At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 545 The Boling Cui Family
After Pei Xingyan escorted his grandson Wugou and his party across the Yellow River, they continued to go northward, first entering Changping County from Hanoi County, then passing through Shangdang County, entering Taiyuan County, and then crossing the majestic mountains through Jingxing, one of the "Eight Xings of Taihang". The Taihang Mountains entered the territory of Hengshan County, which is now the area around Shijiazhuang, Hebei.

At this point, Changsun Wuji finally heaved a sigh of relief. He had been worried that he would run into Li Shimin in Taiyuan County. Fortunately, this never happened, and he was escorted by Pei Xingyan. He passed through the military fortresses or checkpoints all the way very smoothly.

It is already the beginning of May, and the heat is overwhelming. The group of people drove for another two days and entered Boling County from Hengshan County. Further north is Shanggu County. After passing Shanggu County, they can reach Zhuo County. It is a journey of seven or eight days.

The destination was already in sight, and everyone felt a lot more relaxed. Pei Xingyan set up an arbor and looked out. Seeing that the sun had already set in the west, he sent a few brothers to ride fast horses to the front to scout the road, looking for a market in a village or town where they could stay.

About half an hour later, the brother who was exploring the road in front came back and reported happily: "Dalang, there is a temple called the Big Buddha Temple near the foot of the mountain in Wulidi ahead. Let's stay overnight."

When the three women in the carriage, Gao, Chen and Xianyu, immediately recited Amitabha in unison, they were very happy.

Gao Kaishan and Changsun Wuji looked at each other, the latter said with a smile: "Brother Xingyan, let's spend the night in the Great Buddha Temple tonight, and donate more sesame oil later."

Mrs. Gao, Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. Xianyu recited Amitabha once more, Pei Xingyan couldn't help laughing secretly. It seemed that these three old ladies wished to spend the night in the temple, so they nodded and smiled: "Since everyone has no objection, Then I will spend the night at the Great Buddha Temple today." He held the horse in his hand and drove the horse to open the way.

The group of people continued to walk for about five miles, and they saw a large-scale Buddhist temple at the foot of the mountain. The sound kept ringing, it is estimated that the monks in the temple happened to be chanting scriptures and doing evening classes.

Changsun Wuji was worried that Pei Xingyan's soldiers would be too rude to offend people, so he went up to deal with the monks in person and asked for a night's stay.Seeing that the grandson Wuji of the court is gentle and elegant, with a good conversation, and accompanied by a group of horses and horses, the monk of the temple is obviously a big benefactor, so he readily agrees and arranges rooms for everyone, and the old man Gao Kai also reciprocates and generously donates money , Donated [-] yuan of sesame oil money.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Pei Xingyan planned to continue on his way, but the women were all devout Buddhist believers, so there was no reason not to burn incense when they entered the temple, so they had to wait until they finished worshiping the Buddha before continuing on their way.

The women prayed to the gods and worshiped the Buddha, while the men could only wait boredly outside the temple. Just as Pei Xingyan and Changsun Wuji were chatting casually, the latter suddenly had a different expression, and quickly turned around, turning his back on his back. Across the aisle.

Pei Xingyan turned around suspiciously, and found that a group of people came to the front of the Great Buddha Temple on horseback, led by a pair of young men and women. The man was about eighteen or nineteen years old.

"This is...?" Pei Xingyan's heart skipped a beat, and he finally recognized him. Isn't this person Li Shimin, the second son of Duke Tang's family?
Pei Xingyan used to work as Qianniu Beishen in Luoyang, and Li Shimin's brother-in-law Chai Shao was also Qianniu Beishen, so although Pei Xingyan was not familiar with Li Shimin, he had met several times.

"Strange, why did Li Er come to Boling County?" Pei Xingyan was secretly surprised, and turned his face back calmly, so as not to be recognized by Li Shimin. Although this is not the territory of the Li family, Li Shimin and Chang Qing There is the "hate of taking one's wife", if you encounter it, it will inevitably cause problems, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

"Oops!" Pei Xingyan suddenly woke up, and the elder grandson Wugou and the others were still worshiping Buddha in the temple, so there was a high chance of being bumped into by Li Shimin.

Changsun Wuji was also very anxious at the moment, he did not expect to meet Shimin in Taiyuan, but met him in Boling County, but Shimin is not in Jinyang, why did he come to Boling County?Who is this woman next to him?
Besides, Li Shimin and the woman got off the horse, threw the reins to the servants, and walked towards the gate of the Great Buddha Temple talking and laughing. And the figure is well developed, and it can be seen that the personality is very cheerful. Behind him are two well-dressed maidservants, and they all carry weapons. It seems that they are not here to offer incense, but more like playing, because the name The woman is pointing to Li Shimin to introduce the building of the Great Buddha Temple.

Accompanying Li Shimin were Hou Junji and Changsun Shunde. Therefore, Changsun Wuji didn't dare to move around, and quietly hid his body behind the carriage to avoid being recognized.

Pei Xingyan rolled his eyes, and beckoned a clever soldier to come over, whispered a few words in his ear, and the latter immediately turned around and entered the Great Buddha Temple cleverly.

