Chapter 440: Brave and Cowardly
75_75600Gai Wu and Zheng Zong left the team with a few scout-born Black Mountain elites, carefully hiding their whereabouts all the way, relying on Zheng Zong's skilled Qiang language to inquire about the whereabouts of Puning Temple, but before they entered Puning Temple, they served a pot in the path at the back door of Puning Temple.
He Mulan and Su Hejun thought too simply, thinking that they were just going to find out the news and not to arrest people, there must be no problem with their skills, but they didn't expect that since Puning Temple might be the place where Queen Meng entrusted her children, with her ability, how could she not have a back hand in Puning Temple?
The inside and outside of Puning Temple seem to be calm, but in fact, not even a bird can fly in.
Queen Meng went out to exterminate the horse thieves and brought 3,000 Meng family troops, but her own personal guards and all her henchmen were all left in Mingsha County, Lingzhou, just to protect her children.
Many of these people are secret guards living in the tunnels, and a pair of eyes can also see in the dark, although the people with Gai Wu are used to hiding their figures, but they are only relatively ordinary people, for these "secret guards" who are specially used to guard at night, Gai Wu They are as conspicuous as torches in the night.
If it weren't for the fact that Queen Meng was still in the hands of the other party, and they needed to inquire about the news, I am afraid that the people in Puning Temple would have killed them one by one.
Gai Wu and Zheng Zong are the leaders, and the two of them are not worried about what the people of Puning Temple will do with them, Su Hejun told them before they came, if they unfortunately fall into the hands of the enemy, they will report the calendar, the Buddhism of Beiliang has already defected to the Wei State, if it is really the people of the Buddhism, maybe they will also be sent back with the frustration of Bodhi.
If it weren't for the people in Buddhism, as long as Queen Meng was bitten to death and was still in the Wei army, he would definitely be able to save his life.
Naturally, the words of this egret official will not be false, Gai Wu directly said that he is the disciple of Huwei General Hua Mulan, and the son of Lu Shuihu Gai Tiantai; Zheng Zong was even more worried about his life, and said that he was a close minister of Emperor Wei, the Son of Heaven and the interpreter of the mission, and one of the envoys.
The other Tiger Ben Army are all the elites selected by Na Luo Hun from the Tiger Ben Army, and there is absolutely no problem with loyalty, just honestly making all kinds of silences.
Sure enough, most of the people and horses in Puning Temple were Queen Meng's soldiers and horses, and when they heard their identities, they only thought that Queen Meng couldn't stand the torture, or that they revealed the whereabouts of Fuqu Bodhi for the safety of their children, but they didn't expect that it was Luo Hu who exposed his whereabouts when he sent them back to Fuqu Bodhi before.
Because of this speculation, the people in Puning Temple became even more panicked, and after imprisoning these tiger soldiers, they hurriedly ran away with Fuqu Bodhi.
"Where do you want me to go?" Fuqu Bodhi has been driven crazy by these days of hiding, which is completely different from what his mother said to him before, "The world is so big, you can go anywhere".
"Brother Mu Jian has succeeded to the throne, and I am a missing identity outside, and no matter where I appear, I will be killed. What's more, my mother is still in the hands of the Wei people, and my sister is fostered by Uncle Tumo, so you let me escape alone? ”
He pursed his lips.
Because of the inner torment during this time, Fuqu Bodhi has lost so much weight that his face is not as big as a palm, and there are deep dark circles under his eyes.
"I don't want to escape, just let the Wei people come and take me away. I was originally going to envoy to Wei. ”
Frustrated Bodhi showed a tired expression.
"The reason why the queen is okay until now is because the people of Wei did not hand her over. That is the case, which shows that Wei still values the prince, as long as the prince does not appear, the queen's safety should be safe. ”
Wei Kanglong, the general beside Queen Meng, said in a deep voice to Fuqu Bodhi: "For the safety of the prince, we have sacrificed too much, I know that you are very tired, but before you are safe, you can't compromise lightly!" ”
"I don't want you to sacrifice so much for me!"
Wei Kanglong's words were like the last straw that crushed the camel's camel, causing Fuqu Bodhi to scream: "You locked me in this place and waited for my mother to pick me up every day, but what happened? Grandma left with the army, did she come back? My sister was sent by you to the county guard to pretend to be me and use it as a cover for me, did I beg you? I beg you not to do it! None of you want to hear it! ”
Fuqu Bodhi clenched his fists and trembled: "We were wrong at the beginning, and we ended up taking the wrong step, how many people do we have to sacrifice for me?" Do you take all the people of Beiliang as scapegoats? ”
Wei Kanglong lowered his head and listened to Fuqu Bodhi's cry, and couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart, but he could only turn into a sigh.
He is now in his forties, almost watching his three brothers grow up, he has no children himself, and treats Fuqu Bodhi like his own son and nephew, but at this time he can only spit out a few words tastelessly:
"Forgive the guilt of the subordinates ......"
Wei Kanglong lowered his eyes.
"Send the son back to the room! Pack your things and get ready to go through the secret passage. ”
"What about those Wei people?"
