Yang Chengliang's voice trembled slightly, Hu Yinglong had followed him for a long time, but he had never seen him so excited, and he knew that the matter that Yang Chengliang was going to explain this time was indeed extraordinary.

His eyes lit up and he asked: "This is just a piece of salt, could it be that this salt lead will still kill people? Otherwise, how can we get rid of Liu Song's gang of traitors? It is really incredible." ”

Yang Chengliang smiled and said, "Is it still less of our unbelievable things in the court? If this is just an ordinary salt guide, why would Liu Song make such a big move to let the Jinyi Guard and the Jianghu sect search wantonly? Chase and kill all the way from Yangzhou to Jingshi?"

Hu Yinglong nodded and said, "It's really strange to say this, but I don't know why?"

Yang Chengliang listened to his question, suddenly fell into silence for a while, and then said: "The reason is long...... If we want to talk about the origin of this salt, we should start from 25 years ago. ”

Hu Yinglong was not without surprise and said, "Twenty-five years ago?"

Yang Chengliang nodded, only to see the breeze blowing outside the window, and the candlelight swaying on his face full of vicissitudes, his expression looked cloudy.

Yang Chengliang sorted out his thoughts and said: "Twenty-five years ago, I was about the same age as you at that time, and I was a heroic boy and a high-spirited age, but at that time, I was loved by Emperor Xian, and I had already paid homage to General Dingyuan, commanded the same rank, and guarded the northwest. Yang Chengliang said this, with a proud look on his face, which shows how young and frivolous he was back then.

Hu Yinglong and Meng Dongting both knew that he was thinking about the past, and they both smiled slightly at the moment and did not ask.

Yang Chengliang was stunned for a while, and continued: "The border situation back then was very different from now. At that time, the northwest was relatively peaceful, and there was not as much war as it is now. At that time, the people I was worried about were the northern Xinjiang line. ”

Hu Yinglong sighed, he has been stationed in the northwest in recent years, and he has been fighting with Na Bibai in the dark, and the blood is flowing like a river, but he never thought that it was a completely different situation more than 20 years ago.

Yang Chengliang said: "Beyond the first line of northern Xinjiang, it was controlled by the Tatar Dynasty, and the Tatar Dynasty produced a rare hero in a hundred years, known as Dayan Khan. This person has wolf ambitions, and has repeatedly sent troops to harass our borders, killing and injuring countless soldiers and civilians, and putting everyone in the northern region in danger for themselves. The court was so annoyed by him for many years that he sent people to make peace, but the envoys were either beaten or driven back by the black face tattoo. ”

Hu Yinglong snorted and said, "He is so arrogant and hateful, how can you spare him!"

Yang Chengliang nodded and said: "That's right, at that time, the current saint had just ascended the throne, there was a rebellion and rebellion inside, and there were strong enemies outside, which can be said to be internal and external troubles, but his youthful nature, how can he endure it, immediately mobilized an army of 150,000 troops, switched and set out, and was ready to teach Tatars a good lesson." It's just that this Dayan Khan is really talented, and several generals of our dynasty's army were either killed in battle or surrendered, and the whole army was wiped out. ”

Hu Yinglong was amused in his heart, and thought: "No wonder I haven't heard anyone talk about such things, it turns out that I lost and even lost my pants." I said that there are so many wastes in this dynasty today, it turned out that it was in the middle of the court twenty-five years ago, and it is really difficult to find so many rice buckets at one time. ”

Meng Dongting saw Hu Yinglong suddenly have a smile on his face, but he didn't know why he was laughing.

Yang Chengliang didn't pay attention to how the two of them reacted, but continued: "In this way, the Holy Dragon Yan was shocked, and he wanted to send another general, but at this time, everyone in the court had already been frightened by Nadayan Khan, and no matter how the Holy Lord was angry, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were trembling, and no one dared to say a word. At this moment, one of the civil servants hurriedly walked out, claiming that he was willing to go, but the two virtuous nephews said Who is this person?"

Meng Dongting pondered for a moment and said, "I guess this person is Liu Song, if it weren't for his great achievements in today's saints, I think he was just a small Qintian supervisor in the past, and he would definitely not be able to reach the status of ten thousand people under such a person now." ”

Yang Chengliang laughed and said, "Good boy, no wonder Ying Long recommended you like this, you do have a unique judgment on the direction of the situation!"

