Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 456
In the Bottomless Cave, Tang Xuanzang was giving lectures to Fang Xuanling, preaching scriptures and persuading him to convert to Buddhism, while in the Big Rock Cave in front, Qu Zhimao had already begun to write letters, asking Gu Lantian and Wang Pingan to hand over the ransom to redeem Fang Xuan Ling and Wang Wendu.

According to the principle of asking for a lot of money and paying back the money, Qu Zhimao knew that this first letter would not be easy to handle. He didn't know what kind of person Wang Pingan was, but Gu Lantian would definitely not agree.It's like after he tied Tang Xuanzang, Guan Gu Lantian asked for money. Although Gu Lantian admitted that the great monk was the imperial court's envoy to Tianzhu, the imperial court refused to redeem him, and he could not give the money.

But Fang Xuanling's identity is different, he is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an will get him back no matter what, whether it is to send troops to rob him or use money to redeem him, anyway, Fang Xuanling will definitely let him go. Going back, which made it possible for Qu Zhimao to negotiate.

The first letter was not easy to send, but the Tang army would definitely send someone to delay the time. While negotiating with Qu Zhimao, they would send troops to rescue Fang Xuanling at the same time. It was certain that they would contact him a few times.

Qu Zhimao had already thought about this point. Before doing these things, he communicated with the Dayan Department on the grassland and asked the Dayan Department to be an intermediary for him to intervene in this matter. It was impossible for him to directly communicate with Tang Jun negotiated, but the Dayan Ministry could send people to thread the needle in the middle.

The Dayan tribe was the grassland power that annexed the Ashina Qiboer tribe. Datang decided to support the Qiding tribe of Ashina Qiboer. The Dayan tribe had already been informed and was preparing to fight.

An enemy's enemy is a friend, so if Qu Zhimao did something to smear the Tang court, the Dayan Ministry would definitely support him and be his comrade in arms.Then Qu Zhimao's hard-fought deal with Datang will increase the probability of success exponentially.

Qu Zhimao wrote a good letter, called two young men, and asked them to send the letter to Yumenguan, and told Gu Lantian to prepare the money. If the ransom was too much and wanted to negotiate, that would be fine, but it had to be passed. A middleman will do.

The two young men took the letter, left the Zikong Mountain, and went to Yumen Pass.

Qu Zhimao wrote another letter, which was addressed to King Khan of the Dayan Tribe, explaining that he had successfully captured the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and asked the Dayan Tribe to intervene and deal with the Tang army together. Twenty one addition makes five, and everyone divides it equally.

He recruited two young men and sent the letter to the grassland.

After finishing the work, Qu Zhimao went to the bottomless pit in person, wanting to see Fang Xuanling's distressed appearance.After leaving the big rock cave and coming to the bottomless pit, seeing the young men gathering together to gamble, Qu Zhimao said angrily: "You bastard, it's not easy to keep an eye on the prisoners, but you're joking here, be careful to fill up the bottomless pit with all of you!"

Seeing him coming, the little boss hurried forward to meet him, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, don't worry, they won't be able to escape. Even if we don't go in, we can know if they have picked up Yao'ezi. If you don't believe me, listen to me, Your Majesty." !"

The young men were all grinning and silent, and the cave became quiet.

Originally, Qu Zhimao had never paid attention to the things here, but when the little boss said this, and there was silence in the cave, he was stunned for a moment, with a smile on his face, and said: "That's right, it's really not necessary to go in , so you know what they're doing."

He heard voices coming from the Bottomless Cave, and it was the Tang monk who spoke, as if he was telling some allusion, and Fang Xuanling's voice was also mixed in.

Qu Zhimao smiled and walked to the edge of the big cave, listening to the conversation inside.

Tang Xuanzang said: "The hungry eagle is a vicious bird, but why do you have to cut the meat for it to eat? Because it is a great good thing to cut the meat and feed the eagle to save the life of the pigeon, and the hungry eagle can live after eating the meat. It is also a great good deed. Cutting one piece of flesh and saving two lives is the original intention of my Buddhist school. Moreover, it can also influence the hungry eagle to abandon evil and do good, which is the original intention of saving all sentient beings!"

Fang Xuanling said: "Could it be that by cutting out some meat, the hungry eagle will be able to switch to a vegetarian diet from now on?"

Tang Xuanzang groaned, and said: "Benefactor Fang, the poor monk has been telling you for a long time, why don't you understand the original intention of Purdue sentient beings? Come on, let the poor monk tell you another allusion, and you will understand , Let’s talk about the enlightened wisdom of the Buddha fruit, that is, waiting for enlightened enlightenment to realize Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi..."

"Aren't you thirsty?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"If the benefactor of the house can be enlightened, it doesn't matter if the poor monk is thirsty. Please listen to the poor monk, Bodhi..." Tang Xuanzang said.

"Then are you hungry?" Fang Xuanling asked again.

Tang Xuanzang shook his head and said: "Thank you for your care, the poor monk is not hungry. Well, if you feel hungry, the poor monk may teach you a way. Well, let's talk about another allusion first. It can quench your hunger and thirst, Master Fang, please think, if you can eat the fruit of Bodhi, how can you want to eat ordinary things..."

