There are many temples in Suzhou, the size of the temples is different, the big temple covers an area of more than ten temples, and the small temple is only like a land temple.

The Western Regions used to be a prosperous place of Buddhism, and now although Islam has the upper hand, there has never been a religious war in Suzhou in which the Black Khan Dynasty burned temples and destroyed Buddhas as cruelly as the Khotanese Kingdom, so a large number of temples here have been preserved, but the monks do not produce, thanks to the support of believers, there are fewer and fewer believers, and the temple incense is not prosperous, and the monks here are naturally fewer and fewer.

Many of the temples that used to be all over the city have left the country, some of the temple property has been rented or misappropriated by the monks, and some have gone to the temple empty, completely dilapidated, eroded by wind and rain, dying waiting for the day when it will completely collapse.

Wan Songling is hiding in a small temple at the moment, and there are still a few old monks in this temple who are still breathless, basically, the incense has been extinguished, and the little novice is no longer recruited, just because a few old monks are old and unable to travel to other places, so they are still maintained here. This small temple relies on Wan Songling to sustain it to this day, and Wan Songling's investment for many years is for today's temporary needs.

Due to the frequent wars in the Western Regions, most of the temples have secret hiding places. When the Black Khan Dynasty wiped out Khotan, burned scriptures, killed monks, destroyed Buddha statues, and demolished temples, these things spread to Ganliang along the ancient silk road through the merchants, and the local monks were terrified.

The secret room where Wan Songling is hiding is under the main hall of the temple, with a total of three exits, one under the kitchen stove, one on the wall of the well in the backyard, and one is actually built in the hollow of a half-dead thousand-year-old pine tree outside the temple wall. Wan Songling was like a rat hiding in a deep hole at the moment, waiting in the hole in a panic.

The door to the secret room opened, and a figure crept in, and the door to the entrance was shut, and he groped for the candle hidden in the cave and lit it, and the long, narrow, crooked passage lit a faint light, and the man put his hand in front of the candle, and carefully moved it step by step.

When Wan Songling heard the sound, he had already blown out the lights, grabbed a knife and hid it on the side of the door of the secret room, and listened attentively.

The man walked into the secret room with a candle, raised the candle high, looked around a few times, and whispered, "Master! ”

Wan Songling sighed, walked out of the recess on the side of the door, and asked, "How is it, what news did you hear?" ”

The man with a sharp beak and a thin body was none other than Wan Songling's apprentice, Ye Qianqian.

Ye Qianqian touched the table, lit the lamp with a candle, and blew out the candle, and then said to Wan Songling: "Master, Yang Xu, the Duke of Fuguo, will leave Suzhou tomorrow, and the Marquis of Xining will accompany him to leave at that time." ”

Wan Songling sneered and said: "As I expected, he has been missing for half a year, and now that he has returned, he must be in a hurry to return to Jinling, how can he be here for a long time." Has the no-go order been lifted? ”

Ye Qianqian said: "The order commander has canceled the ban on travel, but the merchants from the north and south are still under strict inspection. ”

Wan Songling sneered again: "Hmph, it's also the case, it's completely forbidden, the emperor can't do it!" That Tuoba Mingde intended to collude to escape and flee to Wara, which was a major crime of rebellion, and there were two ministers here, the Duke of Fuguo and the Marquis of Xining, so Suzhou Wei naturally did not dare to ignore it. However, since Totobuhua and Tuoba Mingde are dead, this so-called inventory is just a show, you look at it, and as soon as Yang Xu and Song Sheng leave, they will be even more lax. ”

Ye Qianqian said nervously: "Master, I don't look like it, they are tracking it very closely." Sanshui's body was hung in front of the commander's yamen, and it was hard to guarantee that no one would be greedy for money and tell the government his identity. Sanshui has always been close to us, and if he finds out his identity, how can he not be suspicious of us, and it will always be a big trouble for us to stay here.

Also, car dealers, inns, and even houses, now have arranged people, are investigating door to door, it is difficult to say which day will be found in this temple, the temple of the old bald donkey does not know whether it is reliable, if someone gives us out, we hide here and want to escape, but let people catch turtles in the urn! ”

Wan Songling slapped him angrily and scolded: "Have you fucking read a book, and you still come to drag the text and catch you a turtle in the urn!" ”

He paced a few steps and asked, "What else is the news?" ”

Ye Qianqian thought for a while and said: "Oh, by the way, I heard that the queen's mother has been sick recently, and the princess is going to return to Beijing to visit the queen, and the officials and gentry from all over the country took the opportunity to give gifts, and wanted to befriend the Marquis of Xining, I heard that the officials of all parties in Suzhou are buying gifts, and they are going to send them to Gansu Town before the princess returns to Beijing." ”

Wan Songling's eyes lit up, and he muttered: "Officials from all parties in Suzhou want to send gifts to Gansu Town? Hey, hey, hey......"

