The Great Temple of Mercy and Grace, the night is hazy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Du Qianyun was half leaning against the corner of the shed, feeling extremely depressed.

Not far away, a foul-smelling beggar was sleeping soundly, half of his buttocks exposed from his tattered clothes and trousers, facing him. Du Qianyun was angry, but he was also inconvenient, so he had to turn his face away, but he came face to face with Fang Ruoxu, who was squatting aside.

Fang Ruoxu's face was blue and swollen, and the corners of his mouth and nostrils were still bloodshot, in the dim light, it was more like a bitter gourd that had been beaten, Du Qianyun suddenly felt bad luck coming to his face, and shouted: "Bow your head!" ”

Fang Ruo was submissive and lowered his bitter gourd face full of bad luck.

In the summer shed, it was hot and sour, and Du Qianyun was uncomfortable and let out a long sigh.

For this errand, Du Qianyun is 10,000 unhappy.

The dignified general of the army, even the central members of the imperial court, will also give three points of face. But today, he wants to pretend to be a scoundrel, messing around in the market, being looked down upon and squeezed by others. During the day in Yonghefang, he was beaten by a Hu man, and at night, he had to live with the blind streams. Du Qianyun has been honored for so many years, and he has never suffered such a crime!

Du Qianyun is not a soldier, he is a businessman with a serious background!

The titles of General Huaihua and General Zhonglang were bought by him for 100,000 taels of silver and following the path of Yang Guozhong.

This transaction is the most proud of his life!

The shrewd Du Qianyun seized an opportunity!

This opportunity is the serious corruption of the government military system.

The government military system that once helped the Tang Dynasty clear the four seas and dominate the world has existed in name only in the Tianbao period!

The corruption of the government military system has caused two evil consequences.

In the border court, the mercenary system gradually replaced the government soldier system, forming a powerful border army in the hands of the jiedu envoys rather than the imperial court! The strength of the border army even exceeded that of the government soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty, they were the most brave and warlike army in the world, and the invincible border army created a war miracle, extending the border of the Tang Dynasty for thousands of miles. In the Western Regions, the Shuofang army led by Wang Zhongsi and Gao Xianzhi once swept through West Asia, and the front of the army pointed directly at the Amu Darya River thousands of miles away. In Liaodong, the Fan Yang army led by An Lushan swept through the white mountains and black waters, and went straight to the sea frontier!

The great military exploits of the border army concealed an extremely dangerous sign -- the fundamental reason for the strength of the border army was that the hired soldiers of the border army were loyal to their temperance envoys or defense history, not to the court and the emperor!

It is precisely because of this more direct allegiance that the border army has a strong cohesion and combat effectiveness! They are not the army of the imperial court, but the private army of the general!

This is an extremely dangerous phenomenon for a centralized state. However, from the imperial court to the common people, no one was aware of the existence of this danger! The prosperous economy and unparalleled martial arts have blinded the eyes of the world! Including the once wise and decisive Tang Ming Emperor!

Another evil consequence of the corruption of the government military system is the weakness of the forbidden army.

In stark contrast to the powerful border army, the forbidden army of the Gongwei Beijing Division has long become an embroidered pillow that is not useful.

As the emperor's guards, the officers and soldiers of the forbidden army not only have sophisticated equipment, but also enjoy unimaginable preferential treatment in the border army.

Becoming a soldier of the forbidden army is equivalent to serving an iron rice bowl, or even a golden rice bowl, because they don't have to worry about losing their lives on the battlefield, the forbidden army is the army of the emperor, and their post is in the palace of the capital, and there is no half-dime relationship with the frozen frontier of thousands of miles of yellow sand and thousands of miles! And the powerful border army of the Tang Dynasty will not let the enemy get half a step closer to the mainland!

Because of this, the drill of the forbidden army has become a dead letter, and the generals know that this is an army that will never go to the battlefield, since this is the case, why bother to drill, make everyone hard!

