Haojie's thousand-year-old past,

Fisherman sings.

The black flying rabbit walks like a shuttle,

In the blink of an eye, the wind and rain have passed.

Wonderful pen dragon and tiger strategy,

Hero Iron Horse Kingo.

How is the struggle for fame and fortune,

There must be a cause and an effect.

In the Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty, today is the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, and hundreds of civil and military officials came to wait outside the Jinluan Palace early. To say that the emperor has not been in the court for almost a month, the eight kings said that today's court will give an explanation to the ministers, so everyone came over early to see what happened.

When the ministers arrived, the most puzzling thing was that Bao Zheng, the head of the Wenchens, did not arrive. Everyone didn't understand what was going on, and they went to see Wang Qiang and Pang Ji, who were also prime ministers. The two traitors looked at each other, and both of them knew that today was the day when the eight kings ascended the throne. So both of them were tense and didn't dare to talk nonsense.

The book is brief, the hour has come, and the eunuch outside flicked the whip three times, and the civil and military officials walked up to the Jinluan Hall in two columns. What is surprising is that there are already people in the Jinluan Palace, not the emperor or the eight kings, but the harem Empress Dowager Zhao. There are still two people around this Empress Dowager Zhao, and the ministers also know each other, one is the former third-grade guard Zhanzhao Zhan Xiongfei who has resigned, and the other is Xu Liang, the second-rank general who is now a wanted criminal!

In the surprised gaze of the ministers, Empress Dowager Zhao spoke: "Where is the Eighth Emperor Uncle?"

When the ministers looked at it, they saw that the eighth prince was not in the court, and they also talked about it. At this time, there was a report from the eunuch below: "The Eight Kings Chitose has arrived!"

This sentence surprised the ministers, and it stands to reason that although the eight kings have the court, they do not worship. But today is a big court meeting, and the eight kings are openly late, what do you want to do?

In the surprised eyes of the ministers, the eight kings strode onto the golden palace. When he saw the Empress Dowager Zhao, his face changed slightly, and he smiled slightly: "Oh, the imperial sister-in-law is also here, and the younger brother has seen the imperial sister-in-law." ”

"Give Uncle Wang a seat" Empress Dowager Zhao Shi Shiran said: "There is just something in the mourning family, and I want to ask Uncle Eight Wang." ”

"Sister-in-law, please ask. The Eight Kings' faces remained unchanged and replied slowly.

Empress Dowager Zhao said: "I want to ask, where is my emperor now?"

"Recuperate in my Nanqing Palace. ”

"When will you return to the palace?"

The Eight Kings sneered: "I can't come back!"

This sentence stirred up a thousand waves with one stone! The ministers were in an uproar and discussed one after another. It was Empress Dowager Zhao who still calmly asked, "What does Uncle Eight Wang mean by this?"

"Didn't I understand enough?" The Eight Kings stood up and said with a smile: "He won't go back to the palace, because, in this world, it's going to return to my orthodoxy!"

As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Zhao also stood up, pointed at the Eight Kings and shouted: "Bold! This Great Song Dynasty is passed down from generation to generation by Taizu Taizong, and my son is orthodox! Uncle Eight Princes, is this a rebellion?"

"Rebellion?" The Eight Kings sneered: "I'm not a rebel, it's him Zhao Guangyi who is plotting rebellion! This world is mine, and it is me that is written in Emperor Taizu's succession book! I am the real emperor!"

"What nonsense!" Zhan Zhao, who was behind Empress Dowager Zhao, immediately stepped out and shouted: "Emperor Taizu passed on the throne that day was Emperor Taizong, and besides, Taizu Taizong also had a golden alliance before......"

"Shut up!" the Eight Kings suddenly shouted: "Zhanzhao, what kind of thing are you, you dare to go up to the court to speak." Someone, take him down for me!" he said, rushing in from the outside and rushing in a few guards, about to make a move.

Empress Dowager Zhao suddenly shouted: "I see who dares!"

