Liu Yixuan invited Zhang Zeduan to the mansion to examine the painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". When Zhang Zeduan saw this painting, he was already full of tears and sighed at the bitter past. Liu Yixuan finally fulfilled all his wishes for this trip to the Northern Song Dynasty. He felt increasingly that there was no need to stay in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Liu Yixuan came to see Ling'er, "Ling'er, Mr. Zhang had told me the mystery in this painting just now. I guess I must have traveled through the dark time and space tunnel. I think I should go back."

"Go back? Where is Brother Xuan going? Will you go back a thousand years later?" Ling'er heard that he was going back, but she didn't know what he meant, so she just tilted her head to ask him.

"Yes, it's a thousand years later, the era I live in. You may not believe it, but the facts are so real. The painter has also seen someone come to the Song Dynasty from another era. It can be seen that my guess is not groundless. As for whether I can go back, I don't know, but I want to give it a try first."

"Try it? Where to try it? How to try it?" Ling'er asked in a row.

"I don't know much about the specific procedure this...is. I don't have any experience in traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty. However, I heard Mr. Zhang describe the situation of others entering the time tunnel. I think I can do it as usual and maybe I can return to my era."

"Brother Xuan, are you really leaving?" Ling'er heard what he said, and seemed to have made up her mind to leave Da Song, so she became worried.

"Yes, I'm leaving, at least I'll try it once. After all, there are my parents and relatives in the space and time, and I can't forget them."

Tears quietly slid from Ling'er's face, crystal clear, translucent, sad, reluctant to leave.

"Brother Xuan, you still don't want me anymore. I won't let you go! If you want to leave, take me away! You said that you and I will never be separated again, you can't abandon me!" Ling'er hugged Liu Yixuan, refusing to let him try any time and space travel.

"Ling'er, don't do this. I didn't say I don't want you. Whether you can go back successfully is still a question mark. Why are you so pessimistic?"

"No, it's not possible. If you go back, I will go back with you too. Anyway, I will follow you wherever you go!"

"This... this is really hard to say." Liu Yixuan was somewhat suspicious of Ling'er's proposal, but he was not sure whether the reverse travel was feasible. "In theory, if I can come to your Song Dynasty through the time and space tunnel, you should be able to follow me to our era, which is fair. However, I don't know if the method that old man Zhang Zeduan said is reliable. Why don't I try it first? What if I succeed and come back to take you?"

"No, no, who knows whether you will come back after you go back? I want to go with you and travel back to your era together!"

"This? OK, let's do it, I can do anything else!" Although Liu Yixuan shouted that he wanted to go back to modern times, he had no confidence in this approach, and even did not believe it at all. It was like he didn't believe that he could come to the Northern Song Dynasty. However, in terms of the current situation, he had no official position and no status, and he really didn't have much effect in the Northern Song Dynasty. His parents had been placed in Xiangyang, and his uncle, who was far away in Jiangnan, also sent a letter to persuade Liu Yixuan and his family to take refuge in Jiangnan. Liu Yixuan knew that Xiangyang would sooner or later throw it to the Jin people, so he tried to

He persuaded Liu Anguo to make plans to retreat to Jiangnan. Seeing that the capital was surrounded, Liu Anguo was still concerned about the war in the Central Plains. He had not given up on the Song court and was reluctant to move to Jiangnan until he had no choice but to do so. Despite all this, Liu Yixuan also felt that his parents were safe at least now and did not have to worry too much about their lives. Liu Yixuan was idle, so it would be better to try the way Zhang Zeduan said to "jump into the time and space of the Bian River". If he could successfully return to modern times, wouldn't he fulfill his wish for so many days? If he couldn't succeed, it wouldn't be too late to come back and make another plan.

The two of them had decided to discuss it. Liu Yixuan took advantage of his parents' inattention and left a farewell letter, saying that he would take Ling'er across the river to visit the Hunan and Xiang area. He chose a day to disguise himself and go to the north Nanyang area.

