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There was a bonfire on the side of the road, and Lu Zhongming, Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong were sitting by the fire, and they could reach Xingyang in two days' march.Ever since he learned about his fate from Lu Zhongming that day, Luo Shixin seemed to have suffered a major blow, and he kept silent all the way.Although Qin Qiong looked fine on the surface, Lu Zhongming knew that he was really worried.

"Fate is a thing." Lu Zhongming comforted: "If you believe it, you have it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it. Don't take it too seriously."

Qin Qiong asked: "When will Master die in battle?"

"Forget...forget." Lu Zhongming said guiltily.

He really forgot that Zhang Xutuo didn't care much about him at first, who would study how a not-so-famous NPC died?Although Lu Zhongming has read many classics about the Tang Dynasty, his memory is limited after all.If you ask him how Yang Guang died, he remembers how Zhang Xutuo died... I really can't remember.

However, Lu Zhongming remembers Luo Shixin's experience. He sighed for a long time at the beginning, and now he has made up his mind to save Luo Shixin's tragic fate of not surrendering. Since his heart will change step by step in the future, there is actually no need to say too much now. .

Luo Shixin's side face was shrouded in the bright and dark light of the bonfire, he didn't know what he was thinking, Lu Zhongming said: "Actually, I am lying, brothers, don't trust me too much."

Both Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin glanced at Lu Zhongming again. Lu Zhongming also felt guilty when he said this. The three of them knew that Lu Zhongming was not joking.

Qin Qiong said: "I know you are not talking nonsense. If you were a nonsense person, you would say 'the secret must not be revealed', but you would answer 'forget'."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Qin Qiong said: "So you must have known many things a long time ago."

Luo Shixin finally asked, "How did you know that? Calculation?"

Lu Zhongming never explained his background in too much detail, he only vaguely said that he was a cultivator, but Qin Qiong knew that he had also told Luo Shixin about the young man's encounter with a fairy.Lu Zhongming couldn't say that he came from a later age, so he explained: "Yes, I know a little bit about the art of calculation, and it involves the country, the fortune of the country, and it can always be seen. Min Gong also knows about this."

Luo Shixin: "How did I die?"

Lu Zhongming thought for a while and said, "I also forgot, but I will be careful not to let you die." He patted Luo Shixin on the shoulder and said with a smile, "With Zhongming here, I believe Brother Luo will be able to enjoy his life in peace."

Luo Shixin smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "You want to change my fate against the sky? I'm afraid that it's destined, and I won't be able to escape this catastrophe."

"Change fate against the sky." Lu Zhongming said: "It's not impossible, but the person whose fate has been changed must realize something and jump out of his original track. Our Taoist Zhuangzi said 'paint the ground and move', so he It means marking the ground as a prison. When you are born, you will be in the circle you drew, and you can't get around the established destiny. Only when you realize the Tao and understand it can you walk out."

"How?" Qin Qiong asked.

Lu Zhongming lay down, lying on the hillside, looking at the bright galaxy on the top of the sky, looking sideways at Qin Qiong, and said casually: "Just like what Mr. Min asked you, why are you two generals fighting? When you figure it out, just It’s easy to handle, your personality has changed. You originally fought wars just to get a living. Later, you felt that you wanted to fight for the people of the world. Your personality is different, and your choices and trade-offs will also change. Sometimes a subtle Xiao Nian Tau will let you walk on a completely different path, and you will never go into some quagmire that you would have fallen into. Naturally, you will not repeat the old path that you were about to walk on, right? "

Luo Shixin said casually: "I didn't think about it. At the beginning, killing people was just for revenge, or to save their lives. Later, it was to make a living. Have you ever asked the person who kills pigs and cattle, why he sells meat in the market? Weaving cloth Have you ever asked her why she weaves?"

Qin Qiong looked at the starry sky at the top of the zenith ecstatically, and murmured: "I'll tell you the truth, Zhong Ming. Since the day you came to my tent, Brother Yu has been thinking about this for some reason. Luo Chengshisan and I He joined the army at the age of four, marched for many years, and was taught by old general Zhang, but he never seriously thought about what the future should be like. You said that the Sui family was doomed, and you said it lightly, as if It's a matter of course, brother Wei couldn't help thinking, what's the point of fighting for Sui for so many years?"

"Luo Cheng." Qin Qiong looked at Luo Shixin again, and called him.

Luo Shixin: "?"

Luo Shixin, like Lu Zhongming, lay distracted, his eyebrows twitched, and looked at Qin Qiong.

"Min Gong is right." Qin Qiong said: "When a tyrant is in power, why should the people be blamed? It is clearly stated in "Wuxiang Liaodong Wave Death Song". The fields are barren, no one cultivates them, the corvee is hard, and there is no harvest."

