On September 10, the eighth year of Baoda (950 AD), when the crisp morning bell came, Lin Feng was getting rid of the limb entanglement of the two beauties, carefully covering them with thin quilts, tiptoeing to get dressed, and pushing the door out of the room.

Lin Feng's figure had just disappeared at the door of the room, Duan Feihong, who was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, looked at Xiao Fei'er, who was also the boss with his eyes open, and asked sadly: "Sister, Brother Lin suddenly appeared in our lives, will it suddenly disappear in our lives like this?" ”

Xiao Fei'er's eyes were already filled with tears, and she murmured: "No, it won't!" Brother Lin is a natural person, he will be fine! ”

"Brother Lin, you must take care of yourself, we are looking forward to your safe return at home!" Duan Feihong looked out of the window that was not yet clear, and muttered, Xin'er had already left with Lin Feng.

What they didn't know was that in the independent courtyard of Situ Zhouzong's mansion, Emperor Zhou E, who had not slept all night, was also looking out of the window on the bed, with his hands on his chest, and his mouth was gently blessed.

Lin Feng, who didn't know anything about this, took Zhang Bin and Feng Jingyun at the gate of the mansion, and went straight to the Qi Palace's mansion without looking back.

Today is the day of the westward journey to Chu!

In the study of the Qi Palace, Lin Feng saw Li Jingsui who was armed, and there was a chubby man in the study, but the military uniform was red. Needless to say, this is Ma Bin, the envoy of Ma Xixu, the envoy of Chu Guolangzhou.

As soon as he saw Lin Feng, King Qi laughed, came over to take Lin Feng's hand, and said loudly: "General Ma, this is General Xingyunlu and Doctor Lin Feng, who is the envoy of my Tang Dynasty!" ”

Although Ma Bin is fatter, his body is very flexible, he stepped over in two steps, held Lin Feng's hands tightly, and said enthusiastically: "Lord Lin's literary name and talent name are also thunderous in my Chu country, and I am fortunate to see it today, I really can't imagine that Lord Lin is so young, and he is worthy of being the leader of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Lin Feng said with a smile: "General Ma is falsely praised. The kid just conformed to the ambition of today's saint and King Qi to work hard, and inadvertently took advantage of the situation twice, so he was fortunate to get some thin names, and he asked General Ma for more guidance in the future! ”

The two held hands and chatted with each other for a long time. Lin Feng also deliberately befriended him, this Ma Bin was the first hurdle for him to break through the difficulty of Chu State!

King Qi Dalu smiled and said, "General Ma, Zhishan, don't be so polite!" Perfection, this is the edict of the Holy Lord to make you my envoy of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Lin Feng didn't dare to slack off, and knelt down to accept the edict according to the rules.

Seeing that this matter was over, Ma Bin immediately bowed deeply to Li Jingsui and said respectfully: "Marshal Li, you can be harassed in the Marshal's Mansion for a few days, and the villain is grateful!" On this trip to the Chu State, please rest assured that the security, expenses, and expenses of the Tang Army and Special Envoy Lin are all covered by our Chu State. The military situation is like fire, can we leave now? ”

Ma Bin has been going back and forth between Chu and Southern Tang for nearly two months, and Ma Xicao and Ma Xiguang in the rear of Zhilu Road have begun to receive fires on a small scale, so they are naturally anxious.

Li Jingsui didn't immediately agree and saw Lin Feng.

Lin Feng flicked the silver military uniform on his body and said loudly: "We are already ready, please give the order of King Qi!" ”

"Good, heroic and resolute! Perfection, take the knife! Li Jingsui slapped the table, picked up a treasure knife in his hand, and handed it to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took it inexplicably.

Li Jingsui stared at the treasure knife and said loudly: "Zhishan, this knife is the saber I used to oversee the army, and I am now giving it to you, I hope you can wield a sharp blade, cut the night, and return the Chu country to justice!" ”

Lin Feng understood, raised the horse with both hands over the top, and the person knelt down again to thank him!

Li Jingsui put his hands around Lin Feng and commanded in a low voice: "The westward journey is difficult, please be more careful!" ”

"Ming Xie Qi King, the last general remembers!" Lin Feng replied loudly, carefully hanging the saber foot on his waist.

"General Ma, please return to the envoy Ma, my Datang will be a staff to hold, a tree to rely on, and a reliable mountain!" Li Jing then faced Ma Bin and finally said what he wanted to hear the most.

"Marshal Xie!" Ma Bin, who was full of joy, knelt on the ground, knocked his head and got up to say goodbye.

