In February of the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan, Liang Dahai, the official of Yongzhou, raised troops to occupy Binzhou and Hengzhou. Yang Sixu, the imperial servant, led his troops to suppress it. In December, Yang Sixu defeated Liang Dahai, killed more than 20,000 of his people, and captured Han alive. There were more than 3,000 people including Liang Dahai.
Liang Dahai's general Wu Houren once served as the head of the Tangming Pavilion in Yongzhou, and Li Zuneng, Yang Sixu's main forward, once served as the head of the Tangming Pavilion in Luozhou. Because the two men led many Tangming Pavilion scholars and officials to participate in this redress, it was called the Tangming Pavilion Civil War in the martial arts. The internal struggle in Tangming Pavilion was brought to the fore.
When Xuanzong learned about it, he was furious and issued an edict, ordering Tangming Pavilion to conduct self-examination and remove those who did not agree with the imperial court from Tangming Pavilion. A storm arose within Tangming Pavilion, and the struggle became stronger. The monastic, enlightened, and evil sects all wanted to use the chaos to eliminate dissidents. Tangming Pavilion Unprecedented chaos, Wu Xiucai, Wu Juren, and Wu Gongshi were killed and injured countless times, and countless bloody storms broke out in the world.
This incident was called the Tangming Pavilion Riot in Wulin.
While Li Bai and the others were on the boat, they received a letter from He Daquan. Murong Canghai took advantage of the Tangming Pavilion to riot, and framed them, the dozens of Tangming Pavilion scholars who had defected to Li Bai, as rebels. The Jinling Tangming Pavilion drafted the document and reported it to the Tangming Pavilion General Pavilion. Drive these people out of Tangming Pavilion. Moreover, Murong Canghai already knew that Li Bai and the others were not dead, and secretly devoted all the power of Jinling Tangming Pavilion to hunt down and kill the three of them. Therefore, the three of them must be careful.
After Li Bai read the letter, he lamented that the world was in chaos, and he must step up his efforts to break through. The countermeasure was to become the leader of the martial arts alliance as soon as possible.
He wrote back to He Daquan, asking all the brothers to stay at Sima Mansion in Anhan quietly, practice more and keep a low profile as much as possible. He and Sima Heng would go back to join everyone after finishing the matter.
After nine days of sailing, we finally arrived at Jiuhua Mountain in Qingyang.
Jiuhua Mountain has high mountains, dense forests, and beautiful scenery. The nine main peaks are like nine lotus flowers, which makes people marvel at the miraculous craftsmanship of nature.
Li Bai and the other three were intoxicated by the beautiful scenery of the mountains.
There are many monkeys in Jiuhua Mountain. They are in groups, jumping from time to time in the dense forest, and some are climbing and playing on the cliffs.
But where is the Monkey King?
Li Bai took out the sky bag and looked at the monkey king with unusually long arms, unusually strong arms and two tails, and fell into deep thought.
Seeing this, Sima Heng patted Li Bai and said, "Don't think about it, just look everywhere!"
Li Bai came back to his senses and smiled helplessly, "This is the only way now."
So the three of them approached in the direction of the monkey group.
However, this monkey seemed to be very afraid of people, and it had already fled without a trace before many people came close.
Monkeys are expert climbers. Whether it's a giant tree or a cliff, nothing can stop these mountain elves.
Li Bai had no choice but to pull Zi Yan and Sima Heng together, use Ling Yun Fei, and chase the monkeys from the sky, but after several days of chasing, he still couldn't find any trace of the monkey king.
However, they flew up and down in the sky every day, which immediately attracted the attention of some woodcutters and tourists. These people had never seen the strange thing of people flying in the sky, so they all thought that the three of them were gods descending to earth. For a time, Jiuhua Mountain News of the presence of immortals spread throughout Qingyang County.
Wei Zhongkan, who was the magistrate of Qingyang County at that time, did not dare to neglect after hearing the news, so he took his servants to Jiuhua Mountain to pay homage to the immortal.
As soon as they reached the middle of the mountain, they happened to encounter Li Bai and his three men flying in the sky.
Suddenly, they were all shocked and hurriedly bowed down and did not dare to get up for a long time.
Li Bai and the others saw someone in official uniform kneeling down to them in the air. They were surprised and hurriedly came down to the ground.
When he got to the ground, Li Bai asked: "What is the reason for your lord to kneel down to us?"
"You are the immortals of Mount Jiuhua. When we ordinary people see you, of course we must kneel down and worship you."
"Sir, please wake up. You have misunderstood. We are not immortals. I can fly in the sky because I have realized the Heavenly Skill of the Supreme Lord, Lingyun Step."
When Wei Zhongkan heard this, he was a little doubtful, but seeing that Li Bai's words were serious and did not look like a lie, he asked: "Are you really not the immortal of Jiuhua Mountain?"
"That's not true. My name is Li Bai, his name is Sima Heng, and her name is Zi Yan. We are all candidates for the Tang Ming Pavilion." After saying that, Li Bai took out the election token from the sky bag and handed it to Wei Zhongkan.
