Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 626 625. Precarious (End of this volume)

Xuanzang left at night.

It was dawn when I came back.

And when he came back, he brought good news.

With Daoist Sun's medicine, Tang Jian and Lord Yan won by arm wrestling.

The situation has stabilized now, several doctors in Beijie are staring at him and lawyer Pei, Li Shimin can rest assured.

After receiving this news, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.

But they didn't realize that Xuanzang's brows were already wrinkled.

His eyes fell on the city of thorns intertwined with canine teeth in the morning light, he thought for a while, and walked directly towards it.

"...Master Xuanzang..."

Du Ruhui subconsciously stopped Xuanzang:
"The Taoist...doesn't want us to go in."

"Poor monks don't enter, just look."

The monk had compassionate eyes, and after speaking in a low voice, he walked towards the thorns.

And Du Ruhui didn't stop him anymore.

The monks do not lie.

If Xuanzang said no, he would definitely not.

then……

The monk, dressed in white as snow and handsome as a monster, suddenly appeared in the dead Sangquan City.

As far as the eye can see, the mottled loess wall seems to have been splashed with some kind of dark red paint, sprinkled everywhere.

He frowned.

Suddenly his nose moved, and he squatted down again, grabbing a handful of dirt.

Rub lightly.

His hands were filled with a dark red with a strong rust smell.

"……Amitabha!"

The monk's eyes were filled with compassion.

Then, an hour later, I had finished shopping the entire Sangquan City.

And when he arrived at the square where Li Zhen rescued people last night, he heard a sound:
"How did you come?"

Lying on that piece of wood and basking in the sun, Shou Jing asked without turning his head while his legs were still dangling in the air.

"..."

Xuanzang didn't speak, but after taking a panoramic view of the broken stones and bloodstains, he said:

"these people……"

"Well, like those 200 people, they all turned into nutrients that will make the vegetation flourish in the future."

"...Where is the Daoist?"

The monk tried his best to maintain a calm face and continued to ask.

Shoujing pointed at the City Lord's Mansion:

"Meditating over there...you didn't find Lao Du and the others?"

"found it."

"Old Du didn't stop you?"

"Stop it, the poor monk promised Donor Du not to come in."

"..."

The corner of Shoujing's mouth twitched, and he looked at the monk in front of him:
"That is to say... you violated the precept?"

"...um."

The monk nodded:
"It's the first time I broke a precept, so that's how I felt."

"...Tsk."

Feeling that Li Shouchu wanted the chrysanthemum to be unruly, Shoujing simply sat up.

"You, who is determined to become a Buddha, have violated the precepts... Then if I am too stingy, am I not enough friends? Tell me, Brother Yu, what do you want to ask?"

"...?"

Xuanzang, who was a little puzzled by this title, showed doubts.

But it was immediately overshadowed by another emotion:

"Last night... what happened?"

he asked seriously.

And Shoujing didn't hide it:

"Li Shouchu was in this city and killed seven to eight thousand people...not a single one was left alive."

"!!"

Xuanzang's eyes widened immediately, but in the next second, his widened eyes became bloodshot:

"Why didn't you stop it!?"

"How do I stop it?"

Shoujing tilted his head:

"Great monk, tell me, how can I stop it?... Can I stop it?... Not to mention that he was going to kill him. If it was me who came here last night, this Sangquan would only be worse... Tell me, I will Why stop? Don’t you want the stability of Hedong? You don’t want to work hard every day, facing the loess and turning your back to the sky? You don’t want the lives of the people who may be slaughtered by this group of people at any time?...I stop? I stop me! bar!"

"But the Daoist shouldn't..."

"There's always someone to do it, isn't there?"

Shou Jing sighed:

"Hey... Monk, don't you understand the matter now?"

"Understand... what?"

The monk asked puzzledly.

Then he met a pair of calm eyes:

"Learning Buddhism will not save the common people."

"..."

The monk's expression changed instantly...

……

When Xuanzang appeared again.

The whole person seemed a little lost.

Du Ruhui came to ask, but he didn't answer.

I just randomly found a stone under it, sat cross-legged and meditated...it turned out to be meditative.

Du Ruhui was puzzled.

But I don't know what to say or do.

I can only use my energy to stabilize the people in Sangquan City.

Last night, Shou Jing sent another supply... a lot.

But he has no one available.

We can only partner with Li Shimin, who is also a polished commander, to distribute supplies, stabilize order, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

And from this day on...

Everyone never saw Shou Jing again.

I have never seen Li Zhen.

The two of them seemed to have disappeared.

Du Ruhui and Li Shimin waited here for two consecutive days, and finally got the first wave of visitors.

Cui Wanrong has arrived.

Looking at Sangquan City, which had completely changed from what he remembered, Cui Wanrong's eyes were full of doubts and incomprehensions.