Wei Kanglong smiled bitterly.
The queen was in their hands, and she killed the son of Gai Tiantai to anger the Lu Shuihu people? Or did he kill the envoys of Wei to provoke the Wei people?
What could he do?
"Tie them up and throw them in the meditation room, and the Wei people will come to find them when we leave."
He didn't dare to do anything.
It's not the first time Bodhi has been forced to go. When the yellow sand was full of yellow sand, he wanted to go to the nearest oasis and town for help, but he was knocked unconscious by the Iron Guard Battalion and sent directly to a small town on the edge of the desert, and then met a group of vicious horse thieves, who were not too dignified to be sent here as prisoners.
He knew that a catastrophe had been caused when he saw the terrible sandstorm, and he had asked his mother more than once to send him back, and as soon as he saw the fortune of a horse thief, there was room for salvation.
However, his mother comforted him that as long as he did not leave a trace, although there were some changes, the result was still the same, and in the middle of the night when he was still asleep, he left the Acropolis with three thousand Meng soldiers.
The county guard of Mingsha County is the diehard of his eldest brother, Wang Xing, the captain of Mingsha County, is the apprentice of his aunt secretly, born in the palace secret guard, the presiding officer of Puning Temple is the temple where his cousin's father's monk became a monk, and the little monks in the entire temple have been replaced, only the big monk Jining still remains in the temple to preside over the ceremony, so as not to find out that the power of the Acropolis is wrong in the temple.
His name is "protected", in fact, there is no difference from being "under house arrest", except for the backyard, he can't leave on his own.
Sometimes, he even thinks about killing himself.
It was all caused by his cowardice and incompetence, and if he was as capable as his two elder brothers, his mother would not have just thought of taking them out of Beiliang.
If Hakuba had been a man and he had been a woman, perhaps this qiē would not have turned out like this...... His sister resembles two elder brothers, and will definitely inherit their mantle.
And he ......
He would just hide in a dark corner and cry weakly.
"Why are you crying when you're leaving? Don't you want to stay here at all? ”
A kind voice came from the door, and Bodhi raised his teary-eyed face.
When he saw that it was his cousin-in-law's father, the Jining monk, the presiding monk of Puning Temple, came in, he couldn't help but wipe away his tears shyly.
Although this man was nominally a relative, he actually converted to Buddhism when his cousin-in-law was still very young. My cousin-in-law was fostered in the Meng family when she was a child, and later married her cousin Meng Yulong as his wife, and the great monk turned a blind eye to what the Meng family did in Puning Temple.
For so many days in Puning Temple, he took care of him like a kind elder, so the generals around Queen Meng who could not take children pinned their hopes on him, and whenever he was depressed, he asked him to appease him.
This time was no exception.
"Master Jining, I want to change my mother." Fuqu Bodhi shrugged his nose, "General Hua is a very good person, that Master Gai Wu is also a very good person, when I was in the Wei Mission, I was taken care of by them a lot, I don't think they will harm me, even if they harm me, it is my own fault, I don't want to run away anymore......"
"Have you ever thought about what to do in the future?" Everyone was busy with the retreat, so in addition to the guards outside the door, the guards at this time were the most lax, and Jining finally found an opportunity to talk to him privately about the current situation outside.
"I ...... I do not know...... I've always followed my sister and mother. ”
"You don't know what's going on out there, but I do." In order not to make people suspicious, until recently, Jining often went in and out of the rich homes of Mingsha County, preaching the scriptures, and the news has never been interrupted.
"The queen led three thousand Meng's army to suppress the bandits, but she met the tiger army and destroyed the horse thieves first, and it is said that she found the missing you, and the queen was worried about her son and took the initiative to ask to stay in the mission......" Jining looked at Bodhi with a puzzled expression on his face, and his sympathy rose: "This is the news spread by the ministers who are dissatisfied with the third prince's ascension to the throne." They hope to abdicate the third prince in your name, after all, you are the rightful son. ”
Bodhi bowed his head.
"I don't want to sit in that seat."
"The Meng family colluded with the horse thieves, intending to swallow up the dowry of Princess Xingping, and set up an ambush in the desert to attack the Wei people, and finally caused heavy casualties to the Wei State, Queen Meng raised an army to kill her, but was captured by the Wei State, and was taken away by the horse thieves and wanted to eat black, His Royal Highness the Prince was also rescued, and now the Wei State is full of anger towards His Royal Highness......
Jining sighed.
"This is the rumor from the king."
“…… It has nothing to do with the dowry. ”
Fuqu Bodhi's face turned even paler.
"So, Your Highness, this may be the first and last time I will ask you. Do you have the courage to face the angry Wei State, the king who is likely to get rid of you after ascending the throne, and the thousands of people in both countries? ”
Jining's gaze was still gentle towards Fuqu Bodhi.
"Accepting protection, perhaps, is the best outcome. The people left behind by your mother can guarantee you to go anywhere in the world. Maybe Liu Song is also good, haven't you always wanted to go to Liu Song to see? ”
"I ...... I just want the two countries not to fight, I want to save my mother, I want to atone for my sins......"
