Chapter 42

There is a mountain peach forest on Qingle mountain. It is the season when mountain peach flowers are in full bloom. Looking at the pink on the middle of the mountain from a distance, people don't want to look away. The mountains are green and peach blossoms are beautiful. They are the great masters who have cultivated for decades together with Danqing. I'm afraid they can't describe the beauty of the mountain scenery.

The view of Qi is hidden in the peach forest.

Because immortal Xiao, the leader of Yiqi temple, left for the imperial capital the day before yesterday, there were fewer dignitaries and dignitaries who went to the mountain to see the immortal. It is rare that there are few people on the 2999 stone steps, which makes the mountain and the view cleaner, and makes the peach forest cleaner.

Tourists are not allowed to enter the peach forest when it blooms every year. I don't know whether the Taoists in Yiqi view are afraid that tourists will destroy the natural beauty, or whether there are some secrets that can't be revealed every time the peach blossoms are in full bloom in the peach forest. Yiqi view has a noble status. Not to mention tourists, even the governor of Jianghuai road will not easily touch the rules of Yiqi view.

There is a pavilion in the peach forest, nameless.

Originally, the pavilion was a place for tourists to rest, but since a wonderful person lived in Yiqi temple, the pavilion has almost become her private property. Even if the Taoists in Yiqi Temple want to come here, they have to see the eldest lady's temper. If you really annoy her, it will provoke a lesson from the Taoist priest in the temple.

The eldest lady is more beautiful than flowers, but she is a little unruly and willful.

Naturally, the eldest lady was no one else, or Wu, the richest man in the Sui Dynasty, spent 15000 liang of gold to put it into the apple of Yiqi view.

Wu Yinyu

The eldest lady is fifteen years old, but she is loved by everyone. However, or because Wu Yidao spoiled her too much, he was savage and speechless. On the first day when she came to Yiqi temple, the eldest lady pinched Xiao Manyao and asked Taoist he Zhen, the eldest disciple of Yiqi temple, where his residence was. Taoist he Zhen pointed to a single courtyard and said it was there. Miss Wu didn't even twist her head. Pointing to the mountain peach forest, she said, "I want to live there."

Since then, the pavilion in the peach forest has become her private property.

In the deepest part of the peach forest, the fenced courtyard where immortal Xiao lives when the peach blossoms bloom every year has also become her private property.

The fine weather makes people feel bright, but although she hasn't fully opened yet, Miss Wu is actually in a bad mood. The priceless Jiao Wei is placed on the stone table in the pavilion. Wu Yinyu, who likes playing the piano most, is not interested today.

Her spring onion like slender fingers caressed her scorched tail back and forth, absent-minded.

Du Juan, the close maid, looked at the young lady unhappy. She put the freshly soaked lotus heart in her hand and asked softly, "what's the matter with you today, young lady? Even her interest in playing the piano has disappeared."

If the girl with goose egg face is beautiful and delicate, it always makes people feel a lovely mess. Even a slight frown did not have any sad feeling, but it was still so smart and fresh.

Wu Yinyu stroked the strings, sighed softly and said, "when I was in the imperial capital, Luo Weiran, the commander of the Imperial Guard Office, personally checked for me. 128 air pockets opened 122. Even he said I was a rare genius. Let alone Chang'an City, even the whole Sui Dynasty couldn't find a second person."

She looked at the cuckoo and asked, "that's what Luo Weiran said at that time."

"Yeah."

Du Juan said proudly for her master, "Luo Tongling also said that if the young lady doesn't dislike you and wants to accept you as his closed disciple. I don't know how high Luo Tongling's cultivation is, but it's estimated that there are many people who want to worship him as a teacher."

Wu Yinyu nodded, but her eyebrows didn't stretch out: "but why, when I came to this view of Qi, I didn't receive attention?"

"No, miss, when you arrive at Yiqi temple, you live in the small courtyard where immortal Xiao only lives when he is closed. No one is allowed to come to the pavilion. Immortal Xiao specially told Taoist he before leaving. You can give whatever you want and do whatever you want. This shows that immortal Xiao attaches great importance to you."

"That's because my father has 15000 liang of gold."

Wu Yinyu sighed and said, "if you really value me, why don't you take me to Chang'an to take the test of the martial arts academy, but take that woman?"

