I want to seal the knife

Chapter 54 - Frontier Crisis

Chapter 54－Border Crisis
The loud response came out, but Xiao Po said: "Master, I, I have low ability, and I will never succeed in your mantle---" Before Xiao Po finished speaking, Danzhen Hongmu said: "I passed on There are only six disciples. Your senior brother Nalan Kangnai belongs to the royal family, your second senior brother Nalan Lei Nuo is also a young prince, your third senior brother Li Kong is a major general, and your two junior sisters are princesses. Due to emotion and reason, neither of them can continue You are the only one who can take over my mantle, if you don't want to leave, you won't feel at ease if the master dies."

Hearing this, Xiao Po didn't refuse any more, just kowtowed heavily, and after three rings, he heard Danzhen Hongmu preach: "My Buddha sits under the bodhi tree, incarnated and enlightened, and asked all the disciples, have you ever enlightened?" Now, everyone is silent, Vulture Demon Luokong said: "Everything is only a moment, three rounds of reincarnation is unforgettable, Bodhi blossoms but does not bear fruit, how can there be Western bliss?""

"What a 'Bodhi blossoms but does not see fruit, how can the Western bliss exist?' -------"

After Danzhen Hongmu read this sentence, he proclaimed the Buddha's name again, and finally closed his eyes, sat down and passed away.Everyone in the hall cried out in grief and fell to their knees one after another.Xiao Po stopped his tears, Wang Danzhen Hongmu kowtowed his head three more times, and murmured: "Master, go well, Po'er will definitely uphold the legacy, the vast sect, protect our land, protect our people."

Everyone prostrated on the ground, silent and speechless, after a while, a doorman kneeling at the front walked into the inner hall, looked at Xiao Po and said: "Young Master Xiao, it is time to cremate the real body of the national teacher. The national teacher ordered it."

Xiao Po nodded, looked at that person, and knew that it was Sommerha, the housekeeper of Fuzhong. This person was the number one capable person under the master five years ago. In the future, Duoduo will rely on him to help manage it, so he raised his hand and said: "Uncle Suo, I'm sorry to trouble you, how should I handle it, I hope you can handle it properly."

Hearing Xiao Po's polite words, Sommerha felt much better, he just said hello, and called everyone to come forward, carried the real body of the national teacher out of the gate together with the chairs, and went to the biggest temple in the city.Xiao Po followed all the way, while Sommerha walked in front, and at the same time called someone to inform the palace and the former friend of the national teacher.

Everyone walked all the way, when they passed the street, they saw the closed gates of each house opened, and some people poked their heads out, and saw the national teacher who was carried on the seat in front, the national teacher closed his eyes tightly, knowing what happened , walked out of the gate one after another, and knelt down from a distance.

Such a situation spread like a plague, and soon gatehouses were opened in all the streets, and from a distance, the streets were full of people kneeling, leaving only one road in the middle.After seeing the situation, Xiao Po knew that it was because of his master's good reputation that many people saw him off respectfully.Thinking about it this way, even if the master passed away, no matter whether he went to the Yin Dynasty or the Western Bliss, he would not be alone.Many people in the world are silently blessing him.

Two quarters of an hour later, I finally arrived in front of a big temple. There were monks kneeling in front of the temple to welcome them, and the sound of chanting sutras and drums sang everywhere. It turned out that Sommerha had sent someone to give orders before coming here.

Xiao Po looked up and saw a few large characters on the plaque on the gate of the great temple, calling it the Great Heavenly King Temple.He rarely walked around the city when he was young, so he didn't even know that there was such a temple in the ancient city of Galash.He didn't know that Danzhen Hongmu was a monk in this temple when he was not worshiped as a national teacher. It was for this reason that he ordered to be cremated here when he was dying.

Datianwang Temple was worshiped as a national temple because of the national teacher. At this time, when they saw the real body of the national teacher, they all came out to welcome them. , he was already in tears.

Seeing Longyu, Sommerha stepped forward and asked, "Master Longyu, are you ready?"

Long Yu nodded, and quickly ordered the monks behind him to come up and take over Danzhen Hongmu's real body, holding it up high all the way, Xiao Po saw that there were eighteen monks in total, all of them were tall, short, fat and thin, and they were all dressed in the same color. The plain yellow monk robe.Xiao Po didn't know it, but it turned out to be the highest etiquette of Datianwang Temple.

Sommerha ordered a few close disciples of the national teacher to follow up, and asked Xiao Po to lead, hoping to enter the temple.

The wide gate of the temple was wide open, many people had already knelt outside the gate, but they came to see the national teacher off.

The incense burns in the inner room, lingering around the beams, the sound of the tomb drums chanting scriptures is endlessly sung, Xiao Po's emotions fluctuate, he walks step by step, and soon turns to the highest hall, where a high wooden platform is erected in front of the hall where the cauldron furnace was supposed to be stored , Firewood was piled up under the stage, and the eighteen monks carefully put Danzhen Hongmu on the stage, and then retreated far away.

When everything was ready, Master Longyu turned to Sommerha: "Director Suo, can we start?"

Sommerha said: "The friend of the national teacher has not arrived yet, so I should wait for him." He just finished speaking, and it was only reported outside: "The prince is here!" All the people quickly knelt down.Not long after, Nalankang appeared at the gate of the palace, followed by a group of ministers, Tuha, Yeluchu, all of them, and the wounded Li Mu also followed.

Everyone turned to worship again, and each said a lot of words to end the curtain. Finally, Nalankang gave an order, and Longyu lit the firewood himself, and the fire was ignited. Danzhen Hongmu's body was covered by the fire. See you soon No, Xiao Po's tears slid down, and he couldn't help feeling sad.

