CHAPTER XXXV
Having comprehended Buddhism since childhood, although it did not make Duan Foyin have the idea of escaping from the world, it undoubtedly made her soul more ethereal, Duan Foyin, who was born in the royal family, did not care about fame and fortune outside her body, and even her own lifelong happiness did not care, what she cared about was the prosperity and reproduction of the Duan clan.
With this kind of enlightenment, all she thinks about is the result, and she doesn't care about the process.
For the grasp of human nature, Duan Foyin is far better than Gao Zhiping.
Before she left Dali Mansion, she had already expected that Gao Fang would definitely send someone to stop her.
If it is not sent, then the high side is not a high side.
Just as if she didn't have a way to deal with it, she wouldn't be Duan Foyin.
Duan Foyin was not in the two official ships, and she was far behind the itinerary of the official ships.
She naturally knew that her father's sending of the envoy group was just a pretense, and even if all the people in the entire envoy group were combined, it would not be as effective as her, a princess authorized by the emperor, to arrive at Jinling Mansion in person.
Therefore, Duan Foyin stayed away from the official ship, but just followed from a distance, and she didn't care about the life and death of hundreds of people on the two official ships.
For an eighteen-year-old girl, only seeking the result and ignoring the life and death of her entourage is chilling, contrary to the harmony of heaven, and incompatible with the Buddhism she has been enlightened since childhood.
Duan Foyin is undoubtedly a contradiction, she has grown up under these two completely different educations since she was a child, and she can't even tell which is right and which is wrong.
The magnanimity of Buddhism and the royal way of the royal family are sharply contradictory, one is to save and the other is to kill, the other is to forgive and the other is to punish.
For Duan Foyin. She could only choose to give up, and it was her task to arrive at Jinling Mansion to see Baili Wuji, which was related to the rise and fall of her royal family.
Duan Foyin smeared her flower and moon appearance. Dressed in half-worn coarse cloth clothes, she was not very tall, making her look like a thin peasant boy rushing home.
This kind of person is thrown in a bunch of people, I am afraid that people can no longer distinguish it, who would have thought that a pampered princess of Dali Kingdom would be such an inconspicuous teenager.
Gao Zhiping's choice of attack was at the bend where the Jinsha River flows through Si'e Prefecture and turns northeastward.
The turn of the river is a bit steep, and when the ship sails here, it lowers its sails and slows down. to avoid the risk of collision.
The distance between the river and the shore is relatively close because of the turn, and the distance from the center of the river to the shore is only about 16 or 7 zhang. The effective range of the crossbow held by the soldiers carried by Gao Zhiping was only within fifteen zhang.
In order to reach the range, Gao Zhiping came up with an idea.
There was a cliff on the south bank of the bend of the river, and Gao Zhiping ordered 200 soldiers to climb the cliff and shoot condescendingly. to compensate for the lack of range.
Unleash such an attack. Gao Zhiping's purpose was to confuse the envoys, and he did not think that he could achieve his assassination goal with such a long-range attack.
Shooting from high down, accuracy is no longer important, what matters is that as long as the igniting arrow falls on the ship, the goal can be achieved.
In order to make this attack look more realistic, Gao Zhiping ordered the remaining 100 people to float in the center of the river in three small wooden boats that were temporarily robbed. Occupying the center of the river, forcing the official ships to move closer to the south bank. This better compensates for the lack of range.
After arranging a qiē, Gao Zhi calmly waited for the arrival of the official ship, the retreat had been arranged, and Gao Zhiping was very calm in his heart.
But Duan Foyin was not calm, not only was she not calm, but she was also very guilty.
This guilt is not for the messenger group that she abandoned and the hundreds of armored soldiers selected by Duan Sicong.
Her guilt comes from the sister who has always been like her shadow on the official ship, Duan Susu, who is also a royal daughter, but her sister is far less fortunate than her.
Because Duan Susu is a concubine, her mother is just an ordinary palace maid.
It was Duan Sicong's occasional drunken immorality, and he was fortunate to serve the palace maid.
Therefore, before Duan Susu was born, she was already destined that she would not be able to enjoy the glory and wealth of being a royal daughter.
You can't even get a title.
Duan Sicong naturally didn't want to take the initiative to make this drunken immorality public, adding to the jokes of the courtiers.
Fortunately, Duan Susu is naturally empathetic, and when serving Duan Sicong once, Duan Sicong Tianliang found out and gave her the surname Duan, otherwise I am afraid she would not even be able to get a surname.
The best result was with her mother, the old palace maid who thought she would ascend to the sky in one step.
Duan Susu's mother treated her very badly, because Duan Susu ended her mother's hope that her son would be expensive, if Duan Susu was a boy, then Duan Sicong would be very public about his "drunken immorality", from then on, Duan Susu's mother could change her fate in one fell swoop, the most conservative estimate is that it is certain to be canonized as a concubine.
It's a pity that God didn't follow people's wishes and gave birth to a daughter, so all hopes were dashed.
Duan Sicong naturally wouldn't give her another chance, and she could only pour out her depression on Duan Susu's body.
In the past 20 years, Duan Susu has never enjoyed mother's love, and father's love is as far away as the stars in the sky.
Although she is Duan Foyin's sister, in the palace, her status is just that of Duan Foyin's maid.
Fortunately, Duan Foyin fell in love with Duan Susu and never wronged her.
After more than ten years, the relationship between the two can be called "deep sisterhood".
But this time, Duan Foyin went out of Dali Mansion, and there must be a "princess" in the envoy group, otherwise Gao Fang Eyeliner learned that Duan Foyin, who was alone, was undoubtedly the line between life and death.
Duan Foyin knew the possible outcome of letting Duan Susu stay in the envoy group in his place, but Duan Foyin didn't even care about his own life, how could he give up the interests of the entire royal family for Duan Susu?
Out of a trace of guilt in her heart, Duan Foyin made it clear to Duan Susu and told her that if this matter came to fruition, Duan Foyin would make it clear to his father, Emperor Duan Sicong, and canonize Duan Susu as a princess as a reward.
Duan Susu was very calm, she knew that since Duan Foyin told her about this qiē, no matter whether she agreed or opposed, she couldn't change the qiē that was about to happen.
In that case, why should I object?
Since she was born, the grievances she has been suffering have made Duan Susu learn to be obedient to everything, even including the life she may lose.
But Duan Susu was still grateful to Duan Foyin for telling her this qiē, which showed that Duan Foyin still regarded her as a sister.
Based on this alone, Duan Susu felt that even if he died for Duan Foyin, it was worth it.
The guilt in Duan Foyin's heart was stored for a very short time, because she didn't have time to be distracted by Duan Susu's safety, she had already hired a small wooden boat at the dock in Si'e Prefecture and set off for Gyeongju.
On the ship, Duan Foyin witnessed the attack of the assassination team on the official ship. (To be continued......)