Although they cleared the customs, it was getting late, and everyone was looking for a place to rest. There is an inn in Beisha City, after settling down, Shanzhi remembered that he had visited the Shuiyun Temple outside the city when he traveled north before, and he was quite entertained by the master of the temple at that time.

He was a monk, and the city of Beisha was wide and accessible, so he was not hindered. It took more than an hour to follow the path stepped out by the woodcutter in the mountains, and the sun had already set in the west, and it was only when I arrived at the Shuiyun Temple.

The location of the water cloud view is the place where the water view is heard in later generations, and now there is only one small hall and two Taoist houses. In the Taoist temple, one teacher, two apprentices and three Taoist priests listened to the movement and went out to see each other. Seeing that it was Shanzhi, the old Taoist priest was shocked: "Shanzhishi, how did you come?"

"Old Xuanwei, if you don't welcome it, monk, I will turn around and leave."

Shanzhi said with a smile, although he is a Shi family, but he has a good relationship with the Taoist, and when he was cultivating martial arts, he went to visit Luo Shouyi of the Medicine King Temple with Ye Chang, so he did not reject the Taoist.

"Monk Wu Namang, what nonsense" The old Taoist priest Chen Xuanwei grabbed him, pulled him straight into the door, and motioned to the disciples to close the door, and then complained: "You really don't know whether you live or die, at this time, you can come."

Although Shanzhi is reckless, he is not really stupid, and suddenly realizes that something is wrong: "What's wrong?" ”

"Big disaster, big disaster" Chen Xuanwei sighed: "Didn't you say last time that you came with that Ye Shou in the capital, something big happened here, and you are waiting to start a war with that Ye Shou in Lushun, you are here at this time, isn't it killing yourself?"

"What?" Shanzhi was shocked when he heard this: "Good and dignified, why do you want to go to war?" ”

"Who knows Lu Dao, poor Dao guesses, maybe it was your Ye Shou who recruited exile, annoyed the nobles here" Chen Xuan sighed slightly: "Beisha City is not as small as Duli Town, the population of all departments inside and outside the city is more than 20,000, and the surrounding areas are ordered, and the total governance is profitable, and the soldiers and horses are cost-effective, about 5,000. You're all in ...... Oh, now it's called Lushun, the mouth is only 8,000, and the soldiers are only 500, how can you fight it"

"Where are the 20,000 ...... in Beisha City?"

"There is no one in the city, but there are scattered departments and villages outside the city, and all of them add up to 20,000 to say that it is said to be a little small" Chen Xuanwei was a little angry, but this monk was entangled in some such things at this time.

"Yes, there is a land of Jili Prefecture, with a population of about 80,000, most of which is in the south." Shanzhi replied very sincerely.

If it is placed in the Central Plains, such a large place has only a population of 80,000, and it is really a sparsely populated Xiazhou. But in eastern Liaodong, a population of 80,000 is already good, and there are still a large number of hidden people scattered in the mountains and forests. All combined, there should be 100,000 people in Jili State.

Because of the internal relocation of Anton's capital protection, now the Tang Dynasty has no effective jurisdiction in Jili Prefecture, and Beisha City is the largest in the state, and its main Quangaihong even claims to be the assassin of Jili Prefecture - although the Tang Dynasty did not admit it, it did not deny it, so, in a sense, this Quangaihong is Ye Chang's top boss.

"The spring thorn is ready to send troops to attack Lushun, but now is not the time, he is gathering people, intending to do it again in November or December, good and straight, you come here at this time, it is the sheep into the tiger's mouth, if I am you, then hurry up"

"November...... December? Shanzhi Ha Langha laughed: "What does this mean, does this Goguryeo people have to turn over the imperial calendar to see the days when they fight?" Old Dao, you must not be frightened, if you really want to go to war, where will it drag on until that time, let alone hear the news for you as a Daoist"

"Alas, you monk...... How can the poor Dao lie to you, not many people know about this matter, I can know the Dao, but a man in the city will be the benefactor in my view, he told me"

"Really?" Seeing the anxious appearance of the old man, Shanzhi also restrained his smile.

"It couldn't be more true"

Chen Xuanwei's news is indeed true, and his news comes from Luo Jiuhe, a Han general in Beisha City. After listening to Chen Xuanwei's introduction to this Han general, Shanzhi was a little surprised: "Since he is a Han general, how can he gain the trust of the Goguryeo people and know about it?" ”

"This great-grandfather of General Luo Jiuhe is Luo Yi, Luo Yi conspired against him and killed him for the imperial court, and his descendants or his descendants were also connected or scattered in the four fields. The ancestor of Luo Jiuhe fled to Liaodong, and later Goguryeo destroyed the country, and the Luo family took the opportunity to build a village, which is quite powerful today, and is valued by the remnants of Goguryeo. ”

Shanzhi scratched his head, it seemed that there was really going to be a war.

