Chapter 132: The Death of War
The sky in August is blue and pure. The white snow-capped peaks are clearly visible under the distant sky, and the place where the gods and men are said to live is holy and beautiful, but mortals in the world are unattainable.
A green dragonfly, flying quickly among the low flowers, leisurely stopped on a purple-red wildflower. A net made of spider silk was used as a cover for the head, and the dragonfly's wings fluttered a few times. A dirty little hand deftly grabbed the dragonfly and threw it into the bag.
"Master Flowerless, I caught more than two dozen dragonflies today. This thing is delicious to eat, and I'll give you a few when the time comes. ”
The child who caught the dragonfly had a bright smile on his face and looked at the flowerless monk sitting on the grass obediently.
Wuhua withdrew her gaze from the distant snow peak, touched the child's little head, and felt a bitter taste in her heart. Baihua Valley has adopted more than 500 orphans, as well as nearly 100 injured Tang sergeants who have taken in themselves, and this food has long been insufficient.
If it weren't for the fact that a few miles from the valley there was a large lake where they could fish, and everyone could barely keep their stomachs fed, perhaps the camp in the valley would have begun to starve to death.
Where can I find food? Wuhua raised her hand and kept scratching on Guangguang's head, but she never came up with a way.
"Master of Flowers! Master of Flowers! More than ten and a half years old teenagers hurriedly ran towards the flowerless monk.
"There is a caravan coming from the direction of Xilu County, and it is a long one, and I am afraid that there are no less than forty pack horse carts. The second dog had sharp eyes and found that there was left rice on the road. ”
The leader kicked and shhh
The flowerless monk stood up and rushed back to the Valley of Hundred Flowers with a group of children.
After the defeat of the Tang army at the Xi'er River, Xilu County suddenly became nervous, and the pedestrians and merchants were very closely checked. Wang Qi took the caravan and bypassed the county seat of Xilu from afar. It took an extra day to return to the trade route to Nanzhao Yamato City.
The listless road is over, riding on the body of the big black, there is a hitchhike or not, chatting with the three-year-old who is driving. Suddenly, the slowly moving convoy stopped.
"The road ahead has been blocked, and you have to deal with this matter yourself, young master."
Saturday rode his horse and galloped from the front, his face looking strange.
Lu Lu glanced at Liuzi in surprise, and rushed forward as soon as he clamped the horse's belly.
The snow-white monk's robe had turned yellow, and the beautiful face that had once given way to jealousy had become much rougher, but the sad and pitiful look still gave way to boredom.
Glancing at the flowerless monk sitting quietly in the middle of the road, the black behind him pressed a group of kneeling children, and smiled bitterly.
"No flowers! What do you mean? ”
"Without him, I just want to ask Lord Lu to buy some food and save the lives of these poor children." Wuhua, who was sitting quietly, raised his head and saw that the other party was actually on the way, he was stunned for a moment, and put two bags full of copper coins in front of the road with an expressionless face.
"Little monk without flowers, you can really use the money I gave you to buy my food." I felt a knot of anger when I passed by, and the angry finger was a monk without flowers.
Monk Wuhua suddenly realized, grabbed the bag full of copper coins and stood up, turning his head to look at the group of kneeling children under the black press.
"My Buddha is merciful, and I can't bear to let you wait for the children who were displaced in the war and starved to death, so I specially arranged for the great benevolent people of Lu Da who had previously funded the rescue of you to appear in front of us. Lu Dashan and his entourage brought a lot of food, so you don't have to go hungry. ”
looked at the Buddha stick of the flowerless monk in amazement, and he brought a lot of food with him. But these grains are what he is going to show his sincerity to Ge Luofeng, the king of Nanzhao after the war. In the mouth of this flowerless monk, it turned into the Buddha's mercy, and he asked him to help these children who lost their homes in the war.
"Thank you for the life-saving grace of the good people of Lu, the Buddha will bless you!"
The children kowtowed in unison, shouting in a mess.
I took a look at these children of all races in different costumes and in the southwest wilderness, and I felt sad for a while, and I wanted to say something but couldn't say anything.
"Give them ten cartloads of grain." Lu Lu's tone was dry, and he waved his hand to the Saturday next to him.
Liuzi laughed silently, ordered a few people to follow him, and pulled out ten carts full of grain.
Zang Si led a big car, his eyes lit up, and he stared at the road not far away from time to time, and shook his head regretfully.
"Brother Zhou, Ci is not in charge of the army, the heart of this general of your family is still too soft."
Liuliuzi, who was in command, turned his head to look at Zangsi: "If you can be like an iron heart, if you don't save these children when you die, the young master will not be a young master." ”
"Although he is soft-hearted, he is too far from those iron-blooded generals on the battlefield. However, such a general, I am willing to die for him. ”
Kurashi straightened his waist and led the pack horse cart forward.
