At the end of the war in Hebei, the city of Taiyuan rejoiced, and every household put up lanterns to celebrate the victory.

On this morning, more than a dozen carriages were parked in front of the palace of the king of Chu, and hundreds of cavalry guarded the left, and after a while, the princess of Chu, Pei Minqiu, and the side concubine Zhang Chuchen came out of the mansion with a few children, and they got into a wide and simple carriage, and a large group of maids and wives also got into several other carriages.

The carriage started slowly and headed out of the west city, the four children were Yang Yuanqing's eldest son Yang Ning, second son Yang Jing, and eldest daughter Yang Bing and second daughter Yang Sihua, and the other side concubine Jiang Peihua did not come together because she was pregnant.

The interior of the carriage is also very simple, only one carpet is laid, and the rest is not decorated, Pei Minqiu and Izuchen sit in the front row to chat, while several children sit in the back row, the girls sit in the left window, and the two boys sit in the right window.

Yang Yuanqing's second son, Yang Jing, was only five years old and was full of curiosity about everything, "Brother, why do you want to worship the Buddha, is it a festival today?" ”

Yang Jing likes to read, and is very smart, although he is only five years old, he has already known thousands of words, can recite a lot of scriptures, and is deeply loved by his master Li Gang.

The eldest son, Yang Ning, sat opposite him, although he was only two years older than him, he looked old-fashioned, with a serious expression, his small body sat straight, and said in a teaching tone: "Today is not a festival, we are going to do things and spend the soul of the dead." ”

Yang Jing nodded as if she didn't understand, but after a while, she asked timidly in a low voice, "Is it because we killed someone?" ”

Pei Minqiu and Izuchen, who were sitting in front, both laughed, and the eldest sister next to her, Yang Bing, smiled: "We didn't kill anyone, because the war was over." A lot of people died on the battlefield, and my father is the main general, so we want to surpass the soul of the dead for my father, second brother, didn't the master tell you? ”

Yang Jing scratched her head and said softly, "The master seems to have said it, but I forgot." ”

After a pause, he asked again, "Sister." So when is Daddy coming back? ”

"I don't know, you ask the aunt."

Pei Minqiu turned his head and said with a smile: "Jing'er, Daddy will be back in two days, when you wait to worship the Buddha, don't run around at will, you must abide by the rules of the temple, and you can't say the word 'killing' at will." ”

"Jing'er won't be naughty!"

Pei Minqiu smiled and reached out and touched his little head, this child was as quiet as a girl. It's completely different from his father's toughness......

Half an hour later, the convoy stopped in front of the Anjin Temple in the west of the city, this temple is not the largest temple in Taiyuan City, it can only be regarded as an ordinary temple, there are 300 monks, because Pei Minqiu came here with her parents several times when she was young, and she was very impressed.

Now after she became the princess of Chu, she will take the Anjin Temple and the Baiyun Nunnery in the city as the temples of the Chu Palace, and she will bring her family to these two temples to burn incense and worship during the New Year's holidays.

As early as two days ago. The temple got the news that the princess of Chu was going to come to incense today, early in the morning, the temple was closed and cleaned, and other pilgrims were refused to enter the main hall, and they could only enter the side hall from the side door to burn incense, which was also Pei Minqiu's request, and the temple could not be closed because of her arrival, which was disrespectful to the Buddha.

Although Pei Minqiu wanted to keep a low profile, there were some things that she couldn't help her. In addition to the protection of about 300 guards, Taiyuan's Xicheng army was also on guard along the road, and Xue Liang, the commander of Xicheng, personally led a thousand soldiers to garrison Anjin Temple, which was related to the safety of the prince and the princess, and the army did not dare to be careless.

In front of Anjin Temple, Master Zhiyun led more than a dozen old monks to wait in front of the temple for a long time, when the carriage slowly stopped. Venerable Zhiyun led the monks to come forward to give a salute, "Amitabha, welcome the princess to the small temple!" ”

Pei Minqiu returned the salute and smiled: "I disturbed the master's cultivation today." ”

"Where. The princess is the most important pilgrim in Anjin Temple, and the arrival of the princess is our glory, but if you are not well prepared, I am afraid that you will snub the princess! ”

At this time, Master Zhiyun saw the prince Yang Ning again, and he smiled and praised: "I haven't seen a few, and the prince is becoming more and more handsome and heroic, worthy of being the son of the king of Chu." ”

Pei Minqiu waved his hand, "Master, don't praise him like this, the child can't praise, can you go in now?" ”

"Huh! Princess please, Liangdi please! ”

Everyone walked towards the temple, Chuchen didn't like this old monk, he was too snobbish, he just wanted to tie up with the princess and the prince, and turned a blind eye to herself and Jing'er, but she didn't say anything, took Jing'er's hand and walked into the temple.

The temple is heavily guarded, the guards and the Xicheng army separate the side hall from the main hall, many pilgrims who burn incense in the side hall are probing their heads to look this way, and they heard that the princess of Chu and the prince are coming, which arouses their great interest.

More than 200 monks have gathered in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and the sound of chanting has been resounded, accompanied by the sound of wooden fish knocking, in the sound of chanting, Pei Minqiu led his family and children to bow in front of the Buddha, and secretly prayed for her husband in her heart.