Fang Xuanling felt dizzy when he heard it, and said angrily, "Then how can I eat it, this place is a bottomless pit!"

"It's easy, Master Fang, close your eyes and imagine the supreme Bodhi..."

Before he finished speaking, Fang Xuanling said: "Okay, the old man closes his eyes and fantasizes about the Bodhi tree, and you also close your mouth!"

Tang Xuanzang said: "The benefactor of the house must have never seen the Bodhi tree. Wait for the poor monk to explain it to you and outline its general appearance so that you can start fantasizing..."

Qu Zhimao laughed loudly, walked into the cave, stood beside the thick wood, and said to Fang Xuanling who was in the big basket, "How about it, is Mr. Fang ready?"

It turned out that such a method was used to convince me!No wonder he said that I would have to obey in a day, so that's how it is, that's how it is!

Fang Xuanling said: "Master Qu, can you find another place to hang this old man?"

Qu Zhimao laughed and said: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Fang also has a humorous side. There is only one place in this bottomless cave. Although the sunken empty mountain is big, there is no second deep cave. You should hang on here honestly!"

He turned around and said to the young men, "Bring some food and water, and give them to them." The young men hurriedly took the water bottle and some vegetables, wrapped them in a large bag, carried them on a wooden pole, and put them in everyone's room. In the big basket.

Fang Xuanling took the water bottle, drank some water, looked at the green vegetables in his arms, and said, "Master Qu, you are really generous. In the bitter cold place outside the pass, vegetables are more expensive than meat. How can you give this old man to eat?" Dish, thank you very much."

Qu Zhimao said with a smile: "Master Fang, eat more. We have two meals a day here, and we never owe you food. By the way, I have written a letter to Gu Lantian in Yumenguan. As long as he pays the money, Minister Fang You don't have to hang here anymore."

After finishing speaking, he laughed at Fang Xuanling, as if thinking of something interesting, he turned and left the cave, and the young men followed him, and the cave returned to silence.

But there was only a moment of silence before Tang Xuanzang began to speak. He took a sip of water to moisten his throat and said, "Master Fang, let the poor monk continue to tell you the allusions that he didn't finish just now."

Fang Xuanling thought to himself: "Please forgive me!" He didn't want to listen to any more allusions, he was already hung up on the bottomless pit, so he couldn't be in the mood to listen, even if he wanted to, he couldn't listen now. !
He pointed to the green vegetables in his arms and said: "The green vegetables are fresh. It seems that there is a precious land in this cave, which can grow vegetables in severe cold, but for some reason they are not cooked and brought to us, but let us eat them raw. !"

When it came to practical issues, Tang Xuanzang could no longer tell the allusions. He sighed and said, "Eating lettuce will make you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, and you will have to do more convenient things. Donate, please think about it. In this big basket, above the bottomless pit, how difficult it will be to find convenience!"

Fang Xuanling groaned, and only then did he think of this very serious problem, he said: "This is convenient... this, this is too difficult, even if it is convenient, how can I... how about cleaning the dirty things? "

Tang Xuanzang raised the green vegetable leaf and said: "Why don't the poor monk tell the benefactor a story about the green vegetable leaf!"

Fang Xuanling was almost the same as Wang Wendu, his head tilted and he passed out!He chanted Amitabha Buddha aloud, and kept praying in his heart, Gu Lantian and Wang Ping'an, you guys hurry up and save this old man!
Hearing him recite the Buddha's name, Tang Xuanzang was overjoyed. It seems that the allusion is effective. Fang Benefactor has already begun to convert to my Buddha!When I was happy in my heart, I told the allusions even more vigorously!
Zheliu County.

Standing on the watchtower, Wang Ping'an looked at the Zheliu people who were surrounding them, and beckoned Yelujun brother, saying: "Send down the order to bring in grain from outside the city, and the people below will be given half a catty of grain per head. Tell them that Zheliu County is my fief, they are my people, and I will take care of their livelihood from now on, they can come to collect rice every day, half a catty a day, and they will never default until tomorrow spring."

Brother Yelujun agreed and went down to deliver the order.

It was a cold day, but Gu Lantian kept wiping away his sweat. He said, "Your Majesty, don't you say something to the people of the land, and you just give food, and you will give it until next spring?"

Wang Pingan turned to him and said, "What are you talking about? No matter how much you say, is it useful? Why don't you distribute food directly, once a day, so that they can stay in the city safely, can't run around, and have less troubles?" some."

Gu Lantian sighed: "But do you have so much food, you don't want me to help you?"

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "Governor Gu, you don't have to support me, just pretend it's nothing!"

Gu Lantian hurriedly said: "No, no, I will support and I will support, and I will handle everything. You don't need to worry about the food matters, Lord Marquis."

While talking, Ouyang Li ran up and said, "Master, the person we sent out to find the governor of Guazhou has returned."

Wang Ping'an snorted, and said, "Didn't you just send it out? Why did you come back so soon? Oh, but on the way, I met someone sent by the governor of Guazhou?"

Ouyang Li said: "The governor of Guazhou came here in person. He has already arrived outside the camp. There are quite a few people here. It's extremely urgent. I guess he already knows about the matter, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a hurry."

(End of this chapter)