There are many temples in Suzhou, and the temples vary in size. The big temple covers an area of more than ten temples, while the small temple is just like a land temple.【】
The Western Regions used to be a land of Buddhism. Although Islam has gained the upper hand now, there has never been a religious war in Suzhou like the Black Khan Dynasty's brutal religious war against the Kingdom of Khotan, in which they burned temples and exterminated Buddhism. Therefore, a large number of temples here have been preserved, but
The monks are not engaged in production and rely entirely on the support of believers. There are fewer and fewer believers and the incense in the temple is not strong. Naturally, there are fewer and fewer monks here.
In the temples that used to be all over the city, many monks have gone away to other places. The temple properties of some temples have been rented out or used for other purposes by the monks. Others are empty, completely dilapidated, eroded by wind and rain, and dying.
The day it completely collapsed.
Wansongling is hiding in a small temple at the moment. There are still a few old monks in this temple who are struggling to survive. Basically, the incense has died out and they no longer recruit novice monks. It is just because of the age of these old monks.
Nowadays, we are unable to travel to other places, so we still maintain it here. This small temple relies entirely on the support of Wansongling to survive to this day. Wansongling’s many years of investment are just for today’s temporary needs.
Since wars have always been frequent in the Western Regions, most temples have secret hiding places. When the Black Khan Dynasty was wiped out in Khotan, they burned scriptures, killed monks, destroyed Buddhist statues, and demolished temples. These things spread through business travelers along the ancient Silk Road.
After Ganliang, the local monks were greatly frightened. Just in case, they worked hard to build secret passages and chambers perfectly. Almost every temple had secret underground chambers.
The secret room where Wan Songling is hiding is under the main hall of the temple. There are three exits. One is under the kitchen stove, one is on the wall of the well in the backyard, and the other is actually built outside the temple wall in a half-dead thousand-year-old pine tree.
In the tree hole, it can be said that Wansongling has exhausted all his efforts. At this moment, Wansongling is like a mouse hiding in a hole, waiting anxiously in the hole.
The door of the secret room opened, and a figure quietly flashed in. The entrance door was closed immediately. He fumbled to find the candle hidden at the entrance of the cave and lit it. The long, narrow and winding passage lit up with a faint light, and the man used
Put your hand in front of the candle and move it down carefully step by step.
When Wan Songling heard the sound, he had already turned off the light, grabbed the knife and hid it by the door of the secret room, listening attentively.
The man walked into the secret room holding a candle, raised the candle high, looked around a few times, and whispered: "Master"
Wan Songling breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the depression on the side of the door, and asked, "How are you doing? What news did you get?"
That man had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a thin body. He was Ye Qianqian, Wansongling's disciple.
Ye Qianqian touched the table, lit the lamp with a candle, and blew out the candle. Then he said to Wan Songling: "Master, the auxiliary Duke Yang Xu will leave Suzhou tomorrow, and the Marquis of Xining will accompany him to leave."
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Wan Songling sneered and said: "As I expected, he has been missing for half a year. Now that he is back, he must be eager to return to Jinling. How can he stay here for a long time? Has the travel ban been lifted?"
Ye Qianqian said: "Commander has lifted the ban on movement, but merchants from the north and south are still subject to strict interrogation."
Wan Songling sneered again: "Humph, that's what I expected. It's completely prohibited. Even the emperor couldn't do it. Tuoba Mingde tried to collude with Tuo Tuo Bu Hua to flee to Oara. This is a major crime of rebellion, and it's just for the Duke of Fu.
With the two ministers, the Marquis of Xining, here, the Suzhou Guards naturally dare not ignore them. However, since Tuo Tuo Bu Hua and Tuo Ba Ming De are both dead, this so-called interrogation is just for show. You can go ahead.
, once Yang Xu and Song Sheng leave, they will become even more relaxed."
Ye Qianqian said nervously: "Master, I don't look like me. They are tracking down very closely. Sanshui's body was hung in front of the commander's office. He was heavily rewarded for identifying the body. There is no guarantee that someone will not be greedy for money and tell the government.
His identity. Sanshui has always been close to us. If we find out his identity, how can we not be suspicious of us? It will always be a trouble for us to stay here.
Also, people have been assigned to car dealerships, inns, and even residential buildings, and are checking door to door. It is hard to say when this temple will be found. Those old bald donkeys in the temple don't know whether they are here or not.
It’s reliable. If someone really turns us in, we won’t be able to escape even if we hide here, but we’ll be caught in a trap.”
Wan Songling slapped him angrily and cursed: "Have you read the damn book? Why bother to drag you down?"
He hurriedly took a few steps and asked, "Is there any other news?"
Ye Qianqian thought for a while and said: "Oh, by the way, I heard that the Queen has been ill recently, and the princess wants to return to Beijing to visit the Queen. Officials and gentry from all over the country took the opportunity to send gifts to curry favor with the Marquis of Xining. I heard that officials from all over Suzhou
I am buying gifts and preparing to send them to Gansu Town before the princess returns to Beijing."
Wan Songling's eyes lit up and he muttered: "Officials from all over Suzhou are going to Gansu Town to send gifts? Hehe, hehe..."
Ye Qianqian said with fear: "Master, you don't want to... take advantage of this opportunity to leave Suzhou, do you?"
