Don't be clouded

Chapter 101 Resisting the Imperial Decree

After all, the collapse of the imperial mausoleum could not be concealed, only because more and more people died later, rumors spread, including the fact that dozens of people were buried at the beginning.

Yuan Huidi stayed in the palace without expressing his opinion, but Xuanqing Temple held a water and land ceremony, which not only rescued the craftsmen who died in the imperial mausoleum, but also rescued the souls who died in the turmoil in the distance.

However, the abbot of Xuanqing Temple did not show up. This puja was organized by his brother Miao Wu, and it lasted for seven days.The entire monastery is arranged as a dojo, with the Daxiong Hall as the inner altar, and there are countless monks chanting scriptures, and there is an endless stream of people who come to watch.

Miaoci was chanting sutras in the outer altar, and felt vaguely that something was happening, not only because of the war, but the entire Xuanqing Mountain and even the entire Chenjing were depressed.However, he has nowhere to find out about the situation. Brother Miao Wu strictly forbids him to go down the mountain, and senior brother Guan Chen doesn't come to him any more.

It's been several days since I heard from Ji's benefactor, Miao Ci couldn't help feeling anxious and worried, and couldn't find Senior Brother Guan Chen to ask.He vaguely felt that the senior brother had gone down the mountain, and it was more likely that he had gone to Ji's house... The life and death of Ji's benefactor is uncertain, and he will not be the one who is most worried.

Therefore, Miao Ci took advantage of the time of fasting, casually pulled a familiar senior brother to say good things, and asked him to go to the Dharma meeting to chant scriptures for him, while he took advantage of the time to sneak down the mountain and went straight to Ji's residence.

After Master Ji led the army to go out, even Steward Xu disappeared, leaving only a few servants in Ji's mansion.

Fortunately, those servants had seen him when they were still in Prince Xian's mansion, and they didn't hide anything when they heard him ask Guan Chen's whereabouts, and brought him in.

"Before the master left, he told us that Master Guanchen might come, so we don't need to stop him. The master came again this morning, but he didn't know what he was doing alone. If the little master is in a hurry, go to the north wing to look for it. "

Miaoci thanked the benefactor named Qingshuang, and ran towards the North Chamber, her hurry was not like a monk at all.

When he ran into the North Wing, he felt desolate. Although there was no cobweb dust, it looked like an abandoned courtyard.Unconsciously frightened by the atmosphere, he slowed down, walked along the corridor to the door and looked in quietly.

His senior brother was sitting behind the desk, tinkering with a revolving lantern, with a concentrated expression as if he was dealing with a hard-won fragment of a Buddhist scripture.There is also a newly cut wooden rotating shaft and snap button on the table, and a lot of wood chips are piled up beside it.

Miao Ci didn't know whether to disturb him, but when he was hesitating, the senior brother had already spotted him, looked up, and frowned slightly.

"You should be at the Water and Land Ceremony." Guan Chen said.

He has always been not afraid of this senior brother's lesson, but today he didn't dare to be presumptuous for no reason, so he walked in honestly and stood up, and replied: "I am worried about Master Ji, so I want to ask senior brother."

Guan Chen put the clasp in his hand back on the table, "He's fine, what are you worried about?"

"But... but it has been eight or nine days since Wan Liangao came out of the city, and he threatened to kill the people in the city for military rations. Ji Shizhu and the others may have to attack by force, in case..." Miao Ci said more and more Worried, but seeing the calm appearance of the senior brother, he felt guilty.Although after getting along for a few years, he knew that his senior brother would never be overly sad or overjoyed, but occasionally the calmer the better, such as now.

He quickly changed his words: "I don't want to curse the benefactor of the season..."

"If you find out that you are missing, Miao Wu will be in a hurry," Guan Chen interrupted him, still acting like a competent senior brother, "Go back, don't worry."

But Miao Ci felt that the last sentence was extremely perfunctory, saying that there is no need to worry, but in fact the most worried thing is the senior brother.

He took two steps outside and stopped, turned around and asked, "Brother, don't you want to help Master Ji?"

Guan Chen originally picked up the mother-of-pocket buckle again, wanting to continue repairing the lamp, but he paused after hearing this.There was a wind blowing in from outside the window, and some sawdust on the table was blown away. After a moment of silence, he just replied: "I have to guard this place for him."

Looking at the broken revolving lantern, he forgot for a moment where to put the buckle in his hand, and finally he could only hold it in the palm of his hand.

Miao Ci's question aroused the powerlessness in his heart again.

Just like this lamp, he couldn't completely fix it after repairing it for several days. Twice, everything was obviously installed, but after lighting the candle, it just couldn't turn.But he knew that Ji Bieyun was in danger thousands of miles away, but he couldn't fly to the other side and bring him back safely.

He had to guard in Chenjing, until Ji Bieyun's triumphant return, he had to keep Chenjing calm.

"What are you guarding? Ji Zhai?" Miao Ci asked doubtfully.

"Maybe... I was really wrong before." Guanchen said without beginning or end, "He never needs me to pave the way, but he needs me to be unswervingly with him, whether he is close at hand or far away."

He has thought a lot these days, is his trust in Ji Bieyun too superficial?During the four or five years of separation, he couldn't find any news about Ji Bieyun at all, so he could only recall Liu Yunjing when he was a child over and over in his heart, so even if they met again, he couldn't help thinking that Ji Bieyun was still a Innocent young master.The kid who will fall off the wall and be sad all day because his parents blame him.

And the stronger Ji Bieyun is now, the more he feels that he failed to protect the original Liu Yunjing.

Ji Bieyun believed in him unconditionally, but he couldn't give him complete trust.

Perhaps he was worried about gain and loss, and fell into a new attachment.

