A huge convoy entered Youzhou in Beiliang Road from Hezhou, Huainan Province, and went straight to Wudang Mountain.

The convoy was personally escorted by the Beijing Forbidden Army, whose scabbards were wrapped with piercing golden silk threads, and there were nearly 20 Ouchi masters with copper and yellow embroidered fish bags hanging from their waists.

And after this team, there was another team of extravagant cars on the post road, and the horsemen driving were all top martial artists with long qi without exception.

At the time of the extermination of the Buddha from the sun, the north and south of the river, but where the geographical pivot and the Lingshan and the great river, there are new Taoist temples breaking the ground, and the sound of fairy music resounded throughout the Central Plains. Among them, Tai'an City Xingyang Temple, if the palace is forbidden, set up the statue of the five emperors including the Emperor Taizong of Liyang, according to the ancient rite Zhao, Mu order respectively serve the Taoist saint statue on both sides, take the palace Caiyun Pavilion material to build the Xingyang view gatehouse, break the material of the Ganquan Hall in the big inner hall for the old monarch hall, the view of the inner shadow wall is painted with the Taoist 36 holes, 72 blessed land of the grand masterpiece, the viewer is amazed. This Xingyang view for a time seems to be the head of the world's Taoist temple, the master Wu Lingsu is the Taoist priest who closed the mountain gate of the two Zen temples with his own hands, and now he is a well-deserved head of the northern Taoist, so today there is a "Beijing Xingyang view, the north and south two ancestral courts" said. Just when everyone knew that the white-clothed monks of the two Zen temples were going to debate with the Wudang Taoist priest at Lotus Peak, there was news that the Yuyi Qing Minister who was in Tai'an City was in the middle of the day, and would rush to Wudang Mountain in Beiliang as the chief official of the Chongxuan Administration, holding a holy decree in his hand, and the edict was to posthumously honor the old master of Wudang and teach Huang Manshan to be a real person.

A dusty middle-aged Taoist sat in the carriage, wearing a purple gold robe, with a purple silk whisk with three gold rings hanging on his arm, and a faint smile. There is also a young man with a similar appearance sitting next to the noble Taoist, although he is also wearing a Taoist robe, but compared to the immortal wind Dao bone of the middle-aged Taoist, he is closer to the world. The young man opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Dad, I thought that after crossing the Hezhou boundary monument, the Youzhou military would finally make hundreds of horses to dismount for us, it seems that the surname Xu is not really lawless, and he is still very jealous of Dad." ”

The middle-aged Taoist is Wu Lingsu, who is in the capital, the dead and the living, I still remember when I first arrived in Tai'an City, the magnates in the city who were above the top liked to make fun of his title of the unworthy King of Qingcheng, and occasionally feasted and met, who didn't call him the prince on his lips, but he didn't bother to hide the heavy ridicule in his eyes? Fortunately, the hard days were quickly overwhelmed, and the Longhu Mountain side was not angry, and the young man surnamed Xu was tossed three times and twice, and a mysterious Taoist who lived in seclusion in Longhu Mountain died and died, and it provoked the anger of the first emperor and the new monarch successively, and the destruction of the Buddha by Liyang was the general trend, and finally let Wu Lingsu turn into a dragon when he encountered the storm, and stepped on the two mountains of Longhu Mountain and Liangchan Temple to the peak of power. Among them, the secret guidance of his nominal wife is indispensable, although the two are not husband and wife, but even if Wu Lingsu is now the head of Taoism in the north, he is still in awe of her.

Wu Lingsu glanced at his only son Wu Shizhen, a little dissatisfied, his own imperial court is the Chongxuan Order of the Eight Classics is to go to Wudang Mountain to promulgate the holy decree, your kid has attracted a group of Tai'an City gentlemen to follow behind What is the head, what is the first prince of the capital Wang Yuanran, his son Wang Xionggui has already been brought from the position of the household Shangshu to Guangling Road as a strategic envoy, and the first fart, if it weren't for the fact that Tan Tanong was still reciting the incense of the spring of Yonghui, Wang Yuanran would have eaten people with no bones left. There are also the other three sons of the capital, which one is really weighty? The color embryo surnamed Yan is good and there is a famous general grandfather Yan Zhenchun who has been awarded the title of beauty, Tai'an City does not look at the face of the monk and looks at the face of the Buddha, and more or less will not care about this kid. But that little fat man named Song Tianbao, none of his ancestors had ever been an official and had ever studied, and he just relied on his father's rich name to spend a lot of money in the capital, and he was just a little fool who was wronged every day.