The guards who were shocked by this sound were all startled and did not dare to move. The eight kings laughed: "Imperial sister-in-law, let you play the queen mother's majesty for a while." But when the Praetorian Army arrives, they won't be these guards. ”

"Forbidden army, ...... you" Empress Dowager Zhao frowned when she heard this, pointed at him and trembled: "You actually ...... private soldiers"

At this time, I heard a cool voice outside the hall shouting: "The forbidden army can't come!"

Everyone turned around one after another, and saw a woman wearing a helmet and armor into the main hall! The warriors standing in the hall bowed down one after another, and said, "See the weather of the heavens!"

It turned out that it was not someone else, it was Mu Guiying. At this time, Mu Guiying was dressed in military uniform, and there were blood stains on his armor, obviously after a big battle.

Mu Guiying strode up to the Golden Palace, knelt down on one knee at the Empress Dowager Zhao under the imperial steps, and praised in his mouth: "The last general Mu Guiying, see the Queen Mother, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

Empress Dowager Zhao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Hun Tianhou is exempt, what happened when you just said that the forbidden army can't come?"

"Please atone for the Queen Mother!" Mu Guiying said loudly: "I, Yang Men, went out without authorization last night, and I have already mastered all the three guards of the Jingxi Forbidden Army. For the crime of arbitrariness, please punish the Queen Mother!"

"No guilt, no guilt!" Empress Dowager Zhao hurriedly said: "Aiqing is not afraid of danger, and she is not afraid to save the society from the turmoil, what a crime!"

Mu Guiying thanked him and said, "Thank you for the Empress Dowager's atonement!" she stood up as she spoke, squinted at the Eight Kings and said, "Hmph, there are some people who think that they can stop my Yang family with some small means, and they can't do anything!"

The Eight Kings did not squint, as if they could not see. Just looked at the Empress Dowager Zhao and sneered and said: "Imperial sister-in-law, do you think that if the forbidden army does not move, you will be safe?" I still have 500,000 troops outside, and the garrisons of Qinghe, Fengxiang, Kuizhou, and Changzhou are rushing to Beijing and will arrive soon. At that time, even if you have these 60,000 forbidden troops in the capital, you will be the turtle in the urn!"

At this moment, a calm voice came from outside the hall: "Those troops can't come!"

The ministers were all shocked when they heard what the Eight Kings said, but when they heard this voice again, they thought of Mu Guiying's appearance just now, and they were immediately overjoyed. In this happy and sad period, several old ministers with not very good hearts almost fainted in the court.

I saw Hu Yanqing, the loyal and brave king outside the hall, and Zhong Xiong, the Taibao of the Flying Fork, walking up to the main hall and standing before and after. Hu Yanqing touched the ground on one knee and one knee, Zhong Xiong bowed down on both knees, and said with both words: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

"No courtesy, no courtesy!" Empress Dowager Zhao was happy, and hurriedly asked, "King Zhongyong, why are you back?"

"Please also ask the Queen Mother to atone for her sins!" Hu Yanqing said: "Weichen resisted the decree and left home privately. Now he is in charge of the Fengxiang Mansion Border Army! Among them, 50,000 horses have already camped in Jingbei Shili, and Marshal Zhong Xiong is also in charge of the Qinghe garrison and camped in Jingdong Shili. In addition, General Di Qing has taken control of the Kuizhou garrison, and General Yang Wenguang has taken full control of the Changzhou garrison. Now all the armies are under the full command of the last general, and without His Majesty's holy decree, the Empress Dowager's decree, and the military talisman of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, no one can think of mobilizing a single soldier!"

Empress Dowager Zhao really breathed a sigh of relief at this time, nodded heavily, and said: "Aiqing is really my Great Song Qingtian White Jade Pillar Sea Purple Golden Beam! If it weren't for Aiqing and you this time, the Great Song Dynasty would definitely be in danger! When His Majesty returns to the palace, there will be heavy rewards!" The Queen Mother said, pointed to the Eight Kings and said: "Zhao Defang, a bold traitor! Someone, take him down for me!"

