After returning from Boluo County, Li Xiaofei felt that there was little hope for the Northern Expedition, and he was becoming more and more bored in Nanhai County.

In his opinion, the Chen family here did not support the Northern Expedition, nor did the people support it. Chen Hongyi only supported him to comfort him and took him around.

There is no news about Zhou Dapeng and the other three. Li Xiaofei has nothing to do in the county magistrate's mansion, so he has to listen to Hongrui tell him books or watch Murong Qing dance in his sword all day long.

Gradually, Li Xiaofei finally understood why Chen Yuanzhi had so many things. If he didn't find something to do by himself during such a long period of time, he would be suffocated.

One day, Li Xiaofei was wandering around Panyu City. Suddenly, he heard people talk about how powerful Master Qiu from Qingfeng Temple in the north of the city, and became interested.

Li Xiaofei went three times, but he didn't see Taoist Priest Qiu. The first time he said that Taoist Priest went to catch tigers, the second time he went to catch dragons, and the third time he went to treat diseases and save people.

"This is a coincidence. I haven't seen anyone after three times. It seems that I don't want to see me."

Taoist boy laughed, "Mr. Li was joking, it was really a coincidence. Why don't you send someone to wait here?"

Li Xiaofei thought about it and sent Hua Xiaoan to wait for Taoist Qiu to return at Qingfeng Temple.

Before leaving, Li Xiaofei saw that the arrangement of this Taoist temple was somewhat similar to that seen in the Sword Tower a few years ago, so he told Hua Xiaoan about the secret code.

Hua Xiaoan looked surprised, "Didn't Lord Li ask me for happiness? Or did I offend you, why would there be such a scam code?"

"Those mysterious organizations do this! It's not something humans do! You should act according to the opportunity!"

After Li Xiaofei finished his instructions, he went to a teahouse to continue listening to the streets and discussing.

Three days later, Hua Xiaoan brought Taoist Master Qiu to see Li Xiaofei.

"This Taoist Principal Qiu is indeed the guide of Jianlou in Nanhai County. Lord Li, I have already met the code!" Hua Xiaoan said, covering his swollen face.

Li Xiaofei looked at the tall and thin old man and bowed: "Master Qiu, no, Master Qiu Jian is good!"

"I am just a person who likes to dance swords. What kind of Taoist sword is the best? Just call me Lao Qiu." Taoist Master Qiu was very excited.

Li Xiaofei was also very happy, thinking that there were people from Jianlou here, so he could get more news.

So he quickly prepared wine, vegetables, tea and water to entertain Master Qiu. Li Xiaofei toasted him with tea instead of wine. At first, it was fine. After drinking three jars, Master Qiu insisted on asking Li Xiaofei to drink too.

How willing to drink Li Xiaofei was to drink, so Principal Qiu cursed and kicked over the table and left.

Li Xiaofei was extremely regretful and thought that he shouldn't have let this old man drink.

The next day, Li Xiaofei went to Qingfeng Temple to find Taoist Master Qiu again, after all, he had not had time to ask for information.

This time, Li Xiaofei brought the token from the Sword Tower. Taoist Master Qiu smiled and brewed tea for him, as if nothing had happened yesterday.

Master Qiu held the token in his hand and kissed it a few times, and cried in tears. "I have been here for decades, and I thought the Sword Tower would not send anyone again!"

It turned out that Taoist Master Qiu was sent to Nanhai County by the Sword Saint thirty years ago. By the way, Taoist Master Qiu was originally named Qiu Beiyuan.

Li Xiaofei smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, you sword saints are so stupid. Your old man is called Qiu Beiyuan, but he sent you to the South China Sea. I am really convinced."

Qiu Beiyuan hugged Li Xiaofei, "I thank you, by the way, from today on, I will be free to do what I want to do. Everything you want to know is in the cellar of the Taoist temple."

After saying that, he let go of Li Xiaofei and was about to leave. Li Xiaofei grabbed him, "You are leaving, what should I do with Qingfeng Temple?"

"The Sword Saint said back then that whoever comes with the token will take over as the Sword Chief of the South China Sea!"

Li Xiaofei suddenly felt that the five thunders thunders were thundering. This sword saint is really the number one pit in the world.

Watching Qiu Beiyuan jump

When he went out, Li Xiaofei shook his head. This man's great years were destroyed by the sword tower.

