Chapter 245 Who will win the destiny? (8)

On the Qinshui shore, dozens of blood-stained men were lying on the shore. They all opened their mouths, looked up at the dark sky, and kept gasping.

After about half an hour, a middle-aged man supported himself and said, "Xiao, let everyone get up and cross that ridge, which is a safe place."

Xiaomo was not small, a fat man with a fierce face. He stood up, raised his head and kicked the people around him, and said in a low voice: "Get up quickly, don't sleep." Xiaomo kicked several people one after another, and the person who was kicked stood up with a grin. The Holy Lord was right beside them, so they didn't dare to laugh and scold Xiaomo as usual, and they secretly looked at the mysterious and powerless Holy Lord in the past.

The Holy Lord wore a black shirt. The black shirt came from Chengdu Prefecture. It has a very good texture, which is elegant and breathable. There is a flying divine bird embroidered on the black shirt. The divine bird is embroidered with red silk. On weekdays, as the black shirt flutters, it looks like a spirituality. But at this time, the divine bird is like a defeated rooster, lowering its head in depression.

Seeing that everyone's expressions were a little wandering and less pious as before, the Holy Lord said calmly in a generous and humble voice: "Xiao, bring five guardians to explore the way forward, General Liu, take five guardians to break the back and cross the ridge, and it is the territory of the Great Zhou. We will go to the Luzhou branch to rest."

This group of people is Gu Yingtian, the Holy Lord of Limi Sect and his subordinates.

Limi Cult was on the border between the Great Zhou and Northern Han for many years. The local officials of the Great Zhou and Northern Han used troops to attack them for many years, but they were suppressed but were destroyed. Instead, they suppressed more and more. In the border states such as Liaozhou and Daizhou, many border people only knew the Holy Lord Gu Yingtian, but did not know the Great Zhou and the Northern Han Emperor.

There was a blood stain on the shoulder of the Holy Lord Gu Yingtian. When he was walking, bursts of heart-wrenching pain came from his shoulders. In order to maintain his magic power in front of the church, Gu Yingtian just secretly applied some gold-creating medicine when everyone was not paying attention, but did not use thick cloth to wrap it like his usual subordinates.

"I really didn't expect Taiyuan Tooth Soldiers to be so terrified?" Gu Yingtian thought of the rain of arrows like a locust, and the six great guardians who were shot into hedgehogs, and were still scared.

Gu Yingtian was a disciple of the last Limi Sect Master. He had martial arts skills and had few opponents in the world. He was able to become the new leader. In addition to his meticulous thoughts, his high martial arts skills were also a reason. Gu Yingtian had eight great guardians under his command, all of whom were good at martial arts, and they all had the courage to resist the bravery of thousands of men. Most of the other scholars in the main hall were skilled in martial arts. They fought with the local governments in Liaozhou Prefecture, Dingzhou Prefecture, Fenzhou, Longzhou and Qinzhou in the Great Zhou Dynasty for several years, and led the troops sent by the local governments into the mountains several times and broke them.

These local governments were frightened by the strength of Li Mi Sect, so they turned a blind eye to them. After Gu Yingtian became the leader, he tried every means to establish a relationship with these local governments, and the two sides formed a tacit understanding. The well water did not interfere with the river water and had been in peace for three years.

Gu Yingtian slowly relaxed his vigilance and moved the headquarters from a very remote mountain to a relatively flat Wulu Mountain. There were more than 500 people in the headquarters. The daily food and clothing cost was really good. After moving to Wulu Mountain, it became much easier to purchase.

Everything in the world has pros and cons. It is divided into three situations: pros and cons, pros and cons are less than cons, or pros and cons equal to cons. Moreover, pros and cons will change with the changes in the situation.

The Limi sect general was moved to Wulu Mountain. For a moment, Wulu Mountain worshipped like clouds. It was prosperous and the general was secretly bought a large area of ​​fields. During the autumn harvest season, it was a scene of a prosperous era. Gu Yingtian was different from the previous leader. He was a pragmatic faction. Since he took charge of the teaching, the gods and ghosts in the teachings have gone a lot. In addition, because of the wealth in the teachings, there are fewer and fewer activities to kill and rob.

