Chapter 495: Temple Mountain on a Rainy Night (Part I)
Although Cao Song's convoy had been walking for three or four days, because most of the northern part of Langya was mountainous and hilly, the heavy carriage and horses could not go fast at all, and only then did they arrive at the foot of a temple mountain in the south of Zhuxian.
Temple Mountain, naturally, because there are temples on it.
But this has nothing to do with Buddhism, the temple is originally a word that has existed in China since ancient times, and its original meaning refers to the place where the ancestors are worshipped, so there is the word temple number.
"Yuan Rang, I see that it's not too early, everyone is tired, just rest here, it's not too late to leave tomorrow." Cao Song opened the curtain of the carriage and said to Xiahoudun, who was guarding on the side.
Xiahoudun looked at the vicinity, and saw that the temple mountain was densely wooded, there were houses to live temporarily, and there was a river under the mountain, which could be guarded here, so he said, "You can camp here, but I am afraid that there are chasing soldiers behind, so I should get up early tomorrow and hurry, and strive to cross the counties to Qingzhou at night." ”
"Ahh
As he spoke, a very plump face emerged from Cao Song's arms, with a coquettish expression on his face.
Xiahoudun glanced at it, and hurriedly turned his head around.
It's not because this woman is Cao Song's concubine Jia.
But... This Jia's body size is larger than Xiahoudun... I also want Xiahoudun.
If Ma Qiang sees Jia's, a famous sketch actor from later generations will definitely come to mind... The fattened version.
In Cao Song's words, he is old, and he is steadfast in holding this.
"I'll be in Qingzhou tomorrow, didn't you always say that you wanted to go to the plains to play, General Zhenbei and Meng De are friends, and we can have a good time in the plains then." Cao Song patted his concubine with a doting face, and then waved his hand to let Xiahoudun lead the team to Miaoshan to camp.
Cao Song naturally doesn't live in a tent like everyone else, he lives in a temple.
"I didn't expect this temple to have some relationship with our Cao family." Cao Song looked at the inscription on the outside of this temple that was already covered with cobwebs, and stroked his beard and said.
"Master, what's the origin?" Jia asked
"Our Cao family is from the surname Ji, in the past, Zhou Tianzi divided the world, among which the twelve princes of Lu, Qi, Jin, and Qin were noble, and my Cao State was also among them, a big country, and Lu State guarded the eastern land of the dynasty.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes of the world were fighting, Cao and Song fought each other, King Jing of Zhou was 33 years old, the Cao State was destroyed, and its descendants scattered and fled, in order to commemorate the ancestors, they took Cao as their surname, and the temple set up here was a branch that escaped at that time.
Go, since it is a temple of the same sect, you should worship. ”
Cao Song asked his subordinates to light torches, cleaned the temple that was built I don't know how many years ago, and turned the soil into incense, so that Cao De and his children could worship together.
Cao Song knelt underneath and said something in his mouth.
"The ancestors of the Cao family are on top, bless my family's Apo to be healthy all his life, Apo will fight on the battlefield, there will be blood debts, the old man is old, his life is not a pity, please transfer all these blood debts to the old man, as long as Apo is healthy, even if the old man dies tonight, it is not a pity!"
"Master~ How can you say such a thing!" Jia Shi heard clearly on the side, and hurriedly interrupted Cao Song's words.
"Hey, what do you know about this woman, in the troubled times, Ah Pu has a heavy army, as long as he is there, you can be rich and prosperous all your life, whether the old man is dead or alive, it doesn't matter to my Cao family."
Suddenly, there was a loud "click" in the sky above everyone, the wind outside was bursting, Cao Song looked out, Xiahoudun came in and said, "The sky has changed, it seems to be raining, let's see if there is a leak on this roof." ”
"Report!" One person ran in, but it was Han Hao, Han Hao said to Xiahoudun, "Hurry up and report that Xuzhou light cavalry was found five miles to the south, about hundreds." ”
"Hundreds? What does Tao Qian want to do? Xiahoudun's face changed greatly, he looked at Cao Song, whose face had become pale, and said, "Don't panic, old man, we hold on to the mountain, and their cavalry can't easily kill them." After speaking, Xiahoudun said to Han Hao, "Immediately send three horsemen to Qingzhou for help, and say that Yanzhou Cao Envoy Jun will be grateful to General Zhenbei!" ”
"No!"
The wind outside was getting louder and louder, and Xiahoudun gathered the strong men and sergeants of the Cao family, and blocked the carriage on the road up the mountain, and then put on the horse by himself, holding a spear, blocking the road.
After a while, I saw a black cavalry in the distance chasing after him.
"Stop! I am the Taishou of Dongjun, and the captain of Zhichong Xiahoudun! On the order of Yanzhou Cao Envoy Jun, I came to pick up Cao Gong's family, who are you waiting for! ”
Xiahoudun reported his name first, and if the other party attacked again, it would be a declaration of war with Yanzhou.
Zhang Min walked out, illuminated himself by the light of the torch, and said with a smirk, "Xiahou Taishou, it's the young general Zhang Min, you talk about this matter, Cao Taigong is leaving Xuzhou, why don't you say a word to Tao Yuanjun, Tao Yuanjun thought that it was because he was not well entertained, which made Taigong angry."
No, let me bring some gifts as a parting gift, and I hope that Mrs. Cao will forgive the sin of poor hospitality in Xuzhou. ”
As he spoke, the sergeants with their belongings dismounted one after another, and walked to the front with the gifts they were carrying, Zhang Min smiled and stretched out his hand to signal the sergeant to open the gifts, indicating that he had no bad intentions.
Xiahou glanced at Zhang Min suspiciously, and then said, "Since this is the case, leave the gifts, and please take care of yourself." ”
At this moment, there was a thunderclap in the sky, and then the downpour came in an instant, and the bean-sized raindrops extinguished the torches of Zhang Min and others, Zhang Min looked at the sky, and then looked at the brothers who had become soup chickens, and couldn't help but feel hungry and thirsty in his stomach, so he said, "I don't dare to disturb Cao Taigong's rest, but if it rains heavily today, the road is not easy to walk, I don't know if we can wait for us to stay in the rain in the mountains and forests for a night, tomorrow the rain will stop, we will go." ”
There is no horseshoe, it is night rain, and there are many mountain roads, so Zhang Min really wants to go back with the cavalry, and when he returns to Mount Tai, these war horses should also be lost in half.
Xiahoudun immediately refused, "The princess has a female dependent, how can he be disturbed by you and retreat quickly!" ”
Zhang Min couldn't help but feel angry in his heart when he heard this, he only felt that Xiahoudun looked down on himself, he worked hard to give you gifts, and it was not good to borrow a place to shelter from the rain, it was too much!
"Yuan Rang, since you're here to give gifts, let them come up the mountain."
When Xiahou heard this voice, he was so frightened that his back stood up, and he hurriedly looked back, but saw that Cao Song didn't know when he appeared behind the carriages blocking the road, and Han Hao was holding an umbrella on the side, his face was full of helplessness.
As soon as the father of the boss of his own boss heard that the person who came was a gift, he ran faster than a rabbit, what could he do.
I'm desperate!
Cao Song said with a smile on his face, "Tao Envoy Jun is too polite, and specially sent someone to give gifts, hurry up, go up the mountain to avoid the rain, Yuan Rang, let people prepare more tents for the brothers in Xuzhou, see if everyone is tired." ”
Cao Song almost forgot how many years no one has bribed him, this familiar feeling, it's so good!