The fire in Yong'an Palace has not yet been extinguished, and a crescent moon has hung obliquely in the sky, and a faint silver glow is sprinkled on the head of Luoyang City.

At that time, on the water of 100 meters (valley) outside Yong'an Palace, several reed poles emerged slightly out of the water, looming in the moat, as if several big fish were shuttling back and forth in the water. The reed poles floated and floated down the water to the banks of the moat near the Upper East Gate.

Suddenly, a reed pole rose into the air like an arrow from the water, and a black figure burst out of the water, stood firmly in the water, and climbed on the stones by the river with both hands, and kicked hard, and the water splashed, and the man had jumped up to the river bank like a big fish, hiding under the willow trees beside him.

The man leaned against the willow tree, looked around, and saw that there were no pedestrians or soldiers patrolling the city, so he whistled softly into the river. Suddenly, the river was like a school of fish backtracking, the waves were rolling, and six or seven figures jumped ashore from the river at the same time.

Seeing that everyone had already gone ashore, the leader made a gesture, signaled everyone to hide behind the willow tree, covered his mouth with both hands, struggled, and a crisp night owl chirped through the night sky and flew straight into the grove hundreds of meters away.

"Wow!"

There was a neighing of horses, and seven or eight handsome horses and a two-horse carriage shrouded in a curtain slowly galloped out of the grove.

A knight and a coachman sat on the first horse and carriage, respectively, and galloped towards the crowd with a long whip and a soft shout.

"Yezi, have the Queen Mother and Your Majesty all taken them out?" The knight clasped his legs, galloped to his horse, and when he saw the man at the head smiling, he hurriedly jumped off his horse and saluted the man.

Yezi smiled at the knight and said, "Huzi, do you think that Brother Zhao will go out in person, and there is something that can't be done in this world?" ”

As he spoke, Yezi stepped aside, only to see a figure beside the willow tree, and it was the Empress Dowager Lingsi, the Young Emperor, Concubine Tang and Cui Shiniang and other people.

It's just that the Empress Dowager Lingsi, the Young Emperor, Concubine Tang and others no longer have any grace and luxury on their faces, only fear and paleness.

From Zhang Rang's killing of He Jin, Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing to support King Chen Liu, to today's Li Ru's killing of the emperor, how can outsiders understand the hardships, sourness, and even fear and despair? At this time, a body of fish skin water was attached to the body, and the water droplets were dripping little by little, and everyone felt that the night was cold, and their faces were as white as the crescent moon in the sky.

Zhao Hu and the others hurriedly stepped forward to bow a few times, and let the Empress Dowager Lingsi, the Young Emperor and Concubine Tang get into the carriage and change into clean clothes, and then bowed to Cui Shi Niang: "Thank you Miss Cui for knowing the righteousness and saving the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven from fire and water!" ”

Cui Shi Niang has faded away from the water on her body, her expression is solemn and upright, her face is still covered by a thin layer of light veil, her autumn pupils exude a touch of blue, her waist is tied with a lilac knot, and her body is wrapped in a wisp of hibiscus.

Cui Shi Niang brushed the green silk on her forehead, stepped sideways to let go of the two, and replied: "Entrusted by others, Cui and your lord have already reached an agreement, how dare you not do your best and go all out?" What's more, the Queen Mother is the mother of a country and the co-ruler of the world, and Cui's trip is just to talk about his duty. Why do the two adults need to make such a big gift? ”

Zhao Ye watched the young emperor and the others get into the carriage, got up and said: "I have heard Xiangguo's words and the girl's eyebrows, Zhao has always thought that it is just Xiangguo's exaggeration, and today when I saw Fang Zhi's girl's behavior, it really made the man embarrassed."

It's just that although Wang Duan was injured, he still fled, and the Dong thief in Beijing usurped power and searched everywhere, I don't know what the girl plans to do next? Are you willing to go to Qinghe with Zhao and others? ”

Cui Siniang shook her head: "Where is your father-in-law now?" ”

Zhao Ye hesitated for a moment, hugged his fists and replied: "The prime minister is no longer in the country, and at this time, he should be in the front of Beibi Mountain to Situ Cui Liezhuang!" ”

On the Cui Lie Mansion in the North Mountain? Uncle Shi, the old man must have arrived too, right? It seems that I have to hurry up to get rid of Wang Duan and find the whereabouts of the little junior sister!

Cui Shi Niang looked at the direction of Beibi Mountain from afar, with her eyes

An imperceptible look flashed: "Since Wang Deyu has arrived at Beibi Mountain, then you can go!" ”

"Girl?"

