My Wife of the Three Kingdoms is Wu Sheng

Chapter 27

Zhang Yang, Wu Na, Zang Lin and others came to rest in the luxurious Prime Minister's Mansion under the guidance of Xiapi Guolang Zhongling, and then there was a constant supply of snacks and tea, but they didn't see the Prime Minister until the sun was setting. , with the same post as the prefect and county guard) Ruo Rong came to see him.

Although Ruo Rong served as the money and food ambassador of Guangling, Xiapi, and Pengcheng counties, and was also the prime minister of Xiapi, he was a high-ranking and powerful emperor, but even so, he was still a subordinate official of Xuzhou.Zang Lin is the commander of the "Expeditionary Army" directly appointed by Tao Qian. Although his position is not higher than that of Ruo Rong, if Ruo Rong does not come to see him with respect and respect, it will be a contempt and insult to Xuzhou. You can't do anything to him, but you can also tarnish his image in the heart of the boss, and you will peel off your skin if you don't die.

Great gods are easy, little ghosts are hard to deal with, and the prime minister's subordinates are still seventh-rank. For those sent by the above, don't offend them if you can. This is the reason.

"This Ruo Rong is so arrogant! This commander is Tao Gong's disciple, and he was entrusted by Xuzhou to lead the army to help him kill the enemy and Anmin. We have waited for four hours (eight hours), and he still refuses to show up. Could it be him? Don’t you think I’m worth waiting for him to show up?!” Zang Lin got impatient, stood up and roared at Dong Fang, the doctor in charge of the reception.

Dong Fang smiled bitterly, and stepped forward to appease Zang Lin carefully: "General, calm down, general, it's not that the Prime Minister of my family refuses to come out to meet the General, but that the Prime Minister is currently practicing in seclusion, and he will leave at noon tomorrow. Days, the general will not see our country's prime minister before this."

"What?! Retreat? He really thinks of himself as a monk! Xiapi Kingdom is an important place in Xuzhou, not a Buddhist monastery, and he, Ruo Rong, is an important minister in Xuzhou instead of the abbot who protects the Dharma. It's really inexplicable! You—take me to see him!" Zang Lin widened his eyes and pointed at Dong Fang with a bitter face. The more he talked, the more angry he became, and finally he pulled Dong Fang out regardless of his image.

"General—speak up if you have something to say, it's not good to gossip in front of so many people—"

"If you don't lead the way, I will not only pull you, but also slap you, believe it or not!"

"Little man's letter, villain's letter—"

Zang Lin and Dong Fang went farther and farther, leaving behind a room of generals who were stunned. How did Zang Lin, who has always been polite, transform into a villain with a bad mouth?

"Isn't Zang Lin so annoying now?" Hearing the conversation just now, Zhang Yang couldn't help but shook his head and chuckled.

Zhang Yang didn't know much about Ruo Rong, so he knew that he was the leader of Buddhism in the late Han Dynasty, which laid a strong foundation for the prevalence of Buddhism in China after the Tang Dynasty.

But a person who is so devout to Buddhism has nothing to do with the indifferent fame, kindness and love of Buddhists in character, and he is an out-and-out villain.

He was greedy, and was placed by Tao Qian on the fat vacancies of the three counties of Guangling, Xiapi, and Pengcheng. Most of the money and food that should have been handed over to Xuzhou fell into his own pocket to build temples and Buddhist temples, and hold Buddha bathing conferences. , invite eminent monks and believers from all over the world to come and exchange Buddhism.That's not to mention, he cleverly set up a name to plunder and rule the people, to a heinous level.

You have to pay poll tax when you give birth to a child, you have to pay birth tax when you give birth to a sow, you have to pay bald head tax when you marry a wife, you have to pay old age tax when you conceive a concubine, you have to pay birthday tax when you celebrate your birthday, you have to pay property tax when you build a house, and you have to pay foreign visitors when they visit. Visiting friends tax, you have to pay safety tax when you go out, and you have to pay land occupation tax even if you die, otherwise you will leave the corpse at home to stink.For monks, nuns, and Buddhist believers, they are all tax-free.

So in the past few years, there have been more and more temples, more and more monks and nuns, and more and more people who have fled.

The common people have all fled, leaving only the Buddhist fields that do not pay taxes or tributes. Aren’t those people who don’t do production and only know how to worship Buddha and chant sutras going to starve?So Ruo Rong ordered that all crossings and crossings to go out should be strictly guarded, and only outsiders were allowed in and ordinary people were not allowed to go out.

Therefore, the people under the rule could not go out without their relatives, and those who came here to visit relatives and friends could not leave. Once they set foot on this hot land, they would automatically become taxpayers in Xiapi.

