"As long as Master Sun can turn the tide, boost the prestige of my Ming army, and successfully fight against the Jurchen Tartars, what does it matter if I, Xiong Tingbi, die!" Xiong Tingbi's eyes were firm, and under the dim oil lamp of the cell, his face seemed to glow with holiness at this moment.

Gao Jie looked at him, and Xu Hongru's appearance appeared in his mind again. At the beginning of the Temple of Our Lady of the Nine Heavens in Jiufeng Mountain, Xu Hongru knew that there was no chance of winning in a hasty uprising in order to protect the treasures of the Holy Sect and Gao Jie, but he still chose to go back to Shandong to launch an uprising and die generously. Although the foolishness and foolishness of the ancients seemed so ridiculous and pathetic to later generations, Gao Jie no longer despised them in his heart after being in this era, but more respect and admiration.

After a while, Luo Sigong said a little choked: "Previously, my brother was just dismissed and returned home to listen to the investigation, but who knew that you chose to return to Beijing to defend yourself, and were finally convicted and imprisoned, it turned out that you had long been determined to die with your own body!"

Xiong Tingbi smiled and said: "Although I hope that Lord Sun Chengzong can successfully protect my Ming Dynasty with his strategy, but in my heart, I still think that my tripartite strategy is not wrong, it is the most suitable strategy to resist gold at this stage, and I choose to return to Beijing to defend, I just hope that with my death, the saint and Lord Sun can understand Tingbi's will to resist Jin, and I hope that they can think carefully about the tripartite plan after a certain death!"

Luo Sigong sighed: "Lord Sun Chengzong may not have wanted to put you to death before, but you are stubborn, and you risked your life to defend Beijing, which affected the implementation of its strategy, and finally became today's dead end!"

Xiong Tingbi waved his hand and said: "Okay, brother, don't get entangled in this matter anymore, you know me, and if you think it's right, I won't look back!

Luo Sigong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "You! are still so thoughtful and good at observing people's hearts, and you know that my brother has other important things to do here!"

Xiong Tingbi stroked his beard and smiled: "You and I have been sincerely friends for more than 20 years, guessing your intentions, what's so strange!"

Luo Sigong nodded, and then lowered his voice and said, "It's about the secrets of the imperial court, so I won't go into details." After some time, the old man will lead a team of martial arts people to go deep into the hinterland of Houjin to carry out a confidential mission, although Jinyiwei has a lot of news and information outside the customs, but in order to ensure that this operation is foolproof, I thought about it, brother, I still came to you for help, can you help me find a guide who is familiar with the situation and terrain of Houjin!"

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi was shocked and said: "Go deep into the hinterland of Houjin?!The Jurchen Tartars of Houjin, all the people are soldiers, fierce and tyrannical, this move is too dangerous!"

Luo Sigong said proudly: "Can't you still believe in my brother's skills?"

Xiong Tingbi said seriously: "One-on-one, the whole world can hurt you, less than three people, I naturally won't worry! But two fists are hard to beat four hands, that Jurchen Tartar will not talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes like my Central Plains martial arts, brother must not be careless!"

Luo Sigong knew that Xiong Tingbi was concerned about his safety, and he was moved in his heart, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not a chick, I will make thorough arrangements and act carefully!

Xiong Tingbi thought for a while, then nodded and said: "With this person's move, it is enough to ensure that the success rate of your trip will increase greatly!"

Luo Sigong said: "Who, say it quickly, don't sell it!"

Xiong Tingbi said hesitantly: "This person was originally a Jurchen, the eldest son of the original Tulun city lord Nikan Wailan, named Nikan Suke, and his Han name was Wang Rui. When Wang Rui was ten years old, he was sent to Daming by his father with his brother, and worshiped under the command of Shiqiao and Liu Ling, who was the commander of the world, and the young guard Liu Ling. He knows the geography and humanities of Houjin well, and has come up with a lot of ideas for a certain Liaodong strategy, which is really a rare talent!"

Luo Sigong asked, "His master is Liu Ling, who is known as the King of the Iron Giant Sword?!"

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said, "Yes, it's this person." ”

Luo Sigong turned his head to Gao Jie and said: "Xiao Jie is only afraid that he doesn't know this Liu Ling! This person is the son of Liu Xian, the former general governor, and was the martial champion in the Wanli period, and it is said that his ancestor is the famous general Liu Qi of the Southern Song Dynasty, and his ancestors have passed down the 36-style heavy knife method, and he is good at making a 120-pound machete, and is known as the first master in Jiangxi martial arts. General Liu had participated in many wars such as fighting against Burma and going to Korea to resist the Japanese, and was martyred in the Battle of Sarhu in the 46th year of Wanli, that is, four years ago, in the fight against the Later Jin. Speaking of this, he turned his head to Xiong Tingbi and said: "I have heard that Liu Ling's martial arts are extraordinary, and he is invincible, which makes the foreign invaders frightened, but I don't know that he still has a successor, it's really good!"