The only strength of the forbidden army is that the people are beautiful and walk well. Every time the envoys of foreign countries came to Chang'an, the forbidden army would march through Suzaku Street in a procession, and the mighty and neat steps, shining armor, and earth-shattering shouts shocked those foreigners who had never seen the world. As everyone knows, the combat power of a ragged soldier in the Western Regions is worth fifty forbidden soldiers outside the golden jade!

The emperor was completely unaware of the current state of the forbidden army. However, many shrewd people have long seen it in their eyes and rejoiced in their hearts.

Wealthy businessmen rushed to contribute money and efforts, and imagined that their children would be stuffed into the forbidden army.

Du Qianyun also saw that this was a business opportunity to make money without losing money!

Therefore, he did not spend one or two thousand taels of silver to donate a junior officer or soldier of the forbidden army like others, but invested his blood capital, and gave out 100,000 taels of silver at one time, and he was on the thigh of Yang Guozhong and got the position of Zhonglang general.

When he became a lieutenant general, Du Qianyun treated his troops as a shop and carefully operated them according to commercial principles.

In less than a year, he recruited 300 soldiers, recorded 300,000 taels of silver, and made a net profit of 200,000 taels after deducting the cost of 100,000 taels.

Du Qianyun is full of ambition, and he wants to use his lifetime to run his "shop" well, become bigger and stronger, start from the rank of General Huaihua, and work hard step by step until he reaches the national pillar, and when the time comes, he can recruit thousands of troops to make money!

It wasn't until today, when he was sent out by Yang Guozhong to carry out a mission, that Du Qianyun remembered that he was a soldier, not a shop owner.

Soldiers take risks when they carry out their tasks! What's even worse is that the task given to him by Yang Guozhong turned out to be to explore the Buddha's true body relics!

Du Qianyun has the shrewdness of a businessman, and also has a sense of risk of a businessman!

He was keenly aware that any action involving the Buddha's true body relics would be in great danger!

The danger is even higher than the fighting on the battlefield!

The Buddha's true body relics are the most important weapons of the country, whether it is still in the Great Ci'en Temple, and those who dare to attack it are definitely not easy to provoke!

Du Qianyun's backer is Yang Guozhong, and the Yang family is known as the first family in the Tang Dynasty.

However, Du Qianyun did not agree with this, although he was pulled up by Yang Guozhong!

Du Qianyun, who is proficient in business and official affairs, knows that the prosperity of the Yang family is not reliable, and any family that relies on women to prosper has a huge hidden danger buried in it - it is easy to grow old, and the years leave traces!

In a corner of Datang, there must be someone ready to go, waiting to replace Yang Guozhong's position!

If the Buddha's true body relics are really lost, the people who covet the relics will definitely have the ability to replace Yang Guozhong!

If you go against such a person, you will get into a commotion!

Therefore, after Du Qianyun received the order, he was afraid.

He didn't dare to disobey Yang Guozhong, Yang Guozhong raised a finger and could pinch him to death!

He didn't dare to go against the invisible forces!

The purpose of Du Qianyun's official position is to do business, and an important principle of doing business is not to fight for his life!

Du Qianyun wandered the streets and alleys with anxiety and fear, and he even had the courage to go to Yonghefang, that place is not a good place!

In Yonghefang, Du Qianyun was beaten by a big man with a beard, but he got nothing.

In fact, for Du Qianyun, getting nothing is the best result, so that he can stay away from right and wrong.

However, just as he was about to go back to his home to pay tribute to Yang Guozhong, his subordinates, who did not know what to do and were eager to ask for merit, arrested a down-and-out talent named Fang Ruoxu, who is said to have entered the Pranyo Hall of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, which is a place to worship the Buddha's true body relics.

Du Qianyun had no choice but to be interrogated in person, Fang Ruoxu honestly confessed that he was framed by a guy named Bu Yunfei, who caused him to enter the Panruotang by mistake and was beaten by the bald donkeys. Du Qianyun originally didn't believe Fang Ruoxu's statement, he was punched and kicked, no matter how he was tortured, Fang Ruoxu still insisted that he had nothing to do with the Buddha's true body relics.

