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

Chapter 194 Bloody Disaster

"Uncle Wang, do you know what the One-leaf Sandalwood Buddha Kingdom is?"

"One Leaf Sandalwood Buddha Country? Never heard of it."

Yang Guang told Yang Shuang everything he encountered on the way here.

After hearing this, Yang Shuang frowned slightly: "It's strange that a group of bandits came up with such a name. I've never heard of it before."

"Uncle Wang, you are busy with official duties, so it's normal that you haven't heard of it. Zhang Xiangren, you should have heard of it."

Yang Guang suddenly asked about Zhang Xiangren, Yu Dehuai's deputy general. Zhang Xiangren did not show any abnormal behavior, but directly answered: "Your Highness, King Jin, this group of bandits has been causing trouble in the pass area for not only a day or two, but they are like loaches." It is very slippery and cannot be beaten or caught, and the affairs are managed by local officials, so we do not interfere too much."

Yang Guang nodded after hearing this: "I see, but the bandits are causing trouble not far from Yanmen Pass, and I always feel uneasy in my heart."

"Your Highness, you can rest assured. They are just a group of small thieves. We just don't have time to exterminate them because they live in the mountains."

Yang Guang nodded.

Yang Shuang brought Yang Guang to the temporary settlement. The number of people in Shuozhou was not small. The market was unplanned and very messy. The place where they lived was considered the best house here.

Yang Guang, Yang Shuang and Yang Yichen sat down and let everyone else go out first. Seeing this, Yang Guang understood what Yang Shuang was going to say to him.

As expected, Yang Shuang sat down and said, "Have you noticed anything wrong with Shuozhou?"

"Uncle King Wei, I've only walked through two streets in Shuozhou. I didn't know there was anything wrong with it."

"Put on your casual clothes and go out with me for a private visit."

"It's too dangerous for Uncle Wang to go out in plain clothes without an escort."

Yang Shuang was stunned, then pointed at Yang Yichen and then at himself: "With the two of us protecting you, what are you worried about?"

"Well... I am a very careful person, let's let Qin Qiong follow."

Yang Shuang was speechless: "You are so careful."

The four of them changed into casual clothes, and Yang Shuang also changed his appearance a little. The other three had just arrived in Shuozhou today, and very few people knew them.

Yang Shuang led them through the street to the busiest market. The chaotic planning made the place very messy, but it also seemed more lively.

You can buy everything here, mountain goods from the north and south, all kinds of precious silks, satins and burlaps are put together. The antiques and jade in the small store are of great value, as if you can get them from any corner. What comes out is like a baby.

Yang Guang looked around and realized that it was normal to be pushed and crowded. The market here was too popular.

After finding a store to sit down and have something to eat, Yang Shuang asked, "How's it going? Do you see any problems?"

"The market is busy. Normally, a small town like this cannot afford to consume those precious commodities. Moreover, there are many Turkic and Western Regions products here. Many fur styles are different from the Sui style. I have never seen Turkic furs, but I guess it should be of."

Yang Shuang nodded: "Well, there are a lot of Turkic items here. It's not unusual for these border cities to have foreign goods, but there are only two situations when they exist on such a large scale."

"First, plundering, plundering the Turkic territories and obtaining their things, but this is impossible. There is no news that our country has plundered the Turkic cities so far."

"Then it can only be the second one. There is a private trade channel with the Turks, which leads to a large number of goods entering Shuozhou. Those goods from the Western Regions should also come from the Turks, and these goods should be relatively cheap and will come from traders here. The hand flows into the pass."

After hearing this, Yang Shuang said: "Your Majesty said that the King of Jin had unusual intuition about merchant affairs, so he wanted to give it a try. What I discovered after observing it for several days, you can see clearly at a glance. What your Majesty said is true. "

"Uncle King Wei, I can just assume that you are complimenting me."

After joking for a while, Yang Guang continued: "Uncle Wang, we arrested a few people from the Yiyetan Buddhist Kingdom I mentioned before. They used Turkic scimitars."

"Oh? The Turkic scimitar used by the bandits of the Sui Dynasty?"

"Well, this is what I'm worried about. I don't know whether these people made their own scimitars or bought them. If they bought them, then the matter would be really serious. The trade of swords and armors is prohibited. Turkic trade came to Yanmen Pass. I’m afraid I don’t understand either.”

Yang Shuang said seriously: "The guards at Yanmen Pass and others must not know about this matter."

"No, I told Uncle Wang today, and I guess there are only four people present who have heard my guess."

Yang Shuang said worriedly: "Yanmen Pass has been a chokepoint for many years. If anything happens to Yanmen Pass, it will endanger the Central Plains. There cannot be any problems. Moreover, we came to Shuozhou to resist the Turks. The Turks do not know their Internal intelligence was leaked, and once Yanmen Pass is really connected with the Turks, and a fight breaks out in Shuozhou, we will become enemies from both front and rear, and we will be locked up in the valley."

Military consciousness let Yang Shuang know that this would be a doomed situation, and he immediately made a decision: "Prince Jin, you must carefully check whether there is really any private trade with Turks."

