Chapter 32 Return to Gusu
The introduction is very detailed from his origin to his rise to fame.

If you flip further back, you will find the martial arts masters of that time. Murong Ji had never heard of most of them, and he only knew one, Chen Tuan.

What surprised Murong Ji was that it also recorded the ancestor of the Murong family, Murong Longcheng!
I pondered for a while, wondering what position Murong Longcheng held at that time. It was a little hard to imagine, and after reading the records in this book, it was a little embarrassing.

But it is still better. There is eight words in the evaluation: famous far and wide, invincible in the world.

Murong Ji exhaled, and looked down again, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. It wasn't that Murong Longcheng was a bad person, but his experience was somewhat different from what he knew.

For example, the swordsmanship inherited from the Murong family was inherently sharp and powerful, which was confirmed by Zhang Boduan and Foyin.

Letting him use this sword technique as a foundation means that he recognizes this sword technique.

However, this book records that Murong Longcheng created the Sanhe Finger because his sword skills were not powerful enough, and he created the Douzhuanxingyi after he achieved great success in martial arts in his later years.

Murong Ji frowned, he knew more than just what the Sanhe Finger was.

He exhaled slowly, rubbed his forehead, and began to look for other martial arts records in the study.

Not surprisingly, it's largely the same.

Rubbing his swollen temples, Murong Ji felt that there was only one guess.

Murong Longcheng had an adventure in the past, but does that mean the swordsmanship of the Murong family must have been created by Murong Longcheng?
[Who were the great sword masters at that time? 】

Sword Saint Pei Min?! No, there is another person, Pure Yang Master, Lü Dongbin!

The founder of the Taoist Danding School!
He is also the second ancestor of sword immortals after Guangchengzi.

He is almost from the same era as Chen Tuan, with only a hundred years between them. [If...]

Murong Ji's heart was pounding!
If this is really the inheritance of Lu Zu, then I am really lucky!

However, what Murong Ji cared more about was where Murong Longcheng got the opportunity.

[It seems that I need to go back to Yanziwu. ]

In the following months, Murong was greatly impressed by the amazing actions of the officials of the Song Dynasty.

At the end of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Empress Dowager Gao Taotao, who was regarded by history as the female Yao and Shun, appeared.

He ordered that all the Western Xia cities captured during the reign of Emperor Shenzong be returned. From then on, all the foreign strategic achievements of the reign of Emperor Shenzong were completely in vain.

He promoted and re-employed Sima Guang and many other people, and abolished Wang Anshi's reforms and many other issues.

It also ruined the Song Dynasty's hope for a northern expedition. If they wanted to launch a northern expedition, they had to conquer Western Xia first. Was that wrong?
That's right. From ancient times to the present, when fighting against the northern enemies, how can we do without horses? Without horses, what's the point?

In the first year of Yuanyou (1086), Sima Guang died of illness, and the abolition of the new law became an excuse for party disputes.

Party strife completely tore off the last fig leaf.

A large number of New Party members were banished, new laws and old laws were replaced by each other, and no one cared about the people's livelihood. Although the people were not living in poverty, they were not far from it.

Su Shi wrote a letter to the emperor to expose the corrupt officials after the old party came to power, stripping off the fig leaves of many officials from top to bottom.

He was not integrated into the New Party and was also rejected by the Old Party. The court was in chaos and Su Shi was living in dire straits. The Empress Dowager sat high on the stage and turned a deaf ear to everything he said.

Murong Ji understood her to some extent. The ruler was young and the ministers were strong. At this time, there were external wars and internal party politics. If things went wrong, they would lose completely.

He was sacrificed by these good ministers who were "loyal to the emperor and patriotic".

Murong Ji, who has watched Kangxi Dynasty, understands her approach very well. Just like Xiaozhuang, he lets them make a fuss as long as the emperor is alive and he can talk to them when he grows up.

But does Emperor Zhezong have the skills of Emperor Kangxi?
Murong Ji sighed lightly. For the Song Dynasty at that time, the most important thing was to wait for the emperor to grow up!
In the second year of Yuanyou, Murong Ji, who was 18 years old, was dragged by his uncle Wang Shen to attend a strange banquet. Soon after, he married the younger sister of Yang Bangyu of the Yang family.

Murong Ji was speechless. He really shouldn't have come to Kyoto. What was going on? He wanted to become a Taoist priest in the future.

Murong Ji was not familiar with Yang Bangyu, but he was very familiar with his father and grandfather. His father, Yang Wenguang, was the posthumous son of Yang Zongbao.

Looking at the name on the marriage certificate, Yang Yueman, and thinking that it was the generals of the Yang family, I was not so disgusted.

Not long after this happened, something unexpected happened.

The most important thing is that the problem lies with Su Shi. He seems to have some kind of magic. As long as you have anything to do with him, your official career will be full of ups and downs.

In the fourth year of Yuanyou (1089), Su Shi was appointed as a scholar of Longtu Pavilion. He asked to leave the capital and serve as the prefect of Hangzhou.

Not long after, Murong Ji was transferred away from the emperor and served as the instructor of the 800,000 imperial guards.

Murong Ji: "..."

This position is very mysterious. The total number of troops in the Song Dynasty, including auxiliary troops, is only 800,000. Each army has its own training methods. How can you be allowed to make comments?

Murong Ji resigned immediately, saying that being a corrupt official in the Song Dynasty was not even worthy of being a dog.

After bidding farewell to his uncle and aunt, Murong Ji rode his horse straight to the border of the Song Dynasty.

Murong Ji was not quite sure about his current strength. In the Song Dynasty Palace, there was no one stronger than him.

I looked back at the shadow of Kyoto reflected in the morning sun. I have lived here for four years, so I have some feelings for it.

After all, the little emperor's mother was pretty and spoke well...

"drive!"

Facing the rising sun, Murong Ji headed straight for the border of the Song Dynasty. He had almost finished reading all the books in the imperial study in the palace, and there was little news or trace of Chen Tuan.

It seems as if Chen Tuan has really ascended to heaven, which is hard to understand.

Reining his horse and stopping, Murong Ji thought carefully. He had three things to do: the first was to find Chen Tuan's whereabouts, of which there were not many clues.

The second is where did Murong Longcheng get the opportunity.

The third one is the Eternal Youth Kung Fu.

This is relatively simple. The Xiaoyao Sect is easy to find. Wuyazi, Li Qiushui and Tianshan Tonglao are all still alive.

What excited Murong Ji was the real Langhuan Jade Cave!

Murong Ji had no idea where the Langhuan Jade Cave was, and it was very difficult to find it.

He only knew that it was in Dali. After all, the Langhuan Jade Cave was Duan Yu's experience package. If he couldn't find it, he just had to find Duan Yu.

Murong Ji rode his horse straight to Dali.

Just after leaving Kyoto and not far away, Murong Ji received a message from the Beggars' Sect that the Gusu Murong family was selling off some unimportant properties!
Murong Ji touched his chin and had an idea. Could it be that his adopted brother was raising money to start an army?

Murong Ji became interested. If he had not been interested before, he was no longer interested now. The special nature of the Murong family forced Murong Fu to be on guard against him.

Afraid that he would threaten the position of the leader of the Murong family. Murong Ji smiled. Now that he had the strength, he was really interested in the Murong family.

(End of this chapter)