In the capital of the Liao Kingdom, a place where poor people lived.

In the early morning, from the courtyard of a blacksmith, five gray and inconspicuous pigeons flew at the same time. After the five pigeons took off, they did not disperse, but flew in the same direction.

As soon as the pigeon was released, the blacksmith threw the wooden cage containing the pigeon into the blacksmith's furnace and burned it.

When these five pigeons flew over Shangjing, they were shot down by several sharp arrows from nowhere. The remaining two escaped by chance.

The remaining two pigeons flew all the way from early morning to late afternoon, without pause.

It was almost dark that the two pigeons finally landed. They landed in the backyard of an inn in Dahua Hejian Province. There is a special pigeon loft in the backyard, and when the two pigeons land, they run into the loft and start drinking water and food.

A middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper and slightly blessed came out of a room in the backyard, walked quickly to the pigeon loft, grabbed two pigeons, and took out two rolls of paper from the small wooden tube on their legs.

The shopkeeper threw the pigeons into the loft and let them continue to eat and drink.

Early the next morning, from the backyard of this inn in Hejian Province, two pure white pigeons flew up. The underside of the wings of these two pigeons was dyed red with paint. When they are in the air, if you look up, you will see two white doves with red wings

The two pigeons flew in the same direction again, and near noon they landed in a mountain villa outside the city of Kaifeng in Dahua.

The lofts in this lodge are different, numerous and large. The whole walled yard is a pigeon loft!

A young man in short clothes and strong clothes has been standing in the courtyard. When he saw the two pigeons return to the loft, he immediately went and took the paper rolls from the small wooden tube on their legs.

Not long after, a fast horse galloped out of the courtyard gate of this mountain villa and went straight to the city of Kaifeng Mansion

Liaoguo, Shangjing.

After the Jin army withdrew, Lu Zheng stayed in Liao for another two days and arranged some things.

On the third day, Lu Zheng and Wang Chongyang began to set off and return to Dahua. Also accompanied by the disciples of the Four Great Dao Sects under Wang Chongyang's seat, as well as Night Shadow, White Fox, and Grassland Shuangzhu.

On the same day, Arslen led all the Mongolian horsemen and wolves and began to set off for the steppe. Those Liao troops who chose to follow Lu Zheng were temporarily incorporated into the soldiers and horses of Yelu Dashi's North Courtyard Headquarters.

On the return route, Lu Zheng chose to take Western Xia. Liang Muqing dispatched 80,000 cavalry to assist Lu Zheng, which was a big favor. Although it is said that Lu Zheng helped Liang Muqing first, it was Lu Zheng who kidnapped Liang Muqing and caused a great change in the situation in Western Xia. It's a mess, and it's hard to figure it out.

Winters outside the plug are colder and last longer. The further you go to Dahua, the better the weather becomes. In addition, now that winter is coming to an end, spring is about to be ushered in.

Lu Zheng chose to return to Dahua at the right time, and after returning to Dahua, it was just right to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Because Lu Zheng and his party are all strong martial arts people except for the grassland Shuangzhu, Lu Zheng did not bring any personal guards at all, and it was enough to have Night Shadow and White Fox responsible for the safety of the grassland Shuangzhu.

Because there was nothing urgent, the group was not in a hurry. Along the way, everyone rode horses and chatted and walked, which was very pleasant.

In the process of chatting, Lu Zheng and Wang Chongyang asked a lot of things about Dahua. Lu Zheng, a Chinese national, doesn't have an in-depth understanding of Dahua, which can be regarded as a wonder. As I said before, when Lu Zheng was in the bloody battle at Yanmen Pass, he didn't know who the emperor of Dahua was.

Except for the Lu family, except for the Zhending Mansion, Lu Zheng basically knows nothing about Dahua.

Lu Zheng returned to Dahua this time and returned to his previous dress. He was wearing the leather armor given to him by Liu Ge, the tiger wolf axe, the infantry armor and the helmet, which were also carried in the luggage with him. After the war of Jin Liao was completely over, although Xiao Huda was reluctant, he still returned the horizontal knife to Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng said before that he would lend it to him, not because Lu Zheng was stingy. is because this horizontal knife was created by Shen Lao for Lu Zheng, and it has a special meaning. The arm shield that Shen Lao created for Lu Zheng, except for sleeping, Lu Zheng almost never left his body.

Lu Zheng and his entourage continued to rush to Western Xia, and there was no table here for the time being.

Dahua, Zhending Mansion.

Cui Niannu and her sisters are all in charge of Penglai Pavilion's business, and now they all live in the courtyard that Lu Xiuniang bought before. Only Thrush has been living in the Lu Mansion, and is in charge of the internal affairs of the Lu Mansion together with Shang Qingqing.

That night, Cui Niannu returned to the residence, and was about to rest when someone suddenly came to deliver a letter. The messenger left the letter and hurried away.

Cui Niannu opened the letter, and what caught his eye was a line of very delicate fonts. Cui Niannu is very familiar with this handwriting. The person who sent this letter was Cui Niannu's old acquaintance, Master Li!

After the reputation of Penglai Pavilion in Zhending Mansion became more and more famous, some neighboring prefectures and cities gradually became aware of the fame of Penglai Pavilion. Coupled with the emperor's imperial plaque later, the fame of Penglai Pavilion completely spread throughout Dahua.

After Penglai Pavilion became famous, the fame of Cui Niannu, the person in charge, also left. When Cui Niannu was in Kaifeng Mansion before, he had a very good relationship with Master Li. But since Cui Niannu left the capital, he has never seen Master Li again.

After the fame of Penglai Pavilion spread to Kaifeng Mansion, Master Li also knew that Cui Niannu was in Zhending Mansion. I don't know for what reason, Master Li actually sent a letter to invite Cui Niannu to the capital to participate in the annual large-scale poetry meeting - Yuan Xi Poetry Conference!

The Yuan Xi Poetry Meeting was held on the 15th Lantern Festival of the first lunar month. The Lantern Festival is also called the Shangyuan Festival, the Yuan Xi Festival, and the Spring Lantern Festival, and this festival is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. Some literati, scholars, talented and beautiful women will choose this day to watch the lanterns, compose poems, and have some small gatherings together.

At first, it was just a small range of literati and artists, beauties and celebrities who held small poetry meetings together. However, with the participation of the great Confucians, well-known talents, the imperial court, and the Oiran of all parties in the Fengyue Realm, the scale of this poetry club gradually became bigger and bigger. Later, it developed into an annual large-scale fixed poetry meeting in Dahua Beijing, which is the Yuanxi poetry meeting just mentioned.

Cui Niannu looked at the letter in his hand, and his face showed a hint of fascination. Back then, Cui Niannu also amazed the Yuanxi Poetry Club, and later was praised by everyone as Dahua Shuangjiao

While Cui Niannu looked back on the past, he couldn't help but show a bitter smile on his face, and then muttered to himself: "Senior sister, I'm afraid my sister won't be able to go." My sister has decided to follow a person, he is now leaving me a huge restaurant, but he went to Liao to fight, hey, Yuan Xi Poetry Society"