Since he went out of the city to look for Yuan Hao, it is the seventh day today, and there are still two days left before the nine days of retreat that Yue Qiaman said, how could he suddenly defect? Li Deming felt faintly uneasy in his heart, and turned back to Gao Zhanen and said, "Brother Xian, I have to take a step in advance, and you and they will enter the city later. After saying that, he turned over and got on his horse. The snowflake horse is psychic, and seems to know that the master is in a hurry, so he spreads his hooves and runs wildly in the direction of Lingzhou City, and disappears into the night after a while.

In front of Wujun Hall, there was already a mess, Zhang Pu, Wei Mu Shanxi, Yeli Tiandu and others learned the news and rushed one after another, and everyone was in a hurry, but they didn't know what to do. In the lobby, Yu Qia sat on a piece of animal skin with a black face, his gray hair was wet with sweat, behind him, a white-bearded old man faced his vest with his palms in the air, his face was red, and a mist rose above the heads of the two people, condensing into a column, which did not disperse for a long time.

At this time, someone outside the door reported: "King Xiping has arrived in ......"

Yue Yu Qiaman slowly opened his eyes, and waved his hand weakly at the white-bearded old man: "Old Feng, this Spirit Devouring Snake is a strange poison in the world, I have been poisoned deeply at this time, so don't waste your true qi anymore." ”

The white-bearded old man still wanted to continue to urge the true qi, but he found that the qi in his body was reversed, and he seemed to have returned the true qi he had entered, and said busily: "Don't ...... it."

"Old wind, keep your strength, there will be more places to rely on you in the future......"

Before he finished speaking, Li Deming had already strode into the hall: "Old Venerable, what's wrong with you? This king is late!" As he spoke, he was about to stretch out his hand to help him, and he waved his hand again and again...... My body, my king, is poisonous, and I am too close to be unreliable. ”

A few disciples came over and stopped Li Deming and separated him a foot away.

"Your Majesty, this is the will of God. I want to inform the afterlife in advance, but if I leak the secret of heaven, I will be punished by heaven, and it is also my destiny......"

"Whoever hurt you, this king will break his body into pieces...... I asked you to protect Wujun Hall for nine days, what are you all doing to eat?

In a fit of rage, Li Deming's eyes were red, and he planned to behead all the guards outside Wujun Hall, but he was hurriedly stopped by Xianyu Qiaman: "The king must not kill for this, they are not to blame for this." ”

As he spoke, he told Hu Jinjin, the gang leader of the Tianmia Gate, about stealing the Xuanwu Treasure Box and secretly letting the snake bite him, and then pointed to the white-bearded old man behind him and said: "Your Majesty, this is my best friend for many years, the master of the Wind and Fire Hall, known as the Wind Beard in the rivers and lakes, it was he who drove away Hu Jinjin and helped the old slave protect the Xuanwu Treasure Box." ”

Li Deming hurriedly clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Thank you, Mr. Feng." ”

Windbeard nodded: "For the healing of Lord Yu, it is inconvenient to get up, please forgive me for being rude." ”

"Where is it, may I ask Mr. Feng, how is the old venerable's injury?"

"Alas, the poison of the beetle snake is rare in the world, just because each snake feeds different poisons, and their respective antidotes are also different, and only snake keepers can prepare this unique antidote......"

"Ahh......h

Yue Yu Qiaman took a deep breath and said with a reluctant smile: "Your Majesty, taking advantage of the old slave's breath, there are some things, you must inform the king immediately and make plans as soon as possible." ”

"No, no, it's important to heal the boss first, come here, go and invite the best doctor to ......"

Yu Qiaman shook his hand: "Your Majesty, don't embarrass them, time is pressing, please ask the king to clear the others, the old slave has something important to say." ”

Li Deming persuaded again, but Yu Qiaman insisted on refusing, so he had no choice but to wave his hand and signal Zhang Pu and the others and the other disciples of Wujun Hall to withdraw from the hall.

"Your Majesty, in the future, my Great Xia Kingdom will be ...... Blessing or curse, all ...... Tied to nine people, but the old slave was accidentally injured, his life was short, only one person can be counted, and in the future, if you look for nine psychic messengers, you must land on this person...... "The more you say it, the lower the voice becomes, and finally the sound is like a mosquito and a fly, almost inaudible.

