Chapter 559 - Hold your ground
Li Yueying was chasing Xiao Han, and saw the two people in front of her coming on horseback, and the knight immediately shouted, "Is it Master Xiao?"
Xiao Han had already stopped his horse, and the three Luo Beihong brothers came over at the same time, instantly surrounding the two of them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info Murong Qiuyu and Li Yueying also stopped behind Xiao Han.
Before Xiao Han could speak, the two of them rolled into the saddle and dismounted, bowed down and bowed, "I've seen Master Xiao." Then he raised his head slightly and said to Li Yueying and Murong Qiuyu: "I've seen the princess and Miss Murong." β
Li Yueying looked at them in surprise and said, "Why did you come here?" Xiao Han dismounted and helped the two of them up: "It turns out to be two generals, please get up quickly." The two of them didn't dare to say anything, and slowly straightened up.
The three brothers of Luo Beihong also recognized the person, and immediately dismounted and bowed, only the four sisters of Mei Yuqin sat on the horse from afar and watched. After the greetings were over, Xiao Han invited the two of them to get on the horse and said, "You are not in the palace to accompany you, what is the matter with coming here to find me?
He was joking, but Li Yueying's eyes lit up and said: "Exactly, the imperial brother must have missed us for so long, send the two of you to take a look, and send us some money by the way, right?"
The two are the two guards of the former Zheng King Li Congshan, Li Yanning and Xiao Yanshou. The original four guards of King Zheng's Mansion, Tian Yanfu, Wang Yan'an and the two of them were all promoted to rank and promoted to the rank of lord after the coup d'Γ©tat, and they were appointed as the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace and the deputy commander of Ma Bujun, but they didn't expect to send the two of them this time, presumably something major happened in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The two of them got on the horse and walked with Xiao Han, everyone naturally followed behind, Li Yueying and Murong Qiuyu walked side by side, talking about the original princess and the current queen, Li Yueying suddenly said a little sadly: "Sister, I think the imperial brother and sister-in-law, when we find Sister Meng, let's go back together to see, okay?"
A hint of envy flashed in Murong Qiuyu's eyes and said, "Okay, as long as this matter is over, I will accompany my sister to go." The two looked at each other and smiled, and Li Yueying suddenly said happily: "Brother Huang has always treated me very well, and I must extort him a sum of money when I go back this time, and I can't send me away without 180,000 yuan." β
Murong Qiuyu smiled and said, "We didn't go to see your imperial brother, but it seemed like we were going to go for a debt." Li Yueying giggled and said, "Whoever makes him rich, don't be in vain." Luo Beihong and the four little devils behind them listened to the conversation between the two, and they all felt a chill.
Lou Yutong rolled his eyes and said, "Xiao Han is so rich, what else does she need money for?" Tu Yuxuan reprimanded her softly: "Don't talk nonsense, the Wudang faction has raised nearly a thousand people, and everything needs money." Mei Yuqin and Gui Yulin didn't speak, just looked disdainful.
Xiao Han walked side by side with Li Yanning and Xiao Yanshou, and the two of them sandwiched him in the middle, like his guards. The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the two wanted to speak, but they were stopped by Xiao Han, and they galloped all the way, and did not invite the two to the guest room to talk until they returned to the inn.
Wudang sent Chu Tianshu, the master of the three halls, the seventh son, and Su Ruotong to come to see it, but when they saw that there were guests, they had to go back. Tu Yuxuan and Lou Yutong, among the four little devils, had been on Wudang Mountain for a while, so they were naturally familiar with everyone. Tu Yuxuan immediately brought the two senior sisters to meet with Chu Tianshu and the master of the three halls, Xing Anping naturally did not despise them, and immediately returned the courtesy.
Everyone exchanged a few words, and Chu Tianshu was familiar with the four of them, and immediately opened a room for them. The four sisters washed up, and after lunch, they came to visit Chu Tianshu. The personal jade pendants of the four were stolen in Jiuhua Mountain, and Chu Tianshu was a famous thief in the rivers and lakes.
