The great poet Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty has a five-character poem, the first four of which are "August Lake is horizontal, and the connotation is too clear." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info steam cloud Mengze, shaking Yueyang City. "It describes the beautiful scenery of the 800-mile Dongting Lake. Yueyang City on the shore of Dongting Lake is even more famous all over the world because of Yueyang Tower, why is this Yueyang Tower so famous? Naturally, it is because of a poem "The Story of Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan, the minister of Emperor Renzong, in which Fan wrote: "The worries of the world are worried, and the joy of the world is happy." It has been sung through the ages and is famous all over the world. It's a pity that Emperor Gaozong built Yan for three years, and when the Jin soldiers went south, a fire destroyed the Yueyang Tower.

It is said that Liu Qingzhou and Lu 13 took the ship of Yi Dafa Dart Bureau, and went north with the boat that night. The next morning, we arrived at the city of Yuezhou.

Lu Shisan's injuries did not heal, and he was arranged by Liu Qingzhou and Yi Dafa to rest in the cabin. The two of them stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery of this cave, and seeing that it was not far from Yuezhou City, Yi Dafa said: "Brother, this time the golden dog went south, all the way to Lin'an Mansion, even the emperor was so frightened that he went to sea by boat, hiding in the vast sea, not daring to go ashore, but he was not much stronger than the two of Huiqin, he really deserved to be father and son brothers! Brother looked at that Yueyang Tower. I looked in the direction of Yi Dafa's finger, but I saw that there was still any Yueyang Tower on the shore, and all that was left was the ruins. "When the younger brother passed by here the year before last, there were still many scholars and literati chanting poems and painting on the Yueyang Tower, but now, all that remains is the broken rubble after the fire, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, when have we ever suffered such a wretched gas?"

Liu Qingzhou looked at Yi Dafa, who was full of righteous indignation, and said: "Brother, there are too many traitors around the emperor, there are six thieves in Huizong, and Emperor Qinzong favors Li Bangyan, Zhang Bangchang, and Geng Nanzhong, and then look at Emperor Gaozong, isn't it the same? First Wang Yuan and Kang Lu, killed these two and then came Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan. If it weren't for the slanderous words of these traitorous ministers, our Great Song Dynasty would not have been beaten by the golden dog and had no power to fight back. ”

"It's all these traitors who have misled the country and harmed the people, I really want to eat their flesh raw, drink their blood, cut open their stomachs and dig out their hearts to see what color it is!" Yi Da said hatefully.

Liu Qingzhou patted Yi Dafa's shoulder: "Okay brother, we can only complain here, four years ago, I took more than a dozen brothers up and down Hengshan to the north to participate in the anti-gold resistance, but unfortunately only I and the other two survived, one lost his martial arts, and the other also broke an arm." If you look at it now, there are so many heroes and righteous men in the north, all of whom are fighting with the Golden Dog, but they are all winning less and losing more, we have no blood and martial arts, but we have no ability to lead the troops to fight. We are in the martial arts, and it's okay to fight alone, but this battlefield battle is not what we are good at. Look at the iron horse of the golden dog, a single charge can make us kill and wound most of us. Therefore, we can't compete with them head-on, so we can only sneak attack. This time, General Han Shizhong besieged the Golden Vulture in Huangtiandang for more than 40 days, didn't he win by luck because the Golden Dogs didn't practice water warfare?"

When Yi Dafa heard this, he said excitedly: "Brother, General Han is really powerful, with only 8,000 soldiers and horses, he trapped tens of thousands of Jingou troops, although he failed to completely annihilate them, but it also greatly increased the prestige of our Great Song Dynasty." But in my opinion, General Yue Feiyue is more powerful, he killed tens of thousands of troops with less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and also recovered Jinling City, which is also a unique victory. ”

The two stood on the bow of the boat and chatted, and before they knew it, it was noon, and the boat had sailed out of Yuezhou Mansion for dozens of miles. Lu Shisan had also woken up, and the three of them set up a desk, sat on the ground, and ate while enjoying the scenery, which was very happy.

The ship traveled for only three days, and then arrived outside Jiangling City, just because this batch of tung oil was not all unloaded in Jiangling, so Liu Qingzhou and Lu Shisan did not get off the ship, Yi Dafa took the dart master and the handymen to unload half of the goods, and handed them over to the people who were already waiting at the dock to receive the goods. After resting for the night, he continued north to Xiangyang the next morning.

On this way, the boat was moving very smoothly, and Liu Qingzhou helped Lu Shisan recuperate, his injuries had been healed for the most part, and by the time he arrived in Xiangyang, the wounds had almost healed.

