Chapter 65 Zixu Du
?A few days later, the weather was clear and cloudless. A group of people were heading north in the northern suburbs of Jiangling City. In the team, there was a carriage sitting in the Liang Kingdom Princess Xiao Jiuniang, who was rumored to have been missing for many days.
"If Miss Xiao is dizzy, she will say that she will stop the carriage and rest for a while." Yuwen Wen rode his horse close to the carriage window. Today, he took the time to take Xiao Jiuniang to the Niumufu Temple north of Jiangling to burn incense and let the Taoist monks eliminate her "doom".
Because Jiangnan customs believe that those born in February are ominous, Xiao Jiuniang believes that she was born in February, so she has killed many relatives. Recently, she almost even died of Aye, so she chose to commit suicide. Although she was saved by Yuwen Wen, she still blamed herself.
She sat in the car and lifted up the curtains and said softly. When she saw the other party nodding and marching on horseback, she stared blankly at the back that was leaving and said to herself: "What should he do if he already has a wife..."
She has understood and had longing for her feelings in the past few days, but she just doesn't know how to deal with it. As for whether the young general has a wife, she has not known whether she has a wife, and she has no nerve to ask Yuwen Wen.
Once she asked Gu, a wife of the Wang family who lived in the same yard, but the other party shook her head in a daze and said she didn't know. As for the shopkeeper Wang, she was embarrassed to ask. Zhang Yu, who had been following Yuwen Wen all day long, was so slippery that he changed the topic when he heard something in his words.
"I dodge like this, so he must have a wife..." Xiao Jiuniang murmured to herself, and several tears fell down. She was still sad in the car while Yu Wen Wen was also tangled, tangled with a historical mystery.
"There is still no name..." Yuwen Wen murmured to himself and rode his horse to the front of the team. He asked Miss Xiao's name with a 'bold', but the other party said that since he was a child, his uncle had called her Jiu Niang and had never heard of what the name was. According to the convention, Xiao Jiu Niang can also play a role in a name.
In history, Xiao married King Yang Guang of Jin and became the princess of Jin and then became the queen and then experienced some ups and downs. Finally, he died at the age of 80. However, all historical materials recorded that Xiao had no specific name. Yuwen Wen originally thought that he could get the answer when he saw a real person, but he still failed.
‘Maybe she, Aye, didn’t want to mention the name of this ominous daughter at all.’ Yuwen Wen thought, if the Emperor of Sui had not married the daughter of the Liang royal family for his second son, King Jin Yang Guang, as his concubine, in history, the golden branches and jade leaves that fell into the people might have disappeared silently in the long river of history.
The Sui Dynasty wanted to marry Liang Kingdom and chose a lucky princess, but it was unlucky for the unmarried royal women of Liang Kingdom to divinate. Emperor Xiao Kui was so anxious that he was sweating. He remembered that there was a daughter who had taken her back to the palace to put out the fire. This "oggy" daughter made a fortune and became the princess of Jin. The phoenix landed on the ground and flew to the branches again.
Yuwen Wen relaxed without much trouble and asked Yang Ji, who volunteered to serve as a guard, chatted and joked that he was too poor in riding skills and how to lead troops to attack the battlefield. Yang Ji had outstanding swordsmanship and fierceness in his infantry battles, but he could ride a horse and expose himself to hide. He could travel with him, but he wanted to ride a archery or use a spear to be used as a layman.
Hearing the other party teasing Yang Ji, he had to smile. He put it on practicing long sword weapons and had no time to practice equestrians. If he hadn't heard Yuwen Wen go out today, he was worried that "Ye Xiao" would have followed him with shamelessness in the military camp.
A river appeared in the distance, flowing from west to east into Changhu on the east. A stone arch bridge spans the official road on both sides of the north and south. Here is the official road crossing the river by the stone bridge. At this time, a ox cart was crossing the bridge and they stopped by the roadside to wait.
Seeing the ox cart creaking and slowly crossing the bridge, Zheng Tong timely showed his 'learning' to relieve Yuwen Wen's boredom: "This river originated from Chigang in the northwest of Jiangling City. It goes east and enters the lake in the northeast of the city. This river is called Zixudu. It is said that it was dug by Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, Wu Zixu led the Wu army to attack Chu and dredge it, and the world called it Zixudu."
Since he successfully led the way that night, Zheng Tong has been idle for several days. When Yuwen Wen had time today, he asked him casually if he wanted to "by the way" and then rode out of the city. Although he was not good at riding, it was fine to use it for transportation.
"Zi Xudu?" Yuwen Wen seemed to remember that the explanation of this term in later generations was an ancient canal connecting the Yangtze River and the Han River. He looked at this not-so-large river and felt that he might have remembered it wrongly.
"Doesn't this river cause heavy floods during the rainy season?"
Zheng Tong said that water will naturally occur, but dams have been built upstream to block water. Otherwise, the river will surge during the rainy season and the farmland on both sides of the river will have been flooded long ago. The water network in Jingchu is dense. If you want to reclaim farmland and protect it, it is essential to build water conservancy.
"Huguang is familiar with the world..." Yuwen Wen couldn't help but sigh at the large area of paddy fields around him. The development of Huguang's land has gradually become a granary until the two Song dynasties. The current land of Huguang is far from being called the granary of the world.
"Huguang? I don't know what the husband said about Huguang?" Zheng Tong asked when he noticed that there was a strange word in Yuwen Wen's words.
"The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is spreading everywhere, and the lakes are spread out." Yang Ji's explanation was made, "Huguang must be the abbreviation of the military commander."
