Chapter 17: Lantern Festival

In November of the 19th year of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Emperor Zhang Wuji ordered Yang Xiao and the Five Elements Banner to lead the 150,000 troops to take the Guanzhong controlled by Wang Baobao, and at the same time Peng Yingyu and Han Lin'er led 300,000 troops from Youzhou to the south to take Huaibei, the ancient saying goes: Defend the river must guard Huai, Zhu Baba laid the copper wall in Huaibei as early as possible, the two armies killed the sky and the sun, and the blood flowed into a river, but Huaibei was difficult to break through after all.

In a blink of an eye, it was the New Year of the second year, and some of the Yuanmeng Tartars and Fan monks who plagued the people in the Central Plains were exterminated, and some were expelled, and the land of the Central Plains and the two Guangxi in the south of the Yangtze River and other Chinese lands all returned to the Han family.

After the Spring Festival, it came to the fifteenth to see the lanterns, the original name of the "Lantern Festival" of the Shangyuan Festival was not popular, and I don't know which Yashiren brother got up, saying that "Lantern Festival" is "Yuan Elimination", and the people of the whole country feel that "Lantern Festival" is a pun, and it was called open for a while.

Xian Yutong did not return to Huashan after coming down from Wudang Mountain, anyway, the Central Plains is now Zhang Wuji's territory, Huashan must be extremely safe, but he is dressed as a poor Confucian and wanders around the Central Plains.

I went to the vicinity of Xiangyang first, and I didn't find it for a month, so I went to Zhongnan Mountain to see the scenery for more than a month, and finally arrived at Shuntianfu, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, on the fifteenth day of January.

This was originally the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and now Kyoto, which has become the Ming Dynasty, is more prosperous, looking at the people on the street with a smile on their faces and shouting "Lantern Festival", Xian Yutong also became happy, and shouted a few times.

Now it is almost dusk, and some people on the street have begun to set up stalls to sell "Lantern Festival", Xian Yutong looked at the novelty and wanted a bowl of peanut stuffing to eat and wander around the crowd, singing and performing everywhere, and there are all kinds of lanterns.

Half an hour later, I heard someone shouting on the street: "Emperor Tianyuan patrols the streets to enjoy the lanterns and enjoy the fun with all the people!" Because this year, the Ming Dynasty promulgated the new year name as Tianyuan, so Zhang Wuji is also known as the Tianyuan Emperor.

Many people all rushed to both sides of the street excitedly, Xian Yutong also slowly paced forward, he looked at a poor old robe, but the temperament was elegant, walking not fast but three or two steps to the front of the crowd, no matter how crowded there were, they couldn't get into him a meter.

Standing on the side of the street in front of the people, Xian Yutong saw a red car covered with golden dragon lace under the protection of two teams of gold armor guards, the sparkling horse Xiao Xiao came from north to south, and on the huge carriage frame under the car cover stood a young man in a red dragon robe, and the beautiful girl next to him was wearing a phoenix crown and xia cloak, it was Zhang Wuji and Yin Li.

Zhang Wuji, who expelled the Tartars, had a high reputation among the people, with strong martial arts, benevolent people, and young and handsome, as if he was the "superstar" in the hearts of the people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Zhang Wuji's car cover slowly coming, the people of Shuntianfu all bowed down and bowed, and the mountain shouted "Long live my emperor".

Zhang Wuji, who was standing on the frame, looked at a brightly lit prosperous scene, and was quite happy in his heart, and when the car drove to the south city, he listened to the voice of all the people, and the voice of long live was shocking, so that he took Yin Li's hand and said: "Ah Li, do you think I have the image of a Ming Jun?"

Yin Li's original personality was extreme and weird, and she has changed a lot after following Zhang Wuji for many years, and since she became the queen last year, she has always been cautious and careful, studying the "Female Commandments" and "Female Analects" and other daughter scriptures every day, in order to make herself a capable mother in the world.

Yin Li lightly opened his lips and said softly: "Your Majesty expelled the Tatars, settled in the Central Plains, established an immortal feat, and washed away the notoriety of the Demon Sect for the Ming Sect. ”

Zhang Wuji laughed and said, "Empress De Jong is getting better and better at talking now!"

When the husband and wife were talking, Zhang Wuji suddenly heard a commotion not far ahead, frowned and looked at it, but saw a small group of Tianwu generals (Tianzi guards) holding blades around a poor scholar in the distance, Zhang Wuji's eyes were like eagles, and he looked carefully at the middle-aged scholar who was quite familiar, so he said "Ah" and said: "Ah Li, Uncle Xianyu is here, let's go and meet his old man." After speaking, he hurriedly instructed Yang Xiao, the Duke of Zuo Guo, who was accompanying him, to send someone to invite.

It turned out that all the people bowed down to Zhang Wuji's dragon chariot, but Xian Yutong stood abruptly, and looked directly at the emperor's car, which naturally attracted attention, and the Tianwu general who guarded thought that he was going to assassinate or disrespect Diao Min, so he stepped forward to arrest him, but as soon as he approached a range of one zhang, it seemed to hit an invisible wire net, and he took a step forward and unconsciously took two steps back.

"Demon Law!" The captain who led the team was shocked and shouted, "Go back and report quickly, and ask Commander Yan and the two lords on the left and right, Bai Guogong, and Yin Guozhang to come and arrest the demon!"

"Smack!" was knocked down before the lieutenant's voice fell, and then Yang Xiao stood in front of Xian Yutong in a cyan official uniform, first admiring Xian Yutong's invisible qi network, and then bowing down and saying: "Mr. Shenji is here, Your Majesty invites you to the palace to talk about it, now there are many people and it is inconvenient to speak, please forgive me." ”

Xian Yutong said with a smile: "A contemptible idle cloud and wild crane, how can you condescend to the Duke of Zuo Guo?"

