Chapter 201: Sealing Zen
"Yes." Du Jingyi nodded and pointed to the highest stone wall on the opposite mountain, "That stone was transported from Mount Tai, and the emperor will salute that stone tomorrow." ”
The first time Zhang Yuqing came here, he could only barely see the outline of the big stone, and frowned: "This is too far!" ”
The two mountains are two kilometers apart, and it is no wonder that the emperor has such an important ceremony as the Zen enshrinement, but no one in Meishan has investigated the potential safety hazards.
It's too far away to be afraid of.
Du Jingyi looked at Zhong He.
The teenage boy has broad shoulders and long legs, a calm temperament, and eyes that are as bright as stars, "I'm sure of this distance, I can give it a try." ”
The distance that the strongest bow in Great Xia could reach was less than five hundred meters, and if someone told the official in charge of this security that someone wanted to shoot the emperor with a bow and arrow four miles away, it would definitely be regarded as a joke.
No one could have imagined that someone in Liangzhou secretly made a crossbow with a range of more than two thousand meters.
After discussing tomorrow's strategy, Du Jingyi closed the roof of the carriage, restored the carriage to its original state, and led Zhang Yuqing to the rear hall.
The main hall is still dilapidated, and several clay Buddha statues stand there shabbyly, and the painted paint on them has fallen a lot, mottled and mottled.
Of course, they didn't come to worship the Buddha, a few people went straight to the window, and after opening the window, the howling mountain wind poured everyone's faces.
Canglong Temple was originally built on the top of Meishan Mountain, and the apse is located on the cliff, and the window is the cliff.
Looking down from the window, there was a rushing river in the mountains, and the sound of the mighty water reached everyone's ears, and the waves crashed against the stone walls along the shore.
"Down the river, you'll find the Grand Canal." Du Jingyi said, "Tomorrow, when the matter is over, we will hang the rope ladder from here and go down, so that we can go down and have a boat to meet us." ”
Whether it works out or not, leave quickly.
Liu Quan took the rope ladder out of the carriage, deftly climbed out of the window, nailed the rope ladder firmly to the steep mountain wall, and tied it with a rope.
When it is time to use it tomorrow, all you need to do is untie the rope that binds the ladder, and everyone can follow the ladder to leave here.
Zhang Yuqing had a number in his heart, and led everyone to worship the Buddha statues in each hall one by one, almost at sunset, and at dusk, he used the excuse that the wheels of the carriage were broken, and it was inconvenient to go down the mountain, and he wanted to spend the night in the mountain temple.
Bo Yuan has always had an attitude that as long as he doesn't disturb his recitation, everything doesn't matter, let Zhang Yuqing and them find a place to live in the backyard, tomorrow before dawn, he and his disciples will go to the bottom of the mountain to do things, I don't know when I will come back, and I won't send Zhang Yuqing and others at that time.
"Anyone else asked you to do something?" Zhang Yuqing asked with a smile.
Bo Yuan has made great progress in his cultivation over the years, and he is no longer the young and vigorous monk who was excited by Zhang Yuqing's words, and said seriously: "Rich people naturally won't invite us, it's a poor family under the mountain, we go to do things, we don't charge a penny, as long as the master takes care of a vegetarian meal." ”
Seeing that his attitude is peaceful, it doesn't look like he is lying, but Zhang Yuqing still looks at Kude and his disciples very unpleasantly, and mutters in her heart, she has spent her mind in Liangzhou, and she has worked hard to make everyone have a full meal, this group of people is good, and they can eat with two verses, it is really easy!
Don't do anything to produce, pretend to be a ghost!
"Tomorrow morning, you will go down the mountain and leave, are you afraid that I will empty your temple?" Zhang Yuqing asked.
Bo Yuan smiled, "Master Zhang runs Liangzhou, and the silver money that passes through every day is as much as the stars in the sky, if you look at the temple of the poor monk, just take it!" ”
"Just kidding!" Zhang Yuqing snorted, "I'm not a monk, what's the use of asking you to use this temple?" ”
Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Quanlai came to tell him that Master and Dou Yuan had really gone down the mountain, and he followed him until halfway before coming back.
Du Jingyi said softly: "Madam, these two monks ......"
The heart is too big!
Zhang Yuqing also had this doubt, but there were already traces of human activity on the opposite mountain, if she didn't act today, she was afraid that she would not find a chance before Emperor Anping himself played himself to death.
In the Luerwei Incident, Emperor Taichang was the culprit, and Emperor Anping was also an unpardonable accomplice, and the father and son conspired to commit this heinous bloody case.
Let Emperor Anping play herself to death like this, how can she be worthy of her biological parents who died tragically in the Luerwei Change. How can he be worthy of Sheng Daoting, the father-in-law who raised himself in a different place!
"Leave them alone!" Zhang Yuqing gritted her teeth and said, there is no turning back when she opens the bow, and she regrets it when it comes to the end, which is not her style.
At the foot of the opposite mountain, the eunuchs of Gong'e knelt all the way and sent Long Yuan up the mountain, and the officials also knelt all the way on the mountain road according to their ranks.
Only officials of high rank and who have received the favor of the Holy Grace are qualified to enter the place of Fengzen with the emperor, and witness the emperor ask for instructions from heaven to confirm that he is the true dragon son of heaven who has returned to heaven.
This is not only a decent honor, but in the eyes of most people, it is a sign of future prosperity and blessings that will benefit three generations of children and grandchildren.
