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After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Niu Gao had told everyone the story of the martial arts world. No matter who he knew or didn't, he would brag about it for a while. He had also heard about it from Tang Huai, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian. Now that Tang Huai and the others were not around, he was able to speak as if he was experiencing it himself. Dong Xianji Qing and the other three didn't know where the salt was, where the vinegar was, and so they allowed him to speak as he pleased.

For many days now, Niu Hao had been the center of all these questions. What he knew was exaggerated, and what he didn't know was exaggerated as well. After talking, Niu Gao still hadn't forgotten about his mother as he said to Dong Xian, "Third brother, now I'm on the mountain eating meat in large chunks and drinking wine in large bowls. My mother is still starving at home, and I'll send someone to send some silver to my mother for a living."

Dong Xian said, "Second brother, no problem. I will send someone to bring Mother Meng down the mountain and let her enjoy the good fortune. Look, how are things?"

Hearing that, Niu Gao shook his head like a rattle, "No, no. "My mother is a coward. If she knew that I was a horse driver on the mountain, she would definitely scare her to death. You might as well order someone to give her some silver coins. It will not be in vain for my filial piety."

When Dong Xian heard this, he felt that it made sense. The old people were all cowardly, so it was good to not let her know so that she wouldn't be afraid. "Take five taels of silvers and bring it to the Prince Tang Yin Manor, and give it to Old Madam Niu."

When Niu Gao heard the words "old lady Niu" from Dong Xian, his mouth went wide behind his ear. He felt very happy in his heart! She was already so old, but no one had ever called her Old Madam Niu.

Just as he was about to leave, Niu Gao shouted, "Hold on! "If you send five taels of silver to the Wang Family Village, my mother will definitely be suspicious. If I were to ask you what I am doing outside, how would you answer?"

The lackey nodded twice and said, "Just say that Second Master is the King of the Mantis Toad Mountain!" "Mhmm, hmm, hmm …" "Second Master is the King of the Mantis Mountain," the little lackey replied with a 'mmm' and a 'mnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

"Idiot, just say that I've become a coach in Beijing and now I'm in the limelight. Now that I have money in my pocket, my mom will definitely be happy." Niu Gao warned.

Even though Niu Gao was a rough man, he was rough in some ways. If he could not read a basket of words, he could earn five taels of silver from any business deal. It was very appropriate for him to be a martial arts instructor.

As expected, the words of the henchmen made Madam Niu exceptionally happy. She muttered under her breath, "My son is going to be very promising. Now that I've become a teacher in the capital, I can earn five taels of silver."

When Tang Huai, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian heard their lackeys' words, they were also skeptical. They thought to themselves, "Second brother is really capable now, to be able to teach in the capital really makes people look at him in a new light."

In any case, Niu Gao had brought the silver back. Never in their wildest dreams would they have thought that Niu Gao would be like a galloping horse at the Mad Toad Mountain near Peizhou, completely unrelated to the instructor in the capital.

Niu Gao and Dong Xian were living a life full of food, and Shi Quan was in charge of the training of the troops. Zhao Yi asked for information about the new management, Niu Gao and Dong Xianfeng were the vanguard, and Niu Gao and Dong Xianfeng were the ones who decided everything.

As he watched, his thoughts started to wander as he thought, "It is not easy for Dong Xian and I to wait for our brothers to gather in the forest. However, this little mountain is not a dangerous place, and the forest cannot be hidden away. If we were to find our way up the mountain, how can we face the army with just the few hundred people up there?" I am in charge here now, so I can't let these few hundred lives accompany me to my death. "

As he thought of this, Niu Gao called Dong Xian, Shi Quan, and the others to the village for a meeting. Dong Feng was completely confused by Niu Gao's actions. When he had finished, he left without looking back, and they called Ishihara back to the hall.

Arriving at the village hall, Niu Gao asked, "Brothers, which of you understands the military strategy? Who has a literary talent? " With just one sentence, he caused everyone to be confused, thinking: How could we know that? Killing the rich and the poor depends on martial arts. He replied in unison, "No."

