Yang Zhi arrived at Tongtianmen in the north of Youzhou, showed the official letter to the military academy guarding the gate, and was unexpectedly stopped, and after a while, he came from the city and rode a horse, an old man with a smile on his face, in his fifties, bald, fat, and wearing a satin robe. Sha Jing hurriedly reminded Yang Zhi and said, "It's Xilong." ”

Yang Zhi listened to Sha Jing's introduction along the way, Yanyun Hall is actually thirty-six pavilions, including the Khitan Tianlong Eight Pavilions, Yanyun Sixteen Pavilions, the Ten Pavilions of the Western Regions, the Xi White Horse Pavilion, and the Bohai Dongqing Pavilion. The eight pavilions of the heavenly dragon are all the masters of the Khitan clan, and the honorific titles of the pavilion masters are Xilong, Poison Dragon, Python God, Wood God, Yaksha, Heavenly King, Asura, and Garuda, Sha Jing once followed Master Tianxin into the Yanyun Hall and knew many pavilion masters.

Xilong obviously heard Sha Jing's voice, and after Yang Zhi and the three of them saluted, he said with a smile: "Now everyone who knows me calls me like this, and as for my real name, I have almost forgotten it." Yang Zhi, there is no need to be polite, it is the order of the hall master to invite you to Yanyun Palace. ”

Xiao Hugu, the lord of Yanyun Palace, was a legendary figure in the Liao Kingdom, and was originally the bodyguard of Emperor Tianzuo's father, Yelu Jun. In the first year of Dakang, Yelujun's mother Xiao Guanyin was framed and killed, and Xiao Hugu assassinated Yelu Yixin, the privy envoy of the Northern Yuan, who planned this incident, and was arrested and imprisoned. Deputy inspector Xiao 13 and Yelu Yixin were worried that the crown prince Yelu Jun would ascend the throne in the future and take revenge, so they conspired with Xiao Delit, the envoy of Xuanhui of the North Court, to frame Yelu Jun, and secretly sent the right guard Taibao Yelu Chara to falsely accuse the capital palace envoy Yelu Zara, the prefect Xiao Susa, and the guard Xiao Hugu conspired to abolish the old monarch and establish a new monarch.

Liaodaozong Yelu Hongji's edict was reviewed, Yelu Yixin and others did not expect that the three of them would not be killed, and finally under the pressure of the royal family, because there was no evidence, Jelu Sara and Xiao Susa were not punished. Xiao Hugu was abolished in prison, his pipa bones were shattered, and the meridians of his whole body were broken, waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded, but who would have thought that Xiao Hugu would suddenly resume his martial arts in one night and break out of prison.

Just when everyone thought that Xiao Hugu had escaped, Xiao Hugu actually disguised himself as the owner of a department store and secretly stayed in Zhongjing, and Yelu Jun was finally killed by Yelu Yixin who sent Xiao Dalugu and Xiao Saba to Shangjing. In order to avenge Yelu Jun, Xiao Hugu assassinated Yelu Yixin and others many times, and killed Xiao Saba and Shangjing on the Northwest Road to stay behind Xiao Tart to get the night;

Yang Zhi was very strange about what Xiao Hugu was looking for him, and he didn't ask much, and rode a horse and followed Xilong to Yanyun Palace, which was indeed a palace, but it was just outside the south gate, and it looked quite old, at least a few hundred years old. Xilong casually introduced, this is a palace built during the An Lushan period, originally to celebrate the An Lushan rebels conquered Chang'an, in Youzhou to build a palace, and later because of the seclusion, it was selected by the first generation of Yanyun Palace, the hall master Yelu'an.

The Liao army at the gate of the palace was no different from the Liao army in other places, and after checking Xilong's waist card, he let Yang Zhi and Sha Jing follow Xilong in, and Hong Rirong and others were stopped outside the palace. The palace was very quiet, through the city gate, all the way to the huge square in front, there was no one along the way, only the patrolling soldiers occasionally passed by, on the square, the white marble railing, five copper tripods on each side, I don't know what was cooking, all steaming mist.

Yang Zhi looked around, there were only eleven people, some were basking in the sun, some were walking, and some were eating, even if they saw the three of Xilong, no one came over. Yang Zhi's feeling is more like a prison release, shouldn't Yanyun Hall be full of masters, full of people who are learning martial arts? Yang Zhi has been to the Imperial Boxing Gym in Bianliang, and the martial arts training arena is full of people practicing martial arts, even if there are no first-class masters who show off in front of everyone, at least the momentum is impressive.

There are still people who see Xilong, and some people are interested in Yang Zhi, a white-haired old man next to Tongding in the west opened his mouth and wanted to ask: "Xilong, can you personally bring people in, you must be an extraordinary master, don't introduce Shajing in the back, who is that Han man?"

The white-haired old man was wearing an old robe, looking a little down, but at a distance of sixty or seventy steps, his voice was peaceful, as if he was talking beside him; Yang Zhi was secretly surprised, just with this hand, the old man's kung fu was much stronger than his own, Xilong was not surprised, and said casually: "Yang Zhi, a young man who has become famous in the north in the past few months, the hall master wants to see him, and I am also curious, so I took the initiative to run." Yang Zhi, let me introduce to you, the pavilion master of the Bohai Dongqing Pavilion, Ying Yunfei. ”

Xilong's voice was not weaker than Ying Yunfei's, Yang Zhi saw that Xilong had no sign of the past, so he had to salute Ying Yunfei from a distance; a thin man closest to the three of them said with a smile: "Xilong, Ning leaks a village, not a household, Yang Zhi, is not a pavilion master, and below is the six relatives who do not recognize Song Kuo." ”

Six relatives do not recognize Song Kuo, eighteen years ago was the famous Yanshan thief, it is said that even Song Kuo himself grew up in the village was looted by him, the grass on the edge of the nest was eaten; ten years ago Song Kuo suddenly disappeared, I don't know how many people clapped and celebrated, I didn't expect it to be to the Liao country, into the Yanyun Palace. Yang Zhi saw that Song Kuo was in his forties and looked talented, and Shi Li said: "I have seen my predecessors. ”

Song Kuo bowed his head and said: "The son can be taught, but Yang Zhi, you should know what kind of person I am, give me a gift, ask for me, or appreciate me." ”

An unreasonable person, everyone is on an errand in Liaoguo, you are a senior, Yang Zhi saluted you out of politeness, what other reason, do you want Yang Zhi to say that he worships you as a robber, and the six relatives don't recognize it, and it really didn't call in vain; Yang Zhi looked at Song Kuo, shook his head and said: "No, I saw the loneliness in the eyes of my seniors, and I felt it." ”

Song Kuo's mouth didn't close all of a sudden, lonely, cold in the winter night, meteor-like loneliness, if not, wouldn't it be more free to be a robber; Xilong couldn't help but sigh, Yang Zhi was only in his twenties, he could understand Song Kuo's loneliness, wouldn't he also be a lonely person, if Yang Zhi reached that realm, it would really be beyond Xilong's expectations. Song Kuo stared at Yang Zhi coldly and said, "We are sympathetic. ”

Both of them are from the Song Dynasty, they fled to Liao for refuge and helped Liao to do things, no matter what, in fact, they can't forget the old days, and they can't forget their thoughts about the Central Plains, but everything can't go back. After Song Kuo finished speaking, he left directly, but Yang Zhi looked at Song Kuo's back, and always felt that he was different from Song Kuo, but he couldn't think of any difference.