Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 357
The new emperor ascended the throne, and the empress dowager ruled.Two years later, the government is clear, and all wastes are prosperous.

When the spring breeze came, Luo Bing went to Liaodong to marry her daughter as promised.

When making an appointment for marriage for the children at Changting in the suburbs of Beijing, who would have thought that the Luolu family is now prosperous and wealthy?

The recovery of Luo Bing happened when the barbarian soldiers came to the capital for the first time, and when the barbarian soldiers went outside the capital for the second time, the Empress Dowager directly transferred Luo Bing, who had made great contributions to the defense of the city, as Minister of the Ministry of War, joined the cabinet to participate in the military aircraft, and presided over the defense. city.After Lu Tieshi returned to Liaodong, he was also appointed as the general of Paguo because of his military exploits, replacing Dingwuhou who died under the hands of Aoki and his son as the general of Liaodong.

Although it was very prosperous for a while, both families knew that no matter whether they were rich or poor, this marriage would never change.

Ning Wan has been planning to marry a daughter-in-law since she married Huai Huaer. When marrying a daughter, she cannot avoid worrying about her daughter's poor life in her husband's family. Watching her grow up, I don't want her to suffer any grievances.

Needless to say, the grand occasion of the marriage, relatives and friends from Liaodong all came, even the Lu family's in-law King Jinghai also came to congratulate with a huge fleet, and there was a lot of traffic and voices in front of Lu's mansion outside Hutai County.

It was quiet in the study, Ning Wan ordered the servants to stay outside and personally delivered tea to the study.It's not that you don't worry about the servants in the family, but that the things they discussed are too important to leak out.

Dressed up as a servant and following Luo Bing, Jin Yiwei Ding Qianhu pointed to the map and said, "It took me several years to draw this. It is the topographic map of the Qingmu tribe's royal city." It was a trick, but the emperor refused to believe it at all, and still walked into the trap he had set up. After the empress dowager learned about it, she praised his skills, promoted him to a thousand households, and sent him to the Northland to investigate again. current map.

Prince Jinghai looked at the picture for a while, and pointed out one place, and said to his father: "This is the port that we have recently explored and is norther than Liaodong. It can accommodate the largest sea-going ships, and it does not freeze through winter. "

Tie Shi said: "I will take [-] soldiers and horses quietly from Huju Mountain to the east, take a boat around to the back of Qingmu's royal city, and take down his lair in one fell swoop after landing!"

Luo Bing nodded and said: "The empress dowager knows the importance of Liaodong to control the barbarians, so she ordered me to use the opportunity of giving you a wedding to discuss a war strategy with everyone, and also sent a decree to all places on the nine sides, and everyone agreed on a time , and go out together to beat the barbarians, a shame for the country!"

After Gaozu, no one went north to the desert to attack the barbarians. She didn't want the empress dowager to rule with a woman, but she had such ambitions. Ning Wan felt excited when she heard this, she quietly closed the door and exited, and went to the kitchen to serve them well The meals were sent in.

One month after Song'er got married, he went north with his father to send troops.

This is the largest use of troops by the imperial court to the north in the past hundred years since Gaozu. Liaodong 10,000 soldiers, King Jinghai [-] soldiers, plus the rest of the frontier fortresses, a total of [-]+ people, sent troops in late spring, swept across the desert, and killed barbarians Countless, captured Aoki and his son and dozens of barbarian chieftains, only to return at the beginning of autumn.After going to Beijing to offer captives, court celebrations, etc., the Lu family and his son returned to Liaodong only a few years ago.

With his military merits, Tieshi was granted the title of Marquis of Pingbei, the general of Zhenguo, and the addition of Prince Shaobao. Song'er was also promoted to a third-rank commander. Although Bai'er and Rong'er were small, they also had their own seals.Ning Wan smiled and took Mu Duo to the kitchen to cook noodles for their father and son. The family sat around and ate noodles and talked, "The barbarian people have been hit hard by this, and it will not recover in decades, and Liaodong will be stable for a long time."

The father and son of the Lu family said: "After this battle, everyone in the court is excited, which is exactly the state of ZTE!" Speaking of the two parents' family, "Jinghai Palace has made great contributions to this dispatch of troops. After the retreat, the prince So he brought his son and concubine to meet the Empress Dowager and the Son of Heaven. The Empress Dowager greatly praised her and bestowed the Iron Certificate of the Dan Book on hereditary succession of King Jinghai. Our Sophora japonica was indeed blessed to marry The situation in the palace has stabilized, and even our little grandson has been made an exception by the empress dowager."