"My brother-in-law understands righteousness and is kind-hearted. You have done countless righteous deeds, and you will naturally be rewarded with blessings. This place is not far from our residence in the Valley of Hundred Flowers, so please go and rest for a day, so that I can also pay a meager thanks. ”
Wuhua clasped his hands together and bowed to the road.
"Phew!" After passing away, he spat angrily: "When the food is in hand, I will become a brother-in-law as a good person." I want to see how my sister and my nephew are doing, so I don't want you to thank you. ”
The convoy left the trade route and set up camp in a hidden mountain forest. Leaving a team of guarded guards, he took a few secret guards and Saturday Zi with him and followed the flowerless monk into the jungle.
When I came to this small valley surrounded by mountains and forests, I didn't see the beautiful scene of a hundred flowers competing for beauty. A few small plots of flat land have been reclaimed into farmland. On the slope of the mountain, a lot of soil nests were dug out, and some dead branches and weeds were randomly stuffed into them, which became a shelter for these children. On the side of the mountain wall, a few simple thatched huts have been built, which makes people feel very sad to watch.
"You let Luoluo's sister and that one-year-old child live in a place like this with you?" Passing by, he stared at the flowerless monk with a calm face.
"Although this Valley of Hundred Flowers is simple, it is already a paradise on earth for these children. Now that I have realized my own way, I have done my best to benefit all sentient beings. As my family, the two of them will naturally follow me. The bitterness in your eyes is a kind of happiness for us. ”
Flowerless gaze scanned the valley, his face calm and contented.
"You flower monk is much better than those guys in the temple who eat fasting and chant Buddha. Sister Luoluo, their mother and son, take me to see them. ”
He slapped the flowerless monk appreciatively, and searched everywhere for the figure.
"There." The flowerless monk pointed to a thatched hut not far away.
Lu rushed over excitedly, and shouted excitedly: "Sister Luoluo, little nun Luoluo!" You're here, my brother came to see you. ”
I didn't hear the back of the fall
Yes, the road rushed into the thatched hut quickly. The sight that appeared in front of his eyes made the smile on his face instantly freeze.
In the small thatched hut, there were more than a dozen seriously injured Datang sergeants lying down. The cloth that bandaged the wound was dark and spotted, and the annoying flies "buzzed" and flew around the shed, stung at the bloody wound from time to time.
Carrying a one-year-old baby on his back, he was concentrating on cleaning the wounds of a young sergeant. The focused look exuded a holy radiance that looked stunningly beautiful.
The eyes of almost all the young sergeants were concentrated on the faces of Luoluo, full of respect, without a trace of blasphemy. The way to shout was gone, and no one looked at him.
An older sergeant finally withdrew his gaze from his face, turned his head and looked calmly at the road, without saying a word.
"It's not far from Xilu County, isn't there anyone looking for you wounded sergeants?" He looked at the sergeant and asked in a dry tone.
The sergeant looked at the road blankly: "There are some injured sergeants here who simply fled to my Datang land and were shot and wounded by their own army." We, the defeated soldiers, have been abandoned by the Tang Dynasty. ”
It seems that in order to avoid the news of defeat, the news of Xianyu Zhongtong not only blocked the road to the capital Chang'an, but also did not allow them to escape back from the rout of the battlefield. The anger in my heart burned after the road, and I strengthened my confidence in going to Nanzhao and completing the mission.
"You wait to recuperate in peace first, and maybe soon, you will be able to return to your hometown safely." I was bitter in my heart, and I comforted me lightly.
The sergeant smiled sarcastically and turned his head slowly.
"Brother, why are you here? I was so busy cleaning the sergeant's wound that I didn't even notice. Luoluo suddenly turned his head, looking very tired.
"These injuries are useless just to clean, and they need medicine to get better." He glanced at the soldier's whitish pass and shook his head.
"But we don't have any medicine here to heal wounds." Luoluo shook his head helplessly, looking at the white wound, looking very helpless.
"Go and bring the wound medicine we prepared, and collect all the wound medicine that the Wang family guards have on their bodies. The injuries of these people can no longer be delayed. He didn't look back, but he knew that Saturday would definitely take care of it.
"Brother, why did you come here? Did Little Seventh Sister give birth, is it a boy or a girl? Luoluo's eyes widened and he looked at the road curiously.
"Ugh!" When I passed by, I was asked a messy question: "Your little seventh sister gave birth to a daughter." I'm not here to see you. Instead, on the way to Nanzhao, I happened to meet Wuhua and came here. ”
"Alas!" Luoluo sighed helplessly: "When I was incense in front of the Buddha, I persuaded her to give more merit money, but the little seventh sister just didn't listen, but she lost ten coppers." ”
The unfinished meaning in Luoluo's words gave way and was speechless.
"Actually, it's nothing to have a daughter, and I like it a lot."
"My Datang is at war with Nanzhao, what are you going to do in Nanzhao, this son?" The older sergeant struggled to straighten up, his eyes wary as he walked away.
"I went to Nanzhao to stop this war from continuing." He took out his official badge and shook it in front of the sergeant. Full Book - Free Full Book Reading Network