Linzhou City, since the volcano king Gon self-proclaimed Linzhou assassin envoy, occupied this city, and became a prince, this city is also known as Yangjia City. Along the valley of the Guye River for more than 40 miles, on a high peak, is the Yangjia City, the base camp of the Yang family in Linzhou.

The cold wind is bleak, the snow is fluttering, the four fields are vast, the world is lonely, even the birds and birds are rare in the river loop that is rarely populated, but at this time, there is a line of leather robes with bows and arrows, and a saber under the ribs of the big man in the leather robe braved the wind and snow, galloping all the way along the dry valley of the cave and the wild river, the horse's hooves were obtained, and they were quickly swept away by the wind and snow, and only a line of black shadows could be seen in the distance.

In such a cold weather, most of the people are cats at home, sitting on the hot kang head to live, the whereabouts on the road are rare, the birds are flying, but it is not that no one notices their whereabouts, this line of knights into the Yang family city within fifty miles, has entered the sight of the Yang family's ears and eyes, the news was quickly sent to Yang Jiacheng, but no one came out to stop them, only more than 50 people, even if it is a strong bow horse, everyone is good at fighting, it is impossible to pose any threat to Linzhou City, so they were able to successfully arrive at Linzhou City.

Linzhou is a Han Lan Hu, Hu Lan Han, the place where all ethnic groups live together, but here is mainly farming, the city building is also the style of the farming nation, when the city of Linzhou is close to the left, the river loop extends to the plain surrounded by mountains on both sides, the Qianmo vertical and horizontal, all are covered under the fertile snow, stand under the mountain and look up, only to see a male city at the head of the mountain, the Great Wall built successively in the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties and the beacon tower of the four looks at the city head are connected into one, stretch away, probe in all directions, it seems to be very magnificent.

There were already people waiting at the gate of the city, the group of more than 50 people got off the war horse, led the horse, and talked to the person who received the meeting before getting close, the city head put down the drawbridge, a group of mermaids entered, slowly entered the castle made of loess, the drawbridge rumbled up again, the mountains and fields returned to silence again, only the wind and snow raged, and the call passed.

Yangjia guest hall, the fire dragon built underground, the whole room is warm, the heat is surging, and it is as warm as spring. Yang Chongxun looked at this special guest with a face full of surprise, and said in surprise: "The imperial court military order has been issued, and the army will be sent to attack Han in the near future, and the third brother is preparing for this matter, and the third brother is also busy with official business, but I didn't expect the third brother to visit at this time, which is really a bit unexpected." ”

Yang Hao smiled slightly and said, "The visit of the younger brother is of course unexpected, and the important thing to talk about with the elder brother is even more unexpected. ”

Yang Chongxun was moved, and hurriedly said: "Brother Xian has worked hard all the way, come, let's sit in the study, if there is anything, sit down and talk slowly." ”

The two entered the study, sat down opposite, Yang Hao held a cup of hot tea, looked at Yang Chongxun, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, I have also received an order from the Privy Council, and I will lead the army to go out in the near future. ”

Yang Chongxun saw that his expression was grim, but he was no longer polite, leaned forward, and said attentively: "Brother Xian, please speak." ”

The Yang family kept the visit of these distinguished guests a high degree of confidentiality, and few people in the Yang family city knew what distinguished guests the city lord had come, and thirty or fifty knights entered the city, in the eyes of ordinary people, most of them were just warriors who usually sent out the city to patrol and returned, so no one paid attention to it.

The door of Yang Chongxun's study was tightly closed, and it took a full hour before it was quietly opened. Yang Hao said goodbye, Yang Chongxun personally sent him out of the city, and the group did not stop, and hurried south.

"My lord, has Lord Yang agreed to your request?"

The snow was still falling, and in the face of the howling wind and snow, Mu Yu untied the ear protector covering his mouth and nose, and chased up and asked Yang Hao loudly.