"Miss, do you mean that... Foam curd?"

"Who else but her?"

Wu Yinyu looked up at the peach forest and sighed, "at home, I'm the bird raised by my father. I'm afraid I'll be hurt, so I'm not allowed to touch anything. The yard of the house is a little scary, but it's not a big cage? At a glance, the peach forest was occupied by me, but it's just a bigger cage."

She suddenly stood up, clenched her fist and said, "I want to go back to Chang'an."

"But miss, we just escaped from Chang'an?"

"Not afraid!"

Wu Yinyu said, "immortal Xiao has sent 15000 taels of gold. Can he only protect me in one breath? If he can't protect me in Chang'an, I'll let my father get the gold back! Others don't know. I know that the old man is greedy for money to the extreme!"

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Chang'an

Taiji palace Baohe palace imperial study

Yang Yi, emperor of the Sui Dynasty, glanced at the minister who was standing bowed in front of him, folded the play with a slap and threw it at the feet of the minister. He leaned back, shook his sour neck and said angrily: "This is the so-called military strategy that a group of elites from the War Office of the Ministry of war worked out for several days and nights? I'm ashamed of them! The Sui Dynasty established the country by force, and the army never lacked generals who could fight well, let alone elite soldiers with all battles! But look at the strategy written in this memorial. Did you bully me and never lead troops to fight?"

"What do you say? Use elite soldiers to bypass nirvana, raid the station of Mengyuan Mandu flag, burn and kill for a while, withdraw back, and then set up ambushes on the way to wipe out the hastily organized pursuers of Mandu flag!"

The emperor looked at the minister in front of him and suddenly raised his voice: "do you think fighting is a child's play? The Sui Dynasty has indeed had no war for nearly 20 years. Since the former Emperor destroyed the Shang state, I have been on the throne for 11 years and haven't moved for more than ten years. Have the people of the military department forgotten how to fight?"

"I confess my guilt!"

Yu Dong, the Minister of the Ministry of war, fell to his knees with a plop, but did not dare to pick up the memorial left by the emperor on the ground.

The emperor turned and pointed to the complete picture of the great Sui territory hung on the wall and said: "Is the map hung by the War Office of the Ministry of war different from that hung in our Dongnuan pavilion? If so, can't those nerds see what terrain is in the west of langru mountain thousands of miles from north to south? What kind of raid... No matter how fast the infantry of the Sui Dynasty run, can they run faster than the cavalry of Mengyuan after passing langru mountain? They burn and kill for a while and then withdraw back and set ambush on the way... Langru mountain To the west is a flat grassland. Where can we set up an ambush? "

The emperor pointed to the map and asked, "Yu Donglai, you handed me this fold. Tell me where to set up an ambush!"

Yu Donglai bowed his head deeply and dared not speak.

The emperor Yang Yi came down from the earth Kang. Su Buwei, the eunuch in charge, quickly knelt down and helped the emperor put on his boots. After the emperor stood up, he knelt to straighten the hem of the emperor's clothes and robes, and then stood up and returned. The emperor glanced at Yu Dong and said, "it's better for a slave to work hard!"

Su Buwei quickly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty... Lord Yu is in charge of the military headquarters. There are too many facts to worry about every day. All the troops and horses in the country need to be dispatched by the military headquarters, and there are other trivial things. You just need to serve your Majesty well. There are different things."

The emperor nodded and said, "you can say that you specialize in these four words. It's not vulgar."

Even Yu Donglai had to quietly give Su Buwei a thank-you look. He said that Su Buwei was better than the original eunuch Wu Peisheng. Wu Peisheng was a snob. He did things when he was good, but when he was not good, he naturally fell into a well.

As soon as he thought of Wu Peisheng, he heard the emperor ask about the dead man.

"Wu Peisheng died in Fangu. The military newspaper of the Ministry of war said that he died by helping the war. He is not a perfect man, but it does not waste my trust to do such a noble thing. I wanted to give his nephew in his hometown a casual job and reward a big house in a few days... But last night I suddenly thought that none of the people who went to the capital came back alive... This is unusual, Yu Come from the East, you can send someone to check. I also asked Hou Wen's affectionate people to check, and the military department can't do nothing. If it's true as the war report said, I will not only reward Wu Peisheng, but also reward fan Gu's army and people! "

"If... Something is hidden..."

