Chapter 142: One Life for One Life

Wugu Sect Dazhai

Taiping Hall

This big village of Wugu Sect is built on the topography of a huge karst cave, the underground space is very spacious, warm in winter and cool in summer, dry and livable, can hide hundreds of thousands of soldiers' armor, for thousands of horses to gallop without any notice on the ground.

As the largest stone hall in Dazhai, Taiping Hall is mostly used by the sect leader to convene the congregation to discuss or publicize major matters in the church.

However, since Zhu Zongchen was cautious and never showed his face in the Five Grains Sect, he built a statue of the Five Grains God in the middle of the position, and every meeting that convened the sect members was presided over by the Dharma Protector sitting on both sides, and after Liu Siyi was gone, the Dharma Protector God Ning Er became the de facto controller here.

But

Today is not the day of the congregation, in the empty Tianping Hall, Ning Er is alone in a long white dress, standing in front of the statue of the god of grains, with her hands folded as if praying for something.

"Lord Fashen, the guest has arrived."

A member of the sect hurriedly ran in from outside the hall and reported to Ning Er's back,

Ning Er stopped the little mouth she had been talking about, and responded, "Bring it in, I'll see him here." ”

"Yes!"

The sect members left in response, and soon led a man from the Western Regions wearing a brocade hat and a robe into the hall, and saluted Ning Er with his left hand on his right shoulder behind him: "Niupari see Lord Dharma Protector, greet the Dharma God on behalf of His Majesty the King." ”

Ning'er turned around slowly, bowed to Niwu Pari and saluted back, and said with a smile: "Ning'er has been friends with Niwu for a long time, and when we met for the first time, I didn't know that my lord was so heroic. ”

Nieupari hurriedly smiled and waved his hand: "Lord Dharma Protector is serious, I have stayed in your sect for many days, and the sincerity of my lord is as warm as the sun on Chigu City, so that I am flattered, now that the army of the Liao people has retreated, I will also rush back to the Western Regions as soon as possible, but I don't know what I discussed with the Dharma Protector God before, how did the Lord Protector God think about it?" ”

Ning Er motioned for him to sit on the side for a while, and asked slowly, "I wonder if what Lord Niwu promised can represent the meaning of King Wusun?" ”

"Lord Protector, please rest assured, since His Majesty the King has sent me here, it must have been entrusted with carte blanche in this matter, according to what we agreed before, as long as Lord Dharma Protector God brings your sect into the Western Regions, then the position of the national teacher of Wusun Country is none other than Lord Dharma Protector. My Wusun country is a big country in the Western Regions, the status of the national teacher is respected, and it is worshiped and admired by thousands of people. ”

Although Ning Er's face did not show too much desire, she was already fascinated in her heart, even if she knew that the king of Wusun valued the tens of thousands of troops in her hands more, but she felt that what Niupari said was right, although Wusun was only one of the countries of the Western Regions, it was not as good as the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, it was better than hiding here all day long.

Besides, as long as there is a chance to enter Wusun's court, with her means, isn't everything man-made?

"Thank you for your kindness, Ning'er will discuss it with the sect members again, after all, the major affairs of tens of thousands of people still have to be informed of them."

Knowing that Ning Er said this, Nieupari already agreed in his heart, and said with great joy: "Since this is the case, then I will wait for the Dharma Protector Lord in the Western Regions." Oh no........... It should be a national teacher! ”

Ning Er was charmed by his smile, "Your Majesty will also rely on Lord Niwu to say a few kind words for me." ”

"Definitely! Certain! "Neupari's voice answered,

Because he needed to follow Yelu Xiuke's army to get out of Sichuan safely, so when he saw that the matter had been done, he got up and said goodbye to Ning'er, who politely stayed for a while, and let him go out of the Taiping Hall.

Seeing Nieupari's figure disappearing into the hall, she made a gesture to the congregants on the side and ordered, "Go and call Hall Master Wu to me, and say that I have something to find him." Then pass on my fatwa that from now on, the door of the church will be closed, and all people, including those sent by the sect leader, will only be allowed to enter and not leave! ”

"Yes!"

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Chengdu

After the Liao army retreated for about two or three days, Zhao Shuang, the general of the Long'an garrison, took Zeng Ziren from the temporary camp to Chengdu, and General Zhao, who thought that the death penalty could not be escaped, kneeled in front of the garrison office with hemp rope, waiting for a comfortable fall.

Because the will before this battle was very clear, although Zhao Shuang was the same as An Yi was a four-rank garrison general, but An Yi was also the commander of the Qin Order, so according to the laws of the imperial court, it should be reported by An Yi to the Inspectorate Division, and then Zhou Rulin should be judged and reported to the Criminal Department.

In the Nanshan case of An Yi and Zeng Ziren last time, because Zeng Ziren was a member of the third grade, it was not possible to make a separate judgment according to the rules of the Prosecutor's Department, and the intervention of the Criminal Department was required, and he was imprisoned in Dali Temple after being convicted.

It's just that Emperor Chongzheng was busy with border troubles in the northwest battlefield at that time, and he didn't have the heart to put it on this, and coupled with the intentional partiality of the King of Shu, he directly bypassed the criminal department, obtained Chongzheng's will, and the local three divisions would complete the trial.

According to An Yi's statement, Zhao Shuang's military admonition to Zeng Ziren this time was completely a disguised support for the Xia army to resist the Liao, which was tantamount to sending tens of thousands of fresh troops to Chengdu.

