In the winter of the eighteenth year of the orthodoxy of the Great Wei, Li Wushuang, Taizu of Wei, went south to conquer the state of Chu.

The Wei army drove straight in, rushed thousands of miles, and even went down more than 50 cities, and when it was about to reach the city of Yingdu, the king of Chu, but the weather changed, the rain and snow were combined, the roads were muddy, and the grain and straw were not running well, so they had no choice but to withdraw the army. Unexpectedly, when the army retreated to the southern border of the Great Wei Dynasty, the 300,000 troops were killed, Li Wushuang was seriously injured, fortunately the two battalions of Long Xiang and Huben were not afraid of death, and they were escorted by the eldest son Li Mingyue, the generals Nie Jingtao, Chu Tiannan, Wang Linghui, Hong Jianhui and others, and escaped alive.

After this battle, the south of Mount Meru fell into the hands of the enemy, Li Wushuang's ambition was not rewarded, he was full of grief and anger, bedridden, in March of the 20th year of orthodoxy, the dragon controlled Bintian, and the eldest son Li Mingyue ascended the throne. It coincided with the new funeral of Emperor Wen of Chu, the new emperor was immature, and the country was in turmoil, so it was convenient to pay tribute to the Taimiao on the eighth day of the first month of the fifth year of the fifth year, and pour the strength of the country to raise 500,000 troops to attack the feud of Chu again.

The army was divided into three routes, the left route led by Li Shouyi, the eldest son of the emperor, led 100,000 troops, Kexiangyang and Xiajingzhou, and attacked from east to west; the right route, Li Cunyi, the second son of the emperor, led 100,000 troops, and marched from west to east through Shudi; Li Mingyue led the Chinese army by himself, crossed the Jianghuai, and recovered the lost territory south of Mount Meru, and then the Chinese army entered directly. The three-way army was furious, with national hatred and family hatred, all the way to the war to support the war, not to defend the city of the enemy, only to fight to the death, morale is high.

At the beginning of July of the sixth year, the three armies met the king of Chu in Yingdu, built a high platform outside the city of Yingdu, attacked on three sides, day and night, fought for more than five months, and the Wei army died more than 200,000 people, and finally broke Chu into Ying.

Li Mingyue slaughtered the Chu royal family, leveled the royal city, excavated the Chu Tomb, cut off the head of Emperor Wen of Chu, set up a platform to worship in Mount Meru, and sacrificed the 3,000 heads of the Chu royal family to comfort the first emperor.

Helplessly, Emperor Mingyue killed Taisheng, and Chu Feng was fierce, on the way to victory, he was repeatedly assassinated by Chu swordsmen, these assassins were extremely martial arts, which made people unguardable, and Shangzhu Guo Nie Jingtao escorted him to death.

After returning to Luan, Li Mingyue changed the capital of Yingdu to Nanjun, and his brother Li Yunlin was the king of Dingnan, with a garrison of 100,000 troops, and moved the border people of southern Wei here, intending to intimidate the remnants of Chu with force and assimilate the Chu people with culture. Since then, the Great Wei Dynasty has achieved the unification of the north and the south, and the territory has more than doubled, except for the coastal Dongyue Kingdom, Saibei Rouran, Turkic, and Tatar, the world is all Wei soil, and Emperor Mingyue is determined to unify the world and be an emperor through the ages.

The more boats in the east, the more Hu rode in the north, the Mingyue Emperor trained the navy in Jianghuai, and at the same time opened the northern mutual market, Xu Saibei Hu people entered the customs and merchants, Li Shouyi was a prince, Li Cunyi was crowned the king of Jin, the general of Chu, divided into various places, and added officials to the knight.

The world is temporarily peaceful.

"Jiangnan is good, the scenery is old, the sunrise river flowers are red, and the river water is as green as blue in spring, can you remember Jiangnan?" Hu Lu Zhenyuan rode on a camel, drank a sip of Saibei horse milk wine, and sang a small song he heard in Jiangnan last year with a beat.