After getting off the boat, Yi Dafa advised: "Brother, this time you have to go north, leaving Xiangyang is the territory of the pseudo-Qi emperor Liu Yu, brother can't follow, you have to be careful in everything." ”

Liu Qingzhou led the horse: "It's okay, brother Xian, you just have to go and busy with you, don't worry about me." Okay, let's leave it at that!" After that, Lu Shisan and Liu Qingzhou hugged Yi Dafa together, and Yi Dafa also returned a salute. The two of them got on their horses and headed north.

Yi Dafa looked at the figures of the two and shouted, "Brother take care!"

From Xiangyang to Yanjing Mansion, it is about more than 2,000 miles, even if you ride a fast horse, it takes more than ten days to arrive, and this is still the situation that you don't encounter anything on the road. Lu Shisan's serious injury has just recovered, so naturally he can't stand the fatigue and bumps, and the two of them can only stop and go, and they can travel more than 100 miles in a day.

On this day, the two of them traveled to the crossing of the Yellow River, only to see a group of refugees fleeing from the west, dressed in rags and with vegetables. As he ran, he shouted, "Run! The golden dog is coming!

Liu Qingzhou stepped forward, reined in the horses, and asked the group of people: "Do you know how many people and horses there are in the golden dog?" One person was bold, looked at Liu Qingzhou, and replied: "This uncle, there are about one hundred and ten people in the golden dog, and there are twenty or thirty riding horses, you better run quickly, they kill people without blinking." Before he finished speaking, he ran southeast in a puff of smoke.

Lu Shisan gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Master Liu, these golden dogs are really hateful, they keep burning, killing and looting, but they pity our people of the Great Song Dynasty who have suffered from the seedlings." Liu Qingzhou pulled out his sword: "Thirteen brothers, you take a horse and rush to the ferry in the northeast direction, wait for me to go forward, kill him a few golden dogs, and let out this evil breath." Lu Shisan shook his head and said: "Master Liu, how can the villain put you in danger alone, besides, it is hundreds of golden dogs, it is the reincarnation of the overlord of Chu, and it will take a lot of effort to kill them all." Master Liu, you still don't want to take risks. ”

Liu Qingzhou smiled and said, "It's okay, when I kill a few of them, I'll go back and chase you, go away!" he said, slapped the buttocks of the horse that Lu Shisan was riding, and the horse was frightened and ran northeast with a smoke. Lu Shisan rode on his horse and turned around and shouted: "Master Liu, you have to be careful!"

It's a good Liu Qingzhou, but he is a master of art and bold, I saw him clamp the horse with his legs, and gently kick his toes on the horse's belly, the horse was in pain, so he ran forward and waited to be driven out for three or five miles. I saw a group of golden soldiers holding swords and guns, driving dozens of people, but anyone who was left alone was either trampled to death under the war horse or hacked to death by the golden soldiers. Liu Qingzhou's eyes were cracked, he gritted his teeth, and roared: "Wu Na Golden Dog, don't hurt the people!" Before he finished speaking, he saw Liu Qingzhou jump up from his horse, and with a flash of cold light, the body of a golden soldier was separated and fell off the horse. The group of golden soldiers originally thought that another one was sent to death, but they didn't want to be killed just like that, and after standing for a while, they all came back to their senses, and they couldn't care about the group of people, and one by one they yelled with guns and spears, and stabbed Liu Qingzhou.

At this time, eight big men came from the south, each with a sword, and rushed forward. Seeing this group of golden soldiers, they didn't answer, and directly waved their weapons to greet this group of golden soldiers, and suddenly several of the golden soldiers were killed by them. When Liu Qingzhou saw it, he was not to be outdone, dodged the spear that stabbed him, and slashed a golden soldier with a backhand sword. Then, on tiptoe, he flew onto the horse of a cavalryman, and kicked an infantryman to death, and stabbed the golden soldier on horseback to death with a sword.

Looking at the eight people over there, their martial arts are not as good as Liu Qingzhou's, but the eight of them are paired in pairs, back to back, swords and guns come out together, constantly slashing and killing the golden soldiers.

Not to mention that not all of them were Jurchens, only about half of the 20-odd cavalry were Jurchens, and the rest were Bohai, Xi, Khitan, and Han Chinese.

Liu Qingzhou and the eight big men chased and killed for a while, but when they saw that they couldn't catch up, they stopped chasing.