Because without Zeng Ziren's constraints, An Yi should be the supreme military commander of the defenders, and the generals under his command are also forbidden and united, so that they can maximize the combat power of the defenders.

In addition, the two of them were already quite prejudiced, and An Yi also deliberately favored Zhao Shuang, so he lightly handed over an official document of "discord and quarrel between the handsome and quarrels" to the Inspector Division.

Although Zhou Rulin is a person who does things according to the rules, like An Yi, he has always had no good impression of Zeng Ziren, so he pressed Zeng Ziren's official document of "admonishing criminals and plotting rebellion" under the table, and sent An Yi's book to the Criminal Department.

The ancient city of Chengdu gradually restored its former tranquility, and the bustling Yixian Tower once again hung up the red lanterns to attract diners, and with the restoration of the south gate city wall and the withdrawal of the green battalion soldiers and horses, the people on the busy streets gradually forgot the bloody wind brought by this fight.

It was comfort, but he didn't mean to stop, and early in the morning, he saw his jujube red horse stop at the door of the political envoy, thinking that he was looking for the sect leader to collect debts.

It seems that Zhu Zongchen seems to have expected the appearance of comfort, and he waited in the main hall in an official robe.

"I don't know if our White Tiger God has arrived, and Zhu is far away."

He stood up from afar, greeted him outside the hall, and bowed his hands to each other with An Yi, and led him to the hall to sit down.

An Yi and Zhu Zongchen didn't have anything to talk about, and the big lama sat down on the Taishi chair, and said straight to the point: "Lord Zhu, An Yi doesn't go around the bend, I came to you just to know the whereabouts of the Wugu Sect, and where is the protector god now?" ”

Hearing An Yi say this, Zhu Zongchen knew that Ziyun had told him everything, so he didn't hide it, and said, "Listen to Lord An's meaning, is you going to send troops to exterminate the Five Grain Sect?" ”

"Isn't this exactly what Lord Take's heart wants? Otherwise, why bother to reward An, the black yarn of the garrison general? ”

Zhu Zongchen raised his head and laughed loudly when he heard this, and it took a long time to calm down, "If my youngest son had half the intelligence of Lord An, he wouldn't have died tragically under the sword of the official army, wouldn't he?" ”

An Yi heard him mention Taketori, thinking that he didn't intend to cooperate, and said in a deep voice: "Ling Lang died under the laws of the imperial court, not at the hands of someone, Lord Bamboo is a reasonable person, it should be clear." ”

"Oh? Nazhu has a certain thing that is not clear, and I hope that Lord An will order it. ”

An Yi glanced at him and said, "Lord Zhu is polite, I must know everything below." ”

"If Lord An exterminates the Five Grains Sect, what crime do you plan to give to the old man An?"

"Lord Zhu is a feudal official of the imperial court and a pillar of the country, and when the Liao people invaded the border, they were able to understand the righteousness and actively assist the Xia army to relieve the siege of Chengdu.

An Yi looked at Zhu Zongchen's eyes, he felt that he had already made it very clear what he said, first brought a high hat to Zhu Zongchen, and clearly told you that as long as you cooperated, I would not be guilty of the past, and then directly condemned the Wugu Sect to the unforgivable crime of "rebellion", which indirectly showed his determination to get rid of it.

However, Zhu Zongchen seemed to be unwilling to give up, and he was willing to give up until he said it comfortably, and asked, "What if the old man doesn't cooperate?" ”

An Yi glanced at him with cold eyes, and replied coldly: "I don't know the big crime of 'fornicating with the enemy country', Lord Zhu can't afford it." ”

Zhu Zongchen looked at An Yi with each other, but his eyes, which looked a little cloudy because of his old age, were ancient wells without waves.

"Lord An is so loud, will the Criminal Department listen to the words of a garrison general?"

An Yi had a sly smile on his face, "When did I tell Lord Zhu that I was going to pass the Criminal Department?" The charge given to the lord will be written on the fold handed to the northwest by the palace and presented directly to the emperor. ”

"Lord An is really a good means, if the old man doesn't agree, I'm afraid you even have arranged the back road for me, since this is the case, it seems that I can't do it."

"Then I'll say yes as an adult?"

Zhu Zongchen stretched out a finger towards An Yishen and said, "One condition!" ”

An Yi stretched his hand: "My lord, please speak!" ”

"I want you to exchange Zeng Ziren's head."

An Yi smiled and said, "Are you kidding me?" The head of the dignified court official, I am comfortable and say that I will take it? ”

Zhu Zongchen looked like he didn't care about himself, "The military power is in your hands, can Lord An retreat from Yelu Xiuke's tiger and wolf army, and can't take the head of a young master?" ”

An Yi thought about it, and felt that if this condition was agreed, then he would be equivalent to falling into the hands of Zhu Zongchen for no reason, after all, the two people were only tied together because of temporary interests, and there was also the hatred of killing the son in the middle, I don't know if it broke out one day, my situation would be quite dangerous.

He shook his head and shirked towards Zhu Zongchen: "Lord Zhu's condition is against the legal principles of the imperial court, and it is unacceptable. ”

On the contrary, Zhu Zongchen seemed to have expected it, with a smile like a loyal elder on his face: "Since Lord An is not willing to accept it, then the old man will not take it as a condition, how about making a life for a life deal with the adult instead?" ”

An Yi looked at Zhu Zongchen and wondered: "One life for one life?" I don't know whose life the adults want to exchange for Zeng Ziren? ”

Zhu Zongchen stared at An Yi's eyes, and said three words unhurriedly:

"Liu Siyi."