After hearing this, everyone got up and saluted, and the lord of Cao Bao took the lead in saying:

"The rejuvenation and prosperity of the Chinese nation is the responsibility of our generation, and more than 20,000 people in the 28 banners of Caojiabao and 196 rudders are willing to follow closely and listen to the dispatch of Hou Ziwei."

The two Shaolin monks, Liu Ji and Zhang Dingbian also expressed their willingness to fully assist Ziwei to promote justice and save the people.

Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Qi Kun then took the opportunity to tell about his mission as a Ziwei envoy, and expressed his determination:

"Pray that Kun will do everything in his power to accomplish this sacred mission. Unite the saints and heroes of all continents and countries, and work together with everyone to lead the people to worship good and eliminate evil, rebuild a harmonious and unified social order, and strive for the realization of world harmony and prosperity. ”

The abbot of Wencai clasped his palms together, stepped forward and said:

"Amitabha, good, good! Ziwei's mission is also my Buddha's compassionate wish, and my Shaolin disciples should do their best to help. ”

Qi Kun also thanked him:

"Thank you to the abbot of Wencai, thank you to Master Jinnaro, and thank you to the Shaolin faction for helping!"

Jinnaro didn't speak for a long time, and when he heard Ziwei thanking himself, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted:

"The little monk has seen Ziwei envoy, I don't have any big skills, it's just brute force, where can I use it, please just give me orders, I must do it well, and I will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire."

Liu Ji and Zhang Dingbian stepped forward together and bowed deeply, and said in unison:

"Liu Ji and Zhang Dingbian are willing to follow the Ziwei envoy to conspire for the great cause, and they will be sent by the Ziwei envoy at any time."

Qi Kun hurriedly returned the salute and said:

"The two heroes are the dragon and phoenix among the people, and the literary talent and martial arts are world-famous, and it is twice the result with half the effort to get the help of the two of you."

Seeing that everyone was high-spirited and like-minded, Lord Cao Bao proposed:

"Today, we are gathered here, we might as well swear to work together in Baizhang Mountain."

Everyone agreed in unison, and the lord of Cao Bao was overjoyed when he saw this, and ordered his subordinates to call the master of the Qinglong Banner to thunder.

The Lord of the Thunder Banner has followed the Lord of Cao Bao to roam the rivers and lakes since he was a child, and between the two, they are like brothers and sisters in life and death. Therefore, he was basically familiar with the few people present, so he stepped forward and bowed one by one.

When he saw that Qi Kun was also present, Lei Ming was surprised and excited, and couldn't help laughing:

"The princess is also here, and I'm just looking for an opportunity to introduce myself to the castle master!"

Then he briefly told Lord Cao Bao and everyone about the previous two encounters and what happened. After listening to this, everyone was moved by Qi Kun's kindness and righteousness, and they were even more admired.

Lord Cao Bao asked everyone to sit down and rest first, turned around and instructed Lei Ming, and quickly went to the secret room to arrange all the preparations.

Everyone is talking about the flooding of the Yellow River and the government's capture of refugees as strong men.

The abbot of Wencai said: "We came from Songshan, and along the road we also saw the scene of officers and soldiers indiscriminately arresting strong men, leaving only some orphans and widows, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled to continue to wander, mourning all over the wilderness, miserable! ”

Zhang Dingbian was young and vigorous, and couldn't help but say:

"For a hundred years, the dynasty did not treat the Han people as human beings at all, and this world really made it impossible for people to live, so they simply pulled the pole and drove the Tartars out of the Central Plains, revived our Chinese nation, and achieved unification."

Liu Ji continued:

"The Dingbian brothers are right, from Wuzong to the first year of Emperor Shun's Yuan Dynasty, there were eight emperors in more than 20 years, and the Mongolian nobles fought each other for power and profit for a long time, such as the change of the southern slope during the Yingzong period, the change of the Tianli during the Wenzong period, and so on, which led to the emptiness of the treasury, coupled with the aristocrats and lamas and monks, and the corruption and exploitation intensified."

Speaking of the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Ji suddenly felt indignant, stood up and continued:

During his tenure in Gao'an County, Ruizhou, Jiangxi Province, Berwyn saw that the country's military and political power had fallen into the hands of the Mongolian ministers, and the corruption of officials and the tyranny of landlords were increasing day by day. Berwyn had no intention of being in the company of the gentry and eunuchs, so he simply resigned and returned to his hometown. Last year, the imperial court recruited me to serve as the deputy of the Confucian Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and concurrently served as the provincial examiner, but I received many reproaches for reporting and supervising the privacy fraud of the imperial history, so I resigned again. Now that the dynasty does not think about disaster relief and rescue, but forcibly expropriates and arrests strong men, I have really seen through this corruption and stupidity, and such a rule has entered the verge of collapse."

Qi Kun recalled some major events recorded in the history books, and stopped talking several times, and then continued the topic of the two of them:

"Everyone is right, the suffering of the people today can be called the greatest in the history of the Chinese nation, and our generation should do something practical to relieve the suffering of the people and rejuvenate the nation.

However, at present, the most urgent task at present is to first control the river and prevent floods, so as to solve the problem of the people's survival. Before coming to Xiangyang, I worked with Jia Lu, the envoy of Du Caoyun, to conduct field investigations along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, where the Yellow River had been repeatedly flooded.

However, because Shang Shu Chengzun of the Ministry of Industry, Dasi Nong Balu Lu and others were resolutely opposed to the control of the river, saying that the treasury was empty and the project was huge and difficult to complete, and at the same time they were afraid that thieves and river pickers would gang up to riot, so Jialu's proposal was not accepted. ”

He pondered for a moment, then continued:

"This time to catch the strong man, maybe it is also Jia Lu's helpless move because he has no money and no one, but his starting point for single-mindedly governing the river is still good, I wanted to contact Jia Lu again to discuss the river control plan, and it is precisely because of the lack of money and no one that I can not implement this huge project for a while, so I turned around and came to Baizhang Mountain first to ask the Lord of Cao Bao for advice."

