The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Xingzhou Southeast City, Beifeng Hall, West Painting Building.

A stunningly beautiful woman with a frosty face stood by the upstairs window with her hands behind her hands, muttering to herself bitterly: "Zhao Tong, I will cut you into pieces with thousands of knives and cut your body into thousands of pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Footsteps were heard from behind, and someone came upstairs, "Concubine Jing, a letter from the Yuan family."

The woman was Yuan Jing. She fell off the cliff in Roulang Mountain but did not die. There were hay and soft branches, tough ropes and soft nets arranged under the cliff, just in case.

However, after falling from such a high place, even if she saved her life, she would still be seriously injured. Just a few days after returning to Xingzhou to recuperate, she just learned the origin of the Song army and the identity of the opponent's coach.

The three giants of Beifeng Hall each have their own responsibilities, but it is difficult to hide such a major event from each other. Xi Fengzhen came back to Beifeng Hall to report. Although the Secret Intelligence Department was not under the management of Yuan Jing, they were informed immediately and learned about Song Military details.

Yuan Jing clenched her silver teeth, hating Zhao Tong in her heart. When she heard the words behind her, she didn't think about it. She just stretched out her hand and said: "Bring it here!"

A maid at the rear immediately presented the letter, and Yuan Jing opened it at will. His eyes fell hastily, but his eyebrows slightly furrowed, his expression became solemn, and he read the letter twice before folding it and putting it on his body.

Then she looked at the maid and said, "Qingluan, follow me back to the palace!"

The maid responded, and the two of them went downstairs and came out of the Beifeng Hall. Yuan Jing covered his face with a white gauze and rode towards the palace.

When they arrived at the palace city, the guards naturally recognized them. After saluting, they opened the door and the two entered.

After a while, Yuan Jing arrived in front of Gaobai Hall, asked someone to come in and announced, and then walked in. But only about half a quarter of an hour later, he came out again and said to the maid: "Go to Caifeng Pavilion to clean up, and come back to Yuan's house with me! "

Li Qianshun was in Gaobai Hall. She came to ask for leave because the Yuan family was in urgent need of news and the head of the family told her to go back to discuss it no matter what. However, the Yuan family was not in Xingqing Mansion but in Huaizhou. This was not as good as stealing from Huizhou. Let's go, so I came to ask for help.

Li Qianshun had always been lax about her, not only her, but also several concubines who came from aristocratic families and had superb martial arts skills. They also had part-time jobs in the government, and they were not just vase-like decorations.

After finishing everything, they left the palace and left Xingzhou before the city gate closed, heading straight to Huaizhou.

Huaizhou is very close to Xingzhou. It does not go beyond the boundaries of Xingqing Prefecture. It is regarded as the acropolis of Xingzhou. It is only thirty miles away.

When it was just getting dark, the two of them arrived at the edge of Huaizhou City. At this time, the four gates of Huaizhou were closed tightly and the suspension bridge was raised, making it impossible to enter.

But although the Yuan family has a courtyard mansion in Huaizhou City, the real old residence is outside. Yuanzhuang is five miles away in the north city, which is the base camp of the Yuan family.

The two of them walked around to the north of the city and went straight to Yuanzhuang. It didn't take long before they arrived in front of the village. Yuanzhuang was a huge manor with a huge area. There were thousands of houses in it, and there were even more. There are various places such as pavilions, rockeries and gardens, martial arts fields and warehouses.

The leader of Ding Wei who was guarding the village looked at Yuan Jing and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Why is the empress back?"

When Yuan Jing saw him, she recognized him. It was Yuan Mu, the sixteenth-ranked member of the concubine generation. She said, "Take me to see the head of the family."

Yuan Mu didn't dare to respond, so he led the two people into Zhuangzi and walked quickly. Not long after, they arrived in front of a large courtyard, which was the residence of Yuan Kun, the head of the Yuan family.

