Chapter 169: The Grasshopper Shakes the Tree
The small 'door' faction was able to integrate from the outset as a stopgap measure. When they had now successfully returned to the Central Plains, and as they continued to advance into the hinterland of the Central Plains, they found that the Emperor did not want them or offer them a reward. As they passed through their homeland, many of them retreated.
There are not many people, and now there are only less than 50 people left in charge of the Youjing Temple and the Cicada Bird Tower. The heads of the other 'sects' either did not say goodbye, or were full of apologies, but they had already left with their disciples anyway.
The spirit of everyone left behind is much better than when they fled to the country of Mars, but the continuous departure of people lately still has a great impact on them.
After all, not everyone chose to go to the capital together because they wanted to save Chen Yin in their hearts.
After midnight, the disciples all found a place to sleep in the forest.
"Monk," Gongsun Qian bit half of the grass pole and said, "You and I have a simple motive for going, but that group of people is different, their leader has not been idle all the way, if we want to go to the capital, it is best not to follow them." ”
Because there were many fewer people, the monks naturally shortened the distance between them and Liang Ye's group. In recent days, they have all maintained a position of about five or six miles behind Liang Ye and the others.
"Although this 'alliance leader' is false, but Chen Shaoxia's kindness to us is real," the monk said, "The leader named Liang Ye, it doesn't matter what the relationship is with Chen Shaoxia, it doesn't matter what he does, as long as we can ensure that Chen Shaoxia is safe, we can take a hand." ”
"That's right, now these dozens of people can't do anything they want to do," Gongsun Qian's words were really perfunctory, he turned around and looked at the disciples of the two factions lying horizontally behind him, hesitated for a moment, and lobbied to the air, "Monk, don't you want to know what I just said he was not idle?"
The empty tour monk shook his head slightly.
Although the monk was not curious, Gongsun Qian still said to himself: "I couldn't sleep at night a few days ago, so I woke up early, so I slipped away to the nearby villages and towns on the road to look for excitement, and by the way, I heard what was going on recently, and found that the group of guys got up earlier than me, and some of them were already in the village - their large army did not dare to enter the village - I looked at it curiously for a while, and found that they were lobbying." ”
"Lobbying, lobbying whom?" the monk asked, glancing over.
"The young ruffians, poor households, and single-family families in the village," Gongsun Yan whispered, "along the way, there are fewer and fewer of our people, but don't you realize that there are more and more of them?"
Kongyou thought for a while and said, "Is he trying to revolt?"
"I don't know, but I heard that day, now the emperor Lao'er and his third son are going to fight in the capital, whether it's true or not, according to their current way, in the poor countryside, in a place beyond the control of the imperial court, looking for those unwilling and frustrated people all the way to the capital, but there is indeed a chance to 'revolt'. ”
"If this is the case, they are doing 'selfish' things in the name of Chen Shaoxia," the empty tour monk looked grim, "We have to keep a good distance from them." ”
Gongsun nodded lightly, 'licked' his lips and lips, and then said: "There is another thing, it is related to us, I think you should also know that all the disciples who stay now are you and my two factions, but most of them are really unwilling to risk their lives to go to the capital, and the reason why they stay is just because they can't find a place to live for the time being." ”
Of course you know.
He put his two hands on his bare head and sighed: "Although I am a crooked monk, I am also a person who knows how to repay my kindness, if I hadn't saved Chen Yin a few times, I would have died a long time ago, and now the capital is in chaos, it is time for us to repay our kindness." ”
"Naturally, my Gongsun Qian is not ungrateful, but this way back to the Central Plains, they are the only ones who still follow us and are willing to call us 'master' and 'master', so no matter what, we can't go our own way anymore, and we don't know what the safety of Lord Chen is at all. ”
"What do you mean?"
Gongsun Qian had thought about the conversation at this moment for a long time, so he quickly gave the answer: "Just you and I went to find Chen Yin's whereabouts." ”
Kong You didn't immediately say yes, but lowered his head and thought for a moment, and Fang slowly asked, "Then what should they do?"
"It's okay to go to my cicada building, and you can go back to the temple. ”
"I've been away for so long, who knows what has become of that small temple, and I'm afraid that it will be occupied by the 'flowers' before it is confiscated. ”
"The Cicada Bird Tower is not far from here, but come to me first," Gongsun Qian said, "Anyway, that place is also in the town, it is a family property, and if the emperor has not confiscated it, it should still be there." ”
Kuyu nodded.
Indeed, as Gongsun Qian said, after all, Chen Yin's matter has not yet been brushed up, and it is undoubtedly unwise to take the disciples who are 'surviving' to the capital like this, especially behind the group of mountain bandits who are going to 'revolt'.
Take 10,000 steps back, these disciples follow all the way, just thinking about survival, and they should be worthy of their trust at this time.