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Dong Xian, Liang Xin and Zhao Yi followed the orders of the escort, and brought a cart full of darts to the residence of Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang. When Zhang Bangchang heard that his darts had arrived, he was overjoyed.

This was because after the martial arts arena, Song Huizong was very dissatisfied with him. Not only did Yue Fei not grab hold of it, he even almost caused an uproar due to the opportunity to become a National Champion. This caused Zhang Bangchang to feel extremely depressed. Back at the mansion, he couldn't help but tremble with fear when he talked about this matter with his wife.

However, the Madam said, "Master Prime Minister, this is a good thing! "The emperor isn't interested in Duke Liang's case. Doesn't this mean that it's better for the emperor to not pursue the matter of Yue Fei escaping?"

Zhang Bangchang said angrily, "Truly a woman's opinion. I didn't kill King Liang, so what is the emperor trying to hold me accountable for?" You have to know, the emperor isn't interested in Duke Liang's case, but in me, Zhang Bangchang. " The woman fell silent. Therefore, Zhang Bangchang racked his brains to woo Huizong.

On this day, Zhang Bangchang was sitting at home when someone reported to him that Qin Fenglu had discovered the missing tenth stone drum. When Zhang Bangchang heard this, he was extremely happy and enlightened.

He knew that this was something that Emperor Huizong yearned for in his dreams. If he were to obtain it first and then offer it to the Emperor, then the Emperor would surely treat him differently. After obtaining this information, he immediately dispatched his subordinates to the Qin Feng Road. They were willing to pay any price to obtain the stone drum and transport it back to the capital.

The watchman had asked, what was a stone drum? Why did even Song Huizong, who dominated the world, want it? Here, the author needs to explain it to the readers, and to lay the groundwork for his clumsy work.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was named for its excavation of the mountain. It was shaped like a drum and carved with strange characters. To carve four verses on the stone with seal characters, and to describe the founding of the pre-Qin state and the endeavor of the founding of the state, with the effect of "carving stone surface skills" and "relic from afar".

This rumor had been passed down for more than 2500 years, and was known as the "number one ancient artifact in China". According to the first two words of the poem, Shi Luo was named as follows: "Wu Che", "Zi", "Tian Che", "Shen Che", "Shen Che", "Yu Yu", "Zhou Yuan", "Zhu Shi", "Zhu Shi", "Ma Qin", "Wu Ren". This stone drum is not only the oldest stone inscription in China, but also the earliest copy of Chinese calligraphy. It is an important material evidence for studying humanities, history, political system, calligraphy and seal carvings, which arouses the great interest of many literary scoundrels.

Until the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the ten stone drums were lost to the people, they were acquired by Sima Guang's father, Sima Chi. According to historical records, Sima Chi of the Song Dynasty searched for nine of them and transferred them to the prefecture to study.

Song Ren Zong's love for the stone drum had reached a level where he was intoxicated by it. His research skills were extremely profound, and he was the most influential emperor among all the dynasties. Many historians could only follow in his footsteps, unable to catch up.

The stone drum that was offered to Emperor Ren Zong was not the real Chen Cang stone drum either. Because of the contribution of the stone drum, he cheated one of the leaders of Ren Zong Empire, Wu Sha, into revealing his identity. Not only did he lose his black hat, he even lost his life for the officials of Ren Zong.

The nine stone drums were kept in Baohe Hall all this time. Other than watching the geisha Li Shishi singing and dancing, Song Huizong would ponder over the stone drums. He would often mutter to himself, "One out of ten drums is missing, it's too much!" His love for the stone drum had reached an incomparable degree.

Keeping this in mind, Zhang Bangchang secretly sent people to search the place where the messenger was. His hard work paid off, and he finally found the wordless stone drum in a deserted village.

The official had asked, why was the stone drum wordless? Didn't I say before that every stone drum is named after the first two words? Indeed, when the Tang Dynasty unearthed, there were words written on it, and there were also Tang people who imprinted them on the stone drum. This stone drum was used by the common people as a whetstone for those who did not know what was good for them, and it had been polished over the years, the words on it had already disappeared without a trace; this was the regret of the ancient people, as well as the helplessness of their descendants.

When Zhang Bangchang's trusted aides found the stone drum, they immediately reported it to Zhang Bangchang. Zhang Bangchang was overjoyed, and in order to curry favor with Song and Huizong, Zhang Bangchang did his utmost to fawn over them, even using a great deal of manpower and resources to search the stone drum, which also led to the search for the drum on Qin Fenglu. However, the innocent people were harmed.

After searching for the stone drum with his trusted aides, Zhang Bangchang knew how important it was to use the stone drum. He thought to himself, "It would be too much of a ruse to send officers and soldiers. I might as well ask a escort office to secretly send the stone drum to the capital. That would be the most appropriate choice."

The next day, a middle-aged man with a face as white as jade who claimed to be Zhang Xiangfu paid the hire and the people who came with him brought an item to the escort office. He personally put the item into the car of the escort office and called Dong Xian, Liang Xin, and Zhao Yi to escort the dart, saying that the dart was too important. In order to cover up the situation, the old escort was to escort the three of you to the capital city.

With this, Dong Xian, Liang Xin, and Zhao Yi carefully and safely delivered the target to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Upon hearing that the stone drum had arrived, Zhang Bangchang, like a child who had not drunk milk in a long time, was driven mad. He immediately ordered people to take the stone drum to the inner rooms to have a look and have his family serve Dong Xian and his friends tea.

Zhang Bangchang came to the inner room. He didn't want his family to do anything, so he personally opened the wooden box containing the stone drum, afraid that it would be broken. He opened a box, and another wooden box appeared inside. He opened three wooden boxes in a row, revealing three items wrapped in red cloth. Zhang Bangchang admired this trusted aide of his, and was worthy of having trained under him for so many years.

