Besides, after Huang Chao withdrew from Tongzhou, Zhu Wen also led the army to follow, and suddenly the city of Tongzhou was full of joy, gongs and drums, just like the New Year. Xu Zhi saw that the siege of Tongzhou had been lifted, so he discussed the next step with everyone. Xue Atan first suggested: "If you want me to say, in order to save us, King Huang risked his way out of the encirclement, we must not forget our roots, and we should also do something for him." ”

He Mengjiao saw that Xue Atan was very righteous, and asked, "Xue Aniu, what can we do for King Huang now?"

Xue Atan said with a smile: "Miss He, don't laugh, Ah Niu is worried, no matter what Huang Wangdong wins or loses, these masters around Zhu Wen can't assassinate last time, and they will definitely plot against Huang Wang next time!"

When Zhou Yuanzhi heard this, she said to herself: "If Yun Feiyang and they plot against Daddy again, how can it be good?"

Li Cunxiao comforted: "Sister Zhou, don't worry, Huang Wang has 100,000 male divisions under him, since the last time he was in distress, Huang Wang will definitely strengthen his vigilance, if Zhu Wen wants to assassinate again, it will not be so easy!"

He Mengjiao also said: "I don't know how Yun Feiyang and his party colluded with Zhu Wen, by the way, Brother Xu, let's not forget that they still have half of the secrets of the strange book in their hands, and we must not let the secrets fall into the hands of treacherous villains like Zhu Wen and Yun Feiyang!"

Xu Zhi listened to He Mengjiao's words, and suddenly realized: "This Yun Feiyang is really smart, he must want to use Zhu Wen to secretly mix the secrets of the world's strange books in the grain and grass, and secretly transport them out of the customs." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi also suddenly realized: "I see, I was also very puzzled before: this Yun Feiyang and Zhu Wen did not know each other before, let alone have a deep friendship. Yun Feiyang suddenly took refuge in Zhu Wen's command, and even did not hesitate to fight for him and assassinate his father, it turned out that it was all for this strange book!"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "If we are not mistaken, it must be Yun Feiyang and his subordinates who escort grain and grass to Zhu Wen, as long as we follow Zhu Wen's army, we can not only find out the news of the Yellow King, but also secretly visit the whereabouts of Qishu!", everyone applauded when they heard it.

The next day, Xu Zhi and others went out of Tongzhou, secretly followed Zhu Wen's army all the way to the east, passed Tongguan, and saw that Hangu Pass had already been lifted, and the ancient post roads on both sides were sparsely populated, and there were incomplete banners and white bones everywhere. Everyone walked for nearly a month, to Luoyang, only to know that Huang Chao did not go out of Hangu Guandong, but south to Lantian and enter Shang Mountain, in the retreat, Huang Chao ordered the righteous army to abandon the baggage and precious goods on the road, after the officers and soldiers of all roads looted in Chang'an, they scrambled to pick up property on the road, and no longer pursued, so Huang Chao was able to organize the army and go. After Huang Chao came out of the customs, he waved his troops and pointed directly at Caizhou, only to know that after Meng Kai was captured, he let Zhu Wen coerce and lure, did not give in, and bravely took justice. When Huang Chao learned the bad news, he was furious and personally led a large army to besiege Chenzhou.

Xu Zhi saw Zhu Wen's army marching to Luoyang, and rested for several days for some reason. It turned out that Zhu Wen suddenly received a decree from the imperial court, asking him to be the assassin of Bianzhou, the envoy of the Xuanwu Army, and concurrently the deputy envoy of the Hezhong Xingying Battalion, and gave him the name Zhu Quanzhong, so that he could immediately lead troops to rescue Chenzhou and snipe the Huangchao rebels advancing eastward.

Xu Zhi saw that Zhu Wen was divided into two routes in Luoyang, and Zhu Wen personally led a team of light cavalry to the south to rescue Chenzhou; the other way was still slowly escorted to Bianzhou by Li Zhen and Yun Feiyang. Xu Zhi decided to go to Bianzhou first, find an inn to settle in, and familiarize himself with the landform of Bianzhou.

Bianzhou was originally the capital of the Warring States Wei State, located in the center of the canal and Bianshui. During the middle period of Dezong's construction, in order to block Li Xilie's westward advance, Bianzhou Jiedu made Li Mian expand and increase the city of Bianzhou, making Bianzhou City the third largest military town after Chang'an and Luoyang at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Xu Zhi and others walked for another month, under the scorching sun, entered the west gate of Bianzhou, and saw that the wide market was full of people coming and going, and the goods were dazzling, and there was everything, and its prosperity and liveliness were no less than Chang'an and Luoyang. Xu Zhi and others had no intention of appreciating the customs of Bianzhou, so they went straight to find a "Jingfu" inn near the state government to stay.

