Half a month later.

Xiao Jinyan and Lu Gongzi walked on the official road to Xuzhou. Xiao Jinyan has traveled back and forth between Jiangnan and the capital many times, but this time he was alone, without Zhao Lanjiang fighting, without Li Chengcheng fighting, and practicing exercises every day in addition to hurrying.

After Jinling broke through the Elephant Realm, Xiao Jinyan has been included in the ranks of the top masters in the rivers and lakes, although he does not have the feat of Zhao Lanjiang who single-handedly stops thousands of troops and horses, nor does he have the momentum of Li Chengcheng to kill the ghost fan lord with a sword, but he has the confidence to fight with the two without falling behind.

During this period of time, the three strings have become more and more proficient in running in the body, especially after adding the third string force, his comprehension and use of the true element of heaven and earth have reached an unprecedented realm.

Once, when he tried to replicate the time in Jinling at night, he incorporated the mountains and rivers within a radius of a hundred miles into his law space, and two wild wolves also appeared in the space, which shocked him, before that, no living thing could enter this space.

The only thing that made him incomprehensible was still the picture of mountains and rivers in his chest, for it, Xiao Jinyan spent a lot of money to buy wine along the way, but when he looked at it, those symbols were still in the clouds.

This time he went north, Xiao Jinyan did not take the waterway.

Water and land are the most convenient way to go north, but the disadvantages are equally obvious, that is, slowness, and he has to go to Xuzhou.

The nameless gun hung quietly on the back of Lu Gongzi's donkey. When the gun buckle is not pressed, the nameless gun looks like a burning stick, black and swarthy, and there is no conspicuous place, and no one will know that this burning stick is one of the three great divine weapons that Lu Xuanji stole from Shujian Mountain back then.

The news that Li Chuntie was trapped in the capital came from Dongfang Nuannuan, and the detailed reason was not mentioned, this time he went to the capital to save Li Chuntie, which was very dangerous, so he had to know himself and the other in order to plan and act.

He came to Xuzhou to meet someone and inquire about some news.

It costs money to inquire about the news.

In the past, Xiao Jinyan walked the rivers and lakes, and the most worrying thing was money. And this time, when Li Chengcheng was leaving, he "lent" him 100,000 taels of gold leaves and silver bills with silver tickets.

Because this time it's to save people.

To save people, there are always some places where money is needed, and problems that can be solved with money, Xiao Jinyan doesn't want to make trouble.

The imprisonment of Li Chuntie was Zhu Liye's will, and according to Dongfang, he also took the initiative to ask for it. Otherwise, with Li Chuntie's cultivation, I am afraid that there is no place in this world that can trap him.

The reason for imprisoning him, Xiao Jinyan almost guessed that it was related to Yuwen Tianlu. Xiao Jinyan wondered if it was Zhu Liye who used some means to threaten Li Chuntie and make him dare not act rashly.

The best strategy, go and find a way to make Zhu Liye change his mind. Zhong Ce, persuade Li Chuntie and let him leave. If neither of these options work, then the only way to do it is to do it.

For the imperial court, this was tantamount to a rebellion.

Xiao Jinyan has no so-called loyalty to this court. For the common people, as long as there is something to eat, it makes no difference who is the emperor. For Xiao Jinyan, as long as the people he cares about are okay, it makes no difference who is the emperor.

Li Chuntie is one of the people he cares about.

It's just that Xiao Jinyan understands that this emperor seems to ignore the government, but his control over the court is so strict, no one in the past dynasties is unsurpassed, two factories and one guard, as well as Dengwen Academy, the four major secret agencies, so that his control over the hundred officials of the court, the vassal kings and the border ministers is almost to the harsh realm.

At that time, Zhu Liye led thousands of men and horses in the name of King Jing Nanqin, and entered the capital under the slogan of the Qing monarch's side. Of course, he is not an ordinary person, and their old Zhu family has always had this tradition of "appeasement".

Xiao Jinyan has walked this official road many times, but this time, the official road has become potholes, and many of the gravels on the road have been crushed, and after walking a few miles forward, Xiao Jinyan encountered a behemoth.

It's a walking stone.

It is about two zhang long, more than two zhang wide, more than one zhang high, and weighs seventy or eighty thousand catties by eyesight, such a stone, mounted on a huge "trailer", the trailer has twelve wooden wheels, wrapped in iron sheets, there are nearly fifty horses pulling the cart at the same time in front, and there are more than two hundred servants around to help.

Around the stone, many places are covered with yellow mud.

When Xiao Jinyan was in Suzhou, many wealthy gentry and officials liked to fiddle with Taihu stone at home, this stone had a lot of holes, and when transported, it was mostly filled with yellow mud to avoid bumping, and the preciousness of Taihu stone was the shape and stone hole.

Especially when the wind blows through the stone hole, it makes a pleasant sound, so it is very popular with large households, but a huge boulder like today, Xiao Jinyan has never seen or heard of it.

Judging from the escort team, many of them were wearing official uniforms, and they were naturally transported to the capital.

When Xiao Jinyan rode by on a donkey, he heard an officer and soldier whipping people with a leather whip, and scolded and said, "Today is the tenth day of the eighth month, if you can't put the stone in the Wanshou Palace before Concubine Pei's birthday banquet, not only you, but also us will be buried together, if you are lazy again, Lao Tzu will take you to the knife." ”

The officer and soldier saw Xiao Jinyan staring at him, his eyes widened, "What are you looking at? Do you still want to steal this treasure?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled, "Even if I want to steal, I have nowhere to hide." ”

The officer and soldier scolded, "It's good to know." So saying, he took the leather whip and went forward.