"The enmity of the master is not shared, and since the whereabouts of the enemy have been found, how can he give up halfway? The green mountains do not change the green water for a long time, tell Wang Deyu that if there is a fate to meet in the rivers and lakes in the future! Cui Shi Niang waved her hand and looked firmly at the city wall in front of her, the huge ancient city wall was like a winding Wolong entrenched on the bank of the Luoshui River, covering Kyoto tightly and dark.

Zhao Hu and Zhao Ye glanced at each other, bowed to Cui Shi Niang, flew on the horse, and with a soft click, the horse team meandered forward, gradually disappearing into the darkness.

The curtain of the carriage slowly opened, and a childish face stretched out of the carriage, looking at the crescent moon in the sky and the half of the sky that had already been dyed red, with a look of steadfastness on his face: Luoyang, one day I will come back again!

……

"Now on the road under the mountain in the north of the ancient world, Huang Chen is a hero. People grow and hate the water. Who speaks together, and sends it back to Hong from afar. The world's fame will be used, and he used to complain about the heavens. Hao Ge is a song of wine and a thousand bells. The man's behavior is yes, not to talk about the poor. ”

Yuan Haowen, a poet at the end of the Jin Dynasty, wrote a song "Linjiang Immortal" when he crossed Beibi Mountain, which exhausted the ambivalence of the hero's helplessness and hopelessness in serving the country.

Wang Li happened to be in Beibi Mountain, of course, he didn't have the feeling of loss that Yuan Hao asked about having no way to serve the country and no place for heroes to use martial arts, but he was extremely leisurely. He sat quietly on the stone bench in the small courtyard of the fence at the foot of the mountain, drinking wine and chrysanthemums, and looking at the two people under the tree.

The two men sat across from the stone table.

A person in his fifties, with clear eyebrows, rich description, and extraordinary temperament, but wearing a coarse linen coat on his body, looks like a field from a distance, if he sits on the opposite side and takes a closer look, but he feels that he is not overly impressed to give him a good book to do a good job.

The other person is an old monk, seventy or eighty years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a wisp of gray hair under his chin that is windless and automatic, and the wrinkles engraved on his face by the years are like a country field, and he is only wearing a white cut clothes, and the top of his head is shriveled but slippery.

Maybe he couldn't bear Wang Li's gaze, maybe he couldn't hold it back, and after being silent for a long time, Tian Sheweng finally raised the wine bottle on the stone table to Wang Li Yaoyao, and said in embarrassment: "The old man saw that the first emperor did nothing, and let the ten permanent servants sell officials and jealous of the virtuous, so he resigned and lived in seclusion here, and became a field housekeeper under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums.

Now Dong thieves have usurped the throne, held King Chen Liuwang hostage to the throne and became emperor, and sought to get rid of the new monarch. The Queen Mother and the new monarch can be rescued by Deyu, which is said to be the end of the Han Dynasty. However, the old man is now living in seclusion in the countryside and has no official body, and he has long since stopped intervening in the affairs of the court, so why should Deyu embarrass the old man. ”

The corners of Wang Li's mouth turned up slightly, and a pair of tiger eyes looked at Tian Sheweng: "Brother Cui Situ Jizhou celebrity, Mr. Cui is even more out of the mud and not stained, Gao Yi Boyun, Wang has also heard the second uncle mention many times, Wang has escorted the Queen Mother and her party here, is Mr. going to watch it like this?" ”

Cui Situ is Cui Lie, the word Weikao, Jizhou Anpingren. He successively served as Taishou and Tingwei. Later, Emperor Ling sold his official beard, and Cui Lie bought the position of Situ for five million. His younger brother Cui Yi despised the smell of copper, and was not angry that the court was selling officials and buying officials and the party was fighting against each other, and he lived in seclusion here.

Tian Sheweng is the owner of this room, Cui Yi, the younger brother of Situ Cui Lie.

"Deyu, are you roasting the old man on the fire?" Cui Yi shook his head and sighed, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, he glanced at the old monk and continued: "Deyu, you should know that the old man is not afraid of things, and the old man you entrusted this time should not refuse."

But the grass house is too close to Luoyang, and it is only half a day's journey from Gumen and Xiamen, and the old man is really worried that the nobles will be in danger, and the old man will not be redeemed at that time! The old man discussed with the master, can the three nobles be placed in the master's temple? ”

Guru?

Wang Li glanced at the old monk in surprise, at first he thought that this person was just Cui Yi's friend from outside, and Cui Yi did not shy away from the matter of the Son of Heaven in front of him, and thought that this person might be like-minded with Cui Yi

Shi, but disappointed in the country, so he shaved his ordination and lived in seclusion in the Qingdeng Ancient Temple.

