Wei Wei let out an "oh", and had to say, "Then it will be more troublesome for Xiao Qibo." Everyone recounted, because they were afraid that the Song army would gather people and horses to attack and kill again, so they made up a stretcher to carry Wei Wei, led by Wang An's villagers, and took the mountain path to a hidden cottage to hide.

As soon as he settled down, Wei Wei summoned Wang Gui and Wu Yingying to him, and after retreating from everyone, Wei Wei sighed to the two: "I was ordered by the king to send an envoy, but I was helplessly killed by a traitor, and I was seriously injured before the mission was completed, I think that among the people who came together, only the two of you are wise and brave, so I want to send one person to complete the rest of the envoy, who wants to go?"

Wu Yingying and Wang Gui looked at each other, and for a long time, Wang Guifang arched his hand and said: "General Wei, the last general is ordered by Lord Yang to protect the general, although the envoy is a major matter, but the safety of the general is more important, I implore the general to stay by your side."

Wei Wei glanced at Wang Gui deeply, and said: "You are originally a person under General Yang, and it is rare to be able to fulfill your duties. Wang Gui hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The last general will not dare." ”

Wei Wei turned his head to Wu Yingying and said: "Wu Yingying, it turns out that you are not a member of the Tuhun Army, and I don't want you to take risks, but it's a pity that Wende turned his back on the Song Dynasty, although there are many good fighters under me, but there are no more resourceful people, so I have to bother you to run this trip on behalf of the old man, are you willing?"

Wu Yingying couldn't refuse, so he had to bow down and say: "Thank you General Wei for your trust, and I will not give up." But he raised his head again and said suspiciously: "General Wei, our Tibetan work in Shu has been exposed, and now the Song army outside has laid a net to wait for us to come out, and rashly go out to contact the righteous people, just afraid that I will fall into the trap of the Song army." ”

Seeing that he agreed, Wei Wei frowned, and said with a smile: "You are the enemy of ten thousand people, if you complete the mission this time, the old soldier will still protect you, how can you be sent to death." He lowered his voice and said: "This time, we are waiting for the envoy, not only to contact the immigrants of Shu, but also to contact the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty to attack the Song State." ”

"Huh?" Wu Yingying couldn't help but be surprised, as far as he knew, although the Northern Han and Southern Tang were both mortal enemies of the Great Song Dynasty in history, the two sides rarely had contact, but think about it, if the two princes of the divided places could echo each other, it would bring great trouble to the Song State.

Seeing that Wang Gui and Wu Yingying both showed surprised expressions, Wei Wei couldn't help but smile proudly: "You two don't need to be surprised, this is a joint strategy planned by me and General Yang. He beat his spirit, took out a wax pill from his bun, solemnly handed it to Wu Yingying, and said: "This is the national letter that proves the identity of the envoy, you have to be careful to put it away, and after arriving in the Southern Tang Dynasty, you can visit Xu Xian and Xu Xiang's mansion, and after showing the national letter, you can ask Xu Xiang to introduce you to the lord of Jiangnan." Wu Yingying still had short hair and no bun, so he had to temporarily put the wax pill into his arms, and Wei Wei frowned slightly, but Wang Gui refused to give him up to send an envoy, and there was no one available at the moment, so he had to patiently explain to Wu Yingying one by one the matters to be paid attention to. Although diplomacy at this time was not as cumbersome as it is in modern times, the left and right were only sincerity and conditions that did not dishonor the national system and alliance, and the explanation was not completed until late at night.

On the second day, Wu Yingying took Xin Gu, bid farewell to Wei Wei, and a guide named Xiao Jiu sent by Wang An, and the three of them set off for the Southern Tang Dynasty together.

After walking in the mountains for three days, Xin Gu suddenly asked Wu Yingying and Xiao Jiu to hide, although Wu Yingying was puzzled, he believed in Xin Gu's intuition like a beast, so he motioned Xiao Jiu to hide on the side of the road with Xin Gu. After a short time, the young man named Cai Shun appeared on the road panting, and seeing that there was no one behind him, Xin Gu immediately jumped out of the grass, and the bright steel knife was on the young man's thin shoulder, and a bloody mark had been cut along the blade. At this moment, the guide named Xiao Jiu saw that it was Cai Shun, and shouted: "The two generals are merciful!" was in a hurry to protect the young man, but was forced by Xin Gu's wolf-like eyes, so he could only stand aside timidly, only staring at the blade that Xin Gu had on Cai Shun's neck, and his eyes seemed to tear Xin Gu to pieces.

Wu Yingying hurriedly said to Xin Gu: "Slow down." Asked Cai Shun: "Who ordered you to follow me, if you tell the truth, I will spare your life." ”

The young man was suddenly attacked, his face was pale with fright, but he stood stubbornly, looked at Wu Yingying for a moment, and said, "I want to go to Nantang with you." ”

It turns out that this Cai Shun is a closed disciple who was raised by his master Zhang Alang since he was a child, and now that the master is dead, although many believers from Wang An and Zhang Alang have treated him well, no one has restrained him anymore. He always felt empty in his heart, a young man's heart, and always wanted to see the world beyond the green mountains of Shudi, so he wanted to go to Nantang with Wu Yingying and the three of them, as long as he walked with Wu Yingying for a few more days to reappear, the three of them could no longer drive him back.