Du Qianyun originally planned to let Fang Ruoxu go and stop there. But there was another subordinate who was eager to make a contribution, and suggested that he take Fang Ruoxu into the Great Ci'en Temple to get the exact news of whether the Buddha's true body relics were stolen at close range!

Du Qianyun secretly scolded that guy for not knowing what to do, but he didn't dare to refuse. He knows very well that these generals in the Shence Army have no ability to fight, but the ability to drill the camp is perfect, if he retreats from the battle today, there will be a small report to Yang Guozhong tomorrow, staring at the position of Zhonglang General, there are many people!

In desperation, Du Qianyun had no choice but to hold Fang Ruoxu, pretend to be a blind stream, and enter the shed in the west courtyard of the Great Ci'en Temple.

According to the plan, after dark, he should let Fang Ruoxu lead the way and sneak into the Pranyo Hall quietly to check the Buddha's true body relics.

Until the third watch, Du Qianyun didn't do anything.

He was terrified!

Pranya Hall is an important place of Buddhism, heavily guarded, and the warrior monks guarding there are like wolves and tigers!

And what scared Du Qianyun even more was not those guarding monks, but the invisible and untouchable force!

He had a hunch that there must still be people staring at Prajnatang, no matter who they were, they could easily kill him!

"General, it's been three watches!" A subordinate with a pair of cross-eyed eyes leaned into Du Qianyun's ear and whispered.

This cross-eyed surname is Yang, with a single name and three characters, and he is a nine-grade captain. However, Yang San claimed to be Yang Guozhong's nephew, although there is no trace, these years, there are many people who climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and it is estimated that Yang Guozhong does not remember that there is such a nephew, but Du Qianyun would rather believe it, after all, he can't write two Yang characters in one stroke. Be cautious as an official, you can't afford to offend anyone.

Yang San is a pioneer in a hurry, this kid is bent on doing this errand well, so that he can show his face in front of Yang Guozhong, during the day today, he did it, and he also proposed to sneak into the Great Ci'en Temple!

Yang San was urging him to act quickly, Du Qianyun was irritable, but when he saw Yang San looking eager to try, he had to say: "General Yang, the stakes are very high, you must act cautiously and not be reckless." Or, you go out first to see the situation in the temple, if the wind and waves in the temple are calm, let's act together, na, if the clues are found, Du will definitely report the deeds of General Yang who bravely moved forward regardless of himself, and truthfully report to Lord Yang! ”

"Thank you, General Du, for your support!" Yang Sanxi waved his hand, took two people, and hurriedly walked out of the shed.

Du Qianyun secretly scolded Yang San in his heart for not knowing what to do, but when he saw Fang Ruoxu's head drooping, as if he was asleep, his heart became more and more annoyed, if it weren't for this Fang Ruoxu, he wouldn't have fallen into such an embarrassing situation.

"Fang Ruoxu, you still dare to fucking sleep! Raise your head to Lao Tzu! ”

"The general is mighty, and the villain doesn't dare to look up!"

"Forgive your innocence!" Du Qianyun shouted: "You said that Bu Yunfei also lives here, why didn't you see him!" ”

"The villain really doesn't know." Fang Ruoxu said: "He is just a blind stream, he is home everywhere, and he doesn't necessarily come here every day." ”

"What does the Hu man who committed the murder in Yonghefang during the day have to do with you?"

"The villain partners with him to do some small business."

"Does he know about the Buddha's bones?"

"Amitabha! The Buddha's bones are the treasure of Buddhism, and that Bayegu is a Hu man, and there are some problems in his brain, how to know? It's the villain, and I only learned about it from the general today. ”

Du Qianyun wanted to ask again, but saw Yang San hurriedly walk into the shed and come to his side: "General, find out from your humble position, the Buddha's bones are really not in the Panruo Hall!" ”

"What!" Du Qianyun was shocked into a cold sweat, which means that someone really stole the Buddha's true body relics!