Xiong Tingbi smiled and said: "My brother knows everything about martial arts, it seems that he is in the imperial court, and he cares about the rivers and lakes!" Speaking of this, he touched his body, and then said with a wry smile: "I forgot, I entered the prison of the Criminal Department, and my belongings have been taken away, and I can't give you a token!"

Luo Sigong asked: "Do you want me to talk to Wang Ji, the secretary of the Criminal Department, what do you want, help you get it?"

Xiong Tingbi shook his head and said: "No need, it just so happens that my son Zhaoqi came to the capital today, with Wang Rui, Zhaoqi is half of your disciple, you go directly to them!" "Zhaoqi has come to Beijing?!Okay! I was about to mention the matter of Zhaoqi and his younger siblings, and in the future, they will have an elder brother to take care of you first, so don't worry!" Luo Sigong said with a happy face.

Xiong Tingbi stretched out his hand and held Luo Sigong's hand tightly, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that I can't get out, so Zhao Jue will ask my brother! His mother has her mother's family to take care of her in her hometown, and it's not a big problem, the only thing I'm worried about is Zhao Jue's child!"

Luo Sigong said: "Don't worry, Zhao Jue will be my Luo Sigong's personal disciple in the future, and I will treat him as if he was to be raised!"

An unkempt handsome talent, a white-haired peerless master, the two of them had red eyes and held each other's hands, which made Gao Jie feel moved and sentimental when he saw it.

By the time Luo Sigong and Gao Jie walked out of the prison of the Criminal Department, the sun had set, and the sky had darkened slightly.

Gao Jie and this Luo Sigong rushed to Luo's Mansion and asked, "Who is the father of the Wang Rui that Uncle Shi mentioned to Lord Xiong just now?"

Luo Sigong replied: "His father, Nikan Wailan, was born in Jiaha, the Jurchen Department of Jianzhou, and rarely had great ambitions, and wanted to be a feudal official, or a Jurchen chieftain. Taking advantage of the convenience of his residence in the Ming Border, he learned Chinese and Chinese from the Han people when he was a child, and read many classics compiled by the Han people, and was quite a literary person. When he was young, he followed his father to the Fushun horse market, bartering horses, and trafficking long-distance to save money. In order to go to Fushun City to do business, he moved his family to Tulun City, which was closer to Fushun. Because of his shrewdness, ability, and eagerness for justice, he became the lord of Tulum in his twenties. Later, because of the dispute between Nurhachi and my Daming, he was inclined to Daming, and fled after Nurhachi sent troops to capture the city, and a few years later Nurhachi's general Jaisa was killed in Fushun!"

Gao Jie groaned: "In other words, this Wang Rui and Nurha's red enmity is as deep as the sea!"

Luo Sigong said: "Yes, didn't you listen to my brother Xiong, Wang Rui has a brother Wang Xi, who is also the apprentice of Liu Lingxia, who is like a fire, and a year ago he didn't listen to his brother's dissuasion, and sneaked into Houjin alone to assassinate Nurhachi?!"

Gao Jie sighed and said: "A few happy and a few sad, this Wang brother is also an unfortunate person, I hope that this time we go to Houjin, we can find Wang Xi and stop him from making rash moves, then Nurha Chigui is the Jurchen co-master, how can it be so easy to assassinate!"

Luo Sigong tilted his head and said to Gao Jie: "We, when did I say that I would take you to Houjin?"

Gao Jie gave him a blank look and said, "If you don't want to take me there, why do you want me to see Lord Xiong? Why do you want me to participate in the search for a deposit guide?

Luo Sigong was angry and said with a smile: "The more I look at it, the more I think that your kid is like the reincarnation of a spirit monkey, and his brain is very bright! That's right, although this trip to Houjin is thrilling, it is also a rare experience trip, how about it, dare you go?"

Gao Jie sighed: "The elder level crushes people to death! Your old man has made a plan, can I still resist? Since I can't resist, I might as well enjoy this adventure!"

Luo Sigong stretched out his hand and slapped Gao Jie lightly on the back of the head, and scolded with a smile: "How do I sound like an old bustard who forced me to become a prostitute!"

