Beacon quenching beauty

The past two years have been very unlucky for the Huashan School, and they often get together and sigh: What kind of bad luck is this for us!

It stands to reason that in this age of war and chaos, it is normal to occasionally encounter houses being burned, surrounding villages and towns being robbed by passing troops, and food being unable to be bought.Even if you are a martial artist who goes out and walks sideways, you can't stop the general trend of the world.

However, the Huashan faction was particularly unlucky. For some reason, they blocked the eyes of Li Siqi, the leader of the guarding Shaanxi Yuan army.

The so-called two fists are hard to beat with four hands, even if all the disciples of the Huashan faction are strong in martial arts, they dare not compete with the large group of soldiers and horses. As a result, the people of the Huashan faction have to hide in the high places of Huashan for more than half a year. , when the weather is cold, the cold wind blowing high on the mountain is like a sharp knife, which is unspeakable.

Therefore, Master Zhang of Mingjiao sent someone to send a letter, proposing to convene a martial arts conference in Huashan, and invite heroes from all walks of life to discuss the timing of the Anti-Yuan Dynasty. The Huashan faction immediately agreed.Apart from other things, the Yuan army in Shaanxi on their side must be resisted first, otherwise there is really no way to survive.

The reason why Mingjiao chose Huashan in Shaanxi to hold the martial arts conference was also after some consideration.Firstly, the Huashan faction has been harassed by Li Siqi's soldiers for the past two years, so they must strongly support it; secondly, Haozhou is the main altar of the Mingjiao, and they don't want to recruit such a large number of mixed martial arts people all at once, lest they have old enemies with the Mingjiao People take advantage of the chaos to make trouble.

The date of the conference was set on the eighth day of the first month of November. The Ming Cult dispatched Guangming Right Envoy Fan Yao to lead the Five Elements Banner to Shaanxi. They found a large open space beside the Xiyue Temple at the foot of Huashan Mountain and built a temporary wooden shed in preparation for the martial arts competition. It is used by various sects during the conference.

Huashan Xiyue Temple was first built in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Later, it was a place for emperors of all dynasties to worship the God of Huashan.

Fan Yao, who was sent by Mingjiao to make preliminary preparations, saw that this place was good and suitable for use, so the monk's dormitory in the temple was also unceremoniously requisitioned by Mingjiao.

The great monks in the temple dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out. Led by the presiding abbot, they retreated to the back room of the Wanshou Pavilion in the northernmost part of the temple to live temporarily. The strongmen quickly finish their Narushizi martial arts conference and leave.

Finally, Mingjiao advocated Wuji to be kind and kind, and suddenly remembered that his group of rebellious subordinates might bully the locals, so he asked specifically, and then ordered Fan Yao to supply a batch of silver taels in the temple for renting houses, the great monk Only then are we at peace.

In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of the first month of November. Zhang Wuji led the Mingjiao group to Mount Hua. The wooden sheds built by the Mingjiao were already full of heroes from all walks of life, the Kongtong School, the Kunlun School, the Wudang School, and the Emei School. , Qinghai faction, beggars' gang, Shaolin, Paijiao in western Hunan, Wudaomen in northern Zhejiang...

Most of the heroes are Han Chinese, who have been oppressed by the Mongols for nearly a hundred years, and the bad breath in their hearts has been passed down from generation to generation. Until now, they finally saw the hope of expelling the Tartars and returning to the country. With as many as two to three thousand people, it is a grand event.

Wudang sent Yu Lianzhou, Zhang Songxi, and Yin Liting with more than ten disciples.Mingjiao took special care of them, and the wooden shed prepared for them was much neater than others'.

Zhang Wuji went to see him, and asked Grand Master Zhang Sanfeng how he was, Yu Lianzhou said, "Master, he has recently retreated, we can't go and disturb him, but the little Taoist priest who brought him three meals said that Master looks good, and he seems to be in good spirits."

Zhang Wuji praised, "Grand Master has profound skills and studied the Taoist methods of health preservation. It is really rare in ancient and modern times that he is still healthy and healthy after the age of a hundred!" He asked, "How about the uncle and the third uncle?"

