Travel Notes of Tianlong

Because of the privilege of being a gamer, Tang Hao arrived in Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, in just a moment. This was the most prosperous and developed city in China and even the world at that time, standing like a majestic giant on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Walking on the streets of Bianliang, Tang Hao saw countless high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Moreover, because the imperial court at that time pushed hard for reforms, the Song Dynasty made great progress in both economic and military aspects. Moreover, because After several generations of emperors, the Song Dynasty had developed a method of dealing with problems that could be solved with money, so it was not a problem. Therefore, the current treasury of the Song Dynasty was full, which in turn allowed Emperor Zhezong, who pushed hard for new laws, to free up his hands to rectify the military. The war with Xixia many years ago is the best proof of the success of military reform. However, the scholar group still has the final say over the entire court. Therefore, after regaining Longyou, the Song Dynasty was forced to do so due to the domestic situation. There was no further progress, and Xixia, which was on the verge of collapse at the time, was thus preserved.

Tang Hao, who has been trapped in the game for a long time, naturally understands that according to the real history, the current official family should have disappeared ten years ago, but since there are no changes in the game, he is too lazy to delve deeper. Not interested in politics.

However, although he had no intention of entering the court as an official, he still made friends with the reformist leader who was currently the most popular in the court, the current deputy prime minister Cai. It was only after many years of friendship with this person that Tang Hao found out that Mr. Cai's brother was Later, Cai Jing, the powerful official who became infamous in Huizong's dynasty, was also the son-in-law of Wang Anshi, the king who presided over the overall reform during the Shenzong period of the previous dynasty.

Tang Hao came to Bianliang this time to investigate the collusion between the Murong family and important officials in the court. There would inevitably be some trouble, so he decided to talk to Cai Xiang first and see this important figure who had been in court all year round. Are there any clues for reference?

Walking through the streets and alleys to the door of Cai Mansion, Tang Hao took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to the concierge. The old steward took a closer look at the jade pendant and his attitude immediately became respectful, because Tang Hao handed it over. It is a special jade pendant specially given to important guests by their master Cai Xiang. Anyone who carries this jade is definitely different from those who usually come to visit the prime minister's house.

Soon, Tang Hao was invited into the mansion and came to an elegant living room."Sir, please wait a moment. I have been very busy with business affairs recently. I will come to meet you after finishing my business." Knowing that Tang Hao's status was unusual, he received him The person's tone is very respectful and friendly

""Thank you." Tang Hao bowed his hands and saluted. As the saying goes, the prime minister is a seventh-grade official, but since the other party is polite, Tang Hao will not be ignorant of etiquette. After about two cups of tea, there was finally movement outside the door. Looking up, it was Deputy Prime Minister Cai,"I haven't seen you for a long time. The owner of the village is still as charming as ever." After closing the door, the tense Prime Minister Cai suddenly relaxed."The Prime Minister is busy with state affairs, but now he looks a lot more haggard." Tang Hao and They met Cai Xiang about five years ago, and it has been more than two years since they last met. Now that they met again, Tang Hao clearly felt that Cai Xiang was thinner than before.

"How can I be as carefree as the owner of the village?" Today's officials are trying hard to reform. Three people, such as Prime Minister Cai, Prime Minister Zhang, and Prime Minister Zeng, have become what people call the three giants in the court. Although they suppressed the conservatives too much, they still In Tang Hao's view, when Mr. Wang Anshi failed to implement the reform, the conservatives were not very gentle to the reformists when they gained power. Therefore, whoever has the upper hand in this matter cannot be said to be right or wrong. However

, in Since Zhezong's dynasty when these three people cooperated to restart the reform, the Song Dynasty was indeed very different from before. Not only did it shift from defensive to offensive military, but it also made great progress economically. In Tang Hao's view, if it really If Zhezong had not been so short-lived in history, perhaps the Northern Song Dynasty would not have been driven to Hangzhou by the Jin Kingdom so quickly.

However, Tang Hao did not come here to talk to Cai Xiang about these national affairs. He quickly changed the topic to what he was most concerned about."Master Cai, do you have any clues about what was mentioned in the letter I sent you from the village a few days ago?""Before Tang Hao went to Tubo, he ordered Xiao Xi to send someone to send a message to Bianjing, hoping to take the first step to find people in the capital who were related to the Murong family.

"This is a serious matter, and my people are still investigating. Although the factions in Beijing are currently divided, the conservative faction is still secretly amassing strength in an attempt to overthrow the New Deal. Among them, there are not a few people who are related to people in the world," Cai Xiangyi After receiving the letter from Fengyi Villa, I sent someone to pay attention to the matter, but the progress was not great,"I knew it wouldn't be that easy."Tang Hao nodded in approval.

