Volume 4: The Year of the Curtain Chapter 172: Sin City (Part II)
Earlier, Ning Que left the Chunfeng Pavilion and walked towards Suzaku Street, leaving Zeng Jing and his wife with worried expressions and the old lady Chao as if nothing had happened.
Chao Xiaoshu left Chang'an with Liu Wu and the cavalry of the Xiao cavalry battalion, but the court house was always lively, because countless provincial decrees were issued to the various cities in the city, plus dozens of refugees were taken in, and the court house has basically not been quiet these days.
The house was quiet to-day, for the servants and refugees in the house had heard a lot of deafening noises and the great commotions coming from the city since early in the morning.
The people heard the bells of the city, then the wind and the swords, followed by the thunder, the snow, the rain, and the explosions, until they saw the burning snow clouds in the sky.
Fear grew, because no one knew what was going on in Sin City (II) in Chapter 172 of the Year of the Fourth Curtain Fall, and when Ning Que came and went, they knew that this battle no longer belonged to the human world, so they became more and more confused.
There were court officials, refugees who avoided the war, and brave people who were brave in the army, but they were all ordinary people, and they were not qualified to join this battle.
The courtyard was shrouded in silence for a long time, and the refugees nervously held their children, for fear that they would make a little noise if they were ignorant, and sat at the table with different expressions towards the old lady and Zeng Jing and his wife.
After all, someone can't help it, and the person who stood up first did not exceed the old lady's expectations, he looked at the other party and said, "You should know very well that if you go, you will be sent to death." ”
Fourth Master Qi responded: "Er, when have you ever seen me afraid of death?"
Chen Qi, who had been standing quietly by the huā window, turned his head and looked at his fourth brother, his brows furrowed slightly, looking disapproving, and he was about to speak to stop him, but the old lady waved his hand.
"If you want to go, you can go to death, do you want me to agree to this kind of thing?"
Qi Siye smiled, turned around and walked out of the court house with dozens of Tsing Yi gangs.
Chen Qi was silent for a moment and then said, "There is no point. ”
Chapter 172 of the Year of the Fourth Volume of the Old Lady Chao Sin City (II) knew what he was talking about, the battle that took place on Suzaku Street at this time had long exceeded the scope of the Five Realms, and non-worldly forces could influence it, and the academy would not be able to defeat that powerful enemy, so even if the people of the Ichthyosaurus Gang and even the entire Chang'an City were dead, there was no way to stop the other party.
"People always need to be helped, or want to be helped. ”
Said to the old lady: "Although Mr. Thirteen is not an ordinary person like us, I think he also hopes to see that we Chang'an people can come to help him." ”
Chen Qi said: "If the help is not effective, then there is no point. ”
"Even if the Lord is really an immortal, we mortals will die just by looking at it, but as long as he can be allowed to take a second look in the crowd, who can say that this is completely meaningless?"
The wrinkles on the old lady's face were full of calm and ease, and he said: "Even if as you said, our appearance is meaningless, but as long as we appear there, it actually has meaning." ”
Scholar Zeng Jing at the table was the first to understand the meaning of this sentence and nodded approvingly.
"The academy is the academy of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty of the academy, the Tang Dynasty and the opposition have great respect for the academy and worship it with all their might, but when have you ever seen a Tang person who whispered to the academy and regarded himself as a servant? It is also sheltered, but it is completely different from the surrounding countries that are bullied by the temple, why is this happening? Naturally, it is the rule set by the academy and the master, but more importantly, it is the attitude of us Tang people. ”
The old lady said: "We are not those pigs and dogs that were captive by the Daomen in the Southern Jin and Song Kingdoms of the Yan Kingdom, we are the owners of this land, so we need to appear there, even if we die." ”
Chen Qi is the military advisor of the Fish and Dragon Gang, who is good at strategy, but rarely really goes to the battlefield, judging the situation, often taking the effect of the action first.
"Since I want to die, of course, the old and weak women die first, I have lived for more than seventy years, and I should die. ”
The old lady stood up tremblingly on the table, took the crutches from the big girl who warmed the bed beside him, and walked out with the support of an old servant.
Scholar Zeng Jing said: "I am also old, so I should accompany Erji." ”
Mrs. Zeng Jing said, "I am a useless woman, and I should go there the most."
He motioned to the old lady for Chen Qi to take someone to look at Zeng Jing and his wife, and said with a smile: "If Ning Que sees that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were deceived by me to send him to death, I am really afraid that he will pick his son in anger." ”
There is no spring breeze in the Spring Breeze Pavilion today, only the cold snow huā fluttering, opening to the main gate of the house, and the old lady took the old and weak servants in the family and some old people in the refugees, and walked to the street.
Holding a crutch in her hand, the old lady Chao walked all the way and knocked on the door, calling friends, recruiting people, and calling out all the neighbors who have been familiar with her in the past few decades.
"As long as the old don't die, don't be young. ”
said to the old lady, his expression was not strict, and he did not have a sense of sadness and grandeur, but with a smile, it was like calling these old guys to go to the West Lake to drink tea and play chess.
Those old guys in the neighborhood didn't think anything about it, the Tang people were still martial, they were all soldiers back then, and this trip to Suzaku Street was like setting off for the battlefield for them back then.