Yu Lianzhou nodded and said, "Everything is fine, especially senior brother. Ever since you accompanied Qing Shu to Wudang last year, the master pulled out the bone needle for him, and after saying that the previous matter was over, the senior brother looked a lot more cheerful. It’s just that I don’t want to go down the mountain yet, probably I still feel ashamed to face my fellow martial artists.”

Zhang Wuji pursed his lips, "Qing Shu is very good now, Master Uncle will be proud of having a son like him one day!"

Yin Liting laughed from the side, "You have a good relationship with Qing Shu, and you should always help him to talk. Okay, we are also waiting for that day. Qing Shu is also something we have grown up with, so why don't we look forward to him?"

A salute was fired outside the speaking room, it should be that another martial arts sect with a high status has arrived.

Monk Budai walked into the wooden shed of the Wudang sect, and said to Zhang Wuji, "Master, the head of the Emei sect, Zhou, has arrived with his disciples. There are quite a few people, two to three hundred disciples!"

Zhang Wuji saw two disciples of Emei's Jing family bring people here yesterday, and he thought that Emei was mostly women and lived in a secluded area of ​​Sichuan. .Unexpectedly, those disciples of the Emei Sect came to take the lead, and Zhou Zhiruo and his team arrived today.

Stepping out of the wooden shed together with Yu Lianzhou and others, I saw a row of Emei disciples entering in line outside the square. In front of them were eighty or ninety female disciples, all in black clothes, nuns with hair, old, middle-aged, and young women.Zhou Zhiruo walked more than ten feet behind the female disciple, she was dressed in green, she was beautiful and refined, she walked slowly.Behind them are the male disciples, also all dressed in black robes. The warriors of the Bibie faction looked at the gentlemen, and they walked neatly. There was a long team, at least 200 people.

The formation of the Emei Sect is similar to that when they participated in the Shaolin Martial Arts Conference back then, only with more people and more grandeur.

Zhang Songxi said softly, "Master Zhou of the Emei Sect is indeed a talent. Compared with her master Miejue Shitai, she is more talented, and has excellent martial arts skills. The Emei Sect has really grown a lot under her hands in the past few years."

Not to mention that he was recently assigned to be in charge of military supplies in Mingjiao's North Route Army, and he was very sensitive to spending money, so he interjected, "It takes money to pile up money if you have style. Zhang Sixia, look at the hundreds of sets of new clothes they made. It will cost a lot. And everyone looks so tidy, so it must not be possible to wear a set of clothes without changing all the way, and it must be replaced on the road. In my opinion, the assets of the Emei Sect are very rich. "

Everyone was about to look sideways at his philistine talk, but Zhang Wuji continued, "That's right, Qingshu had a little misunderstanding with the Emei sect last time, so he must send 1 taels of silver to Mount Emei to make amends, what should I say? I don’t even listen, in fact, what’s the matter, just explain the misunderstanding clearly, the head of Zhou will not be so narrow-minded, he can’t do it without an apology.”

Everyone immediately retorted in their hearts: That's not necessarily the case, how can such a powerful figure as the head of Zhou allow others to offend so easily.

Yang Xiao rushed over to invite Zhang Wuji to meet him, and just heard this passage, he couldn't help but smile wryly, he knew the cause and effect of it, and said, "Mr. Song certainly won't care about such a small amount of money if he occupies a rich place in Henan."

Zhang Wuji said, "He fights every day and spends a lot on military supplies. If you have money, you should save some money for emergencies."

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "That's right, what the leader said is very reasonable, and now everything should be focused on the great cause of fighting against the Yuan Dynasty. However, the prestige of the head of Emei is not low, and you personally led so many disciples to come to support, leader, as the person in charge, you should It’s not rude to go out to greet you.”

Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao, and the current head of the Huashan School, Ge, walked out to greet him. Head Ge is a disciple of the second elder of Huashan. He is not young, and his martial arts are average, but he is very good. After that, he was very cautious, and would rather set up a person with slightly inferior martial arts but a good character as the head.

