A few days later, in the morning, the weather was clear and cloudless, and a group of men and horses on the northern outskirts of Jiangling City was heading north, and in a carriage sat Xiao Jiuniang, the princess of Liang Kingdom, who was rumored to have been missing for many days.

"If Miss Xiao was dizzy, she said that she would have stopped the carriage to rest for a while." Yu Wenwen rode a horse close to the carriage window and said, today he took the time to take Xiao Jiuniang to the Niumu Buddha Temple in the north of Jiangling to incense, and by the way, let the Taoist monks remove the 'bad luck' for her.

Because Jiangnan customs believe that those born in February are ominous, Xiao Jiuniang thinks that she was born in February, so she killed many relatives one after another, and recently almost even Aye died, so she chose to commit suicide, although she was saved by Yuwenwen, she still blamed herself.

She sat in the car and lifted the curtain and whispered softly, seeing that the other party nodded and rode the horse, she looked at the back in the distance and said to herself: "What if he already has a wife?"

In the past few days, she has understood and longed for the other party's intentions for herself, but she just doesn't know how to face it, as for whether the young general has a wife, she has never been clear, and she is not embarrassed to ask Yu Wenwen.

Once she asked secretly about the Wang family's lady Gu who lived in the same courtyard, but the other party also shook her head and said that she didn't know, as for the Wang shopkeeper, she was embarrassed to ask, and Zhang Yu, who had followed Yuwenwen all day long, was slippery and slept as soon as he heard something in his words, so he diverted the topic.

"So dodging and dodging, so he must have a wife" Xiao Jiuniang muttered to herself, a few tears slipped down, she was sad in the car and Yu Wenwen was also entangled, entangled in a historical mystery.

"There is still a surname without a name," Yu Wenwen muttered to himself, riding his horse and running to the front of the team, he 'dared to' ask Miss Xiao's name, but the other party said that since she was a child, her uncle has called her Jiuniang, and he has never heard of a name. According to the convention, the surname plus the ranking, called Xiao Jiuniang can also play the role of a name.

In history, Xiao married Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and became the princess of Jin, and later became the queen, and went through some ups and downs, and finally died at the age of eighty. But all kinds of historical materials record that Xiao has no specific name. Yuwen Wen thought that he could get the answer when he saw a real person now, but he was still disappointed.

Perhaps she didn't want to mention the name of the ominous daughter at all. Yuwen Wen thought so, if it weren't for Emperor Sui's second son Yang Guang, the king of Jin, marrying the daughter of the Liang family as a concubine, this golden branch and jade leaf that fell into the folk might have disappeared into the long river of history silently.

The Great Sui wants to marry with the Liang State, and you have to choose an auspicious princess, but the unmarried clan daughters of the Liang State are unlucky, and the Liang Emperor Xiao Yue was so anxious that he sweated before he remembered that there was a daughter in the brother-in-law, so he took him back to the palace to 'put out the fire', and the 'ominous' daughter's divination turned out to be Daji, and she became the princess of Jin, and the phoenix flew on the branch again.

Yuwenwen didn't dwell on it for long, then relaxed his mood and chatted with Yang Ji, who took the initiative to ask Ying as a guard, joking that his riding skills were too poor, how to lead the troops to charge the battle in the future, Yang Ji's sword skills were outstanding, the foot battle was fierce, and the horse was exposed, and the substitute could be walked, but if he wanted to ride and shoot or make a lance, he was completely a layman.

Hearing the other party ridiculing Yang Ji like this, he had to laugh. He ******** put it on the training of long sword soldiers, and he didn't have time to practice equestrianism, if he hadn't heard that Yu Wenwen was out today, he was worried about what kind of 'Ye Xiao' was halfway and cheeky to accompany him, he would have been in the barracks to supervise the training of recruits.

In the distance, a river appeared and poured into the long lake in the east from west to east, and a stone arch bridge crossed the official road on the north and south banks of the river by the stone bridge.

Seeing the ox cart creaking and squeaking slowly across the bridge, Zheng Tong showed his 'knowledgeable' in time to relieve Yuwenwen's boredom: "This river originates from Chigang in the northwest of Jiangling City, and enters the lake in the northeast of the city to the east. ”

Since the success of leading the way that night, Zheng Tong has been idle for several days, and when Yu Wenwen is free to go out today, he casually asked him if he wanted to 'by the way', and then followed the horseback out of the city.

"Zixu?" Yu Wenwen seems to remember that the interpretation of the term in later generations is an ancient canal connecting the Yangtze River and the Han River. He looked at the small river and thought that maybe he was mistaken.

"Doesn't this river flood in the rainy season?"

Zheng Tong said that water will naturally be generated, but dams have been built upstream to stop the water, otherwise the river will soar in the rainy season, and the farmland on both sides of the river will have already been flooded.

"The lake is wide and the world is full," Yu Wenwen looked at the large paddy fields around him and couldn't help but sigh. The great development of Huguang land has gradually become a granary, and it is not until the time of the Two Song Dynasty that the current Huguang land is far from being called the granary of the world.

"Huguang? I don't know what Lang Jun means by Huguang? Zheng Tong noticed an unfamiliar word in Yu Wenwen's words and asked.

"The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is vertical and horizontal, and the lakes are widely spread." Yang Ji 'explained' on the side, "Huguang must be the abbreviation of the unified army. ”

After a long time, the group finally crossed the bridge, Yuwenwen let the convoy stop on the side of the road, and under the leadership of Yang Ji, he walked to a small dirt slope by the river on the east side, where there were tombs all over the place, and there was a small grass house on the side of the slope, and the little Shami Wuming, who guarded the tomb for the master, lived in it.

