Chapter Forty-Eight: The Gray-robed Monk
Bang!
"Bastard! Wei Manzi is coming again!
A drunken old man at the next table slammed the table, got up with a wine jug and yelled, his gray beard stained with wine, very imposing.
"yes! These calves are too ambitious!"
"The King of Chu is mediocre and only understands pleasure, if it weren't for the King of Zhendong sitting in Jiaxiong Pass and keeping Wei Manzi out of the pass, how could we have the opportunity to drink and chat?"
"Alas!"
The old man brought up the topic, and these days the guys who are not afraid of the ground began to discuss national affairs, and they did not shy away from it, and some even called the name of the king of Chu, which shows how majestic the royal power is in the city where the emperor is far away.
Although most people are belittling the king of Chu, but no one is belittling the king of Zhendong who guards the border pass, looking at the expressions of these people, this is not a lie under oppression, but a sincere praise.
Shi Xuan listened carefully to these news, his brows furrowed slightly, these are not good news.
What kind of suspicion will a feudal prince and king have more prestige than a king?
If the king of Zhendong has a rebellion, with the strength of the four cities in the northeast, with a wave of his hand, the iron hooves of the south will be unstoppable, but now the army of Wei is entrenched outside the Jiaxiong Pass, eyeing the territory of the Chu State, which forms a strange balance, and this strange parallel may only need a feather to break.
After staying on the second floor of Tianxiang Building for nearly an hour, Shi Xuan also knew something about this world, the Spring and Autumn Continent has never been a peaceful world, wars are breaking out every day, and various countries on the continent are conquest and plundering resources from each other.
Every day, countries disappear and countries rise, and it is not uncommon to bury bones in foreign lands, as for how big is this continent?
No one can say clearly, no one can fully explore the Demon Beast Mountain Range alone, and the civilians living in Guyue City can know that several nearby countries are already well-informed, and more detailed information needs to be purchased from some large business travelers.
As for the Situ Ruinan brothers and sisters, these two little guys only knew about the situation in Guyue City, and they also knew some information about the Demon Beast Mountain Range by hearsay, but what they said at the beginning was just boasting.
Guyue City is located in the northeast of Wei State, it is the closest city to the Demon Beast Mountain Range, the land is barren and difficult to grow food, the fertile plain area of Wei State and the capital city are in the southwest, here can be said to be the Tiangao Emperor far away, if it is not for the rich resources of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, no one wants to come to this ghost place at all.
Guyue City is not far from the border between Wei and Chu, not only the training ground of Jiaxiong Pass, but also very close to the granary behind Jiaxiong Pass, which is a place where soldiers must fight, so it is often attacked by Chu State.
The monster mountain range is very rich in resources, in addition to the production of spirit beast materials, there are also many large ore veins, most of the business travelers and mercenaries who come and go will choose to settle in Guyue City, under the convergence of various bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods, the water of Guyue City is very deep!
Shi Xuan's expression was a little dignified, his thumb pressed against the blade, and the blade was unsheathed by an inch, which showed that his heart was not calm, and the ancient predecessors had repeatedly told him not to get involved in the war before he came, but he didn't expect that the location of the teleportation was so close to the battlefield, and this meat grinder was approaching him.
Wei and Chu have continued to fight each other for decades, and there are countless soldiers buried under this loess, and it can be said that every soldier stationed in Jiaxiong Pass is now burdened with a sea of blood and hatred, and every civilian is hostile to each other, eager to eat meat and drink blood.
Interestingly, a hundred years ago, Chu and Wei were originally a family, but the contradictions between the two ethnic groups gradually broke out, and eventually they were hostile to each other, the Chu people wanted to recover the land occupied by the Wei State, and the Wei people wanted to return to their ancestral land.
Years of war have gradually borne a bitter bitter end, and the decline in the working population has slowed the development of these two countries, even if the ruling class has now realized that this is a meaningless war, and that this kind of childlike war will sooner or later destroy itself.
It's just that once the wheel turns, it can't stop anymore, if you want to reconcile, the first one to disagree is the soldiers at the border pass, once this tiger and wolf division aims its fangs at the master, the two countries will have to change the country name in a few days.
Shi Xuan was not afraid, but completely unnecessary, in his opinion, this was like a child making an awkward fuss, the fifty-six ethnic groups of the Yanhuang Kingdom could do it in one family, why couldn't these two countries put down the machete and sit together and have a good talk? There has never been a winner in war.
Spirit beasts are all over the ground to experience in the demon beast mountain range, although this can quickly improve their actual combat level, but it can be imagined that when the mercenaries stationed in Guyue City go to the Nolan Mountains, how noisy this mountain range will be, and then a terrible beast roar will not only attract spirit beasts, but also those greedy hyenas.
There are no rules outside the city that prohibit fighting, and victory can be won at the minimum cost, so why pursue a gentleman's agreement to one-on-one, they will use every way they can think of to kill each other, trap, poison, and cause trouble......
This is definitely not a good thing for Shi Xuan, who is alone, unless Shi Xuan also joins a mercenary group, but Shi Xuan has the big secret of the temple, as for whether the people in the mercenary group will have bad intentions towards this newcomer, Shi Xuan does not dare to gamble, the open gun is easy to dodge, and the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent.