Wu Lingsu said earnestly: "Shizhen, in the eyes of my father, the children of the Beijing clan are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, such as Wang Yuanran, although his father Wang Xionggui was degraded and fell from a first-class Beijing official to the most dangerous envoy, but in the future, the six Beijing officials will return to Beijing for a few years, which will become a common practice in the imperial court." As the only remaining pillar of Zhang Lu, it is a good thing that it is difficult to support alone, Wang Xionggui may not have the opportunity to make a comeback, and Wang Yuanran has Tan Tan Weng to take care of him, you get acquainted with him, and his father never objected. But Wang Yuanran is much worse than Yin Maochun's eldest son Yin Changgeng and Han Xingyan, the only son of Han Lin, the servant of the Criminal Department, and even Fan Changhou, Li Jifu and Gao Tingshu, a group of young people from other towns. As for the Yan family's child who is not in the climate, the family is just like a half-dead person hanging on his breath, so you ......"

Wu Shizhen, a noble son who is in the circle of powerful people in the capital, said with a smile: "Dad, I actually understand what you said, but there are some things that are not in a hurry, so I will say Zhao Wenwei, Yin Changgeng, Han Xingyan said that these three people, their parents are all Zhang Shoufu's protégés, and then they parted ways with foresight, their fathers have a good official reputation, and the reputation of their juniors is not bad, even if I go with a hot face and a cold ass, people may not agree, even if I enter their house with a cheeky face, I can't be their friend and confidant, rather than working in vain, it is better to spend more effort on Wang Yuanran and others. ”

Wu Lingsu sighed: "Small fights make small troubles, and it is difficult to make big things." ”

Wu Shizhen said with a bitter face: "I want to cling to that Chen Shaobao, but people don't even sell your father's face, where will they pay attention to me?"

Wu Lingsu stretched out his hand to caress the dust whisk, and said in a low voice: "Our father and son are still a little shallow. ”

Wu Shizhen leaned over and approached the new leader of Northern Taoism, and said in a low voice: "Dad, if we can step on the surname Xu this time and return to the capital, Dad's status in His Majesty's heart will definitely go further." Take a step back and say, I will find an opportunity to secretly push Wang Yuanran out and make enemies with Beiliang, and if I return to the capital to make trouble, the Xu family's reputation in the capital will stink to the end. ”

Wu Lingsu hesitated, "That person even dared to refuse the holy decree, and on his territory, where is Wang Yuanran who can shake the slightest, as for the scolding of the officialdom of Tai'an City, the father and son of the Xu family have never cared, you are careful to move stones to hit your own feet, the spies of the Beiliang Breeze Water House can fight with Liyang Zhao Gou for many years without falling behind, which should not be underestimated." Wang Yuanran's few people, there are not enough successes and more failures, I am not optimistic. ”

Wu Shizhen smiled and said: "It's good not to expect the surname Xu to hurt his muscles and bones, disgusting and disgusting him." ”

Wu Shizhen remembered the scene of humiliating that peer in Qingcheng Mountain, and said in a gloomy tone: "Even if you give the surname Xu a little bit of a handle, but for such a trivial matter, he really dares to kill someone?"

Wu Lingsu suddenly asked: "The son of the Hezhou County Shou surnamed Liu in the back team said that he beat the surnamed Xu with a scabbard back then, is it true?"

Wu Shizhen gloated: "Most of it is true, according to Liu Chengfeng, when Xu Fengnian traveled through the rivers and lakes with an old servant, passing through Hezhou, there was a conflict on the street, and he smashed Xu Fengnian's forehead with the scabbard of a cool knife. That guy also said that Xu Fengnian threatened to take 10,000 Beiliang Iron to set foot in Pinghezhou, so Liu Chengfeng asked who you are, and then Xu Fengnian asked rhetorically, "Xu Xiao is my Laozi, who do you say I am?" It was only last year that I listened to the storytellers in those restaurants in the county, and I knew that when Xu Fengnian was still His Royal Highness the Prince, he really crossed the rivers and lakes with an old servant Bai Arowana suit, and was scared half to death, especially when Xu Fengnian refused to accept the holy decree and sent the Youzhou cavalry to suppress Hezhou, not only Liu Chengfeng, but even his father, a large family ran out of the city overnight. ”