The next day is the Zhongyuan Festival, Bianzhou is located in the Central Plains, every household has the custom of worshiping their ancestors on the same day, especially in the evening, the weather is slightly cooler, the men, women and children in the city will hold the bright full moon, carry lanterns, burn paper money for ancestors in the open space near the residence, send thoughts.

That night, Xu Zhi and others also bought some sacrifices, imitating the people of Bianzhou, and burned paper money on a vacant lot near Jingfu Inn, expressing their thoughts to Mingyue for their ancestors. Xu Zhi first paid tribute to his parents, and then led everyone to worship the Shaolin monks who sacrificed to save Shaolin and the people.

Suddenly, the worshippers stood up one after another, discussing: "Look, our Xuanwu Army's Lord Hui and Miss Cheng have also come to pay tribute to their ancestors!", and after speaking, they all rushed towards the bank of the Bianhe River.

Xu Zhi looked in the direction pointed by the crowd, and saw a handsome general riding a tall horse, his face behind the moonlight could not be seen clearly, and behind him was a small sedan chair carried by several attendants carrying a thin veil.

The general crossed the state bridge, stopped the horse on the bank of the Bianhe River, jumped off the horse, opened the sedan curtain, and walked out of a beautiful girl, the general and the girl carried a palace lamp embroidered with dragons and phoenixes, lit a white candle, and gently let it go, the girl watched the ever-bright lantern, and prayed softly: "Grandpa, Yingying and Brother Hui miss you in Bianzhou, I hope you can be happy in heaven!"

Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, He Mengjiao, Li Cunxiao, Xue Atan, and Angry Fool squeezed through the crowd and watched towards the river, only to see the girl bend down, take a flower boat with exquisite workmanship from the young general's hand, light six white candles, put them in the cabin, and gently let go of the sacrificial boat along the flowing water, the girl looked at the boat and prayed softly: "Brother Wu Jun, you sacrificed your life in Caizhou Yanyulou to save Yingying, today Yingying and Brother Hui went to the Bianhe River, see you coming!", after speaking, she couldn't cry anymore.

The young general waited for the girl to finish crying, took out an embroidered handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her, and the girl wiped her eyes, then turned around, and returned to the state bridge with the general.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that the girl was approaching, and only then did she see her appearance clearly, it was her Jinlan sister Cheng Yingying, she blurted out: "Sister Yingying, why are you in Bianzhou?", and squeezed her after speaking.

Cheng Yingying saw that someone in the crowd called her name, and she also stopped, she saw Zhou Yuanzhi at a glance, and exclaimed excitedly: "Sister Yuanzhi, why are you also in Bianzhou, and Brother Xu is also coming to Bianzhou?"

Zhou Yuanzhi stepped forward and grabbed Cheng Yingying's hands, and said excitedly: "I, Brother Xu, and many friends have come to your Bianzhou, Sister Yingying is happy to see her sister?"

Cheng Yingying shouted to Hui Feng, who was leading the horse in the distance: "Brother Hui, come quickly, Brother Xu, Sister Zhou, they are here, come and meet!"

When Huifeng heard that Xu Zhi was coming, he hurried over and said with a smile on his face: "The eldest brother has been coming to Bianzhou for a few days, why don't you come to find the younger brother?"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Senior Brother Hui, the eldest brother also just came yesterday, and I didn't know that you were promoted to Bianzhou again!", after speaking, he introduced He Mengjiao and others behind him to Huifeng and Cheng Yingying.

Hui Feng said with a smile: "Brother An, Brother Xue, the younger brother originally knew each other, but Miss He and the two Shaolin masters met for the first time, congratulations to the eldest brother for having a few more good brothers and sisters!"

Xue Atan listened and corrected: "Brother Hui, you don't know, now Brother An has changed his name to Li Cunxiao and has become the thirteenth Taibao of King Jin, and we will no longer protect King Huang!"

Hui Feng saw that Xue Atan had something to say, so it was inconvenient to ask Xu Zhi in person, so he hurriedly said: "This is not the place to talk, tonight the moon is full, the younger brother invites Brother Xu and all the brothers and sisters to the cold house to drink and talk, how about it?" When everyone heard this, they all shouted in unison: "Brother Rao Hui!"