"Brother Luo retreated bravely. No matter how the empress dowager tried to persuade him to stay, he would return to the south of the Yangtze River. He said that after returning to his hometown, he would not rebuild the leisure garden, but planned to build an academy to give lectures. Recruit students from all over the world."

In fact, since the Yang family was exterminated, the Luo family has long since become the most famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, but Brother Luo's ambition does not stop there.Ning Wan just laughed, "Our two in-laws are very remarkable, so it seems that our family has really become a famous family!"

This year has been extremely lively, and Mu Duoer gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Lu family on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, adding a joy to the family.

Years later, Ning Wan said to Tie Shi, "You can accompany me to Mijue Temple to fulfill your wish."

After all, the northern expedition to the desert is extremely dangerous. Although there have been many careful preparations in advance, the situation outside the Great Wall is difficult to grasp after all. On that day, Ning Wan took Mu Duo and her two sons to read scriptures for a month in the Mijue Temple. Buddha bless it.Now that Tieshi and Song'er have returned in triumph, and Mu Duo has given birth to a grandson, it is time to solemnly fulfill their wish.

Picking a day, the couple prepared joss sticks, fruit offerings, etc. and took their two young sons to Mijue Temple to thank the Buddha and listen to the scriptures. They were supposed to go down the mountain in the afternoon, but the abbot smiled and said: "It just so happens that tomorrow There is a Buddhist event in front of the Sacrifice Cliff, the two benefactors might as well stay and watch the ceremony."

"Sacrifice Cliff?" Ning Wan asked with a smile, "I have been to Mijue Temple many times, and I lived here for more than a month a year ago. Why have I never heard of it?"

The abbot said: "The Sheshen Cliff was originally the secret place of the temple. When the Mijue Temple was built, a holy monk once opened an altar there to preach scriptures. You can get rid of many unsatisfactory things and go to the other side and re-enter reincarnation.' Thousands of people listened to the scriptures that day, and none of them could give up their skins. Every [-] days, I do Buddhist rituals at the place where the holy monk preaches, and obey the orders of the holy monks, never publicize it, and only follow the predestined people to watch the ceremony here. Today, the two benefactors are here for this Buddhist event, and it is the predestined people.”

There is no need to choose an auspicious day to fulfill the wish, and this time Ning Wan and Tie Shi fulfilled their vows only to express their piety, so they did not want to make a scene known to everyone, so they specially chose a day when there was no Buddhist event to come here quietly. Strange thing, can't help but look at Tie Shi.

Tie Shi knew that his wife wanted to see it, so he nodded and agreed, "It's good to stay one more day, the mountain is quiet, we just need to rest for one more day."

The mountain temple was cold, and it was already pitch black at the time of You. Ning Wan spread out the bedding and lay down early, but couldn't sleep for a while, listening to the violent mountain wind howling past, as if to blow away the Mijue Temple. I've heard of Sacrifice Cliff!

Where is that?

Ning Wan thought for a long time and then remembered the past. Hutai County was besieged by barbarians for a whole winter and could no longer hold on.The number of people in the city is decreasing every day; bows, arrows and swords are becoming more and more insufficient; the most important thing is that food is almost gone, and people can't fight if they don't have enough to eat.

Since County Magistrate Qian died in the country, Zhao Dian's historian has been in charge of all affairs in the county. In fact, Ning Wan is in charge. She knows best how much food is left in the city.There is another person who knows as well as her, and that is the crippled general. The amount of grain stored has become a secret since the city was besieged, and she only told him.

During the break of the barbarian siege that day, the crippled general came to her, "Second Young Mistress, I have something to discuss with you."

They haven't seen each other since that day when he almost pounced on him with his hot and wild eyes. Every time Ning Wan delivered food and water, she carefully tried to avoid him, and he should have been there earlier. I avoided myself, so the people who were together every day suddenly became unfamiliar.Ning Wan nodded and said politely: "General Lu, please tell me something."

"The Yi people came today with a big leader to oversee the battle. It may be their royal family. I let them attack the top of the wall and let them think that they will be able to capture Hutai tomorrow." The crippled general stood with himself in the empty arrow tower Wen Sheng said: "Then I will find a way to shoot the big leader when they are most relaxed, and then lead everyone to break out."

