Nineteen, the Eight Kings of the Sky

Zhou Xuan first asked Qin Que and other girls to return to the inner courtyard. He had a close conversation with the three cynical, four cynical, and Lin Ning. Lin Ning pretended to be Zhou Xuan's follower and peeped at the subordinates of the Prince of Southern Han to see if there were any people in the Falcon's sect?

"Ouyuan" chess room, Zhou Xuan, San Chi, Lin Ning and the other three knelt on the cushion in the shape of "Pin". The four kids used their means to cook tea as quickly as wind and rain. In a moment, they brought out fragrant tea, and then took a cushion and sat next to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan asked: "Have your third sister-in-law discovered something?"

Lin Ning said: "Master, the rules of the Falcon are strict, and the disciples of different masters have almost no contact, and most of them have never met each other. In addition to my master, I only recognize two of the thirteen masters. There is one by the prince of the Southern Han Dynasty. Also, my senior brother is here, and he is also a master now-"

When Sanchi heard that the guy who had harassed Lin Ning also came, he immediately felt the killer's cruelty and said, "This person will die!"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "The third brother should not be reckless. Now is not the time to take action. When will Liu Shousu go to the future tomorrow, the third brother and the third sister-in-law can set off first, and make an appointment to meet in Guangzhou, which place in Prince Xing's Mansion?"

Lin Ning said: "I met at Hanzhu Pavilion on the banks of Hualin Garden in Fanfang West City. My third brother and I should be able to arrive first. The master brought the fourth brother to come. The fourth brother can identify the secret notes left by the third brother."

Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "I guess I didn't set off so soon. The Nanhan Cuju team also came with me. Isn't the Five Nations Cuju competition held a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival? I guess it will take until after the Mid-Autumn Festival. I hope my little Zhiruo has been born safely."

The Sizi was also very interested in Xiao Zhiruo, who was about to be born, and said, "What will the master teach Xiao Zhiruo in the future?"

Zhou Xuan said: "She learns whatever she likes, and you can teach her tea art as well, the fourth brother."

The Sizi said: "Miss Lin teaches her tea art. What can I teach? I know. The master is better than me. Does it mean that the master wants Xiao Zhiruo to practice martial arts?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Why can't it be possible? In this world, fists are the hard truth. For example, in the past, I fought with the third and fourth brothers, and you fought with the chess and insects. If you cheat, what can I do to you?"

Three cynical and four cynical said in unison: "It's unreasonable, the master is an insult."

Zhou Xuan laughed and bowed and said, "Third brother, third sister-in-law, let's rest, love me, fourth brother, let's go."

Siniang carried a lantern to send Zhou Xuan to the "Furong Garden". There were many roads passing through the side alley and corridor. The two of them walked slowly, looking up at the twinkling stars in the sky, and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were still looking at each other across the Genggeng Milky Way.

The four fools were originally one step behind Zhou Xuan. The lantern in his hand stretched forward and shone five feet in front of Zhou Xuan. At this time, he approached, held his hand under Zhou Xuan's left elbow, and said in an extremely low voice: "Someone is spying on it."

Zhou Xuan tightened his muscles and wanted to stop. Siqi held his elbow and continued to walk forward for more than ten steps, saying, "Stand against the wall." Suddenly, he threw the lantern in his hand, and jumped upwards and jumped to the top of the eaves of the corridor more than one meter high. He heard a slight sound of roof tiles, like a raccoon cat passing by the eaves. Then he heard the "clang" sound of weapons and blades. He only sounded, and no other movement was heard. It seemed that Siqi was tracking the enemy away.

Zhou Xuan leaned against the wall and pulled out the exquisite "shadow-leaking knife" from his waist. At least he could resist it. The lantern rolling to the ground burned, and the flames flashed with the light at the tip of the knife.

The fire was too conspicuous, so you should not be shot through by an arrow. Zhou Xuan quickly retreated to the dark place, and heard the eaves of the corridor "rustling". Four fools flew back like gray cranes, and the knife in his hand was bleeding.

"Old Fourth, how is it?" Zhou Xuan inserted the knife back into the crocodile sheath and asked.

Sizi said, "I am dead, and the body is next to the 'Lingxiang Shui Pavilion' where Mr. Gu lives. I am afraid that they will be buried, so I rushed back in a hurry."

Zhou Xuan said: "Let's go and see who is it?"

The four fools said: "It is the man in the Falcon."

Two Fenghua soldiers on duty heard the noise and rushed over. Seeing that it was Zhou Xuan, they asked anxiously: "My Duke, what happened?"

