Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 218 Gathered Together

The heroes of the rivers and lakes have always been rebellious, but they gathered together obediently at this time. There are only two kinds of power that can make them do this. One is the power of money, and the other is the power that can determine their life and death.

If someone pays, with the identities of these 58 people, if each person does not have 500 taels of silver, they will not condescend to come here.That would cost a total of 9000 taels of silver, and those who could afford this amount of money in the Jianghu had only one surname, one village, two gangs, and three factions.Among the two gangs, the Jianghuai Gang has been wiped out by the Song court.Then there are only six forces left.Of course, it may also be forces outside the rivers and lakes.

However, there is no force or individual in the world who can force these 58 people to gather together by force, and neither can these six major forces.Only the Taiping Sect, Taiyi and Maitreya Sects who have transcended the Jianghu, are on or outside the Jianghu, and the mysterious temple have this strength.

The Nanbang controlled by Li Junhao knew about this at the first time, but unlike the day when they gathered to break through the maze, this time the Nanbang couldn't find out who the power was, or who was the god who gathered these people together .

However, Li Junhao had expected this situation a long time ago. Among the masters of the rivers and lakes who entered the battle, there were originally two hall masters from the Southern Gang.As long as the person in charge shows up, the Nanbang will know soon.

Late at night, in Ye's mansion, Ye Chen, Li Junhao, Wang Chao, Shui'er, and Kou Zhun were still up.They are eating dog meat hot pot, which was invented by Ye Chen.

Xu Fangyi came in a hurry and said: "Master Hou, the leader of the gang, General Wang. The news came from Hall Master Hu and the others at Yipin Building. The man sat behind the thick cloth and asked everyone to go in and tell the process of breaking through the maze. Then he gave everyone 500 taels of silver, but he never showed up.

Suddenly, Ye Chen's expression froze, he picked up the bow on the table next to him, and shot an arrow out the window.

The iron arrow broke through the window, and a voice of surprise sounded: "The power of Xiangfuhou's divine arrow really lives up to its reputation."

Ye Chen knew he missed the target because he heard the sound of the iron arrow hitting the rockery outside.He also heard that the person who came had left at an extremely fast speed.

"This person's stamina is no weaker than Shangguan Bingyun's." Ye Chen waved his hand to stop Shui'er, Wang Chao and Li Junhao, and said in a deep voice.

At this time, Li Junhao's face changed drastically, he stood up abruptly, walked quickly to the door, and stared fixedly at the window.

Seeing this, Ye Chen and Wang Chao looked at each other, then quickly got up and walked over.I saw a mark on the window, to be precise, it was a somewhat weird hill pattern.

"This is a secret code of a sect or power!" Before Wang Chao joined the army in his early years, he had also been in the rivers and lakes, so he could see the clue at a glance.

"Brother Wang is right! This is a code, and it is a code left by my master, the Master!" Li Junhao said in a deep voice.

"The man on the mountain..." Ye Chen suddenly remembered that more than half a year ago, when Si Luoyi attacked him for the first time in Chunfenglou, Li Junhao blocked Si Luoyi's more than ten moves at the last moment, and the latter named Li Junhao as his opponent. He is the apprentice of the Master of the Mountain, and he declared that he did not kill Li Junhao for the sake of the Master of the Mountain.

With Si Luoyi's skill and identity, he can make him care about face. Although Ye Chen, the master of the mountain, doesn't know who he is, he also knows that even if his strength is not as good as Chen Jingyuan and Zhang Wumeng, at least he is not in Si Luoyi. Luo Yi, Yu Daoxiang and Guo Wuwei are under the three.

"What? It's the Master of the Mountain. Brother Li is actually an apprentice of the Master of the Mountain. No wonder Brother Li is so skilled." Before Ye Chen could ask, Wang Chao's expression also changed drastically, and he said in a low voice.These days Li Junhao and Wang Chao have been competing a lot, but every time the former has the upper hand.

"Master Hou! This imprint is left for me by the master, and I am going to see him. I will go out now. Before I come, as long as Hou Ye does not leave this room, this imprint exists. Except Tianyi, Taiping Sect Except for the demon Taoists and demon monks taught by Maitreya, no one in the world dares to step into this room." Li Junhao said.

Li Junhao said these two sentences firmly, and Wang Chao also took it for granted.

After Li Junhao left, without waiting for Ye Chen to ask, Wang Chao began to tell Ye Chen the identity and past deeds of the mountain master.

"One of the seven great powers in Jianghu refers to the Dali Duan family. And this Dali Duan family, as the royal family of Dali Kingdom, is actually just a prestige earned by one person in the Jianghu."

"This person is the uncle of the Emperor of Dali... Duan Siyue. This person is truly the No. 1 in today's Jianghu. He is famous for his stunt mountain boxing..." Next, Wang Chao said all the information he knew about Duan Siyue come out.

"Duan Siyue, uncle of the Emperor of Dali..." Ye Chen repeated with a frown.He suddenly remembered some information.

These materials include historical records in the memory of later generations, as well as understanding and learning in the past six months.

