The people in white responded extremely quickly. After three sieges, Gai Wu could not be captured, and when they heard the footsteps of the crowd getting closer and closer, they immediately retreated without any hesitation.
He Mulan didn't come alone. She knew that the temple where Gai Wu could send someone to ask for help must not be an ordinary temple. He Mulan was not someone who asked for help. The backstage of the other party might have something to do with the person who assassinated her. , and simply brought all the more than 200 Lushuihu people.
The monks at the door naturally stopped her, but there were not more than 200 monks in the entire temple, so how could they be He Mulan's opponent? When He Mulan rushed into the small courtyard where Gai Wu was with the momentum of thunder, apart from seeing the empty courtyard and the wide open back door, there was only Gai Wu who was covered in flesh wounds.
The warriors of this era have long regarded injuries as a common thing. Gai Wu has rich combat experience and has avoided most of the fatal injuries during the siege, but there are still many injuries. He Mulan and others are people who have been fighting for a long time. As soon as he swept away his wounds, he knew that his injuries were not deep, and it was enough to bandage them. They all showed relieved expressions.
"Why ask for help? Who hurt you?"
He Mulan returned the sword to the sheath, and stood at the exit in the courtyard to ask.
"I told you, you can't go to the hostel's mountain hall, the host is quiet..."
A group of monks ran over panting, apparently because He Mulan came too fast, and they did something along the way. These monks were very afraid of her, and they looked like they wanted to stop but did not dare to come in. shouted.
When they found that the back door was wide open and Gai Wu was wounded again, the monks were so frightened that their eyes widened, they turned around and ran away.
"Master, this temple is not right. A group of people in white besieged me just now and rescued a great monk. The great monk has something wrong with his brain, and these monks may also be demon monks." "
"Go and arrest all the monks in the temple!"
He Mulan was instructed by Tuoba Tao, and he must not forgive these assassins lightly.
"Yes!"
A group of Lushuihu people dispersed immediately, like eagles catching chickens, they chased after the monks with a few steps, captured them and tied them with belts, and continued to look for other monks in the temple.
For a time, there were shouts of scolding, chanting of Buddha's horns, and screams incessantly. This is a temple in the city again, not a wilderness temple. Entering such a ferocious group, there are people around to see what happened.
The people of Dawei are sturdy, and many people believe in Buddhism. When a group of people dared to enter the temple, good guy, a group of hustlers attacked the monks!
"Save these monks!"
"Oh, this strongman has entered Pingcheng, how did the left and right garrison generals be!"
"Murder! Murder!"
"Come to the government quickly!"
The chaotic shouts spread throughout the entire courtyard, and it was unknown whether someone was fishing in troubled waters or was really enthusiastic. people.
Gai Wu and He Mulan stood under the eaves in the presiding yard of Kangning Temple. He Mulan helped Gai Wu bandage while listening to Gai Wu talk about her experience. When she heard Tan Yun's wish, she couldn't help frowning.
"That is impossible."
He Mulan thought of future generations. At that time, the system was already relatively sound, especially in developed countries abroad. No matter how humane they paid attention to human rights, there would still be some gaps, and it was by no means equal to everyone.
"If he made this wish, it would never be fulfilled in his lifetime."
Gai Wu was stunned for a while, as if he was surprised by He Mulan's certainty.
"Master, do you also think that people should be divided into three, six and nine?"
Hua Mulan also has the opinion of a Chinese doctor
"No, I just think that people are born different, so there is no such thing as equality of all beings." He Mulan shook his head, "I was born stronger than others, so it was easier for me to get promoted than others. Is it my fault that you have more strength than me? In this case, we all have a way to ascend, but I am faster than you. Isn't this unfair? But the injustice has existed from the beginning, and some are not. To be fair, it's not something you can eliminate if you want to eliminate it."
"This is not the right way. What people think about is how to use their own strengths, not the pursuit of equality of all beings. You are tall, I am short, we put a stone under me when we are taller, and it looks the same height, But does it make sense? You are tall, you can do what tall people can do, and I am short, I will do what short people can do. In this way, no one has to say who is more useful and who is more powerful, because All living beings are originally different, and this is the best gift God has given us."
He Mulan looked at Gai Wu, who had been stunned, and smiled slightly.
"Why, do you think what I said is sophistry?"
"No, it's not..." Gai Wu was a little stunned. "It's just that I rarely hear Master say such a long paragraph..."
He Mulan was not a talkative person on weekdays. Gai Wu had not been in contact with her for a long time, and he didn't know that she was actually a cold-hearted person, so he was naturally surprised that she could say such a truth.
"It's not that I don't like to talk, but the words I say are often understood by no one. And I don't expect others to understand..." He Mulan closed her eyes, thinking of the "land reform" that Tuoba Tao wanted to carry out, Thinking of the impact of Helianding's surrender to the Wei Guohui, and thinking of Bei Liang's eagerness to move, I only felt that the burden on her shoulders was so heavy, and there were not many people in this world who could share it, and I suddenly felt depressed.