In addition, Li Shimin and the woman passed by talking and laughing, and did not seem to recognize Changsun Wuji, while Sun Changshunde and Hou Junji did not follow into the temple, but stayed beside their mounts and waited.

Changsun Wuji glanced at Changsun Shunde from afar, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, since Wugou had given a big gift last time, he had never seen his clan uncle again, even on the day Wugou left the pavilion, this The clan uncle didn't show up either, so he went to Taiyuan to work with Shimin.

Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in Changsun Wuji's mind, and he woke up the Luohe stone tablet. Could it be that Shimin instructed Changsun Shunde to do it?I remember that on the day of the ceremony, Changsun Shunde used the matter of the Luoyang stele to persuade himself to put Wugou and Changqing's marriage on hold.

The more Changsun Wuji thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and Changsun Shunde also brought Changsun Anye that day, maybe the purpose was to use the mouth of a fool like Changsun Anye to spread the news about the Luohe Stone Stele, and then he would like to Take the opportunity to persuade yourself to cancel the marriage.

Although this matter is not yet certain, there may still be [-]% to [-]% chance, so Changsun Wuji feels a little uncomfortable. It is no wonder that he is in a better mood after being tricked by his former friends and uncles.

At this time, Hou Junji and Changsun Shunde had obviously noticed Pei Xingyan and his group, but they didn't look any more after taking a look, obviously they didn't recognize Changsun Wuji and Pei Xingyan.

The eldest Sun Shunde fell into an alcohol addiction again, took a sip from the wine gourd on his waist, and then raised his hand and asked, "Would you like a sip, Junji?"

Hou Junji frowned and said, "No need, drink less."

"Don't worry, the more I drink, the clearer I become, and I won't miss anything." Changsun Shunde took another sip after speaking.

Hou Junji shook his head, ignoring the drunkard, and Changsun Shunde also shook his head, ignoring this boring guy.

"That guy seems familiar!" Hou Junji glanced in Pei Xingyan's direction calmly, and said in a low voice.

Changsun Shunde said to himself: "Don't mind your own business, we came to Boling County this time to match Erlang's good affairs, let's put everything else aside... Sigh, maybe we shouldn't come to the Great Buddha Temple today, then It’s really unlucky to see a bunch of bald donkeys instead of going to such a good place.”

Hou Junji rolled his eyes, sat down on the floor and closed his eyes to meditate. About half an hour later, Changsun Wugou and the others finally finished worshiping Buddha and came out from the temple gate. They all put on the fence at this time, covered his face.

Changsun Shunde glanced at it, then turned his head to continue drinking as if nothing had happened, but Hou Junji stared at Changsun Wugou's slender figure thoughtfully, with puzzled eyes.

The eldest Sun Shunde coughed lightly and said, "Do not despise evil."

Hou Junji's face became hot, and he withdrew his eyes and glared at Changsun Shunde. At this time, Changsun Wugou and others had already walked to the carriage and were about to get on the carriage, when there was a burst of laughter like silver bells. It turned out that Li Shimin and that A woman also happened to come out from the temple gate, and the former made some joke, which made the woman giggle.

However, when he saw the back of his eldest grandson Wugou, the smile on Li Shimin's face froze instantly, and he stood there in a daze.

The woman followed Li Shimin's eyes suspiciously, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she walked down the steps silently with her head down.

Li Shimin just came back to his senses at this moment, and hastened his steps down the steps, but his eyes still couldn't help but drift to that side, and at this moment, Changsun Wugou had already gotten into the carriage.

The woman smiled and said, "Could it be that Erlang knew that woman just now?"

Li Shimin said slightly embarrassed: "I just feel a little familiar, it seems to be an old friend, but Miss Daoyun laughed."

It turned out that this woman was called Cui Daoyun, and she was the granddaughter of the head of the Boling Cui family. Recently, the Boling Cui family and Tang Guogong Li Yuan got very close, and the two families seemed to intend to marry.

Cui Daoyun rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Since he is an old friend, why doesn't Erlang go up and say hello?"

Li Shimin hurriedly said: "It's just that they resemble each other, if not, wouldn't it be rude to rush forward to disturb him."

"This girl is a woman, it should be fine for Erlang to ask you." After Cui Daoyun finished speaking, he actually went to the carriage.

Li Shimin was taken aback. This aunt is really not a worry-free master. She quickly reached out her hand to stop her and said, "Don't bother Miss Daoyun. By the way, Miss Daoyun said that she would go to the racecourse to ride horses and shoot arrows? Why delay here?" time."

Cui Daoyun hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, nodded and said: "I forgot about this, let's go, then hurry to the racecourse, I heard that Erlang is very good at bowing horses, this girl just happened to learn a thing or two." , the movements are clean and agile, obviously he is also a practicer.

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly got on his horse to leave. At this time, Pei Xingyan and his party also moved, and several carriages rumbled up the aisle. Li Shimin subconsciously backed his horse to the side of the road to let go.

(End of this chapter)