Later generations of Chengdu used the slogan "Chengdu is a city you don't want to leave after you come here" when promoting its city charm, so someone immediately said "Chengdu is a city you can't leave after you come here." The implication is that there are too many people in Chengdu, and the transportation is often paralyzed. It is extremely difficult to buy tickets, and if you buy them, you will definitely be late, and if you are more than ten hours late, you cannot be considered late.

Now Ruorong's land boundary is a place where you can't leave even if you want to.

"How can Tao Qian put such a monk in such a high position, while those who are really talented can only stand aside helplessly. It's no wonder why Xuzhou can't keep talents." Thinking about it, Zhang Yang felt his stomach swell again Feeling bulging, Zhang Yang stood up with a wry smile, bowed his hands apologetically to everyone in the room, and rushed out.

Wu Na snorted angrily: "There's so much shit and pee, I can't run less than ten times."

"Isn't there no way to do this? If the Lord doesn't come, we just let us eat snacks and drink tea. We waited from three poles in the sun to the sunset in the west. If you have nothing to do, you can take two extra trips to pass the time." Zhang Yang argued.

"Mr. Liu didn't drink as much tea as I did. I only ran twice, and Mr. Liu, I counted the number of times I ran and this trip made [-] times - it means that Mr. Liu is weak and can't keep water. , it must have been caused by too much work!" Seeing that no one paid attention, Lao Hei continued to say with a smile, and sure enough, everyone looked at him with different eyes when he said this.

Especially Wu Na's face was flushed, and she stared at Lao Hei with murderous eyes. Lao Hei jumped, but was immediately relieved: "Sure enough, I guessed it. Our lady and Mr. Liu have a relationship with each other. Otherwise, why would Miss show such an attitude when I mention Mr. Liu? I have to hurry up and establish a good relationship with Mr. Liu, and it will be too late to curry favor with him when he becomes the master of our Wujiabao."

When Zhang Yang came back from the toilet, the whole room began to wait idly again. When the stars appeared, they saw Zang Lin come back dejectedly.

"Marshal, what's the situation, what about Ruo Rong?" Wu Na strode forward and asked.

Zang Lin showed a bitter smile, shook his head vigorously, waved his hands and said, "Don't mention it, Ruo Rong is retreating in Futu Temple, and there are heavy guards inside and outside. Although I can enter, I was entangled by the group of monks chanting scriptures inside." My head was about to explode. They kept talking to me about Buddhism and practicing Zen, but I ignored them and just kept pestering them. So I didn’t have a chance to see Ruo Rong, so I was kicked out by the group of monks. Helping the soldiers see the commander being humiliated, there is no intention of discipline intervening, I——I don't know what to do."

"What else can I do, burn down his Bird Temple and see if he can get out!" Old Hei shouted without hesitation.

"It's the commander in chief. We were sent by Duke Tao of Xuzhou to protect them. They dare not see us. What's the reason at this time! This is an insult to us and Duke Tao. Please give orders Let the last general lead his troops into the Futu Temple, find out that bird monk Guoxiang, and let the commander deal with it!" Huang Long also echoed and shouted.

After hearing their angry words, Zang Lin showed a wry smile of "you don't understand politics": "It would be great if things were so simple."

"How do you say this? Do we really have to sit here and wait until noon tomorrow? Don't forget, the rations for our more than 2 brothers have not yet been paid. Ruo Rong did not show up, and the officials in charge also I can't find it, what else can I do?!" Wu Na couldn't help but angrily said when she saw Zang Lin's mother-in-law.

Seeing the faces of several Xuzhou generals looked a bit ugly, Wu Na quickly realized that she was showing embarrassment to Zang Lin, and their Xuzhou faction couldn't hold back the face, so she quickly softened her tone and said: "The rations we brought were almost exhausted last night, brother today. You just ate a meal, if you don’t ask them for supplies, if you feel resentful in your hearts and make troubles, it will be bad.”

Zhang Yang nodded deeply, walked up to Zang Lin and said, "I know the commander-in-chief's worries. Ruo Rong is Tao Gong's fellow, and Tao Gong followed Tao Gong when he came to Xuzhou, and has been in charge of Xuzhou City since then. This is also the reason why Tao Rong did not dispose of Ruo Rong when Ruo Rong was in Daxing Temple in the three counties, causing public grievances everywhere."

Zang Lin looked at Zhang Yang gratefully, and sighed: "Ruyi knows my heart well... and after all, we are guests, they are masters, and they are all servants of Mr. Tao. The master doesn't want to see you. Don’t mess around. If we get into trouble with them because of a little thing, not only will Tao Gong look bad when he returns to Xuzhou, but the main reason is that we don’t fight with each other, and we will give the thieves a chance to take advantage of it.”

