Nangong Qi and the others walked seventy or eighty miles overnight, and when they saw that there was no one chasing behind them, they rested in a spacious place and discussed where to go.

Lu Jiuyi suggested to everyone that there is a Qingfeng Mountain two or three hundred miles away, its mountain is dangerous, and there are many mountains in it, and the owner of the cottage has a very good relationship with himself, so he can go to it. Everyone immediately agreed. Nangong Qi took into account his family and ordered more than ten of his subordinates to greet him separately, and he still led the team to follow Lu Jiuyi, and the head of Ziyun Dao wanted to escort Mrs. Wang Tianzhao and others to Xiliang City. In the town, they went to one side in three ways, and the head of Ziyun Dao considered that it was easy to attract people's attention because of the large number of people, so he only brought seven or eight people with high kung fu and loyalty, and the rest were ordered to take refuge in Qingfeng Mountain with the brigade.

Ouyang Hengtong was just dawning, and he was impatient to lead the crowd up the mountain. Breaking through the second pass, I saw that there was no one at the second pass except for dozens of straw men and dozens of horses. Looking all over the mountain and not seeing a single figure, Ouyang Hengtong was furious, scolded the mountain guards, and dismissed the mountain guards for investigation. Jin Feihu wanted to make contributions to the village, but he was very disappointed that his wishful thinking failed.

Ouyang Hengtong ignored the steep slope and the narrow road to personally go up the mountain to check, the rope on the cliff still existed, knowing that he had run down the mountain, and ordered people to search and pursue. Sent someone to call Jin Feihu and asked, "Where is Lao Er's burial, take me there quickly." Jin Feihu knew everything and led Ouyang Hengtong to the prime minister's grave.

Ouyang Hengtong ordered the grave to be dug up and the coffin opened. Ouyang Hengtong asked people to search all over the body, but found nothing.

Before going down the mountain, a fire was set and all the cottage houses were burned, and the Taoist temple was also burned.

When he arrived at the big tent at the foot of the mountain, Ouyang Hengtong ordered that all the remaining people should be arrested.

The Purple Cloud Daoist hired a carriage and headed northwest day and night. Walking straight to the sleepy people, seeing that it is getting late, ready to find a shop to stay. happened to run into an inn on the side of the road, the door of the store was wide open, and Ziyun Road got out of the driveway: "It's here tonight." ”

This is a small roadside shop, the building is two floors high, there are two main houses, the house is older, it is undoubtedly an old store that has been open for many years.

Seeing that the guests were coming, he took three steps and made two steps, and said with a harmless smile on his face: "Guests, come to our store to stay, our store provides free drinks." Mrs. Wang said uneasily: "There will be nothing wrong here, right?" Ziyun Dao Chang looked around and said: "It's okay, the team will go to Qingfeng Mountain immediately, and it will definitely attract Ouyang Hengtong's attention, Ouyang Hengtong didn't expect that we would come here, and sleep peacefully tonight." ”

After dinner, it was late, and everyone was tired all the way, and everyone did not gossip, and went back to their rooms to rest.

Mrs. Wang and Yahuan live in the main house downstairs, Ziyun Daochang and Amaterasu live on the second floor of the wing room on the right, and the rest of the people are all on the first floor of the wing room on the left.

After several days of running and tiring, everyone was already extremely tired, and as soon as they relaxed, everyone fell asleep. A team of men quietly surrounded the inn, gently opened the door latch, and went straight into the inn. The person who practiced the Purple Cloud Daoist was very awake, heard the sound, looked through the window, and saw that the large group of people had broken into the courtyard and broke in, the situation was urgent, and he woke up Amaterasu, Amaterasu was shocked by this, and figured out the reason for the matter and said: "Master, save my mother!"

The Purple Cloud Daoist tied Amaterasu on his back: "It's too late, there are too many people on the other side." Amaterasu said unrelentingly, "Master, if you don't save my mother, I won't leave." ”

Daoist Ziyun comforted: "Your mother, I will go back and find a way, there are too many people on the other side, and it will be too late if it is too late." Ignoring Amaterasu's prayers, he pried open the roof with his sword, jumped on the roof, jumped from the ridge to the back of the courtyard, and saw a big tree not far from the house, like a big bird soaring up the tree, Amaterasu was crying and making trouble on Ziyun's back, and the head of Ziyun patted him on the back and said, "Shhh, be quiet, everyone can't run away from your trouble, who will save your mother." Amaterasu stopped crying.

The Purple Cloud Dao Commander peeked out of the leaves of the trees and saw two horseback generals outside the wall, leading hundreds of people to block the back door, and one of the generals said, "I heard the cry of a child just now. ”

Another general listened attentively and said, "No, there are people arresting people in front, and it's normal to hear the cry of a child." ”

Seeing that no one was paying attention, the Purple Cloud Dao Chief threw himself down the wall along the branches, cut down an officer and soldier from his horse, and galloped wildly.

