Mulan Xiangqi said: "Why did a wooden mansion pop up again?" Or what toast? ”

Qu Caifeng smiled slightly: "Sister, you haven't been to Yunnan, you don't know the situation there, there are many ethnic minorities in Yunnan, in addition to the Miao people, there are also Dai people, Dong people, Naxi people, etc. Lijiang is the Naxi people, these people every time they encounter the Central Plains Wang Shi into Yunnan, they will often lead the people to surrender, as the forerunner, because Yunnan is blocked by mountain roads, the Central Plains army often enters from Sichuan in the northwest, and the Lijiang area where the Naxi people are located is the first to bear the brunt, if they see the Central Plains army coming from afar is large in number and well-equipped, and judge that the local separatist regime in Yunnan cannot be defeated, they will be very aware of the times and fall to the Central Plains army. Tusi, on the other hand, is the hereditary head of these tribes. ”

Li Cangxing said with a smile: "Caifeng knows the situation there very well, yes, the Naxi people have fallen to the Yuan army since the Yuan army entered Yunnan, and took them to eliminate the Dali country, and since then they have become the hereditary Tusi there, not under the jurisdiction of the King of Liang, at the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, they were the first to meet the Mu Ying army, and they also stood successfully, and once again hereditary Tusi in the Lijiang area, there are seven state capitals, not under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yunnan and the Mu Wangfu, and its leader originally did not have a Han surname, Emperor Hongwu specially removed his surname Zhu and sent them a wooden character. Therefore, this Mu family can be described as a hereditary minority force in the northwest of Yunnan. ”

Mu Lanxiang suddenly realized: "I see, but how can such a wall grass protect the Demon Sect, the great enemy of the imperial court?" ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "The specific situation is unknown, only that the head of the Demon Sect, Heimu Cliff, is in the area of Nalijiang, which belongs to the territory of Mufu, this kind of barbarian land rarely interacts with the Central Plains, and its people all live in the deep mountains and old forests, which belongs to the barbaric area." In the past, people in the Central Plains were also poisoned with miasma, so if it was not necessary. No one wants to go to that place, and the Demon Sect can slowly cultivate and recuperate in this kind of ghost place. Restore the vitality. Oh, by the way, now their right protector Situ Jiao is a Naxi person. ”

Qu Caifeng nodded: "Cangxing, can these two only prove that Mufu has a relationship with the Demon Sect?" I'm afraid it's a bit far-fetched. After all, these ethnic minorities are not very involved in the rights and wrongs of the Central Plains, let alone involved in martial arts. ”

Li Cangxing said with a smile: "What I'm talking about is that the Demon Sect has nothing to do with Mu Wangfu. The most important point. It is the process of Leng Tianxiong, the current leader of the Demon Sect, as we all know, he got the strong support of Yan Shifan to gain a firm foothold, if he has always had the support of Mu Wangfu, does he still need to find the Yan father and son who are thousands of miles away as foreign aid? ”

Qu Caifeng let out a sigh: "Yes, it is true, and my master once said that Leng Tianxiong was Yang Shen, a talented son who was exiled to Yunnan through guò, and established a relationship with Yan Shifan's father and son. ”

Li Cangxing's heart sank suddenly: "What? Yang Shen? But that Yang Shen, the son of Yang Tinghe, the former cabinet chief?! ”

Qu Caifeng wondered: "Is this important?" ”

Li Cangxing said with a straight face: "This is very important. Caifeng, think about it carefully, is this Yang Shen the son of Yang Tinghe! ”

Qu Caifeng thought for a moment. nodded very seriously: "Yes, he is the son of the former cabinet chief, I know this very well, although I am not very familiar with the people in the officialdom, but the relationship between the cabinet chief and the master is extraordinary, and it was with his help that Taizu made the trick, so I am deeply impressed by this person." ”

Li Cangxing's tiger body was shocked, and he lost his voice: "What, this Taizu Trick was actually obtained by Yang Tinghe for your master?" He suddenly remembered that Lu Bing had vaguely mentioned this to him many years ago. I didn't take it to heart at the time, but I thought about it this way. It's all logical, even some unrelated things before. It's all starting to come back together.

