The army set out from Hami, and it was a very hard journey with yellow sand and scorching sun. However, the road always came to an end. Now, clumps of trees, green weeds, occasional lakes, and small villages gradually appeared in front of them.
Dunhuang is getting closer and closer.【】
As he was walking, a group of cavalry suddenly came galloping in the distance, dressed in Ming Dynasty uniforms. Even so, the guard commander sent by King Hami did not dare to neglect, and immediately led a group of soldiers to meet them on horseback, and met twice.
After talking for a while, the guard commander turned around on horseback and drove towards Xia Xun's carriage with a rider.
A light car, with a cover on the top and no curtains on all sides, was a little cool in this hot summer. Xia Xun, Xilin, Jeanne, and the little girl Tang Saier were in the car.
The guard commander led the people to the front of the car and said loudly: "My lord, the commander of the Handong Guard, Suinan, and the commander of the Tongzhi are attacking together. The commander of the Shazhou Guard, Kunji, and the commander of the guard, Maijia, are in front."
Ten miles along the road, we are waiting for the Duke to welcome him into the city."
"Dunhuang, we won't go in. My lord is eager to return home. Go back and ask Suinan and Kunji to prepare water and food immediately, and arrange a team of soldiers and horses to escort your lord to Jiayuguan. Commander Song, you have worked hard all the way.
, you can rest in Dunhuang for a few days, then return to Hami, and express my gratitude to King Zhongshun for me."
"Obey" the two knights each received instructions and rode away separately.
Liu Yujue reined up his horse and said: "My lord, after traveling all the way, the soldiers are a little tired. I, Sai'er, and the two ladies Ru are also very tired. Anyway, the news has been sent back. Why should my lord be in a hurry? If we rest for two days in Dunhuang,
God, I won’t delay anything.”
Xia Xun shook his head and said: "These soldiers who survived by chance are all from Xiliang. They have been away from home for so long, and they are worried about their relatives in their hometown. The court and my family can know the news of my life and death as soon as possible, but many of them still have their families at home."
I don’t know whether I’m going to live or die, but it’s good to be here a day early.”
"Yes." Liu Yujue stopped persuading after hearing this. Xia Xun raised his eyes and looked into the distance. It was still dozens of miles away from Shazhou City and less than the outline of Dunhuang City. However, it was already close to the Dunhuang Oasis, among the trees and grass.
It appears once in a while, and occasionally you can see some small villages.
Xia Xun leaned back, put his arms around Xilin and Jeanne's slender waists, and asked softly: "Are you in need?"
Both women's faces were covered with gauze, revealing only a pair of charming big eyes. Hearing this, they leaned towards Xia Xun and said softly: "Master, we also want to go home quickly."
Tang Sai'er jumped on Xia Xun from behind, put her arms around his neck, and said, "Godfather, I miss my mother."
Xia Xun nodded silently, looked up at the white clouds, and suddenly missed his relatives: Ming'er, Zi Qi, thank you, Su Ying, Xiao Di, and those four precious girls and his son Yang Huaiyuan...
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In the Ying family's meditation hall, there were only mother and daughter Xue Lian and Miao Yi.
The wooden fish rolled far away with a "dang-dang" sound, and a scroll of scripture was also thrown to the ground.
Xue Lian was dressed plainly, sitting cross-legged on the futon.
Her cheeks are a bit thinner than before. The strong woman who originally held the power of running the Sun Family Medicine Hall, after ten years of being influenced by the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha, her aura has been replaced by softness, and she is vaguely aloof.
Perhaps it was because of her ten years of calm mind and ten years of vegetarian practice. Except for her slightly thinner cheeks and pointed chin, her whole person looked exactly the same as she did ten years ago, and she still looked like a person in her thirties.
The scroll was thrown to the ground, and the wooden fish was broken by Miao Yi. Snow Lotus was still sitting cross-legged, with her eyes closed, seemingly indifferent to everything in front of her.
Miaoyi's chest rose and fell sharply, and she said in a trembling voice: "How many times have I told you that mother is dead, dead a long time ago, have you listened? If we are wrong, ten years of repentance
, isn’t it enough? Why can’t you let it go?”
Xuelian still has her eyes closed. Ever since she built this meditation hall and became a lay practitioner, Xuelian has lived here alone, isolated from the world. Whenever her daughter comes to the meditation hall to see her, she will close her eyes, just like now.
Miao Yi said: "Mother, do you really believe in Buddhism? Are you living in this meditation hall to take refuge in the Buddha, or are you trying to escape from others and me? You think I don't know. You are afraid of seeing me because you have seen me."
I, you will remember the unbearable conditions back then, but isn't ten years in jail enough? If you can't let go, how can you let your daughter let go?"
Xuelian's body shook. She still didn't speak, but her eyes trembled sharply.
Miao Yi's tears were already streaming down her face: "Mom, I am your sin, why are you... not my sin? We must forgive ourselves and each other, in order to truly let go of what my mother has been chanting for ten years.
, still can’t figure it out and can’t let it go? If mother can’t accept the reality she faces with her daughter for a while, maybe it would be better to separate for a while.”
Miao Yi turned around slightly and said in a low voice: "The Duke of Guo did not enter the city. He rested for a while outside the city and then continued east. Do you understand what he meant? Chief Shenglong... is really good to you.