Luo Shixin let out a sigh of relief, turned his back to Lu Zhongming and Qin Qiong, and lay on his side.Lu Zhongming knew that Luo Shixin was like knowing the end of his own life. When a person suddenly knew that he could live for two years, three years, or less than ten days, he would definitely realize everything he had done before. Completely overturned, confused and overwhelmed.There is a violent storm in his heart, but he is not in a hurry at this moment, given time, he will be able to figure it out.

Lu Zhongming pushed Qin Qiong and signaled with his eyes, and the three of them stopped talking about it.He fell asleep with different thoughts, and when he got up the next day, Lu Zhongming saw Luo Shixin with his upper body bare, practicing boxing with a tree, so he said in a daze, "Brother Luo."

"Hmm." Luo Shixin's expression was still as if strangers should not get close to each other. After Qin Qiong finished patrolling the army, everyone led the troops back to Xingyang after breakfast. They all seemed to have forgotten what they said last night.

Along the way, I met a large number of people with their families, all of whom were heading east. Luo Shixin straddled the horse and asked, "What happened?"

When the common people saw that they were officers and soldiers, they all showed a submissive look, not daring to say more. Lu Zhongming said to a strong man, "Are you going to the Wagang Village from the east?"

The complexion of the burly man dragging the cart suddenly changed, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no! The little one just heard that someone in Suohe is distributing food..."

"Distributing food?" Luo Shixin narrowed his eyes, like a dangerous beast, and said coldly: "Go to get food, why do you still bring all your belongings with you? Someone! Catch me!"

The subordinates responded with a bang, the common people shouted and hurriedly ran, but Qin Qiong said: "Forget it, it's important to hurry."

Luo Shixin slapped his horse and wanted to chase him, holding the spear, he finally hesitated for a moment, snorted coldly, turned around and rushed to Xingyang.

In the city, Lu Zhongming had just dismounted from his horse and had not entered the inner mansion when he heard violent quarrels coming from inside.

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were reporting Zhu'a County's military situation. Lu Zhongming wanted to go in, but he saw Qin Qiong inside with his hands behind his back, and gently shook one hand to signal him not to come in.

Lu Zhongming stood on the porch, eavesdropping on the conversation inside, and the person who came was actually the special envoy of the imperial court, yelling at Qin and Luo.

"10 people rebelled! In the end, only 400 people were captured! The rest were eaten by you?!"

"Your Majesty asked, how should I explain?!"

Lu Zhongming was furious when he heard it, but he could only restrain himself, Zhang Xutuo said: "What's the secret, let me explain it clearly."

Qin Qiong said: "There are women and children in the city, Lu Mingyue is just bluffing, master has learned that the real rebels will be less than [-] in the end."

"Is there another nineteen thousand and six?" The special envoy sent by the imperial court sneered.

Luo Shixin was furious and said, "What are you! Be careful what you say!"

The special envoy was not a vegetarian either, and said angrily: "Luo Shixin, you are absolutely lawless and lawless! Based on your words, you have to..."

Zhang Xutuo said: "My lord, please calm down."

Qin Qiong clasped his fists, but Luo Shixin glared at the special envoy. Seeing that Luo Shixin was still disobedient, Zhang Xutuo shouted angrily, "Come on! Drag them to me! Army sticks forty!"

Lu Zhongming was startled, and when he was about to enter to intercede, Zhang Xutuo shouted again: "Who is standing outside the door! Throw me out!"

Only then did Lu Zhongming know that Zhang Xutuo had known that he was eavesdropping outside the door, and said loudly: "Be merciful, General Zhang..."

Before finishing a sentence, Lu Zhongming's mouth was covered. How could an ordinary soldier be his opponent?When Lu Zhongming was about to fight back, Qin Qiong said: "Get out! This is not the place for you to talk!"

Even Luo Shixin couldn't bear to say anything, so Lu Zhongming had no choice but to stop talking, and broke away from the soldiers and said, "I will go by myself!"

Lu Zhongming hid outside the second gate. Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin took off their shirts in the courtyard, and were pressed on the ground by soldiers with eight wooden sticks in the shape of "big". Angry, the swastika on the side of the neck glowed with golden light, and the power seemed to break through the seal.

No... not now... Lu Zhongming took a deep breath and told himself not to be impulsive.

After the forty sticks were beaten in an instant, the two of them didn't even hum, they just listened to the court envoy mockingly saying: "It's time to kill your majesty."