Zhou Xuan said: "Someone sneaked in and spyed, and was killed by the fourth Mr., please cheer up and be careful to patrol the night."

This time, the 100 elite mansion soldiers brought by General Qi were divided into four teams and took turns to serve at night. However, for the huge county duke's mansion, there were too few twenty-five people, let alone the people in the Falcon who came and went like the wind and were elusive!

Zhou Xuan ordered people to invite Zhou Sanchi and his wife. Sanchi and Lin Ning arrived soon and went to the "Lingxiang Shuixie" to inspect. Sure enough, he found the silver chain of the Falcon sign of the six-pointed star on the body.

Lin Ning looked carefully at the six-pointed silver chain and frowned and said, "The silver chain pattern shows that this person is the same as me, but I don't know him." After a moment of thought, he suddenly said, "I understand, I should be the newly acquired disciple of my senior brother."

Sanchi said in a deep voice: "Aning, the Falcon is still pursuing your whereabouts. Your senior brother is the vanguard."

Lin Ning said: "The Gumen knew the hatred between the master and Wei Bo and his son. I killed Wei Jue for no reason and disappeared. Then the five people who were stalking me disappeared in Wuyue. The Gumen could not find any other clues. They would definitely think of starting from the master to investigate. This is really troublesome!"

Siqi asked: "What should I do if this corpse is buried? I found a place to bury it?"

Zhou Xuan called a soldier and asked him to go and ask General Lin Heishan to come quickly, as there was an urgent matter.

General Qi heard that an assassin came from the mansion, so he rushed over. Zhou Xuan ordered him to restrain his subordinates and not to make the people in the mansion panic. He swept the body with grass and threw it into the carriage, waiting for Linheishan to come.

Zhou Xuan went to "Furong Garden" first, and Qin Que was still waiting for him to sleep together.

Qin Que didn't know what was happening outside and said with a smile: "The words that my husband came out in front of His Majesty are so touching. If the relationship lasts for a long time, how can he stay day and night? Is your husband feeling sentimental? Do you miss Miss Lin?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "I am comforting the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. If it were me, if the two loves each other for a long time, they must be day and night."

Qin Que smiled "ge" and said affectionately: "Husband, let's rest. Que'er lost to Sister Renzi, and can't lose to Yang Xiaopin anymore."

Zhou Xuan didn't understand for a moment, and saw Qin Que laughing, he came back and said with a smile: "I have to give birth to a baby, have I become a stallion? Thank you for your hard work!" His face turned up: "Queer, you go to bed first, I have to wait a little longer, Brother Heishan is coming."

Qin Que hurriedly asked, "What's the urgent matter for Brother Heishan to come so late?"

Zhou Xuan didn't want Qin Que to worry, and said, "It's nothing big, it's just a discussion about going to the Southern Han Dynasty. Brother Heishan is impatient and can't wait for dawn."

As he was talking, the servant came to report that General Lin Heishan was here.

Zhou Xuan rushed to the front hall and told Lin Heishan about what tonight. He asked Lin Heishan to take away the body. He said that when Zhongwu Guard patrols the city, he found this person suspicious and walked away like flying. He immediately shot the person like rain.

Lin Heishan said: "I understand, I'll go and arrange this matter now."

After Lin Heishan left, Zhou Xuan went to rest. Sanchi and Sichi followed the soldiers who were patrolling the mansion, afraid that the Falcon Sect would send a master to come, and maybe the one who came to Lin Ning's senior brother, Sanchi had long wanted to get rid of this person.

Until dawn, peace and nothing will happen.

At this time, on the large painting boat on the Qinhuai River, the snow-white and fat Prince of Nanhan woke up and celebrated his father-in-law's birthday last night. The old man has been endless. He is so late, so why are he traveling to the Qinhuai River? He is so bored that he yawned and fell asleep. It seems that someone else had been cut down later?

Thinking of this, Liu Shousu asked loudly: "Who died last night?"

There was a commotion outside the cabin, and someone came in and reported, "Your Highness, a Guard was shot to death by the Tang Dynasty guards."

When Liu Shousu heard this, he was furious: "What's going on? I am the prince-consort of the Tang Kingdom. How can the guards of the Tang Kingdom kill my subordinates!"

Another person came in. He was in his fifties, with a medium figure and an ordinary appearance. He had a branch finger on his left hand and bowed and said, "Your Highness, I will deal with this matter. Your Highness, don't make any statement, let alone mention it to the Emperor of Tang."

