Sichuan Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, under the jurisdiction of 13 prefectures, 6 prefectures, 15 prefectures, 111 counties, 1 Xuanfu Division, 1 pacification Division, and 16 chief officials.

Since a letter came to the east, there has been an undercurrent surging in the local prefectures and counties of Sichuan.

There are people under the jurisdiction of various state capitals who are converging towards Mianzhou, but the strange thing is that such a large-scale flow of people has not caused any sensation in Sichuan.

In the main hall of a post station affiliated with the imperial court outside Mianzhou, a dwarf man did not sit on a stool, but squatted on the table like an ape.

In front of the man, there were all the post guards of the post station, including the post man, as well as hundreds of White Lotus disciples, these people were most of the core members of the White Lotus Sect in the entire Shu.

Last year, the high-level of the White Lotus Sect in Shuzhong was wiped out in Qinglong Gorge, although after Xifozi escaped from Qinglong Gorge, he quickly promoted a large number of capable cadres to make up for the high-level vacancies before the year.

However, the lack of backbone still greatly damaged the vitality of the White Lotus Sect in Shuzhong.

Last year in Qinglong Gorge, the White Lotus Sect lost a Buddha, a large number of Bodhisattvas with more than five pillars, although the Buddha died at the hands of the Holy Maiden, but the White Lotus Sect still invariably counted this revenge on that person.

With such a big revenge, how could the White Lotus Sect not retaliate?

Therefore, after receiving the news that the person had left Beijing and gone to Yunnan, the Buddha made a decision in an instant, except for leaving enough manpower in Shu to maintain the daily operation of the sect, all other forces that could flow would go to Yunnan, and this time he must leave that person on the land of Yunnan forever.

The Buddha half-crouched on the table, and seeing that everyone was already standing, he tinkered with the wall, and an altar with a small Buddha statue appeared on the wall.

He read in a very charming voice: "Nantianmen Master Fu Jiugong is invincible, and the silent old mother passed on the disciple Jiugong to manage an altar, please go to the altar!" ”

After the Buddha finished reciting, the White Lotus disciples under the altar bowed down and recited at the same time: "The red dust is like a prison, all living beings are suffering, reincarnation is not endless, there is endless sorrow, pity my world, there is a god descending from heaven, there is no birth mother, and the vacuum hometown ......."

After the White Lotus disciples chanted the scriptures three times in a strange accent, the Buddha's eyes instantly burst into a strong anger.

"Let's go, take revenge!"

"Revenge!"

Around the post station, a team of thousands of people went south from Mianzhou, entered Dongchuan Mansion from Dousha Guan's five-foot road, and went towards Qujing Mansion in a mighty way.

Three days later, an ape-like figure climbed through the window into the woman's room.

After a burst of voice, the woman called for the one-armed man to conspire in the room.

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The station of Lin'an Mansion is called Jianshui, which is 200 miles away from Tonghai County.

In the original plan, the distance of 200 miles was supposed to be reached in one day, but after leaving Tonghai County, Chen Kan changed his mind again, and he decided to slow down and really use his own eyes to see the living conditions of the people in Yunnan.

Then Chen Kan found that when he did not show hostility to the natives of Yunnan, the natives of Yunnan were more enthusiastic than he had imagined.

In order to confirm the speculation in his heart, Chen Kan deliberately broke away from the large army with only a few personal guards and ran into the local villagers' villages.

Although the ordinary villagers in the village did not understand the language with them, they would always warmly invite him into the house, and then take out the dried meat at the bottom of the house to entertain him.

On the third day after leaving Tonghai County, Chen Kan came to a village called Mochizuki Village, which, according to Chen An, belonged to a local Tusi Mansion named Pengyi.

When Chen Kan stepped into the village, the first thing that caught his eye was a huge gold-domed Buddhist temple.

There are many Buddhist temples in Yunnan, Buddhism is the Buddhism of Dali in the period of Dali Kingdom, and the Chongsheng Temple of Dali Mansion is famous throughout the country in later generations.

