Chapter Thirty-Eight

Ten years ago, the capital, Chang'an.

One day, early in the morning. The morning light is still shining in the imperial city, and the golden light of the rising red sun flashes on the imperial city, but it seems to be quiet everywhere, solemn all around.

Soon, a little girl's shouting broke the silence in the imperial city.

"Go away for me, I'm going to find my mother's ......"

Immediately afterwards, I heard many people talking eagerly.

"Princess, the mother is not in the palace......"

"Princess, beware of running ...... The emperor won't let you go out of the palace......"

Then, I heard the little girl's voice and shouted, "Hmph, I'm going out of the palace...... If any of you dare to stop me, see that I don't let your father punish you......"

This little girl is naturally Princess Pinglan, it turns out that when she was young, her mother Bifei Niangniang was unwell, and later because of the adoption of the words of the former national teacher Jingyuan Zen Master, not only to avoid alcohol and quit gas, eat pure and plain things for many years, but also need to find a quiet place to nourish the body and mind in order to prolong life.

As everyone knows, in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, inside and outside the palace, up and down the temple, and among the people, people who believed in Buddhism and Taoism were extremely common. The emperor of the upper room, down to the common people, all respected the Buddhist rites and looked forward to overcoming the calamity in Buddhism.

Later, this Bifei Niangniang also believed in Buddhism to the extreme, she actually left her daughter, gave up her glory and wealth, and went to Jingyi Nunnery dozens of miles away on the outskirts of Chang'an City to practice alone.

On this day, Princess Pinglan was crying in the palace, and happened to meet Emperor Yizong's early return.

Emperor Yizong was already in an irritable mood because of the troubles of the court affairs in the early dynasty, but when he saw Princess Pinglan being so noisy again, he was not angry, and said to Princess Pinglan: "Lan'er, you continue to be noisy like this! Father is going to be angry......

"Father, I want my mother...... I'm going to find my mother's ......," Princess Pinlan cried.

Seeing that the princess was still disobedient, Yizong was angry, and said to the left and right: "Go, go, go...... Send the princess to her mother...... Hmph, both mother and daughter are so stubborn, you are also like your mother, don't come back when you go, save yourself the ...... of making noise in front of me"

When the people in the palace saw that Emperor Yizong was angry, they didn't dare to make a sound. Sure enough, the great eunuch Xu Ying knew how to do things, and hurriedly sent Princess Pinglan's maid palace people and all the guards to send her out of the palace......

So, Princess Pinglan went to Jingyi Nunnery with the crowd.

Jingyi Nunnery, in the southern suburbs of Chang'an City, thirty miles away. Here is far away from Chang'an City, leaning on the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, belonging to the mountain range and jungle area, perennial green mountains and green waters, fresh and pleasant air, it is an excellent place for ordinary people to cultivate themselves and worship Buddha.

On this day, noon passed. The procession escorting Princess Pinglan had just arrived on their way to Jingyi Nunnery, passing through a place called 'Shuanghuling'. The mountains here are high and the roads are dangerous, the forests are mixed, and the rugged mountain roads stretch through, and the team marches on the side of the mountain forest. The fierce beasts of the mountains in the jungle howled from time to time, provoking the sergeants of the guards to be vigilant at all times.

On the ground, a tiger roar broke through the air, and the horses that accompanied it neighed, and there was a lot of commotion in the team, but fortunately, the captain of the guard team shouted, "Calm, calm...... The sergeants tightened their guard and protected the rapid passage of the team. ”

Suddenly, there were several tiger roars of "whoop, whoa, whoop" one after another, and the mountain wind whistled. Soon, many sturdy men with bare arms and bare chests rushed out of the mountains and jungles. Some of these people, dressed in tiger skins and armed with steel forks and iron knives, galloped through the mountains, and galloped under the wilderness.

It can be seen that this is the place where they often hang out......

In front of the group, there were four white-fronted tigers to clear the way, and at this time, the four tigers were staring at the guards guarding the princess.

In this era, it is common for strongmen to run rampant and thugs to run rampant.

It's just that even the beast has become an accomplice of the rapist, which is unexpected!

At this moment, two sturdy men came out of the crowd. These two men, with their backs and bears, thick arms and long legs, and eight feet tall, walked like chickens in the crowd, and there was a suspicion that they did not grow up eating human milk, or at least they were soaked in the milk of tigers and leopards. Otherwise, how could ordinary people grow so tall!

"This is the ...... I drive"

"I planted this tree ......"

At first, they said a word to each other, but then they came together again and shouted, "You must pass through this place and leave to buy road money!"

It seems that the two of them have practiced.

This very traditional, very classic robbery line came out of their mouths. As long as everyone understands, they all know what they do.

"Are you so bold that you dare to rob in broad daylight? Do you know that this is the foot of the Son of Heaven and the place of king. Why don't you leave quickly...... the captain of the guard was bold and replied loudly.

