Chapter 252: Contradictions
readx;
The Central Plains countries fought against the Northern Qiang, and because they were located in the north, they sent a large number of cavalry, while the rest of the country's sects sent their own younger generation of cultivators to obey orders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoNow that the coalition forces and the royal court have made peace, it is natural for the forces of all countries to gather together to discuss and act in the future, and the convener is undoubtedly the Western Jin Dynasty.
The big men of the Western Jin Dynasty set up a very large tent, quite sincere, this big tent is a hundred steps in circumference, with bamboo and wood as the bone cloth up, the tent is full of light, the space is clear, even if it accommodates more than 100 people, it will not seem crowded.
The dean of the Western Jin Dynasty Royal Academy, that is, the Western Jin Dynasty National Teacher, is undoubtedly the most noble person in the field, naturally sitting in the middle position, and Shu Cheng, the general of the Chaoyang Emperor's negotiations, is sitting next to his right hand, but the left hand position is empty.
The seats of the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan are close to the camp of the Chaoyang Empire, and the status of the Jade Xuanmen is a little lower, so there should be such courtesy, but the name of Duanmu Rong's bookworm is too prosperous, and no one in the tent is qualified to sit on top of her, so the Western Jin Dynasty made this arrangement.
Before the discussion could get to the point, an old man with white hair and wrinkled skin and a beggar-like baina robe walked in slowly, coughing twice from time to time.
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Guoshi. ”
Including the negotiating general of the Chaoyang Empire, everyone in the tent got up and saluted the old man, this old man, as a national teacher, hid the powerful power of the Buddhist temples behind him, neither the Beiqiang nor the Chaoyang Empire would be a little contemptuous.
Duanmu Rong didn't stand up, she quietly looked at the hem of her white dress, as if she had found a little unpleasant dirt there, she didn't get up, and the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen behind her naturally didn't get up to salute, on the contrary, the girls knew that the old man was on the meadow that day, and her eyes couldn't help but show a little hatred.
Everyone is drunk and I wake up alone, the awakened person becomes an anomaly, everyone gets up and I meditate, the person who sits becomes an anomaly, everyone in the court greets and greets, bows in waves, and highlights the girls of the Jade Xuanmen who can't sit still, and the sound of greeting in the tent gradually calms down, and the atmosphere suddenly becomes silent and embarrassing.
The old man glanced at the girls coldly, looking at these girls who had been blown by the wind and sand of the wasteland for several months, but were still fresh and lovely, she felt unhappy in her heart, because the other party had no respect or even implied hostile gaze, he was even more furious, brushed his sleeves and sat down beside him, without waiting for anyone to speak, and said in a gloomy tone: " No one knows how many remnants of the Demon Sect are hidden in those places, and the elimination of demons and evil is something that people in my righteous path must do, so naturally it is not hard, but to deal with the Qiang people, the first thing is to unite within the righteous path sect and strengthen their own abilities. ”
The old man looked at the younger generation of cultivators in the tent, and said in a cold voice: "In the past few months of fighting, you young juniors have performed well, but there are also some people who have acted in a mess, and as a result, they have made a situation that is difficult to clean up, and they almost missed the major events of the Western Jin Dynasty. ”
At this time, most of the people in the tent already knew that the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen had escorted grain and grass to come, but they were ambushed by horse thieves, and they thought that what the old man should have said was this, and they didn't know how the bookworms and the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen should explain.
Sure enough, the old man's sunken eyes overflowed with two divine lights of disdain and slight anger, and he said in a cold voice: "In order to repair the wilderness, the Western Jin Dynasty decided to send grain and grass to aid the royal court, and now that batch of grain and grass is destroyed, although the khan did not say anything, and there was no problem with the peace negotiation, but the Buddha's light is above, and someone must be responsible for this." ”
Listening to this respected old man directly pick out the words, there was no help but silence in the audience, only faintly listening to the sound of long or short breathing, and many people's eyes looked at Duanmu Rong, who had been sitting quietly.
