After the King of Wei was appointed as the Qincha, the first stop of this collection of silver grain was more than 800,000 taels of silver in Yangzhou, and Li Zhen was naturally quite satisfied with this result. He ordered Du Weimin, who temporarily replaced the prefect of Yangzhou, to use all the silver to buy grain. Li Zhen also divided his 200-strong Qincha guard into two, and the 100 soldiers were all under the command of Du Weimin, and ordered him to lead the guard to escort grain to the north to the disaster areas of Huainan Province and Huaiyang Province to relieve the victims there. As for the grain in Shandong and Shannan, Li Zhen continued to go south to raise money......

On the eighth day and afternoon of the first month of the 71st year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, Jiangbei Road, Suzhou Mansion, south of Suzhou City, and Taihu Lake.

The delegation had come to Suzhou City three days ago. Li Chengfeng, the prefect of Suzhou, is not Yang Weitong and others, this person is capable and sophisticated, and he is also quite famous in the court, and has served as the prefect of Danyang County and the prefect of Suzhou, and has been an official for more than ten years, and he is also clear under his rule. When the prefect heard that the guard of honor of the King of Wei had arrived, he went out of the north gate to greet him personally, and also placed the Qincha in the inner hall of the palace, and arranged and cared for it very carefully......

Li Jin, the king of Wei, ordered Li Chengfeng to collect money taels from the local squires as soon as possible in accordance with the methods of Yangzhou Prefecture. The prefect of Nali already knew Yang Weitong's fate, and he didn't dare to neglect King Wei's orders in the slightest. In the past three days, Li Zhifu took a group of attachés, from morning to night, without a moment of idleness, all of them traveled all over the local rich businessmen, how can Suzhou not be richer than Yangzhou, except for the silk business, the rest are not outstanding. Li Chengfeng tried all kinds of methods, and in the past three days, the total has only raised more than 400,000 taels of silver.

Li Zhen has long heard that in the Taihu Lake in the south of Suzhou, thousands of miles of smoke and waves, the scenery is beautiful, and on the eighth day of the first month of January, he saw that the sky was fine and the wind was beautiful, so he came to the interest, took Xue Tao and Xu Ke and his party, came to the Taihu Lake, hired a painting boat, and drove to the middle of the lake......

With a wave of the helm's hand, several hands rowed hard, and the big ship moved fast, and it was far away from the south bank of Suzhou in less than half an hour......

Li Zhen ordered people to set up a table on the deck of the bow of the ship, and sat around the table with Xue Tao and Xu Ke, and the men on the ship put more than ten plates of melon and fruit snacks and braised snacks. Li Zhen didn't like to drink, so he ordered the boat's family to serve three cups of Biluochun. The three of them sat in the bow of the boat, watching the scenery while casually eating some refreshments......

At this time, the big boat is surrounded by a lake, and the noon sun hits the water, flashing with bursts of shining golden light, which ripples with the lake, embellishing the blue waves with crystal dazzling. The breeze blows the ripples on the surface of the lake, the lake is far away from the sky, looking at it from afar, the whole lake surface is smooth as a mirror, a thousand miles at a glance, it is full of vast green water, people in the lake, suddenly feel their own insignificance......

"What did my father tell you when he gave you the Kunwu Sword?" Li Zhen asked casually as he took a sip of green tea.

"The emperor wants me to pay attention to the movements of Tianbao Pavilion from time to time, and if there is anything abnormal, I will report it!" Xu Ke replied.

"Tianbao Pavilion ?......" Li Jin's eyes were full of doubts, and he looked at Xue Tao, who was sitting on the left.

"Oh...... Your Highness, that Tianbao Pavilion specializes in the creation of weapons, and has almost monopolized all the weapons trading of my cadres...... However, the real power of Tianbao Pavilion is not his family's business...... It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the most powerful sect in the world is 'one tower, two mountains, three pavilions, and four gates'...... This Heavenly Treasure Pavilion is one of them!" Xue Tao hurriedly replied.

"You are a general of the forbidden army, how do you understand the doorways of these rivers and lakes?" asked Li Jin, whose face had always been cold, rarely showed some warm warmth today.

"Although my old Xue serves in the imperial court, after all, he is also half a martial arts person, and his family teacher Wei Yunwu is known as 'Iron Robbery Invincible', and he is the master of Yongzhou Iron Gun Gate. Before I joined the army, I learned art from my master since I was a child, and I didn't listen to these rumors and anecdotes in the rivers and lakes......" Xue Tao also smiled.