Zang Lin's words were reasonable, and everyone in the room kept nodding their heads in thought, and the atmosphere fell into gloom for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Na broke the silence: "I'm always worried about my brothers, I have to go and have a look!"

"That's exactly what I mean, let's go together." Zhang Yang nodded and looked at Wu Na with a smile.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, and then the garrison of Xiapi Kingdom ran in with a pale face and panicked to report: "Generals...go out and have a look—"

"What's going on!" Zhang Yang's heart sank, and he hurried up to grab the Xiapi soldier's shoulder and asked in a low voice.

"I—" The soldier's face was ugly, and he couldn't speak clearly for a long time. Zhang Yang and the others threw him away in a hurry, and went straight out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, soldiers wearing hundreds of Xuzhou army armor and Wujiabao cloth armor stood indignantly under the high steps of the State Prime Minister's Mansion to protest against the noise, but they didn't mean to rush into the State Prime Minister's Mansion to make trouble, they just stood there for seven days. Shouting, while the soldiers of Xiapi Kingdom just shyly dodged aside with their weapons and confronted each other, and did not have the courage to step forward to suppress these guests.

Seeing Zhang Yang, Wu Na and others appearing, these soldiers seemed to have a backbone, and they all complained about their sufferings. It must be that they hadn't eaten all day, they were hungry and uncomfortable, and they asked for help but were perfunctory .Since the superiors did not speak, they did not dare to make enough food and clothing by themselves. They opened the treasury in Xiapi to put food and light a fire by themselves. Instead, they sent a group of representatives to demonstrate and asked the superiors to express their views quickly and find a solution.

Wu Na signaled everyone to be quiet with one gesture of her right hand, and the noisy scene suddenly became audible.

"I don't know how the deputy commander-in-chief doesn't know the difficulties of the brothers—please rest assured, brothers, everyone will have hot meals and hot soup tonight, even if I am missing, there will be a big guy!" Wu Na's eyes are hale and hearty, her voice is clear and melodious, and she is confident and free-spirited all over her body. Why don't the soldiers believe it?

"That's good, that's good. Let's leave, go back and wash, and wait for dinner!" After speaking, these soldiers dispersed with joy and laughter under the yelling of several leaders.

Those soldiers left happily, but Zang Lin and the others who stayed behind fell into distress.

"Just now, General Wu made a statement to stabilize the soldiers. This commander also agrees, but... what should we do next?" Zang Lin now took off the thick mask on his face, showing a bitter face, looking at Wu Na and said .

Wu Na also had a heavy expression on her face. She shook her head and sighed, "What else can I do? I can only take one step at a time. Anyway, the brothers must have something to eat. If there is nothing to do, then let me lead people to attack their food supply." Ku, when the time comes, I will take the responsibility for any crimes together, neither will it hurt the brothers, nor will it implicate everyone—”

"General, what are you talking about? Don't tell me that the brothers are your brothers and not our brothers?! If you want to fight, we will fight together. If you are punished, you will be punished together. We are also men, and we should value righteousness and despise life. Brothers in need, share the blessings, and share the troubles!" Huang Long heard Wu Na's words, and couldn't help but blushed and choked his neck and came out to argue.

Then the generals of Xuzhou nodded in agreement, and Wu Na showed a rare apologetic smile. He clasped his fist at Huang Long and other Xuzhou generals, and said with a smile, "It was Wu Na just now, and I hope the generals don't take offense."

At the same time, when he already knew that Huang Long was the younger brother of Lieutenant General Huang Ren whose brains were split by Long Yang's hammer, Wu Na, Liao Hua and Long Yang couldn't help it, and a trace of apology flashed in Huang Long's eyes.

"Where is it, naturally not, naturally not..." After some politeness, I heard Zhang Yang sighed and said: "It is the last resort to grab it obviously, Ruo Rong is mine anyway. Waiting for colleagues, Xiapi is under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou. Since Ruo Rong practiced in seclusion and saw no visitors, then I will do what he likes and see if it is the profound Dharma that he has cultivated in seclusion, or my profound Dharma! Is it because I continued to retreat and comprehend Zen skills are deep, but it is more beneficial to come out and listen to my teachings. If you want to become a Buddha, come to me!"

Wu Na looked at Zhang Yang's shoulder-hanging hair, and couldn't help but think of his short crew cut when they first met.At that time, Zhang Yang said that when his parents died tragically, he shaved his head and wanted to become a monk in pain, but no temple was willing to take him in.

Could it be that he, who looks listless and perverted at first glance, really understands some profound Buddhist teachings?

At this moment, Zhang Yang has stepped into the magnificent Futu Temple, which was built with a lot of people's fat and money. He is being entangled by a group of monks and a few nuns. A shocking Buddhist debate is about to begin!And the monk Guoxiang Ruorong was right behind the ten-meter-tall golden Buddha he was standing in!