After leaving Mount Qingcheng, Hsu Fengnian hired four large boats to sail down the Swallow River.
This river was extremely turbulent, with tall mountains on both sides and steep cliffs. The narrowest part of the river was no more than five hundred feet. It was only second to the Kui Gate Pass, where a Taoist saint rode a green ox. This section of the river was filled with small gorges, and large gorges surrounded small gorges. Hsu Fengnian was wearing a white robe. He stood at the head of the boat and smiled at Yu Youwei, who was holding Wu Meiniang. "We just passed by the Book Beach and the Sword Beach, where the founder of Wudang, Lu Dongxuan, kept the Heavenly Book and the ancient sword. Don't think that it's dangerous. The Dong Ling Gorge is the most dangerous place. Our four boats are already the limit. If we get any bigger, no matter how familiar the boatmen are with the river, they will all sink. Back then, Old Huang and I were scared half to death. I even got seasick and vomited all over Old Huang. That's why the fishermen here all say that the Book Beach and the Sword Beach are not really beaches, and the Dong Ling Gorge is the gate of hell. Later, the boat will shake violently. Don't stand here. "
Yu Youwei looked at the scene in front of her and her face turned pale. Just as she was about to turn around, she widened her eyes. She saw a small boat sailing against the current.
It was heading straight for the leading boat, which was guarded by the halberd Ning Emei!
A young man in a green robe who looked like a scholar was holding a bamboo pole.
He held the pole with both hands and stabbed it into the water. The back of the boat under his feet tilted up.
At the same time, the bamboo pole under the boat was lifted up by the handsome man.
A dark green bamboo pole bent in a half-moon arc.
On the other side, the boat was still standing.
On the other side, the boat was flipped upside down by the bamboo pole!
Was this green-robed man the Dragon King?
The boatmen on the other three boats were scared out of their wits.
The pole on the river shocked the world and made ghosts and gods cry.
The boat under the green-robed man's feet smashed back into the water and drifted away.
Hsu Fengnian widened his eyes and said to himself, "This skill is too overbearing."
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When they reached Xiong Province, they were not far from the capital.
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The smoke of the Spring and Autumn War had yet to disperse, and the world had just settled down. It was a wise move to have the Princes of the Imperial Clan take control of the country. No one in the dynasty had any objections to this. Only Xu Xiao, who was given the title of King with a different surname, had attracted criticism from the court. Back then, other than Gu Jiantang, who was expected to be stationed at the border, the civil officials and strategists wanted the King of Yan, who was not inferior to Xu Xiao, to move to Beiliang. But in the end, neither Gu Jiantang nor the King of Yan were able to lead their troops to the north. For example, Zhao Ying, the Duke of Huainan in Xiongzhou, and Zhao Sui, the Duke of Jiaodong in Liao Liao. For these two Vassal Kings, the Imperial Family was often punished, and many of their sons and grandsons were demoted to commoners. For example, the Duke of Yan Ci, according to the rules of the Imperial Family, he was not allowed to enter the capital. Even after the late Emperor passed away, the current Emperor refused to allow the Duke of Yan Ci to enter the capital. It was rumored that the Duke of Yan Ci prayed to the North, so much so that he vomited blood and fainted. He was bedridden for several months, and his filial piety made the northern scholars, who originally had a bad impression of this arrogant and ruthless Duke of Yan Ci, regret.
In Magu City of Xiong Province, the Prefecture Overseer, Governor, and a group of civil and military officials were all 30 li away from the city. It was a huge formation, just to welcome a person who was passing by Xiong Province.
The King of Huainan, Liu Ying, did not leave the city. According to the 'Imperial Clan and Vassal Laws', the Princes of the Imperial Clan were not allowed to leave their fief without permission. Even if they went out of the city to visit the tombs of the province or went out of the city for a spring and autumn hunt, they had to submit a memorial to the Prefecture Overseer of the capital on behalf of the King of Yan before they could leave. Otherwise, the officials of the province would be heavily implicated. The King of Jiaodong had once tried to test the law, causing the Prefecture Overseer of Jinzhou to be removed from his position. The Governor and other military officials were transferred away from Liao Province, and their official ranks were demoted by two levels and sent to the border of the Southern Kingdom, under the jurisdiction of the King of Yan. The first article of the 'Imperial Clan and Vassal Laws' was that 'the two Princes were not allowed to meet.' The King of Huainan, Liu Ying, was known for his adherence to the rules. He did not dare to cross the line of the Imperial Clan. Occasionally, his descendants would be punished for violating the rules, but the cultured and refined King of Huainan would not say anything. Fortune and misfortune came hand in hand. Liu Ying became the Prince of the Imperial Clan who went to the capital to meet the Emperor the most, and was rewarded generously.