Yang Hao smiled coldly and said in a deep voice: "Yang Chongxun's courage is limited after all, I asked him to gather heavy troops and send troops to attack when Li Guangrui's troops were trapped in Yinzhou City and lacking both offense and defense, but he couldn't make up his mind to fight Li Guangrui head-on after all." Hey! Maybe he Yang Chongxun was originally a hero, but he had been sheltered under the wing of the Zhe clan for a long time, and that pride was exhausted. ”

Mu Yu was surprised: "Then don't we have to fight to the death in the city?" In case ......"

Yang Hao said: "Yang Chongxun has only been under Li Guangrui's authority for a long time, and he does not dare to fight with the king of the northwest independently from the foundation, but he is not afraid of it. He has already undertaken, Chen Chong's troops are on the front line of the Great Wall, once Yinzhou cannot be defended, the soldiers and horses in my city can break through to the east, and then he will send troops to respond, and the soldiers and civilians of Yinzhou will be connected to Linzhou. ”

Mu Yu sighed and said, "That's okay, if there is no way out, my subordinates are really worried." ”

Yang Hao shook his head and said loudly: "I am very disappointed, although the Dangxiang Seven Clans have been loyal to me, but there may not be Li Guangrui's eyes in the Dangxiang Seven Clans, they can't hear the confidential news, and the actions of the brigade of people and horses marching and scheduling, setting up ambushes and ambushes must not be hidden from him, and the role of the Dangxiang Seven Clans can only force Li Guangrui to do his best, and he cannot be effectively killed."

If you want to defeat Li Guangrui, the only way to do this is to come up with another surprise army, this strange army, I originally pinned my hopes on Yang Chongxun in Linzhou. If I can successfully take Xiazhou, with Li Guangrui's army outside, this new force will not have much loss. If Linzhou can help at a critical juncture, and even if it is not good, it can also drag Li Guangrui, at this time, my three feudal wars and Han soldiers and horses galloped back to help, and the defenders in the city should cooperate with the outside, maybe with this battle can pull out the banner of Li Guangrui, the king of the northwest, Yang Chongxun is not brave enough, reluctant to capital, and the tiger returns to the mountain, and then to clean him up, I am afraid it will take a lot of time. ”

The war horses galloped out of the valley of the cave and the wind and snow raging along the river loop.

Yang Hao turned his horse, looked at the majestic castle at the end of Mianchang City, smiled, and said lightly: "No wonder his Yang family has always been under the folded family, how big his mind is, how big the world is, Yang Chongxun's creation is not enough, and he will succeed...... It's not enough. This Yang family city has been called Linzhou City since ancient times, Lin, Qilin'er, it's a pity, if his Yang family really has a Linzi, it is not in the Yang family city, but in the ......"

He subconsciously glanced in the direction of the Han Kingdom, and as far as the eye could see, it was all white, the heavens and the earth merged into one color, and the sky was even more gloomy. Yang Hao flicked the horse's head, raised his hand and whipped, and shouted: "Continue to hurry, go to Luzhou"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the officials who stayed in Luzhou have been very idle since Yang Hao shifted the focus of his rule to Yinzhou, but they are also very busy for a while, and all kinds of preparations for a major retreat are in full swing when ordinary people do not know much about it.

The arsenal in the back mountain has been completely closed. All the craftsmen, apprentices, and machines, under the leadership of Li Xing, were escorted by an army, and now they have moved to the depths of the tea mountain. This time to move away, Yang Hao no longer intends to move them back, the iron ore they used was originally transported from Chashan, and the cost of all the way was huge, and now the line from Luzhou to Yinzhou is under his control, and the ordnance manufacturing can be directly located in Chashan, there is no need to stay here.

At the same time, the troops trained in Luzhou were also secretly assembling and were ready to set up camp and rush to Yinzhou at any time to strengthen Yinzhou's defenses. Between Luzhou and Yinzhou, if you have to make a trade-off, Yang Hao will undoubtedly choose Yinzhou. Although Luzhou is his birthplace, it is not suitable for continuous expansion and development as a city, and transportation alone is a big problem that restricts development.

