On the Daizong Palace, the gray-haired Taoist heard Zeng Yu say that he was from Guixi, and couldn't help sighing: "The two Xiucai are obedient, why did they fall into the thieves' den in a hurry--but these thieves are very polite to the two, why is this?" The man looked wary.

Zeng Yu was about to answer, and Zheng Shi on the side was familiar with the Taoist for a long time, and then suddenly asked, "Can the mage know the Yuxuan Daoist?" ”

The gray-haired old man looked at Zheng Shi and said, "You are also from Guixi?" Yu Xuan is the nephew of the poor Dao, Yu Xuan's master was originally the abbot of this Taoist temple, five years ago after the crane ascended to the immortal, he came here from the poor Dao to take charge of the courtyard, it was originally in the Dashang Qing Palace to cultivate, and the poor Dao was the same as the dust. ”

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "The strange Dao thinks that the mage is familiar, it turns out that he is also a Taoist of Longhu Mountain, and he lives in Yingtanfang, this is my cousin, my cousin is a household name on the side of Longhu Mountain——"

Tongchen Daoren looked at Zeng Yu again, and said with an "oh" voice: "Why is he a household name?" ”

Zheng Shi said: "The immortal guest on the Qilin Palace, the prime minister of Longhu Mountain-"

Before Zheng Shi finished reading this couplet, Tongchen Daoist exclaimed: "Ah, he is Zeng Xiucai of the couplet." He stared at Zeng Yu with his eyes intended, greatly surprised.

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "Xiaosheng and Old Master Yuangang are still friends for the New Year." ”

Tongchen Dao said: "Master Yuan Gang is the uncle of the poor Dao—"

"Young Master—"

Laifu came in with his luggage, Peng Laoqiu tied the horse and donkey to the railing in front of the hall, and probed his brain by the gate and didn't dare to come in, for fear that Tongchen Lao Dao would beat him, so he heard Tongchen Lao Dao ask Zeng Xiucai: "Zeng Xiucai and that Wu Ping have an old age?" ”

Zeng Yu glanced at Peng Laoqiu by the door, Peng Laoqiu nodded, Tongchen Laodao saw it, and shouted: "The livestock still dare to come." The rattan cane was still in his hand, and he was about to go over to fight, so frightened that Peng Laoqiu turned around and fled.

There are no outsiders in the palace, Zeng Yu said that he and Zheng Shi encountered bandits, and had no choice but to use feng shui to temporarily protect themselves, and at night he also had to look at the stars and observe the sky to guide the Wu thief.

Tongchen Daoist was dumbfounded when he heard this, and praised: "Zeng Xianggong is wise, and Poor Dao didn't think of using Taoism to deal with these thieves. ”

Zeng Yu said in a low voice: "This is only a temporary life-saving, if there is no way to get out, once the officers and soldiers come to suppress it, I am afraid that we will die with this group of bandits." ”

When Zheng Shi heard Zeng Yu say this, he was also worried, thinking that the old mother, wife and daughter at home didn't know that he was in danger, and looked forward to his return from the exam

Zeng Yu said: "Eat some food first, otherwise you won't have the strength to run away if you have a chance - Master Tongchen, come and eat together." ”

Tongchen Dao said: "The poor road does not eat meat and wine, the two ministers are invited, just eat it in this palace, the emperor will not blame, alas, this world, evil is rampant."

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi knelt on the futon around the brazier to eat, and called Laifu to eat together, the weather was cold, and the wine was also drunk to keep out the cold-

Peng Laoqiu, who was outside the hall, smelled the aroma of wine and meat, stretched out his head and shrunk his neck by the door and swallowed saliva, and saw Tongchen Lao Dao standing on the side with a rattan cane, Peng Laoqiu didn't dare to come in, but just called to Zeng Yu: "Zeng Xianggong, Zeng Xianggong-"

Tongchen Lao Dao held a rattan cane and was about to go over to catch Peng Laoqiu, Zeng Yu stopped and said, "Mage, don't hit him first." He said to Peng Laoqiu: "Old Peng, first find some forage to feed my horses and donkeys, I can't finish the wine and meat here, I will leave some for you." ”

Peng Laoqiu agreed, hurriedly left, after a while with a bundle of straw, carrying a bag of barley, he is a local, familiar everywhere, and good at fox and tiger power, at the moment in front of the palace with barley to feed Mongolian horse black beans and Zheng Shi's donkey, while watching Zeng Yu three people eat and drink, the two Xiucai eat Sven, the servant eats meat in large chunks, puffing out his cheeks and chewing, seeing that several plates are almost empty, Peng Laoqiu was anxious, shouted: "Hey, hey, Laifu, leave some wine and meat for me, I'm hungry." ”

Zeng Yu and the three of them had almost eaten, there was still a lot of wine left, and there was not much meat and vegetables, so let Laifu take it outside the hall to Peng Laoqiu-

Wu Ping came over with a few bandits, and when he saw Tongchen Lao Dao standing aside, Wu Ping smiled and said, "The old mage was also lured out by the smell of wine and meat?" ”

Tongchen Lao Dao did not speak with a dark face, and retreated to the apse.