Zhang Xutuo's face was gloomy, and the envoy said again: "Your Majesty specially ordered that the Suohe rebels must be put down as soon as possible. There is no room for loss of the Luokou granary."

Zhang Xutuo said: "The old man will follow his orders."

Zhang Xutuo personally sent the court official away, and when he went out, he glanced at Lu Zhongming, Lu Zhongming hurried in, saw that Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin had been beaten on their backs, and their thighs were covered with blood, and screamed in horror: "No way—! How did it become like this!"

"Hush." ​​Qin Qiong gritted his teeth to signal, Lu Zhongming hurriedly called someone to carry Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin back to the room.Just as he was about to follow, Zhang Xutuo came back and said in a low voice, "Stay."

Lu Zhongming knew that Zhang Xutuo had something to ask himself, but Qin Qiong ordered in a low voice: "You can't tell the master about those things that are so fateful."

Lu Zhongming gently pinched Qin Qiong's hand to signal that he understood, and walked into Zhang Xutuo's hall.There were only Zhang Xutuo and the former counselor named Wang Zhiyang who was beaten up by Luo Shixin in the hall.

Zhang Xutuo first asked about the situation of the battle, and then asked about the deserters. Lu Zhongming answered them one by one based on what he knew, and explained: "It was the younger generation who agreed to Min Gong to protect the people. I didn't expect..."

"There is no need to say more." Zhang Xutuo said: "Since the leader is away, His Majesty must trust the old man. Just now, he was only in front of the court envoy. If you don't blame the two of them, you can't explain it."

Lu Zhongming breathed a sigh of relief, but he was upset that Qin Qiong and Luo Shixinbai had suffered this beating. Zhang Xutuo said again: "The battle of Xingyang is no small matter. After the battle is over, His Majesty will go to patrol the army in person. Qin Qiong has declared for you the best wishes for the battle." Battle merit, when the time comes, the old man will bring you to meet His Majesty, and this matter will be settled."

Lu Zhongming hummed, nodded, and asked, "Old General Zhang, how many people do we have now?"

Before marching all the way in a hurry, Qin Qiong's soldiers were all local troops from Zhangqiu, and they could not be transferred from their posts, so they only brought thousands of people over.Although Zhang Xutuo is a conquest general, he has no military power. He can only go to one place and recruit officers and soldiers from one place to fight against the bandits. As Lu Zhongming knows, the Wagang army has 10 people. These [-] people are no match Lu Mingyue's mob was one of the most powerful teams in the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

However, Zhang Xutuo said: "The old man has a plan to defeat the enemy, so you don't need to worry about it. In this battle, it is appropriate for Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin to support. After the responsibility, I will be wounded on the bed. Please take care of me."

"General Zhang." The counselor listened to Zhang Xutuo and said a few words.

Lu Zhongming rolled his eyes, thinking of Zhang Xutuo's defeat, Suohe, Dahai Temple... Xingyang, could it be this one?

"Is there someone here in Xingyang..." Lu Zhongming asked.

Zhang Xutuo asked: "What?"

The counselor looked at Lu Zhongming, and Lu Zhongming changed his mind again. He decided not to ask any questions, so he cupped his fists and said, "Young man, leave."

In the afternoon of that day, a round of scorching sun roasted the earth.

"Ah—" Qin Qiong shouted.

Lu Zhongming couldn't bear to see him, and carefully cut Qin Qiong's underpants with scissors.

Luo Shixin said angrily, "Stop barking!"

Qin Qiong said: "Zhongming...you scissors..."

"Poke, did you poke your butt?" Lu Zhongming couldn't help shaking, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... accidentally."

The army stick was beaten very hard. First, the thighs and buttocks were bruised, and then bleeding came out. Lu Zhongming first cut Qin Qiong's pants, and then Luo Shixin's pants. bruising.

"What should I do?" Lu Zhongming took the bruise ointment, and felt a little helpless. Others have always served him, and there is no reason for him to take care of others.

"Aren't you...a fairy?" Qin Qiong gritted his teeth and said, "Is there any fairy medicine that will heal faster?"

Lu Zhongming said: "I know how to make it, but I don't have any medicinal materials!"

"Lilac ointment won't work..." Luo Shi said, "Bring... the golden sore medicine."

"Farewell..." Qin Qiong said: "It's not...a knife wound, a bruise on the butt/butt...gold sore medicine..."

"It can't dissipate the blood." Lu Zhongming still knew a little bit, and said, "It's useless to heal skin wounds. Isn't there anyone in the army who treats bruises?"

"The one in your hand is..." Qin Qiong said, "Stop talking nonsense! Take the medicine!"

