"Are you willing to save your little lover at the cost of your heart?"
There is no need to ask further. A woman like Yuchi Jin is worthy of Zhu Li giving everything for her, including his life.
If you are destined not to be together, giving your heart to the other person and letting him/her live may be a good choice.
"I am willing to do this. As long as you tell me the method, I will do anything for Jin'er!" The resolute look and firm words showed that Zhu Li was so determined at this moment.
In one’s lifetime, one will encounter countless liars or people with ulterior motives, but there will also be some true friends around, and these friends are the most lovely people in life.
As for true love, some people spend their entire lives facing nothing more than a familiar stranger every day.
The right person appears, and appears at the right time. What a blessing it is. Those who hesitate are fools. Act when the time is right. If it is too late, you will miss out on two people.
A good wife can definitely make a man successful; but a bad wife can destroy countless men, naturally including her husband.
Bi Gan dug out his heart to call out to King Zhou, but unfortunately King Zhou did not wake up, leaving the loyal minister with regrets; he asked Zhu Li to dig out his heart to save his beloved, as long as Yuchi Jin could survive, he would have no regrets.
Seeing Zhu Li's resolute expression, the spirit of the weapon had a complicated expression on its face, and said generously: "Before the Grain in Ear, you should bring your little lover to Wenshan. Then, the old Taoist will personally help you cure her."
Zhu Li nodded vigorously to show that he remembered.
Looking at Zhu Li's cautious expression, the old Taoist who was the incarnation of the spirit of the weapon waved his hand lightly, and an unknown spiritual fruit appeared immediately, turning into countless light spots and sinking into Yuchi Jin's body.
"This spiritual fruit can keep her alive and ensure she is safe before Grain in Ear." The spirit of the weapon said frankly with a serious face.
"Thank you, senior." Zhu Li breathed a long sigh of relief.
After withdrawing his consciousness from the sea of consciousness, Zhu Li in the outside world finally regained his spirits. He stared at the beautiful Yuchi Jin with his eyes as clear as water and clouds, and murmured: "Jin'er, you will be fine. If you wake up, you must help me take care of my parents and my brother and sister-in-law."
In late March of the first year of the Guangqi reign, Li Quanzhong, the commander of the Weiwu Army in Youzhou, colluded with the Khitan and Xi people to enter the pass. The three parties united, raised an army of more than 100,000 and ravaged Youzhou.
At that time, there was Liu Rengong, the commander of Weizhou Town. In order to avenge his father, he captured Fanyang and forced Li Keju to leave. Later, he colluded with Li Quanzhong.
The four-party coalition forces marched westwards into Yizhou in a mighty force.
In early April, the Han and Di allied forces arrived at the city of Yizhou.
General Zhu Li of Huaihua arrived in time to provide assistance, and together with his brother Zhu Ya, they challenged General Di to a battle at the foot of Yizhou City.
Zhu Li went into battle and killed three generals. He took advantage of the situation to launch an attack. With only 20,000 elite Heshuo troops, he killed nearly 200,000 Han and Di coalition forces, causing a great defeat.
The Heshuo army pursued the enemy for hundreds of miles, killed countless enemies, and captured tens of thousands of them.
The four bandit chieftains were defeated and fled to Pingzhou in disgrace.
Then, Liu Rengong, the former commander of Weizhou, ambushed the Xi people on the way, attacked them, killed their leader Tules, and occupied Yingzhou in one fell swoop.
Li Quanzhong, Liu Rengong and Wang Chucun quickly formed an alliance to fight against Zhu Li. The two sides were in a stalemate in Ji and Dan states.
In the same month, the elite Khitan cavalry from the west, with the support of Heshuo rebel general Lu Yong, attacked Shuozhou.
The Khitans, with an army of 200,000, were invincible, winning two battles in a row. They successively defeated the fierce general Yang Zaixing of Heshuo and the female general Yuchi Jin of Heshuo, and approached the city of Shanyang.
Guo Qizuo, the governor of Shuozhou and the governor of Zhongzhou, planned and lured the Khitan army into a trap, and then set a fire that killed more than 100,000 Khitan elites, burying them forever in Han territory.