So this news is not a good thing for Shi Xuan, maybe the slightest carelessness will kill Huangquan.
Whether Bubu will make a move or not depends on his mood, but Shi Xuan feels that even if Bubu saves him, then his fate with the temple will almost come to an end, so Shi Xuan will not put his hope on Bubu.
Shi Xuan leaned on the windowsill with one hand, originally wanting to find out the enemy hidden below, but his gaze gradually became solemn after scanning the circle.
The street is still full of people, but this hustle and bustle no longer exists in Shi Xuan's eyes, a young monk with clear eyebrows walked from the street to Tianxiang Building, and the surrounding crowd seemed to meet the river water of the reef, and automatically slid away to both sides, but except for Shi Xuan, who looked down on this scene, the crowd in the street did not know.
"Interesting, are the people from the Buddha sect here?"
Bubu, who had returned to the temple, reappeared in front of Shi Xuan's eyes, rubbing his chin with one hand, thoughtfully.
The young monk was wearing an old gray monk's robe, his fingers plucked a string of wooden prayer beads, his lips moved slightly as if reciting Buddhist scriptures, and every step gave people a sense of harmony, not slow or hurried, and the distance of each step was exactly the same, not bad at all.
The monk's eyebrows are slender, with a gentle smile on his face, which makes people feel like a spring breeze, and there is always a trace of compassion in his eyes.
Seeing this scene, Shi Xuan's pupils constricted, the layman looked at the excitement, the insider looked at the doorway, and the distance taken by each step was the same, which was easy to say, but difficult to do, this control of his body had reached the point of incredible, and even returned to the realm of simplicity.
Shi Xuan retracted his gaze, this level of people, Shi Xuan can't contact it now, it's too dangerous, monks don't kill? Hehe, it's better to kill people directly after suppressing them for five hundred years under Foshan.
"Have you eaten enough? Do you want to add more?"
Shi Xuan turned his head and saw Situ Ruinan, who stuffed himself like a squirrel, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, although it was not very beautiful, but the child still looked quite cute.
"Ahh
Situ Ruinan raised his head and glanced at Shi Xuan, and said vaguely.
Feeling that this meal took a bit long, Situ Ruinan swallowed the food with difficulty, picked up the hot tea and poured it into a sip, got up and prepared to leave.
"Huh?"
After getting up, Situ Ruinan was a little puzzled, because Shi Xuan, who was holding his sister, did not get up, but stared at himself, or stared at him, with sharp eyes.
Situ Ruinan turned around after turning around, and a set of gray monk's robes came into view, looking at the roughness of this shabby monk's robe, it was not much better than the tattered clothes he wore before.
With his head raised and his gaze moving up, Situ Ruinan's somewhat frightened emotions gradually subsided, and this gentle smiling face seemed to be able to soothe emotions and make people feel extremely peaceful in their hearts.
"Amitabha, the little monk is not hostile!"
The young monk clasped his hands together, smiled gently at Situ Ruinan, and then made a Buddhist salute to Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, although the monk was looking at Shi Xuan, Shi Xuan always felt that this gaze was not on himself, but on the cloth on his shoulder, which made Shi Xuan have a bad premonition, if this guy was greedy and wanted to seize the temple, Shi Xuan would definitely not be able to stop it.
"Master, please be seated!"
"Ruinan, why don't you hurry up and make tea for the master!"
Shi Xuan frowned, and motioned for Situ Ruinan to return to his side, when he went out, monks, children, Taoist priests, women, and old people could not be easily provoked, especially monks and Taoist priests, this is not something ordinary people dare to pretend.
It is said that there is a kingdom in the east of the prince arrogant, a little monk who went out to practice brutally killed, not a few days later, a group of old monks personally came to the door, all the people involved in this matter were brought back to Foshan to atone for their sins, the king who lost his parents and children also had to send the old monk out of the city on foot, Buddhism has a supreme position in this world, powerful, mysterious......
Situ Ruinan was stunned for a moment, pulled out the stool and removed the plates on the table, cleaned up a clean place, and raised his hand to signal Xiao Er to close the table.
Situ Ruinan's gaze kept falling on the young monk, and for some reason, he could always feel a familiar feeling in this monk, which was very familiar, very warm, and very worrying.
The young monk sat steadily on the stool, his eyes moving back and forth on Situ Ruinan's siblings, and then sighed heavily, his eyes slightly narrowed and chanted Buddhist scriptures.
After a while, the young monk suddenly stood up, folded his hands and bowed deeply towards Shi Xuan.
"The great grace of the donor, remember the misfortune!"
Shi Xuan slightly lowered his head and looked at Situ Ruilan who was sleeping in his arms, this sentence is too informative, these two children are actually related to Buddhism?
Situ Ruinan stretched out his hand and looked around his head, looking left and right, looking confused, obviously not understanding the situation.
"I don't understand what does this mean, master?"
Shi Xuan is not a person who can be coaxed in a few words, although the monk in front of him is kind and kind-eyed, but he knows his face but does not know his heart, this is related to the lives of the two children, and there is no room for negligence.
"The little monk is called to cross the doom, and he can't afford to be a master......"