That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 1021 Who Can Control the Ups and Downs of Yanzhou

About three hundred miles away from Shibali Town, there is a small hill that is not too high. On the hillside, there is an obscene temple that is not recognized by the imperial court. It is not a god, nor is it any Buddha. The bodhisattva is a little-known mountain god's grandmother. The statue in the temple looks like an old woman. There are no kind eyebrows and kind eyes, but there are many gloomy brows, especially the hanging corners of the mouth, which adds a bit of evil spirit.

A monk in white was sitting cross-legged on the futon in front of the statue. Behind him was the altar. Three sticks of incense were still burning in the incense burner, and the smoke billowed up.

In front of him stood a woman with tightly pursed lips, with a gold hairpin stuck obliquely in her hair.

The master of the eight sects of Buddhism, whose status was equivalent to the master of the Daomen Suppressing Devil Hall, said slowly: "I didn't expect that the benefactor of Qin would first enter Xuanjiao, then enter Daoism, and finally belong to Jianzong. Don't you hear the saying of the three surnamed house slaves? "

The woman didn't get angry, but said plainly: "Monk, do you want to say that the slaves of the three surnames will eventually die at the hands of the big-eared thieves?"

Most of the Buddha statues made by the Buddhist sects in the Central Plains are golden in color, with meat buns on the top, and ears hanging from the shoulders, so women say so.

The monk spread his palms flat on his knees, and said with a smile, "I dare not say such a thing, but it's just a coincidence, and I feel it."

The woman sneered, "What a coincidence. I said that two mere earth immortal monks dared to disobey Jianzong. It turned out that you bald donkeys were playing tricks behind their backs. What do you mean by showing up to see me now?"

The monk chuckled lightly and said, "I just want to ask your lord to withdraw from Yanzhou."

The woman said coldly: "It's really a big tone. The Daoist wanted to let Jianzong withdraw from Jianmen, but the result was that he fell into the sand. Today's Jianzong is no longer the past Jianzong. Monk, you really think that you were in the past. You helped us Jianzong, so now you can open your mouth unscrupulously? Don’t forget, you didn’t lose a penny of those so-called incense money.”

The expression on the white-clothed monk's face remained unchanged, and he said softly: "The poor monk naturally dare not think so, after all, it was Murong Xuanyin who helped Jianzong kill Zhang Zhaonu, not the poor monk, and Murong Xuanyin was the old patriarch Gongsun Zhongmou He was an old friend who saved the life of the Patriarch of the Guizong during the battle at Lianhua Peak on Biyou Island, but in the end he was murdered, Murong Xuanyin also ended up like this, how dare the poor monk think so arrogantly."

"Poisonous hands?" Qin Mumian squinted her phoenix eyes, and said word by word: "It is true that Murong Xuanyin is kind to Nangui, but Nangui has also handed over half of the sea route to him. It wasn't that Murong Xuanyin was greedy and came to Jiangdu for the second time to force the three of us, Nangui would attack him, could it be that Nangui injured Murong Xuanyin in the Qingming Palace of Dabaishan?"

The Dragon King of Buddhism said calmly: "Because of being seriously injured by Xu Nangui, Murong Xuanyin was captured by Wanyan Beiyue. Now his life is in danger. Could Xu Nangui be indifferent?"

The sneer on Qin Mumian's face was even worse, "You monks like to put high hats on other people's heads so that you can appear dignified. You said how unbearable Xu Nangui is today, just because you want to say that you have righteousness, and it is reasonable to win Yanzhou bingo?"

The Dragon King of Buddhism smiled and said nothing.

Qin Mumian took a deep breath, and suddenly smiled and said, "Tell me, you came to see me on your own initiative, what is your plan, are you trying to kill me?"

The Dragon King of Buddhism slowly shook his head and said: "The benefactor Qin is the elder of Jianzong, and has a great relationship with the Daqi court. If the poor monk really kills the benefactor, let alone violate the teachings of the Buddha, even Xu Nangui and his wife will not let it go Poor monk, so the poor monk just wants to ask the almsgiver to go to Buddhism as a guest for ten years."

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Today's imperial capital has regained its former grace and luxury, with hundreds of officials going to court and wearing rings and bells.

