Peach Blossom Island was an island that definitely existed in the Jinzhou area at this time, but later gradually connected to the mainland and disappeared. It contrasts with the Juhua Island in the south, and may even be named after the larger and more famous Juhua Island.

As for Juhua Island, it actually has two names. It is also called Juehua Island. This may be due to the increasing number of Buddhist buildings on the island. I don’t know when it was changed. Of course, it may also be the other way around, precisely because of the increasing number of Buddhist buildings.

, maybe it was just changed from Juehua Island to Juhua Island.

But these had nothing to do with Guo Jin and Yang Zaixing. After they received the military order, they each led a hundred cavalry to leave the majority and only waited at the Bohai Sea. When Yue Fei led most of the troops to break through Jinzhou, they also waited until the Imperial Navy Command

A fleet led by Guan Cui Bangbi.

The fleet is not large... According to Cui Bangbi, because the imperial navy performed poorly in the previous Northern Expedition, it was said that there was only hard work but no merit. Therefore, as soon as the deputy commander-in-chief Li Bao reorganized the remnants of the Jin Kingdom's navy, he couldn't wait to report to the officials.

The family went on an errand, crossed the sea, explored the hinterland of Liaodong, made contacts, and monitored the Koreans... There were not many good ships left.

Of course, this is not to say that the incoming fleet cannot even transport 200 cavalry, but Cui Bangbi feels that this job comes too suddenly and affects his last chance to gain military glory - he is both complaining and urging.

In this regard, Guo Damashao and Yang Datieqiang didn't say anything, because they also had similar ideas... They also wanted to pacify the Liao Dynasty, march into Huanglong Mansion, and wipe out the remaining Jurchen tribes, instead of helping Zhao Guan's family, Lu

Mr. Liu, what is Prince Liu looking for from 12 years ago?

It has only been twelve years, but the young faction in the Song army has already forgotten and is too lazy to care about who Yaoshi Guo is.

But just ignoring it is not an option.

The search process was lackluster.

You must know that Yue Fei's imperial army has just left the Liao Dynasty from the mountains and seas. The temples and temples on the island and the local powerful are trembling with fear. How can they dare to do anything at this time?

Therefore, the three of them landed on Chrysanthemum Island first, and after a search, they could not find him. The person in charge of the Dalonggong Temple, which was built on the island, had already taken the initiative to offer advice, pointing out that the resources on the island were limited, the conditions were difficult, and there were many fleeing dignitaries who were not accustomed to the acclimatization.

When you look for a doctor, the doctor will come and ask for details.

Sure enough, everyone searched for doctors on the island and soon learned from a gynecological expert named Ximen Qing that there was indeed an old man named Guo who claimed to be the former governor of Pingzhou who had called him for diagnosis and treatment many times, and that this person should have been there for a long time.

The army member should be Guo Yaoshi... However, although this guy lived on Juhua Island where the conditions were better at first, when Zhao Guan's family won a great victory and Goryeo sent troops to Liao, he became frightened and took the initiative to flee to

Went to the smaller Peach Blossom Island.

After receiving the information, the three people hurriedly led Ximen Qing to the narrow and cramped Taohua Island. The island had a small population. After asking again, they found out that after Marshal Yue commanded the imperial camp and the front army left Yuguan, this Guo Yaoshi seemed to have

Knowing that his family's sins were too serious to be tolerated by the Song Dynasty, he panicked and turned back, but turned around and fled back to Juhua Island, which was further away from the coastline... But this person was cautious and did not dare to go to the main Juhua Island.

Instead, I went to a very small island called Mopanshan Island to the north of Juhua Island.

There are only seven or eight fishermen households on the island and one bitter well. They can barely survive, and they basically live on Juehua Island.

So, the three of them took Ximen Qing back again. Although there were many twists and turns, they finally found Guo Yaoshi and his son who were full of fishy odor in a reef cave on Mopanshan Island.

After Ximen Qing and many other people on the island identified him, he was sure that it was Medicine Master Guo, so he went straight back to Yuguan.

Three days later, the news reached Lulong in Pingzhou, which was the latest residence of the Zhao Guan family.

"Pingfu."

In Lulong City, Zhao Jiu read the secret letter and took the initiative to hand it to the person beside him. "Mr. Guo, Guo Anguo and his son have been captured. Do you want to take a look?"

Liu Yan hesitated for a moment, then took the secret note. After scanning it slightly, he became a little confused:

"I don't know."

"How to say?"

Zhao Jiu obviously didn't care.