Hearing this, everyone smiled slightly, knowing that this old man didn't like the Jade Xuanmen for some reason, and wanted to use the topic to play, the bookworm Duanmurong was too lonely, and if she wanted to become the pillar of the Western Jin Dynasty in the future, she still needed to polish, so he didn't say anything.
The negotiation general came from afar from the capital, and he didn't care about these flies and dogs in the Western Jin Dynasty, but the empire and the Jade Xuanmen had always been friends, and at this time, seeing the old man coercing the girl of the Jade Xuanmen, he was slightly unhappy in his heart, and frowned slightly and asked, "What happened?"
The Divine Army was still a young man, and after a moment's thought, he said gently, "Listen to you. ”
The commander of the cavalry of the Western Jin Dynasty named Chen Cheng looked at everyone with a solemn face and said, "Hmm...... On that day, the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen were cowardly and afraid of the battle, and even let the horse thieves break into the camp, and the soldiers and civilians of the Western Jin Dynasty suffered heavy casualties......
The disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan looked at each other, their bodies were cold, and their hands clenched into fists trembled slightly, they had lived since they were children, where did they know that there were such shameless people in the world.
Yaxiu rushed out with a red face, and shouted angrily at the cavalry commander: "Chen Cheng, you are shameless!"
Yaxiu's face turned red and pointed at the commander of the cavalry of the Western Jin Dynasty and scolded.
The old man's eyes suddenly showed anger, and he glared at the little girl and said in a cold voice: "There is no such thing as dignity! How did your master teach you? Is it your turn to come out and speak?"
Zhao Ling'er took two steps forward, pulled Yaxiu back behind her, and gave a salute to the big people above, forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Old man, this matter is related to the reputation of my Jade Xuanmen, and Senior Brother Shi is buried on the meadow, can't we be allowed to talk?"
The old man's wrinkled face showed a hint of disgust, and he said gloomily: "The dignified Jade Xuanmen disciple can't even beat the horse thief, and he deserves to die if his skills are not as good as others." ”
For hundreds of years, Lengyan Temple and Yuxuanmen have been like fire and water because of the dispute in the Tianmu Forest area, and I don't know how many times the large and small wars between the two sides have occurred, which can be called a generational blood feud.
The place where Buddhism flourishes, the strength is far above the Jade Xuanmen, especially in recent years, the relationship between the Western Jin Dynasty and the Jade Xuanmen has become increasingly good, if it were not for the Chaoyang Empire and the Jade Xuanmen affinity, it is not said that the army of monks of the Lengyan Temple has already stepped on the peak of the Jade Xuanmen.
As a former disciple of Lengyan Temple, the old man was of course very hostile to the people of the Jade Xuanmen, and the coercion in that place for several months, the snatching of the hot springs and the difficult task of transporting grain and grass all had her shadow behind him, so he was unceremonious to these disciples of the Jade Xuanmen, and his words were fierce and powerful.
The disciples of the Jade Xuanmen Xuanyuan have been enduring the humiliation and framing from the monks of Lengyan Temple since they left the Jade Xuanmen and came to the north of the Sai, and now in the wasteland royal court tribe, at the meeting convened by the Western Jin Dynasty, the other party did not have the slightest sense of shame at all, and even spoke disrespectfully to the dead fellow disciples, even if the girls were gentle in temperament, they could not control the anger in their hearts, and stood up one after another.
The sound of Qingming sword swing sounded, and more than ten slender swords flashed with coldness, aiming at the old man, at this moment, they had long forgotten how noble this old man's identity was.
Under the wide tent, the monks from the Lengyan Temple of the Yuelun Country, seeing that these disciples of the Jade Xuanmen dared to draw their swords and face each other, stood up angrily, and wanted to rush to the old man and the old man to protect him.
The old man raised his old arm, signaling the ascetics not to be too excited, and looked indifferently at the girls of the Jade Xuanmen in front of him and the swords in their hands, and the corners of his slightly drooping lips slowly curled, looking extremely disdainful.