He still has many doubts in his heart, and he can't solve them for a while, for example, when they came, the place was called Duli, but now it is called Lushun, and for example, Chen Xuanwei also said that Ye Chang has completely controlled the Duli place, and all the nearby villages have been pacified by him. These things were completely unexpected, he remembered that Ye Chang once said that it would take two to three years to gain a firm foothold, and then Xu Tu would do the rest, how could the situation become so fast?

"Then it's troublesome, our people have all entered Beisha City." Shanzhi was a little annoyed: "If you want to go back, what should you do?" ”

"It's impossible to go straight south to Lushun, if you know your relationship with that Ye Shou in Beisha City, you won't want to get out. As you can see, you will go out of the city early tomorrow morning, and go down the mountain from the eastern ridge to the southeast. Now Qingnipu still has contacts with Lushun, and when you get there, you can take a boat instead, bypass the blockade of this mountain and Beisha City, and take the sea route into Lushun. ”

Chen Xuanwei knew the situation in the neighborhood very well, and put forward his own suggestions, although Shanzhi was also forced by Ye Chang to read some military books and the like, but they all read it first and then forgot it, so he couldn't think of any strategy, so he could only nod.

"This matter should not be delayed, now that the sun is thin, it will be too late for you to return to the city. You will rest in my view for a while, go early tomorrow morning, and then do what you want......"

Chen Xuanwei said this, Shanzhi nodded again and again, and at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the door from outside the small courtyard of the Taoist temple: "Open the door and open the door, the sun has not set yet, why do you look at the door?"

Chen Xuanwei's face changed: "This voice ...... It's Luo Jiuhe."

"What?" Hearing this, Shanzhi immediately got up, and his hand was pressed on the ring knife at his waist.

This person is the general in Beisha City, and he is very important to Quan Gaihong, at this time, he appeared in the Taoist temple, what is the reason

"Don't be surprised, if it's to capture you, why do you need a general?" Chen Xuanwei pressed his straight hand and looked around, this courtyard is small, there is not even a place to hide, the knock on the door outside is urgent, he didn't have time to think about it, he said in a low voice: "Everything has me, you don't have to panic." ”

Shanzhi thought in his heart: "What is there to panic about, if the dog general comes to find trouble, kill him, at most he will flee with the Taoists in the Shuiyun Temple." ”

"It's coming, it's coming, the general is in a hurry." Chen Xuanwei let go of his hand at this time and walked quickly towards the courtyard gate, and his two little Taoist priests naturally stepped forward to serve and opened the door.

A man in his thirties appeared in front of the door with thick eyebrows furrowed.

After he came in, he saw a burly figure at a glance, and his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Good man...... Hey, it's a monk, you're a Xuanweizi, and you actually hide a monk in the Taoist temple."

Chen Xuanwei read Tianzun, and said with a wry smile: "Why did the general say this, this monk is not an ordinary person, but a monk who has attained the Tao of Shaolin Temple in Songshan, and wants to go to Bohai Country to preach the Dharma, passing through me, because I had a relationship with him when I traveled the world in the past, so I came here to see me." The three teachings of Taoism, Confucianism, white lotus, red lotus, and green lotus leaves, were originally a family, and the monks came to worship the Jade Emperor and Tianzun, and the Taoists went to worship the Buddha and Bodhisattva, which was not a strange thing......"

He explained in a rambling manner, introducing Luo Jiuhe into the courtyard. Luo Jiuhe listened to his nagging, smiled and waved his hand: "Hugh said these words, a certain is just curious, don't say that there is a monk hidden in the temple, that is, there is a nun hidden, with the friendship between a certain and the master, he will not delve into it, Ha Lu Ha ......"

"The general is really good at telling jokes." Chen Xuanwei laughed twice, he looked at Luo Jiuhe, although Luo Jiuhe laughed from time to time, but his brows were always locked, as if he had a deep worry.

Chen Xuan was secretly surprised, Luo Jiuhe's appearance was obviously difficult in his heart.

"The general came so late, I don't know what to order?" Because of the narrowness of the Taoist temple, the Jade Emperor Hall is both the main hall and the reception room, and after Luo Jiuhe finished offering incense, Chen Xuanwei asked him.

Is it just to get a pillar of incense so late?

Luo Jiuhe didn't answer, and looked at Shanzhi: "This master is a monk from Songshan Shaolin Temple?" ”

"Amitabha, the monk is exact."

"The name of Shaolin Temple, I have also heard of it...... Did the monk come here by sea? ”

"Yes, I'm here from Dengzhou."

"Dengzhou ......" Luo Jiuhe was leisurely fascinated: "Shaolin is in the Central Plains, Dengzhou is in Qilu...... A certain has listened to his father's teachings since he was a child, and these places are prosperous places in the heart of the Tang Dynasty, and he only hates his father and a certain person who have never seen each other. ”

"You can go across the sea, if the general has the heart, just go."

Luo Jiuhe shook his head, because his ancestors were rebellious, although by his generation, all grievances had been dissipated, but I don't know if it was because of his hometown timidity, or because he was too lazy to move, although he longed for the Central Plains, he never made up his mind to go.