Huifeng welcomed Xu Zhi and others into the state government, and instructed his subordinates to prepare a rich banquet and arrange for the heroes to sit down.

Hui Feng raised his glass and toasted to everyone, and said, "Hui Feng is so happy to meet your brothers and sisters in Bianzhou tonight, we all have to drink three glasses!" Everyone listened and applauded in unison.

Xu Zhi returned the salute to Hui Feng with three glasses of wine, and then stopped and asked, "Senior Brother Hui, aren't you in Songzhou as the Xuanwu Army's envoy? Why are you transferred to Bianzhou again?"

Hui Feng took a glass of wine and said: " Brother Xu, at that time, Princess Xiuyun's appointment of her brother as the Xuanwu Army's festival envoy was only temporary, and there was no official appointment from the imperial court, and then Chang'an fell, and the brother was safe and steady for nearly a year, but he worked with Ou Yangguang, it was really not good, he had to inspect the river at every turn, inspect the states and counties below, I also know where he is sympathetic to the people's will, he is collecting local benefits in disguise, he also knows that I am just an acting town marshal, and he doesn't discuss with me much about big and small things!"

Li Cunxiao heard this and sighed: "Brother Hui, you, a feudal official, have done a lot of tricks, what happened later?"

Hui Feng sighed and said: "Later, Princess Xiuyun became a monk, and General Zhou Chen was nowhere to be found, so no one could restrain this Ou Yangguang, he was clearly the supervisor of the Xuanwu Army, but except for returning to Songzhou for the New Year and the festival to collect money, he was mixed with Yun Feiyang at other times!" This Ou Yangguang has long been unaccustomed to his brother, thinking that I am blocking his financial path, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Yellow King's withdrawal from Guanzhong, several times to the imperial court, saying that I sniped the righteous army ineffectively, and wanted to replace me as the acting Jiedu envoy, so a month ago, I was not the Jiedu envoy of the Xuanwu Army, and was transferred to Bianzhou by the imperial court, and was the acting governor of Bianzhou and the commander of the soldiers and horses, until the new Jiedu envoy arrived in Bianzhou. I don't know how long I can do it?"

Zhou Yuanzhi heard this and sighed, "So that's the case! Brother Hui, you don't have to be sad, if you say something that doesn't matter, Yuanzhi will think that you are not suitable to be an official of the imperial court!"

Hui Feng was very surprised when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, "Miss Zhou, why is this?"

Zhou Yuanzhi replied: "Brother Hui, forgive Yuanzhi for being blunt, you are too upright, you will not change, and you are jealous and hateful, which will only make your superiors and colleagues regard you as an alternative, how do you survive in this world-drunk officialdom?"

Cheng Yingying also interjected: "What Sister Yuan Zhi said is very true, and the younger sister has also persuaded Brother Hui many times, hoping that he will resign from the government and serve the people, and be as happy as all his brothers and sisters, unrestrained, wouldn't it be comfortable! But Brother Hui, he just can't make up his mind......"

Xu Zhi saw the unspeakable concealment on Huifeng's face, and defended him: "Yuan Zhi, Miss Cheng, you are all girls, how do you know the difficulties in Brother Hui's heart, he doesn't want his beloved to wander with him, wandering the rivers and lakes!

Cheng Yingying listened to Xu Zhi's words, Fang knew all the pain in Huifeng's heart, in order to love himself and let himself live a good life, he had to compromise and lower his voice, and take refuge in the court that he thought was the dirtiest and darkest. exchanging the pain of his life for the happiness of his beloved's life, how many men in the world can do such a sacrifice?

Cheng Yingying said with tears in her eyes: "Brother Hui, Yingying is a singing girl, a lowly person, not worthy of such sacrifice and practice by the eldest brother. Brother Hui, you have to know that Yingying has long belonged to the eldest brother, and is willing to bear the pain with the eldest brother, you think that Yingying is happy in this mansion with fine clothes and food, and the house is full of slaves, in fact, whenever you see the eldest brother returning to the house, her face is sad and depressed, and Yingying's heart is more painful than that of the eldest brother. Love is mutual, it is the responsibility of two people, not one person's contribution, in fact, as long as two beloved people can be together, just like Brother Xu and Sister Zhou, no matter how dangerous they are, no matter how hard they are, no matter how erratic, but they can be happy together, suffer together, and spend every beautiful and unforgettable moment in life together, they are the happiest in the world!