"Well, I don't know when the Turks will attack. According to Shuozhou's defenses, if the Turks really attack, it will be very difficult to resist. If there are spies who leak the information, our army will be in a critical situation."

"I will go to Yanmen Pass to deal with possible problems in military affairs. As for the private market, I will leave it to you. You and I will investigate in two directions at the same time. We must do it as soon as possible. Time waits for no one."

"Well, Uncle Wang, I still have a few prisoners on hand. I will use the name of exterminating bandits to investigate this matter. Uncle Wang, you should be careful in everything you do when investigating the defenders."

"You too."

As soon as the two people exchanged news, they noticed something different and separated immediately.

When it was dark, Yang Guang came to the dungeon where he lived, where the monk soldiers of the Yiye Tan Buddhist Kingdom who were captured at this time were imprisoned.

In order to avoid leaking the news, Yang Guang only asked his most trusted guard Li Feng to interrogate them.

After a series of humane measures including whipping, someone finally spoke.

Several of them were not trained death warriors, so it was naturally impossible for them to resist the punishment. However, some of them had extremely firm beliefs and would rather die than speak out. This was what Yang Guang was most worried about.

The person who spoke was one of the people whose legs had been broken off by Zhou Wu with a wild boar clip.At this time, he fell to the ground in pain, covering his legs and wailing continuously.

"Li Feng, how did you interrogate him?"

"I didn't interrogate him. I just saw that his wounds were serious. Master Sun said that salt can be used for disinfection, so I sprinkled some on him."

"Ah? You're just rubbing salt into someone's wound."

"It's not much. Your Majesty, don't worry, you won't die."

The man was pulled to kneel in front of Yang Guang, and Yang Guang asked, "What's your name?"

"I...my name is Wang Er."

"You group of bandits are called Yiyetanfo Kingdom, right?"

The man's eyes changed when he mentioned the one-leaf sandalwood kingdom: "Don't call us bandits. We are believers of the wheel-turning Buddha. The wheel-turning Buddha will protect all its believers. Even if they suffer in this life, they will become Buddhas in the next life."

Yang Guang scratched his head in embarrassment. This group of people had been PUA'd quite a lot.

"Okay, okay, let me ask you, where did the scimitar you use come from?"

"It was issued by the abbot. All monks and soldiers holding Buddhist swords are the arms of the wheel-turning Buddha. The scimitar will give us endless power."

A black line on Yang Guang's head: "Who is your abbot?"

"Who is the abbot?"

"Our abbot is the second disciple of the Samurai Buddha. He is the first tear of the Buddha's left eye, the embodiment of kindness and compassion. He can get rid of disasters and diseases, and he will eliminate all injustices in the world."

"If you talk like that again, I'll kill you right now."

Yang Guang couldn't bear to listen to such abnormal nonsense and directly drew his sword to threaten. The timid Wang Er immediately stopped speaking.

"When did you join the One Leaf Sandalwood Kingdom?"

"Six months ago, I used to be a member of another village, but the Yiyetan Buddha Kingdom attacked our village and I surrendered. Later, under the inspiration of the Samurai Buddha, I became a monk soldier."

He only joined half a year ago, and his faith is not that firm yet, so Yang Guang can interrogate him.

"How many of you are there?"

"There are more than 200 monk soldiers. I don't know the total number, maybe five or six hundred."

This scale is already very large, and the hidden dangers are endless.

"Besides your so-called abbot, who are the other main characters in your village?"

"There are also Karma nuns who are responsible for all the priests and preachers. In addition, there are seven Arhats who are responsible for teaching us monk soldiers."

If he continued to ask questions, Wang Er, as a low-level monk soldier, didn't know much, so Yang Guang said to Li Feng: "Stay well, don't neglect eating and drinking, and get medicine for your injuries. You have to let him lead the way in the future." Go find that one-leaf sandalwood Buddha country."

"It's Your Highness."

……

Yang Guang's first night in Shuozhou was a little uneasy. He didn't expect that he would also have insomnia, so he walked out of the room and looked at the stars in the sky.

Yuan Tiantian came behind him: "Why can't Your Highness sleep?"

"Well, I always feel uneasy."

"Your Highness, I have something to say. I don't know whether I should say it or not?"

"Did you see anything again?"

"Well, His Highness's face."

Yang Guang was a little confused: "Have you not seen my face before?"

"People's faces also change with time and state. The closer you get to Shuozhou, the gloomier your highness's face becomes. I am afraid that your highness will encounter a bloody disaster."

"Myself?"

Yuan Tiantian shook his head: "It is not His Highness himself, but His Highness may encounter a bloody disaster, or the bloody disaster may harm His Highness, please be more careful recently."

"We are about to go to war, how can it not be a bloody disaster?"

While talking, Yang Guang hugged Yuan Tiantian and said, "I have nothing to do tonight, let's talk about Taoism."

Yuan Tiantian broke away slightly and said shyly: "Your Highness, today is inconvenient."

"what?"

"Is this the bloody disaster you said? Are you thinking about it?"

"Your Highness!? Of course that's not what I'm talking about."

(End of this chapter)