Wei was originally a hegemon in the Central Plains, and when Wei Wenhou was the marquis, Wei took the lead in dominating the Seven Kingdoms and was feared by other countries. At this time, King Wei Hui reigned for exactly fifty years, and during the fifty years, the strength of Wei was not significantly weakened in the first thirty years, and in the next twenty years, since the death of Pang Juan, Wei was defeated in several major wars, and its national strength was greatly reduced. At this time, Wei was humiliated by Qin in the west, subdued Qi in the east, and had just been occupied by Chu in the south, and Zhao, which had been often beaten in the north, began to attack Wei continuously.

The Three Kingdoms of Wei, Zhao and Han were originally three countries separated from the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and for more than 100 years, they have never stopped fighting and killing each other. Sometimes the two join forces with each other, sometimes the three unite with the outside world, and sometimes they win over external forces to the inside, and their strategies are constantly changing, just like the complex relationship between the seven countries, all of which are constantly changing according to the time and interests.

At this time, Zhao's main strategy was to form an alliance with Korea against Wei, intending to take advantage of Wei's weakening to advance southward, while Wei relied on Qin to unite with Yan to the north against Zhao, and regarded Zhao as the main opponent at the moment.

King Wei Hui is about to be eighty years old, and there are not many people who can live to be eighty years old during the Warring States period. King Wei Hui obtained the "Seven Hidden" treasure bag from Ji Wu, and thought about how to use this heavenly opportunity to obtain the masters of the Seven Hidden Treasures to restore the powerful Wei State in the past. King Wei Hui wanted to consult with Zhang Yi, but felt that it was inappropriate, and then wanted to consult with Hui Shi, but learned that Hui Shi had just left Wei. When King Wei Hui was hesitating, someone suddenly came to report that Zhao Suhou, the monarch of Zhao State, had died.

Zhao Suhou is a generation of virtuous monarchs, at this time the monarchs of various countries have been called kings, but Zhao Suhou is not called kings, and he is still called "Jun" when he is demoted, and Zhao Guo slowly became stronger when Zhao Suhou was in time. As soon as King Wei Hui heard that the Marquis of Zhao Su was dead, he felt that the opportunity had come, and was ready to take the opportunity to attack the Zhao State, thinking that even if he could not destroy the Zhao State, he would have to grab a few cities from the Zhao State. King Wei Hui immediately began to plan the attack on Zhao, so he put aside the matter of Qiyin.

The news of the death of Marquis Su of Zhao soon spread throughout the country, and Qin and Yan, the two neighbors of Zhao, naturally had the same idea as Wei, and planned to invade Zhao with troops in the name of mourning Zhao. Qi and Chu were not far behind after hearing the news, as two powerful countries in the Seven Kingdoms, they naturally couldn't sit back and watch others take advantage, so they also wanted to take advantage of the chaos to enter Zhao, in order to see the opportunity to act, and profit from it.

When Zhao Suhou died, the crown prince Zhao Yong had just turned fifteen years old, and Zhao Suhou entrusted his son to the care of the minister Feiyi. In the face of the menacing five kingdoms of Qin, Yan, Wei, Qi, and Chu, Feiyi was worried, meditated, and looked for countermeasures. Fei Yi thought of a way to deal with Chu and Yan, and decided to use his relationship with King Lou Fan to let King Lou Fan attack Yan State in the north behind his back, so that he would have no time to separate, and he was ready to bribe the money-hungry King Wujiang to attack Chu State when King Chu Huai left, and take the opportunity to restore the former status of Yue State, so as to contain Chu State. Fei Yi immediately deployed the above plan, but he couldn't think of a proper way for the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Qi. In desperation, Fei Yi thought of his retainer Li Dui, Fei Yi didn't want to reuse Li Dui, but at this time he had to use it.

Fei Yi summoned Li Dui and said to him:

"From today on, you are no longer my retainer, and I will play the new monarch in the future, and make you the captain, and you will command the soldiers and horses of the capital and protect the national capital!"

"Thank you for the grace of Xiangbang's promotion! The minister will serve the country, support the new monarch, and protect Xiangbang!" Li Dui said with great joy when he heard this.

"On the occasion of this eventful autumn, the ancestor died suddenly, and the young lord is in danger! Now all countries have brought soldiers and horses to my Zhao country, trying to carve up the ancestral inheritance, what good plan do you have!" Fei Yi asked deliberately, wanting Li Dui to say what Fei Yi wanted.