Huifeng listened to Cheng Yingying's crying, and couldn't cry anymore, and cried: "Yingying, the eldest brother is wrong, the eldest brother has always thought that as long as you eat well, dress well, and live well, you will be happy." In fact, the eldest brother doesn't know you, if you really covet these vanities and wealth, you would have left the eldest brother a long time ago. Yingying, don't worry, as soon as the new Xuanwu Army Festival envoy arrives, the eldest brother will resign from him, take you out of this filthy and dark officialdom, and follow Brother Xu and them to be happy together!"

Zhou Yuanzhi also persuaded: "Brother Hui, this is a good idea, when the time comes, our sisters can join hands as usual and admire the cattle and sheep in the north, the willows in the south of the Yangtze River, and the snow-capped mountains in the plateau!", after speaking, Cheng Yingying smiled, and then Cheng Yingying stopped crying and secretly wiped the tears on her eyes.

Huifeng asked Xu Zhidao: "Brother Xu, you don't do a good horse, why do you take Miss Zhou around?"

Xu Zhi sighed: "Brother Hui, it's hard to say a word!", and then he said goodbye to Songzhou and what happened to Hui Feng and Cheng Yingying.

After listening to this, Hui Feng sighed: "I didn't expect that after our brothers separated, so many big things happened, Shaolin Temple was destroyed, King Huang entered Chang'an to claim the emperor, and the brothers were slandered and driven out of Chang'an. It's a pity that the younger brother didn't participate in any of them, which is really a big regret in life!"

He Mengjiao smiled: "These are all thrilling things, little sister hopes that Brother Hui and Sister Cheng will not get involved!"

Cheng Yingying saw that He Meng's delicate was not only beautiful, but also spoke very upright and bold, and she liked her very much in her heart, so she proposed: "Sister He, I married Jin Lan with Sister Zhou Zeng Yi, and now the three of us are like each other at first sight, why don't we learn from the boy's Taoyuan Sanyi, and they are all commensurate with sisters, how about it?", Zhou Yuanzhi heard it and applauded first.

He Mengjiao also nodded and said: "This method is very good, Mengjiao has two more good sisters!"

Zhou Yuanzhi looked at He Mengjiao and introduced Cheng Yingying: "Sister Yingying, don't you know, it is this Mengjiao sister in front of you who used the sound of the flute to tie with the envoy of Fusang in the Chang'an ring!"

When He Mengjiao heard this, her face flushed with shame and said: "Sister Yingying, don't listen to Sister Zhou's nonsense, Mengjiao doesn't have such good skills, but Sister Yuanzhi strokes the piano is a must!"

Cheng Yingying said with a smile: "It turns out that the two sisters are proficient in music and rhythm, it just so happens that Yingying is a singer and can also play a pipa.

Xu Zhi and the others all applauded, and even the silent anger and stupidity blushed, looking forward to it.

Cheng Yingying asked the maid to take a dulcimer and put it in front of Zhou Yuanzhi, and she went in to take a pipa, He Mengjiao took out a jade flute from her sleeve and asked, "Two sisters, what kind of music will you play tonight, so that you can enjoy the occasion?"

Cheng Yingying said with a smile: "Tonight the moon is full, heroes are gathered, and the house is full of friends, why don't you play a song "Mountains and Flowing Water" to Brother Xu and them to help them drink?"

Zhou Yuanzhi plucked the strings, tried the sound, and said, "Okay, just follow what Sister Yingying said!", after speaking, she plucked the strings with both hands and played.

The song "Mountains and Flowing Water" is based on the guqin, supplemented by pipa and flute sounds, and the artistic conception is better. The song tells the story of the pre-Qin qin master Boya once played the piano in the wilderness, and the woodcutter Zhongzi was able to comprehend the artistic conception, and Boya called it a bosom friend. After the death of Zhong Ziqi, Bo toothache lost his voice, broke the piano, and did not play for life, so there is the song of "Mountains and Flowing Water".

Xue Atan didn't understand the rhythm of music, he took advantage of the wine, he walked to Huifeng and persuaded a glass of wine, who knew that Huifeng was already half drunk and couldn't drink anymore, only drank half a glass, Xue Atan said unhappily: "Brother Hui, little brother admires you everywhere, but you don't drink very happily, you only drink half a glass, and you have to wait for the new festival to arrive, can't you have a happy one?"

Hui Feng was already drunk, and smirked: "Brother Xue, Brother Xue, you have to wait, you have to wait, your big brother Hui just wants to see who this new Xuanwu Festival envoy is? He doesn't have three heads and six arms, and your eldest brother has to humiliate him before he resigns?