The Khitan general Yelu Zuolu was killed, and the Khitan Yilijin Yelu Oulisi and Xiao Xiala were all captured alive.
In the battle in the northern border, the Heshuo Army wiped out 300,000 elite Khitan troops in one fell swoop, making it difficult for the Khitans to recover for at least ten years. This was a great contribution to the country and will benefit future generations.
In Fengxiang, the newly appointed commander of the Shence Army, Li Maozhen, displayed his prowess and defeated Zhang Huaishen of the Guiyi Army outside Fengxiang in one fell swoop, completely taking control of Fengxiang. With the prestige of defeating the Guiyi Army, Li Maozhen requested to be appointed as the Jiedushi of Fengxiang.
Under the pressure of Li Maozhen's power, Li Xuan and Tian Lingzi had to compromise and gave the position of Fengxiang Jiedushi to Li Maozhen.
As a result, Li Changyan, the former Fengxiang Jiedushi, was reduced from a high-ranking Jiedushi to a bandit in an instant. In a fit of rage, Li Changyan was defeated in successive battles with Zhu Mei, and was finally killed by his subordinate Xue Zhichou.
Xue Zhichou, who killed Li Changyan, did not continue to resist Zhu Mei. Instead, he led his troops and surrendered to Li Maozhen, carrying Li Changyan's head.
In Henan, the Yellow River was ravaged by floods and there was famine in the rivers and lakes. Yang Xingmi had to withdraw to his old nest to fight the floods, provide disaster relief and comfort the people.
Zhu Quanzhong took advantage of the situation to counterattack Qin Zongquan and regained the initiative in the attack; however, Henan was also a severely affected area, so Zhu Quanzhong, who had regained the initiative, had to stop fighting and focus on disaster relief.
In Sichuan and Shu, Wang Jian swept through West Sichuan, resisted Li and Yang in the east, and finally secured his position as the Jiedushi of West Sichuan.
In this context, after Zhu Li comforted his parents and appeased old Madam Yuchi, he made some adjustments to the personnel in Heshuo.
Zhu Li issued an imperial decree to promote Gao Sixiang and Gao Sixu, who had recently surrendered, to the rank of lieutenant generals and send them to Yanshan to obey Gao Su's orders.
Shulü Pogu was transferred to the Sanggan area to be dispatched by her master Wu Dao.
The emperor ordered Zhang Guiba to garrison Piantou Pass in the north and promoted Gao Silun to be a lieutenant general to assist Zhang Guiba.
Liang Zan was ordered to go to Weizhou, and Cheng Huaixin was ordered to go to Youzhou to obey Yue Pengju's orders.
He ordered Zhang Guimou to garrison Duxing, transferred Shang Rang back to defend Yanmen, and promoted Zhao Ba, who had recently surrendered, to be a lieutenant general and sent him to Taiyuan to assist Shi Yan.
Zhu Li had no choice but to transfer Shang Rang back, as he had to let him come back to look after his wife. For Shang Rang's sake, Zhu Li did not do anything to Liu, but he could not ignore the kidnapping of Wang Yueyao.
However, he was going south to Sichuan and would pass by Taihang Mountains, so he had to stop by to take a look.
After arranging everything, Zhu Li asked Dong Ningyang to pretend to be a coachman, driving a carriage with Yuchi Jin on board.
He took off his armor and used the disguise skills he learned from Xingchenzi, pretending to be a young man from the north who was traveling to visit relatives. He said goodbye to his family and went south to Sichuan.
In ancient times, there was Nuwa who repaired the sky. But did you know that Nuwa refined the stubborn stones on a rooftop in Taihang Mountains? According to legend, Houyi shot the sun and bent his bow in the Taihang Mountains.
Ancient legends all show that Taihang Mountains have a profound connection with the Chinese people.
The famous Eight Passes of Taihang are distributed in the Taihang Mountains. These eight passages that connect Hedong and Hebei have witnessed countless tragedies and heroic deeds over countless years, and are still talked about by people in later generations.
Zhu Li and his companions of three passed through Daizhou, Ningwu, and Taiyuan, and arrived in Fenzhou peacefully.
But in Fenzhou, the person who came to report on his work was none other than Zhao Zilong, who was dressed in a green robe and a small hat, pretending to be an ordinary servant.
