Xiao Feng came here in good spirits and returned in despair.
This incident is like a stone dropped in a big river. It makes a small splash and then subsides. The river is still rushing eastward.
Xiao Feng seemed unaffected and was still dealing with his official duties. Li Jiang was not in a hurry either and lingered at places of historical interest.
He believed that as long as he planted a seed, it would eventually take root and sprout.
In the evening five days later, Li Jiang returned to the inn after traveling.
As soon as he entered the door, the waiter came up to him and reported in a low voice: "Sir, your friend from last time came to see you again. He has been waiting in the room for a long time."
Li Jiang nodded and took out two taels of silver to express his gratitude.
The waiter smiled brightly and asked, "Sir, do you need another table of food and drinks to be sent to the room?"
Li Jiang thought for a moment, Xiao Feng was busy with official duties, but now he was waiting in the inn for a long time. Something big must have happened, and he might not be in the mood to drink and eat meat again. He shook his head and rejected the waiter's kindness, and walked inside.
As soon as he entered the Tianzi Corridor, Li Jiang heard the sound of a person walking back and forth in his room.
Judging from the hurried footsteps, Xiao Feng must be in a very anxious mood right now.
"Dong dong dong" Li Jiang deliberately increased the sound of his footsteps.
Xiao Feng in the room heard it and quickly opened the door and looked towards Li Jiang.
Li Jiang stopped, clasped his fists and said, "I went for an outing outside the city today. I never thought that my eldest brother would come..."
Xiao Feng waved his hand and said: "Second brother, don't blame yourself, I came here without telling you. Come here quickly, I have something to discuss with you."
Li Jiang strode into the room, closed the door and asked, "Brother, what's the matter?"
Xiao Feng had a melancholy face and said: "I have a little girl named Azi. She is naughty by nature and suddenly went out last month. I didn't take it seriously at the time and just thought she was out having fun. However, she didn't show up for several days in a row.
Returning, I realized something was wrong, so I sent spies to look for her. This morning I finally got the news that she and a Han handyman, Tietouren, had gone south into the Song Dynasty."
Li Jiang was stunned for a moment, thinking that the "Divine Foot Sutra" that had a connection with Pindao had been taken away by Tietou Wa? No wonder he had traveled all over Yanjing in the past few days without encountering him.
This purpose was difficult to express verbally, so he asked: "Azi?"
Xiao Feng said sadly: "She is the sister of my second brother's maid, A'Zhu!"
"A'Zhu's sister?" Li Jiang said in surprise, then nodded heavily and said: "She is A'Zhu's sister, so it is my duty. I will immediately go south to the Beggar Gang to rescue her."
"Beggars?" Xiao Feng was even more surprised than Li Jiang. At this moment, he felt a chill in his heart, thinking that the Beggars hated him so much that they kidnapped Ah Zi because they wanted to use her as a hostage to coerce him into something. No, Er.
I don't know the situation, and if I ask for it by force or have something I can't bear to say, I can only go to negotiate and rescue myself.
He hurriedly asked about Li Jiang's source of information.
Li Jiang made up a random reason. Didn't Xu Zhu save many people on the Thirty-six Cave and Seventy-two Islands? Therefore, these people were grateful to Xu Zhu, and when they returned home from the east, they heard news along the way. One of them was
News that the young girl and the iron-headed man were mixed up with the beggar gang.
Li Jiang did not lie about sending back the news. Those people on the Seventy-Two Islands really sent back the news. Mei Jian was usually sorting it out, but sometimes she would tell some interesting news like a joke during her breaks in practice.
Tell Li Jiang the same thing.
Of course there is no news about Ah Zi, but Li Jiang is not lying to Xiao Feng, because he made a reasonable guess based on the plot. Since Ah Zi and the Iron Head Man ran away, the next step is probably the Xiaolin Martial Arts Conference.
