The carriage was walking on the official road, with more than a dozen innate masters guarding it on both sides. Shangguan Haitang was walking in front on horseback.
After a while, a spy came to report.
"Sir Shangguan, there are two people on horseback riding towards us a few miles away. Please give me your orders."
Before Haitang could speak, Chang Qing's voice was heard.
"No need to stop them, just let them come."
After saying that, he asked everyone to wait where they were.
After a while, two fast horses arrived near the carriage. Haitang took a look and saw that it was Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng who had competed with each other before.
"I'm here to pay homage to Mr. Changqing. Could you please inform me?" Ye Gucheng and his two men stopped their horses and clasped their fists towards Haitang.
"Young Master has an order for you to come over." Haitang said.
The two looked at each other, quickly dismounted, and then headed towards the two luxury carriages surrounded by the guards.
Under the leadership of Haitang, the two came to the carriage at the front.
The two of them knelt down quickly and cupped their hands at the same time.
"Ximen Chuixue"
"Ye Gucheng"
"Thank you, Master, for saving your life."
At this time, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and Zhang Changqing came out.
"There's no need to be polite. It's what I should do to save people. Are you two chasing me here just to thank me?" Chang Qing asked as if he saw the reason why the two of them were here.
Ye Gucheng kowtowed again.
"Young Master, I once boasted that I was superior in swordsmanship. I thought that there were very few people in the world who could catch my eye on swordsmanship. Even the great masters only had higher cultivation than me."
"Today I saw the master's kendo, and I realized that I was just a frog in the well. Ye was enlightened. Now I want to follow the master from now on. I just want to see what the real kendo is like." After that, he kowtowed again.
"Ximen Chuixue is also willing to follow the young master." After Ximen Chuixue finished speaking, he kowtowed.
"You two can be said to be the leaders of the contemporary world. Apart from the veteran masters, you can be regarded as the dragon among men and the best among men. Don't you feel aggrieved that you are so willing to follow me?" Changqing said as he looked at the two of them.
Ye Gucheng suddenly laughed and said.
"Young Master, we are pursuing our own way. What grievances do we have? Gou Jian, the king of Yue in the past, could endure the humiliation and bear the burden for more than ten years. What's more, we are following you. This is what countless people only dream about. This is our blessing. , how can you say the word "grievance".
Ximen Chuixue also nodded deeply beside him.
Changqing smiled slightly and thought to himself that it would be good to have two younger brothers.
"Okay, in that case, you just follow me first. Whether you can learn something or not is up to you. Get up." After saying that, they raised their hands gently, and the two of them suddenly felt a force lifting them up.
"Thank you so much, Master." they said after they stood up.
Then he saluted Shangguan Haitang and everyone else.
In this way, Zhang Changqing gained two younger brothers.
Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng also joined the convoy, and everyone continued heading north.
"Master Qi, after passing that pass, we will reach the boundary of the Song Dynasty." Shangguan Haitang said that day.
I saw a majestic checkpoint standing not far away.
"Well, keep walking."
After a while, the convoy arrived at the checkpoint. At this time, Haitang took out the customs clearance document that had been prepared and stepped forward to inform the soldiers stationed there.
After a while, a large group of people walked out, and everyone was shocked. Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng also drew their swords to protect the carriage.
At this time, a man dressed as a general rode out and stopped in front of the convoy. He immediately knelt down and said after dismounting.
"The Great Song Guard General Yang Tianyou brought all the soldiers to pay homage to Prince Changqing."
“……”
The general continued.
"A few days ago, Your Majesty has issued a decree to confer the title of King of the Great Song Dynasty to the Young Master Changqing. The territory of the Great Song Dynasty can be unimpeded. In the palace, you can ride on a horse astride a sword and do not bow to you when you see him."
"Oh, Zhang accepted Emperor Song's kindness. General, please get up." Chang Qing said.
Haitang muttered in her heart that the Emperor of Song Dynasty was so quick, and the decree of the Ming Emperor's canonization had not even been received yet. The Emperor of Song Dynasty greeted the local officials first.
Since they all headed north together, the imperial court's decree of conferring titles had not yet caught up with them. So even though Haitang and others had already known that Chang Qing was about to be crowned king, they still treated them as sons.
"Your surname is Yang, but you belong to the Yang family." Chang Qing said to the heroic general in front of him.
"My father is Yang Yanzhao." The general said, cupping his fists.
There are Yang family generals in this world, but the Yang family generals are currently in a pretty good situation. It was not like the original work, where the talent withered in the end and I relied on a few women to support me. So Changqing planned to go to Song Dynasty this time to see if he could help the Yang family.
"It is true that he is a descendant of the Yang family. After becoming a general, Zhang admires the old general Yang Ye very much and will definitely visit the old lady She when he has time."
"God will definitely convey the prince's wishes to the old lady, and the Yang family will be waiting for you at that time."
Then several people entered the Song Dynasty, and Yang Tianyou and others escorted them for thirty miles before returning to the pass.
"Sister Dongfang, I heard the guards talk about it before. This time, my eldest brother has been named a prince by several countries." Huang Rong said.
"Hmph, these emperors are not stupid enough to know what your elder brother is capable of." Dongfang Bubai said disdainfully.
"Haha, as a young master, let alone a prince, even if a country is established immediately, followers will be like clouds and waiters will be like rain. This is the ability of the strong." Ye Gucheng said with a smile.
