In the third year of the Great Jin Dynasty (Note 1), the Khitan Hui in July of the ninth year, the Great Jin Privy Envoy Li Song and Feng Yu received the news that the Khitan Lulong Jiedu envoy and Yan King Zhao Yanshou intended to return to the Central Plains.

Dingzhou reported to the imperial court that the Khitan was dispatching troops to enter the border.

Emperor Shi Jingjiao of the Great Jin Dynasty immediately issued an edict, appointing Li Shouzhen, the envoy of the Tianping Jiedu and the commander of the guard Ma Budu, as the commander of the northern camp, and the Yicheng Jiedu as the deputy of Huangfu, each leading a total of 26,000 men and horses from his headquarters to Xingzhou to assemble; Bai Yanyu (Note 4) led 10 battalions of 12,000 men to Xingzhou.

For a time, the atmosphere in Hebei, which had been calm for a year, was suddenly tight, and another new catastrophe was brewing.

However, Li Fengyun didn't know this, and at this time he and Su Yunong were in the Lushan Mountain.

Lushan, also known as Kuang Mountain, Kuang Lu, and Nanzhang Mountain, Tianzi Zhang, the name of the shallow plain, the scenery is beautiful and beautiful, compared with the grandeur of Taishan Mountain, the steepness of Taiheng Mountain, the vigor of Zhongnan Mountain, there is a special flavor.

"The reason why Lushan is called, Kuangshan, Kuanglu, is because according to legend, in the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, there was a Taoist called Kuang vulgar here to seek immortals, over time, people called it Kuangshan, Kuanglu. Su Yunong explained, "Of course, there is also a legend that when King Wu of Zhou, there was a gentleman named Fang Fu, together with Lao Tzu Li Er, rode a white donkey into the mountain to refine the pill, and both of them became immortals, leaving only an empty house on the mountain. People call this mountain where 'people go to Lucun' as Lushan, and because of Fang Fu, it is called Fushan. ”

Li Fengyun said with a sad face: "Now that I, Li Fengyun and Su Yunong, have come to Lushan together, I don't know if there will be an extra name here in the future, do you say it's better to call Fengyun Mountain, or Yunong Mountain, or just Fengyu Mountain?"

Su Yunong laughed out loud: "Only you are so thick-skinned, just change your name, Cowhide Mountain is good, General Li's cowhide is blowing all over the sky, who can compare?"

"It's okay!" Li Fengyun deliberately made Su Yunong happy, "In the future, Su Yunong, the head of the Qingbao Gate, can introduce people like this: 'Du, the slave family is the head of the cowhide yam king Gu Qingnan, Su Yunong is also, this mountain is opened by me, this tree is planted by me, I want to fight this side, leave to buy road money, what's the matter!'" Li Fengyun sharpened his voice and learned Su Yunong's tone.

Su Yunong was amused by Li Fengyun and giggled: "How can there be such a thing, you are the bandit leader of Cowhide Mountain when you are a slave!"

Li Fengyun said again and again: "The king spares his life, the king spares his life, he wants money and money, he wants people, and the small ones will never dare to resist!"

"Okay then! For the sake of your respectful attitude, this king reluctantly made it difficult, tied back to the cottage and skinned and roasted to eat, steamed or braised for dinner, you can choose!" Su Yunong grinned.

"No!" Li Fengyun shouted, "Master Su is the king of the mountain, not a monster in the mountain. I'm not a Tang monk who went west to learn scriptures, and I can't live forever if I eat it, and I can't eat it!"

......

The two of them came to a cliff in the Lushan Mountains.

Su Yunong pointed to the cliff and said, "Can you see it, there is a cave here." Through this cave, there is a large valley inside, which is the root place of my Qingbao Gate, the Valley of the Medicine King. ”

Cave?

Li Fengyun took a closer look, only the cliff wounded vines were overgrown, and most of the rock walls were covered by vines, and it was really not easy to find out the cave that Su Yunong said.

"You can't find it!" Su Yunong said with a smile, "If you can crack the mechanism arranged by my Green Capsule Gate, can it still be called the Green Capsule Gate?"

After that, he led Li Fengyun to a bare mountain rock, and I don't know how Su Yunong got it twice, and the mountain stone suddenly slid to the side, revealing a passage that was wide for one person.

Li Fengyun was greatly surprised, he originally thought that the entrance of the cave must be hidden under the vines, but he did not expect that the entrance of the cave was exposed.

"Unexpectedly is the best protection!" Su Yunong said, "Follow me, don't touch things." Not only is my green sac door powerful in poison, but also in the art of mechanism!" Su Yunong lit the torch that had been prepared a long time ago, divided Li Fengyun's branch, and walked into the cave.

Li Fengyun didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly dodged and followed behind Su Yunong.

Su Yunong pulled a stone in the cave, and the mountain stone blocking the entrance of the cave moved back to its original position with a "boom", sealing the entrance of the cave.

Su Yunong sighed and said, "Actually, the ancestral court of my Qingbao Sect was originally on Yujing Mountain, and this Medicine King Valley was just a place where disciples planted herbs back then. However, after the catastrophe eighty years ago, in order to avoid the retaliation of other sects, the sect was moved to the Medicine King Valley. ”

Li Fengyunqi said: "With such a narrow cave, it is not easy to move. ”

The cave is actually not too small, and four people can walk side by side, but such a cave passage is indeed inconvenient for goods to enter and exit.

Su Yunong explained: "This cave is just a path opened up to facilitate the entry and exit of disciples on weekdays. Of course, bulk goods will not go here. It's just that the passage is sealed by the Broken Dragon Stone on weekdays, and it is very troublesome to open the Broken Dragon Stone, so it is generally not opened. ”

The cave is actually not long, turning two corners, it is just a cup of tea, Li Fengyun's eyes lit up, a valley with a radius of four or five miles appeared in front of him, it was the height of summer, in the cultivated medicine field, colorful flowers competed for beauty, attracting countless bees and butterflies to be busy.

"This is the Medicine King Valley?" Li Fengyun was a little surprised, there was a wooden house not far away, and it seemed that there were not many people living in the valley. Several big yellow dogs found the uninvited guests and barked at Li Fengyun and Su Yunong. It's not so much a secluded sect as it is a small mountain village in the mountains.

When I came here four years ago, there were more than fifty families here, all of whom were family members of the disciples of the Qingbao Sect. ”

At this time, the residents in the Medicine King Valley had already discovered Li Fengyun and Su Yunong, and more than a dozen strong men rushed towards the two with weapons, surrounding Li Fengyun and Su Yunong. Li Fengyun's heart tightened, and he vaguely felt that these people seemed to be not good, and Su Yunong taking over as the head of the family was afraid that there would inevitably be a wave.

Note 1: The third year of the Great Jin Dynasty, that is, in 946 AD.

Note 2: Li Yin, a native of Jizhou, since the Later Tang Zhuangzong, Mingzong, and Jin Gaozu dynasties, moved to the school, and the officials went to the school to inspect the school, and he was tired of being the county guard. Thick sex, no name for violence.

Note 3: Wang Yanchao, (914-986), the character Desheng. A native of Linqing (now Linxi, Hebei), he was a famous general from the Five Dynasties to the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Note 4: Bai Yanyu, (918-957), the word hope, was a native of Taiyuan (now Taiyuan, Shanxi) in the fifth dynasty, mainly in the Jin and Later Zhou dynasties, a military general, known for his bravery.