Three anecdotes

As soon as the news that Cardinal Jin invited eminent monks came out, all the ancient temples in the north of the river closed their doors to thank visitors. At this moment, the virtuous masters seemed to be afraid of being contaminated by the world, and closed up one by one.Ciyun Temple, a famous local temple, was originally full of incense, and some generals in the Cardinal Jin army still wanted to offer incense, but when the abbot heard that Cardinal Jin was going to practice the meeting, he immediately said that the Phoenix Mountain has been making strange noises these days, and he wants to close the door Enlightened, he refused to show his face.

The Grand View of the Thirteen Famous Temples in Jiangbei, regardless of Buddhism or Taoism, can't even invite a famous practitioner.On the contrary, Zen master Jueyin, the abbot of the Sanhe Temple east of Dajiang, came to visit.

Diu Hei and Chen Sha felt ashamed of Cardinal Jin because it was not good for him to invite eminent monks. Hearing the news of Chan Master Jue Yin, he tentatively asked, "Although Master Jue Yin came from afar to preach and worked tirelessly, after all, the mountains are tall and the rivers are long. Why don't you go to Ciyun Temple again—"

Cardinal Jin just said, "With so many people praying to God and worshiping Buddha, isn't the incense in Ciyun Temple not strong enough?"

Diu Hei and Chen Sha knelt down immediately after hearing his cold tone.

Cardinal Jin only looked at the sky outside the window, "Go down. Since Master Jueyin has a mind-set, I will just wait."

Hua Kai came in with the medicine, and saw Diu Hei and Chen Sha standing outside the door, "Your Majesty is looking at the sky again?"

Throwing Helmet nodded.

Huakai sighed softly, "We should also persuade the prince to look at the clouds during the day and the stars at night. There are twelve hours in a day, and there is no moment to rest in peace. Especially these two days, the roar in the Phoenix Mountain is constant. The prince He can't sleep well at all, what can he do with his body." She said, and immediately sent the medicine in.

Cardinal Jin was used to taking medicine, so he took it and swallowed it, put the medicine bowl back in her hand, and said, "Call Xu Fang and Meng Yu'an." Xu Fang is the leader of the Xuanpao Army, Meng Yu'an But it is the leader of the rebel army.

The Xuanpao Army is Cardinal Jin’s foundation. Since the start of the incident, relying on the Xuanpao and Xueyiwei, he has been invincible all the way. Shang Chengbi has no way, and he has hardly encountered any resistance from the north, and he was quickly incorporated. A large number of troops, Cardinal Jin organized these surrendered soldiers into a rebel army, led by Meng Yu'an.

Hua Kai glanced at Cardinal Jin, wanted to persuade him, but couldn't persuade him, so he just bowed his head in response and went out.

But Cardinal Jin said when she turned around, "Don't worry, my body is not so helpless."

Huakai's eyes were sore all of a sudden, and he couldn't say anything, so he called Cardinal Jin's confidant over.

Cardinal Jin stood in front of the map and looked at the two, "How is the morale of the army?"

Meng Yu'an didn't dare to speak, but looked at Xu Fang with his eyes.

The Xuanpao under Xu Fang's command was made by Cardinal Jin in five years. There are only 9000 people in total, but none of them are simple. In the dark, there is still less blood. Xuanpao is too young and impetuous after all to hang around here now."

Cardinal Jin smiled slightly, and glanced at Meng Yu'an.This is a surrendered army, and it is even more difficult to lead.Meng Yu'an said, "It's okay for those who voted. As long as they have a bite to eat, they are determined. Those who surrendered may have their own ideas." Xiang armies of various prefectures.

Cardinal Jin stationed troops here, and he personally inspected this place every day, not daring to slack off, knowing that what they said was the truth, so he just said, "In this case, let those who have never seen blood wash their eyes, and let those who have no heart rest in peace. As soon as he clapped his hands, Chu Fuguang came in immediately, and Cardinal Jin ordered, "Order the Fire Army to cook the mutton. It's too wet and cold, and there should be something meaty to warm your body with your tongue."

Xu Fang was more mature after all, and said hastily, "My lord, mutton is dry, and now is the time when people's hearts are floating."

Chu Fuguang also said, "This battle seems to be a stalemate for a while. Although we have taken down the Yandang warehouse and we still have food and grass, there is not much dried meat—"

Cardinal Jin glanced at him, "Cook it all for me, the Ming Dynasty captured Phoenix Mountain, are you afraid that there will be no meat to eat?"

Meng Yu'an was taken aback, "The son is going to send troops tonight?"

Cardinal Jin looked at the sky and listened to the rumbling sound of the mountain, "The time has come, tell them, if they are full, go kill someone!"