"What kind of Tashan Gate is this...... What kind of fame are they?" Li Jinqi said.

Xue Tao replied: "Your Highness, don't underestimate these 'towers, mountains, pavilions, and gates'. It is said that this is a sacred tower, and the inside is unfathomable, and anyone who enters the tower has never returned...... There is also this 'two mountains' that is, 'there are Shaoshan in the north, and there is Shushan in the south', and I know that the Shaoshan faction, the military department also purchased some firearms from the Cangzhou Agni Hall under his Shaoshan Gate last year, and I went with it, and the old hall master Wang of the 'One Leg Sweeping Eight Desolations', the kung fu on his legs and feet can be very good......"

Xue Tao took a big sip of tea, and said: "There are also 'three pavilions' that are Wuji Pavilion, God King Pavilion, Tianbao Pavilion, God King Pavilion, His Royal Highness naturally knows, this Tianbao Pavilion can be ranked among the three pavilions in the world, and it is tied with the God King Pavilion, its strength can be imagined......"

Li Zhen asked, "So, what about the 'four gates'?"

Xue Tao replied: "These 'four gates' are the Tianshan Sword Gate, and there are ...... And ......" Xue Tao patted his head, and he couldn't remember it for a while......

"There are also Shuzhong Kangmen, Nanhai Yaowang Gate, and Xiangxi Ghost Gate. Xu Ke said.

"How do you know?" Li Zhen turned his head to look at Xu Ke and asked.

"Back to Your Highness, I listened to what the emperor said......" Xu Ke replied truthfully.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor, and his old man also know about these things in the rivers and lakes?" Xue Taoqi said.

"Hehehe...... In the early years, I also heard that my father only had a Xuanhuang sword in his hand, and he broke into the Wuji Pavilion alone......" Li Zhen smiled.

"Wuji Pavilion, is there really a Wuji Pavilion?" Xue Taoqi asked.

Li Zhen said: "Of course there is! Didn't you just say that there are three pavilions in the world...... I heard my father say that the head of the three pavilions in the world is not my Great Qianshen King Pavilion, nor is it the Tianbao Pavilion of his Murong family, but the Taishang Wuji Pavilion......! In my opinion, even if the Si Ming Pagoda is inferior to this Infinite Pavilion, it may be inferior......"

"That'...... The emperor broke into the Wuji Pavilion alone, what happened after that?" Xue Tao asked again.

"I don't know what happened next...... The details of this Wuji Pavilion, since my father left the Pavilion, he has never told anyone......" Li Zhen said.

"The emperor, his old man, has such a legendary experience!" Xue Tao couldn't help but admire.

Li Zhen took a sip of tea and sighed: "My father is not only a benevolent monarch through the ages, but he is also invincible in the world with his world-beating skills, but it's a pity that our princes are weak, and my father can't look down on him...... Only the third brother has the true inheritance of his father......"

After a pause, Li Zhen turned his head and asked Xu Ke again:

"Listen to Mr. Qiu, are you from Hangzhou?"

Xu Ke replied: "The humble position is from Hangzhou. ”

"Hmm...... Tomorrow, we will leave for Hangzhou Mansion and your hometown...... "Li Zhen said.

Xue Tao said with a smile: "Brother Wu, when you arrive in Hangzhou, it is your land, you have to treat a guest!"

"Okay! When you arrive in Hangzhou, I invite you to sit by the West Lake and taste the lotus root noodle soup of our Hangzhou Prefecture, as well as osmanthus cake ......," Xu Ke replied with indignation.

Xue Tao clapped his hands and laughed: "Brother Wu, you can't help but be stingy, so invite us to eat these vegetarian snacks...... I have heard that the most famous thing in Hangzhou is the "Drunken Cloud Building"! The "Huazi Chicken", "Eight Treasures Crispy Duck", "West Lake Vinegar Fish" and "Lotus Leaf Too White Meat" taste so good that they are called the "Four Uniques of Hangzhou...... If you get to the ground in Hangzhou, you won't want to escape from this wine in Cuiyunlou! When the time comes, you will have to take us to have a good taste!"

"Okay, good, the little brother is fighting to spend half a year's silver, and he also wants to go to the drunken cloud building, so that Brother Xue can have a beautiful meal......" Xu Ke replied with a smile.

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Everyone raised their glasses to taste tea, although there was no wine as a companion, but they were quite happy in the face of this lake and mountains, and the vast smoke waves......

