Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 267: Shenzhou Gathering
That day, after Huang Sixi had a conversation with Abbot Benyin, he gave him a pony as a gift to help him return to Dali, but he refused.

Abbot Benyin decided to follow the Xixia warriors to Bian Jing to participate in the abdication ceremony, because the Xixia emperor had promised that as long as the Dali royal family agreed to abdicate, disputes could be avoided and the Dali royal family could save their lives and enjoy the rest of their lives in peace.

Abbot Ben Yin did not want to cause any trouble. If he escaped privately, his relatives would be killed. Besides, he had nowhere to go if he returned to Dali now. Currently, the Dali Palace and Tianlong Temple had become the headquarters of the Xixia warriors.

After hearing this, Huang Sixi followed Abbot Benyin's instructions and sent him back to the group of prisoners.

Huang Sixi and Wang Yuyan then went to the Central Plains together.

There was no war along the way, the people of the Song Dynasty lived and worked in peace, and there was no sign of troop mobilization in Song territory.

But there were traces of Xixia warriors in every city. They often lived in government offices and were treated as guests of honor by Song officials.

Huang Sixi felt that the situation was abnormal, so he sneaked into the local government office to inquire about the situation. He was shocked to find that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty had issued an imperial edict to all government offices in the territory, ordering officials from all regions to properly accommodate the distinguished guests who had come from Western Xia.

Some officials strictly followed the imperial edict, but some officials felt that this was like inviting a wolf into the house, so they resolutely resisted the imperial order. However, without exception, these officials were planted with life and death spells and became puppets of Western Xia.

After Huang Sixi found out the inside story, he realized that the Emperor of Song Dynasty was most likely also controlled by the Life and Death Talisman.

When the Tibetan and Dali nobles arrive in Bianliang, they will probably participate in the abdication ceremony together with the Song royal family.

By then, the entire Song Dynasty would change its flag and the Xixia warriors stationed in the city would replace the Song Dynasty officials.

This time when the Western Xia invaded the Song Dynasty, it was obvious that they had no intention of capturing cities and seizing territories. As long as they controlled the royal family of the Song Dynasty and took over the central government of the Song Dynasty, they could complete the conquest from top to bottom without bloodshed.

This method is actually not much different from the one used by Tong Lao to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

I just don’t know whether Western Xia has occupied the Liao Kingdom at present.

Now all the Lingjiu palace maidens under Tong Lao are stationed in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. If they encounter the Western Xia masters, they will probably be in great danger.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi immediately sped up his journey.

Before long, they arrived at a valley outside Xiangyang City in Hubei Province.

A month ago, when Huang Sixi and Tong Lao left Xiaojing Lake, they traveled with Zhao Qiansun, Tan Gong and Tan Po, and entrusted the three of them to raise the intoxicating bees.

When the two sides parted, they agreed to meet in the valley outside Xiangyang City.

These days, Zhao, Qian and Sun have been living in seclusion in the valley.

However, after Huang Sixi entered the valley, he only saw Tan Po.

Granny Tan saw that Huang Sixi was accompanied by Wang Yuyan, who looked almost exactly like Madam Wang except for a few sword scars on her face.

Granny Tan subconsciously mistook Wang Yuyan for Madam Wang, but she was disgusted by the fact that Madam Wang was competing with Ruan Xingzhu and other women for a husband in Xiaojing Lake, so she ignored Wang Yuyan.

Wang Yuyan saw that Granny Tan was very cold towards her, so she just said "Hello Granny Tan" and didn't dare to say another word.

Granny Tan quickly inquired about Tong Lao's recent situation. She asked Huang Sixi, "Master Huang, hasn't Senior Tong Lao come back yet?"

Huang Sixi responded: "She has to stay in Shanju County, Dali to deal with some personal matters, and she will not return to the Central Plains in the near future!"

Then he asked about the whereabouts of Mr. Tan and Zhao Qiansun.

Granny Tan replied worriedly, "Last month, when you, Mr. Huang, were in Dali, disasters occurred frequently in the Central Plains martial arts world. First, the Shaolin Temple was attacked, and half of the monks were imprisoned. Then, the Beggars' Sect's headquarters in Luoyang was burned to the ground! Now, all the gangs and factions in the martial arts world are in a panic, and the famous masters in the martial arts world are hiding from each other. Alas!"

Shaolin Temple is the largest sect in Central Plains, and the Beggars' Sect is the largest gang. If these two gangs are destroyed, the Central Plains martial arts world will be leaderless.

Huang Sixi felt that Li Qiu Shui was the only person in the world who could easily defeat Shaolin Temple and the Beggars' Sect.

A large number of Xixia warriors entered various parts of the Central Plains, colluded with local government officials, and jointly attacked martial arts sects, making everyone in the world feel insecure.

