Taigu County, founded in the Western Han Dynasty, is more than 100 miles away from Jinyang City, although it is one of the 14 counties under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture, but because of the birthplace of several wealthy families, the status should not be underestimated, among the county seats, there are still Luo, Jiang and other wealthy families live in the world, so the prosperous scenery in the city is not lost to Jinyang City.

The officials and people of Jinshuo, of course, everyone knows Taigu, but the King of Jin's familiarity with this place is far less than Guangyang in Weize Pass, the reason why he is anxious to come here to inspect, somewhat by chance, the main reason is not because of Taigu Ling's intention to surrender, but because of the temple named Mingde in the jurisdiction of Taigu, located on Baiji Ridge.

Mingde Temple in the Great Zhou Dynasty many temples, the original nationality is unknown, although the incense is strong in the past three or two years, so that the believers in the territory of Jinshuo are all known, and because a piece of plum forest in the temple is also more lush than many mountain temples, it has attracted a lot of literati and ink to the temple to play, but it has not yet thundered to the point that the whole country knows, the king of Jin used to be far away in Chang'an, and he should not know this mountain temple.

But not long ago, after the victory of Wei Zeguan, Pei Zijian secretly sneaked to Yingzhou, and accidentally heard the words Taigu Mingde Temple in the mouth of Wang Mou in Andong.

According to the current situation, the current abbot of Mingde Temple is named Mingkong, once upon a time was a wandering monk, the original place has not been examined, five years ago you Fang to Jinshuo, because of its Buddhism cultivation to the old abbot greatly touched, was left in the Mingde Temple by the old abbot bitter mouth, after the old abbot sitting, then awarded Mingkong as the abbot, Mingde Temple is under the leadership of the abbot of Mingkong, the incense gradually flourished, and the reason why Mingde Temple has this reputation, of course, is inseparable from the two Taigu Ling vigorously respected.

Whether it is He Ye or Eleven Niang, those spies under his hands are not believers in Buddhism, so they can't find out whether Mingkong's Buddhism is profound, but in the past few years, Mingde Temple has widely distributed grain and millet medicine scriptures, benefiting many poor people, and even reinforcing the military supplies in the temple, and it is not strange that the local government has praised it.

Not to mention that the monks in the temple have any bad deeds.

On the surface, there seems nothing suspicious, but the name of this temple was mentioned by Pan Bo Xinchen, who, according to Pei Zijian, was one of the main persons in charge of Pan Bu's tenant as a spy.

But Pei Zijian can no longer take the words of the believer, otherwise it will inevitably arouse suspicion.

It is also said that this Mingde Temple, there are still sixty or seventy miles away from the county seat of Taigu, so after the king of Jin and the eleventh mother rushed to the county seat, they did not immediately "worship the Buddha", but stayed in an inn in the city for two days, and walked around the county seat well, and then went out of the city in the early morning of the third day.

Not like the last time to Guangyang, the king of Jin did not hide the meaning of this trip, there was no disguise, and he set off from Jinyang generously, which was also intentional, with the intention of alarming Mao Wei, but after arriving in Taigu, although he showed the letter of the king of Jin, he did not stay in the official post, and he did not inform the Taigu order, they lived in the county for two days, but there was no county official to disturb him.

It's just that this day to Mingde Temple, but the Hu family and Binu and other entourages are left in the inn, only with the entangled Ai Lu girl, a group of only three people, out of the city, deliberately a fast horse gallop to get rid of the track, twenty miles away from the city, only to slow down the speed of the horse.

Although the three mounts are divine horses, but the king and princess of Jin are all horse lovers, unless it is absolutely necessary, they are never willing to let the horses gallop for a long time, and then the horses are usually kept in captivity, and long-distance galloping will naturally cause the horses to be tired, so the sixty or seventy miles away, it has gone nearly two hours.

"Behind us, there has always been an eye." Estimating that Mingde Temple was not far away, He Ye retreated from the saddle and dismounted, pretending to go to Zhuangzi in front of him to find someone to inquire about the direction, but whispered to Eleven Niang: "Don't look back." ”

"Did you follow those spies from Jinyang?" Eleven Niang asked.

When I was playing in Taigu County in the past two days, I was watching behind me, so Eleven Niang didn't think it was enough to be sure that these spies were arranged by Taigu Ling.

"I can't catch a single person tortured to extract a confession, and I can't tell who instigated these spies." He Ye frowned slightly, looking a little impatient with the cold and boring scenery around him.

