high official

Chapter 416

Fierce cold wind blows up the Buddhist kingdom, and the miserable flying clouds are hard to float.

Wutai County is named after Wutai Mountain, which is a famous Buddhist holy place.

It's just that Buddhism is boundless, and it can't stop the invasion of the blizzard. The north wind whizzes and rolls the snow foam, covering the mountain temples row after row, and also covering the evening bells of the mountain temples...

At this moment, it was the time when the monks were doing evening classes. The monks from various temples gathered in the main hall to chant scriptures devoutly, and there was no sound of people in other parts of the temple.Two beggar-like figures sneaked in over the wall, advanced into the monk's meditation room, and walked away with several sets of monk clothes and shoes; then went to the kitchen, opened the steaming steamer, and picked up the steamed buns prepared by the monks for dinner Whether it was hot or not, he devoured it hungrily.While eating, the two opened the bag they had just stolen and filled it with steamed buns.

"Someone is coming." At this time a female voice sounded, and there was still a lookout.

The two of them stuffed the steamed buns into their mouths vigorously, and they didn't bother to cover the steamer, so they put on their backpacks and went out through the window, and fled across the wall with the woman.A monk cursed behind him: "Where is the thieves who dare to steal the Buddha's dinner?" '

'Oh, catch a thief!My panties were stolen...'

The sound was quickly lost in the sound of wind and snow, and it was impossible for the wealthy monks to go out to catch thieves in the wind and snow for a few clothes and a basket of dry food...

The three thieves made a deliberate detour and came to an abandoned brick kiln at the foot of Mount Wutai... With so many temples built on the mountain, there are naturally many brick kilns at the foot of the mountain. Some are still in use, and some have collapsed and abandoned due to disrepair. .The brick kiln the three of them entered was like this, but they drilled through the passage that could only accommodate people, and saw the flames beating in the depths of the cave, warming the entire cave.

"There's something to eat!" the leader of the thief said, it was Wang Xian's voice.He threw the bag on the ground, and the snow-white bun rolled out.

"Your Imperial Envoy is a thief, so it will be recorded in the history books." General Song, who was leaning against the fire, teased.

"I don't have any buns for you!" Gu Xiaolian, who came in after Wang Xian, gave him a hard look and said.If it weren't for listening to the voice, it would be impossible to tell that this woman with a face covered in black and gray has an alluring appearance.

General Song hurriedly kept silent, picked up a steamed bun, wiped the soil with his sleeve, took a few mouthfuls, tears came down, and choked up: "Finally, I can eat something human again..."

"Feelings, what you ate a few days ago was dog food?" Wang Xian cursed with a smile, picked up a steamed bun and gnawed it.

"Dogs don't even eat it!" General Song said with an exaggerated expression, "What do we eat these days? Grass roots, pine nuts, voles, insect eggs, whose dog eats this?!"

"Dogs don't even eat, but you eat too much!" Gu Xiaolian glanced at him and said, "White-faced buns can't stop your mouth?" It was the first time to light a fire, and the first time to eat dry food. In order to prevent exposure, how could I dare to see a little fire?Let alone cooked food.

"Where is this?" Wang Xian looked at Wu Wei who was sitting in the distance watching the wind, and said with a nonchalant smile, "When I lived in the Gobi, I didn't even have grass roots to eat." As he spoke, he threw a steamed bun and sat aside. Liu Zijin said: "When you are full, go on in a daze."

Liu Zijin took the steamed bun and ate it silently, but he didn't turn his eyes and didn't say a word.Wang Xian said helplessly: "Have you been in a daze for a few days? It's endless, are you still a man?"

These words were provocative enough, Liu Zijin suddenly raised his head, stared at Wang Xian, but after a while he was discouraged and said: "I'm not a man..."

"Okay..." Wang Xian said helplessly: "Let's eat first. You are so cowardly that you have blinded men like Wang Wu and Lao Jiu..."

"..." These words were even more ruthless. Liu Zijin didn't say a word at first, and kept stuffing buns into his mouth, but he couldn't eat, so he just stuffed his mouth full, his face was getting redder and redder, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. , Wang Xian moved his butt back in fright.Be prepared to run away at any time when things go wrong.

Taking a sip, Liu Zijin spat out the dry food in his mouth, raised his head, stared at his blood-red eyes, and roared at Wang Xian: "What do you think I should do? Go out and fight with the officers and soldiers? Tens of thousands of my Guangling County Soldiers, what about the 10,000+ people? Surrender to the officers and soldiers? You think I don’t know that a peerless murderer like Zhu Di must have killed all of our 10,000+ people!”

