There is a Wudang County fifty miles away from Bianjing City, and there is a Wudang Mountain in the county.

Wudang Mountain takes Tianzhu Peak as the center, the surrounding immortal hidden clouds are surrounded by seventy-two peaks, thirty-six rocks, twenty-four streams, eleven holes, ten pools, three pools, nine springs, etc., the Taihe Palace on the Tianzhu Peak lives in the middle, if Beichen dwells in its place, and the peaks and rocks and streams and caves arch together.

At the beginning, Zhang Sanfeng's patriarch cultivated here, for thousands of years, Wudang Mountain has been an excellent place for hermits in the world to retreat, and there are all kinds of scenery of grand views and exquisite and elegant scenery. It is enough to fulfill the hearts of those hermits who have no merit in the court.

More than 100 years ago, the twelve heavenly masters of Longhu Mountain came to Wudang Mountain together, defeated the masters of Taihe Gongqiongtai Guan, and left suddenly, the momentum of Wudang Mountain has been slumped since then, and it has been stabilized by Longhu Mountain. Now, a hundred years have passed, and Longhu Mountain has become an undoubted Taoist ancestral court in the eyes of the world. And Wudang seems to have less and less characters who can handle it.

However, Wudang is the profound Wudang after all, the kind Wudang, even those people in the towering Taihe Palace Qiongtai Temple, in the eyes of the ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty, are easier to get close to than the Dragon and Tiger Mountain in a foreign country.

Even Li Xuantong, the head of the 3,000 Wei army who fought alone twenty years ago, would unsign the pilgrims in front of the Qiongtai Temple every few days, laughing, and never shouting at the noisy and crowded pilgrims.

In the Great Song Dynasty, there has always been such a saying that I don't know whether it is true or false, to go to Longhu Mountain, it is to go up on your knees, and to go up to Wudang Mountain, you are to go up by standing.

Today is the heavy snow season, and the cold wind is biting. It may be because the winter sun is shining, so although it is cold, there are still many pilgrims going up the mountain.

There is a stone archway of four zhang high and four zhang wide in front of the gate under the mountain, the book 'Xuanyue of the world' four big characters, the whole stone workshop is carved and decorated with the patterns such as crane, Ruiyun, swimming dragon, Ruyi, eight immortals, etc., magnificent, particularly spectacular. Many tourists come here and stop in front of the gate at the foot of this mountain to watch and admire for a long time.

A group of men and horses slowly walked towards the stone workshop where the world ruled Xuanwu. The horses are all high-headed horses with strong side sai specialties, and the people on the horses are all wearing the armor of the Northern Army of the Great Song Dynasty, with cold faces, and can even be said to be cold, without the slightest emotion.

The sound of horses' hooves was like a gust of wind on the eve of a heavy rain.

The group dismounted and stopped in front of the stone workshop. The man with the head took off his shiny black helmet, revealing a weathered face that still couldn't hide his handsome face.

The two little Taoist boys guarding the mountain gate were called Qingfeng Mingyue, and when they saw the people and horses coming from a distance, they thought that they were coming to challenge again. However, when they saw the armor on the horse, Qingfeng and Mingyue put their minds at ease, the Great Song army would never have any radical behavior in Wudang Mountain, this was the custom.

After all, the 'Xuanyue of the Governing World' on the stone square was written by Emperor Wu Zhao Tong himself.

Emperor Wu's words were originally really unsightly, so Emperor Wu, who had to inscribe them in person despite the obstruction, concentrated on practicing the words for three months, and then wrote the four characters that were praised as the pen of God by the calligraphy world. Since then, Emperor Wu's calligraphy level has returned to the past, and it still makes the calligraphy masters shake their heads.

Emperor Wu attended the inauguration ceremony of the stone workshop, and at the ceremony, he said to the military officials and the prince beside him: "In the future, anyone who comes here will dismount and get off the sedan chair, and if anyone who does not obey, he will be not guilty." ”

This happened after the defeat of Wudang Mountain in Longhu Mountain, and the old master, who was seriously injured at that time, heard the emperor's words, burst into tears, and was about to get up and salute Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu held it down and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite, it is our people of the Great Song Dynasty who need Wudang, not Wudang who needs the Great Song Dynasty, I just did what I had to do." ”

Lao Zhangjiao's hands trembled, clenching Emperor Wu's hand, his lips squirmed, but he couldn't speak.

Maybe no one can understand the gratitude of the old master, when Wudang was at its most crumbling, Emperor Wu, who had stepped on the royal court all over the world, justified Wudang with the respect of the emperor, which made Wudang not continue to decline.

After Qingfeng Mingyue and the two Taoist boys saw the faces of the people who came, they saluted with great joy: "Hello general!"

General Li Rongsheng, the soul of the Northern Army who had just returned from Xiliang, returned a salute, and then touched the heads of the two Taoist boys and said with a smile: "Qingfeng Mingyue is getting more and more handsome, when will it be vulgar, General Ben will choose a great beauty for one of you." Whether it's our Great Song Dynasty, or Wei Liang's or Xiliang's, there's everything. ”

Mingyue lowered her head shyly, and Qingfeng ran towards the mountain.

Tianzhu Peak, Taihe Palace Qiongtai View.

The appearance of Qiongtai Temple does not match its name, and it does not match Qionglou Yuyu at all, just a small Taoist temple. There weren't more than a hundred people standing inside.

At this time, in the open space at the entrance of Qiongtai Temple, there was a young Taoist priest squatting, who was very seriously looking at the ants moving on the ground.