Even if under her subtle influence, Gai Wu and this group of Lushuihu people can keep up with her footsteps, I don't know how many years it will be.
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a loud noise outside the door. When He Mulan and Gai Wu listened, they were all swearing and insulting!
"You idiots are crazy, aren't you? You dare to attack at the foot of Pingcheng? When the guards come, let you know that this is not a place where you can run wild!"
An older elder threatened and scolded:
"You will be punished!"
"That's right! The host here, Master Tanyun, is a good person and often treats us..." A younger woman blushed slightly and pleaded, "Do you have any misunderstanding between the strong men and the monks in the temple? Let us Is it okay to go in and see Master Tanyun?"
"What nonsense with them! Let's rush in!"
"That's right, I don't think these idiots dare to run into us!"
A group of men, women and children rushed in hand in hand. The monks, who were tied up in the lobby, heard the movement outside, shouted loudly, and called for help from the people outside. After a while, the people of Pingcheng rushed in. . The Lushuihu people were at a loss and did not dare to take action at all, but He Mulan ordered to capture all the monks in the temple, so they had to surround the human wall to keep the people out.
Some of these people came out to visit the market, and some lived nearby. When they saw these Lushui Hu people, they would not let go, what vegetables they bought in the morning, the sundries in their hands, and even picked up stones and grass roots on the ground. It was thrown on Lu Shuihu.
Even the clay figurines are somewhat earthy, not to mention that these Lushuihu people have a very irascible temper.
"Stop it all!"
He Mulan led Gai Wu from the backyard to the entrance of the Shakyamuni. With a loud shout, everyone froze.
He Mulan was wearing a military uniform, with a giant sword on her waist, and wearing typical Xianbei clothing. These people are the people at the feet of the emperor, who doesn't have bright eyes? When he thought that this lord had hundreds of people as his subordinates, his aura weakened by three points, and he put down all the dirt, straw sandals, broken shoes and stones in his hands, and smirked.
But there are still many unwilling people, because of their sincerity, they scolded He Mulan when they saw He Mulan's appearance: "You are their master? Don't you know that this Kangning Temple is worshipped together in these several squares? You How can you embarrass the masters?"
There was a woman who seemed to be a child who became a monk here, crying down at He Mulan's feet, just calling out her son's name.
He Mulan did not expect that such a small temple was neither the Huguo Temple built by the imperial order nor the large temple presided over by some eminent monks.
Gai Wu didn't care about this, he glared at him and scolded, "What master! He ruined the lives of our Lushuihu people, and almost destroyed me with a demon method. He is obviously a demon monk!"
"What did you say!"
"You strong men, spit people out for robbery!"
Seeing that there was going to be a dispute again, He Mulan held down Gai Wu, goodbye Lu Shuihu behind him was about to explode, and she wanted to get rid of the conflicting objects on both sides, and ordered them: "Search the whole temple again. , if they do something injurious, they will definitely leave some traces."
Her voice was loud, and she was at the entrance of the Shakyamuni Hall again. Suddenly, she heard a few inhalations in the hall. Obviously, someone inside was surprised or guilty, and when she heard He Mulan's words, she lost her temper.
The Lushuihu people only bound them, but did not stop their mouths. These monks began to ask for help from the people outside, and they only portrayed He Mulan and the others as murderous and vicious.
Seeing that more and more people were watching the excitement and crowding around, He Mulan didn't have a good temper and continued to stalemate with them. While instructing the Lushuihu people to search the whole temple, he clenched his fists to the surrounding people with a solemn face.
"I'm Hua Mulan, Huaishuo. I'm the left Sima of Huben's army. I've been searching this temple under the orders of the Great Khan. If you have any questions, you can follow me to the yamen to confront you."
She stood quietly in front of the hall, as if they took a step forward and she was about to make a move.
Several women were already weeping together, and the monks in the hall were already frightened when they heard the "decree". The emperor's majesty is naturally not to be offended. The neighbors who shouted the loudest also pressed their angry expressions, but they did not move a step, as if to see the final result.
This made He Mulan couldn't help but think of the time when Tuoba Tao ordered to "annihilate the Buddha". At that time, even if they were found to be murdered, there were still many people who secretly worshipped the monk, and even let the monk take refuge at home. The villagers next to the Dry Leaves Temple even sealed off the mountain road for the two monks in the temple and made a fake mountain wall. How huge is the project? Another example is the mother and son of the Zhang family, who almost died in order to protect the compassionate master in the temple.
In this era, there were almost no refuges for the common people, and only temples and Taoist temples could teach common people knowledge and shelter them from war and corvée.
Taoist temples are places of pure cultivation. It is not easy to obtain Taoist ultimatums, and Taoism hardly accepts Hu people. It is too difficult to learn Chinese characters and study scriptures. This is not the case with Buddhism. If you recite the sentence "Amitabha Buddha", you can become a monk after shaving your hair. Sanskrit scriptures Even if many years old monks are not proficient, the gap is not very big.
