Chapter 126: Myths and Legends Go south to Lin'an
It is said that Yin Zhenren stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the 100,000 Mongolian army attacking the city below. Seeing that the Mongolian commander Kublai Khan was born vicious and abnormal, he was the reincarnation of a demon. At that time, he shouted 'fast', pinched a sword trick and pointed at Kublai Khan, and a dragon roar sounded behind him, and the silver dragon sword on his back came out of its sheath, turned into a silver light, and shot towards Kublai Khan. ”
"That silver light is as fast as lightning, where can Kublai Khan escape. He saw a silver light in his eyes, and the silver light had already shot in front of him. As soon as he circled his neck, a head was cut off. Yin Zhenren stretched out his hand again, and the silver dragon sword stuck in Kublai Khan's head and flew back........."
Yang Guo said with his eyebrows fluttering, and at the same time he stretched out his hand to gesture and learn well. Yin Zhiping couldn't help but shake his head and laugh when he watched from the side.
It turned out that Yin Zhiping's assassination of Kublai Khan was praised by the people in Xiangyang City, but it was more and more distorted and exaggerated. In this story, he has become a first-class character of the Sword Immortal. The name of his silver dragon sword was also passed on by someone to let people know that it was in the story.
The storytellers love to listen to it, and they have also developed an upgraded and expanded version. Now it has developed from a single-episode story to a multi-plot chapter. The storytellers have begun to arrange his origin, saying that he is the reincarnation of Lu Dongbin, the head of the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave, who was born with a vision, and then a series of stories that began as a child.
Yang Guo has an excellent memory, and he has memorized it after listening to it a few times in the restaurant, but now he is learning to imitate him in front of Yin Zhiping.
Yin Zhiping listened to this story. I just sighed that the storyteller who made up this story had a really rich imagination, and put it in the world of his previous life. I'm already a famous novelist. In fact, it is not difficult for him to understand that this distorted interpretation of real events has made it mythologized. The literacy rate of the ancients was generally not high, especially among the lower classes, and very few of them were literate. If you want to spread and record something, you can only rely on word of mouth. And oral transmission, no more than written records, passed back and forth, coupled with some personal understanding and emotional inclination, is not enough, the more distorted it becomes, and it is more and more distant from real events.
And for this heroic figure who saved them. The common people always unconsciously exaggerate their skills. The more exaggerated it becomes, the more it becomes mythologized. Many myths and stories in ancient times were developed and passed down in this way.
In fact, the people are not all ignorant and believe all the stories told by the storyteller. On the day when Yin Zhiping assassinated Kublai Khan, there were also many people in Xiangyang who helped carry supplies and treat the wounded on the city wall. Although none of them saw the specific details of Yin Zhiping's assassination of Kublai Khan, most people still saw the scene of Yin Zhiping performing light skills and jumping over the moat. In their eyes, this kind of martial arts is already superb, but it is not as exaggerated as Yin Zhiping's ability to fly a sword to take the head of the enemy from a hundred miles away in the story, this is completely a fairy method.
But. Although many people may not take this story seriously, they are still happy to hear it. Every time I listen to it, I always applaud. First, I never get tired of hearing about the murder of the head coach of the Mongol Tartars, and second, there are too few entertainment activities in this era. Since Mr. Storyteller is telling the story of everyone's favorite heroes, he naturally wants to listen to it.
The so-called market determines demand, since some people like to listen. Mr. Storyteller naturally arranges how everyone likes to listen, so he will arrange how he goes. The original story was too short. The storyteller was afraid that the guests would get tired of listening to it, so he began to focus on this storyline. expanded and developed, and arranged Yin Zhiping's life.
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Since Yin Zhiping assassinated Kublai Khan on that day, the Mongolian army was defeated and retreated from Xiangyang, it has been more than half a month now. Xiangyang's pacification envoy Lu Wende, under his threat, wrote a report on the victory, which had already been sent to the Jingshi Lin'an Mansion. There is also the head of Kublai Khan, who was also taken to Lin'an with lime as actual physical evidence of this great achievement, so as not to let someone in Beijing say that he made a false report.
Three days ago, the recital approved by the emperor's imperial pen had finally been sent back. Along with the concerto, there are also the emperor's commendation decree and reward materials for the defenders of Xiangyang, gold and silver silk and imperial wine, and so on. In addition to the commendation and encouragement of Lu Wende and the defenders of Xiangyang and the local government in the battle of defending the city of Xiangyang and the defeat of Mongolia, the holy decree also expressed high recognition and appreciation for the righteousness of the righteous army composed of martial arts people led by Yin Zhiping and Guo Jing who spontaneously came to help defend it. Among the reward materials for Xiangyang, there is also their share.
In addition, in the holy decree, Lu Wende was also asked to enter Beijing to face the saint, and then he would be rewarded for his meritorious service. The emperor was also very interested in Yin Zhiping, who could assassinate Kublai Khan, the commander of the Mongolian army, in an army of 100,000, and specifically asked Yin Zhiping to enter Beijing with Lu Wende, and then he would also be rewarded.
