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The "black-clothed prime minister" Dao Yan sat in a carriage, which was full of gold, silver, jewelry, and silk. The apprentice Zheng He personally drove the carriage and had driven nearly four hundred miles.

In the first year of Yongle, Zheng He had worshiped Daoyan as a teacher and became a disciple of the Bodhisattva precepts, with the Dharma name Fu Jixiang.

When passing by Huishan, Zheng He said, "Master, it's almost past Huishan, and you will be there after a while." Your old man has finally become famous and returned home. ”

Dao Yan was also very excited: "Emperor Taizu Gao once ordered monks who were proficient in Confucianism to take the exam at the Ministry of Rites, and the poor monks were given monk clothes and returned. It is also this kind of weather, when passing through Dantu Beigu Mountain, he once wrote poems to remember the ancient sages and express his aspirations: the blood of the war has dried up over the years, and the fireworks are still half withered; Wuzhou Mountain is close to the clouds, long live the empty night and the moon is cold; The river has no tide and passes through the iron urn, and there is a road to Jintan in the field; Where is Emperor Xiao Liang now? Beigu Qingqing is tired of looking. After hearing this, the fellow master Zong Xi also accused the poor monk at that time, saying, how can this be what the Buddhist disciples said! Haha, I don't want to be gone, and the past is like smoke. ”

"Master, you have sent people around to look for the whereabouts of your aunt for so many years, but you have never found it, and you have searched for it several times according to the news, but the results are just similar in appearance and experience, and you are disappointed. Why did you believe it yesterday based on a note stuffed in the crack of the door? Just come in the starry night. Zheng He was curious. Master Dao Yan has always been calm and unfazed, and he is rarely as excited as he was yesterday, and he has hardly slept all night.

"Hehe, because it's a note from the Dragon and Phoenix Gang, with the mark of the Dragon and Phoenix Gang." Dao Yan knows that the Dragon and Phoenix Gang has always said the same, and if he is not sure, he will not say it lightly.

"Huh?" Zheng He was suddenly shocked and said, "Master, that can't be a trap, right?" After all, it was we who leaked Ling Xiaohan's collection back then, and the King of Han was able to go to worship the mountain. Will they suspect that we are the Lingxiao Han who colluded with the King of Han to murder us? ”

Dao Yan shook his head and said, "No, if they think that the poor monk is a murderer and wants to take revenge on me, they will take revenge a long time ago." Like the iron-faced law enforcement temper of our ancestors, how can we live in peace until now, and we will not disdain to use such conspiracies. ”

"Master, you have brought all your savings this time, you are really good to my aunt." Zheng He knew that the master had always been honest and self-controlled, with a pure heart and few desires, and there was not a lot of personal wealth.

"Alas, neither you nor I have heirs. The poor monk is also this sister, and the eldest sister is like a mother, who has been raised by her hard work since she was a child. The poor monk's greatest wish since childhood was to repay my suffering sister. Dao Yan was full of affection, and his eyes were a little moist. Fu said lightly: "It's okay now, my sister is finally alive, and I can thank me for repaying my kindness." My sister should already be full of children and grandchildren. The poor monks are already in their last years, so after a hundred years of being a teacher, I would like to ask you to help them take good care of them. ”

"Where did Master come from? The master is a high-ranking monk, and he is still in his prime. But from today onwards, the apprentice will definitely take good care of his aunt's family. "Zheng He has benefited a lot from following Master, and he is also the master who he admires and appreciates the most in his life.

While talking, he finally arrived at the remote village of Cheung Chau mentioned in the note of the Dragon and Phoenix Gang. The village is not large, with about dozens of families.

The hometown was even more timid, and when he entered the village, Dao Yan asked Zheng He to stop the carriage, respectfully insisted on walking, and regardless of the muddy road, he found his sister's house one foot at a time.

