Su Hanshan, who has never been able to call the Buddha Gate, has not practiced for several days.

No chanting, no fasting, no evening drums, no morning bells.

Six days ago, I heard from the mouth of the crown prince Li Tianxia that the envoy of Su Tang had passed through Xunyang half a month ago, and would arrive at Gusu to present His Majesty's Pass in the near future, and then Su Hanshan would return with the imperial envoy to the north.

The peach blossoms are sprinkled in the mountain temple, and he is reluctant to give up.

"Master, the apprentice has filled the rice jar, and you take care of it when it is windy and rainy, and when it is wet, it will become moldy and insect-like. When cooking porridge, don't mix too much water, don't mix too little, and mix water appropriately according to the amount of raw rice. When cooking white rice, you have to mix it with less water......"

"The chopped firewood is piled up in the firewood room, which should be enough for two months. After two months, you should remember to chop firewood yourself, but you can't chop those peach trees in the back mountains for firewood. ”

"I steamed two baskets of steamed buns, as well as cabbage, washed and picked them and put them on the kitchen table. Some of the rotten leaves of the insect eyes are in the bamboo basket and can be left for the wild boar in the back mountain to eat. ”

"At the beginning of each month, the national temple will send monks to bring oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. The disciples have told them that if they can't find you, they will make a cross in the kitchen with a firewood to show that they have visited......"

“......”

Su Hanshan, who was wearing a green hairpin, rolled up his sleeves and stood behind the yellow-clothed monk who was lying on the grass and fighting crickets, and he told him uneasily.

After a long time, looking at the sun, Su Hanshan wiped his cheeks and pondered for a while to make sure that nothing was missing. Looking at the back, the clear eyes unconsciously rippled slightly.

Su Hanshan knelt on his knees and knocked three songs heavily, which was regarded as farewell!

Say goodbye to Master, goodbye to the peach blossoms in the mountains, and goodbye to the memories of the past 15 years!

Su Hanshan simply packed up his baggage.

The life of the mountain temple is worry-free, except for a few clean and washed clothes, there is only one "Buddha Beads Interpretation" that has been read since childhood. The seventeen Buddha bone rosaries in the center of the eyebrows are engraved with the lifelong Buddhist cultivation left by the sages of Buddhism in the past dynasties, which is obscure and profound. And this "Buddha Beads Interpretation" is an explanation of the inscriptions on the seventeen Buddha bones. Su Hanshan has been studying day and night, and he has only read half of it for more than ten years, and he still understands what he doesn't understand.

After cleaning the room and stacking the futon, Su Hanshan took one last look at the familiar place, then put the burden on his back and gently closed the door.

......

Gu Changting, the envoy sent by Emperor Tang Jingyou to the Southern Dynasty to escort the Nine Emperor Princes on their way back, was born in Tiance Mansion, and he was good at using the Qiutang Sword after a long time of battlefield battles, and he was the cultivation of the realm of the three great masters of martial arts stacked with blood and bones.

This young general, who was in his early twenties and had an extraordinary posture, pressed the Qiutang knife on his waist, led a good horse, and led thirty-two carefully selected cronies to ride, and the Taohuashan Temple was ready to go.

Dressed in a green shirt, Su Hanshan came down the mountain with peach blossoms in the sky.

Gu Changting pressed the knife on his waist and looked over.

Although he was the nephew of Gu Xidao, a general in the Soviet and Tang dynasties, Gu Changting was rarely interested in all things in the court, and his mind was on the sword in the army. If it weren't for the general's strong recommendation and the appointment of His Majesty the Emperor's holy decree, he would not want to receive this boring errand.

Thinking of the general's instructions and solemn look before leaving, Gu Changting's introverted eyes couldn't help but look at the green shirt.

"It's just a little prince who was born frail, and he lived in the Southern Dynasty for fifteen years. If you don't hear about Su Tang and don't have an inch of meritorious service, is it possible that you still have the ability to shake the honor of the future East Palace of the Seven Princes recognized by Wen Taowu and the Manchu Dynasty?"

Gu Changting secretly smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying that he was too worried.

Getting rid of distracting thoughts, Gu Changting strode forward: "Gu Changting meets His Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor Prince. ”

The thirty-two elite horsemen behind him knelt down one after another: "See Your Highness!"

In the fifteenth year of Taohuashan Temple, Su Hanshan, who had a good personal relationship with Li Tianxia, the prince of the Southern Dynasty, had a good personal relationship with such a big ceremony, but he had also seen many similar scenes.

Thinking of Li Tianxia's behavior when he was paid homage here, Su Hanshan drew a scoop according to the gourd: "General Gu, please get up." ”

"Your Highness!"

"There is General Lao Gu and all of you. Su Hanshan, who had not learned the number of court salutes or the rivers and lakes hugging his fists, was a one-handed salute.

"How dare you say that you are tired!" The minister must safely escort His Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor Prince back to the palace...... Gu Changting clenched his fists and bowed his head.

Su Hanshan nodded and said no more.

He looked up and saw an inconspicuous carriage among the well-armed guards.