"Patriarch, what are you singing?" Lao Tzu doesn't understand a word", the bearded man Tiege shouted with disdain, "Our men don't like to listen to this southerner's soft, humming and chirping tune." The men of Ele are so mighty, holding swords and guns, the cattle, horses and sheep under Tiele Mountain, alas, how fat and strong, the little daughter-in-law of the clan alas, so bright, and the mare's milk wine brewed by Grandma is strong and ......fragrant", the accompanying hundred and ten tribesmen laughed and howled roughly.

Hu Lu Zhenyuan scolded with a smile: "You rough goods, how can you understand the artistic conception of the poetry of the Central Plains, this time it is almost over, everyone cheers up", and sang along while scolding.

The Ele people live in the north of Saibei, the people are scarce, originally lived in the Rouran grassland, under the jurisdiction of the Rouran Khan, the tribal identity is low, and the tribe is enslaved by the Rouran nobles all the year round. When the ancestors of Hulu Zhenyuan arrived, taking advantage of the chaos between the Rouran, Tatar and Turkic tribes, they quietly migrated and lived in seclusion in the belly of Tiele Mountain in the north of the Soyu River.

Due to the bitter cold in the north, especially in winter, it is even more difficult to endure the disaster year, and many people will starve to death every year, after Zhenyuan took over as the leader of the tribe, he took the tribe to take advantage of the melting of ice and snow, and sold the sand gold, fur and horses hoarded by the tribe to the Central Plains, and then purchased back cloth, salt, Thin noodles and iron pots and other necessities, sometimes a little better, but also to carry some silk and books, several years of business operations, plus Zhenyuan is good at sociable drilling, and the border guards and the surrounding tribes are safe, the tribesmen have more than 3,000, and the strong men are 800.

Zhenyuan knew that the weak tribe had no diplomacy and even had no chance of survival in Mobei, so in addition to herding horses and sheep, panning for gold and hunting, he led the clansmen to practice bows and swords, and galloped on horses.

In the fifteenth year of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty was under the rule of Emperor Li Mingyue, and the four seas were peaceful. At the same time, after the opening of the mutual market, the people outside the customs were allowed to enter the customs to trade, and the Great Wei could not only obtain the excellent war horses and horses in the northern part of the country, but also hoped that through mutual market trading and cultural exchanges, the diet and living habits of the tribes outside the customs would be gradually changed, so that they would not disturb the border for their livelihood every year and consume the national strength of the dynasty in vain. Since it cannot be taken in a short period of time, it is better to give it, and with the national strength of the Central Plains, in time, take its strengths, and dominate the world may be achieved in his lifetime. It is precisely because of this policy that the Ele people were able to enter the customs and trade, support the clansmen, and strengthen the tribe, so Zhenyuan and the clansmen all expressed their admiration when talking about the Great Wei Emperor.

On this day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and the shopkeeper who was familiar with the city of Runzhou handed over the goods and finished the purchase. Last year's harvest was better, and this time I bought a little more grain, more than a dozen jars of old wine and silk, and also replaced some broken silver and copper coins, and the group returned happily.

Traveling to Cuiwei Mountain outside Runzhou City, it was getting late, and the group was in the pine forest at the western foot of Cuiwei Mountain to make a meal. The people of the Eile people are simple, not willing to live in the store, a trip to the business needs more than four months, more than 100 people are sleeping in the open air, eating a meal a day, only expecting to save more goods, the Hui people are filial to their fathers and grandmothers, and support their mothers-in-law and young children.

A few elite tribesmen went into the forest to hunt some pheasants and gray rabbits, sprinkled with coarse salt, roasted golden brown in the fire, Zhenyuan asked the clansmen to gather over, "Tiege, go to the car and carry a jar of wine down." ”

"Gotta got", as soon as I heard that I could drink, the bearded man Tiege was very busy.

"Brothers, we have a particularly good harvest this year, the horses and furs accumulated last year have been sold at a good price, this time the edible products purchased are enough for the whole family to use for two years, this time I also bought some bean seeds suitable for planting around Tiele Mountain, if the planting is successful, we will come to Jiangnan again in the future, you can buy more gouache rouge, silk and satin clothes, so that the little daughter-in-law in our clan is also dressed like a princess and noblewoman, come on, let's make an exception today to open the altar of the good wine produced in the Central Plains, let's also taste the taste of this mellow wine." ”

"It's really fragrant", the entourage took out their respective clay bowls from their arms, carefully took half of the bowl, and howled cheerful songs while tasting.