When Dao Yan knocked on the door with his disciple Zheng Hexing, he waited for a long time, and an old woman with white hair and an old face came out. When the old woman opened the door and saw Yao Guangxiao, she was stunned for a moment. Yao Guangxiao has recognized that it is the sister who has been regarded as her own since she was a child, pushing food and food, and undressing. So, excitedly stepped forward and shouted, "Sister." ”

When the old woman heard the shouting, she trembled a little, and looked at Yao Guangxiao, there was pity, sadness, grievance, and hatred in her cloudy eyes, in short, that kind of look often appeared in front of Yao Guangxiao's eyes at this time, and it would always haunt him like a nightmare, and it would be unforgettable to death.

Suddenly, the old woman slammed the door shut, and quickly bolted it, as if she had seen a plague god.

Yao Guangxiao didn't know why, so he hurriedly shouted through the door: "Sister, sister, it's me, Yao Guangxiao, I'm Yao Guangxiao, sister." But the door never opened, and it was as silent as death.

He saw that there was a neighbor not far in front of him, so he walked over and asked Zheng He to knock on the door of the neighbor's house to ask what was going on. The door opened, and out came an old man with gray hair, saw Zheng He, and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Wang Bin". Yao Guangxiao shouted happily.

After many years, Yao Guangxiao still recognizes his hair small and his good friend Wang Bin at a glance. When Yao Guangxiao left, he repeatedly begged to take care of his sister's family.

When Wang Bin saw Yao Guangxiao, his eyes widened, he rolled his eyes in disgust, and slammed the door shut.

"Wang Bin, Wang Bin, I'm Yao Guangxiao!" Yao Guangxiao shouted anxiously, slamming Wang Bin's door with his hand.

Wang Bin's angry voice came from the courtyard: "Get out, get out, I never knew you as a monk." ”

Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that he would come overnight and come like this.

Helpless, I turned around again, ready to knock on my sister's door again. Listening to one person in the back, he said coldly: "Don't knock again, they won't see you." ”

Yao Guangxiao turned his head and saw that it was a young man in Tsing Yi, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The young man said, "Ling Fengyun." ”

Yao Guangxiao was puzzled, "Why don't they see me?" ”

"Because of yourself. Because you have instigated a war for your own ambitions. This war has not only taken the lives of your lives, but also the lives of your nephews. He was forced to enlist in the army and joined the army of Emperor Jianwen, but unfortunately died in the Battle of Zhengcunba under your command. Fengyun glanced at Zheng He again, and said coldly: "Ma He, if I remember correctly, you were also given the name Zheng He in that battle, you killed the enemy bravely and won great merits." ”

Zheng He didn't answer, it was indeed a battle that he and his master were proud of becoming famous, and it was the first large-scale battle victory of King Yan that year, winning more with less, with 80,000 horses against Emperor Jianwen's 500,000 army.

This battle made Zhu Di finally gain a little initiative on the battlefield; This battle enabled Zhu Di to get rid of the situation of being completely passively beaten. In order to commemorate this battle, and to reward him as a eunuch, he was given the surname Zheng for still being able to wear perseverance and kill countless enemies. Both he and Master proudly believed that this battle would surely go down in history.

"How did they live here?" Yao Guangxiao's face was already pale.

"Because when King Yan called, a group of defeated soldiers of Emperor Jianwen had no food and clothing, and when they passed by your original village, they rushed to the emptiness, and fled for their lives in a hurry with gold and silver; And when your heroic army comes after you, there is nothing left in the village to rob, but they are more calm, so they rob the women of the village. Fengyun suddenly raised his voice and stared at Yao Guangxiao: "You are conceited and majestic, and you are familiar with history books, it is impossible for you not to know that not only soldiers died in wars, but also ordinary people; You can't be unaware that when you set their wildness on fire, these soldiers will not only bite their kind like heartless beasts, but will also burn and loot. It's just that there is one thing that you may not expect, or you may not think about, or you don't want to think about it, your nephew and your sister are also among them, and your friend, who was once the richest man in the village, is naturally the first to bear the brunt. When we arrived, it was already in rubble and burned, because they didn't want to be charged with adultery and plunder. ”

Ling Fengyun's words were like knives, like swords, like lightning and thunder. Yao Guangxiao's backbone, which was supported by fame, seemed to be broken at once, revealing his rotten inside.