The carriage was pitch black, and it was very different from the exclusive luxury car of the crown prince Li Tianxia. However, from the perspective of Su Hanshan, it is quite spacious.

Gu Changting, who was wearing armor, saw His Highness staring at the carriage silently, lest His Highness misunderstand his deliberate neglect, so he explained: "This is a thing specially created by His Majesty's Holy Decree Heavenly Crafts Academy for the Nine Emperor Princes, and there is a rune formation engraved by the Seven Stars Dean of the National Religion in the wood, which seems to be unpretentious but extremely strong and reliable, and even a sword cannot pierce it. ”

Su Hanshan, who had been smart since childhood, heard the hidden meaning in Gu Changting's words, he didn't explain too much, and walked straight to the carriage with an extraordinary but inconspicuous provenance.

He pushed open the door and got into the carriage.

Compared with those elder brothers and nobles within the walls of the Heavenly Capital's splendid palace, the fifteen-year ordinary life of the Taohuashan Temple in Su Han Mountain had already developed the habit of doing everything by themselves, no matter how big or small, and there was really no reason to find fault with anything.

This move made Gu Changting and his subordinate lieutenants slightly surprised, and their eyes couldn't help but show some appreciation for the little prince.

On the carriage, Su Hanshan remembered something: "General Gu." ”

"The minister is here. ”

"On the way back this time, everything should be thrifty and cheap. ”

Gu Changting smiled: "Your Highness, rest assured! At the post station in front, the ministers and others will change into ordinary people's clothes, claiming that the caravan between the empire and the Southern Dynasties will not alarm the local state capital." ”

Su Hanshan smiled: "That's fine." ”

Su Hanshan wanted to close the car door, but suddenly heard an urgent shout from behind.

The thirty-two elite cavalry around him was worthy of being Gu Changting's one of the best soldiers in the army, and when he saw that one of the horsemen came from the dust in Gusu City, they lined up one after another to prevent accidents.

Gu Changting looked at the knife and saw that it was the prince of the Southern Dynasty who rode his horse, so he waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to collect the swords.

Su Hanshan got out of the carriage.

Li Tianxia, who was dressed in a white capable exercise uniform, grabbed the reins, and the fierce horse raised his front hooves and hissed.

He jumped down, hugged his sword to Su Hanshan and said, "There are many dangerous roads to the mountains here, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes needs to be a personal follower?"

Su Hanshan looked at Li Tianxia in a strange costume, and asked in disbelief, "You are also going to Tiandu?"

Li Tianxia hugged the sword in his arms and said leisurely: "You can go, why can't I go?"

Seeing that the other party didn't look like a joke, Su Hanshan asked seriously, "What are you going to Su Tang for?"

"Half a year later, Su Tang Daomen recruited protégés from all over the world, and this prince naturally had to find out the way in advance before acting cheaply. ”

Su Hanshan was still puzzled: "Cheap, what's the matter?"

Li Tianxia jumped on the horse: "Abandon the Buddha and seek the Tao!"

No matter what excuse the prince of the Southern Dynasty found to accompany him, Gu Changting, a Tang general who was born in the battlefield, could not refuse.

This is the Buddhist country of the Southern Dynasties, Li Tianxia has his own capital to do whatever he wants, maybe when he leaves the territory of the Southern Dynasties in the future, Gu Changting will have a reason to part ways, but there is no suitable position at the moment.

What's more, His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes didn't seem to have any intention of resisting, and Gu Changting, who was well versed in the art of war and not official morals, was not an ignorant person, so how could he not see it.

However, in order to ensure smooth and avoid incidents along the way, Gu Changting, who was fully responsible for the return of His Royal Highness the prince to the north, thought it was necessary to remind the prince who had long heard of the arrogant and domineering name.

Gu Changting clenched his fists and looked at the white-clothed prince with a sword on horseback: "His Royal Highness the prince wants to go along, and the last general will not dare to refuse." It's just that Changting received this errand, so he had to do it thoroughly. The way back to the north is more than a thousand miles, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will impose constraints on himself, and don't make Changting embarrassed. ”

Gu Changting, who inherited the style of the great general Gu Xidao, was very lofty. In the face of the prince of the Li family, who was a few years old, his words were thoughtful and courteous without losing the majesty of the empire, which was just right.

Hearing this, Li Tianxia has no reason to say no.

On horseback, the crown prince quietly glanced at Gu Changting, who was equipped with a Qiutang knife at his waist, and suddenly smiled: "Who said that General Gu's mind is only on the sword in the army, isn't this quite eloquent?"

Li Tianxia laughed.

Be the first to hit the horse......

Gu Changting looked at the white-clothed white horse rather puzzled.

Su Hanshan was also looking at the playmate, recalling Li Tianxia's joke, and seemed to have silently repeated it several times in his heart, then quietly turned around and got into the carriage.

Gu Changting didn't think much about it anymore.

With a deep shout, the thirty-three horsemen lined up around the ordinary but spacious carriage, and a line of armor opened the way and returned to the north.