Under the guidance of Taoist Tong, Li Xiaofei went to the cellar and found many portraits and notes.

This time, Li Xiaofei knew everything that happened in the entire Nanhai County over the past few decades.

Li Xiaofei began to look at everyone again, everything was not what he originally thought.

Let’s talk about Liu Jingxuan’s envoy coming to Cui Ju camp, and read the edict in a very good manner to recruit Cui Ju.

Cui Ju laughed a few times and waved his hand and asked someone to push the envoy out and behead him, and then ordered someone to send the edict to Xiangyang.

The left and right were puzzled and complained that Cui Ju should not offend Sun Weihan and others in Jinling like this.

Cui Ju angrily rebuked, "What do you know? Those who do big things should not be bothered! You must have a position! If you accept this edict today, you will lose morally first. It would be better to kill the envoy to intimidate Jinling and send the edict to Xiangyang to tell the people of the world that I am loyal to the court!"

Everyone was ashamed of their hearts. Those who were originally prepared to persuade Cui Ju to join forces with Jinling had to break the words in their stomachs.

Only Shen De knew Cui Ju's true inner thoughts. Originally, Cui Ju also wanted to use Sun Weihan, Zhong Yude and others, but Shen De believed that Liu Jingxuan would soon be defeated.

The reason is very simple. Neither Liu Jian nor Zhu Yaoshi would let them grow bigger, especially Zhu Yaoshi urgently needs food and grass supply, so he will take over Jinling at all costs.

If Liu Jingxuan is chosen as an ally, not only will the banner of the Northern Expedition fall, but he will also become the target of public criticism. It would be better to get a share with Zhu Yaoshi, and it would be better to take advantage of the situation to win Jiangnan.

This year was the fourth year of Anping in Wei, the fourth year of Jianwu in Liang, and the third year of Xingguo in Yu. The world not only failed to move towards the trend of unification, but became even more chaotic.

Cui Ju sent Liu Jingxuan's edict and the envoy's head to Xiangyang together, which was beyond the expectations of Liu Jian's emperor and his ministers.

Everyone thought Cui Ju was still loyal to the court and should be rewarded.

Liu Mingge was a little worried about this matter, "Cui Ju's move was just a choice made after weighing the pros and cons, and it did not come from his loyalty! Do not over-interpret this matter!"

"Prime Minister should not always look at people from the perspective of the past! Cui Ju made some excessive moves in the past, but this time he knew the righteousness and should be treated differently by protecting the court and the emperor!" Shen Yuanhao immediately confronted him tit-for-tat

The others also agreed. At this time, Liu Mingge was almost alone in the court. Murong Ling returned to Tuyuhun, Li Xiaofei went to the South China Sea, and Chen Kuan went to Chengdu.

Liu Mingge had no choice but to say, "Of course this matter will be decided by Your Majesty."

Liu Jian issued an edict to commend Cui Ju without hesitation, and ordered Cui Ju to send troops to recover Jinling.

After receiving the edict, Cui Ju refused to send troops. He wanted to wait for Zhu Yaoshi's army to seize the benefits of the fisherman.

Shen De advised Cui Ju to lead troops to the east of Shunjiang as soon as possible. Cui Ju insisted on waiting for Zhu Yaoshi and Sun Weihan to fight each other and then send troops before sending troops.

The other aides and generals also agreed with Cui Ju's opinion, and Shen De had no choice but to give up on his advice.

Zhu Yaoshi was indeed anxious and issued three edicts every day to urge Wang Tiezhu and Zhong Zhiming to march into Jinling.

Wang Tiezhu brought the 800 most elite men under his command, each of whom brought six fast horses to rotate for seven days and seven nights to the Xuanyang Gate of Jinling City.

To be precise, it was not by the gate, but rushed in. The Jinling defenders did not expect Zhu Yaoshi's army to come so quickly. At the same time, Zhong Zhiming was leading the army to attack Huai'an.

When the cavalry wearing evil ghost masks rushed into the city, the defenders released a few arrows and began to flee, and the people in the city also screamed and fled.

More people who were not aware of it ran towards the south Zhuque Gate, and the whole city was shouting, "Call in! Jinling City is broken!"

The whole city was running away. Wang Tiezhu knew that this was an excellent opportunity and turned around and ordered "divided into four teams to drive them away! Tell them Luo

Yang's army is approaching! Leave thirty people to follow me into the palace!"