As far as Ye Chen knows, the Dali Kingdom was established in 937 AD, that is, 20 years before the founding of the Song Dynasty, Duan Siping, the post-Jin Tonghai Jiedu envoy, joined forces with Gao Fang and Dong Jialuo, the nobles in the Erhai area, to destroy the Dayi Ning Kingdom and establish the capital Yangjubaa City. Today's Dali, Yunnan, the country name is "Dali".Its territory covers Yunnan, Guizhou, and southwest Sichuan in later generations, as well as parts of Myanmar, Laos, and northern Vietnam.It is a multi-ethnic regime established in the southwest of China in history. The whole country respects Buddhism.

Ye Chen remembered that in the original history, the official history records of later generations simply said that after the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to take advantage of the situation to subdue Dali, but failed in the first battle. It is not my own", so that the Dali Kingdom can be preserved.

But Ye Chen accidentally saw it in some unofficial history, saying that the reason why Zhao Kuangyin did not attack Dali at that time, and for more than 300 years in the Song Dynasty, was that Zhao Kuangyin lost a bet with a prince of Dali at that time. The bet was immediately implemented, and people wrote a letter of credence to ensure that Dali would be friendly with Dali from generation to generation and would not invade Dali with troops.

There is an allusion of "Song wielding a jade axe" in the long couplet of Kunming Daguanlou in later generations (those who want to visit Kunming Daguanlou in later generations should know it).

However, since the beginning of its establishment, the Dali Kingdom has basically adopted an internal defense policy, and has almost never had obvious expansion ambitions.This is also the main reason why it was able to survive and was not destroyed by the Song Dynasty.

Now the man on the mountain happens to be the prince of the Dali Kingdom, what about assassinating the lord of a country, one person and one barrier can resist thousands of troops for three days, chase after thousands of miles, destroy the great sect, destroy the great clan, and so on!All kinds of amazing deeds also show that his personal strength is unparalleled. If the unofficial history records are true, then the fierce man who won the bet with Zhao Kuangyin is probably this mountain master.

At this time, Ye Chen finally understood the meaning of what Li Junhao said before and the imprint of the hill on the door and window.If Zhang Wumeng, Chen Jingyuan, Lou Yanming and Yu Laomo are not counted, this person is actually No. 1 in the world of martial arts, even more powerful than Zhan Xiongwu, Bai Chenao and other leaders of the other six major forces in the world.

"Now this mountain master has come to the door, apparently for Brother Ye's Heavenly Star Jade Pendant." Wang Chao said with a frown.

Such giant sharks surfaced, and when they came from Dali, Ye Chen felt a little headache: "This one has appeared, there must be a lot of masters from the Maitreya Sect, Taiping Sect, and Taiyi Sect. Although all kinds of tyrants in the world have killed a lot these days, the real super masters have not really shot yet."

"Master! I think these people have not made a move so far. There are two situations or they can be divided into two types of people. Some people are because they don't have the confidence to break through the maze, and they are cautious in doing things. The one who collects information about the experience of Jianghu masters who have broken through the maze belongs to this category. The other part is because they still have doubts about the master's intentions, that is to say, whether the Tianxing Jade Pendant is in the maze , they still don’t believe it very much, and at the same time, they don’t want to abide by the rules of the game we set for them, and want to solve the problem in their own way. And Duan Siyue, the mountain master, obviously belongs to the second situation.” Kou Zhun pondered for a while , said.

Fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy has such a quick and careful thinking, saying these words is enough to surprise anyone, but everyone present is used to it.In fact, at least half of Kou Zhun's plan to build the maze and put up notices to break through the maze was aboveboard and aboveboard.

"In addition, because the stronger the force, the deeper its foundation, the more foundations, homes, and manpower it has on the surface, and even the lairs of many forces are in the open. Therefore, although these forces are powerful and They are powerful, but also because of their great family and business, they are worried that if they offend a giant like Da Song, they will definitely be retaliated afterwards. There is a bottom line, such as not daring to hurt others, or hiding your identity." Kou Zhun glanced at the people who were listening attentively, and added.

"The cost and profit of building the maze have been almost earned, and it's time to throw out the Heavenly Star Jade Pendant." Ye Chen said after thinking for a while.

Palace, Nectar Palace.

Zhao Kuangyin heard the words of Zhang Zhan, the envoy of Wude, put down the book in his hand, and said: "This kid is really good at tricks. I want to go in and see what is going on in this maze." Although Zhao Kuangyin is the emperor, he can He has achieved Wenzhi and martial arts, but he is also a warrior himself, and he is also an extremely brilliant warrior.During the Later Zhou Dynasty, when he was a general of the forbidden army, he was invincible and famous in the whole army because of his superb ability to use the dragon stick in one hand.

Therefore, at this time, he heard that many martial arts masters failed to break through the maze, and he became curious for a while.Of course, it was only out of curiosity. As the Son of Heaven, neither he himself nor the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs would allow him to enter the maze.

Zhang Zhan was an old man beside Zhao Kuangyin, he understood the emperor's psychology at this time, so he didn't say a word.

"Don't worry about Ye Chen's safety. This kid really didn't ask me for help, and he didn't hide in the barracks. Obviously, he is absolutely sure of his own safety. Besides, this kid is hiding something about the Heavenly Star Jade Pendant. It is right to let him suffer a little bit. Of course, instead of taking this kid to hide in the imperial city, I want to take the opportunity to lure out those thieves, so as to follow the vine and find their lair. How is the progress of this matter?"

(End of this chapter)