Liu Shousu seemed to be very respectful to this person and nodded, "Okay, let's take care of the Nei Taishi."

The man who was called the Nei Taishi by Liu Shousu left the main cabin and came to the bow of the ship. Two people with black robes and brocade belts came over and asked, "Mr. Gong, what do you think of this?"

Gong Gong, the inner master who had eleven fingers, pondered and said, "It's such a strange thing. From the Black Harrier to Lin Ning, to the Five Fat Xiong, seven people have disappeared from our Falcon Sect. Together with Tan Qi, who was shot to death by Jinling Zhongwuwei last night, our Falcon Sect has suffered severe damage, but now it's confused. I don't know who the enemy is?"

The man in his thirties on the left said, "Tan Qi was sent to Xinzhou County Duke's Mansion to spy on the scene. Somehow he was shot to death by the patrol city guards. Tan Qi is not weak, how could he not escape the pursuit of the city guards? It's so strange! Gong Gong, why would I go to spy on tonight?"

Gong Gong waved his hand and said, "No need, Zhou Xuan is a marriage envoy. In the future, there are many opportunities to spy on him. At present, try to restrain himself and not cause trouble. The first task of the Crown Prince's Palace is not to marry a princess, but to inspire the Emperor of Tang to send troops to help our Han Dynasty eliminate Zhang Sheng-Tan Qi, let the Tang people deal with the nameless corpse."

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During the Chen period, Liu Shousu appeared in the Zichen Hall of Daxing Palace. Today is the official visit. He followed him with the prince's tutor and the censor of the Han Dynasty. However, the inner master Gong Gong, who was obviously more powerful than the prince's tutor and the censor of the Censor, did not appear, and this mysterious Gong Gong did not appear in Liu Shousu's accompanying list.

Li Yu had three dukes, two provinces, and six great ministers including Zhou Xuan, including Prince Li Jian and King Jing Li Kun were also present.

Liu Shousu called him "His Majesty," and was inappropriate. After saying a few nonsense, he let his grand tutor endorse him.

The prince of the Han Dynasty, the surname of the Grand Tutor, was over 60 years old and was castrated, but his behavior was normal. He knelt down and stood up and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor of Tang, Han and Tang have become Qin, and Jin's love should be strongly supported by each other. If Song invades Tang, our Han Dynasty will definitely send troops to help, and vice versa. Now, we have something to ask Your Majesty the Emperor of Tang to help--"

Zhou Xuan heard the eunuch's grand tutor tell me a lot, and it turned out that he was asking the Tang Kingdom to send troops to help them eliminate the rebels of the Han Kingdom - Zhang Sheng, the Eight King of Zhongtian.

Zhang Sheng's father Zhang Yuxian was from Boluo, Huizhou. He was originally a minor official in the county government. At that time, there were several rebels in Huizhou, who worshipped one god. The god said, "Zhang Yuxian is the sixteenth Arhat, and should be your master." So several rebels were combined into one place, and Zhang Yuxian was recommended as the "Eight Kings of the Middle Heaven", and established a country and changed the reign to "Yongle", and appointed civil and military officials. All the clothes they wore were dyed red. They were called "Red Army Sons". The Southern Han Dynasty sent troops to conquer and suppress the country several times, and they had been confronted for more than 40 years, but they could not be destroyed. After Zhang Yuxian passed away, his son Zhang Sheng succeeded to the throne. Zhang Sheng was more talented than his father and was unwilling to be in a hurry. Hui and Xun's three states have recruited soldiers and horses in recent years, and the momentum has become even more powerful, which poses great threat to Liu Jixing. Therefore, he married Tang Guo and wanted to use the power of the Tang soldiers to attack Zhang Sheng, which was a big problem.

Only the Grand Tutor Lu said: "———Your Majesty the Emperor of Tang, the so-called eight kingdoms of Zhongtian and Qianzhou of Tang were separated by a Dayu Ridge. If Zhang Sheng was allowed to be large, it would not only be unfavorable to our Han Kingdom, but also be close to the Tang Kingdom. Please think twice."

Li Yu nodded and asked the Prince of Southern Han and his party to go to the side hall for a while, and then asked the ministers in the hall: "All the ministers have heard it, and the court discusses, how to reply to the Han Kingdom?"

The three dukes, two provinces, and five scholars expressed their opinions. Some advocated sending troops to fight, and some advocated keeping troops in motion, but only Zhou Xuan kept silent.

Li Yu asked, "Zhou Aiqing, you are about to go to Southern Han, how do you deal with it?"