The former leader assassinated Hou Dayong several times for a woman. After Gu Yingtian took charge of the sect, he immediately gave up this dangerous action. Gu Yingtian's goal was to make the sect that Li Mi Buddhism became a Buddha, and the Taoist sect was recognized and protected by the government. It would be better not to touch the powerful minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was a great master.

Unexpectedly, there were unexpected situations in the sky. The Taiyuan soldiers heading south suddenly attacked Wulu Mountain at night. There were tens of thousands of soldiers in Taiyuan. They sealed all the exits of Wulu Mountain and then attacked the General Assembly. Five hundred people in the General Assembly could fight. They fought with danger. However, the Taiyuan Tooth soldiers were despicable and shameless. They not only sent troops to attack, but also occupied the high ground. They shot wildly with strong crossbows and hard bows, causing many good men to die in a cowardly manner.

Gu Yingtian, with more than 40 famous backbone members of the sect, relied on the familiar terrain to break out of the encirclement of the Northern Han army and headed south along the Qinshui River. After two days of escape, he had arrived at the border between the Northern Han and the Great Zhou. After walking for several miles, he finally crossed the slow ridge. Gu Yingtian and his party stepped into the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

The Taiyuan soldiers attacked the headquarters in a hurry, and no one brought food. During the two days of escape, they could only find some wild fruits to fill their hunger. It was when everyone was looking at them. Xiaomo came over with a group of simple-dressed villagers. These villagers came to Gu Yingtian, dared not look directly, and knelt on the ground and kept reciting the scriptures of Li Mi.

Seeing this scene, Gu Yingtian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and secretly cheered: "After all the hard work of many years has not been in vain. With these believers of Limi, Limi will be invincible."

Gu Yingtian ate two big cakes and two eggs in one breath. He wiped off the traces on his mouth, and slept in a small house with a ragged but finally clean clean for a while, wiped the dirty blood from his black shirt, and when he went out, he restored the solemnity and mystery of the Holy Lord.

Hundreds of Aijia villagers gathered outside the yard. When Gu Yingtian showed up, Hulala all knelt down.

Gu Yingtian rarely preached, but he was in trouble at the headquarters. The guardian who gave special lectures was shot and killed by the Northern Han army. He felt the devotion of the villagers, so he personally preached the ceremony. As soon as the lecture began, there were fierce fighting and scolding outside the village. Xiaomo hurried over and said, "The army of the Great Zhou is here."

The Great Zhou army came to the village and only a hundred cavalry. They were the Luzhou army's reconnaissance cavalry. Since Liu Jiyuan led 30,000 troops south, the Great Zhou Xizuo had already sneaked back to Luzhou. Every day, the Luzhou army sent several teams of reconnaissance cavalry to patrol the border and detect the whereabouts of the enemy.

Aijia Village is located in the hillside. On weekdays, they rely on the hill behind to block the north wind. Luzhou detective cavalry is very familiar with the terrain of this area. They never expected that a group of Limi sects came to Aijia Village and walked through the left side of the hill. They were about to enter Aijia Village from the entrance of the village when they met the guards of Limi sects.

The guards of Limi Sect were already frightened at this time. When they saw the Zhou cavalry reaching the entrance of Aijia Village, they blocked the enemy, and sent them in to inform the Holy Lord.

The scouts were all composed of experienced veterans from each army. They were suddenly attacked at the entrance of the village. A soldier was stabbed off the horse by a spear under a big tree. The Limi scholars usually had large crossbows, but this time they fled south in a hurry and all the crossbows were thrown at the main hall. In order to prevent the cavalry from entering the village, they were forced to fight with the cavalry with spears.

Five Limi Guardians held up their spears in their hands and stood at the entrance of the village, staring at the cavalry with fierce eyes.

