209 The Ending (4)
In the blue and dust-free sky of Chang'an, a touch of cyan and a touch of white figures crossed the sky, as if two meteors flew out of the palace and fell to Xuandu Temple.
In the Xuandu Temple, only Xie Xuanyu was holding the Pure Land that had passed away in his arms.
A green shirt and a white shirt were silent, just leaning quietly beside the Pure Land, gently caressing the Pure Land's aging and furrow-like wrinkled cheeks. When a monk dies, his form is extinguished but his god is immortal, and if he has the supernatural powers of a great immortal, he can also reshape his body and resurrect from the dead. And the Pure Land that burns the soul is destroyed in form and spirit, and it is not reincarnated, and it cannot be reincarnated.
Wu Qingfeng was not good at words, and he didn't say a word for a long time, only two tears fell on the dry face of the Pure Land.
Xu Tianran lost the noise of the past, and for a long time, he just whispered: "Why bother?"
In an instant, all the twisted and dry corpses of An Renfang slowly cracked, just like the body of the Pure Land, Xu Tianran, Wu Qingfeng and Xie Xuanyu watched the body of the Pure Land gradually crack, and then fell like quicksand.
A gust of breeze blew through, blowing away the Xuandu Temple, and even the resentment of the entire Anrenfang, the sun sprinkled, the original wind gusted, and the Anrenfang full of gloomy atmosphere seemed to see the light of day in an instant, sweeping away the original gloom, such as the first spring breeze after the cold winter, and the spring flowers bloomed.
It's just that the pure land embraced by Xu Tianran, Wu Qingfeng and Xie Xuanyu has been completely wiped out, and so are the tens of thousands of corpses in Anrenfang.
Leaving the three of them sad in their hearts, they had to find a dilapidated wine shop, with a plate of fennel beans and a plate of sauced beef, and even Wu Qingfeng, who had never liked to drink, bowed his head and drank silently.
Drunk the fastest, Rao is Xu Tianran boasted that he drank an amazing amount of alcohol, but after a few pots of spirits, he was already drunk and hazy.
The three of them have the most pity for the Pure Land, the first time they saw the Pure Land was just a cute child's appearance, a smooth little head was always gently rubbed by Xu Tianran, even a cold person like Wu Qingfeng couldn't help but sneak the little monk's bald head a few times, and Xie Xuanyu didn't restrain his heart's yearning for the little bald head when he first saw the Pure Land, and secretly touched it once.
Who would have expected that in an instant, the Pure Land grew up, and it was no longer a child, and overnight, the Pure Land grew old, and even the soul was completely dissipated, and the last trace left in this world was completely gone.
Why is the loss of the pure land, even if it is to fight with people he has never killed ruthlessly, usually walking on the path of the Recommended Temple, seeing the little ants working on the bluestone slab, they are also careful to avoid the little ants, for fear of hurting the fragile life of the little ants.
Xu Tianran has never seen such a pure and benevolent person as the Pure Land.
It's a pity that since then, there has been one less little holy monk in the world whose heart is as clear and flawless as glass.
Xu Tianran, Wu Qingfeng and Xie Xuanyu were immersed in grief and drank freely in the small wine shop, but Chang'an would not stop because the three of them stopped.
Just when the three immortals were drunk and dreaming of death, Nangong Qianbai looked for their traces everywhere, and in the end, it was Yan Lingbin who took the lead in discovering the three people who were drunk in the small wine shop in the West Market.
Yan Lingbin didn't know why the three of them wanted to drink and get drunk, in her impression, although Xu Tianran was good at drinking, he never got drunk, and Wu Qingfeng didn't drink at all, no matter how Xu Tianran bewitched him in Rucui Building, Wu Qingfeng was unmoved and never drank.
Yan Lingbin had a vague bad premonition, what kind of sad thing could make them sink so much?
On this day, there are three major events in Chang'an.
Li Yu, who was only two years old, ascended the throne.
The new king ascended the throne and issued an edict against himself.
General Nangong Hongye personally led the army to attack Li Guiren, the third square of Nancheng.
The new king ascended the throne and stabilized the national capital of Chang'an, Li Mi was promoted to the right minister and the secretary of the ministry, and one person monopolized the power of the government.
Li Mi boldly used Wang Bo, the richest man in Chang'an, to serve as the secretary of the household department, and at the same time promoted the old subordinate to the criminal department to serve as the secretary of the criminal department, and promoted a little-known five-grade sesame official to be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.
Overnight, the grass platform team of the Chang'an cabinet was set up, the situation in the court was stabilized, and the forces in all aspects were balanced to the greatest extent in Li Mi's hands, and Chang'an was a vibrant scene, which was unimaginable.