King Qi sent the two to the gate of the mansion, and were persuaded back by Ma Bin and Lin Feng.

As soon as he turned around, Ma Bin saw that outside the door, in addition to the two carriages he brought, there were only two soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Southern Tang Forbidden Army, and immediately turned to Lin Feng and asked puzzledly: "Special Envoy Lin, dare to ask where your subordinates are?" ”

Lin Feng pointed at Zhang Bin and Feng Fengyun, and said with a smile: "These are two of them, and the rest of the soldiers will meet Lin in the middle." ”

Ma Bin suddenly realized, bowed down and asked Lin Feng to get in the car.

Lin Feng shook his head with a smile: "General Ma, you just get in the car and move forward, we will follow!" ”

After speaking, Lin Feng tied the military uniform on his body tightly, tied the waist knife given by King Qi, and jumped twice on the spot.

Ma Bin was startled and stunned, did he think my carriage was not luxurious enough?

Lin Feng said with a smile: "General Ma, don't get me wrong, I'm used to exercising on weekdays, and I'm uncomfortable if I don't exercise on this day." ”

Lin Feng whistled, took Zhang Bin and Feng Jingyun to take the lead and ran forward.

Ma Bin smiled wryly, shook his head, and ordered the coachman to beat the horse to follow.

The strange combination of three people and two cars, all the way out of Jinling City, turned north, and then went for a while, and a turn was the avenue along Jiangxi. Around the corner, Fang Tai and two people stood on the side of the road waiting.

Seeing Lin Feng, Fang Tai waved his hand, and the three of them rushed over in unison to salute.

Fang Tai pointed to the two young men behind him and introduced to Lin Feng: "Lord Lin, this is the two brothers Fang Hongtian and Fang Hongdi of my Fang family, who are responsible for the supply of food and water for your westward journey. ”

Two young men with the same black and red faces hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and one of the older men said loudly: "Lord Lin, Fang Hongtian and his foolish brother Fang Hongdi have seen Lord Lin, and there is a Kunpeng in the river that accompanies them all the way, obeying all the commands of Lord Lin. ”

Lin Feng laughed, stepped forward to pat the shoulders of the two, and replied loudly, "Kunpeng? It can't be a new name, right? ”

Fang Hongtian was stunned for a moment, and his voice was much lower: "Lord Lin is insightful, this is a clipper boat that our young owner ordered to be modified overnight, and this name is also to hope that Lord Lin will go all the way west like Kunpeng spreading his wings, and he will travel thousands of miles!" ”

Lin Feng turned around and patted Fang Tai, squeezed his eyes at him, then turned to Brother Fang Hongtian and said loudly, "Thank you for your kindness!" It's hard work all the way. I wonder how long it will take for your ship to reach Ezhou, Wuchang Prefecture? ”

Fang Hongtian hurriedly replied: "All the way west, against the water and wind, if you keep rushing day and night, it is expected to take about eight days." ”

"Okay, just trouble the two brothers to speed up and meet at the Wuchang City Wharf in eight days!" Lin Feng commanded.

"The villain obeys!" Fang Hongtian and Fang Hongdi clenched their fists, turned around and ran towards the river. Through the shadow of the trees, the mast of a ship can be faintly seen.

Lin Feng patted Fang Tai on the shoulder and whispered a few words in his ear, Fang Tai nodded, and walked quickly along the road towards the Academy of Sciences to the south.

Lin Feng waved at Ma Bin, who had already stopped and waited, and the group continued to move forward.

After walking another thirty miles, seeing that he was about to enter the mountains in front of him, Ma Bin couldn't hold it back, drove up, jumped out of the car and asked Lin Feng, who had already run out of sweat, to get into the car.

Lin Feng saw that not far ahead was the path that turned into the base in the valley, and then looked around at the surrounding environment, and immediately smiled: "General Ma, wait a minute, my brother has arrived!" ”

Ma Bin looked around in wonder, except for a few passers-by scattered on the road, there was no one?

"My brother is here!" Lin Feng said with a smile, waving his hand at Feng Jingyun, Feng Jingyun pouted, put two fingers into his mouth, and whistled for a long time.

The whistle came along the cool autumn breeze and went far away. Before the whistle fell, many places nearby suddenly moved, from the treetops, from behind the rocks, from under the straw pile, one figure after another jumped out, and quickly stood in front of Lin Feng in four columns of seven people.

Lin Feng turned to look at the stunned Ma Bin, pointed to the soldiers in camouflage costumes one by one and said, "General Ma, these are all the brothers who accompanied me on my westward journey!" ”