Volume 2 Saibei Xiaofeng Chapter 2 The Situation in the Western Liang Frontier Changed

Originally, the two tables were fine, but suddenly the deer slammed the table and raised his voice, obviously angry.

Master Yun hurriedly comforted him, and glanced at Li Bing vigilantly. Li Bing also lowered his head and pretended to chat with Anzi, but was more focused on listening to the voices of the two.

"You say, Lord Lieutenant is really old and confused. I told him a few days ago that it was expected that the people of the Green Forest would attack the Tibetan Tantra, and that the Tibetan army would definitely withdraw its defenses to stabilize the situation. At this time, Gulang County, which was originally garrisoned by Tubo, must have a meager defense, and we could have taken it in one fell swoop. And Gulang is a sandbar to rush, take Gulang, the entire four counties of the sandbank, can be drawn one by one. ”

Lord Lu took a sip of wine, and said: "It's all villains who slander and delay the fighter." I just got the news last night that the army of the imperial court 'Ganzhou' had raided Gulang last night and occupied the three counties of Shazhou, and although the remaining county had not yet been captured, it was almost a matter of probing. ”

"Dong" Lord Lu couldn't suppress his anger as he spoke, and slammed his fist at the table. Lord Yun hurriedly rubbed Lord Lu: "Don't be angry, don't be angry." It's all villains, and it's not your fault. ”

Lord Lu didn't care about this, and complained to himself: "This doesn't count, last night I expected that the Dingzhou army would attack the three county seats, and the main city of Dingzhou would be empty, so I advocated abandoning Gulang and attacking Dingzhou instead." But guess what Lord Duwei said?! He actually said that taking Dingzhou would be equivalent to directly declaring war on the imperial court, and now that our grain and grass are not stable, it is not the time. Oh my God, the grain and grass are not stable? Even if we take Dingzhou and the Tang Dynasty is embattled, will there still be troops to attack us?"

Another sip of stuffy wine was poured down: "In the past, we could still survive between the Tubo and Tang Dynasty." But right now, the Dingzhou army is about to occupy all the sandbanks, plus the Hezhou behind them. We, Wuwei County, have been surrounded by these three continents. In less than two years, the imperial court will recuperate, and we will become turtles in urns. ”

Speaking of this, Lord Lu seemed to see the ending after a few years, and actually had a trace of crying: "It's really confused, confused! One wrong step, no regret! I asked your father to explain the benefits, but your father not only didn't listen, but also said that I was alarmist and drove me out." Ridiculous! ridiculous!"

Lord Yun hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, it's okay." Father Shuai just didn't figure it out for a while. After a few days, my father will figure it out, and he will pick you up as before. Brother Lu, don't worry!"

Lord Deer sighed lightly: "This time is different. We have a chance to make up for a mistake in the past. This time, hey~! The general trend has gone! Your father will take me back again, and it will be useless!"

Li Bing was slightly surprised when he heard this. If it is really as this person said, the court has gone to another big trouble, it is really a good thing.

Originally, the two of them had finished eating, and Anzi was about to leave, but Li Bing was not in a hurry, and wanted to continue listening to see if he could hear anything.

"Knock knock!" Suddenly, outside the building, the loud sound of gongs, drums, and suona overshadowed all the noise in the store.

The voice was getting closer, and it was a little more noisy.

"The Lady is back!" someone outside the restaurant shouted loudly, and the boiling voice became more and more noisy.

Anzi got up, stood by the window and looked over, condescendingly, taking in the whole street clearly.

"Wow, Brother Bing'er. Come and see. It's so lively!"

Troops of men poured in from Main Street. This team is really huge, not to mention thousands of people, blocking the main street of Wuwei County, and crowding one after another.

At the head of the group is a team of gongs, drums and suona, the five tones are mixed, it is not a kind of movement, but it is very lively; then two teams of Cailuo tents, five on the left and right, different colors, each one is five feet wide, and the workmanship looks extremely meticulous; then there is a team of white-clothed believers, holding various wooden and ceramic Buddha statues, a total of about forty or fifty different kinds of Maitreya Bodhisattva; followed by a large copper incense tripod raised by eight people, on which three red sandalwood sticks and mallets are inserted.

After these processions, it is the main part of the whole procession.

A sixteen-lift large lifting chair, the bottom of the seat is a lotus flower carved from yellow rosewood wood, a woman on the upper seat, wearing a white Zen robe, the top of her head is tied with obsidian beads into a bun, the forehead is tied with yellow edge white satin, two waist-length streamers are formed, the white satin shawl is decorated with pearl hanging, and a string of Manifa beads is hung on the chest. She sat cross-legged on the lotus seat, her hands were slightly Buddha's fearless seal, her left hand was standing in front of her left chest, her right hand was placed on her lap, her five fingers were naturally extended, and her expression was solemn.

Behind these sixteen chairs, many believers followed, bowing in three steps and bowing in five steps. There are also some believers who carry melons, fruits, fish and eggs, ready to eat.

