Ming Jing Tai

A small village located in a remote mountain.A family got up before dawn to prepare for a day's work.Spreading the harvested wheat yesterday in the yard, an old man in his fifties opened the gate of the yard, went outside to take a few breaths of clear mountain air, picked up the hoe by the door and prepared to go to the ground. look inside.

The village is very small, with only a dozen households scattered throughout the village.Almost every household is emitting cooking smoke, and it can be seen that everyone is up.The old man walked out a few steps when he heard the sound of horseshoes.He immediately put down his hoe and looked towards the entrance of the village.The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, and people came out of their yard one after another.Gradually, everyone saw clearly who was coming. Some people called the family members in the house to come out quickly, and some people ran over directly.

Immediately there are two people.One looked to be in his twenties, with a handsome face, but with some hard work of traveling for days.Sitting in front of this person was a boy, holding a basket in his arms, with a look of horror on his face.

"It's Qiu Huai!"

Someone shouted, and everyone gathered in the past.The visitor tightened the reins and stopped in front of the old man.

"father."

The man got off the horse, took the basket from the child's arms and handed it to the father, and finally took the child down.

The old man lifted the cloth on the curtain and saw that there was a baby in the basket. The old man immediately said, "Go into the house." The others didn't ask the man what happened to the two children, they surrounded him and entered with him. The old man's yard.A woman came out from the room, and the man called out, "Mother."

The woman was overjoyed at her son's return, and when she saw the strange child, she immediately opened the door curtain and said, "Come into the house, mother will get you something to eat."

"Mother, do you have any milk or rice soup? The baby in the basket just passed the full moon."

The man took the basket from his father and showed it to his mother.The woman hurriedly carried the sleeping child out: "Give it to mother." Then the woman left with the child in her arms, and everyone entered the house.

Someone closed the door, and someone stayed outside to watch the wind. The man hugged the ten-year-old boy in front of him, and whispered to everyone: "This is the son of the king of Yue, and that is the youngest son of the king of Yue, Zhang Zhong. It's time to attack the King of Yue. The two concubines are gone."

"Ah!"

All exclaimed.The boy bit his lip, tears welling up.

"The king of Yue has escaped from the capital. I send the child here by the order of the adults." Then, the man said to the child: "My son, from today onwards, this is your home. My parents are your uncles and aunts. Your name is Yuanmai, Maizi's Mai; my younger brother is Yuandou, Douzi's Dou, I am your cousin, Yuanqiu, remember."

The eldest son Huo Yunkai nodded, and wiped away tears: "My name is Yuan Mai, my younger brother is called Yuan Dou, and my elder brother is called Yuan Qiu. This is my home."

The man pushed the child in front of the father, saying: "I have to go."

As soon as the old man heard it, he immediately asked, "Where is your lord?"

"My lord escorted the King of Yue back to Yidong. Dad, the war is about to start. You tell everyone to pack up. My lord said that we might have to change places. Tell mother, my lord gave the child some drug and he won't wake up after a while."

"You can rest assured, my lord, I will arrange it."

"I'm leaving."

No time to have a hot meal, the man bid farewell to his relatives and everyone, hurried out the door, got on his horse and left.Everyone stood at the door and watched the man walk away until he disappeared, with deep hatred in everyone's eyes.The old man returned home with his son, who cried and asked, "Uncle, my father, will you be all right?"

The old man said in a deep voice: "With the protection of the adults, he will return to Yidong safely." The old man said in his heart that he hoped that the king of Yue could make up his mind this time to save the people from suffering and bring peace to the world.

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Zhang Zhong and Sun Jiyu sent orders to the Hu'anwei and Yuqinwei strongholds in various places, ordering them to pursue and intercept the Yue Wang group.Along the way, news about King Yue's appearance came one after another, and the people from Huanwei and Yuqinwei ran around following these news, but they didn't even see a shadow of King Yue.Chasing soldiers wearing the uniforms of Huanwei and Imperial Guards can be seen everywhere in Southern Chu Kingdom, as well as officers and soldiers from all over the country.