Wu Ping said to Zeng Yu: "My righteous army does not kill Taoist priests, because Zhang Longwang's father has been Taoist priests." ”

Zeng Yu nodded and said: "I see, very good, very good, all the heavenly officials and emperors will definitely protect King Zhang Long, King Wu will turn evil into good fortune, and Chengxiang in distress - I have already used wine and food in the Xia, so I will go up the mountain to watch the heavenly phenomena and argue with the sword and soldiers, and let Peng Laoqiu lead the way." ”

Wu Ping said: "I also went up to the top of the mountain with Zeng Xiucai to take a look." ”

Zeng Yu said quietly: "King Wu is willing to go together, that would be better." So that Zheng Shi and Laifu didn't have to go, he borrowed the rattan cane from the Tongchen Dao people, and climbed to the top of the mountain with Wu Ping and Peng Laoqiu.

At the beginning of the twelfth day of the lunar month, a round of the bright moon rose to the sky early, the cold moon reflected the snow, and the four miles were as bright as day, such a situation mountaineering was originally quite interesting, but at this time Zeng Yu did not have the idea of appreciating it, he was thinking about how to get out of it unharmed?

The mountain peak that the Seven Stars are leaning on is quite steep, the snow on the mountain is particularly deep, Peng Laoqiu took Zeng Yu and Wu Pingshen to climb up a section of the mountain road with one shallow foot, the boots and trouser legs were all wet, and he thought it was very bitter, so he said: "King Wu, Zeng Xianggong, this snow road can't go, this section of the mountain road is very dangerous, usually you have to pay attention to the mountain in the daytime, now it's night, the snow potholes and can't be distinguished, the slightest carelessness will slide down the mountain, that will definitely be lifeless." ”

Zeng Yu didn't want to take this risk, this mountain is steep, and it is indeed dangerous to go up the mountain on a snowy night, and said: "It's okay not to go to the top of the mountain, just find an open high ground where you can see the northeast and southeast." ”

Peng Lao said: "Then go to Chaoyanggang, there are three miles of road from here, and the road is not easy to walk." ”

Wu Ping shouted: "If you don't want to go, you have to go, be careful." ”

Peng Laoqiu led everyone cautiously to Chaoyang Gang, Zeng Yu stood on the snow-covered hill, the northeast to the southeast at a glance, the northeast is Shangrao, Yushan boundary, the southeast is the lead mountain across the river, and then it is Fujian.

Wu Ping stood on the side and watched Zeng Yu look up at the sky for a while, and look up for a while, the thumb of his right hand pinched the knuckles of his four fingers back and forth, extremely serious, Wu Ping saw Zeng Yu's solemn expression, he couldn't help but feel empty, and asked: "Zeng Xiucai, where should my righteous army go?" ”

Zeng Yu asked: "If you hadn't met you, where did King Wu originally plan to go?" ”

Wu Ping said: "There are two roads, one is to kill back to Ji'an by the original way, and then go to Youxi, Fujian to join forces with King Zhang Long; The other way is to take the road from Lead Mountain to the south, cross Wuyi Mountain, and kill back to Youxi. ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "This second way is good, if Wu Ping is allowed to lead the thieves into Wuyi Mountain, it will be very difficult to chase and suppress, and the three idiot brothers and I will be coerced by the thieves into Fujian, then it will be bad." Shen Shen was silent.

Sure enough, Wu Ping asked: "Does Zeng Xiucai think it's wrong?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "In the twenty-eight nights of the sky, in the twelve divisions of the earth, the two fierce stars of Lu Cun and Po Jun are the heads, if King Wu goes to the southwest and east, he will definitely be more auspicious." ”

Wu Ping didn't understand what the fierce star Jixing was, and said dumbfounded: "Don't go to the west, don't go to the south, where to go, to the north is Zhejiang, there are Hu Zongxian's generals, you must not go there, due west is Nanchang Mansion, there are heavy guards, you can't go, and Zeng Xiucai didn't say before, the righteous army can't be too far away from the water, so you can go to sea in a hurry." ”

Zeng Yu nodded and said: "King Wu has extraordinary knowledge, this north and west are indeed dead ends, you can't go, but you can't go to the south and east, not to mention the fierce star, just look at the clouds in these two directions, there is a sign of soldiers, obviously the officers and soldiers have assembled in these two directions, the west is about the Nancheng, Linchuan line, the south is Shaowu, Jianyang area, there should be no less than 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, if King Wu goes to these two sides, maybe take a dozen people to quietly pass through the encirclement, but it is impossible for the tens of thousands of righteous troops to escape silently. ”

Wu Ping frowned and said, "Could it be that I, Wu Ping, will die in this Hengfeng Lead Mountain?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Otherwise, only the astrology and cloud qi below, although there are soldiers in the north, but it is still far away, it is estimated that in Quzhou, Longyou and the officers and soldiers are assembled, and the east is Yu Ge is scarce, from the east Jianning Pucheng all the way into Fujian, the only way out for King Wu and the righteous army is to enter Yongfeng County in the north first, and then kill Pucheng in the south from Yongfeng County, so that Jiaolong enters the sea, everything is fine." ”

Zeng Yu learned from Chen Menglei of Anrenzhi County a few days ago that Qi Jiguang's 10,000 elite soldiers had arrived in Changshan County, Quzhou Prefecture, and now at least they had passed Yushan, Zeng Yu wanted to lure Wu Ping to Shangrao County and send him to Qi Jiguang's army to suppress him