Shaolin Bajue

Chapter 1170

On the second day of the first lunar month, Xiaoqing.

Outside Kunming City, a luxurious carriage was parked outside a small tavern on the side of the road early in the morning.Kunming is a city that is like spring all the year round, known as the "City of Spring".

More than 200 years ago, after the iron hooves of the Yuan army stepped into Yunnan, the Dali Kingdom perished, and the Yuan court established the Yunnan Xingzhongshu Province and placed it in Kunming County.The Duan family in Dali is no longer the glory of the past, and the political, economic and cultural center of Yunnan has gradually shifted from Dali to Kunming.

More than 70 years ago, that is, in the 14th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army marched into Yunnan, and later established the Yunnan Chengxuan Political Envoy Department, referred to as the Yunnan Chief Political Department, with 55 prefectures under its jurisdiction, and Kunming County belongs to Yunnan Prefecture.

At noon, five people came to the outside of Kunming from afar. They were Fang Jianming, Li Fangwu, Meng Sansi, Zhu Qiyan and Duan Yanzong.

Before the five of them arrived outside the tavern, two of them had already walked out of the tavern. One was Bai Tiebing, one of the four great generals of the Mu Palace, and the other, wearing a brocade robe, was about the same age as Bai Tiebing. Temperament is almost the same.

After the five people approached, Bai Tiebing and his companion walked up a few steps, hugging both hands, and Bai Tiebing said: "Master Duan, I will be polite." The companion who introduced him said: "This is Fang Xiongjun."

As soon as Fang Jianming and the others heard this, they knew that Fang Xiongjun was the family general with the Fang surname among the four generals in the Mu Palace.Although Duan's family in Dali also had contacts with Prince Mu's Mansion, Duan Yanzong has not seen all four generals so far, and the ones he has not seen before are Bai Tiebing whom he met yesterday and Fang Xiongjun who just met.

When Bai Tiebing and Fang Xiongjun saw that one of the five was a woman, their hearts shuddered slightly, and they had already guessed her identity, but they didn't dare to meet her before she revealed her identity.

Zhu Qiyan didn't reveal her identity, and when she greeted them, she only said that her surname was Zhu, who Bai Tiebing and Fang Xiongjun were, and seeing that she refused to reveal her identity, she didn't ask her, and called her "Miss Zhu".

After the two invited the five people into the carriage, they strike up a conversation with each other.

The reason why Prince Mu's Mansion invited Fang Xiongjun to come was because Fang Xiongjun was also surnamed Fang, and he and Fang Jianming were in the same family 500 years ago.Fang Xiongjun was very talkative, and after a while, he started chatting with Fang Jianming. Of course, what they talked about was related to Kunming. Mostly, Fang Jianming was asking questions and Fang Xiongjun was answering.

The carriage drove around the city for a while, and finally arrived at Mu Wang's Mansion.After getting off the car, I saw that Mu Wang Mansion was built in a very grand style. There were [-] stone stairs in front of the gate. On both sides of the gate, there was a lifelike carved stone lion.Two rows of guards are full of spirits and high spirits.

This is not the first time for Duan Yanzong to visit the Mu Palace, and the feeling is not as strong as Fang Jianming and others, Fang Jianming secretly said: "This Mu Palace really deserves to be the number one in Yunnan, with such a grandeur, even the mansion of the Duke of the Capital is incomparable. It is not difficult to imagine how high-spirited General Mu Yingmu, King of Qianning, was back then."

Under the leadership of Bai Tiebing and Fang Xiongjun, the five people approached Mu Wangfu, turned left and right, there were flower pavilions everywhere, it was not so much a palace as a big garden.

The seven people walked outside the living room, Bai Tiebing led the five into the hall, and Fang Xiongjun went to report.Not long after, a slender man in his 30s and dressed in casual clothes walked in with three people.

Among the three men brought in by the man, one was Fang Xiongjun, and Fang Jianming did not know the other two, but Duan Yanzong had already recognized the other two of the four great generals, namely Liu Zongbai with the surname of Liu and Su Penghai with the surname of Su.

After the meeting and ceremony, the guest of honor took his seat.Fang Jianming and the others already knew that the slender man was Mu Lin, the master of Mu Palace.

Speaking of Prince Mu's Mansion, one has to mention King Muying of Qianning.