Xiao Jinyan asked the old servant, "Old man, what is the origin of this stone?"

The old servant pulled the rope and said dissatisfiedly, "This is Wannian Hou." ”

"Wan Nian Hou?" Xiao Jinyan asked puzzled.

"This stone is a gift from Lu Guogong to His Majesty and Pei Guifei, and it is used to make the treasure of the town palace of Wanshou Palace. ”

Xiao Jinyan laughed secretly in his heart, and then there was another burst of sadness.

Such a stone was sealed as a marquis, and so many Western soldiers who died in the Hengduan Mountain, and those who made great contributions to the Ming Frontier, did not even get the name of "loyal martyr" until they died, and I don't know if the world has changed or the people have changed.

"Why don't you take the waterway?"

The servant said, "Originally, I had been taking the waterway, but when I was in Suzhou, the river was too shallow, there was too much silt, and the boat couldn't pass, so I unloaded it, and waited for Xuzhou to take the waterway." My old waist!"

Xiao Jinyan said, "I know a little bit about the art of massage, so I might as well help you take a look." ”

Where does he know what medical skills, but he is also a person who practices martial arts, and it is a must to cultivate the rivers and lakes to relieve fatigue with true qi, so he turned over and got off the donkey, came to the old man, and crossed into an internal force, the old man felt that his whole body was hot, and he said happily, "It really works!"

Xiao Jinyan said with emotion, "Transporting such a stone from Taihu Lake to the capital is really a waste of labor and money." ”

The old man said, "Not really. In our eyes, this thing should not be eaten or worn, but when the noble man sees it, what can we do? Along the way, seven or eight people could not bear the hardships and passed. ”

"Who is Concubine Pei?"

The old servant said, "We don't know about this, I heard that it seems to be a concubine just favored by His Majesty, and it used to be the eldest lady of the Wind and Rain Building, but then the family road was defeated, and she went to the capital to seek refuge with relatives, and was favored by Her Majesty and included in the palace." It's the same human being, and life is precious and cheap!"

Wind and rain building?

Spring breeze night rain building?

Xiao Jinyan suddenly remembered that on the long street of Fuling City, the little pepper who was dressed in red and riding a red horse rampant on the street.

The old servant said, "We were originally slender men on the canal, and we were conscripted by officers and soldiers, so we took this job, but fortunately, if we can reach the capital smoothly, we will pay twenty taels of silver per person, and after we go back, we will be able to marry a daughter-in-law to my son." ”

This old servant can think about it.

In this world, most people are already very miserable when they live, they have income from their hard work, they have gained from their hard work, they can eat, even if they are mediocre and have nothing to do in their lives, it is worth it.

Xiao Jinyan couldn't help but think of Li Jinghong.

The way of immortality she pursues, practicing in the cave every day, even if she is immortal, but she can endure that kind of life like a year?

Anyway, Xiao Jinyan can't do it.

He is active by nature, born between heaven and earth, and can live vigorously on this river and lake, is it not ten thousand times stronger than pursuing that kind of ethereal avenue?

"Climb in front, you guys go to the back to help. ”

Dozens of servants, driven here by the officers and soldiers, the horsemen in front of them threw up their long whips, shouted hard, the whip whistle was whipped on the horses, the horses were in pain, and pulled upwards with difficulty.

The old servant shouted, "Guys, sing." ”

The servants shouted the trumpet, and a young man took the lead and sang in unison.

"Wan Nianhou, hum. ”

"Eighty thousand catties, huh. “

"Transported to the capital for silver, huh!"

"Earn money and drink good wine, huh!"

"Wife and children are hot on the kang, hum!"

The sound is very rhythmic, and everyone steps on the rhythm, accompanied by the sound of "hum", and pushes forward. The slope of this section of the road is not large, twenty or thirty zhang, but under the joint force of people and horses, it slowly drives upward.

Just as he was about to roll over, one of the horses suddenly fell to the ground with cramps and foaming at the mouth, and the rest of the horses were disturbed, and their strength was scattered at once.

Crash!

The last two wheels broke.

The trailer is out of control.

Someone shouted, "Run!"

The servants dodged to both sides, and the more than ten servants in the last row, including the old man who was chatting with Xiao Jinyan, didn't have time to react at all, and were stunned on the spot, seeing that they were about to be crushed into meat by the Taihu Lake stone.

A figure flashed.

Xiao Jinyan didn't think about it, and instantly released three string forces, releasing the law space, and encapsulating this huge stone cage in it.

No splatters of flesh.

No one flipped on their backs.

Xiao Jinyan single-handedly stopped this boulder. Although within the law space, he can change the rules of time, space, and quality at will, but the inertia brought about by the slide of the 80,000-pound boulder is beyond the imagination of human power.

Xiao Jinyan had no distractions in his mind at the moment, and after the space was stable, the internal force poured into his arms, pushing Wan Nian Hou step by step, and turned over the last two feet of the hillside.

Everyone looked at Xiao Jinyan dumbfounded.

It seems to be watching a miracle.

Even Xiao Jinyan didn't expect that in a desperate situation, he would be able to burst out with such a powerful force, and when the stone stopped, Xiao Jinyan withdrew the law space.

At this moment, his whole body was hollowed out, and he didn't even have the strength to lift his fingers.

Before everyone could react, Xiao Jinyan whistled, and Lu Gongzi rushed over, Xiao Jinyan didn't want to say more to them, so he rode Lu Gongzi and left here.

Behind him, the two hundred servants fell to their knees.

"Immortals have descended. ”

"Heaven forbid!"

The escort officer who walked in the front thought that he was going to break into a monstrous disaster, but when he saw Xiao Jinyan's actions, he was also stunned on the spot.

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