Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 192 One-leaf Sandalwood Buddha Kingdom
Yang Guang looked at this group of people with confusion, the way the Buddhist monks dressed and the behavior of the bandits.

"Who are you?"

Facing Yang Guang's inquiry, no one responded. Lai Hu'er had a bad temper and extremely unstable mood. He rushed to one of them with a furious face and kicked his door.

The man was kicked to the ground, with a big shoe mark on his face.

Lai Hu'er yelled angrily: "What is His Highness King Jin asking you? Are all of them mute?"

Only then did the arrested person realize that the person in front of him was the current King Jin.

"My Buddha is merciful. For my Buddha's sake, I will kill the rebel king."

The shouting person had his hands and feet tied, and he tried to attack Yang Guang with his head, but of course he could only beat him to death.

Yang Guang knew from the look on his face that this guy had been subjected to PUA, a common brainwashing method used by these messy religions, and he looked very ill.

In this era, the people's education level is low, there are many ignorant people, and there are many people who are fooled.

Yang Guang has a headache. This kind of person is the most troublesome. Depending on the situation, whatever he wants to ask, the other party may not cooperate honestly to answer his questions. After all, their "faith" is very firm.

Just when Yang Guang was at his wits' end, Qin Qiong brought back two prisoners with broken legs and a young man who looked like a homeless man.

Yang Guangxian still said reproachfully: "Qin Qiong, without my order, don't chase the poor bandits in the future. I know that you are very skilled in martial arts, but it is better to be careful."

"Your Highness, Qin Qiong realizes his mistake."

"As long as everything's fine, how come any of these three prisoners is still healthy? They're not tied up either?"

"I'm not a prisoner."

Qin Qiong hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, this knight is called Zhou Wu. He previously ambushed this man from the One-leaf Sandalwood Kingdom in the mountains and forests, and he happened to help the general. I think your Highness would like to meet such a knight. The knight was so angry that he brought him to see His Highness."

"Wu Zhou, quickly salute His Highness the King of Jin."

"Cao...Caomin, Zhou Wu, has met...His Highness."

Zhou Wu obviously didn't salute often, so Yang Guang didn't care. Out of caution, he asked: "Why did you ambush these people in the mountains and forests? Qin Qiong, what did you call them just now?"

Zhou Wu replied on behalf of Qin Qiong: "In the Yiyetan Buddhist Kingdom, the bandits in Qiantoushan got this organization from nowhere in the past few years. Everyone has shaved their heads and believed in Buddhism, but they have done the same thing. I I can't stand it with a few friends, and today I know they are here to rob, but I don't dare to fight alone, so I just lie in wait in the forest and kill every one I can."

"You are quite courageous at a young age. Are you from here?"

"My home is in Shuozhou City. My parents thought I was disobedient and ran away. I couldn't stand these bandits bullying the people, so I made some friends in the world. When I got the news, I came to stop the bandits, but the bandits There are many people and good weapons, so we can only hide in the dark and do some things, and the bandits are still wanted to kill us."

Yang Guang nodded and smiled when he heard this: "You can't tell that he is very courageous at a young age. Our trip is to go to Shuozhou City. How about it? Do you want to go with us?"

This is a local, and he dares to ambush bandits. He is somewhat chivalrous and courageous. If Yang Guang wants to know Shuozhou City better, this is a good person to get to know.

Zhou Wu looked around at the people around him and directly rejected Yang Guang's solicitation: "Common people are used to living like a ranger. They can't even salute well. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

This was the invitation of the current King of Jin, an opportunity that no one else could ask for.

Yang Guang was a little surprised when he refused, but he didn't force it.

"In this case, it means that our fate has not yet come, and the melon is not sweet. But I have just arrived here, and I am not familiar with the One-leaf Sandalwood Buddha Country you mentioned. The bandits are causing harm to the people, and I hope you will tell me everything."

When it came to this matter, Zhou Wu spoke directly.

"There have been bandits in the surrounding area for many years. They have been banned repeatedly, large and small, and they are very well hidden. The government has been fighting for many years to no avail. They have brought trouble to one party, but they have not made much noise. Three years ago But it started to change.”

"The leader of the biggest cottage suddenly started to believe in Buddhism. It seemed that a monk from other places convinced him to convert to Buddhism. That mountaintop claimed to be the One-leaf Sandalwood Buddha Country. Gradually, many of the surrounding cottages were merged by him. Within two months, After another big village was merged by him, his family became the only one in this area."

Zhou Wu sighed and said, "What kind of Buddha do you think he believes in? In the past, if he didn't believe in Buddhism, he would rob money, food, and occasionally women. But now that he believes in Buddhism, he will rob money, food, and women." , old people, children, and men are also snatched away, and they are snatched to the mountains to become monks. If you can't be snatched away, you will be shaved off and forced to join his M's One-leaf Sandalwood Buddha Kingdom."

Yang Guang took a closer look and found that the people in this village who had been robbed of money seemed to have bald heads, and many of them had just been shaved.

"Why did they do that?"

