Chapter Five Hundred and Fiftieth Nine The Temple's Fright
Chapter 559: The Shocking Soul of Visiting the Temple
Before dawn the next day, Li Qing'an left his home to the military camp outside the city. The palace was very busy. Mingyue and Li Qing'an's other wives and concubines got up early. Today they were going to Ci'en Temple to burn incense. Yesterday, they specially sent someone to make an appointment. Princess Zhao came to the temple to burn incense. Of course, it was a big event. Ci'en Temple was about to close the temple for half a day, but Mingyue didn't want to be so arrogant. Finally, she discussed it and closed the temple for an hour in the morning. At this time, the fewest people came to the temple and the least influence was.
Time was very tight. Mingyue and a few wives packed up a little and got on two carriages, followed more than a dozen maids and wives and two eunuchs responsible for contacting the temple. In addition, more than a hundred Li Qing'an's personal soldiers were guarding around the carriage.
"Mum Wu Niang, are you really not going with us?" Mingyue asked with a smile as she got on the carriage.
Gao Wu seemed a little worried, and she forced a smile and said, "You guys go! I want to see a friend."
"Okay then! Remember to come back early at noon."
"I know."
Mingyue no longer forced Gao Wu to take the carriage and hurried away. Gao Wu stood in the yard for a while before sighing softly. Although she and Li Qing'an came to Chang'an, it did not mean that she could show up publicly at will. Once Nan Tang knew that she lived in Li Qing'an's mansion, her father would have life worries. Gao Wu knew very well and she was very careful.
Moreover, before her father left Nan Tang, she could not have any relationship with Li Qing'an. Even if Li Qing'an was willing to marry her, she could not agree. She was a filial daughter and she could not harm her father for herself.
Last night, Mingyue talked to her and was willing to let her enter the door, which made Gao Wu happy and sad. Although she had been waiting for ten years on this day, at the last moment, she still politely rejected Mingyue. She was just Li Qing'an's sister and she never expected to marry him.
Gao Wu went to the horse house to lead her horse. Today she was going to Baoen Temple to make a wish for her father, hoping that he could leave Nantang as soon as possible and be safe and safe, and that the whole family would reunite in Chang'an together.
She led the horse to the side courtyard, placed all the horse harnesses, and led the horse out.
As soon as Gao Wu left the door, he saw Mingzhu rushing towards him on a small donkey, "Mingzhu!" Gao Wu smiled and said hello.
Yesterday, Mingzhu's aunt was a little sick, that is, Pei Min's wife was sick, Mingzhu and her mother went to visit her aunt. I heard that Rushi had come back early this morning, so she hurried over. As soon as she arrived at the door, she heard someone calling her. When she turned around, she couldn't help but say surprise: "Sister Wu, when did you come?"
"I came with Wuyi and the others yesterday. I happened to meet them in Anxi, so I came back together."
Gao Wu didn't want to tell Mingzhu that it was Li Qing'an who pulled her over. She smiled and said, "You are here to find your sister! It's a pity that you are one step late."
"Where have they been?" Mingzhu asked with some annoyance. Those guys didn't wait for her.
"I went to Ci'en Temple, but just left, you can speed up and maybe you can catch up."
"Hmph! Why do I chase them? I won't go if I don't call me!"
When Mingzhu saw Gao Wu going out, she smiled and said, "Sister Wu, where are you going?"
"I want to go to another temple. My mother used to take me to Baoen Temple."
"I know, it's the temple in Chongdefang! I often go there too."
Mingzhu clapped her hands and smiled. She salivated her face, and held Gao Wu's hand and begged: "Sister Wu, just take me with you! I'm so bored alone."
"You can go to Ci'en Temple!"
"I won't go! My sister is always shaking her face and showing off her princess airs. I don't want to pay attention to her. Sister Wu, I'll go with you."
Gao Wu was a little embarrassed. She wanted to fulfill her wish for her father, but it didn't matter if she thought about it. She just made a wish in her heart and didn't let Mingzhu know. Moreover, Gao Wu also liked this lively and naughty little girl very much, so she smiled and said, "Okay then! Let's go together."
Mingzhu was extremely happy, so she urged the donkey and went to Chongdefang with Gao Wu.
