In the city of Yangzhou, just when the matter of this smuggling salt case had not been satisfactorily resolved, a new riot broke out in the city.

Zhao Benliu, a smuggler who was arrested that day, was murdered in the prison of the Yangzhou Mansion, and now his life and death are uncertain, and he is being treated.

And Ma Anbang, who arrested him that day, died tragically in his own home, this case of illegal salt is not as simple as it started, it is getting worse!

Zhou Wenbin stayed at the scene of the murder and carefully investigated, Xue Luping ordered the whole city to search for the murderer, and the whole Yangzhou moved.

Because of the red tide, the people in the Yali of Huangcheng County had already learned about it for the first time, and Xi Yuanxiu was even more determined to go to Yangzhou immediately, because he didn't know which one was going to be murdered next!

Xi Yuanxiu explained that Xu Lai was at home, asked Liu Xiao to go to Yangzhou with him, and asked Xu Lai to go to Xinghuayuan again at night, and send a message with a dark line in time if there is a situation!

Cao Cheng didn't say anything about this, he drank tea in this yamen with peace of mind, and it was enough to help Xi Yuanxiu contact his original cronies.

Before leaving, she also told Aunt Hao to tie her dog son well, and she couldn't go out to run around anymore, and of course she was honored to eat the last osmanthus cake of the year.

Xi Yuanxiu, who has arranged everything, is on the road, but what is waiting for him in the city!

Although Xi Yuanxiu made so many arrangements before leaving, he still felt that some things were not in his control, so he left a piece of paper for Xu Lai, which wrote: If you don't return in seven days, take Jia into the city!

And Xi Yuanxiu and Liu Xiao hired a carriage because of the autumn rain that fell from time to time at this time, otherwise they would have to be dressed like a knight in the rivers and lakes.

Because of the recent autumn rain, the road was already muddy, and with the bumps of the carriage, Liu Xiao, who was sitting in the car and staggering, was about to fall asleep.

Liu Xiao felt that it was not interesting, so he remembered what Xi Yuanxiu had explained to Xu Lai, and suddenly asked Xi Yuanxiu: "Who is Xu Lai?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu, who was watching the scenery through the car window, was a little puzzled, and asked rhetorically: "What are you asking for, you have never asked before, why did you suddenly remember it today?" ”

Liu Xiao rolled his eyes and said with some dissatisfaction: "Xi Yuanxiu, you are really stingy, I just want to know more, after all, the three of us will still have to work together in the future, and it will not be as easy as it is now to enter Beijing in the future, so it's not good to know more?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu thought about it carefully, what Liu Xiao said was not unreasonable, after returning to the capital, he had to walk steadily step by step, after all, everyone knows the root and knows the bottom and is easy to do!

"Okay, then let me ask you first, do you know the foundation of our Jingguo?"

Xi Yuanxiu, who followed Qiuyu with his hand, looked at Liu Xiao and said seriously.

Liu Xiao thought briefly for a moment and said: "According to the folk saying, it should be a building, one king and one marquis, which says Li Hui, the king of Pingnan, Song Hong, the marquis of Anding, and the mirage of His Majesty!" Of course, this is all until many years after your father became Sangkook! ”

Xi Yuanxiu smiled and nodded, indicating that he was right.

Liu Xiao asked a little puzzled: "But what does this have to do with Xu Lai?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu lowered the curtain, looked at Liu Xiao and said, "There is another sentence outside the scenery that is, a knife, a sword, a hill!" ”

Liu Xiao didn't think of this sentence after thinking about it, he was distressed there, Xi Yuanxiu saw him like this, smiled, and said again: "You already like to eat, drink and have fun, naturally you don't know, in the north of our Jingguo, Beiwei and Dajing are separated by nearly a hundred miles of the Ningchuan Plain, and our two countries are in a strong position with the Golden Horde, and in this triangle staggered boundary, there is an extremely ordinary village, there is a woodcutter in it, who likes to be quiet and comfortable, he thinks it's too noisy to fight around, and then there has been no war in the three kingdoms in the past ten years!" ”

Liu Xiao asked with some confusion: "Why doesn't he like it, there is no need for war!" ”

"Because he is Shen Cang, no country's emperor likes to have a knife on his neck, and the meaning of war is to make a profit, the three families have not fought well before, it is better to accept his favor, and the point is that this person is a patriot, although the Golden Horde has been friendly with us recently, but what if that swordsman decides to help the patriotic military!"

As early as thirteen years ago, the Golden Horde slowly expanded its territory to the border between Jingguo and Weiguo because all the tribes of the steppe were merged into one place.

For this reason, the three parties carried out many melee battles, each with casualties, the archers of the Golden Horde, the light cavalry of Jingguo, and the heavy armor of the Northern Guard can be described as the three unique land battles, so each has its own victory and defeat, and it is bleeding almost every day.

But then on a very ordinary night, the generals led by the three countries suddenly announced an armistice, and no one knew why except for the high-ranking officials at the time.

