There are several natural hot springs in the mountains thirty miles outside the city of Chaoyang Mansion, the Qin family in the old lady's generation, they began to build a villa here, and later Zhao Zheng came to Youzhou, Qin Daoyuan took this place as Qin Qing's foothold, although it was outside the city, but there were heavy guards, it was safer than in the city.

The three carriages left Chaoyang Mansion and came all the way to the Qin family's courtyard. In addition to the Qin family guards, there were also some people in the army, who were still wearing iron armor in the early winter weather, not afraid of the cold at all, and obviously had good cultivation.

After entering the mountain, there are two people specially greeted, namely Jing Xiu, the master of Beichen Hall of the Replenishing Heaven Sect and an elegant Confucian scholar, looking at the Confucian scholar's attire, it should be the staff of the Governor's Palace, this kind of character, although there is no official position on the surface, but as the mastermind of the Governor, he is in great power, and can influence the Governor's decision-making, which should not be underestimated. This person claimed to be surnamed Yan, and the generals of the defending army and the disciples of the Mending Heaven Sect all called him Mr. Yan. On the rivers and lakes, women can be honored as Mrs. and men can be honored as Mr., both of which are extremely remarkable characters.

When they came to the Qin family's courtyard, three carriages stopped, and three people walked down, two men and one woman, one of the older men was Qin Daoyuan, the second master of the Qin family, and the rest of the young men and women were not bystanders, it was Li Xuandu and Qin Su.

Qin Daoyuan and Qin Su were quite familiar with this place, but Li Xuandu was here for the first time, and he couldn't help but look around.

Although he doesn't understand feng shui, he can also see that the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and because of the snow that has just fallen, the mountains are white, and there are many pine trees on this mountain, and the pine needles are also dyed white. As for the Qin family's courtyard, it also fell a layer of white, and only a vague outline could be seen, lying here, a little inconspicuous.

Under the guidance of Mr. Yan and Jing Xiu, the three of them entered the courtyard, but there was a different cave, and the entrance was a typical northern architectural style, which was very bright and wide courtyard, which looked very atmospheric. After the weeping flower gate, turn into it along the verandah, but gradually turn into the style of the south of the Yangtze River, the pavilions, pavilions, ponds, and water pavilions are exquisite, and the conversion between the two is not abrupt, obviously from everyone's handwriting.

There are both hot springs and man-made lakes in the courtyard, and when Li Xuandu followed Mr. Yan to a lakeside pavilion, he almost saw the governor of Liaodong at first sight.

The pavilion is not like the main hall, there is no difference between the superior and the secondary, but it is just a stone table and a stone bench, and a brazier is placed at the four corners, some of the meaning of appreciating the snow around the fireplace, at this time Zhao Zheng is wearing a crane with hair, and it is not very precious, it can only be regarded as an ordinary person, he has never worn a crown on his head, and his hair is tied with an ebony hairpin, and the bun is neat, and no hair is free from the shackles.

Seeing Li Xuandu get up, Zhao Zheng took the initiative to greet him: "Mr. Xiao Li, I am fortunate to be happy, the old man Zhao Zheng, I have long admired Mr. Xiao Li's name." ”

Li Xuandu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Fortunately, Li Xuandu has admired the name of Zhao Butang for a long time, and he has admired him for a long time. Don't call me Mr. Xiao Li, call me Zifu. ”

"In that case, don't call me a minister, you can also call me a cousin" Zhao Zheng smiled and stretched out his hand to the side: "Zifu, please speak in the pavilion." Don't blame the old man for his whim, and he is also elegant. ”

Li Xuandu said: "Don't dare." ”

There was also a woman standing next to Zhao Zheng, who was looking at Li Xuandu curiously. Li Xuan didn't even need to guess to know the identity of this woman, it was Zhao Zheng's only daughter Zhao Yu.

There are two powerful figures in Liaodong, one is the head of the Qin family, the leader of the five sects of Liaodong, and the suzerain of the Replenishing Heaven Sect Qin Qing, and the other is Zhao Zheng, the governor of Liaodong. Coincidentally, neither of them has a son, only a daughter, Qin Qing's daughter is Qin Su, the people in the rivers and lakes are called Miss Qin, and Zhao Zheng's daughter is named Zhao Yu, not from the rivers and lakes, so she is not so famous in the rivers and lakes, but she is familiar with Qin Su, Lu Yanbing and others, and has heard the name of Li Xuandu from the mouths of the two of them. Of course, Li Xuandu in Lu Yanbing's mouth and Li Xuandu in Qin Su's mouth, except for the same name, are completely two people, which inevitably makes Zhao Yu curious about what kind of character the real Li Xuandu is. Zhao Zheng was helpless, thinking that Qin Su would also accompany Li Xuandu to come over, so he agreed to her request.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but look at Li Xuandu, Li Xuandu didn't care about this kind of scrutiny, but he didn't want to turn a blind eye so as not to appear too arrogant, so at this moment, Zhao Zheng's face was slightly gloomy: "Yu'er, don't be rude!"