"However, the village owner does not need to worry too much. Today's official dragons are in good health and have always implemented the new laws. It is not so easy for those treacherous villains to cause chaos." Cai Xiang had a rare leisure time and reunited with his old friends. He was in a good mood,"But I'm sorry. When passing through Jiangnan and Fuzhou Prefecture, there was indeed conclusive evidence that someone in the court was conspiring with the Murong family, and they had to be on guard."Tang Hao gave the other party a brief explanation of what happened before.

"Well, you really can't be careless. I will inform Mr. Zhang about this when I go to court tomorrow." Having served as an official in the court for many years, Prime Minister Cai will naturally not underestimate the potential dangers."As for the official family, let's wait for a while."

"It's all up to Cai Xiang to make the decision."It is inconvenient for Tang Hao to interfere too much in matters in the court. Since the Murong family is a member of the martial arts, they have their own way of solving problems in the world. After coming out of Cai

Mansion, Tang Hao decided to visit this famous ancient city and walk on the streets at night. It gave him the illusion of going to the night market in real life. Taking the snacks bought from the roadside stalls, Tang Hao admired the prosperity of Bianliang and the people coming and going on the street.

""Tsk, tsk, tsk, although it is not perfect, there is no need to destroy this tranquility," Tang Hao certainly knew that the current Song Dynasty still had many shortcomings, even his real world was the same, but he destroyed it for his own selfish desires. After all these things plunged the entire Song Dynasty into the flames of war, he would definitely choose the former.

Although he did not get any useful information in the Cai Mansion, Tang Hao at least confirmed one thing. At present, there is still no problem with Prime Minister Cai. After all, everyone I don’t know who the Murong family is clinging to, so naturally Cai Xiang is also on the list of suspects. Power and desire are the most likely to corrupt a person and change him beyond recognition.

Back at the inn, Tang Hao continued eating the side dishes bought on the street. While having a drink, he calculated the days and the day after tomorrow would be the time when his fourth brother and Xue Qing would come to join him,"I hope nothing happens to these two children."Although the probability is very low, I still feel a little uneasy when I don't see the two ladies appearing in front of me.

""My lord, the Fuzhou Prefecture has not been peaceful recently." In the palace in the middle of the capital, a man wearing a bamboo hat was reporting to a certain prince what had happened in the Fuzhou Prefecture."Is it that Wu Feng again?""The person who asked the question was naturally King Jing of the Song Dynasty who collaborated with the Murong family in plotting to usurp the throne. This person was well hidden. Even though Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the rule that royal family members did not have fiefdoms or command troops, he relied on his superb skills to Emperor Zhezong trusted his acting skills so much that he even sent Prince Jing to various places to inspect the implementation of the new law.

"Exactly, although the Fuzhou government tried its best to cover up the matter, it could not escape the eyes of our secret agents," the man in the hat replied. This person is neither one of Murong's father and son, nor is he following Eunuch Chen. It seems that he is another member of the Murong family. a group of retainers

"Your master can't do anything about this person?"In the eyes of Prince Jing, he is nothing more than a martial artist. He just needs to find an opportunity to kill this Wufeng."Return to the prince, it is said that Wufeng has great martial arts skills. He has fought many masters by himself many times and won easily. , is really a difficult opponent."The man in the hat replied

"Huh, Zhang He, please remember this and tell him that Murong and his son's plan is about to be implemented. Don't get involved. If you can't kill one person, call him ten. If you can't kill ten, call him a hundred. Is that Wu Feng really just three heads and six arms? Can you withstand the siege of hundreds of masters?"Prince Jing was obviously very dissatisfied with the man in the hat's explanation.

"I take orders." The man named Zhang He stopped arguing, bowed his hands to Prince Jing and disappeared into the night.

Unfortunately, His Highness Prince Jing had indeed misjudged Tang Hao's true strength. He said that the siege of a hundred people was just doubling the number, but he didn't take it seriously.

Two days later, Tang Hao was waiting at the door of the inn he had made an appointment with his fourth brother and the others. Logically speaking, they should arrive around noon, but it was already almost three quarters to noon. , the two of them didn't even see their shadows, which made Tang Hao anxious.

If these two people fight, they may be suppressed, but if they want to escape, there is a high probability of running away. Now after so long, He didn't see anyone. Maybe there was an accident. And no one was following the two children this time. He didn't know where to go to save anyone.

Just when he was anxious, he saw a group of people heading towards the inn from a distance. When he came and took a closer look, he turned out to be his fourth brother, Xue Qing, Miss Wang, Miss Ling'er, and even Mrs. Qin's daughter, Miss Qing'er."What kind of trick is this?" Tang Hao clearly remembered what he had decided at the time. It's just that the brother and sister are like a tour group now.