"Chief, when I get back, your third baby should be born," Tiege laughed, "and I'll have to beg for a bowl of wine when the time comes." ”

"No, I hope it's a fat boy, I've thought of a name, let's call it Qingxuan", Zhenyuan smiled and took a sip of the wine in the bowl.

Tiege smiled, disdainful in his heart, "What's the name, it's awkward and ugly, it's not as powerful as the iron egg", these foreign men tore the meat at will, and drank half a bowl of alcohol, as if the fatigue of months disappeared at this moment.

On the east mountain of the moon, the crows and insects chirp, and the Cuiwei Mountain in the middle of the night is particularly empty.

Suddenly, there was a fluttering sound of the wings of a frightened bird in the distance, and the people of the Eile people were surprised, turned their heads to look, and in an instant, there was a sound of "boom, boom, boom" at the end of the pine forest.

"It's an arrow, lie down quickly", Zhenyuan shouted, his left hand took out a short knife from the car, waved it randomly, the clansmen hurriedly fell to the ground, Zhenyuan's did not have time to lie down, a money dart passed through the wine bowl in his right hand, the wine bowl was not broken, leaving only a neat cut hole, and the alcohol wine flowed down the hole, which showed the strength of the dart.

With a "bang", a person fell from the sky and landed beside Zhenyuan, with no less than ten flying knives, money darts, and hidden weapons such as bone nails inserted into his body.

"Immeasurable Tianzun, good mellow old wine, good fragrant game!" The one who fell to the ground was a sloppy old man, covered in greasy sweat, full of hidden weapons, but he was not killed, and there were idle gags, I saw him get up slowly, shake the old Taoist robe, and the hidden weapons fell to the ground, Zhenyuan and other clansmen were dumbfounded, this old Taoist is not a monster?

Several black shadows on the side of the pine forest jumped a few times, and then fell to the side of Lao Dao and Zhenyuan, which was obviously very good.

"You crazy old way, an outsider, don't practice well, but you do some things like stealing jade and stealing incense, ruining my wife and daughter's reputation, if you don't leave a pair of tricks today, I will not give up. ”

"Who is here? I don't know which elder of the Tang Sect?" Lao Dao was not frightened, clapped his hands, and asked leisurely.

"In Xia Tang Ao, you old way, don't visit the immortals and ask, do some pickled things, which makes people despicable," one of the black-clothed people finished speaking, and turned his head to look at Hu Lu Zhenyuan, "This brother, this matter has nothing to do with you, if the Tang Sect is offended, I apologize here," Tang Ao arched his hand and gestured towards Zhenyuan and a group of people who were still prostrate on the ground.

Zhenyuan saw that although this man in black was strong in martial arts, he was not a bully, so he immediately had a good impression, and after hearing this, he also arched his hand, smiled slightly, and beckoned the clansmen to step aside and wait for the changes.

"Alas, it turned out to be Tang Ao, the new head of the Tang Sect, and sure enough, there are talented people in the country, and after decades, the poor road is really old", the old man sighed, "Tang Ao is in charge, the poor road has no intention of blaspheming Mrs. Zun and Ling Yan, when passing through Qingcheng Mountain that day, I saw Mrs. Zun's back image is very an old man, so I stopped the carriage and asked Mrs. Zun to meet each other, inform the name and surname, and ask for verification," the old road responded gloomily.

Seeing that this old man admitted it himself, Tang Ao said angrily, "How can a woman's maiden name be easily told to a foreign man, you stopped the carriage, pestered endlessly, relied on your martial arts, and hurt my disciple, is it a gentleman's doing?

Tiege immediately drew his personal dagger and leaped in front of the leader.

