Wanqiu County, Chenzhou, was probably Huaiyang District, Zhoukou City, Henan Province in later generations.
This is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.
The city of Zhou is surrounded by a large lake. The city is in the lake and the lake is in the city. It looks like an upside-down bowl, so it is named Wanqiu.
The big lake is called "Long Lake" because the Fuxi family established its capital here and was named "Dragon Master". It covers an area of 10,000 acres and has a vast water surface, so it is known as the "Ten Thousand acres of Dragon Lake".
In the north of Longhu Lake, there is a mausoleum named "Taihao Mausoleum", which is the mausoleum of "Taihao" Fu Xi.
Taihao Mausoleum was first built in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was continuously added during the Han and Tang dynasties. People were prohibited from cutting wood, collecting wood, and plowing plows here. Taizu Taizu of the Song Dynasty also set up a mausoleum guard to hold sacrifices every three years.
Up to now, the wars in the world are endless, the guardians of the mausoleum have long since disappeared, the worship services are not repaired, the temple appearance is gradually destroyed, and the mausoleum of the human emperor has begun to be dilapidated and deserted...
There was no one around, so Li Xia led the horse and walked slowly outside the temple.
He was dressed like a scholar, with elegant white clothes, and his long sword was wrapped in cloth and hung on his horse, as if he was a traveling student.
Li Xia felt a little strange all the way from Luyi County, vaguely suspecting that the Zhang family knew he was going to Wanqiu County.
He killed the messenger and seized the horse, took the message from the Zhang family, and galloped wildly. Logically speaking, the Zhang family should be chasing behind him, one step slower than him.
But there were not many pursuers behind him. Instead, after he turned westward, he encountered two ambushes, which almost killed him.
Fortunately, he was alert and narrowly avoided it.
It wasn't until I changed my identity and turned back to the north to take the detour that the situation got better.
This made him arrive two days later than the agreed "fifteen days" time.
Li Xia and Lin Zi made an appointment to meet in Wanqiu County, but they were not familiar with this area, so they chose Taihao Mausoleum, a historic site that both parties knew well, to leave a mark.
On this day, after walking around Taihao Mausoleum, Li Xia came to the Forest of Steles behind the mausoleum temple.
After passing one stone monument after another, I saw Lin Zi's mark on a broken stone monument.
The soil under the stone monument was dug up, and there was a small package inside. When he opened it, he found a Mongolian army uniform, a token, and a note. The note only wrote the four words "Ximing Inn"...
"Centurion, Li Xia has been captured!"
Lei San was delighted when he heard the words, and his eyes lit up with joy.
She was the wife of Zhang Hongdao and one of the centurions who killed Eredunbari that night.
At the critical moment when the Yingzhou Di family was about to be dealt with, Zhang Xiandao sent him to Wanqiu to search for Li Xia.
At that time, Zhang Hongdao also told him earnestly: "With Li Xia's ability, maybe I should deal with it personally. But I can't get away from the Yingzhou matter, so I have to entrust it to you. Don't let me down."
Lei Sanxi had always admired Zhang Hongdao, and he didn't believe that Zhang Wulang really needed to deal with such a small person. After all, this was still the territory of the Zhang family.
But since he said it, he went all out.
In these days, Zhang Yanxiong and Shen Kai successively sent news that they could not catch Li Xia, which gradually made Lei Sanxi feel that this son was difficult to deal with.
After a lot of hard work, we finally got the result today.
"Where is the person?!"
"Before Yi Zhuxiang, he entered the city with the token given by Tian Kui, and now he has taken it..."
"good!"
Lei Sanxi strode towards the city gate.
When I arrived at the place, I saw soldiers escorting a young man.
However, this person was not tied up, and there were several people from the Chenzhou Yin family talking around him.
Lei Sanxi frowned and his face became increasingly ugly.
More than twenty steps away, I could already hear the conversation over there.
"This is the sixth son of the Yin family, Yin Jun Yin Maoxiu. He is eighteen years old. He is definitely not a wanted criminal."
"It's absolutely true. The fact that my ninth uncle is here is enough to prove that Mao Xiu is a descendant of my Yin family."
"..."
Lei Sanxi frowned, and when he went over to take a look, he saw that Yin Liulang was handsome, but his silly look did not look like Li Xia.
He took the paperwork and looked at it, and asked very displeasedly: "What's going on?!"
Soon, Yin Jun began to tell what happened.
"Today, there was a small literary gathering at the Saint's Temple outside the city, that is, at the Xiange Terrace. When I went to the meeting, I met a talented man named Ma Zhiyuan. His courtesy name is Qianli. He has an extraordinary appearance and is extremely talented."