Yin Zhiping was alone, his luggage had already been packed, and now he was waiting for Lu Wende to finish dealing with some of the things at hand, and after arranging the things after he left Xiangyang, he would go south with him to Lin'an Miansheng. However, after knowing that his master was going to Lin'an to face the saint, Yang Guo was also eager to follow him to have a long experience.
Yang Guo wanted to go, but Guo Fu also begged his parents to go with him. Although she said that she also wanted to have a long experience with her, in fact, she didn't want to be separated from Yang Guo. After the two got married, although they inevitably quarreled and quarreled sometimes, but a smart character like Yang Guo naturally could often make Guo Fu happy and obedient, so that Guo Fu loved him.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong couldn't stand Guo Fu's annoying begging, and thought that Yin Zhiping would take care of them all the way, and there would be no problems, so they nodded and agreed. Yang Guo also begged Yin Zhiping for Guo Fu, although Yin Zhiping didn't like Guo Fu very much, but for the sake of Guo Jing, Huang Rong's husband and Yang Guo's face, he also nodded and agreed. However, Yin Zhiping didn't bother to take care of Guo Fu, and only told Yang Guo to take care of Guo Fu all the way, don't cause him anything and cause trouble.
The person Yin Zhiping wanted to take to Lin'an with him the most was actually Li Mochou, but he didn't have any justifiable reasons and excuses for taking Li Mochou. After Yin Zhiping discussed with Li Mochou in private, he had no choice but to let Li Mochou go another way to Lin'an alone, and then the two would meet again in Lin'an.
It's just that Li Mochou went to Lin'an, but it is not easy to show people clearly, so as not to connect people with hearts. So the external excuse is that Xiangyang is a matter, and she wants to return to the ancient tomb of Zhongnanshan to clean up. Yesterday, he said goodbye to everyone and left Xiangyang alone. However, not long after she left Xiangyang, she immediately disguised herself, turned from the north to the south, and went to Lin'an first.
Yin Zhiping went to Lin'an, in addition to bringing Yang Guo and Guo Fu, the fourteen Quanzhen disciples who he and Bai Yuchan had assigned to stay by his side, including his junior brother Li Zhichang, would also go south with him.
This time he went south to Lin'an, in addition to entering Beijing to face the saint, Yin Zhiping would also go over to help Bai Yuchan take charge of the Quanzhen Sect's preaching in the south and expanding the Taoist temple.
This was originally one of the two heavy responsibilities he had on his body when he left Zhongnan Mountain this time. Now that the battle in Xiangyang has ended, at least Mongolia will not be able to organize a large-scale attack on Xiangyang in the short term. Therefore, his focus now shifted to the south to preach, to help Bai Yuchan expand the original Taoist temple of the Tiantai faction, and to further deepen the merger of the two factions.
He threatened Lu Wende not to steal the credit, and he wanted to truthfully write his credit for assassinating Kublai Khan into the report chapter, just to plan in advance for this matter. With his legendary feats, he was eighty percent sure that he would be able to arouse the interest of the current emperor. If he could attract the attention and interest of the emperor, he would naturally enter the attention of the high-ranking officials and magnates in the capital, which would be very helpful for him to preach south.
Now it seems that he had expected the best of the few results he had expected. However, according to his original thoughts, it would be the worst result, and it would also be of great help to him in his southward preaching. Now this, naturally, is more helpful. If he can arouse the Emperor's interest in him when he faces the saint, then he can take the opportunity to take the top route. If he could get the support and recognition of the Southern Song Dynasty officials, then it would naturally be much more convenient and easier for him to preach in the south, and it could also be said that it was the fastest way to preach.
Of course, whether everything can develop according to his expectations and plans depends on what kind of performance he can have and what kind of opportunities he can win when he enters the Jingmian Saint.
If it weren't for that, he wouldn't care much about whether Lu Wende grabbed the merit or not, anyway, he wouldn't be rewarded by the Southern Song Dynasty court. But he is now about to preach in the south, and this great achievement for the Southern Song Dynasty cannot be snatched away by Lu Wende without saying a word. With this great work as the foundation, he can strive for an opportunity to enter the sight of the decision-makers of the Southern Song Dynasty court. But other than that, he has another purpose, but it is inconvenient for outsiders.
His plan is very big, his plan is very long-term, and he does not want to expose his thoughts too early so that others can see it before he is fully sure. The key to this plan is to enter the sight of the high-level officials of the Great Song Dynasty. Right now, he just had this great skill at the bottom of the ladder, and he didn't have to go to great lengths to think about it.
After waiting in Xiangyang for another two days, Lu Wende finally arranged all the affairs after he left Xiangyang. On the morning of this day, Yin Zhiping took Yang Guo, Guo Fu and Li Zhichang and other Quanzhen disciples, along with Lu Wende's team to enter Beijing to face the saint, and under the send-off of Xiangyang officials, defender generals, as well as Guo Jing, Huang Rong and others, they boarded an official ship parked at the dock in the city. Then go out from the water gate along the waterway, sail into the Han River, go down the river to the Yangtze River, and go to Lin'an from the waterway.
(End of this volume) (To be continued......)
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