The thirtieth section went ashore and officially entered the boundary of Qingyang in Jiangbei. Although Qingyang Province is nominally one of the four northern provinces, most of the province has similar customs and habits to Nanning. Only a few small towns in the north near Longwang Province are separated by a mountain range. Most of the cold currents in the north are blocked by this mountain, which is vaguely like a northern city.

Hanshui is not far from the north bank of the river, and it can even be said that it is only separated from Nanning by a river. It is said that during the Great Jin Dynasty of the previous dynasty, the whole Hanshui and Nanning were one city, collectively known as Hanning, with a population of more than 2 million, and lived in the north and south of the river, which was a Xiongcheng for a while. Later, due to the war, the entire city was killed one after another, and the water transportation of Hanning City was almost paralyzed, and the north-south transportation was cut off. Jiangnan and Jiangbei gradually became two unrelated entities.

After Gaozu established the country, he intended to restore the majesty of Hanning, and even set the capital here. Later, however, the remnants of the previous dynasty used this place as a base to carry out restoration activities. Gaozu was furious and ordered Prime Minister Ouyang Fang to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to the south to quell the chaos. For a time, the entire Qingyang "lay in wait for hundreds of miles, and the blood flowed like a river." After this battle, the Han River in Jiangbei became more and more depressed and dilapidated. In order to prevent the recurrence of the old things, Gaozu divided Hanning into two cities, and as for the establishment of the capital Hanning, it also disappeared. Later, Empress Zheng believed in Buddhism and built a dilapidated temple in Nanning, which may have something to do with this matter.

Entering Hanshui City, it is customary to visit Sun Yunlong, the governor of Qingyang. When Sun Yunlong met with everyone, he did a lot of etiquette, but he kept a faint distance from Wu Ming. didn't say much to Wu Ming in public. However, Wu Ming also knew that the last time he went to Nanning, he only made a secret visit in private, and he couldn't make it public, so he didn't think it was strange.

After a busy day, it was almost evening, and the team rested in Hanshui that night, preparing to continue the journey early tomorrow morning. Sun Yunlong was very cautious, and only met Wu Ming once when he entered the city, and then disappeared without a trace. But his face was very good, and Wu Ming and Lin Yinghuan both got a rich Cheng Yi. The two of them are the envoys of the north and the south, and this gift package is naturally the largest. The rest, naturally, are Lin Wu of the Guards Battalion and Xiao Fei of the Forward Battalion.

Lin Wu is alone, "one person is full, and the whole family is not hungry." After getting the gift, he just glanced at it dispensably, and then took it in his arms. To Wu Ming's surprise, Xiao Fei actually resigned. But the other forward battalion warriors did not have such a good cultivation as him, and they accepted the gifts one by one, all of them smiling. Wu Ming looked at it and couldn't help but think about it, Sun Yunlong can be in the gap between the two major power groups, and he has his own reasons, and probably only a person like him can do it.

At night, Wu Mingpan sat on the bed, holding Tai Chi in his hands, silently lucky. But he was restless, his mind was full of some messy things, and he couldn't settle down. He let out a long sigh, rolled over from the bed, pushed open the window, and looked at the moon in the sky.

Wu Ming's residence was very tidy, and was arranged by Sun Yunlong on the top floor of the post house. The entire Hanshui City was now in full view, leaving only a Halloween Pagoda like a swarthy dagger, piercing straight into the inky blue night sky. Wu Ming has also heard of this Ten Thousand Saints Tower, which is as famous as the Hundred Crane Tower in Nanning, and is the landmark building of Hanshui, but he does not know the reason.

The moon is full again, the new year and the new moon, but the new moon is full again, and it is already a thing or a person.

Just thinking about it, someone downstairs said: "My adults went to bed early, and they are working hard, I'm afraid it's a little inconvenient." It was Lin Wu who spoke, and Wu Ming's heart moved. Could it be that Sun Yunlong came to find him, and immediately laughed dumbly, Sun Yunlong was so careful in doing things, how could he come to see him at this time and leave a handle? Who, exactly, is that? In the past few years, I have spent almost all of my time in Kyoto, and I can't have any friends in Hanshui.

He walked to the top of the stairs and said loudly, "Brother Lin, who is coming to me?" ”

As he spoke, he straightened his clothes and walked down the stairs, and when he reached the bottom, he couldn't help but be stunned. This person has a beautiful and childish face, and it is actually Lin Yinghuan. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking about it himself, and forgetting about the person who was most likely to come to him. It's just that behind him, there are still four martial artists such as Xiao Fei hanging like a fart. But now that everyone is used to it, it's no wonder.