Li Yueying and Murong Qiuyu were idle after dinner, so they called the seven sons of Wudang and Su Ruotong to test their martial arts. The master of the three halls of Wudang and the lord of the twelfth rudder gathered over to watch with great interest, and after a fight, the seventh young master Bai defeated the sixth Si Haoxian, the fifth Feng Haotian, and the fourth Ke Haoran, but was so frightened by Fu Haoxuan's little snake that he almost peed his pants.
The boss Jiang Haoyu practiced the most diligently and diligently, fighting the second Ji Haojie and the third Fu Haoxuan, and the three of them fought for a long time without winning or losing. Li Yueying was very excited, and looked at Ke Haoran and Feng Hao Angel and said, "You two are also up." β
The two of them got her approval, and immediately rushed forward with their swords, turning into a situation where the four of them besieged Jiang Haoyu. Jiang Haoyu was in danger, and Murong Qiuyu nodded, sighing that he had the demeanor of a general at a young age, and his sword moves were sharp but gentle.
His martial arts are passed on from Bai Jiuxiao, and he has Sima An's guidance, plus he has practiced diligently, and his understanding is high. The four of them attacked repeatedly, but they couldn't break his sword circle, and they all felt that they had lost face in front of the two masters, ashamed and angry, but helpless.
Seeing Jiang Haoyu's solemn face against the enemy, Li Yueying praised: "This kid is good. Murong Qiuyu said with a smile: "In time, there will be great success." Li Yueying nodded and said: "It's a pity that the learning is a bit miscellaneous, miscellaneous but not refined, but it is a problem." Murong Qiuyu nodded solemnly and said, "After I go back, I will ask Old Man Bai to teach him alone and cultivate him well." β
The two were talking, when they suddenly heard a delicate voice say, "You four stand down, I'll try." Then a red shadow flashed. The surrounding onlookers of Wudang cheered loudly, and even the three hall masters and the twelve rudder masters applauded.
Li Yueying and Murong Qiuyu hurriedly turned their heads and saw Su Ruotong holding a sword specially made for the seventh son by the Wudang Sect and coming straight towards Jiang Haoyu.
The four sons had already scattered and retreated by the time she drank the order. Although Jiang Haoyu was barely undefeated, he was panting, after all, he was young and sweating profusely. As soon as he took two breaths, he saw Su Ruotong rushing over, Jiang Haoyu didn't dare to be careless, with the horizontal sword in his hand, he saluted her and said, "Senior sister, please." β
Su Ruotong glanced at him, followed the horizontal sword and saluted back: "Senior brother, please." The two looked at each other and nodded, followed by both pounced, and landed in one place.
Bai Xiaoqi's face instantly turned pale, and he crawled to Li Yueying's side and said, "Senior Sister, Master, please let Senior Brother stop, what should I do if I hurt my little junior sister?" She has just studied for a few months, and she has never tried with us at all. Seeing that he was in a hurry, he jumped up and pounced to help.
Before Li Yueying could speak, Murong Qiuyu smiled and said, "How do you know that she doesn't know martial arts?" Bai Haoming said with a bitter face: "She has always followed Sister Su, and we have never seen her fight. Murong Qiuyu smiled: "You are all children, and you are a girl, who can you usually fight with?"
Li Yueying said: "Didn't she also learn martial arts from Old Man Bai? Since she has learned everything, why can't she give it a try? Don't worry, the boss is not as ignorant as you, and he won't hurt her." β
Before Bai Xiaoqi could speak, he heard a coquettish reprimand, followed by a sound of gold and iron clashing, mixed with Jiang Haoyu's angry shouts, and the cheers of the surrounding Wudang disciples. The three of them hurriedly looked into the field, and saw that the two of them turned left and right, like butterflies wearing flowers, and their swords struck each other from time to time, and there was a sound of "clanging".
Xing Anping and the others stood together with a smile on their faces, and from time to time pointed out the sword moves of the two. Li Yueying's eyes widened and said, "How can Su Ruotong resist the boss?" Murong Qiuyu said softly: "She is Miss Su's younger sister, so naturally she has to know a little Tianshan swordsmanship." Li Yueying was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Senior sister naturally taught her martial arts. Murong Qiuyu nodded and said, "If what I expected is true, the boss is not her opponent." β
As soon as the words fell, I saw Su Ruotong flash Jiang Haoyu's sword to hit his left chest, his body shook and pounced on it, his left palm flipped, his thumb and middle finger interlocked, and his palm turned outward, hitting Jiang Haoyu's chest.