Inquire about Li Zhen's whereabouts.

Find out what happened.

But... Du Ruhui and Li Shimin were tight-lipped, while Xuanzang was still meditating.

All of a sudden she was also speechless.

What's the matter if you come all the way and don't tell me anything?

But Du Ruhui and Li Shimin didn't say anything, and she had nothing to do.

But her arrival is also a good thing, at least, the two of them are available.

then……

Five days later, with the help of Fei Yushi, the news that "Sun Hua was besieged in Sangquan City" spread throughout Hedong.

And on the sixth day.

The [-]-strong army led by Pei Ji and Li Xiaogong, and Li Yuanba, who specially restrained the Xianfeng army, arrived at Sangquan City under the canine teeth.

Li Shimin greeted the army, and then everyone stayed in the tent of the Chinese army for a meeting.

No one knew what the meeting was about.

But after the meeting, the army set up a siege formation, deployed defenses day and night, and surrounded the entire Sangquan with water... Not to mention people, not even a bird could fly in.

For a time, the wind was roaring.

……

Hebei, Zhuo County.

Dou Jiande frowned, and when he stepped back to the mansion, he saw Zhu Huai sitting in the courtyard sharpening his gun.

From that day on, after the woman left, he has been like this every day.

The whetstone broke one piece after another, just to sharpen the embers in his hand.

"Zheng~"

"Zheng~"

"Zheng~"

"Zheng~"

one more time.

In this rhythmic grinding sound, Dou Jiande said in a low voice:
"I was ordered to stay here...he asked you to go with him."

"Don't go."

Without even extra words, Zhu Huai responded.

"..."

Hearing this, Dou Jiande was silent for a moment, then nodded:
"Okay, then I'm talking to him... among the generals of the Sui Dynasty, there are not many people who can fight... and there is only one Yang Yichen left here. Now that he has defeated Zhang Jincheng, he will Turning around and attacking us is the time when you are at the height of your vigor...It is really not a good choice to fight rashly now...This battle...is not safe!"

With that said, he was about to leave.

But the next moment, the embers had already stopped in front of his chest.

"..."

Dou Jiande paused, looked at No. [-] Tianxia who was holding the butt of the gun, his hands still motionless, and asked:
"doing what?"

"My patience is limited."

Looking at Dou Jiande, Zhu Huai shook his head:

"This time, if he dies, according to our agreement, I will help you become king. If he does not die, I will kill him with my own hands and help you become king. So...don't go."

"...that's my brother!"

Hearing Dou Jiande's words, Zhu Huai's face remained calm:

"So, he's going to die."

"..."

Dou Jiande was speechless, but clenched his fists.

……

Jiangnan.

Du Fuwei looked down at the letter in his hand, and threw it directly into the brazier in front of him.

"Chen Ling..."

He muttered to himself.

His expression was indifferent.

But his eyes subconsciously fell on the two words "Yuwen" in the letter that was about to burn out.

The indifference on his face gradually turned into a kind of firmness.

Can't be king?

Then... just wait and see.

……

Luoyang.

Rare beast pen.

"By God's blessing, the emperor's edict said: I heard that Sun Jingchan, the daughter of Pegasus Clan Sun Cong in Pegasus City, is skillful and generous, gentle and honest, and has an outstanding appearance. When Sun Jingchan is waiting in Yu's boudoir, being with the emperor's grandson can be said to be made in heaven and earth. In order to be the beauty of a beautiful woman, Sun Jingchan is specially betrothed to the emperor's grandson as a concubine. All etiquette will be handled jointly by the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor. Get married. Announce it both at home and abroad, and the salty envoys will hear about it. This is yours!"

"Sun Jingchan of Pegasus City, take the order to thank you!"

Respectfully took the imperial decree from the servant, and under the congratulations of the other party, several people around Sun Jingchan hurriedly handed over gold bags one by one.

The servant's face was full of joy:

"Then our family will congratulate everyone Sun, and congratulate everyone Sun."

Because he hadn't passed the door yet, and in order not to commit any taboos, the servant didn't change his words.

"Thank you father-in-law."

Sun Jingchan, whose eyebrows had been lowered again, shyly concealed the man's face, and changed into a dress, looking gentle.

"Now that the good news has been delivered from Pegasus City, everyone, Sun, please return to Pegasus City as soon as possible, bring the book of the golden wedding from the Ministry of Rites, and welcome the dowry, and then bring your parents' dowry to send again, arrive in Luoyang, and get married as soon as possible."

"Yes, Jing Chan knows."

"Hey, then our family will not bother you... Everyone, be polite."

The servant cupped his hands enthusiastically, and left under the escort of a group of disciples from the three sects.