However, judging from the state and expressions of this group of people, it doesn't feel like they have been delayed on a trip to the mountains and rivers. Instead, they feel like they are surviving after a disaster. , Tang Hao immediately jumped up in front of everyone

"Second brother!"Master!""Mr. Wu Feng!""When the group of people saw Tang Hao appear, they instantly felt relieved. Mr. Duan, who was being supported by Xue Qing and Miss Wang, turned pale and was obviously seriously injured.

"Let’s go back to the inn first." Tang Hao carried his fourth brother on his back and ordered the others to follow him to a safe place first.

"Master, my brother…？"Nearly an hour later, Tang Hao walked out of the room."It's not a big problem. The injuries are a bit serious, but most of them are external injuries. It's a blessing to have no internal injuries," Tang Hao said.There was blood on his face. When he treated his fourth brother's injury before, he used both wound medicine and internal strength. He also used surgical stitching techniques to temporarily stabilize the injury."I really want to thank the system for having the option of medical skills in the bonus points.""Tang Hao complained in his heart

"Miss Wang, please go and take care of my foster brother. Xue Qing stays and tells me what happened." With the girl you like taking care of the injury, the fourth brother will naturally feel better.

"Master, listen to me," Xue Qing, Ling'er and Qing'er all stayed outside the door.

It turned out that when they set off from Mantuo Villa and headed towards Bianjing, nothing happened in the first half of the journey. However, when they arrived in Suzhou, they encountered trouble. At first, everyone just thought they were gangsters who were passing by and looking for trouble. After all, except for Mr. Duan, all of their group were women.

But after Xue Qing and Qing'er sent away the first group of people Not long after, conflicts with other people in the Jianghu occurred one after another. It can be said that they were all fighting on the way from Suzhou to Bianjing. Just before entering the city today, I was worried that there were people on the path. There was an ambush, so everyone chose the main road into the city. But what people didn't expect was that even on the official road with many pedestrians, there was also an ambush by a killer specifically to rob and kill them.

"Sister Qing'er and my brother and I repelled them and protected Ling'er and Sister Wang into the city before we felt a little relieved."Of course, among the few people, Mr. Duan has the best martial arts, but this guy's biggest shortcoming is Lin. The enemy was inexperienced, but thanks to the help of Qing'er, who was ruthless, and Xueqing, who was good at using poison, he was able to defeat all kinds of killers and save his life before entering the city.

"Do you know who sent the killer?" Tang Hao asked. Logically speaking, they have been keeping a low profile and should not have too many enemies."I don't know. The people who came have used various skills and there is no trace at all," Qing'er followed. My mother has traveled around the world for many years and has seen some of the ways of various sects.

"It must be the Murong family." Xue Qing focused on the enemy they had been dealing with."I searched the killer's body and found no evidence to prove his identity."Ling'er's martial arts skills are not good, so he can only protect himself by protecting Miss Wang during the fight. However, this child is brave enough. After every battle, he will search the killer's body, but still nothing is found.

"Fortunately, after entering the city, they don't dare to be reckless anymore," Qing'er said angrily,"Don't go out for the next few days. I borrowed the stove from the cook, and we will do all the food and living by ourselves." Although there are many people in the city, It's inconvenient to fight, but the possibility of poisoning and assassination still exists. Tang Hao and Xue Qing may not be afraid of poison, but it's hard to say for others.

"Master, I'll go check it out with you starting tomorrow." Xue Qing seemed to have grown a lot along the way,"Don't worry, let's not go out for the next few days, try to wait and see."Tang Hao shook his head. To be honest, even if he wanted to find out, there is currently no way to find out.

"Manager, we sent five groups of killers, but we still let them enter the city." In a house somewhere in the capital, a man who looked like a servant in the palace reported to the master's family.

""Trash," as soon as he finished speaking, the"General Manager" raised his hand and slapped it down, and the Eight Immortals Table beside him instantly fell into pieces."Please forgive me, Manager," the servant's hair stood on end, worried that he would be the next one to break," After entering the city, do you think I can't deal with you?"The so-called"general manager" didn't make any next move, he just said to himself.

"You, go report to the master and say that Wu Feng and his party have arrived in Bianliang, and I, the fourth child, will take action according to the opportunity." He instructed the"servant" to do something

"After"the servant" left, the man who called himself Lao Si looked out the window playfully,"Here comes someone!""Then he called the real servant of the mansion,"Master, what are your orders? A man who looked like a butler asked,"Prepare the car, sir. I'm going to visit a friend.""