"In the past twelve years, my attitude towards Pharmacist Guo was actually inconsistent. In the first two years, I was resentful, but after Jingkang suffered a complete defeat, I did not do what he wanted." Liu Yan put the secret note back and sighed for a while. "Later, I had to meet the officials.

, Seeing the country's momentum day by day, I gradually began to feel like one day. However, after I had been with the official family for a long time and the overall situation gradually became clear, I felt that Medicine Master Guo was insignificant. Therefore, compared with this old thief, I still thought

It would be best if I could return to Yanzhou as soon as possible and help Chi Xinqi find the missing child."

Zhao Jiu flashed back to Zhang Yongzhen's appearance before his death. His face did not change, but he nodded slightly: "That's right. In that case, just send someone to take Pharmacist Guo to Yanjing City."

Liu Yan nodded quickly.

Zhao Jiu paused for a moment, then continued: "Let's go to Yuyu Island together... firstly, it will be convenient to wait for the Jurchens and Korean envoys, and secondly, it will be convenient for you to return home when the Liao land is settled."

Liu Yan hesitated again: "The officials want to go to the island and go to Dalonggong Temple?"

"Does Zhengfu still think that I can ask immortals to worship Buddha?" Of course Zhao Jiu knew what the other party was thinking, and immediately laughed and shook his head. "The main reason is that Juhua Island is in a good location, not far to the north of Yuguan. How much can I do when I leave the customs?

To shock all the tribes outside the pass... Of course, I also have selfish motives. I have always wanted to visit the Jieshi, but the Jieshi is about to arrive, why not go to the island by the way?"

Liu Yan nodded, but still tried to remind him: "It's okay to go to Peach Blossom Island just to see the Jieshi. But if the officials want to go to Wulu Mountain, please be sure to inform Yanjing."

"It's natural." Zhao Jiu responded calmly. "But Zhengfu, don't worry, I really have no intention of curing Wulu Mountain... I just want to take a look at the Jieshi and wait for the results from the Jurchens."

In this way, the plan was decided to walk along the Yellow River to Cangzhou, and then along the Bohai Sea coastline to Zhao Guan's house in Lulong. As expected, he continued to choose east and north.

In fact, it is only a hundred miles from Lulong to Yuguan, but the Yanshan Mountains are naturally divided. For a long time, the inside and outside of the pass have undoubtedly represented a kind of distinction between inside and outside... This has existed since the Han Dynasty, because of the geographical division

The resulting political and military divisions.

Therefore, when the Zhao Guan family decided to streamline the accompanying troops and set off out of Yuguan with only three thousand people, as the decree spread, it still caused an uproar.

Yanjing was the first to react. Although Lu Yihao and Han Shizhong received the edict's explanation, they still jointly wrote a letter asking Zhao Guan's family to keep the information flowing, and asked Tian Shizhong, who was left in Lulong, to go out of the customs and arrange along the mountain and sea roads, and send Ma Kuo to Yu.

It is stationed at the pass, with the curved end slightly out of Beigukou to provide flank protection.

Immediately afterwards, the states and counties in the mountain and sea route corridor outside the Pass also began to boil... Although this place has experienced several "boilings" in succession due to the Huolu War, Goryeo sending troops to Liaodong, the Jurchens from Yanjing fleeing, and Yue Fei sending troops, but this time will not be delayed.

The excitement has to continue because of the personal visit of Zhao Guan's family.

In mid-April, when Zhao Guan's family arrived at Yuguan, they were surprised to hear that there was a Jieshi Mountain in Changli County within the pass, where one could climb the mountain and look at the sea. It was rumored that it was the place where Cao Mengde chanted that day.

Zhao Jiu followed the name and went up the mountain to look around. He saw only the blue sky on all sides and the blue sea in front of him. There was indeed a magnificent scene. Although the stars were not shining brightly, if he looked out of the scene, there were still trees and luxuriant grasses.

But for some reason, this official climbed the mountain and gazed for half a day without saying a word. After descending the mountain, he continued to turn north and walk out of Yuguan.

After leaving the customs and entering Zongzhou, they arrived at a place only one day later. It may be that the previous news about Jieshi Mountain spread, or it may be that Liu Yan knew the words of Zhao Guan's family and paid special attention to them... In short, there were local elders soon.

He took the initiative to introduce it, saying that there is an island near the sea to the east. It was where Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was stationed when he conquered Goryeo, and it was named Qinwang Island.

Zhao Jiu was greatly surprised and immediately set out to take a look. Sure enough, he saw an obvious island in a bay outside the pass. It was thousands of steps in diameter and seven or eight feet high. It was completely different from the surrounding alluvial terrain.

