According to the records of the wild history called "Yiyang Painted Banknotes" quoted in the "Plain Mansion Chronicles", the Yellow Lantern View began in the sixth year of Tang Taizu Wude. At that time, Li Yuan changed the title of one of his uncles and brothers to Shou'an; This King of Shou'an believed in Taoism and did not become a monk, so he built a Taoist temple at home; This is the original origin of the Yellow Lantern View. Sixty-seven years later, Wu Zhou usurped the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian wantonly reduced and deprived the Li clan of the Juelu, persecuted the Li family's children, and the Shou'an Wang family did not escape this misfortune, and was taken to Chang'an by the cool official Lai Junchen fabricated charges; The branch of the Li Tang clan in Shou'an has since disappeared into the vast pile of old papers. After Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne, he once wanted to restore the title of King Shou'an, but after several searches, he could not find the descendants of the Li family of Shou'an, so he had to give up in the end; However, this famous emperor, who was wise in his early years and faint in his later years, still made people miss the Yellow Lantern Temple, and classified the 385 households around the Taoist Temple as the temple property of the Yellow Lantern Temple. In this way, the yellow lantern view is famous, there is the Tang Dynasty here the incense has always been prosperous, believers gather not to mention, the cigarette is the four seasons of the continuous wind, plus the red wall green tile green shade hoop ground, the morning bell and dusk drum jackdaw around the hall, it is just like the fairyland of the world. Until now, the incense is still luxuriant here, every fifteenth day of the new year, or the birthday of the immortals, I don't know how many people will drag their families to pray for peace......

Mid-autumn is the big festival in the middle of the year, the yellow lantern moon is one of the eight views of Beijing, it happens that there is a big test of the Ministry of Rites next year, all over the country are gathered in the capital around this date, the people who want to leap the dragon gate in order to have a good fortune, almost all of them see the temple to see the Bodhisattva and worship, the yellow lantern view is so famous, how can you not come to light a pillar of incense? So, from the early morning of this day, there was already a gathering of cars and horses at the foot of Shoushan. The stone road up the mountain is even denser with pilgrims and tourists, like ants, and people are crowded one by one and slowly move up the mountain road......

When it was almost noon, Shang Cheng and Ran Linde came to the foot of the mountain.

Now, they sat on horseback, looking up at the black lines that continued from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain in front of the gate of the Taoist Temple, and they all felt a little grinning.

Shang Cheng frowned and looked at it for a long time, and said helplessly: "Or, let's change places?" ”

Ran Linde smiled bitterly and said, "Change? Where to switch? If you don't have a store in the village or behind it, you can't go anywhere if you want to change it. He rolled over and dismounted, grabbed the reins and whip, and said, "Forget it, this is it!" In my opinion, maybe after noon the people should go back, and it will not be too late for us to go up the mountain at that time. ”

Shang Cheng also dismounted.

The two of them found an herbal tea stall on the side of the road, drinking water and resting, while pulling homely cooking.

As Ran Linde said, as soon as noon arrived, the number of people going up the mountain gradually decreased, but the number of people coming down the mountain increased. By the time it was over, there were basically not many people still walking up the mountain.

The two of them had a casual lunch on the herbal tea shop, and then slowly and leisurely went up the mountain.

When I went up the mountain, I don't know why, the topic turned to the war between Xiao Jian and the southwest. This topic is more sensitive. But there is no way, both of them have eaten military rations, or have eaten military rations, and the factor of war has penetrated into their bones. Moreover, as relatively pure soldiers, their sensitivity to war and their dedication to victory and defeat have become a part of their lives. When Shang Cheng heard Gao Xiaosan talk about the entanglement between Zhenla and Angkor, the first thought in his mind was to take advantage of the fire to rob, in fact, it was this almost instinctive habit to take care of him one by one, first to see if he could take advantage of the military, and then slowly consider other factors......

Ran Linde is also a veteran soldier, he was a military Sima in Bohaiwei more than ten years ago, and his vision, means and scheming are very old, if it weren't for his bad luck, he would definitely not stop in the position of military Sima. You must know that when he became a military commander, Xiao Jian and Yang Du were still only in the Pillar Kingdom, and they had not entered the Duke of the Kingdom; And Shangguan Rui, who was about the same age as him, was just an inconspicuous little brigade commander in the Liyuan camp at that time.