Wu Yingying looked at him, remembered that he had joined the army without telling his parents, looked at Xin Gu, and then at Xiao Jiu, sighed and said, "This little ghost has been following us for more than two days, what do you think should be the case?"

Xiao Jiuchang knelt on the ground: "Ask General Wu to let the villain send Xiao Qibo back to the cottage, and then come to guide the general, and the villain will repay the great virtue in the next life." Xin Gu had just put down the steel knife, and when he heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "We are unfamiliar in this place, how can I let you leave." As he spoke, he shook the steel knife so loudly that Xiao Jiu was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more.

Wu Yingying had already made up his mind in his heart, and said with a smile: "We are all men in the prime of life, bring this half-grown boy to pretend to be a small servant, if we encounter the Song army's investigation, it will look like a businessman who is on our feet." As soon as the words fell, Cai Shun screamed with joy, so frightened that Xiao Jiu hurriedly stepped forward, carefully wiped the blood marks on his neck that had just been cut by Xin Gu, and put a lot of medicinal powder on it, while chirping and muttering: "If this knife cuts deeper, it will leave a scar." Seeing that he was so careful, Xin Gu shouted: "A man was born in a troubled world, and he has a few scars, and he has a relationship with birds. Xiao Jiu saw that he was arrogant, and he didn't dare to refute it directly, so he had to whisper: "Xiao Qibo's status is noble, how can he be compared to us." Xin Gu was angry when he heard this, and said in a muffled voice: "It's the emperor, Lao Tzu also cut off his head, how noble is this kid." He said it very loudly. Although it was in troubled times, the reverence of ordinary people for the emperor for a long time was deeply rooted, Xiao Jiu saw that he was so angry that even the emperor dared to blaspheme, so he simply stopped talking, and packed up Cai Shun's clothes for Cai Shun with his own heart, and stuffed a lot of fine dry food with him with him. Seeing that Xiao Jiu was closer to Cai Shun than his own son, even Wu Yingying had a cold war, and couldn't help but think of some middle-aged uncles who were good boys in his previous life.

After walking for a long time, the four of them came to a tidal flat of the Sichuan River, and then took a small boat that had been prepared and went down the river.

In ancient times, Shu had inconvenient transportation, and the heaviest water transportation with the outside world. Cai Bai Shiyun: "Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day." The apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying, and the light boat had already crossed the ten thousand mountains. "That's how fast the boat goes. But it is precisely because of this that the lords of Shu in the past dynasties have closely monitored the shipping on the water. Since the preparations for the conquest of the Southern Tang Dynasty had reached the final stage, the Song army's blockade of the Yangtze River was very tight, and only between the two sections of the river where the Song army's warships patrolled the outposts, the four of them could take a small boat to drift down the river. In addition to being too respectful to Cai Shun, this Xiao Jiu is a first-class master of water-based boating, and what is even more unexpected is that every time before the Song army's warship appears in front, Xiao Jiu can always hide the boat on the shore in advance, and wait until the Song army's warship has passed before going on the road. This trick made Wu Yingying and Xin Gu admire, and Xin Gu scolded like a Xuechuan person, this turtle son has the ability to be a ghost, but he was born with a cheap appearance. Xiao Jiu listened, but he only smiled slightly, just treating the two of them politely as before, and taking care of Cai Shun as respectfully.

With the ability of an unpredictable prophet like Xiao Jiu, although they encountered a lot of patrol warships of the Song army along the way, the four of them still sailed into the water of Nanping in only four days, and the Yangtze River rushed through the twists and turns in the mountains, and finally plunged for thousands of miles. Jiangling is the location of the Song Army's naval division, and there are many patrol ships. Seeing that the mountains on both sides of the river were gradually flattening, the river was gradually widening, and it was no longer possible for a flat boat to hide its traces, the four of them landed on a rocky beach close to Gangneung Mansion. Originally, Xiao Jiu only needed to send Wu Yingying and Xin Gu here to turn back, but now there are more Cai Shun, so Xiao Jiu had to ask the hidden sect members in Jiangling to send back the news to Shuzhong, but he still went to the Southern Tang Dynasty with Wu Yingxinghe. The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is vertical and horizontal, and in view of Xiao Jiu's previous water skills, Wu Yingying and Xin Gule have to walk with him.

After going ashore along the river for less than a day, they came to the edge of Jiangling City, and saw the Song Army's brigade warships moored on the water surface from a distance, the dense mast was like a forest, the porters of the brigade ran on the wharf to load and unload the goods, a little farther away from the wharf, before entering the city, it was built along the river by the rows of inns and restaurants, and the small people in the market also carried the burden to sell between the inns and restaurants, and there were many traders like the modern Venetians, selling all kinds of aquatic products and local goods on the small boats by the river. Walking on the riverbank filled with the smell of fish, Wu Yingying seemed to have returned to the crowded market in his previous life, but the bustling crowd in front of him was all changed into ancient costumes.

It was very easy for the Song army to conquer Nanping, so in addition to the strict inspection of the water surface, the local people were not very harsh, and the four of them did not make much effort to buy all kinds of items on the bank of the river.