On the seventh day of the eighth month of the twelfth year of Zhengguang, Qing Xuanqi had already sent the tiger talisman and troop transfer documents of the king of Tanglin to the military camp of the governor's mansion outside the Tanglin Mansion, and borrowed a thousand forbidden troops from Liu Shouguang, the control envoy, and hurried to the government of Dongling Mansion, and cooperated with the original officers and soldiers to surround the palace to prevent someone from robbing the prisoners. Besides, Liu Shouguang, the mocking wind control envoy, is one of the nine road Panlong control envoys of the imperial court, and is stationed outside the Tanglin Mansion. These nine roads are stationed in the nine state capitals that are extremely important, and Tanglin Mansion is naturally among them. Its status is slightly higher than that of the governor's army in other state capitals, and the command of the Jingtian Iron Cavalry outside the Yaoye Mansion is the fourth rank of the official residence of Yu Kanji, and the command of the rest of the governor's army is from the fourth grade.

The Jingtian Iron Cavalry did not belong to the governor's army, but was ordered to guard the border passes and inspect the important military brigades of the frontier. Unlike Yu Kan, although this Liu Shouguang is a little conceited, he thinks that he loves the people like a son, and he is the first brave general in the world, but he is also a brave and good general, and he was pulled by Ying Wuji, so he also obeyed the order of Wuji.

After handing over the order to Liu Shouguang, he took the first step and quietly returned to the Tanglin Mansion, and Liu Shouguang led the army to the Tanglin Mansion later, and the Qing Lingyi also specially instructed him to enter the Tanglin Mansion from the West Gate, and take a walk along the way, the purpose is to let the Dao Xueke in the Qiyun Inn know the changes in the mansion.

At dusk, Liu Shouguang personally led the team and led the elite of the 1,000 mocking wind army to march rapidly for half an hour, which was already only half a mile away from the Tanglin Mansion, and the rest of the soldiers in the battalion were all in strict formation, managed by the deputy commander, and stood by in place. When passing by the Qiyun Inn, the little two heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the door, and there seemed to be the sound of armor vibrating, probing to look, seeing the sand and dust flying outside the door, and hearing the neighing of the horse, the smoke and dust stopped suddenly.

The shopkeeper stopped the abacus in his hand and said to Xiao Er: "Boy, go out and see, what's the situation?" The little two put on a rag and went out to see, and saw that the endless army was crowded on the rather narrow dirt road, it rained last night, although it was scorched by the sun for a long time, but it was still a little wet, and those soldiers rested on the side of the road, blocking the road, and the pedestrians had to detour.

The golden-armored red-robed and white-faced general headed by Liu Shouguang is the white and pure of this life, but he is more than thirty years old, his martial arts are mediocre, but he is indeed familiar with the art of war, and he has also fought a lot of victories in recent years. Liu Shouguang turned over and dismounted, patted off the mud and dust on the red robe, and strode towards the Qiyun Inn, followed by a partial general.

When Xiao Er saw it, he hurriedly greeted him, with a smile on his face, and asked cautiously: "I don't know if the general is playing a sharp game or staying in a hotel?" Liu Shouguang did not speak, but the partial general preemptively said: "Nonsense! Of course, I came to you to rest for a while, how can our general stay in a place like you! Quickly give our general a few jars of good wine!"

The arrogance of the partial general made the little two not panic, and the shopkeeper saw it for fear that the little two would say the wrong thing and cause trouble, so he also came forward and asked: "Yes, yes, although the general rests, the small shop will never dare to slack off, but I don't know how many people the general brought, if there are too many, I'm afraid the small shop will not be able to sit down." ”

"Presumptuous! Dare to speak to our general like this!" The general was about to draw his sword, but was stopped by Liu Shouguang. Liu Shouguang smiled and took out a hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms and stuffed them into the hands of the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper would rather die, and waved his hand again and again and said: "It is a blessing for the tenth generation to be able to receive the general in the small shop, and I really dare not accept the general's money." ”

Liu Shouguang forced his subordinates again, and finally the general reprimanded: "If you ask you to accept it, you will accept it, where did you get so much nonsense!" The shopkeeper took the silver ticket and held it in his hand. Liu Shouguang didn't say a word, just relying on that prejudice to set off, he showed his love for the people. "The shopkeeper is in a hurry, and this seat is not resting in your shop. This time I brought a thousand brothers to enter the Tanglin Mansion, and the soldiers and horses were tired under the rapid march, and I wanted to rest for a while on this road before entering the city, and I happened to meet your inn. These taels of silver are for you to buy wine, and I want you to take out all the good wine you have in store, and cut some meat, whether it is beef or mutton, and I will surely have a full meal and drink it to my thousand brothers. Liu Shouguang said kindly and humbly.

