The Eight Winds of Rebirth

There were hundreds of people suffering from the disease behind the high wall. Gu Xiangtan was afraid of the spread of the disease, so he didn't dare to let them all come out. He only asked the doctor to guard by the door. They didn't have enough medicines, so they picked the ones that could be cured first and treated them. Not long after, the monasteries along the way have come to help one after another with monks and materials, some of them came from Bihe, Lianyu and other disaster counties. Practice makes perfect, and the tents were set up in a short time , Medicines, food and supplies were supplied little by little, and those who had been trapped for a long time were slowly transferred out.

However, despite this, treatment was delayed and too many people were infected with each other, and a large number of people continued to die every day. The flames of burning corpses on the back slope burned a loud red light, which lasted for a long time.

Gu Xiangtan ran with those monks during the day, occasionally standing on the top of the mountain in the middle of the night, watching the stars in the distance silently, feeling like a thorn in his heart.

"The blessings of all living beings are poor, there are many afflictions, the number of lands is in chaos, disasters occur frequently, all kinds of disasters, fears and persecutions..."

And all of this should be over soon.

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Early this morning, the magistrate, Mrs. Jia, waited anxiously outside the tent, when he saw Gu Xiangtan rushing up to greet him: "Lingfo, Lingfo... The next official received a report saying... that there are many refugees coming outside again. "

Gu Xiangtan paused: "Where did you come from?"

"No, I don't know... The lower officials have sent people to investigate. Not only Ji Wan, Mo Song, and Bu Fang, but also five or six counties to the west are flooded with disaster victims. This, this epidemic has not slowed down. Momentum?" It is obvious that Lingfo has been treated in many ways, if it continues like this, Ji Wan will be trampled down by these people sooner or later!

Gu Xiangtan glanced lightly at Jia Changtao's bitter face, and said lightly, "Why can't it be slowed down? It's just because the person who should be treated has sloppyly blamed, pushed up and down, and blamed others."

Just a few words made Jia Changtao's face pale, and he didn't dare to say another word.

Gu Xiangtan didn't bother to see his hypocrisy, so he just said: "Take all the people away, open up an open space, pull up a new tent, and prepare the herbs."

After Jia Changtao walked away anxiously, Gu Xiangtan frowned and thought for a while, and invited several Zen masters who knew medical skills among the monks, and after closing the door and talking for a long while, Gu Xiangtan said: "This matter, please master Don't say anything, Xiangtan thanked you here."

Although people in the Buddhist sect don't care about the mundane world, but when the Lingfo spoke, it was a great cause for the family and the country, and they nodded naturally.

"Lingfo, don't worry, we will make arrangements for ourselves, and we will never let any news leak out."

Not long after, the tents were set up, and the refugees crowded the huge Jiwan Town like a tide. Even if they were prepared, they almost failed. Fortunately, the reinforcements sent by Emperor Zongzheng also arrived. Barely stabilized the situation.

Gu Xiangtan looked at Chen Cai, who was dressed in a military uniform, and his slender youth's face was sharpened, his brows and eyes were a little more indifferent and calm, and he was no longer like the slave who was dependent on others.

"I would like to trouble Commander Chen to come here in person, thank you very much." Gu Xiangtan said with a smile.

Chen Cai hurriedly leaned over: "Lingfo, don't say that, whether it's public or private, the duty of the subordinate is to try to keep you safe." The words were sincere and sincere.

Gu Xiangtan knew what he was thinking, so he didn't say much, but let Chen Cai follow him to the newly built place for the victims.

There is already the main city of Ji Wan, and there is still a dead forest on the way, surrounded by mountains on three sides. Although it is still a bit deserted, it is much better than the ups and downs along the way.

Gu Xiangtan did not reveal his identity, but word of mouth has long spread in the city, and many people know that it was the Spirit Buddha who rescued most of them from the gate of ghosts, so they saw this elegant and handsome young man at this moment Appeared, followed by a group of Daye generals and soldiers, already had seven or eight points in their hearts, so they stepped forward one after another, spread their chests, and kowtowed frequently to express their gratitude.

Although Chen Cai was already energized at 12 points, there were so many people in the disaster area, and someone who didn't notice was able to get close to Lingfo. The other party rushed forward and suddenly rushed forward and hugged Gu Xiangtan's leg , and then burst into tears.The wailing was nothing more than words of gratitude, but Gu Xiangtan and the attendants around him were startled by him. Fortunately, Chen Cai reacted very quickly, and immediately asked the people around him to pull him away.

Gu Xiangtan hurriedly said that he was fine, and hurriedly ordered Chen Cai to quickly go around here and take a look at the other side, thus barely avoiding the excessively turbulent discussion.

When they reached an open place, Chen Cai talked about the terrain of the depression.

"It used to be called 'Mingfeng Mountain'. It is the highest valley besides Baitu Mountain in Dong County. Because the weather is dry and there is no rain for years, it looks like a fire phoenix inhabiting here, so it got its elegant name..."

While Gu Xiangtan nodded, he lowered his eyes and opened his palm. At some point, a small piece of paper was stuffed into his hand. When he opened it, he saw four words written crookedly in charcoal ashes: enter the room.

The corners of Gu Xiangtan's lips twitched slightly, he put the piece of paper back into his sleeve, and asked Chen Cai, "How do you know this?"

Chen Cai blushed: "This subordinate looked for Ji Wan's map on the road..."

Gu Xiangtan didn't ask any further questions, and walked slowly forward: "It's already mid-July in a blink of an eye, you should go back to Beijing in a few days, remember, and bring that corrupt official back with you."

Chen Cai didn't let the attendants go with her, but followed Gu Xiangtan by herself, and she couldn't help being startled when she heard what he said, as if she was a little reluctant, worried about the safety of the Lingfo here.