Those old turtles who had been tossing in the temple for decades made room for it, but instead stripped the carrion for Chang'an, although Chang'an was drenched in blood in a short period of time, it seemed shocking, but in the long run, it would be a serious illness with cruel medicine, and the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.
Nangong Hongye is in charge of the forbidden army, as if he controls all the military power in Chang'an, this is a thorn in Li Mi's heart, not that he doesn't believe in Nangong Hongye's loyalty, but in Li Mi's heart, the most unreliable thing in the world is human nature.
Li Mi began to plan, when the war subsided, he would start to reform the military system, Chang'an will no longer have the commander of the forbidden army in the north and south, and directly change to the sixth army of the north and the thirteen guards of the south ya, and contain each other, so that there will be no more rebellion in power such as the rolling of the mountain.
Nangong Hongye held the holy decree of the new king, and personally went to Nancheng Sanfang to supervise the battle, and the elite of the 80,000 forbidden army besieged more than 100,000 Hu people in Fang City, and the war was about to break out.
The newly built earthen wall is not solid, Li Guiren built a city wall on the inside of the earthen wall to reinforce, and the city wall built with clay mixed with cooked glutinous rice is much stronger, and more than 100,000 Hu people have the same hatred for the enemy, even the old and weak women and children also carry clay to build this simple city wall of life.
Now that the hatred between Hu and Han is intensifying, the Han people in Chang'an City are eager to kill all the Hu people, and the idea that non-my race will have different hearts has become the mainstream public opinion in Chang'an. The new king ascended the throne, and the old Tang king almost put Chang'an into a situation where he could not recover, where did the Tang royal family dare to disobey the will of the people at this time, and could only take advantage of the situation.
Li Mi was also wary of the Hu people, and the appearance of the Rolling Mountain was by no means accidental, and the Hu people who had lived in Chang'an for a long time were a sharp sword hanging above Chang'an's head after all. Hu and Han are different, although Li Mi is not a person who loves to kill, but in the face of turbulent public opinion, he has to compromise and ruthlessly take the bloodiest tricks to solve the Hu rebellion.
As soon as Nangong Qianbai heard that his father had obtained a holy decree to encircle and suppress the Hu people in Nancheng, he didn't have time to say a word to his mother, so he rode his horse and galloped to Yongpingfang.
Nangong Hongye had already ordered the siege of the city, the Han forbidden army set up a ladder and bravely launched a tragic siege, the foot soldiers wearing heavy armor almost ignored the arrows on the earthen city wall, Li Guiren was not a mediocre talent, the city defense equipment was sufficient, and the boulders were rolling down.
Rao is wearing heavy armor, and it is still difficult to resist the huge stones.
The Han forbidden army's fighting spirit was unprecedentedly high, especially the brothers of the Nanya forbidden army were fed up with the humiliation of Captain Huren, and they were even more desperate to die.
Nangong Qianbai passed through many human walls, but fortunately, his white eyes were already known to Chang'an, and he reached Nangong Hongye all the way unimpeded.
Nangong Hongye asked: "Why did you forcibly break into the barracks, do you know that if there is no military order, this is a big crime?"
Nangong Hongye said calmly: "Father, don't recreate the crime of killing, rolling over the mountains and the crime of Kuigan, not the crime of all Hu people. ”
"The people want it, and they are ordered to rebel, so stop talking nonsense. ”
"If we commit murder in vain, what is the difference between us and rebelling against the king and rolling the mountain?"
Nangong Hongye no longer refutated, and waved his hand, "Come on, escort the son to me, and punish him later." ”
"The abbot of the Pure Land has died in order to eliminate the grievances of Anrenfang, completely extinct, and cannot be reincarnated, nor can he be reincarnated. Dad, too many people have died, can you stop it?"
Nangong Hongye sighed, "The arrow is on the string, I have to send it." ”
Qianbai volunteered: "Let me go and persuade me to surrender, and I hope that my father will ask for a holy decree to save these hundreds of thousands of innocent people." ”
On the earthen city wall, blood penetrated into the yellow soil, the entire earthen city wall exuded a strong smell of blood, Li Guiren personally stationed at the head of the city, his five thousand elite infantry soldiers were not afraid of death, behind them were their own fathers and villagers, and they could not retreat a step.
A series of more than ten sieges, the Han forbidden army suffered heavy casualties, Nangong Hongye had to suspend the siege, Nangong Hongye did not expect that the soldiers under Li Guiren would be so tenacious, now Chang'an City's eyes are on Nancheng, the new dynasty also needs a victory to sweep away doubts and establish prestige.
