In March of the 16th year of Kaiyuan, Shangguan Feixiong, the head of the Tangming Pavilion, issued a general order: In order to quell the fighting within the cabinet, reduce the casualties caused by private fighting, and rehabilitate the 30,000 people in the Tangming Pavilion who were initially designated as rebels.
Due to the opportunity, a Tangming Pavilion swearing-in ceremony will be held in Yangzhou in June.
The Yangzhou Ming Oath Conference has three major contents: the first is redress, as long as you participate in the conference and get the certificates and guarantees of three Tang Ming Pavilion masters at the conference, you can restore Tang Ming Pavilion status; the second is martial arts competition, anyone who has a private grudge can write a letter of challenge and
Solve the problem by fighting at the conference
, if the applicant does not accept the letter of challenge, the ranking of Tangming Pavilion will be cancelled. (If the difference in ranking is more than fifty places, you may not accept the challenge or choose to fight against one with more than one); the third is to compete for the leader of Tangming Pavilion. At the conference, you can compete for the position of the leader of Tangming Pavilion in ten places.
, to be held by those with high martial arts skills.
As soon as the general cabinet order came out, the martial arts world was shaken, and people rushed to Yangzhou in an endless stream.
Anlu Inn, the next morning.
Li Bai did not mention to Sima Heng and others about the collision of Li Changshi's carriage and horse last night, and led everyone to visit Meng Haoran in the Meng Mansion early in the morning.
In order to prevent the monkey king with two tails from attracting attention, Li Bai still let the monkey king hide in the sky bag. The sky bag is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it seems that there is a cave inside, so the monkey king is very happy to hide in it.
As soon as the group of people left the inn, a disciple of Yuan Danqiu hurried over and told everyone about the Yangzhou Ming Oath Conference.
When Li Bai heard this, he became happy. This was the best opportunity for He Daquan and others to redress, so he immediately ordered Yuan Danqiu's disciples to return to Yiyang County and Minggao Mountain to prepare He Daquan and others to go to Yangzhou.
After Yuan Danqiu's disciples took the order and left, several people continued to walk towards the Meng Mansion.
After walking a few steps, a disciple of Cen Xun who was sent to Tongtian Sect to inquire about the news hurriedly came to report: The information about Tongtian Sect ordered the Eighteen Heavenly Kings to rush to Yangzhou soon.
When Li Bai heard this, he frowned. Even Tongtianjiao was going to the Yangzhou Oath-taking Conference. It seemed that a fierce battle was inevitable this time, and arrangements must be made as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, several people accelerated their pace and rushed to the Meng Mansion.
But just halfway there, another Yuan Danqiu disciple sent to Jinling Tangming Pavilion to inquire about information came to report that Murong Canghai had prepared a letter of challenge and named several people to challenge Li Bai.
Li Bai had expected this news a long time ago, but he was not afraid. Although Murong Canghai was powerful in martial arts, if he couldn't pass his level, how could he pass the level of Shangguan Feixiong, the chief pavilion master.
When they arrived at the Meng Mansion, the servant recognized Li Bai and Sima Heng, and quickly invited them into the Meng Mansion and immediately went in to report.
Li Bai was amazed as he walked. Meng's mansion was reduced to ruins by Guan Xin and the others, but he didn't expect it to be restored to its original state with a little more uniqueness. Meng Haoran's ability was evident.
When Meng Haoran heard that Li Bai and others had arrived, he hurried out to greet them and immediately prepared some good wine to treat them.
Everyone sat down, and Li Bai introduced Yuan Danqiu and Cen Xun to Meng Haoran. They were all generous people, so they got to know each other quickly.
Immediately afterwards, Li Bai explained the news he had just received to Meng Haoran one by one.
Meng Haoran said: "Li Bai, because I wanted to rebuild the Meng Mansion, I didn't help you in time before. I will definitely help you in this Yangzhou Conference, and the Tongtian Sect's revenge for destroying my Meng Mansion has not yet been avenged!"
Li Bai laughed and said, "Brother Meng, don't worry. In addition to visiting you this time in the Meng Mansion, the more important thing is to invite you to Yangzhou so that we can participate in major martial arts events together."
"Haha, okay, Li Bai, let me know what your plans are. I'll listen to your arrangements!"
"Okay!" Li Bai bowed his hand to Meng Haoran, then raised his wine glass to greet everyone, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, I have this arrangement for this Yangzhou Conference: Sima Heng will go to Yiyang County and Minggao Mountain to meet with Xu
Together with the Qing Dynasty, He Daquan and others were brought to Yangzhou, and they had to be careful of sneak attacks by Tongtian Sect, Murong Canghai and others along the way; Yuan Danqiu and his disciples
Secretly track the Tongtian Sect thieves and send the news back in time; Cen Xun and his disciples pay attention to Murong Canghai's whereabouts and send the news back in time; as for Brother Meng, you have to go to Yangzhou first, take care of everything there in advance, and be prepared to defend against the enemy.