There were guards in front of the courtyard, all of whom were members of the Yuan family. They all saluted and invited Yuan Jing in.

In the flower hall of the main courtyard, Yuan Jing sat down expressionlessly, took a sip of milk tea and looked at the head of the family, Yuan Kun.

Yuan Kun was already in his sixties, but he had a black beard and a fair face without wrinkles. He looked like he was only in his forties. He said: "I didn't expect the empress to rush back today. The village has not made any arrangements to welcome the empress. I still hope that the empress will come back." Forgive me."

Yuan Jing frowned and said: "Since I am a member of the Yuan family, why do I care about these red tapes? What on earth can't be said in the letter, but why do I have to come back to discuss it?"

Hearing this, Yuan Kun showed a cautious look on his face and asked someone to close the door, leaving him alone in the room. Then he took a few steps forward and whispered: "Empress, the ancestor is back..."

"What?" Yuan Jing suddenly stood up from his chair when he heard this: "The ancestor is back? You... are you telling the truth?"

Yuan Kun said: "Mother, how dare I lie about this kind of thing? It's not like I don't know the ancestor. Everyone in the Yuan family who is a little older has met the ancestor and recognizes the ancestor."

Yuan Jing's expression changed drastically. The ancestor Yuan Kun mentioned was a martial arts prodigy of the Yuan family from the fifth or sixth generation. He also briefly served as the head of the family. However, because of his obsession with martial arts, he later directly passed the position of the head of the family to others, and then devoted himself to He practiced martial arts, traveled north and south, and used martial arts to meet heroes all over the world, especially in the northwest and western regions. Even today, anecdotes and legends about this ancestor of the Yuan family are circulated.

"Ancestor..." Yuan Jing vaguely remembered that this ancestor left the Yuan family 20 years ago. She was only three or four years old at that time, so she didn't have much memory, but Yuanji and Yuan Guo must have seen her.

"Ancestor only entered the village once after he came back. Now he lives in a cottage on Fengbo Mountain behind Zhuangzi." Yuan Kun lowered his voice and said, "I once asked Ancestor to stay in the village, but Ancestor refused!"

Yuan Jing nodded, still a little confused. If she remembered correctly, this ancestor was already over 20 years old when he left the Yuan family 100 years ago. He never came back in 20 years. The Yuan family all thought he had returned to the ruins. I was out, but I didn’t expect that he was still alive. This is a great joy.

"Why did the ancestor leave home back then?" Yuan Jing asked. She was a little unclear about this. After all, she was young at the time. Later, when she grew up, the ancestor also left the house and never returned. Everyone thought that she was no longer alive, so she also I didn't care about the reason why the other person left.

"I was not yet the head of the family when my ancestor left, but I was lucky enough to accompany him to a departure banquet. I remember that my ancestor was going to travel to Persia!" Yuan Kun recalled.

"Traveling to Persia?" Yuan Jing wondered: "Why did ancestors go to Persia?"

Yuan Kun said: "My ancestor's martial arts had reached the advanced level at that time, and there were few opponents in the Western Regions. I heard that there were three religions and one sect in Persia, and the leaders were all highly skilled in martial arts, so I wanted to find those people to hone myself. Let’s see if we can make further progress.”

"It's rare to find an opponent in the Western Regions?" Yuan Jing was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly whispered: "Is it possible that my master and Li Huangzhu from the Zi Zai Sect are not my ancestor's opponents?"

Yuan Kun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "Empress, your master has not told you about the competition back then?"

Yuan Jing shook his head and said in confusion: "I don't know this."

Yuan Kun whispered: "Back then, my ancestors had sparred with your master and Zi Zi Sect Li Huangzhu. It seemed that there was no clear winner between them. Otherwise, he would not have gone to Persia to seek a breakthrough in martial arts. .”

Yuan Jing thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid the ancestor is going to be better?"

Yuan Kun wondered: "Why did the empress say this?"