Wu Lingsu also found it interesting, and said with a smile: "But didn't there be another thing about Youzhou Wan riding into Jizhou later? ”

Wu Shizhen laughed heartily, almost laughing out of tears, "So the family returned to their old business and ran away overnight, fortunately, the Youzhou cavalry finally returned from Hulukou, so that Liu Chengfeng's father did not resign and moved to Jiangnan, but the Liu family was also blessed by misfortune, and the whole Hezhou knew such a heroic man who dared to beat the king of Beiliang, and even Liu Chengfeng's father won the only 'middle and upper' in Hezhou in the local evaluation hosted by Yin Maochun last time." This is not Liu Chengfeng and Song Tianbao are good buddies who have known each other for many years, and when Wang Yuanran and they were picking up the wind and washing the dust, he fell in love with the daughter of the former criminal department waiter in the team at first sight, and he was probably sure that Xu Fengnian should not be as knowledgeable as him, so he followed him to Youzhou. ”

Wu Lingsu, who has long been no longer the self-proclaimed king in a corner, sneered: "It is rumored that Song Tianbao's grandfather, as the leading God of Wealth in the two Liaos, was quite on the wrong path with Xu Xiao who rose in Jinzhou, Liaodong in his early years. ”

Wu Shizhen's face was a little embarrassed, as if he had to add himself.

――――

Tomorrow Lotus Peak will hold the first of the Buddhist and Taoist debates, Wudang Mountain obviously has no place to live, several towns near the foot of the South Shendao Mountain are also full of inns, two groups of people have entered a place called Summer Town, the way the two sides look for a resting room is also diametrically opposite, one of the dozen or so people is good to talk about it and a small inn in the east of the town, the ordinary room lives out of the Central Plains The sky-high price of a first-class room, the shopkeeper took over the stack of road guides, but also just glanced at it and no longer cared, from the foot of the Son of Heaven Tai'an City to what, not the same to be slaughtered by our shopBut the names of these guest officers are really not cheesy, the middle-aged man with the sword, Qi Jiajie. The pair of young couples who look like a good match, Yin Changgeng and Zhao Chunyuan. The handsome young man is called Zhao Wenwei, the two green-shirted scholars are called Han Xingyan and Gao Shilian respectively, and the rest of the servants are not so particular about the names given by their parents.

And the other group of more than 20 people, went directly to the best inn in the summer town, heard that it was full, one of them smashed more than 500 taels of silver tickets without saying a word, and said that the inn was going to be rounded. The elderly innkeeper was upset when he heard the official tone of these young cubs, and thought to himself what about six hundred taels, now his inn charges a hundred taels a day according to the market price, and you guys have to live for three days, five hundred taels for a fart. The boss rolled his eyes and said that the inn was doing business, and there were no rules for rushing guests. The young boy with a mouth full of Hezhou accent touched out another five hundred taels and didn't speak. The boss stretched out his hand and touched the thick stack of brand-new silver tickets, and began to fight between heaven and man. For fear that others don't know that the young man with a lot of money around him waved his hand, and a helper next to him immediately threw out two big gold ingots, and the boss saw that the silver was a father, and the gold was a master, since we saw these "elders", let's not talk about the rules, right? As soon as he said this, a few people immediately reached out and pressed the hilt of the sword, the boss was anxious, and hurriedly persuaded him to say goodbye, don't do it, whoever dares to make trouble in our Beiliang today has to finish playing. The boss picked up the silver ticket and gold ingot, went upstairs to explain to the guest, the boss played a cautious eye, not only offered to repay the money, and everyone posted three or four taels of silver, but also told people that a group of military masters from the Beiliang border pass wanted to stay, and the small shop really couldn't afford to offend. It is also the innkeeper's fortune, and the guests are persuaded to go out, after all, the pilgrims from other towns who need to stay in the summer town, whether they are the people of the rivers and lakes who join in the fun, or the children of the official eunuchs of the neighbors of Beiliang Road, they can't be big people, so when they heard that it was the fierce and vicious Beiliang border army who wanted to stay in the hotel, no matter how hard they were on their lips, their hearts were empty on the spot.

