Chapter 258: Taking Poison
In the vicinity of the distant Persian Gulf Strait, there is such a team, led by a dark-skinned thin monkey spirit, the deputy is a big fat man dressed as a businessman, and the only person who is neatly dressed is dressed a bit like the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, or the old military uniform, only the only horse in the team is white, and the one sitting on the horse is a middle-aged monk, and these four people are followed by hundreds of people who are dressed differently, in fact, they still have a well-fitting dress a few years ago, but they have walked too much, There were so many things they went through that they had to give up that dress.
This team has a history, they are a few years ago by Li Shimin assigned to the westward team, a few years have passed, their appearance has changed the vicissitudes of life, some of them from a soldier to a businessman, some have become farmers, more into monks, a hundred thousand miles away from the road can change a lot of things, only the four people headed by the four have not changed much, now, they are finally going to embark on the way home, crossed the Persian Gulf Strait, then the next road to take is the land, The monk on horseback strongly asked to go in the direction of Tianzhu, and when he came because of some things, he compromised, and could not complete the task assigned by the court, his trip would become boring, but he was always a monk, and he really wanted to go to the origin of Buddhism to worship and study.
His nominal three apprentices did not support him very much, he had to walk a lot to Tianzhu, and he had to climb over the world's highest snow-capped mountain, and the snow-capped mountain was something that people could conquer lightly, and each member of the team had dozens of plant seeds in their backpacks, which could be said to be the capital for them to be promoted and rich, as long as they went back safely, they would have a good life next, even if the monk fooled eighty percent of the soldiers into monks, it did not touch the hearts of his three apprentices in the end, Their belief that they wanted to go back was as strong as Master Sanzang's belief that he was going to Tianzhu, so the four of them had a quarrel for the first time.
"Monk. As the saying goes, if you are merciful in your family, why don't you show compassion! Do you know how many people will die when these people accompany you to Tianzhu? ”
"Monkey, let's talk about the point, don't talk about these people, do you know how heavy the things we are carrying? With these things, how many people in our Datang do not have to be starved to death, and the number of those people far exceeds all of us now. ”
"What is the point, disobeying the emperor's order is the biggest point, if the monk you violate the emperor's order in order to become an immortal. All the monks will bury you with you, besides, why is their Tianzhu Dharma so powerful, monk you are so talented, why can't you create a higher and deeper Dharma than them? ”
The skinny monkey, the big fat pig, and the well-dressed sand bhikkhu walked in turn. They had crossed the Persian Gulf Strait two years earlier and entered a new continent, and as expected, they were in that new continent. They found a lot of species that Datang didn't have, and some of them they had eaten on the spot, which were not only delicious, but also should be highly productive. Some of them are unknown ingredients and need to be brought back to study carefully, but the species that Yanglin specified that they must bring back have basically been found, and the huge credit has already been obtained. These people began to return to their hearts like arrows, after all, the civilization of this continent is far from being comparable to the Tang Dynasty, and the return journey that can only be completed in two years. They have been gone for more than half of the year and have now crossed the Persian Gulf Strait again and are back in Eurasia.
"Amitabha, the poor monk's little trick, how can it be compared with the Buddha, Tianzhu is my Buddha's holy land, the Buddha has had an epiphany here, the poor monk goes, the harvest must be a lot, you wait to say that it is useless, the reason why people are human beings, because people have a spiritual belief, the world is extravagant, greedy for pleasure, has long forgotten the importance of this spiritual belief, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin is the emperor of the ages, and there is a genius such as the heavenly horse, the poor monk is full of confidence in them, but want to live forever, I still lack a spiritual backbone for the people of the Central Plains, maybe you will say that the Central Plains Confucianism and Taoism, but these two major factions are not perfect in the eyes of the poor monks, and only by joining the complete Buddhist thought, the people of the Central Plains can not be so empty in spiritual beliefs. ”
Master Sanzang did not follow the big team to walk, but knocked on the buttocks of the white horse with a Zen staff, and walked in the other direction alone, this monk is really stubborn, he thinks that what he is doing is for the good of the Tang Dynasty, and he will persist all the way, and it is with this belief that this group of people can come to this day.
Spiritual belief is a very nihilistic thing, but in many cases, it is indeed an important factor in supporting people to go on, barbarism such as the Huns, Turkic people, the same incomparable belief in immortality, this belief will support them to survive from the difficult environment again and again, the people of the Central Plains where the catastrophe, the death and injury will be many, but also related to the belief in the hearts of the people is not firm, there is no strong will, how to face difficulties, not defeated by difficulties!
If Yanglin is here, he will definitely be happy to say that Master Sanzang is a monk, Buddhism can be supported by Li Shimin in the later period of Zhenguan to suppress Taoism that has been spoiled, most of it is due to Master Sanzang, the scriptures of the West Heaven are not just taken from the Buddhist scriptures, but also to prove to the world that Buddhism has many merits, and the true scriptures obtained by the emperor from Buddhism, the truth of comprehension, is far more precious than a Sanskrit scripture.
