The building of the City Lord's Palace itself is not conspicuous, and it is similar to ordinary houses, but the people in the city, almost all of them know the location of the City Lord's Palace, and it is not difficult for them to find it.

When I arrived at the gate of the city lord's palace, I called the door.

The dark door opened, and the family came out of it, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Jing Xiaoxian said, "Let's look for Ruan Zhenhai. ”

Jing Xiaoxian was anxious, and called the name of the coastal city lord, which made the family feel slightly surprised, and he asked, "What are you looking for our city lord?"

Huaizhong arched his hand and said: "Please reply to the master, just say that the Great Song Dynasty court has sent someone to discuss with the master of the order." ”

The family said: "Our master has long said that this place is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and we do not want to have any relationship with the people of the imperial court. ”

Huaizhong said, "This time the court has something to ask the master for help, please see it no matter what." ”

The family said, "Okay, then I'll go and talk about it, but I can't see it." ”

Huaizhong said, "There is labor. ”

The family went in, and it was not too late, so they came out and said, "Several, my master is invited in the West Flower Hall." ”

Saying that, the family took Huaizhong, Zhou Kang, Jing Xiaoxian and other three people in.

When I arrived at the West Flower Hall, under the shade of the grape trellises, there was a small side room, which was very elegant and quiet, and the owner sat in the middle of the house.

When Huai Zhongren entered, he saw that this was a man in his forties, with a dignified appearance, a long body, and a decent demeanor, and thought: "If you think that his daughter must also be outstanding, no wonder the whole city is preaching about martial arts competitions and recruiting relatives." ”

This man is none other than Nguyen Zhenhai, the lord of Coastal City.

He got up slightly and said to a few people in Huaizhong, "A few guests are from afar, please sit casually!"

Huai Zhong sat on the chair next to him.

Ruan Zhenhai said, "A few people came to this coastal city and looked for me, Ruan, and I didn't know what was going on. ”

Huaizhong said, "I want to tell the city lord something." ”

"Oh, if you have something to say, please speak, but in the next sentence to say in front, I am in the wilderness here, for the Great Song Dynasty, do not call ministers, do not pay tribute, of course, there is no need to say any obligations, if the court is sent, I think a few people should not be exempted. ”

Ruan Zhenhai is extremely shrewd, over the years, the Great Song Dynasty has been worried about internal and external troubles, and there is a sense of the waning of the West Mountain, Ruan Zhenhai is worried that walking with the Great Song Dynasty will be stuck in the mud and unable to extricate himself, and put this coastal city in dire straits, so he put on this posture of staying out of the matter.

Huaizhong said, "Of course, it is not a matter for Binhai City to bear any responsibility, on the contrary, if the city lord wants to be independent from the people of the city and live a free and easy life, he must listen to the next word." "Huaizhong is a person who is rough on the outside, but in fact he is more delicate on the inside, and his words are often very measured.

Ruan Zhenhai said: "Oh? Then I might as well listen to it! ”

The family brought the tea.

Huaizhong did not touch the tea, and continued: "The city lord can hold a martial arts competition and recruit relatives in three days. ”

"Yes, so what?"

Huaizhong said, "Now there are two envoys sent by Lin Lingsu, the second minister of the Great Song Dynasty, one is called Zheng Deji, and the other is called Hua Qingfeng, the two of them have extremely high evil martial arts, and want to win the competition to recruit relatives, and then marry Ling Yuan, and then occupy the military power of Binhai City, and then mobilize the military power to help Lin Lingsu do things, as for what to do, although it is not known at present, but since it involves military power, it is not a trivial matter, if the two of them succeed at that time, your Binhai City may never be peaceful." ”

Ruan Zhenhai groaned slightly and said, "There is such a thing?"

Huaizhong said, "Yes." ”

Ruan Zhenhai arched his hand and said, "Thank you so much for reminding you." ”

Huaizhong said: "My eldest brother is the general of the imperial court, a few of us went all the way to the south, passing by here, and when we heard about it, we wanted to help a group of Binhai City and break the conspiracy of Zheng Deji and Hua Qingfeng." ”

Ruan Zhenhai bowed his head and said: "A few good intentions, I will lead it in my heart, but if I want to receive the love of a few of you in the next place, and bow down to the court from now on, don't think about it, I can't do it." When he spoke, he was extremely alert and refused to show a flaw.

Huaizhong continued: "We want to help Binhai City and break the conspiracy of Zheng Deji and Hua Qingfeng, but I didn't expect-" Huaizhong's voice changed, and he turned to Han Jiangliu's matter and said: " When we walked in Central Park, we met a butterfly spirit, this butterfly became the appearance of an acquaintance of ours, and then kidnapped our brother General Han, and his whereabouts are still unknown, we just want to ask the city lord a question, that is, is there any fairy cave mansion nearby, if there is, please also ask the city lord to inform one or two, we can go to the rescue, and never dare to bother the city lord. ”

Speaking of this, Ruan Zhenhai was relieved, this is a trivial matter, and it will not have anything to do with the Great Song Dynasty, so Ruan Zhenhai smiled between his eyebrows, "It turned out to be this matter!"

