Zhongshan is located in the northeast of Jinling Castle and is the first choice for the political regime to hunt with Jinling as its capital. When Yang Lian received the suggestion that the Son of Heaven hunt Zhongshan five days later and veto his proposal to send troops to the Central Plains, Yang Lian could only sigh slightly.

Five days passed quickly, as the commander of the Shenwu Army, Yang Lian was naturally responsible for protecting the safety of the royal family, this spring hunt, not only in the royal family, but also many high-ranking officials and nobles in the imperial court. On the day of the spring hunt, it was crowded with people, Li Jing left Li Jingyu to stay in Jinling, and led Shenwu, Tianxiong, Jiankang Army and others to patrol, plus palace maids and eunuchs, a total of more than 30,000 people, rushing towards Zhongshan.

During the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhongshan was outside Jinling City, about more than 20 miles away, walked a morning, more than 30,000 people walked to Zhongshan, and continued to walk more than ten miles, stationed in a relatively gentle place in the hinterland of Zhongshan. The army stretched for several miles, and the military flags were unfurled, which was very spectacular.

The station of the Shenwu Army is more than three miles away from the station of the imperial family, after all, except for the incident in Changzhou, the emperor's trust in the Shenwu Army and the Tianxiong Army has greatly decreased. It has always been guarded by the Shenwu Army to guard the royal station, but this time it was changed to the Jiankang Army. Yang Lian didn't care, and after arriving at the station, he ordered the soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction not to move around at will, so as not to let anyone misunderstand.

Li Ping, Lu Mengjun, Chen Tie and others were Yang Lian's subordinates, and after Yang Lian gave some advice, they dispersed and led the soldiers to set up tents and build fences. At dusk, the Shenwu Army's garrison roughly looked like it. Due to the return of the old man to his hometown, a series of changes took place in the imperial court, and Bian Hao became the new commander of the Shenwu Army.

Yang Lian has seen Bian Ho and has a deep impression of him, in fact, Bian Ho led the troops several times, all of which failed, and it turned out that Bian Ho's ability to lead the troops was not strong, but His Majesty trusted him very much.

Ben Ho gave a series of instructions, and all the commanders took the orders and left. Yang Lian had nothing to do, so he wandered around the barracks. Zhongshan occupies a wide area, and this time His Majesty brought more than 30,000 people with him for a spring hunt - in fact, he was also deeply afraid that someone would mutiny, and he wanted to firmly control these soldiers in his hands.

Yang Lian's station was close to Xuanwu Lake, only seven or eight miles away, and he rode a horse and walked to the edge of Xuanwu Lake unconsciously. From a distance, the waves are sparkling, the shore is shaded by green trees, and several small islands inside Xuanwu Lake can be faintly seen, which is beautiful.

Yang Lian wandered alone on the shore, he was powerless in the recent affairs of the imperial court, not only in addition to the competition between the two parties, but also the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains made Yang Lian feel cold, Liu Zhiyuan was able to establish the Later Han Dynasty in Taiyuan, and the Tang Dynasty was not weak, but Li Jing was afraid of Wu Yueren, and he was more deeply jealous of the Central Plains regime in the north, and did not adopt Yang Lian's best advice. Yang Lian couldn't help clenching his fists, there is still one chance to stay in the Central Plains, it depends on whether he can grasp it that time. If you wait for the next week to be established, this opponent will be too strong.

When Yang Lian was thinking about it, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in front of him, and when he raised his head, it turned out to be Zhou Zong. Zhou Zong was appointed as the envoy of the Xuanzhou Festival at this time, and when he returned to Beijing, he met the Son of Heaven for spring hunting, so he was invited. Zhou Zong was suppressed by Song Qiqiu a few years ago and was once demoted, especially during the time of Liezu, after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, the situation improved.

Yang Lian's eyes narrowed, and he had already recognized Zhou Zong, but Zhou Zong didn't know him. Still walking by himself, enjoying the warmth of the evening sun, beside Zhou Zong, there was actually a woman, wearing a pink long skirt and a hairpin on her head, she looked inconspicuous, but her appearance was extremely beautiful.

When Yang Lian saw the woman, he couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at the woman twice.

Zhou Zong saw it not far away, and immediately frowned, and said, "You are a soldier, which army is you?" "He is a relict of the Martial Ancestor, and when he speaks, he naturally has the momentum of a superior person. Besides, as an envoy of the Xuanzhou Festival, he is an official from the second grade, a small military man, and he doesn't take it seriously.

Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, looked at Zhou Zong lightly, and pretended not to know: "You old man, where did you come from?" Zhou Zong was not wearing official clothes, but only plain clothes, and had a long beard on his chin, saying that he was an old man, and he was not wronged.

Zhou Zong was furious when he heard this, how could anyone have done this to him? The Son of Heaven was polite to him, this little soldier was really unreasonable. Zhou Zong couldn't help but snort coldly, his eyes looked at Yang Lian very sharply, and Yang Lian did not show weakness and looked at him.

At this time, the woman beside Zhou Zong whispered something in Zhou Zong's ear, and after a while, Zhou Zong sneered and said, "You are Yang Lian, who has been in the limelight recently?" ”

"I'm Yang Lian, but I don't know why I'm in the limelight?" Yang Lian asked rhetorically.

"Hey, hey." Zhou Zong smiled disdainfully and said, "The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it." At a young age, you added five grades to the official and became the commander of the first army, which was really lucky. You have to remember that when you meet others, you must always be polite, otherwise you won't know where you will die. ”

"Thank you for reminding me, it's just that Yang is still young and will never die in front of some people." Yang Lian fought back quietly.