If you ask more carefully, people around you often call it Qinwang Island, but some people also call it Qinhuang Island, saying that it was the place where Qin Shi Huang stationed during his eastward patrol.

Zhao Jiu sighed inwardly, so he went to the island for half a day to pay his respects.

There is no need to say more about the fact that the sky was still clear that day and I finally left without a word.

That's not all.

In late April, Zhao Guan's family continued to travel north for two days. After being separated from the escort team of Guo Yaoshi and his son, they arrived at the Shijiadian area in the north of Zongzhou. However, local scholars once again came to visit and informed this person.

Officials say that there is a Jieshi in the sea somewhere here, and there are also sites around where Emperor Qin went to sea to seek immortality, and ancient coins and tiles often appear there.

Zhao Jiu, who was already a little numb, looked at it three times in surprise. Sure enough, he saw with his own eyes two large rocks standing in the sea, which matched the words of Jieshi.

Half a day later, he retreated without saying a word.

In fact, from the Jieshi Mountain in Changli, to Qinwang Island outside Yuguan, to the Jieshi in the sea right now, they are all adjacent to the mountain and sea road, and are only a few dozen miles apart... It is normal to have some rumors.

Moreover, regardless of the rumors, there is no contradiction in the legends of Qin Emperor, Tang Zong, and Wei Wu. They are even quite consistent with the ancient meaning. In line with the Zhao Guan family's intention to destroy the country at this time, there are also several contrasting versions.

To put it bluntly, with the current general situation in the world, Zhao Guanjia is not allowed to write poems to catch the attention of those three people?

If you don't want to take advantage of it, why bother asking about Jieshi all the way?

It's just that for some reason, this official didn't seem to find his own piece of meteorite.

In late April, the official family of Zhao Song continued their journey northward and entered Jinzhou. Juhua Island was right in front of them... The abbot of Dalonggong Temple on the island led the monks and laypeople on the island to cross the sea early to wait for them on land.

However, just when Zhao Jiu was preparing to land on the island, he heard a piece of news that was not unexpected - because of Yue Fei's advance, the Jurchens' fleeing troops avoided Liaoyang and chose to take a detour through Linhuangfu Road to return.

Huanglong Mansion, Huining Mansion, and when they decided to turn around in Dading Mansion, an imminent pursuit by the Eastern Mongolian cavalry and the Khitan cavalry directly triggered an internal strife.

After the civil strife, most of the Bohai people and some of the Liao Han people broke away from the escape sequence and went to Liaodong on their own, and tried to contact Yue Fei and ask for surrender.

Of course, what Zhao Jiu doesn't know at the moment is that at the same time that he learned about the first large-scale internal strife in the Jin Kingdom's escape team, new troubles in the escape team seemed to be just around the corner.

"What do you think, Mr. Qin?"

In a slightly narrow courtyard on Linhuang Road in Changning City, after being silent for a while, Wanyan Xiyin suddenly clicked on a person's name.

"I think what Mr. Xi Yin said is right, and something will happen next."

Qin Hui sat down opposite Xi Yin with his hands tied, and his expression did not change when he heard this. "Because if you go further down, you have to go down to Huanglong Mansion along the Huangshui River, and the ancestral lands of the Khitan and Xi people are all in the upper reaches of the Huangshui River. The Song people also promised

Now that the Khitan and Xi people are self-governing in their hometown of Linhuang Mansion, Yelu Yu has even led the Khitan Qingqi out of the fortress... It is inevitable that they will part ways again."

"I'm asking Mr. Qin how to respond, not asking Mr. Qin to repeat my words again." Wanyan Xiyin has always been serious, but being so serious at this time inevitably made the atmosphere even more tense.

"good."

He Shilietaiyu, who became more and more powerful as he went north, also smiled and said, "Qin Xianggong is very resourceful, so he must have a good idea."

"In the current situation, it cannot be said that there is no strategy, but it is just a strategy." Qin Hui seemed not to hear He Shilie Taiyu's sarcasm, and just answered seriously. "If it is really implemented, no one knows what the result will be."

"Just say it."

The eldest prince, Wanyan Onben, said something loudly above him, but he couldn't help but press his left eye which was crying with one hand... It was caused by being splashed by sparks in a hurry during the internal strife in Dading Mansion at night.

It wasn't a serious injury, but it seemed serious during this escape journey.

"In the current situation, it is absolutely undesirable to strike first and gain the upper hand." Qin Huizhi still spoke calmly. "There are only two things...either be sincere and fair and go separate ways; or, find a way to provoke ridicule.
To be continued...