Datang New Order

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Helu came up with a wonderful idea. He ordered people to go to Xiliaoze to beg his master Shanneng to come to Raole Mountain to pray for rain.The guru's good mana, Holu, is very admired. If there is any evil on the people, the guru can easily drive it away. Not only that, the guru can also predict the future and predict disasters and fortunes.He Lu remembered that before he set out to attack Da Yakou, he asked his master about good and bad luck. At that time, the master shook his head and said nothing, with evasive eyes. He Lu didn't realize until now that the master didn't think much about his expedition!Facts confirmed the master's prediction, so Holu thought, even good and bad luck can be predicted, so praying for rain must not trouble the master.

Today is the day when the master is coming. To show his respect, Ho Lu specially greeted him ten miles away. He hoped that his sincerity would move the master and let him bring a heavy rain to the Khitan people.

The bell rang and the chime was melodious. A cavalry team came from afar. Dozens of cavalry surrounded a large cart with a mage sitting on it. It was Shanneng.Shanneng sits with his eyebrows lowered, making mudras with both hands, and murmurs softly. He rides on the golden banner of the treasured boy and the canopy of Qingyun, which looks like a great virtue and power!

Holu hurriedly got up to meet him, and respectfully said in front of the car: "Master, Holu came to welcome Fajia. Thank you Master for your hard work, and Holu is really sorry."

Shanneng recited the Buddha's name in the car, and said softly: "Layman Lao has been waiting for a long time. The poor monk is reciting scriptures and praying for rain. It is inconvenient to get out of the car. Layman, don't blame me."

He Lu said happily: "You don't need to get out of the car, the master is chanting sutras... Well, He Lu will lead the way for the master." After finishing speaking, he flew on the horse and cleared the way first.

Seng Huiyuan, who was sitting behind the car, whispered, "What's the matter? I've been in the car for too long, and I'm not feeling well?"

"Legs are numb..."

A Baoji heard that Ho Lu had invited Master Shanneng to the army, came to meet him, chatted for a while, and then left.His respect for Shanneng is only above the Dharma, and he doesn't think that the other party can really be as Holu said.He prayed for the heavy rain, but he didn't mention it in the conversation. He just said a few words politely, and then he rushed back to deal with military affairs, leaving only Helu here to serve diligently.

"Master, I don't know if this prayer for rain will be successful?" Holu asked full of expectation.

"The poor monk will do his best. But the Buddha's teachings contain the power of the Buddha, and the power of the Buddha is the power of the believers in the ten directions. How sincere the thoughts of the believers are, the power of the Buddha will be great."

Where can Shanneng ask for rain?He and Huiyuan were half-entangled and half-forced to be sent to the car by the guards sent by Holu to greet them. Even here, he can only play tricks, linking the success of praying for rain with the so-called "believers". The meaning is clear: I can come and pray for rain for you.But don't blame me if you can't get it, it's because you Khitan "believers" don't have enough faith!

Shanneng's explanation confuses Holu, and he doesn't quite understand it, but he heard that Shanneng will try his best to pray for rain, so he let go of his thoughts, ordered his personal guards to take care of him, and went back to tidy up his armor, ready to wait for the rain Next, the attack begins.

Holu leaves.Shanneng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at monk Huiyuan, and was speechless for a long time.

After being silent for a while, Shanneng finally said: "What should we do? If it doesn't rain, will Helu kill us?"

The biggest hidden worry in Huiyuan's heart was solved by Shanneng.My heart was beating wildly: "How about we run away?"

"How to escape? There were Khitan people guarding him along the way, and he was in the army when he got here..." Shanneng looked frustrated.

"Didn't you already say, 'How sincere the thoughts of the believers are, the power of the Buddha will be great'..." Huiyuan swallowed.

"Is it useful? Just based on this explanation? If it really doesn't rain, will Helu let us go when he is furious?" Shanneng asked Huiyuan.At the same time, I am asking myself.

Huiyuan was speechless, and he didn't dare to put his way of life on such an unreliable excuse.After thinking about it, he suddenly had an idea: "Why don't you just say that the geomantic omen of the mountains and rivers here is not good, let's find a good place and pray for rain at the Legislative Altar?"

Shanneng hesitated and said, "Helu will send someone to watch..."

After finding Shuguang, Huiyuan's thinking also opened up: "It's not up to you to let him send people or not? You just said that you should not disturb when praying for rain, and ordinary people need to retreat ten miles, so as not to be contaminated by the Buddha's power. "

Shanneng's eyes brightened: "Good strategy! Well, it's totally possible. Where do you think we set up the altar? To the east? Fuyu City is more than 300 miles away from here, and it is the nearest refuge. We only need to prepare for three to four days. Food is enough. This is also easy to handle, just let Holu send it over, just say. There are also horses, we must also prepare, it is best to have two horses for one person, this is four horses... By the way, you said you want Don't take Zhao San with you? This kid is very clever, and he is very attentive in serving these days."

"It's up to you, you can bring it if you want. But I don't think it's good to escape to Fuyu, we'd better go back to Longxiang Temple, or Liucheng..."

"Why? We have to run five or six hundred miles to the south, even if we don't lose our way, we still have to run for five or six days..." Shanneng was puzzled.

"It's not more than five or six days. We can't go south in a straight line. We have to find water on the way. It's best to walk along the stream. Otherwise, we need to carry a lot of drinking water. The horses are too heavy, and we will run very slowly. "

"Then you still choose to go south?"