Liu Yixuan's destination for this trip was the eastern suburbs of Bianliang, Kaifeng. At this time, Kaifeng was surrounded by Jin troops. If he walked alone on the line of Junzhou, it would be like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth and leaving without returning. Liu Yixuan learned that Junzhou had been lost and it would be impossible to go to Junzhou again, so he traveled from Nanyang all the way east, took Ruzhou north, and headed towards Xiangzhou.

The two of them slept in the open for five days before they arrived at the city of Xiangzhou. At this time, the four gates of Xiangzhou were closed and outsiders could not enter. Liu Yixuan patted his horse and came to the city of Xiangzhou and said that he wanted to see Liu Hao, the governor of Xiangzhou. When Liu Hao saw someone coming from Ruzhou to ask for a meeting, he thought it was the envoy of Runan Ma Menglong, so he asked someone to put Liu Yixuan into the city.

Liu Yixuan entered Xiangzhou to meet Liu Hao. When Liu Hao saw him wearing a coarse cotton robe and a thin girl was following him, he didn't recognize him for a moment. Liu Yixuan stepped forward and said, "General Liu, don't you know me anymore?"

When Liu Hao heard the sound familiar, he looked at his eyebrows and then recognized him, and said with a smile: "Oh, isn't this Mr. Liu? Why did you get to my place?"

Liu Yixuan went up to the forefront and said, "General Liu, it's hard to describe it. My father was implicated by me and had already retired and returned home. I came from my hometown in Xiangyang through Ruzhou."

"Oh, it turns out that I came from Ruzhou, but you came just right, I'll let you meet an acquaintance!" After saying that, he turned around and told the soldier a few words. The soldier got the order to run to the backyard to pass the message. Liu Yixuan saw that Liu Hao was so mysterious, and he didn't know what kind of acquaintance he was, so he asked, "What acquaintance? So mysterious?"

"You will know when you meet me later. Come in and sit in!" Liu Hao hurriedly pulled Liu Yixuan into the living room, but saw a girl like Ling'er following Liu Yixuan, so he asked again: "Young Master Liu, who is this girl?"

"Oh, let's not hide it from the general, she is my younger brother's... her fiancée."

"Fiancée? Is it the princess?" Liu Hao had already heard that Liu Yixuan had an engagement with the princess, but today he remembered this incident.

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "That's right, but... Now that I have been dismissed from my official position, the princess can only suffer with me!"

"Oh, it turns out that it is really the princess who is going to be sent to marry her!" After that, she came to visit Ling'er. When Ling'er saw him visiting her, she hurriedly said, "General, don't have to be too polite. I am no longer a princess. I am an ordinary woman now, and I don't need the general to be so polite!"

Seeing that the princess said this, Liu Hao didn't have much politeness anymore, so he invited Liu Yixuan and Ling'er to enter the room to entertain. The two chatted for a few words, but saw a white-robed young general rushing into the door. The young general entered the room and called out to Liu Yixuan: "Brother Liu, don't be fine!"

Liu Yixuan turned around and saw that the person who came was none other than his friend Wang Zichun. Since Liu Yixuan returned to Beijing that day, he had never seen Wang Zichun again. Today it has been three months. However, in just three months, Liu Yixuan has gone from a third-rank deputy commander of the Imperial Army to a grass man. In these three months, Liu Anguo has gone from a first-rank prime minister to a commoner. In these three months, the Northern Song Dynasty lost a large area of ​​Shandong, Hebei, and Guanzhong. In these three months, the mountains and rivers were stained with blood and the sun and the moon were lost. Countless refugees were homeless. A great country ushered in a tragic ending of the country's destruction and the family's destruction...

"Zi Chun?" Liu Yixuan didn't believe his eyes at all, "My good brother, is it really you?"