Although there were only a hundred cavalrymen in the Great Zhou Dynasty, they had a very good arrangement of troops. An officer shouted a few times, and more than 40 cavalrymen walked around the entrance of the village and rushed to the back of the village. The remaining cavalry were preparing to enter from the entrance of the village.

The war horses also felt the threat of fighting. They sniffed excitedly, and their feet hit the ground. More than a dozen cavalrymen quickly took down their bows and arrows and pointed them at several spearmen.

At the Battle of the General Altar, the Limi Cult has many powerful martial arts guardians. Before they could even fight each other, they were shot into hedgehogs by rows of bows and arrows from the Northern Han. When the guards saw the soldiers of the Great Zhou took out their bows and arrows, they knew that something was wrong. A guard roared and rushed over with a long spear. The rest of the guards understood that if they did not take the initiative to attack, they would be the alive target of the archers. They also shouted and rushed over.

Before the five Limi sect guards approached the cavalry team, more than a dozen arrows came towards him. At such a short distance, the guards could not completely avoid the extremely fast subway arrows, and four of them were shot to the ground.

Only one guard with pure martial arts blocked the iron arrow with a spear and rushed to the front of the war horse. He stabbed an archer into the abdomen. He was about to draw the gun, but he found that the archer held the barrel tightly with both hands and refused to let go. He suddenly exerted force and picked the archer up from the horse. At this moment, the cavalry officer jumped forward and slashed the long sword in his hand. The guard of Limi Kshu had not yet withdrawn his spear, but felt his arm numb. When he looked back, his left arm had been cut off.

The left hand was separated from his body, but he still held the spear tightly.

An iron arrow flew over and inserted it into the chest of the Limi Sect guard.

When Gu Yingtian carried a long sword and passed over the believers, the cavalry of the Great Zhou had already rushed in front of him, and the guardians protected Gu Yingtian through the extremely narrow alley and retreated outside the village.

General Liu guarded the narrow entrance of the alley with five disciples. Each of them carried a door panel to block the iron arrows, and threw some tables and debris on the ground to slow down the cavalry. In this way, the cavalry's advantage could not be exerted, and several cavalrymen slowly approached the ground were killed by General Liu's cavalry one after another.

The cavalry did not dare to walk into the narrow alley, and confronted for a while. Some cavalry then walked around the entrance of the village and prepared to go round and chase Gu Yingtian and his party.

When the cavalry came to the detour, Gu Yingtian had already entered a large forest next to the village. This forest connected to a small hill. As soon as the cavalry entered the dense forest, several people were stabbed into the horse by General Liu's guardian. "Don't enter the forest, and do not pursue the enemy" are the two major principles of the scout cavalry. Seeing the enemy's experience, the cavalry did not dare to chase him again, so they could only watch this group of men of unknown origin fleeing into the forest.

When the cavalry returned to the village, they learned that the visitor was an important figure in the first-level guardian of Limi Buddhism. They were shocked and sent people to search along the hills, while sending people to report the news.

The Limi sects all the people were surrounded and suppressed by the government all year round, and when they entered the mountains, they were like fish in water. When the cavalry attracted a large group of infantry, they were no longer visible.

Just when the border was full of war, there was still a peaceful scene in Daliang City.

Du Gang and Xiao Wu took an old man to spend all day in places where people gathered in teahouses, restaurants, tramps, temples, Taoist temples and other people.

Du Gang married Meng Shu's sister Meng Qing in the early sixth year of Xiande. Meng Qing is now pregnant. After three years of life in the imperial capital, Du Gang's face was washed away. He was like a young man in a beautiful city, wearing an extremely casual "half-arm".

The clothing of the Dazhou continued to inherit the style of the late Tang Dynasty, and often wore robes, jackets, shirts, skirts and other categories. The distinctive one is the "half-arm" clothing. The "half-arm" is a top, also called "half-sleeved", which is a clamped outer coat with an inner lining, with a double-breasted style, with a sleeve as close as the elbow, and the body is very short.