Yuan Jing said solemnly: "If this were not the case, I am afraid it would not be the ancestor who went to other places to seek breakthroughs!"

Yuan Kun was stunned when he heard this: "It's true, it's true!"

If the ancestor of the Yuan family is slightly inferior, then he will definitely not think of going to Persia to find someone to compete with, unless he is facing the other two, even if they are close to each other, but they still have a slight advantage, then they will feel that there is no place in the northwest. Opponents, travel far away to seek breakthroughs.

Yuan Jing said: "The ancestor is back this time..."

Yuan Kun said: "I'm not leaving. I listen to my ancestor. Something big seems to have happened in Persia. It's very shocking. The country has become chaotic, and my ancestor... is injured!"

"What, the ancestor is injured?" Yuan Jing said in surprise: "Who can hurt the ancestor?" Yuan Kun shook his head and said: "It may not be someone who injured him. Since there is chaos in Persia, it is hard to say whether the ancestor is injured. It's possible that he came out of thousands of armies, and no matter how high the ancestor's personal martial arts skills are, it will be difficult for him to escape unscathed."

"Thousands of troops..." Yuan Jing nodded: "What happened in Persia?"

"Who knows..." Yuan Kun sighed: "By the way, the ancestor asked Yuanji when he came back. Yuanji was seven or eight years old when he left that day. The ancestor remembered him and said that Yuanji had excellent bones. I, a once-in-a-hundred-year-old genius from the Yuan family, asked how he was doing now, but I didn’t know how to answer, so I asked the empress to come back.”

"Ancestor asked Yuanji?" Yuan Jing couldn't help but frowned, but this was not easy to handle. Unexpectedly, the ancestor had left home for 20 years, but he still remembered Yuanji, but now Yuanji has fallen into the hands of that thief Zhao Tong. The first time she went to the camp to rescue him, she saw that the two lute bones were locked. Now she doesn't know whether she is dead or alive.

"Yes, your Majesty." Yuan Kun said, "I didn't know how to answer. I just said that I was working under the Empress, and the ancestor told Yuanji to come back. He wanted to take a look, so I had to write to the Empress.

Yuan Jing pondered: "I'm going to tell my ancestor about this matter. I don't know if it's more convenient now or wait until tomorrow?"

Yuan Kun said: "I think it's better to do it tomorrow. It's getting late now, and the ancestor needs to rest quietly to heal his wounds, so don't disturb him."

Yuan Jing said: "Then tomorrow, I will go home first. Yuan Guo's incident has caused fear to my family, and I feel guilty."

Yuan Kun said: "What are you talking about, your Majesty? Yuan Guo is Yuan Guo, and your Majesty is your empress. Now that I have removed him from the family tree, he is no longer a member of the Yuan family. As long as Your Majesty is merciful, there will be no worries in your family." .”

"Your Majesty..." Yuan Jing smiled and walked towards the door without continuing. Yuan Kun hurriedly saw him off.

Yuanzhuang is very large, with hundreds of courtyards inside. All the direct descendants of the Yuan family live in the village, but since they live in the same villa, the location is naturally different.

Generally speaking, the courtyards where the concubine lives are beautiful, large and comfortable, while those of the concubine are a bit worse. Yuan Jing's family was also of the concubine, and the location they lived in was unsatisfactory. However, since she entered the palace, the family's status has suddenly risen. The place has also been replaced by one of the best places.

Yuan Jing took his maid Qingluan, escorted by Yuan Kun and others, to the door of his house, and was then welcomed in by his family in surprise.

There are seven steps into the Yuan Jing family's courtyard. Although the family has a small population, there is still a situation where it should be.

After entering the door, the family members greeted her, and she asked about the current situation. It was nothing serious, and it was not the scene that Yuan Guo had imagined, where the whole family would be sent to prison and awaiting beheading.

But the family members were always worried and asked if there was any news about Yuan Guo. Yuan Jing sneered and said, "That beast has changed his last name, what else can he do!"