The Eight Kings sneered on the side: "Who dares to take me? As long as I have three longs and two shorts, I'm afraid that your good son will never come back!" Saying that, the Eight Kings shouted: "Take 10,000 steps back, even if he comes back? I am the direct line of the orthodox Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, and he and his father and grandfather are both traitors!"

"Bold!" someone outside the palace shouted again, although the voice was loud, but it revealed a sense of weakness. When the ministers took a look, they saw that Zhao Zhen, the Fourth Emperor Renzong, was supported by Liu Shijie, the righteous man, Taibao, and Shen Mingjie, the smiling Langjun, into the main hall. The ministers saw that the emperor was too miserable, although he temporarily changed into a dragon robe, but his face was yellow and thin, his hands and feet were vain, and he pointed at the eight kings with his throat and scolded: "Bold thief, you dare to slander the emperor, you deserve death......

When the eighth king saw the emperor coming in, he was not afraid at all, but sneered: "I slander them? Which one of me must be? In the past, the candle shadow axe sound in the East Palace was Zhao Guangyi's own rebellion and assassinated my father. What is the face of such a rebellion as the king of this country? If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't find the heirloom that Yu He took away, it would be your turn to say that I was rebellious today?"

At this time, Bao Gong also followed the emperor to the Golden Palace, holding a volume of yellow silk in his hand, and said in a deep voice to the Eight Kings: "The edict you said about the succession, but this thing?"

Bawang's face suddenly turned pale, and he pointed at Bao Gong and shouted, "Where did you get this from?"

Bao Gong said coldly: "This is a person from the rivers and lakes who handed it over to me, and you also know him, it is Zhan Zhao's younger brother Zhan Yuan Zhan Xiong Jie." He said that this thing was found by him from the iceberg island following Yu He's last words. ”

"Iceberg...... Iceberg...... No wonder ......" The Eighth King muttered, "Bring it to me!"

No one expected that the gentle and elegant Eight Kings Chitose on weekdays would actually have a good martial arts. In an instant, the person arrived at Bao Gong's side, and only one person reacted between the rise and fall of the rabbit.

This person is Xu Liang, Xu Liang has been standing behind the Empress Dowager Zhao, and he is too far away at this time, and it is impossible to go over. But Xu Liang's secret weapons are clever, and he is not the right way to enter the palace, so the hidden weapons are all on his body. Therefore, with a shake of his hand, a dart rushed to the Eight Kings, followed by a series of hands raised, and two darts and two hidden arrows were shot!

The Eight Kings were brilliant, and when they heard movement behind them, they hurriedly stepped back and dodged the first dart from Xu Liang. Just as I wanted to rush forward, the second dart also arrived, so I had no choice but to retreat to avoid it.

With such a kung fu, Zhan Zhao also arrived, and shouted: "Hugh hurt my family's father!" while holding a sword in each palm and slashing directly at the eight kings. The Eight Kings had no weapons in their hands, so they could only resist with the golden tiles given by the Emperor. However, the tile-faced gold mace is a token of the imperial gift, not a divine weapon, where can it withstand the two swords of Zhanzhao's Zhan Lu Juque. That is, more than 30 rounds, one of the eight kings did not pay attention, and let Zhanzhao split the tile surface gold mace into two sections with a sword!

At this time, the eight kings were in a big mess, and they had followed him for many years, which had a special meaning for him, but now it was broken, which made it difficult for him to hold himself. With this loosening of the Eight Kings' minds, the moves couldn't keep up, so Zhanzhao kicked on the front of the heart, and he couldn't get up when he turned to the ground on the spot.

Zhan Zhao immediately stepped forward, pressed his sword against the neck of the Eight Kings, and shouted coldly, "Don't move!"

The Eight Kings shrank to the ground, pointed at Bao Gong with a dark face, but said with a straight look in his eyes: "Give me the holy edict, the edict must be written in my name!"

