In the Daizong Hall, the gray-bearded Taoist heard Zeng Yu say that he was from Guixi and couldn't help but sigh: "The two scholars were wrong in their lives (chuǎn [pronunciation] wrong, confused). Why did they fall into the thief's nest when they were rushing to the exam? But these thieves were very polite to them. Why is this?" The Taoist looked alert.

Zeng Yu was about to answer, and Zheng Shi, who was on the side, looked at the Taoist for a long time, suddenly asked: "Can the mage recognize Taoist Yu Xuan?"

The old Taoist with gray hair and beard looked at Zheng Shi and said, "You are also from Guixi? Yu Xuan is my nephew. Yu Xuan's master was originally the abbot of this temple. After he ascended to the immortal five years ago, I came here to take charge of the Taoist temple. It turned out that he was practicing in the Great Shangqing Palace. I was called Tongchen."

Zheng Shi Zhanyan said: "The strange Taoist thinks the master looks familiar. It turns out that he is also a Taoist from Longhu Mountain. He lives in Yingtanfang. This is my cousin. My cousin is well-known to everyone in Longhu Mountain-"

Taoist Tongchen looked at Zeng Yu again and said with a "Oh": "How can you be a household name?"

Zheng Shi said: "The gods and immortals in the Qilin Hall, the prime minister in the Longhu Mountain--"

Before Zheng Shi finished reciting this couplet, Taoist Tong Chen exclaimed: "Ah, he is Zeng Xiucai who wrote the couplet." He stared at Zeng Yu with his eyes, very surprised.

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "Xiaosheng and the old master Yuan Gang are still friends forgot their age."

Tongchen Taoist said: "Master Yuan Gang is my uncle--"

"The eldest young master——"

Lai Fu came in with his luggage. Peng Laoqiu tied the horse and donkey to the railing in front of the hall. He looked at the gate and didn't dare to come in. He was afraid that the old Taoist Tong Chen would beat him, so he heard the old Taoist Tong Chen ask Zeng Xiucai: "Is there any old thing about Zeng Xiucai and Wu Ping?"

Zeng Yu glanced at Peng Laoqiu by the door, and Peng Laoqiu nodded and bowed. When the old Taoist Tong Chen saw it, he shouted: "The beasts dare to come." The rattan stick was still in his hand, and he acted to go over and fight, which scared Peng Laoqiu so much that he turned around and ran away.

There were no outsiders in the hall. Zeng Yu then said that he and Zheng Shi had encountered bandits. In desperation, he had to use Feng Shui to protect himself for the time being. At night, he also wanted to astrology to observe the celestial phenomena to guide the Wu thieves.

Taoist Tongchen was stunned and praised: "Zeng Xianggong is very wise, so I didn't expect to use Taoism to deal with these thieves."

Zeng Yu whispered: "This is just a temporary life saving. If there is no way to escape, once the officers and soldiers come to suppress the enemy, we are afraid that we will die with this group of bandits."

Zheng Shi was frowning when he heard Zeng Yu say this. He thought that the old mother, wife and daughter at home didn't know that he was in danger and was looking forward to his return from the exam. If he really died here this time, what should the family do?

Zeng Yu said: "Eat some food first, otherwise you will have no strength to escape if you have the chance - Master Tongchen, come and eat together."

Tongchen Taoist said, "I don't eat meat and wine. Please give me some advice. Just eat it in this palace. The emperor will not blame me. Alas, this world is full of monsters!"

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi knelt on the futon around the brazier to eat, and asked Lai Fu to come and eat together. The weather was cold, so drink some wine to keep the cold.

Peng Laoqiu outside the hall smelled the smell of wine and meat, stretched his head and neck to swallow his saliva at the door. Seeing the old Taoist Tong Chen standing on the side with a rattan stick, Peng Laoqiu didn't dare to come in, but just called Zeng Yu: "Zeng Xianggong, Zeng Xianggong--"

Old Taoist Tong Chen held up a rattan pole and wanted to chase Peng Laoqiu again. Zeng Yu stopped and said, "Master, don't hit him first." He said, "Old Peng, find some grass to feed my horse and donkey first. I can't finish the wine and meat here, so I will leave some for you."

Peng Laoqiu agreed and hurriedly left. After a while, he came with a bundle of straw and a bag of barley. He was a local, and he was good at pretending to be a tiger. He immediately fed the Mongolian horse black beans and Zheng Shi's donkey with barley in front of the hall. While watching Zeng Yu and the other two scholars eat and drink, the two scholars are quite gentle. The servant eats meat in large pieces, chews with his cheeks. Seeing that several plates were almost empty, Peng Laoqiu became anxious and shouted, "Hey, hey, Lai Fu, leave me some wine and meat, I'm hungry."

Zeng Yu and the other two had almost eaten, there was still a lot of wine left, and there was not much meat or vegetables left. Let Lai Fu take it outside the hall to Mr. Peng—

Wu Ping came over with a few bandits. Seeing the old Taoist Tongchen standing aside, Wu Ping smiled and said, "The old mage was also lured out by the fragrance of wine and meat?"

The old Taoist Tongchen looked dark and did not speak, retreated to the back hall.