Dozens of Beiliang's lackeys, who were once famous in the Jianghu, surrounded a carriage. Among them, there was Fan Zhenhai, who had beheaded the Lord of the Forbidden Villa with one strike. There was also Han Laoshan, the Junior Brother of the older generation's Martial Dao Grandmaster, Spear Fairy Wang Xiu. There was also the One-Eyed Dragon, Yang Chunting, who was known to be able to defeat all Vajra Realm masters.
The three hundred heavily armored cavalrymen galloped like thunder.
The Prefecture Overseer of Xiong Province, Yao Baifeng, and everyone else bowed in reverence.
The curtain was not lifted, and no one walked out of the carriage. Only a hoarse voice was heard, "Enter the city."
Unexpectedly, no one dared to show the slightest bit of anger!
One had to know that Yao Baifeng was the leading figure of the scholars of the three northern states, and he was also the head of the Yao Clan of Xiong Province. Back when Grand Secretary Zhang Julu was still in the Da Huang Sect, he had consulted Prefecture Overseer Yao many times. The Yao Clan had a total of five generations, and they were all second to none in Confucianism. The Yao Clan's Five Heroes, from the first to propose the virtue of being informed, to the understanding of things, and then to the reasoning of things, were of the same origin. Together with the Zhu School's Confucianism of the Shangyin Academy in the south, they were known as the Two Champions of Assisting the Nation. The North and the South complemented each other, and they had always been favored and highly regarded by successive generations of emperors. Yao Baifeng had devoted his entire life to developing his family's studies into national studies, and his students were all over the world. With such a transcendent status, he still lowered his head to the martial artist in the carriage who didn't even bother to show his face.
It was no wonder that Confucianism had no backbone. More than half of the world's top ten noble families had been eliminated by this Butcher. Who wouldn't be afraid?!
What's more, at the advanced age of sixty, he took in a concubine. The scholars of Confucianism only treated it as a moral essay and received a favorable comment from Yan Ruyu. However, Butcher bluntly scolded him for being old and frivolous. After Master Yao heard this, she was so angry that she closed her door and refused to receive visitors for half a year. It was only when her students persuaded her that she began to lecture again.
In Magu City, the Duke of Huainan, Liu Ying, was barefoot and his hair was untidy. His hair was messy and draped over his shoulders. He drove away the servants and stood alone in the small pavilion, drunk. He muttered to himself and seemed a little crazy.
Near the city gate, the King of Beiliang, who was scolded as an old man, slightly hunched his back and opened the curtain. He looked sideways at the old Yao Baifeng and asked, "The one surnamed Yao is old and frivolous. Where is Liu Ying?"
Yao Baifeng, whose body was especially sore from riding a horse without meat, said helplessly, "Replying to the Prince, according to my dynasty's ancestral teachings, the Duke of Huainan is not allowed to meet you."
The guy who was the King of Beiliang, Xu Xiao, narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh."
The horse caravan passed through the central axis of Magu City. Everyone knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise their heads.
It was just that every short distance, there was a shout.
It was incessant.
It made Yao Baifeng and the group of officials' scalps go numb.
"Jinzhou Eighteenth Old Barracks, Green Mountain Barracks, infantry Zhu Zhen, pays respect to the Great General!"
"Liaoxi Heavenly Pass Barracks cavalry Song Gong, pays respect to the Great General!"
"Pipa Barracks archer Gong Duankang, pays respect to the Great General!"
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At this time, Yao Baifeng and the others couldn't help but remember the last words of the "Brilliant Beiliang Soul Suppressing Song". It was really frightening.
"Xu Xiao was born an outstanding person. Xu Xiao is also a ghost hero in death. I laugh as I go to Fengdu to recruit old subordinates, banners a million to kill the King of Hell! "
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