"What do you call a monk?" Luo Jiuhe asked again.

"The poor monk is good and straight."

"Shanzhishi, you came from Dengzhou by sea, did you go ashore in Qingnipu or Duli?"

Shanzhi hesitated, and Chen Xuanwei tried his best to give him a look, but Shanzhi still responded: "The poor monk is from the capital." ”

Luo Jiuhe glanced at Chen Xuanwei, and Chen Xuanwei's face had returned to normal.

"Duli, do you know Ye Chang, who now occupies the capital?" Luo Jiuhe didn't see anything unusual, so he asked again.

"The poor monk recognizes." Shanzhi said without hesitation this time.

Luo Jiuhe's face changed slightly, and then looked at Chen Xuanwei, Chen Xuanwei smiled bitterly: "The monk is a straight person, but he has traveled in the Central Plains, and it is not surprising that he knows Ye Chang." ”

"Exactly, exactly." Luo Jiuhe's eyes narrowed slightly: "Good straight teacher, how is this Ye Changqi, you tell me in detail." ”

"Ye Chang is the eleventh of the line, so Chang'an and Luoyang are all called Ye Shiyi Lang......" said straightly.

"Wait, Ye Shiyilang... Could it be Ye Shiyilang who made a football scene? Luo Jiuhe suddenly sat up straight, and asked in surprise.

"Exactly, I didn't think the general had heard of this."

"Oh, it turned out to be him, this is a coincidence, how could he come...... The town of Duli? ”

The football scene was transmitted to Shuofang by Xiao Bolang, and then from Shuofang to Liaodong, and in just a few years, it almost spread all over the country. Naturally, in the process of transmission, there are also many changes, such as rules, which are very different from what Ye Chang originally created. But Ye Chang's name spread with it, but everyone only knew that Ye Shiyi Lang created a football game, but they didn't know that Ye Shiyi Lang was Ye Chang.

"What other deeds does this Ye Shiyi Lang have besides doing football plays?" Luo Jiuhe asked again.

Shanzhi slowly talked about Ye Chang Weituo's ignition, rainbow canal water diversion, cement dedication, and Luoyang disaster relief, and when he finished speaking, he lit candles. He is not good at words, so he can only tell the story directly, but it is exactly that, and it is very true.

"The good straight master is familiar with this person." Luo Jiuhe sighed a few words, and said with a smile.

"Don't hide it from the general, the little monk was in Xiuwu Shifang Temple at the beginning, so he knows a lot."

"I see, it seems that this Ye Shiyi Lang has some skills in governance, and he should not be underestimated." Luo Jiuhe hesitated a little, as if he wanted to say something, but finally didn't speak, but waved his hand: "Today's prosperity is over, Xuanwei Daoist, say goodbye." ”

He left after he finished speaking, and Xuan Weiliu didn't stay, so he watched him go out.

"This is strange, General Luo came to tell that he had something on his mind, he originally wanted to talk to me, but he refused to say it because you were here, and I don't know what he was thinking about...... Chen Xuanwei said.

Of course, Shanzhi couldn't think of it, so he stayed overnight in the Taoist temple, and the next day as soon as it was light, he rushed back to Beisha City. According to Chen Xuanwei, they did not climb the mountain from the south gate, but went out of the east gate to Qingnipu. I hired a boat in Qingnipu, only said that it was to go back to Datang, but in fact, I turned halfway to the capital, and it took four days before and after, and finally returned to Lushunkou.

Needless to say, Lushun is very different from when they left. The ship sailed straight to the newly built Port Arthur, and after landing here, I saw Ye An and others coming to greet them.

"I never thought you would come by boat again, Brother Ying, it's hard work."

Ye An said as his gaze swept over everyone, and when he noticed that there were a few people missing, his voice suddenly lowered. Ye Ying gestured, and someone brought the ashes of the five people who died on this trip: "Brought them all back...... One died of illness, three in battle, and one died of his wounds. ”

Tears suddenly welled up in Ye An's eyes, but he immediately wiped them away: "Brother Ying, you don't have to blame yourself, Shi Lang confessed when he left, you will rest well after you come back, and if there is any misfortune, you will be buried in the Martyrs' Hall." ”

"Martyr's Hall?"

"In the past six months, we have fought six times with the surrounding villages, and there have been some casualties, and the deceased have all entered the martyr's hall and enjoyed the sacrifice forever."

"Good...... Well, Eleven Lang isn't there? Ye Ying's face suddenly changed and asked.

They got the news in Beisha City, Beisha City gathered the rest of the forces in Jili Prefecture, and would attack them in November and December, and this matter must be reported to Ye Chang, but Ye Chang was not there

"Eleven Lang went back to Chang'an 20 days ago, and the imperial court summoned him back to Beijing for some reason, and he also had something to go back...... What's wrong, what's wrong? Ye Andao.

"Oops" Ye Ying paused.