Halfway up the mountain, Long Yuan could no longer advance, so Emperor Anping came down and went up the mountain with the support of the eunuchs.
Those officials of low rank, or who are not worthy of sainthood, can only kneel on the steps of the mountain road, bend their waists humbly, arch their backs, and can only use the corner of their eyes to see the emperor's bright yellow dragon robe walking in front of them, and then look at the officials who are higher than their own rank walking over, suppressing the grievances in their hearts, fantasizing that one day they can also get ahead and become the emperor's henchmen.
In the morning there was a fog in the mountains, and both hills were shrouded in misty.
In the backyard of Canglong Temple, after the roof of the carriage was unfolded, the bottom of the carriage was also completely opened, and several people quickly took out the things hidden under the carriage to form a huge bed crossbow and moved it to the roof of the carriage in unison.
The bed crossbow is made of pure steel, it takes great strength just to pull it apart, the whole is well-made, the structure is complex, the bowstring made of cooked beef tendons, the base is placed with dozens of springs made of stainless steel, dozens of stainless steel pulleys, which is the confidence that it can reach a range of two thousand meters.
"The fog is too big." Zhang Yuqing said softly, the big stone that she could vaguely see at noon yesterday was completely invisible to her today.
Zhong He tried to aim at the opposite mountain, his eyes and demeanor were very steady, and he couldn't hear a trace of trembling, "I can see that the emperor will wear a bright yellow dragon robe, which will be more conspicuous." ”
Zhang Yuqing stopped talking, so as not to affect his mind.
During this ceremony, the official of the Qin Heavenly Prison who presided over the ceremony would burn the edict written by the emperor to heaven to convey the meaning of heaven. Everyone knows that it is a passing scene, and what they want is this sense of ceremony, as long as the officials of Qin Tianjian are not disgusted, they will say that God is ecstatic to learn that there is such a bright and virtuous monarch in the world, and they agree with it, and they will never say that God will not agree to you to be the emperor......
With the permission of the Heavens, the ceremony of canonization is over.
However, before that, the emperor had to go and worship the Taishan stone.
This was their only chance to assassinate the Emperor, because only the Emperor was qualified to worship the Tarzan Stone, which symbolized the heavens, and everyone else could only stand and watch.
After a while, Zhong He suddenly said, "It's coming!" ”
Everyone acted quickly, and together they pulled open the stainless steel bed crossbow, Zhong He grasped the direction, carefully adjusting the direction little by little, and his sharp eyes were staring at the opposite side.
Zhang Yuqing's cold sweat flowed down her sideburns, and her back was already soaked with cold sweat, and every minute and second became so long that it was difficult to suffer.
In fact, she couldn't see the opposite mountain clearly, so far away that she couldn't even hear the sound.
In this short aiming time, the lightning flashed in her mind was Lu Wei's appearance, as well as the three children who were still young.
Zhong He closed his eyes slightly, opened them suddenly, and as soon as the mechanism in his hand was loosened, the sharp cluster of dark iron arrows on the bed crossbow made a "clanging" sound, breaking through the air and burrowing into the clouds and mist.
Zhang Yuqing's heart also sank violently with the shooting of the arrow.
"Let's go!" Du Jingyi said immediately.
According to what everyone had agreed before, as soon as the arrow came out, no matter what the result was, they ran away first.
The men quickly dismantled the bed crossbows, each carrying a few parts, and the remaining wooden part of the carriage was broken into pieces, thrown under the cliff, and floated away with the current.
The horses had their bridles removed and released into the forest.
Several people quickly climbed off the cliff and climbed step by step along the rope ladder to the bottom of the mountain.
A small boat was waiting on the shore to carry them all the way downstream.
It was not until they reached a place where the current was calm that they disembarked again and got into the carriage arranged there. The parts of the bed crossbow on their backs were gathered together, put into sacks, and a large stone fell and sank to the bottom of the river.
"Where are you going?" He Qi, who was in the car, asked.
Zhang Yuqing stabilized his mind and said, "Go to the Mercy Nunnery." ”
She said that when she went to visit Duan Shu, she had to go over, so as not to investigate her afterwards and arouse suspicion.
However, as soon as the carriage reached the official road, it was stopped in front of it, and there were many people waiting for the release, including ox carts, people carrying burdens on foot, and wheelbarrows.
Zhang Yuqing was riding in a carriage, and He Qi and others were riding horses, which were particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
He Qi leaned over to the curtain of the car and whispered, "Madam, it was the officers and soldiers who blocked the road. ”
Zhang Yuqing's heart suddenly froze, he didn't expect the speed of the officers and soldiers in the capital to be so fast.
The soldiers who were inspecting in front saw the conspicuous carriage they were riding in and walked straight over, accompanied by an official in a green robe.
Not everyone can afford to sit in a carriage, at least if they are the families of officials above the fourth grade in the capital.
A clear voice rang out outside, "The officials of the Ministry of Lower Labor have been ordered to set up a post here to search, please cooperate." ”
Zhang Yuqing opened the curtain and saw the people outside, and said with a little surprise: "Cousin......"
Luo Danyang was stunned and looked at Zhang Yuqing in surprise.
Time flies, the years go by, he suddenly feels that time is still stuck a few years ago, Zhang Yuqing is still that generous and beautiful, haunting his dreams in his heart, and has never faded.