But this Buddhist temple is different from the ordinary Buddhist temple, the golden dome is shining, the stupa is angular and angular, this kind of Buddhist temple Chen Kan is often seen when he travels to Yunnan in later generations, it is a kind of Hinayana short Buddhist temple.

Buddhism in the Central Plains now believes in Mahayana Buddhism.

Theravada Buddhism, on the other hand, is only popular in the Annam region of Yunnan.

So the moment he saw this Buddhist temple, Chen Kan understood what kind of toast this pendulum was.

It's the hospitable Dai people!

After Chen Kan showed a smile that he thought was charming, he raised his hand and knocked on the door of the village.

A girl with slightly dark skin and bright eyes opened the door of the village and looked at the young man with a rather curious eye.

The villagers on duty on the watchtower of the stockade had already discovered this group of uninvited guests, but when they saw that a few people did not seem to have malicious intent, they did not drive them away.

At this time, seeing that this group of uninvited guests seemed to have the intention of entering the stockade, a large number of people of all ages soon gathered in the square behind the door.

As soon as Chen Kan wanted to speak, the girl turned around and ran away shouting.

Chen Kan touched his nose a little embarrassed, fortunately the girl didn't let him eat a closed door, otherwise it would be a shame.

He crossed the threshold of the bamboo gate, saw that many villagers were looking at him curiously, straightened his clothes, and then arched his hand to the villagers and said: "The boy is the son of the Han family, this trip to Lin'an, passing by your land, thirsty, I want to enter the door to ask for saliva to drink, I don't know if the rank can be convenient?" ”

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No one paid attention to him, and Chen Kan was not in a hurry, there should be people who knew Chinese in such a large village.

As for these ordinary villagers in front of them, after listening to Chen Kan's self-introduction, their eyes suddenly showed a look of confusion.

In this era, the Han people are still a rarity in Yunnan, and the total number of Han people in the entire 300,000 square kilometers of Yunnan will not exceed 500,000, and most of them are gathered in the city, so they look at Chen Kan's gaze more like they are looking at some cherished wild animals.

"Why did Han Jialang end up here?"

As Chen Kan expected, a moment later, an old voice came from the village.

Chen Kan followed the voice, but it was an old man whose beard had grown to his chest.

The old man was on crutches, and with the support of the girl who opened the door for Chen Kan just now, he slowly walked towards Chen Kan.

Chen Kan bowed his hand and said: "Old man, the boy and his entourage are going to Lin'an Mansion from here, and they are thirsty when they are on the road, and they see a village on the side of the road, so they want to come to your place to ask for saliva to drink, I don't know if it is convenient or not?" ”

The old man slowly approached Chen Kan, and saw that Chen Kan only brought four followers, and there were no blades or anything like that on his body, so he stretched out his hand to signal the villagers not to be nervous.

Then he responded in very authentic Chinese: "It's just a sip of water, what's inconvenient, the people of the barbarians outside the country, they don't understand the official dialect of the Central Plains, they snub Han Jialang, and please don't be surprised by Han Jialang." ”

The old man's Chinese dialect is very smooth, this is the first time since Chen Kan entered Yunnan that he has met someone who speaks Chinese so standardly, and even the Han family etiquette is so standard.

Chen Kan couldn't help but be curious: "The old man has been to the Central Plains? ”

The old man smiled and said, "That was many years ago. ”

While the two were talking, the girl who was supporting the old man looked at Chen Kan with curious eyes.

Chen Kan replied to her with an indifferent smile.

A touch of blush suddenly appeared on the woman's slightly dark face, and then she shook the old man's hand and asked in a soft voice in jerky Chinese: "Ah Gong, is he the Han you often say?" ”

The old man did not answer, but after using his crutches and saying a few words of local dialect that Chen Kan could not understand, the villagers standing at the gate of the Buddhist temple dispersed in a hurry.

Then he looked at Chen Kan and said with a smile: "Han Jialang, come with the old man." ”

After Chen Kan thanked him again, he led a few entourages and followed the old man towards the village.

In addition to the Buddhist temple, the other buildings in the village are made of bamboo, and a small two-story bamboo building is the residence of the old man and the girl.