Lu Zhongming opened the clove ointment, and it was filled with a pungent and spicy smell. Just as he was about to apply the medicine, Qin Qiong said, "First apply the medicine to Luo Cheng...."

"Then..." Lu Zhongming said sympathetically, "Look at his reaction first, so you can be mentally prepared." So he walked over to Luo Shixin, and Luo Shixin yelled: "Shubao! You are not kind!"

Lu Zhongming said: "Where to wipe...?"

"Whatever!" Luo Shixin said bravely, "Hurry up!"

So Lu Zhongming pressed the ointment on Luo Shixin's leg, and Luo Shixin yelled fiercely again.

Lu Zhongming: "..."

When the clove ointment touched the wound, the disinfection effect was immediate, but the pain was so painful that people could die. Lu Zhongming's fingers felt sore, and he didn't dare to apply too much on Luo Shixin, so he rubbed it on his ass/butt.

"Where are you painting!" Luo Shixin said angrily.

Qin Qiong couldn't help laughing, Lu Zhongming wiped the plaster on Luo Shixin's buttocks, and shouted: "I can't stand it anymore! You wait for me! I'll go buy medicine!" Then he went to Qin Qiong's drawer to find money.

"Don't just leave like this!" Luo Shixin yelled.

Qin Qiong said: "Come back! Put the quilt on your brothers first!"

Lu Zhongming took the money and ran away. Luo Shixin felt his buttocks burning, and the plaster was still flowing down his buttocks. He was going crazy. Qin Qiong couldn't help but beat the bed again, out of breath .

It is said that Lu Zhongming came out and looked for a medicine shop in Xingyang City, but he couldn't find one for a long time.The city was sluggish, and the sun was fierce. Lu Zhongming ran a few streets under the strong sun, and asked an old woman, who pointed him to Haihai Temple.

"Dahai Temple?" Lu Zhongming remembered.

"Ten miles away." The old woman tremblingly said: "Go to Shan Wuwei, Shan Wuwei has a medicine garden, to save our people from suffering, I don't know if he is still there..."

Lu Zhongming asked about the road and walked northeast, and the old woman said behind her: "One year is not as good as one year..."

During the dog days, the ground was scorching hot. As Lu Zhongming walked, he wondered what kind of medicinal materials to use, but also thought that once the Wagang army invaded, Xingyang would be in danger, and he didn't know what to do... Once the Sui army Defeated, take Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong away?

Will they follow him?I'm afraid they don't even want to leave. If they want to avenge Zhang Xutuo, how did they leave back then?

After walking for a full afternoon, Lu Zhongming was hot and thirsty. There were two bare roads along the way, and the remaining tree stumps were cut down by the officers and soldiers to light the fire. It was really wasteland everywhere.There is only a dilapidated temple on the side of Yihe River, and the river behind the temple is rattling.

Lu Zhongming drank a few mouthfuls of river water, wiped his mouth, and shouted, "Is anyone there?"

The gate of the temple was closed, with a rusty copper lock on it.Lu Zhongming pushed, but couldn't get through the crack of the door, so he took a few steps around the yellow wall, jumped up to the top of the wall, and fell down again.

There is a small flower garden in the temple, Lu Zhongming said when he saw it: "That's great!"

There are a lot of notoginseng planted in the flower garden, which is a good medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, but the owner is not at home, Lu Zhongming yelled a few more times, thinking that Luo Shixin's ass/ass is important, and he didn't care to wait for someone to come back.Dig a few trees first, then leave a few words, and come to the door to thank you another day.

When he was about to dig, a voice suddenly sounded from behind, and said with a smile: "Young master, you don't ask yourself, you are a thief, you don't understand the truth?"

Lu Zhongming straightened up, looked back, and saw two people coming, one was a Taoist priest in coarse clothes, and the other was a scholar in green clothes, he was startled, gathered himself together, and said, "Who is coming? "

The scholar looked at Lu Zhongming with a smile in his eyes. Lu Zhongming came rashly to steal the medicine, and also stole the medicine from the opposite Buddhist sect. He was very guilty. Seeing that they were both monks, he didn't care much. He also smiled at them and looked at each other .

The Taoist priest is in his early twenties, with a weather-beaten face and rough skin, like a cultivator abandoning a hoe to practice Taoism, he is an ordinary person.Presumably he also came to ask for medicine, but the scholar... Lu Zhongming couldn't see the scholar's background.I saw this scholar with fair complexion, handsome appearance, and a touch of kindness between his brows and eyes. He was about 20 years old, and although he was teasing Lu Zhongming, he had a good impression of him.

"Flowers, birds, insects, fish, birds and beasts, all creatures in the world are one body of heaven and earth." Lu Zhongming said with a smile: "There is no one but me. My hand has a root of my hair. How can my hand be a thief?"

