Chapter 13 You Yun's First Acquaintance
Guo Wei knew the whole story, and thought of Huikong's death, but he still had a glimmer of hope and said:
"The host and the prince neither advocated the cedes the land to the Khitan. Now the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang is in charge of the army, hoping to destroy our great Jin Dynasty with all his might. Now the military expenditure problem cannot be solved, so I will go back and apologize to the prince."
After saying that, Guo Wei stood up and said goodbye to Huikong. Huikong also stood up and signaled him to sit down, and then said to him:
"General Guo, although I have no money and food to help me, I think that Liu Zhiyuan is generous and capable, I have a saying that I want to tell him. The Khitan is now in full swing. I hope he can keep a low profile and accumulate strength secretly. Don't conflict with the Khitan head-on. This is not only for the people of Taiyuan, but also for the entire Great Jin State."
"I will definitely tell the prince the meaning of the host." Guo Wei agreed.
When Guo Wei left Guixian Temple, Le Yiyang also returned to the east wing. He lay on the bed and carefully recalled the conversation between Huikong and Guo Wei, and felt that many places were strange. The Khitan had hit the doorstep. If he didn't resist, it would be different from the Later Tang army ten years ago. Le Yiyang's father was from a corps and worked in Daizhou for a while. If his father was still in the world, he would never sit and wait for death. Alas, now that his father has passed away, what's the use of these. Le Yiyang suddenly felt extremely melancholy in his heart and could not fall asleep.
It was late at night, Huikong went to the side hall. There were dozens of people wearing various costumes, most of whom were about fifty years old. When everyone saw the host, they saluted and then turned into neat queues. At this time, only Huixing said:
"Dear brothers, I have an important matter to be held to discuss with you tonight, so I invited everyone here."
Everyone was very quiet, their eyes were full of expectations. Huikong looked at the people in front of him and said slowly:
"It's been fourteen years, and everyone can gather again. I am deeply pleased. Now that the border is on fire again, a war seems to be coming. Just tonight, Liu Zhiyuan sent someone to inquire about military pay. According to my information in the Khitan inside, this time the Khitan wanted to defeat Jin State in one fell swoop, and the people of the Central Plains are in danger. We should make a difference."
After hearing this, everyone understood Huikong's meaning. "Shoot the horses first, capture the thief first." As long as Yelu Deguang is eliminated, the Khitan army will have no leader and have to retreat obediently.
"How can I get a tiger's son if I don't go deep into the tiger's den?" Everyone said passionately and asked to go.
"Okay, I have thanked everyone for treating the people of the world! Come on the wine, I have had a great time with all my brothers tonight." At this time, Huikong could no longer control the rules of monks. After hiding in Taiyuan for more than ten years, he finally took action.
After each of them left Guixian Temple, after they were ready, they divided into several groups, crossed the Taihang Mountains, and headed towards the Khitan military camp in the Central Plains.
After staying at Guixian Temple for a few days, Le Yiyang was about to set off for the capital. Suddenly, he remembered that he had been disturbing here for so long that he should have gone to Master Xiang Huixing to say goodbye in person. On the way, he happened to meet Du Huihui back from carrying water, so he asked him about Master Huixing's whereabouts. He learned that Huixing was listening to Huikong preside over the presidency of the chanting. Le Yiyang went to the door of the hall to wait quietly.
After a stick of incense, the monks finally came out. Huixing accompanied Huikong out of the hall. When he saw Le Yiyang, he hurriedly waved to him and then introduced to Huikong:
"Senior brother, this is the donor I mentioned to you."
Le Yiyang walked forward and bowed to Huikong and said:
"I admire the presidency for a long time and I am lucky to see you today."
Huikong saw that the boy in front of him was only seventeen years old, with a slender body and dark hair, and his words and deeds were extraordinary, so he said:
"It is rare for the donor to be able to create his own world at such a young age."