If stationed here, that is, closed here, agriculture and animal husbandry can not become the mainstream, and industry and commerce only take advantage of the special environment and special status of Luzhou, and now Yang Hao and Zheyang two families have formally formed an alliance, and the party Xiang Qishi has also clearly fallen to Yang Hao, Luzhou has ended its historical mission, and the original advantages are no longer there.

As for the people of Yinzhou, Yang Hao does not plan to alarm for the time being, so as not to attract the attention of those who are interested. According to common sense, Yinzhou is the place where Li Guangrui must recapture, Li Guangcen is a figure that Li Guangrui must get rid of, this city is now in Yinzhou, and the possibility of him dividing his troops to fight Luzhou or attacking Luzhou first is almost none, who doesn't know the speed of the soldiers? Even if Li Guangrui wanted to fight Luzhou, it must have been after he captured Yinzhou.

But not afraid of 10,000, just afraid of what happens, the necessary precautions must still be there, if Xiazhou really sends troops to Luzhou, it must not rush to the war and harm the people. Therefore, civil affairs officials have begun to plan all kinds of evacuation preparations, Luzhou's accumulated industrial and commercial products, cattle and sheep materials and even pastures, all have been moved to Yinzhou, Yang Hao was already building Yinzhou into his economic center of gravity, this will not attract attention. At the same time, they got a large number of mules, horses, and ox carts, and people who didn't know thought that there were more materials to be transported, but in fact this was to prepare for the big evacuation, once the soldiers and horses of Xiazhou attacked Luzhou, the people could evacuate lightly and quickly withdraw to the territory of Fuzhou.

Kaibao Temple, the upper courtyard of the living Buddha of Dacuo.

In a meditation room, the incense is lit, and a bald monk in a big red robe is cross-kneeled and has a long breath.

The door is open, the snowflakes outside the door are light, a pair of deerskin boots, and they walked in lightly on the snowflakes flying in the sky, it is a bamboo rhyme, wearing a leather shoulder, snow-white animal hair outside, lining her pretty face. She stood still in the doorway, glancing at the monk, who was hunched on the futon, with his hands on his knees, and if it weren't for the slight rise and fall between his chest and diaphragm with his long breathing, he would have been thought of as a Buddha statue, carved in fine bronze.

Zhu Yun bit her lip and said, "The people of 'Flying Feather' have all been scattered, and I have nothing to do with this teaching now, and I will ...... tomorrow I'm going to Yinzhou. ”

The monk was still motionless, Zhu Yun raised his eyebrows, but slowly calmed down, and asked, "You...... Would you like to go to Silver State with me? ”

The monk is still motionless, Zhu Yun's gaze gradually moved to the wall, there is a thangka hanging on the wall, it is a silk thangka, white jade is the horizontal axis, the other three sides of the edge are decorated with pearls, it is extremely precious, the thangka is covered with a thin layer of silk, so that people can not see the content of the covered picture.

But Zhu Yun knew what was drawn on it, it was a portrait of a nun. A young bhikshuni with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, pure as water. The portrait is very vivid, and her shy and timid expression shows her gentleness and kindness. When Zhu Yun crept nearby, she also saw the monk standing in front of the thangka, lifting the silk silk, staring at the portrait, and calling her name with tears in her eyes: Water Moon, Still Water Moon...... Zhu Yun admired his infatuation, and it was because of his infatuation that Zhu Yun, who never knew what love was, had his mind on a man for the first time in his life. But she hated his infatuation, since the first murder at the age of twelve, she has seen too much life and death, the dead are gone, the living should live well, there is nothing wrong with remembering the deceased relatives, but there is no need to turn the living into the living dead because of the dead.

Zhu Yun can think about it, but he can't solve the wall, and he doesn't know how to confide in him his quietly budding feelings: doesn't he know my affection for him? How can I fight with a woman who is dead, but who has a firm grip on his heart?

Quietly, a wisp of smoke rises in the meditation hall, and the fragrance of tranquility fills the entire meditation room. Zhu Yun's eyes slowly became a layer of mist, she bit her lip tightly, she hadn't cried for a long time, and she didn't want to embarrass that person now, especially in front of this bastard man, she suddenly turned around and left.

"Bamboo Girl ......"

