Li Qiufeng knew that Xiao Zhanpeng was in love with Murong Danyan, and it was only appropriate for him to escort Murong Danyan back to Jiangnan.

When Murong Danyan heard Li Qiufeng say this, his face changed greatly, first surprised, then angry, and finally slowly turned into despair, just looking at Li Qiufeng sadly. Although she is open-minded by nature, Li Qiufeng has openly refused her to accompany her at this time. If he pulls down his face and forcibly wants to go to Shudi, it is definitely not something that Murong Danyan can do. She just looked at Li Qiufeng, but she couldn't speak. A moment later, two lines of tears still flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Xiao Zhanpeng glanced at Murong Danyan, turned his head to Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Li, you can rest assured, Xiao should protect Miss Murong thoroughly." ”

When he said this, he smiled slightly, and then said: "But Miss Murong slipped out of Murong Villa this time, and Old Mr. Murong must not be very happy. If she goes back at this time, Mr. Murong will definitely punish her, and then lock her up, and if she wants to go to Shu again, I am afraid that it will not be easy. It's better that Brother Li took Miss Murong with him, and Xiao went back to Jiangnan first, went to visit Mr. Murong, and reported a safe life for Miss Murong. In the future, Brother Li and Miss Murong returned to Murong Villa together, thinking that Mr. Murong's anger had subsided, so naturally he would not punish Miss Murong. Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to be happy?"

Li Qiufeng didn't expect Xiao Zhanpeng to say such a thing, and he was dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Murong Danyan was even more unexpected, he originally thought that Xiao Zhanpeng would entangle him, but he didn't expect that this young swordsman from Jiangnan would have such a mind, and his original dislike for him disappeared in an instant.

Everyone looked at Li Qiufeng together, and their eyes were full of encouragement. Li Qiufeng's face turned red, so he had to nod, and said, "Since this is the case, Miss Murong will go with Mrs. Sha!"

His voice fell, Murong Danyan almost jumped up, and said happily: "Thank you, Sister Sha!"

Mrs. Sha smiled slightly, and said, "Thank me for what, you have to thank Xiao Gongzi and Li Gongzi." ”

Murong Danyan turned his head to Xiao Zhanpeng and said, "Thank you, Xiao Lao Wu!"

After everyone laughed and laughed, they immediately headed to the northeast according to the previous plan. Li Qiufeng realized that Situ Qiao was not traveling with Liu Yong, and he was surprised and asked Liu Yong about it. Liu Yong said: "When we were waiting for news on the mountainside, Situ Qiao had already left first, saying that he had left the capital for many days, and he had to go back as soon as possible, otherwise the head of the Hua family would be furious." ”

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said: "The juniors always feel that this person's words are not true, and it seems that there is something to hide from us......"

Liu Yong saw that Li Qiufeng was quite worried, so he comforted him and said: "Although Situ Qiao's reputation is not very good, but when we leave the underground cave, he has some intentions, but it can't hinder us, Brother Li can rest assured." ”

Li Qiufeng thought about it, so he had to keep his mouth shut. The crowd walked five or six miles to the northeast, leaving Hutou Rock behind. After walking for more than a mile, we came to a fork in the road. Zhu Sanjia stopped and said to Li Qiufeng and the others: "Heroes, when I get here, my old Zhu Ke is going to say goodbye to you." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Murong Danyan said loudly: "Brother Zhu, aren't you going to Shu with us?"

Zhu Sanjia shook his head and said: "There are still many brothers in Zhuangzi, if my old Zhu doesn't go back, I'm afraid that these brothers will make trouble." When he said this, he arched his hand to Mrs. Sha and said, "Grandma, you and the big housekeeper have arrived in Shudi, and after settling down, please let Lao Zhu know." ”

Mrs. Sha nodded and said, "Mr. Zhu, although Yilu and Yiming are brothers, their temperaments are very different. When you return to Zhuangzi, you have to beware of a heron harming people. ”

Zhu Sanjia said with a smile: "The young grandmother can rest assured." If this kid wants to attack us, I'm afraid he won't be able to please us. My brothers are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and they fled with Zhu Shou's general soldiers when they were beaten by the Tartar soldiers, and they were afraid that Sha Yilu, this kid, would not be able to do it?!"

Everyone listened to him proudly, and they all smiled slightly. Li Qiufeng was in his heart, as if he had thought of something in his heart, but with a flash of inspiration, he disappeared into the chaos of thoughts.

Murong Danyan saw that Li Qiufeng's expression suddenly became solemn, and he felt strange in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Brother Li, is there something wrong?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, did not answer Murong Danyan's words, but turned his head to Zhu Sanjia and said, "Brother Zhu, have you seen the first emperor?"

Zhu Sanjia said loudly: "I went out of the fortress with the first emperor five times, three of which served as a pro-army of the imperial camp, so I naturally saw him. It's just that the first emperor doesn't like everyone to call him the emperor, so he has to call him the mighty general Zhu Shou, or call him the prince of Zhenguo, and at worst, he must call him the chief soldier. If someone calls him emperor before the battle, I'm afraid that he will have to eat a military stick......"

Li Qiufeng muttered in his mouth: "Zhu Shou, Shou, why didn't I think of ......?"

When everyone saw him like this, they were amazed. Since Liu Yong knew Li Qiufeng, even outside the underground imperial mausoleum and Yong'an City, facing martial arts masters such as Tang He and Liu Sheng Zongyan, as well as thousands of troops such as Sang Liangtian and the Five Military Camps, he has always been calm, and he has never been so depressed. Why is he at a loss and at a loss at this time?