Wei Zhongkan took it and saw that it was indeed a token of martial arts. But he was still amazed by Li Bai's ability to fly to the sky and said: "Even if the three of you are not immortals, they are capable people in acquiring immortal skills. I am Wei, the magistrate of Qingyang County."
Zhongkan, I would like to meet three people today."
Sima Heng laughed and said, "Mr. Wei, we have always been good friends. Thank you for your kindness, we are extremely honored."
Li Bai also said, "Yes, it's not too late for us to be happy about being able to interact with Mr. Wei."
"Okay, then please ask some of you to follow me back to the house, and I will help you clean up the dust! Also, don't say goodbye to County Magistrate Wei. If Mr. Wei calls you this way, just call him Wei Zhongkan."
"Okay!" Li Bai and Sima Heng were not polite people and agreed immediately.
Li Bai said: "Wei Zhongkan, let's put aside the matter of visiting Wei Mansion for now. We have a request for now."
"Li Bai, you're welcome. If you have anything to say, please tell me."
"To be honest, a few of us came to Jiuhua Mountain this time to find medicine and save people."
"Oh, no wonder you are flying around in the sky every day. It turns out that you are looking for medicine to save people. I wonder what medicine you are looking for? I have been a county magistrate in Qingyang for many years, and I am very familiar with Jiuhua Mountain. I should be able to help.
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"I just want you to help." Li Bai cupped his hand and continued: "We are looking for the Monkey King on Jiuhua Mountain! We want to get a drop of the Monkey King's blood, but we can't find the Monkey King!"
"Monkey King on Jiuhua Mountain? Two-tailed Monkey King?" Wei Zhongkan said.
When Li Bai and the other three heard this, they immediately became happy.
Zi Yan immediately asked: "Wei Zhongkan, do you know this monkey king?"
Wei Zhongkan glanced at Ziyan and marveled in his heart that there was such a beautiful woman in the world, but he did not dare to be rude and said: "Miss Ziyan, these two monkey kings are very famous in Jiuhua Mountain, but I have seen the monkey king
There are very few people, and I have never seen the Monkey King even in my many years here."
When several people heard this, they were instantly disappointed.
Sima Heng said: "Do you know where the monkey king usually appears in the mountains or cliffs? We followed the monkeys nearby for several days, and we didn't even see the monkey king."
"It's so normal that I've never seen one before. The monkey king rarely appears. According to the woodcutter who often goes to the mountain, the monkey king usually only controls the monkeys by shouting, and the shouts often come from Shiyang Peak, the highest mountain."
Speaking of this, Wei Zhongkan pointed at the towering mountain peak not far away.
Li Bai and others followed his hand and saw that the Shiyang Peak was deep into the sky, surrounded by clouds and mist, and it was mysterious.
Sima Heng said: "In that case, let's go to Shiyang Peak to look for it! Wei Zhongkan, can you show us the way?"
"Of course, I am the host, so of course I will lead the way." After that, he took his servants to lead the way, and Li Bai and the other three hurriedly followed.
After an hour of climbing, the group only reached the halfway point of Shiyang Peak.
Shiyang Peak is full of strange rocks and trees. There is no way to go up to the halfway point.
Seeing this, Li Bai said to Wei Zhongkan: "Wei Zhongkan, since there is no way to reach the peak, we can only use Lingyun to fly up. But my skills are limited and I can't take you with me, so we will leave here and get the Monkey King."
How about I come back to Qingyang County to have a drink with you after I've done this?"
"No, although you guys have peerless skills, it is not easy to obtain the blood of the Monkey King. Don't look at the monkeys in Jiuhua Mountain who usually seem to be afraid of people, but they are not a joke when they become fierce, not to mention you now
If we want to get the blood of the Monkey King, these monkeys are not crazy yet, so we need more people to help us to make it happen."
After saying that, Wei Zhongkan called a servant and ordered him to return to Wei Mansion in Qingyang quickly, summon all the servants, and bring more sticks and nets to help a few people.
When Li Bai and the other two saw this, they were very grateful.
Li Bai said: "Wei Zhongkan is indeed a righteous person, and Li Bai is very grateful. Let's do this. Sima Heng, Zi Yan and I will go up to the peak first, hoping to find the Monkey King. If we are lucky enough to get his blood, it will be the best."
Okay. How about you just wait here for the servants and then act according to the situation?"
"Okay, you go and find out the situation first. The Monkey King is fierce, so everyone must be careful!"
"Don't worry, we have encountered a lot of ferocious things! A monkey is nothing!" Sima Heng laughed.
Li Bai also smiled slightly, "Yes, if we can't even capture a monkey, how can we realize our ambition!" After that, Li Bai picked up Ling Yunfei, pulled Sima Heng and Zi Yan, and flew to the mountain in one leap.
top.
The higher they flew, the more monkeys started to appear. First there were one or two, then a small group, and then they turned into a large, dark group. They were all hiding in the dense forest, staring at Li Bai and the others who were flying higher and higher.
, screaming incessantly.
"Looking at this scene, the monkey king must be at the top." Sima Heng said, looking at a large group of monkeys in the forest with bared teeth and cracked mouths.
"I think so, they seem to be reporting a message!" Zi Yan said.