Outside the bamboo building is a pigsty made of stones, and there are chickens, ducks and other poultry in the yard.

Seeing Chen Kan staring at the poultry, the old man smiled and said, "This is still the breeding method that the old man learned from your Han family when he went to the Central Plains when he was young. ”

Chen Kan nodded, looked at the bamboo building, and asked, "Old man, are there only two people in your family?" ”

The old man said: "Yes, the old man has a son, but the child is older, and the village can't lock him up, so the old man can only go with him and live in the village with his little granddaughter." ”

The old man replied casually, and suddenly asked, "Han Jialang is an official in the city, right?" ”

"Huh?"

Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a smile: "Why did the old man say this?" ”

Chen Kan was a little curious, the old man could see through his identity at a glance, you must know that before coming, he also deliberately changed into civilian clothes.

"Hehe, twenty years ago, the old man saw a big Han official who looked like you, the son of the old man, who went to the city at that time."

The old man didn't seem to say anything, but he seemed to have said everything.

Chen Kan was stunned in his heart, and then asked, "The Han official that the old man has seen is surnamed Chen?" ”

The old man shook his head: "How would the old man know that the big official came with a large army at that time." ”

Hearing this, Chen Kan suddenly felt bad, did he come to the original father's enemy's house?

As if he had seen through Chen Kan's thoughts, the old man shook his head and smiled: "That senior official should be your relative, or your father?" But Han Jialang don't worry, our Tusi Lord has not been at war with you Han people, and we don't like war. ”

"Come in!"

The old man explained, pushed away the unlocked bamboo building and invited Chen Kan.

The bamboo building is very short, so short that Chen Kan needs to bend his head a little to get in, the layout in the bamboo building is very simple, a fire pit, there seems to be some food still boiling in a big iron pot on the fire pond, a very fragrant smell permeates the bamboo building, and there is a room inside, separated by a wall made of bamboo strips.

The second floor should be where the grandparents live.

The girl blushed and brought four bamboo stools for the four of them, then hid her face and ran away.

It can be seen that this is a very shy woman, completely different from Maggie who rides a tiger.

Chen Kan sat down on the bamboo bench, and the old man blew the flames in the fire pond with a bamboo tube, and said with a smile: "Han Jialang came at the right time, the old man went to the mountains last year to find some good things, and after drying, it is just right to eat in this season. ”

This is to keep the meaning of the meal, of course Chen Kan will not be polite, the food of the people in the mountains, although the dishes are rough, but the taste is absolutely first-class.

He got up and arched his hand, "In this way, thank you to the old man." ”

"Huh!"

Seeing that Chen Kan was really unkind, the old man smiled and said, "I have to wait a little longer!" ”

The woman took out five large bowls from the inside, handed them to Chen Kan with a red face, Chen Kan did not dislike it, and drank the water in the bowl with a single cup.

Then he sighed: "The spring water in this mountain is sweet to quench your thirst." ”

"That's nature, this water, the old man has been drinking it for decades."

The old man answered, and then concentrated on stirring the large iron pot above the fire with bamboo chopsticks.

The woman did not mean to take back the pottery bowl, but also moved a small bamboo stool to sit around the edge of the fire, supporting her chin with both hands, and looking directly at the food boiling in the iron pot.

Chen Kan, Zhang San, Fang Xu, and two hundred households also waited quietly.

After waiting for a while, the old man was still stewing the food unhurriedly, but the fragrance in the bamboo building became stronger and stronger, it was a smell of meat, mixed with a certain taste that Chen Kan couldn't say.

Anyway, it's just one word, incense!

Even Fang Xu and others, who were accustomed to eating Central Plains food, couldn't help but twitch their noses.

The girl subconsciously twitched her nose and asked the old man in a local dialect that Chen Kan couldn't understand, and after getting the old man's answer, a touch of disappointment suddenly flashed on her face.

