Chapter 413 Chapter 416
Shen Mu and Xu Ziling couldn't imagine that something simple on the surface turned out to be so complicated on the inside.Knowing about Yang Wengan's conspiracy to rebel, Jieli ignored Liu and Song's desire to instigate them to invade Taiyuan in the south, but Yang Wengan was relieved by Li Shimin as if he had blown his breath. The momentum expanded, suppressing the fierce flames of the prince and concubine party.

Jieli originally planned to lead an army to invade, but Tuli restrained him and had no choice but to let his minions take action.

Zhang Jinshu sighed and said, "It's never easy living as neighbors with the Turkic people. Jieli's harsh demands are immoral. Today's silk and silk, tomorrow's rich and beautiful women, who can handle it?"

Xu Ziling said in a deep voice: "If we can't wipe out the Turkic people for a day, we can never expect to have a happy life."

Shen Mu asked: "Brother Zhang's country of Yan is close to Goryeo, so he should know more about their affairs. I don't know what kind of person 'Master Yijian' Fu Cailin is?"

Zhang Jinshu frowned and said: "Fu Cailin is already a god rather than a man in the hearts of the Korean people, full of mystery. According to the fragmentary information I got, he is a person who loves to pursue perfection. He only accepted three female disciples in his later years. , are all as beautiful as flowers, and the young apprentice Fu Junqiang is the most outstanding, and he is the most favored by him."

The two heard you look at me, but they didn't expect that besides mother and Fu Junyu, there was another junior sister.

Shen Mu said: "There is a man named Jin Zhengzong who has high martial arts skills, have you heard of Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Jinshu said: "Jin Zhengzong is the chief martial arts instructor in front of the king of Koryo. He is responsible for training the imperial army. Hearing the young commander's tone, it seems that he has fought against him, right?"

Shen Mu nodded and said: "We did have a few tricks with him, and the outcome was not decided, and everyone broke the boat and fell into the sea."

Zhang Jinshu said: "Korea and Khitan formed an alliance to fight against Xieli. The Khitan people disguised themselves as horse thieves and harassed the frontier from time to time without any worries. They caused serious harm and destruction to the people in the frontier. If it weren't for the Turks, I'm afraid they would have invaded on a large scale."

Shen Mu already had a deep understanding of this, and thought that if he wanted to unify the Central Plains, he would send his army to the north and attack the old nests of the Turks and Khitans.If the Turks and Khitan can be subdued, they can talk about the way of peaceful coexistence with the Koreans. For mother's sake, they can't use troops against the Koreans.

Zhang Jinshu said again: "Looking at the leisurely posture of the two brothers, it seems that they don't care about Yuwen Shi and Li Shimin colluding with you to deal with you, but you two have a plan to deal with it?"

Xu Ziling said with a smile: "We can't do anything else, but we have some experience in escaping, so we are never afraid of being tricked. Meeting Brother Zhang today will broaden our horizons and is a joy in life. I don't know if Brother Zhang will take Taiyuan as his destination in his next trip. ?”

Zhang Jinshu patted his legs and praised: "Brother Xu really sees through the younger brother."

He stood up, looked around at the dogs, and said: "These dogs have made me and the two of you friends, and I really can't bear to keep them here. Fortunately, I have a way to get them out of the waterway. Shipping to our place."

The two were overjoyed and hurriedly stood up to thank them, but in fact they were also feeling sad about it.

From this point alone, the two of them wished to make such a friend from the bottom of their hearts.

When the soldiers were in panic, Zhang Jinshu was still willing to take trouble for the dog, which shows the love of this man.

Zhang Jinshu lowered his voice again and said, "The fact that the two of you are going to Xu Cheng to find Yu Wenhua and settle accounts has spread widely. Brothers just wish the two of you success and settle your concerns."

After finishing speaking, he took off his coat, wrapped up the wolf meat, said goodbye, and led the pack of dogs casually.

The two were relieved to see it, and they parted ways on their own.

Xu Ziling and Shen Mu avoided Wuyang and went straight to Yuancheng. Unexpectedly, Yu Wenhuaji's defeated army also took the same retreat route, and they looted, burned, killed and robbed along the way. Yuancheng, Shenxian, and Wushui were located in Xucheng. People in the cities and nearby villages in the north fled to the river or took refuge in the mountains. Unfortunately, it snowed heavily and many of the refugees froze to death on the way.

