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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 221: The north wind suddenly rises in winter

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    Although they passed the customs, it was getting late after all, and everyone was looking for a place to rest.  There was an inn in Beisha City. After settling down, Shanzhi remembered that he had visited the Shuiyun Temple outside the city when he was traveling north. He was well entertained by the temple owner. When he came back this time, it was reasonable for him to pay a visit, so he and Ye  Ying said hello and left the city alone.  He looks like a monk, and Beisha City is wide in terms of entrance and exit, so he was not blocked.  It took more than an hour to follow the path trodden by woodcutters in the mountains. The sun had already set in the west, and Shanzhi arrived at Shuiyun Temple.  The location of Shuiyun Temple is where Xiangshui Temple was built in later generations. Now there is only one small hall and two Taoist houses.  In the Taoist temple, three Taoist priests, one master, two disciples, heard the movement and went out to see each other.  Seeing that it was Shanzhi, the old Taoist priest was shocked: "Master Shanzhi, why are you here?" "Old Taoist Xuanwei, if you are not welcome, I will turn around and leave," Shanzhi said with a smile. Although he is a Buddhist,  However, he also has a good relationship with Taoists. When he was practicing martial arts, he and Ye Chang often visited Luo Shouyi at Yaowang Temple, so he did not reject Taoism.  "Monk Wu Namang, what are you talking about?" The old Taoist priest Chen Xuanwei grabbed him and pulled him straight into the door. He signaled to his disciples to close the door, and then complained: "You really don't know whether to live or die.  You can come here now." Although Shanzhi was naive, he was not really stupid. He immediately realized something was wrong: "What's wrong?" "A big disaster, a big disaster." Chen Xuanwei sighed: "Didn't you say you were with me last time?  Did Ye Shou from the capital come here with you? Something big happened here, and we are about to start a battle with Ye Shou from Lushun. If you come here at this time, wouldn't you be asking for your own death?" "What?" Shanzhi heard this.  Surprised: "It's so good, why start a war?" "Who knows, Pindao guessed, maybe it was your Ye Shou who recruited exiles and annoyed the nobles here." Chen Xuan sighed slightly: "Bisha City is not as good as Duli  In this small town, there are more than 20,000 people in various departments inside and outside the city. We can command the surrounding area and collect profits, and the troops and horses are combined. You are here Oh, it is called Lushun now, and it can only speak of 8,000.  There are only five hundred soldiers, how can we fight against them?" "Where can there be twenty thousand in Beisha City" "There are none in the city, but there are various tribes and villages scattered outside the city. The total of twenty thousand is for Shaoli." Chen Xuanwei was a little annoyed.  , this monk is entangled in such things at this time.  "That's true. Jili Prefecture is a state with a population of about 80,000, most of which are in the south." Shanzhi responded sincerely. ?? If placed in the Central Plains, such a large place only has a population of 80,000, which is really a sparsely populated Xiazhou.  But in Liaodong, a population of 80,000 is not bad, and there are also a large number of hidden people living in remote mountains and forests.  Adding them all up, there should be 100,000 people in Jili Prefecture.  Due to the relocation of the Andong Protectorate, the Tang Dynasty now has no effective jurisdiction over Jili Prefecture. Besha City has the largest power in the prefecture, and its main spring, Gaihong, even claims to be the governor of Jili Prefecture - although the Tang Dynasty court has not recognized it.  , but did not deny it, so in a sense, this Quan Gaihong was Ye Chang's immediate boss.  "The governor of Quan is preparing to send troops to attack Lushun, but the time has not yet come. He is gathering men and intends to attack again in November or December. Shanzhi, if you come here at this time, it is a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. If I were  You, hurry up and leave." "NovemberDecember?" Shanzhi laughed: "What does this mean? Do the Goguryeo people have to look at the imperial calendar to see the date of the war? Don't you want to be scared?  Come on, if a war is really going to start, how can it be delayed until then, let alone a Taoist like you?" "Oh, you monk How could a poor Taoist lie to you? Not many people know about this, I  "I know, it was a man in the city who was contemplating the benefactor for me. He told me" "Really?" Seeing the anxious look on the old man's face, Shanzhi also stopped smiling.  ¡°It couldn¡¯t be more true¡± Chen Xuanwei¡¯s news is indeed true. His news came from Luo Jiuhe, a Han general in Beisha City.  After Shanzhi heard Chen Xuanwei introduce this Han general, he was a little surprised: "Since he is a Han general, how could he gain the trust of the Goguryeo people and actually know this?" "This great-grandfather of General Luo Jiuhe is Luo Yi, Luo Yimou  The ancestors of Luo Jiuhe fled to Liaodong and were killed by the imperial court. Later, when Goguryeo was destroyed, the Luo family took the opportunity to build a stronghold. Today it is quite powerful and is respected by the survivors of Goguryeo.  ." Shanzhi scratched his head, it seemed that he was really going to fight.  There were still many doubts in his mind that he couldn't solve for the moment. For example, when they came, the place was called Duli, but now it is called Lushun. For example, Chen Xuanwei also said that Ye Chang had completely controlled Duli and all the nearby villages.  All were pacified by him.  These things were completely unexpected by Shanzhi. He remembered Ye Chang once said that it would take two to three years to establish a firm foothold and then move on to other things. How could the situation change so quickly?  "This will be troublesome. All our people have entered Bisha City." Shanzhi was a little annoyed: "If I want to go back, what should I do?" "It is absolutely impossible to go straight south to Lushun. IfIf Beisha City knows about your relationship with Ye Shouzuo, you can never escape.  From what Pindao sees, you will leave the city early tomorrow morning, go down the mountain from the east ridge, and go southeast to Qingnipu.  Nowadays, Qingnipu still has connections with Lushun. When you get there, you can take a boat, bypass the mountain and blockade with Bisha City, and then take the sea route into Lushun.  " Chen Xuanwei knew the situation nearby and put forward his own suggestions. Although Shanzhi was forced by Ye Chang to read some military books, he read them first and then forgot them, so he couldn't think of any strategies and could only nod.  "It shouldn't be too late. It's too late now, even if you go back to the city, it's too late."  You stay in my temple for a night, go there early tomorrow, and then act according to your plan" After Chen Xuan said this, Shanzhi nodded repeatedly. At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the door outside the small courtyard of the Taoist temple.  : "Open the door, open the door, the sun hasn't set yet, why are you looking at the door?" Chen Xuanwei's expression changed: "This voice is Luo Jiuhe" "What?"  " Shanzhi stood up immediately after hearing the words, and put his hand on the sword at his waist. "This man is a general in Beisha City, and he is very important to the spring and flood. At this time, he appears in the Taoist temple. What's the point? "  Shocked, if it was to capture you, why would the general take action?  "Chen Xuanwei held Shanzhi's hand and looked around. The yard was so small that there wasn't even a place to hide. The knocking on the door outside was so urgent that he didn't have time to think about it. He whispered again: "I am responsible for everything.  Just don't panic.  " Shanzhi thought in his mind: "There is nothing to panic. If General Dog comes looking for trouble, just kill him. At most, he will take the Taoists in Shuiyun Temple and escape with him.  " "It's coming, it's coming, the general is in such a hurry."  "Chen Xuanwei let go of his hand at this time and walked quickly towards the courtyard door. His two little Taoist priests naturally stepped forward and opened the door. A man in his thirties with thick eyebrows and frowning appeared in front of the door. He came in.  After that, he saw the burly Shanzhi at a glance, and his eyes couldn't help but light up: "What a good man Hey, he's a monk. You're a Xuanwei, but you actually hid a monk in the Taoist temple." Chen Xuan said to Tianzun slightly, and smiled bitterly.  He said: "General, why did you say this? This eminent monk is not an ordinary person. He is a qualified eminent monk from the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain. He wanted to go to the Bohai Kingdom to teach the Dharma and passed by me because I met him once when I traveled around the world in the past.  Because of fate, come here to see me.  The three religions of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, white lotus root, red lotus and green lotus leaf, were originally from the same family. The monks came to worship the Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Lord, and the Taoists came to worship the Buddha and Bodhisattva.  Introduced into the courtyard. Luo Jiuhe listened to his chatter and waved his hands with a smile: "Don't say these words, I am just curious. Not to mention there is a monk hidden in the temple, but there is a nun hidden in it. I am not the same as the temple owner."  I don¡¯t know how to understand friendship, haha" "The general is really good at telling jokes.  "Chen Xuanwei smiled twice, and he looked at Luo Jiuhe. Although Luo Jiuhe laughed from time to time, his brows were always furrowed, as if there was a deep hidden worry. Chen Xuanwei was secretly surprised. Luo Jiuhe looked like this, clearly  There is something difficult in mind. "The general came so late, what are your orders?  "Because the Taoist temple is small, the Jade Emperor Hall is both the main hall and the reception room. After Luo Jiuhe finished offering incense, Chen Xuanwei asked him. "Is it just to offer an incense stick so late?" Luo Jiuhe didn't answer and looked at it.  Look at Shanzhi: "Is this master a monk from the Songshan Shaolin Temple?  " "Amitabha, that's right, monk.  " "I have heard of the name of Shaolin Temple Did the monk come here by sea?  " "Yes, I came here since Dengzhou.  " "Dengzhou" Luo Jiuhe was fascinated leisurely: "Shaolin is in the Central Plains, and Dengzhou is in Qilu I have listened to my father's teachings since I was a child. These places are prosperous places in the heart of the Tang Dynasty. I only regret that neither my father nor I have ever  one sight.  " "You can go across the sea. If the general is willing, just go."  " Luo Jiuhe shook his head. Because his ancestors were rebellious, although by his generation, all grudges have been wiped out, but he didn't know it was because he was timid about being close to home, or he was still too lazy to move. Although he yearned for the Central Plains, he never made up his mind to go there.  . ¡°What do you call a monk?  Luo Jiuhe asked again. "The poor monk Shi Shanzhi."  " Master Shanzhi, when you came by sea from Dengzhou, did you land at Qingnipu or Duli?  " Shanzhi hesitated for a moment, and Chen Xuanwei winked at him desperately, but Shanzhi still responded: "I am a poor monk from the capital.  " Luo Jiuhe glanced at Chen Xuanwei. Chen Xuanwei's expression had returned to normal. " Duli, do you know Ye Chang who now occupies Duli?  Luo Jiuhe didn't see anything strange, so he asked again. "The poor monk recognizes it."  "Shan Zhi said without hesitation this time. Luo Jiuhe changed his face slightly, looked at Chen Xuanwei again, Chen Xuanwei smiled bitterly and said: "The monk is a straight man, but he travels in the Central Plains, so it is not surprising that he knows Ye Chang.  " " Exactly, exactly.  "Luo Jiuhe"He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Master Shanzhi, please tell me in detail what kind of person Ye Chang is." "Ye Chang is a member of the eleventh clan, so Chang'an and Luoyang are all called Ye Shiyilang"  " Shanzhi said.  "Wait a minute, Ye Shiyilangcould it be Ye Shiyilang who was doing football drama?" Luo Jiuhe suddenly sat upright and asked in surprise.  "Exactly, I never thought that the general would have heard of this." "Oh, it turns out to be him. What a coincidence. Why did he come to Duli Town?" The football drama was spread to Shuofang by Xiao Bolang, and then moved around from Shuofang.  It spread to Liaodong, and in just a few years, it spread almost all over the country.  Naturally, there have been many changes in the process of dissemination. For example, the rules are very different from those originally created by Ye Chang.  But Ye Chang's name spread quickly, but everyone only knew that Ye Shiyilang created the football drama, but they didn't know that Ye Shiyilang was Ye Chang.  "What other deeds does this Ye Shiyilang have besides doing football dramas?" Luo Jiuhe asked again.  Shanzhi slowly told about Ye Changweituo's enlightenment, water diversion from the Rainbow Canal, donation of cement, and disaster relief in Luoyang. After he finished speaking, they all lit candles.  He is not good at words, so he can only speak straightforwardly, but that is exactly what he said, and it is very true.  "Master Shanzhi is familiar with this person." Luo Jiuhe sighed a few words and said with a half-smile.  "To be fair to the general, the young monk was working at Xiuwu Shifang Temple, so he knew it very well." "I see, it seems that Ye Shiyilang has some abilities in politics, so he should not be underestimated."  Luo Jiuhe hesitated a little, as if he wanted to say something, but finally did not speak, but waved his hand: "I have exhausted my fun today, Taoist priest Xuanwei, I will take my leave." He left seriously after saying that, and Xuanwei did not stay.  He stayed and watched him go out.  "This is strange. General Luo clearly has something on his mind when he comes. He probably wanted to talk to me, but he refused because you were here. I don't know what he has on his mind" Chen Xuan said slightly.  Of course, Shanzhi couldn't think of it. He spent the night in a Taoist temple and rushed back to Bisha City at dawn the next day.  According to what Chen Xuanwei said, they did not go over the mountain from the south gate, but went out of the east gate to Qingnipu.  We hired a boat in Qingnipu and said we were going back to Tang Dynasty. In fact, we turned halfway to the capital. After another four days of work, we finally returned to Lushunkou.  There is no need to say that Lushunkou is very different from when they left.  The ship sailed straight to the newly built Port Arthur. After landing here, Ye An and others came to greet them.  "I never thought you would come by boat again, Brother Ying, thank you for your hard work." Ye An said as his eyes swept over everyone, and when he realized that there were a few people missing, his voice suddenly dropped.  Ye Ying gestured, and someone brought the ashes of the five people who died during the trip: "We brought them all backone died of illness, three died in battle, and one died of serious injuries." Ye An's eyes suddenly welled up.  He burst into tears, but he immediately wiped them away: "Brother Ying, don't blame yourself. I told you when I left. You guys have a good rest when you come back. If something unfortunate happens, you will be buried in the Hall of Heroes." "Hall of Heroes?" "This  In half a year, we fought six battles with the surrounding villages, and there were some casualties. The dead were all entered into the Hall of Heroes to be worshiped forever. " "Okay um, Eleventh Lang isn't here?" Ye Ying asked with a sudden change of expression.  They got the news in Beisha City. Beisha City has gathered the rest of the forces in Jili Prefecture and will launch an attack on them in December. This matter must be reported to Ye Chang, but Ye Chang is not here. "November  Lang went back to Chang'an twenty days ago. The court summoned him back to Beijing for some unknown reason, and he also had something to go back to What's wrong? "What's wrong?" Ye An said.  "Oops!" Ye Ying paused.
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