"Take it all out, wow. The shopkeeper was a little surprised.

Liu Shouguang asked, "Why, aren't these silver taels enough?" Then he took out a silver ticket worth five hundred taels and put it in the hand of the shopkeeper. When did the shopkeeper and Xiao Er see so many silver taels at one time, they were already full of gold stars, fluttering, and said again and again: "Of course it's enough, of course it's enough, no, no, no, it's too much, I can't use so much." ”

"Then the rest is considered a reward, and I hope the shopkeeper will prepare it earlier. Liu Shouguang said. When the shopkeeper heard this, he couldn't hide the surprise on his face, so he hurriedly put away the silver tickets, and went to the back kitchen to take out all the wine and meat to prepare. The little second moved all the chairs in the store to the road for Liu Shouguang and some generals with military rank to sit down, and those soldiers could only sit on the ground regardless of the mud.

The little two carried the teapot and made tea for Liu Shouguang and the others with the cup, and waited for a while. The little two were curious, and after noon, there were one after another into the city and out of the city to rest the merchants and travelers talking about the things in the city after dinner, Xiao Er listened to a rough idea, and saw that the army was here, while the turnout couldn't help asking: "I don't know where the general is?"

"Bold!" the general retorted.

Liu Shouguang waved his hand to signal him to calm down, and then turned his head to the little second and said: "This seat is the military control envoy of the Governor's Mansion of this Tanglin Mansion, and it is the commander of the Nine-Way Panlong Mocking Wind Army appointed by the imperial court, Liu Shouguang." When the little second child heard this, he was overjoyed, and said again and again: "It turns out that you are General Liu! General Liu has been stationed outside the Tanglin Mansion all these years, blessing our side with peace and security, so that the people of this area can live and work in peace and contentment, and not suffer from the bandits' rebellion. ”

"Oh?" Although Liu Shouguang's face was calm, the corners of his mouth were still upturned, and his heart was even more ecstatic, and he pretended to say, "This is the duty of this seat, and as for the love of the people, it is because you love this seat too much." ”

The little second asked again: "I don't know why the general came to the city this time?" It happened that the shopkeeper was also busy finishing his work, rushed back to the front of the store, saw that Xiao Er was making tea, and also came over, and when he heard this, he reprimanded: "Boy, the general's trip must be a military secret, how can you speculate on your own?"

When Liu Shouguang heard this, he thought of the previous entrustment of the young man, so he waved his hand and said: "The shopkeeper's words are wrong, this is not a military secret, and it doesn't hurt to inform you." This seat entered the city this time because of the order of the prince, and went to help the prince guard the three death row prisoners who assassinated the prince and robbed the law field. Yesterday, there was a woman named Zhu Qingqiu who pretended to be a show girl and went into the house, intending to harm the prince, but fortunately, the prince was a man of destiny and fortunately had nothing to do. And at noon today, when Lord Yin Zhuang of Tanglin Mansion was in charge of supervising the beheading of Na Zhu Qingqiu, her two accomplices, one named Luo Baiyi, and the other named Rao Mengli, killed many officers and soldiers, and wanted to rob the death row prisoner, which frightened Lord Zhuang even more. Fortunately, the prince's guards stopped them in time, arrested the three of them, and imprisoned them in the prison of Tanglin Mansion. Lord Zhuang learned that this was a group of rebellious parties, they intended to assassinate the prince and subvert our dynasty, in order to prevent his accomplices from breaking into the prison and rescue the three people, so he specially ordered the seat to lead troops to come to help. In a few days, the three of them will be corrected. ”

"I see. The shopkeeper said with Xiao Er. The little second said: "These chaotic parties are really hateful, they actually want to assassinate the prince!" The shopkeeper also answered: "Yes, over the years, the fortune and health of Tanglin Mansion have all been thanks to the blessing of the prince, how can anyone want to assassinate him? The general will sit down for a while, I will go to the back kitchen to see, boy, why don't you go to the wine cellar to move wine!"