And Xi Yuanxiu is naturally different, he knows that man, the man who has transcended the ordinary knights.

Shen Cang, a man who likes to be quiet, said that he did not have any famous deeds in his life, until that night thirteen years ago.

One sword broke through the defense line of the Northern Guard Liancheng Army, and only one person broke the flank of its heavy infantry, and then fought with Anding Hou for more than 30 rounds, evenly divided, and some people said that it was because the Song Marquis was not used to weapons.

In front of the three thousand Golden Horde soldiers and horses, he just stood there, and only with the sword intent scared the war horses of the Golden Horde away, and became famous overnight, but there were no ordinary people on the battlefield at that time, and there were no people in the rivers and lakes, so this matter was only circulated in the upper echelons of various countries.

Because no one wants to admit that their country's strongest combat power is blocked by one person, what a shameful thing.

Liu Xiao was a little surprised, because in his cognition, Jingguo Tieqi was invincible everywhere he went, although he regretted losing a famous prince when he conquered Dongyue that year, but he had never seen anyone so domineering that he could make the three countries back down!

Xi Yuanxiu rubbed the hilt of the soft sword at his waist and muttered, "That person is the sword, the most domineering sword in the world!" In fact, how could the strength of only one person really withstand the impact of those thousands of people, but with his skills, if he hibernated in the palace compound for many years, which emperor would not be terrified! ”

After Xi Yuanxiu saw that Liu Xiao was no longer stunned, he continued: "And what made King Pingnan stop his footsteps in the south was the sword, Rao River separated Dajing and Nanzhao, that sword was on the Rao River, and killed more than 700 of my southern soldiers in one night, this person is Xu Lai's master, Nanzhao's customer Gu Laoshang, although he killed our country's soldiers, but after all, he is for his own people, although I don't like it, but I can't talk about hate!" ”

After hearing these words, Liu Xiao remembered that he usually said bad things about Xu Lai behind his back, and couldn't help but shudder, and asked, "That guy is from Nanzhao?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu shook his head and said, "He is from Jingguo, and he just went to Nanzhao to learn art!" ”

Liu Xiao asked again: "I know a sword and a sword, but what about a hill?" ”

As soon as Xi Yuanxiu thought of this last hill, his thoughts drifted away, because his deceased master was the person in that hill, and half of his current life was spent in that hill.

Since Xi Fang had been in command of the expedition back then, he could only entrust him to his master, and he was not sent back until Jingguo's internal and external troubles were about to settle down.

But on that day, perhaps knowing that Xi Yuanxiu was leaving, his master, who had never liked to drink, unexpectedly drank too much, and fell down the mountain, and finally found the body that was broken at the bottom of the cliff.

To this day, he can't forget the master who used the only three copper plates on his body to buy him sugar gourds to eat!

Xi Yuanxiu turned his back, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, coughed a few times and said: "That mountain is Yunwu Mountain, almost no one has climbed to the top, but there are indeed many people living in the mountain, it sounds like a sect, in fact, they are some like-minded people who don't like disputes, and now I think of those various wild vegetables on the mountain, I am still a little greedy!" ”

Liu Xiao pursed his lips, obviously not liking the word variety.

Xi Yuanxiu didn't see the small movement on his mouth, rubbed his hands on his thighs and continued: "Our Majesty's original idea was to spread the mirage to all countries, including those barbarian tribes outside Liangcheng, but it was obstructed by Yunwu Mountain, because if it is not stopped, it will allow this most outstanding Majesty in the history of Jingguo to complete his great feats!" ”

Liu Xiao was already stunned, he pursed his lips that were a little dry because of surprise, and then asked: "Why does Jingguo's Cloud Mountain want to stop Jingguo's mirage, what else is there to make great achievements, what do you mean?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu was also silent for a while, and when he heard the rain outside the carriage stop, he lifted the curtain and continued: "Because as long as the mirage is interspersed in all places, they can slowly take root and sprout, until they enter the government institutions of other countries, the army, the palace, everything you can think of, will exist, then our Emperor His Majesty will start attacking other countries again, and at that time, it will be with the power of one country, against two countries, three countries, or even more!" ”

Liu Xiao remembered the life of being displaced from his mother when he was a child, all because of the war, whenever the war started, his mother would take him around, and at that time he wanted to have a peaceful life, it was too difficult!

Xi Yuanxiu saw what Liu Xiao was thinking, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "There won't be that kind of day anymore, at least not now, because there is no reason for war to start again, and the people in Yunwu Mountain don't want to, it's the people who suffer from the war, and it's good to be so balanced now!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu looked out the window, the sky washed by the autumn rain was as blue as the sea in the east, and he remembered what he said to his father when he was a child, he grew up to be a person who could let the world live a peaceful life, no matter what position he was sitting in, he had to do his best......

I don't know how long it took, Liu Xiao patted Xi Yuanxiu, who was already asleep in the car, Xi Yuanxiu reluctantly opened his eyes and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Liu Xiao lifted the curtain of the carriage and said softly: "Yangzhou City is almost here." ”

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