Chapter 368: Jinshan Temple prays for blessings
After Zhu Cihong led the Ming army to evacuate, Princess Kunxing couldn't sleep all night.
She had plucked up a breath of courage before, and came to Gao Youwei outside the realm of life and death, even with the heart of death, and she had no time to think about other things.
But now that she has finally been able to see the moon and the moon, the dawn is just around the corner, and when she is about to see Fang Yuan, she suddenly begins to suffer from gains and losses.
Zhu Cihong's words kept echoing in her ears.
After the battle of Gao Youwei, would Fang Yuan look at her differently? Maybe it's the same as before, continue to pamper that Mrs. Yuan and imprison herself in the Taihu Lake base? Every time Fang Yuan came to her before, it was almost because of business with the imperial court, and now that he has lost the value of the princess of the imperial court, will Fang Yuan abandon her and snub himself even more? If Fang Yuan didn't stand on his side, how would he deal with the aggressive Mrs. Yuan when he returned to Suzhou Mansion?
Princess Kunxing couldn't sleep all night, and found Mama Liang early the next morning, and proposed to secretly go to Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang Mansion to pray for Liang Min and three thousand soldiers.
In addition to praying for blessings, she also wanted to test Fang Yuan's thoughts, whether she would really find Jinshan Temple, if Fang Yuan didn't find it, forget about it, she would still stay in Jinshan Temple and become a monk.
Mama Liang couldn't laugh or cry at her whimsy, but it was indeed better to try Fang Yuan's mind like this than to rush back to Suzhou Mansion and then be forced to death by Mrs. Yuan.
The idea of the two hit it off, and Mama Liang went to find the twenty Ming soldiers guarding outside the door, threatening them that the Xuanjia army was about to arrive, and told them to evacuate quickly.
These Ming soldiers are all sergeants of the Shenji Battalion in the capital, the N generation of the army of Genhong Miaozheng, and they are guarding the safety of the East Palace on weekdays. At this moment, he was worried that he would be captured by the Xuanjia Army and would not be able to return to the capital, but he stayed because of the prince's strict orders. As soon as they heard that the princess had ordered everyone to leave, most of the Ming army dispersed in a hurry, and they fled without a trace in less than half a day.
There are only three soldiers who are loyal to their duties, and they must follow the prince's instructions and stay behind to protect the princess. Princess Kunxing ordered the three of them to take off their Ming army uniforms, pack their bags, leave Gaoyouwei with them, and rush south to Jinshan Temple.
Everyone rented a civilian boat, went south through the Grand Canal, and went directly to the gate of Jinshan Temple. Just after the Great War, there are many pilgrims who come to Jinshan Temple. Many relatives of the deceased in Nanjing and Yangzhou came to pray for blessings.
The princess personally wrote a letter of recommendation, praising the three sergeants for their devotion to their duties, and ordered the three sergeants to take them back and hand them over to Zhu Cihong, who should promote and reward the three of them.
After the three sergeants left, Princess Kunxing and Mama Liang found the Supreme Elder in charge of the reception of pilgrims in Jinshan Temple, concealed the identity of the princess, and just handed over the silver, claiming that they would stay in Jinshan Temple for a while, and they would also hold a Dadao field with 500 novices.
Jinshan Temple could not accept female pilgrims, but Mama Liang made a move of one hundred taels, which was very generous, and the silver in the follow-up avenue was even more expensive. Seeing that everyone was extraordinary, and I didn't know if it was the daughter of the eunuch's family, Elder Zhishen did not refuse, and arranged an independent and remote courtyard in the back mountain for the three female donors to live in.
Because there are a lot of people who come to overspend these days, the dojo requested by Princess Kunxing is the largest of 500 people, so she can only stay in Jinshan Temple and wait.
Half a month later, Elder Zhishen came to ask for a list of excesses and blessings, and Princess Kunxing reported the names of Liang Min and three thousand sergeants.
Elder Zhishen was shocked when he heard it, he is not a monk of the Tao, he is dealing with the world every day, and he has long learned that the government announced Princess Kunxing not long ago, Liang Min led 3,000 warriors to guard Gao Youwei, Liang Min died in battle, and he was called loyal and brave, and he was named Gao Youbo.
The Jinyi guard of the government also sent people to the crowded Jinshan Temple, so that once the Jinshan Temple found out the whereabouts of the princess, it would report it immediately.
