Mu Hanyi took out a handful of bud grain from his purse and fed the carrier pigeon, the pigeon was also well-behaved, pecked at the grain, cooed a few times, spread its wings and flew through the eaves in front of the hall and flew into the air.

That Pan Tianluo unconsciously praised: "The girl's technique is very clever. Everyone was amazed to see that her pigeon was so domesticated.

Mu Hanyi said: "Now that the route is clear, then you can set off to chase that old fox!"

Bao Zheng said: "This matter should not be publicized, in case the news leaks out, and you need to be entrusted to try your best to track down, no matter what, we must take back the scriptures, return them to our court, and do not teach the author's hard work in vain." ”

Hu Zhenbang thought that his father's revenge had not been avenged, and the book he wrote was still in the hands of lawless people of different races, he was extremely indignant, and said loudly: "Don't worry, Lord Bao, if I don't take this back to the Song Dynasty, I will not be a man!"

Mu Hanyi was quite surprised when he saw him make this oath: "It turns out that he took this book in order to return it to the Song people, and I also said that he was loyal to Liao, although he is a Han Chinese, but he grew up in Liao since he was a child, and his father-in-law is a Liao person, but I don't know why he wants to be loyal to Song?"

Then he thought about it: "If one day, the "General Essentials of the Martial Scriptures" is recaptured by the two of us? Is it inevitable to fight him to the death? Looking at the way he swore an oath, it seems that he himself has a great relationship with this scripture. ”

Now that everyone knew the whereabouts of Song Zanpu, they began to agree on how to prevent him from handing over the scriptures to the Tubo prince, knowing that once he handed over the scriptures, the Tubo prince would naturally hand over the "Wujing General Essentials" to Li Yuanhao of Western Xia as a dowry.

And that Li Yuanhao is warlike by nature, very ambitious, has repeatedly led troops and horses to harass the borders of Song, Liao, and Tubo, once the scriptures fall into the hands of Li Yuanhao, he will definitely use the method of using troops and the method of ordnance production in the Western Xia army, and practice it in the war, and over time, it will be a great threat to the Song Dynasty.

Kou Yun said worriedly: "This book must not fall into the hands of this person. It turned out that he was familiar with Cao Wei, the border marshal stationed along the border of Shaanxi, and once mentioned to him that Li Yuanhao was a person, saying that he was strategic, martial, and brave, and he would be a border trouble for the Song Dynasty in the future.

Kou Yun asked him how he could see it, and Cao Wei said: "I have long heard that Li Yuanhao often walks along the border city, I have sent people around to inquire about his whereabouts, and even went to the local area to wait, in order to meet, but always failed to do so, and finally someone sent to paint a portrait of him for me, and I saw that he was burly, eagle-eyed and broad-mouthed, and he was not an ordinary person!"

Bao Zheng said: "Yes, what Brother Kou Shi said is very true, I remember that in the first year of Ming Dao, that is, when Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne, he couldn't wait to launch an invasion, attacked Hehuang Tubo, and occupied Maoniu City. ”

Kou Yun said: "Exactly, what is even more terrifying is that this person is extremely fierce, not afraid of setbacks, and has been defeated repeatedly. In the second year of Jing You, he sent troops to attack the Qingtang City in Tibet, and fought with An Ziluo, the general of the Gang Gang Army, for more than 200 days, and was defeated and fled by An Ziluo's army. After two major defeats, I thought he would recuperate, but I never thought that he would turn around and attack the Uighurs in Hexi, occupying the Hexi Corridor. ”

Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi were secretly shocked when they heard the matter of Li Yuanhao in Western Xia mentioned by Bao Zheng and Kou Yun. Hu Zhenbang couldn't help but say: "This Li Yuanhao can really be regarded as a generation of heroes." ”

Although Mu Hanyi was also quite shocked in his heart, he said disapprovingly: "No matter how good it is, it's just an ordinary person with two arms and two legs, and it's not a big deal! Could it be that he still wants to be the first emperor and unify the world?"

Everyone now knows that she is a girl's family, so she is a little petty and says something unconvincing, and everyone doesn't care, just smiles.

Everyone thought that the party Xiang Sanying also belonged to the Western Xia people, and scolded their Western Xia king fiercely, afraid that the three of them would be unhappy. I never thought that the party Xiang Sanying also scolded Li Yuanhao one after another, and it seemed that he was also extremely dissatisfied with Li Yuanhao, the king of Western Xia.

After listening for a long time, everyone finally understood a little, it turned out that Li Yuanhao claimed to be a Xianbei person, and did not admit that he was a member of the Dangxiang clan, he always only called his ancestors Tuyuhun. You must know that Tuhun was eliminated as early as the Tang Dynasty, and the Anshi Rebellion was occupied by Tubo and became a Tubo territory.

After talking for a long time, everyone felt that they had to stop Songzanpu's operation. Hu Zhenbang said: "I have an idea, let's see if it's feasible." ”

Everyone said, "Tell me and listen." "Everyone has seen his martial arts and strategies before, especially the meticulous and calm in the command of the battle, he can be called a young man, and they all have expectations for him in their hearts.

Hu Zhenbang said: "Miss Mu and I are still walking the same way, chasing along the Songzanpu walking route, along the way, Miss Mu can keep messages with Mu Tie's seniors." The crowd nodded yes.