"No, no, you misunderstood the emperor." Wang Xian shook his head and said: "If the emperor is really a peerless murderer, why hasn't he sent troops to put down the rebellion until now? Isn't it because you want as few deaths as possible?"

"Zhu Di still has compassion?" General Song on the side said sarcastically.

"Eat your steamed bun!" Gu Xiaolian gave him a hard look, and stuffed Song Zhong's mouth with the steamed bun.

"Woooo..." General Song rolled his eyes from choking, and looked for water everywhere but couldn't find it.

"He's right. I can't trust Zhu Di." Liu Zijin's gaze gradually became more serious, and he said in a cold voice, "On the road of rebellion, there is only one way to go to the dark, either to become a king or to lose a bandit. There is no first step." Three ways."

"You can still accept Zhao'an." Wang Xian said slowly: "Before I came, the emperor gave an opportunity to face to face, saying that the people in the world have suffered a lot these years, and Liu Zijin in Shanxi rebelled. In fact, the imperial court is also partly responsible... Many people are He joined the White Lotus Sect only when he was forced by corrupt officials and evil gentry to make it difficult for him to survive. Therefore, if you can touch Liu Zijin if you can, you will only use force when you have to."

"The emperor really said that?" Liu Zijin couldn't believe it, but he expected that the imperial envoy would not dare to falsely preach the imperial decree...but he forgot that even Wang Xian dared to enter Guangling alone, what else would this guy dare not?

"The emperor is the sky, how dare I bully the sky?" Wang Xian said with a matter of course.

"It's really unexpected..." Liu Zijin murmured, "Isn't the emperor a liar?"

"No joke!" Wang Xian said in a deep voice.

"So what if it's true?" Liu Zijin frowned and said, "Could it be that I raised the flag just to be recruited by the court?"

"Then what are you doing for it?" Wang Xian asked with a smile, "Find a way for the common people to survive?"

"Smart people don't speak in secret." Liu Zijin slowly shook his head and said, "I didn't think about it that much, I just thought that the man is alive and has learned a good skill, so how can he be buried in vain?" He said proudly: "It is always necessary to leave a name for others!"

"Unfortunately, it's infamy." Wang Xian said lightly.

"That's how you dog officials see it!" Liu Zijin snorted unhappily: "Although I don't read much, I know that Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and the eternal beauty!"

"If you are like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, you can use your real ability to make trouble?" Wang Xian smiled and said disdainfully: "But from the beginning to the end, which step did you not have the shadow of King Jin behind you? Even if you are written down in the history books The name, will only give you two words - running dog!"

"You!" Liu Zijin's face changed suddenly, but after a while he said dejectedly: "How do you know that King Jin helped me up?"

"Isn't this the lice on the bald man's head, it's obvious?" Wang Xian smiled and said, "If you really know the Taoism of spreading beans into soldiers and exorcising ghosts and gods, we are still hiding in Tibet like a lost dog right now." ?”

"Is this..." Liu Zijin said a little shyly, "It's really a bluff."

"So," Wang Xian spread his hands and said, "What happened to Shitiling's three defeats against the Datong Army, and the defeat of the Yin soldiers in Huyu to take their heads? How did these great achievements come about? Can you tell me about it?"

"Actually, I don't know..." Liu Zijin's voice became weaker and weaker: "It's just that the confused officers and soldiers retreated, leaving behind so much luggage, and then there were rumors that I became an army and could drive away ghosts and gods. Of course I don’t deny it, I am happy to make the people below fear me.”

"It's just that people use your name to do some shady things. You have served as a chamber pot for others, and you are still complacent here." Wang Xian said with a smile.

"The night pot, what do you mean?" Liu Zijin was taken aback.

"It's very hot when you use it, so throw it away when you're done using it." General Song explained in a low voice, "I'm here to throw away the chamber pot now."

Liu Zijin was ashamed and indignant when he heard the words, and gave him a hard look, but he had to admit that what he said was crude and reasonable... King Jin obviously wanted to kill himself with a sledgehammer.The reason is also very simple, it is nothing more than wanting to erase the relationship with him... He has become a prince, how can he have anything to do with a rebel like himself?
This is also the reason why Liu Zijin has been avoiding reality recently. He knows that his own weight is only at the level of a thieves leader. To be able to make such a big fuss in Guangling County is really the right time, place and people, but if he loses the support of King Jin , How can there be no reason to be invincible?That's why he wanted to take the risk of going to Taiyuan City, just to meet the prince and hear how he wanted to arrange him and his brothers.