"Yes, that's it. ”

Ruan Zhenhai said, "Two hundred miles west from this city, there is a Huangfeng Mountain, there is a bluestone cave on the mountain, and there is a fox spirit in the cave, not a butterfly spirit, this fox spirit has a nickname, called what nine treasures. ”

"Sure enough, there are youkai. ”

"Yes, but this Jiu Bao Xi just came here some time ago, it is said that he came from the capital, and when he came, he also specially visited Zaixia, saying that he only lived in the mountains west of the city for a period of time, and left when he was done, and he was very polite and polite when he spoke, and I was embarrassed to refuse him, and Qingfeng Mountain in the west of the city was no longer within the jurisdiction of Binhai City, and there was no reason to refuse her. It's just that I don't know what this Jiu Baoxi is doing here, and what he is going to do. ”

What Jiu Baoxi wanted to do, of course Ruan Zhenhai didn't know, and Huai Zhong didn't know either. As mentioned earlier, this Nine Praise is the apprentice of the Lord of the Luqian Cave in the West Pole Weiji Mountain, this fox spirit has been cultivating for more than a thousand years, and when she was nine hundred and forty years old, she was officially cultivated and formed, and she was able to change at will, she was very happy at the time, and named herself Nine Hundred and Four, also known as Nine Praise Sister.

Jiu Baoxi hopes that he can also win the favor of the king and destroy the king's country like Baoxi, and leave his name in the world from now on, but there is no such opportunity so far, so he can only do some bad things that are still good for the brain and harm one party.

Just when she was doing bad things in the palace, she was discovered by Lin Lingsu, who subdued her with a gossip card and took her under her door, and ordered Jiu Baoxi to set up an ambush on the road from the capital to Flame Island in the South China Sea, intercept Han Jiangliu, or kill or capture, and must make a big noise to make it known to the whole world.

Jiu Baoxi received the order, and came to the Huangshi Cave of Qingfeng Mountain in the west of Binhai City, and waited for Han Jiangliu and his party to come, so as to learn from it and complete the task assigned to her by Lin Lingsu.

On the same day, Jiu Baoxi turned into a butterfly, picking and refining flower essence in the city park, just in time for Han Jiangliu to go to the city park, Jiu Baoxi saw the opportunity and turned into the appearance of a Mengmei girl in Lejin City, Han Jiangliu felt guilty about Mengmei, so he did not have the slightest doubt, and obediently followed "Mengmei" away.

Jiu Baoxi did lead Han Jiangliu to the Huangshi Cave of Qingfeng Mountain in the west of the city.

Hearing Ruan Zhenhai say this, Huai Zhong said, "Thank you for the city lord's guidance, we don't dare to delay, so we will leave and go to Qingfeng Mountain to rescue General Han." ”

Ruan Zhenhai is not an unsympathetic person, and said: "Domeng came to inform Zheng Deji and Hua Qingfeng of the matter, and they are inexhaustible. ”

Jing Xiaoxian was tired of Ruan Zhenhai's tone of speech, and disgusted with his withdrawn character who refused to take advantage or suffer, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you, we can do this matter ourselves, so we don't need Ruan City Lord to intervene and help." "Very unkind between words.

And the more this is the case, the more Ruan Zhenhai feels that he needs to return them favors, waved his hand, and said: "No, that Jiu Bao Xi is a demon all the way after all, I am afraid that it will be dangerous for a few of you to go, so I will send someone to protect you!"

Regardless of the original intention, it is a good intention to send someone to protect it after all.

Huaizhong was inconvenient to refuse, so he said: "Then, thank you to the city lord." ”

Ruan Zhenhai called his family and said, "Call Nguyen Phuc Chung." ”

It didn't take long for this person named Nguyen Phuc Dung to come.

Ruan Zhenhai said: "This person is my nephew and my right-hand man, with his help, presumably no matter how great the ability is, Jiu Baoxi will not cause anything." ”

Huaizhong, Zhou Kang, and Jing Xiaoxian looked at it, this Ruan Fuyong was not tall, with a black face, and looked very energetic, and under the tight sword sleeve, he could faintly see his knotted muscles, and under the eyes that seemed to be open and closed, he could faintly see his hidden essence, and knew that this person's kung fu was absolutely amazing.

Nguyen Phuc Dung said, "What is the matter with my uncle?"

Ruan Zhenhai said: "These are the envoys from the capital, their brother Han Jiangliu may have been taken away by the Xishan goblin Jiu Baoxi, you follow them, find a way to bring General Han Jiangliu back, remember, salute first and then soldiers, be reasonable and try not to do anything, if you need to do it as a last resort, you must not dampen the spirit of my coastal city, and let Jiu Baoxi see your means when the time comes." ”

Ruan Fuyong said, "But, uncle, didn't you say that you would no longer meddle in the affairs of the Great Song Dynasty?"

Ruan Zhenhai waved his hand and said, "You just need to do what I tell you to do, and you don't have to worry about other things." ”

Nguyen Phuc Dung took the order. A few people in Huaizhong thanked him and went out with Ruan Fuyong.

Nguyen Phuc poured into the barracks and mobilized 500 spearmen.

What is a spearman, these 500 sergeants, the weapons used are all javelins, the length of the javelin is nine feet, with bamboo as the body, with iron as the tip, close to the length of the enemy, far can be directly projected, almost can do a hundred shots.