Xiao Han invited Li Yanning and Xiao Yanshou into his guest room, and his own Wudang disciples brought refreshments. Xiao Han asked the two to sit down and talk, Li Yanning's face changed slightly, and he took out a letter from his body and said: "The emperor asked the two of us to go to Wudang Mountain to invite Xiao Zhangmen back to Beijing to discuss matters, this is a letter from the emperor to you." β
Xiao Han took it, opened it, put it away, and said: "I have always walked around the rivers and lakes, and I don't know much about the recent things in Jiangnan. Now that you've made up your mind, what are you looking for me to do?"
The two didn't expect Xiao Han to refuse, and after glancing at each other, Xiao Yanshou stood up and said: "The emperor did not agree with the proposal of the Ministry of National Defense, but Minister Sun mobilized General Zhuwei to jointly submit a letter, and there were also different opinions in the cabinet, except for Zhang Ge Lao and Chen Ge Lao who opposed it, all supported the dispatch of troops. Yan Ge Lao even said that with the soldiers trained in Jiangnan now, he would recover the land lost in the Huainan Battle in one fell swoop. The emperor didn't think about tea and dinner for a few days, so he sent the two of us to ask for advice from Master Xiao. β
Li Yanning followed: "The two of us rushed to Wudang Mountain and met with the elders of Wudang, and Elder Bai told us that Master Xiao went to Shaolin Temple to hold a martial arts conference, and then the starry night rushed over. β
Xiao Han said expressionlessly: "Hard two, how is it on the border now?" The two glanced at each other, Xiao Yanshou knew that he was a person who Li Congshan was convinced, and said in a deep voice: "It's not good, the navy has invaded Jiangbei many times and plundered, and the Song army is extremely angry and has sent envoys to negotiate many times. General Lai, the defender of Changzhou, wrote to the emperor to invite troops to capture the Qian family, and General Guo Ranguo, the defender of Tingzhou, and General Luo Haichuan, the defender of Qianzhou, privately sent troops across the border and captured several border villages in the Han State, and the Han State also sent envoys to negotiate with our country. β
Li Yanning continued: "I heard that Wu Yue Qian Yu has delivered a letter to the Zhao clan of the Great Song Dynasty, and intends to join forces with our country to fight. The Liu clan of the Han State also sent the general Pan Chongche to lead 30,000 troops to recover the border village, and the emperor ordered the two of them to collect their troops and retreat, so that they could temporarily be at peace. The commanders of the states made the Ministry of Defense hint that all the petitions for war were not the same, but the desire for war was surprisingly unanimous, and some troops submitted blood letters to ask for war. β
Xiao Han was shocked when he heard this, how long has he only been gone, does Nan Tang really think that he is invincible in the world? Li Congshan is also too ambitious, if it is not for his intentional connivance, how dare his subordinate generals dare to provoke a war at will, it is estimated that he saw that the situation was not good, so he shrank back. He was also afraid of the combined forces of Song and Wu, coupled with the fact that the Southern Han Dynasty was attacked from three sides and suffered from the enemy on his belly and back, so he temporarily stood still and wanted to listen to his own opinions, so he sent two people to come.
In the letter, Li Congshan made it clear that he followed the policy set by Xiao Han and that he must first settle the interior before going outside, but the Ministry of Defense and the generals of Zhuzhou did not understand, and sought war in many ways, and even did not hesitate to disobey the order and send troops privately. He also knew that the Zhao clan was terrible, but he asked him if he could send troops to Panyu and recover Zhangquan Erzhou at the same time.
Xiao Han hasn't dealt with the affairs of the rivers and lakes yet, but the political affairs have come to the door again, no matter how it is said that the two have had a relationship before, and he is his brother-in-law, so he has to help. But it's unrealistic to want to leave now.
Xiao Han thought about it, and his brows were so wrinkled that he could drip water. The second general didn't dare to speak, but just looked at him fixedly. There was silence in the house, and suddenly there was a "bang" sound, and the door was pushed open from the outside, and a person rushed in from the outside, and said happily: "Take out the things quickly." β