"Xiangbang is wise, although the two kingdoms of Yan and Chu have countermeasures now, but it is difficult to extinguish the fire from far away, and the five countries will send troops to Handan in a few days! The top priority at the moment is to prevent the soldiers and horses of the five countries from entering Handan, if the kings of the five countries come alone to mourn, and no soldiers and no generals enter the territory of our Zhao country, the situation will naturally be easy to control!"

"What you say is true, and I also have this intention! It's just that the five countries are powerful, if they are strong, they will cause trouble, and the five countries will use this as an excuse to take the opportunity to attack, and the Zhao country will be in danger!"

"The sudden attack of the five countries this time is not a deliberate plan, although they have the intention of advancing and retreating together, but each has a scheming, and must not work with one heart! If you think about it carefully, Wei is the main culprit, Qin Yan is from it, and Qi Chu is from it! Wei is the closest to Handan, and it carries the most soldiers and horses, so it is inevitable to arrive at China's border first, so it is better to start with Wei first!" Li Dui analyzed the head of the way, and Fei Yi secretly admired it in his heart.

"King Wei Hui is old and timid, although he has a reputation for being warlike, but he has no warlike heart, if he acts properly, it will not be difficult to deal with!" Fei Yi adopted the method of throwing bricks and attracting jade, so that Li Dui could come up with a specific method.

"Although the five kingdoms have a sequence, they will not be separated for a long time, and if only one Wei state is broken, it will not help! Therefore, it is necessary to think of a perfect strategy, to take down the soldiers and horses of these five countries together, and not let a single country in, so that it is safe! Shi Caichen thought of a way, and was about to come to discuss with Xiangbang, but he didn't expect Xiangbang to ask the minister first!"

"Oh, what do you have a plan, come quickly!"

"Xiangbang used to take in his subordinates, because the ministers have a skill! Now the five countries are attacking at the same time, and the skills of the ministers are naturally difficult to defeat five with one, if you can invite the high-ranking people of the 'upper and lower schools' to go out of the mountain and retreat the soldiers of the five countries, but in an instant!"

"Then you should go quickly!

"I'm afraid the minister doesn't have this face," Li Dui hesitated.

"In the past, you were the master of the Running Riding Hall, but now you can't speak at all in the upper and lower schools?" Fei Yi was secretly happy when he heard that Li Dui finally said that he asked the upper and lower schools to help, but he didn't expect Li Dui to say that it was difficult for him to do it.

"In the past, the upper and lower two door masters fought each other secretly, and the minister, as the master of the Running Riding Hall, was caught in a dilemma, so he said goodbye and came to be a retainer of the Xiangbang. Although the ministers are far away from the sect, they still know a thing or two about the things in the sect, and now the battle between the upper and lower sect masters is better than in the past. If you want to retreat the troops of the five countries, you need to use the skills of the upper class of the door, and you must also use the skills of the lower door and the lower door, so that nothing goes wrong! However, these two doors are not in harmony, and the ministers are naturally incapable of moving these two doors to go down the mountain together to help!"

"Oh, I see!" Fei Yi also felt embarrassed when he heard this, and asked casually:

"What is the explanation for this upper-class door-to-door technique and lower-door obscene technique?"

"The upper and lower schools were founded by Master Du Mo, the 'upper and lower real people', and the upper and lower schools are the upper class technical schools, which are in the study of heavenly nature, and the lower doors are the lower class technical schools, which are in cultivating characters. ”

"So the art of running and riding belongs to the art of the lower door?"

"Exactly! The art of galloping and jumping is made by people, and if it is used for the training of soldiers and horses, it can naturally double the combat power of the army!"

"Well, this is also what I value, but there are different opinions in the ancestral monarch's clan, and it is difficult to implement, and in the future, when the new monarch ascends the throne, I will persuade the monarch to make his troops strong and strong, and gallop on the battlefield! Don't talk about this today, how can you solve the current matter?" Fei Yi had seen Li Dui's demonstration and felt that he was useful, so he took him in and let him serve in the army the day after tomorrow. Li Dui is alert and intelligent, full of thoughts, difficult to control, Fei Yi does not dare to use lightly, he just wants him to be an official position such as a head in the army in the future, and does not want him to participate in the affairs of the court and the state, but at the moment, he can't help but think about it.

"If Xiang Bangken personally goes out and follows me to the mountains, this matter can be done!"

"Oh, how can I have such a face?"