Half-arm, short sword and black turban are the standard dress of the Rangers in Daliang City. No matter when you walk to the streets and alleys, you will always encounter many young people in such costumes.

The old man was extremely ordinary. He put his hands in his sleeves, his eyes were slightly closed, and his face was expressionless. He merged into Daliang City like water droplets. He would never leave any impression after seeing him.

The three of them came out of Guiyun Temple and sat in an empty teahouse. The teahouse was full of old wooden tables with cracks on it. It seemed that the tables had been a bit old.

"Give me a cup of white water tea." Du Gang walked for a long time and was really dry. He sat on the stool and ordered. A middle-aged man quickly put three white tea cups on his hands and feet, then came over with a pot of water. As the boiling water entered the tea, a green gusset rolled in the water.

Du Gang was once Hou Dayong's personal guard. Unconsciously, he learned many of Hou Dayong's habits. Drinking white water tea is one of them. When he was used to drinking white water tea, Du Gang would never refuse to drink formal tea with salt, green onion and ginger.

He took a deep breath and blew the tea-flavored slices. Du Gang took a sip, feeling a freshness among the mountains and rivers rise from his lips, and he couldn't help but praise: "What a good tea, it must be the tea before the Ming Dynasty this year." After making tea for Du Gang and the others, the middle-aged man sat aside with a bitter face. He heard the praise, and a smile appeared on his face and said flatteringly: "Shaolang is such a good method. You can tell that it is the new tea this year. Unfortunately, there are too few people who know the goods now, and it is really difficult to do business."

The old man beside Du Gang glanced at the middle-aged man and said, "I heard that you are from Shu, you seem to be from Shu." The old man spoke in a genuine Daliang accent. After asking, he picked up the tea cup casually.

The middle-aged man seemed a little surprised. He had been in Daliang for more than ten years. When he was young, he was often bullied by others because of his hometown dialect. Therefore, he studied Daliang dialect hard. Now he spoke Daliang dialect more smoothly than Daliang people. Unexpectedly, when he said something, the old man heard it. He couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Listen to the accent of the father-in-law, he must be from Daliang people. How do you know that I am from Shu?"

The old man smiled and said, "The Shu people don't like to roll their tongues when they speak. If you have two sounds, you won't roll their tongues."

The teahouse shopkeeper showed admiration, "The father-in-law is a disaster."

The old man sighed and said, "I am from Daliang. I was released from Shu at the age of 20 and lived in Shu for 30 years. My two concubines are from Chengdu Prefecture. This Shu language is so familiar that it is too familiar. Unfortunately, there are wars and I can't go back and see it. Now I hear people who speak Shu language, and I feel intimate. Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is also a great pleasure in life."

The old man doesn't fart for a long time on weekdays, but he keeps talking when he meets the shopkeeper of the teahouse today. Xiao Wu stares at the old man curiously, and is about to tease him, but suddenly feels a pain on his foot. His master Du Gang has stepped on him. When he looks up, Du Gang is lowering his head to drink tea.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was founded from the first year of Guangshun to the sixth year of Xiande. In ten years, this incomplete empire experienced countless wars. Fortunately, the Great Zhou war became stronger and stronger, and cruel wars were always carried out on the border or within the enemy's territory. The imperial capital Daliang had already begun to have a prosperous peaceful scene. Many Uighurs, Tubo people, Dangxiang people, and the people of Western Shu and Northern Han all settled in Daliang.

The shopkeeper of the teahouse has been in Daliang for many years. When he saw the old man talking about Shuzhong, he had tears on his face and couldn't help but feel good. He couldn't help but mention his most proud craftsmanship. "Old sir, my teahouse also sells the most famous messy noodles in Chengdu in the morning. There are many Shu people in Daliang City who like to come to eat noodles here."

The old man's eyes lit up, swallowed his saliva, and said, "The shopkeeper has mixed noodles here? It's so great. The small shop turning the south gate of Chengdu Mansion has stinky noodles inside, and I will never forget it after eating it."