Yi Zhongren was also affected by these fake news at the beginning. After a while, he joined up with the mute who had first inquired about the news, and ordered to go directly to Yucheng Pass, so that others could continue to chase and block Yue Wang.No matter where King Yue flees, his ultimate goal must be to return to Yidong, and Yucheng Pass is the only way he must pass.

After chasing for a few days, the subordinates were exhausted. The Yizhong people handed over the subordinates to a policeman and asked them to find a place to rest. He and the mute continued to chase.After resting enough, the detective led a large team to catch up with them again.Everyone knows that Yi Zhongren is strong in martial arts and full of energy, and while admiring him, he also feels that Yi Zhongren is sincere to Duke Du.

Yi Zhongren and the mute rushed to Yucheng Pass.Over there, Huo Feng, who had entered the mountain forest, headed all the way to Yucheng Pass. He only made short repairs on the road, and after letting the horses breathe, Huo Feng started on the road again.There is interception in front and pursuit in the back, so there can be no delay for a moment.After driving non-stop for ten days, Huo Feng collided with the imperial guards and Hu'an guards who were chasing him on the trail three miles away from Xiangfan City.Huo Feng and the others were wearing military uniforms, and the other party didn't doubt it, they just asked, "Which yamen are you from?"

Huo Feng replied calmly: "We are Suiyang county government servants, and we are ordered to hunt down fugitives."

"Suiyang County?" The other party immediately said: "Jiujiang discovered the remnants of Yue King, and Shangfeng ordered me to go and intercept them. You don't have to go to Yumen Pass, come with us."

Huanwei and Yuciwei have the right to deploy troops from various cities and counties.Seeing that the team was dirty and messy, and it was impossible to catch up with King Yue, the leader of this party simply recruited them and went to arrest the rebels together.

In the direction of Jiujiang, isn't that Xing Tian's horse?Huo Feng asked calmly: "The people from Jiujiang caught it?"

The other party said impatiently: "If you catch it, do you want us to chase it? Don't be wordy, take your men and horses to follow."

"Yes."

Huo Feng gestured to the soldiers to get out of the way.After Hu Anwei and Yu Qinwei's men and horses walked by, he suddenly picked up the big knife on the horse, put it on the head of the person in front of him, and chopped off.

"what!"

There was a scream, and the hooves neighed.

"It's a chaotic party! They are a chaotic party!"

Someone yelled.The sound of fighting started.

Huo Feng vented all the anger in his heart and the grief of losing his wife and child to these people.The opponent's troops were comparable to them, but because it was their surprise attack, the opponent was caught off guard.During the melee, someone turned the horse's head and went back to report.Huo Feng saw it, hacked to death the enemy in front of him, and rode his horse to chase after him.

"Whoosh-!"

A cold arrow flew out of the woods by the roadside, Huo Feng instinctively got down immediately, the arrow flew over him, and directly pierced the back of the person who reported the message.The man screamed and fell off the horse.Huo Feng tightened the reins, stopped, and looked vigilantly at the direction in which the arrow feathers flew out.He didn't forget that there were several mysterious arrows on the night he escaped.

"Whizzing--!"

A few more arrows sprang out from the forest, and several minions of Shanghai Anwei fell to the ground screaming, and were hacked to death by Huo's army.Someone in the Shanghai security guard shouted: "There is an ambush among us! Withdraw! Withdraw!"

Those people immediately found a way to break through. As long as they ran out to rescue soldiers, these people would be caught back if they fled to the sky.

These people must not be let out alive!Huo Feng rushed towards the fleeing enemy.The sword energy pierced through the air, and two men in black rushed out from the forest.First, a few hidden weapons were released, and then the swords in their hands went straight to the heads of Huanwei and Yuqinwei's minions.It's one of our own.Huo Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and the big knife in his hand was even more merciless.