"Ling Junzi, the eldest disciple of the upper and lower real people, is a descendant of the Fei Kingdom of the Baidi clan, and he is of the same clan as Xiangbang. Fat people value righteousness, especially the love of the clan is the most important, this does not need to be said! Lingjun's descendants are above the upper and lower two gates, and now they may have the intention of taking over the head of the family, if they get his help, they can naturally mobilize the upper and lower two doors to go down the mountain at the same time!"

"Well, I've counted!" Fei Yi thought for a while, and then said to Li Dui:

"Without further ado, let's get going!"

Feiyi has already received the news, and the soldiers and horses of the five countries have all set off, rushing to Zhao State. At the critical moment, Fei Yi sent people to contact the allies of Zhao to the south, Korea and Song, and hurriedly took a few retinues with Li Dui to the Taihang Mountains.

Less than a day, Fei Yi and his entourage arrived at the foot of Taihang Mountain, everyone settled down to rest for half a night, the second day was just bright, Li Dui led the way in front, and went straight to Wuzhi Mountain.

When they arrived at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, everyone dismounted and walked up the mountain. About an hour later, Li Dui told Fei Yi that the upper and lower schools were not far ahead. Everyone walked along a cliff road halfway up the mountain for a while, turned a cliff, passed through a cave, a mountain gate appeared in front of them, Fei Yi looked, the mountain gate was engraved with a few big characters: heaven and earth meet, up and down psychic. Li Dui then told Fei Yi that they had arrived.

Li Dui stepped forward and informed the doorman of his name and reason, and the gatekeeper happened to know him, so he asked the others to stay outside. The man led them into the canyon passage inside the mountain gate, and after walking around for a while, a small valley suddenly appeared in front of them. Fei Yi Dingqing looked at it and was secretly surprised. The small valley is a cave in the mountain, in which many large and small houses are built, and there are several caves in the surrounding mountains, and several buildings are suspended in the air, which looks magnificent, and does not seem to be a human habitation.

Although Fei Yi knew a little about the upper and lower schools, he thought that it was just a Jianghu sect, how could he have thought that it would have such a scale and momentum, and that it was so close to Handan, he couldn't help but feel that he was lonely and unheard, and in addition to being full of curiosity about this upper and lower class, he was also a little worried and uneasy. When he was thinking about it, he heard Li Dui say to a person:

"This is Lord Zhao Xiangfei, I have something important to ask to see Ling Junzi today, and I hope that the Taoist chief will report and introduce you!"

"Whether it is a king or a general, as long as you enter the mountain gate, you will be treated equally! I am afraid it will not be easy to see the Lingjun saint!"

"The fat man is the fat country of the Bai Di clan, and the spirit is a real person, today I came here for a state affair, and the other is to catch up with the real person, and I hope that the Tao will be accommodating!"

When the man heard that it was an old friend of Ling Junzi's clan, he didn't dare to prevaricate anymore, so he said:

"Okay! For the sake of you and me, I'm going to report it, and you wait here!"

When there was no one around, Fei Yi asked Li Dui:

"How many sects and sects are there in this upper and lower school, and they have cultivated so exquisitely and magnificently, why have they never heard of you?"

"I don't know, I didn't have such momentum, I don't know why it has developed so rapidly in just two or three years?" Li Dui whispered, he himself was a little surprised, and was about to see the opportunity to ask for an understanding, when he suddenly saw his former deputy hall master walking by, so he suppressed his voice and shouted:

"Master Xia Hall, I'm Li Dui!"

The name of the Xia Hall Master is Xia Barley, and now he is the main hall master of the Benqi Hall, and when he saw Li Dui calling him, he came over and asked:

"How could the hall master be here?" Xia Lu still called Li Dui by his old name.

"I have something important to come here to ask to see Lingjun Zhenren!" Li Dui asked after answering the words:

"I've only been away for a few years, so why has it changed so much?"

"As always! Linlang and Qiji are two masters competing with each other, and the two doors are constantly getting bigger and competing with each other, so there is today's situation!"

"Aren't the real people and Ling Junzi just asking?"

"The old man doesn't know where Xianyou went, I haven't seen him for many years! Lingjun Zhenren seems to never care, somehow!"

"Oh, I see, thank you for the teaching! I'm afraid I'm the main hall master now, right?"

"Hehe, since the hall master left, I have been the hall master!" Xia Barley replied with a smile.

While he was talking, the man came and said to Li Dui and the others:

"You two come with me!"

When Li Dui heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that this "saying of the same clan" was really effective, so he and Feiyi followed the Taoist up a step.