In the late autumn of the fourth year of Tianxi, outside the Yanmen Pass in Shanxi, the mountains and mountains are reckless. It is the autumn high and cool season, the east starts from the Pingxing Pass, the west reaches the head pass, hooks the ridge, the Great Wall winds and turns, the dense and dense mountain forest in all directions is like paving a long golden topaz belt, so that the Yanmen, the head of the nine stops in the world, is more majestic and magnificent.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, after Yang Jiye and Yang Yanzhao were stationed in two generations of famous generals, Yanmen Pass has become the most tragic place for the fierce battles between the Song and Liao countries. In the early years, Yang Jiye served as the assassin of Daizhou and the deployment of the soldiers and horses stationed in Sanjiao, and he won more with less several times, defeating the Liao army, and was known as "Yang Invincible". In the Yang Yanzhao period, it was considered by the Liao army to be the star of Liulang, so it was called Yang Liulang. Two generations of Yangmen generals laid down decades of peace, so that Yanmen Pass became an important pass for economic and trade exchanges between Song, Liao, and Western Xia in a short period of time. Although the city wall of Guancheng is five zhang high, the city gate is opened on the east, west and north sides, the door hole is made of bricks and stones, the bluestone slab paves the road, and the stone plaque is inlaid on the position of the door. The plaque of the east gate is engraved with the word "natural risk", and the door is built with "Yanmen Tower", which is five rooms wide, four rooms deep, and a corridor is set up all around. The West Gate door plaque is engraved with the word "geographical advantage", the north gate door is engraved with the word "Yanmen Pass", and the two sides are inlaid with couplets "The three sides are incomparable, and the first pass is respected by the nine stops".

Because it is located in the south and north, there are cars and pedestrians here day and night. On the first day of the ninth lunar month, as soon as you enter the Tieli Gate, there is already a prosperous and lively scene in the Guannai, the merchants of the Western Regions leading camels, the Khitan hawkers with furs, the rich families of the Central Plains who are gorgeously dressed, shuttling back and forth, as well as all kinds of shops and restaurants, hawkers selling along the street, and juggling artists on the roadside, which is really endless excitement and prosperity.

The largest inn on the border trade street, called "Le Lai Lou", is at noon at this time, there is an endless stream of guests, in the private room on the second and third floors, the sound of punching and guessing wine comes and goes. The lobby on the first floor was also filled with guests early. At one of the large tables, five people were talking. Among them, three men from the Central Plains in cyan robes sat facing south, in their thirties, all with short beards, and swords across their waists, looking like people from the sect who walked the rivers and lakes. Sitting opposite them were two men in black shirts, one of whom looked to be in his early twenties, with a restrained face and a look of not being deeply involved in the world. The other looked to be in his forties, slightly chubby, with a two-figure mustache, and was foaming at the mouth of the mouth.

The man in the cyan robe sitting on the left beckoned to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, give this Xing Ye a full load." ”

The Xing Ye in his mouth is the man with the two mustaches, the senior brother of Yanyun Xingmen. The sixteen states of Yanyun have been occupied by the Liao State since the Later Jin Dynasty Shi Jingjiao cut the land for glory, and in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Nanjing, which was an important town for the Khitan soldiers and horses. At this time, the people's call to regain Yanyun's lost territory has been very high, and this Yanyun Xingmen secretly contacted the righteous people of the Central Plains in the local area, and he is also well-known in the rivers and lakes. The disciples of Xingmen are all ranked by the place names of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the senior brother is called Xing Youguo, taking the word "You" in Youzhou, and the young man next to him is the youngest junior brother, named Xing Weijie, taking the word "Wei" in Ulzhou.

At noon, the lobby was full, and the shopkeeper recommended the two to sit with the three men in green robes. The two sides exchanged names, it turned out that the other party was a native of Qingzhou, Shandong, known as the "Three Heroes of Qingzhou", the eldest brother was called Pei Renlong, the second Pei Renhu, and the third brother Pei Renbao. After a few words of greeting, the five of them shared a table, ordered some wine and food, chatted while eating, and asked about the purpose of coming to Yanmen Pass this time, but they all came for the same thing.

Pei Renlong said: "Brother Xing, I heard that on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, Li Deming, the king of Xiping, is going to hold a vigorous opening ceremony for moving the capital in Lingzhou City, and the entire royal city will be moved to Huaiyuan, will the spiritual gate really be opened at that time?"

Hearing the word "Lingmen", there were more than a dozen tables in the hall, and seven or eight diners looked over.

"Shhhhh......h When the spiritual door opens, do you know what is hidden inside?"