Then she looked at Chen Kan and asked in a low voice in jerky Chinese, "My name is Ah Jin, what's your name?" ”

Chen Kan had a smile on his face and responded, "My name is Chen Kan." ”

The woman muttered the two words Chen Kan, and asked again: "You just said that you are going to Lin'an, right?" ”

Smelling the fragrance in the air, Chen Kan replied absentmindedly: "Yes, go to Lin'an!" ”

"Then can you bring a message to my father?"

As soon as the woman asked, she heard the old man suddenly say in a deep voice: "Ah Jin, don't be rude!" ”

"Oh!"

When Ah Jin heard this, his face was a little gloomy.

Chen Kan hurriedly spoke: "Old man, it's out of the way." ”

Then he turned his head to look at Ah Jin and asked, "Is your father and mother in Lin'an, what do you need me to bring?" ”

Ah Jin glanced at the old man cautiously, and saw that the old man had no intention of stopping him, so he said: "My father and mother are in Lin'an, they haven't been home for two years, and I miss them very much." ”

As soon as Chen Kan was about to respond, he heard the old man say, "Okay, okay, you can eat, Han Jialang, hand me your bowl." ”

"Huh!"

Hearing this, Chen Kan hurriedly handed over the bowl.

The smell was so fragrant that he couldn't hold back the cravings in his stomach for a long time, and as for the matter of talking to the little girl's father, it would be no problem to talk about it later.

Seeing Chen Kan's impatient appearance, the old man also had a smile on his face, and gave Chen Kan a full bowl of food.

"It's a little hot, eat it slowly."

Chen Kan stretched out his hand to take the big pottery bowl, and when the woman saw this, she hurriedly went to get him a pair of bamboo chopsticks.

Chen Kan took a look at the food in the bowl, and suddenly understood in his heart, no wonder it smelled so fragrant, it turned out to be a specialty mushroom in Yunnan.

Mushroom Chen Kan also tried it when he traveled to Yunnan in his previous life, and the freshest taste on the tip of his tongue made him remember it vividly.

Unexpectedly, in Daming, the people of Yunnan already have the habit of eating mushrooms.

Stewed with mushrooms, it was the meat of some kind of bird, and the aroma of the meat was mixed with the fragrance of mushrooms, which suddenly made Chen Kan's index fingers wide, and he didn't care about the heat, so he picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth.

"Delicious!"

Chen Kan knew that some mushrooms were poisonous, but Chen Kan didn't think that the old man would cook poisonous mushrooms for him to eat, because these mushrooms had obviously already been cooked.

After receiving Chen Kan's praise, the old man suddenly smiled and said: "I didn't expect you Han people to eat mushrooms too, this thing is in our Yunnan, it is a really good thing." ”

"Delicious!

Chen Kan nodded heavily, although it was a sun-dried mushroom, it still tasted extremely delicious.

The clay bowl the size of a human head, Chen Kan actually ate a big bowl, and in the end, there was not even soup left.

"Hiccup~"

After hiccuping, Chen Kan asked with great interest: "The kid heard that some mushrooms are poisonous, how can the old man tell if the mushrooms are poisonous or non-poisonous?" ”

The old man paused his hand and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Han Jialang to know that the mushrooms are poisonous, so you just eat them, aren't you afraid that the old man will cook poisonous mushrooms for you to eat?" ”

Chen Kan said: "The old man laughed, you should also be a respected clan elder in the village, if the old man really has any bad thoughts about the kid, an order, the kid doesn't think that the five of us have the ability to get out of the village, so why bother?" ”

"Hehehe, yes, yes, Han Jialang is a courageous person, the old man is in the village, in the words of you Han people, he should be regarded as the village chief."

The old man smiled, and Chen Kan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I don't know if it's the village chief's face, the kid is disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”

The old man stopped: "In front of the officials of the imperial court, what am I?" ”

joked with each other, and the two became acquainted.

Chen Kan asked, "Old man, what is your son doing in the city, but what letter do you need the boy to bring?" ”

The old man waved his hand: "No, it's my granddaughter who misses them." ”

Chen Kan said curiously: "It doesn't seem too far from the village to Lin'an, why don't they go home to visit you?" ”

Judging from the map, Mochizuki Village is only forty or fifty miles away from Lin'an, and the fast horse can be reached in an hour, even if it is walking, it is only a day's journey, and the children of the old man should not be so ruthless, right?