Empty, in the end, everything was empty, Yao Guangxiao suddenly felt so weak and powerless.

Yao Guangxiao muttered for a long time: "You, you are the son of Ling Xiaohan." I hurt them, I hurt them, how can they meet me." As he spoke, he staggered and turned away. One stumbled but almost fell, and Zheng He hurriedly held on.

Suddenly there was a thunderclap in the sky, dark clouds were thick, and the rain was coming.

Yao Guangxiao remembered that when Zhu Di gathered 800 warriors in the palace and was about to raise troops, it was the same, when suddenly lightning and thunder roared, and a storm was coming, blowing all the eaves and tiles of the palace to the ground. Everyone, including Zhu Di, was very nervous and had the intention of retreating, because the wind blowing down the tiles was regarded as a bad omen. And only Yao Guangxiao, in order to boost morale and strengthen Zhu Di and everyone's determination to rebel, deliberately shouted excitedly: "Good omen, good omen!" Since ancient times, the flying dragon is in the sky, and there will be wind and rain. The green tiles of the king's palace fell to the ground, which indicates that His Royal Highness is going to use the emperor's yellow tiles. ”

Could this really be a warning from heaven? Isn't it a warning to King Yan, but to himself? Is all this God's punishment for himself?

Yao Guangxiao waved his hands, looked up to the sky and hissed, "God, is this fair?" I am smart, I am diligent, but I can only be a monk. Am I going to live like this all my life? Can't I make a career, dominate the world, and pursue my own fairness? ”

Feng Yunlang rebuked: "This is an unfair world, everyone will feel unfair to themselves, everyone has the right to fight for their own fairness, but they can't and shouldn't hurt others, hurt those innocent people." The saints do not die, and the thieves do not stop. What's more, you are just a careerist, and you have created more injustice in order to fight for your own fairness. ”

Yao Guangxiao was completely like a rotten wood and collapsed to the ground.

After a while, he gradually recovered. "I know, it's you, it's you, you sent someone to tell me the address. You knew we were going to be like this, didn't you? Are you here to get revenge on me and see my jokes? Yao Guangxiao looked at the wind and clouds, and said weakly: "Your father did die because of me, if you want to pay for your life, you can take it." ”

When Zheng He heard this, he nervously quickly pulled out the saber in his waist and stared at the wind and clouds.

Fengyun looked at Yao Guangxiao, who was about to die, with pity, and smiled indifferently: "I'm here to help you atone for your sins, you should always do something for the common people?" ”

"What do you want me to do for you?" Yao Guangxiao asked.

"Not for me, but for yourself. You have done some evil, you have overthrown a weak and benevolent emperor with your blood, and you have put a butcher on the throne, and now you should not give them a better emperor? ”。

"Oh, are you the prince's man?" Yao Guangxiao seemed to understand the other party's intention.

"No, I am who I am. I'm nobody, I just do what I have to do. ”。

"Okay, so what do you want to do?" Yao Guangxiao asked.

"Get rid of Ji Gang and weaken the Han King." After that, Fengyun turned his head and left, and at the same time said: "The family master Xuanxuzi also hopes that you can find an opportunity to release the master Pu Qia." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be his apprentice! Alas, it should indeed be his apprentice. Only he can cultivate such an apprentice! Yao Guangxiao looked at Ling Fengyun's back and muttered to himself.

Since then, Yao Guangxiao has been depressed to the point of illness, and died more than a year later.

When Yao Guangxiao was seriously ill, Zhu Di came to visit, gave him a golden spit pot, and asked him what else he wanted. Yao Guangxiao said: "The monk Pu Qia has been in prison for a long time, and I hope to pardon him. Until this time, Zhu Difang agreed to Yao Guangxiao's request and immediately ordered Pu Qia to be released. Yao Guangxiao bowed his head and thanked him.

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