The secret letter from Qutong and his wife arrived at Prince Ping's palace. Prince Ping discussed it with the princess and sent the news to King Wuyou in Lincheng.
King Wuyou frowned after reading the news. Zhuge Qingyun saw King Wuyou's expression on the side and asked, "My lord, is there something wrong?"
King Wuyou handed the letter to Zhuge Qingyun. Zhuge Qingyun read it carefully, pondered for a while, and said: "I heard the prince said that the prince of Shu studied under Qingcheng Mountain. This should be done by someone sent by Shu.
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King Wuyou nodded, looked at Zhuge Qingyun, and asked: "I also guessed that it was Liu Chang who sent him. I'm just curious, how did Liu Chang get the news?"
When Zhuge Qingyun heard King Wuyou ask this question, he also frowned, nodded and said: "Yes, the princess went to Mount Wutai. Only the prince and the old prince and his wife knew about this, and no outsiders knew about it. How did Liu Chang get the news?"
King Wuyou took a deep breath, then sighed, and said to himself: "It seems that I am going to Qingcheng Mountain to pay a visit to Master Ciyuan." After hearing this, Zhuge Qingyun also shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly.
He said: "Your Majesty, according to your wishes, once the rainy season is over, we will use troops against the Kingdom of Shu again. Our troops approaching the city are mainly to contain the Kingdom of Chen. If you go to the Kingdom of Shu at this time, will it cause war in advance?"
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King Wuyou glanced at Zhuge Qingyun and said in a deep voice: "If you are not good for Ying'er, you are declaring war on me. Now, our war has begun!"
Zhuge Qingyun nodded and said: "We have 80,000 troops stationed in Lincheng and Hecheng. They are all led by the Qingzhou Army. In the past year, they have been trained to be quite powerful, especially in siege operations. They are extremely powerful.
Sharp. There are about ten thousand mountain soldiers in Wolong Mountain, who can also be incorporated into the army during war. During this period, I kept lining up soldiers to pretend to be mountain bandits and fight with the soldiers of Qin and Chen to practice in actual combat.
.Now, we have a good understanding of the Qin army’s tactics and military strength. If we really go to war with Qin, we can approach Chen Zhong’s territory within three days.”
After hearing Zhuge Qingyun's words, King Wuyou thought for a while and said, "We also need to take precautions against Chen and Xiang. I will discuss with the prince and ask him to return Zilong to us if nothing happens to Yue.
While we are attacking Shu, we will take the opportunity to give Chen and Qin a severe blow and expand our territory to the west and north."
Zhuge Qingyun rolled his eyes and asked softly: "Your Majesty, maybe we can take the opportunity to capture Xiang Guo." King Wuyou shook his head and said: "It is not appropriate to target Xiang Guo now. We still need the support of allies to contain Chen Guo.
We also need the help of Xiang Guo. Although there have been some interactions between King Xiang and the third prince of Chen Guo recently, I think Chen Guo will eventually fall into the hands of Chen Zhong."
Zhuge Qingyun nodded while listening, and said: "What the prince said is very true. Taking a country is a small gain, but planning for the world is a great cause. It seems that what the prince has in mind is not just a place or a country, but a country."
This world is over!"
King Wuyou laughed loudly, slapped Zhuge Qingyun, and said: "My world is just my Ying'er!"
After saying that, King Wuyou shouted to the outside: "Here comes someone!" When the guards came in, King Wuyou ordered: "Hurry and find Gu Yuetian and the others. If I don't look for them for a while, these guys won't be able to see anyone.
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In the back hall of Tanqing Temple, Master Jinghui called several disciples in front of him and told them: "This time you follow Master Jingxian to Xincheng to collect good karma, and be more careful along the way.
Listen to your uncle Jingxian’s arrangements. Promote good causes and don’t ask about the results!”
All the disciples agreed one after another, followed Master Jingxian out of the back hall, and went back to the nunnery to pack their belongings.
When Ying'er returned to the nunnery, she had already packed a bag for her and was holding it in her hand, waiting for her. Meili and Xu Nuo each brought their own bags and were ready to set off together. Qingwu packed up his things and ran to Ying'er.
On his side, he shouted: "Senior Sister Qingmao, let's go to the front hall and wait for everyone to leave together."
So a few people arrived at the front hall, and Mingliang and Xunuo were finally able to come out and had already run outside Tanqing Nunnery.
Master Jinghui and Master Jingxian were in the front hall and gave some more instructions. Then Jingxian took Yinger, Qingwu, Qingzhen, Qingneng, and Qingqin, and the six of them left Tanqing Nunnery.*
* and Mingliang, Xu Nuo, went ahead early and went to Old Man Qu’s house first.
Jingxian led everyone to a town, found a noodle shop, and complained to the shopkeeper. The owner of the noodle shop was a middle-aged man, but he was very enthusiastic. He quickly asked Jingxian and the disciples to enter the noodle shop, and then
He went to the back and said that he wanted to give it to the bhikshuni to eat. Jingxian thanked him and asked the disciples to find a table and sit down.
Ying'er walked with everyone. It was the first time for her to walk so much. After resting for a while, she felt that her calves were hot and her feet were aching. She thought about the days when she played around with King Wuyou and King Wuyou took care of her.
, I don’t think much of it. But now I have just walked for half a day and it feels so hard. What about the soldiers who have been fighting on the battlefield all day long? Where is my brother at this time? His daily hard work, I am now
Only then did I experience it!
