Chapter 224 Going south to Gusu
Things in this world are like this a lot of times, it makes sense, and it doesn't make sense, Murong Bo's fake death is actually not big, if Cao Zinuo doesn't appear, even if Xuan Ci and others find out that Murong Bo is not dead, I'm afraid that he can be taken back by this old guy, and Xuan Ci can still accept Murong Bo's explanation.
However, at this time, Cao Zinuo said these words about Murong Bo, coupled with the fact that Gu Mozhi confirmed that Murong Bo was not dead, and he also stole a lot of Shaolin cheats, which made it impossible for Xuan Ci and others to believe Murong Bo.
And randomly, Cao Zinuo said that it was Murong Bo who suspected that he was colluding with Mingjiao, and immediately made Xuan Ci and others believe in this matter.
At this time, Xuan Ci and the others were no longer concerned about whether Murong Bo was a bad person, but what kind of shock would occur if the Murong family and the Ming Sect cooperated in rebellion.
To be honest, there are not many people in this world who like troubled times, even if an ordinary person hears that someone wants to rebel, his first reaction is probably to report to the official.
As a person in the martial arts, even if you can't look down on the court, when you encounter someone who wants to rebel, it is estimated that you will cut it with a knife.
Warriors will kill corrupt officials and corrupt officials because they are not used to the corruption of the court, and even kill the emperor, but absolutely no warrior will like to rebel for no reason, this is the most basic human nature, because rebellion represents turmoil, and turmoil represents corpses all over the field, representing thousands of miles of red land.
Unless they are crazy, no one likes that kind of world, Xuan Ci and the others are naturally not crazy, on the contrary, they are monks, and they are virtuous monks.
Although the strength of Shaolin has been suppressed since the Song Dynasty, this does not constitute a reason for Xuan Ci and others to hope that the Song Dynasty will perish, in fact. experienced the early Song Dynasty. Xuan Ci and others understand the misery of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms better than most people now.
Know the way. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, it was already the tail of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, and at that time, the Song Dynasty was the dominant family in the Central Plains, and it was a matter of time before several other small countries were destroyed, however, this still brought the scene of corpses everywhere, and Xuan Ci and others also became orphans because of this environment.
Therefore, they understand how terrible the real troubled times of the five chaotic times are, not to mention that they are high monks. is chivalrous, even if it is an ordinary warrior, even an ordinary person, he would never want to have such a scene in the Central Plains again.
Therefore, after Cao Zinuo said this possibility at this moment, Xuan Ci and the others couldn't help but worry, and Xuan Nan subconsciously turned his head to look at the Shaolin monks, as if he wanted to say something, but then sighed again.
This is different from the outside, whether it is a beggar gang. It's still Shaolin, if it's external. Fighting life and death on the border or outside the border, absolutely no officials of the Great Song Dynasty cared, and even most of the officers and soldiers would wait for these martial arts heroes and foreign clans to finish fighting, and then go up to see if they could pick some cheap ones and cut off the heads of the cavalry of the foreign clans fighting in the grass valley or something.
That's because no one is afraid of a battle that doesn't belong to their own territory, anyway, it can't reach the emperor's ears anyway, everything is naturally not a big deal, but Jiangnan is the center of the whole country, and it is the main source of taxes in the Great Song Dynasty.
If something happens in Jiangnan, I am afraid that the whole country will be in turmoil, in fact, the Northern Song Dynasty later fell precisely because of the Fang La incident, at that time the Northern Song Dynasty had already attacked Liao together with the Jin Guoyue, but after the Jiangnan accident, the Northern Song Emperor almost did not hesitate to send the most elite army of the entire empire to Jiangnan, because the survival of the Northern Song Dynasty was actually in Jiangnan.
It's just that no matter how fast the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty reacted, no matter how fast the work efficiency of the Northern Song Dynasty government officials was, they could not save the catastrophe.
The biggest consequence of the Fang La Incident was not to indirectly split the Western Army, but to drag down the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty, in fact, the Jin soldiers were sniped when they first went south, and the army of King Qin was all over the city of Bianjing at that time, not to mention the Jin soldiers, even if the Jin soldiers and the Western Xia cavalry came together, they did not want to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty.
It's just that tens of millions of people always ask for money to eat and drink, and those Qinwang rebels don't want military salaries, but eating and drinking must always be solved, however, unfortunately, at that time, the Northern Song Dynasty no longer had this money, so the emperor could only disband these rebels.
No one is a fool, although the decision to negotiate peace, but the emperor has no sense of security, the minister has no sense of security, if there is money, the tens of millions of rebels guarding in Bianjing can always increase the sense of security, but unfortunately, at that time, the Northern Song Dynasty could not even solve the food of these rebels, so they could only disband these rebels.
Fang La's uprising eroded the entire Jiangnan and completely destroyed the most precious granary of the Northern Song Dynasty.
However, it can be seen from the reaction of the Northern Song Dynasty and the speed of the mobilization of the Western Army that the Song Dynasty cared about the land south of the Yangtze River, so neither Shaolin nor the beggar gang could blatantly make trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, otherwise it would inevitably attract the Song Dynasty to spare no effort to attack.