Looking at the white conjuring flags all over the ground, Yu Wenwen was a little uncomfortable, now it was the scorching sun, and a large number of tombs looked like nothing if it was night

Thinking about it, if he lived alone in a small grass house and there were sporadic ghost fires (phosphorus fires) floating in the tomb outside, this scene made Yu Wenwen shudder: staying for one night is enough to choke if he lives for three years

Yang Ji said that this is the place where the nearby villagers bury the deceased, there are mountains (small soil slopes) and water (Zixu Du), which is a good place, and the Niu Mu Buddha Temple is not far from here, thanks to the abbot's help to persuade the villagers to give up the place to bury the old abbot of the Loquat Temple.

This visit to Yang Ji also brought a roll of bedding and some daily necessities, they will not stay in Gangneung for long, so while they can still help some help, they brought the bedding for the winter.

"Thank you Yuwen and Yang for your help." Wuming, who looked haggard, saluted, Yuwenwen looked at him and felt a little distressed, so he said that he had to take care of his body no matter what, this guard is three years, but now it is not three months, you are afraid that you will not be able to survive this year.

"The poor monk has been accustomed to following the master since he was a child, and he has been used to sleeping in the open air, and the masters in the temple can take care of him much better than before." Wu Ming's face was resolute, but he didn't have enough confidence to speak, and he sounded like a hungry man who was barely fed and weak.

"It's okay, I'm going to go to the Niu Mu Buddha Temple for a while, and I'll pay a little more money for the sesame oil, so that the masters in the temple can use snacks here." After Yu Wenwen finished speaking, he gently patted Wu Ming's shoulder, he didn't dare to use force, for fear of slapping the little master who would fall down in the wind.

"Thank you Yuwen donor" Wuming saluted again, his voice was choked, Yang Ji carried a roll of bedding into the grass house to help him pave it, the grass house was narrow, so Yuwen Wen looked around outside.

Of course, the tomb is nothing to look at, he still looks at Zixu next to him, the river rushes to the east and flows into the long lake in the distance, he looks at this scene, and really wants to shout: "The deceased is like Sifu!" ”

After finishing up, Yuwen Wen, Yang Ji and Wu Ming said some more words and left, Wu Ming looked at their backs with his hands folded and his face was pious: "Yuwen donor, Yang donor, may the Buddha bless you with peace in your life." ”……

In front of the Niu Mu Buddha Temple, the Zhike monk led Yuwenwen and Xiao Jiuniang and others into the temple to worship the Buddha, and the guard Li Shimo and several colleagues carried the heavy sesame oil money in.

There is such a pious and generous donor to Shangxiang, the abbot of the temple naturally has to come out to greet, heard Yu Wenwen said that the girl around her is riddled with bad luck and wants to pray for the help of the Buddha, the abbot master naturally said, "good and evil are not separated", and the monk will be convened to dispel disasters for the female benefactor.

Seeing Xiao Jiuniang listening to the monks chanting Buddha in an open meditation room, Yu Wenwen waited outside the room with Zhang Yu, and saw that no one around whispered: "A few more hearts, don't fall for the trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain, and let some strange monk harm Miss Xiao." ”

'One-word monk, two-word monk, three-character ghost music official, four-character hungry ghost' This is a common saying that he remembers vividly from the Water Margin, so no matter which temple he goes to, he is vigilant in his heart, and there are many wild monks in this year, and he was accidentally harmed.

For example, what to send a child, some temples are to let the female donor who came to ask for a child live in the temple meditation room for one night to 'eat fasting and chant Buddha' to show her sincerity and then go back to the month to really have a pregnancy, for this kind of 'child' Yu Wenwen sneered: send a child? Borrow \ seed let's have a faint soul!

Because he didn't know the Buddhist scriptures at all, Yuwenwen asked Yang Ji, who was quite familiar with Buddhism, to chat with the abbot, and he personally 'protected the Dharma' for Miss Xiao, and the master and servant waited outside the meditation room for an unknown amount of time.

She looked much better, and when she saw Yuwen Wen stepping forward to ask for warmth, she smiled: "Thank you, General, I'm fine." ”

Yu Wenwen didn't know if it was a psychological effect or some other reason, and he always felt that the other party still had something on his mind, because it seemed that the disaster was not completely removed, and he thought in his heart that the future would be long, and he would slowly guide him.

The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and he doesn't want to stay for a long time, so he bids farewell to the abbot and returns to the city, Yuwen Wen rode his horse and walked by the carriage to comfort Xiao Jiuniang: "Girl, don't worry, the official family and the auspicious people are not infringed by the evil demons." ”

The group came to Zixu again, and saw that the stone arch bridge was not far in front of them, but they saw that the south side of the bridge was dusty, and it seemed that there were horses galloping towards this side, because the bridge deck was arched just to block the view, so they couldn't see it really.

Seeing this, Yang Ji and the others who opened the way secretly paid attention to Yuwen Wen and also signaled the guards to guard the surroundings, and at this moment, a roar rushed into the sky, which sounded like an arrow sending out a signal, and Yuwen Wen felt a pang in his heart when he heard it:

A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops to meet each other? Could this be a signal for the ambush to move?! (To be continued.) )