It shouldn't be.No matter whether the sword is blind or the battlefield is dangerous, Ji Bieyun can do whatever he wants with him.If he can get the best of both worlds, it will be his luck in this life. If something happens... the young man can live without regrets, then he will have no regrets.

"Senior Brother," Miao Ci looked at him anxiously, "What are you talking about?"

Guan Chen shook his head, "It's getting dark today, I'll go back with you."

Wan Liangao, that dog thief, is not greedy enough.

Ji Bieyun originally thought that Wan Liangao would immediately retreat to the north of Qiongshui after he destroyed the Xiang army's camp, but unexpectedly, this person acted extremely boldly and gambled bigger than him.Even if there is no supply of food and grass, they still rely on the first city south of Qiongshui, trying to use the people as a threat to make them retreat.

This city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Ning Yuan's army failed to capture it with all their efforts.

And Wan Liangao was determined to spend with them, the city was rich in supplies, at least enough for the rebels to last for a month.

After the rebel camp was set on fire that day, Ji Bieyun was ordered by the military doctor to rest as soon as he returned to his own barracks.He was eager to take advantage of the victory and chase down those two cities, and ran out of the tent regardless of the obstruction, but was dragged back by Zhuo Anping and Shi Rui in the end.

This brat sneaked into the expedition team without him knowing, galloped on the battlefield where he didn't see it, and survived.Now that he has been reborn, he is so calm that he takes the initiative to take over the task of taking care of him and Dai Fengmao's recuperation.

His first reaction was that he finally had an explanation to Captain Zhuo, but on second thought, he had to bring him back alive first.

The experience of the massacre that night finally made him mentally frustrated.He didn't like the feeling of endless killing, but he had to end the war with war, so after a few days, he was still a little depressed.

Several thoughts were fighting in my mind, for a while I was thinking about how to survive, how to make Dai Fengmao and Zhuo Anping survive, and for a while I couldn't help but recall the blood and flames that night.The only person who didn't dare to think about it was the person who was far away in Chenjing.

Therefore, the past few days of his recovery have been extremely tormented.

During this time, Shi Rui and Tang Pan had led the army to attack many times in a row, but none of them worked.On the 15th day of the stalemate, Wan Liangao's patience seemed to be exhausted, and he slaughtered more than a dozen people in the city on the city wall, and they could only watch helplessly outside the city.

And this threatening massacre is probably just the beginning.

On this day, an imperial decree came from Chenjing thousands of miles away.

Emperor Yuanhui ordered them to retreat and let the rebels retreat to the north of Qiongshui. After that, the two armies ceased fighting and each ruled the north and the south.

Ji Bieyun withheld this consecration before it was announced. He always knew that Emperor Yuanhui was a cowardly and selfish person, so he had expected it a long time ago, and only watched it with the other two generals in the Chinese army tent.

After reading it, Shi Rui cursed directly, Ji Bieyun didn't want to expend energy in cursing, but General Tang remained completely calm.

"The country his father fought so hard, he gave it away as soon as he said it? Even if this word will reach his ears one day, I still want to scold him!" Shi Rui said angrily, "We risked our lives on the front line and died. There are so many soldiers, so let’s just forget about it? Who is Wan Liangao, this move is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain, and when he grows stronger and goes south again, this battle will only be more difficult to fight!"

Shi Rui seldom got angry in the Youxiaowei barracks before, and Ji Bieyun always saw this man's mature and stable appearance.Today it seems that I am really anxious, and I don't care about the difference between the emperor and his ministers and scold the current emperor.

In fact, Ji Bieyun also wanted to scold him, not only did he want to scold him, but he also wanted to kill Yuan Huidi immediately, lift him upside down and shake the water in his head.

But he is really exhausted physically and mentally, so he has to keep his mind and think about the current countermeasures.

Blind retreat will not bring peace, but will only sow disasters for future turmoil.What's more, if you really give up such a large piece of land to negotiate peace with the rebels, it will definitely shake the hearts of the people of the world.If the people's hearts are unstable, the country will be unstable, and then more wolves, tigers and leopards will look for opportunities to turn the world upside down again.

He didn't want to see the world in chaos, and he didn't want the flames of war to spread to more places.

The situation was stalemate, after a moment of silence, Ji Bieyun said: "Let's resist the order."

As soon as these words came out, the other two immediately turned their heads to look at him.

"...Are you serious?" Shi Rui was in disbelief, but also faintly excited.

He leaned on the cold knife and said in thought: "The army must be withdrawn, but we can set up an ambush and take Wan Liangao down in one fell swoop after he relaxes his vigilance and leaves the city."

"No." Tang Pan finally stated, "You can't disobey the imperial decree."

Ji Bieyun looked up.After living together for so long, in fact, he has never been able to understand what kind of person Tang Pan is. He only knows that this person is General Youwei and has a close relationship with Prince Xian, so he should be able to trust him.

But he didn't expect Tang Pan to have such a temperament.

Before he could speak, Shi Rui retorted: "If General Tang is unwilling to disobey the imperial decree, he can pretend not to know. The general's orders are not accepted. As long as he can kill Wan Liangao, even if he disobeys the imperial decree, the emperor will also be killed when he returns. You can't do anything to us."

Tang Pan looked at the two of them indifferently, "What if you can't kill them?"

"Even if this method doesn't work, we have to use other methods to kill Wan Liangao." Shi Rui turned his wrist, "Although I have been idle for 20 years, I haven't forgotten the days when I fought with the late emperor. Get used to being comfortable."

Ji Bieyun has no intention of persuading Tang Pan, most people have no room for persuasion once they make a decision.

He took the imperial decree and walked out, "Send the imperial decree to the opposite side first, and let Wan Liangao see how we don't hold grudges today."

The author says:

The battle is almost over!