Huang Sixi asked Tan Po: "Was it the Queen Mother of Xixia who did this?"

Granny Tan said uncertainly, "According to the surviving fellows from Shaolin and Beggars' Sect, the culprit who attacked them that day was a woman in white. She was in her thirties or forties and led a group of Xixia warriors. She must be related to Xixia, but I don't know if she was the Queen Mother of Xixia!"

Granny Tan paused for a moment, then continued, "Master Huang, I have been living in the Bee Valley these days, taking care of the bee colony for you. I don't know much about the martial arts world. A few days ago, my old man and my senior brother went out to gather information. They will be back soon. Let them introduce the situation to you then. They will definitely be able to find out the identity of the woman in white!"

Huang Sixi asked suspiciously, "Where on earth did Mr. Tan and Mr. Zhao go to get the news? They were gone for several days?"

Granny Tan smiled bitterly, "This Bee Valley is not far from Xiangyang City. There is a Beggar Gang branch in Xiangyang City. We have a close relationship with the Beggar Gang in Chongxiao Cave of Taihang Mountain. We could have just asked fellow Beggar Gang members for information. But a few days ago, fellow Beggar Gang members spread the news that the Emperor Baoding of Dali was captured and taken to Bianjing. My old man and my senior brother were worried about the safety of the Prince of Zhennan and Miss Azhu's family, so we rushed to Xiaojing Lake outside Xinyang City!"

That day at Xiaojing Lake, Mrs. Tan, Mr. Tan, and Zhao Qiansun saw with their own eyes how well Huang Sixi took care of Ah Zhu. The three of them were grateful to Huang Sixi for saving their lives and wanted to bring Ah Zhu to Fenggu.

Mrs. Tan claimed that Mr. Tan and Zhao Qiansun went to inquire about the news, but in fact they went to visit Ah Zhu.

"When did they leave?"

"Five or six days ago, if you calculate the time, they should be back!"

It is about four hundred miles from Fenggu to Xiaojing Lake.

Mr. Tan and Zhao Qiansun have to inquire about the situation in the martial arts world along the way, so their pace will certainly not be fast, and it is possible that they will be delayed for half a month.

Huang Sixi was not going to wait any longer in Fenggu.

He looked at the sky and saw that it was already dusk, so he planned to rest in Feng Valley for a night and head north to Zhongzhou tomorrow.

When Mrs. Tan saw that he was going to stay overnight in Fenggu, she immediately prepared dinner.

During the meal, Granny Tan entertained Wang Yuyan by calling her "Mrs. Wang".

Wang Yuyan quickly corrected: "Granny Tan, I am not Madam Wang. Madam Wang is my mother. I am called Wang Yuyan!"

"Hey?" Granny Tan's eyes widened in disbelief. "You are Madam Wang's daughter? How come you look so much like Madam Wang? You look like two peas in a pod!"

In fact, Tan Po felt that Wang Yuyan was even inferior to Madam Wang because there were some scars on Wang Yuyan's face. When Tan Po first met Wang Yuyan, she thought the scars were left by Madam Wang during her stay in Dali. But Tan Po didn't know that all the scars on Wang Yuyan's face were caused by Tong Lao.

When Wang Yuyan heard Granny Tan's question, her face turned slightly red.

However, Wang Yuyan felt a surge of warmth when she thought of Madam Wang's act of gifting her life. She was stunned and said, "My mother gave me her life, so I am my mother now. It's not impossible for Granny Tan to recognize me as her mother!"

Granny Tan was bewildered, thinking that this girl was crazy and couldn't tell the difference between herself and her mother.

Granny Tan quietly moved to Huang Sixi's side and asked in a low voice, "Master Huang, who is this girl?"

Huang Sixi said: "She is Madam Wang's daughter!"

Granny Tan was very surprised: "In my whole life, I have never seen a daughter who looks exactly like my mother! This girl must be at least 30 or 40 years old. How could she have a mother who is 30 or 40 years old?"

Mrs. Tan couldn't figure it out, but she didn't ask Huang Sixi to get to the bottom of it.

Because Grandma Tan didn't care about Wang Yuyan and Mrs. Wang, she only treated Huang Sixi with courtesy.

She then took out a porcelain bottle filled with honey and smiled at Huang Sixi, "Master Huang, for more than a month, I have been drinking honey every day according to the method you taught me. My old man and my senior brothers all praised me, saying that my face was rosy and even my wrinkles disappeared after drinking honey. Does your method of collecting honey have the effect of maintaining beauty?"

Huang Sixi nodded: "It does have the miraculous power of beautifying and nourishing the skin! Granny Tan, if you keep drinking it in the future, you may even be able to regain your youth in the future!"

"Ah! Really?"

"You can verify it yourself. You can see the results in three to five years! By the way, how many bottles of honey have you collected recently?"