The monk spoke, his eyes were open, his eyes were clear, his spirit was calm, and his treasure was solemn. In the past, he stole money and stole color, practiced day and night in this Kaibao Temple Zen Temple, devoted himself to Buddhism, and his expression and temperament have been reborn, and anyone who sees him will no longer pay attention to his delicate eyebrows and eyes, and his cool woman's beauty, but will be moved by his solemn and sacred temperament.

Bisu clasped his hands together and said slowly: "Nianyue now has only one dusty fate, and beyond that, there is no distraction, the girl has a good intention, and the poor monk understands it." ”

Zhu Yun stopped for a long time, suddenly sneered, the wind disappeared at his door, only the breeze swept the snowflakes and fell, gently covering her shallow footprints......※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ "Living Buddha, this time I will lead troops to fight Han, there is a chance that ** Xiazhou will come to fight my idea, now I have moved my father-in-law to Yinzhou, I think that Luzhou has nothing he can plot, and he may not be able to move troops here, but ...... Not afraid of 10,000, just in case, the safety of the living Buddha is important, Ben Shuai has arranged a fast horse and a chariot, so that the secret spies are everywhere, monitoring every move in Xiazhou, if Li Guangrui intends to use troops against Luzhou, he can ask the living Buddha to drive as quickly as possible, and temporarily take refuge in Fuzhou. ”

The Living Buddha Dacuo smiled heartily and said, "I am blessed by the Buddha, and His Holiness won Yinzhou in one fell swoop, and since then, I have known that Li Guangrui will come sooner or later." His Holiness has a lot of important military and political affairs to do, so he doesn't have to worry about me. I'm staying in this Kaibao Temple, and I'm not going anywhere. The 1,500 monks in the temple will not disperse. ”

He smiled proudly and said lightly: "No matter how arrogant Li Guangrui is, after all, he is a strong party, and he understands the pros and cons." He won't do stupid things that outweigh the losses, I'm here, forgive him and won't touch a single hair of my hair, and he won't dare to enter my Kaibao Temple for half a step, although the Dharma King can rest assured. ”

"This ......"

Yang Hao hesitated slightly, and the living Buddha of Dacuo smiled again: "Now the translation hall has been set up, 21 volumes of Sanskrit scriptures have been translated, and there is the movable type printing technique developed by the Dharma King, which can be put into printing soon, I have sent a letter to summon the living Buddha of the Quartet, on the seventh day of the first quarter of April, the Buddha's birthday to come to my Kaibao Temple to celebrate the grand event, and then I will give the first printing of the new translation of the Sanskrit scriptures to all living Buddhas." This is a great event of immeasurable merit, and I will never leave at this critical juncture, so His Holiness should not persuade him again.

Also, your translation library, printing library, and library don't have to be relocated, they are originally located in my Kaibao Temple, and the old man will ensure their safety. Hehe, Li Guangrui is a martial artist, these things are more valuable than treasures in the eyes of you and me, but Li Guangrui will not look at them. His Holiness has a lot of important things to do, so go ahead and get busy.

As for military and political affairs, I am a monk and can't help much, but I have many Buddhist followers, and the old man will order his disciples to rush to Xiazhou, and if His Holiness successfully obtains Xiazhou, he will take care of the aftermath and calm the place. Hehehe, there are some things that can only be solved with a sword, and some things that may not be solved by a sword. ”

Yang Hao stood up and said respectfully: "So, thank you for the living Buddha." ”

"Your Holiness doesn't have to be polite."

The Living Buddha also stood up with a smile: "Lao Qu is still waiting for the Dharma King to unify the Western Regions, and my Middle Earth Tantra will follow this path, spread to the West, blossom and bear fruit, plant all over the world, and plant great merit in the world." Mahagara, Mahakala ......"

On the hillside, in the cave, Zhu Yun stepped on the stool with one foot, drank a large bowl of wine, wiped the wine stains on the corner of his mouth with the back of his palm, stared at a pair of almond eyes and shouted out of the door: "Who is sneakily hiding outside, get out of here, otherwise don't blame this girl for being polite." ”

With a flick of her wrist, a sharp flying knife appeared out of thin air in her palm.