Zhou Zong was suddenly angry and tilted his nose, isn't this someone talking about himself? immediately snorted coldly, too lazy to bother with Yang Lian, after all, he is a senior official from the second grade, and there is still a big gap between him and the official from the fifth grade.

Zhou Zong left angrily, and the woman passed by Yang Lian's side, bowed slightly, and said, "I haven't seen you for a while, Gongzi has been promoted to a commander, and Emperor E is here to congratulate Gongzi." ”

Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, it was really the eighteenth change of the female university, a few months ago, when she saw Emperor Zhou E, she was already a very beautiful woman, with the beauty of the country and the city, which caused Li Congjia to be fascinated and couldn't extricate herself. Unexpectedly, a few months later, Emperor Zhou E became more beautiful, and Yang Lian didn't recognize it for a while.

"Gongzi really has no memory, is Emperor E too ugly to be remembered by Gongzi?" Zhou Ehuang said, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, his big eyes with a trace of mist, and he looked pitiful.

Although Yang Lian was unhappy with Zhou Zong, he didn't have any opinion on Emperor Zhou E, and when he saw her appearance, he smiled and said: "Miss Zhou is talented and good-looking, even if Xi Shi is reborn, it can't compare to Miss Zhou." ”

Emperor Zhou E's heart was overjoyed, and he was about to speak, when Zhou Zong was slightly displeased and said, "Emperor E, aren't you leaving?" ”

"Young Master Yang is rude. If he is free, Emperor E should ask Yang Gongzi for music and rhythm. As he spoke, he left in a hurry without waiting for Yang Lian to answer.

Yang Lian smiled wryly, where did he know what kind of rhythm, he just knew a few famous songs of later generations, but there is no one in this era. Looking at Emperor Zhou E's distant back, Yang Lian suddenly felt very sad again, whether it was after the big week or the small week, the ending was not very good. Da Zhouhou got sick and died early, but before she died, Li Yu hooked up with Xiao Zhouhou, which is enough to prove that Li Yu, a generation of lyricists, is actually a heartless man.

After the death of the country, Li Yu couldn't protect his wife, Xiao Zhou was insulted by Zhao Guangyi several times, and after he came back, he scolded Li Yu, Li Yu could only bear it silently, he was really a useless man. I don't know, will Emperor E marry Li Yu this week?

The thought flashed, Yang Lian smiled, and continued to walk slowly along Xuanwu Lake. After walking more than 500 steps, the sunset was already hanging on the top of the mountain, Yang Lian turned around, and was about to go back, when suddenly, someone screamed in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Yang Lian walked over quickly.

Next to Xuanwu Lake, next to it is Zhongshan Forest, which has not been fully developed in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so it is a high mountain and dense forest, and there are many animals in it, such as rabbits, deer, sheep, etc., of course, there are also wolves, snakes, tigers and other things.

When Yang Lian ran over, he saw a giant python the size of a bowl, spitting out letters. Zhou Zonghu was in front of Emperor Zhou E, with a vigilant expression. He just took his daughter out for a stroll, without guards by his side, where would he talk about meeting a giant python? Looking at the giant python the size of a bowl, the scarlet letter spewed out, with a fishy smell, Zhou Zong regretted it very much.

But regret is useless, if you want to escape, in front of the fast-moving python, there is almost no chance. Zhou Zong is not worried about himself, he is worried about his daughter. Emperor Zhou E's face turned blue with fright, and his big eyes were full of fear. It is said that spring hunting is extremely fun, why does this giant python look infinitely terrifying? The big head, with its mouth open, was ready to swallow itself at any moment.

The giant python spit out Xinzi for a long time, and seemed to see Zhou Zong weak and bullied, his body shrank, and then popped forward, and Xinzi danced in mid-air, looking quite scary.

"Demons!" Yang Lian came from the diagonal rear, happened to see this scene, the long knife in his hand had been pulled out in his hand, and when he saw this, he hurriedly ran up a few steps, and the long knife in his hand was split, and it was in the middle of the giant python. The python was covered with a lot of scale armor, and it thought that it had lived for many years.

Just listen to the sound of the "bell", and the long knife slashed on the scale armor, making a crisp sound. Yang Lian felt that the long knife in his hand sank, and immediately added a little more strength.

Although the scale armor of the giant python is strong, it is not comparable to the iron weapon, the long knife is cut down, the blood is flying out, the giant python's body is twisted, and the pain is almost turned over. Yang Lian's speed was too fast, and it focused on Zhou Zong's father and daughter again, so it was defenseless.

Yang Lian fell with a knife, and it was another knife. Snakes are very tenacious animals, and they can often writhe and kill people even when they die, Yang Lian doesn't dare to be careless. He clenched the long knife with both hands and kept chopping down. The giant python was stabbed twice, and although its body was not cut off, it was not lightly injured. Glancing back at Yang Lian, the letter danced, already knowing where Yang Lian was.

The bloody mouth suddenly opened, wanting to swallow Yang Lian. Dots of ambergris have been sprayed.

When Emperor Zhou E heard the voice, his originally closed eyes opened, and when he happened to see this scene, he was suddenly shocked and worried about Yang Lian.

Yang Lian sneered, and the long knife was raised in front of his chest and stood still, as if he was frightened. The giant python let out a dry hiss, and it was less than two feet away from Yang Lian. Zhou Zong was also surprised when he saw this scene, even if he didn't have a good impression of Yang Lian, but Yang Lian was trying to save him, and now he was facing life and death, how could he be indifferent?

Just when Zhou Zong and Zhou Ehuang were exclaiming, Yang Lian moved, and the long knife in his hand struggled to cut out, hitting the snake's head, only to hear a "poof" sound, the snake's head was split in half!