Zhu Sanjia didn't expect that he would say a few words, and he would make Li Qiufeng look like this, and he was a little scared in his heart. Emperor Zhengde's real name is Zhu Houzhao, but he has a temperament that jumps out, envies the martial arts of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu, and often thinks about the shame of leading a million troops to attack Tartars in the north and the change of Tumu Fort. Xuanfu was an important town for the Ming Dynasty to resist the southward movement of the Tartar soldiers, and the Zhengde Emperor ignored the advice of the ministers of the court and the central government, and repeatedly drove to Xuanfu. Because all the ministers of the cabinet opposed the initiative to attack the Tartar soldiers, they even did not hesitate to block the palace gate to admonish. Emperor Zhengde didn't want to listen to the minister's hard advice, so he slipped out of the capital several times with only his personal eunuch and a few brocade guards, sneaked into the Xuanfu, and lived in the mansion prepared for him by the general soldiers of the Xuanfu. He named the house "Zhenguo Mansion", named himself the Duke of Zhenguo, and gave himself a name called Zhu Shou. When he led the troops to fight, he gave himself an edict, saying that "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says that Zhu Shou, the chief military officer of the Zhenguo Gong, is a mighty general and leads the army to the north to conquer Qin." The ministers of the DPRK and China had no choice but to mess around with him. However, the military department did not issue military talismans, and this mighty general could not mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the world, so he could only use the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and Datong towns, with a total of only more than 50,000 people, and he could not do it if he wanted to go on a large-scale northern expedition.

Ordinary people naturally don't know about these things in the palace. When Li Qiufeng was on an errand in Jinyiwei, he had heard a lot of absurd things about Emperor Zhengde in the past, and Zhu Shou had naturally heard of it. It's just that at this time, I remembered a person, and I couldn't help but panic in my heart. Then I thought that Yang Zhenzhong, Liu Kang, Yang Tinghe and other important ministers of the imperial court appeared in Yong'an City, and the five military camps suddenly appeared under the Hutou Rock. And the old lady Zuo of Zuojiazhuang in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province also arrived here. There are many changes in the world, and it seems that the heavy treasure of the Imperial Mausoleum of Babao Lotus Mountain has attracted martial arts masters to gather, but behind the scenes, it has a lot to do with officialdom and party struggles, and even the inheritance of the throne. Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng's face changed greatly, and his right hand involuntarily clenched the hilt. It's just that his right hand just stretched out, and he was immediately shocked that the embroidered spring knife had been broken by the white snake, and the scabbard was discarded by him in the valley, so he had to take his hand back again.

Liu Yong and the others looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. At this time, I heard Li Qiufeng say to Liu Yong: "Mr. Liu, the younger generation has an important thing to do. Please ask Mr. Liu to escort Mrs. Sha first. After the juniors finish their work, they will go to meet Mr. Liu. ”

Mr. Liu saw that Li Qiufeng's face was heavy, and he knew that what he had to do was really not small, so he had to nod. Li Qiufeng said: "Everyone go northeast, after leaving the mountain range here, turn west and travel eighty miles, you can reach the southern city of the capital." There is a place in the southeast of the capital called Qingyan Mountain, not far from the westbound avenue. There is a Guandi temple on Qingyan Mountain, which has been abandoned for many years. Mr. Liu, Chu Zhangmen and other seniors can go to the Guandi Temple to gather first, and the juniors will arrive later. ”

Murong Danyan wanted to walk with Li Qiufeng again, and Li Qiufeng had to agree. Xiao Zhanpeng wanted to pick up Ma Dongqing, so he also said goodbye to everyone at this fork in the road. Liu Yong saw that Zhu Sanjia, Li Qiufeng, Murong Danyan, and Xiao Zhanpeng were going to leave separately, so he had to tell everyone to be careful again and again, so he said goodbye.

After Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan separated from everyone, they hurriedly headed east. At this time, it was already afternoon, the sun was shining, the earth was bright, and thinking back to the situation in the cave, it was like a world away. The two of them traveled very fast, and they had walked more than 20 miles in half an hour, and they happened to arrive at a town, and Li Qiufeng saw that someone was selling horses, so he wanted to buy two horses. When I touched it, it was empty, and I couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Murong Danyan grinned, took out a piece of silver to buy two horses, and said, "Brother Li, if you don't take me with you, you are only afraid of thorns step by step, do you say yes or no?"

The two of them rode out of the town, but they took another big road. Murong Danyan carefully identified the direction, and said to Li Qiufeng while riding forward: "Brother Li, are we going to Yong'an City?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the Imperial Tomb to find someone." ”

When Murong Danyan heard the word "Imperial Tomb", his heart sank, and he said in a trembling voice: "Brother Li, don't you have any money, and you can't make a windfall in the Imperial Tomb?"

Li Qiufeng said: "That's not it. I suddenly remembered someone. I have encountered so many strange things these days, and if I think about it carefully, it is very likely that it has something to do with this person, so I have to ask him for clarification. Otherwise, even if we escape from Hutou Rock, I'm afraid that this matter will not be over. ”

Murong Danyan heard him say solemnly, and he was puzzled, and when he wanted to ask again, he heard Li Qiufeng say: "We must hurry up and rush to the imperial tomb as soon as possible." The longer this drags on, the more troublesome it becomes. ”

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he clamped the horse's belly with his legs, waved the horsewhip in his right hand, and rushed out with the mount under his crotch. Murong Danyan naturally refused to lag behind, so he also rode his horse and followed. Only the sound of horses' hooves could be heard, and the two of them were far away in an instant.

(End of chapter)