Ye Qianqian said worriedly: "Master, don't you want to ...... Take this opportunity to leave Suzhou, right? ”

Wan Songling narrowed his eyes slightly, and said slyly: "Do you think it's incredible? Even you can't think of it, how can people in the government think of it? ”

Wan Songling is a very clever liar, but he is not politically savvy. This is like Xie Yufei, in terms of wisdom and strategy, in fact, she is not worse than Ming'er at all, but her background is different, and the scenes of contact and knowledge from childhood to adulthood are different, and her insight and overall view are far inferior to Ming'er. Of course, if you encounter this kind of scene of people fighting wits and tactics in the rivers and lakes, you will be completely confused if you change to Ming'er, which can be regarded as a specialization in the art industry.

Now that's it, Wan Songling has that troublesome glaze in his arms, and he has played and appreciated it many times, but what he is calculating in his mind is just how much such a piece of beautiful jade with good color and flaws is worth, and he didn't expect it to have such great political significance.

He didn't know that Totobuhua had been living in Gansu for more than 40 years, and he had lived here since he was a child, and no one knew him at all. He also thought that the people who took off the flowers were already dead, and the only role of such a dead thing was to sell it for money.

At the same time, he didn't understand how much Warat needed a Great Khan now, but in order to win the trust of the Mongol tribes, they couldn't arbitrarily push a person out as a descendant of Genghis Khan, and the Mongol tribes would not buy it without evidence.

If Wan Songling knew the root cause of the government's search and arrest so severely, it was just for this glaze, he would definitely have reluctantly thrown it at the gate of the commanding envoy's yamen. But he didn't know, so such a strict interrogation of the government inevitably gave rise to all kinds of suspicions. He was worried that the government would not disclose the news of their deaths, and they would make such a big effort to arrest them because they wanted to kill them.

Even if the government did not mean to kill people, he would not dare to fall into the hands of the government. Although he only attempted fraud this time, he would not be sentenced to death, but he had a murder record in Jinling!

Poor Lao Wan still doesn't know the truth about the killing of the official messenger back then, those officials and fraudsters, all of them are in a gang, it was just a play for him to watch alone. He always thought that there were still a few lives in Jinling Mansion that were counted on his head, and he was worried that if he fell out of office and exposed the old bottom, he would be sent to Jinling Mansion for Ming Zhengzheng punishment.

Therefore, he can only flee, and he can only choose to flee.

He wanted to use the team of government gifts to leave, and he had his own considerations.

At the beginning, he thought that he had committed a major murder case, and he killed a public person, and when he urgently needed to escape, the methods he used were very unbelievable in the eyes of ordinary people. The government is certainly a place that everyone fears, but the government is also the place where there are the most loopholes to exploit.

Now the Suzhou guard is still strictly checked, if the government already knows their true identity, then they are disguised as merchants, and it is easy to be recognized, because their appearance can be changed, but the characteristics of body shape and age cannot be changed. If he was the only one who was better, how could he abandon it now that he still had two apprentices by his side?

At this point, Lao Wan still has a little righteousness, otherwise he would not have killed Jinling Mansion for revenge. But when the three of them get together, the physical characteristics are more obvious, and it will be easier for people to see through.

It was not easy to leave with the help of other merchants, who were shrewd and careful, and in this troubled time, no merchant wanted to be in the company of strangers of unknown origin, but the gift-giving procession, which consisted of the families of officials from all sides, had no such scruples, and their official background made them unscrupulous in their own land; The composition of the team formed by the officials of all parties is complex, which makes it easy for them to mix in if they are not familiar with each other.

If such an opportunity is not used well, he Uncle Wan has been in vain for so many years.

As for whether there is fraud in it, Wan Songling has almost no doubts, he has been dealing with the government and playing hide and seek all his life, and designing thieves like this is definitely not the government's style of handling cases. Besides, although he Wan Songling is a figure in the rivers and lakes, he is not even a fart in the eyes of the government, and he mobilized the wealthy gentry and officials from all sides in Suzhou to jointly set up such a big bureau, just to arrest him Wan Songling? That's too much to exalt him.

As soon as he thought of this, Wan Songling immediately made up his mind: "Just take advantage of this opportunity and escape!" ”

Wan Songling's plan has been decided, and he immediately said to Ye Qianqian: "Call the strong wind over and let him stop digging!" Let's think about it and get ready to escape! ”

Ye Qianqian quickly agreed, walked to the dark corner of the wall next to him, touched a hole, shouted a few times inside, and after a while, a clay figure crawled out of it, and this clay figure was Gongsun Dafeng.

It turned out that there were three exits to this cave, and Wan Songling was not at ease, and he called Gongsun Dafeng, who was good at making holes, to open another exit in case of accidents. Gongsun Dafeng crawled out of the hole in the ground and said breathlessly: "What do you want me to do, are you cooking?" ”

Ye Qianqian cried and laughed: "What kind of meal to eat, you know how to eat!" It's the master who called you! ”

Gongsun Dafeng patted the soil on his body, turned to Wan Songling and said, "Master? ”

Wan Songling said in a deep voice: "Don't dig it, I've come up with a way for the teacher, and we can hope to get out!" ”

Today is the 30th, if you have a vote, hurry up and vote, tomorrow a little negligence, but it will be a waste! (To be continued.)