"This is it. None of us know how to keep a low profile. If Big Brother Yue is here, then this would be no problem." "However, it's not easy for us to gather together right now. Me and Big Brother Yue have learned some military tactics, so this skin and toad mountain's terrain isn't high, and there's no danger to it. If there really comes a day when soldiers come beat us up, as long as we surround the water at the foot of the mountain, even if there's no need to fight, we'll all die of thirst."

After pausing for a moment, Niu Gao continued, "Besides, the toad mountain doesn't grow any big trees. It grows tall grass and trees, and it burns from the bottom all the way to the top of the mountain. At that time, we won't be able to hide or escape, so we can't let the hundreds of brothers on the mountain die with us."

Niu Gao's words were like a clap of thunder, startling the five people present and causing them to ask one after the other, "Second Brother, we have never thought about this before, but after what you have said, it's really true. Since Second Brother has thought of it, do you have a good idea?" "No," replied Niu Gao.

When everyone heard that, they all became like deflated rafts and shouted, "Then what do we do? "It doesn't matter if we die, we can't let the hundreds of brothers die with us. They are all old and small. We must think of a foolproof plan!" Everyone began to shout and look at the oxen.

"It's not that we don't have any ideas, it's just that we don't want to part with them, right?" "Second brother, we brothers are willing to even sacrifice six lives, what else is there to be reluctant about?" Everyone said.

Niu Hao looked at the crowd and saw that none of them had any idea about what to do, he held his breath and said, "Let's leave the Sick Toad Mountain." Dong Xian and the rest of the five asked in astonishment, "Leave the Skinflick Toad Mountain?"

"Yes," replied Niu Gao. Second brother, I know that it is not far from here. There is a mountain in the southwest of the State of Xiang that is called Xue Gongshan, and Brother Yue and I have been walking on it, and the mountain is tall and dense, and the mountain is connected to the mountain. On the mountain, there are spring water, and the valley can be planted with fields.

Shi Quan listened to Niu Gao's words and felt that they made sense. Ji Qing agreed with him, because if they left the Mt. Toad and reopened the gong, they would all be on equal footing and there would no longer be any suspicion that they would be recruited. Liang Xin and Dong Xian also thought it was a wise move, but he still had to see what most people wanted.

Zhao Yi was the first to raise an objection and refuse to leave the mountain. The reason was that they had been in the mountain for so many years, and now they had to break the pots and jars and leave.

Dong Xian glared at him and said, "Sixth brother, what's there to be reluctant about? We can rebuild it when we get there. What second brother said makes sense, we should just listen to him. "

"This won't do, if you want to leave, then leave. If I, Zhao Yi, do not leave, if you still recognize me as your brother, you will work at Xue Gongshan, and I will work at Mt. If you can't stay there any longer, I, Zhao Yi, will welcome you back. " Zhao Yi firmly said.

"Good!" "Bro, this is your own choice. If you suffer any losses in the future, don't say that third brother didn't remind you." Dong Xian said.

Actually, what Zhao Yi said was exactly what Dong Xian wanted to hear. He was afraid that after Xue Gongshan, Niu Gao and the others would not be able to stand firm and would have no face to see Zhao Yi again. Since Zhao Yi had said so, it was fair and reasonable.

In this way, the six brothers agreed that Zhao Yi would lead a dozen brothers who were unwilling to leave the Mad Toad Mountain to stay behind. Niu Hao led the rest of the brothers to split into five groups to leave the Mystical Toad Mountain, with the clear goal of not causing any major ruckus and letting the government know that they were going to block the way, otherwise, it would be called 'Tiger Falling Plains being bullied by dogs'.

Since Niu Gao was familiar with the terrain of Xue Gongshan, the first batch consisted of one hundred men from Jiqing, the third from Liangxin, the fourth from Shiquan and the last one from Dong.