Mingzhu saw Gao Wu's horse Xiongjun's abnormality and couldn't help but envy him: "Sister Wu, why is your horse so tall? Many men are not as good as your horse."
Gao Wu stroked his beloved warrior horse and smiled, "This is a Dayuan war horse, which is a little more than an ordinary war horse. I named it Liehuo. My father gave it to me. Don't underestimate it. It has participated in several battles, especially in the Battle of Nanzhao. If this horse hadn't saved me, I would have died on the battlefield."
After hearing that Gao Wu had fought, Mingzhu's eyes were filled with respect and said, "Sister Wu, you are so powerful. You can fight with men. I think there is only one in Chang'an City."
Gao Wu smiled slightly and said, "There are many female soldiers going to fight! There are Anxi Army and Jiannan Army. I heard that there are also Geshuhan and An Lushan, but! I'm afraid I'm the only one in the female sergeant general."
"Oh! Will Sister Wu go to the battlefield in the future?"
Gao Wu's face turned slightly red. Whether she could still go to the battlefield was probably up to Li Qing'an. She couldn't help but, but she didn't want to talk about this, so she changed the topic and laughed: "Mingzhu, you are actually very powerful too! You actually ran to Gongyue City alone back then. I have been there, and there are many wild wolves along the way. You really have the courage."
"Well!" Mingyue straightened her chest. That incident was an experience she had always been proud of. She had shown it to many people, but no one had ever told her that there were wild wolves on the road. She suddenly reacted and exclaimed: "Sister Wu, you lied to me! How could there be wild wolves?"
"I won't lie to you anymore. The Huangcaobo area is the three most famous wild wolves in Anxi. I walked there twice and encountered wild wolves both times, so the business travelers dare not leave alone, so they must be together."
Mingzhu's eyes widened, and there was a sense of fear in her eyes. She shivered all over and said with a palpitation: "Even if I beat me to death, I won't go anymore. It turns out that there is a wild wolf. No wonder Brother Li wants to give me a diamond as a reward! It turns out that it was exchanged for my life. If I don't do it anymore, I have to ask him for things. I can't take advantage of him. I almost lost my life."
"Didn't you meet a wild wolf? Be in front of me."
Gao Wu's age is actually no longer than Mingzhu's age. She was also very active in the past. She was nicknamed "high-legged chicken" by the soldiers in Anxi. However, her long-term longing and military career made her mood calm and mature. At this time, she was also infected by Mingzhu's liveliness and cheerfulness, and joked: "You are such a beautiful little girl, the wild wolf can't bear to eat you, so it must be very safe."
Mingzhu heard Gao Wu praise her beauty, and she became even more happy and her favor for Gao Wu reached eleven points.
The two of them talked and laughed, and then came to Chongdefang. The original mansion of the Gao family was in Huaizhenfang next to Chongdefang. It was the official residence of the Anxi Jiedushi. Later, the whole family moved to Chengdu and had no home in Chang'an. There was a famous temple in Chongdefang called Bao'en Temple. There were many pilgrims and the incense was very popular. When Gao Wu lived in Chang'an when he was a child, her grandfather often brought her to this temple. When her mother grew up, she also brought her here several times and was very familiar with her.
There was a monk at the entrance of the temple who was responsible for carriages and horses. Gao Wu and Mingzhu handed over the mount to the monk, bought a few incense sticks at the door, and then walked into the temple with great enthusiasm.
There were many people in the temple, people coming and going, and there were endless streams of incense burning and some traveling. There were crowds of people in each hall. When they entered the temple, they headed straight to the Great Hall. At this time, there were more than a dozen goose guys who came to hunt women under a tree. Their lustful eyes were swam on the young female pilgrims. Suddenly, their eyes lit up and they saw two young and beautiful women walking over, especially the little girl in the green silk skirt, who was extremely beautiful. When everyone looked at each other, they felt malicious in their hearts. They patted their butts and stood up, quietly following them, trying to deal with the few people.
Mingzhu was excited and pulled Gao Wu and shouted: "Sister Wu, let's go to Guanyin Palace first!"