Wang Xian's words made it impossible for him to escape, Liu Zijin said a little annoyed: "I was just a thieves at the beginning, they drove my brother to the shelves. Now it's no longer necessary, so they want to kill us all, no way! "He spat bitterly and said: "Even if I die, I will hold them back!"

Wang Xianxin said that this is what he wanted, and then he smiled slightly and said, "You were a thieves before? How did you hook up with Zhu Jixuan, and how did you get involved in such a promising career as rebellion?"

"I used to be thieves galloping in the northwest of Shanxi with the old five and the old nine. Later, Yonghe Wang Zhu Jilang gathered the green forest heroes in Shanxi. He has a large army in his hand. Those who follow will prosper and those who go against will perish. I had no choice but to join him. In the next few years, he was surrounded by his brothers, and the brothers were happy when they robbed their houses. Until the beginning of this year, Zhu Jihong suddenly called me to the study room. He first revealed my identity as the White Lotus Sect. Turn, let me rebel in the name of the White Lotus Sect!"

"Zhu Jilang..." Wang Xian asked, "Isn't the army that came to search this time led by the King Yonghe?"

"Yes." Wu Wei nodded.

"It seems that he is really afraid that you will run away." Wang Xian looked at Liu Zijin with a smile and said, "You continue..."

"What he told me at the time was that after the incident was over, he would randomly find a scapegoat and hand it over to the court, and then I would hide with my subordinates to hide from the limelight, and everything would be fine." Liu Zijin sighed: "Then what will happen?" I was also obsessed with ghosts, thinking that I could take the opportunity to pass the addiction of killing people, so I agreed without even thinking about it. So I took my brothers back to Guangling, killed officials and rebelled, but I didn't expect so many people to respond. Especially After I defeated the officers and soldiers of Datong Town, more people defected to me, and in just half a year, an army of [-] was gathered, which was something no one expected before."

"En." Wang Xian nodded. The Ming Dynasty is indeed full of firewood, and a spark can ignite a raging fire. If Emperor Yongle doesn't rest with the people, I'm afraid there will be more Zhang Zijin and Wang Zijin coming out... …

"When the number of people increases to [-], the previous plan will not work." Liu Zijin said: "And I have also moved my mind to start a career, but I know that no matter what I do, I can't do without the support of the prince, so I thought about taking this opportunity to visit the prince in Taiyuan and get a letter." He said angrily, "I just didn't expect that my loyalty has not changed, but they want to kill people!"

"There is nothing surprising about this." Wang Xian said lightly, "He is now a thousand-year-old prince, and you are today's No. [-] rebel. He can keep you alive. For the sake of his position, he will not hesitate to support bandits and enemies and cut off the emperor's food." Do you tell the people of the world about the Dao?"

"Break the emperor's grain?" Liu Zijin asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"Yes." Wang Xian said with a sneer, "otherwise, what do you think Brother Zhu Jixuan wants you to do in Guangling County?"

"Then can the emperor... let me go?" Liu Zijin asked with sweat on his forehead, obviously, his position had been shaken.

"As I said, you are not joking." Wang Xian said with a smile: "It depends on your performance. If you can expose those disorderly officials and thieves and eliminate harm for the court, then not only will you be free from guilt, but you will also become a hero of the court. It's no problem to be promoted to a noble!"

"I'm not interested in being an official..." Liu Zijin shook his head and said, "I just hope that my brothers and I can be safe and sound. As long as you can guarantee this, I will agree to cooperate with you!"

"..." Wang Xian was about to respond, but Liu Zijin waved his hand and said: "There is no basis for my words, I can no longer trust others, please ask the imperial decree, and the decree will only pardon my brother."

"It's no problem, but it will take some time." Wang Xian said.

"Then just wait..." Liu Zijin said sadly, "Anyway, I have nowhere to go."

"Okay, let's try to leave Guangling County first." Wang Xian had already stuffed three steamed buns and felt full, so he poured out a few monk's clothes from the bag and said, "Shave your head after eating." Alright, let's dress up as monks and go to town tomorrow morning!"

"Parents whose body, hair and skin are affected..." "Don't dare to hurt..." Liu Zijin and General Song said in unison.

"Then you all just wait for death without a place to bury you!" Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said, "We'll see if there is still a healthy body..."

These words made the two of them shudder, looking at Wang Xiandao: "You want to shave too?"

"Of course." Wang Xian said lightly, thinking that I have been looking forward to this day for a long time!
(End of this chapter)