The teahouse shopkeeper met an old friend in a foreign land and became excited. He said to the servant sitting aside, "Pull the fire open, I want to make a bowl of mixed noodles for the gentleman." The teahouse shopkeeper looked at Du Gang beside the old man, and was cruel and said in a more intense tone: "Come three bowls."

Soon, three bowls of hot and crumb noodles were served. The old man sniffed greedily and started eating it "huh, huh". Du Gang was walking outside for most of the day and was a little hungry. Seeing that the old man was eating deliciously, he moved his chopsticks. Before the long noodles could enter his mouth, the smell of not washing his feet for ten days rushed to his nose. Du Gang suddenly smelled the smell, and his stomach and intestines were twitching, and he almost vomited it out.

The old man was very excited to eat. After eating a bowl, he saw Du Gang not eating, so he took the mixed noodles without hesitation. He sucked Du Gang's bowl into his stomach like a broken cloud. When Xiao Wu was young, he wandered around and ate smelly mixed noodles. When he saw that the old man was eating beautifully, he ate a few bites with his teeth. At the end of the day, the unique fragrance of the mixed noodles filled the entire stomach.

The old man had to pay, but the shopkeeper of the teahouse refused to accept it. It was a bit generous with Shu people. When the three of them left the teahouse, the old man immediately became a dull gourd. When he turned to the intersection, he whispered to Du Gang: "The people in the Tang Sect are all Shu people. Most of the Shu people like miscellaneous noodles. If you keep an eye on this teahouse, you may find it unexpectedly."

Before the Northern Expedition, the Third Princess and Wang Pu were poisoned one after another. Fortunately, the Intelligent Master took action and saved his life, but the Privy Councilor Wang Pu was unfortunately killed. The Tang Sect was inseparable from these two things. The whereabouts of the Tang Sect disciples were secretly and used poisonous means to viciously. They poisoned the Third Princess and Privy Councilor Wang Pu. One problem can only be explained, that is, they were associated with certain forces in Daliang City. Otherwise, they had no reason or opportunity to poison the Third Princess and Privy Councilor.

Killing the disciples of the Tang Sect in Daliang City and eliminating potential hidden dangers is an important task assigned by Hou Dayong to Du Gang of Feiying Hall.

Before the Northern Expedition, Hou Dayong was half a threat and half a temptation to Ling Jing, and asked Ling Jing to go to Shu to invite Taoist Priest Qingcheng Mountain.

Taoist Priest Qingcheng Mountain is in the same place as the Tang Sect. The Tang Sect is quite extreme, so the two factions are intertwined. The old Taoist Qingcheng City Taoist Haoyue and the head of the Tang Sect are close friends, while another famous Taoist Priest Li Ming is as frightened as the sea with the Tang Sect. Ling Jing went to Qingcheng Mountain many times and knew the inside story. Under Hou Dayong's forced, he came to Qingcheng Mountain and invited Taoist Priest Li Ming's younger brother Li Tong to Daliang City.

In Qingcheng Mountain, Taoist Li Ming is extremely famous and can be said to be a well-known figure, while Li Tong is an ordinary rich man at Qingcheng Mountain. He is usually low-key and has little fame, but Li Tong is not an ordinary person. He is secretly in charge of the Li family's business. It is precisely because of his brother Li Ming and his joint efforts that the Li family has become a wealthy family for more than ten years.

Li Tong's four sons all followed his father to do business. In the third year of Guangshun, the eldest son was inexplicably poisoned in Hanzhong and died. After the body was transported back to Qingcheng, Master Li Ming immediately concluded that it was Shu's "Phoenix Tail Sand" who took his nephew's life. Master Li Ming found the Tang Sect, but the head of the Tang Sect pushed the blame to Tang Shi, an expelled disciple of the Tang Sect.