At this time, Gao Wu had already felt alert in her heart. She was a woman fighting a war and was extremely sensitive to this insecurity. She swept back from the corner of her eyes and saw more than a dozen young men following them unhurriedly. Her hands couldn't help but hold the long sword on her waist.
"Mingzhu, I'll go to the Main Hall first and then go to Guanyin Courtyard later."
She pulled Mingzhu and walked towards the Main Hall, where the most pilgrims were. At this moment, more than a dozen rangers suddenly ran to them, stretched out their arms and stopped them with a smile.
"Two little ladies, there is a happy Buddha in the backyard, let's go to worship together!"
Gao Wu pulled Mingzhu behind him, pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, and whispered: "Get out! Otherwise, my aunt will kill someone."
"Oh! It's so fierce, that's enough."
More than a dozen men didn't care about the two little women at all. One of them was tall and thin and smiling and reached out to pinch Gao Wu's face. "I like this kind of fierce little girl the most!"
Just when his hand had not touched Gao Wu's cheek, anger surged in Gao Wu's eyes, and the sword was unsheathed. A flash of blood flashed. The man screamed like a pig, and he knelt down on the ground with his hands covering his hands. Two bloody fingers, one thumb and one index finger on the ground.
This attracted all the pilgrims around him. The inside and the outside were surrounded by three layers, and the crowd exclaimed, "This woman was too fierce, and she chopped off her index finger and thumb with one sword, and her hand was ruined."
More than a dozen rangers were so scared that they took a few steps back. They didn't expect that this woman would be so fierce and dare to use her sword to hurt people. The two of them hurriedly stepped forward to help their injured companions. The injured man was heartbroken. He hated Gao Wu to the extreme, and turned around and shouted at his companion, "Drag these two women away. If you don't punish them to death today, it will be difficult to extricate my hatred!"
More than a dozen men surrounded him from all sides. They found that Mingzhu was a weak point. They caught her first and could threaten the woman holding the sword. Five or six people surrounded Mingzhu. Mingzhu was so scared that her face was pale and shouted nervously: "Don't do anything randomly, we are the family of King Zhao, you will commit a death sentence."
"Bah! I'm still the prince of the East Palace!"
How could the injured man believe that Li Qing'an's family really had no guards to come? He cursed fiercely and shouted: "Take it!"
More than a dozen men pounced on each other. Gao Wu bit her lips tightly, holding Mingzhu with one hand and waving the sword with the other hand, and retreating towards the gate. The dozen or so rangers were obviously doing evil. Although they were in broad daylight, none of the pilgrims around him dared to mess with them, and no one dared to stand out. Gao Wu had just taken two steps back, and more than a dozen people surrounded her again. At this time, more than a dozen people had iron rods or long swords in their hands, and their faces were grim. It was like a dozen wolves looking at the two lambs that were about to be obtained.
At this time, the abbot of Baoen Temple accompanied two distinguished guests out of the guest room next to him. A monk hurriedly ran up to report: "Abbot, those dozen villains are bullying good women again, and it seems that someone is still injured."
"Good! Good!"
The abbot frowned. These more than a dozen villains were a domineering in the yard, and they could not afford to offend them. A month ago, they bullied a mother and daughter who came to burn incense and took them to the backyard to insult them. He couldn't bear to bear it, so he asked the monk to save the mother and daughter. As a result, the villains held a grudge and lit the fire at night. There was no evidence to report to the officials.
The abbot was a little hesitant, not knowing whether this matter should be taken care of. The distinguished guest next to him was a father and son, Cui Yuan, the right prime minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his son Cui Jin, as well as Cui Yuan's wife Changsun.
This time they secretly returned to Chang'an to participate in the clan festival. Of course, Cui Yuan in Chang'an did not dare to show up in a high profile. She has been in Chang'an for four days. Today is their first time out.
At this time, Gao Wu had retreated not far from them. Cui Jin suddenly recognized Gao Wu and said in surprise: "Father, isn't that Wu Niang?"
At the beginning of the year, Gao Xianzhi once betrothed Gao Wu to Cui Jin, and Cui Jin also liked Gao Wu very much. Originally, this was an excellent marriage. The Southern Tang generals were married and had a good match. The parents of both sides even exchanged marriage letters, but this good marriage was destroyed by Gao Wu's arrow. Gao Wu rode his horse and shot him at the Cui family's door. This arrow made Cui Yuan return the marriage letter to the Gao family overnight.