Yang Hao appeared in response, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhuyun, I have just been to Kaibao Temple, and I have also seen Nianyue Zen Master, alas, I originally wanted to use Buddhism to dissolve the murderous aura in his chest, but I didn't expect it......"

The knife in Zhu Yun's palm was gone, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, she stopped Yang Hao from speaking, and snorted coldly: "What kind of bullshit thing about chanting the moon and chanting scriptures, don't tell me, it has polluted this girl's ears." ”

Yang Hao couldn't help but choke, Zhu Yun grabbed the wine jar, filled a bowl of wine, patted the table and said, "Don't tell me some nonsense that doesn't hurt." If you want to drink, this girl is welcome, if you think that this girl is crying here, looking for death and life, then go out, Gu Zhuyun has never lived so much in her life! ”

Yang Hao touched his nose, and Zhu Yun said to him, "What?" Do you want to drink? ”

Yang Hao smiled with relief, walked over and sat down opposite Zhuyun, and said loudly: "Cheng, drink it, what about the bowl?" ”

Zhu Yun glanced at him unhappily and said, "What's the matter, I can't use the bowl I used?" ”

With a drunk, how can it make sense? Yang Hao saw that she was already drunk, so he had to obediently pick up the bowl, just put it to his lips, and suddenly said worriedly: "Miss Zhuyun, is your wine good?" ”

"What?"

"If you're drunk and like to fight, then the captain can accompany you, but if you're drunk, you'll cry and laugh and sigh, or you'll pull someone to tell stories endlessly, I really don't have that time."

Zhu Yun smiled, retracted his feet and sat down on the stool, patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, this girl's wine is much better than yours, I don't cry or make trouble when I'm drunk, it's a hundred times more than when I don't drink, don't believe it, my father said." ”

Yang Hao was relieved and said, "That's good, that's good, come, I'll do it first." "Drink a bowl of wine.

Zhu Yun was overjoyed and praised: "This is like a gentleman, usually you sit at the door of the yamen with the virtue of pretending, this girl really can't look down on it." Come, I'll accompany you for a bowl. ”

She grabbed the wine jar and filled it with another bowl of wine, made a bowl herself, then filled it again, pushed it in front of Yang Hao, and said very boldly: "It's your turn." ”

Yang Hao picked up the bowl and put the wine to his mouth, but put it down again, Zhu Yun glared and said, "What?" ”

Yang Hao said: "Actually...... I was going to come to you when I didn't go to Kaibao Temple, because I wanted to ask you for help with something, and then I ...... I'm afraid you're in a bad mood, so I dismissed my mind, but I'm in a hurry, and I have to return to Yinzhou early tomorrow morning, and it's really hard to find this candidate for a while, so ...... Ordinary women are afraid of fame, and they are afraid of reluctance......"

Zhu Yun said impatiently: "A big man, how is his mother-in-law and mother-in-law, what the hell is going on, whether you can say it or not, I'm about to die." ”

Yang Hao said with a solemn expression: "That's the case, people have no long-term concerns, there must be near-term worries, Yin, Lin, Lu, and Fu are combined in the four states, and the situation is only limited to the northwest corner, and it is difficult to become a big weapon in the long run, and this front has to continue to expand to the south." I have a big deal that must be done by my brother Xiaoliu and Tie Niu, but if they want to leave, they can't continue to maintain the current relationship with me on the surface, lest someone find out their identities. In that case, I have to find a reasonable excuse to 'chase' them away......"

"Stop, stop!" Zhu Yun had a headache, stroked his forehead and begged: "Yang Daguan, don't tell this girl, I have a headache when I hear it, you just tell me, just do what you want me to do." ”

Yang Hao smiled dryly: "I want to...... Let you cooperate and create a false impression that Xiao Liu and Tie Niu are obsessed with intentions to treat you badly, and then I can take military discipline seriously, 'cut off their robes and break their righteousness', and 'drive' them away......"