When they met scattered soldiers who burned villages and robbed food, the two mercilessly wiped out the treasures they found and helped the refugees. They hoped that they could have a better life outside Wei, so when they arrived outside Xucheng, both of them were unknown. one article.

Shen Mu did not lose his true nature as a "miracle doctor", took out Sha Zhijing's nine needles, and with the assistance of Xu Ziling, he used Changqi to treat refugees injured by cold diseases.

The heavy snow temporarily relieved the plight of the Wei army, making it impossible for the Tang army to pursue it.But everyone knows that Yu Wenhua and the general trend are over, otherwise how can he indulge his troops and allow them to poison the local towns and villages?

According to the observation of the two, on the way back to Xucheng, when the Wei army was defeated, people kept leaving the team to flee and loot. Those who could return to Xucheng with Yu Wenhuaji were probably only Yu Wenhuaji's sons and soldiers.

The two came to the top of a mountain and looked down at Wei Jing Xu City, which is located in the east. The city seen on the way was the largest city with high walls and a moat, although it was far inferior to Luoyang and Chang'an. That kind of big city still has a certain defensive function.

On the official road leading to Xucheng, Wei Jun went back and forth from time to time, but there were no more refugees fleeing, and of course there were no businessmen and tourists.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, as if another heavy snowfall was brewing, the two hid in a bush, waiting for the night to come.

Shen Mu focused his eyes on Xu Cheng, and said in a deep voice: "After entering the city, we will immediately look for Laohou. We only need to find out where the bones of Yuhuahua are, look for the opportunity, and kill them with all our strength. Then we will find a place to drink and celebrate."

Xu Ziling shook his head and sighed, "I really don't understand what's going on in Yu Wenhua's head. After killing Emperor Yang before, when he led his troops back to the north, he already looted along the way, which made him notorious and unpopular. Now it's getting worse. , Is it because of his personality, or is there another reason?"

Shen Mu thought of the desolate situation he saw along the way, and said dejectedly: "Yu Wenhua bone directly inherited Yang Guang's army, and also directly inherited the old Sui army's ethos of violence and arrogance, and the remnant people enriching themselves. If Yu Wenhua bone and Li Mi He may use this momentum to rectify the army, but God is against him and will not give him this opportunity. After the Li Mi War, there was a big defeat against our Liangdu, and Yuwen's bones did not turn around at all Opportunity."

He said again: "Look! Such a city can't be said to be inferior to Chang'an and Luoyang, even Liangdu can compare it to it. It loses people's hearts and owes its geographical advantage. How long do you think he can defend?"

Xu Ziling sighed.

Shen Mu asked in surprise, "What are you thinking?"

Xu Ziling smiled wryly: "Have you ever thought that Yuhua's bones would have such a day?"

Shen Mu aroused his emotions, nodded and said: "You are right, no matter he chased and killed us and mother back then, or later killed Emperor Yang in retaliation, he was so arrogant and invincible, I'm afraid he himself I never thought that there would be such a hopeless day. Although it is imperative to avenge my mother, I still feel a little uncomfortable."

The two are great heroes, and they are used to dealing with powerful and evil forces. This is the first time they have used it in such a situation where they took advantage of others' danger and made trouble.If it wasn't for the fact that Fu Junmai had to take revenge, she might turn around and leave.

Xu Ziling's eyes flashed sharply, and he said in a deep voice: "Yu Wenhua has done all kinds of bad things, today is full of evil, death is not a pity! Don't forget that Boss Yan also died because of him, and I don't know how many people in Yangzhou were killed by him. Without him, the ice of Wei State will be disintegrated, and maybe the common people will be saved from suffering from the war. Alas! This is just my wishful thinking."

Shen Mu only needs to think about the terrible situation where the trees fell and the monkeys scattered, and the rebellious army ran around and looted, and of course he understood Xu Ziling's mood.

Suddenly a group of Wei troops drove out from the city gate, about [-] people, just looking at their attire, they knew they were preparing for a long journey, and they were heading west.

Shen Mu said: "They must be going west to investigate the movement of Tang Jun."

Xu Ziling said, "Do you recognize him?"

Shen Mu took a look, and said: "It turns out that Yu Wenzhi and the team are leading the team. Shall we make a surprise attack on the road, so as to notify in advance that the sheep hunting lions and leopards have arrived."

Xu Ziling said, "Are you sure you can handle a cavalry team of 200 people in the wilderness?"

Shen Mu smiled wryly, "Then let them go!"

Xu Ziling let out a "Huh", and saw that Yu Wenzhiji's team suddenly deviated from the official road, bypassed their hill, and galloped northward from the other side.

