At night, Zhao Gou took Lu Ji to the camp of Zong Ze's army, and asked the officers and soldiers guarding the door to go in and report to General Zong Ze, saying that Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, asked to see him.

Zhao Gou looked back into the distance, where there seemed to be Qu Ping's back. Qu Ping said that he wanted to gather his own strength for himself, whether it was to defend the country and fight for power in the future, it would be a powerful capital. Zhao Gou thought to himself, Qu Ping, the power you helped me gather, count your strength, or my strength? There was no answer in his heart.

However, Qu Ping kept his sworn brother Lu Ji by his side, is this considered a hostage? He wanted to convince himself of him.

"The road ahead is going to be your own." Zhao Gou thought to himself, he looked at Lu Ji, the carpenter who had a little scruple about himself, "Since you have decided in your heart, you must seize all the power that is useful to you." ”

Zong Ze personally came out of the camp and welcomed Zhao Gou and the others in. There was a shush and a warm question, and then asked Zhao Gou who was captured and how he escaped Yunyun.

Zhao Gou told the truth, and Zong Ze was very relieved. "I still have many chivalrous and courageous people in my Great Song Dynasty." He said, "His Royal Highness King Kang, the Jin army has bypassed Cizhou and besieged Bianjing, and now Your Highness, whether you go north to negotiate peace or return to the dynasty, it is tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and you will soon return to Beijing to save the driver, Your Highness might as well take refuge in Xiangzhou for the time being, and the news will be transmitted back to the court, the emperor knows that you are safe, and will definitely issue an order to recruit people and horses outside. ”

Zhao Gou said: "General Zong's heart is very grateful, but seeing my father and brother besieged and suffering, I am secretly at peace outside, which makes me feel uneasy!" As he spoke, his eyes were full of tears, ready to fall at any moment.

Zong Ze knelt down and asked: "Please Your Highness must focus on the overall situation, if there are three longs and two shorts in the imperial court, and now you can continue to lead the Great Song Dynasty with one call, only Your Highness is left!" ”

Yes, the imperial brother is only one brother, and the crown prince is young and has no ability to preside over the government. Zhao Gou picked up Zong Ze and said: "Then Xiao Wang, according to what you said, General Zong has arrived in Kaifeng, and he must find a way to inform the emperor and the emperor of the emperor's troubles." ”

"The old man will definitely inform the emperor and let the court know your hard work. I want him to taste the courage of the king, and there is no pain in your heart, Your Highness! ”

Zhao Gou said that he was emotional, pulled out his white robe, spread it on the table, wrote a bloody letter in a sprinkled manner, cut it off and handed it to Zong Ze and said: "Please General Zong must hand it over to the emperor, Xiao Wang will live up to the general's hard work!" ”

However, it was said that Qu Ping saw Chen Chong only being hit by an arrow in the shoulder during the day, and after falling from a horse, he hit his head on the bridge and fell into the river, knowing that this arrow would definitely kill him.

Fifty meters downstream, Qu Ping found Chen Chong lying on the riverside at the corner of the river.

Qu Ping dragged him ashore and tried his snort, and sure enough, he was still alive. Qu Ping patted Chen Chong's face, but he didn't see him reacting, thinking that it was better to treat the wound first. So he decisively tore off the clothes at the wound, cleaned the area around the wound with water, and pulled out the arrow with force. Chen Chong let out a "uh-huh", but still didn't wake up.

Qu Ping touched Chen Chong's body, found a medicine bottle, opened the stopper and sniffed it, and said, "I hope it's a medicine to stop bleeding and heal wounds." After saying that, he sprinkled the powder on the wound, and then ripped off a few strips of his clean clothes and cloth to bandage the wound.

After doing this, Qu Ping squinted his eyes for a while, woke up and found that Chen Chong had not woken up yet, and said in his heart that he would not die, then he was not working blindly. Qu Ping thought about it and had a plan, he "borrowed" a donkey from the inn carriage (yes, because there was only one donkey), rode on the donkey to carry Chen Chong, and went in the direction of Helan Mountain.

On Helan Mountain, in the meeting hall of the Helan Five Tigers, there is a word "righteousness" written in large letters on the middle wall, a Taoist chief sits in the middle, and there are many heroes headed by two men and one woman on both sides, and there are seven open large boxes full of gold, silver and jewelry in the hall. In the face of so much wealth, none of the people smiled.