Xuan Nan's first reaction after knowing what happened to Murong Bo was to let the Shaolin warrior monk go to Jiangnan to investigate the Murong family, but the Shaolin warrior monk was on the side of the imperial court, once the Shaolin warrior monk moved, I was afraid that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court would be mobilized in the next moment.
Xuan Nan is not stupid, he knows how jealous the Dao court is of Shaolin, so Xuan Nan will never do such a thing.
Sighing slightly, Xuan Ci's eyes were looking at Xuan Ci, but the current matter was beyond the scope of Xuan Ci's solution, he could only hand over the matter to Xuan Ci, the senior brother, and see how Xuan Ci dealt with this matter.
"I don't know how the young man thinks this matter should be handled."
I never thought about it, but Xuan Ci turned his head to look at Cao Zinuo without hesitation, but the courage shown by Cao Zinuo today has made Xuan Ci believe in Cao Zinuo very much, in Xuan Ci's opinion, Cao Zinuo, a disciple of the hidden sect, not only has high martial arts, but also is chivalrous, and the most important thing is unparalleled in wisdom.
This kind of impression made it impossible to solve something at this time, and Xuan Ci's first reaction was to ask Cao Zinuo.
"We are only suspicious of the Murong family now, but we are not sure, so for the time being, we should not act rashly, the kid thinks that some masters should be selected to go to Jiangnan to secretly investigate the Murong family, so that no matter whether the Murong family colludes with the Ming Sect or not, we can better grasp the initiative."
Cao Zinuo opened his mouth indifferently, and when he said this, Xuan Ci nodded slightly, at this time, it was he, Murong Bo's close friend, who all recognized Murong Bo as a careerist, but Cao Zinuo still maintained this calm, but this alone was admirable.
"Xuan difficulty, Xuan Lone, the two of you will go to Jiangnan with Cao Shaoxia, remember, Cao Shaoxia is the main one on the road."
Xuan Ci turned to his two juniors and spoke, but the two first seats of the Shaolin Precept Hall and the Dharma Academy acted together to be a big deal, and everything was based on Cao Zinuo, which had never happened in the history of Shaolin.
It's just that Xuan Yan and Xuan Lin did not have the slightest displeasure, and immediately took charge of the order, but Cao Zinuo himself was strongly opposed.
Of course, Cao Zinuo's opposition is the humility of young people in the eyes of several senior monks of the Xuanzi generation, but few people do not agree, they know their own affairs, Buddhism and martial arts, they may not be bad, but the wisdom is 108,000 miles away from Cao Zinuo.
After the discussion, Cao Zinuo entrusted Xuan Ci to help send a message to Qiao Feng, although the beggar gangs from all over the country can also help, but Cao Zinuo knew that it would be faster to let Xuan Ci help pass the message than ordinary beggar disciples, after all, Shaolin's strength at this time was very strong, and then several people did not wait for the next day, and set off towards Jiangnan on the same day.
As soon as they left Shaolin, Xuan Nan and Xuan Lin changed their clothes at Cao Zinuo's suggestion, but they pretended to be two old men who were businessmen.
Although this dress made Xuan Yan and Xuan Lin extremely unaccustomed, in order not to attract attention, the two could only endure it.
In this way, a group of seven people, a son, four maidservants, plus two housekeepers, is really like a big family traveling, this northern land is also a place that Mingjiao has not touched, and then Leiluo, the north is the territory of the Vulture Palace, and the southern Mingjiao has not completely occupied it at this time.
The islands of the coastal generation are all occupied by the martial arts people who belong to the Vulture Palace, and some cities along the coast are also occupied by the martial arts people who belong to the Vulture Palace.
Of course, Jiangsu is actually not completely occupied by Mingjiao, you must know that Jiangsu is the most important place in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jinling is the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the economy is extremely developed, after the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, the rule of the south is mostly pressed in this area, which can be said to be the throat of the south and the north, although the Mingjiao is powerful but also failed to swallow here.
Cao Zinuo took Xuan Nan and Xuan Lin and others all the way south, passing through Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Jingkou, but he had already arrived at the Gusu generation in ten days.
After arriving here, Cao Zinuo took Xuan Nan and Xuan Lin and others well, but first went to Taihu Lake outside Gusu City to explore the way.
Speaking of the world at this time, it was also fun, the beggar gang occupied Junshan in Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake also had Swallow Dock, and various water bandit strongholds on other scattered islands, but the court couldn't control it, and it didn't pay attention to it.
Although the ancient imperial power is very large, but it is extremely small, and it is certain that the land will be determined to die for the king, but it is not a big deal to occupy the mountain as the king.
Cao Zinuo stood on the edge of Taihu Lake, but he was a little helpless for a while, this Taihu Lake is said to be a lake, but it is boundless at a glance, if there is no skilled boatman, even if you have martial arts, as long as you can't fly, you will stare at the end.
After some exploration, Cao Zinuo immediately retreated, but he didn't look for any boatmen, this Gusu was originally the old nest of the Murong family, if there were no people from the Murong family on the shore, it would be a joke.
Cao Zinuo would rather be safe, but he is not willing to startle the snake. (To be continued......)