Zhang Bangchang saw that the true nature of the stone drum was right in front of him, and he could not help but bow to it, saying, "The Emperor does not disappoint those who care for him. Today, this stone drum will be used as a tribute to the Emperor, and from now on, I, Zhang Bangchang, will carve the stone into the shape of a drum, placing it on top of the incense table and offering it up to the ancestors."

When he was done, Zhang Bangchang gently untied the ribbon. When he untied the red cloth, he almost caused this high and mighty Prime Minister Zhang, who enjoyed the Emperor's favor, to lose his soul and fall down on his butt.

That person asked, does the stone drum have that much magic? No. What Zhang Bangchang had opened was not a stone drum, but the head of his trusted aide.

This head had a terrifying face, a long tongue, and as soon as the red cloth was opened, a piece of yellow watch paper floated down from the head and wrote, "Zhang Bangchang deserves to die!"

Seeing this scene, how could Zhang Bangchang, who lived like a prince, not see this kind of scene? It took a full meal before Zhang Bangchang finally woke up from his slumber and shouted with a trembling voice, "Come …" Humans! Fast... Someone come quickly! Are you all dead? "

When the servant who was waiting outside heard the sound, he opened the door and entered. Seeing Prime Minister Zhang sitting on the ground, he was surprised, but he quickly came over to support him, and asked: "Master, what happened to you? How could he be sitting on the ground? "

Zhang Bangchang pointed at the wooden box and said, "There's a ghost, there's..." Ghost! "Capture those three escort officers for me." The servant looked at the wooden box and also shook his body vigorously. However, he seemed to understand everything and loudly shouted: "Men! Someone come! "

The house slave's shout was much louder as he immediately called for the family of the prime minister. Zhang Bangchang ordered the family to arrest the three men who were tying the darts. With a "hualala" sound, the family surrounded Dong Xian, Liang Xin, and Zhao Yi.

Dong Xian wanted to ask more about the reason, but Zhao Yi was an impatient person and had already started fighting with his family's generals. Dong Xian took a look. Don't ask, what's the use of being polite and staying alive is more important.

As such, Dong Xian waved the crescent heavenly shovel before him, charging left and right, killing all the way to the house. Although there were more and more families, how could these useless families possibly be a match for Dong Xian and the other two?

After a while, the three of them arrived at the courtyard and mounted their horses to rush out of the manor. In a hurry, they rushed towards the east gate without knowing where they were, even though the three of them were full of killing intent, the soldiers guarding the gate did not know what was going on and did not stop them. The three of them quickly left the city, and when they were told by the general to the soldiers at the gate, Dong Xian and the other two had already disappeared without a trace.

It had been a good trip for them, but they didn't realize that they had almost lost their lives on the way. The three of them still didn't understand the reason behind it.

In desperation, the three of them took a detour around the east gate and headed north, wanting to avoid the officials and return to the Ning Yuan Security Office. Liang Xin was a scheming person, so he said, "Big brother, we should still head back first, although we don't know the reason, but I think the Security Office is done for, even if not, I'm afraid there won't be a place for us to stay. We should find a place to stay for a while, and then think of a way to find out more about the situation."

Dong Xian and Zhao Yi felt that Liang Xin's words were not unreasonable, so the three of them went to the temple at Mt. Toad, hungry, tired, and exhausted. They ate and drank to their heart's content, and when Liang Xin returned to the escort office to investigate the situation, he was even more surprised. Not long after they left, all the people in the escort office were mysteriously killed.

However, after a long time, the three of them would no longer be able to live. At this very moment, the horses, cattle, and sheep that the Mongol tribes offered tribute to the Great Song Dynasty passed through the mountain. The three of them thought that it would be better for them to go down the mountain and rob them, as long as they didn't kill anyone.

When he saw the horses, he said to Dong Xian, "Big brother, these horses are the horses that Mongolia brought to the Great Song Dynasty. Killing them like this is too much of a pity, anyway, we have already decided to use the notoriety of repaying our horses, why don't we just recruit some men and have a fierce fight with the officials to avenge the old escort?"

Dong Xian thought about it and decided that there was no other way, he might as well put up a banner on the mountain of toads to kill the rich and help the poor, attracting many homeless people who were unable to survive. However, Dong Xian and his men didn't dare to bully the weak and treat the rich and heartless as bullies, but only robbed their property and still didn't kill anyone.

On this day, the three brothers were in the middle of a discussion on the mountain when someone suddenly came to report that two young men had come down the mountain. On this day, the three brothers were in the middle of a discussion on the mountain when someone suddenly came to report that two young men had come down the mountain.

He was afraid that Zhao Yi would suffer a loss, so he urged his horse to join the battle. The four of them immediately engaged in a 'fight to the death, meeting the best of the best', Dong Xian understood what was going on from the mountain. He ordered his men to strike the gong, and with a 'clang', Liang Xin and Zhao Yi jumped out of the circle.

His elder brother Dong urged his horse forward and arrived in front of the two young men. He cupped his hands and said, "Good morning to the two young men on the other side!" This lowly one can clearly see from the mountain that when the two brothers fought, they would not resort to scheming at all. I believe that both of you are unparalleled heroes. "

The two youngsters felt embarrassed after hearing Dong Xian's words and said, "Brother, you're too polite. The two of us are just passing by this mountain. We don't know the rules on this mountain. Please forgive us for any violations!"

"Where? Where? The three of us were forced by the government to rule the mountain. It seems like the two of you are also dragons among men, but I wonder where the both of you are going? " Dong Xian said.

"Big brother, why are you wasting words with them? Why don't we fight with each other?" Zhao Yi said.