"Oh~~~~" Zhu Yun suddenly realized, patted his thigh and said: "How big should I be, that's all?" Isn't she a weak woman who is bullied? When I used to kill people, I didn't pretend to be this kind of scene, a trivial matter, and I was able to catch it. Let's drink first, and then we'll have a good time. ”

Yang Hao was overjoyed, and hurriedly called in Mu Yu, said a few words to him, and then picked up the bowl and said with a smile on his face: "Dry!" ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ "this...... Where is this? ”

Yang Hao was dark, only to feel that everything in front of him was spinning, and he didn't know who was supporting him, so he just muttered and asked.

Although his alcohol consumption is not good, it is not too bad, but the consumption of physical strength on long-distance galloping is undoubted, and people who are extremely tired are more likely to get drunk, Yang Hao is now fighting with his upper eyelids and lower eyelids, and he is almost asleep, speaking of which, his wine is really good.

It is said that the wine is better than him, and the Zhuyun girl, who is very gentle when she is drunk, has her eyes lit up, and dragged Yang Haoshen forward with one foot at a time, while saying, "What is the noise, let's go...... Go fishing in the Lu River. ”

Although Yang Hao said that his hands and feet did not obey the call, he wanted to slip out of the ground vigorously, but there was still a trace of clarity in his consciousness, he stammered with his tongue wide, "God...... Seems to be getting late? ”

"It's getting late, we didn't sleep, and the fish must not sleep either......"

Zhu Yun dragged Yang Hao and turned into the reeds outside Luzhou City, followed by three sneaky guys, one was Yang Hao's personal guard Mu Yu, and the other two were naturally the scimitar Xiaoliu and Tie Niu who were ordered to have bad intentions.

They have already had bad intentions once, and the result is that the nose is blue and the face is swollen and injured, and Tie Niu has a big bag on his forehead, like a birthday boy, and the pockmark of the scimitar Xiaoliu has a big red slap mark on his face, and the corner of his mouth is still blue. Before they could say a word of meat, they were also violently abused by Zhu Yun, and the end of disturbing her drinking was so miserable. Although this drunk chick didn't use weapons, she actually beat the two of them so much that she didn't even recognize her mother with just a pair of pink fists.

Then, the Zhuyun girl, who was getting better and better, drank the bottom of the jar, and dragged Yang Hao out from under the table, and went fishing with great interest. Speaking of which, compared to her usual fighting, fishing, is indeed an elegant thing, but ...... It's really late at this time.

Tie Niu covered one eye and said miserably: "On this cold day, Miss Zhuyun has to drag the adults to catch some fish, let's ...... Are we going to keep following that? ”

"What if you don't?" The scimitar Xiaoliu snorted angrily.

Tie Niu said with a sad face: "That...... Then follow along......"

Yang Hao was dragged to the ice by Zhu Yun, sitting back to back, Yang Hao's eyes were straight, he looked around blankly, and said with a big tongue: "Have you arrived?" What about the rods? Hook...... What about hooks? To give...... Give me some bait......"

Zhu Yun slapped her forehead and smirked: "Why didn't you say it earlier, I'...... It seems to have forgotten. ”

Yang Hao slipped out of the ice and said vaguely: "That...... Then you fish, I'...... Sleep first. ”

"Sleep on, don't sleep." Zhu Yun happily grabbed him: "Why don't we chant poetry?" I love to smit, ahem! The snow fell one after another, and it was as white as a reed flower...... Hey, you take two sentences. ”

"Whew...... Whew......"

Zhu Yun pouted her lips ladylikely: "It's really boring, you ignore me, I count the stars, I will definitely be able to count all the stars in the sky tonight." One, two, three, four......"

The three people lying in the snow nest looked at each other and laughed more ugly than crying. Mu Yu pressed his lips and said worriedly: "Is this ice surface strong?" What if an adult falls into an ice hole? ”

Tie Niu said in a snort: "Little Liu'er, let's ...... Are we still rude? ”

Xiao Liu'er said angrily: "The more drunk she is, the more energetic she becomes, do you have the ability to insult others?" I...... I'm worried that she's going to be rude to our big brother right now......"