Seeing that Wu Ming had come down, Lin Yinghuan smiled slightly, "Lord Wu, all the way to the north, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a long talk in the future." Today, the moon is elegant and the wind is clear, why don't you invite me to have a few drinks? ”

Wu Ming said: "Lord Lin has this Yaxing, and the kid should accompany him, but I'm afraid that Brother Xiao will be tired from the journey, and it will inevitably be complaining." ”

Lin Yinghuan glanced at Xiao Fei and the others behind him, and said with a smile: "Lord Wu, don't worry, let's only talk about Fengyue today, regardless of anything else, I told General Xiao about this." ”

Wu Ming couldn't help but glance at Xiao Fei a few more times, even if Lin Yinghuan was looking for himself and didn't talk about state affairs, but if he let Lin Yinghuan come to him, once Li Tie knew about it, it would be a trouble. It's just that the other party is standing behind Lin Yinghuan like a stake, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

In order to avoid suspicion, although Sun Yunlong did not come, he prepared a lot of wine, and the servants and servants were all available. Wu Ming greeted him, and after a while, a table full of wine was set up, the wine was over three rounds, and the dishes were five flavors, Lin Yinghuan's face was flushed, and he gradually lost a little scruples when he spoke. He suddenly pointed to the towering Ten Thousand Saints Pagoda and said, "Lord Wu, do you know what it is?" ”

Wu Ming smiled secretly in his heart, it seemed that Lin Yinghuan had really drunk too much, and he had even forgotten about the Ten Thousand Saints Pagoda, but looking at his down-and-down appearance, he was a little unbearable, so he had to follow his words and say: "Lord Lin, that's the Ten Thousand Saints Pagoda." Although the kid is dull, he naturally knows such a famous place. ”

Knowing that, Lin Yinghuan suddenly waved his hand and said: "Lord Wu's words are different, it is not the Ten Thousand Saints Tower, but the Evil Suppression Tower, and it is also Lu Gongzi's work of collecting the mountain." ”

He has drunk a lot now, Wu Ming raised his head, looked through the moonlight, but saw that his eyes were still clear, it didn't seem to be a drunken thing, his curiosity was suddenly hooked, and said: "Oh, there are such allusions here, the kid really doesn't know, can Lord Lin teach me?" ”

It turned out that after the massacre of Hanning, it is said that every night, it is always gloomy, and the people of the city have taken refuge. Seeing that the entire northern city of Hanning will become an empty city, Lu Gongzi really can't bear to let a generation of famous cities be destroyed in one fell swoop, for the first time in his life, and for the last time, without the permission of Gaozu to start construction. Although the government did not do its part, the construction of this tower has received a positive response from the general public. Everyone spontaneously organized themselves to carry the tower shoulder to shoulder. When it was completed, the purlins in many of the city's homes were destroyed. All became part of the tower.

It is also strange to say that since the completion of this tower, the Hanshui area has a bumper harvest every year, and people have gradually come out of the shadow of the war, and the Hanshui City has slowly recovered its vitality, although it is not as luxurious as Nanning, but as a provincial capital, it is not small. It's just that after Lu Gongzi went through this incident, he was imprisoned by Gaozu for more than half a year on the charge of "private construction". Later, although Lu Gongzi was finally released after intercession by a group of civil and military officials, he was already disheartened and lost interest in everything, so he personally asked Gaozu to resign and hung up his crown.

Later, the people of Hanshui City always felt that the evil tower was indecent, and in order to commemorate the broad mind of the Buddha of the Wan family of Lu Gongzi, it was renamed the Wansheng Pagoda and became a landmark building of Hanshui. It is as famous as the Hundred Crane Tower in Nanning, and is known as the "South Building and North Tower".

After Lin Yinghuan finished telling the allusion, his face was indeed more and more ruddy, and his face was bright. Probably in his eyes, he will also be the Lu Gong who lives in seclusion with a crown, and he yearns for it.

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Lin Yinghuan was completely drunk, lying on the table and muttering, I didn't know what nonsense he was talking about, Wu Ming smiled bitterly, and said to Xiao Fei and the others who were standing behind: "Lord Lin is already drunk, please make it convenient for Brother Xiao and the brothers, help him go to rest." ”

Xiao Fei responded coldly, and then with a few martial artists, he helped Lin Yinghuan to retreat. Sending away the drunk Lin Yinghuan, Wu Ming climbed up the building of the post house again, at this time it was late at night, and the Ten Thousand Saints Pagoda was still standing upright like a sword. In the bright moonlight, it looks particularly eye-catching.

The treacherous clouds in the court are a strong stroke in any history book, and how many people who really have the world in mind have had a good end? Lin Yinghuan compares himself to a Lu worker, but compared with it, the two are very far apart. Perhaps, only in the Korean struggle, the real loser, will rise up the idea of seclusion, right?

Since the crossing, I have been walking on thin ice, careful step by step, but I didn't expect that I finally entered the center of this vortex. He stared blankly at the Tower of All Saints, but his heart was even more confused.

People's hearts are not ancient, and under the power of the sky as black as ink, how many people can stand upright like a sword like the Tower of All Saints?

The next day, after bidding farewell to Sun Yunlong, the whole team slowly traveled north, from Hanshui to Kyoto, according to the speed of this team, it would take more than ten days. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty was defeated in the Southern Expedition, the Southern Expeditionary Army was almost completely lost. But 200,000 people is almost a drop in the bucket for a huge population base. The farther north you go, the rice paddies begin to dwindle, and many crops such as wheat and corn begin to appear in the mountains.

After so many years of cultivation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, although the rule of officials was not as good as a year, there was no major war. The whole people are still a peaceful scene. As the procession drove along the post road, from time to time many villagers could be seen running to the side of the road to point or shout. Perhaps in their eyes, this negotiation team of nearly 1,000 people is a beautiful scenery in peacetime.

It's just that they don't know that once the mission of this team is over, what awaits them will be a nightmare of war. They will never have the opportunity to stand on the side of the road so leisurely and judge other people's personalities.