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Chen Min answered quickly. He looked to the east and sighed, "Ten years …" This year, Yu'er and Yu'er were seven years old. Unknowingly, I have already left Luoyang for ten years. My Lord, to be honest, the entire matter has to start from a foreign world in the Imperial City. "

With a smile on his face, Ban Chao had already guessed that Chen Mubai really had something to do with it, he thought to himself.

Chen Mubai said, "That was seven years in Yongping. One night, when the emperor was sleeping soundly in the palace, he suddenly saw a golden-armored god come flying from the sky, shining brilliantly, illuminating his bedroom as bright as the day. The godly man went straight to the emperor, raised his sword, and was about to chop off the emperor's head when the golden chicken announced, and the emperor sat up in his dream, realizing that it was all just a dream, but the dream was so real that the emperor's neck still throbbed after waking up.

The next day, when the emperor came to court, he felt weak and listless. When the officials saw him like this, they asked him why. So the Emperor told him the truth and asked him what he wanted. At that time, Lord Fu was appointed to the post of Grand Historian. He replied: This dream is a good omen. There is a god in the west whose name, Buddha, should be rushed to ask for it.

"So on that day, the Emperor sent his centurion, Cai Wei, and the rest of the eighteen Steel Cavalry to go to the Western Regions to pray for the Dao of Buddhism."

Ban Chao nodded, "As I expected. You were also with the Great Yue's team? "

Chen Mu smiled and said, "Your excellency knows everything, so I can't hide anything from you." Our group found a Shi Clan temple in the Great Yue State called the Celestial Way. It was said that the leader of the Celestial Way was already five hundred years old, and their disciple's name was also strange. His name was Mokoga, and he was called Bodhisattva. When we first met him, we couldn't believe he was five hundred years old … "

"Then why?"

Chen said, "According to legend, Peng Zu's eight hundred years of life have not yet returned to his youth, and Mokoga has clear eyes and a jade-like face. He looks no older than twenty-eight. We did not believe him to be five hundred years old, but this man was able to read the world, and spoke and acted like a saint. We all believed that this man must have some skill of immortality, so we asked him for it, but he said to us, "Immortality is nothing more than doing good, meditating in meditation, and in the future becoming a saint in the west." Our brothers don't believe it.

Later on, the Da Yue family sent two Samana disciples, one was called Mo Tun, the other was called Zhu Fran, and they used a white horse to carry some scriptures back to the imperial court … "

Ban Chao nodded his head and said, "I am aware of this, the two Samana disciples have already followed Cai Wei back to Luoyang, and the Emperor has also built a Zen monastery for Zhao and Zhu. Because it is a scripture brought back by a white horse, it is called the White Horse Temple. After that, the knot in the emperor's heart was finally resolved, and the golden-armored god never dreamed of anything again. "

Chen Mu smiled. "You know what I just said, but there's something else you don't." Those returning were still eighteen Steel Cavalry, but the number that had been sent out before was twenty-eight. After the eighteen Steel Cavalry left Luoyang, other than the eighteen men sent by the Emperor, there were another ten men sent by Lord Fu Yi. Fu Yi told us in secret that with the protection of Heaven, ordinary vicious gods would not be able to get close to the emperor. The golden-armored ones would enter the court at night and take the emperor's head.

Ban Chao was skeptical, and asked tentatively, "The words of the Ghost God are not enough to be trusted. Lord Fu is overthinking it, isn't he? "

However, Chen Mu replied, "I was just following orders, and I'm not sure if there were any ghosts or gods. But please think about it, the four spirits of heaven, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermillion Bird can all be called gods. This is something recorded in ancient texts, and is passed down from generation to generation. In the Da Yue family, I heard Mokka Ye's teachings. He said something similar: There are four spirits in the world, the East Island Hidden Sword God, the Western Regions's Witch Immortal, the Southern Wilderness' Gu Ancestor, the Northern Mountain Concealing Snow Monster, they are all otherworldly things that transcend the mortal world and do not enter the cycle of reincarnation. The four spirits would not easily appear. Once they did, the world would be thrown into chaos, and all life would be in ruins. I think that golden-armored god, could he be one of the four spirits? "

Ban Chao laughed and said, "Although the Northern Huns are rampant these days, the Southern Huns have already pledged their allegiance. The Emperor is wise, and his country is prosperous. The world is not in chaos."

Before Chen Mu could say anything, Yin Ping quickly said, "That's because the Eastern Lands are at peace. The world has been in chaos for a long time, otherwise, how could the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions continue fighting? How come the Huns and you Chinese always bully us, and keep recruiting? "The Chinese came and told us to send troops and to send food, and the Chinese left and the Huns came and called us soldiers and to send food, and over and over again it seemed to go on forever."

Ban Chao was astonished, after a long while, he said, "Only by defeating the Huns will there be a peaceful day. My mission to the Western Regions was to save the people from fire and water."

Yinping sneered, "If the Huns can really defeat the Huns and the rest of you, then the civilians living in Lou Lan will not have to suffer for so many years. Save the people in fire and water, your goal is nothing more than to yourselves. "

"Sister Pingfan …" Chen Mubai stopped his wife from continuing. However, when Ban Chao saw how sharp Yin Ping's words were, he was neither humble nor haughty. Instead, he had a whole new level of respect for her. "Madam's words have a bit of truth to them …" "But if we big men don't ally with the countries of the Western Regions, then the Huns will …"

Yin Ping said, "That's right. If we, the small nations, want to survive, we can only do so in unison. This has been the case since ancient times, so you don't have to come up with many excuses. The lives of us lowly commoners have never been in our own hands. "

Ban Chao smiled awkwardly. "I hope this official can change the situation. Chen Mu, your wife is a bit manly. I admire her."

Chen Nu nodded. "Sorry for being so clumsy, but I'm sorry, my lord." As he said this, he called over the two children, "Yu'er, Little Shuang, quickly come and pay your respects to Master Ban Chao."

The two children looked at each other. One of them said, "Mother said that they are all bandits. I won't pay my respects."

Yinping smiled gently, "Flawless, good boy, it was father who asked you to pay your respects. Please pay your respects, we have to pay our respects first before we can talk about reason. If he has let you down, then you can be reasonable as well." The former is a 'courtesy' of honor and shame, the latter is a 'courtesy' of reason. "

After Chen Yu heard this, she took a step forward and knelt on one knee. "We pay our respects to the lord of the class."

Yin Ping rubbed her head again. "Go."

Chen Shuang had no choice but to walk up to Ban Chao with his head held high, to make himself seem more powerful, and said loudly: "Master, although I am young, but since I was young, I have kneeled to the sky, to the ground, and to the parents. You are an elder, but you have no relationship with me, so I will not kneel, my name is Chen Shuang, greetings." After saying that, he cupped his hands together.

Chen Nu laughed, "Two of my sons, one is called Chen Yu, the other is called Chen Yin. Please forgive me. "

Ban Chao saw that the two children were not ordinary people, so he smiled and said, "A tiger father does not have a dog son, there is no need to be so courteous."

"I owe my life to Master Ban Chao," Chen said to his young son. "Therefore, Little Shuang, it is only right for you to kowtow to him."

Hearing that, Chen Ying fell to his knees, and clasped his fists towards Ban Chao and said, "I pay my respects to you not because of my respect for you, nor is it because of daddy's gratitude towards you, but because I have let you down, because... It's because I poisoned the horses in your group, yet you came to make things difficult for my father. You're also a fool.

Ban Chao immediately became serious and said, "Kid, do you know, if you admit to your crime like that, then the one who died wasn't your father, but you?" As he spoke, he took out his sword.