Shen Mu was startled and said, "Yuwen Zhiji, the bone sect of Yuwenhua, surrendered to Dou Jiande! Otherwise, why don't you leave the city through the north gate, just to deceive people's eyes and ears."

Xu Ziling nodded in agreement.

As a general of the old Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan supported the old Sui clan when he first entered Chang'an, under the banner of crusade against Yu Wenhuaji.But Dou Jiande does not have this psychological obstacle, this is Yu Wenhuaji's only way out.

Xu Ziling said in a deep voice: "We must slaughter the bones of Yuwenhua before Dou Jiande's army goes south."

The sky gradually darkened, and little snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The two of them were about to take action when suddenly four or five men rushed out while the city gate was still open and the drawbridge hadn't been pulled up. Seeing such a tragic situation, the two of them were tearing apart, but there was no way to rescue them.

Then a guard rushed out, threw the body into the moat, and then returned to the city as if nothing had happened, set up the bridge and closed the door.

Shen Mu said in a deep voice: "Let's go collect debts!"

Xu City is a state of complete desolation, ten rooms and nine empty, shops are closed, and the remaining residents are hiding in their houses. Not only are there no pedestrians on the street, there are not many patrolmen, no one clears the snow on the street, and the narrow streets and alleys It's dark and dark, and some residential shops have traces of being looted.

The two entered over the wall and came to the roof of a private house to observe the situation.

Shen Mu looked around, and said in a low voice: "In the battle of Wei County, Yu Wenhua's troops must have been severely damaged, and there was not enough manpower to guard the capital, otherwise we would have to spend a lot of time just entering the city."

Xu Ziling's eyes fell on the meandering river that passed through the center of the city. Houses and bridges were built on both sides of the river about three feet wide. There were only a few lights in the snow powder, and it was lifeless.I secretly thought that in the days of peace and prosperity, this city should have its own charm and characteristics.Now he is just like a critically ill patient, lingering on his last breath.He sighed softly: "It's because morale is low and there is no fighting spirit. The only ones who are willing to stay with Yu Wenhua to live and die are the soldiers of Yu Wen's clan."

Shen Mu said: "Young Master Ling, please rest here for a while, the younger brother will go back immediately."

Immediately flipped the tiled surface and disappeared into the darkness of the long street.

Pine trees are planted all over the place, and the long street is as quiet as ghost land under the rain and snow. up the Nitraria.

Xu Ziling couldn't help recalling the moving scene of flying side by side with Shi Feixuan on the snowy field to save Lei Jiuzhi, and even more recalled that after Shi Zhixuan snatched away the relic of the evil emperor, she said decisive words to the two of them, and then ignored them. go.

He took a deep breath of the cold air, but couldn't get rid of the deep memories that lingered in his mind.

In this age of war where dynasties change and heroes compete for hegemony, there is no paradise in the world, full of killing and being killed.Some people struggle to survive, some expand and invade, conspiracies, bloody methods, all kinds of methods are used, not to mention that friends can turn against each other, and even father and son brothers will put their relatives to death because of their interests.

Facing the desolate and doomsday scene of this lonely city, he suddenly felt that all the fame, fortune and power were meaningless and worthless.

The beautiful sea-like beauty of the thousands of miles of uninhabited grassland outside the Great Wall that Ba Fenghan described came to mind, and he secretly thought that only by going there can he forget his love in the grassland and desert.

But is this evasive mentality too negative, and then thinks what to do if you stay?Could it be helping Shen Mu to conquer the world?Isn't this another exposure to the massacre!Only when you go to the outer domain, which is isolated from the news of the Central Plains, can you avoid everything.Including Shi Feixuan, who is inseparable from his grievances.

Xu Ziling sighed secretly, faintly felt that besides avoiding the world, he also had complex and contradictory feelings of revenge on his concubine Xuan when he went to other places.

Suddenly there was a warning sign in my heart, when I looked towards the direction of the city wall, a ghostly figure of a woman slid down from the top of the wall, her agility was almost as fast as that of Wanhou, her body posture was also elegant and flawless, and she disappeared into the darkness in the distance in an instant.

Although Xu Ziling couldn't see the other person's face, he felt a sense of familiarity, but he was sure that he had never seen her before, so he was surprised and uncertain.

Shen Mu came back to him after a while, excitedly said: "I found the secret note left by Xiaohou!"

Xu Ziling told what he had just seen.