Nangong Hongye knew that Li Guiren was a trapped beast and fighting, if he was besieged for a long time, and within a month, more than 100,000 Hu people's food and grass would be exhausted, and he would be able to win without a fight. However, the popular will of the people of Chang'an cannot wait.
The anger of the city needs to be washed away with blood.
Nangong Hongye returned to the big tent and paced back and forth, he knew why the Hu people fought to the end, once the forbidden army conquered the city wall, what was waiting for more than 100,000 Hu people was the cold war knife.
However, if Nangong Hongye slaughtered the Hu people, this black cauldron still needs to be carried by himself. It's okay to take the blame on Nangong Hongye, but watching the soldiers under his command fight bloodily and leaving their lives in the desolation of this southern city, Nangong Hongye can't bear it.
Nangong Hongye suddenly thought of Qianbai's wisdom, if Qianbai had a plan to break the enemy, he would also reduce many casualties, and immediately send someone to bring Qianbai.
As soon as Qianbai entered the big tent, Nangong Hongye immediately asked, "Bai'er, do you have a strategy to break the enemy?"
Qianbai didn't say a word, Nangong Hongye said calmly: "The conditions can be discussed." ”
"Let them live. ”
"You can't live it all. ”
"Let the people live, and the generals above the rank of captain will be punished according to their crimes. ”
Nangong Hongye put his hands behind him, pondered for a long time, and said calmly: "The bottom line, the Turks must die." ”
"Let me go into town. ”
"No, how can I let you take risks. ”
"I will make a holy decree to forgive other Hu people. ”
Nangong Hongye looked at Qianbai's firm eyes, immediately returned to the palace city, and discussed with Li Mi, the resentment of the people of Chang'an needs to be resolved, but it cannot be at the cost of more than 100,000 lives, Nangong Hongye has seriously thought about it, and it is enough to use the blood of the Turks to soothe the people's anger.
After thinking about it, Li Mi asked, "How are the Hu people settled?"
Nangong Qianbai gave Nangong Hongye a strategy, changed the system, and Sinicized the Hu people.
Li Mi nodded, "General Nangong is a good plan, but how can the Hu people believe you." ”
"The Divine Decree, plus my promise. ”
Li Mi pondered for a long time, and after deducing many results in his mind, he calmly said, "I'll go and ask for an order." ”
"Thank you. ”
Will be reconciled, Chang'an side and.
With the help of the shopkeeper, Yan Lingbin loaded the three drunken guys into the rented carriage and returned to the general's mansion together.
Although Yan Lingbin didn't know the reason, she just knew that they must be very sad, and the three strongest men she had ever seen in her life had tears in the corners of their eyes.
A drunk relieves a thousand sorrows.
Xu Tianran woke up, a day and a night had passed, and Yan Lingbin fell asleep on Xu Tianran's bed. Xu Tianran rubbed his temples and got up lightly.
However, the drunkenness did not go, and accidentally bumped the corner of the table, a teacup fell to the ground, Xu Tianran's eyes were quick, and he suddenly grabbed the teacup.
The movement was slight, but Yan Lingbin woke up.
Looking at each other, Xu Tianran was petrified on the spot, Yan Lingbin was angry, and took the lead in saying: "You have been drunk for a day and a night, I am worried, so I will stay and take care of you." ”
Xu Tianran scratched his head and said, "Trouble Miss Yan." ”
Yan Lingbin didn't ask Xu Tianran why he was drunk, but he responded to his estranged Miss Yan, and smiled meaningfully: "Did Xu Gongzi deliberately alienate me because he disliked me as a woman in the Qinglou?"
Xu Tianran hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, Miss Yan misunderstood." ”
Yan Lingbin turned his back and said sourly: "I didn't see a decent gentleman like you when I first entered my boudoir that day, but now that I have saved Chang'an and gained fame and fortune, I have begun to put on a righteous gentleman and cherish my feathers?"
Xu Tianran saw that the misunderstanding was getting deeper and deeper, and he was really speechless.
Yan Lingbin saw Xu Tianran's embarrassed look, and sneered, "Teasing you, haha." ”
Xu Tianran felt in his heart that this joke was not funny at all.
Yan Lingbin looked lonely, his eyes drooped, some words were unspeakable, just bury it deeply, the window paper would not be pierced, and only a trace of thought would be left in his heart.
Xu Tianran hurriedly said goodbye to Yan Lingbin, flew away like a door, drunk and misunderstood, for a day and a night, I don't know how the war in Nancheng was.
"Coward, can I still eat people?" Yan Lingbin muttered quietly, laughing and crying.