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

A quarter of an hour later, under the palace, bright torches were lit everywhere.

The space at the bottom of the Zizaimen Patriarch Hall is said to be a secret passage, but in fact it is like an underground palace, very huge.

It would take some time even to identify the whereabouts. Zhou Douyuan didn't know the specific way out. She just knew that there was this secret passage, but she had never been there.

Zhao Tong divided his troops and went forward, searching and looking, and found that there was a huge cave with a lot of food hidden, which was enough for thousands of people to eat and drink for a long time.

I also saw all kinds of daily sundries, cloth, shoes, socks, and consumer goods, and there were thousands of them.

After walking a little further, I saw a huge iron door on the side, with nine iron chains tied horizontally, and each door was locked with a big lock.

Zhao Tong asked someone to come over and pry it up with a stick, and pushed it open. He saw dozens of large boxes placed inside. He lifted the lid of the box, and the light immediately shone brightly. It was filled with bright yellow gold and white patterned silver.

Zhao Tong touched his chin and nodded, then glanced sideways at Zhou Douyuan: "This is not only a secret escape route, but also a place to store items. I didn't expect that your Zizimen would have so many things."

Zhou Douyuan frowned and said, "I only know this place, but I have never been here in person. I didn't know there were so many money and items. I'm afraid it wasn't accumulated by the sect."

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Of course it is not accumulated by the sect. The Zizi sect is not a wealthy businessman, nor does it have any pasture land. In the past, we just lived in poverty. How can we accumulate these things? I'm afraid it was not given to me by Zang Qiushui after entering the palace. In the future If you succeed to the title of Guozong, you will receive rewards from past dynasties, not to mention the Xixia Emperor's storage inside. After all, these generations of emperors have married disciples of the Zizi Sect as their concubines, so it is possible to hide some money here."

When Zhou Douyuan heard this, he looked at Zhao Tong in confusion, wondering why Zhao Tong knew so much and still knew that Qiu Shui was not hidden.

In fact, it's okay to know that Wu Zang Qiu Shui was a long time apart. After all, Wu Zang Qiu Shui was once the queen and empress dowager of Xixia. As the prince of the Song Dynasty, he might have known about it.

But knowing the relationship between Wu Zang Qiu Shui and Zi Zai Men, this is a bit strange.

Not to mention now, even many officials in the Xixia court did not know the true origin of Wu Zang Qiu Shui. Now that nearly a hundred years have passed, how did the King of Song know about it?

Zhao Tong ordered people to guard the secret room containing the gold and silver boxes. After thinking for a moment when he walked out the door, he looked at Zhou Douyuan and said, "Is Li Huangzhu the next generation of sect masters who didn't hide his secrets?"

Zhou Douyuan was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect Zhao Tong to ask such a thing. She hesitated slightly and said, "My master is the fourth generation sect leader of the ancestor Wu Zang."

"It's the fourth generation?" Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes: "This generation is young enough. I didn't expect that there have been four generations in a hundred years. So you are the fifth generation?"

"My little girl is the fifth generation!" Zhou Douyuan said, not knowing what Zhao Tong meant by this.

"Don't be a little girl. You are already over thirty years old. Why do you call yourself a little girl?" Zhao Tong put his hands behind his hands and walked forward. Come on, or... you can call me Master."

"Ah?" Zhou Douyuan couldn't help being stunned, his face turned red and white, what does it mean to be a person in his thirties? It sounds so ugly, what kind of master is there? Where did the master come from?

She thought she didn't hear clearly and said hurriedly: "Little girl... no, I am my subordinate..."

Zhao Tong interrupted her: "I know a rule of Zi Zai Sect. In order to avoid power struggles and civil strife, whenever a new sect leader succeeds to the throne, his peers must leave the sect and stand on their own. Therefore, there are always no masters or uncles in Zi Zai Sect. , abdicated elders, etc., but I ask you, after these people left in the past, will they still contact the sect again?"

Zhou Douyuan did not expect that Zhao Tao even knew this. He shook his head and replied: "This matter has never happened. Those elders failed in the competition for the position of the leader and left the sect due to the sect rules. How could they come back to contact them? Unless they wanted to come back. Revenge seizes the position of the sect leader, but the leader has always been supported by the emperor, so revenge is out of the question. After most of them left, they either went to places such as Fanfu, or traveled far away to the Liao Kingdom without being traced."

Zhao Tong nodded. He was worried that these people who had left Zi Zai Sect and still walked around inside the door would hinder his family's restoration of the sect. If he had close contact with Li Huangzhu, he would not be around to help at this moment.

These people are not friendly people. They will have extremely high martial arts skills and extremely strong skills. If they really meet, they will definitely cause huge losses to their soldiers.

But since these people are not here, you can rest assured, after all, these long-standing masters are the real threat.