The emperor looked at Yu Dong and didn't go on.

Yu Donglai said, "Your Majesty, the military newspaper of the Ministry of war will never be false. Moreover, the first one to report is general Li Yuanshan of youxiaowei. Your majesty also knows that Li Yuanshan is fair and modest, and will never dare to deceive your majesty."

"Li Yuanshan is still trustworthy."

The emperor nodded, kicked the memorial on the ground with his foot and said, "take it back. All officials of the military department will deduct their salaries for one year. If the counselors of the war office only work to fool me, it's no use for me to keep them. If I can't give me a strategy that can see the past in three days, I'll leave it to the martial arts academy."

"I obey my orders and I'm afraid."

"All right, get up."

The emperor took a sip of tea and whispered: "I have been in power for 11 years and have never moved. It's not that I don't want to move, but that since I want to move, I will move like a mountain avalanche and Tsunami! In addition, I want to fight Mengyuan, not Nanyan, not Dongchu. You naturally understand the importance of success or failure in this war. If I fight well, you ministers will remain famous in history. If I can't fight well... You'll be cursed with me! But You can rest assured that I will never take the blame for others. If this war is not fought well, I still have the courage to manage it all over the military headquarters. "

"I'll go back and work it out again. I'll work it out myself."

"Go"

The emperor waved his hand. Because he sat cross legged on the earth Kang for too long, his legs were numb. He walked back and forth in the Dongnuan Pavilion for a few times. Suddenly he remembered something. He turned and asked Su Buwei, "Su Buwei, tell me... What if I use a group of newcomers from the martial arts academy to work in the western expedition army?"

Su Buwei bowed his head and said, "slaves don't dare to discuss political affairs, and..."

The emperor asked, "and what?"

"And... I'm afraid it's hard to pass the pass of President Zhou."

The emperor was stunned, and then said with some annoyance: "I said that no matter how good the student entered the martial arts academy, he would not be my person within three years! I still have to look at Zhou banchuan's face if I want to use it... Forget it, I'll think it's fun."

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Fan Gu

The imperial capital has blossomed, and the snow in Fangu city has not melted away. The border troops on the city wall have long been not the original 800 veterans, but the men and horses of youxiaowei. Although these soldiers are nominally Li Xiaozong's people, he also knows that these soldiers themselves can't move at all.

There are people in Fangu City, and even several landmark buildings in Fangu city are still bustling. But these people are not the people of fan Gu at the beginning.

On another day when the market opened, a dozen people appeared on the edge of the forest outside the west gate of Fangu city. More than a dozen people who were rare in the Sui Dynasty... Bald, dressed in gray cloth, with Buddha beads on their chest and a pestle for subduing demons in their hands.

The most special of these people is a young monk with picturesque eyebrows and eyes. He is as beautiful as a Qingcheng woman. Slender and elegant.

Curved eyebrows, apricot eyes, both nose and mouth are exquisite and enviable.

He wore a red monk's robe, which was more prominent among more than a dozen people.

"Venerable... In front is fan Gu, but the man seems to have set out for Chang'an, the capital of the great Sui Dynasty. It is said that he is going to the martial arts academy of the great Sui Dynasty to take the exam."

A grey monk respectfully said to the red robed young monk, "if you enter the martial arts academy, it will be difficult to start."

"Martial arts academy..."

The red robed monk with abundant God like jade mumbled and repeated these three words, and then said calmly, "then I'll go to the martial arts academy to find him."

"It's not easy for us to enter the territory of the great Sui Dynasty, the martial arts academy... And we can't go in."

A monk said angrily.

"Because of the bald head?"

The red robed young monk pointed to his head, then smiled and said, "it's just a skin bag. Not leaving his hair is to go to the roots of the common world, but the Ming king also said that the body is not important, and it's enough to focus on the Buddha. Therefore, it's not a single thought to have a bald head but not a bald head?"

When he finished, the bald head began to grow hair, growing rapidly with the naked eye, and a moment later, the long hair reached the shoulders.

He took off the beads from his wrist, and then tied his hair at the back of his head with this string of beads.

What a beautiful young master.