These two people's kung fu is extremely high, with their joining, the pressure on Huo Feng's side has been reduced a lot.An hour later, the corpses of the evil party's minions were all over the place, and none of them escaped alive.Huo Feng got off his horse panting heavily, he had been on the road for several days, he had eaten and slept in the open air, and he had just experienced a fight, he was very tired.

The two men in black were not only wearing masks, but also black gauze caps, and they did not take off the gauze caps when Huo Feng approached, apparently not intending to show their faces.One of the taller men in black stood behind the other, and it was obvious that the shorter and thinner man in black was in charge of the two.

"Thank you two strong men for your help." Huo Feng clasped his fists in gratitude, staring at the short man, trying to see through the layer of black veil the eyes that were not covered.

The other party did not return the salute, nor did he speak.The man behind him said: "The bodies of these people cannot be left here. Take off their clothes and burn all the bodies." After speaking, he reached into the mask and whistled.There was the sound of horseshoes in the woods, and two black horses ran out and stopped beside the two men in black.The short man in black took out a package from his horse and threw it directly at Huo Feng.Huo Feng caught it with one hand, and opened it to see that inside was a falcon robe of the imperial guard and the governor's envoy, and a waist card of the envoy.

Huo Feng immediately took off his dirty and torn clothes, and put on this clean clothes.The other party threw another water bag, apparently to let him freshen up.Huo Feng asked the soldiers to put on all the clothes they took off from the vicious party, regardless of whether there were blood stains or not.He took the water bag and went to the side, wiped his face with the dirty clothes he had changed, and tidied up the messy bun.

"You go straight into the city and go straight to Yucheng Pass. If anyone blocks you along the way, just show your badge." It was still the tall man in black.Huo Feng clasped his fists again to thank him, his eyes still fixed on the short man.

"Can the two strong men be named? If Huo can get revenge in the future, he will thank the two strong men again."

"You don't need to thank me again. As long as the prince wants to break it, he will break it, don't hesitate any longer."

The tall man got on the horse, and the short man got on too.The two are leaving.

"Wait!" Huo Feng grabbed the short man's horse rein, with some impatience in his eyes, "Is it you!" He said ambiguously, but he believed that the other party understood what he meant.

The man stretched out his hand to cover Huo Feng's, and Huo Feng's body trembled suddenly.Pulling Huo Feng's hand away from the rein, the man flicked his fingers lightly on Huo Feng's shoulder, as if flicking some dust for him.Huo Feng's eyes were shocked, and he took a step back.

"My lord, go all the way." The tall man suddenly said, and the short man swung his whip, the horse neighed, and the figures of the two rushed out very quickly.Clenching his fists tightly, Huo Feng's ears "chug-chug"--"My lord...go all the way..." He has heard this sentence three times in a short period of time.

Go all the way...go all the way...I've come to this point, if I can't go well, if I can't go on, won't you be called "a coward, a coward" by you?

Huo Feng got on his horse: "Burn their bodies, let's go!" After a while, the flames rose, and Huo Feng led his men to leave the mountain and go straight to Xiangfan City.The king of Yue returned to Yidong, and no one could stop him.

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Yucheng Pass, He Jia personally led [-] elite soldiers from the base camp of Huo's army in Yidong to here.The city guards are Huo Feng's subordinates, and they have received an urgent letter from the capital, knowing that something happened to King Yue.Yucheng Pass is strictly guarded, and He Jia has already issued an order that if something happens to the prince, the Huo family army will enter Yucheng Pass and go straight to the capital to avenge the prince.

Standing on the high wall of Yuchengguan, He Jia looked into the distance anxiously.There seemed to be dust flying in the distance, and He Jia immediately yelled at the people below: "Go and see if anyone is coming!"

Two messengers quickly mounted their horses and went forward to check the situation.He Jia clenched his fists tightly, praying in his heart that it must be the prince, it must be the prince!After waiting anxiously for about a stick of incense, a messenger came back and raised his head and shouted, "Report to the general! It is General Huang, General Xu and General Ruan who are back!"

"Where's your lord!" He Jia's heart skipped two beats.