The cavalry quickly dispersed and drove away the people and the defeated soldiers, and screams and cries suddenly echoed throughout Jinling City.

When Sun Weihan, Zhong Yude and others heard the crowds of people, they quickly sent someone to climb the Bell and Drum Tower to check the situation.

The person who went up was about to report the news, but he was shot by an arrow. Then the defeated soldiers came and shouted, "Mr. Sun, the 100,000 troops from Luoyang have entered the city!"

"Bastard! Confusing the morale of the army! A hundred thousand army cannot be so fast! This is absolutely impossible!" Sun Weihan was furious, but he also knew that there would be no many people on the other side.

Zhong Yude grabbed the soldier who reported the news and stabbed him to death with a sword. "Stop it all! Don't escape! Drive the enemy out of the city!"

Sun Weihan's eyes turned, "The enemy should have been infiltrated with a group of people! We should let the water dry and catch fish! Let's order people to close Xuanyang Gate, guard Xuanyang Gate to the death, and then order the people of the whole city to leave the city immediately!"

Unfortunately, it was too late, and Wang Tiezhu and thirty people rushed into the palace gate, as if they had entered a state of no one.

Sun Weihan and Zhong Yude's personal guards rushed to shoot arrows, but most of them were blocked by Wang Tiezhu's double hammers, and the rest were also blocked by the round shields of thirty people.

Fortunately, there were still thousands of Sun Zhong and the others in the palace, so they surrounded the thirty-one people because of the extra people.

When Zhong Yude saw that it was Wang Tiezhu, he smiled, "It seems that you are a trap today, so that I can wipe out your mighty life! If you kill you, others will have to think about it yourself!"

Wang Tiezhu didn't talk nonsense. He raised his left hand and threw a copper hammer at Zhong Yude. Zhong Yude hurriedly rolled aside. Unfortunately, Sun Weihan didn't have time to react and was directly smashed to the ground by the copper hammer, and died immediately.

Zhong Yude hid behind the soldiers and drew his sword and ordered his spears to throw at the thirty-one people together. In an instant, thousands of spears were stabbed.

Although all the thirty-one men raised their shields to resist, they were useless and were all pierced and fell to the ground.

When Zhong Yude and his subordinates saw that they were stabbed to the ground, they wanted to immediately go forward and cut off Wang Tiezhu's head. Then they thought that they were afraid that Wang Tiezhu would not die completely, so they ordered everyone to throw their swords.

After seeing another look, Wang Tiezhu's other copper hammer was outside the corpse that fell to the ground, Zhong Yude went to let him open Wang Tiezhu's corpse.

When Zhong Yude walked to the corpse, a man with three spears on his back suddenly jumped out of the pile of corpses and grabbed his neck.

Zhong Yude immediately kicked his hands and feet, and the tall man with blood on his face in front of him was Wang Tiezhu.

It turned out that all these thirty people protected Wang Tiezhu tightly and blocked most of the spears. In addition, Wang Tiezhu was extremely strong and could lie dormant in the pile of corpses without saying a word after being stabbed by three spears.

Wang Tiezhu pinched Zhong Yude and pressed him to the ground to remind everyone to put down their weapons.

Everyone was also frightened by Wang Tiezhu. After stabbing three spears, they could jump up and strangle Zhong Yude's neck. This is not a human being.

At this moment, the other teams also entered the palace city to reinforce Wang Tiezhu. When everyone saw that the situation was over, they fled in all directions.

Liu Jingxuan from Tai Chi Hall saw Sun Zhong and the others being killed outside the hall gate, so he took a few followers and ran away in the chaos.

Wang Tiezhu searched all over the palace with three spears on his back, but he couldn't find Liu Jingxuan, so he tied up several imperial doctors to treat his injuries.

A subordinate asked these hundreds of people how to defend Jinling and reinforcements. Wang Tiezhu looked at the swaying palace lamps and candles, "Burn! I lit all the houses on the southeastern sides of the city. Only by making Jinling messy will the enemy be unable to understand our details! If they knew that we only had a few hundred people, they would counterattack tonight!"

After a while, fireworks started to rise, and thousands of houses turned into coke dust. The fire burned for several days. It was not until more than 40,000 people arrived to put out the fire together.
Chapter completed!