The Li family has many tribesmen in Qingchengshan. For the sake of their livelihood, Li Ming was unwilling to break up with the Tang Sect. When he heard the refusal of the Tang Sect leader, although he was unwilling to accept it, he could only knock down his teeth and blood and give up pursuing the matter. However, the seeds of hatred have emerged in Li Ming and Li Tong's heart, especially Li Tong, who will always remember the hatred of killing his son.

After Ling Jing explained his purpose, Li Tong handed over the family business to his sons and followed Ling Jing to Daliang.

It is also a pleasure to kill the Tang family's children with the powerful minister Hou Dayong in Daliang City.

There are always two carriages parked next to the teahouse. These carriages are extremely ordinary, all of which are carried by women who go to Guiyun Temple to burn incense. There are only a hundred cars coming and going every day.

Early the next morning, Li Tong arrived at the teahouse in a gray carriage, and he stared at the teahouse through a layer of gauze.

It was the time for the shopkeeper of the teahouse in the morning. Sometimes, the Sichuan people who ate mixed noodles had to concentrate, so he couldn't get busy. The teahouse was filled with intimate scoldings such as "Son of Turtle, Mom, Sun," and others. Whenever this happened, the shopkeeper of the teahouse would always smile like a flower on his face.

When Li Tong was guarding the third day, he finally saw a familiar face. The man was careful while walking, afraid of stepping on an ant to death. He observed it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but the smell of the foul noodles, so he sat in the corner of the teahouse.

Du Gang, who had received the news, hurriedly walked into the Hou's Mansion.

The tiger in the forest teased two big dogs in the yard, and was rampant. The domineering dogs had grown into small lions. They surrounded the tiger in the forest, and were full of heroism and angry. When they heard the sound of the small door creaking, the impatience rang out a low roar in his chest, and rushed towards the door.

Those who can enter the cottage are all people with close relationships with Hou Dayong. They are rampant and fierce in appearance, but their memory is really amazing. As long as they have been to the cottage, they will remember them firmly in their hearts.

As soon as Du Gang stepped into the small door, he saw a huge, fur-headed head, Sensen sharp teeth were right in front of him. Du Gang killed countless people on the battlefield. He was never timid, but in front of Lunxing and Domineering, he was always a little nervous. He held Heng Ren's thick forelimbs with both hands and said, "Ranging, don't make trouble." Lunxing was particularly energetic. It pounced on Du Gang tightly and greeted him in a low chest voice. Du Gang could no longer help but shouted to the tiger in the forest: "Ahu. Please greet Lunxing quickly."

Rampant, Domineering is closest to the Tiger in the Forest. As long as the Tiger in the Forest gives the order, Domineering will immediately execute without hesitation. This is also the most proud thing about Tiger in the Forest, and often shows off to Luo Qingsong for this matter.

Feng Sha, the army joined the army, heard Du Gang's voice, walked out of the side room and said, "Du Lang, sit in the small hall for a while. The governor has not come yet." Feng Sha has now become a counselor who Hou Dayong trusts quite trusted, and many major matters are handled by him. He is full of confidence in his words and actions.

When Lin Zhonghu saw the military officer Feng Sha walk out of the door, he smiled and said, "Running. Come back."

A string of pigeon whistles rang out of the air, and then a pigeon "floats" and fell from the sky.

In the courtyard, two big dogs were domineering on the ground. They were determined to attack the pigeons in the corner of the courtyard. However, the pigeons named "Zheng He" were also very smart guys. They had long known that the two big things below had bad intentions to them and were astonishingly vigilant. They never flew into the sphere of influence of the two big dogs, but were always high above, looking down at the two big guys with bad intentions leisurely.

Du Gang sat in the small hall for a while, and Meng Shu also came to the small hall.

Now that Meng Shu has become Du Gang's brother-in-law, the relationship between them is extraordinary. With the consent of Hou Dayong, Meng Shu is mainly in charge of the Fu Family Store. The specific affairs of Feiying Hall are all handed over to Du Gang. Feiying Hall's activity funds are still handled separately by the Fu Family Store.
To be continued...