Mu Ying is Zhu Yuanzhang's adoptive son, and he fought with Zhu Yuanzhang since he was a child. It can be said that he grew up in the chaos of war.Art of war strategy, martial arts and martial arts, proficient in everything.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang held an important position in the Governor's Mansion, which was in charge of the world's soldiers and horses.

At the age of 37, he wore the seal of Deputy General Zhengnan and marched into Yunnan.After the Ming army pacified Yunnan, he stayed behind in Yunnan. He was only 48 years old when he died, and the king of Qianning was also named after his death.Since then, his descendants have guarded Yunnan for generations and inherited the title of "Duke of Guizhou".

His eldest son, Mu Chun, succeeded him, but unfortunately died early.Mu Chun had no son, so his second younger brother Mu Sheng took over the throne. After Mu Sheng died, his third younger brother Mu Ang was in charge of Yunnan.After Mu Ang's death, Mu Sheng's son Mu Bin guarded Yunnan.

Mu Bin died of illness a few years ago. He had three wives, but he had only one son named Mu Cong.

When Mu Bin died, Mu Cong was still young, so the court asked Mu Lin, the grandson of Mu Bin's third uncle, to guard Yunnan on Mu Cong's behalf.Although Mu Lin and Mu Cong belong to the same generation, but in terms of age, Mu Lin can be Mu Cong's uncle.

Mu Lin is gentle and gentle, like a scholar, but Fang Jianming doesn't think so. From his eyes, since Mu Lin stepped into the hall, he can see that Mu Lin's martial arts are extremely high.

At this time, Mu Lin laughed and said: "Your Majesty's visit brought a lot of glory to Mu's house. Please forgive me for being late to welcome Mu Lin."

Fang Jianming smiled and said, "My lord..."

Mu Lin's complexion changed, and he said: "Master Hou, you must not call him that." After a pause, he explained: "Everyone in the martial arts says this is Prince Mu's Mansion. How can Mu Lin, with his virtue, dare to call himself king?"

Fang Jianming thought for a while, and said: "Then Fang will call you Brother Mu according to the martial arts rules."

Mu Lin laughed loudly and said, "Mu Lin likes to make friends, so it's just what I want to be called."

Fang Jianming said: "Brother Mu, Fang Mou came here this time, the first is to wish you a new year, the second is to thank you for helping me with the Diancang Sect, and the third..." After a pause, he said: "It is Regarding the matter of the emperor bestowing the marriage, what do you think Brother Mu thinks?"

Mu Lin said: "The emperor's gift of marriage is a great joy. As a subject, Mu Lin has no objection. Lord Hou, Brother Bai has already told me everything about yesterday when he came back. Then Miss Anne Is it really your god-sister?"

Fang Jianming smiled and said, "Can this be fake? Fang has known her for several years."

Mu Lin frowned, and sighed: "This is very difficult. The reason why Miss Anne escaped from marriage was to fly away with her sweetheart. As his god-brother, you must take care of her. However, the other end is The marriage bestowed by the emperor, and the groom is the son of King Xiangxian, is really a headache."

Hearing what he said, Fang Jianming already knew that he was by no means comparable to most officials in the court, and his favor for him suddenly increased a little, and he said, "Can Brother Mu stay out of this matter?"

Mu Lin thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Of course, as long as the emperor does not issue an order, he, King Xiangxian, will not be able to control my coming to Yunnan."

As soon as the words were finished, a voice suddenly sneered and said, "Well, you Mu Lin, how dare you talk about the prince behind your back, what should you do?" .

Fang Jianming was about to get up, but Mu Lin smiled and said, "Sit down, Lord Hou, don't worry about it."

After a while, three old men in long robes with half-white hair walked in with them.Don't look at the three old men who are 80 or [-] years old, but they are more energetic than young people.

The three of them each threw the person they were holding onto the hall, and rolled heavily to the ground. The old man at the head said: "Master, the assassin has been captured, please let me go."

Fang Jianming took a closer look and was taken aback.

It turned out that the three people who rolled to the ground were the three old men who were domineering and domineering yesterday, from the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion.At this moment, the faces of the three of them were pale, obviously restrained by heavy hand.Not to mention moving, he couldn't even speak, but glared at Mu Lin with fierce eyes.

(End of this chapter)