"Huh," Lao Dao exclaimed, put away the gloomy banter, and swiped his fingers in the air, the fingertips were full of white gas, sneering, and faintly appearing white, making people look at the oil and give birth to a vast sense of smoke and waves, Lao Dao pointed at the blue mist very quickly, and the sound of gold and jade hitting each other came from the air.

"A sword leaps over Dongting Lake, this is a fencing trick, are you from the Hidden Sword Villa?" Tang Ao stopped and exclaimed.

"What kind of Lao Shizi is Hidden Sword Villa, I don't know the old way, when did the Tang Sect come out with such a powerful secret weapon?"

"This is my Tang Sect's self-created bi sarong, I haven't been proficient yet, I'm smiling," Tang Ao snorted, although he stopped fighting, his heart was like a mirror, the blue sarong was powerful, extremely poisonous, and he had few opponents. Although he only used seven successful powers, but the old Taoist did not hold a sharp weapon, and he broke it all with a sword, which was clearly the most powerful sword fencing trick sword intent in the Tibetan Sword Villa, but the Tibetan Sword Liu family had not heard of a Taoist priest, which was incomprehensible.

"Tang Men in Sichuan to help the poor, the reputation is very good, poor Dao is not willing to do more fighting, Tang Zhangmen, poor Dao before what he said is true, it is not intended to offend, it is indeed a reason," Lao Dao finally shook his clothes, made a salute, and apologized.

Seeing this, Tang Ao snorted, turned his head and said, "The seniors are such a figure, I don't know why they actually do some things that the people in the rivers and lakes despise, and the younger generations are puzzled, there is a reason, you might as well say it clearly," Although the opponent's martial arts are high, Tang Ao came for the sake of his wife and daughter, and he is not a bully who is afraid of the hard, "If I don't make it clear today, even if my Tang Sect is killed, I will never retreat half a step," Tang Ao and the others were tense all over, obviously preparing to accumulate strength to fight.

"Master Tang, it's just right, these foreign merchants are here, you might as well be a witness, come, let's sit down and talk."

Lao Dao turned his head and looked at Zhenyuan, "Don't you dare to ask?"

"In the Xiale clan Hulu Zhenyuan, from the Guanwai to the Great Wei business, these are our people, we are all simple shepherds, I have no intention of disturbing you, so I will leave," Zhenyuan saw that the martial arts of both sides were superb, and his own clansmen had no strength, and they really fought, not enough for others to stuff their teeth.

Seeing that this foreign man knew etiquette quite well, and the official language was fluent, the old man was also a little surprised, "It's okay, you can be a witness, Brother Hulu, dare to ask you to drink a bowl of wine on credit?"

"Tiege, pour a bowl of wine for all heroes."

Tiege put away his dagger and reluctantly poured wine for these masters.

"How old is the poor road, Brother Tang, Brother Hulu, the poor road single number has the word 'crazy', just live on this Cuiwei Mountain and listen to the Song Pavilion, behave rudely, everyone laughs. ”

"Don't dare," the crowd bowed.

"This elder is the big housekeeper in my sect, with a single name and a battle word, and the rest are all good players in my sect," Tang Ao pointed to the people behind him, which could be regarded as a recommendation.

"The name of the big butler Tang Zhan is like thunder," the old man arched his hand.

"Don't dare," the white-haired old man named Tang Zhan replied.

"Brother Tang, Poor Dao did not intend to disturb Mrs. Zun's Fangjia, that day I saw Mrs. Zun's back, it was indeed like an old man, Poor Dao has been looking for her everywhere for more than ten years, it is to see Mrs. Zun's clothes and body look like an old man, I forgot for a while, please forgive me," Lao Dao finished speaking, took out a yellowed booklet from his arms, opened it and saw that there was a woman in green in the book, with starry eyes, a veil ring emerald, showing a delicate figure, and the word "Luqi" in the side book, with different expressions and postures on each page.

"Dare to love this old way is still a romantic seed", everyone thought.

"Brother Tang, please take a look," the madman handed over the album and asked Tang Ao to personally palm his eyes to prove that what he said was true.

Tang Ao looked through a few pages, the person in the painting had green gauze on his shoulders, his forehead was green and light, his eyebrows were like distant mountains, and his body shape was indeed somewhat similar to his wife, so he believed seven or eight points in his heart.