Wu Ping said to Zeng Yu: "Our rebel army will not kill Taoist priests, because King Zhang Long's father became a Taoist priest."

Zeng Yu nodded and said, "So that's it, very good, very good. The emperors of all heavenly officials will protect Zhang Longwang. King Wu turns bad luck into good fortune and bring good fortune when he is killed. I have used wine and food below. Now let's go up the mountain to observe the celestial phenomena and distinguish the sword and weapons, and let Peng Laoqiu lead the way."

Wu Ping said: "I will go up the top of the mountain with Zeng Xiucai."

Zeng Yu said quietly: "The King of Wu is willing to go together, that would be great." He asked Zheng Shi not to go to Lai Fu. He borrowed the vine stick from Taoist Tongchen and climbed to the top of the mountain with Wu Ping, Peng Laoqiu and several bandits.

At the beginning of the 12th hour of the twelfth lunar month, a round moon rose to the sky early. The cold moon shone brightly with the snow, and it was as bright as day. Mountain climbing was originally quite interesting in this situation, but Zeng Yu did not have the thought of admiration at this time. He was thinking about how to escape safely?

The mountain peak that the Seven Star Temple leans on is quite steep, with snow on the mountain being particularly deep. Peng Laoqiu took Zeng Yu and Wu Pingshen climbed up a mountain road with one foot shallow and one foot. His boots and trousers were all wet, and he thought it was very painful, so he said, "King Wu, Zeng Xianggong, this snowy road cannot be walked, and this section of mountain road above is very dangerous. Usually, he has to keep his spirits when going up the mountain in broad daylight. Now it is night, the snow potholes are hard to tell. If you are not careful, you will slide down the mountain, and you will definitely lose your life."

Zeng Yu didn't want to take this risk either. The mountain was cliffed and it was indeed dangerous to go up the mountain on a snowy night. He said, "It's okay not to go to the top of the mountain. Just find an open highland that can see the northeast and southeast."

Mr. Peng said: "Then go to Chaoyanggang. There are three miles of roads from here, and the road is not easy to walk."

Wu Ping shouted: "You have to leave even if you are not easy to leave. Just be careful."

Peng Laoqiu led everyone to Chaoyanggang carefully. He once stood on the snowy hill, with clear views from the northeast to the southeast. Shangrao and Yushan boundaries in the northeast, and Qianshan Mountain across the river to the southeast. Then he went there to Fujian.

Wu Ping and several others stood by watching Zeng Yu look up at the sky for a while, and looked up at him. His right thumb was pinching the knuckles of his four fingers back and forth, extremely serious. Seeing Zeng Yu's expression, Wu Ping couldn't help but feel guilty and asked, "Zeng Xiucai, where should my rebel army go?"

Zeng Yu asked: "If I didn't meet you, where would King Wu originally plan to go?"

Wu Ping said: "There are two roads. One is to fight back to Ji'an as the same road, and then go to Youxi, Fujian to join forces with Zhang Longwang; the other is to seize the road from Qianshan to the south, cross Wuyishan, and fight back to Youxi."

Zeng Yuxin said, "This second road is not good. If Wu Ping leads the thieves into Wuyi Mountain, it will be difficult to chase and suppress them. Brother Sanchi and I will be entangled into Fujian by the thieves, which will be bad." He pondered without saying a word.

Sure enough, Wu Ping asked: "Does Zeng Xiucai think it's inappropriate?"

Zeng Yudao: "In the twenty-eight constellations in the sky, in the twelve divisions of the earth, Lu Cun and Pojun are two evil stars. If King Wu goes to the southwest and east, it will definitely be a bad luck."

Wu Ping did not understand the bad star, and said attentively: "If you don't go west or south, then where will you go? To the north is Zhejiang. If you have Hu Zongxian's soldiers, you must not go there. The west is Nanchang Prefecture, and if you have heavy troops, you cannot go there. Didn't Zeng Xiucai say that the rebels cannot be too far away from the water, so you can go out to sea if you are in a hurry."

Zeng Yu nodded and said, "The King of Wu is very knowledgeable. The north and west sides are indeed dead ends and cannot go, but the south and east sides cannot go either. Not to mention the evil stars, just looking at the clouds in these two directions, there is a sign of military weapons. Obviously, the officers and soldiers have gathered in these two directions. The west side is about Nancheng, Linchuan line, and Shaowu and Jianyang areas are in the south. The soldiers should not be less than 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers. If King of Wu goes to these two sides, he may be able to quietly pass through the encirclement, but it is impossible for these tens of thousands of rebels to escape silently."

Wu Ping frowned and said, "Will I, Wu Ping, die in this Hengfeng Qianshan?"

Zeng Yu said, "Otherwise, you can only watch the clouds below. Although there is military energy in the north, it is still far away. It is estimated that in Quzhou, there are officers and soldiers gathering in Longyou, but in the east, there are few swords. From Jianning Pucheng to the east, you can enter Fujian smoothly. The only way for King Wu and the rebel army to go north to Yongfeng County, and then from Yongfeng County to Pucheng to the south. In this way, the dragon enters the sea and everything will be fine."
Chapter completed!