As expected, Xiao Feng entered the jar. After hearing Li Jiang's description of the two people's appearance, he was immediately convinced and was about to leave to prepare for going south.
Li Jiang did not stop him, but just said one more thing, "Brother, why not take the opportunity to sign and leave!"
Xiao Feng's figure stopped at the door, and after a long time he sighed: "Second brother, where can I go if I leave here? The people of Song Dynasty regard me as an enemy bandit. If I return..."
Li Jiang interrupted: "Brother, are there only two countries like Song and Liao in such a big world? The fourth brother's Dali, the third brother's Western Regions, and even overseas, where can't you go? No matter how indecisive you are, what will you do if the emperor forces you?
"
Xiao Feng remained silent, but his feet did not move even an inch.
Not moving means moving. Li Jiang decided to add fuel to the fire and said: "Brother, did I tell you? The third brother is Xiaolin's monk. He doesn't want to be the master of Lingjiu Palace. Maybe he has gone back to Xiaolin now.
.There are three religions and nine streams under the Lingjiu Palace, and most of them are from evil ways. In the past, Tong Lao and him were there to restrain him, but there was no trouble. But now that he leaves and no one restrains him, he will bring disaster to the people and cause chaos in the world.
"My temperament is idle and Yehe. My fourth brother will soon be the king of Dali. Only you have the ability, prestige and time to help your third brother control these people. Can you bear to watch ordinary people wailing under the slaughtering knives of such people?"
Xiao Feng's face finally changed color while he was carrying Li Jiang, and a fantasy seemed to appear in front of his eyes: countless evil villains were robbing homes, countless homes were in flames, countless men, women, and children were trembling under the butcher's knife, the gangsters' sinister laughter, women's cries, and blood.
Skeletons everywhere...
"Okay, I promise you!" Xiao Feng said without looking back.
Li Jiang was overjoyed and suggested: "Brother, there is no need to inform the Liao Emperor anymore. He must not want you to leave. You can hand over the official affairs to the Privy Council, and then hang a seal and leave the book in the palace. They will know it in the future."
your choice."
Xiao Feng said: "Yes, I understand. Let's meet at Ximen tomorrow morning!"
"Okay, see you there or not." Li Jiang solemnly agreed.
The next day's time.
Xiao Feng was followed by more than a dozen people to join Li Jiang and set off to the west.
On the way, Xiao Feng told Li Jiang about the eighteen people behind him.
They were Xiao Feng's bodyguards. During the battle with the Emperor's uncle, they were heartbroken after witnessing Xiao Feng's peerless martial arts. After the war, they chose to follow voluntarily. Xiao Feng didn't want it at the time, but later he recalled fighting alone in Juxian Manor.
They thought that no matter how powerful their martial arts were, they would still be unable to defeat a hundred enemies, so they accepted them and named them "Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry".
Each of these people are the top masters of the Khitan tribe. Each of them can equal ten to one, and the mounts on their backs are all good horses. In times of crisis, if you just want to escape, it should not be difficult.
Li Jiang sent a message: "Is it reliable?"
Xiao Feng replied: "I eat and live with them on weekdays, and we are brothers, so they are only loyal to me. As long as I don't let them attack the Liao Kingdom, no matter where I go or what I do, they will not object.
"
Li Jiang nodded and agreed with his statement. This system of dead soldiers was very popular in ancient times, and Xiao Feng only raised eighteen, which was considered a small number.
After leaving Yanjing for more than forty miles to the west, everyone set up tents and rested for the night.
When he got up early the next day, Xiao Feng announced to the eighteen people the purpose of his trip, which was not to go hunting but to go south into the Song Dynasty to rescue people.
As Xiao Feng said, no one in the Eighteen Banners of Yanyun raised any objections. They all silently put away their felt tents and bundled supplies.
The well-trained military masters were extremely efficient and were assembled within ten minutes.
Amidst the whistling, twenty people turned south and galloped towards the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!