An old man and a young joked, and soon returned to Luo's Mansion.

Luo Yangxing, Ji Longfeng, and Wukong were waiting for them to come back for dinner in the mansion. Gao Jie saw Ji Longfeng's excited face, and knew that this kid was probably having a good time with Luo Yangxing's martial arts competition, and the joy was not over yet. As soon as Wukong saw Gao Jie coming back, he immediately jumped to his side and never left him for a moment.

At the dinner table, Luo Sigong stepped down and told everyone about going deep into Houjin. Luo Yangxing is over thirty years old, although he has a good martial arts, but he has been in the capital as a commander of the soldiers and horses, almost never really on the battlefield, and rarely has the experience of fighting with life and death, these have hindered his martial arts further, just after listening to his father, he made it clear that he must go. Ji Longfeng is a belligerent, needless to say, Wukong has no opinions, as long as Gao Jie goes, he will definitely follow.

As a result, five candidates have been decided. Luo Sigong was not worried about the martial arts of Gao Jie and the others, but he was worried about the lack of experience of the three children, so he repeatedly told them that they must obey the command in all actions, keep secrets, and not leak the hidden clouds.

Early the next morning, Wei Zhongxian came to the house and beckoned Gao Jie to go and see the mansion given by the saint, so the group set off in a mighty way.

Gao Jie's mansion was only a few hundred meters away from where his parents lived, and it was difficult for Wei Zhongxian to find such a mansion in such a short period of time. The house is not big, two into the courtyard, five large rooms, and a few small rooms for people to live in, and there is a small pond and an ancient willow in the yard, which seems very quiet. To have such a mansion in the imperial city, ordinary court officials would not dare to expect it even if they were mixed up for a lifetime, but Gao Jie, a little kid, had already obtained it after three or four days in Beijing, it was really more human than human, and he was angry, and he didn't know how many pairs of red eyes were staring at him secretly.

Wei Zhongxian arranged very thoughtfully, and found two relatives of the palace maids to clean the yard early, and after Gao Jie's interview passed, the couple in their forties officially became the subordinates of Gao Jie's family.

In order to celebrate Gao Jie's housewarming, Wei Liangyue coaxed Gao Jie to invite him to dinner, Wei Zhongxian was worried that Gao Jie, a poor boy, had no money, so he said that he would be the east. Who knew that Gao Jie grabbed Wei Zhongxian, patted his chest and said loudly: "Isn't it just a dinner treat? Sister Xiaoyue, you can order whatever you want, my brother is rich!"

Wei Liangyue feigned anger and slapped him and said: "What Sister Xiaoyue, I told you to call my sister, it's not big or small! You said you have money, right, wait for me to think about it, well, just go."

Cheap roast duck shop, or Liuquanju tavern!"

Wei Liangqing smiled evilly: "Hehe, Xiaoyue is going to kill pigs! These two places are the most famous and luxurious restaurants in the capital, Xiaojie should cry!"

Gao Jie's face did not change and said: "What did Brother Wei say? I will cry when I have a meal?!

As soon as Ji Longfeng heard that there was a big meal to eat, he howled, pulled Gao Jie and left, regardless of the look of disbelief in the eyes of the Wei brothers and sisters. Wei Zhongxian naturally didn't believe it, but seeing these young people teasing each other in a bold and humorous manner, he was in a good mood, and couldn't help shouting: "Long Feng, where are you going to take Xiaojie so fast, do you know the location of Liuquanju?!"

When Ji Longfeng heard this, he immediately stopped, touched his head, and smirked. Gao Jie smiled bitterly and said: "This foodie has always been like this, I'm used to it! Uncle Wei, let's bother you to lead the way!"

Without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to answer, Wei Liangyue held her head high, and acted first, leaving a burst of fragrant wind and a few words of disdain: "Hmph! I want to save face and suffer crimes, I want to pretend to be a big money, right, sister, I'll see if you are a local tyrant or a turtle today!"

The words "big money", "local tyrant" and "turtle" are naturally "taught" by Gao Jie inadvertently in the past few days, I didn't expect Wei Liangyue to be so perceptive in applying what he has learned, Gao Jie touched his earlobe embarrassedly, and said to Wei Zhongxian, who was a little stunned: "Uncle Wei, I know that you are a civilized person, and you can't understand Xiaoyue's nonsense, I will explain to you while walking!"

Wei Zhongxian shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't know where this girl learned these strange sayings, do you really think this is enough to hang?"

When Gao Jie heard this, a heel was planted on the ground.