This is a very common thing.
They even seemed to feel that they had returned to the barracks of the year, and it was very Chen Qi who had finished dealing with Zeng Jing and his wife, and walked quickly out of the house to chase the old lady, and what they saw was the dozens of Haoshou old men and their children and nephews full of fierce figures.
Looking at this scene, he showed a bitter and slightly mocking smile, thinking to himself that the flow of people was so mighty, but just to let that immortal take a second look, it was really a stupid and idiotic behavior.
Thinking like this, the speed under his feet did not slow down, and he rushed to the front of the crowd in a short time, replaced the old servant, and hugged the body of the old lady.
There is no way, whoever calls him is also a Tang person, and Tang people are sometimes so stupid and idiotic.
There is a Taoist temple on a certain street, and the person who presides over the affairs of the Taoist temple is a thin Taoist person, and the thin Taoist likes to eat noodles the most, and the most thing he does in his life is to repair the eaves that were damaged by the storm for the neighborhood, because he will only do this work, if he doesn't want to do this, he needs to save money for a long time before he can buy some fine wine, and tempt the neighbors to come and listen to him preach a Xiling teaching.
This Taoist temple is very inconspicuous, but there have been many things here that will be written in history in the future, such as Ye Su, who walked on the Taoist Gate, who once served as a missionary here, and Ye Su, the senior brother of the academy, had a debate in front of the stone steps, and Ye Su once realized here that he collapsed the Taoist temple and then built a new one.
The thin Taoist is an ordinary Taoist person, he only knows the status represented by Ye Su Dao's bun, but he doesn't know the other party's true identity, and he doesn't know that these things have happened in his own small Taoist temple, otherwise he will not be as troubled as he is now, or he may be more troubled than now.
"I'm annoyed. ”
The thin Taoist looked at the disciples in front of him, and said with a sad face: "I really don't know what to do, do you have any ideas?"
The little Taoist priests recite the canon every day, where can they come up with any ideas.
The thin Taoist looked up at the burning snow clouds in the sky and said, "I have indeed heard of Zhishouguan, which is the unknowable place of our Daomen, and the Guanzhu is equivalent to our ancestral master. ”
A little Taoist priest said: "But I heard from the neighbors that Master Zu is going to demolish Chang'an City." ”
"So I'm annoyed...... Do you think we should go and help Master Zu, or should we stop him?"
The thin man sighed.
Suddenly, he stomped his foot heavily as if he was angry, and shouted loudly at the burning snow clouds in the sky: "I don't care if he is the ancestor or what, I have been taking care of this Taoist temple all my life, even if Haotian wants to demolish my Taoist temple, I will fight with him to the end!"
The thin Taoist man left the small Taoist temple with the little Taoist priests, holding the heavy incense burner and carrying the old wood that had been piled up in the corner of the wall and was not used, ready to fight against their ancestors.
Unlike those people on Heng 2nd Street in Chunfeng Pavilion, their struggles were more intense, but once they made a decision, they no longer had any hesitation and were determined to do something.
Because they are all people of faith.
Being an enemy of the Daomen, it seems that Yan zhòng violates the faith, but whether it is the thin Taoist or those little Taoist priests, they have long been unable to tell what they believe in.
They are Tang people, they have lived in Chang'an City all their lives, they once thought that they believed in Haotian, but when they picked up the incense burner and carried the wooden stick out of the Taoist temple, they found that what they believed in was faith itself.
In short, they are all people of faith.
In the teachings of the Xiling Temple, suicide is a serious crime, and being a Taoist priest but being an enemy of the Taoist Sect is a serious crime, and they will all be punished by Haotian's cruelest punishment.
The old lady Chao appeared on Suzaku Avenue with his companions, either to death or to commit suicide.
The thin Taoist and the little Taoist priests stopped in front of the master, which was both apostasy and blasphemy.
In other words, they all have sins that cannot be washed away.
There are many more such people.
Three Taoists from the South Gate Temple were arranging the formation.
They are the masters of the Tianshu Department and the most devout believers of Haotian.
Their faces were pale, and their hearts were in great pain.
But they didn't hesitate to move.
The old lady of Chu, with the women and children of the Manchu Mansion, crossed the knife on the long street.
Lao Taijun is the widow of Chu Xiongtu, the general of the Sixteenth Guard, and her silver hair flutters in the wind and snow.
She gave birth to seven sons and thirty-seven grandchildren in her lifetime.
For decades, two sons and three grandsons died in the border of the Tang Dynasty, and this year in Yanjing, in Qichengzhai and in Lingling, she had eleven more children and grandchildren who died in battle.
Now all the men in Chu Mansion are fighting with the invaders on the battlefield of the Tang Dynasty, and there are only a dozen old and weak women and children around her, and only a few knives.
knew that coming would be to die, but she looked indifferent and didn't care.
The Chu family is full of loyal martyrs, they are all dead, and they are still full of loyal martyrs!
If Hao Tiantian really has eyes.
Then on this long street of wind and snow, everyone is guilty and commits different crimes.
Today's Chang'an City is a city of sin.
What a sin city.
...... (To be continued!!