In the royal study room of the Taiji Palace in Daxing City, Emperor Hongdao was half-lying on the couch, warming a brazier in one hand and holding a memorial from the south in the other to look at. His frown suddenly relaxed, and he said with a smile without raising his head:
"Tuoba Jiong's black cavalry was completely slaughtered by the Seven Swords Alliance, and even his adopted son Lu Wudi was killed. It was really satisfying and extremely satisfying."
The old eunuch Li Fuguo who was waiting quietly at the side immediately said with a smile: "This is the fate of opposing your Majesty. God will not let the traitor Tuoba Jiong go."
Emperor Hongdao was in a good mood and became interested. He couldn't help but ask: "I heard that the little girl from Mu Daozong's family has gone south."
"Back to Your Majesty, the spies came to report a few days ago that the little girl and the eldest son of the Cui family appeared in Lujiang County. The old slave guessed that it was because of the robbery of the Cui family's caravan..."
After Li Fuguo spoke, he secretly glanced at Emperor Hongdao. He saw Emperor Hongdao playing with the charcoal fire in the brazier expressionlessly, with no hint of his inner thoughts. After peeking for a while, Li Fuguo began to sweat on his forehead, so he spoke again cautiously.
He said: "According to the report from the spies, the little girl and the boy from the Cui family both live in a hotel with two rooms, and they always adhere to etiquette when getting along. They should be just friends."
Emperor Hongdao said without raising his head: "Qiu Yinong from the Academy went to the south and told Zu Buqi that he could join forces with Qiu Yinong if necessary. If we can't get the Yuchi family's things, they will be destroyed."
Seeing Emperor Hongdao change the subject, Li Fuguo let out a sigh of relief. Knowing that he had passed the test just now, he bowed and replied: "I know, I will do it now."
Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Even if Li Fuguo followed Emperor Hongdao all his life, he had to keep a low profile and be careful in doing things, and carefully understand the saint's thoughts. After leaving the imperial study, Li Fugu straightened his rickety body and said to the young eunuch waiting outside the study.
He winked and then strode away...
Fenghuang Mountain in Liyang County, said to be a mountain, is actually just a small earthen bag with a height of more than ten meters. Although the mountain is small, there is a great god standing here for thousands of years. As the saying goes, if the mountain is not high, there will be immortals, and if the water is not deep, there will be dragons.
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At the foot of the mountain, a young man and his wife climbed up the steps. After dozens of steps, they saw a pair of majestic stone lions. The stone lions guarded a main hall, and a plaque with the words "Combine Temple of the Overlord of Western Chu" hung on the top of the main hall.
.In the hall, there is a statue of the Overlord that is nearly one foot high. I can see the Overlord pressing the sword with his left hand, making a fist with his right hand, his eyes wide open, and full of murderous intent...
When the young man and his wife entered the palace, they saw a plaque with four big characters "Shocking the Wind and Cloud" hanging above the statue of the Overlord. In front of the statue was an incense burner that said "Unrivaled in the Mountains". The two of them offered incense and bowed respectfully.
After three bows, I heard the young man sigh: "Xiang Yu met the First Emperor in Kuaiji County. Xiang Yu, who was still young at the time, looked at the First Emperor from a distance and said - He can be replaced. Such a person is thousands of miles away from me.
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The young man looked at the god-like existence in front of him, wishing he had been born a thousand years earlier, and praised him in person, "The bravery of Yu is unparalleled throughout the ages!"
"This is the first time I've seen my senior brother be so self-effacing!" the handsome girl said with a smile.
The handsome young lady's words made the young man blush. The embarrassed young man heard an old man behind him laugh and say: "Taiping, you haven't mastered your shameless skills yet, you still need to practice more!"
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The Great Elder of the Wuliang Sword Sect, who had deliberately fallen behind, caught up and after saying something to Li Taiping, he looked at the Overlord statue and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the God of War, the three of us arrived at the treasure land at night and want to stay overnight.
Night, little old man, I have a big bowl of rice wine here to honor you, old man, and please forgive me, God of War!"
When you enter a temple to burn incense, kneel down and worship the gods, and when you meet the mighty King of Western Chu, of course you have to offer him fine wine. If you have exhausted all the etiquette, the gods will not blame you, but the gods will not blame you, and that does not mean that others will not blame you...
Staying in the wilderness at night requires extraordinary courage, and only those who are good at art can be bold, and only those who are bold can be fearless. But then three more people came from the foot of Phoenix Mountain...
An old woman was leaning on a snake-head crutch. Her body was very stooped. Her white hair covered half of her face. She was about to hit the ground. She stopped several times on dozens of steps. The old woman spoke before she could catch her breath.
He complained: "Dalang, you shouldn't listen to your prodigal wife. Look at the person who has no place to go now. What will you do if you meet a bad person?"
Dalang, who was supporting the old woman, was thin and had an ugly face. He would have thought he had hit a ghost when he saw her at night, but he would not have scared anyone to death. The middle-aged Dalang, who was dressed in coarse linen clothes, smiled naively: "Mother, I am carrying you on my back.
, we’ll spend the night at Bawang Temple, and we’ll be home at noon tomorrow morning.”
"Mom, I dare not let you carry it, otherwise your prodigal daughter-in-law will cause trouble again!" the old woman sighed.
Next to Dalang, the charming woman in a floral dress and heavy make-up who remained silent and smiled sweetly said, "Mother! Why did my daughter-in-law offend you? I want you to scold me in a weird way! Isn't my daughter-in-law here?