Shen Mu asked in surprise: "Which girl is so good at martial arts? This is an empty city, what's there to take advantage of?"

Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "I have an ominous premonition that this girl seems to have a subtle relationship with us."

Shen Mu frowned and said, "Ominous?"

Xu Ziling shrugged and said: "This is purely a feeling, there is no reason at all. The person who comes is not kind, and the person who is kind does not come. We'd better not meet her."

Yu Wenhuaji's imperial palace is only one-fourth of the size of Luoyang Palace City. It was expanded from the former Sui Governor's Mansion. In particular, the outer walls were thickened and taller, and watchtowers were set up.

According to the instructions, Shen Mu and Xu Ziling first took out a map of the buried Wei palace situation next to a tree behind the palace city. When they opened the scroll, they saw two dragons on the left and right, one of which was leaping mightily, and the other was far away from the clouds. , The uncomfortable scene is vividly drawn.

Shen Mu said with a dumb smile: "Good boy, I look like I want to eat people in the painting, I must find him bad luck later, and see what he can do with his Immortal Seal."

Xu Ziling sneered: "You are called a guilty conscience, why don't you think that the dragon soaring through the clouds and riding the fog is yourself?"

Shen Mu smiled wryly and said: "This is not only a guilty conscience, but also self-knowledge. I was an ambitious person since I was a child. I urged you to join the rebel army all day long, and forced you to secretly learn martial arts and listen to old master Bai teach people to read sage books. , and today is even more involved in the struggle for world hegemony, what qualifications do you have to be a comfortable dragon in a free game."

The two hid in the darkness of the tree shadow, gathered their eyes together, and studied the situation of Wei Palace and the location of Hou Xibai.

The Wei army's strength is obviously seriously insufficient. Even if the palace city is an important place, the outer guards are just phony, and they seem to be undefended in the eyes of the two.

Shen Mu and Xu Ziling entered the palace through the wall, but still dare not be negligent, because Hou Xibai marked the positions of more than a dozen secret sentries in the palace in the picture, and if one is not careful, they will be discovered.

After a while, the two sneaked into the Beiyuan Xiaozhu where Hou Xibai was staying, and human voices could be faintly heard from the exquisite two-story building.

They crossed a willow grove, came to the back of the house, listened attentively, and just heard Hou Xibai's voice saying: "One more day, we can finish it!"

The woman's voice said "um", but she didn't speak, followed by the light footsteps of leaving.

Both of them were excited to find Hou Xibai so smoothly, and when the woman and attendants left through the main entrance, they hurriedly entered the hall through the window.

The east wall of the hall is completely covered by a silk painting hanging from the ceiling. The color painting is mainly a life-size woman. The summer countryside is dotted with deer, sheep, rabbits, birds and other tame animals.

The picture of the beauties has been completed in sevens and eighties, with the outline of the face, the outline of the missing eyes, ears, mouth and nose, leaving a strange blank on the face.Under Hou Xibai's wonderful brushstrokes, the beautiful woman in the picture shows her light and graceful posture. Although I can't see her face, I already feel that she is a very moving beauty.

Hou Xibai sent Mrs. Wei away at this time, stepped into the hall, saw two people suddenly, and said happily: "You two are finally here!"

Shen Mu pointed at the silk painting and asked curiously: "Are you going to wait until the end to draw her appearance? If there is a slight mistake, it will be a waste of all previous efforts."

Hou Xibai came between the two of them and sighed: "Brother Kou, you don't know something. I have a very bad habit. I have to paint in one go, so that I can get the charm, but once I master the charm, it will decline like a bang. It’s hard to continue, so this time, we adopt the strategy of form first and then spirit, do heavy and trivial work, and finally pick up Shen Yun, this is the only way out of the way.”

Xu Ziling said: "Brother Hou's beauties are amazing again, but I still prefer your freehand portraits of beauties in ink and wash, just like the portraits on your beauties fan."

Hou Xibai lowered his voice and said, "This may be a funerary object hanging in the tomb. Of course, it must be colorful and luxurious."

The two looked at each other.

Shen Mu gasped and said, "Is Yu Wenwen going to commit suicide?"

Hou Xibai said: "I'm just guessing, alas! Mrs. Wei... Mrs. Wei is really pitiful to me. No wonder Yu Wenhuaji loves her so much. To tell you the truth, when I was painting for her, I once I had the idea of ​​hiding so far away, just because I didn't want to see the miserable situation when Yu Wenhuaji was slaughtered by you."

(End of this chapter)

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