Fuqu Bodhi was frightened by the words in Jining's mouth and took a step back.
"All laws arise from causes, such as causes, there must be causes and effects, and the other laws are exhausted by causes."
Jining heard the sound of many people coming outside, so he could only hastily drop a Buddhist verse and stuff something for him.
"Your name is Bodhi, and you should be a child with a wise root."
Before he could understand what Jining was going to say, he was picked up like a child by Wei Kanglong, who had entered the house, and walked outside.
"Why did you ...... so fast?"
It's only been a quarter of an hour!
"According to the news of the county guard's mansion, Princess Baima was captured by the Wei people. If you don't leave now, you're really going to be arrested together. ”
Wei Kanglong felt a sudden shock in his arms, and his heart was also distressed, and he comforted softly: "The prince doesn't have to worry, the queen has arranged it, if it is found here, we will flee to Shanshan." The queen and queen of Shanshan Kingdom have old friends and will definitely protect you. ”
"What will happen if my sister is arrested?"
The people in the county guard took her as their own.
"If the Wei people torture her, you will soon find out that she is a woman......" Wei Kanglong and his party did not stop, and hundreds of secret guards passed through the secret passage at a very fast speed, almost bringing nothing, only weapons.
If you pack up again, it's too late.
"Once the identity of the princess of the white horse is revealed, the county guard will soon know about it, and those people under the great prince will know that they have been deceived, and the Puning Temple will definitely be completely exposed. Mingsha County can't stay anymore, so he has to get out of here quickly. ”
Wei Kanglong had no confidence in the endurance of the white horse, and the pampered princess, who at most hunted and rode horses, was different from their trained guards.
If he hadn't been worried that there was a frustrated Muqian in Mingsha County, he wouldn't have exposed Princess Charming as bait, and now that he has ascended the throne, he will never let Xiao Shizi live.
"In my mother's eyes, I am the same as my sister."
The voice of Bodhi suddenly came muffled from Wei Kanglong's shoulder.
"There has never been a thing where a daughter has to sacrifice for her son."
"What?"
Wei Kanglong paused inexplicably and continued to walk forward.
In his opinion, the prince was more important than the princess, and even the princess herself thought so, so she went without complaint.
"You're all gone, what should Master Jining do?"
Fuqu Bodhi suddenly asked again.
"He'll go where he's supposed to go."
Wei Kanglong muttered a little unbearably, and there was no confusion under his feet.
"You killed him, didn't you? Because I am afraid of revealing the secret passage and my whereabouts......" Fuqu Bodhi's voice was even more mournful, "another person because I died." ”
"These sacrifices are worth it, even if I have to die to protect you, I am willing." Wei Kanglong knew that Fuqu Bodhi must have been grief-stricken, but he didn't have the heart to comfort him.
They have always believed that this is a bureau set up by Queen Meng, and in the end, Bei Liang must still be depressed and Bodhi, so everyone is desperate to protect this prince, even if they sacrifice a qiē, they don't care.
Because as long as he ascends the throne, all sacrifices can be compensated.
Some may find that it may not be right, but after so many days of allegiance to the queen, if it is only for that secret passage, how many people can endure it?
They are for the day when they can live on earth in the open.
It was precisely because Queen Meng promised them that they would be allowed to walk freely on the ground in the future and be able to live their lives freely, that they were willing to follow her.
Queen Meng never made promises lightly.
However, they never thought of running to the end of the world.
What they want is to make meritorious contributions, to serve in Beiliang to match their positions, to be the king of Japanese logistics, and to become a close minister of the king......
"I know what Master Jining gave me this." Fuqu Bodhi laughed at himself, "But I don't even have the courage to kill......"
"Shizi! What are you doing! ”
In the secret passage, the secret guards, who had become accustomed to walking in the dark, were suddenly startled by this loud shout.
Bodhi put a dagger to his throat and motioned for Wei Kanglong to put him down.
Because he did not have the ability to see in the dark, Bodhi staggered a little, stood upside down in an exclamation, and opened his mouth to the people in the secret passage.
"Send me back to Puning Temple, or I'll kill myself."
"Shizi, being stabbed to death with a dagger is the most painful way to die, after the trachea is cut, you will not be able to breathe air, and you will be suffocated to death by yourself little by little. I see that your hand is shaking, and the person who gave you the dagger is uneasy and kind, the tip of this dagger is so sharp, you will injure yourself by mistake......"
Wei Kanglong calmly made a "steady" gesture to the dark guard who could see him, and began his own conversation.
"You don't understand at all, I'm shaking now, it's not that I'm afraid of death......" Fuqu Bodhi said with tears in his eyes: "I've had enough, I'm afraid that I can't help but stab myself to death, so I'm trembling." ”
"Even if you take my dagger away now, I will bite my tongue, I will hit the wall, I will throw myself into the lake, I will hang myself. If my mother and sister are gone, what's the point of me leaving the palace? Send me back! ”
"Send me back !!".