Elder Zhishen looked up and down at the three women in front of him, the girl led by him behaved nobly, and the old servant behind him made a generous move, and he came to Liang Min, and there were three thousand sergeants, who else could this be the princess Kunxing that Jinyiwei was looking for?
Elder Zhishen is also a man who is proficient in secular ways, and he didn't show any flaws, but just said goodbye and went to preside over the Zhiguang Zen Master to report.
After discussion, the two decided to stabilize the princess and send someone to the governor's palace in Suzhou City to deliver a letter to inform the whereabouts of Princess Kunxing.
Princess Kunxing lived in the courtyard for more than half a month, but there was no trace of Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan was more and more lost, worried about whether Fang Yuan had really left himself behind.
On this day, she was sullen in the dormitory, sewing clothes with her own hands, and said to Mama Liang, "Mama, will the colt not come to me?" ”
Mama Liang saw that she was a girl's infatuation, and began to think crankily again, and sighed, "Even if the horse wants to break her head, she can't imagine that the princess will hide in Jinshan Temple!" ”
Princess Kunxing thought about it, hiding in this remote courtyard, how could Fang Yuan find it? Then he asked, "Do you want to send a hint to the horse?" ”
Mama Liang couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, "The princess is hosting such a big super dojo, as soon as the news spreads, the concubine really has the heart to find the princess, and she should have guessed that the princess is here a long time ago!" ”
While the two were talking, there was a knock on the door.
Mama Liang ordered the princess and Xiaoguozi to wait in the house, and went to open the courtyard door to see that they were two tall and mighty monks wearing Jinshan Temple monks' clothes.
The two monks carried a basket, poked into the courtyard, and asked, "The presiding officer ordered us to bring food to the princess." ”
Mama Liang was slightly stunned, secretly thinking that Jinshan Temple had guessed the identity of the princess so quickly? casually said, "Let's put down the meal!" ”
The two monks glanced at each other, strode into the courtyard, and asked, "Where is the princess?" ”
Mama Liang saw the machete hidden in the sleeve of the two at a glance, and then saw the tattoo on the neck of the two, and instantly realized that these two people were not monks from Jinshan Temple at all, but came to assassinate the princess.
She saw two monks who were five big and three thick, and they were holding murder weapons, how could the three women on her side be opponents? The only way to survive is to go to Jinshan Temple for help.
Mama Liang hurriedly shouted three times, "Princess, close the door, the assassin is coming!" "The Assassin is coming!"
She took advantage of the opportunity of the two monks to be stunned for a moment, and immediately rushed out of the courtyard and rushed to the main courtyard of Jinshan Temple, shouting loudly along the way, "There is an assassin who murdered the princess, and the monks of Jinshan Temple are coming to escort you!" ”
Princess Kunxing in the room heard Mama Liang's warning, glanced at each other with Xiaoguozi, and immediately rushed to the door, slammed the door shut, and bolted it.
The two were also worried that the assassin would break into the door and push all the tables and cabinets in the room to block the door.
"Bang bang bang!"
A huge knocking sound sounded, the two monks were very strong, and kicked the door bolt with a few kicks, if it weren't for the table and cabinet behind the door, the two would have broken in. Of course, tables and cabinets won't last long before they will be knocked open.
The huge knock on the door was like a spell of death, knocking on the second daughter's heart.
Xiao Guozi hurriedly took off the servant's clothes and stuffed them into Princess Kunxing's hand, and while undressing the princess, she whispered in her ear, "Princess, these assassins may not have seen the princess, the slave and the princess exchanged clothes, and the slave and the maid pretended to be the princess to lure them away, and the princess hid under the bed and must not make a sound." ”
At this life-and-death juncture, Xiaoguozi pretended to be a princess, just to die for the princess.
Princess Kunxing was moved with tears in her eyes, looked at her, and whispered, "Little fruit, be careful!" ”
Xiaoguozi hurriedly changed into the princess's clothes, grabbed the princess, stuffed her directly under the bed, and then used the brocade quilt on the bed to cover the bottom of the bed tightly.
"Bang!"
Princess Kunxing heard the loud sound of the door being slammed open, and her heart trembled, and she could only pray secretly for Xiaoguozi in her heart, "Xiaoguozi, you can't have anything, you must live!" ”