Pei Renlong shook his head, and also lowered his voice and said, "I really don't know about this, please make it clear to Brother Xing." ”

Xing Youguo lowered his voice again and said: "I heard that this spiritual gate has everything you need, and there are countless treasures at that end, this time the Western Xia held the Yao Ling Conference, just to wait for the moment when the spiritual gate opens." ”

Pei Renhu said: "Oh, what about after opening, I can go through the spiritual gate to another world?"

Xing Youguo shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, but who knows if this level is dangerous, maybe it will take his life." ”

Pei Renbao, who was sitting on the right, smiled: "Just one door, and you can still take people's lives, isn't it a joke?"

Xing Youguo was about to speak, but he heard a crisp voice like silver Ling coming from outside the gate: "Losing your life is a small matter, but losing your name is a big thing." ”

Everyone followed the sound to look, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl walked into the lobby with a pregnant woman in her arms, the girl goose egg face hung two shallow dimples, thin powder, rushed to the sky to pull a hair, the rest of the long hair braided into small pigtails, wearing an ivory white shirt, a light blue skirt, a pair of silver-white thin-soled boots, and a pair of silver soft whips in her right hand. The pregnant woman she supported saw that her body was about to give birth, although her body was bulky, but she was very beautiful.

Seeing the two of them, Pei Renbao's face changed, and he hurriedly lowered his head to eat food, and stopped talking. Xing Youguo was curious: "How can the girl say this? If you can't pass the spiritual gate, will you lose your reputation?"

The girl glanced at Pei Renbao and smiled slightly, but did not answer. At this time, some small tables were vacant in the lobby one after another, she helped the pregnant woman to sit down at a small table nearby, and beckoned to the shopkeeper: "Xiao Er, we are hungry, bring me a few dishes, meat and vegetable matching, two small cakes, and a pot of good tea to eliminate fatigue, take the silver, don't look for it." As he spoke, he took out a few coins of silver, and the shopkeeper took it and thanked him.

Xing Youguo wanted to ask again, but Pei Renlong, who was opposite, waved his hand, signaling that there were many people here, and he was afraid of losing his words. The five of them were speechless for a while, eating and drinking by themselves.

After a while, I heard someone at the door silently reciting the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, the great monk is hungry in his belly, can he beg for a bowl of rice to eat?" When everyone looked, they saw a tall monk standing at the door, this monk must be in his fifties, with a leopard's head with ringed eyes, rosacea, some grass clippings hanging on his unkempt beard, and the robe on his body was tattered, with more than ten patches of large and small sizes, and he was very clean. He was holding a bowl in his right hand and a huge Zen staff in his left hand and was about to step through the door.

At noon, the business of the restaurant was just right, and the shopkeeper was very busy for a while, and when he saw that a monk came to turn his fate, he said angrily: "Let's go, I'm not free at this time, don't disturb other people......" said that he was about to push the monk out, who knew that he pushed out with both hands, but the monk in front of him was gone, he had nowhere to land, and staggered forward. Xing Youguo and the others could see that just when the two were about to make contact, the monk's figure flashed, and he had already hid behind the shopkeeper, and the speed of his footwork was very rare.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, looked around, and found that the monk had entered the lobby and was already standing behind him, he turned around and grabbed the monk's robe, and said in his mouth: "Hey, who let you in......"

I didn't know that I was caught again, and the monk didn't know where he went. I heard someone on the left: "Amitabha, I'm sorry to disturb you, the great monk just wants to beg for a bowl of water to drink and a piece of bread to eat, so donors should be kind." It turned out that he had bypassed the shopkeeper and went to the table of the diner next to him to ask for alms.

The shopkeeper's heart was on fire, and he picked up the broom at the door and was about to come forward to shout, but he heard a person in the corner of the lobby say: "If the big monk doesn't dislike it, come and sit at a table with me...... Xiao Er, please add a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and prepare a vegetarian meal, count it as mine. ”

Everyone looked over, and a chubby middle-aged man was sitting on a big table in the corner, with two knives hanging from his waist, holding a huge sauce elbow and biting it. The shopkeeper looked at the monk, snorted, and went reluctantly.

"Amitabha Buddha is good, the donor is kind and benevolent, and the Buddha and Bodhisattva bless, there will be good rewards. The monk was not polite, walked straight over and sat at the middle-aged man's table, picked up the teapot and bowl, and drank three bowls in a row, looking very thirsty.

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "It is said that the transmission of merit does not pass on the steps, and the passing of the steps beats the master." Martial arts in the world, footwork is the most difficult, the great monk is a person in the empty door, but he can use the footwork of the Taoist Yiyu Taichong so roundly, I'm afraid that in this world, there is only one of the Mang Yi mages in Mr. Ten Spirits, right?"