"Whoosh!" There was a sharp sound in the sky not far away, Wan Minqi looked up but saw that in the south city at night, I don't know who set off a brilliant firework, taking advantage of the fact that Wan Min and the guards were attracted by the fireworks, dozens of sharp arrows suddenly flew out from the doors and windows on both sides and shot at Zhang Wuji and his wife on the dragon chariot, and dozens of black-clothed assassins came out with the sharp arrows.

The vision in the dark night is not good, and the sound of feather arrows breaking through the wind is also muffled by the sound of fireworks explosions, this is a lore against Zhang Wuji

However, the assassins obviously underestimated Zhang Wuji's martial arts, he suddenly reached out and released the silk net of Zixia's true qi to slow down a dozen of the fastest sharp arrows, and then the seven-layer Dacheng Qiankun moved and rotated the silk strength out of the body, and actually changed the direction of the sharp arrows with both hands, but flew faster towards the two teams of assassins in mid-air, and immediately saw the two teams of assassins crackling like dumplings and falling after being shot by sharp arrows, and then being taken down by the Tianwu generals.

A man in black shot a sleeve arrow like an arm, Zhang Wuji stretched out his hand and gently twisted it, and then saw a small paper scroll tied to the arrow, and when he opened it, he saw that it was a letter, and then he saw that those black-clothed assassins were all spitting black blood and died, obviously a dead man with poison in his mouth.

The good joy with the people was all disturbed by an assassination, and Zhang Wuji was also in no mood, so he went back to the palace.

Half an hour later, in the Xingsheng Palace of the former Dadu Palace and the current Daming Palace, Zhang Wuji, who was dressed in civilian clothes, took Yin Li to bow down to see Xian Yutong, who only received half a salute on his side, waved his hand and said: "You are the emperor now, and it is inconvenient for you to receive a big gift from you." ”

Zhang Wuji was not reluctant, took out a short piece of paper and handed it over: "Please take a look at this letter." ”

"Is it the assassin's sleeve arrow handbook?" Xian Yutong opened it and saw that it was also an invitation letter, which was clearly the tone of the Shaolin abbot.

It is written that Shaolin Temple will hold a "lion slaughter conference" in the temple during the Dragon Boat Festival in May, so that Mingjiao advocates Wuji to participate in the meeting as a person in the rivers and lakes, if there is a large army climbing the mountain and violating the border, the lion king's life is not guaranteed, this is obviously to Zhang Wuji sacrifice his life to save, and Shaolin dares to invite so must have won the golden lion king Xie Xun and the dragon slaying knife.

Xian Yutong couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this, and asked, "Wuji, why haven't you brought your father-in-law back?"

Zhang Wuji said with a face full of remorse: "My parents have been monitored by people from all factions in the rivers and lakes for many years, although they have already had the intention to pick up my father-in-law, but they are afraid of harming his old man, I have sent five scattered people to the sea to pick him up secretly since the unification of the north last year, I didn't expect that the five of them have not heard from him for a year, I have been anxious recently, I didn't expect Shaolin Temple to ...... Ay...... I'm going to save him!"

Xian Yutong said with a smile: "Mowgli is not in a hurry, Shaolin Temple has been famous for hundreds of years, after six dynasties and eight countries but it has not fallen, not only his temple martial arts are profound, but more importantly, he has never been aware of the opposition to the imperial court, at most he closed the mountain and closed the temple, you said that the empty monk will offend you for a dragon slaying knife and the hatred of the empty monk?

In my opinion, Cheng Kun must be making trouble behind this lion slaughter conference, and Chen Youliang, Fang Guozhen, and Zhu Baba are also involved, the purpose is to kill you, the leader of the Ming Sect and the Emperor of the Great Ming Yuan, have you forgotten that Cheng Kun's lifelong wish is to destroy the Ming Sect?"

Zhang Wuji immediately calmed down when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "Uncle, is it possible that Shaolin Temple has been controlled by Cheng Kun? But my father-in-law is in danger, and I must save him!"

Xian Yutong sighed, got up and said: "Since you have made up your mind, then plan well, Shaolin Temple Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger is not an easy place to break into!"

"The contemptible people have achieved great success, and when the time comes, they will also participate in the conference and confirm what they have learned with Shaolin monks...... You have learned Zhang Zhenren's Tai Chi Divine Skill, and this innate skill manuscript will be left for you to study, hoping to increase your chances of winning in Shaolin to save the lion king. ”

After speaking, Xian Yutong moved three feet without moving, and then jumped out of front of the window of the main hall, stepping on the first moon of Yanzhou, where the night wind was still fierce like an eagle falcon golden eagle flying away in the air more than ten zhang away.

Even though Zhang Wuji is already a peerless master of martial arts, and his internal strength has been cultivated to reach the realm of entering the gods, he is still ashamed of himself, and secretly said: Uncle Zu's martial arts are probably not far from Master Tai's old man, Shaolin Temple is famous all over the world, and I don't know if there are old seniors with such skills in the temple, I still learn the innate skills first and then go to the temptation!

The two Dharma Kings and the Light Envoy who were waiting outside the hall saw Xian Yutong flying out of the window of the main hall, the moonlight shining down on him, and the original shabby clothes being blown by the cold wind made everyone feel like a fairy and a saint, like a god, and they couldn't help but feel ashamed of themselves.

Especially Yang Xiao and Fan Yao, who were conceited and Wei Yixiao, after their death, they were unparalleled in the world in light skills, and they felt that they had already stood alone in the world, but when they saw Xian Yutong's volley, he knew that even if he practiced hard for another twenty years, he would never be able to practice such a magic skill, so he couldn't help but be disheartened while respecting, and sighed in admiration.