Chapter 70: Take a gamble

Brother Yelu Ma said so, as Yang Zhi's boss, Yelu will not deny it, the survival of the resentful army is related to his own future, whether it is a gamble, if it fails, the loss is only Yang Zhi and the 400-man resentful army escort; if Yang Zhi can really fight a few tough battles, it will be a great encouragement to the morale of the resentful army.

In the midst of the gains and losses of Yelu's internal thorn, Yang Zhi got the dominance of the Jin people, and proposed to purge the thieves in Xianzhou, the Jin army; Yelu Mage only knew that Yang Zhi had seen Emperor Tianzuo, and did not know the content of the conversation that day, but Yang Zhi's suggestion was beneficial to his own knot, not to mention that the Jin King Yelu Ao Lu Hu and Xiao Hu Li Ra had contacted Yang Zhi, especially Xiao Hu Lira, who was the deputy commander of the Jingzhou Army in Zhongjing Province, Yelu Ma Ge said on the spot that he would give full help and transfer Yang Zhi to 200 Khitan cavalry.

Yelu asked Yang Zhi clearly that he did not need to mobilize manpower from the resentment army, but only needed to replenish the two hundred war horse weapons that had just been compiled, so he also agreed to Yang Zhi's plan and let Yang Zhi find a place to station alone in the name of protecting food. Yang Zhi and Yelu Ma Ge looked at each other and smiled, Ye Lu Nei Thorn's suggestion actually shows that Ye Lu Nei Thorn is aware of the problem of resentment against the army, and there are spies among them, but now the military heart is important, and without evidence, they can't talk on the table; Yang Zhi went to the quarry to recruit people, and Ye Lu Ma Ge took the initiative to provide cavalry with the same idea.

The two hundred horsemen sent by Yelu Ma Ge arrived at the escort the next day, led by two centurions were Ye Lu Zhen and Kou Hei Bing, and when they learned that Yang Zhi was still short of a centurion, Ye Lu Zhen recommended a person, and Hong Rirong, who was still a prisoner in the quarry. Hong Rirong is a Han Chinese, originally Wu Baichang of Guiyi Prefecture, good at using a long axe, just because he was defeated by the Jin army and put in prison, and other officials used money to atone for their crimes, but Hong Rirong was born in a poor family, and his family wealth was lost when he broke through, so he served more than a year in prison in the quarry and did not come out.

Yang Zhi went to the quarry and saw Hong Rirong on the side, five short figures, thick neck and thick back, working bare-chested, and he could see that the muscles on his body were like iron casting, and a pair of tiger eyes were shining. Yang Zhi asked about the procedure for fishing people, first went back to the city to get the ransom letter from Yelu Ma Ge, and went to the quarry with Ye Luzhen and Zhang Nu again, and sentenced Cao Yongyi not to stop him, and accepted Yang Zhi 200 taels of ransom silver, and released him very happily.

Yang Zhi was worried that his silver ticket came from the Great Song Dynasty at first, but he didn't expect Cao Yongyi to refuse at all, and on the way back, Ye Luzhen, who had a gloomy face, said that Cao Yongyi was already alone in Xianzhou, and the family was in Zhuozhou. Now most of the magnates in Xianzhou have moved part or all of their families to Youzhou and other places, and the silver tickets of the Great Song Dynasty pass there, so Cao Yongyi will not dislike it.

Yeluzhen and the four of them are all old men in the army, and Yang Zhi doesn't need to worry about training the army at all, Hong Rirong is a ruthless person who is famous for fighting in the quarry, and the hundred people who complain about the army are handed over to him, and they are obeyed in less than ten days. Yang Zhi asked Xue Libao to arrange for the people recruited from the displaced people to go to the easternmost Guiyi Prefecture to inquire about the news, and he and Sha Jing went to Qingyan Temple.

Qingyan Temple is located at the southern end of Lushan Mountain, was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Middle Tang Dynasty, is a famous big temple in Liao country, divided into more than 10 Zen monasteries such as the upper courtyard, the middle courtyard, the lower courtyard, the Wenshu Monastery, etc.; After Yang Zhi replenished the two hundred soldiers, he specially took his subordinates to train in the mountains, and by the way, he completed the entrustment of Master Tianxin and came to visit Qingyan Temple with Sha Jing.

Stepping on the ninety-nine steps, the vision suddenly opens up, the palace is majestic and tall, between the continuous jade carved railings, the Zen temples are gorgeous and exquisite, far beyond Yang Zhi's imagination, or the square is shared, or connected continuously; there are not many people who make incense, but compared to the population of the people in Xianzhou, the proportion is really not low. Among them, there are many old people and women, all of them have pious faces, holding incense, chanting the Buddha's name in their mouths, and after inserting the incense into the incense burner, there is an indescribable relaxation, as if the Buddha heard their voices and will definitely bless them.

Yang Zhi and Sha Jing walked into the Daxiong Hall in the upper courtyard, the roof ridge and eaves, the Buddha statue Rui Beast, different forms, lifelike. Yang Zhi walked in front of Rulai in the middle of the right, handed over two taels of silver, took three slender sandalwood sticks from the monk's hands, put them on the thin candle next to them and lit them, bowed three times with his palms together, and then stepped forward and inserted them in the copper incense burner. The light smoke curled, the scent of sandalwood was permeated, and the sound of Sha Jing's whispered chanting slowly entered his ears, Yang Zhiping asked the monks around him with a smile: "I am entrusted by Master Tianxin, I don't know if I can meet Master Fahong." ”

Master Fahong is the abbot of Qingyan Temple, perhaps worse than Master Tianxin, but his reputation is not below Master Minglun; the monk is in his forties, and he said with a smile: "Senior Brother Shajing is coming together, naturally there is no problem, please come with me." ”

Yang Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood that there were many people who had used similar expressions, in fact, not everyone was arranged by Master Tianxin, but it was just a pilgrim who raised his identity; Sha Jing beside him was a disciple of Master Tianxin, so he was naturally a human witness, so the monk did not doubt it at all, and he was even exempted from asking for instructions. Sha Jing and the monk are old acquaintances, and the chief inspector thanked: "Thank you, Senior Brother Zhiyin." ”

The three of them bypassed the Daxiong Treasure Hall, walked through the long hall corridor, and met Master Fahong in a Wolong Zen Monastery at the back, the Wolong Monastery is not big, the abrupt mountain blocks the sunlight, adding a quiet magical color to the temple, just on the edge of the Zen Monastery, an old pine coiled root and stem, the leaves are towering, and the huge roots of more than ten meters lie horizontally on the ground, like a stretching dragon. There were no monks in the Zen monastery, and the three of them walked all the way to a meditation room inside, and the monk Zhiyin replied loudly outside the door: "Master, Yang Daxia and Senior Brother Shajing have arrived." ”

A pure Chinese accent immediately came out of the Zen room: "Yes, please." ”

The Zen room is unpretentious, the furnishings are simple, Master Fahong is different from Master Tianxin and Master Minglun, is a Han person, although the appearance has reached the twilight of life, but the essence is contained, with a long beard, a string of walnut prayer beads in his hand, sitting on the meditation bed, there is an indescribable leisurely self-satisfaction. For some reason, in the face of this high monk, Yang Zhi had a sense of closeness, and stepped forward to pay homage; Yang Zhi's figure was dragged by a strong force, and Master Fahong smiled slightly: "Yang Daxia doesn't need to be polite, when everyone is drunk, you must be ready to do something when you go to Xianzhou, right?"