Cui Yuan heard that it was Gao Wu, and he was shocked and hurriedly said to the abbot: "Go and stop them, that is Gao Xianzhi's daughter!"
At this time, Cui Yuan's wife also recognized Mingzhu. She was the daughter of the Changsun family. Changsun and Dugu were family friends and had a very close relationship. Cui Yuan's wife had met Mingyue and Mingzhu twice. Although it happened a few years ago, Mingzhu's face mold did not change much, so she still recognized her.
"Master, the other woman seems to be Mingzhu! Princess Zhao's sister."
I heard that it was Princess Zhao's sister, and the abbot felt that the sky was dizzy and suddenly collapsed on the ground. Several monks behind him hurriedly supported him, "Abbot! Abbot!"
The abbot shouted in a trembling voice: "Go quickly! Go stop them, you're going to cause a big disaster!"
Although Gao Wu fought, she was a woman after all, and she wanted to protect Mingzhu and did not dare to let her go to fight. More than a dozen rangers grew up fighting and were very experienced. They surrounded Gao Wu, spoke dirty words and teased and insulted, and always took advantage of her unpreparedness to launch sneak attacks. Gao Wu's physical strength was extremely exhausted. At this time, Gao Wu's temples were scattered, his face was covered in sweat, and his physical strength began to be exhausted. These bandits became even more proud and teased them with extremely vulgar words.
The injured man even laughed: "That bitch is mine. I want her to serve me all my life. I will get married with her later and let her taste the taste of a man, haha!"
Gao Wu was furious and glared at him fiercely. She was distracted. A man noticed that Gao Wu was unprepared and suddenly hit him with a stick from the side. With a 'clang!', the long sword on Gao Wu's hand was knocked away by the iron rod, and she suddenly turned into a bare-handed fist.
A dozen rangers burst into laughter, "Miss, now you must obey us."
Everyone rushed up, and when Gao Wu and Mingzhu were about to be kidnapped, dozens of monks suddenly rushed out from the side. They hugged more than a dozen rangers and shouted to Gao Wu and Mingzhu, "Female donor, you go quickly!"
The injured man was furious and pointed his bloody finger at him and cursed: "Bald donkey, dare to ruin my interest. I will burn your Main Hall tonight!"
Gao Wu did not leave. She stared at the man with hatred. Suddenly, she picked up the sword, rushed forward and used a sudden sword to penetrate the man's heart. The long sword penetrated his heart. The tip of the sword penetrated from his back. The man's eyes turned pale and pointed at Gao Wu incredibly, falling softly to the ground and dying.
Suddenly a murder occurred, which scared everyone in the temple. They all looked at the extremely fierce woman as if they had been imposed on a fixed-up technique, but Gao Wu did not stop. She drew out the sword fiercely, and then another sword with her backhand, extremely fast. She heard a scream. The man who had just knocked her long sword was penetrated by her chest with a sword, and she died at the beginning.
Now everyone reacted, screaming and running around in fear. The dozen or so rangers even stumbled and rolled and crawled around to escape. Gao Wu was merciless and caught up with the people who had just besieged her, pierced the backs of the three rangers and killed the three of them one after another.
Five people were killed in an instant. At this time, everyone was scared to death. Even Cui Yuan was stunned. Mingzhu stomped her feet in a hurry and shouted, "Sister Wu, stop killing!"
Gao Wu was already hated to the core. She chased after another person without any mercy, kicked him over, stepped on him, turned his sword to stab him in his chest. The man was so scared that he trembled all over and cried, "Girl, I have my wife and daughter at home to support me!"
Gao Wu's sword stopped in the air, and she said coldly: "Dare you lie to me?"
The man said with tears in his mouth: "I dare not lie to the girl! I am thirty years old, how could I not have a wife or a child?"
Gao Wu let out a long sigh, finally retracted the sword back into the sheath, kicked him away, "Get out!"
The man turned over and rolled and ran away. Gao Wu looked at the five corpses on the ground. She shook her head and said to a monk: "You go and report to the official! I won't go away."
Chapter completed!