He said that day that he would save himself, as well as Zhao Guomao.Ning Wan has no doubts at all, he has this ability!But she didn't want to, she would rather keep guarding the city in Hutai with him.No matter how ignorant I am, I can understand how difficult it is to break out, and it may be even more difficult for those who send everyone to break out.

But before he objected, he had already ordered without doubt, and his voice was still so gentle, "You take out all the food in the warehouse with someone, let everyone have a few full meals, and then make some dry food, and distribute it to the people. You guys." He must have thought about breaking out for a long time, so he made arrangements in an orderly manner, when to open the city gate, how to get out, and which direction to flee after leaving the city.

Ning Wan burst into tears, "I don't want to leave."

"Even if we don't leave now, the city won't be able to hold on for too long. Prepare as I said, and the chances are still great." As if he knew what Ning Wan was thinking, he added: "It's not just In order to save you, I want more people in the city to survive."

Ning Wan looked into his dark eyes, which were so deep that she couldn't see to the bottom. She couldn't say what she wanted to say, so she nodded with a sob, and stepped back to do everything as best she could according to his instructions.

The crippled general was indeed a hero like a god. He really shot and killed the big leader in the afternoon of the second day. Ning Wan stood on the city wall and listened to the barbarians yelling the name "Haerlang" as they receded like a tide. At one point, the shock in my heart was beyond words, but he grabbed his arm suddenly, "Hurry up and take Zhao Guomao out of the city, and then go to Mijue Temple!"

This is the route that was set yesterday. According to General Cripple’s guess, the reason why the imperial court did not come to rescue is that something serious may have happened. Therefore, when everyone escapes in several ways, they should not go to the big guards and the capital city, but disperse to the remote countryside. The place he arranged for Ning Wan was Mijue Temple.

Ning Wan believed that he was determined to save the whole city, but inexplicably felt that he was most concerned about himself and chose the best way out for himself.Although the Yi people are cruel, they believe in gods and Buddhas and are very tolerant to monks and Taoists. The Mijue Temple outside Hutai City has been preserved after several barbarian invasions.

He must have assigned himself and Guomao to this team for this reason!It's just that Ning Wan couldn't ask for such words, and she knew that even if she asked, he would definitely deny it.So Ning Wan didn't say anything, in fact she couldn't speak, her whole body was filled with friendship and tears from inside to outside, if she opened her mouth, she would burst into tears immediately, but right now is not the time to cry , So she stuffed the dry food she made for him into his arms, then pulled Zhao Guomao and followed the crowd out of the city.

Zhao Guomao had been taught by her to be obedient and not to make noise, but he was still curious. After looking around for a while, he asked in a low voice, "Second young lady, where are we going?"

Ning Wan just "shushed", "Just follow me, and then there will be delicious food."

Suddenly the four gates of Hutai City were opened wide, and the people in the city poured out of the city like a tide.But it is impossible for Yiren not to notice such a big movement, and soon, they mounted their horses and rushed over.How can a person run faster than a horse? Ning Wan watched as people beside her were trampled down by horses, injured and killed by barbarians, but more people still ran out. After all, the crippled general won the most precious time for everyone In the wilderness, it is impossible for the Yi people to catch up and kill all the people.

The mountain road leading to Mijue Temple is in front of you, but Zhao Guomao suddenly sat down on the ground, "Second young lady, my feet hurt, I don't want to run, I want to eat osmanthus cake!"

Ning Wan was anxious and angry, and pulled him desperately, "Guomao is obedient! Hurry up and run with me, or you won't be able to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cakes anymore!"

However, although Zhao Guomao is physically strong, he has never experienced any hardships since he was raised tenderly, and he is not sensible. At this time, he broke away from Ning Wan, rolled on the ground and cried, "I won't run! I'll just run away!" I want to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake!"

Ning Wan went to drag him, but she couldn't move, and was accidentally hit by his waving arms a few times, then a few passers-by hurriedly called her, "Run quickly, leave him alone, Yi Ren chased him!" coming!"

Sure enough, several barbarians on horseback rushed over like a whirlwind. They laughed cruelly, and the swords in their hands were still dripping with blood. Ning Wan looked back at Zhao Guomao who had rolled into a clay figure on the ground. Unknowingly, I only concentrate on crying, thinking that as long as there is such a scene, there will be delicious sweet-scented osmanthus cakes to eat.

It was impossible to save Zhao Guomao, but Ning Wan didn't plan to run away by herself, although she might escape.But at the beginning, I promised Mrs. Zhao before he passed away that as long as I was alive, I would take care of him, so I would die with him.She simply didn't pull Zhao Guomao up anymore, but sat down beside him and closed her eyes. In fact, she was already very tired.