Zhao Tong continued to walk forward, and Zhou Douyuan followed behind. He also guessed what Zhao Tong was thinking. If those people were really there, it would definitely be a trouble. Since she had surrendered, she had to consider it on the side of the Song army. Without those divisions Uncle, it's always a good thing.

However, she still didn't understand what the master meant. She just thought she heard it wrong, but her expression was a little bad. She was still thinking about Zhao Tong's words about her being in her thirties, and her face was a little ugly.

Zhao Tong glanced at her, smiled slightly, and followed the soldiers to search forward.

This underground passage leads directly to Malan Peak. According to Zhou Douyuan, there is a natural cave in the peak. The secret passage is connected there. Otherwise, if you want to directly dig through the peak, such a huge project will not even be borne by Zizaimen. Sorry.

The road began to shrink as we went further. It was not as spacious as it was under the Patriarch Hall. Some secret storage rooms had been built. Now at the end, there was only a stone path that was ten feet wide and one foot high.

Zhao Tong ordered the shield soldiers to go forward, and the soldiers who followed him were holding crossbows. Once they found any trace of people, they would shoot them directly without asking.

After walking for a while, it was estimated that they had reached the mountain peak, and the terrain began to shift upwards. At this time, a cool breeze blew from the front. Zhao Tong immediately ordered all the soldiers to stop. The exit should not be far away, so he started to be careful. Prepare.

After a while, he continued to move forward, and a glimmer of light appeared, but the light was narrow and patchy, as if it was blocked by something.

Wu Song pressed against the wall and stepped forward, then came back and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the exit in front is blocked by rocks and cannot be passed through."

Zhao Tong frowned and said, "Is it blocked? Can you see anywhere outside?"

Wu Song said: "My subordinates looked out from the gap and felt strong wind and strong light. According to the time, the sun will be in the west at this time, and the exit should be facing the southwest. However, we can't see clearly in front. It seems that the terrain here is very high."

Zhao Tong thought for a while and said: "Ask someone to move the stone away, and use bows and arrows to cover it. The speed must be fast. The movement is too loud. Once you move, someone outside will definitely notice it, so use the fastest speed."

Wu Song nodded, then tiptoed over, said a few words, and then roared, all the soldiers moved forward to lift the stones in front. There were many people and strength, and in just a moment, all the blocking stones were removed. .

The light shone in instantly, and the soldiers at the rear didn't even look at it. They fired a wave of arrows straight out. Then they stepped up their steps and slowly moved out. When they went out, they saw that they were already on the slope of Malan Peak near the top.

Wu Song reported later that Zhao Tong led people out and looked around at the west slope of Malan Peak, but there was no sign of anyone else. Wu Song often went hunting in the mountains when he was in Qinghe, and he was familiar with things in the mountains. Now he was checking the underground traces, and walked a little further to look at the grass and tree paths, and then reported to Zhao Tong: "Your Majesty, there are traces of a large number of people descending the mountain. They should be heading towards the north slope!"

Zhao Tong thought for a while, and if Li Huangzhu, Li Qianshun and others were really going down the mountain, the only path they could take was to the northwest, because even if the other three places were away from Helan Mountain, there would be no place to go. To the east is Xingzhou, which means they have thrown themselves into a trap, and the same goes to the south. As for the west, which goes straight past the ancient Great Wall, there are two large expanses of desert in the vast sea, which are extremely difficult to pass. You have to peel off your skin if you want to pass through. Only in the northwest, you can go to the nearest military division of Baimaqiang Town.

However, the Baima Qiangzhen Military Division did not raise the flag alone at the moment, but still hung the Xixia flag and was in confrontation with Li Yanxian's troops in the right wing of the Shun Military Division.

In fact, this was also Li Qianshun's mistake. According to Zhao Tong's speculation, Li Qianshun's original plan to enter Helan Mountain was to wait for reinforcements from all directions and then recapture Xingzhou in one fell swoop.

After all, the king never moves far away. Once he, the emperor of Xixia, completely runs away and leaves the capital, it will almost be equivalent to announcing to the outside world that Xixia will be destroyed.

Li Qianshun entered the Helan Mountain Free Gate with this plan in mind, which was not a big mistake at first, but who would have expected that after such a long time, there would be no army or horse to come to the rescue.

Including Richard's brother who was in Lingzhou at the moment, they were all standing still and just waiting and watching. No one from other military commanders came, which put Li Qianshun in a dilemma.

Even if he could leave, he would not dare to leave. After all, the situation was lost. Who knows whether everyone still recognized him as the emperor. If he were to directly capture him and sacrifice him to the Song army, he would be throwing himself into a trap.

In fact, Li Qianshun's situation at the moment was similar to that of Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty. The capital city fell, and Yelu Yanxi ran into Jiashan to hide. He also had this intention, but no reinforcements arrived either.