"The master of the host has lived on the border for a long time, but has been studying poetry and prose and has not practiced martial arts. This time, I came out. It was a must."
Seeing that there was something unspeakable, Huikong couldn't continue asking. He said with concern:
"I see that the donor's foundation is not bad, so I should be able to achieve great things in the future. I will give you a word, hoping it will be helpful to you: the world is dangerous, you must be patient first, nothing is better than something in your heart, monks often say that nothing is there."
"I will remember the teachings of the host. I have been disturbing in the temple for so long. Today I am going to leave for the capital. I will say goodbye to the two masters."
"The donor was born in a chaotic world and was indeed unfortunate. Please take care of yourself." Huixingdao.
"Thank you for your teachings. Two masters will be here for a while." Le Yiyang agreed.
"There will be a time later!"
Le Yiyang found a large bag of rope and fifty taels of silver in the bag. It turned out that Huixing had arranged for someone to put the silver in his luggage. Le Yiyang was grateful to Guixian Temple, so he accelerated his pace. He rushed during the day and weaved a simple hammock among the big trees at night to use the rope in the bag to make a rest. The Taihang Mountains stretched for more than 500 miles, and several mountains were divided from north to south, which was the boundary between Taiyuan and Luzhou. Le Yiyang walked for half a month before walking out of Taihang Mountain. To the south of Taihang Mountain is the territory of Luzhou. To the south of Luzhou is Weizhou, and to the south is Kaifeng Prefecture, the capital of the Great Jin Kingdom.
Le Yiyang slept all the way. Before this day, he finally found a small inn in Luzhou. This inn is next to the road and there are no other inns around. This place is still two hundred miles away from the city of Zhou. So he walked into the inn and saw that there were people everywhere inside, most of them were dressed like him. Although Luzhou is critical to Taiyuan, its customs and customs are very different from Taiyuan. Taiyuan is a mixed family of people, while Luzhou is Han. It seems that these people also came from Taiyuan.
Le Yiyang walked straight to the counter and said to the waiter:
"Give me a smallest room."
"Customer, I'm sorry. The shop is full today and there are no rooms." The waiter said with a smile.
"How could this happen?" Le Yiyang asked hurriedly.
"Customer, you have also seen it. In the wilderness, there is only one inn here, so it is naturally crowded every day. The guest came from a distance, and the young one will tell you the truth. Now even the stables are full of people." The waiter said helplessly, "But, if you walk thirty miles further, there is a Youyun Villa, with many rooms in the village, but..."
Seeing that it was almost dark, Le Yiyang could not find a place to live, he had to sleep outside the inn for one night, so he asked:
"Just what? You just say it's okay."
"Youyun Villa is very mysterious. The young man has only seen people who come in, but never seen people who come out." The waiter said softly.
"There is still this thing in the world?" Le Yiyang wondered, "It's better to stay here for a long time. It's better to stay at Nouyun Villa for one night and leave early tomorrow morning." As he thought about it, he walked out of the inn.
The terrain of Luzhou is flatter than Taiyuan. Although it is thirty miles away, Le Yiyang will arrive in half an hour. At this time, it was already dark. From afar, I saw a lake in front of me. Next to the lake is a bamboo forest. There seemed to be many houses in the depths of the bamboo forest. Le Yiyang walked to the edge of the bamboo forest and heard the crows crying. He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He took a deep breath and strode in.
After walking about a hundred steps, I saw a stone gate. There were four large characters engraved above the stone gate. Youyun Villa. After walking past the stone gate, I came to an open land. Everything in front of me was amazed by Le Yiyang. The exquisite courtyard was connected into one. There were pavilions and rockery outside the courtyard, and it was all the way to the big lake outside the bamboo forest.
"This is clearly a private garden." Le Yiyang thought, "But where is the owner of the garden?"
He thought, and walked towards the courtyard.