Yang Chengliang continued: "It is no wonder that this Liu Song can now be a very popular minister, in fact, he does have his merits, he asked for orders to go to meet Dayan Khan in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and he is willing to say that the Tatars will withdraw from the war with their incorruptible tongue." The saint had no other way, so he immediately planned to send Liu Song as an envoy to meet Dayan Khan. This Liu Song didn't know what method to rely on, and he really said that Dayan Khan would retreat for a hundred miles, and the two strikes and truces. It is now that the Holy Lord took this opportunity to take a breather to change his attack to defense, raise troops to reinforce the northern frontier, and build a bunker defense, so as to ensure the peace of the northern border!"

Hu Yinglong scratched his head and said, "In this way, this Liu Song has a great contribution to our dynasty, why has he now become the leader of the traitorous party that everyone shouts and beats?"

Yang Chengliang sighed and said: "It was originally said that the northern realm could be peaceful, and Liu Song was indeed the first contribution, and later he made great contributions to the saint in several major cases in the imperial court, which is why he has such a respected status now." But soon there was a saying in the market, saying that this Liu Song was taking advantage of the fact that the saint had just entered the Great Unification at that time, and was not familiar with the time and place of my Da Ming, and he privately taught and received from this Dayan Khan, and actually told me the secret of the dragon vein of my dynasty, and promised to echo it from afar after going back, and cut off my Da Ming dragon vein! As he spoke, he tinkered for a moment under the desk, pulling a secret compartment out of it, and then drew the salt out with unusual care.

Meng Dongting's heart was greatly shaken, and he said secretly: "Yang Hou Ye is really a hero, he just said that he would include me in his disciples, so he will not treat me as an outsider at this time, and he will not even shy away from me the secrets related to the current imperial court." This person is really different. ”

Hu Yinglong thought in his heart: "Yang Houye, this is too careless, such a secret is placed in this kind of place." If you meet a master, how can you keep it if you are walking on the ground through the house?"

I saw Yang Chengliang's expression grim, and he unfolded the salt and spread it on the desk. I saw a map drawn on the back of the salt guide, and there were some colorful lines on the map, one of which was particularly conspicuous, and in addition, there were some words written in a twist and turn that I couldn't understand at all.

Hu Yinglong laughed after seeing it, and said: "What kind of treasure did I still have hidden from your old Yang, but it turned out to be a book from heaven, what is written on it is the same as twisted twist flowers?"

Yang Chengliang shook his head and said: "That's not the key, the key is that you have to look at this red line." As he spoke, he pointed to the red line on the map, and saw that the red line was winding all the way in the north of the map, which was quite imposing.

Legend has it that after Liu Song painted the dragon vein map of Dayan Khan, he said to Dayan Khan that as long as 10,000 horses cut off the dragon vein, I will have the Ming Dynasty at my fingertips, and I don't have to work hard and lose money to fight for many years. Nadayan Khan knew that he was the supervisor of Qintian, and his life was in his own hands, and there would be no falsehood in what he painted, so he made an appointment to meet the two sides, and Dayan Khan retreated for a hundred miles, so that this Liu Song could return to the court to make a difference!"

Hu Meng and the others nodded, and only then did they realize the importance of salt introduction.

Yang Chengliang said: "Although Dayan Khan fell ill and died violently afterwards, I have never heard of the Tatar Dynasty sending troops to cut off my Ming dragon vein in the past few years. But I think that as long as we can translate the text of this salt introduction, and then prove the fact that Liu Song leaked the dragon vein to the enemy country, how can the Holy One tolerate him again!"

Meng Dongting knew very well that there was an interpreter in Honglu Temple in this imperial court, and immediately asked, "Has Master Hou sent someone to Honglu Temple to find an interpreter now?"

Yang Chengliang's face was solemn, and he said: "I have privately found a familiar interpreter to look at the text on it, there are a few words here in Mongolian, which have been translated, and it is written that I should go to Ningxia City to find a business called "Litong". I don't know what the other words are. ”

Hu Yinglong took the candle flame on the side and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, the words on this salt introduction may be written with strange materials, maybe they will become the words we know when they are roasted with fire." ”

Yang Chengliang immediately scolded: "You kid is still making this kind of joke at this moment, you must know how many people have bought this thing with their lives, and it will depend on it to eradicate rape and evil in the future!"