There are three groups of people under Cardinal Jin, one is retainers, the other is descendants, and the other is refugees.Retainers have black robes and snow clothes, descendants have officials and pawns, refugees have hungry people and grass bandits.But no matter which way, when he smelled the smell of meat, he couldn't help swallowing.

The Central Plains is no better than the grasslands. Cattle and sheep are rarely slaughtered for food. What's more, if they are not forced to the point where they can't even eat, who would want to hang their heads on their belts to plot rebellion.As soon as the smoke rose from the kitchen, the others were not doing well, but there were already some clever people in the Xiang army who started packing up their weapons.

Meng Yu'an did not stop, gradually, everyone started to check their weapons.

At noon, the Huotou army brought a big pot, each with an iron spoon, and everyone hurriedly took a sea bowl to fill it, scrambling to be the first, and almost slipped by Halazi who fell on the ground.

The small leaders of each team saw that the coach did not speak, and did not stop them very much. They only maintained order and did not let the team disperse.In this damp and oppressive weather, which has been raining for a month, everyone drank hot mutton soup, ate fatty mutton, and ate dry rations with a vigor.

Those hungry people held their bowls, gulping or sipping, and boldly finished their own food. Seeing that there was still some in the pot, they said with a shy face, "I'm hungry at this time, and I haven't noticed the taste yet."

The soldiers who delivered the meal got the order, but they surrounded the cauldron and refused to give it. This group of people said they were rebels, but they were actually hungry wolves. They would not give in. While they were arguing, they suddenly heard another roar from the other side of Phoenix Mountain.

Cardinal Jin was sitting in the camp, drinking a bowl of mutton soup himself. Hearing the noise, he looked up at Chu Fuguang who had been waiting in front of him, "It's time."

Chu Fuguang's eyes were filled with tears, "Your Majesty."

Cardinal Jin picked up the bowl, raised his eyebrows and looked at the other sea bowl, "There is no wine here, and I will use this bowl of soup to make you happy."

Chu Fuguang clenched his fists tightly, "Is there no other way?"

Cardinal Jin drank the oil slick on the soup together, and the corners of his mouth were crystal clear, "In the future, I will have my retribution, at this moment, as long as I win!"

Finally, Chu Fuguang did not pick up the bowl of soup, but solemnly knelt down, kowtowed to Cardinal Jin, raised his clothes, stood up long, and turned to leave the tent.

Outside the tent, there was a group of snow-clothed guards with their armor shining toward the sun and the snow glowing in the sky. There were 40 people and two teams followed closely behind. Only the sound of armor rubbing against each other was heard, neat and solemn.

Cardinal Jin watched the flowers bloom, "Have you got meat everywhere?"

"Yes." Huakai lowered her head.

Cardinal Jin raised his bowl, looked in the direction of Chudi, and took another sip.

Huakai saw that he still wanted to drink, and finally couldn't help persuading him, "My lord, this soup is fishy and greasy, your spleen and stomach can't bear it."

Cardinal Jin didn't seem to hear it, and just looked at the dark clouds above his head again.It didn't take long for the rain to stop, and it seemed that it was about to rain again.He silently calculated the time, it should be just right before Xue Yiwei arrived.

Here Chu Fuguang took Xue Yiwei out of the camp. Although there were not many people, Xue Yi was very eye-catching because Xue Yi was the personal guard of Cardinal Jin. He could see clearly the tube around Xueyi's waist, it was the tube mine made by Shizi himself. Thinking of Shizi's supernatural powers, and looking around at the people who were eating happily, he suddenly felt that they were trapped by the rainy season these few days. The difficulties at the foot of the mountain were swept away.

Thinking of this, he strode to the fire and asked for a bowl. Seeing that it was a general, the soldier serving the rice filled him with a big bowl full of meat and bones. in the bones.

Cardinal Jin guessed that everyone was eating enough, so he went to each battalion to see in person, regardless of the black-robed rebels, everyone was flushed, and even the heavier cloud could not dampen the excitement of the soldiers.

A row of swallows flew across the sky so low that they almost brushed overhead. Cardinal Jin looked in the direction of Phoenix Mountain with long-distance eyes.

There are frequent noises in Phoenix Mountain these days, Zhao Zhongping no longer looks down on a young master like Yu Tongxiang, but wants to save his life, seeing that he is still urging training at this time, he can't help persuading, "Young general, there are constant noises in the mountain , your golden body, you should avoid it."

Yu Tongxiang looked at Zhao Zhongping, his face full of anger, "Master ordered me to come to help, it is a sin to lose the extension, if you escape before the battle, how will you be worthy of my master's first name, how will you face my family and ancestors?" Zong!"

As soon as the words fell, there was another sound one after another, and Zhao Zhong's face changed, "Young general, a gentleman can't build a dangerous wall—"

Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by Yu Tongxiang, "This sound is wrong."