, Mom, in this life, you finally have someone who loves you sincerely. Mom made two mistakes in fate. When the real fate comes, do you want to give up? My daughter said this, Mom, think about it carefully. "
Miao Yi walked out quietly and walked out of the meditation hall. Sheng Long, the chieftain at the foot of Tanggula Mountain, was standing there respectfully, holding a box in his hand. It was the treasures, jewelry and spices that he bought specially for Snow Lotus when he went to the Western Regions.
Miaoyi nodded lightly to him, and Shenglong immediately tiptoed into the meditation hall like a monk, like a devout believer who wanted to worship the true body of the Bodhisattva.
Xia Xun's escort team was handed over. He just had a brief chat with the officials and gentry waiting outside the city. He waited until the Hami officers and soldiers were handed over to the Dunhuang officers and soldiers. The Hami officers and soldiers entered the city to rest. Shazhou Guard Commander Kun Ji personally led three thousand elite soldiers.
, escorted Xia Xun and his party to continue on their way.
Passing by the bank of Dunhuang, several miles away from the city, on a sandy slope, Xia Xun looked back and saw the mountain light all over the city, the shadow of towers in half of the city, the continuous reedy streams, lakes everywhere, and the clear and clear sky.
, the white clouds, allowed to move and change with the free wind, are as beautiful as a paradise.
Xia Xun said silently: "Ten years ago, you left the sad place of Qingzhou and exiled yourself to the end of the world. Today, I took the initiative to leave Dunhuang City, and I will not go in. I think what you need most now is tranquility. I hope I can once
The arrival of my wife has not disturbed your peaceful life. The past is over. I hope that you, mother and daughter, can put down the burden of their hearts and find their own happiness."
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In a spacious courtyard, there is a stone platform and a bench, and a young man with a mustache is sitting steadily on the bench, drinking tea slowly. This young man with a mustache is obviously the solemn man whom Tuoba Mingde tried his best to fawn over.
Mr. Shao Wangxin, a thousand households in Yiqianhusuo, Zhouwei Town.
Of course he is not the real Zhenyi Qianhu Shao Wangxin, this Xibei guy is none other than Wan Songling, a master of Qianmen who used to work in Fengyang area.
At that time, Xia Xun moved his family from Qingzhou to Jinling. Wansongling saw that he had quite a lot of luggage, so he wanted to try him in Fengyang. Because he was short of manpower, he found a local man who used thousands of tricks to defraud people out of money.
Xie Yufei, her colleague, helped, but unexpectedly Xie Yufei knew that Yang Xu was the husband she had been betrothed to since she was a child. She promised to help Wan Songling on the surface, but secretly played tricks on him.
Wan Songling suffered a lot in Fengyang Prison. After escaping, he gnashed his teeth and chased to Jinling, hoping to avenge a thousand with a thousand. As a result, he was fighting away from home, and the information failed to work, so he was defeated by Xie Yufei and
Her master, Mrs. Xizhu, was so desperate that all the money she collected fell into the hands of Xie Yufei. She escaped from Jinling alone and cleanly, thinking that she had killed an official and caused a murder.
Wan Songling was afraid of being wanted by the government on his way to escape, so he came up with an ingenious way. He carved a carrot stamp, forged an official letter according to the format of the government office envelope, stuffed waste paper inside, and stuck chicken feathers on the outside.
He got a set of yellow-faced bamboo-tubed baggage and carried it on his back, and he transformed into a government messenger.
The people at the post station receive so many messengers from north to south every day, how can they be so vigilant? In addition, they are only responsible for welcoming and delivering, and they are not the yamen that issues official letters or receives official letters. They take a look at the appearance of the official.
If it matched, he believed it, so Wan Songling, a liar, "swaggered" as a Gongmen man all the way west, passing through Henan, Shaanxi, and all the way to Gansu. Along the way, he ate, drank, and stayed at inns set up by the government.
For more than ten years, Wansongling has taken root here and has taken on several apprentices, becoming a very important person in the local underworld.
Not long ago, Tuoba Mingde went around asking people about Zhenyi Qianhusuo's relationship, and he caught his eye. Wansongling suddenly transformed into Lord Shao of Zhenyi Qianhusuo. In order to win Tuoba Ming's trust
He even entered the Suzhou Guard's yamen once in front of Tuoba Mingde, and was escorted out in person by the officials in the yamen very enthusiastically. Tuoba Mingde had no doubt about his identity.
In fact, the land of Gansu implements the same system as that of Liaodong, that is, the integration of military and government. There is no local government and the guards are used to manage all local administrative, judicial and other matters. Therefore, as long as you have something to do at the yamen gate, you can go there.
Everyone can get in. This Wansongling man entered Suzhou Guard just for some trivial matter, but he gave the official who was handling the matter a thick red envelope. The official felt sorry for him, so of course he had to send him out warmly.
At first, Wan Songling just wanted to defraud Tuoba Mingde of a sum of money, but then he discovered that this Hu businessman was very rich, and... very stupid. Wouldn't it be wrong if such a stupid rich man didn't make a fortune from him?
Is there going to be a thunderbolt from the sky? Wan Songling became so greedy that he not only wanted to benefit from him, but also wanted to defraud him of the huge sum of money he used to purchase goods. This required a bigger
The situation is complete.
Therefore, his plan has been drawn up. He has sent people to recruit a few capable apprentices, and is ready to join forces with the apprentices to put on a big show and defraud the Hu businessman into getting a huge sum of money. Ten years have passed, and time has passed.
After the Jingnan Campaign, no one must have paid attention to his case back then. He will return to his hometown just waiting for this huge sum of money to be obtained.
Fallen leaves return to their roots. Although he is a thief, a thief also has a hometown...
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