"When entering the city, His Royal Highness showed his certificate, but Taigu Ling pretended to know nothing, either he was too slick, expecting that we were a private visit, so he didn't want to hinder it, or he was a thief, for fear of arousing our suspicions, but it can be seen that Taigu Ling openly supported the style of the New Deal in front of Mao Wei, and it didn't seem like a sophisticated person." Eleven Niang guessed: "Yes, I prefer the latter." ”

"In short, when we really go to Mingde Temple, maybe we can lure the snake out of the hole." A cold glint flashed in He Ye's eyes: "If Taigu Ling is Mao Wei's party, it must not be because Mingkong, a monk, benefits the poor, then there must be a connection between him and Mingkong, if Taigu Ling is bright and fair, he will not care about the purpose of our trip." ”

"Yes, let's see if Taigu Ling will have a private meeting with this Mingkong after we leave." Eleven Niang obviously agreed with He Ye's plan to lure the snake out of the hole.

As he spoke, he was about to turn to the dirt road leading to the village of Grange, but he saw a dozen or so ragged and unkempt people in front of him, both men and women, the eldest was already full of silver hair, staggering, stomping on a withered cane, panting step by step, and the youngest was still swaddling, being held by a skinny woman, and I don't know whether it was because of the cold or hunger, and he was crying, but his voice was already a little hoarse.

There were also several men in the prime of life, some holding children of three or five years old, and some holding clay bowls with open mouths in their hands, like a group of beggars.

Mo said that in Jinyang City, that is, in Chang'an, the capital of the country, beggars and other groups are not uncommon, although Eleven Niang said that she would not feel shocked, but she couldn't help but feel compassion, so she intended to give them some copper coins, so she pulled Ai Lu to walk a few steps forward quickly - the money bag can be on this girl.

However, before they could catch up with the dozen or so people, they heard a man behind them shouting: "But Nan Lao? ”

The white-haired old man turned around with some difficulty, and Eleven Niang also looked behind him.

But it was a group of seven or eight horsemen, the first Lang Jun, about twenty years old, dressed in brocade clothes, with a face like a crown of jade, a pair of eyebrows raised high, looking polite, but there was a long knife hanging from his waist, and he did not look like an ordinary scholar.

The man also seemed to pay special attention to the three people of King Jin's line, some arrogant and suspicious eyes swept over the faces of the three people in turn, when he saw the old man step forward, he walked over quickly, and the friendly smile naturally hung on the corner of his lips, and he helped the old man who was busy saluting, but he didn't care about the dirty and torn clothes on the old man's body.

"Luo Langjun, is this from home to the village?" Eleven Niang listened to the old man's question.

"Exactly, is Uncle Nan begging again?"

The old man sighed: "There is no other way." ”

"Before I went home, I specially told my family to send some rice and grain to the village, could it be that my family was negligent?" The man's face sank.

"No, it's not." The old man hurriedly explained: "It's just that there are so many people in the village, and they can't always expect Lang Jun to give rations, and it is also taking advantage of the New Year, and there is no need for spring ploughing for a while. ”

When the man heard this, his face became even more solemn, and he glanced at the people who were begging with the old man, and asked, "Why don't you see Third Brother Nan?" ”

"The third daughter-in-law gave birth on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the family was inseparable from people, so the third daughter did not go with her this time." Speaking of this, the old man's face that had experienced vicissitudes of life seemed to be filled with grief, and some tears appeared in his cloudy eyes, but as if he had made a painful decision, he beckoned a seven or eight-year-old boy behind him to come over: "Luo Langjun, although the eldest grandson of Lao Er is stupid, he can still do some rough work, Luo Langjun is good, so buy it as a slave." ”

But a man and a woman were in a hurry, and the woman's tears flowed out at once, and the man called out urgently: "Father! ”

The old man drank heavily: "The third child has just added Ding, the second son and a daughter are sick again, and I don't know if I can survive this winter, Da Lang is following us, and he is also suffering and suffering, Luo Lang Jun is a good person, even if Da Lang sells himself as a slave, at least he will have no worries about food and clothing in the future." ”

The man could not say anything to plead, but turned away with his fists clenched.

"When the old man's family encounters difficulties, as long as he says so, there is no need to do so, Da Lang is the eldest grandson of the old man." The man in brocade was even more unbearable.

"Lang Jun gave money and food a lot, but the old man has no place to be ashamed, and he doesn't dare to accept Lang Jun's favor in vain, besides...... I heard that Taiyuan Mansion is going to implement a new policy, the increase in troops is in an uproar, maybe the third child will also go to the battlefield, there is one less laborer in the family, and the harvest is even more unexpected, Da Lang is at home, maybe even a full meal is rare to eat, and then there will be three disasters and six diseases, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the death, Lang Jun does not have to buy money for Lao Er, I only hope to be able to give Da Lang food and clothing, for Lao Er's family, it is as kind as a mountain. ”

After speaking, let the child kneel on the ground and kowtow, and he wanted to recognize the young man in Chinese costumes as the master.