In reality, Niu Gao's idea was correct. He had saved hundreds of people from the Mad Toad Mountain, and Zhao Yi had remained in the Mystical Toad Mountain. Afterwards, Uncle Du and the others had disregarded the principles of the martial arts world and forcefully taken him over. If a dozen of his trusted aides hadn't secretly let Zhao Yi go, he would have almost died in the hands of the Twin Hammers Duo Du.

Uncle Du and Uncle Wu had been burned to death in the mountain of toads. They had done all sorts of evil deeds, and Yue Fei was unable to subdue him.

Niu Gao and his men built a mountain stronghold in Xuegong Mountain, built a trench, and made the stronghold into a wall made of steel. Xue Gongshan steep walls, high trees, dense forests, the mountains behind the mountain connected, ravines crisscrossed. Attack could reap the rewards while defending could plow its own field. It was indeed a good place to be absolutely safe.

Since Xue Gongshan was an important thoroughfare, there were endless streams of merchants, officials, and wealthy people coming and going. As long as they paid money for the road, they would pass through, leading Niu Gao and the others to live a more prosperous life than the sun.

On this day, the lackeys ran into the hall to report: "Reporting! To report to the various great kings that the envoys of Great Gold have brought fifty thousand silver taels to pay their respects to the mountain, are they asking for your decision, great kings? "

Niu Gao, who was nibbling on his steak, couldn't swallow it. He stood up and shouted, "What a big move! Let me see what kind of stuff it is!" With that, he went down the mountain with Dong Xian, Ji Qing, Liang Xin, and Shi Quan.

He saw a large palanquin parked on the mountain path south from the north. In front of the palanquin stood an old matchmaker who was over a hundred years old. Is that the King of Mountains? "We, the envoys of the Great Jin Nation, are going to the Bianliang, Tokyo, to pass by Baoshan and deliver all our fare. No respect, please accept!"

When Niu Hao heard this, he immediately stepped forward and said, "I am Xue Gongshan's boss. I want fifty thousand silver taels even if I have to cry for it."

"Yo!" This king is really interesting, giving away money and crying? I see that the Great King is majestic, majestic, and has a very handsome appearance. When the time comes, I will help you find a wife in Da Jin Country and then you will be dead due to my beauty. "

Niu Gao looked at the old lady. She looked like an envoy from the Golden Kingdom. She looked like an old matchmaker. Besides, he didn't want to make things difficult for the smiling people, so he let them pass by Xue Gongshan when he saw them bringing the white and beautiful silver taels in front of him.

This time, it brought trouble to Xue Gongshan. Jin Kingdom's ambassador told Song Huizong that he brought many precious treasures of Da Jin Kingdom in order to present them to the Emperor. However, when they passed by Xue Gongshan, they were robbed by the horses on the mountain, and if they didn't beg for mercy, they would have lost their lives.

When Song Huizong heard this, his anger flared up and he immediately issued an order. He anxiously ordered the old man to throw 50,000 troops and exterminate the bandits on Xue Gong Mountain, all of whom were far away in Xianyang.

Tong Shun and his men arrived at the top of Xue Gongshan. The mountain was very high and dense, so they didn't dare to go up the mountain. They had been in a stalemate with Niu Gao and the others for several months.

Seeing that Niu Gao and the others did not dare to go down the mountain, coupled with the fact that their aged bodies could not support themselves, Tong Xun quickly took Song Huizong and said, "This old official has given the order to suppress the bandits of Xue Gongshan. Since we entered the army, the bandits have disappeared from the face of the earth upon hearing my orders.

But he went around saying that Xue Gongshan was "at peace and quiet." This was because the bandits of Xue Gongshan had all been annihilated by him, and Xue Gongshan's peace and quiet had been restored; the second was that the bandits had truly "disappeared from the world by the sound of his voice," and Xue Gongshan had begun to calm down; the third was because there were officials guarding the mountain, making Xue Gongshan feel at peace and quiet.

