During the Yongle period, the Jurchen tribe was distributed in the east of the Songhua River, west of the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, bordering the Sea of Japan, and bounding the Korean Peninsula in the south.

Zhu Di attaches great importance to the appeasement of the three major tribes, and in the first year of Yongle (1403), when the commander of Jianzhou Wei Aha came out to meet the Yongle Emperor in Beijing, he recommended to Zhu Di the fierce brother Timur who was "smart and knowledgeable of the way of heaven". Zhu Di sent envoys to appease several times, but to no avail, until almost ten years later, Mengge Timur was harassed by other tribes and Korea, and accepted the appeasement in the tenth year of Yongle (1412), and was appointed as the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou.

The leader of the fight with the big idiot in front of him is the old man who is the fierce brother Timur, at this time he saw the big idiot punching him, sneered, pushed forward with his left palm, and there was a bang, the big idiot retreated again and again, and the fierce brother Timur slashed down with the right palm knife, and heard the cry of Zhu Ziping and the monk, and was dodged by the big idiot in a daze, the knife wind slashed on the ground, and it was slammed, and the bluestone slab was cut out of a three-foot-long crack, and the gravel flew around, if this is cut in the big idiot, he will be seriously injured if he does not die!

Seeing that the other party was really brave, the big idiot shouted roughly: "Old monk, you still haven't come up to help?" Brother Meng's Timur sneered: "You all go up, this king has long wanted to move his muscles and bones." The monk was hesitating to make a move, and when he heard the words, he recited, "Amitabha! The old man is a monk, and he has no competitive heart. ”

The dozen or so people behind the old man laughed, and some said, "If the old monk is afraid, he will say that he is afraid, and he will be obedient." "Our prince is invincible, the stinky Taoist priest doesn't know each other, but the old bald donkey knows each other very well."

The idiot was even more angry: "Phew! What kind of magic is invincible, Lao Tzu can still be afraid of you brutes? Zhu Ziping saw that he was obviously not someone's opponent, so he hurriedly shouted: "Dao Chief, you rest for a while, let me learn two tricks." ”

Brother Meng Timur glanced at Zhu Ziping, did not take the young man in front of him in his eyes, and said coldly: "Young man, this king admires your courage, so he will let you make three moves." ”

"Thank you for taking care of it, but I don't have the habit of letting it go, be careful!" Zhu Ziping arched the arch, held the sunset in his hand, injected internal force into it, and made a "lightning strike" with one finger of the gong. Brother Meng's Timur only felt that a strong wind was coming, and the secret path was not good, so he retreated, and his palms turned into knives in the air, and the roaring sound shook the ears of the audience.

Brother Meng Timur praised: "Good! Young man, it seems that I underestimated you, this king has not met an opponent like you for many years, tomorrow at a moment, I am waiting for you in Tianjin Weidaying, let's have a good fight, if you dare not go to the appointment, don't blame this king for turning his face ruthlessly, here you are difficult to fly. ”

Zhu Ziping hugged his fists: "The prince doesn't have to be intimidated, if I want to leave, no one can stop me, tomorrow at the moment, I will go to the appointment on time." "Good! Enough seeds! The king still has something to do, see you tomorrow. After that, he turned over and got on his horse, and more than ten horses rode away.

Li Jingxi's face showed anxiety: "Big brother, the Tianjin Wei camp is the army station, there are 5,600 people in one guard, brave and good at fighting, martial arts people are afraid to avoid it, it seems that we are causing too much trouble." ”

The idiot shouted, "What are you afraid of? I'll go tomorrow and see what they can do to us!" Don't frown: "Old Dao, don't argue, what's the use of being ruthless, let's go in and discuss it to see if there is a good way." ”

In the afternoon, Li Jingxi went to the Salt Gang to find Meng Ye and asked him about Brother Meng's Timur and Tianjin Wei Daying, but Meng Ye's face changed and asked, "Niece Li, why are you asking this?" Li Jingxi told what happened, and Meng Ye's face was even more ugly.

After a while, Meng Ye said: "Brother Meng, Timur, is the chief of the Jurchen branch of Jianzhou, according to legend, many years ago, there lived a fairy at the foot of Bucuri Mountain, one day, the magpie title came to Zhuguo, and the fairy gave birth to a baby boy soon after eating. When the boy grew up, his mother said to him, 'Heaven has given birth to you to rule the country and keep the country safe.' And he gave him a canoe and let him go down the river.

When the boy arrived at a place called Sanke, he saw that the people there were vying for the throne, so he finally conquered everyone with his divine power and was elected as the leader. Brother Meng Timur is the descendant of the little boy, and he is also born with divine power, and his martial arts are unfathomable, he has a close relationship with Lord Xing, the commander of Tianjin Wei, and this time he must participate in the martial arts conference and come by the way. You will go to the barracks tomorrow, and you will be more auspicious...... Niece Li, this matter is beyond our control, you better not get involved, otherwise, it will not be good for the Salt Gang. ”

After listening to the news brought by Li Jingxi, everyone felt that it was tricky with the character of a big idiot, and shouted repeatedly: "Then what should I do? So what to do? Damn, we'll go now, so they can't find it. "Master No, too, frowned, I don't know what to do.