Be on guard, there will be a mixture of dragons and snakes in Yangzhou at this moment, and there will be a forest of strong enemies. I really don’t trust others to do this."
Meng Haoran smiled and said, "Li Bai, don't worry, Mengshan people are confident that we can do this well!"
"Okay!" Li Bai nodded and continued: "As for Zi Yan and I, the Monkey King will go to Huangshan to find fairy ginseng. After that, depending on the time schedule, if there is time, he will also find the ninth object that saved Senior Xihe. If there is time
If it’s not enough, go to Yangzhou first to attend the pledge meeting.”
After Li Bai finished explaining the arrangement, everyone agreed.
Without further ado, they dispersed after drinking three glasses of wine.
Meng Haoran and Li Bai were left in the Meng Mansion.
Meng Haoran said: "Li Bai, it's better to get things done sooner rather than later. I also have to pack up and set off for Yangzhou."
Li Bai said: "Brother Meng, you and I have just met and are about to say goodbye again. I feel so sad to say goodbye. I'll take you to the Yellow Crane Tower!"
Meng Haoran laughed: "Okay, let's say goodbye at the Yellow Crane Tower and meet in Yangzhou!"
After saying that, he ordered his people to pack their bags, selected four servants, and headed to the Yellow Crane Tower with Li Bai.
The Yellow Crane Tower is located on the top of Snake Mountain. It was built in the second year of Wu Huangwu in the Three Kingdoms period. It is close to the Yangtze River and is known as the "No. 1 Tower in the World".
Several people went up to the Yellow Crane Tower and looked at the rolling water of the Yangtze River in the distance, and were very impressed.
Li Bai said: "Brother Meng, when you go to Yangzhou, you must be careful in everything, especially when you encounter thieves. Remember to be patient. The revenge for destroying Meng's house will not be avenged until everyone is together."
Meng Haoran waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Mengshan people know the importance, but it is you. Their main target is you, so you need to be careful in everything!"
"It's okay. I'm the best at escaping. At worst, I can just use Ling Yunfei to get away."
"That's true!"
The two laughed.
Then the two talked for a long time about what happened after they separated last time and their plans after arriving in Yangzhou. Meng Haoran was very happy that Li Bai had so many like-minded people to help him, and he was also happy that he could join in and do something for the martial arts and the people of the world.
I feel very proud of something.
At the end, Meng Haoran said goodbye to Li Bai, went down to the Yellow Crane Tower with his servants, left by boat, and went straight to Yangzhou.
Li Bai stood on the Yellow Crane Tower, looking at Meng Haoran's departure. Suddenly he became inspired by poetry. Facing the Yangtze River, he recited loudly:
(Yellow Crane Tower sends Meng Haoran to Guangling)
The old friend left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west,
Fireworks in Yangzhou in March.
The lonely sail is far away and the shadow is gone in the blue sky,
Only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing across the sky.
After reciting the poem, Li Bai stood upstairs, his mood was agitated, Ling Yun Ta Zhen Qi continued to spin, and it improved a lot.
After coming down from Yellow Crane Tower, Li Bai immediately went to Xu Mansion to find Zi Yan and explained the situation.
Upon hearing this, Zi Yan immediately packed her bags and said goodbye to her parents.
Ziyan's parents were also open-minded and did not stop her, and reluctantly sent their daughter out of the house.
After leaving the house, Zi Yan took Li Bai to his master's resting place.
The resting place is in a small courtyard in Anlu. The courtyard is guarded by four martial arts masters. Mrs. Xihe has saved the lives of these four people, so the four of them are very loyal. Zi Yan is in the rockery of the courtyard.
A hole was dug in the ground, leading directly to the bottom of the pool, and then an ice coffin was placed in the hole, and Mrs. Xihe lay inside.
This ice coffin was obtained by Mrs. Xihe through a lot of hard work. It can temporarily freeze all things and keep life alive.
The ice coffin was covered, and Li Bai did not see Mrs. Xihe's appearance, but he admired his senior very much in his heart, so he bowed to the coffin.
Zi Yan caressed the ice coffin and whispered to the master about the farewell. Although the master could not hear, Zi Yan still spoke very seriously and meticulously, as if a daughter was confiding her thoughts to her mother.
After a long time, Zi Yan returned to the other courtyard, had a detailed chat with the four guards, then said goodbye to each other, and left the other courtyard with Li Bai.
The schedule was very tight, so the two of them rushed to the dock without stopping, hired a boat, and headed straight for Huangshan Mountain.