Zhou Xuan said: "The two countries should help each other, but I forgiving to say that the Han government is corrupt and the people are disinterested. Rebels are rising and they cannot defeat them. If our Tang Dynasty rashly sends troops to attack Zhang Sheng, it may cause fire to burn—"

Li Yu nodded slightly and asked, "What should I do according to my good friend's opinion?"

Zhou Xuan said: "Your Majesty can order the Baisheng Jiedushi stationed in Qianzhou to rectify the army and horses and make a move to send troops. In fact, it is to defend Dayu Ridge and prevent Zhang Sheng from crossing the border, and then move with the camera."

Li Yu said: "Good, just follow what Zhou Aiqing said." It was immediately reported that the three princes of the Southern Han went to the palace and said that the Tang Dynasty was willing to send troops to help the Han Dynasty suppress the bandits.

Liu Shousu was overjoyed and asked about the date of the troops sent?

Li Yu said: "This year is the time for the princess to marry far away. It is difficult to send troops. Let's prepare for the next year."

Liu Shousu said: "Your Majesty, your son-in-law is preparing to welcome the princess back to the Southern Han on the 16th of this month. Please ask your father-in-law to be kind to you."

Zhou Xuan was shocked. He was about to leave so early, so he couldn't watch Xiao Zhiruo's birth!

Li Yu refused to agree: "My beloved daughter is married far away, so there is no such hasty truth!"

Liu Shousu said: "Your Majesty, the date of your son-in-law's wedding has been set. It is September 16th. If you are late, you will not be able to catch up. It is a once-in-a-lifetime auspicious day."

Zhou Xuan said in his heart: "This pig head is talking nonsense, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. It makes me unable to wait for my daughter to be born. I want you to look good."

I heard Li Yu say, "Then let's go on the first day of August."

From then on, Daxing Palace gave banquets every day, and the Eastern Palace and King Jing also invited the Prince of Southern Han to the banquet respectively. Zhou Xuan, as the princess' cousin, was a marriage envoy, so he had to invite him again.

Liu Shousu likes to eat fatty and eat a lot of food. Zhou Xuan asked about his preferences and replied that he only likes fighting insects.

Zhou Xuan then went to his preferences and talked about the way of crickets. Prince Xuezhu was very happy and attracted to him as his confidant. He told the truth while drunk: "Cousin Zhou, Zhou's marriage envoy, I will tell you the truth. In fact, the wedding date is not set at all. How can I set the best date in advance if the journey is long! I just want to hurry back and participate in the insect war in the Five Kingdoms--"

Zhou Xuan was stunned and helpless, and persuaded: "Your Highness, the battle between the Five Kingdoms of Jinling is even more exciting. Why don't you wait for the Han Kingdom Cuju team to win the championship before setting off?"

Liu Shousu shook his fat head and said, "What's so good about Cuju? I'm most annoying about these games running around and playing. They are extremely boring, and only fighting insects are fun."

Zhou Xuan was speechless.

Ernr was very sad when he learned that Zhou Xuan could not accompany her until Xiao Zhiruo was born. Zhou Xuan comforted her for a long time before smiling again and said, "When my husband comes back, my little Zhiruo must have known to smile. Bai Ri'er, just smile."

Because the departure date was determined, Sanchi and Lin Ning went to Hangzhou, the capital of Wuyue Kingdom on July 10th, and took the text of "Chang Xiangsi" written by Zhou Xuan to persuade Mr. Lin Bu, who was the plum wife and crane son, to go to the Southern Hanxing Palace to help Zhou Xuan.

Wang Shizhang had officially received the imperial edict and, like Abu, was named the Seventh-rank Chaosan Lang. Wang Shizhang almost suffered a stroke and brought his wife and son to the Duke of the Prefecture and County to thank him.

On July 20, good news came from Jianzhou. Chen Kai led his army to defeat the Qingyuan army, conquered five counties in a row, and headed straight to the city of Zhangzhou. The barbarians and Liaopan in Fujian were defeated and joined the Tang Dynasty. Chen Kai submitted a letter to the emperor to give him official positions. The patriarch of the two surnames and Liaoning was in a state of peace.

Li Yu was overjoyed. Although he was indifferent to the rule of inaction, which monarch would not like to win battles? He ordered the Secretariat to enthrone Pan Yujiao as the Marquis of Longyan County, Lei Meng as the Marquis of Changtai County, and the rest of the generals who participated in the war from Chen Kai were rewarded. He also ordered the Zhennan Jiedushi and the Fenghua Jiedushi to send troops to Fujian to take Zhangzhou first.
Chapter completed!