On the twentieth day of the fourth lunar month in 528 AD, the sky of Luoyang City, which was warm and cold at first, was still drifting with fine snow, and the sun wanted to tear apart the haze with a haze, but the dim yellow added a trace of coolness, not half warm. The prosperity on the streets of Luoyang disappeared, only occasionally a few vendors opened the slanted windows, covered the door of the shop, beckoned the guys to look at the street through the gap in the window, once they heard the sound of the army's hooves from afar, they hurriedly pulled away the wooden sticks of the support windows, and reflexively resisted the door. In Luoyang these days, as long as the child cries, the adult says, "If you cry again, let the Hu people throw the Yellow River to you." The child immediately stopped crying and hid behind the adult with a frightened expression.

Seven days have passed since the Heyin Change, which made the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty smell the color, and the nobles of Luoyang City were almost killed, and the people whispered about the blood of those days, lamenting that the ruling Empress Dowager Hu did not want to be ruined, and ordered not to resist, so Er Zhurong's army occupied Luoyang in only a few days.

Since the eleventh day of the fourth lunar month, after Empress Dowager Hu and Emperor Young were thrown into the Yellow River and drowned, Er Zhurong hurriedly asked Yuan Ziyou to take Heyang to establish as emperor, known as Emperor Xiaozhuang in history. The clan relatives and officials in Luoyang City were unstable, and most of them were resentful because Er Zhurong killed the queen mother and the emperor. Er Zhurong's subordinate Fei Mu was dissatisfied with the hundred officials, and even suggested that Er Zhurong kill all the hundred officials in the court to prevent future troubles. Murong Shaozong, who was also under Er Zhurong's tent, strongly objected, saying that if he was punished, he would lose the hearts of the people and it would be difficult to keep the name of loyalty. However, Er Zhurong, who mistakenly killed the Empress Dowager Hu, was heartbroken, and in a fit of rage, An Youquan was wise, and he actually adopted Fei Mu's suggestion and decided not to do anything, killing all the opposition voices in the court.

On the thirteenth day of the fourth lunar month in 528 AD, Er Zhurong invited hundreds of officials from the court to Taozhu in Heyin in the name of Emperor Yuanzi of Xiaozhuang, and asked Yuanziyou to issue an edict emphasizing that he could not ask for leave on the day of worshipping the sky, and if there was a person who asked for leave, it would be dealt with by national law. The hundred officials were afraid, how dare they delay for a moment, they straightened out their court clothes early in the morning, rode horses and drove to Taozhu, where to see Yuan Ziyou's Luan driving after arriving, but Er Zhurong led thousands of iron horsemen wearing black armor from the top of the slope majestically down the horse. Although the officials were panicked, they didn't dare to run around, and timidly moved their steps to the center of the crowd, Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong stood in front of the team because of his highest official position and the greatest fame, he stood in front of the team and asked loudly, "General Erzhu, where is the emperor Luan?" ”

Er Zhurong did not answer, but loudly rebuked: "The misfortune of the country, the collapse of the Su Sect, the hardship of the people, and the chaos are all because you are greedy and tyrannical, and you can't help it. Today, I will do the right thing for heaven, and I will follow Kuangfu, and kill you beetles for the saints of today. ”

As soon as the words fell, the 2,000 iron cavalry that was supposed to escort the hundred officials instantly surrounded the hundred officials, and Er Zhurong ordered the soldiers to massacre. Because no one can bring weapons to the sky, these unarmed officials and emperors can only be cut alive by knives and axes like fish and meat, and they have no power to fight back. From Prime Minister Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong, Sikong Yuanqin, Yiyang Wang Yuanluo, down to the Huangmenlang Wang Zunye brothers who are mourning at home, including Emperor Xiaozhuang's brother Yuan Shao and others, no one was spared, and all of them became lonely ghosts and ghosts who had nowhere to redress their grievances. At this point, Er Zhurong held the real power of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but Yuan Ziyou became a puppet emperor.

The wind in Luoyang City is loud, everyone is in danger, the coldness of Xiao Se is mixed with blood, and the heads hanging high on the city tower are eerie and terrifying. Perhaps only in the Yaoguang Temple on the outskirts of the city can there be a bit of peace that belongs to the Buddhist temple. On the first seven days of Hu Xianzhen, the presiding lady of the temple, the master of the temple, gathered all the nuns of the temple to recite the scriptures for the souls of Xianzhen and the more than 2,000 officials who died. The sound of the wooden fish beats the nostalgia for the deceased, the sorrowful cry for the broken family and country, and the loneliness of wandering in the troubled times, which melts into the sound of the Buddhist scriptures. Just as everyone was immersed in pain and helplessness, a shrill voice pierced the sky above the main hall, "Erzhu Ying'e, you still dare to come to the main hall, it was your father who killed the queen mother, killed my father, you get out of here, get out." ”

Everyone followed the prestige and saw a nun beating a plain-clothed woman and pushing her out of the hall, this plain-clothed woman was Er Zhu Ying'e in the words just now, the eldest daughter of Er Zhu Rong, and Yuan Xu's Ying Concubine. I saw that Zhu Ying'e was dressed in white, dressed in linen and filial piety, setting off the snow-like skin even whiter, the blue eyes of the Qihu tribe were like a cold and smoky pool under the pale golden willow eyebrows, and the heroic spirit that had been beating was contained, full of guilt, Haobei-like teeth tightly biting the peach blossom-like lips, kneeling outside the hall without saying a word, letting the little nun fight and bite.