Fortunately, although the master Ge is weak in martial arts, he is very flexible, and he speaks freely, and he is very sophisticated in the world. He laughed loudly at the first place, "Master Zhou led the heroes of the Emei sect to come here. We are really overjoyed." Ah! The heroines of the Emei Sect, they are always admired by people in the martial arts world!"

Zhou Zhiruo stepped forward, "Master Ge is being polite."

Zhang Wuji and Yang Xiao also greeted her according to martial arts rules, and after some pleasantries, the Huashan disciple who was in charge of Zhiyin led the Emei faction to their wooden shed.

Zhang Wuji watched Zhou Zhiruo leaving surrounded by all the disciples, and suddenly thought in his heart: So she has always been very concerned about these pomp and pomp.It was the same way last time on Mount Shaoshi.Shaking his head, he thought, this has nothing to do with me.We are grateful that she can bring her disciples to help out.It's just why she always wears Tsing Yi, so why can't she change it?It looked weird.

When it was noon, everyone who was supposed to come had already arrived, and the Mingjiao Blazing Fire Banner fired three cannon shots to signify the start of the meeting.

Yang Xiao, the bright right envoy of Mingjiao, stood up first, with luck in his dantian, and said in a loud voice, "Heroes are invited, now the Yuan people are under tyranny, the people are in dire straits, heroes from all over the world are fighting, it is a great time to drive out the Tartars and return our Han people. The Ming Church and the Huashan faction are here to invite heroes from all over the world to discuss the great plan to drive out the Mongols, and we are very grateful to you for your continued support!" said Tuantuan, clasping their hands together.

All the heroes shouted, "Yang Zuoshi is welcome!" "Mingjiao has been the leading figure in the world against the Yuan Dynasty these years, and everyone admires it very much. If you have any concerns, please speak up, and we will follow suit!"

There are also those who are not so easy to talk about, and shouted, "Mingjiao has been fighting against the imperial court, but they are all leading the rebel army to fight. There is still a big difference between you and me in the martial arts and the rebel army. You can't generalize it. You should choose another one." It’s a respectable person who comes out and calls the shots.”

As soon as this remark came out, many people immediately responded, saying, "That's right, exactly!"

Someone else shouted, "Marching and fighting is not our specialty. The big guys are here today to organize a world hero anti-Yuan meeting. People from all provinces and places will be elected to host the liaison, and arrange for the big guys to assassinate the generals and deliver military information. Yes, isn't it good?"

Everyone expressed their opinions for a while, and there were different opinions.

Yang Xiao waited for everyone to say the same thing, then laughed a few times, mobilized his deep internal strength, suppressed the chaotic voices on the field, and continued, "Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing! What I taught is what you say About the same, the details have been discussed in detail with the head of the Huashan faction, Ge, and we will ask the head of Ge to explain it to everyone. If you have no objections, then let's not delay. Today and tomorrow, the leaders from all over the country will preside over it. After the candidates are selected, the brothers estimate that there will inevitably be a few people with equal prestige in the same place. Everyone in the martial arts, the subordinates will see who is superior and who is inferior. If the enmity is settled, then if we fail to fight against the Yuan Dynasty, we will fight among ourselves first, and we will show the court a joke."

The heroes shouted yes, the head of the Huashan faction, Ge, stood up immediately, he was the best at doing such public lobbying, Yang Xiao would use his talent to the best of his ability, and asked him to do it for him, so as not to waste his tongue.

This matter sounds simple, but it's quite complicated when it comes to details. Headmaster Ge talked about it for more than an hour, and he was talking about dividing the country into nine divisions, and choosing a person to lead each division, and we will be united in the future. Zhi, if there is any important business, these nine people will communicate and command in various places.

Yan Yuan, who had the Houtu Banner in charge, quickly entered the wooden shed where the leaders of the Ming Cult lived, and bowed to Zhang Wuji, "I want to report to the leader, Li Siqi, the leader of the Shaanxi Yuan Army, has sent thousands of troops to drive towards Huashan. It looks like they are here for our martial arts conference."

