The winter of the second year of Hongxi of the Daning Dynasty was the midwinter season when the weather was cold and the ground was freezing. The first snow fell in the south of the Yangtze River, the snowflakes floated between the quiet water towns, in the city of Sulan, on both sides of Qinhuai, the lights were still brilliant, the singers sang the warm and fragrant tune of nephrite, and the dignitaries and businessmen from all walks of life enjoyed the singing and dancing of the world here, which was regarded as a peaceful year.

At this time, the land of Heluo Erzhou has been thousands of miles of red land, and the people are struggling to survive for many years, and finally in the midst of hunger and cold, the people have risen up, and the land of Heluo has provoked a civil uprising, and the rebels have taken up arms.

In the Imperial Palace, the young Emperor Hongxi, the son of heaven, sat on the dragon chair half-sideways, holding his forehead with one hand, his face was full of sadness, and the ministers below all knelt on the ground, all trembling and trembling, I don't know who the emperor will take under his anger.

"The household department will allocate another million taels of silver to try to relieve the disaster!" Emperor Hongxi said weakly.

The official of the household department hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Emperor Qiqi, the treasury silver of the household department is not much, and the Tianyun Pass in the north has to allocate military salaries to resist the Wuyan people, this million disaster relief silver, the household department is afraid that it is ......."

"If the household department can't take it out, what will happen to those disaster victims? Do you let them starve to death? Or do you let them change from disaster victims to anti-people? Now, there has been a popular uprising, and the anti-army calls itself the 'Dacheng Army' and swept Heluo, how can you let me do it? If they don't starve to death, why are they doing the business of killing heads?" Emperor Hongxi said angrily when he heard this.

In their opinion, the people of Heluo and Erzhou have no food to eat, so it is best to starve to death obediently, so why bother to cause trouble to the country, and why disturb the peaceful and prosperous era of their Yingge and Yan Dance?

"Give Wei Changqing an edict, asking him to lead his troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, a thief is a thief, and I have no choice but to do this!" Emperor Hongxi sat on the dragon chair made of pure gold, facing such a situation, facing his people who were waiting to be fed, and facing the problem of people wanting to eat, as the emperor, the respect of the Ninety-Five, ruling the world, but he could not do anything.

As soon as he rode a fast horse, an edict passed thousands of miles from the capital and came to the hands of Wei Changqing, the chief soldier of Heluo, looking at the emperor's edict, and then looking at the situation in Heluo Erzhou in front of him, his face could not emit a trace of light.

The Daning Dynasty, in such a seemingly calm but turbulent situation, was stormy.

At this moment in the Songyang Gate, the head of the sect, Cao Wuji, was sitting in the dark grid of the Songyang Palace, dressed in a blue-gray brocade robe, with an iron face and a long beard, and a small crown made of dark iron on the top of his head, and an ivory-white hairpin was inserted horizontally. This person looked majestic, holding his chin in one hand, and looked straight at the person who sat down, and the person who sat down was Cao Wuji's junior brother, Tie Wuji.

Tie Wuxian held a half-moon-shaped jade made of jasper in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Senior Brother in charge, this is half of the Liancheng Bi." ”

Cao Wuji stared at the jade bi in Tie Wuji's hand, looked at it for a long time, and said in his unique and deep voice: "What is the mystery of this Liancheng Bi?"

"Senior brother, this is where we need to find the other half of Lianchengbi. ”

"Why, this city is still divided into two halves?" Cao Wuji asked.

"Senior brother in charge, this Lianchengbi is a great treasure in the rivers and lakes, it is rumored that as long as the two halves of the Lianchengbi are found and merged together, you can understand the profound meaning contained in it, not only the miraculous achievements, but also the command of the world's martial arts, what is hidden in this jade, forgive the subordinates for being dull, at present, it seems that it is really impossible to understand. "Iron Traceless.

Cao Wuji took the half of the jade from Tie Wuji's hand, but saw that this piece of jade was crystal clear and jade, revealing a faint blue light, and the lines on the jade were quite ancient, it seemed to have been inherited for thousands of years, the jade was not big, but it had some weight in his hand, so he said slowly: "Where did you find this half of the Liancheng Bi?"

"Senior brother, for so many years, there have been only legends on the rivers and lakes that Liancheng is a priceless treasure, the supreme martial arts, but no one has seen it, and I don't know if it's true or not. Who knows, in the past two years, there are rumors that Lianchengbi fell into the hands of the rich man in Jiangnan, Shen Tianan, it is said that this person is rich and rivals the country, and extremely loves to collect antiques, somehow, this Lianchengbi was suddenly born, there are rumors that this person spent three million taels of silver, bought this half of Lianchengbi, and hid it at home. I sent people to inquire around, only to know that this was true, and my subordinates bought off the underworld experts in the Jiangnan area, broke into the Shen Mansion at night, and finally found this half of the Liancheng Bi in the cellar of his house. Iron Traceless said grimly.

Cao Wuji stroked his beard and said, "Then, what about this rich man?"

"The whole family of the Shen Mansion, seventy-two people, all killed, and not a single one was left alive. Tie Wuxian lowered his head and said in a deep voice, a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Cao Wuji's brows tightened, and he was silent.

"Senior brother in charge, rest assured, since his subordinates have bought off the underworld masters in Jiangnan, they want to let the people of the rivers and lakes know that it is the underworld that kills people, and they must not leak half a word out of our Songyang Gate, and now that this city has returned to our Songyang Gate, our Songyang Gate will definitely increase in strength. Iron Traceless said again.

"Good, good, good!" Cao Wuji said three "good" words in a row, and said: "Our Songyangmen is a famous and decent family, isn't such a means done by robbers?"

"Senior brother, the eldest husband is not informal, the great cause of unifying the martial arts is important, the great cause of Songyang Gate is important, for the sake of our Songyang Gate for thousands of generations, this Shen family of seventy-two people, what is it? Senior brother in charge, heaven and earth are not kind, and all things are used as dogs!" Tie Wuxian continued.

Cao Wuji stood up, held half of the Liancheng Bi in his hand, breathed a long sigh of relief, and carried out the internal strength, a purple true qi came from the palm of his hand, and on the body of the Lianchengbi jade, a trace of blood-like lines permeated, this jade Bi has been passed down for thousands of years, as if it has spirituality, Cao Wuji felt that this jade Bi seemed to be able to feel the nourishment brought by this endless internal strength.

"That's half of the city, and the other half. Cao Wuji didn't turn around, but said slowly into the depths of the darkness.

"Senior brother in charge, don't worry, this other half of the city, the subordinates already have preliminary clues, and the subordinates will sooner or later let the two halves of the city gather in the hands of our Songyang Gate!"

"Hmm. Cao Wuji nodded in the dark, and this voice was also extremely thick, and Tie Wuji smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then withdrew.

Cao Wuji placed this half of the Liancheng Bi on the rosewood table, and a faint candle light shone on the jade bi, the deep and dim light, like an abyss.