The jade rabbit fell westward, the sky was already twilight, the early morning sun slowly rose from the Tianlong Mountain, dispelling the hazy earth shrouded in the silver-gray light veil, ten thousand rays of light through the clouds, for the sleeping Taiyuan sprinkled a layer of golden light.

Zhou Jinyu hadn't slept so peacefully for a long time, and when she first arrived at her uncle's house, it was reasonable to get up late. He stretched and was about to get up, when he heard a knock on the door. Zhou Jinyu suddenly remembered that when Yinran was leaving yesterday, he said that he would take him to see someone today, so he hurriedly got up and opened the door.

Standing outside the door, one on the left and one on the right, were the two red-clothed officers wearing gold and silver masks who had fought against Ah Chitu yesterday night. But what Zhou Jinyu sees now is their true appearance, and he didn't expect these two red-clothed officers to be twin brothers. Under the deep and terrifying masquerade, there are two such handsome cheeks, with delicate eyebrows and white skin. Zhou Jinyu couldn't figure it out, why did they wear that mask when they looked like this?

The officer on the left bent down slightly and hugged his fists and said, "Childe slept peacefully last night? Our two brothers were ordered by General Yin to come to invite Childe." ”

Zhou Jinyu also saluted: "I don't know what the two generals call each other? Uncle is taking me to meet someone?"

The officer on the left said: "In Xia Yan Jingchen, next to him is the twin brother named Yan Jingfeng, who is serving as the left and right guards under General Yin's account." General Yin had been waiting in the hall for a long time, and ordered the two of us to invite Gongzi to go out of the city with him to meet a master. ”

Zhou Jinyu heard that his uncle was already waiting in the hall and said, "Thank you two generals, I will go with the two generals." With that, he picked up his sword and closed the door, and walked towards the hall with the brothers Yan Jingchen and Yan Jingfeng.

Zhou Jinyu was very curious about the two brothers, and couldn't help asking, "Two generals, can you ask you a question?"

Yan Jingchen said: "Childe doesn't have to be formal, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhou Jinyu said: "The two generals forgive their sins, but I am just curious, the two generals themselves are dignified, why do they have to wear such a dark and terrifying mask? Wouldn't it be better to show people their true faces?"

Yan Jingchen and Yan Jingfeng smiled at each other when they heard this, and they didn't know how to answer.

Yan was shocked and said: "Hahaha, Childe doesn't know, it's because the two of us have such a woman-like appearance that we have to wear masks!"

Zhou Jinyu was even more strange: "Why is this? ”

Yan was shocked and said, "Have you heard of Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling?"

Zhou Jinyu suddenly realized and said: "It's really a word to wake up the dreamer, the two generals are also because they are soft and strong, beautiful in voice and appearance, and not enough to deter the enemy on the battlefield, so they cast a mask and put it on their faces. ”

Yan was shocked and said: "Hahaha, don't dare, we don't dare to compare ourselves to the king of Lanling, we just follow the example of the king of Lanling, so the trick is repeated, the above repays the country, and the next repays the general." ”

In a blink of an eye, the three of them had already arrived in the hall, and Yin Ran was looking up at Tianlong Mountain in the distance behind his hands. The courtyard has prepared four jujube red army horses, these are four good military horses, all about seven feet high, nearly one zhang wide, strong physique, limbs straight and powerful, can travel thousands of miles a day.

Zhou Jinyu saw that Yinran was already standing and waiting, so she hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Say hello to my uncle, I don't know where we are going today?"

Yin Ran said: "It's not far, ten miles outside the South Gate, just follow me." With that, he flew on his horse, raised his long whip, and galloped out of the gate of the General Soldier's Mansion first. Zhou Jinyu, Yan Jingchen, and Yan Jingfeng brothers also competently got on the remaining military horses, rode their horses and whipped them, and followed out.

On the quiet long street, the sound of horses' hooves echoed, and soon they went out of the Great South Gate and ran out of the city. Out of the south gate, the horse was even more extinguished, and Zhou Jinyu couldn't see the surrounding scenery clearly.

Soon they ran out of ten miles. Suddenly, Yin Ran reined in the horse, turned over and got off the military horse, presumably arrived. The other three also followed Yinran and dismounted, and Zhou Jinyu looked up, and there was a family on the mountainside in the east, to be exact, there was only one thatched house. The grass hut is surrounded by dead branches and leaves, rocks, and lifeless, and the scenery is extremely depressed. Zhou Jinyu couldn't guess what Yinran was doing here with him, so he asked, "Uncle, are we here?"

Yinran didn't say much, but replied: "It's here, let's go up and have a look." ”

The four of them are all martial arts practitioners, and it is not very difficult to climb the mountain, and after a while, they have arrived in front of the door of the grass hut, and there is a layer of thorn fence around the grass house, and there is nothing in the fence, only a dilapidated wine jug is tied to the door, and the breeze blows, crumbling.