Jiang Bo, the earth-shaking tiger standing first on his right hand, scolded sternly: "If the fifth brother can't survive, I must ask him Zong Ze to fight with his life!" ”

The smiling tiger Wang Zhiquan shook a Zhuge fan and said, "Second brother, you have to see people in life and corpses in death, don't be in a hurry to complain first." ”

Jiang Boyan said: "When is it, you are still shaking your broken fan!" Didn't you claim that God was invincible, why didn't you count the fifth brother to have such a catastrophe, or did you already know that you just wanted him to die? ”

Qing Xuanzi, a mountain tiger sitting in the middle of the robe on it, stopped the two and said, "Okay, stop arguing!" The fifth brother Ji has his own natural appearance, maybe he is on the way back at this moment. ”

Li Cailian, the flying tiger on the left, did not speak, and played with the thumb-sized semi-finished puppet in her hand.

The rest were solemn, complaining, angry, or sad. Some look at the ceiling, some look at the box, and some are stunned.

At this time, a minion ran in to report that someone at the foot of the mountain had come back with the five masters on his back, and now it is estimated that he is almost at the gate of the village.

The mountain tiger waved his hand and said, go, go and see, which hero rescued my fifth brother.

The group walked to the door of the stockade and saw Qu Ping bowing over with the unconscious Chen Chong on his back. Everyone was about to thank Qu Ping, when they suddenly heard the earth-shaking tiger Jiang Boyan shouting: "It turns out that you are a robber who is cheating!" ”

Everyone didn't know what was going on, and the big boss Qing Xuanzi asked: "Second brother, what's the matter, why did this hero become a robber in your mouth again?" Everyone looked at Jiang Boyan, but Jiang Boyan turned his face to the side and didn't speak.

Qu Ping straightened his clothes and said with a smile: "It's all a trivial matter if you don't know each other." ”

Everyone was still puzzled, Jiang Boyan said: "Big brother, I didn't come back from Xixia that day when I finally surrendered a fierce horse, how do you know that this person came down from the mountain and abducted my horse!" ”

Why was the horse abducted again?

Qu Ping helped explain: "That's right, I saw this brother riding a handsome white horse that day, and when he whistled, the horse overturned him and ran in front of me, which shows that the horse is destined for me." ”

Jiang Boyan said aggrievedly: "I was about to reason with him, but who knew that he threw five taels of silver to me, so he rode away on my horse, and the horse ran fast, where could I catch up." ”

Speaking of which, everyone finally knew the general ins and outs of the whole thing.

Flying Tiger Li Cailian smiled: "Isn't it just a horse, today the little brother rescued our fifth brother, isn't that worth more than your horse?" ”

Jiang Boyan was not a stingy master, so he snorted and said, "That's that, then we'll write it off." ”

Qing Xuanzi said: "Haven't you asked the young man for his name?" ”

Qu Ping clenched his fists and said: "Under Qu Ping, Hebei people." ”

Qing Xuanzi said: "It turned out to be Brother Qu, and I am fortunate to be lucky." Brother Qu saved my fifth brother, then we are a family, brothers, prepare good food and drink, we will not get drunk and return. ”

It's okay to drink in the cottage, and everyone suddenly became excited when they heard it, and all the dark clouds before were swept away. After settling the unconscious Chen Chong, the big boss sent someone to the mountain to invite Langzhong.

The four masters and Qu Ping sat around a large table of good wine and meat, first introduced themselves and became familiar with each other, and then Qu Ping told the four masters how to save Chen Chong, and did not hide that he was wrapped up in the team, and witnessed the whole process.

Wang Zhiquan, the smiling tiger, said: "Brother Qu is not only chivalrous and courageous, but also so bright and upright, at the beginning, he even suspected Brother Qu's bad intentions, which really made Brother Qu feel ashamed." Don't say anything else, my smiling tiger Wang Zhiquan will accompany Brother Qu first, and punish himself for three bowls. After speaking, he drank the three bowls of wine in one go.

Qu Ping said: "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, this matter is in anyone's heart, and there should be one more thought." Thank you for being so valuable, and I would like to give you a bowl. ”

In the midst of the staggering, everyone naturally talks about today's world.