Zhu Ziping said: "Since I promised to go to the appointment, even the sword mountain and the sea of fire will also go." Jing'er, you take the second brother and sister Ouyang to Meng Ye tomorrow to take refuge, Dao Chief, Master, no matter what happens after I go to Daying, you will take the opportunity to go out of the city to Beijing. ”

The big idiot slapped the table: "Zhu boy, you don't like to hear what you say, you want to go, let's go together, or if we go out of the city overnight, it's not okay to be fucking ruthless?" ”

Li Jingxi said: "Actually, what the eldest brother said is right, the military camp is heavily defended, and the swords, horses, bows and crossbows are powerful, if you really want to fight, it makes no difference whether you go to one person or ten people...... Big brother, I won't accompany you, so as not to distract you, and we will wait for you to come back in this inn. ”

The monk said in a deep voice: "I think that the prince, although he is fierce and domineering, but he praises you a lot, he should be a person who cherishes talents, if you can deal with it properly, you will definitely turn evil into good fortune." ”

The big idiot glanced at him dissatisfiedly: "Old monk, you are all false, what do you mean by dealing with it properly?" How can I deal with it? "Don't say: "I don't know, Zhu Shaoxia went there, if he can do it, try not to do it, if he really does it, don't hurt the prince." ”

"Then you're just going to let Zhu Boy tie up his hands and feet and let that old brute fight?" The idiot is even more dissatisfied. Zhu Ziping saw that the two were arguing again, and stood up: "I'll go tomorrow, if he meets friends with martial arts, I'll be polite; If he bullies others, I can only fight. Dao Leader, Master, that's it, you should rest early. After that, he and Li Jingxi went back to their room.

Zhu Ziping and Yan Yue lived in the same room, and Ouyang Lan was still in the room at this time, and the two of them were full of sadness, and they were also worried about tomorrow's affairs. Zhu Ziping said with a smile: "What are you two worried about, it's not too early, Jing'er, you and Sister Ouyang go to sleep, and I will also rest." ”

Everyone rested, Zhu Ziping stroked the sunset but couldn't sleep, and the scenes of fighting flashed in his mind: on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in Xiaoyaojin Garden, it was the first time he shot to injure the four monks of Xihuazong. On the sixth day of the first month of March, he visited Miaogao Temple at night, and it was a big fight with the monks in the temple. On the fourth day of the fourth month of April, he fought twice with Wang Dacheng and Zhou Zhenwu of the Tea Horse Gang in Lantian County, and he was unscathed.

After that, on May 15, he went to the Jingtai at night, because he didn't want to be a killer, but he was injured by the poisoned arrow of Deng Qiankun, the deputy helmsman of the Tea Horse Gang, and almost lost his life...... If you go to the appointment tomorrow, if you fight and kill yourself, you will only make things bigger, and you will not be able to end in the end, after all, they are officers and soldiers. But if you are not ruthless, I am afraid that it will be difficult to end the matter...... What should I do? Zhu Ziping was lying on the bed, and fell into trouble again, thinking about it but couldn't figure it out, and sighed secretly: Let's go tomorrow and act at the opportunity.

When he got up the next morning, Zhu Ziping saw Li Jingxi's eyes were red and asked, "Jing'er, didn't you sleep well last night?" Li Jingxi shook her head and said, "Big brother, do you remember what I told you that night, by the Lotus Lake Pond in Xi'an?" ”

Zhu Ziping asked: "We talked a lot that night, which one do you want me to remember?" Li Jingxi said softly: "That night, I said that we will live in your old house, no matter what swords or swords, live there in peace for the rest of your life, and I will give birth to a lot of children for you." ”

Zhu Ziping smiled: "It turned out to be this sentence, of course I remember, I laughed at you for drinking too much, right?" Li Jingxi nodded: "Big brother, it's good if you remember, I went to the barracks, as long as I can end the matter, it doesn't matter if I am wronged, don't have a hard temper, big brother...... For my sake, you must come back safely. Zhu Ziping held her hand tightly.

The Tianjin Wei military camp is located in Xiaozhigu, with high courtyard walls and strong defense. At this time, a fast horse galloped outside the gate, and immediately jumped a young man in a blue shirt, the young man was very burly, his eyes flashed, and he shouted loudly: "Zhu Ziping was invited by the prince to come!" ”

One of them replied, "I've been waiting for a long time, come with me!" Zhu Ziping recognized that the person who answered was one of the people who besieged the Taoist yesterday, and immediately followed that person into the barracks. As soon as you enter the door, there is a very spacious playground, on which several square soldiers practice, a phalanx with a knife, a phalanx with a gun, and a phalanx with hand-to-hand combat, from time to time let out bursts of shouts, the sound is spectacular.

Passing through the playground, there are rows of barracks on both sides, although they are not luxurious, they are very neatly built, looking simple and solemn, and there is a soldier who does not squint every three steps, and it looks solemn and majestic in the solemnity. The man turned back to Zhu Ziping and said, "You wait here, I'll go and present it to the prince." Without waiting for Zhu Ziping to answer, he walked inside.

The effort was not great, and when I saw that the fierce brother Timur strode out, he was followed by a person, who was also about fifty years old, wearing armor with the word "mountain", shining brightly, obviously an officer. "Young man, you are so bold that you dare to come alone!"