Jingxian and his disciples finished eating the noodle soup, thanked the boss, and then led everyone to continue walking forward. After walking for another twenty or thirty miles, Ying'er already felt pain in her feet, and her steps were not as smooth as before. Jingxian saw that
He looked at her and then at Qingwu. He shook his head slightly, then pointed to a village in front of him and said, "Let's rest in the village in front of us today, and then continue to Xincheng tomorrow."
After hearing this, Qingwu clapped his hands and said, "Uncle, that's great. Let me take a rest. My feet hurt so much!"
Everyone found a family to stay in the village. They were two middle-aged couples with two children, a girl of twelve or thirteen years old and a boy of five or six years old. The men's surnames were Wang and Ying'er.
The sisters and fellow disciples called him Brother Wang and the woman Sister-in-law Wang. The girl was called Qing'er and the boy was called Fu'er. It was probably the first time for the two children to see the bhikshuni. They were curious and surrounded everyone.
Walking around. Ying'er felt her feet hurt, so she told Jingxian that she would go inside to take a look first. Jingxian agreed, and Ying'er and Qingwu went into the house. Qing'er saw that Ying'er was different from everyone else, and then
She was so beautiful that she was naturally willing to get close to her. She followed her into the house and gradually snuggled up to Ying'er, asking her softly.
Ying'er sat on the kang in the room and quickly took off her shoes, untied the laces, and took off her stockings, revealing a pair of snow-white feet. She looked at them and saw that there were blisters on the soles of her feet. No wonder she couldn't walk.
Come, I feel pain. Ying'er has never encountered such a thing, and she doesn't know what to do for a moment. But Qing'er next to her said: "Sister, you have blisters. I'm going to call my mother to come and help."
You challenge it!"
With that, Qing'er threw the house out and called Mrs. Wang to come in and take a look. After hearing what Qing'er said, Mrs. Wang took an oil lamp, came in from the outside, first used a flint to ignite the wick, and then pulled out a lamp from her clothes.
He put a needle on the fire and roasted it. He looked at the blisters on Ying'er's feet and carefully popped them. Sister-in-law Wang picked them up and said: "This looks like the eldest lady's feet. How much has she walked?
How painful it must be to have such big blisters!"
Ying'er's blisters were popped, but she felt less pain, so she quickly thanked Sister Wang. Sister Wang also popped the blisters for Qingwu. She put out the oil lamp, stood up and told the two of them: "Don't put on your shoes and socks in a hurry.
, I will give you some more incense ash, please hurry up."
Qingwu said in a loud voice: "Sister-in-law, there is no need to trouble you. We have herbal medicines of our own that can heal wounds." Sister-in-law Wang nodded and said: "I forgot that your master in Tanqing'an knows magic.
Of course there will be no shortage of medical people and herbal medicine. We don’t even have a doctor in our village. If we are sick or injured, there is no one to treat us.”
Qingwu took out a small bottle from the bag he was carrying, asked Mrs. Wang for a piece of wood, poured some medicinal powder out, handed it to Ying'er first, and said: "Senior Sister Qingmao, please put some on it first, it will be better soon.
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Ying'er and Qingwu prepared the medicinal powder. When Qingwu saw Sister-in-law Wang looking at his medicine bottle, he smiled, handed the bottle over, and said, "Sister-in-law, this medicinal powder is for healing wounds. I'll give it to you!"
Sister-in-law Wang quickly said: "I don't dare to ask for them all. I just thought that it would be great if the young master could leave some for me! I'll get some utensils to hold some." Qingwu stopped her and said, "I'll change it for others."
I’m afraid it might get damaged, so please keep these, my senior sisters still have them.”
After hearing what Qingwu said, Mrs. Wang thanked her profusely, took the bottle with both hands, held it very carefully, and went out.
Outside, Jingxian and other nuns helped Brother Wang and his wife clean up the yard, then went to the homes of several wealthy families in the village, made some rice noodles, and brought them back to Brother Wang's house to prepare for cooking together in the evening.
While everyone was still busy, they heard a shout outside, and then Fu'er ran in and said to Brother Wang: "Dad, that Deng Batian from the town is here, asking for things from house to house!"
When Brother Wang heard this, he quickly said to Jingxian and others: "Master, go to the house quickly and don't let that bully see him. He specializes in harming others."
When Jingxian heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then led the disciples into the room.
Not long after, with a banging sound, the door of Brother Wang's house was kicked open, and a dozen servants in black walked in from the outside, followed by a fat man in gorgeous clothes. The fat man was wearing colorful clothes, with a big head on his back.
He glanced at Brother Wang who was standing in the yard with the corner of his eye, and asked angrily: "Wang Dayou, it's time for your family to pay the tap this year. One hundred dollars, please bring it quickly."
After hearing this, Brother Wang quickly bowed and said repeatedly: "Master Deng, my family really doesn't have that much money. Besides, didn't we only charge 20 yuan in the past years? Why has it increased so much this year?"
The fat man snorted, and someone immediately said to him: "Wang Dayou, are you looking for trouble? Take as much as you are asked to take, or don't use water from the water district. If you take too much, we will do it with the upstream every year
Fighting for water, fighting and killing, the dead and injured brothers don't have to spend money! You just use water, we have to work hard for you, let you get two dollars, and you are still wordy, I think you deserve to be beaten."
With that said, the servant walked forward. Brother Wang quickly stepped back and said repeatedly: "I don't dare, I don't dare. It's just that my family doesn't have that much money, so let me make up for it."
The fat man snorted and sneered a few times, and said: "Wang Dayou, do you want to delay as long as you can, or do you want to compare with other companies? Let me tell you, no one can make less money than these gangsters.
One hundred dollars per family, if you don’t have money, you won’t be able to use water this year!”