The two followed into a cave, and after turning a few corners, there was a bright light in front of them, and Fei Yi saw a house built on a rock on the side of the cave, and the rock stretched out of the cave, and the house was suspended in the air, surrounded by cliffs, and it was extremely steep.

Li Dui saw Ling Junzi and bowed:

"Li Dui and Zhao Guoxiang Bang Feiyi meet Lingjun Zhenren!"

Fei Yi looked at this Lingjun real person carefully, dressed as a Taoist priest, but his face was not angry and arrogant, despite his age, there was still an indescribable majesty and domineering, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

"The adults are busy with political affairs, and they are about to have a new funeral, why do you have to come to the place empty?" Ling Junzi said to Fei Yi.

Fei Yidan saw that the person seemed to be a cold light shining directly under the glance, which made people shudder, and he was even more surprised when he heard him tell him about Zhao Jun's death, and secretly replied:

"Zhao Jun is dead, the crisis is sudden, Fei Yi is the minister of the orphan, and now he has exhausted his plans and has no way out, so he is introduced by Li Dui to ask for a real person, hoping that the real person will save Zhao in danger, and the people will be in the chaos of fire and water!"

Looking at today, everyone is vying for power, and the sons and sages speak holy words and ask for the grace of the king, and the princes will seek hegemony by borrowing the people's peace, and the 'words of the people' are just to hide people's eyes and ears!"

Fei Yi listened to this person hit the nail on the head, his words were sharp, and he didn't dare to say big words, so he changed his words and said:

"Now that the ancestor is dead, the young master is young, Qin, Yan, Chu, Wei, and Qi suddenly have five soldiers and horses, and they have entered our country in the name of mourning.

"There is no danger to defend within a hundred miles of Handan, and it is difficult for a talent like Xiangbang to deal with it!" Ling Junzi said indifferently.

Fei Yi listened to what he said, although he hit the nail on the head, but it was not like what a layman should say, so he asked tentatively:

"The ancestors moved the capital several times, but they intended the Central Plains, I don't know what the saint thinks about this?"

"If the country is strong, it is a meritorious act, and if the country is weak, it is a meritorious act!" replied Ling Junzi.

When Fei Yi heard it, it coincided with his opinion. Handan is the current capital of the Zhao State, and the previous monarchs of the Zhao State moved the capital here after many moves. Handan extends in all directions, it is a land of plains, if Zhao is strong, it is naturally convenient to attack the Central Plains, and if the national strength is not good, it is equally convenient for the enemy to attack. When Fei Yi heard this, he seemed to have a little understanding of this Taoist in his heart, and he plucked up the courage to deliberately say:

"The righteous ancestor of the past Hongjun divided the land into a river, pointing to the stones into a mountain! The Holy Monarch is called a real person, or he does not have such mana, but if he guards a handan, why should he rely on the natural danger fortress?"

"Today, I can naturally help Xiangbang retreat from the enemy, but what should I do if the enemy soldiers come again?" Ling Junzi said.

"Although my lord is young, he is a British lord, and he will definitely work hard to revitalize the Zhao Kingdom in the future!" Fei Yi was secretly happy when he heard that he was willing to help, where to think about the future, and replied casually.

"Zhongshan cuts into Zhao Zhi's heart, and Xiangbang doesn't think about it?" Ling Junzi suddenly asked.

Zhongshan is a small country between Zhao, Yan, Qi and Wei, located in the heart of Zhao, dividing the north and south of Zhao into two, with the support of Qi behind it, which is a major problem for Zhao. Zhongshan Guojun and Feiyi are both Baidi people, Baidi tribe is composed of Xianyu, Fei, Drum, Qiu and other tribes, Feiyi and Lingjunzi are among the Fei people. Fei Yi heard Ling Junzi suddenly mention Zhongshan Kingdom, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and he seemed to understand Ling Junzi's intentions, so he asked instead of answering:

"The real person is the same age as me, can you know my father's fat yuan, and what do you call the patriarch?"

Ling Junzi's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and after standing up for a long time, he said to Fei Yi:

"Please come with me!" The tone of his voice was a little different from what he had just said!

Fei Yi and Li Dui then followed Ling Junzi into a small cave in a cave. As soon as they entered the cave, they saw a painting carved on the front gable, showing a general Bai Di driving a chariot with four or five children on board, followed by the pursuing soldiers. The general in the painting is driving a car as he plunges his spear into the chest of the enemy next to him, apparently fleeing for his life with a group of children.