Jiang Boyan got up and said: "The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty does not want to forge ahead, and vainly seeks a corner of peace, which is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger. If we become the generals, we will kill them without a single piece of armor. ”

Xuan Qingzi pressed Jiang Boyan and said, "Brother, you drank too much." People all over the world are calling around, nothing more than for a good word, if you can do the desireless and non-demanding, law in nature, why not worry about the world is not peaceful. ”

Qu Ping said: "What the Taoist chief said is reasonable, but if people can't eat enough, how can they have the spirit to seek the Tao, and if they can't live, how can they attain the Tao." ”

Wang Zhiquan said: "What the eldest brother said is spiritually oriented, and what Brother Qu said is based on physical needs, each has its own reason, let's just drink, it is meaningless to say so far-reaching." ”

Li Cailian said: "Wang Xiucai, you have to take advantage of everything, and you always have to step on two boats." ”

Wang Zhiquan said with a smile: "Haha, harmony is precious, harmony is precious." ”

Li Cailian retorted with a smile: "The imperial court should send you to talk about peace, it is estimated that there will be a drama." ”

Qu Ping said: "Now that the Jin soldiers are besieging Bianjing, the whole country is shaken, and it is very likely that they will face the crisis of destroying the country and exterminating the species, just like the Wuhu Rebellion in China." ”

Jiang Boyan said: "It's not so powerful, is it? ”

Qu Ping stood up, raised his voice slightly, and said: "I have been in China for thousands of years, because of the continuation of culture, but the blood in my body is no longer the original Yanhuang blood, it has long been light. Why is it light? Because we have no sense of national pride, let alone a sense of national crisis, we are always scattered. Now the Jin, Mongolian, Tangut, Uighur, and Tibetan people are all around, and the Chinese nation has reached the most dangerous time. Every descendant of Yan and Huang should be sober and enlightened. One chopstick is easy to break, but ten chopsticks are difficult to break, what about ten thousand chopsticks? It can shake the heavens and the earth! It can turn the world upside down! I can stab the ground! ”

After speaking, everyone looked at Qu Ping quietly, and then thunderous applause rang out.

Qing Xuanzi took the lead and said: "Brother Qu, it turns out that you are not a thing in the pool, it seems that you are here with a purpose." ”

The audience was quiet, and the Qu Ping brothers, who had just been impassioned, turned out to have a purpose.

Qu Ping was not afraid, looked around at the heroes, and said, "That's right, I'm going to gather the scattered sand!" ”

Wang Zhiquan looked at Qu Ping hostilely and said, "You want to eat a fat man in one bite and swallow us alone?" ”

Qu Ping said: "You are wrong, I don't swallow you, I can't swallow you, I just show you a bright path!" When you look back on the past, you should not regret that you have wasted your time, and you should not be ashamed of doing nothing, so that when you are dying, you will be able to say: 'My whole life and energy have been devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world.'" After Qu Ping finished speaking, he thanked Nikolai Ostrovsky in his heart, thanked Paul Kochakin, and thanked the Chinese teacher for forcing him to memorize this classic text.

Qing Xuanzi looked straight into Qu Ping's eyes and said, "What you said is very good!" I, Qing Xuanzi, have done nothing in my life, but I was so enthusiastic by you that you said. If you can do what you said, I, on behalf of our Helan Five Tigers, am willing to cooperate with your performance. ”

Qu Ping didn't expect that the first person to be moved was Daoist Qingxuanzi. He looked at the people and said, "Are you all willing?"

Earth-shaking tiger Jiang Boyan said I am willing. Li Cailian also said that I am willing. Wang Zhiquan went on to say that I have no opinion. Qu Ping looked at everyone, and everyone shouted: "I am willing, I am willing to ......"

Qu Ping's blood was surging, and he felt that he had become a commander. He said: "Big boss, if we want to gather more strength, we need a more popular and atmospheric name, and the Helan Five Tigers will only be your small title in the future." ”

Wang Zhiquan said: "How to change? ”

Qu Ping thought for a while and said: "From now on, we will call it the 'National Self-Salvation Army', and the 'Helan Five Tigers' is the first team of our 'National Self-Salvation Army'!" ”