After hearing this, Lord Cao Bao continued:

"Ziwei's analysis is very correct, at present, we should first solve the problem of flooding in the Yellow River, the imperial court is corrupt and the treasury is empty, and we are unwilling to come up with money to help the people, we have to find our own way, but the funds required for such a huge project, even if Caojiabao exhausts everything, I am afraid that it is far from enough."

After pondering for a moment, he got up and continued:

"Later, when the Thunder Banner Lord is properly arranged, and we swear an oath, I will tell you a big secret, if this method is followed, it may be able to solve the current urgent need."

While he was talking, Lei Ming came over to report that everything was ready, so the Lord of Cao Bao invited the six people to enter the secret room with Lei Ming.

This secret room is built according to the nine palace gossip, the foundation of the door, the column and the wall are all made of granite, extremely strong, and all have hidden mechanisms, can move and change, there are several black gold hollow windows, inlaid in the moving wall, if there is no master to guide, ordinary people are difficult to enter it.

In the past, everyone looked at the buildings in the fort, and they were designed and built according to the arrangement of the 28 constellations of the 12 signs of the celestial and astrological signs, and they already felt very novel, and now they look at the secret room of the nine palaces and gossip, and they feel that it is extremely mysterious.

A group of seven people, following the Lord of Cao Bao through the corridor to the inner hall, it is really called a unique cave.

The hall is almost three stories high, and the area is large enough to accommodate 1,000 people. The ceiling and walls seem to be treated with a special coating similar to metallic paint on the surface of the cave and rock to achieve the effect of moisture and shockproof. The surrounding torches and lanterns are all buried in the dark grooves, and then the light is refracted to all parts of the hall through the multi-faceted structure of the ceiling, walls, and column surfaces and the reflection of special coatings, making the whole hall bright but not dazzling.

It is not surprising that Qi Kun is surprised by this similar post-modern decoration style, while several others are constantly amazed by the design of the secret room in this cave.

In front of the hall, a high platform is set up, which can be used for 100 people to perform or practice, and above the high platform, the ceiling is painted with the icons of each of the 28 constellations.

Lord Cao Bao invited everyone to climb the steps and walk up to the high platform, but saw a flag hanging on the front wall, the center of the flag was written in the seal with two big characters of "one", and a row of small characters was written below, "China is unified, the world is the same", and the upper right corner seemed to be stained with a large piece of dark blood. Underneath the flag, an iron box locked with a gold lock and a plum blossom made of gold was inlaid with the lid.

Lord Cao Castle turned to face everyone, his face was solemn, and he said slowly:

"You are all heroes of the time, and you are also my dear friends of Cao Zhenbang, and today I want to tell you a big secret. Yuexia Daoxian and Wencai Abbot and Master Jinnaro should not forget the scene in Yuejiazhuang eighteen years ago, and this secret is also entrusted to me by Yue Yuanwai before his death, hoping to be carried forward and inherited. However, because Yue Yuanwai's will also involves the thousand-year national fortune of our Chinese nation, as well as the relationship with the various continents in the United States, Zhenbang needs to ask you to swear in advance. ”

With grim faces, everyone stretched out their right palms and raised them above their heads, following the Lord of Cao Bao to swear in unison:

"I voluntarily join the one, like brothers and sisters, and swear to keep the secrets here to the death, and never reveal a word to the outside world."

Lord Cao Bao was very excited, and bowed to everyone and thanked him:

"Thank you for your trust and joining, the great cause of oneness will continue to grow! In the past 18 years, this heavy stone that has weighed on my heart has finally landed, okay, great! ”

Lord Cao Bao got up and ordered Lei Ming to take a few futons, and asked everyone to sit down in a circle, then took out the key he had with him to open the golden lock, took out a sandalwood box from the iron box, and said while opening the wooden box:

"Back then, I was in Luoyang with Yuexiasuo, Master Wencai and others, and suddenly heard the news that the Yuan Dazong Zhengfu Zalu Huchi brought many minions to commit murder in Yuejiazhuang, and hurriedly rushed to the rescue, but it was still a step too late, and the 100 members of the Yue family were slaughtered..."

Before he could finish speaking, he burst into tears and couldn't stop crying.

"My brother-in-law entrusted me with two things before he died. The first is to rescue and raise her only daughter Lin Jiao, who was hidden in the horse pen and is under the age of one. Second, I want to tell you today, this is a secret. When I picked up the orphan daughter of the Yue family from the horse pen, I found that there was a package next to it, which contained the genealogy of the Yue family, a book, a picture, and a letter left by the Yue family to the successors. ”

After speaking, Lord Cao Bao took out the Yue family tree and the letter and presented them to everyone for circulation.

It turned out that Yue Yuanwai turned out to be the twelfth grandson of Jingzhong Yue Fei, who was killed by the faint monarch and traitorous ministers on some trumped-up charge. After Qin Hui secretly ordered to hunt down Yue Fei's family, Yue Fei's fourth son Yue Zhen and fifth son Yue Ting were still young, and fled with their mother Li Wa and their clansmen to Niejiawan in Huangmei County, where they hid incognito to avoid disasters.

And Yue Zhen compiled the manuscripts and letters left by his father into a book, called "Wu Mu's Testament".

As the heirloom of the Yue family, this "Wu Mu Testament" is only passed on to the descendants of the Yue family within the family, and outsiders are never allowed to read it.