"Why is it not me, good brother, come and see, it's the younger brother!" As he said that, he walked up to catch Liu Yixuan. Liu Yixuan saw his friend at this time, "Brothers who have passed through the disaster are here, and meeting each other will make tears flow." He felt mixed emotions in his heart. He never dreamed that his first friend who came to the Northern Song Dynasty suddenly appeared when he might be leaving. It seemed that God had arranged for him to bid farewell to him. Liu Yixuan and Wang Zichun hugged each other and cried for a long time. When Liu Hao saw this, he hurriedly persuaded him and said with a smile: "The two brothers are both iron-blooded men, how can they cry? Okay, okay, since they meet, what else is there to be sad? Come on, put a banquet quickly, I want to welcome Mr. Liu." He also instructed: "Go and tell the old general Zongze about this matter, and make him happy!"

"What? The veteran General Zongze is also in Xiangzhou?" Liu Yixuan hurriedly asked when he heard Zongze was here.

"Yes, you don't know yet. Senior General Zongze and many brothers who used to be named Yongying are in my Xiangzhou!"

"Is that so? Then take me to see the veteran General Zongze!"

"The old general Zongze fought with Wanyan Zongbi the day before yesterday and was seriously injured. He is now in bed and recuperating. We should use the food and drink first, and then go to see him!" After saying that, he ordered and asked someone to prepare a banquet.

After the banquet, Liu Yixuan talked to Wang Zichun and Liu Hao about the false imperial edict to destroy the marriage, and then recounted Liu Anguo's resignation and retirement. Wang Zichun learned about these situations and sighed again. Liu Hao asked again: "Young Master Liu, what's the matter when you come to Xiangzhou this time?"

Liu Yixuan said, "This time, I am passing by here. I want to take the princess to the capital!"

"What? Are you going to the capital?" Wang Zichun was very surprised. "Brother, are you not mistaken? Now there are Jin soldiers in the capital. They are camping under the city, only three miles away from the city gate. The capital now has been surrounded. Are you not going to the capital now?

"I know what my brother said, but this trip was not to enter Bianliang City, but to a village outside the city."

"Outside the city? Village?"

"Yes, do you remember the time we went out in April this year? I rode a horse and threw you far away!"

"Well, remember, we ran along the Bian River for more than ten miles that time, and we didn't return to the city in the evening, and we even had a fight with Zhu Dachang at Sunyang Shop."

"Yes, that's the time!" Liu Yixuan continued, "Brother, do you still remember some of the things I said to you before? I said I am not from this era. I came to you because I peeked at an ancient painting of the Song Dynasty."

"Well, I heard from my brother about this. My brother said what secrets are hidden in the painting. If I can figure out the secrets, I can return to your era. What? My brother won't really want..."

“That’s right!”

Liu Yixuan told Wang Zichun about the visit to Zhang Zeduan in Xiangyang and the secret contained in the painting. Although Wang Zichun had never understood it, he heard one thing, that is, Liu Yixuan went to the capital this time to return to the era he belonged to, and also took Princess Ling'er back with him.

"Brother, although I don't understand what the 'time travel' you said is, the capital area is already a dangerous area at this time. If you take the princess, if you meet the Jin soldiers, wouldn't you go there without going back?"

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "How could there be such a bad thing? You and I have been living under the eyes of the enemy. I remember that when I sneaked into Puyang alone, burned the Jin soldiers' food and grass, and broke their city, I would not escape unscathed? Besides, the place I was going to is the suburbs of the capital, and there are still more than ten miles away from the city gate. The Jin soldiers were only stationed under the city and would not care about us ordinary people. Don't worry!" Liu Yixuan was obviously full of confidence, because he was dressed in a common man this time and did not bring any weapons. He just tentatively groped around the capital area. He only rushed to the daytime and stayed in the courtyard of ordinary people at night. It should be no big problem, at least he thought so.

"No, if my brother is really determined to take risks, I would like to bring someone to escort my brother!"

"No, no, brother, I appreciate it. If you send someone to escort us over, it will be easier to be exposed if there are more people. Let us both explore it alone."

The prince has always known Liu Yixuan's personality, and he also knows that Liu Yixuan will not take risks easily. Seeing that he is so determined, he no longer advised him. After all, whether Liu Yixuan can get what he wants will be.
Chapter completed!