Qu Caifeng said: "It's true, this is the top secret of our Wushan faction. At that time, the master failed to get into trouble with King Ning, and as the number one object wanted by the imperial court, he hid in Tibet, was chased and killed by Jinyi guards everywhere, and even Wushan did not dare to go back, but at this time, Yang Tinghe, who was the first assistant of the cabinet, connected with my master through the guards of his family, and asked my master to take advantage of Yang Tinghe's opportunity to meet with him secretly. ”

"At that time, Emperor Zhengde had just died, and Yang Tinghe, as the first assistant, and other cabinet ministers were divided to inspect the princes of various clans, and Yang Tinghe was responsible for the investigation, it was the current Emperor Jiajing, at that time he was just the cousin of Emperor Zhengde, and he was as qualified as the emperor, and there were more than a dozen people, if it were not for Yang Tinghe's strong support, Jiajing would not have been able to ascend the throne."

Li Cangxing nodded, calming down his excited mood: "I know this very well that he personally greeted Emperor Jiajing, who was in Anlu at the time and was the second son of King Xingxian, and the meeting with your master should also be on this road." ”

Qu Caifeng smiled slightly: "Yes, my master was chased and killed by Jinyiwei at that time, and he almost fell into their hands several times, so Yang Ting and Tuoren passed the word, which can completely solve my master's predicament at that time, my master thought that the left and right were dead, so it was better to gamble, so he went to see Yang Tinghe alone." ”

"That Yang Tinghe retreated left and right, and told my master that he admired my master's boldness, and knew that my master was a real righteous man in the green forest, and he was confused for a while when he followed King Ning, and was bewitched by King Ning, so he was willing to show my master a way to settle down."

"My master thought that he wanted to pardon his rebellion and in exchange, he needed to help him do something, but Yang Tinghe didn't mean that, he actually asked my master to steal the Taizu Secret Bag that was captured in the Ning King Rebellion."

Mu Lanxiang blinked his eyes wide, with a puzzled expression: "What does this Yang Tinghe mean, as the first assistant, he is a supreme minister, do you also want to rebel and become the emperor?" ”

Qu Caifeng shook his head: "I don't know the specific reason, my master was also surprised at the time, and later Yang Tinghe said that when King Ning didn't have an incident, he once gave him and other cabinet ministers a lot of gold and silver treasures as bribes, and only said that they wanted them to speak more in front of the emperor, with the status of King Baoning, at that time, Emperor Zhengde was young and vigorous, willful and reckless, not only built a leopard house, but also heard that he also intended to cut the domain, so many vassal kings from all walks of life bribed ministers in order to protect themselves. Yang Tinghe didn't take it seriously at first, took the money, and found an opportunity to help King Ning say some good things. He also reported to King Ning when Emperor Zhengde was interested in making trouble for the prince of the clan. ”

Li Cangxing said with a smile: "As a result, he didn't expect that King Ning would really rebel, so once his relationship with King Ning for so many years was made public." It's possible that he will lose his head like Xia Yan, so he has to leave a way back for himself, right? ”

Qu Caifeng smiled slightly: "Presumably this is the case, there is another point, Cangxing, it has something to do with you, Emperor Zhengde's love in this life, only your mother, the Mongolian princess, is alone." Yang Tinghe and other old ministers first did not let her enter the palace as a concubine, and later sent killers to raid the leopard room, although Emperor Zhengde was mediocre, I am afraid that he could faintly guess that Yang Tinghe and others did it. ”

Li Cangxing's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "It's a pity that this thief died early, otherwise I would have avenged my mother personally!" ”

Mu Lanxiang held Li Cangxing's arm with pity: "Senior brother, don't be like this. Li Cangxing's heart was hot, touched Mu Lanxiang's hand, and said softly: "It's okay." ”

Qu Caifeng coughed dryly, and the two quickly realized that it was always inappropriate to be too affectionate in front of Qu Caifeng, so they let go of their hands. I only heard Qu Caifeng continue: "So Yang Tinghe said to my master, the monarch's authority is unpredictable, and accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger. Although the absurd and nonsense Emperor Zhengde is dead, the new Jiajing Emperor looks extremely smart and has an extremely strong personality, and he is afraid that he will not listen to the persuasion of his subordinates in the future. buried the Ming Dynasty in vain. ”

Li Cangxing sneered: "These ministers are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality. In fact, it's all about my own little ninety-nine, I used to only say that the important ministers of the Qing school at least some people can serve the country and the people. Now that they can be regarded as seeing through, they are essentially no different from Yan Song, they are nothing more than the difference between Cheng Dù who is greedy for more and greedy. ”

Qu Caifeng said with a smile: "Cangxing, I told you before, there are no good people in the government, just some smiling tigers who eat people and don't spit out bones, you didn't believe it at the time, and I always said that I was a big reason, how about it, now you don't see it that way." ”