The officers and soldiers behind him were frightened and rioted, and after reacting, they followed and chased, and some people were ready to release arrows, and a general looked humane: "The general has an order, and he is not allowed to release arrows, and he must be captured alive." ”

The Purple Cloud Road Chief galloped along the mountain road, whipped a few whips at the turn, jumped off the horse, escaped into the woods next to him, and the pursuers chased the empty horse away, and the Purple Cloud Road Chief took advantage of the cover of night to gallop wildly into the depths of the dense forest. I ran for dozens of miles, and I was sure that no one was chasing before I stopped to rest.

Amaterasu was worried about his mother's safety, so he couldn't stop crying, and Daoist Ziyun also said sadly: "Don't cry and attract the officers and soldiers badly. After hearing this, he cried even more fiercely: "What's the use of living when my parents are gone." The Purple Cloud Daoist said to him: "Don't cry, this place is not far from your brother's place, but it's only a day or two away, hurry up and move the rescuers, and the few people can't save your mother." ”

Amaterasu listened to the tears and stopped crying.

The two bought a fast horse again, and hurried to Xiliang City by small road.

Ouyang Hengtong was watching the drill of the Tiefang formation on the training ground, accompanied by the military advisor Zeng Yi and the deputy marshal Ma Long.

The iron party array is a group of 100 people, the people and horses are covered with iron armor, the people in the front row are connected together with movable iron chains, the iron chains can be disassembled at any time, and the weapons used by the people in each row are different, there are spears, short knives, bows and arrows, and they are exquisite to cooperate with each other.

At this time, a sentry sent a battle report, and Ouyang Hengtong learned after reading it that Prime Minister Wen's son had escaped again with the help of the chief of Ziyun Dao, and the second wife of Prime Minister Wen had been arrested, and Nangong Qi and others had gone up to Qingfeng Mountain. Ouyang Hengtong couldn't help but say: "These people are really useless. ”

ordered to catch the son of the prime minister who had slipped through the net, and prepare to dispatch troops to Qingfeng Mountain.

Ouyang Hengtong has been in the room for a long time, and his heart is uneasy. Suddenly realized, he ordered to send people to patrol secretly on the road outside Xiliang City.

An old man and a young man rode to a small shop ten miles outside Xiliang City, and it was the Ziyun Dao Chang and the others in disguise. After preparing to eat and then hurrying away, the small shop was full of people, and the chief of Ziyun Dao found a secluded place to sit down with people, and ordered a meal to dine with Amaterasu. A group of people came and asked the shopkeeper: "Have you ever seen a long man with a seventeen or eight-year-old child passing by?" "The head of Ziyun Dao has already been wrapped in cloth, so he is not panicked.

The shopkeeper replied, "I don't see it, it's crowded here, so go check it out for yourself." ”

The group looked around, and the head of the Ziyun Dao pretended to be casual and accosted the old man who was sitting in the same seat, and after checking for a while, he saw that there was nothing abnormal, and then went elsewhere.

Purple Cloud Daoist asked in a low voice, "I haven't arrived for many years, what has happened to Xiliang City recently?"

The old man replied: "It was calm before, I heard that the general army had been here for a few years, and the common people had enjoyed a stable life for a few years, but now I have somehow offended the people in power and been beheaded. After saying that, he sighed. A man next to him said: "Third uncle, don't talk nonsense, beware of trouble." When Amaterasu heard this, his expression changed greatly, and he couldn't help but shed tears, and the Purple Cloud Daoist rushed to cover up: "This kid is timid, and he looks scared." "I paid the money, got on the horse, turned around and left.

When Amaterasu cried loudly when he arrived at a place where no one was around, thinking that his family had suffered frequent misfortunes, his relatives had suffered misfortunes one by one, and he had no relatives by his side, sadness and resentment, impacting his naïve heart, tears were like the water of the sluice, and he couldn't stop, and the chief of Ziyun Dao had secretly wept. Daoist Ziyun comforted: "Don't cry yet, let's go to Qingfeng Mountain to move the rescue soldiers first, and see if we can save your mother." ”

When Amaterasu heard this, he held back his tears and clutched the sword left by his father: "I can't wait to save my mother without moving rescuers." Ziyun Dao said: "Child, I know what I think in my heart, don't say that you are alone, plus I may not be able to save it, let's go to Qingfeng Mountain and find a way." Amaterasu was anxious: "Is it difficult to make it regardless of my mother?" Ziyun Dao said: "As long as the old thief Ouyang doesn't catch you for a day, your mother will be fine." ”

Amaterasu's heart rekindled hope. At that moment, the two of them crossed the mountains and went towards Qingfeng Mountain.