After a long time, the group finally crossed the bridge. Yuwen Wen asked the convoy to park on the side of the road. He walked to a small earth slope on the river on the east side under Yang Ji's leadership. There were tombs everywhere and there was a small thatched cottage on the side of the slope. Wuming, the little novice monk who guarded his master's tomb, lived there.
Yu Wen Wen felt a little uncomfortable looking at the white soul-summoning banners all over the ground. Now it was the scorching sun and a large tomb looked nothing, but if it was night...
Think about it, if you live alone in a small thatched hut and there are sporadic ghost fires (phosphorus fires) floating in the grave outside, this scene made Yuwen Wen feel chilled: It would be a big deal for one night to live for three years...
Yang Ji introduced that this place is the place where nearby villagers buried the dead. It is a good place to have mountains (small land slopes) and water (Zixudu). Niumufu Temple is not far from here, thanks to the abbot's help to persuade the villagers to give up their place to bury the old abbot of the Bimat Temple.
This time, Yang Ji also brought a roll of bedding and some daily necessities. They would not stay in Jiangling for too long, so they brought the bedding for winter while they could still help.
"Thank you for your help from Donor Yuwen, donor Yang." Wuming, who had a haggard face, bowed. Yuwen Wen felt a little distressed when he saw his appearance and said that he had to take care of his health no matter what. This has been three years, but now it's less than three months. You may not be able to survive this year.
"I have been accustomed to having sex with my master since I was a child. Fortunately, the masters in the temple can take care of him much better than before." Wuming showed his firm face but lacked confidence in speaking, and it sounded like a hungry man who could barely eat enough.
"It's okay, I will go to Niu Mufo Temple to burn incense and make the incense oil more money so that the masters in the temple can use snacks here." After Yuwen Wen said that, he gently patted Wuming's shoulder. He didn't dare to use force for fear that the little master who would blow the wind would fall apart.
"Thank you, donor Yuwen..." Wuming bowed again. His voice was sobbing. Yang Ji carried a roll of bedding into the thatched cottage to help him pave it. The cottage was narrow and Yuwen Wen looked at the scene around him.
Of course, there was nothing to see in the grave. He was still watching Zixudu next to him. The river flowed eastward and poured into Changhu in the distance. He looked at this scene and wanted to shout out loud: "The dead are like this!"
After finishing the sorting of Yuwen Wen, Yang Ji and Wuming said something more and said goodbye. Wuming looked at their backs and closed their hands with pious expressions: "Donor Yuwen, Donor Yang, I hope the Buddha will bless you with peace for the rest of your life."
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In front of the Niu Mu Buddha Temple, the monk from Zhigu led Yuwen Wen, Xiao Jiuniang and others into the temple to worship Buddha, while the guard Li Shimo and several of his companions carried the heavy money of incense and oil in.
Such a pious and generous donor came to the temple to Feng Xiang, and naturally he had a greeting. Yuwen Wen said that the girl around him was in trouble and wanted to pray for the Buddha to help the abbot, and naturally he said that "good and evil are incompatible." He must summon the monks to cure disasters for the female donor.
Seeing Xiao Jiuniang listening to the monk chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha in an open Zen room, Yu Wenwen took Zhang Yu to wait outside the room, and saw no one around whispering: "Are you more careful, don't be trapped in the plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and some strange monks will harm Miss Xiao."
‘The monk with one character is one character, the monk with two characters, the musical music officer with three characters, and the hungry ghost with four characters.’ This is a common saying that makes him remember fresh from the Water Margin, so no matter which temple he goes to, he is alert to himself. Nowadays, there are so many monks who are accidentally harmed.
For example, what is giving birth to a child? Some temples ask the female donor who comes to pray for a child to stay in the temple's meditation room for one night to "eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name" to show sincerity, and then he became pregnant after more than a month. Yu Wen Wen sneered at this kind of "giving birth to a child": Giving birth to a child? Borrow it and seed it to be a soul light!
Because he was completely unaware of Buddhist scriptures, Yuwen Wen asked Yang Ji, who was quite familiar with Buddhism, to chat with the abbot, and he himself "protected the Dharma" for Miss Xiao. The master and servant waited outside the Zen room for a long time. Just when Yuwen Wen was murmured by the chanting of scriptures, he almost saw through the world. Xiao Jiuniang finished eliminating the disaster and walked out of the room.
She looked much better. When she saw Yuwen Wen approaching and asking about her well-being, she smiled: "Thank you, General, I'm fine."
Yuwen Wen didn't know whether it was a psychological effect or other reasons, and always felt that the other party was still worried because it seemed that it was not thorough to cure the disaster. He thought in his mind that the future would take longer and he would slowly help him.
The purpose of this trip had already achieved his goal and he didn't want to stay for a long time, so he bid farewell to the abbot and returned to the city. Yuwen Wen rode his horse by the carriage and comforted Xiao Jiuniang: "Miss, don't worry, the auspicious people and heavenly appearances of the officials are not invaded by evil demons and heretics."
The group came to Zixudu again. Not far away, they saw the stone arch bridge flying in the south of the bridge, but they saw horses galloping towards it. Because the bridge deck was arched just blocking the view, they could not see it clearly.
Seeing this, Yang Ji and others secretly noticed Yuwen Wen also signaled their guards to watch the surroundings. At this moment, a roar over there rushed into the sky, and it sounded like an arrow sending a signal. Yuwen Wen felt a trembling heart when he heard the sound:
Chapter completed!