Chapter 553

Scholar saber

After Andingguo left, his own Yanyunwei stepped forward to settle the bill.

A few taels of silver were thrown down, not only settled the account, but also gave Xiao Er a few taels of broken silver. The little two people of Le, standing in a row, grinning the most, reluctantly sent this group of people far away.

Then, the group put on the carriage, turned over the horse, stepped on the stone road that had been smoothed by history, and headed towards the Zhengzhou Mansion.

Along the way, the morning fog cleared and the sky cleared.

Lu Heng also took this opportunity to ride on a horse and look at this thousand-year-old capital with great interest.

The origin of Zhengzhou can be traced back to the period of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor more than 4,000 years ago. In the following thousands of years, many dynasties made their capitals here. Therefore, it is also known as the beginning of China in Kyushu.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Xingyang, located in Zhengzhou, became the iron smelting capital that represented the highest peak of the world at that time because of the tilt of the policy. Even today, Zhengzhou is still responsible for most of the weapons production of the Great Zhou army. Even the Great Zhou arsenal ordered by Lu Heng to set up, and the steel materials needed were sent to Tokyo from Zhengzhou.

For thousands of years, this ancient capital, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, has witnessed the rise and fall of the entire Chinese nation and historical changes.

In the city, there are countless temples and temples with a long history. The incense is vigorous all year round, and there are countless believers.

Along the way, I saw many people on the street, holding incense and candles, walking towards the outside of the city. Lu Heng couldn't help but be curious, so he wanted to ask.

Beside her, Su Qianqian smiled and proudly told Lu Heng that today is a very important festival in Taoism. Most of these people with incense and candles are Taoist believers, and they should have gone to worship incense.

In fact, speaking of which, Su Qianqian and the bandits in Yunshan are also half Taoist believers.

When they first went to Yunshan, the conditions were poor. Many people in the village, because they couldn't stand the hard life, either left or ran away to other villages.

In order to vent everyone's troubles, the distressed Su Qianqian invited Taishang Daojun into Yunshan.

Later, with the gradual improvement of life, it became a tradition for the mountain people to worship Taishang Daojun.

After coming down all year round, the bandits and bandits in Yunshan have gradually become a group of Taoist believers.

Although, they are still doing the thing of killing people and making money......

Seeing Su Qianqian's expectant and shy appearance, Lu Heng smiled, simply put aside the matter of going to the mansion, waved his hand, and announced that a group of people would go to Zhongyue Temple first. Keep in mind

After the order was given, the Yanyun guards applauded in unison.

Then, the carriage turned around, and a group of people headed towards the Zhongyue Temple, which was known as the first Taoist temple in the world.

Along the way, listening to Su Qianqian, who was riding a white horse, beside her, talking about interesting things in the temple fair, time passed quickly. At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, a group of people arrived at the foot of Mount Taimuro.

When I looked up, I saw a zigzag stone staircase, like a ladder in the sky, straight up to the sky. And at the end of the ladder that day, there is an extraordinary, magnificent Taoist temple mountain gate, half hidden in the floating clouds, like a fairy palace.

A group of people rolled over and dismounted, leaving one or two people to look after the horses. The rest of the people followed Lu Heng and Su Qianqian, stepped on the stone steps, and headed towards the immortal land on the mountainside.

Along the way, everyone was in high spirits. Especially Su Qianqian, she was even more jubilant. It is completely different from the steady style of the big boss on weekdays.

However, after playing for a while, Su Qianqian found that the people of Zhengzhou who were supporting the old and the young beside her were sighing and full of sadness. It was as if he was wearing iron shoes weighing thousands of pounds, and it was difficult to walk.

Curious, she stepped forward to ask.

Lu Heng stood on the side, watching Su Qianqian gently and obediently support a gray-haired old lady and sit on the bluestone on the side of the road.

Then he squatted in front of the old lady, and while helping the old lady rub her legs, he asked the doubts in his heart.

The old lady's eyes were full of love, and she looked at the beautiful and understanding woman in the red dress in front of her. Subsequently, after listening to Su Qianqian's question about why the believer had such an expression today, the old lady had a sad face and sighed and said politely.

Originally......

Today is not an auspicious day for Taoism that Su Qianqian said.

It is an annual ceremony for boys and girls to worship the mountain gods in Zhengzhou.

In the past five years, every year on the second day of December, the official lord of Zhengzhou City will hold such an event with the Taoist chief of Zhongyue Temple. In the activity, the Taoist of Zhongyue Temple selected ten pairs of male and female babies who had just reached the full moon from Zhengzhou City, and then after the baptism of Zhongyue Temple was completed, they were sheltered by the Taoist and sent by the government to the Wanzhang cliff behind Zhongyue Temple. Push those babies off the cliffs. In this way, the mountain god is worshipped and prayed for good weather and good weather.

The eldest lady is from Zhengzhou, and her wife died early. The only son in the family, he joined the army in March last year and is currently fighting with the Turks in the north. After her son joined the army, she and her daughter-in-law were the only ones left in the family.

It's just that......

In the winter of last year, the grandson, who was born less than a month ago, was robbed by the official and used as a boy to worship the mountain god.