Yuan Guo's mother was so angry that she fainted when she heard this. Yuan Jing's father cursed: "Evil beast, evil beast, what surname did he change?"

Yuan Jing said: "I heard that the surname was changed to Liu, but fortunately it is not Zhao, otherwise it would be more difficult for Your Majesty to explain."

Yuan Jing's father was surprised and said: "Why is the surname Zhao?"

Yuan Jing said: "The leader of the bandit army that entered the country was the King of Qin in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yu. Since that beast has worshiped under his command, there is no chance that he will be given a surname, or that he will be recognized as a foster father."

"Zhao Tao, King of Qin in the Song Dynasty?" Yuan Jing's father was stunned. He vaguely seemed to have heard of it. Although he forgot where he heard it from, he seemed to be quite famous.

Seeing the sadness of his family, Yuan Jing shook his head, and after some persuasion, he took Qingluan to the backyard to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and Yuan Kun came over to invite him after dinner early the next day. Together they left the village to meet the ancestor of the Yuan family at the Fengbo Mountain thatched cottage behind.

Fengbo Mountain is not a big mountain. It is not high, even a little low, but it is very long and the scenery is beautiful. It is a weak branch of Helan Mountain.

The thatched cottage was built on the mountainside under the shade of green trees. There were two Yuan family disciples guarding the front not far away. When they saw the two men, they immediately came up to meet them.

Yuan Kun said: "Is the ancestor in the house?"

A disciple said: "I just went out to the top of the mountain and said I wanted to breathe out."

Yuan Kun nodded and looked at Yuan Jing: "My dear, look..."

Yuan Jing said: "Just wait."

The two of them stood in front of the hut and waited until the sun had turned due south, then they saw a person coming down from the mountain with big sleeves fluttering.

This man was tall and burly, wearing a white robe, with white hair and a childish face, a ruddy face without wrinkles, two bulging temples, a dragon and a tiger, full of vitality and energy, and looked like a human-shaped stove with a cold look.

"Ancestor!" Yuan Kun saluted hurriedly.

"Ancestor..." Yuan Jing's eyes flickered slightly and he saluted.

According to the rules, she was the concubine of Emperor Li Qianshun. Even the elders in the family did not have to greet her. Instead, they had to say hello to her. However, the ancestor of the Yuan family had reached the pinnacle of martial arts, so she thought in her mind that it would be better to be polite.

The ancestor of the Yuan family only glanced at Yuan Kun briefly, then fell on Yuan Jing, looking up and down with a hint of surprise in his expression.

"My daughter from the Yuan family actually has such qualifications? At such a young age... she is already a half-step master!"

"Old Ancestor Miao Zan, Yuan Jing is so ashamed!"

"Are you Yuan Jing?" The ancestor of the Yuan family touched his beard: "Are you the one who entered the palace as the emperor's concubine?"

"It's this junior." Yuan Jing knew in her heart that Yuan Kun must have introduced her identity to the ancestor before, so the other party knew that she was Li Qianshun's concubine.

"Okay, okay!" The ancestor of the Yuan family nodded with a satisfied look: "Your qualifications are better than Yuanji, and your future achievements will definitely be greater than his. It's just a pity that you have entered the Tianshan Divine Bird Palace, but it doesn't matter. You are As a member of the Yuan family, no matter where I go, I can't change this fact."

Yuan Jing said: "What the ancestor said is absolutely true."

The ancestor of the Yuan family said: "Yesterday I asked Yuan Kun and said that Yuan Ji is under your sect. Since you came from Xingzhou, why didn't you bring him with you?"

"This..." Yuan Jing's face changed slightly when he heard this. It's hard to say this.

Seeing her expression, the ancestor of the Yuan family couldn't help but frown, and said calmly: "You two follow me into the house to talk."

The two nodded and then followed the ancestor of the Yuan family into the thatched cottage.

(End of this chapter)