greedy for money, but he is in the same vein, and he was overjoyed when he heard that Zhao Dangshi was going to give gifts again, and said again and again: "My father-in-law is going to be too expensive." Immediately, he said, "The child is here to thank his father-in-law for Liubo!" ”

Zhao Dangshi didn't bother with him, turned around, and bowed to Zhang Yiyuan and Lu Guangzu, who were following the narrator, "The two of you and Gongzi rescued the righteous act, and when Zhao arrived in Chubei and saw Zuo Shuai, he had his own share." ”

Zhang Yiyuan and Lu Guangzu hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay." It is an honor to be able to solve the difficulties of General Zhao Bing. He didn't know that Zhao Dangshi and Zuo Liangyu were really inseparable, but remembered that Zuo Liangyu seemed to attach great importance to Zhao Dangshi before, and now he heard that he could get Zhao Dangshi's kind words in front of Zuo Liangyu, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and he felt that he had not come to this trip in vain.

Zhao Dangshi and his group returned to Xuzhou with Zuo Mengeng's army, rested in Xuzhou for one night, and left the next day.

In the early morning, there are few people in the streets of Xuzhou, which is quite sluggish. Zhou Wenhe led dozens of horses to ride first, and Zhao Dangshi saw that Liu Ru was deliberately lagging behind, and he was in a bad mood, so he turned his horse and said, "Ah yes, why don't you leave?" ”

Liu Ru lowered his head on the horse and said depressedly: "I don't know where to go." ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled: "Follow me back to Xiangyang." ”

Liu Ru raised his head, his eyes lit up, and then he darkened some color: "I went back to Xiangyang with you, and then you will drive me back to Jiangnan." ”

Zhao Dangshi thought for a while and said, "Ah yes, do you remember what I said before?" ”

"You've been forced to babble so much all day long, which one is it?"

Zhao Dangshi cried and laughed: "I said that I would send someone to send you back to Jiangnan." Seeing that Liu Ru was disappointed, his words changed, "The world is restless, I don't worry about others sending you, and you are eccentric and difficult to take care of." If you want to send it, I can only send it to you. ”

Liu Ru said happily: "You want to send me back to Jiangnan in person?" ”

Zhao Dangshi shook his head: "Yes, no." ”

Liu Ru was annoyed: "What is it and what is not, are you teasing me by saying some empty words?" ”

Zhao Dangshi replied with a smile: "It's not empty words. It's just that you know that I am responsible for guarding Chubei, and the stakes are very high. There are a lot of things in the army, and they can't be dealt with every time. If I want to escort you back to Jiangnan, I have to spare three or four months to say that I am free, and I don't have a lot of time at the moment. It's ...... The girl forgive me, maybe for a while, I can only endure it, and I squeeze in Xiangyang with Zhao and go back to Jiangnan, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make the trip for a while. ”

"What a fool to be able to come up with so many words in a single sentence." Liu Ru muttered secretly, but her heart was sweet.

Zhao Dangshi clamped the horse's belly, urged the horse's hooves to move slowly, and said to himself as he walked: "And this military matter, one after another, has to be dealt with, and I don't know the year of the monkey." If you're unlucky, it's possible to wait for another ten or eight years. With that, Lang laughed endlessly, and went away without looking back.

Liu Ru listened to it and thought to herself: "It's best that you don't finish military affairs for the rest of your life!" In a blink of an eye, Zhao Dangshi had already ridden a horse for more than ten steps, and then he came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted: "Zhao Lang, eh...... Zhao Dangshi! Wait for me! He hurriedly picked up his bridle and chased after him.

At that time, they were separated outside the mountain gate, and Haikuan said that he would write a letter to Lingshan Temple to report the experience of Shaolin Temple in the past few days, so Zhao Dangshi had no plan to visit Lingshan Temple again on his return trip. The group did not take the original road, but went south directly from Xuzhou, borrowed Nanyang Mansion, and returned to Zaoyang.

There is no other change all the way, but the temperature has been as low as freezing on the way back, after two days of fine snow, the closer to the lake, the heavier the snowfall, and to Tangzi Mountain, the snow petals have been as big as goose feathers, and the whole mountain is almost covered with white velvet overnight. The snow was blocking the road, delaying for some time, and it was the end of October when the group arrived at Van River City.