Hu Yinglong didn't seem to agree, and said: "When it comes to eradicating traitors and eliminating evil, I'm afraid it depends more on strength, I haven't heard of a 5,000-lead salt quote that can intimidate traitors, I think it's better to have more troops in your hands, and only with real power can you argue with these traitors!"

Yang Chengliang snorted and said, "Do you think that I came to you to listen to the story? I have already arranged for Nanxing and Ouyang to go to Ningxia for an investigation on the same day according to the Mongolian characters on it. Ouyang is a headhunter, and he is the most suitable for such a covert visit. As for Ying Long, the old man has another important task for you. ”

Hu Yinglong stood up abruptly when he heard this, put his feet together and said loudly: "The last general will listen to the orders of the Hou Ye!"

Yang Chengliang said: "Ten days later, you ordered all the soldiers and horses of your headquarters, went to the command of Master Mei to obey the orders, and followed him to reinforce Xiong Wan's enemy Xiong General Army.

Hu Yinglong made a salute in the army, and said loudly: "Ying Longshe forgets life and death, and will ensure that Lord Mei will succeed and live up to the trust of the Hou Ye!"

Yang Chengliang smiled and said, "When you go to the northwest this time, you will take this Meng Gongzi on the road together, so that he can experience and experience together." ”

Hu Yinglong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down with Meng Dongting to thank him.

Meng Dongting saw that Yang Chengliang had entrusted him with this important task, and some of his previous prejudices against him were swept away, and he was even more grateful for Hu Yinglong's support.

Hu Yinglong was just about to leave, but Yang Chengliang called him again and whispered to him: "This time, Nanxing and you will act separately, and they will have to contact each other many times." If something is difficult for him, you still need to be distracted and supportive, and act cheaply. ”

Hu Yinglong nodded, only then did he understand Yang Chengliang's intention of sending him to lead his troops to the northwest, thinking that he was not very relieved of Li Nanxing and Ouyang Bei and his party, so he let himself lead the army to respond. He laughed and said, "Master Hou doesn't need to worry too much! I will make sure that everything is worry-free!"

Yang Chengliang saw that he was confident, and patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction to encourage him.

Two days later, Yang Chengliang held a feast in the Hou Mansion to see off the generals under his door. He looked around, Li Nanxing and Hu Yinglong sat next to him, Ouyang Bei and Meng Dongting sat down, Yao Guang guarded, and the generals were all the backbone of the border town. Under the command of Marquis Ning Yuan, it can really be said that heroes gather and shine, Yang Chengliang is quite interested, and frequently raises his glass.

After the banquet, Yang Chengliang pulled Li Nanxing aside and instructed him, carefully handed the salt into his hands, and said: "This thing is related to my luck, you must be very careful." When you arrive in Ningxia, you and Ouyang Bei will investigate carefully, and try to translate the words on this salt quotation to see if Liu Song really drew a dragon vein map and handed it to Dayan Khan to do the things that lead to foreign countries there. ”

Li Nanxing looked cautious and replied: "Master Hou, I have been thinking day and night recently, I am waiting to visit Ningxia, then Liu Song will definitely mobilize a large number of masters to set up obstacles along the road, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be peaceful on this road." Therefore, I want to go back to Longhu Mountain for a trip to the Heavenly Master Sect and ask the abbot of the Heavenly Master Mansion for help. I don't know what Master Hou thinks?"

Yang Chengliang had seen the magic skills of Liu Daokun and He Daohong in Huguo Lane that day, and knew that the masters of the Heavenly Master Sect were not trivial, so he said happily: "Without further ado, it is beneficial and harmless to have the help of the real people of the Heavenly Master Sect for your trip." In addition, I will escort Yao all the way. On that day, Li Nanxing, together with Ouyang Bei and Yao Guang, hurriedly left the city and went south.

After a few days, Hu Yinglong led Meng Dongting, ordered the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and reinforced the northwest with the Meiguo Zhenmei Yushi, and the 30,000 army came out of the capital.

Hu Meng's army and horses agreed with Li Nanxing and Ouyang Bei all the way, and they were able to settle the major event, so that they could meet in Ningxia City on May 15, and then return to the court together.