Even though Tong had made a big detour, Song Huizong believed without a doubt that Xue Gongshan's bandits must have been annihilated, or they really did escape and calm the waves. Otherwise, Tong would not play, and calm the waves.

Therefore, when Huizong saw the children's memorial, he ordered for Tong to lead 50,000 men back to Xianyang, and Niu Gao and the others to continue living a life of luxury and joy in Xue Gongshan.

The warm spring wind blows the green grass that spreads over the mountains, in the hot summer, this is the north country horse fat body strong time. In the imperial hall of the imperial city of Bianliang, in the Great Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong received a letter from the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wumi Wu Qi. He discussed how to travel to the Great Song Empire and how he would send troops from the northeast to the southwest to force the conquest of the Western Xia.

In view of the increasing power of the Great Gold Country, the old Song Huizong was in a dilemma. Firstly, they were discussing to borrow the path, and did not force the transit, and if they did not agree, they would leave an unfriendly explanation. Secondly, if they agreed to borrow the path, the problem of sovereignty would be trampled on. The one who was suffering the most was most likely Li Gang, who was waiting for his class of maester and would cause him to fall asleep and not be able to calm down.

Therefore, after some thought, he decided to bring this matter to the court for a decision. To see what attitude the officials had. It was not his fault whether he agreed or not.

My lords, what good will the people have in a court like this, or an emperor like this? In that feudal dynasty, the world belonged to one person. He thought that if it was decided by the officials, he would be able to shirk the responsibility of destroying the country. Every irresponsible emperor would be punished by his descendants, and Huizong was no exception.

What Hui Zong was worried about was not wrong, the first one who stood up to oppose was Li Gang, he knelt and kowtowed as he said: "Long live our Emperor! Great gold is against the Western Xia false road cut, from the Great Song is false, to forcibly seize the real. If my Emperor were to borrow the path of the Great Jin, if the Great Song Dynasty were to lose face, then where is the national status? " The opposition immediately agreed, arguing for a refusal to take the road.

The cowards, led by Zhang Bangchang, made a speech to Huizong, arguing that the Great Song should borrow a path from Dajin to cultivate good-neighbourliness. Otherwise, if the Great Jin became angry and refused to enlist in the Western Xia, and instead turned against the Great Song, wouldn't the people at the border be annihilated?

He really didn't know how much sincerity the cowardly Faction, led by Zhang Bangchang, had in their hearts to truly "protect the common people".

The opposition and the cowardly Faction wouldn't be able to hold on. Prime Minister Li Gang, who had a straightforward disposition, would force him to do so with his death. If the Emperor agreed to follow this path, then he would slam his head against the golden throne pillar. Song Huizong felt a headache coming on, he had no choice but to leave.

He thought about the case of Liang Wang, the geisha Li Shishi had come up with a good idea for him, and this time he asked her about it. However, Li Shishi was only a musician, and she still had opinions on internal affairs like Liang Wang, but Li Shishi had no idea what was going on between the two countries.

Even Li Shishi's singing and dancing could not change his mind. He had no choice but to hide in the Temple of Preservation to study his stone drum, but to use it to solve his problem.

On this day, Eunuch Feng, who was serving him, ran into the Temple of Preservation at the risk of his life, holding in his hand an eight hundred miles' worth of urgent orders from the border gate. He opened it and read the letter, saying in the secret passage: Dajin gathers two hundred thousand men at the border gate of the Song Dynasty, unsheathed his saber and thrust his spear forward.

When Hui Zong saw this, his forehead was covered in sweat, and his head was almost split open. He hurriedly returned to the drooping archway hall, and Eunuch Feng hurriedly wiped off his sweat.

Hui Zong sat on the dragon's table and wrote two edicts with his most proud body of thin gold. The world was shocked by these two edicts.

It was true: the search for the stone drum as a pampered heart, forced the court to discuss, secretly plotted against the people, accepted the virtuous and virtuous as the king.