At this point, Yin Jun's voice gradually became softer, and he glanced timidly at the people around him before shrinking his neck and continuing to speak.
"Because...because I have little talent and little knowledge, I don't have any good lyrics. He was willing to give me a small order, but he only gave me two sentences. He said that he had forgotten the last part, so he took out this token and asked me to do it in the city.
The door was lighted, and there was no need to say anything. Then I went into the city and had a cup of tea at the Ximing Inn, and someone would give me his poem manuscript.
As a result, I was captured as soon as I showed my token at the city gate. I thought he was a member of a high-ranking family, but who would have thought that such a person would be a wanted criminal..."
Before Yin Jun finished speaking, Lei Sanxi shouted loudly.
"Follow me to the Saint's Temple to get someone!"
"yes!"
The soldiers marched vigorously and vigorously, like wolves and tigers.
This scene shocked Yin Jun, and he couldn't help but feel excited again.
Before he came to his senses, the Zhang family member who recorded the incident asked coldly: "Yin Liulang, what kind of words did Li Xia give you that can actually drive you, a member of the aristocratic family, to do things for him?"
"It's a song called "The Pure Sky and the Sand", with dead... dead vines, old trees and dim crows, small bridges and flowing water, people..."
The family member's eyes lit up, he wrote quickly, and asked eagerly: "What's the next sentence?"
"No...I don't know, he forgot..."
String singing platform.
"Where's Ma Zhiyuan?!"
Lei Sanxi grabbed a scholar by his collar and gave a sharp shout.
"Ma Qianli? He, he, he...he's gone..."
"Where are you going? How long have you been walking?!"
"In this place around the lake, of course I walked away from the bridge. It has been almost an hour."
"Let me examine these scholars carefully one by one!" Lei Sanxi threw the scholars away from his hands and shouted: "I would rather kill the wrong one than let Li Xia go!"
"But, this is culture and education..."
"Wenjiao? It is the commander-in-chief who wants to establish culture and education. Only in the Central Plains can we have culture and education. I want you to examine it carefully. Do you understand?"
"yes."
"You follow me and continue chasing!"
"yes……"
Lei Sanxi had only chased for several miles when he suddenly saw smoke and dust flying in the distance.
"Xululu!"
Shen Kai reined in the reins, with a face covered in dust, and said loudly: "Have you caught Li Xia?! I chased him all the way, he has arrived at Wanqiu!"
"Run away." Lei Sanxi turned over and dismounted, and said: "That little thief..."
"What did you say?!"
Shen Kai had dismounted and rushed over. He put his hands on Lei Sanxi's shoulders and shouted: "Please wake up! Do you know how much effort it took Wulang to set up Wanqiu's dragnet? How could he run away?!"
"He has only been away for an hour, I will search immediately." Lei Sanxi spoke quickly and told what happened.
"No." Shen Kai shook his head and murmured: "Let me think about it. Suppress the movement first. The fish is already frightened. Don't frighten the bait again..."
Ximing Inn.
"Let's go."
"Brother, are you really waiting for Li Xia?"
Nie Zhongyou said: "The period of fifteen days has passed. We have waited two more days, but he still hasn't come. We can't wait any longer."
Everyone was speechless and silently got on the carriages and horses and headed north.
This team of fourteen people crossed the embankment on Long Lake and passed Taihao Tomb.
Lin Zi looked in the direction of Taihao Mausoleum and said, "I'm going to see if the token is still there, and then leave a message for Li Xia?"
Nie Zhongyou was frowning in thought. He was startled when he heard the words. He glanced around and saw some farmers in twos and threes on both sides of the road clearing wasteland and weeding, and behind him there were some farmers walking with hoes.
"do not go."
"Brother, don't you leave a message for Li Xia to go to Kaifeng?"
"Don't go, let's take a look before talking."
"It's okay if you don't go. If you leave the things there, he can still have a cover for his identity when he comes." Lin Zi responded. Only then did he realize what Nie Zhongyou meant. He was startled and lowered his voice and said: "Brother
I mean those people..."
"Why are there so many farmers hoeing the fields in June when the sun is at its strongest? It's not so lively outside the city on weekdays."
"But if they want to attack us, wouldn't it be better to do it inside the city? We can't run away inside the city."
"I hope I'm worrying too much and reminding everyone to be careful..."
Farmers in twos and threes were scattered along the road, hoeing weeds.
Someone glanced at the passing team and whispered to his companions.
"They have been looking back, inform the centurion, the bait has been frightened..."