On the way back to the city, He Weigui's mood was extremely heavy, especially when the heavy city gate was opened, he felt that his scalp was a little numb - the more than 100 disciples of the Diancang Sword Sect that he had brought this time, many of them had finally embarked on the Huangquan Road.

When he first became the head of the Cangjian Sect, it coincided with the decline of his own faction and the rise of his biggest opponent, the Lingnan Sword Sect. In order to revive his sect, he adopted a single-minded strategy, and he usually liked to mingle with the middle and low-level disciples of the sect, practice martial arts with them, and eat together.

These disciples who died in battle today have a deep relationship with He Weigui, and He Weigui regards them as his family from the bottom of his heart, even if they are not their own sons, they are almost inseparable, and they are quite cared for in life.

Because of this, these disciples were willing to serve him to the death, even if they faced a place that was several times stronger than their own, they could fight to repay his kindness.

He Weigui thanked these disciples for their allegiance and kept himself from losing face in this battle. But people's hearts are flesh after all, even at this moment, he remembered the voices and smiles of his disciples, and still felt that they were still alive, and unconsciously tears rolled down.

He never thought that he was already a man over half a hundred years old, and he would still be a daughter on Chang'an Avenue at midnight.

Dozens of ox carts carrying the corpses of Diancang sect disciples and female soldiers drove through the quiet streets in the early morning, their wheels running over the bluestone pavement, making a rumbling sound. More than eighty surviving disciples of the Diancang Sword Sect followed behind He Weigui, their faces grim and resolute.

After about two sticks of incense, the group finally came to the outside of the Temple of Mercy and Grace. Since He Weigui sent his disciples to report in advance, two monks were left at the gate of the temple to greet him. The two monks couldn't help but change color slightly when they saw the endless stream of ox carts behind He Weigui and the corpses loaded on the ox carts.

Although Chang'an City has been in frequent battles in recent years, and there are many soldiers killed in battle, as a monk who lives in the city all year round, there are not many opportunities to see so many corpses. The last time this kind of thing happened was when Liu Yu killed the monks of Ci'en Temple, and more than 20 people died with the abbot this time, but this time there were hundreds of people.

He Weigui and others, under the guidance of two monks, drove in the direction of the incineration platform with an ox cart. When he and the disciples got closer, he found that the incineration platform was cleaned up, and the people around him had already left, Li Jing, Xie Duyan, Shangquan Xinyuan and others were not present, leaving only a few monks who were preparing the rituals.

These monks and the two monks who greeted them at the door just now were quite stubborn worshippers of the Buddha, and they were also forced to return to the world when Liu Yu closed the Ci'en Temple in the name of Dali Temple, but they ran back soon after.

The officials in charge of guarding Ci'en Temple in Dali Temple naturally did not dare to disobey Lord Liu's orders, and hurriedly drove these monks out.

Unexpectedly, these monks did not give up, and ran back several times one after another, begging that from now on they would only recite the scriptures and never be contaminated with the world, so even the officials of Dali Temple, who guarded the Temple of Mercy and Grace, were moved by them, so they simply turned a blind eye to them and let them stay in the temple.

After that, Li Jing, the pioneer of the Women's Army, remembered the death of her father, the monk Puzhen, and often came to the temple to sit and say a few words to these monks. I don't know what Li Jing thought in her heart, and she actually asked Liu Yu for this useless Temple of Mercy and Grace.

Liu Yu was happy to let her recite the Buddha and make less trouble, so he readily agreed to her request.

Li Jing turned around and handed over the Temple of Mercy and Grace back to these monks to take care of, and she often stayed in the temple to listen to these monks chanting scriptures, and gradually came more and more often, each time she stayed for a long time, and after a long time, she was able to discuss some Buddhist proverbs with the monks.

The monks had originally heard of Li Jing's notoriety and knew that she was a female devil who killed people without blinking, so even the female soldiers under her command were killed for not obeying her military orders.

After a few days, the monks saw that Li Jing had the intention of devoting himself to the Buddha, at first they didn't dare to believe that it was true, and only dared to say some false and wrongful words to Li Jing, and then gradually understood this alien woman, believing that she was really yearning for Buddhism, and couldn't help but be happy from the heart, and poured out the essence of Buddhism in her heart for many years.