Bao Gong glanced at the emperor, and Zhao Zhen nodded slightly. Only then did Bao Gong step forward under Xu Liang's support and said, "Take it and see, it is the name of Emperor Taizong written on it." ”

The Eight Kings suddenly shouted: "Impossible! It must be my name written, what's the matter Zhao Guangyi's rebellion!" As he spoke, he snatched the Huang Aya, but his hand trembled and opened the Huang Aya, and his mouth was still muttering: "It must be me, it must be my ......"

Suddenly, the Eight Kings suddenly shouted: "Impossible! It's me, it's me! How could it be Zhao Guangyi! How could it be ......?" he shouted and shouted, and suddenly got up and tore him in half. At this time, where is Zhao Defang still the calm and generous Eight Sages King, at this time he is only left with madness on his face. Suddenly laughed, raised the half-roll of yellow silk in his hand, and shouted: "Look, look! I am the emperor, this is my father's edict, pass on the throne to me, I am the emperor......"

"He's crazy......" Bao Gong sighed as he looked at the Eight Kings.

The emperor waved his hand with disgust on his face: "Come on, take him down." ”

Not to mention the palace, outside the palace gate at this time, Zhanyuan, Zhihua, Long Yunfeng and others were all guarding the door. Suddenly, he heard a golden bell ringing inside, and Zhihua said with a smile: "Okay, this golden bell is sitting on behalf of the emperor, and the great court meeting will begin, and it seems that the big event is decided." ”

Long Yunfeng smiled on the side: "How do you know that it is Zhao Zhen and not Zhao Defang who is sitting on the throne?"

Zhihua's face changed slightly, and he shook his head and said, "This is the gate of the palace, you still have to pay attention to what you say." After speaking, he also smiled and said: "But also, if we get to this point, this golden bell is still for Zhao Defang, then we should run." ”

Zhan Yuan said: "Okay, okay, no matter who it is, we should also go, is it possible that you really want to enter the palace to accept the reward?"

The three of them looked at each other and laughed, turned around and walked away.

Soon after, news came out of the entire Bianliang City that the Great Song Dynasty was almost subverted by the Eight Kings, and the original Eight Sage Kings, who were originally famous, turned out to be rebellious. The people soon began to spread the word, and with the efforts of Bao Zheng Bao Qingtian, Zhongyong Wang Hu Yanqing, Hun Tianhou Mu Guiying and the female generals of the Yang Sect, the Great Song Dynasty was once again preserved. But few people know about the people who are working hard behind their backs.

However, the people of Jianghu don't care, as long as the court doesn't openly suppress them, they won't really go against the court. What Jianghu people really care about is Jianghu affairs.

Soon after, the Golden Lantern Swordsman Xia Suiliang took charge of Mount Emei and served as the head of the eighty-one gates! Although there were still some whispers on the rivers and lakes, at this time Emei was almost wiped out, the Iceberg faction was closed, Shaolin kept a low profile, and the vitality of the upper three and lower five doors was greatly damaged. The only re-emerging is the new martial arts holy land - the East China Sea Xiaopenglai Crystal Palace, the new palace master is the recognized Penglai Martial Saint Zhanyuan, Penglai Martial Saint openly supports the Golden Lantern Sword, so Xia Suiliang simply became the new chief of the gate.

The first thing Xia Suiliang did after he became the head of the sect was to issue a decree requiring that all 81 disciples were not allowed to enter the court as officials again! Although this decree was somewhat unkind, it received unprecedented support from the 81 disciples. It's just that all the plans of the eight kings and the imperial court were leaked before, and the imperial court openly calculated martial arts, making it difficult for the people of the rivers and lakes to trust the imperial court. Therefore, the disciples of these eighty-one sects also supported one after another.

However, as the saying goes, learning to become a literary and martial arts and selling goods to the emperor's family, people learning literature and martial arts want to have a future. Therefore, on the one hand, this order prevented the imperial court from controlling the martial arts, and on the other hand, it also made the martial arts gradually decline. It wasn't until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that although the chief of the gate at that time ordered again that martial arts people could enter the court as officials, they could not stop the decline of the entire martial arts.