The council convened by the Western Jin Dynasty, where would these Jade Xuanmen girls be allowed to mess around, the old man instead cold-blooded expected that the girls would be carried away by hatred, once they really dared to use their swords, then whether it was the Western Jin Dynasty people, or the cultivators from various countries, they would use harsh means to deal with them, and more importantly, in this way, even the general of the Chaoyang Kingdom, who was always silent, would not be convenient to interfere again.
Zhao Ling'er clenched the Xiujian in her hand and glanced back.
There are a lot of people like her, who have their eyes on that place.
Duanmu Rong still sat quietly on the chair, as if he didn't hear the old man's humiliation of his sect, and didn't seem to have any opinion about the incident on the meadow, as if he couldn't feel anything, his eyes were slightly lowered and he looked at his pure white dress, as if he wanted to see the dirt marks as a lotus flower that had been detached from the dust.
Because of her silence, the atmosphere inside the tent became more and more tense, and no one knew if these Jade Xuanmen girls would be ashamed and angry with their swords, which would lead to uncontrollable consequences.
Sitting in the first place, the Western Jin Dynasty National Teacher's face became more and more gloomy, and a few drops of dew seemed to condense between his white eyebrows, and he had enough reasons to be dissatisfied with the old man and the disciple of the Jade Xuanmen, for example, he didn't respect himself, he didn't say a word.
The invisible string in the air became tighter and tighter, and the mocking and contemptuous look in the old wrinkles on the old man's face became stronger and stronger, if the situation continued like this, it would still be those Jade Xuanmen girls who would be humiliated, but if the Jade Xuanmen girls really dared to defy the majesty of the Western Jin Dynasty and take action on their own, they didn't know what kind of miserable end they would usher in.
"Xuanwei Zhenren once said, this kind of thing is not clear, the more you argue, the clearer it is, no matter what the truth of the horse thief robbery is, but you must always listen to the opinions of both sides, you little girls too, talk well, what do you do when you take out the sword in the sheath? The old man's temperament is so direct, don't you know?"
These words were even received, and there was a faint ridicule of the old man's behavior and conversation, vaguely biased towards the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen, and everyone in the tent couldn't help but make a slight commotion, but the person who said this was the negotiating general of the Chaoyang Empire, so whether it was the Western Jin Dynasty or even the old man himself, it was not easy to question it.
The old man snorted coldly, looked back at the Chaoyang negotiator, and said in a cold voice: "I want to see what they can say." ”
Zhao Ling'er has a gentle temperament and has the ability to be a deacon, so she took this opportunity to reprimand the junior sisters to retreat, then took a few steps forward, waved her hands and saluted, and carefully told what happened up and down the meadow that day.
The same story, told from the mouths of different parties, has the same ending, but the process is diametrically opposed. In the speech of Chen Cheng, the commander of the cavalry of the Western Jin Dynasty, the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen are a group of mediocre and incompetent, cowardly and war-fearful waste, which will lead to the destruction of grain and grass, and the soldiers and civilians of the Western Jin Dynasty have suffered heavy casualties, and in Zhao Ling'er's story, the group of cavalry commanders of the Western Jin Dynasty on the meadow is cold-blooded and selfish, obviously watching the righteous path and the same people fall into death, but they refuse to help, until the final Yuxuanmen disciples will win the bloody battle, they rushed down to snatch the military merits.
Zhao Ling'er cautiously did not point out the old man, the old man, as well as the Chen Yanqiu and the people of Lengyan Temple who were also present at the time, but everyone in the field knew why the Western Jin Dynasty cavalry entered the wasteland, and their faces couldn't help but change slightly, and the cultivators and the people of the Han camp subconsciously glanced at the old man, and their expressions were a little complicated.
Everyone believes that the story of the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen is true, because these girls have no reason, in order to shirk their responsibilities, they have offended all the royal families of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the grain and grass have been destroyed, and they will not be punished too harshly, but if they offend these big people, who knows what trouble will be.