"Don't forget our identities. If we went to Fuyu and were recognized, wouldn't we be exposed? Can Gao Duyu spare us?"

Hearing Huiyuan mention this matter, Shanneng was stunned, stunned, and suddenly said: "You said... If we two ran away like this, would it be considered AWOL? Will Gao Duyu spare us? To set up this site, Gao Duyu and his colleagues from top to bottom have worked hard..."

Huiyuan took a deep breath, and patted his forehead: "It's not about escaping, it's not about not escaping... Do we really have to wait for God to rain? If God doesn't rain, don't we just wait for our heads to fall?"

Shanneng said with a bitter face: "But have you ever thought about it? If it really rains, it will be very bad for our Yingzhou Army. Li Dudu will be trapped by the Khitan people in the opposite encirclement..."

Huiyuan snorted coldly: "It's raining? Is it possible? There hasn't been a single rain in the whole autumn! Look at this day, it's bright and cloudless, where did you get the rain from? Don't think about it now, think about how What are you going to do? "

Shan Neng spread his hands and said, "I don't know either..."

After discussing and discussing, there was no result. The two could only wait, hoping for an opportunity. For example, the Yingzhou Army won a quick victory in the past few days, and the problem of praying for rain would be automatically solved.But this opportunity did not appear, and the two armies were still facing each other at the foot of Rao Le Mountain.If you don't hit me, I won't hit you, so Shanneng and Huiyuan can only be anxious.

But Helu didn't give them time to wait, he went to Shanneng and Huiyuan's camp all day long.

"Master, what's the matter?"

"Stay safe, don't be impatient..."

"Master. How is today?"

"Stay safe, don't be impatient..."

"Master, my army is ready, will it rain today?"

"Stay safe, don't be impatient..."

"Master, how long are we going to wait? The army really can't wait!"

"Stay safe, don't be impatient..."

"Master, don't rain again. Don't blame Holu for being annoyed! Everyone must look bad!"

"Layman... Layman, don't be upset. It seems inappropriate for a poor monk to view the Fengshui mountains and rivers here. You need to choose another place to build a Dharma altar."

With Holu's impatience gradually revealed, Shanneng couldn't bear the pressure anymore, no matter what.Let's find a way to save my life, and as for the future, I don't care about the present.

Shanneng procrastinated for two days, and slowly walked around Rao Le Mountain, chanting words and making all kinds of inexplicable gestures, and finally chose a high slope fifteen miles away from the south. All kinds of instruments brought along with the car were properly arranged, and an altar was set up.

Holu followed Shanneng's repeated instructions.The Khitan cavalry had to be evacuated here, and before he left, he stared directly at Shanneng's face full of doubts, making Shanneng's scalp explode.

The two sat at the "Dharma altar" for a whole day, and Huiyuan left the "Dharma altar" in the evening.He headed south, and at night, he returned in frustration, and sat on the edge of the "altar".Immediately, he fell to the ground on his back, and all the strength in his body seemed to be drained.

"What's wrong?" Shanneng was anxious.Push Huiyuan hard.

Huiyuan looked sideways at Zhao San who was still packing up the bonfire in the distance, and said with a wry smile: "I can't go. Helu has set up a lot of wandering horses in all directions to the south, and they let me come back because I excused myself to check Fengshui. The rangers were used by Holu to protect us, they said that the southeast direction was chaotic, and Aping was besieging the Huaiyue coalition forces..."

Shanneng was depressed: "Helu is not worried about the two of us..."

Huiyuan sighed: "Tomorrow I will go to the west and east to see..."

Shanneng didn't talk to him, he felt powerless for a while, and fell down on the grass, looking up at the vast starry sky.

Shan Neng raised his eyes and counted the stars in a distraught state, and from time to time there were pictures in front of his eyes, the turbulent grassland, the screams that were close to his ears but far away from the horizon, Gao Duyu's yelling and cursing at himself , a series of faint Buddha names, and then he seemed to see Horu roaring ferociously at him, and a big knife as high as a mountain slashed at his forehead in an instant...

Shanneng closed his eyes in fright, and his eyes were immediately dark. When he opened his eyes, he realized that it was just a dream.Turning his head to the surroundings, there was only a little embers left in the bonfire lit by Zhao San in the distance. The faint fire flickered in the night, and it seemed that it would go out at any moment.The continuous snoring sound came from beside him, but it was from Huiyuan.

Shanneng took a deep breath, calming down the heartbeat caused by the nightmare, dazed for a long time, and looked at the night sky again, only to find that the stars in the sky seemed to be hiding, and there was only a deep and deep darkness in front of him.

A faint breeze brushed against his cheeks, and Shanneng smelled a fresh breath in his nose.He hurriedly sat up with his hands on the ground, and at some point the felt blanket covering his body was lifted off by him, then he held his breath and raised his neck high, as if he wanted to send his entire face into the unknown night.

Thread by thread, drop by drop, string by string, piece by piece, Shanneng greedily raised his hands and embraced into the air.

"What's wrong?" Huiyuan got up suddenly, and looked around in disbelief.

"It's raining……"

At the same time, in Changdian, more than 200 miles to the southeast, Aping stood blankly outside the tent, watching the raindrops falling all over the sky. Said: "Come here! Order the warriors to get up, we are going to break out at night! Let Chitai and Wen Jin quickly come to my tent to discuss matters!"

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