Bright Spring

He was joking, but he was actually a little nervous.There may be hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and the opponent is right in front of us, so it's no wonder that the mood can be relaxed.

The person who cares most about him is often his enemy. Zhu Gaoxu has been thinking about Xue Lu all the time, but he really doesn't know much about him.However, Zhu Gaoxu had a lot of dealings with Ji Gang, who competed with Xue Lu for a female Taoist priest.

Ji Gang has a very bad reputation, and many people say that he is a bad person behind his back.However, Zhu Gaoxu's experience in dealing with him many times shows that Ji Gang is at least not a mad|crazy dog, on the contrary, he is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable about current affairs.Therefore, in the years when Ji Gang was favored, most of the people he dealt with were civil and military left over from the Jianwen Dynasty.

Xue Lu is not an old minister of Jianwen, but a hero of Jing Nan!Even if he is not as good as Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, etc., he is still a general who has made great contributions to the late emperor.Ji Gang almost beat Xue Lu to death with an iron melon just for the sake of a female Taoist priest?The process was unclear, but Zhu Gaoxu guessed that maybe Xue Lu was also very enthusiastic, which aroused Ji Gang's great anger, and that incident was just an impulsive move.

Such a person who even the commander of Jin Yiwei, the favorite minister of the former emperor, would not give in at all, and wanted to be straightforward. At this time, there is no sign of shrinking | entering Chengdu City to seek stability, so Zhu Gaoxu can figure it out... Xue Lu just wants to make peace with Zhu Gaoxu Positive hard|dry? !

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word, and pondered for a long time in the courtyard.When he came back to his senses, he heard the sound of "rustling".Following the sound, he walked to the door of the main room, and saw Miao Jin sitting alone on a stool next to a square table, holding a bowl with his left hand and grinding something back and forth in the bowl with his right hand.

He walked into the main room and saw Miaojin still concentrating on grinding things, so he got closer.I saw Miaojin holding a white thing in his right hand, which looked like a pearl, and was grinding|grinding it on a whetstone.

"What is Miao Jin doing?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Miaojin didn't stop, raised her head and said: "Grinding pearl powder. When I was in Longquanyi, I found a local doctor and asked him what to eat because he couldn't sleep easily. The doctor said several kinds of medicinal materials, the best one is pearl powder. But I couldn’t find any pearl powder. Fortunately, I still had a small string of pearls on my body, so I ground them to make pearl powder.”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu felt unprepared, as if he had just drank a mouthful of hot water, and the warmth spread throughout his stomach.He really didn't sleep well these days and often suffered from insomnia; he probably thought too much, and when people had too many thoughts, his head couldn't calm down.

He was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "Miaojin, you are so kind to me."

Miao Jin showed a slight smile, looked up at Zhu Gaoxu and shook his head slightly.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed, and murmured: "I am a prince, and I always say that others approach me for the sake of glory and wealth. But I didn't give you anything, but let Miaojin be imprisoned in her best years." After a few years, let you save me..."

Miao Jin smiled again, and said softly: "My lord is a person who tends to only remember the good things of others."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, Miao Jin should mean that he also helped her in Beiping.But she didn't mention those things, neither did Zhu Gaoxu.

Miao Jin said: "When I was imprisoned in the palace for several years, not only did I not blame the prince, but I also have to thank you."

Zhu Gaoxu was a little confused and said, "Thank me?"

Miao Jin took a look at him, and while rubbing the pearls "rustling", she looked a little embarrassed and said in a low voice: "My lord knows that the palace is very cold and deserted. After such a long time, if there is even one person who can think There is no one, how should I come here?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked thoughtful.

Miao Jin's face turned red, and her voice became as soft as a mosquito flapping its wings, "However, at that time, when I thought that I might see Gao Xu again soon, my heart felt like the sunshine of spring, With hope, I feel better..."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, his gaze became even hotter.At the same time, I can feel the afterglow of winter coming in from outside the door. The house faces east to west.

There are indeed so many beautiful things in this world, such as the sunset in winter.He also felt that these living people close to him were very kind to him.If all these people go to hell because of their failure to fight for power and profit, then I am afraid that they will die in peace, and the soul of resentment will never be at peace forever!

For a while, Zhu Gaoxu was clumsy with words, unable to accurately express the enthusiasm in his heart, so he could only swear in his mouth: "I will treat you well in the future, and I will treat you well."

Why does this sentence sound so smooth?It may be because he said too many times when he lost everything and had no choice but to "confess".

Miao Jin let out a "hmm", her wonderful eyes flicked across Zhu Gaoxu's face, and she continued to grind the pearl powder.

Zhu Gaoxu stood there blankly, at this moment he thought of another woman who saved his life, Ma Enhui.She was imprisoned in Fengyang, which was even more desolate than the imperial palace, and her family members died. Now she belongs to the situation that Miao Jin said, "There is no one who can think about it"!

... I don't know if it's a psychological effect, or pearl powder really has a miraculous effect on curing insomnia, Zhu Gaoxu slept very soundly that night, and didn't even have a dream.

Chapter 391 The Decisive Battle in the Land of Abundance (6)

He slept very well last night, and when Zhu Gaoxu woke up, the sun had already risen.

While eating breakfast, the scouts came to report: Before dawn, a large number of soldiers and horses of the army left Huayang County and marched straight south!Zhu Gaoxu didn't react at all after listening, he just ordered the ministries to continue to rest in Taipingchang.