The Taoist smiled and said, "Well said. I finally met someone who can compete with Brother Shan."

The scholar snorted and said casually, "What medicine are you looking for?"

"Sanqi for removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation." Lu Zhongming said solemnly, "When will the master of this temple return? I'll just ask for medicine after he comes back."

"Pick it." The scholar said: "Master Ciyun is my old friend, and the purpose of planting medicine is to save the common people."

Lu Zhongming thought for a while, then picked a few trees, put them in his sleeves, and the scholar said: "If you don't rush, how about coming in for a cup of tea?"

Lu Zhongming thought to himself that our buddies were still laying on the bed dripping with blood, so let’s stop drinking, but before we could say anything, the scholar looked expectant, as if he had something to say to him, so he had to Nodding, followed the scholar into the temple.

The ruined temple is full of cobwebs, and the dim sunlight is projected from the hole, shining on the face of the Buddha statue. The Buddha statue is made of sand and white stone, and it has been covered with dust after a long time. shock.

The Taoist asked about the situation, and Lu Zhongming still had a good impression of the person wearing the Taoist robe, and at the first sight he classified him as his own family.

Of course, Zhang Xutuo's troops are officers and soldiers, and now they are here to suppress the bandits. He said too much that if leaking secrets is dangerous, Lu Zhongming casually made up a reason and told the Taoist priest that he had two friends who were bullied by bullies. They were tortured and beaten with sticks, and they were looking for medicine for them. After hearing this, the Taoist priest suggested: "The summer heat is attacking the heart. After reconciling Panax notoginseng, you must pour it with ebony soup, otherwise the skin and flesh will be injured and the poison will accumulate in the body and it will be difficult to resolve."

"Yes." Lu Zhongming was a little surprised. Both of them seemed to know a lot about medicine, so he said, "I'm Lu Zhongming, have you never asked your Excellency Gao's name?"

"Wei Zheng." The Taoist said politely, "This is my old friend, Master Shanwuwei."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Wei Zheng...Wei Zheng, this Wei Zheng, is that Wei Zheng?Lu Zhongming knew this person. Wei Zheng first joined Wagangzhai, and then followed Li Jiancheng as a horse-washing officer. After the Xuanwumen incident, he followed Li Shimin.When he was under the tent of Prince Li Jiancheng, Wei Zheng suggested more than once that Li Jiancheng should act first and deal with Li Shimin.

However, Li Jiancheng didn't listen to Wei Zheng. After he died under Li Shimin's hands, Li Shimin started digging up old accounts and found Wei Zheng.

After Li Shimin laughed three times, not only did he not convict, but instead reused Wei Zheng.

If it is the person in front of him, then he still doesn't know what his future situation will be, and he should be in Wagang Village, defecting to Li Mi.Lu Zhongming couldn't help feeling vigilant.

Lu Zhongming didn't show much expression, wondering what the identity of the scholar was, just now Wei Zheng introduced that he was Shan Wuwei, he also heard from the people in the city that the person living in this temple is Shan Wuwei, he presumably is a regular visitor here.However, the abbot of the temple is not him.

Since he was with a cultivator like Wei Zheng, he must not be an enemy. Thinking of this, Lu Zhongming took a look at Shan Wuwei.Shan Wuwei said: "I'll find something to relieve the heat for you."

Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness."

When the scholar entered the back room, Lu Zhongming was full of doubts, but couldn't ask them, so he stood looking at the Buddha statue, looked at Wei Zheng, and asked, "This is..."

"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." The Taoist explained: "Thousand hands and thousands of eyes, thousands of eyes see all dharmas in the world, and all sufferings, thousands of hands caress all living beings."

"Great compassion and great compassion are at ease." Lu Zhongming said.

Guan Zizai's face was full of kindness and he was very at ease, but Lu Zhongming was not at ease in his heart. He came back this time, obviously to find trouble with Buddhism, but he received the favor of Buddhism and ran in to steal herbs under Guan Zizai's nose...

Wei Zheng said again: "Where is my little friend from? What do you do for a living?"

"I don't have big ambitions." Lu Zhongming said with a sneer: "I hang out with my friends all day long, and I don't have anything to do to make a living."

Wei Zheng said: "I'm just kidding, my little friend is not like an ordinary villager, he must have a prominent family background, if you don't want to say it, tell him you don't want to say it, that's a prevarication, but Wei Zheng is underestimated."

Lu Zhongming said seriously: "I'm not going to lie to you, brother, it's really true now that I'm living in the world, and I don't lie in front of Bodhisattvas."