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At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, in the second year of Yongchang, the mountain road of Jiugong Mountain in Hubei Province was dusty, and the winding mountain road of more than ten miles was suddenly crowded with soldiers with weapons and armor. Obviously, this is the Dashun army that was crowned by Wu Sangui in a rage, led the Qing soldiers into the customs, and defeated the king Li Zicheng.

In the middle of the procession, on a tall black horse, sat a middle-aged man wearing a red tasseled hat, a red cloak, a towering nose, and a raised cheekbone (the image of the emperor in ancient legends).

At this moment, Li Zicheng was in the dust, although he had suffered a fiasco, he was not depressed. Because behind him, many soldiers are protecting the treasures of 'Nine Donkeys and Eighteen Dans', and these treasures are only a small part of the treasures plundered from the Ming Dynasty.

Since the peasant army invaded the capital, his first fierce general, Liu Zongmin, has looted the treasures of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. For Liu Zongmin, Li Zicheng is loving and ruthless, he is the first veteran to revolt with him, and killing the enemy bravely is one of the generals he relies on the most. It's a pity that after the success of the peasant army, Li Zicheng was no longer taken into account, and after entering Beijing, he completely ignored Li Zicheng's advice, and the means were cruel, burning, killing and looting were all evil, and what was even more excessive was that he did not listen to his own advice, and insisted on taking Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Chen Yuanyuan, the junior who hid in the capital, into a few, which made his plan to entrap Wu Sangui fail, and finally led to Wu Sangui's rebellion...

"Report..., General Li Guo has completed the covering task and led people to catch up."

"Where's General Liu?"

Hearing the sergeant's report, Li Zicheng frowned, and couldn't help but think of this great general he loved and hated again.

"I only saw General Li in the team, and I didn't see General Liu coming up." The sergeant with a tired face replied truthfully.

"Quickly pass General Li up."

In order to cover the retreat of the Dashun army, Liu Zongmin took the initiative to ask for orders to stay with his nephew Li Guo to block the pursuit of Wu Sangui and the Qing soldiers, which is exactly what Li Zicheng loves and hates about him - although he is greedy for money and lustful, and spoils his own national affairs, but once he encounters a war, he is also a good brother who is always at the forefront and is not afraid of death.

"King Chuang, General Liu, he... He was martyred. ”

Stumbling, Li Guo, a bloodstained general, suddenly knelt down in front of Li Zicheng's horse.

"What did you say?" Li Zicheng was dizzy and almost fell off his horse.

"General Liu failed to cross the river, was caught by Wu Sangui, and hanged himself by the river."

"Brother Zong Minxian." Li Zicheng couldn't control the grief in his heart anymore, and fell off the horse all of a sudden, but fortunately he was supported by Li Guo.

"Wu Sangui, you traitor, for the sake of a woman, you actually let a thief enter the customs and destroy my great rivers and mountains, I will be inseparable from you."

Li Zicheng shook off Li Guo's hand and swore to the sky.

"Chen Yuanyuan, you fox spirit, confuse sentient beings, and cause my good brother to die in vain, if I knew this, I should have put you to death a long time ago, so as not to harm the world."

After scolding Wu Sangui, King Chuang still didn't understand his hatred. Thinking of a good dynasty, because of a 'fox spirit' woman, it was fratricidal, fragmented, and the people were miserable, and he finally overthrew the Ming Dynasty, but now he has to face foreign enemies, and he can't help but feel sad.

"Sister, there's a man scolding us!"

"Who is so bold as to dare to disturb our sister Qingxiu, I want to see who it is!"

The originally clear sky suddenly changed suddenly, with gusting winds and dark clouds, and the air was filled with the smell of animals.

King Chuang was scolding alone, and when he saw that the sky was suddenly dark, he couldn't help frowning.

"King Chuang, the founding army wants to see you."

"Quick, pass him up."

The wind is stronger, and people can't open their eyes for a while. Behind the many sergeants came a scholar who looked like a 'child', less than three feet tall, with short hands and short feet, walking and swaying, and did not forget to hold his big pu fan in the strong wind to block the oncoming wind and sand.

"King Chuang, I am really sad to hear that General Liu died, please don't be sad, take care of your health."

"Military advisor, General Liu was killed, and there is a natural vision here, has Dashun's national fortunes changed?"