Seeing it, Master Jingguang gradually became unbearable, and her majestic voice passed through the crowd and scolded, "Mingxiang, stop, you can't be fooled around in the main hall." ”

The two nuns who were close to the door of the hall got up and pulled Hu Mingxiang and said, "Hu Zhaoyi, Sister Ying can't be her father's master, now that everyone is together, don't be suspicious anymore." ”

Hu Mingxiang was originally the niece of the Empress Dowager Hu, the sister of the deceased Empress Hu Fanyi, and the people of the Hu family who were officials in the court were slaughtered in the Heyin Change, and her father was also among them. She struggled to break free of the two of them, rushed to Erzhu Ying'e, pointed to her nose, and roared hoarsely: "Where are you now? Hehe, Yuan Concubine, Miao Concubine, are you frightened by the heads hanging on the head of this Luoyang City? Or were you blindfolded by the blood of the river yin? Is she our way? Her father will come to pick her up soon, and we will hurry up and recite the scriptures to ourselves, and we will soon meet the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Queen. ”

Known as Yuan Concubine and Miao Concubine is the niece of Concubine Sima Xianzi Gao Yuanyi, Wang Puxian's nephew Queen Miaoyan, Yuan Concubine heard Hu Mingxiang say this, touched the sad place, hid her face and cried, the sad emotions instantly infected the people in the entire hall, and the sound of soft sobbing came and went.

Wang Miaoyan saw Gao Yuanyi crying by herself, knowing that she couldn't ask her to persuade Hu Mingxiang together, she stepped forward and was in a dilemma between Hu Mingxiang and Er Zhu Ying'e, no matter how difficult it was to persuade her, she couldn't help but start wiping her tears.

Seeing that a good transcendence would become like this, Master Pure Light sighed, put down the wooden fish in his hand and got up solemnly, walked outside the hall and said, "Amitabha, Lord Erzhu, you don't want this puja to give up halfway. Why don't you go back to the house first, and after the puja, the poor nun will talk to the benefactor. ”

Er Zhu Ying'e looked up at the Pure Light Master who wanted to say something more, but her palace maid Qihua hurriedly came to help her up, and said in a low voice, "Niangniang, the Queen Mother's undead can't be delayed, so the slave maid should help you go back first." ”

Erzhu Ying'e didn't say a word from beginning to end, but she couldn't stop shedding tears, she pulled away the hand that Qi Hua was holding her, knelt down again, and kowtowed three times to the tablets above the main hall. After knocking, Qi Hua hurriedly helped her up, but saw the blood on her forehead, and hurriedly covered her with her own hand in distress, the blood slowly overflowed along the slit of her hand, and Qi Wan's eyes began to be red and wet. Master Jingguang shook his head, turned around and walked into the hall, Hu Mingxiang was pulled into the hall by Wang Miaoyan, and he was no longer noisy, and the transcendence puja continued.

Erzhu Ying'e was helped out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall by Qiju, and the deacon and eunuch Bai Cheng outside the hall walked quickly to Erzhu Ying'e on tiptoe and said goodbye, "Concubine Yingniang, the slave is waiting for you to go back to Jingwuyuan to bandage your wounds." ”

Er Zhu Ying'e looked at the extremely flattering eunuch in front of her, and the disgust in her heart was deeply suppressed, she knew in her heart that Bai Quan, like Liu Teng, was just a shameless person who worked well, and now she wanted to plan a way out for these fleeing concubines, because that was the last thing that Empress Dowager Hu entrusted her. She has a comprehensive plan in her heart, but to implement it still needs the assistance of Master Jingguang, but because of her embarrassing status, no one has taken care of her since she entered the temple, and the concubines of the same level as her all live in Jing'an Hall, but she is only placed in Jingwu Yuan, where Empress Dowager Hu lived before entering the palace, she knows in her heart that she should not forget all the time, it was her father who killed the Queen Mother. Not to mention those things that pretend to be ghosts to scare her in the middle of the night, every day Hu Mingxiang comes to the door to scold her silently, she is paying off her father's debts, and she also wants her heart to be better. Today, I finally let Master Jingguang agree to see her, don't say these grievances, as long as she lives up to the trust of Empress Dowager Hu, she is willing to die.