The nine people here saluted each other, and Liu Qingzhou arched his hand and said: "I want to thank the eight heroes for their help, Liu Qingzhou in Xia Hengshan, I don't know the names of the eight honorable surnames?" I saw a strong man stand up and salute Liu Qingzhou: "It turned out to be the head of Liu, it was rude." Since the Golden Dog South offended my Great Song Dynasty, the eight of our brothers have been doing some robbery of the Golden Dog by the Yellow River, and the people of the rivers and lakes have given the nickname 'Eight Thieves of the Yellow River', which is a cheap name, and they dare not stain the ears of the head of Liu. ”

Liu Qingzhou said with a smile: "It turned out to be the Yao family Kunzhong, Your Excellency must be the boss Yao Jingyuan? I heard your name four years ago, and I am fortunate to meet you today, and I am fortunate to meet you!" Yao Jingyuan said: "It turns out that Master Liu has heard of us, it is really an honor." I don't know why Master Liu is here today?" Liu Qingzhou replied: "I was entrusted by someone to go to the north to do something, and it is a great pleasure to be able to kill the enemy side by side with the Yao family Kunzhong today." ”

Yao Jingyuan immediately invited Liu Qingzhou: "Master Liu, it's better to meet by chance, let's kill so many golden dogs together today, how happy we are, why don't you go for a drink?" Liu Qingzhou shook his head and said: "The Yao family Kunzhong invited, he shouldn't have refused, but Liu did have something important to do, not to mention that there was a friend waiting at the ferry, and the kindness of everyone was understood." When Liu returns from something, he will inevitably invite everyone to have a drink, how about it?" Yao Jingyuan said: "Even so, our brothers are not forced to stay, so we can only send off Master Liu, and wish Master Liu success!"

Liu Qingzhou turned over and said to Yao Jingyuan: "Thank you for your auspicious words, farewell!" With a shake of the reins, the horse neighed and galloped forward.

Yao Jingyuan looked at Liu Qingzhou's figure, bowed his head slightly, and a man with a short beard and a long face on the side said: "Big brother, this surnamed Liu is rude, our brother kindly invited him, and he still excused himself, it's really infuriating!" Yao Jingyuan turned his head, looked directly at him, and said sharply: "Fifth brother, how can you say that? Liu is a martial arts hero, the master of a faction, he is in such a hurry, there must be something important to do, not to mention that he also helped us kill the golden dog, how can we say bad things behind our backs?" The eldest brother taught him that the younger brother was rude, so please punish the eldest brother. Yao Jingyuan said: "Forget it, let's go too, so as not to kill the golden dog again and retaliate after a while." ”

Here, Lu 13 was waiting anxiously by the ferry, walking around. The captain on the side stood on the bow of the boat and asked, "This guest officer, can you leave or not?" The people who just passed by said that the Jin soldiers would be killed immediately, so let's leave quickly. Lu 13 looked into the distance, turned to the captain and said, "Big brother of the boatman, don't worry, my friend will be here soon, please wait for a while." ”

Lu Shisan hurriedly rushed forward and grabbed the horse's halter, Liu Qingzhou turned over and dismounted, and said while walking with Lu Shisan: "Brother Thirteen, have you waited for a long time?" Lu Shisan looked at it carefully and asked, "Master Liu, are you not injured?" Liu Qingzhou laughed: "It's nothing, I met a few people in the same way, we worked together to kill twenty or thirty golden dogs, and the rest scattered in a hurry, and all ran away." ”

The captain shouted again: "Guest officer, since your friend is here, let's hurry up and get on the boat." After a while, the golden soldiers chased after him, and no one could leave. Liu Qingzhou and Lu Shisan looked at each other and smiled, but without saying a word, they led themselves to the boat. The captain hurriedly untied the cable, strutted the pole and drove the boat, looking to the north shore.

After the Yellow River, it is more than a thousand miles away from Yanjing City. But what I saw all the way in Hebei was very different from Henan, thousands of miles of red land, deserted, and most of the people I saw were also yellow-skinned and thin-skinned, and their clothes were not covered.

Lu 13 said: "Master Liu, the golden dog will rob every once in a while. The people of Hebei have almost no way to live, those who can run have run away, and the rest are old and weak. I don't know when Wang Shi will be able to defeat the golden dog and recover the lost territory in Hebei. Liu Qingzhou shook his head, didn't speak, just walked forward silently. Lu Shisan looked at Liu Qingzhou's back, opened his mouth, stopped talking, and rode a horse to follow.

