Here again, Xu Tianchang said goodbye to everyone, and the horse also traveled all the way, and in a few days, he passed Yanjing City, went out of Yuguan, and came to Liaoyang. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info he went all the way non-stop, running for five days in a row, running thousands of miles, people and horses are very tired, here is only a few hundred miles away from Changbai Mountain, and it is already late. So he decided to stay in Liaoyang for one night and wait until early tomorrow morning to continue his journey.

Early the next morning, before he got up, he heard a noise outside the window, and I don't know how many people had gathered. As a result, he couldn't sleep, so he got up and dressed, went downstairs to settle the bill, and prepared to continue his journey. Just when the innkeeper was looking for money, Xu Tianchang looked at the bustling crowd outside the door, and asked casually: "Shopkeeper, what day is today, why are so many people gathered?"

The shopkeeper knew from his accent that he was from out of town, and replied while looking for money: "Don't you know, guest officer, today is the day when the princess of King Lu goes home to save her relatives, and it is estimated that the princess will enter the city in a while." Princess Lu has always been generous and benevolent, and has won a lot of benefits for us, the remnants of the Liao Kingdom, everyone misses her for her goodness, isn't this waiting for the princess to pass by, kowtow to her and say thank you. ”

It would be forgivable to say that other Han people didn't know who Princess Lu was, but Xu Tianchang and Dugu Jian knew it clearly, because when they were in Guihua City, they were brothers with Zhang Jinyan, and they had heard him introduce that Li Hongyuan, the wife of Wanyan Zongfu, who raised him, was a nobleman from the Bohai clan in Liaoyang City. After Zongfu's death, he was posthumously named King Lu, and his wife Li Hongyuan was naturally Princess Lu!

Because she did not want to accept the customs of the Jurchens, this princess Lu remarried to other people in the clan after her husband's death, so she became a nun. But because Wan Yan Yong was still young at that time, she went to Emperor Xizong to complete Yan Yan and asked for permission to lead her to practice at Jingfu Temple outside Huining Mansion, and also took care of her son by the way, and then shaved after Yan Yong grew up. Wan Yan Yan is still good to his third aunt, and naturally agrees to her request, so Li Hongyuan will lead the practice in Jingfu Temple, and from time to time he will return to the palace to take care of Wan Yan Yong.

When Xu Tianchang heard that this was the case, he suddenly realized, no wonder there were so many people waiting here, it turned out that he was just to thank Princess Lu. His heart suddenly moved: "Since the princess is coming, then presumably Wan Yan Yong should also escort his mother with him, right? If so, the third brother should also be in this team!" As soon as he thought of this, he wanted to stay and take a look, and see the third brother who he hadn't seen for almost half a year.

So he went to a breakfast stand on the corner of the street and asked for some breakfast, and sat down to eat while waiting. Sure enough, not long after, I heard someone shouting, "Here we are!" I heard only a burst of drums and gongs and the sound of uniform footsteps, and before long, I saw a large group of golden soldiers running over and blocking the people on both sides of the road to prevent them from colliding with the car.

After a while, I saw the colorful flags fluttering, in front of which were several rows of cavalry opening the way, followed by a group of foot soldiers, followed by trumpeters, gongs and drummers, followed by maidservants carrying flower baskets, and then the carriage of Princess Lu. I saw Wan Yan Yong riding a tall horse, guarding the side of the carriage, and the princess in the carriage lifted the curtain and kept smiling and waving her hands to the people on both sides of the road. The people all knelt down and greeted the princess.

Xu Tianchang just sat on the breakfast stall and watched everyone's every move, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I really didn't expect that Wan Yanyong's mother, this Princess Lu would be so popular." At this time, he also saw Zhang Jinyan riding on a horse behind the carriage. I saw that he was also looking left and right, with a happy smile on his face. Xu Tianchang hurriedly stood up, and when Zhang Jinyan just passed the corner, he beckoned and shouted: "Jinyan!"

Suddenly hearing someone call himself, Zhang Jinyan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned his head to look, fortunately, the people were kneeling on both sides at this time, which just happened to let him see Xu Tianchang standing on the side and waving to him! "Second brother!" This suddenly surprised him, Zhang Jinyan hurriedly stepped forward and confessed to Wan Yan Yong, I don't know what to say, Wan Yan Yong also turned his head to look at Xu Tianchang not far away, and smiled at him. After that, Zhang Jinyan turned his horse's head, left the team, and came to Xu Tianchang.