Li Zhen chewed a piece of melon in his mouth, but secretly calculated in his heart: "Now, the silver raised by Yangzhou Mansion and Suzhou Mansion is about 1.3 million taels, if this trip to Hangzhou Mansion goes well, it should be able to raise another 700,000 taels, if you can raise a total of 2 million taels, my trip is still a success......

At this time, I heard Xue Tao shouting:

"Look! There are such big waves in the lake!"

The three of them followed the prestige, only to see a section of the lake that was more than 100 zhang away in front of them, which was originally as smooth as a mirror, suddenly swelled up at this moment, and the waves rose without wind, wave after wave, and a huge whirlpool faintly appeared in the center of the wave. The whirlpool grew bigger and bigger, and in the center of the whirlpool there was a huge "water monster" that gradually floated upwards and slid on all fours in the water, as if rushing towards the painting boat......

"No! It's a giant turtle! Quick! Turn around!" With a shout from the captain, the helm hurriedly turned around, and the big ship slowly turned around. Everyone saw that the black turtle's back had slowly risen like a small hill, and the turtle's head was held high and kept swaying from side to side...... In this calm Taihu Lake, this behemoth suddenly appeared, and some of the soldiers and sailors on the ship were already pale with fright, and trembling all over......

The giant turtle, which was hundreds of feet long, was swinging left and right in the water at this time, and the turtle's head also rushed into the water from time to time, as if it was fighting with people......

Although the boat's hands were already paddling with all their strength, how could the little boat outperform the giant turtle! The giant turtle shook its body like a mountain, and every swing could roll up a monstrous wave, and the waves came and crashed on the bow of the ship, the hull of the ship shook endlessly, the tables on the ship toppled over, and the melons, fruits, snacks, cups and plates and miscellaneous items were scattered all over the deck. Xue Tao and Xu Ke hurriedly escorted Li Zhen to the railing next to him. Under the continuous impact of the waves rolled up by the giant turtle, everyone was already drenched and embarrassed......

The giant turtle gradually swam closer, but everyone was surprised to see a person standing on the turtle's back, and from a distance, that person was vaguely a young man, fat and big, holding a rod similar to an iron hoe in his hand, and was beating the thick back of the giant turtle again and again......

"Second brother!" Xu Ke, who was standing on the bow of the boat, couldn't help but scream.

The giant turtle in the lake continued to hit the young man on his back, as if arousing his great anger, and his four legs slid violently, and between the rolls, he brought up a wave of angry waves in the sky. Under the impact of the huge waves, the painting boat on which everyone stood could no longer support it, and finally collapsed and turned over and sank into the lake......

"Second brother, second brother!" Xu Ke shouted a few more times, but the fat boy on the turtle's back did not react. At this time, Xu Ke saw that Li Zhen didn't know the nature of the water, so he struggled in the water, hurriedly swam over, grabbed Li Jin's back from the water, swam forward hard, found a large plank, and pushed Li Zhen on the board. Xu Ke held on to the plank of the boat while looking around, and after a while, he finally saw Xue Tao also leaning on a broken wooden plank and swimming hard in front of them.

This sudden change of events made Xue Tao shout in the water: "Brother no disease, let's swim to the shore quickly! That old turtle doesn't know where it came from, and we all have to die in its mouth if it starts to go crazy." Hurry up, hurry up, protect Your Highness!"

At this time, there was no other way to think about it, at the moment, Xu Ke and Xue Tao held Li Jin's big boat board with one hand, slid hard with the other, and swam desperately towards the south bank of Suzhou......

Among these three people, Li Zhen does not know water, Xue Tao is not good at swimming, or Xu Ke, born in the south since childhood, often caught fish and snorkeled in a big pool in Xujiazhuang when he was a child, and he practiced a good water nature. The three of them swam north for a while, and Xue Tao gradually lost his strength, and he couldn't swim anymore, so he could only lean on the side of the boat and float with the waves, all relying on Xu Ke alone, one hand to protect Li Jin, and the other hand to support Xue Tao.

Although the three of them were far away from the "crazy" giant turtle, they were still far from the land, and at this time they were in the middle of thousands of blue waves, with endless water on the left and right. Even if Xu Ke is in the water, he can't help but be a little dazed, and at this time, when he looks at Li Zhen lying on the board, he has eaten a few mouthfuls of water, and he has been frightened, and he has already fainted......

On the eighth day of the first month of the first month, the sky is cold and frozen, at this moment, although there is a warm sun in the sky, but the lake is also extremely cold and biting, Xu Ke has miraculous skills to protect the body, and he can still bear it, but Xue Tao has been in the water for a long time, but his teeth have been frozen to tremble, and he can't stand it......