But Gu Xiangtan said: "It's okay, I have someone to take care of me." He said this with certainty, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, although the curve was shallow, but against the gentleness in his eyes, it was like radiance.

Although Chen Cai found it strange, she didn't say anything. Lingfo had his own arrangements, and he just had to obey.

The two walked for a while, and they had already entered the mountain depression. Gu Xiangtan looked at the scenery in front of him. Although the vines and smoke were silent, but the sky was vast, the mountains were dangerous, and it had a different look.

Gu Xiangtan turned his brows and eyes lightly, he didn't know what he was thinking, suddenly pointed to a place ahead and asked: "What is that?" After saying that, he walked over.

Chen Cai immediately followed, walked quickly to Gu Xiangtan, pushed aside the overgrown branches for him, cleared away the miscellaneous stones on the road, and then slowly revealed what was behind.

But I saw a few clumps of earth and a few stone tablets lying here silently.

"It must be the cemetery set up by some villagers outside Jiwan City. It seems to be a few years old. Although this 'Mingfeng Mountain' is a bit remote, it is still a wide and auspicious place with a radius of hundreds of miles." Chen Cai left and right Looked and said.

Gu Xiangtan nodded, looking at the stele, from the surname, name taboo, to birthday and age, there are seal carvings, which shows the care and thoughtfulness of the person who erected the stele.

Chen Cai raised her head to look at the sky, and just wanted to ask Lingfo to go back earlier, but she noticed that Gu Xiangtan was startled, and when she looked back, she met a stunned face.

I saw that the indifference and security on Gu Xiangtan's face just now faded away, and his eyes were filled with unspeakable horror for an instant, as if thousands of stars were falling, bursting out on the ground with dazzling glare.

Frightened by the expression in her eyes, Chen Cai hurriedly looked around, and saw two words written on the tombstone that Lingfo was looking at: Qiao Ying, born in Jiarui 27 years, March 51 , Maoshi, died in the [-]st year of Jiarui, the seventh day of the seventh month, Chenshi.

Why is the date of birth engraved on this inscription?

Chen Cai was a little strange, but she turned around in her mind, but she couldn't think of who this Qiao Ying was. There was no such person among the officials of Daye. Could it be that Lingfo knew him?

Chen Cai didn't dare to speak, and just waited silently until Gu Xiangtan recovered himself, but his expression was still a little dazed.

"Let's go..."

Gu Xiangtan didn't say anything, and glanced at the small stele again. Weeds were overgrown and lonely, so he couldn't be a big shot.

It's just a coincidence.

Gu Xiangtan kept lobbying repeatedly in his heart.

It's just a person whose birthday and death date are very coincidental.

Nothing else.

It must be so.

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The night is completely silent, and there is no sound on all sides.

A cluster of white shadows suddenly passed by in the side courtyard of Ji Wan's magistrate, Chen Cai and his soldiers were patrolling past the back door, he couldn't help but pause when he caught a faint glimpse from the corner of the eye, hurried up, followed to catch up to the courtyard, It was only two or three steps before he was stopped by a person.

With an indifferent face, Yan Fang said: "Vice Commander Chen, at this hour, Lingfo has already rested."

Chen Caidao: "Guard Mo, I didn't come to ask to see the Lingfo, but just now I seemed to see something strange in the courtyard, so I came in to investigate." The son of Mo Chengxiao, Marquis of Pingyang.

Yan Fang didn't move at all, he just said: "I've been here all along, nothing unusual, Deputy Commander Chen may have misread it."

Chen Cai frowned, he knew Yan Fang's kung fu, could it be that he was really lost in the middle of the night?

After thinking for a moment, Chen Cai cupped her fists at Yan Fang: "If so, forgive Chen for being reckless and interrupting."

Yan Fang nodded, watched Chen Cai go away, took a step back, and stood respectfully back in front of Gu Xiangtan's door.

And in the room separated by a wall, a white shadow wandered in from the window, landed silently, and then slowly walked to the side of the bed, looking at the person sleeping on it.

Gu Xiangtan slept very restlessly tonight, the dream was full of strange lights, he just felt that he was running all the time, he couldn't find the way, he couldn't find the way to go, suddenly a hand was wrapped around his waist, Gu Xiangtan Suddenly startled, woke up from the dream.

Noticing his trembling, a cold voice gently comforted him: "It's me, don't be afraid..."

Gu Xiangtan knew who it was when that person was in the shelter, he turned his head to look at the hazy shadow, and slowly stretched out his arms to hug him.

It was obviously hot and midsummer, but Zhao Yuan's body was still cool, even the hand on Gu Xiangtan's waist was as smooth as ice, like a piece of cold jade.

Gu Xiangtan was next to each other, Zhao Yuan must have bathed, her hair was still wet, they were lying on the couch together, neck to neck.

Gu Xiangtan was fully awake, but for a while, no one spoke, just wanted to experience this rare tenderness quietly, suddenly, Gu Xiangtan pushed Zhao Yuan's arms away, and got out of bed barefoot.

Zhao Yuan sat up slowly, watching the other party shaking flints and lighting candles at the table. When the dim lights in the room came on, Gu Xiangtan picked up the candle and hurried back to the bed, reaching out to pull Zhao Yuan clothes.

Zhao Yuan didn't move, and let him touch up and down, and then slowly said after a long while: "It's gone."

Gu Xiangtan ignored it.

Seeing that his fingertips were fluttering, Zhao Yuan finally couldn't help but grabbed him.

"It's gone, it's only hurt here."

Gu Xiangtan raised his eyes abruptly, his eyes were full of unconcealable anger, he looked closely at Zhao Yuan, and the wound on his cheek that was about as long as a finger long.