However, Tang Zhan's experience in the rivers and lakes commanded, after reading the album, he frowned and thought for a long time, and waved towards the old way, "How old is the old man, I only remember that there seems to be a Miss Xiao who married into the Tibetan Sword Villa many years ago, it seems that the name is Luqi, I don't know if the person I am looking for is Miss Xiao?"

Lao Dao was shocked when he heard this, and soon his face calmed down again, and he nodded slightly: "Tang Zhangmen, the big housekeeper, and Brother Hu Lu, I think you are all men with heroic temperaments, and there are similarities with Lao Dao when he was young, Ming people don't say dark words, Lao Dao is indeed from the Tibetan sword, surnamed Liu Mingqingzhou, only because he said goodbye to Xiao Luqi many years ago, he couldn't be searched for several years, so he stopped his madness and offended Tang Zhangmen," Lao Dao drank a bowl of wine.

Zhenyuan didn't know the old anecdotes of the Central Plains martial arts, but Tang Ao was shocked when he heard it, the Tibetan sword and willow Qingzhou could be said to be the leader of the martial arts more than ten years ago.

"Senior, in this way, it was a misunderstanding, please forgive the juniors for being rude," Tang Ao stood up and saluted, and as soon as he shook it to the ground, he was a man with a true temperament.

"Don't come from the seniors to the younger generations, although the old Tao is a few years older, Brother Tang is a genius, and he must be the master of the Tang Sect. ”

"Come, with the wine of the Ele people, I salute you," said the old man, holding a rabbit leg and drinking heavily.

"Tang Daxia, please have some simple wine and food with your brother," Zhenyuan handed over the roasted rabbit meat.

"Thank you Hulu brothers", Tang Ao saw that although Zhenyuan was a foreigner, he talked extraordinarily, was very reasonable, and treated people neither humbly nor arrogantly, and the clansmen all had dishes on their faces, but they generously gave wine and food, and he was a good man, so he couldn't help but feel admiration.

"Brother Hulu, I live in the middle of the Tang family, the fortress is built on Qingcheng Mountain, he is free, please take the time to visit, I will sweep the couch to greet him. ”

"Okay, thank you Tang Daxia, it's just that I'm about to return tomorrow, and if I have fate in the coming year, I will come to visit." ”

"I wonder where you got out?" asked the madman.

"After this mountain, all the way to the north, the economic south, Luoyang, Anding, Wuwei, Zhangye, Yumen, and Beiliang out of the customs", Zhenyuan did not hide it.

"That's good, Poor Dao is just going to Beiliang, go all the way. After that, he made another bowl, "Good wine, good wine."

"Senior, the Tang Gate chariots and horses travel all over the north and south, and I am willing to pay attention to the whereabouts of Mrs. Zun for my seniors," Tang Ao said.

"Thank you so much," Lao Dao drank another bowl, nodded at Tang Ao and Zhenyuan, yawned heavily, and went to sleep in the forest.

Everyone knows the identity of the old way, and they also feel his affection, but they don't care.

It turns out that the Tibetan sword Liu Qingzhou is a first-class master in the rivers and lakes more than ten years ago, he is anxious for justice and righteousness, robs the rich and helps the poor, is kind and charitable, and most of the sects in the rivers and lakes are deeply favored by him.

Full of wine and food, the people of the Tang Sect got up and said goodbye to the people of the Ele tribe, Tang Ao took out a hexagonal golden dart from his sleeve and handed it to Zhenyuan: "This is a token in my door, he brother entered Sichuan on the other day, and showed this thing to any carriage and horse shop, and someone brought you to see me." ”

Zhenyuan said goodbye to the people of the Tang Sect, carefully looked at the golden dart, and engraved a "proud" word in the middle, the craftsmanship was exquisite, and he put it into his arms and kept it closely.

"Chief, it scared me just now," Tiege whispered as he followed behind him.

Zhenyuan lightly hammered Lao Tiege twice, and said with a smile: "You rough goods, don't be impulsive to protect me in the future, I know your intentions, and you have seen it, just a few times?"

