Daming Palace.
The old eunuch Cao Zhengchun was bending over and reporting something to a man in a bright yellow dragon robe.
"Your Majesty, that's probably what happened!" Cao Zhengchun said with a pleasant smile.
The young man known as the Emperor was none other than Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Houzhao had a playful smile on his lips and said, "So, my uncle has already sent someone?"
"Your Majesty, that should be the case. In order to prevent the brave Lord from killing my people in Kaifeng, I have sent a letter to evacuate them all. Please forgive me."
"Well," Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly without comment, but his eyes showed thinking.
"Then, I wonder what the emperor thinks the old slave should do next?" Cao Zhengchun asked tentatively.
Zhu Houzhao seemed to ask casually: "What is the situation in other countries?"
"The internal instability of the Sui Dynasty was beyond our reach, and the Yuan Dynasty was separated from the Ming Dynasty by the Sui Dynasty and me, so it was beyond our reach."
"Oh?" Zhu Houzhao glanced at Cao Zhengchun with a half-smile, "Eunuch Cao is very concerned about Kaifeng's affairs!"
Cao Zhengchun was stunned when he heard this, and quickly smiled and said: "This matter is of great importance, how can I not care about it?"
"Well," Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, "In that case..."
Cao Zhengchun became alert when he heard the words, took a step closer and pricked up his ears to listen.
"Then you should take the trouble to go to Kaifeng yourself and find out the details of Qingyun Mountain for me."
"Ah?" Cao Zhengchun said in shock. This was not his intention.
"What? Eunuch Cao doesn't want to share my worries?" Zhu Houzhao said coldly.
"No, no, I am willing, I am willing!" Cao Zhengchun nodded and bent down.
"In this case, I can't keep you longer, so you can choose a day to set off!" Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, smiled and waved his hand.
Cao Zhengchun's face turned blue and white, and he left helplessly.
After Cao Zhengchun left, the smile on Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly disappeared and he murmured to himself: "Old fox!"
Then he said to the young eunuch outside the main hall: "Go and invite Lord Zhuge!"
Soon someone from the palace set off to go.
Sui Dynasty, Chang'an.
In the palace of the Duke of Tang Dynasty.
In the side hall, a young man in his twenties, wearing armor and bearing an imposing figure, was making a report to an old man with a gray beard who was looking up at him.
"Father, based on this, I think we might be able to fight for Qingyun Mountain!" the young man added after reporting.
"Hmph! They're just a bunch of grass bandits, what use can they be! Is it possible that my second brother is used to staying in Wagang and wants to win over bandits when he sees them?" A man with thick eyebrows and big eyes next to the old man sarcastically said road.
The young man didn't pay attention, but looked expectantly at the old man who looked up.
"O Shimin!" The old man shook his head slightly, and his words were calm, but with a hint of warning: "We have reached a critical moment now. We will leave Chang'an in the next few days, so it's better not to cause trouble!"
The young man, known as Shimin, had no choice but to retreat with his fists in hand.
Song Dynasty.
A big event happened in Kaifeng city.
The most beloved princess of the current official family, Emperor Maode, left the palace maid accompanying her when she was out of the palace to play, and disappeared!
As soon as the news reached the palace, Song Dynasty official Zhao Ji was furious.
It is said that Zhao Ji smashed one of his favorite rocks, and then killed all the maids and eunuchs who accompanied Emperor Maode when she left the palace that day!
Immediately afterwards, an order was issued to seal the gates of Kaifeng City, with no entry allowed, and 50,000 imperial troops from Kaifeng Prefecture were mobilized to begin house-to-house searches.
There is a small island thirty miles away in the East China Sea called Peach Blossom Island.
Peach Blossom Island is located with boundless blue waves and blue sky. The island is full of peach trees in full bloom.
An old beggar was invited into the island's parlor by the island's mute servant.
A thin man in his late fifties with a handsome and elegant face, dressed in a green shirt, holding a jade flute behind him in both hands, saw the old beggar coming, and stepped forward to greet him with fists in his hands.
"Oh my! Seventh Brother is a rare guest, so I'm sorry to welcome him from afar!"
"Haha, I took the liberty to come here. Brother Yao is so polite! The old beggar has nothing to do, so he came here to ask for a drink today!" The old beggar laughed.
"Haha, please, seventh brother!" The man in green shirt extended his hand to invite the old beggar into the living room.
These two people were Hong Qigong, the leader of the Beggar Clan, known as the "Five Jue" in the Song Dynasty, and Huang Yaoshi, the leader of Peach Blossom Island, known as "Dongxie".
After the host and guest were seated and the mute servant brought the tea, Huang Yaoshi extended his hand to Hong Qigong for tea and asked with a smile: "I wonder what important business Seventh Brother has when he came to cover the island today?"
Hong Qigong picked up the tea and took a sip, shook his head slightly and sighed: "I'm not afraid of Brother Yao's jokes if I tell you. I've already gone to see Master Wang."
"Oh? I wonder why Seventh Brother pays so much attention to it?" Huang Yaoshi became interested. If Hong Qigong asked Wang Chongyang to come out and look for him, it would be very interesting if there are so many masters.
Hong Qigong paused for a moment, then looked at Huang Yaoshi and asked, "Brother Yao, does he know that there is a mountain named Qingyun Mountain more than 200 miles outside Kaifeng City?"
"Qingyun Mountain..." Huang Yaoshi muttered, infinite nostalgia appeared in his eyes. After a while, he breathed a long sigh of relief and then said: "When I took my wife to Kaifeng, I met him on the road. At that time, a group of The little thieves blocking the road were just ordinary people who went up the mountain to become bandits, but I dismissed them without any harm to their lives. "
"Brother Yao is so righteous, Hong admires him!" Hong Qigong raised his hands and praised.
"What the hell! I can't compare to the courage of Seventh Brother." Huang Yaoshi waved his hand and said: "Could it be that what Seventh Brother said this time has something to do with Qingyun Mountain?"
Hong Qigong nodded and said with a serious look: "Yes, there are now five or six thousand refugees gathered on Qingyun Mountain. The leader is a young man named Zhang Dao. It is said that he has great magical powers and can single-handedly suppress thousands of imperial troops. ”
"Oh? Have you never thought that there are people with this kind of realm in the world?" When Huang Yaoshi heard this, a light flashed in his eyes, he clenched his fists, then released them, and said calmly: "That's it, I don't know if the Seventh Brother is here. What's the matter?"
Hong Qigong said with a sad face: "I have been to Qingyun Mountain before. Although they were involved in robbing families and homes, they were just a group of common people who were unable to survive due to the government."
"Now, thousands of people have gathered here, and thousands of officers and soldiers of the imperial court have been detained. It seems that the imperial army is about to send troops to Qingyun Mountain."
Huang Yaoshi smiled calmly and said: "Whether we send out troops or not is a matter for the imperial court. What does it have to do with me, the people in the Jianghu?"
Hong Qigong nodded slightly and said: "Originally, these things have nothing to do with me. It's just that an old friend came here holding a token and said that the daughter of his master's family was also snatched away by Qingyun Mountain to become the wife of Yazhai. However, my first two I broke in secretly, but was stopped by a strong man in the master realm. That person was not as strong as me. Hong was weak and did not dare to enter. "
After saying that, Hong Qigong stood up, cupped his fists and saluted: "Therefore, I came here to ask Brother Yao to help me with some punches and kicks!"
"Hey! Seventh Brother said something serious!" Huang Yaoshi quickly stood up and supported Hong Qigong.
But the two of them didn't know that in a corner behind the living room, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in yellow was lining up at the window and secretly observing everything.