"The prince hasn't come back yet. The soft general told us to wait here for the prince. The prince will arrive tomorrow at the latest."

The He family broke out in a cold sweat from being frightened abruptly.Already able to see the returning men and horses, He Jia quickly got down from the city wall and rode out of the city to meet his brother who had escaped death.

Yucheng Pass was right in front of them, Huang Han, Xu Baicai, and Ruan Xingtian who saw He Jia hurried on their horses, and when they met head-on, the three jumped off their horses.He Jia also jumped off the horse and embraced the three of them.Ruan Xingtian suppressed his excitement and said: "Go back to the city, if the prince has not returned tomorrow, we will rush directly into the pass."

He Jia said: "I'm ready. You are tired all the way, go back and have a rest."

"Give me a roasted whole lamb first, Grandpa's, it really starved me to death." Huang Han wiped his face and shouted directly.

Some of the returning soldiers were injured, He Jia asked Ruan Xingtian, Huang Han, and Xu Baicai to eat and rest, and he came to deal with the aftermath.He Jia sent a sentry post to investigate the news of the lord, and He Jia, who had temporarily settled the matter, saw Ruan Xingtian, Huang Han, and Xu Baicai waiting for him as soon as he returned to the camp.He Jia walked over and said, "It just so happens that I have something to ask you, if you are not tired, you can talk about it now."

Huang Han was the most anxious. He was the first to ask, "Is that mysterious man sending you any letters?"

Ruan Xingtian interjected: "I've talked to them both. The prince hasn't had time to talk yet."

He Jia pondered and said: "After Xing Tian left, the mysterious person didn't send me any more letters, so I was always worried about whether you could escape smoothly."

"Who is this mysterious man?" Xu Baicai said to himself.Both Ruan Xingtian and He Jia shook their heads, they also wanted to know.

It turned out that after Huo Feng left Yidong and returned to Beijing with Huang Han and Xu Baicai, Ruan Xingtian and He Jia received a secret letter.The secret letter said that Huo Feng's return to Beijing this time is more than good, and Zhang Zhong is likely to take action against him, asking them to make preparations quickly.Ruan Xingtian and He Jia didn't know the authenticity of this secret letter, but just in case, Ruan Xingtian led people to the capital immediately. It would be best if they could catch up with the prince. bring back.

As soon as Ruan Xingtian, who was disguised as a caravan, led people out of Yucheng Pass, he received several carts of large boxes. The boxes were full of the clothes of the imperial guards and a waist card.Ruan Xingtian and the people he brought out half changed into the clothes of the imperial guards, and half changed into ordinary soldier uniforms and rushed to the capital in two ways.

Before arriving in the capital, Ruan Xingtian received news that the prince was arrested, the two concubines committed suicide, the son disappeared, and the young master fell into the hands of Yi Zhongren.Ruan Xingtian almost gritted his teeth.But then, he received a secret letter from a mysterious person, asking him to go to the observation platform to rescue people at midnight.And in the letter, he told him how to deal with it, and told him to go out of the city directly after saving people, and someone would find a way to open the city gate for them.

Everything is as stated in the letter.Ruan Xingtian pretended to be an imperial guard and sneaked into the observation platform on the grounds of sending more guards.As soon as he saw the prince tied there, he knew what to do.Going out of the city was smoother than expected, Ruan Xingtian became more and more curious about the mysterious person who sent them the letter, who was secretly helping them?To be able to make such a plan, to play with Yu Qinwei and Hu Anwei, this person must have an extraordinary identity, who could it be?

After much deliberation, they couldn't think of who that person would be, and neither did the four of them.Ruan Xingtian, Huang Han and Xu Baicai, who were tired all the way, didn't want to go to rest either, the prince hasn't come back yet.The four simply nestled in He Jia's barracks to discuss important matters.The prince was loyal to the country, but now his family is broken.This is called, the government forces the people to rebel, and the people have to rebel.All four of them believed that their prince would not hesitate any longer.