Fei Yi looked at it, a stream of heat surged in his chest, and he knelt heavily on his knees, tears welling up in his eyes. The past forty years ago suddenly came to mind, and Fei Yi knew that the general Bai Di in the painting was none other than his father Fei Yuan.

More than 50 years ago, with the efforts of the Xianyu people, the Zhongshan Kingdom took advantage of the chaos between the Wei State and the princes of various countries to restore the country with the help of the Eastern Qi State. After the restoration of the country, the Zhongshan Kingdom was mainly composed of Xianyu, Fei, Gu, Qiu and other clans, among which the Xianyu tribe was the largest, and its contribution and efforts to the restoration of the country were also the greatest. After the restoration of the country, the Xianyu clan advocated sinicization and wanted to use the Confucian culture of Qi and the Mohist ideology of the Central Plains to manage and rule the country, but they were opposed by the joint opposition of the three smaller clan chiefs of Fei, Gu, and Qiu. The Xianyu clan then carried out a conspiracy to get rid of the patriarchs of the three clans. In the evening, Ji Heng, the patriarch of the Xianyu clan, who was also the king of Zhongshan Kingdom, sent troops to surround the homes of the three clan chiefs and carried out a surprise attack on them.

Fei Yi was the head of the guard of the Fei clan patriarch, and he drove a chariot to rescue several children at a critical time, and Ling Junzi and Fei Yi were among them at that time. Ling Junzi is the son of the patriarch of the Fei clan, who was about ten years old at the time, two or three years older than Feiyi, and remembers the events of that day clearly; Fei Yi has no memory of how he later became separated from his father and Ling Junzi, and how he was adopted.

Fei Yi only realized at this time that Ling Junzi's words were not at all like a Taoist, and he did not hesitate to agree to help him retreat from the enemy, because they were not only of the same race, but also had a special relationship that was not known to others. As for whether Ling Junzi is the son of the patriarch of the Fei clan, although Fei Yi is not sure, he also thinks that it is not important. Li Dui, who was standing on the side, saw this scene, and guessed seven or eight points in his heart, feeling that there must be a special relationship between the old master and the new master, and he couldn't say whether he was happy or sad for a while.

Fei Yi knelt on the ground and couldn't speak for a long time, when two people came over, and one reached out to help Fei Yi up. In a daze, Feiyi looked up and didn't know anyone, only walked out with the help of the two of them. Returning to the house just now, the two people let go of their hands and said to Fei Yizuo successively:

"Shanren Drum Guolou has seen Xiangbang!"

"The mountain people hate the country and the hatred of the liquid, and they have seen Xiangbang!"

One of the two is a drum clansman, and the other is an enemy clansman. In ancient times, a clan or a place was often referred to as a "country", so these two people continued to use the old custom to call the drum and the enemy "country". When Fei Yi heard that these two people were fighting each other, he guessed that they were the children on the chariot in the painting, and saw that the two were not dressed as Taoist priests, and when he was suspicious in his heart, he suddenly heard Ling Junzi say:

"From today onwards, you two are no longer disciples of my upper and lower schools, so it's up to you to decide where to go!"

When the two of them heard this, they bowed to Lingjunzi together:

"Thank you, senior brother, for making it perfect!"

Then he turned around and bowed to Feiyi and said:

"I am willing to follow Xiangbang around, please take Xiangbang in!"

Fei Yi didn't know where it came from, and he felt as if all this was waiting for him, so he asked Ling Junzi:

"Why is that?

Without waiting for Ling Junzi to answer, Lou slowly replied first:

"When the son of the benefactor goes up the mountain, that is, the day when the two of us go down the mountain! I just learned that Xiangbang has come up the mountain, so the two of us are ready to go down the mountain!"

When Fei Yi heard this, he knew it in his heart, and he didn't think about the reason, and said to Lou and Qiu:

"Hurry up, please get up! The two are both old people and masters with unique skills, and they can't ask for it!"

"In this way, Zhao Guo has been saved!" Li Dui said happily on the side.

"I have to ask the sage, how can we solve the difficulties of Zhao today?" Fei Yi then turned to the main topic and asked.

"It's a trivial matter, Xiangbang doesn't have to worry, just go!" said Ling Junzi confidently.

When Fei Yi heard him say this, he didn't want to ask again, so he said goodbye to Ling Junzi and prepared to leave. Lou relieved Qiu Ye and then took Xia Liang, the new hall master of the Benqi Hall, and a group of sect members, followed Feiyi down the mountain, and went straight to Handan, Zhao State.