After getting off the horse, Zhang Jinyan and Xu Tianchang hugged each other vigorously, and their faces looked very happy. "Second brother, why are you here?" asked Zhang Jinyan. Xu Tianchang didn't answer immediately, but looked at Zhang Jinyan carefully, nodded and said, "Well, I haven't seen you for half a year, third brother, you have grown a lot taller and more handsome!"

Zhang Jinyan smiled and said: "Second brother is laughing again, aren't I still the same? ”

"Good boy, you dare to make fun of your brother! But third brother, I heard that you are accompanying the princess back to save your relatives this time?" Xu Tianchang asked first. Zhang Jinyan nodded and replied: "Yes, the princess hasn't been home for more than a year, and this time I just want to come back to see. Seeing Xu Tianchang's appearance, Zhang Jinyan continued to ask: "Second brother, how is the battle on the front line? Did the Great Song Dynasty win or lose? Did it make the Golden Vulture suffer?"

Xu Tianchang looked around and said, "Third brother, this is not the place to talk, let's find a quiet place first." Zhang Jinyan took his hand: "Okay, then the second brother will come with me!" and took Xu Tianchang to a teahouse not far away. The two found a private room on the second floor to sit in, asked for a pot of hot tea, and began to talk.

Zhang Jinyan took the lead in asking: "Second brother, you haven't answered me just now, why did you come here?" Xu Tianchang looked at his anxious look and said, "You have to promise me, when I say it, you can't be in a hurry." Zhang Jinyan suddenly had a bad premonition, but he couldn't guess it, so he had to nod and reply: "Okay, I promise you." ”

Xu Tianchang continued: "Didn't you ask me how the battle situation was on the front line when I was outside? It's not bad, Marshal Yue adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into the depths, although the Jin Wushu captured five or six cities in Jiangbei in a row, but the Song army did not suffer much losses, but the Jin soldiers suffered a lot of casualties in the battle. Zhang Jinyan listened and nodded understandingly. Xu Tianchang continued: "Now that the two armies are facing each other in the area of Mulan Mountain, Jin Wushu received a righteous son called Lu Wenlong, who is the son of General Lu Deng, the defender of Lu'an Prefecture in the Great Song Dynasty, who is already sixteen years old this year, has strong kung fu, and has defeated five or six generals of Marshal Yue in a row. Later, General Wang Zuo, who was under the command of the marshal, cut off his arm and wanted to persuade Lu Wenlong to surrender. The eldest brother also came to the camp at this time, and after knowing the situation, he volunteered to pick up the ......" He told Zhang Jinyan everything he knew, and when Zhang Jinyan heard that Dugu Jian and Nangong Yan were seriously injured in the duel and were still unconscious, he suddenly stood up: "What? Second brother, you said that the eldest brother was seriously injured, his muscles and veins were broken, and he still hasn't woken up yet?"

"Look, I said, don't let you worry, you're still like this. Xu Tianchang hurriedly got up and pressed him to his seat. Zhang Jinyan raised his head and said loudly: "Second brother, how can I not be in a hurry? The eldest brother is so seriously injured, what is going on now? What does the doctor say?" Xu Tianchang also sat back and replied: "This is the reason why I came here, General Wang Zuo invited the disciple of the famous Du Lu Divine Doctor on the rivers and lakes more than 30 years ago, and after he showed it to the eldest brother, he said that he needed the thousand-year-old double-headed ginseng of the Snow Lotus King of the Tianshan Mountains and the Changbai Mountain as medicine, and he could save the eldest brother." ”

Zhang Jinyan stood up again, looked at Xu Tianchang and said: "Since this is the case, second brother, without further ado, we will now set off for Changbai Mountain to find the thousand-year-old double-headed ginseng!" Xu Tianchang stopped him and said: "Third brother, my horse is fast, I can go alone in this matter, you better stay." "Where would Zhang Jinyan be willing?" "Second brother, Changbai Mountain is so big, and you don't know where to find double-headed ginseng, so let the younger brother Yu Ming Wangye, bring people and horses with you, and find ginseng as soon as possible." (To be continued.) )