At this time, Guo Ruke had already led the Hun battalion to garrison Cen Pengcheng, and the garrison of Fanhecheng was coordinated by Hou Dagui's Wuqi battalion, Han Gon's Feijie Zuo battalion and part of Wang Laixing's Tuntian army. On the day Zhao Dangshi entered the city, the people outside the city of Fanhe were uninhabited, and among the wilderness and snow, a few twisted corpses were occasionally exposed, including horses and people. With a little knowledge, Zhao Dangshi judged that there must be more corpses hidden under this pure first snow, and Fan Hecheng may have encountered a war in recent days.

Hou Dagui, Han Gon, Wang Laixing and others welcomed Zhao Dangshi into the city, and Zhao Dangshi found that the city was bustling and crowded with people, and it was estimated that he had moved in from outside the city. According to Hou Dagui, during Zhao Dangshi's absence, several remnants of Hui thieves wandered around Fanhe City, driving people away and looting grain. The cold winter is approaching, and the rogues who have suffered a big loss and have a bad year have to gather enough supplies for the winter before Sanjiu, otherwise only inevitable death awaits them.

The guards of Fanhe City dispatched several times to expel the invading rogues, but these rogues were really red-eyed, and they came back from defeat and gave up, and finally under the suggestion of Wang Laixing, the people living outside the city temporarily moved all the food stocks to the city, and temporarily built shacks to live.

Unexpectedly, Liukou was determined to scrape some oil and water in Fanhe City, and the small group of harassment was fruitless, so he organized several large-scale siege battles under the leadership of the leader. Hou Dagui and Han Gon and others could not tolerate these rogues presumptuously, only let Wang Laixing take the training camp to defend the city, and lead the troops out of the city to fight together, fighting once and winning once, three days ago, they just killed hundreds of rogues, and the corpses were thrown in the snow before they had time to clean up.

"Nearly a thousand people have been killed and injured before and after, even if they are thirsty for food and straw, and their heads are broken and bleeding, they don't dare to come again." Han Gon said.

Hou Dagui snorted and chirped: "Just let this snow fall as hard as possible, and let me wait for a soldier and ask them to collect it from the sky!" ”

Zhao Dangshi ascended the throne, looking from afar, looking at it, it was endless snow white, covered in silver, pure and flawless. However, under this white snow, there is a Shura field where countless corpses are buried. The heavy snow that accumulates day and night will hinder the attack of the Liukou, and also hide the traces of the carnage under the city of Van River.

He was sighing to himself when he suddenly saw a small black dot moving above the snow in the distance. When I got closer, I looked carefully through the castle tower, and I saw that the person who came was a middle-aged man, whose face was covered by a broken felt hat, and I couldn't see clearly. In the past two days, the heavy snow around Fan River City has closed the road, and the lucrative accumulation is deep, and even the Liukou has never come, and only the scouts who have returned from Fan River City occasionally come in and out. Look at this man who is alone and horseless, and his clothes are thin, and he does not look like a man in the army.

There were already soldiers around him with bows and arrows at the man, Zhao Dangshi stretched out his hand to stop him, and ordered: "Go down to the city and ask where this person is from." ”

The soldier went down to the city, walked out of the crack in the open city gate, ordered the man to stop, and after interrogating a few words, left the man standing alone under the city, and reported to Zhao Dangshi from the head of the city: "Lord, the person who came refused to reply, only said that he had a plan to offer to the lord." ”

Although Zhao Dangshi didn't think so, he was also a little curious, so he said, "Let him come up." ”

After the man came up, Zhao Dangshi looked at him carefully, and saw that he was about forty years old, of medium stature, with inverted eyes, a skeletal shape, and a few strands of beard under his chin, which was very decadent. Looking at his ragged clothes and a pair of straw sandals on his feet, he looked very shabby and sleepy, which was slightly better than that of the outcast.

"I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" Since people are "prepared", Zhao Dangshi is not easy to slow down the etiquette, he is thirsty for talent, he will not care about the status of both parties, and still respectfully asked.

A cold wind blew, and the man shivered a few times, followed by snot. He turned a blind eye to the disgusting eyes of the soldiers beside him, rubbed his cuffs, and said, "The foolish surname is Gu, and the double name is Junen." Dare to ask the military master's name? ”

Hou Dagui couldn't get used to him, so he shouted: "This is the master of our Fanhe City, how dare you lose your manners!" ”

The person who claimed to be Gu Jun'en looked surprised, and said: "Oh, it turns out that the military master is General Zhao, which is rude." Even though he said this, he could feel from his tone that there was no turmoil in his heart.