Wan Songling narrowed his eyes slightly and said slyly: "You think it's incredible? Even you can't think of it, so how can the government people think of it?"
Wan Songling is a very clever liar, but he is not familiar with politics. This is like Xie Yufei. In terms of wisdom and strategy, she is actually no worse than Ming'er, but her origins are different, and the scenes she has been exposed to since childhood are different. Her
He is far less knowledgeable and comprehensive than Ming'er. Of course, if he encountered such a scene of a battle of wits between Jianghu people, Ming'er would be completely confused and confused. This can be regarded as a skill.
Specialize.
This is the case now. Wan Songling holds the troubled seal in his arms. He has played with it and appreciated it many times, but what he is calculating in his mind is how much such a piece of fine, flawless jade is worth.
I never thought it would have such great political significance.
He didn't know that Tuotuo Buhua had been living in Gansu for more than forty years and had been living here since his childhood. No one in Wala recognized him. Without this seal, even if Tuotuo Buhua fled to Wala, he wouldn't be able to do it.
.He thought that everyone in Tuotuo Buhua was dead, and the only use of such a dead thing was to sell it for money.
At the same time, he didn't understand how much Oara needed a great khan, but if they wanted to win the trust of the Mongolian tribes, they couldn't just randomly recommend someone as a descendant of Genghis Khan. Without any evidence, the Mongolian tribes wouldn't
Buy it.
If Wan Songling knew that the root cause of the government's search was so harsh, just for this seal, he would have reluctantly thrown it at the gate of the commander's Yamen. But he didn't know, so he was so harsh on the government.
The interrogation inevitably gave rise to various suspicions. He was worried that the government would not disclose the death of Tuo Tuo and Bu Hua, and the reason why they were so vigorously hunting for their whereabouts was because they wanted to kill people and tell them.
Even if the government didn't intend to kill someone and silence him, he didn't dare to fall into their hands. Although this incident was just an attempted fraud and he would not be sentenced to death, he did have a murder record in Jinling.
Poor Lao Wan still doesn't know the truth about the murder of the official. Those officials, the swindlers, all of them were in the same group. It was just a show for him. He always thought that Jinling Mansion was still alive.
Several lives were counted on his head, and he was worried that if he lost his official position and his old background was revealed, he would be sent to Jinling Prefecture for Mingzhengdian punishment.
Therefore, he had no choice but to escape, and he had no choice but to flee.
He wanted to take advantage of the government's gift-giving procession to leave, and he had his own considerations.
When he thought he had committed a major murder case and was killing a public servant and needed to escape urgently, the methods he used were unbelievable to ordinary people. At that time, he should have avoided the government officials for fear of them, but instead he pretended to be a government official.
The post soldiers lived and ate in the post house all the way and escaped from the land of right and wrong. Although the government is a place that everyone fears, it is also the place where there are the most loopholes to exploit.
Now the Suzhou Guards are still strict in interrogating them. If the government already knows their true identity, then they can be easily spotted by others pretending to be merchants, because their appearance can be changed, but their body shape, age and other characteristics cannot be changed. If only he
It's better to be alone. He still has two apprentices by his side. How can he abandon them and ignore them?
At this point, Lao Wan still has a bit of loyalty, otherwise he would not have gone to Jinling Mansion for revenge. But when three people are together, their physical features are more obvious, and they will be more easily seen through.
It is not easy to form a caravan with the help of other merchants to leave. The merchants are very smart and careful. In this troubled year, no merchant is willing to team up with strangers of unknown origin. However, a gift-giving team composed of officials and family members from all over the world is
Without such scruples, their official background made them unscrupulous in their own land; the team composed of officials from all sides was complex, and it was easy for them to blend in if they were not familiar with each other.
If he didn't make good use of this opportunity, he, Uncle Wan, would have spent so many years in the world in vain.
As for whether he was deceitful, Wan Songling had almost no doubt. He had been dealing with the government all his life, playing hide and seek. Such a design to lure thieves was definitely not the government's style of handling cases. Besides, although he, Wan Songling, was a figure in the world,
He was nothing in the eyes of the government, so he mobilized the wealthy gentry of Suzhou and officials from all walks of life to jointly set up such a big plot just to catch Wansongling? This is too flattering to him.
As soon as he thought of this, Wan Songling immediately made up his mind: "Just use this opportunity to escape."
Wansongling's plan was decided, and he immediately said to Ye Qianqian: "Call Dafeng over and tell him not to dig him up. Let's discuss it carefully and prepare to escape."
After hearing this, Ye Qianqian quickly agreed, walked to the dark corner next to him, touched a hole, and shouted a few times inside. After a while, a clay figurine climbed out of it. This clay figurine was Gongsun Dafeng.
It turned out that the cave had three exits. Wan Songling was not worried, so he asked Gongsun Dafeng, who was good at digging holes, to open another exit in case of accidents. Gongsun Dafeng crawled out of the cave and panted: "What did you call me for? Dinner is ready."
What?"
Ye Qianqian said in a dumbfounded way: "Whatever meal is served, you will know that the master ordered you to eat it."
Gongsun Dafeng patted the dirt on his body, turned to Wansongling and said: "Master?"
Wan Songling said in a deep voice: "Stop digging. I have come up with a way for us to escape."
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