......

Ten years later, Qinghe County, Hebei Province.

A young man with a short stature, leading a child, ran all the way on the road of the county seat. Behind him was a middle-aged man, with an apron tied around his waist, chasing and scolding: "Little rabbit cub!

The young man in front shouted while running: "Why are you so fierce, you chased out three streets for the sake of the two cooking cakes, and when I grow up, I will also make cooking cakes and pay you back!"

Where was the man in the back willing to listen, scolding and chasing, and he was about to catch up with the pair of children. At such a time, I don't know where to come out, this dark green dart master is dressed up, with a straight nose and mouth. There was also a woman next to her, who looked like a fairy and raised her eyebrows. These two people are different at first glance, because these two people are dressed in their thirties at first glance, but when they look closely, they find that they can't tell their age from their faces.

The man dressed as a dart master stretched out his hand, stopped the two children, and smiled at the young man in front of him: "Don't be afraid, I'll help you." ”

The short boy wanted to run, but strangely, as soon as he heard this person's voice, he couldn't help but stop, thinking that this person would definitely not lie to him.

Sure enough, the man dressed as a dart master also stretched out his hand to stop the man who was chasing them, paid the money for the cooking bread for their brother, and sent the bread seller away.

The short boy came over, and the dart master saluted slightly: "Wu Zhi thank this gentleman, second brother, don't hurry up and thank others!"

The child next to him looked like he was seven or eight years old, and he was hiding behind his brother, but when he heard it, he said timidly: "Thank you, sir." ”

"You're welcome. The dart master smiled: "I have some silver taels here, you take ......"

"No!" Wu Zhi hurriedly said: "Although my second brother and I both have our parents dead, we are not beggars! The gentleman has already done us a favor, and we will never dare to take this money. ”

The dart master shook his head and said, "This money is under your hands, because this money is not given to you in vain." I want you to take good care of your second brother, and when he is older, I will use this money to send him to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts. Would you like to?"

"Shaolin Temple?" Wu Zhi hurriedly shook his head when he heard this: "I don't want to, I don't want to! My second brother will marry a wife and have children in the future, how can he be a monk!"

"It's not that I want him to be a monk. The dart master smiled: "It's just for him to be a lay disciple and learn martial arts." I see that your second brother has good bones, and he is a good material for martial arts. ”

Wu Zhi nodded and said, "Since Mr. has such good intentions, I will accept this money." ”

In this way, Wu Zhi led his younger brother to thank the dart master for his kindness, and then turned around and left. When they were far away, the woman beside the dart master asked, "Why are our dignified martial saints so interested in the two children?"

"It's the same thing I did before" The dart master is Zhan Yuan, and when Long Yunfeng asked, he smiled lightly: "Since I am a martial saint, I should do something for martial arts." The kid just now was destined to be a Shaolin disciple, and he should have a great achievement. ”

Long Yunfeng pouted: "It's this again, you've done all this in the past few years." said that it was to send disciples to various gates, but it was roundabout and did not send them directly to others. Just like a few days ago, you were looking for a child from the Daimyo Mansion for Senior Brother, that is, to write a letter, then Lu...... Lu's children's family almost took you for a liar. ”

Zhan Yuan laughed and said: "That kid's name is Lu Junyi, his family is rich and powerful, so he is naturally more refined." But I'm sure he'll be a piece of material sooner or later. ”

"What about this?" Long Yunfeng smiled: "What kind of material is this?"

"This child's brother is called Wu Zhi, and that child's name is Wu Song, a Shaolin disciple of Tianding, and his future is limitless. Zhan Yuan walked forward as he spoke, and then pointed to the north and said, "The front is the boundary of Shandong, and there are more good materials I want to find over there." My next target, called Gongsun Sheng, is going to send ...... to Brother Zhi"

"By the way, how do you know that the kid's name is Wu Song?

"That's a long story......"

(End of book)