Did you buy some rouge and gouache in the county town? Why did you lose everything?"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quarreled all the time, and you kept saying things to me, while the only man in the family just laughed and didn't say anything about his mother-in-law.
A few candles were lit in Bawang Temple, and a little light shone through the cracks in the door...
"There are people in Bawang Temple, mother, Yulian, you guys wait here, I'll go take a look first."
Dalang was brave enough to tiptoe to the door. Without knocking, he peeked through the crack in the door. Before he could see anything clearly, the door opened with a creak from the inside, making Dalang sit down in fright.
On the ground.
"In the middle of the night, if you come in, you will come in. You are so sneaky and blind that I thought a strong man was coming!" The elder said cursingly as he looked at the ugly-looking San Cun Ding in front of him.
Dalang climbed up and saw a pair of handsome men and women in the temple. He breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed and explained the reason. The elder saw that there was indeed an old woman and a gorgeously dressed woman at the steps.
, and then said: "This Bawang Temple does not belong to my family. If you want to stay overnight, you can come in, as long as you don't mind the crowd."
A family of three entered, and soon the small Bawang Temple became lively. Yulian was a familiar person, and within a short time she chatted with Li Taiping and the others about their daily life...
Yulian was quite pretty, with heavy makeup and a charming look. She picked up a small baggage from Dalang, twisted her waist and came to Li Taiping and the others. She said with a sweet smile: "Mr. Sir, my dear, this is
I didn't want to eat the pastries I bought in the county town. I was lucky enough to meet three noble people tonight, so I thought of sharing them with you. Please don't be polite to the three of them."
When the old woman saw her daughter-in-law's charming character, she became very angry and cursed in a low voice: "You prodigal women, your elbows are turned out, and you don't know how to show filial piety even if you have food..." Dalang is honest and honest, and he is not stupid at all.
The three men with knives and swords were not easy to mess with, so they hurriedly tugged at the skirt of my clothes to prevent me from continuing to speak.
The ancestral hall is not big, and Li Taiping and the three of them are all well-educated. It would be unreasonable to pretend not to hear. Then Tantai Ziyi declined politely and said: "Thank you for your kindness, madam. The three of us have just eaten."
It’s gone, you’d better take it back and divide it with your mother-in-law and husband.”
Yulian gave in a few more times, but when she saw that the three of them really refused to accept it, she walked back to the old woman and said angrily: "People who work all day long know how to eat. We can stay here only thanks to the fact that they don't mind.
I don’t know how to thank you, so I’ll give it to you!” Yulian said, stuffing the cake into her man’s arms.
The old woman was so robbed that she gave a dry cough and muttered: "Humph - you know how beautiful you are by painting your eyebrows all day long, and you know how to flatter and flirt with men when you see them, and you don't even care about your own man!"
After listening to the old woman's words, Yulian's already whitened face became even whiter. She stamped her feet and snatched the food from Dalang's arms, then returned to Li Taiping and the others. Lihua cried with rain: "You three also heard it.
, if the three of them don’t accept me, wouldn’t it prove that I am a wanton woman!”
The three of them, Li Taiping, were a little embarrassed. It was neither a no-no nor a no-no. In the end, Tantai Ziyi came forward and took the pastries with a smile. He took out the Qiushui Sword Sect's unique flower brew from his bag and stuffed it into Yulian: "
This sweet-scented osmanthus wine is mild in awakening and tastes very good. Not only can it ward off the cold, please take it over and try it with my mother-in-law."
Yulian thanked her again and again before returning to the old woman with the sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed wine. She saw that she no longer cried, but shook the delicate wine bottle in her hand proudly and said with a smile: "Look at this porcelain bottle, this wine must be very valuable!"
Dalang drinks first, mother-in-law, if you are not in good health, drink less."
The old woman glared at her daughter-in-law, but did not scold her...
Li Taiping saw that Tantai Ziyi also had sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed wine, and he couldn't help but said greedily: "Flower stuffed stuffed rice with pastries, it makes me even more greedy. You two won't compete with me, right?" He said without looking at their faces.
I took the pastry and ate it...
Tantai Ziyi on the side smiled and took out the sweet-scented osmanthus brew and handed it to Li Taiping, smiling: "Eat slowly, don't choke!"
The elder wanted to stop him but it was too late. He could only stare at Li Taiping's face and curse in his mind. He was so quick to speak. In this wilderness, he dared to eat strangers' food without fear of risking his life.
No more food!
The Great Elder has been around for hundreds of years, and the reason why he is still able to do well is that he is bold and cautious, and pays more attention to everything to avoid being deceived.
You must know that those who are in the world are not like those who do business. If you suffer a loss, you will lose some money, and maybe your life will be involved. The elder was paying attention to Li Tianping's reaction while observing the three people with the corner of his eye.
, be on guard carefully...
In a dense forest far away from Xinping County, the driver of the Cui family's caravan was already fast asleep, leaning on the carriage and wrapped in a sheepskin jacket. The boss and the boy in the carriage were just taking a nap but did not dare to sleep to death, especially since the boy would turn over at every turn.
He secretly opened the curtain and looked outside.
"Don't look at it, you're scaring yourself all day long!" the big shopkeeper said angrily.
The boy sighed and stopped moving, but he couldn't fall asleep. He always felt that in the dark forest, there were many pairs of malicious eyes staring at the caravan...