The people of Wuwei welcomed them, and there were not a few people kneeling on both sides. In the crowd, the sound of "worshipping the mother to save the suffering" came and went, and many people crowded forward, just to be able to touch the lotus throne of the mother.

Li Bing was also surprised, this woman's dress was quite a bit of a bodhisattva. He has also seen a lot of royal temples, but he has never heard of a "Niangniang" among the gods and Buddhas.

It happened that Xiao Er came up to add drinks to Lord Lu and Lord Yun, so Li Bing called Xiao Er and asked where this person came from.

"Oh? You two don't know yet, this Niangniang is the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva who saves suffering. Di Niangniang specializes in giving kindness in the states of Xiliang, but her magical powers are vast. After Xiao Er finished speaking, seeing that Li Bing still didn't let him go, he put down the work in his hand, and said: "The mother of the Di worship came back to Wuwei County this time, and she came to see the opening ceremony of the new temple. Speaking of this new temple, the origin is long. I'm busy today, so I can't tell the officials in detail, so you go to the street and ask, everyone knows about it. With that, he tore the handkerchief off his shoulder, shook off the dust, wiped the table, and greeted the new guests.

Anzi was interested: "Brother Bing'er, anyway, we have to leave tomorrow, otherwise let's go and have a look." ”

Li Bing originally wanted to listen to Lord Lu's conversation more, but later he was afraid that he would be exposed after a long time, so he agreed. The two paid for the food and drinks, hurried downstairs, and blended in with the procession.

After Li Bing left, Lord Yun and Lord Lu spoke loudly.

"Brother Lu, do you know those two?"

"I don't know, one of them is holding one of the 'Four Swords' of the 'Northern Meridian Sect', but I don't know which one it is. I saw it once a few years ago. Their head has a lot to do with our Lu family. So I don't want to embarrass them too much, so I don't want to leave them alone. ”

Lord Lu paused, and his expression became more solemn: "It's this Niangniang, what is the origin, I still haven't been able to find out, now as soon as the worship temple of Wuwei is completed, this sect will have a firm foothold in Wuwei." I don't know what their idea is, so I have to guard against it. ”

He paused, and hammered the wine table again: "It's just a matter of repairing the temple, and I have to demolish the 'Hugh Turen Ancestral Hall'." I'm going to find out what's weird here. ”

The Hutu people are considered the original inhabitants of Wuwei and have lived in this land for generations. However, after the Hutu people descended to the Han Dynasty, nearly a thousand years of dynastic changes, and after generations of intermarriage, almost no one regarded themselves as Hutu people. Lord Deer is an anomaly, and he never forgets his identity as a slaughterer.

And the "Hutu Ancestral Hall" has also gradually declined in this wave of cultural washing, except for the annual festival, occasionally people come to worship, it has already become an inaccessible abandoned place.

It is said that Li Bing and the others blended into the crowd and listened to some "legends" of worshipping the mother.

"This Niangniang is really powerful, the first time he came to Wuwei City, he went to Sun Mingjiang's house. You know the Sun Mingjiang in the north of the city, oops, it's the one who met a wolf while chopping bamboo, was caught blind, and broke his leg. But isn't it, Di Niangniang said that Sun Mingjiang accumulated yin virtue in his last life, and he will have good rewards in this life. Guess what, as soon as Di Xi Niangniang casts the spell, Sun Mingjiang's eyes will be healed! You say magic is not magical. ”

"Ouch, that's all trivial, it is said that three months ago, there was a big drought in Dingzhou next to it, and it was still a practice of worshipping the mother to ask for rain. Halfway through the ritual, the rain began to fall. But it saved the entire Dingzhou people. ”

"It's not, as long as the mother helps, there's nothing that can't be done. You just said that this temple donated by the Zhang family this time! The head of the Zhang family has taken eight relatives, but in the past ten years, none of them can conceive. Seeing that the Zhang family's big family business is about to cut off the incense. Ask for the worship of the mother. Worship the mother's practice, guess what. Of the eight concubines, there are five who are pregnant. You say it's not awesome. This is not the head of the Zhang family is happy, originally said to help Di Niang Niang plastic gold body, simply buy the former 'Hugh Tu Ren Ancestral Hall', demolished and built a new temple, and also built two courtyards in the back to make a residence for Di Niangniang. ”

"Don't you know, the ancestral hall of the Xiu Tu people, although it is broken, but the location is good, it is the center of the entire Wuwei City!

"Wow! It's so powerful! You said that it took a few hundred years to produce a reincarnated living Bodhisattva, so we Xiliang Prefecture caught up. Good luck!"

"That's not it, otherwise the original 'Xiu Tu Ancestral Hall' would not have been demolished and built into a new temple. This ancestral hall was demolished and turned into a Niangniang Temple, and after that, Wuwei's offerings were not all to the Niangniang?

Anzi was happy to see such a lively scene. But Li Bing always felt that this matter was not so simple, if this Bodhisattva was really so powerful, wouldn't it be windy and rainy. Why bother to shrink in such a remote place as Xiliang.