There are five big trees in the courtyard, each of which is about five circumferences. The branches communicate with each other, and only a few dead leaves on the tops swaying in the cold wind. Through the big trees, they arrive outside the main hall of the courtyard. Le Yiyang looked around and asked loudly:
"Is anyone here?"
Several birds were startled by his voice and flew away.
"I'll pass by Guizhuang tonight and want to stay here for one night. I'll leave tomorrow." He continued.
Le Yiyang waited for a while, but no one responded in the room. Le Yiyang felt something was wrong. He remembered what the waiter in the inn and waiter said to him, and he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead. So he prepared to leave the place as soon as possible.
As soon as Le Yiyang left the courtyard, he met a person with his back to the door. Le Yiyang was startled and hurriedly took two steps back. The man slowly turned around and stared at Le Yiyang with his eyes. It turned out to be a girl, dressed in tight clothes and holding a long sword in her hand. Judging from her appearance, her age should be around fifteen or sixteen years old. However, an evil spirit was still revealed in her weak body.
"Do you know where this place is?" she asked in a gloomy voice.
"Youyun Villa." Le Yiyang replied carefully.
"I know that Youyun Villa is still brave enough to come," she said sternly.
"I didn't mean to offend the girl, but it was too late and the inn at the foot of Taihang Mountain was already full of people, so I originally wanted to end the night in Guizhuang." Seeing that her words were full of murderous aura, Le Yiyang wanted to get out as soon as possible and leave the place.
"Want to leave?" the girl smiled coldly.
"Come whenever you want, go whenever you want, what do you think this is?" After saying that, pulling out the sword in your hand.
After hearing this, Le Yiyang knew that he could not hide from this matter today. At this time, he thought of what Chairman Huikong said to him a few days ago, and calmed down. He said:
"It seems that everything is God's arrangement."
After hearing his words, the girl was shocked. Over the past few years, she had seen many people like Xiang Le Yiyang who trespassed in Youyun Villa, and had never seen Xiang him as calm as that. It seemed that this kid must be extraordinary. I will ask him clearly before talking about his background. She thought to herself.
Le Yiyang thought he could not escape this disaster today. Seeing that the girl was staring at him with her eyes, she said:
"It seems that I can't get out of Youyun Villa tonight."
"Who are you from, where are you going?"
The woman slowly inserted the sword back into the scabbard, and did not answer Le Yiyang's question. Instead, she asked him three questions in a row, as if she wanted to understand his life experience.
"In the lower part of Le Yiyang, the Taiyuan family is ready to go to the capital." Le Yiyang replied truthfully.
"There are more than 2,000 miles from Taiyuan to the capital. Are you not afraid of being alone?" At this time, the girl's tone became softer.
"Now that the border war is on the rise again, the Khitan is invading everywhere, and the enemy is coming, how can I care about my own safety? I am going to Beijing this time just to find an old friend. I will disturb you tonight and hope that the girl will atone for her sins."
"So that's it. It seems that you are not a bad person." The girl looked at Le Yiyang and said slowly.
Le Yiyang saw that the girl was also alone and asked with concern: "Why are the girl here alone?"
"Shut up, don't ask what shouldn't be asked!" The girl spoke while signaling Le Yiyang to leave with her eyes.
As soon as the girl finished speaking, a "haha" laughter came from outside the door. Le Yiyang looked at the door and saw a man wearing yellow clothes and a golden crown walking in. He was less than 20 years old, and he followed the two followers behind him. Le Yiyang was about to salute, but the man quickly stopped him,
"Young Master Le came from afar and stayed in my village tonight. If there is any place where you are not well received, I hope you will be more grateful."
Seeing that he tried to keep him like this, Le Yiyang agreed to stay.
The man walked to the door, turned around and said to the girl, "Ji Yun, Mr. Le will give you my father. I will have a breakfast banquet at Tianxian Pavilion tomorrow morning. I will definitely invite Mr. Le to come over." After that, he left.
Chapter completed!