When the two strong men heard this, they glanced at each other and seemed to roll their eyes. One of the younger strong men said: "Boss, it seems that this kid has still studied, bullying us for not studied, and has no education." Twittering a lot of nonsense, you say I'm going to go over and break his neck and put my head in your house for you to make a pot for the night......"

When the strong man who was called "boss" heard this, he gave him a blank look and shouted: "The second child of the dog day, what is your family, my family, isn't my family your family? twist his head off and put it in our house as a night pot...... Well, but I don't think he must know who my brother is, otherwise he would never dare to talk like that. ”

When the second child heard this, Da Yan smiled and said, "Yes, I think it's also ......" and turned his head to a young and vigorous minion next to him and said, "You go...... Tell them the names of me and your uncle, and scare them. ”

The minion answered, and ran over in a hurry. Facing the chief of the guard, he tore Po Luo's throat and yelled, "Hey, soldiers, you guys listen...... My uncle and second master are the masters here, and the mountains within a radius of 800 miles are under his control; They are the two great kings of the famous 'Shuanghuling', the eldest man occupies the sky, and the second master occupies the land. Do you know that even the heavens and the earth are theirs here...... What's more, you've come here...... Now that you've come here, you're theirs too......"

I don't know if this minion wants to deliberately show off his eloquence in front of the two kings, and show it well? Or does it mean something else...... In short, Rory is also wordy. In the end, he was still stopped by the 'second king' Xi Luodi yelling. Otherwise, I guess this guy will continue to talk.

"Fuck it, get out of here...... Rory is verbose like a!"

When the minions heard this, they ran back in a gloomy manner, standing behind the "two kings" Xi Luodi, with an embarrassed look.

"Hmph...... It turns out that you are the thieves of the 'Occupy the Heaven and Earth' green forest that have been active near the capital in recent years...... I tell you the truth, today you have met the captain of the guard, and I will definitely catch you and return to receive the reward......" The captain of the guard did not know where he got the courage to say such a thing. Everyone who accompanied him secretly pinched a cold sweat for him.

You must know that Lu Dao, looking at the other party's menacing appearance, there are at least three hundred people, and Princess Pinglan and other entourage guards are only one or two hundred. Judging from the number of people, the escort team has no advantage at all, not to mention that these strongmen and tigers and other beasts help out, but I am afraid that it will be even more auspicious.

"Ha Lu Ha ......" When the two kings of 'Occupy Heaven and Earth' heard this, they actually looked at each other and laughed.

"Okay, I can't see that you have a lot of courage to be a soldier! Dare to talk to your uncle and second master like this! Today, grandfathers want to see what skills you have to take us and others to receive the reward?"

The boss Xi Zhantian only lifted an arm-thick 'black iron rod' in his hand, and put a pier on a piece of blue-striped stone next to him.

The blue stone has been weathered for a long time, leaving many traces of time, and it is covered with moss, and it is extremely hard. was smashed by this boss Xi Zhantian as if he was casually pounded, and he became a fan. The crowd was amazed by the strength of his arms.

When the chief of the guard saw this, his heart trembled. I thought: This hand of Xi Zhan Tianlu is really powerful. It is no wonder that these green forest strongmen dare to fall into the grass near the capital and become kings, specializing in such a business without trading. A few days ago, even the thousands of officers and soldiers sent by the court could not arrest them...... It seems that today is indeed more auspicious.

But he thought about it, if the protection is not effective today, the princess will be taken captive by these people, and it will inevitably be a death when she returns, and if you don't do it, she will have to exterminate the nine clans. He thought in his heart, anyway, if he died, it would be better to be loyal to the court and sacrifice his life to escort the princess to escape, maybe there was still a glimmer of life......

So, he only knew that today was going to die no matter what. Knowing that he is not defeated by these strongmen, he has to hold on.

The chief of the guard only waved the spear in his hand and shouted to the hundred and ten Tang army guards behind him: "Brothers, let's protect the princess to the death...... The first team was led by Ling Bing to escort the princess out of the city, and the other second and third teams followed me to block this group of strongmen......"

When the guards heard this, they responded.

Ordinary people are at the juncture of life and death, and they can best work together to the outside world. Perhaps, this is human nature, knowing that it is death and fighting again!

Seeing this, the strong men led by the "Occupy Heaven and Earth" were really angry. When they heard the chief of the guard shouting the words 'swear to protect the princess to the death,' they became even more excited.

"Ha Lu Ha...... God help me. It turned out that these Tang Jun escorts turned out to be princesses! Children, rush over to rob their princesses, and the uncle and second master will be rewarded with a lot when they turn around......" The boss Xi Zhantian laughed excitedly.

When the thieves heard this, they rushed out in response. On the top of the mountain, there are many people in the jungle, bright spears and swords...... They all rushed to Princess Pinglan's escort team.