Chang'an's Yanglin is now facing a more difficult problem than the Sanzang Master, Li Ertie is determined to accept Xiliang as a concubine, even if the eldest grandson queen is unhappy, he can't change his decision, and Xiliang himself is dead or alive and refuses to marry, helpless Li Er thought that Yanglin listened to the words of the eldest grandson, and made ghosts from it, and repeatedly put pressure on Yanglin, and Yanglin couldn't cry or laugh.
Good words Yang Lin said in front of Xi Liang as much as possible, it still didn't work, this situation was particularly abnormal, and finally aroused Yang Lin's suspicions, so he began to send people to investigate Xi Liang's past, because in Yang Lin's view, Xi Liang's past is too legendary, and if there is a mistake in any of the legends, it is impossible for her to enter the palace safely to become a show girl, and because she is super excellent in the art troupe, it can be said that there are few men who can match her in the entire Tang Dynasty. Yang Lin can also clearly see the friendship between Li Er and her, at this time it is almost logical for him to enter the palace as a concubine, but she threatens to die, and it is a little too much to say if she swears not to marry, what is it that makes her rather die than marry the emperor? You must know that now that Datang is at its peak, women who want to marry the emperor account for more than half of the total population base of Datang, why is this?
In order to clarify the facts, Yanglin directly used the highest investigation agency of the Tang Dynasty, the palace secret guard group, but since it is an investigation, it is impossible to be airtight, Yanglin has almost suffered from Li Er's unanimous condemnation during this time, including the members of the art troupe who have always looked at Yanglin's horse, and actually dared to investigate the goddess in their hearts, it was really kicked in the head by a donkey.
However, there are many suspicious investigation results soon came out, the more you investigate, the more frightened Yang Lin is, the matter was unfortunately guessed by him, Xi Liang actually has a lot to do with Li Yuan and the forces of the old dynasty, Xi Liang can be said to be the first favorite general of Yang Lin in the art troupe, no matter what reason something happened, Yang Lin couldn't bear to see it, but this involved the problem of the Tang Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, Yang Lin finally decided to talk to Xi Liang.
In the single-family villa in Xiliang in the Hibiscus Garden, Yang Lin looked at Xiliang with complicated eyes, and did not speak for a long time, the escort team had already emptied all the personnel within 30 meters of the villa.
"Commander, you are the smartest person in the world I have ever met, do you know something?" Being frightened by Yang Lin's eyes, Xi Liang finally took the lead in asking.
"It is said that women have long hair and short knowledge, I thought that this sentence was not suitable for you, but I didn't think about it, you even didn't want to talk about your past, but I don't want you to go to the point of no return, what are your plans?" Yang Lin's heart was struggling, the forces of the old dynasty had been uprooted by Li Shimin when Li Yuan admitted defeat, and the premise was that Li Shimin did not find the big fish Xiliang.
Yang Lin is now not sure whether the relationship between Xiliang and Li Shimin is true or false over the years, because he has found out the final result, Xiliang is the most obscure knife that Li Yuan put next to Li Shimin, if Li Yuan launches a restoration coup, then the first thing is to let Xiliang carry out the task of poisoning Li Shimin, this is a big crime of the Jiu clan, even if it is as merciful as the eldest grandson queen, Xiliang has absolutely no possibility of survival.
I have to say that a woman's intuition is keen, and Xiliang's past qiē is very good, but Empress Changsun just doesn't want to see her, maybe Empress Changsun is Li Shimin's true daughter, the luckiest thing in his life is to marry Empress Changsun, there is a good wife in the family, and her husband will not suffer misfortune!
Xiliang's tears poured out like a spring, since Yang Lin said this, it proves that he knows everything, so a person who is plotting to kill the emperor, even if Li Shimin can't bear to kill her in his heart, his harem, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, will not allow her to live, after all, the entire Tang Dynasty is thriving under the drive of Li Shimin, and even the big families like the Seven Sects and Five Surnames can benefit from it, and the reactionaries at this time are almost the public enemies of the people of the whole Tang Dynasty.
However, she didn't want to kill Li Shimin in her heart, as the executor of the assassination mission, she fell in love with her own goal, if she really had that kind of thought, in fact, she had many opportunities.
"What qualifications do I have to plan for the future? I'm afraid I'm already a dead man in your eyes! I don't have any relatives alive anymore, if you are here to ask me if I have anything to say at the end, please see the head of the regiment for so many years, and help me say to His Majesty, 'I'm sorry, I failed him'. ”
Speaking of this, Xi Liang was already pale and out of breath, something was wrong, Yang Lin quickly opened Xi Liang's mouth, and there was a faint brown on the tongue coating.
"This stupid woman actually took poison, but with me, it's not so easy for you to die. Someone came, prepare soapy water, and hurry to the Pony Mansion to get a rubber pipe. Yang Lin yelled outside the door. (To be continued......)