It just so happened that Liu Yuanjun came down from upstairs, and when he saw Xiao Er, he stopped him and asked, "Little Second Brother, it's already dusk, and I don't know why we haven't prepared a meal yet?" ”

Hearing this, the little two scratched his head and said, "It turned out to be Liu Gongzi, this, you see that I am busy, I have forgotten it." They all come and go into the city, and few stay in our inn. Now it's just the two of you, so you forget. ”

Liu Yuanjun smiled when he heard this: "Then don't bother the little second brother, please tell the little second brother where the kitchen is, I'll just do it myself." ”

"No, no, no. Xiao Er waved his hand again and again, blocking in front of Liu Yuanjun. Liu Yuanjun asked, "Why is this?"

Xiao Er said truthfully: "Liu Gongzi, take a look outside, those soldiers and horses are the troops of General Liu of the Tanglin Mansion Governor's Army, and they are resting here." All the vegetables, wine, and meat in our inn were left for them, and there was really no extra food. When this time is over, I'll go to the city to buy some cooked food for the two of you, I don't know?"

Liu Yuanjun stood on tiptoe, came to the bedside, lifted the window a crack and secretly observed the soldiers sitting on the ground, and looked at Liu Shouguang, who was sitting on the bench drinking tea. He turned back to Xiao Er and asked softly, "Why are they here, don't they want to enter Tanglin Mansion, but what happened in the city?"

Xiao'er said with a smile: "The three of Liu Gongzi stay upstairs all day, so they don't know much about the outside world. This general was General Liu Shouguang, one of the governor's troops stationed outside Tanglin Mansion and one of the envoys of the Nine Routes. Last night, there was a chaotic party in the city pretending to be a show girl to infiltrate the palace, intending to assassinate the prince of Tanglin, but fortunately it did not succeed. It was originally scheduled to be beheaded by Lord Yin Zhuang Qiuzhuang of Tanglin Mansion at noon today, and sentenced to capital punishment, but she didn't expect that she still had two accomplices. However, now those accomplices have also been caught, and Lord Zhuang thinks that those rebellious parties still have accomplices and may go to the prison to rob prisoners, so the prince asked General Liu to lead troops to come to help, guard the prisoners, and soon the three of them will be brought to justice. ”

When Liu Yuanjun heard this, he said: "Oh, what kind of prisoners do they need to make such a big move, and they still need to be guarded by the forbidden army? Could it be that the officers and soldiers guarding the city in the Tanglin Mansion can't stop them?"

Xiao Er replied: "No, I heard that these three Jianghu people have extremely high martial arts, and two of them killed a lot of officers and soldiers when they robbed the law field." Fortunately, he was caught by the prince's guards. Imprisoned in prison. ”

"The prince's guard?" Liu Yuanjun thought about it when he heard this, and after a moment of silence, his eyes became fierce again, and he was so frightened that Xiao Er took half a step back, "Do you know what the names of the guards around King Tanglin are?"

Xiao Er lowered his head and thought for a long time before saying: "Name, no one seems to know his real name, it's just that everyone calls him the fifth master, oh, he also has a nickname, called Qing Xuanyi!"

"Young. Liu Yuanjun gritted his teeth and said, then hurriedly asked, "Does that little brother know who those three prisoners are?"

"Oh, this knows, the assassin of the prince is called Zhu Qingqiu, and the two robbers of the Dharma Field, one is called Luo Baiyi, and the other is called Rao Mengli. As soon as Xiao Er's words fell, Liu Yuanjun's eyes were round in shock, his mouth was slightly open, his face was pale, and he hurriedly turned around and ran upstairs. Xiao Er scratched his head again, very strangely, until the shopkeeper in the back kitchen urged him to move the wine, he went to the cellar again.

Liu Yuanjun rushed into the room, Dao Xueke was drinking tea, and when he saw Liu Yuanjun coming back in a hurry, his head was covered with sweat, so he asked: "What happened, why is the senior sister so anxious?" Liu Yuanjun sat down next to him, still panting, Chu Qing'an saw it, poured a bowl of tea and handed it over, and said, "You let the senior sister take a sip of tea." ”

Liu Yuanjun didn't care about drinking tea, held down Dao Xueke's wrist and trembled and said: "Ah Xue, no matter what you hear, you have to promise me, you can't be impulsive, you must be calm." Okay?" Dao Xueke glanced at Chu Qing'an, then at Liu Yuanjun's pale face, and said with a smile: "Senior sister, just say it." ”

Zhu Qingqiu was arrested after failing to assassinate the King of Tanglin, and Luo Baiyi and Rao Mengli were also caught by Qing Xianqi in order to save her. Now locked up in the Dongling Mansion prison, the three of them will be beheaded in a few days!" The teacup in Chu Qing'an's hand rolled to the ground, and Dao Xueke was also stunned in place, slowly stood up, his face was full of disbelief, and said softly: "What did they come to Tanglin Mansion to do? What did they come to Tanglin Mansion to do! Why did they rush to assassinate the Tanglin King!"