After a while, Qu Neng and other generals came to see him in Wafangtang.Zhu Gaoxu asked the sergeant to put away the bowls and chopsticks on the square table.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand to let the generals excuse him, and said, "We set out from Luzhou to Longquanyi. After walking for nearly half a month, the soldiers were exhausted. Most of the soldiers took a rest at Longquanyi the day before yesterday, and they might not be able to relax, so we We have to take a break. But we can’t rest at Longquanyi, we can only come to Taipingchang, do you know why?”

Qu Neng murmured: "To confuse Xue Lu and make him think that the prince wants to join forces with Mu Sheng's army?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled, pointed at Qu Neng and said, "General Qu is the one who knows me!" He paused and said, "Of course there is also the opponent Xue Lu. If he doesn't understand me, how can he cooperate so much?"

Zhu Gaoxu felt that his speculation about Xue Luzhi's temperament was getting closer and closer to the truth... Xue Lu had no other idea, but he didn't want to be a coward, but wanted to fight against the King of Han's army!

Previously, the officers and soldiers fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and transferred the ships on the river.After Zhu Gaoxu crossed the river, he scolded Xue Lu for his lack of courage along the way, because he was afraid of the army of the Han Dynasty, so he could do that kind of thing; when Qu Neng's cavalry vanguard wandered around the Chengdu mansion, he also scolded Xue Lu for being afraid of fighting.

Looking at it now, Xue Lu seems to be very angry, and he wants to fight Zhu Gaoxu with all his heart.

And it's really not easy to be a crow|turtle.The upper echelons of the government and army may also be worried that there will be traitors in the Chengdu government.The fortifications of a big city like Chengdu Mansion are strong, but the crowd is inevitably complicated.

In the Ming Dynasty and previous dynasties, there was no concept of street fighting in city offensive and defensive warfare; as long as the attacking army entered the city, everyone would default to the failure of the city defense and the hearts of the people would collapse.

... At this time, the two armies are under the nose of the other side; Zhu Gaoxu left Longquan Station and turned around to the south. The large-scale mobilization would definitely not be able to hide from Xue Lu's scouts.

Zhu Gaoxu only walked for one day to Taipingchang, so he didn't intend to continue; he just wanted to show a sign, like, there is a Buddhist temple on it? "Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

Liu Ying, who was traveling with him, said: "My lord, the name of the temple is Leftover Temple, and there is a big dam on it, called Sajin dam."

"Go up and have a look." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Everyone continued to climb the slope ahead. This slope was steeper than the hilly terrain just now, but only in comparison, riding a horse can still run.The slope soil is relatively dry, and there are still many small trees such as peach trees, but the grass is denser.This is a place where rivers and water conservancy cannot irrigate, and there is not even a paddy field.

After going up the slope, I saw an old temple.Because of the "word" in the name, Zhu Gaoxu thought it was a resplendent Buddhist temple, but seeing it with his own eyes, he found that it was not the case.

The generals and soldiers gradually arrived outside the main hall of the Leftover Gold Temple.At this time, an old monk came out, glanced at a group of big men in armor, clasped their hands together, bowed and lowered their eyebrows, and said sympathetically, "Amitabha!"

Zhu Gaoxu also bowed ten times back, walked into the main hall, saw a merit box in front of the Bodhisattva, took out a bunch of copper coins, put them in, stood in front of the Bodhisattva and worshiped a few times.

Seeing this, the old monk seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said: "As a benefactor, if you accumulate virtue and do good deeds, you will be protected by my Buddha."

"Borrowing the auspicious words from Master." Zhu Gaoxu said, "By the way, why is this temple called Leftover Gold Temple?"

The old monk said: "During the Tang Dynasty, there was a good man in Sichuan who picked up ten catties of gold on the road and built a Shijing Temple on Longquan Mountain; before the gold was used up, he built Changsong Temple and Fuqing Temple; A Buddhist temple was built here with the gold that was deposited, so it is called the 'Leftover Gold Temple'."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu said: "So that's the case, the origin is interesting."

He only had a few words with the monk, and everyone didn't stay in the leftover gold temple for too long, they came out soon, and continued to walk and look around the Sajin Dam.From the leftover gold temple to the south, there is a large piece of flat land, with many vegetables planted nearby, and you can't see the end in the distance.But in the distance to the west, the mountains and forests can be seen faintly.

The terrain of this section of Longquan Mountain is very interesting, the terrain is relatively flat, but very layered; it is like an enlarged terraced dam.

Zhu Gaoxu and others continued to walk south along the edge of the steep slope.After a long time, the dam gradually turned into a downhill road. At first glance, it was still flat, but when walking, it could be felt that it was going downhill.The slope on the south side of the dam is so gentle and wide that it is almost invisible to the naked eye. The vegetation is dominated by weeds and shrubs; there is a courtyard on the edge of the dam to the west.

And continue to look south, the mountain in the distance becomes steeper, a big mountain blocks the sky, the color of green is very thick, it should be a dense forest.

"Songlinpo." Liu Yingyao said to the guide, "The last general's guard asked the locals for his name."

And the gentle slope where Zhu Gaoxu is located is like a huge gap between Sajinba and Songlinpo.

After walking for a while, Zhu Gaoxu said: "Just now the old monk said that I have accumulated good deeds, and if we want to do good deeds, we must do it to the end. We simply set the camp of the Chinese army to the leftover gold temple, and moved the battlefield to the Sajin Dam. After all There are very few people and houses here, and compared with the Taiping Field, it can reduce the loss of houses and accidental casualties of more people.”

Most of the generals looked left and right, observing the surrounding terrain.

Zhu Gaoxu paused for a while, and said again: "Although I don't understand the teachings of Buddhism, I can be sure that the meaning of my Buddha's compassion is not to let the world protect Buddhist temples, but to pity human lives."