"There are at least thirty or fifty bottles!"

"Send me three or five bottles!"

"I will only keep three or five bottles, and give the rest to you, Mr. Huang!"

"Since Granny Tan is so generous, I won't be polite!"

"Don't be polite, Mr. Huang. Just let me continue to raise bees for you in the future!"

"no problem!"

Huang Sixi had a very pleasant conversation with Grandma Tan.

Wang Yuyan kept her head up and looked around at the nearby beehives. She looked around and found that the bees raised by Grandma Tan were very similar to the intoxicating bees raised by her mother at Mantuo Villa.

Wang Yuyan became puzzled and wondered if these bees were the same ones her mother raised.
She was quiet by nature, and even though she had some doubts in her heart, she never asked. After all, her mother had passed away, and she herself had no intention of getting the Drunken Bee back. So the origin of the Drunken Bee was irrelevant to her.

Rest for one night in Bee Valley.

The next morning, Huang Sixi and Wang Yuyan packed up the foals and prepared to set off for Xinyang, Zhongzhou.

Unexpectedly, before the two men could ride on their horses, they suddenly saw Zhao Qiansun and Tan Gong rushing back, exhausted.

"Mr. Huang, you're back from Dali!"

"Very good! Mr. Huang, you came back just in time!"

Huang Sixi immediately tied up the colt and returned to Feng Valley.

He saw that Zhao Qiansun and Tan Gong had haggard faces and chapped lips, as if they had been traveling non-stop for days without stopping to rest for a moment.

After Mrs. Tan prepared meals for Zhao Qiansun and Mr. Tan and replenished their energy.

Huang Sixi then asked about Zhao Qiansun and Tan Gong’s experiences going out.

But Zhao Qiansun apologized and said, "Master Huang, I was incompetent and failed to bring Miss Azhu back! When I and Mr. Tan arrived at Xiaojing Lake, Duan Zhengchun, the King of Zhennan, learned that the Dali Emperor had been captured in Bianjing, so he went to Bianjing to rescue him. However, they were intercepted by Xixia warriors on the way!"

Huang Sixi asked, "Were Ah Zhu and Duan Zhengchun captured by the Xixia warriors and taken to Bianjing?"

Zhao Qiansun shook his head: "According to the information I have inquired, when Ah Zhu and the Prince of Zhennan and others were fighting against the Western Xia warriors, the people of Gusu Murong family suddenly appeared, repelled the Western Xia warriors, and rescued Ah Zhu, the Prince of Zhennan and others."

Without waiting for Huang Sixi to respond.

Wang Yuyan asked anxiously, "Who from the Murong family rescued them?"

Zhao Qiansun glanced at Wang Yuyan and replied, "It seems to be 'Southern Murong' Murong Fu! After Murong Fu saved the Queen of Zhennan, he sent out a Shenzhou Juyi Post to the heroes of the various martial arts sects and gangs in the Central Plains, inviting heroes from all over the world to gather in Bianjing to fight against the invasion of the evil bandits of Western Xia!"

Huang Sixi thought that the Murong family was trying to take advantage of the situation and win over the hearts of the people in the Central Plains martial arts world in the name of fighting against Xixia.

Huang Sixi asked: "Where will the Shenzhou gathering be held, and when will it be held?"

Zhao Qiansun clasped his fists and replied, "Master Huang, the evil Xixia bandits are currently arresting our Central Plains warriors. All the well-known masters in the martial arts world dare not show up. Let's agree that when the evil Xixia bandits try to force the Song royal family to abdicate, we will go to Bianjing and join forces to fight against the evil Xixia bandits! As for the location, it is expected to be in Bianjing. The ceremony of abdication is of great importance, and the evil Xixia bandits will definitely inform the world in advance. Then we will see the outcome!"

Therefore, the time for the Shenzhou gathering was set by the Xixia people. When the Xixia people's intention to annex the Song Dynasty spread throughout the Central Plains, the martial arts figures of the Central Plains would gather in Bian Jing to rescue the Song Dynasty and turn the tide.

Huang Sixi asked again: "Do you know where the people from the Murong family are hiding?"

Zhao Qiansun and Tan Gong looked at each other and shook their heads together: "Now all the famous heroes in the martial arts world have disappeared, and no one knows where they live. Mr. Huang, if you want to see the Murong family, you can only wait until the day of the Shenzhou Heroes Gathering!"

Zhao Qiansun said this and revealed a secret to Huang Sixi: "Oh, Mr. Huang, a month ago, the evil bandits from Western Xia attacked the Luoyang headquarters of the Beggars' Sect and captured the elders of the Beggars' Sect. The former leader of the Beggars' Sect, Qiao Feng, tried to rescue him, but he was also captured by the evil bandits from Western Xia!"

(End of this chapter)