Suddenly, the crazy people eat and drink all the way, get drunk every day, and when they are drunk, they fall on the goods and cry, cry and laugh after crying, Tiege and other clansmen curse the old Taoist crazy behavior behind their backs every day, but because of the high martial arts of the old Tao, they dare not be presumptuous.

Since the night of their acquaintance, Zhenyuan knew that the madman was missing the old man, and he couldn't ask for it, tossing and turning, looking for a person for more than ten years, unswerving, it can be seen that under the crazy appearance of the mad man, it is a heart of affection and sexuality, and he can't help but sympathize and admire, and he is thoughtful and responsive all the way.

This day finally arrived in Beiliang, Zhenyuan gave some silk satin and silver money to the Beiliang Pass guards, up and down the dots, the group finally got out of the customs, the crazy people since the customs, they sat on the camel without saying a word, just looked at the distant mountains outside the pass in a daze.

After three or four hours, it was dark, so they stopped, buried the pot to make rice, the crazy Taoist jumped off the camel, ordered Tiege to fill the gourd with wine, and called Zhenyuan aside, "Brother, go all the way, thank you for taking care of it, although the poor road is crazy, but I know the affection of the elder brother, thank you here, now I have arrived at the destination, and I will say goodbye to you." ”

"The outside of the gate is desolate, where does the immortal chief want to go, it is better to walk with us. ”

"I'm going to Yanran Mountain, different from you, the poor road is looking for the north and south of the river, and still can't find the old man, this time, I want to go to the foothills of Yanran Mountain to see, if I still don't find anything, I will return, and be a crazy Taoist with peace of mind." ”

Lao Dao looked lonely and looked into the distance, "Brother Zhenyuan, I see that your people are all fierce warriors, but they can't practice it, you must know that when manpower is exhausted, there are a few mantras in the poor road, you write it down with your heart, and think carefully in your spare time, although it is not very useful, you can barely strengthen your physique and increase your strength." ”

"The heart god Dan yuan word guards the soul, and the lung god Haohua word is empty. The word "liver god dragon smoke" is clear, and the main smoke is turbid. The kidney god Xuanming word baby, the spleen god often stops in the word soul, and the gall god dragon Yao word Weiming. The six internal organs and five internal organs are all in the heart of the heavenly scriptures, and the five flavors are all good, and they can last forever. ”

"Brother, the mantra is memorized, the soldiers of the North Land make more war knives, especially the North Hu outside the Guan, I will teach you a knife technique, let you save people and protect yourself, look carefully," the old Tao casually pulled out the scimitar on Zhenyuan's waist, and waved the knife slowly, "Although there is only one move, it contains three styles, teasing, returning, and picking", the scimitar is like a spinning top in the palm of the crazy Taoist, turning around as you wish, although the move is simple, but the angle and direction of the knife make Zhenyuan unbelievable, Zhenyuan has no time to think about it, so he can only memorize it in order to practice slowly in the future.

Tiege came over with a wine gourd at this time, and the mad Daoist stretched out his hand to take it, and said to Zhenyuan: "In this way, don't let the poor Dao pass." ”

"Thank you for your advice, this is a little broken silver and copper coin, and the Taoist chief is a wine money," Zhenyuan took out all the silver coins from his personal jacket, wrapped them in dry food such as baked cakes and steamed buns, and handed them to the crazy Taoist with both hands.

Although the mad Taoist was rebellious and indifferent, he knew that it was not easy for these Hu people to operate, and there were about all the silver coins of Zhenyuan in the blanket, and he inadvertently showed a little warmth, but he was not polite, he stuffed his brain into his arms, sighed, and took out the yellowed album from the cloud sleeve to Zhenyuan.

"Brother, the poor road is far away, life and death are uncertain, the knife method taught with the practice of the heart to get twice the result with half the effort, this album is temporarily handed over to you for safekeeping, please help the poor road outside the customs and business, if you see the person in the painting, transfer the album to her, be sure to tell her to go to Cuiwei Mountain to listen to the Song Pavilion and other poor roads, the mountains and rivers have met, brother, goodbye. ”