But after a long time, only the sound of swords and soldiers was heard, but the knife hadn't been cut yet, Zhao Guomao stopped crying, took her hand and said with a smile: "Second young lady, look quickly! They fight really well!"

Ning Wan opened her eyes, at some point the crippled general came, riding a white horse, standing in front of herself and Zhao Guomao, fighting with several barbarians.

When he obviously opened the city gate, he took all the soldiers and generals to stay at the end. He once looked back and saw that they were meeting the barbarians.Also, his big black horse killed the boiled meat and distributed it to the whole city. That day he sat in the watchtower and did not come out. Ning Wan knew that he was sad, so she stopped the person who wanted to give him horse meat and cooked it herself. A bowl of noodles was brought to him.The current white horse must have been snatched from the barbarians.

Ning Wan sat on the ground in a daze as she watched Lu Tieshi behead the barbarians under the horse, then walked over and hugged herself and Zhao Guomao onto the horse, "Hurry up the mountain, you'll be safe in the temple!"

Zhao Guomao laughed again, "We are riding a big horse!"

Ning Wan didn't care about him, she only felt the special feeling of him hugging her, and tremblingly wanted to jump off the horse, "Let Guomao go, I'll stay with you!" will run for his life.

Lu Tieshi pressed her on the horse and smiled at her. He had become dark and thin in the past few months while guarding the city, but his eyes were still bright and his teeth were still white, as bright as the sun in spring. As soon as he patted, the horse started to run, and Ning Wan only heard him say: "I hope you have a good life!" and was carried away by the horse.

The abbot of Mijue Temple was very merciful. When he saw the people fleeing up the mountain, he proclaimed the Buddha's name and brought them to the back mountain. Next, the poor monk will come to bring you meals every day."

Ning Wan went up the mountain blankly, but at this moment she suddenly came to her senses, "Sheshen Cliff? Why is it called Sheshen Cliff?"

The abbot clasped his hands together and said: "When the temple was first built, a holy monk came to give a lecture, referring to this place as the cliff of sacrifice, which means to give up the skin, get rid of all the unsatisfactory things in this life, and re-enter the cycle of reincarnation."

Ning Wan was originally full of hatred, she had always been good-hearted, but the world was unfair, she saw her family ruined and the city fell, and he left her just like that, now, like a revelation, she pushed Zhao Guomao to the abbot "Abbot, please take him in. He is the second young master of the Zhao family. Now the only male in the Zhao family. In the future, when the barbarians return to the desert, all the properties of the Zhao family will be donated to the temple for worship. I want to die on the cliff. May the Lord Buddha allow us to reincarnate and stop suffering like this!"

As she said that, she jumped into the bottomless and misty Sacrifice Cliff, only to feel the wind blowing in her ears, and the pain and cold all over her body disappeared all of a sudden.

Ning Wan woke up suddenly, and laughed dumbly when she heard Tie Shi's long breathing, it turned out to be Nan Keyi Meng!But this dream is really in her heart, just like the few dreams she had before, she thinks they are all real.It's just different from the fear of waking up from a dream in the past. Knowing the reincarnation of cause and effect, she felt very relieved, leaned into Tie Shi's warm arms, closed her eyes again and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Abbot Suzhai came to invite him.

Ning Wan and Tie Shi walked hand in hand with the abbot and the monks to the back mountain, and saw the Sheshen Cliff that she saw in her dream, with protruding rocks, rugged old trees, and bottomless cliffs and cliffs. The white mist is exactly the same as in the past.The monks chanted Buddhist scriptures, and the dusty voice echoed in the valley.

After the Buddhist service was over, Ning Wan went forward to salute, and asked respectfully, "Abbot, is the story about Sacrificial Cliff true?"

The abbot clasped his palms together and smiled, "The poor monk's practice is superficial, so he doesn't know the truth or falsehood. He only knows the swear words passed down by the holy monk, which he has already told the benefactor."

The husband and wife bid farewell to the abbot, and rode down to the mountain temple.Tie Shi smiled in his wife's ear and asked, "Is there anything you don't like? You don't need to inquire about Sheshenya, just tell me and I'll help you."

Ning Wan stroked her stomach lightly and smiled, "You can find something unsatisfactory for me, but I can't find it myself!" The past that seemed like a dream but not a dream has passed, and she feels that the present is the best life Still, calm and blissful.

(End of this chapter)