After the imperial court, the meeting place, which was privately called "Xiaochaohui" by countless Beijing officials, was moved from Ganquan Palace to Feishuang Palace.

Just because this place is where Her Royal Highness lives.

Today's Her Royal Highness is no longer the poor girl who can only wait to get married back then, but the Lord of Daqi who is better than the emperor. With the full support of the two elders, there is no doubt.

In the inner hall of Feishuang Palace at this time, Xiao Zhinan no longer stood in front of the dragon chair like in Weiyang Palace, but sat directly on the main seat, facing south, just like the female emperor many years ago.

The first assistant Han Xuan was not seen in the hall, except Xie Suqing, the second assistant who was also in charge of the Dark Guard Mansion, and Zhang Baisui, the eunuch who was in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies, Mo Shu, the eldest aunt, Yin Zhu, the female officer in charge of Peony, and the chief inspector of rites. Zhang Bao of Bingbi, Eunuch Chen Zhijin of Bingbi Supervisor of Rites, Chen Moling, Governor of the Dark Guard Mansion, and Wang Sheng, a master craftsman of Tianji Pavilion who had just returned to the imperial capital from the northwest.

In addition, there are dozens of officials of the fourth rank and above. Although they are not as large as the hundreds of people in the Great Court Meeting, they can be regarded as a veritable "Little Court Meeting", and all the participants are "Princess Party" ".

Xiao Zhinan first looked around, and then said softly: "The palace just received the battle report from Governor Zhang of the Northwest. Civil turmoil broke out in the grassland army. Governor Zhang took advantage of this opportunity to send troops and defeated Lin Han. Lin Han had to lead his army to retreat. Liangzhou is currently stationed in the small hills, in other words, the situation in the Northwest War has been temporarily settled."

"The reason for the civil strife in the grassland army was because Brobi Khan of the Nahachu tribe ordered the withdrawal of troops, and the reason why Brobi Khan ordered the withdrawal of troops was because of the edict of Qiu Si, the master of Molun Temple."

"Qiu Si, everyone here must be familiar with him. He was also an old man who followed the Emperor Taizu to conquer the world. It was only later that he was emptied by the four living Buddhas of Molun Temple. That's why Molun Temple and the Nahachu tribe fell to Lin Han. Now Why can Qiu Si give orders? Because someone got rid of the four Living Buddhas of Molun Temple for her."

"I have nothing to shy away from, that person is my emperor's son-in-law, Xu Nangui."

"There is a saying that you should not avoid relatives if you are worthy. Back then, my palace and Mr. Han Ge recommended the emperor's son-in-law to be the general of the general. He hangs the seal of the great general because he is playing with state affairs for his own sake. I heard that there are still people who want to go to the Feishuang Hall and come out of the "Golden Gate"? But Zhang Daban sent someone to stop him. Fortunately, he was also arrested. stopped."

"But what about now?"

"Since the emperor's son-in-law has given the seal of the great general, he has broken the siege of Jiangdu and Liangxiang, gone deep into the barren southern border, and gone north to the grassland and snow-capped mountains. He killed the immortals and monks with almost the number of hands, so that our generals, soldiers and Li people will die less. How much?"

Having said that, she once again looked around at the officials in the palace.

"If this matter is replaced by anyone else, who can do it?"

"It is said that meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and demerits must be punished. Although I and the emperor's son-in-law are husband and wife, I still believe that the emperor's son-in-law has made great achievements. Do you think so?"

The hall was silent at first, then Xie Suqing got up and said in a deep voice: "I think so."

Then Zhang Baisui also got up and said: "What Xie Ge said is very true."

"My minister seconded the proposal."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

Immediately thereafter, people kept getting up again, one sound after another, incessantly.

A faint smile appeared on the corners of the mouth of the woman sitting north and south, and she stretched out her hands to signal everyone to sit down, then smiled and said: "In this case, it is not too much for me to reward the emperor's son-in-law, right?"

"If I remember correctly, since King Yan was demoted to a commoner, the fief of Yanzhou has been taken back by the court."

"I intend to use Yanzhou as the fiefdom of the emperor's son-in-law, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)