In March, the breeze is intoxicating.

Peach Mountain, the path from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain is full of peach blossoms on both sides, and this season is the time when the peach blossoms are brilliant, and the peach blossoms that are ready to bloom like smiling eyes light up the entire Peach Mountain.

Peach Mountain used to be just a small bald mountain in the mountains outside Youzhou City, and there was a big fire, and then the vegetation was gone. The mountain is not high, nor is it dangerous. When Qin Yuqing returned from Yongming Temple to the north, he saw that this hill was lifeless, and thought of the vibrant peach trees in the Yanshou Zen Master's Zen Temple, so he thought about planting peach trees on the mountain.

When the peach trees became forests and the peach blossoms were in full bloom, Qin Yuqing had the intention of returning to the rivers and lakes, so he stayed on the peach mountain, built a house for farming, and lived an idyllic life.

Later, he brought his grandson and daughter to the mountain, and Yin Amei, who was disheartened from Shudi, also came to Taoshan to join him.

After spending fifteen happy and carefree years on Peach Mountain, Qin Yuqing died without illness and left, leaving only Yin Amei, Mu Chu, and Qin Luoli.

The life of the three of them on Momoyama is very simple, practicing martial arts, making wine, plowing the fields, and living an ordinary and simple, but quiet and peaceful life. There are a few times a month when I go down the mountain to Youzhou City to buy, but the days are also carefree.

Since returning from Hangzhou five years ago, Qin Luoli has set up a mind to open a medical center in the village at the foot of the mountain, donating medicine and helping the people. Mu Chu and Yin Amei rarely went back to the thatched hut on the mountain, and stayed in the hospital to help.

After Xiao Zuo became a monk in Yongming Temple, he has always maintained this correspondence with Mu Chu. In the past five years, Mu Chu wanted to go to Xiao Zuo several times, but he was prevaricated by the other party for various reasons.

If you don't go to look for it, Mu Chu simply didn't mention going to find him again, but he didn't annoy him, and he kept writing to Tiantai Mountain, until a month ago, after there was no reply to the letter he wrote, Mu Chu began to get angry.

"Dead Xiao Zuo, stinky Xiao Zuo, I don't reply to letters, don't you want to live. Mu Chu stood in the courtyard, holding the peach blossoms in his hand, picking them one by one, pinching them back and forth.

"Little sister, are you thinking about Xiao Zuo again?" Qin Luoli walked into the courtyard, saw Mu Chu who was frowning, and asked with a smile.

"Who thinks that elm pimple is not. Mu Chu said indignantly.

Qin Luoli grinned, walked up to his little sister and sat down, "Little sister, you just have a hard mouth, are you angry that Xiao Zuo didn't write to you?"

"Who has the kung fu to be angry with that idiot!" Mu Chu snorted coldly and said incorrectly.

"Who was it last night with a big stack of letters secretly wiping tears from the boudoir?"

"You're mistaken, I'm going to burn those damn letters. Mu Chu continued to quibble.

Qin Luoli sighed and said, "Little sister, why are you doing this, in fact, you can't blame Xiao Zuo for not writing to you this month." ”

"Why?" Mu Chu asked urgently.

Qin Luoli looked impatient when he saw Mu Chu when he heard Xiao Zuo, knowing that his little sister was already deeply rooted in love and could not extricate herself. So he said: "Master Yanshou passed away in Tiantai Mountain a month ago. ”

"Huh?" Mu Chu was stunned, no wonder he didn't write to me, it turned out that his master died, he must be very sad now. "Brother, such a big thing as the death of Master Yanshou must have brought a lot of blow to Xiao Zuo, if you don't believe it, I want to go down the mountain to find him. ”

Thinking of Xiao Zuo in his heart, thinking of his crying and weeping and no one to appease him, Mu Chu's heart was very painful, so Huo Di stood up, and he was about to enter the house to pack up his salute and set off.

"Alas, little sister," Qin Luoli stepped forward and grabbed Mu Chu's arm, and said, "What are you anxious about, Xiao Zuo is no longer in Tiantai Mountain, where are you going to find him?"

"It's not Tiantai Mountain, where is that?" Mu Chuhu looked at Qin Luoli suspiciously. On weekdays, his brother rarely mentions Xiao Zuo, but why does he know so many things about Xiao Zuo today, so he said: "Brother, tell me, what happened." ”

Qin Luoli looked embarrassed, thought about it, and said: "Little sister, Xiao Zuo is now in Bianliang, and he is a visiting envoy sent by Jinling to Bianliang. ”

When Mu Chu heard this, he was angry, and he couldn't help but think: "No wonder he hasn't replied to me, it turned out that he went to Jinling to find the oracle of Li, and he also got an official position, which is really hateful!"

"Brother, I'm going to Bianliang," said Mu Chu, and walked towards the house in a hurry.

When she entered the house, she cleaned up and saw Qin Luoli standing in front of the door, so she said, "Brother, don't tell the eldest brother about my trip to Bianliang, okay?"

"Little sister, my brother told you about Xiao Zuo, and he is also going to Bianliang with you. Qin Luoli said in a deep voice.

"Brother is not worried about little sister?" Mu Chu said unhappily.

Qin Luoli smiled bitterly and said: "My little sister, do you know that now the two of us must go to Bianliang together, because the senior brother has also gone to Bianliang, the reason why I mentioned Xiao Zuo is that I hope that the two of us plus Xiao Zuo will be able to stop the adventure of the eldest brother at that time." ”

"What adventure? Brother, the more you say this, the more strange it becomes. Mu Chu was confused, and he didn't understand what Qin Luoli meant at all.