Not only that, Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi, Li Chuwen and others also directly established Yelu Chun as emperor in Nanjing's Xijin Mansion, leaving Emperor Tianzuo empty and leaving Yelu Yanxi to vomit three liters of blood in Jiashan, with no way to advance or retreat.

Li Qianshun was not so miserable. After all, Brother Richard was not proclaimed emperor at the moment, but he made one mistake at a time. He did not leave at that time and lost the best opportunity to escape.

In fact, this is not because Li Qianshun is stupid. On the contrary, Li Qianshun is extremely smart and capable, and he is not that kind of mediocre person.

However, people who are emperors often overestimate their own status, thinking that they are the lord of thousands of vehicles, the common master of the world, and loved by all people. Once something goes wrong, there will be help from all directions.

But in fact, you have never even been in a private market, and you have never even seen people's daily lives. How do you know that all the people love you?

You have never heard the voice of the people, so how do you know that if something happens, the people will risk their lives to save you, and the military and towns everywhere will support you even if they risk their lives?

It's all just wishful thinking. An unmarried phoenix is ​​worse than a chicken.

The only place Li Qianshun can go to is the Baimaqiang Town Army Division. This is the only right way at the moment. As for where he goes, only God knows. Otherwise, he will have to go far away and start looking for things.

But how could Zhao Tong let him escape easily? He was not in the good mood of Wanyan Wu to beg for money, so he captured the emperor of another country and gave him a stupid name at will, and kept him in captivity.

Li Qianshun must die. If others don't die, the Emperor of Xixia must also die. He must not be left alive.

After Zhao Tong received Wu Song's report, he just thought for a few moments before giving the order, asking his team to go down the mountain in the northwest direction to pursue him.

He estimated that the 20,000 people outside the mountain had surrounded Malan Peak for almost a distance. They should be everywhere. They might encounter them at this moment. If they attack from both sides at the right time, even if Li Huangzhu and Li Qian took some people with them, there would be no possibility of escaping. .

Wu Song immediately led his troops to the northwest, and Zhao Yu followed him. However, within about half an hour, he heard loud shouts of killing from the front. At this time, the soldiers rushed back to report that the killing was from a distance, and it should be his own family. Renren and Zizaimen were in a scuffle.

Zhao Tong's eyes immediately lit up and he hurriedly led people over, but he expected a melee.

The original 20,000 men and horses had already surrounded Malan Peak and were divided into three or four directions. There were five or six thousand men on the peak in each direction, well-equipped with bows and crossbows, and long spears and short knives.

But now it was the soldiers who were going up the mountain in the north. They saw only dead bodies shot by arrows. Apparently they had killed a wave of enemies with crossbows before, and now they got close and started fighting on foot.

The other side was wearing mixed colors, some were clothed with short sleeves, and some were in the attire of the Western Xia Tiger Guards. And just behind there was a tall man in a white robe, surrounded by guards, looking attentively watching the battle.

Zhao Tong had a look of doubt on his face and looked to the side. Zhou Douyuan's shoulders trembled slightly at this time, his lips moved a few times, and finally he said: "Li Qianshun!"

Zhao Tong smiled faintly, looked at her and said, "Zhou Douyuan, not only have you made great achievements this time, but you will also be remembered in history."

Zhou Douyuan looked a little sad and lowered his head silently without saying a word.

Zhao Tong ignored her and immediately ordered someone to blow the horn. This was a signal in the army. As long as the horn sounded, the other side would immediately know that they were coming and prepare for a pincer attack.

At this time, the people in front also noticed them. Li Qianshun, who was wearing a white robe, turned around and saw that he had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a lion's nose and a wide mouth. He looked majestic, but there was a faint melancholy look on his face. At this moment, he looked behind him. The army even showed a little panic.

The soldiers here formed a stacked formation. They did not directly charge and attack, but several rows of people took turns shooting arrows. The arrows drove away the locusts, which immediately caused the other side to scream and wave their weapons.

At this moment, a person flew out from the fierce battle of the chaotic army. He was dressed in colorful clothes, wearing a green crown with phoenix feathers on his head and a colorful robe. He had slender eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge, thin lips, and a look as cold as ice. , holding a long sword like autumn water in his hand.

This person stopped in front of Li Qianshun, and she turned out to be a woman. However, at first glance, she looked like she was in her twenties or thirties, and suddenly she looked like she was in her thirties or forties. In the next moment, she looked like a young child, and then she looked like she was in her fifties. It was hard to tell. Clear age.

The woman's eyes were as cold as ice. She glanced at Zhou Douyuan next to Zhao Yu and suddenly said: "Okay, okay, Zhou Douyuan, you are really my good disciple!"

Zhou Douyuan trembled in fright, took a few steps back, and muttered: "Master, master..."

Master? Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, stared at the woman closely, and said slowly: "Li-Huang-Zhu?"

(End of this chapter)