Yang Xiao frowned, "He knew clearly that it was our Mingjiao's martial arts conference convened here, yet he dared to make trouble!"

Fan Yao said, "It is estimated that he thinks that our soldiers are too far away and cannot be transferred, so he has nothing to worry about."

While talking, Huashan Erlao hurried over with a disciple, "Master Zhang, Li Siqi has the guts to send troops to fight here. It is estimated that we will arrive tomorrow. Our martial arts conference seems to be postponed."

Zhang Wuji and Yang Xiao discussed a few words, and said to them, "Don't rush to make a fuss, let's finish what we should do today, if we break up now, it will take a lot of trouble to gather these people together again."

Taking advantage of the large number of people at this time, the old man of the Huashan School said eagerly, "We have gathered two to three thousand people here, and everyone has martial arts. Why don't we gather tomorrow to fight against the surnamed Li? You may not lose to him!"

Zhang Wuji shook his head and said, "No, this group of independent warriors is different from well-trained generals. Which sect do you want to be the vanguard? Which sect is the rear? I'm afraid they won't be able to understand when the flag is displayed."

The old man scratched his head, "That's true. Don't expect half of the people to see it as advancing and half as retreating. If everyone squeezes into a pot of porridge, it will be a joke."

The short old man glared, "What kind of jokes are you making, you will die!"

Mingjiao came to Shaanxi to convene a martial arts conference. They were also afraid that the local Yuan army would make trouble, so they were not very flustered. They called the five-element flag envoys and ordered them to mobilize the five-element flags to deploy defenses. They discussed that otherwise we would hold the conference all night. , After selecting the leaders from all over the country, they will disperse.Although hasty, but basically what should be done has been done.

Everyone remained calm and continued to listen to Sect Leader Ge's high-spirited speeches.

After listening to only a cup of tea, disciples from Huashan School and Mingjiao Houtu disciples came in together.

The disciples of the Huashan School were flustered, and they were the first to shout, "Report to the two masters and uncles that something is wrong. There is a large cavalry coming from the southeast, and it is only half an hour's journey from here!"

The old man jumped up, "Oh! This is too bad. We were so worried about Li Siqi's army in the northwest, and we didn't send sentry people to go far in other directions. How come there is another group of people!! Trouble! This is how to do!……"

The short old man thought he was embarrassing for yelling, so he tugged at his sleeve and shouted, "Shut up!" Looking at Zhang Wuji.

The Houtu Banner disciple who came in together had time to speak, "I want to report to the leader, envoy Yan Qi said that it should be all right. The cavalrymen on the road seem to be flying the banner of General Song from Kaifeng."

Zhang Wuji was overjoyed immediately, and turned to Huashan Erlao, "It's okay, it's my own, our reinforcements have arrived."

Song Qingshu came over with a cavalry of 5000 men, and the 5000 men marched rapidly together with great momentum, within half an hour, the sound of horseshoes of the brigade in the distance could be faintly heard on the venue of the martial arts conference. As it got closer, there was still a large area of ​​dust flying as far as the eye could see, and everyone became suspicious.

The elder Gao of the Huashan faction said loudly, "Everyone, don't panic! It was Zhang Jiaozhu who was afraid that the imperial army would disrupt our martial arts conference, so he asked his own people to help."

As the voice fell, dozens of horsemen rushed in first, and the first sergeant was carrying a large flag, which was unfurled with the wind, and it read: Dingbei General Song.The sergeants behind were also carrying big flags with the word "Song" written on them, and there were as many as seven or eight poles in total.The Mingjiao and Huashan disciples guarding outside the arena got their orders, so they didn't stop them and let them enter.

Seeing that the space inside was limited, the cavalry who followed stopped entering. The generals shouted and lined up outside the field. After a while, the line separated to the two sides, and several horses came up from behind. , with a snow-white face, and his facial features are so handsome that he can sit on a horse casually, and he has an alluring aura.

Zhang Wuji didn't need Yang Xiao's reminder this time, he got up in time, with a smile all over his face, "Qing Shu has arrived, I'll go meet him."