Although Zhao Zheng's face was quite stern, there was no anger in his eyes, which showed that he was quite spoiled by this daughter on weekdays. After scolding his daughter, Zhao Zheng explained to Li Xuandu: "This is the little girl Zhao Yu, and she has long heard of the name of the Purple Mansion, so she has to come to see the Purple Mansion Sword Immortal, she is used to being arrogant by me, what is the rudeness, and I hope the Purple Mansion will take care of it." ”

Li Xuandu smiled slightly: "The ministry is serious, in my opinion, Miss Zhao is a person of temperament." ”

Zhao Zheng smiled and said to Zhao Yu: "Now that I have seen and seen, there are other things to discuss between my father and Zifu, you accompany your sister Qin to go around the Zhuangzi." ”

Zhao Yu's eyes rolled, pulled Qin Su up, and said, "Okay, I'll go to the hot spring with Sister Qin." ”

Qin Su and Li Xuan both looked at each other, Li Xuandu reminded her not to forget the gifts that had been prepared a long time ago, Qin Su signaled him to rest assured, and then Qin Su was pulled away by Zhao Yu.

Wait until the two daughters leave, Zhao Zheng, Li Xuandu, Qin Daoyuan, Jing Xiu, and Mr. Yan

Only then did they enter the pavilion and sit down around the stone table.

Although Zhao Zheng is a person in the temple, he acts quite vigorously and resolutely, and he doesn't like to go around in circles, so he just greeted him a little and went straight to the topic: "I already know that since the beginning of autumn, the Golden Horde has been riding south, but it was blocked by the army led by the commander. ”

Qin Xiang's single name is a "Xiang" word, and he has a meritorious service for Xiang, so Qin Xiang's table word is a frontier, according to the current practice, with the first word of the table or self-name plus the name of "Gong" and "Shuai", Qin Xiang is a military attaché, and it is naturally called "Pi Shuai". Zhao Zheng's name is "Zheng", Zheng, Zhengye, Zheng, Zheng, Zheng, some changes and corrections. Zhao Zhengbiao's character is "Zhengji", so it is also called "Zhenggong".

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "I've heard of it." ”

Zhao Zhengdao: "Recently, there has been news from Pi Shuai, saying that the Golden Horde has signs of unstable military morale, I have been in Liaodong for many years, and there are also shadows in the Golden Horde Court. ”

Li Xuandu was taken aback: "Zhenggong means that there will be great changes in the Golden Horde Court. ”

Zhao Zhengdao: "The old Khan of the Golden Horde is very old, and all the sons under his command have their own soldiers and horses, if the old Khan dies, then the princes will definitely raise swords for the throne of the Khan, this is a godsend." ”

Li Xuan didn't know why Zhao Zheng would reveal such a confidential matter to himself, so he didn't speak rashly.

Mr. Yan continued: "If there is a great chaos today, the government is corrupted, and there are many homeless people in the pass, but the Liaodong Iron Cavalry cannot enter the pass to quell the rebellion, causing the Northwest Pseudo-Zhou and Qingyang Sect to sit large, the fundamental reason is that the Golden Horde Court has been going south for many years, which makes the Liaodong Iron Cavalry unable to move, if the Golden Horde is trapped in civil strife......

Before the words were finished, Li Xuandu already knew in his heart: "Confucianism's worries are not groundless and reasonable, and Liaodong Haoqiang does have the intention of chasing the world, but this is the purpose of my coming to Liaodong. ”

Li Xuandu thought of Song Zheng again, since the defeat of Yuxu in the sword fight to his master Li Daoxu, Song Zheng lost his trace, causing the Wudao Sect to fall into civil strife, until Yutaiyun set foot in the Immortal Realm, shocked all parties with force, and forcibly integrated the Wudao Sect. Some people say that Song Zheng is dead, or died of betrayal by his subordinates, or was removed by the local master, and some people say that Song Zheng left the Central Plains, or went to the overseas state of Posa, Fenglan, or to the Golden Horde. According to various accounts, Li Xuandu was more inclined to flee to the Golden Horde because of his participation in the Battle of the Sword. Because it is the only place in the Central Plains that cannot be touched, and the Song Dynasty started with the support of the Golden Horde.