After a while the firewood burned out, Long Yu stepped forward to check, and found a few transparent objects as big as fingers, but they were chestnuts transformed by Danzhen Hongmu.Soon someone brought a jade box, and Long Yu carefully put the chestnuts in, carried it to the main hall and put down the statue of Tathagata.

Only then did the crowd retreat slowly and return separately.

Xiao Po followed Suo Moha back to Guoshifu, then called him over and asked: "Uncle Suo, master, who killed him, master?"

Sommerha's face was ashen, and he murmured: "The man entered the ancient city of Galash last night, entered the palace and killed the king, and then came to look for the national teacher. The national teacher fought with him first, and each Not to please, later he turned to take Xie Yu'er away, and the national teacher knew that he had killed the king, so he was angry, so he chased him out, and when he came back, he was already seriously injured. That's how he went."

Xiao Po had already thought that that person was Xie Yuncheng, but he couldn't believe it in his heart, and asked again: "Do you know his name?"

Sommerha said: "When they were fighting, I led the disciples to stand aside for a while, and only listened to the national teacher calling that person to be a benefactor. Young master Xiao, you must avenge the national teacher!"

Xiao Po had originally thought that it was Xie Yuncheng, but he really didn't believe it in his heart. Hearing this time, he felt his heart churn and didn't know what to do. The master is someone he respects, and Xie Yuncheng has been with him for a long time, and he has the ability to teach him Well, it is Xie Yuer's father, how to decide on this matter really troubles him.Master's revenge was to be avenged, but Xie Yuncheng couldn't kill him, besides, how could he be Xie Yuncheng's opponent based on his current situation.

After thinking about it for a while, I remembered what Xie Yuncheng said that day, life should be based on career, and I will go to the Central Plains in the future, so I will deal with this matter at that time.

Immediately clean up the mood and turn to deal with the other funeral affairs of the national teacher.

On the second day, the whole country of Tubo mourned together and held a funeral for the late king.After three full days, the funeral ceremony was over, and Nalankang held the enthronement ceremony of the new king, but the ceremony was after the funeral, so everything was kept simple.

The ancient city of Galash experienced so many changes in a few days, which no one expected in advance, but since something happened, it must be dealt with, and many problems need to be dealt with.

On the second day after the new king ascended the throne, someone from the palace came to inform that the king called Xiao Po into the palace to discuss matters.When Xiao Po was about to go out, he asked Sommerha about the matter of the king calling him into the palace. Sommerha said: "Now that the new king is enthroned, many difficult problems are in front of him. The king summoned you must be to stabilize the country."

Xiao Po said: "But I don't know what it will be?"

Sommerha said: "Young Master Xiao don't have to worry. After entering the palace, you should answer well. You and Wang Shang have a brotherly friendship. I'm afraid that there is something that you are entrusted to do this time. You promise to do it well."

Xiao Po thought about it, and guessed that nothing bad happened, so he left the door and went to the palace with the envoy.

The figures in the main hall of the palace trembled. Although there was no noise, the anxiety of the people inside could be seen.When Xiao Po walked in, he saw the new king wandering in front of his seat.

When Li Kong standing in the hall saw Xiao Po, he pulled him over, Xiao Po asked in a low voice: "Brother, is there something wrong?"

Li Kong said softly: "When I got up early in the morning, I heard from my father that there were troops harassing our country's borders when I returned home. I think it was mostly because of this. Only then did the ministers be summoned to discuss."

Xiao Po stood there for a while, people from the main hall arrived one after another, after a cup of tea, all the ministers were present except those who were injured in the previous siege.

Nalankang stopped, sat down on the throne, and said, "Ministers, I got a report early this morning that the city bordering Huihui was harassed by the enemy along the Gancheng. Everyone see how to deal with it."

Yeluchu was the head of all civil servants, and he and Li Mu were important ministers of Tubo. Li Mu was injured and did not come to the court, but Yeluchu immediately stood up when he heard the question: "Your Majesty, I think that you should come back here. It is a test of our country, so we should be careful to deal with it, we can neither respond with large soldiers, nor sit idly by."

There seemed to be some commotion in the hall. One of the generals on the other side wanted to stand up and refute. Nalankang raised his hand and asked: "What is the reason for this, you can tell yourself!"

Yelu Chu said: "A few days ago there was a civil strife in our country. When we go back there, we must know the news. They must have made two-handed preparations for their actions. If our soldiers respond, they will definitely report information about the instability in our country. In that case, a war will break out immediately. However, the war at this time is very unfavorable to us, the king has just arrived, it is very important to stabilize the people's hearts and reconcile the relationship between the cities."

"If we sit idly by, it will also be a matter of revealing our national power, and it will also affect the reputation of the king, and it will not be able to stabilize the people's hearts in Yangan City. Compared with the two, I think that we can send an elite from the capital to Yangan. On the one hand, fight back, and on the other hand, contact the guards along the border to stabilize our Tubo border defense."

After Yeluchu finished speaking, many others agreed.Nalankang thought for a while, then turned to the generals and said, "What do you think?"

Immediately, a military general stood up, with white beard and hair, his arms and legs were still injured, Xiao Po knew that it was Yan Chao, he had made great achievements in relieving the palace's troubles that day, and he went to the court with his injuries today.Among the generals, Yan Chao served as the commander-in-chief of the Tiger Wing Army in Wangcheng, and his prestige in the army was only lower than that of Li Mu.

Nalankang saw Yan Chao out of the queue, hurriedly stood up from the throne, and came to help him: "Director Yan will not forget the country even if he is wounded, and he is a true loyal minister. Come here and give me a seat."

Yan Chao was very relieved, and even more excited, said: "The king has broken the old minister."

Someone had already moved the chair, and Nalankang helped him to sit on it, and said, "Teacher Yan, tell me in detail how to decide on this matter."

(End of this chapter)