The two walked for seven or eight days in a row, and finally came to the outskirts of Yanjing City. Liu Qingzhou reined in his horse and asked, "Thirteenth brother, how many people in this Yanjing City know you?" Lu Shisan thought for a while and replied: "I don't know much about this, I was brought here with the little young master by Wushu, and I didn't go out often, so the people in his mansion knew me." But then I went south with the army, and it's hard to say how many people in the army knew me. Master Liu, are you afraid of ......" Liu Qingzhou nodded: "Yes, if you don't show up again, they will think that you have been shot and died in the water, but now if you appear in this Yanjing City, you will be suspicious if you are seen by people who know you, so we must have a careful plan." ”

Lu Shisan nodded and asked, "Then what is Master Liu going to do?" Liu Qingzhou thought carefully: "Thirteen brothers, how big is this Wushu mansion? Where does Lu Xiaogongzi live in the mansion?" Lu Shisan thought for a while, broke a branch, and drew it on the ground: " Liu Zhangmen, this mansion is located in the southeast of Yanjing City, west through three avenues, due south about two miles is the road leading to the south gate, this mansion is not very big, there are five courtyards, there is a garden behind, my young master lives in the east side of the garden in front of the wing, and the nurse lives together, there is a side room on the west side, and lives two maids. About seven or eight feet further east is the wall. ”

Liu Qingzhou looked at the picture carefully, nodded, and asked: "Are there people in the garden often in normal times? There are no soldiers patrolling and fighting at night?" Lu 13 replied: "Because Wushu only lives here alone, and has no family, so there are not many servants who serve. At night, five soldiers make three rounds, at four o'clock, at the end of the hour, and at the end of the hour, but in a quarter of an hour they will be gone, without worry. ”

Listen to these. Liu Qingzhou had a bottom in his heart, and asked again: "Usually does the nurse take the little young master out of the house? How many entourages will there be around?" Lu Shisan replied: "Not necessarily, when I was in the mansion, almost all the little young masters wanted to go out, and they were all brought by the Wushu by their side, plus the waiting, opening the way, and guarding, there were always thirty or fifty." However, every fifteenth day of the new year, the nurse will go to the Longquan Temple in the West Mountain outside the city to worship the Bodhisattva, and the vultures are not forbidden, and she will go with a maid every time. When I came this time, I also made an appointment with her, and if I needed to get in touch, I would wait for her at Longquan Temple, and if she saw us, she would try to lure the maid away, and then come and discuss things with us. ”

Liu Qingzhou was very happy and patted his thigh: "Thirteen brothers, it's easy to do now, if you want to save Lu Xiaogongzi this time, you have to fall on this nurse." As he spoke, he looked up at the sky and said, "It's not early now, let's first find a way to enter the city and find a place to stay, today is the ninth day of the first month, and there are only six days to be fifteen." We have to finish all the things we have prepared in these six days, make a careful plan, and when we reach the fifteenth, we will go to Longquan Temple to contact the nurse, set a time, and rescue Lu Xiaogongzi in one fell swoop!"

Lu Shisan was pleasantly surprised: "This is good, this is good! It's just that how are we going to enter the city now? If we just go in like this, as you said, if we are seen by someone you know, won't we waste all our efforts?" Liu Qingzhou touched his chin and thought for a while: "In this way, Thirteen Brothers, let's foster the horses in the inn outside the city, I will pretend to be a hunter, you will pretend to be a woodcutter, let's go buy some pheasants and hares or something, and then cut a bundle of firewood, and then smear your face, so that entering the city in this way must not be a big problem." Lu Shisan clapped his hands again and again: "Master Liu, your idea is so good, if I wrap my headscarf again, even if I come in person, I may not recognize me." ”

Just do it, at that moment, the two of them found an inn outside the city, and Liu Qingzhou dropped two taels of silver and fostered the horses. I also found the hunter woodcutter in the mountains, and arranged the clothes he needed.

After that, the two of them each picked up game and firewood, and came to the city one after the other. Halfway through, Liu Qingzhou secretly shouted: "It's not good, it's not good!" stopped Lu Shisan, and said, "Brother Thirteen, if we enter the city now, it's not right." Lu Shisan asked suspiciously: "Master Liu, what's wrong?"

Liu Qingzhou said: "Have you ever seen which Orion woodcutter will go into the city to sell mountain goods and firewood at this hour?" Lu Shisan suddenly came to his senses, nodded again and again, and asked: "Then Master Liu, what should we do?" Liu Qingzhou thought for a while: "It seems that we can only stay in that inn today, and tomorrow morning, we will enter the city again." Lu 13 said: "Then we can only go back now." So the two of them went back the way they came, and took up their stay in the inn.

That night, Liu Qingzhou quietly left the inn alone, carefully observed the various roads from here to the city gate, memorized the paths, and then returned to the inn to sleep.