Chu Qing'an hurriedly grabbed his arm and asked, "Where is Brother Xue going?"

"I'm going to the Tanglin Mansion prison and rescue them. Dao Xueke said coldly.

Liu Yuanjun also hurriedly stopped in front of him and said, "Ah Xue, you promised me that I would never act impulsively!

Dao Xueke said: "Senior sister, if it is someone else, I don't have to worry about him. And Naluo Baiyi and Rao Mengli, since my senior sister was no longer by my side and grew up with me, after ten years of light and shadow, I have long regarded them as my biological brothers and sisters, and now my benefactor and my own brothers and sisters are in trouble, how can I not save them?"

"Even if you want to save it, you can't save it alone, and now the Tanglin Mansion has dispatched officers and soldiers to guard the prison together with the forbidden army of the Governor's Mansion outside the city, not to mention that the masters in the palace are like clouds, this act is more auspicious and less, don't say that you are alone, even if the three of us go, most of them will go and never return!" Liu Yuanjun persuaded.

"Yes, Brother Xue, Senior Sister Liu's words are reasonable!" Chu Qing'an was worried about Dao Xueke, and also echoed, "It's better to wait for me to repair the book and send it back to Yiye Jianmen, and let my father bring someone to help, or give it a try." ”

Liu Yuanjun said: "You can also go to Lu'an and ask Hall Master Xiao to bring someone to save you, it's better than the three of us taking risks!"

Dao Xueke disagreed: "Yaoye Mansion is thousands of miles away from here, and the letter will not reach Yiye Jianmen in a few days, and I am afraid that the three of them have already been killed by then." If you wait until Lord Truman brings someone to come, there will be nothing to make up for it. And although Lu'an Mansion is not far from Tanglin, but Hall Master Xiao is old after all, I don't want him to get involved in these affairs of the rivers and lakes anymore, besides, Bai Yi and Xiaoli are in prison, if he knows, he will be worried. Besides, if any movement is known to the king of Tanglin, he will definitely attack in advance and kill the three of them. If you don't take advantage of his unpreparedness tonight, you will definitely be able to save three people by surprise. ”

Dao Xueke's words have some truth, and Chu Qingan and Liu Yuanjun can't refute it. Liu Yuanjun said again: "In that case, we will go with you!"

Dao Xueke waved his hand again and again: "No, how can I let Qing'an and Senior Sister accompany me to the danger?"

"Since it's dangerous, how can we watch Brother Xue go alone?" Chu Qing'an said, "If Brother Xue doesn't let the two of us accompany me, we won't be able to get out of this door today." After that, he stood side by side with Liu Yuanjun and blocked the door.

Dao Xueke hesitated, and Liu Yuanjun said again: "The arrest of the three of them is no longer a matter of Ah Xue and you alone, you treat them as relatives and benefactors, why don't we?

Dao Xueke shook his head helplessly, so he had to agree, and the three of them made an appointment to visit the mansion at night later, find an appropriate time to break into the prison, and rescue the three of them.

In the blink of an eye, another hour had passed, and the sun had already set, leaving only a trace of afterglow in the sky so that the sky would not be pitch black. And the group of soldiers and horses outside the Qiyun Inn were already full of food and drink, ready to go. Liu Shouguang turned over and got on his horse and continued to go to Tanglin Mansion. Dao Xueke stood at the window on the second floor and looked at Liu Shouguang on horseback, leading the people to the west gate, thinking about the plan for the night.

The thousand people said more and less and not too little, and entered the Tanglin Mansion in a mighty way, and the pedestrians on the road all avoided it, and came to the Donglin Mansion all the way unimpeded, at this time there should be no disease and Zhuangqiu were already waiting here, and a banquet was held to entertain Liu Shouguang.

Liu Shouguang saw Ying Wujian at the entrance of the palace from a distance, so he turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Ying Wujian and said: "The last general originally wanted to go to the palace to visit the prince, but I didn't want the prince to greet the last general in person, the prince's kindness to the last general, the last general will never forget!" With that, a few people walked into the palace, and the officers and soldiers accompanying him immediately went to the prison to send additional men to guard the three important prisoners together with the officers and soldiers guarding the city.