Dharma affairs generally need to be done for three days and three nights, of course, this is a temple business, Pei Minqiu only needs to show her face, make a wish in front of the Buddha, and then give enough incense money, and she doesn't have to ask about the rest of the things.

"Princess, do you need to go to your room to rest for a while?" Coming out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the presiding master, Master Zhiyun, asked cautiously on the side.

Pei Minqiu looked at the dust, and smiled faintly, "I don't care, it's okay!" ”

Pei Minqiu's main consideration is to leave the temple as soon as she comes, which doesn't seem to be good, and at the same time she also wants her children to feel the atmosphere of the Buddhist temple, which is good for them, and the view of your room is beautiful, and there is a very good famous spring.

She nodded, "Okay then! Just take a break. ”

They went up a long corridor and walked towards the end, at the end of which a small courtyard full of bamboo trees was the resting place of the distinguished guests.

The family followed Master Zhiyun on the corridor slowly, while the children looked around curiously, and a personal female guard held Yang Bing and Sihua one by one.

The corridor was about a hundred paces long, and on both sides of the corridor, dozens of guards looked around vigilantly, and at this moment, several pairs of sharp eyes slowly appeared on the top of the corridor, they were masked, dressed in black, and holding sharp blades.

Chuchen led Yang Jing to walk behind, followed by a few guards, she actually didn't want to go to your guest room to rest, she didn't want to listen to the disgusting flattery of the old monk, but she knew that Pei Minqiu wanted to drink a cup of tea fried by the famous spring in the temple, so she didn't ruin her interest.

At this time, she suddenly heard a subtle voice overhead, she has practiced martial arts since she was a child, has superior hearing, and she used to be a heroine in the Jiangnan area, has extremely rich experience in ambushes, although she has not touched the sword and halberd for many years, but she can still hear that the subtle sound above her head is the sound of metal scraping tiles.

She was startled in her heart, and immediately became vigilant, her eyes squinted, and she saw a flower stand beside her, on which a pot of peony was placed, and at this moment, there was a 'dang chang' sound on the top of her head, and then a man in black jumped down from the top of his head, and a long sword with cold light quickly stabbed at the prince Yang Ning.

At the moment when the rabbit fell, Chuchen pushed Yang Jing away, grabbed the peony pot and smashed it violently, "Dang! With a bang, the flower pot smashed on the blade of the sword, swinging a sword that stabbed Yang Ning's throat, Pei Minqiu and his two daughters came over and screamed together.

The personal female guard scolded lightly, drew her sword and rushed forward, picking up the second sword that stabbed at Yang Ning, blocking in front of Yang Ning.

At this time, another man in black jumped down almost at the same time, and stabbed Pei Minqiu in the back of the heart with a sword.

Out of the dust was only two steps away from Min Qiu, in a hurry, she jumped up, the whole person hit Min Qiu's body, knocking her out two or three steps away, the sword stabbed through the ear of the dust, and the sword wind that stirred up pierced her ears.

All of this was done in an instant, and if Dusty hadn't been vigilant beforehand, she wouldn't have been able to rescue her, let alone the four guards.

"There are assassins!"

Several guards in the back also rushed forward in an instant, their martial arts were strong, and they cooperated tacitly, two of them protected the four children, and the other two pounced and intercepted the second assassin.

The guards shouted and rushed up from all directions, and at this time, Chuchen leaned forward, pressed Pei Minqiu with his body, grabbed another flower stand casually, and stared vigilantly at the top of the corridor, she instinctively had an assassin.

The guards of Yang Yuanqing's family are very tight, the guards are all strong martial artists, and there is a personal female guard, there is basically no chance of general assassination, and this assassination, the assassins have expected in advance that Pei Minqiu will come to Anjin Temple to sacrifice the souls of the dead, and they also guessed that they will go to your guest room to drink tea, so they knelt on the top of the corridor in advance, waiting for the opportunity.

Even so, they had a chance to make a move, but they could only hit it with one blow, and the second sword had no chance, and it was also Yang Ning and Min Qiu's fate, and they happened to be next to them, and her experience and acumen saved the lives of their mother and son.

More than 100 guards surrounded the corridor from all sides, and one of the two Assassins was killed by a personal bodyguard, while the other was wounded and committed suicide.

At this time, the whole monastery was alarmed, and three hundred guards and thousands of soldiers rushed into the monastery and searched everywhere in a frenzy, and the personal guards saw a third black-clad assassin fleeing into the monastery.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Chuchen sat up and pulled Pei Minqiu up under him, "Eldest sister, are you okay?" ”

Pei Minqiu looked at the pool of blood on the ground in a daze, she was terrified to the extreme, who was stabbed?

At this time, Yang Bing suddenly pointed to his mother's face, covered his mouth and exclaimed, "Mother, your hair!" ”

A strand of hair hung down on her face, only to see blood flowing down her hair, dripping on the ground, after touching her face, her face was full of blood, at this time there was a hot pain in her ear, and she suddenly realized that her ear was still injured by the blade.

"Out of the dust, how are you, let me take a look?" Pei Minqiu hurriedly stepped forward to check on her injuries.

"It's okay, it's just that the pinna is cut."

Pei Minqiu saw that Chuchen's face was full of blood, she was in a hurry, and turned around and shouted to the frightened host: "What are you doing there?" Go find the wound medicine! ”