After walking a mountain road, he suddenly asked Shang Cheng: "Do you think that Jiazhou sent three notices in a day, this matter is worth pondering?" ”

The day before yesterday, the military department did receive three military intelligence reports, but they were not issued on the same day, and there was an interval of four days between the first and third reports, and it was only when the post station from Jiazhou to Shangjing delivered the news that there were problems one after another, and this became three inconsistent messages in one day.

Without waiting for Shang Cheng to speak, Ran Linde said again: "The first letter is a false report, the second letter is a clarification, and the third letter is that the Jiazhou camp has made some military arrangements for Tibet. I've been pondering back and forth in the past two days, and no matter how much I think about it, I feel that there is something wrong with the taste in these three circulars. ”

Shang Cheng nodded silently, without saying a word. Doesn't taste right? That's for sure! What doesn't taste right? Of course, it's the taste of Jiazhou camping! Even if Shangjing is more than 2,000 miles away from Jiazhou, he can smell the unpleasant smell of defeat from the three copies of the circular transferred by the military department!

Ran Linde saw that he had been walking with his head down, silent, silent for a while, and then said: "I think, Xiao Jian is really old!" ”

Shang Cheng smacked his lips, but remained silent.

"Xiao Jian led his troops to fight, the first thing is to be cautious and prudent, and pay attention to not being surprised when facing danger. But the Tibetan people are a little troubled, and his ass can't sit steadily. When did he become so agitated? Listening to the wind is rain, this is a taboo before the army! ”

"If you want to win, you're afraid of losing." Shang Cheng finally said something. Actually, what he wanted to say was something else. But he couldn't say that; He always has to show some affection to General Xiao.

Ran Linde bluntly said what he wanted to say but was not good: "I think Xiao Jian is too afraid of losing this battle, so he can't sit still." Perhaps, the increase in troops of the Tubo people was also an excuse for him to find in case of defeat in the future, so as soon as there was any movement in Tibet, he immediately hurriedly reported the news back. When the news was sent, he came to his senses again, and he also felt that the news that the Tubo people were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses could not be believed, and he regretted it! This is where there is the second 'false positive' news. As for the third report, it is said that Gong Duoxin has arrived with 2,000 Tibetan soldiers, and has threatened Jinjiang City on the south bank of the river, I think it is a foreshadowing laid by him in advance. Whether these two thousand Tibetan soldiers are really true, I think it's hard to say......"

Shang Cheng kept his face blank, staring at the mountain road under his feet with a cold gaze, and walked slowly. It wasn't until he was about to reach the mountain gate that he spoke: "Even if the Tubo people are determined to make a move in the southwest and want to take advantage of the fire to rob, they will not be able to find us!" Persimmon should be pinched softly, this truth Tubo people will not understand, they will only go to rob Nanzhao! ”

These words are actually affirming Ran Linde's opinion! Xiao Jian is afraid of losing, and has already begun to pave the way for the future!

Ran Linde sighed and said, "This battle has been fought. ”

"yes. It's a quagmire, and it's hard to climb out if you get into it. Even if you can climb out, you have to roll into the mud. Shang Cheng said with a gloomy face, "I said to Zhang Pu before, you don't have to come with such fanfare to deal with the bureaucrats who are in trouble, if you want Nanzhao to suffer, you don't necessarily have to use knives and guns The war is a continuation of politics, our political and diplomatic means have not yet been used, and it may not be fruitless, so why rush to dispatch troops?" But Zhang Xiangguo's character is a green bean, and oil and salt do not enter! He is bent on taking Nan Zhao to establish his majesty, no matter whether it is good or bad, anyway, if he can't listen to anything, I can't do anything. ”

Ran Linde laughed and asked him, "Do you think that if Xiao Jian can't get Nanzhao, who will be next?" Could it be you? ”

"Surely it won't be me! I can't take my turn yet. Shang Cheng said, "If I go, what will happen?" If I also fall into it, the face of the court will be disgraceful, and the two Shangzhu countries will be pulled off their horses, and the government and the opposition will not have to foam at the mouth to drown the prime minister's mansion. If I win by luck, what will happen to General Xiao's face? And the people who are counting on him, what will happen to them? So there really was a day, and the person who went there must have been one of the people who followed General Xiao. I think that if the battle in the southwest is not fought well, Shangguan Rui is most likely to go to Jiazhou. ”

Ran Linde said in surprise: "No, the imperial court can let Shangguan Rui go to fight Nanzhao?" With just his two moments, can he preside over such a war? ”

"Eighty percent will be him. It's still the same sentence, the face of the imperial court, and the face of General Xiao and his people......"