Qi Jiajie, the first swordsman in the capital, was not only the swordsmanship master of many princes in his early years, but even Zhang Gaoxia, the daughter of Biyaner, was also his disciple.

The group of people who can escort him for thousands of miles, the reason is simple, these young people randomly selected one to throw to Jiangnan, and they are all the objects of high-ranking officials and dignitaries who try their best to show goodwill, because the elders of their families are the deputy of Qi Yanglong, the deputy of Zhongshu Ling Qi Yanglong, Zhao Youling, the secretary of the old ministry, Yin Maochun, the "first class of the prime minister" in the past, Gao Shizhi, the Duke of Yan Guo, and Han Lin, the servant of the Criminal Department. Among them, Yin Maochun's eldest son Yin Changgeng and Zhao Youling's second daughter Zhao Chunyuan are a couple, both parents have strongly opposed, and finally formed a good relationship under the mediation of His Majesty the Emperor, who was only the fourth prince at that time, and it is also a good story in the capital. Zhao Wenwei, who has the reputation of a prodigy, is the youngest son who is most loved by Zhao Youling, and Han Xingyan is the second son of Han Lin, a waiter of the criminal department who is about to be promoted to the envoy of Huainan Province, and is about to marry a virtuous and virtuous county lord of the Zhao family. Gao Shilian and Gao Shiqing brothers and sisters are a pair of children obtained by Yan Guogong Gao Shizhi in his later years, and have always been spoiled by Guogong extraordinary, fortunately, the brother and sister have always been low-key in Tai'an City, Gao Shilian and the son of Gu Jiantang of Dazhu Guo have a good relationship, and Gao Shiqing and Zhao Chunyuan are close friends who have played together from childhood to adulthood.

It can be said that these young people can already be called the most top-notch children of official eunuchs in Liyang officialdom.

The Huainan Provincial Jiedu envoy is Cai Nan, who used to be Gu Jiantang's number one confidant, Han Lin immediately took up the post of Huainan Provincial Economic Envoy, and it is indispensable to deal with them in the future, and Gao Shilian has a very good relationship with Gu Jiantang's two sons, many things, it is impossible for the bigwigs to sit at a table and talk and laugh, and it is even impossible to have a tacit understanding, but if the younger generation who "doesn't know the general situation" comes forward, it will be much smoother.

They all gathered in Yin Changgeng's house at this time, and it happened that the window was facing the street, Han Xingyan stood at the window and looked at the Beiliang Jinqi riding slowly on the street, and said with a smile: "Watching a leaf fall and knowing autumn, the combat power of the Beiliang border army is really terrifying." ”

Gao Shiqing quipped: "Yo, now that he is the son of the dignified and second-grade master, he has gained a lot of courage, and he dares to say good things about Beiliang?"

Han Lin raised his hands and signaled that he would be beaten or scolded.

Gao Shilian couldn't help but hug Han Lin upset, glared and said, "You don't have to hold back, how can you get married?!"

Gao Shiqing glared and threw it back, "Shut up!"

Gao Shilian muttered a mantra in a low voice: "It's really upside down to have such a sister on the stall." ”

Gao Shiqing, who yearned for the chivalrous rivers and lakes the most, pressed the hilt of the sword fiercely and threatened: "Isn't it looking for a cut?!"

Yin Changgeng, the oldest and most stable in the group, said helplessly: "It's okay to drink tea, but you have to quarrel and go out to quarrel." ”

Zhao Chunyuan, who was making tea, beckoned to Gao Shiqing,

Zhao Wenwei, who was still a young man, smiled and asked, "Brother-in-law, why did Wang Yuanran and those people go to the foot of Wudang Mountain before the real people of the Wu family?"