Under a large tree that no one noticed, Zhao Zilong looked solemn. Seeing that Zhu Li was only traveling with three people, he said with some concern, "General, when you go to Sichuan, don't you need to bring more people with you?"
Zhu Li did not respond to him after hearing this. Zhao Zilong was Yuchi Jin's sworn brother. It was not surprising that he came to see Yuchi Jin after receiving the news that he had gotten into trouble.
However, when Zhu Li was in Shuozhou, he heard that Zhao Zilong went to the depths of Taihang Mountains to rescue Wang Yueyao, but why did he appear here again now
"Brother, when I was in Shuozhou, I heard that you went to Taihang to help Wang Chong and Zhao Wu. Now you are here, where is Madam Wang?"
Upon hearing Zhu Li's question, Zhao Zilong quickly asked, "General, have you ever heard of Cheng Wuwei, the immortal?"
"Become an immortal?" Zhu Li was puzzled.
This name was very unfamiliar to him. Aren't the True Immortal and the Golden Immortal figures in legends? Could it be that they were also readable in this late Tang Dynasty
As soon as he saw Zhu Li's expression, Zhao Zilong knew that he probably didn't know, so he quickly explained, "Shi Yu and his companions who fled from Shuozhou to Guanzhong were blocked by Wang Chong and Zhao Wu in Taiyue Mountain, unable to move forward or backward." (Taiyue Mountain: a branch of Taihang Mountain, near Fenzhou)
"My sworn sister's senior sister, Fairy Yuhua, happened to pass by and rescued Madam Wang. Unfortunately, Wang Zhixing and Yu Cuiwei also turned back halfway."
"I don't know what that servant fisherman said to them. Wang Zhixing and Yu Cuiwei are determined to get Madam Wang. Brother Wang Chong, Fairy Yuhua and others have no choice but to confront them again."
"Fortunately, my subordinates received the news in time and rushed over to defeat Wang Zhixing and the other two." When he said this, Zhao Zilong's expression was a little strange, and his eyes flickered as he looked at Zhu Li.
Zhu Li looked at the other party's strange expression and asked doubtfully, "Since my brother defeated the two men, then Madam Wang should be fine, right?"
Zhao Zilong heard this and gave him another meaningful look before sighing, "As for safety, of course everything is fine. But at this time, Madam Wang suddenly asked Fairy Yuhua to accept her as a disciple. I don't know what she was thinking, she actually wanted to learn martial arts."
"Learn martial arts?" Zhu Li breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but frowned.
He knew very well how Wang Yueyao felt about him. The other party and Yuchi Jin had always been at loggerheads, and Wang Yueyao was unwilling to be at a disadvantage in everything. Could it be that Wang Yueyao suddenly wanted to learn martial arts just because Yuchi Jin knew martial arts
"And what happened next?"
"Later? Later, Fairy Yuhua couldn't persuade her, so she had to agree to introduce a master to her. This master was Cheng Wuwei, also known as Master Cheng Lian, from Longhu Mountain." Zhao Zilong said frankly.
"What kind of character is this Master Cheng Lian?" Zhu Li couldn't help but worry. Even in later generations, if a student committed a crime in society after graduation, it would affect the reputation of his school. What's more, it is now the end of the Tang Dynasty. Once a master-disciple relationship is established, it is a relationship of mutual benefit and mutual loss.
Many people have great abilities but cannot find a single student because their reputation is too bad. On the contrary, those elders who are highly respected have a large number of disciples, if not just disciples who are accepted into their own rooms, they also have a large number of registered disciples, not to mention those who are far-fetched or who are impersonating others.
The master chooses his disciple, and the disciple also chooses his master. In this era, becoming a disciple is more cautious than young men and women getting married in later generations.
Zhao Zilong saw Zhu Li's worry and comforted her, "Don't worry, General. The three palaces and nine temples in Longhu Mountain are all dedicated to practicing Taoism."
"In addition to their impressive cultivation, they also have a very high level of Taoism. Among these people, Cheng Wuwei, Yang Zhengjian, and Li Lianshi are the best. According to rumors, they have already ascended to heaven. This shows that they have long since left the secular world. With their pure and simple nature, they naturally would not have bad behavior."