Yan Jingfeng was about to push the door, but Yin Ran stopped him and said, "I'll knock on the door in person." So he knocked lightly at the door three times, and when there was no answer, he knocked three more times, and stood respectfully at the door.

Zhou Jinyu saw that the dignified chief soldier of Taiyuan Town was so polite to a person in a thatched house, and he was very puzzled, could it be that there was a master in this inconspicuous thatched house?

Soon, a voice came from inside: "The old man has already been waiting to be killed, the two of you don't have to be polite, you came to take the life of the old man, but it's not a rainy day today, could it be that the two of you have changed the rules?"

The voice inside made the four people outside the door unclear, so Yinran said: "Why did Mr. Zhao say this? Yinran came to visit. As soon as the words fell, the door squeaked open, and a cloud of dust fell, choking Zhou Jinyu to cover her mouth and nose.

The person who came out of the door almost shocked Zhou Jinyu's jaw. Isn't this the old man Zhao who was in the Sanpinxuan Teahouse yesterday!!

Zhou Jinyu remembered that before leaving yesterday, Zhao Laohan dropped a sentence, saying that his home was ten miles outside the Great South Gate, but he didn't expect that he would come the next day, or under the leadership of his uncle, which was really incredible.

The more Zhou Jinyu thought about it, the more curious he became, why did his uncle Yinran respect him so much and have a family? Could he really be the descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty?

Zhao Laohan opened the door and saw that Yin Ran was really busy at the door and said: "I don't know if General Yin is coming, it's rude, it's rude." So he hurriedly let the four of Yinran into the house.

The thatched hut was very small, and the furnishings in the house were shabby, only some shabby daily utensils and a cold earthen kang, and a badly wounded table of eight immortals was placed opposite the door, and there were two mahogany chairs with vermilion paint on the table. The four of them poured into the house, making the grass house even more cramped, and Zhao Laohan let Yinran sit on the upper seat and sit on the other side. The other three had to stand. Zhao Laohan was a little embarrassed and said: "Let the chief soldier smile, the cold house is extremely simple, forgive me, forgive me." ”

Yinran said: "The old gentleman is too worried, Yinran sees that although this grass house is simple, there is an old gentleman living here but there is a charm of fairy wind and bones, as the so-called 'mountain is not high, there is a fairy spirit, and the water is not deep and there is a dragon and a spirit.' 'Beg for mercy. ”

Zhao Laohan smiled helplessly: "Haha, the chief soldier said that he laughed, then I hope that the 'beautiful scenery' of the contempt will live up to the grandeur of the general's visit." ”

Yin Ran asked: "I just heard the old gentleman outside the door say that someone wants to kill you, I don't know who can kill Mr. Zhao?"

Zhao Laohan sighed and said, "They still found me." ”

Yin Ran asked, "Who?"

Zhao Laohan said: "Have you ever heard of the couple killer who kills people on a rainy day?"

Yin Ran said: "The juniors heard that they are in Taiyuan today, what's the matter?

Zhao Laohan said: "Exactly! If it weren't for this young man's help, I'm afraid that the old man would have already returned to Huangquan." After that, he looked at Zhou Jinyu.

Zhou Jinyu hurriedly said: "The younger generation is just a gesture, and the old gentleman doesn't have to worry about it." ”

Yinran didn't know that Zhou Jinyu and Zhao Laohan had known each other in advance, and Zhou Jinyu had also saved Zhao Laohan's life, so he was a little proud, and said to Zhou Jinyu: "Very good, it is worthy of being the queen of the gate, come and see Mr. Zhao." He said to Zhao Laohan again: "This is my nephew, just because there was an accident in the family, he came to join me." ”

Zhou Jinyu stepped forward and saluted: "The junior Zhou Jinyu has seen the old man. ”

Zhao Laohan smiled: "Okay, good, the future is terrifying." ”

Yin Ran said: "I don't know what kind of grudge this couple killer has against the old gentleman?"

Zhao Laohan said: "Alas! This is a long story, this is the feud between the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty, more than 300 years have passed, and this grievance should be settled." ”

Yin Ran was also a little puzzled and asked: "The grievances between the couple killers and the old gentleman are actually involved in the affairs of the previous dynasty, and I also ask the old gentleman to give me advice and listen to him." ”

Zhou Jinyu was more and more surprised the more she listened, and the more she listened, the more surprised she became. On this desolate hill, in this small thatched house, there is a grievance between the Liao and Song dynasties. Could it be that Zhao Laohan is the descendant of Zhao Kuangyin of the Great Song Dynasty, and what he said is true?