After hearing this, Li Jing often sighed at the sky and said something that even the monks couldn't understand. She often chanted a few lines of poetry that made people confused, which seemed to be related to the ups and downs of the world, but it seemed to be deeply rooted in Buddhism, "Thirty years of fame, I ended up in a robe; Good, evil!"

Although the monks in the temple have been protected by Li Jing so far, they do not dare to break their previous promises, never open the temple to outside pilgrims, in addition to chanting scriptures all day, they are cultivating fields and vegetable gardens in remote places in the temple, and the vegetables and food produced are barely enough for their own consumption.

Perhaps because of the hardships of life, these monks have lost the common thoughts of monks in other temples in the city, and they all seem to have clear eyes, and they actually have a faint sense of detachment from the world. Even after He Weigui saw these monks, his originally agitated heart began to calm down a little.

Although Li Jing is not here at this moment, the monks have already received Li Jing's instructions, and when they saw He Weigui coming over, they said without waiting for him to speak: "Please also ask the master of He Tang to mourn and change, the righteous are loyal and brave, and they will be blessed in the next life!"

He Weigui's tears rained down, "It's bothering the Zen masters to preside!"

"Amitabha!" the monks chanted in unison.

......

Li Jing did not participate in the funeral of the female soldiers, but walked a lot of roads in the city with Xie Duyan after repulsing Shangquan Xinyuan, and was strolling outside the dilapidated Daming Palace at this time.

Xie Duyan held the jar containing the ashes of the bronze horse in his arms and asked Li Jing: "Although most of the female soldiers who died today were deserters who should have been killed before the battle, after all, there are more than 30 people who fought to the death, why don't you wait for a while, and wait for what is the reason why you will send them on their last journey?"

Li Jing's face was calm, "What's the difference between sending it and not sending it, whether it's turned into a handful of loess." ”

Xie Duyan looked at her strangely, "This is the memory of the living to the deceased, and it has nothing to do with the loess." The road we are walking now is what I used to walk with Tian Feng often. ”

Li Jing turned her eyes to look at her, "Yes, in that case, if you die in the future, I will also remember you, and I will often come and walk the road under my feet now, because you and I have also walked on this road." ”

Xie Duyan was not angry, and smiled faintly, "How many years have passed, and the resentment in your heart has not disappeared." I don't know what to do to make you feel better?"

"You're disappointed in me. Li Jing said bluntly.

"Nope. Xie Duyan shook his head, "Your recent performance is really impressive, there is a world of difference from the previous you, I can't praise you yet." ”

"Miss Xie's praise, I can't afford it. Li Jing sighed, "In fact, in my eyes, death is goodbye, if you can't make up for the deceased before her death, and if you do anything beautiful after his death, it's just to comfort yourself, and it's not even a matter of making amends." That's why I'm here with you tonight, not for the sake of the Bronze Horse, but to tell you that I've done my best in this matter!"

Xie Duyan's eyes were a little red, "I understand what you mean, the reason why Tian Feng is where he is today is that he chose the road, and it has nothing to do with you." Even if you don't kill him, someone else will kill him. ”

"So......" Li Jing paused, "instead of letting the bronze horse die in the hands of the master, it is better to let him die in my hands, so that there will not be too much embarrassment between you and the master." ”

Xie Duyan was speechless and nodded.

Li Jing said again: "But this doesn't mean that I will spare you, I just compensate you for some things I have done before, but when you were on the grassland, how could you not be ruthless to me, Buddhism has clouds, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, what do you say?"

Xie Duyan was speechless, she suddenly felt that she couldn't understand the alien woman in front of her. What did this woman go through in her heart to make her personality mutate and be like two people in the past?

She silently walked to a corner of the wall and pondered for a long time before turning her head to Li Jing and saying, "Can you help me dig up the soil and bury Tian Feng here?" When we were children, when we didn't want to practice martial arts, we would often hide here to prevent the master from discovering and do some small games of weaving grass and guessing puzzles. I hope that he will be reincarnated in the next life and can live such a carefree life for the rest of his life. ”

"Yes!" Li Jing replied briskly, unimpressed by Xie Duyan's sudden change of topic.