At that time, on the side, the daughter-in-law, who was being supported by officers and soldiers, crying and hissing, watched her child being thrown into the abyss. The daughter-in-law suffered this tragedy and passed out on the spot. Later, when I woke up, I went crazy too. A month later, the daughter-in-law said that she was going to find her child, climbed all the way up the mountain, and jumped off the cliff.

This year, the old lady, who already knew the destiny of heaven, climbed this Taimuro Mountain alone. Carrying incense and candles, just to pay tribute to the innocent grandson and daughter-in-law who were forced to die.

After the old lady finished speaking, she leaned over and walked towards the mountain alone.

After Su Qianqian returned to Lu Heng's side, she buried her head deeply in Lu Heng's chest, her delicate body trembled sharply, and tears fell like rain.

"Lu Lang, they, woo woo......"

Lu Heng didn't say anything, just stretched out his arms and hugged Su Qianqian, who was trembling in his arms. With his eyes closed, he tilted his head and took a deep breath. Stretched out his hand and patted Su Qianqian's trembling back gently.

"Oh, the dust will settle eventually!"

Tens of thousands of troops were fighting bloodily for the country in the north at this time, and in the rear, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials were actually doing such bad things.

Lu Heng closed his eyes and let the cold wind in the mountains blow his long hair.

Gradually, the fierce cold wind also froze the calm color in his eyes, and replaced it with a bone-eating coldness.

After a long time, Lu Heng turned his head, stared at an indignant Yanyunwei behind him, and asked indifferently, "Where is Wang Wenyi now?" ”

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Wang Wenyi was an officer of the Third Reserve Regiment of the Great Zhou, with a total of 10,000 recruits under his command. When Lu Heng left Taiyuan and went to Henan Province. He once had a glass of wine in Changzhi with this officer who had served under Xu Liang back then.

At that time, after Wang Wenyi saw Lu Heng, he was so happy that he couldn't even speak.

Rubbing his hands on his clothes, he didn't know what to do.

Later, after Wang Wenyi finally stabilized his mood, he knelt on his knees and gave Lu Heng a courtesy, which scared the recruits into thinking that the emperor was coming.

Lu Heng couldn't help him up with a smile, patted his broad shoulders, and quipped: "I have been guarding the martyr's cemetery in Jiangning for a year, and I am much more stable!" ”

Wang Wenyi wiped away the tears of the excited information and didn't say anything, just looked at Lu Heng and smirked.

The soldiers who came out of Jiangning, especially the soldiers who served in the Jiangning garrison in the past two years, had a kind of gratitude from the bottom of their hearts for the scholar in front of Wang Wenyi. 、

In that year, Wu Ningyuan, the king of Huainan, was demoted to the south of the Yangtze River. The Jiangning garrison, which was the army of Wuning's distant descendants, was also not treated well by the imperial court.

But later, with the advent of military divisions. The Jiangning garrison, which was regarded as a waste, suddenly turned over. first acted as the first line in the flood fight and rescue, and since then it has gotten rid of the image of a moth in the eyes of the people of Jiangning. Later, in the first battle of Purple Mountain, the Jiangning garrison, which was regarded as weak by the outside world, actually captured 500 Turkic soldiers. Later, the Jiangning garrison, which was more and more impressive, defeated the attack of the Dongying people.

Later, as Prince Ning and the military advisor successively entered the highest level of power in the Great Zhou, the Jiangning garrison, which was the descendant of King Ning, also soared into the sky.

Today, the veterans of the Jiangning garrison are already officers of all units.

Back then, in the Jiangning garrison camp, Wang Wenyi blushed with shame when he looked like a ruffian.

That night, the two drank and talked happily until dawn.

After dawn, Lu Heng led his troops south. However, Wang Wenyi's corps, which was originally preparing to go north to Yanmen Pass, suddenly announced that it would rest in Changzhi for five days.

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Yan Yunwei was taken aback by the emperor's gloomy gaze, and after his body trembled for a while, he hurriedly returned to report: "I arrived in Wuling yesterday, and I expect to arrive in Zhengzhou at sunset!" ”

Lu Heng nodded slightly: "Order, let them hurry up and move closer to Zhengzhou at full speed, be sure to do it at sunset." Arrive at the city of Zhengzhou! In addition, send an order to the front line, let Duan Peng, Wang Xirang, and Wang Gongye check to see if there is a Zhengzhou soldier named Zhang Dabao among their subordinates, and if he finds it, let him come back! The culprit's head, the official kept it for him! ”

Yan Yunwei nodded solemnly and turned to leave.

After the smoke and clouds left, Lu Heng turned his head and looked at the mountain with a cold gaze, the vast Zhengzhou City, the voice was like ten thousand years of ice, which made people smell the creepy: "I want to see if the Zhengzhou prefect who likes to eat human milk has a hard neck, or the knife in Lu someone's hand!" ”

In her arms, Su Qianqian immediately felt a terrifying murderous aura permeating Lu Heng's body. In horror in his heart, he raised his head and saw Lu Heng's ruthless gaze, and was immediately startled.

"The officials in Zhengzhou, I'm afraid they won't be able to stay!"

Lu Heng glanced at Zhengzhou City under the mountain with an indifferent expression, and after muttering to himself, he turned around and walked towards the mountain.