Yin Changgeng said softly: "Wu Zhenren deliberately slowed down and waited until the last day of the Lotus Peak debate to climb the mountain and issue the holy decree. The reason why I was in a hurry was because I was afraid that the soldiers and horses of Youzhou would come forward to obstruct it, so that I missed the best opportunity. Since there is no movement from the Youzhou military now, you can also wander leisurely. ”

The town is very small, and when the head sticks out of the window, you can see the scene in the west from the east, Han Xingyan frowned and said: "It seems that Wang Yuanran's gang is causing trouble again, and it is just in the capital, and they refuse to stop even when they get to Beiliang." ”

Yin Changgeng said flatly: "Let them go." ”

Gao Shilian leaned on the window railing and glanced at it, and sneered angrily: "The battle is not small. It is worthy of the four sons of the capital traveling together, full of style. These moths lying on the merits of their fathers will not only enjoy happiness, but also harm others! If they become high-ranking officials in the future, what will they do but bring disaster to the country!"

Yin Changgeng frowned and said, "Be cautious." ”

Gao Shiqing grimaced at his brother, "Did you hear that, Brother Yin also wants you to shut up." ”

Gao Shilian clasped his hands together and muttered silently: "God, God, hurry up and leave a man and marry this girl." ”

Zhao Wenwei puffed up her chest, "Second Brother Gao, what do you think of me?

The corners of Gao Shilian's mouth twitched, and he couldn't cry or laugh.

Gao Shiqing slapped the child's head, "The old lady changed your diaper back then!"

Yin Changgeng smiled and said, "Okay, okay, don't make a fuss, sit down and drink tea." This is one of the only few taels of spring god lake tea. ”

Gao Shiqing sat down, immediately got up, and said with a smile: "No, it's a fool to have a lot of fun, I have to go to the other side of the town to take a look." ”

When he said this, Gao Shiqing cautiously looked at Yin Changgeng, who always spoke softly but had the most decisive mind, the latter looked up at her and said slowly: "It's okay to say it in the capital, it's only three things, it's been two times in Gyeonggi and Jinan, if there is another one, you have to return to the capital immediately." ”

Gao Shiqing smiled brightly and said, "Order!"

Gao Shiqing ran out of the inn with a smoke, and went straight along the street to the outside of the inn that was the most handy in the summer escape town, but she was not close, after all, she was no stranger to Wang Yuanran, Yan Seembryo and Song Fatdun, especially the Yan family mansion where Yan Sejue was located was a neighbor of their Yanguo Mansion, Gao Shiqing had great respect for the old general Yan Zhenchun, but he hated the eldest grandson of the Yan family who was very upright and the lower beam was crooked to his grandmother's house, and he hated it since he was a child, Gao Shiqing almost couldn't help but find someone to put this guy in a sack and sink to the bottom of the lake. Gao Shiqing was a little surprised, didn't they all say that most of the women in Beiliang were tall and strong, the two little ladies in front of him were very smart, and the young woman with the same sword as he was probably in the middle and upper class, not how amazing it was that the other one was quite impressive, the land of smoke and willows in Tai'an City, known as the national color and the fragrance of the street, Gao Shiqing had a few experiences of women disguised as men and ran to see each other, even those Oiran, and they did not have the moving posture of the tall woman in front of him, especially her repulsive attitude, as long as she is a man with a sense of victory, she can't help but challenge, and it's no wonder that Yan Se embryo is in a hurry to jump out. However, Wang Yuanran was not present, and should have hid in the inn overlooking the street.

Yan Se embryo gently rotated the closed sandalwood folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother, I am a scholar, and I have never done the unscrupulous act of robbing people's daughters, but brother, I am naturally hospitable, isn't this just to invite the two younger sisters into the building to drink tea, and then chant poems together at night to appreciate the moon, my brother is from the capital, and I have long been curious about whether the moon in the northwest is as round as the moon in Tai'an City, two sisters, it is not difficult to appreciate this face, right?"

The woman with the sword laughed angrily, "Appreciate your face, uncle!"

Yan Seju laughed and said, "It's spicy enough!" It turned out to be a rouge horse from the northwest, and my brother likes it." ”

The woman with the sword was about to draw her sword and cut people, and the companion woman next to her grabbed her, and it turned out that there was already a Wu Beiliang, the most "notorious" brocade horseman, and the knight who looked like Wu asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"

The woman with the sword pointed at Yan Seembryo's gang of sons and said angrily: "The gentleman from the capital wants to ...... in broad daylight."