Li Guo looked at the 'Founding Army Division' in front of him, named Song Xiance, and was nicknamed 'Song Shorty'. This person reads poetry and books hard, is knowledgeable, especially proficient in "magic numbers", before following King Chuang, to "warlock" for a living, long-term travel around, for people to divinate good fortune and evil, predict good fortune and misfortune, King Chuang is to listen to his advice, only to overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty smoothly.

"Qi Yu Chuang Wang, for the minister just calculated a hexagram, this is the spiritual mountain, Taoism has clouds; The mountain is not high, and there is a fairy name. The water is not deep, and if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual. There will be great men in this mountain, and there will be demons. ”

"Master Song, what are you going to say?"

Before King Chuang could speak, Li Guo beside him was already impatient. For this Song Xiance, Li Guo has always been disdainful. In his eyes, this 'Song Shorty' is a charlatan, and what he is best at is just deceiving people.

"General Li, you see that the situation has changed abruptly at this moment, I am afraid that there will be demons infested, if you don't leave quickly, I am afraid of a catastrophe."

Song Xiaozi ignored Li Guo's scolding and continued.

"Master Song, Hugh has to bewitch the public. King Chuang is here, what demons and monsters don't shy away. ”

Li Guo was originally the nephew of King Chuang, and King Chuang had no children under his knees, so he had already been appointed by King Chuang as the next successor.

"General Li, Hugh has to be unreasonable to the military advisor. Let's listen to the advisor and get out of here as soon as possible. ”

Having just lost a general, King Li Zicheng didn't want to see his subordinates fighting anymore.

"Hehehehe, it turns out that there are so many men here, which is just the right thing for our sisters." In the sky, there was a sudden sound of a woman laughing.

"Who?"

King Chuang was shocked when he heard this, and Song Xiance's face changed even more.

"Protect King Chuang."

Li Guo walked in front of King Chuang, and pulled out the Longquan Sword he carried with him.

"Sister, you're scaring people."

As layers of thick white mist floated out, there were two looming female figures in the middle of the white mist, and the light lotus steps were slowly walking towards them.

All the officers and soldiers were stunned, just from the walking posture of these two women, it can be seen - these are definitely two peerless beauties!

"Slaughter cattle and sheep, prepare wine and syrup, and open the gate of the city to meet the king, who will not pay for the grain when he comes. Li Zicheng, you just scolded us for being very enjoyable, and I don't look at what 'good deeds' you have done. ”

The thick fog dissipated, revealing two beautiful women, one red and one white. The red enchantment, like a burning fire; The white ice was like a frost that could not be melted.

"Where did the women of the mountains and villages come from, dare to insult King Chuang, give me a quick take."

"Hehe, I really don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, can you bear to do it to a beauty like us?"

The two women were not flustered at all, their smiling faces were like tricks, and their eyes suddenly flashed with a seductive light.

It is also strange to say that the soldiers who rushed up suddenly seemed to have lost their souls, and the encirclement that originally surrounded the two women suddenly seemed to be frozen, and they were stunned one by one, looking at the two women motionless.

"Newspaper... King Chuang, something is wrong. The Dashun army suddenly panicked, and a sergeant stumbled up.

"What's the alarm?"

"Treasure... The treasure is gone. The disgraced sergeant, stammering, like a slap in the face, stunned everyone at once.

"What did you say?" King Chuang was staring at the two women thinking about countermeasures, and when he heard this, his body shook on the horse and almost fell down.

"Hahahaha, King Li Chuang, King Li Chuang, you should have been the true son of heaven. It's a pity that after you ascended the throne, you connived at your subordinates to loot the wealth of the people, making people angry, and robbing people's daughters everywhere, even letting go of people's wives. You say, what's the difference between you and the Great Ming Dusk Jun who was overthrown by you? Today, my sister is here to teach you a lesson, to let you know the truth that 'if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself.'" ”

"Demon girl, you have to deceive the people, return our treasure quickly."

The face of the king of Chuang on the horse changed greatly, and Li Guo under the horse couldn't listen to it anymore, so he rushed forward with his sword.

"I don't know if I'm alive or dead, but he looks good."

The two women were not afraid at all, the woman in red on the left waved her sleeves, and the sleeves instantly resembled a long snake that suddenly burst out of the hole, and suddenly wrapped the long sword that stabbed out, no matter how hard Li Guo tried, he couldn't break free.