And Sun Jingchan looked directly at Shang Hanshan.

"..."

Shang Hanshan did not express any opinion on this marriage.

Since the eve of the eve of the year, his energy...has not been as good as before.

In the past six months, he seemed to have aged ten years.

Even the burly body seemed to be bent a lot.

Facing Sun Jingchan's gaze, he just shook his head slightly:
"time to go."

"……Um."

Sun Jingchan responded, looked at the free sky, and muttered to herself:
"It's time to go home."

……

Jiangdu.

"Your Majesty, after counting the days, His Majesty's will should have reached the East Palace today."

"……Um."

Hearing the woman's words, Yang Guang, who was fishing, nodded, with neither joy nor anger in his eyes.

Holding the fishing rod, after a reply, he was speechless.

"Cough cough."

At this time, the woman next to him coughed softly.

Yang Guang didn't care much at first.

But it wasn't until the woman couldn't stop coughing that he frowned:

"Xiaoxi, Chuanyu..."

The word "medical" has not been said yet.

suddenly!

"puff……"

A mouthful of blood spurted out from the woman's mouth and fell into the shallow water on the river bank.

"..."

"..."

In an instant, both Yang Guang and Huang Xizi fell silent.

Then an unusually pleasant gasp was heard:
"Hey~~~~ha..."

The woman who seemed to feel a lot more comfortable wiped the corners of her mouth, bowed and cupped her hands:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for the crime of disrespect."

"..."

Looking at that bloodless face...

Yang Guang sighed:
"Oh... go back and rest."

"...Thank you, Your Majesty."

The woman nodded, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and then put on the bamboo hat again.

After nodding at Huang Xizi again, he left with extremely weak steps.

After she left, Yang Guang asked:
"Xiaoxi, in your opinion...how long is He'er left?"

"..."

Huang Xizi was silent for a moment, then shook her head slightly:

"Return to Your Majesty, according to this servant... I'm afraid there won't be many."

"……Ugh."

The emperor sighed and said nothing more.

He just clenched the fishing rod in his hand and continued to look at the floating cork.

But at this moment, his ears moved.

Turning his head to look over, he found that Huang Xizi was yawning moderately.

He saw Huang Xizi, and Huang Xizi naturally saw him too.

Hurry up and bow:

"Your Majesty forgive me."

"..."

Yang Guang was speechless.

After turning his head away, he said:
"Did you sleep well last night?"

Huang Xizi shook her head slightly:
"Your Majesty, this slave is getting old too."

"... Let's drive."

Suddenly, as soon as Yang Guang retracted his fishing rod, his mood faded.

……

"grown ups……"

Seeing the woman with weak steps, Xue Rulong hurried forward to help her.

After personally helping her get into the car, I heard a sentence:
"Have you heard the news at noon?"

"Master, we have arrived."

"Is there any news from the east side?"

"Have."

"Is there any news about that Taoist?"

"..."

Xue Rulong fell silent.

Seeing this, the female hat moved slightly:
"Let's go back."

"……Yes."

First of all, he responded and drove the car.

On top of the rolling chariots and horses, Xue Rulong whispered:
"Why don't we let our people go to Sangquan to have a look?"

"no need."

The woman sitting on the cushion shook her head slightly:
"Since he doesn't want people to see...then don't watch it. People who have been staring at Xiangshan, tell them that the news about Li Shouchu is stuck on me, and they can't spread it there at all. Xuan Suning Know one word, understand?"

"...The subordinates don't understand why the lord treats Taoist Xuan like this..."

"Because Yuan Tiangang met her once and made two hexagrams. They used Tianbao money..."

"……so?"

Xue Rulong seemed a little puzzled.

"So, no matter what the hexagram is, maybe it's almost there. My intuition tells me... one of the hexagrams must be related to Li Shouchu. And I... don't want her to mess around!"

"……mess?"

Xue Rulong still doesn't seem to understand.

But the woman stopped talking.

Just leaning on the cushion and looking at the sunny sky.

There was a gloomy look in his eyes.

And in that piece of gray, there are two flames.

It's getting dimmer.

But it's getting hotter and hotter.

"Hold on for a little longer..."

She said to herself silently.

almost.

Soon……

……

Until the end of June.Sui general Yang Yichen defeated Gao Shida in Hebei and was beheaded in front of the battle.

The Liang divisions all sent troops to the south, following the example of Wagang, and blocked the east-west trade roads.

Xue Ju, a wealthy businessman with a family fortune of tens of millions, recruited soldiers and bought horses to rule the Northwest.

In the south of the Yangtze River, the general Chen Ling had just arrived in Yancheng. Du Fuwei took the initiative to attack and ambush him.

Just one month.

The country is precarious.

The image of troubled times, showing its ferocity for the first time.

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