Zhao Zhongping's expression also changed, "Major General, retreat quickly!"

Before Yu Tongxiang could agree, suddenly, there was a loud noise, the earth shook instantly, the sky and the earth changed, and the wind and clouds faded away. He saw thick fog billowing in the distance, and the sky could not be seen. Yu Tongxiang tried his best to stabilize his mind, Raised his voice to ask his confidant to check, but Zhao Zhongping suddenly grabbed his sleeve, "Let's go, Major General! Earthquake and landslide, water comes out to kill people!"

Yu Tongxiang was startled, his face changed color with horror, but he immediately calmed down, "Tell everyone to go to the high places on both sides, hurry up!"

When there is a storm, even if he is as cautious as Zhao Zhongping and as unpredictable as Tongxiang, he has no choice but to resign himself to fate.

I saw thick smoke billowing in the distance, and before the order could be passed on here, the mountain torrent had swept across a large area of ​​land, the huge torrent engulfed clods, sand and stones, and the surging mud swallowed bridges and houses, and the cries of children, women and children just started , was immediately annihilated in the rolling mud, except for the sound of death, running, crying, and even moaning, nothing could be heard.I saw the monstrous yellow mud wave opened its yellow mouth, swallowing up the management, painstaking efforts and hard work of several generations.

Escape, escape desperately.

The mountains collapsed, the ground sank, and the houses built with red bricks smashed by petals of sweat were gone in an instant.The bridge collapsed, the road was broken, and I shouted desperately before I could make a sound and was instantly choked by the stone flow.The man pulls his woman, the woman hugs his child, the child blinks his ignorant eyes and stretches his arms to reach for the abandoned puppy. And then, bury everything—father, mother, child, sister, dogs, hogs, chickens, all gone.

Home is gone, life is gone.

Of the three thousand well-trained elite soldiers Yu Tongxiang brought with him, there were only less than two hundred of the good men who could outnumber ten on the battlefield.

Chanzhou is a large state, occupying all the advantages of Fenghuang Mountain, rich and fertile. According to the fish scale book, there are 720 households and 1 five households. One thousand 560 seven, he kept pointing until he couldn't even shed tears.

Zhao Zhongping knelt on the ground, his hands tightly clutching the ground under his feet, he just wanted to ask, why, he is not dead yet!

Yu Tongxiang stabbed the family's precious sword straight into the ground, his eyes were red.

As for the people who escaped, there was a dead silence, and the mud flow was so terrifying and shocking that they didn't even remember crying for their dead parents.

Numbness, numbness that hurts to the bone marrow.

Finally, a shocking cry came from the crowd.

The child held in the arms of its mother clamored for milk.The mother unbuttoned the dusty skirt and stuffed the shriveled nipple into the child's mouth.

No milk, not a drop, not at all.

The child cried loudly, and Yu Tongxiang handed her water bag to the mother. The woman patted the child's back desperately, with empty eyes and stiff movements, as if she could photograph from eternity to the end.

Yu Tongxiang's Adam's apple rolled, and he said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, have a drink—"

The woman seemed to have been awakened, jumped up holding the child, bit Tongxiang's neck with a bite, and felt pain in Tongxiang, instinctively pushed the woman away, the woman collapsed to the ground holding the child tightly, everyone shouted, "Aren't you a high official! Why didn't you save my man, why didn't you save my family!"

This cry woke up the lost soul.In an instant, the crowd was stirred up, and the cries shook the sky.

Crying, cursing, swearing, roaring, mourning, heaven and earth shattered.

Standing on a high observation deck, Cardinal Jin watched Phoenix Mountain fall down wave after wave, like a pack of wolves galloping from the end of the sky, with their bloody mouths wide open, swallowing the sky, rocks landslide, and waves of mud sweeping Finally, the mountains were razed to the ground, and the accumulated water was dammed into a lake.The vicissitudes of life are but a moment.

Hua Kai stood behind Jin Shu's fuselage, looking at his back, she never felt for a moment that her eldest son was so depressed, so desolate, he clearly straightened his spine, but his spine seemed to be rigidly broken. After climbing a mountain, Huakai comforted in a low voice, "My son, it's done."

Cardinal Jin never looked back, he seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be asking, "Did you hear that?"

Hua Kai was frightened, "Shizi——"

His fingertips pointed to the void in the distance, "The ghosts of more than 1 people are crying, do you hear that?"

"My son!" Huakai also cried.

Cardinal Jin laughed, and his whole body coughed like a leaking bellows. When the coughing subsided, he said, "Hanting didn't come back either."

Chu Fuguang, courtesy name Hanting, was born in Danyang, Chu State. He died in Chanzhou in the 21th year of Hong Qing at the age of [-].