Now it seems that this old monk is not simple. Wang Li arched his hand at the old monk and asked, "Dare to ask the name of the master?" ”

The old monk folded his hands and still sat quietly on the stone bench, as if he had seen through the world, his eyes were deep and wise, like a quiet lake and no waves: "Don't take the initiative to ask, the poor monk An Shigao." ”

Wang Li almost jumped up when he heard this, this person turned out to be An Shigao?

Ann Shi Gao, the name is clear, and the word Shi Gao. The former prince of the Kingdom of Anxi (now Iran) was erudite, intelligent, benevolent, proficient in the classics of various countries, good at astronomy, geography, medicine, and foreign arts, and the birds and beasts were silent.

His father, King Anxi, died of illness, and then Zen was located in his uncle, ran away from home, and devoted himself to Buddha. In the second year of Emperor Huan's construction, he traveled through the countries of the Western Regions, went to Luoyang, and engaged in the work of translating scriptures, until Emperor Ling Jianning for more than 20 years. He is the founder of the Chinese translation of Chinese Buddhist scriptures and the first person to bring Hinayana Zen to China. A total of 35 kinds and 41 volumes have been translated, such as "The Sutra of Tranquility", "The Sutra of Yin Holding and Entering the Sutra", "The Five Truths of Abhidhamma", and "The Twelve Causes and Conditions".

The legend of the god of Gongting Lake is widely sung in the Lushan area, and more than 1,000 years later, Xunyang Snake Village, Jiangxi Province is still enshrined in this Buddhist pioneer.

The old monk in front of him who has a sideburn Zen couch and a heart like stopping water is actually An Shigao? Hasn't this Ansko already lived in seclusion in Jiangnan? Why did he appear here again and become chess friends with Cui Yi?

This history is really fucked up!

Wang Li shook his head and sighed, got up and gave a salute respectfully, and folded his hands: "The kid is presumptuous, I don't know if it's the master's face, if you have a mistake, please don't blame the master!" ”

An Shigao bowed his head and didn't get up, motioning for Wang Li to sit down, and his words were still extremely flat: "It's okay, please feel free to do so." ”

This old monk said it was casual, but how could Wang Li really be so casual? Although he is not interested in the so-called "cutting off the troubles of the Three Realms and transcending the cycle of life and death", how can he not respect people who can give up the glory and wealth and the pinnacle of power at their fingertips!

Wang Li smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Cui talked about a few nobles, I wonder if the master can help him?" ”

"That's fine!" An Shigao clasped his hands together, nodded and continued, "Back then, the poor monk rested in peace, hiding from the disaster in the palace and avoiding the homeland. I never thought that the same thing would happen to me thousands of miles away from home. A drink and a peck, is it not heavenly? The monks are compassionate, and the meaning of the benefactor is known to the poor monks.

Jianning three years of poor monks in the White Horse Temple to promote Buddhism, translated Buddhist scriptures, Xi for the abbot of the White Horse Temple, now the abbot of the White Horse Temple is the poor monk's former disciples and grandchildren, if the donor can trust the poor monk, a few nobles can be placed here? ”

White Horse Temple? White Horse Temple, is the eleventh year of Yongping Emperor Han Ming Emperor edict in Luoyang Xiyong Gate outside the three miles of the north of the royal road to build the monastery, for the world's first garan. Because of the people such as Morteng and Zhu Flange, the incense is endless, and the faith is as many as the stars.

If the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven are hidden here, it can indeed be regarded as extremely hidden, not to mention that Wang Li does not understand the truth of darkness under the lamp, but the White Horse Temple is only more than ten miles away from Luoyang, if Dong Zhuo sends troops to search, how can the White Horse Temple resist the Xiliang soldiers?

Seeing that Wang Li was deep in thought, Cui Yi's eyes narrowed, he raised the wine bottle and drank it all, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "Although Dong Thief is an unbearable person, he is filial to his mother." And his mother is a believer under the Buddha! ”

Cui Yi's tone of voice was flat, but it was like a thunderclap on the ground, which woke Wang Li up from his contemplation. In history, no matter how unbearable Dong Zhuo was, he killed ministers and civilians without permission, and even confused the palace, and burned the ancient capital of Luoyang, but the White Horse Temple, which is close at hand, has never moved and has been standing majestically until a thousand years later.

"So there is Master Lao!"

Wang Li bowed to Anshi Gao, stood up and looked into the distance, as if he had seen the courtyard of the ancient temple of the White Horse Temple in the distance, and the ethereal and elegant Sanskrit sound echoed in his ears.