Nangong Qi and the others have gone up Qingfeng Mountain, Ouyang Hengtong feels upset, Ouyang Hengtong is discussing with Taifu Meng Wenxiu in the room, Ouyang Hengtong said to Meng Wenxiu: "I received a battle report Nangong Qiren went up the mountain, someone saw that there were children on the mountain, and the prime minister's youngest son has no news, there is no way to escape, it is very likely to flee to the mountain, Prime Minister, how do you think to deal with it?" Meng Wenxiu said: " This Qingfeng Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Qingfeng Mountain has many peaks, almost every peak has a cottage, responding to each other, it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to achieve, I don't know how many times I used soldiers for hundreds of years, I didn't take it down, I think the government is not stable, don't worry about him for the time being. Ouyang Bokun said disapprovingly: "No, the grass must be eradicated, and it must not be allowed to sit big, not to mention, take this opportunity to eradicate it, so as to establish its authority in the imperial court." ”

Ouyang Heng was jealous and hated the Purple Cloud Dao Chief: "The Purple Cloud Dao Leader is a person from Nantianyue, after cleaning up Qingfeng Mountain, he will go to clean up Nantianyue." Meng Wenxiu objected: "Nantianyue is famous all over the world, his strength is greater, and his masters are like clouds, don't mess with him easily, not to mention the holy land of the Great Xia Dynasty in the past, I'm afraid the Queen Mother will not agree." ”

Ouyang Heng channel, "Nan Tianyue will be put aside first, and tomorrow the queen and emperor will be played, and more soldiers will be sent to exterminate the bandits." ”

While they were discussing, a person came in and whispered to Ouyang Hengtong: "The second lady of the Prime Minister is also escorted." ”

Meng Wenxiu saw the opportunity and hurriedly said goodbye.

Ouyang Hengtong went to the place where Wang Yi was detained outside the city, afraid that people would know, and he was detained in a view, and the Taoist had already dispersed, Ouyang Hengtong retreated from everyone and went in alone.

The guards outside the door heard the two arguing fiercely, and for about a quarter of an hour, Ouyang Hengtong slammed the door angrily, obviously breaking up.

The master and apprentice rode together and walked for nearly a month, approaching a few miles outside Qingfeng Mountain, and saw more than a dozen peaks standing tall in the distance. Officers and soldiers can occasionally be seen passing by on horseback, and there are few pedestrians. The Purple Cloud Dao Commander was puzzled in his heart, but his whereabouts were exposed, and the officers and soldiers were casting their nets and waiting. I wanted to find a small shop to eat something, and several of them were closed, but I finally saw a small shop opened by a farmer on the side of the road, and the shopkeeper was frowning, and the two stepped into the shop, and the shopkeeper hurriedly came up to greet him, with a smile on his face: "Please come in, this store is good and cheap." The store was empty, there were no other customers, and of course the shopkeeper was unwilling to give up this business.

Amaterasu saw that it was deserted, and the shopkeeper was enthusiastic. Quietly said to Ziyun Dao: "Master, it can't be a black shop." ”

The shopkeeper also saw the doubts in the hearts of the master and apprentice: "In the past, we had the best business here, and people came and went, but it was lively. ”

Daoist Ziyun couldn't help but ask, "Why are there officers and soldiers coming and going now, and every house is closed?"

The shopkeeper sighed: "Alas, you don't know, more than 200,000 officers and soldiers came to surround Qingfeng Mountain in the past 20 days, and who is still interested in coming to eat in chaos, I am also waiting for someone, otherwise it will be closed early." ”

Daoist Ziyun couldn't help but ask, "What are these officers and soldiers here for?"

The shopkeeper handed over the menu and said, "What are you two going to order?" I'll tell you about it later."

Ziyun Dao Chang's meal was originally casual: "What is there, prepare some casually, stir-fry a few dishes, and you will be able to eat." ”

The shopkeeper was bored, so he took the situation one by one.

The highest mountain in the middle is called Qingfeng Mountain, and several other such as Bear Ridge, Feilai Peak, Fairy Peak, Pigback Mountain, etc., no one has called it for a long time, and everyone calls this area Qingfeng Mountain.

Daoist Ziyun asked, "Are these cottage people robbers who live by robbing houses and houses?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Dao Chief, you are wrong, these people are actually planting crops to live, in order to prevent soldiers and bandits, each clan occupies a mountain, plant crops when they should plant crops, and pick up swords at any time when there are soldiers and bandits." ”

Ziyun Dao grew up puzzled: "Who can bring these people together, it's amazing." ”

The shopkeeper said a little teasingly: "You don't know, a village is a clan, the largest clan is surnamed Zhao, there are tens of thousands of people in the whole clan, more than ten villages add up to fifty or sixty thousand, these villages respond to each other, as long as they pay the grain and pay the tax, they usually don't even care about the government, but this time I don't know how to offend the government, so many people came at once, and several villages have broken several villages, and a few villages have fallen when they see that the situation is wrong." ”

The two masters and apprentices of the Purple Cloud Dao were secretly frightened when they heard this.