Li Cangxing sighed: "In fact, there are still many good people who have just entered the officialdom, with their own ideals and ambitions, just like me when I joined Jinyiwei, but after decades of officialdom, those who insist on their simple ideals no longer exist, either become slick and sophisticated old bureaucrats, or be excluded from the dark officialdom, and even pay the price of their lives, just like Shen Lian and Yang Jisheng." ”

Mu Lanxiang said faintly: "Since ancient times, it is like this, power can make people corrupt and degenerate, abandon the principle of one qiē, senior brother, fortunately you have not been staying in Jinyiwei, otherwise, otherwise I am really afraid that one day, you will become a person like Lu Bing." ”

Li Cangxing was angry, and his arrogance suddenly became angry: "My generation of sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes must have a warm blood, if there is a wise monarch who can get close to the virtuous ministers and treat the people well, I can naturally assist him for a lifetime, but if they are like the current emperor, appoint traitors, exploit the people, hum, even give me the head of the cabinet, I am not uncommon, now fighting the sword and the rivers and lakes, happy and hateful, is it far better than being in the court with traitors? ! ”

Qu Caifeng clapped his hands violently: "Cangxing, good man, I just like your refreshing energy." Okay, continue to talk about Yang Tinghe, my master believed his words, so he followed him in the team to meet Emperor Jiajing, returned to the Beijing Division, and took advantage of the opportunity to welcome the new emperor, the palace guards were a little empty, my master secretly entered the Ouchi, according to a confidential drawing given by Yang Tinghe, found the place where Taizu's bag was placed, stole it, and then escaped from the Ouchi and went to Yunnan to hide. ”

Mulan Xiangqi said: "Why do you want to go to Yunnan? ”

Qu Caifeng smiled slightly: "According to Master's earliest discussion with Yang Tinghe, Yunnan is the farthest away from Jingshi, it is easy to hide, and the Yi and Han are mixed, and it is difficult to search for the imperial court even if it sends Jinyi Guard." As long as I remain invisible for a few years, when the limelight passes, I can go out of the mountain to rebuild the Wushan faction, and Yang Tinghe will also give my master a large amount of financial assistance at that time to help my master succeed. ”

Mu Lanxiang's eyebrows frowned: "But, isn't your master a wanted criminal in the imperial court, even if he hides for a few years, can he come out and start a sect again?" ”

Li Cangxing said with a smile: "Senior sister doesn't know, as soon as the new emperor ascends the throne, he will often give amnesty to the world, and people like Lin seniors who cooperate in the incident will generally be innocent, and another one, Lin senior used to be called Lin Yunfeng, and later changed his name to Lin Fengxian, and it is not easy to investigate." ”

Qu Caifeng nodded: "That's right." It's just that after my master arrived in Yunnan, the road was uneven, and the character of drawing a sword to help each other did not change, seeing that the officials and soldiers besieged the cottages of those Miao people, she shot and killed hundreds of officers and soldiers, and even the hundreds of households that led the army died under her sword, and as a result, the people of Rolling Dragon Village and Buckle Tiger Pond were completely impressed by my master's character and martial arts, and worshiped them as gods. ”

"Later, the lord of Mu Wangfu heard that the front was defeated, and he was angry and raised a large army to attack, this time my master's martial arts are high, he can't beat thousands of troops, and he can't bear to leave those Miao people and flee alone, so he gritted his teeth and simply showed his Taizu tips, so as to force King Mu to retreat."

"As soon as King Mu saw the bag, he knew it very well, he was afraid that my master would destroy it in his hands, so he quickly retreated, and my master took the opportunity to force him to sign an agreement with Rolling Dragon Village and Kouhutang, and from then on, King Mu's Mansion was not allowed to send troops to these two places, and after the caravan of these two villages, he turned to pay tolls to these two villages, and the tax cards set by the imperial court should also be removed."

Li Cangxing suddenly realized: "So your master realized the power of this Taizu bag, and he showed this thing in various cottages, so that all villages were under the banner of the Wushan faction, right?" ”

Qu Caifeng shook his head: "You guessed wrong this time, although my master succeeded once, but he didn't dare to be too public, at that time, the new emperor had already ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world, she wanted to quietly go back to Wushan to secretly clean up the old department." Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned to Wushan, dozens of cottagers came to vote and recommended her to be the chief scoop of the green forest in the seven southern provinces. ”

"And Yang Tinghe also secretly sent someone to let my master accept it, it seems that my master has a bag of tricks, and he also sent people to spread it around the rivers and lakes, just to create this momentum and make the new emperor fearful. In this way, he can continue to hold power as a trusted minister, control the government, and let the emperor be his puppet, right? (To be continued)