"Hurry up, Ah Huang will come in a while, and your life will be lost. Hey, Ah Huang, you..."The young Taoist priest was talking to himself, a big yellow dog with an excellent body and a very good coat came over with a wagging tail, first licked the young Taoist's hand, and then raised his claws and smashed down on the ants on the ground without hesitation. The ants, which were originally lined up in an orderly line, suddenly boiled and ran all over the ground. Ah Huang exhaled, happily stepped on the ground, the dust flew around, the young Taoist priest choked and coughed, and hurriedly stood up: "Ah Huang, you have no compassion, punish you for only eating one bone tonight." ”

"Uncle Shi, the general is here, you go down to greet him. Qingfeng ran to Qiongtaiguan in one breath, out of breath.

"Huh?" The young Taoist priest jumped up in shock, turned around and ran into the house, found the middle-aged Taoist priest who was tinkering in front of the Ding furnace and said, "Brother Zhang, the general is here, you go and greet him." ”

The middle-aged Taoist priest waved the dust and said, "Okay, let's go down the mountain quickly, don't be rude." ”

"I'm not going, I'm going and he's going to beat me again. The young Taoist priest shook his head like a rattle, and he was about to drill into his own house.

But he was grabbed by the middle-aged Taoist priest, frowned, and said, "Little junior brother, don't lose your manners, follow me down the mountain." ”

"Okay. The young Taoist priest wilted all of a sudden, and followed the middle-aged Taoist priest down the mountain with his head down.

The middle-aged Taoist priest pulled the young Taoist priest and rose up, ordinary people need at least an hour's footsteps, and the two Taoist priests arrived in front of the stone workshop at the foot of the mountain with a few ups and downs.

The middle-aged Taoist priest walked up to the general Li Rongsheng and saluted: "The general is here, and the trail is disrespectful, and it is rude." ”

The general bowed back and said, "Li Zhangjiao should not be polite, we are very thirsty, did you bring water?"

Qingfeng hurriedly handed over a large pot of Shangwen's tea, Li Rongsheng first gave more than a dozen subordinates to drink, and when it was finally his turn to have his own pot empty, he couldn't help but scold: "Damn, don't leave it for Lao Tzu at all?"

Although the subordinates were scolded, everyone was still expressionless, standing upright, looking like they were ready to attack at any time. The fierce momentum that spread all over the sky made Qingfeng Mingyue dare not look directly, only thinking in his heart, these soldiers are really like terrible statues in the cold ice pool.

"General, I've got an apple with me. Seeing that the time had come, the young Taoist priest leaned forward with a shy face.

The general Li Rongsheng glanced at the young Taoist priest, took the apple and nibbled on a few bites, and said, "Apples are sweeter than people." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. The young Taoist priest nodded like pounded garlic.

Li Rongsheng suddenly raised his hand and slapped it fiercely at the young Taoist priest's face, the young Taoist priest sighed softly in his heart, although he could easily avoid it, he still didn't move. Li Rongsheng's hand paused when he was about to slap the young Taoist priest's face, and slapped it on the young Taoist priest's shoulder instead. After a few shots, Li Rongsheng said: "It's not easy for you, forget about the past." ”

The young Taoist priest was stunned, looked up at Li Rongsheng, then twitched his nose a few times, turned around, and climbed the mountain.

"General, let's go up the mountain. When Li Zhangjiao saw this scene, the big stone that had been hanging in his heart was finally put down. This big stone has been pressed in the heart of the junior brother for three years, and now, with a word from the general, he has finally revealed the matter.

"Go up the mountain!" Li Rongsheng said after taking a few bites of the remaining apples and rubbing his face.

The group climbed the mountain, and the young Taoist priest was at the front, then Li Rongsheng and Wudang Li Zhangjiao in parallel, followed by more than a dozen soldiers of the Northern Army in bright black armor.

There were many people along the way, and when the people saw the armor on these people, they exclaimed and communicated to each other. Soon everyone knew that the soldiers of the Northern Army had come to Wudang Mountain. This is the second time that the Northern Army has come to Wudang after the Northern Army was ordered to escort 100,000 taels of gold into Wudang three years ago. General Li also came back then, and now this leader... Looking at that handsome face, he must still be a general.

"General, is that you?" asked the bold young man, plucking up his courage.

"It's me, Li Rongsheng. The general replied with a smile, and his feet did not stop.

The young man happily jumped up and shouted, "I have seen the great general..."As if he had seen the Emperor Zhenwu who had descended to earth, it was as if the Emperor Zhenwu had promised to impart supreme mana to him.

"General, have you come back from Xiliang?" asked the other teenager at this time.

"Yes, there is civil strife in Xiliang, and we will go to mediate by order. The general replied.

"Then did you kill the Xiliang barbarian?" The young man was happy in his heart, and his courage was a little bigger.

"On the way, I met some Xiliang barbarians who strayed into the border of my Great Song Dynasty, killed some and escaped some. The general replied.

"Wow, General, I want to join the army too. The boy's eyes were full of hope.

The general Li Rongsheng stopped, turned his head to look at the young man and said, "Yes, but you must read a good book first, at least you can write a few lines of poetry, so that Mr. will not say that you don't understand bullshit." "Let's go ahead and move on.

The young man suddenly died down and flattened his mouth, but soon regained his vigor and shouted at Li Rongsheng's back: "General, I will study hard, I must join the Northern Army." ”

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you in the Northern Army. The general waved his hand.