"Sister, don't hurt him." The woman in white on the right seemed to be a little unbearable, and looked at Li Guo, whose face was flushed, and exclaimed.

"Sister, you don't fall in love with this little white face, you, you are soft-hearted."

"Bold fox spirit, it's just a matter of taking people's money, and you still want to hurt people's lives, do you take my Taoist holy land in your eyes?"

Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, a roar suddenly sounded in the sky, as if it was coming from a distant mountain, and it seemed that the person who spoke was beside you.

"Sister, let's go, Zhang Zhenren is out of the customs."

With the exclamation of the woman in white, the sky, which was originally covered with dark clouds, suddenly disappeared and became clear, and a golden light rose from the depths of the mountains.

"Stinky Taoist, come to spoil my sister's good deeds again." With the woman in red in her hand, Li Guo stumbled and fell out.

"Sister, let's go."

As soon as the two women turned around, they floated out more than ten meters at once.

"Ah,"

"Sister..."

With a bloody light and a scream, the two women disappeared, and in their place appeared a long-bearded old man holding a peachwood sword, as if he had fallen from the sky.

"Master."

The tip of the old peachwood sword was dripping with blood, leaving a long fox tail on the ground.

"Offer advice, for the sake of the teacher's order, you will assist the righteous army to overthrow the rule of the faint king, your mission has been completed, you should continue to go back to the mountain to cultivate with the master."

When everyone focused on Lao Dao, they didn't notice at all that Song Xiance, the 'Founding Military Division', had already bowed to the ground, and he didn't dare to raise his head.

"Dao Chief."

Seeing that Song Junshi kowtowed like pounding garlic, King Li Chuang couldn't help but speak.

"King Li Chuang, my apprentice is not proficient in learning and art, he has no strategy to open the country, but he has no talent for governing the country, and he has no way to teach the old way. Today, I will take him back and teach him strictly, and King Chuang must behave for himself in the future. ”

"Dao Chief, this king still needs the Song Army's momentary reminder."

Seeing Song Xiance's short body standing up, King Li Chuang was anxious.

"King Li Chuang, you opened the country in accordance with the will of heaven. But now, you connived at your subordinates to forcibly seize and seize it, causing Wu Sangui to lead Qing troops into the customs, causing the people to live in poverty and the people to be displaced. As cultivators, we can't go against the will of heaven, and today my master and apprentice can only help you get here, bad disciple, are you still reluctant to go to this flowery world? ”

"Song Junshi..."

"Stop them for me!"

Seeing Song Xiance following the old Taoist priest to leave, Li was in a hurry and yelled.

"General Li, what is yours is yours, since it is not yours, why force it."

One meter away from Lao Dao and Song Xiance, it was like building an invisible wall. The sergeants who tried to rush forward after hearing Li Guo's order were blocked out of the wall one by one.

"It flows into the dry river and falls into the eighteen beaches. If you want to go to the clouds, start from Yanmen Pass. King Chuang, you have to do it yourself in the future. ”

Song Xiance turned around step by step and followed behind the old Taoist. The figures of the two slowly walked into the depths of the mountain, and only Song Xiance's last voice floated in the air...

"It flows into the dry river and falls into the eighteen beaches. If you want to go to the clouds, start from Yanmen Pass. ... Master Song, are you trying to tell me that this is the end of our lives? ”

This ballad is the first time that Song Xiance and King Chuang met and offered Li Zicheng a plan. Li Zicheng followed his advice and started from Yanmen Pass.

After a long time, Li Guo, who came back to his senses, looked back at his uncle. The look of King Chuang, whom he was familiar with in the past, was lonely, like a general who had just lost a battle! Li Guo had never seen King Chuang so out of shape, even when he was driven out of the capital by Wu Sangui.

"King Chuang."

Li Guo was secretly uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly came to the horse to comfort him.

"General Li, ask me what kind of place this is? Who is this stinky old man? ”

Li Chuangwang's voice was no longer sonorous and powerful, so faint that only Li Guo, who was standing in front of the horse, could hear it.

"Pass the order, the three armies will camp in place and go again tomorrow."

Li Guo understood King Chuang's intentions, and in his eyes, the hero in his mind showed the expression of a hero for the first time.

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