"It's that one-leaf sandalwood Buddhist kingdom. It's so evil. Some people I know ran back from the mountain stronghold. I heard him say that hundreds of people were arrested on the mountain. They were pulled out every day and surrounded by people during the day and night. A Buddha statue recites sutras, and if you don't recite it properly, you will be punished. There are even life sacrifices every once in a while, and living people are sacrificed. What kind of fucking ghost is this?"

Zhou Wu, who realized that his words were vulgar, said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, don't be offended. I am a vulgar person. I can't speak, so it will be harder for me to speak. Please forgive me."

After listening to this simple introduction, Yang Guang couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. This One-leaf Sandalwood Kingdom seemed to be more dangerous than he expected. An organization of this nature was far more dangerous than ordinary bandits.

The main forces now must be concentrated to deal with the Turks, but Yiye Tanfo Kingdom also needs to pay attention to the fact that foreign religions have now unified the local bandit forces.

Moreover, from Zhou Wu's words, this one-leaf sandalwood Buddhist kingdom also has the behavior of forcibly developing believers. If people can be snatched away, they will be snatched away. If they can't be snatched away, they will be shaved and forcibly converted.If they don't intervene to stop it, these ordinary villagers will not dare to disturb it, and they will probably succumb to its lustful power in the end.

Belief is like a plague, it is contagious.

"Zhou Wu, if you know the specific location of Yiyetan Buddha Kingdom, you can tell me."

"I don't know, but some of my friends know. If Your Highness wants to know, I can ask."

"Okay! You can help me ask, preferably with a map, or ask your friends if they are willing to act as a guide."

Zhou Wu was full of enthusiasm for attacking Yi Ye Tan Buddha Kingdom, and immediately clasped his fists: "The common people will go now."

"and many more."

"What else is there, Your Highness?"

"And if you want to come back to me after looking for someone, you have to ask for my location first."

Zhou Wu scratched his head and the enthusiastic young man looked a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, how can I find you?"

"I'm at Yanmen Pass or Shuozhou City. You can come and look for me. You and I are destined to be together, and you are a ranger. How can a ranger not have a sword in his hand? This sword is what I often use, and I will give it to you today. Show me this sword tomorrow and say you are looking for me."

With that said, he threw the sword in his hand to the other party.

Zhou Wu took the sword and couldn't wait to take it out of its sheath. He looked at the cold light sword with joy on his face.

The sword returned to its sheath, Zhou Wu clasped his fists again: "Zhou Wu thanks His Highness King Jin for the gift of the sword. Holding this sword, he will act chivalrously and righteously, and will never insult His Highness King Jin's gift of the sword."

Zhou Wu turned around and left without stopping.

Yang Guang watched him leave and turned to the captured Yiyetan Buddhist believers. Thinking about the performance of these people just now, he was afraid that it would be difficult to ask more questions today, so he simply said: "All of them have been arrested. Directly Take him to Yanmenguan and put him in jail."

At this time, the people in the village dared to come out, with panic expressions on their faces. At this time, an old man with a shaved head walked out holding two children, and knelt down on his knees. In front of Yang Guang: "The common people thank His Highness for your kindness and virtue."

They also understood from the conversation just now that the young general in front of them was King Jin.

As the old man knelt down, others also knelt down.

"The common people thank His Highness for his great kindness."

Facing a group of people kneeling and worshiping, Yang Guang wanted to help him up, but the old man who led him refused to stand up.

How could Yang Guang not understand that he must be asking for something? Looking around at the houses that had been burned a lot by fire and the frightened women and children, he could easily figure out what he was asking for.

Their behavior was tantamount to putting Yang Guang on the moral high ground, forcing him to take care of them.

But Yang Guang can also understand.

After all who doesn't want to live?
Yang Guang encountered this matter today, and it is impossible to expose it. For the most ordinary people, the disaster of these bandits is like gangrene in the bones. If they continue to exist, they will continue to directly harm them.

"Come and protect the child."

"The minister is here."

"I'll give you 150 elite soldiers. Just patrol the surrounding mountains and fields. If you encounter people from the Yiyetan Buddha Kingdom, arrest them if you can, and kill if you can't. Don't be reckless when you encounter something that can't be handled. Report more, and don't go in alone. , your safety is also very important.”

Yang Guang had some objections to leaving him here to take care of his children, but he still agreed.

Staying to look after the children was not the best choice. Yang Guang thought about leaving Qin Qiong behind, but Qin Qiong was too young. He had seen it all the way here, and he was not convinced yet. In the end, he decided to keep Qin Qiong to look after the children in the future. For villains, just right.

Leaving a small part of the army behind, Yang Guangmao's army continued to move forward. The road was small, so the team was long.

Yang Yichen rode next to Yang Guang and asked: "Your Highness, why do you want to leave people in that small mountain village? The mountainous area is rugged, and leaving some people can only protect a small area."

"You can't say that you don't care about innocent people. This place is not far from Yanmen Pass. I have a very bad feeling."

"What premonition."

"Have you ever seen their weapons? That kind of scimitar doesn't look like the weapons commonly used in the Sui Dynasty."

Yang Yichen nodded and smiled with satisfaction at this time: "Your Highness has a keen intuition, that is the scimitar of the Turkic cavalry."

(End of this chapter)