"Senior brother has quietly gone to Bianliang last night, we have to set off quickly, otherwise I don't know what kind of bloody rain it will be in Bianliang at that time. Qin Luoli's face was solemn, and he said very seriously: "Little sister, I'll go get the baggage, you wait for me outside the door, and I'll explain the reason to you in detail on the way later." ”

Just when the Qin brothers and sisters went south to Bianliang, the Jinling delegation had basically completed the mission of this visit, and at Zhao Kuangyin's birthday banquet, the envoys of all countries brought their own carefully prepared congratulatory gifts. Li Congshan trembled throughout the banquet, for fear that Zhao Kuangyin would be as difficult to him as he was when he first arrived in Bianliang that day.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuangyin has always been very happy, and he didn't bother to greet Li Congshan. He showed his face at the banquet, and after meeting the envoys, he left the table.

The reason why Zhao Kuangyin was happy was not because he had a happy birthday, nor because he was happy to see the treasures sent by the envoys of various countries, but because after destroying the Shu Kingdom, Meng Chang, the lord of the Shu Kingdom, had already died of illness on the way before he arrived in Bianliang, while the peerless talented lady Lady Hua Rui beside him came to Bianliang safely.

Although Zhao Kuangyin is not as lustful as Zhao Guangyi, as a normal man, it is fake to say that he is not tempted by a beautiful and talented beauty like Mrs. Hua Rui.

So, as soon as Mrs. Hua Rui entered Beijing, he couldn't wait to arrange a place for her personally, and then went to condole, saying that he was very sorry for Meng Chang's death, but in fact, he was already happy in his heart.

When a man dies, isn't such a flowery wife his own? Zhao Kuangyin pondered when it was appropriate to bring this talented girl into the palace to be his concubine.

Zhao Kuangyin was busy winning the favor of beauties, and he didn't care about the Jinling envoys. After Li Congshan sent the letter back to Jinling, he never received Li Yu's next instructions about Lin Renzhao, and he had been hesitant to return to Jinling, or stay to see if Li Yu would instruct him to do further investigation in Bianliang before returning to China.

And Xiao Zuo, these days have been very bad. originally thought that if he found a little brother who was both a thug and a servant, he wouldn't have to be led by the nose in many things in the future, but after this Canglong guy came, he either quarreled with Xiao Xiao endlessly, or he kept clamoring in his ear to kill Xiao Xiao by himself. Xiao Zuo was annoyed by this, and regretted a little why he wanted to get these two people together.

Regarding Xiaoxiao's question, Xiao Zuo finally decided to meet Lan Zishu, a mysterious figure of the Taiping Sect, for a while before returning to Jinling. For this reason, he talked to Xiao Xiao for several days, and finally persuaded her to take him to the Danchun Building to meet Lan Zishu.

The two decided to go to the Danchun Building tonight, but as soon as they got out of the courtyard, Xiao Zuo was called by Li Congshan. On weekdays, Xiao Zuo and Li Congshan basically have little intersection, they both go their own way, except for when they want to appear together, they barely pretend, and they don't care much about each other.

Xiao Zuohu suspiciously followed Li Congshan and entered his house. After sitting down, Li Congshan said leisurely: "Lord Xiao, it seems that we are going to stay in Bianliang for a few more days." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Zuo said in surprise, "Why is that?"

Li Congshan replied: "Your Majesty has put Lin Renzhao's Luancheng thief in prison, and he was supposed to immediately exterminate the Nine Clans and put him to death, but he was stopped by my cousin, and His Majesty hesitated for a while, so he sent a message to me, asking you and me to obtain evidence of Lin Renzhao's guilt in Bianliang and bring it back to Jinling. ”

"Evidence of the crime?" Li Congshan's words made Xiao Zuo's heart suddenly turn over the river and the sea, he didn't expect that this old guy finally passed the story of Lin Renzhao's rebellion back to Jinling behind his back. He looked at Li Congshan coldly, and a wave of anger arose in his heart.

Li Congshan didn't feel anything wrong, he thought that when he sent the message that day, Xiao Zuo should have already sent the briefing to Jinling, so he didn't care too much. The evidence of the crime is the portrait displayed by the Song Emperor that day. ”

"The portrait is in the palace of the Song Kingdom, and the chances that Lord Li wants to get it are very small. Xiao Zuoqiang held back his anger and said quietly.

Li Congshan stood up suddenly, pulled out a briefing or something like that from his cuffs, and said, "Your Majesty has a decree to order Lord Xiao to get the portrait no matter what, in any way, otherwise you don't have to go back to Jinling." ”

"What does Your Majesty mean, do you want me to go to the palace to steal?" Li Congshan moved Li Yu out, and Xiao Zuo couldn't easily turn his face in anger, so he asked in a low voice.

Li Congshan smiled and said, "Lord Xiao, Your Majesty means that you want to obtain that portrait, but you must not alarm Emperor Song, as for what method you use, Your Majesty doesn't care." ”

When Xiao Zuo heard this, he was very angry in his heart, and he couldn't imagine that Li Yu was so stupid that he would not hesitate to steal a meaningless portrait to put a loyal minister to death. He said coldly: "Then, if I don't succeed, what kind of responsibility should Master Li bear?"

Li Congshan heard Xiao Zuo's dissatisfaction, but he didn't make a fuss, and said with a smile: "Lord Xiao, don't worry, Your Majesty doesn't mean to embarrass you." In the matter of obtaining the portrait, His Majesty sent an order for the Bianliang side to fully cooperate with the water and clouds, and all those who worked carefully in the water and clouds of Bianliang were all obeyed by Lord Xiao. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Zuo had an idea in his heart, perhaps, this is also an opportunity.