She smiled faintly at Bai Quan, "Father-in-law Bai has been working hard recently, and there is still a place to rely on my father-in-law in the future, how dare I let my father-in-law serve me." There is another important thing that only my father-in-law can do these days, and if he succeeds, he will not be able to benefit his father-in-law in the future. ”

Bai Quanyi heard that this was to be carried out, although he was now in exile, but the woman in front of him was the lord of wealth and nobility anytime and anywhere, not to mention the good life, it was also worth it, and he was busy saying, "Xie Niangniang is in love, how can the slave be virtuous, only a piece of loyalty, I am willing to look forward to the mother and do my best." ”

Ying'e bowed her head shallowly, "Soon I will see the loyalty of Grandpa Bai." ”

Bai Quanyi heard that he would have a heavy responsibility for himself, so he pressed his joy, stood aside with his hands down, and watched Ying'e walk towards Jingwu Garden.

Towards evening, when the sun has retracted its last rays of light, it hides behind a few thin clouds, lazily just wanting to set quickly. The sycamore tree in Jingwu Garden began to have a few branches showing some new shoots, and the delicate made people feel that such a cold wind would destroy her, and she couldn't help but want to treasure the green.

Ying'e only let Qihua do a simple bandage, and set up an incense table in the courtyard to mourn the Empress Dowager Hu. After all, when she knew that the Empress Dowager Hu was in distress in the palace, she immediately returned to the palace on the way to the temple to dissuade Er Zhurong, and after the death of the Empress Dowager Hu, she gave up staying in the palace and was willing to become a monk in Yaoguang Temple, which can prove that her love for the Empress Dowager Hu is true. Master Jingguang couldn't bear it, pointed to Ying'e's injured forehead and asked, "Do you want to let Chen's medical skills be treated, don't leave a scar." ”

Ying'e shook her head, stood respectfully and said to Mrs. Jingguang, "Mrs. Shi, I don't want to disturb the transcendent festival today, but the Queen Mother has treated me very well, and secondly, I also want to discuss with Mrs. Shi if I have an urgent matter." It's just that I didn't have the opportunity to see Mrs. Shi, and I asked Mrs. Shi to forgive me for offending the festival today. ”

The Pure Light Master clasped his palms and said; "Amitabha, if you have something, you might as well say it directly."

Ying'e glanced at Qihua, and Qihua hurriedly retreated left and right, closing the courtyard door.

Ying'e just said, "The rebels have not seen a single concubine or concubine when they have entered the palace, and they will look for us." Although the Queen Mother previously announced that she would let the concubines become monks in Yongning Temple, when we escaped from the palace, even if we did not use the palace honor guard, no matter the car decorations, the entourage, and the female dependents, as long as we inquired a little, we knew that we had come to this Yaoguang Temple. Therefore, it is still unsafe now, and it will also bring disaster to Yaoguang Temple. So I have an idea, that is, let Bai Cheng take some palace maids to disguise themselves as us, and continue to set off to Yongning Temple, so that the new court will only go to Yongning Temple to find our whereabouts, and how do we know that we are actually hiding in Yaoguang Temple. ”

After hearing this, Master Jingguang pondered for a moment, and said approvingly, "What Concubine Ying Niangniang said is very true, the Queen Mother let you become a monk just to protect your innocence and life, but she can't let people know that you are here, which is a very good plan. It's just that although the rebels don't know other concubines, the palace maid can pretend to be, but the Ying concubine Niangniang is afraid that she can't hide it. ”

Ying'e gave a big salute to Master Jingguang, "I know that I can't pretend, and my father will definitely find me back, so I will go to Yongning Temple with Bai Quan." If I am really found, I have my own words, the palace maid is a concubine, after all, no one has seen it, and Yaoguang Temple has no former court relatives in the eyes of outsiders, but I don't know if the master believes me? ”

The Pure Light Master looked at her gratefully, "If that's the case, it's good, of course the poor nun believes in Niangniang, but I don't know when Niangniang wants to leave?" ”

Ying'e raised her eyes and looked at the afterglow of the setting sun, "Without further ado, let's leave tonight." It's just that when I went out of the palace this time, there were not many palace maids in each palace. Only the master can persuade each palace to divide a few people, and those with good looks are the best, and gather the number of hundreds of people to cover their ears and eyes. Moreover, in order to ensure safety, Mrs. Shi should arrange for someone to send the real concubines out of Luoyang as soon as possible. ”

Master Jingguang replied with a Buddha salute, "The poor nun took these concubines to thank Niangniang for saving her life. Niangniang cleaned up first, and the rest was arranged by the poor nuns, and an hour later she served Niangniang and set off. As for the rest of these ladies, Lao Ni has already chosen someone to send them away, so don't worry about it. ”

That night, Master Jingguang did everything Ying'e ordered, selected two or three good-looking palace maids from various concubines, gathered more than 100 people, and Bai Cheng led the guards to drive dozens of carriages to Yongning Temple at night.