The old man said with a smile: "Hehe, I forgot to tell you, my son is also an official of the Ming Dynasty, but he is an official in the barracks, and as for my daughter-in-law, she is doing a small business in the city, and she is busy on weekdays, and she has no time to go home." ”

"I see!"

Chen Kan suddenly realized that if he was a soldier in the army, it would indeed be difficult to go home.

However, has Mu Sheng been operating so far in Yunnan?

He asked: "Old man, are there many local Tusi in Yunnan like you, do you have relatives who serve in the Ming Army?" ”

"It's a lot, why not much, but not everyone in the general's army wants it, first of all, it's like us, the Tusi forces that have not fought against the army, the general will choose to recruit soldiers, other old men don't know, under the rule of our Lord Tusi, many young and middle-aged people are proud to join the army."

After listening to the old man's words, Chen Kan once again had a clear understanding of the Mu family in his heart.

I have to say that the Mu family does have the means to run Yunnan.

This army recruited people into the Tusi forces, and more importantly, the local Tusi Mansion would tolerate Mu Sheng recruiting troops from their clansmen, which is very interesting.

I feel that my own strategy of changing the land and returning to the stream is still outdated, and the Mu family is already starting to engage in national unity.

Chen Kan thought for a while, and said: "Old man, in fact, the kid is sent by the imperial court to inspect Yunnan, the kid eats a meal from you, if you don't do anything, but the kid doesn't know how to count, it's better to tell me what your son's name is, after I go to Lin'an, let the general give your son two days off, so that he can go home and do his filial piety." ”

Unexpectedly, after listening to Chen Kan's words, the old man suddenly exclaimed: "Ouch, Han Jialang is Lord Qincha?" ”

Chen Kan smiled: "Yes, you can't eat a meal for nothing." ”

The old man said bitterly: "Ouch, where is this, Han Jialang has already said that you are Lord Qincha, how can the old man entertain with this kind of food, slack, slack." ”

"What is the old man saying, such a delicacy, the kid can't eat it if he wants to eat it in the Central Plains, how can he say the word slack, the old man is serious."

Chen Kan stood up and asked, "This meal has also been eaten, and the kid should also go on the road, what is the name of the old man's son?" ”

The old man got up and said, "Ouch, this is leaving, it's better to stay in the village for the night, nourish your spirits, and it's not too late to go tomorrow." ”

Chen Kan responded politely: "No, the kid still has official business, so he won't bother." ”

"Hey!"

The old man sighed and said: "The old man's unsuccessful son is called Ah Dao, Han Jialang is here, and there is no need to force the general to serve the country, how can he care about his children." ”

Chen Kan said: "Old man Gao Yi, don't worry, if the affairs in the army are urgent, the kid will naturally not force it, so the kid will leave." ”

"It's really not a night's sleep."

The old man still wanted to keep Chen Kan, but Chen Kan had no intention of disturbing the people, he was already embarrassed to eat a meal, and if he stayed overnight, he would be really thick-skinned.

Bidding farewell to the old man, in the girl's expectant gaze, Chen Kan walked out of the stockade and came to the door of the Buddhist temple.

"My lord, don't you believe in ghosts and gods?"

Facing Fang Xu's inquiry, Chen Kan shook his head, he didn't know why he made such a move.

But worship is all worship, and besides, goodbye is not a bad thing.

"Let's go!"

Out of Mochizuki Village, Chen Kan went to the official road, and after joining the large army, he ordered: "The whole army accelerates, and arrives in Lin'an before sunset today!" ”

The closer he got to Lin'an, the more curious Chen Kan was about the Mu family, especially after Mochizuzhai and his party, Chen Kan was even more curious about how Mu Sheng governed in Yunnan.

In the evening, a brand new city came into view.

At the same time, Mochizuki Village has once again welcomed a new wave of guests.

The new guests, led by a woman, led by a dwarf man and a one-armed man, stepped into the village in the name of worshipping the Buddha......