Yan Seembryo interrupted the woman's words with an innocent face, "What do you think?" ”

Jin Qiwu Chang's face was gloomy, his palm subconsciously pressed against the handle of the Beiliang knife at his waist, and looked down condescendingly at the group of young people "from the capital", "Then are you done talking? Go back to the inn when you're done talking! ”

Yan Sexuan, who had never suffered such a atmosphere in the capital, gritted his teeth, smiled lightly, and turned his head to glance at a young man standing beside Liu Chengfeng, who took two steps forward and squeezed out a smile to the Jinqi Commander: "My father is the old lady of Huanggong County in Youzhou, and my eldest brother is the former captain of Baguan, and they are all his own people. ”

The chief of the Jinqi Wu said expressionlessly: "Don't say that the previous Huanggong County Guard, even the current county guard can't control Lao Tzu, as for the captain of the Eight Passes, it's a miscellaneous number, right? Now in our Beiliang, we don't even count the miscellaneous generals, what is the Captain of the Eight Gates! My own people? Who the hell is your own person?"

Seeing this scene, Gao Shiqing was a little dumbfounded, if it was a place to leave the sun, it should be the noble son of this local snake who came forward, and the chief of the sesame mung bean official would have to grovel and get out of the way, and it was not surprising that he even clinged to the powerful to act as a tiger.

The chief of the Jinqi Wu turned his head to the two local women in Beiliang and smiled: "The two girls are looking for a place to rest, right? If you can believe it, I know that there is a Jiayue Parking Inn at the other end of the street, and there may be one or two left, but the price is not cheap, and there is no way to do it. If the two girls still have a lot of money, they can consider it. ”

The woman with the sword smiled and said, "Brother, thank you then." ”

The chief of the brocade cavalry slanted a glance at the group of unkind-looking rabbit cubs in the capital, and said softly to the two women, "I'll give you a ride." ”

At this moment, a tall young man beside Yan Se Embryo sneered and said, "Beiliang barbarian!"

The Jin Cavalry Commander, who had already turned the horse's head, suddenly stopped the horse, turned over and dismounted, and said to the other horse: "Ma Biao, you guys will take the two girls to the Yuehu Inn first." ”

The captain took off the light armor and the cool knife on his body, and hung them on the horse, then he turned to stare at the young man who scolded them as the barbarians of Beiliang, walked forward with a slight limp, and said at the same time: "I took off the armor and cold knife in the pottery ox cart, and today I will not be considered a brocade rider on duty." ”

The tall young man chuckled and said, "What's the matter, dead lame, you want to fight with me alone?" I'm afraid that if you accidentally use too much strength, your other leg will also be discounted." ”

The man surnamed Tao smiled, "Killing me is just your ability." ”

The tall young man hooked his fingers.

――――

In the thatched hut not far from the elephant washing pond, Xu Fengnian was carrying books and drying books alone, and suddenly the captain of Youzhou and the leader of the spies in the water room appeared together, and Xu Fengnian, who was squatting and spreading out a book, looked up and smiled: "If you have something, just say it." ”

The leader of the spy spoke very quickly but spoke clearly, "Lord Qiyu, in the summer town at the foot of the mountain, sixty-four Jinqi and twenty-seven dead soldiers in the water room confronted each other with the twenty-three people led by Wang Yuanran, the youngest son of Guangling Dao Jing. The cause is ......"

Xu Fengnian waved his hand and ordered directly to the captain: "Luo Hongcai, you go down the mountain and lead five hundred horsemen to rush to the summer town, don't confront each other, just fight to the death." ”

Xu Fengnian thought for a moment and continued: "The other party should have a lot of expert guards, Sui Tieshan, then you can transfer the four first-class people who are currently on Wudang Mountain to go down the mountain with Captain Luo." ”

Luo Hongcai cautiously asked, "Lord Wang, are you really going to die?"

Xu Fengnian smiled: "How can it be done." ”

Soon Xu Fengnian added, "It's enough to beat half to death, and when it spreads out afterwards, you have to stretch out your thumb and say that we are polite to Beiliang." ”

The two walked away quickly.

Luo Hongcai rubbed his chin and said, "Old Sui, our prince deserves to be a scholar, right?"

Sui Tieshan said angrily: "What's the use of telling me, why didn't you shoot this sycophant in front of the prince just now?"

Luo Hongcai, who was striding forward, rolled his eyes and said, "You just said it, right?"

Sui Tieshan stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth and smiled, "Of course!"