"I'm too lazy to be the emperor. It's so tiring. Don't you think it's good that we are free now?" Chang Qing in the carriage said at this time.
"Yeah, yes, you are a god-like figure, but the emperor has lowered your status." Ye Gucheng continued.
At this time everyone looked at him.
Especially Ximen Chuixue.
As if to say, this guy turns out to be a flatterer.
"Hahaha, Ye Gucheng, your aloof image in their eyes has disappeared." Changqing said with a smile.
"Ye has no right to be aloof and arrogant in front of the young master."
"Ugh..." Everyone retched in their hearts.
On this day, we arrived at Wuxi City in the Song Dynasty. Everyone was resting in the city. Changqing planned to stay here for one night before going to Zhongnan Mountain.
Suddenly, many beggars appeared on the street, and these people hurriedly walked out of the city.
Changqing suddenly remembered something and winked at Ye Gucheng. He immediately understood and followed him out.
After a while, Ye Gucheng came back to report.
"Young master, you are from the Beggar Clan. I heard that their Beggar Clan is going to hold a Great Song Dynasty Beggar Clan Conference in Xingzilin, ten miles south of the city, and the leader of the Beggar Clan, Qiao Feng, will also attend."
After hearing this, Chang Qing's eyes lit up. It was time to witness a famous scene again.
Then he asked Haitang to protect the girls. Later, he took Dongfang Bubai, Ye Gucheng, and Ximen Chuixue to use their light skills and rushed towards the south of the city together.
Ye Gucheng said doubtfully on the way.
"Sir, why are you interested in the Beggar Clan? Is it because of Qiao Feng?"
From what she thought, there was no need for Chang Qing to care about a small beggar gang at this time. Although Qiao Feng was famous in the Song Dynasty, and he and Murong were called Nan Murong and Bei Qiao Feng. But in the final analysis, he is still just a master.
"Well, it's Qiao Feng, and you three don't underestimate him. Although he is at the Grandmaster level like you, I dare to say that even if the three of you fight him at the same time, in the life and death battle, you will eventually survive. It must be him."
Chang Qing said to the three people around him.
The three of them were immediately shocked.
But he had no doubt about Zhang Changqing's words. Since he said that they couldn't defeat each other three on one, it must be true. Although I was a little dissatisfied in my heart, I no longer looked down upon Qiao Feng.
Several people looked at each other and tightened their grip on the sword, thinking about Qiao Feng for a while.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a few people arrived at Xingzi Forest. At this time, Qiao Feng had two knives inserted into his body. Haitang and the others were very confused when they saw this.
Only after asking the people watching around me did I know the cause and effect.
"He is really a real man with blood." Haitang praised.
Ye Gucheng also admired Qiao Feng extremely.
At this time, Chang Qing took out a pill and gave Haitang a few words.
I saw Haitang ducking next to Qiao Feng.
"Master Qiao, my young master admires your benevolence and righteousness. You should take this healing elixir first." After saying this, he handed over the elixir.
"Oh, then it's better to be respectful than to obey." After saying that, he took it and ate it.
Haitang admired him even more after seeing this. He was a true hero. If it were someone else, he wouldn't necessarily eat something of unknown origin, but Qiao Feng had no scruples, which showed that he was broad-minded and upright in his actions.
"Haha, okay, that's really good medicine." Qiao Feng said with a smile.
I saw that the blood from the wound had stopped flowing.
However, before he could be happy for long, what happened next made him realize what it means to have a sinister human heart and to betray relatives and friends.
His identity as a foreigner was finally exposed.
Just when Kang Min and others thought they were secretly happy to drive away Qiao Feng.
"I didn't expect that the famous Beggar Gang actually has so many moths. I wonder what your gang leader Hong Qi will think when he finds out." It was Zhang Changqing who spoke.
"Who is this person? How dare you talk nonsense." The speaker was Elder Xu of the Beggar Clan.
"Elder, he was the one who spoke just now." Quan Guanqing pointed at Zhang Changqing not far away and said.
"Whoosh..."
"Ahhh, my hand."
Before anyone could react, the hand that Quan Guanqing had just pointed at Zhang Changqing was chopped off with a sword.
The person who drew the sword was Ximen Chuixue who rarely spoke.
"Bold, who are you? Do you want to be an enemy of my beggar gang?"
I saw all the Beggar Clan disciples from the Western Zhou Dynasty surrounding Chang Qing and the others.
"Ximen." Changqing called Ximen.
"Young Master." Ximen Chuixue heard Chang Qing calling him and turned to look at him, wondering if it was because he had struck too hard just now.
"As a swordsman, when you think the other person is an enemy, you must be ruthless in your attacks. Otherwise, your perceived kindness and mercy will only deepen others' resentment towards you."
Then he also looked at Ye Gucheng.
"A swordsman would rather break than bend, and he would not regret drawing the sword. Do you understand?"
I saw Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue holding hands.
"Thank you, Master, for teaching me regret."
"Are you also friends with the Khitan Dog? Do you want to stand up for him?" At this time, an elder of the Beggar Clan said to several people.
"Don't embarrass them. Qiao and they are strangers." Qiao Feng said quickly, fearing that he would implicate a few people.
"Okay, it's true that Yuntian is righteous." Changqing praised.