"On the other hand, there will be three party brothers. Hu Zhenbang said to the party item Sanying, "When the three of them are almost recovered, they will rush directly to Western Xia, in case Song Zanpu suddenly changes his route to Western Xia, if he does not rush to Western Xia, I two fail to intercept Song Zanpu's success, then there are still three Lao in Western Xia to wait for work, trying to find out the whereabouts of the book "Wujing General Essentials". ”

Pan Tianluo said: "Hu Shaoxia is reasonable, in my opinion, there is no need to wait, so the soldiers will divide into two ways and set off together!"

Ma Qing said: "Second brother, you are in such a hurry, the two of us are almost recovering, but what about the eldest brother, he was injured by the master and his internal injuries have not healed, how can he withstand the wind and snow on this road." ”

Tuoba Hongfei said with a smile: "Second brother is right, without further ado, let's hurry up and get on the road." Besides, I have Hu Shaoxia's luck conditioning, and I have been better for the most part, on this way, let's hurry slowly, I can't say, I will recuperate while walking, and it will be better soon. ”

Everyone talked badly, and finally persuaded Tuoba Hongfei to agree, stay in Baofu to recuperate for a few days, and wait until the internal injuries were healed, and then set off for Western Xia. And agreed that once Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi came to Xixia, they would leave a message at the twin towers of Baisikou in Xingzhou, where Li Yuanhao was located.

On the handover day, Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi prepared clothes, dry food and water bladders, and Bao Zheng sent another horse to Hu Zhenbang to ride. It was a big brown horse, although it was not as abnormal as the "White Dragon" divine horse, but it was also tall and strong, with shiny hair all over its body, without a single miscellaneous hair, and it was also a rare good horse.

The two thanked Bao Zheng, said goodbye to Kou Yun, Dang Xiang Sanying and others, and left Bianjing all the way to the west. The two horses were very fast, and they rode on two horses, and they both felt the wind in their ears, and out of the city, the hills and trees flew beside them. From early morning to noon, he has run for more than 200 miles, and the cold clothes along the way are slightly braided, slightly slowed down, and can be compared with Hu Zhenbang's yellow horse to maintain a head to tail.

After the slap, the two of them rode their horses and galloped, thinking that if they ran for a few more hours, they would get closer to the Songtsangpu, and that they would be able to catch up with the old fox if they ran for a few more days. When the two of them rested in the inn at night, they felt much more relieved.

After several days of galloping, we soon arrived in Suzhou. The two of them rode up to Jiayu Pass, climbed high and looked high, only to see the Great Wall winding like a line, a desert outside the pass, wolf smoke rising in the distance, and a blood-red sunset was slowly falling on the horizon.

Seeing this scene, Hu Zhenbang sighed with emotion, and blurted out: "The desert is lonely, and the sun sets on the long river", Mu Hanyi praised: "Brother Muhu has made good verses!" She is lively and casual by nature, loves to joke, and always calls Hu Zhenbang "Muhu" along the way.

Hu Zhenbang said with a smile: "This is not what I did, this is the former Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei was ordered by Tang Xuanzong to send Liangzhou to go out of the fortress to preach comfort, inspect the military situation, and make it on the way out of the fortress, but when he wrote this poem "Make it to the stopper", it was not here, it was in Liangzhou. ”

Mu Hanyi said "oh" and said: "Among you Han people, in all dynasties, there are indeed many literati and scholars, Mokesao people, but in modern times, it seems that there is more than Wen Tao, and the martial arts are insufficient, hey, but you said that you grew up in Liao since you were a child, why are you so familiar with Han poetry." ”

Hu Zhenbang was stunned for a moment and said: "Although I have been to Khitan since I was a child, my father-in-law taught me not to forget my ancestors for a moment, so my father-in-law has always asked Mr. Han to teach me to learn the Four Books and Five Classics, Spring and Autumn Mencius. ”

Mu Hanyi smiled: "I admire it tightly, where can I laugh." At that moment, the two of them rode down to the city and got out. Mu Hanyi suddenly dismounted, picked up a stone, turned around and threw it into the city, patted the dust on his hands, and said to Hu Zhenbang: "You also come down and throw a piece!"

Hu Zhenbang only talked about her childish nature, and said with a smile: "What are you doing, let me learn to be naughty at a child's house?"

Mu Hanyi smiled: "You vote first." ”

Hu Zhenbang dismounted, followed her example, picked up a stone and threw it into the city.

Mu Hanyi then told him: "Do you know that there is a custom here, because the wind and sand outside the customs are treacherous, and the journey is difficult and dangerous, so whoever goes out of the customs must take stones and throw them into the city to survive the customs inside." ”

Hu Zhenbang laughed and said: "In this way, the two of us will be able to turn evil into good fortune and return to the customs safe and sound." ”

Suddenly, I heard the sound of camel bells, a camel team slowly passed, and a desolate song came from the camel's back: "Now out of Jiayu Pass, my tears have dried, the road is difficult and dangerous, and the Gobi Desert is vast." The two of them looked forward, only to see the sand and dust rolling, and the blood-colored remnant sun that they saw just now had gradually been swallowed up.

Fortunately, after a short walk, there was another inn in the desert that could be sharpened. The next day, after passing through Yumen and Anxi, the desert gradually changed from light yellow to dark yellow, and then from dark yellow to gray and black, and it was closer to the edge of the Gobi.

This area is more uninhabited, boundless, vast desert, the yellow horse is exhausted from running, and the "white dragon" of Mu Hanyi seems to have a place to use, the spirit is uplifted, the force is running, soon there is a touch of hills in the distance, the main body is all shaped like an axe stone wall.