The monks are compassionate, and the threshold for entering the Taoist Taoism is too high. Buddhist temples regularly donate porridge and medicine to help the poor, and they also teach many Hu and Han people to write and make a living. It is common for them to receive widespread support.
But this time, no matter how devout they are, all these people are pale.
With the sad howl of a group of Lushuihu people, more than a dozen Lushuihu people came out of the apse carrying or holding the corpses of their clansmen, crying as they walked, almost to the point of grief !
These Tiantai Army clansmen did not die in the war, nor in the process of the mission. If they died, they would be a warrior. But now, he actually died in the backyard of this temple with aggrieved and unjustified death, with ropes tied to his hands and body. It seemed that he was in great pain before his death.
The Lushuihu people believe in Buddhism the most, so they rest in this temple. Now the bodies of the Lushuihu people have been found in the backyard of the Kangning Temple. The blow they suffered can be imagined.
They had received orders from Gai Wu and He Mulan to bind these monks. They didn't insult them or put anything in their mouths. They just put them in the hall, hoping that they were wrong and could give them a An opportunity to apologize.
But now the facts speak louder than words, and it is these monks who should apologize.
The people onlookers were frightened and dumbfounded. They lost their lives, and so many lives were lost, and the deaths were extremely painful. The Lushuihu people cried and put them outside the Shakyamuni Hall, chanting the Buddha's name while explaining for the deceased. Open the ropes on the body, it is really sad for those who see it and those who hear it.
Gai Wu already knew the fate of these tribesmen, but he was so shocked that he took a few steps back and fell to the ground.
"My uncle's men and horses! They... Some of them are still my elders, and I used to ride them as horses when I was a child... Uncle Valilua, Uncle Chulia..."
He Mulan was a forensic doctor. Seeing that these people died was really painful, and could not help but suffer from occupational diseases. He knelt down and started the autopsy.
She was not at all afraid of the terrifying death of the deceased, carefully checked their pupils and mouth, and carefully probed their body and limbs, and suddenly became furious: "They actually suffocated people alive! Where is this compassionate monk, What a bunch of lunatics!"
Chen Jie had been following behind He Mulan. He had a good relationship with Gai Wu. Seeing the latter weeping silently, he couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder.
"You... you are not too sad. Our general was called 'Xuanyi Mulan' before, and he took care of many soldiers who died in battle. Although he is gone now... not quite..." He thought for a long time without thinking of any words. , had to cross.
"But you will avenge them, and our generals will not stand idly by."
Speaking of which, it is also a good thing. Before, these people had not been entrusted by anyone to kill He Mulan, but because He Mulan was a friend of Gai Wu, these people stopped and did not want to do it, and the murderer became the victim. No one knows who is the main messenger after killing the one who silenced the mouth.
It stands to reason that He Mulan should not care about these murderers who are going to assassinate her, but she also understands that these people are just swords used by others, and they are the disciples' clansmen. Will stand by and watch.
This has something to do with her in the first place, how can she stand idly by
From the time the corpses were carried out in the apse, the people onlookers became silent. When some people heard Chen Jie's words, they looked at He Mulan with awe.
Zuzuo was a lowly servant. No one would associate the high-ranking He Mulan with Zuzuo. The one who had the most dealings with the dead was a monk of the Pure Land sect who saved the dead, and the other was the Xianbei who had the most contact with other miscellaneous people Shaman.
The highest shamanic master is dressed in black, specializing in inviting spirits. This spirit is the ancestral spirit of heroic spirits who died in battle and ancestors. It is the guiding spirit that guides the souls of the Hu people. Therefore, many people heard Chen Jie's words. , and saw He Mulan dressed in black, kneeling in front of the corpse, rolling her eyelids, checking her pulse, and examining the corpse spots and marks on her limbs, she immediately felt an indescribable mystery.
It was originally a routine procedure in forensic work, and it was also used by these ordinary people as a spell for adults to communicate with ghosts. He Mulan was able to tell how these people died, which made people feel awe-inspiring.
"These people were first given a mindless drug, but this drug is probably not very effective, or..." The ancient alchemy has not yet achieved the most pure effect, colorless and tasteless is even more nonsense. Either it was found that something was wrong and he didn't drink much, or he drank the drug and woke up before dying.
He Mulan paused for a while, and then continued to talk to Gai Wu: "They were tied up when they were in a coma, so there was almost no sign of struggling. But later, they were suffocated by these monks using cloth towels or other fabrics, and they couldn't help but start struggling, so There are traces of violent resistance on the limbs and the back of the head..."
She stretched out her hands and rubbed her palms hard, almost to the point of redness, and covered the eyes of a Lu Shuihu man, silently counting the seconds in her mouth.
When he counted to one hundred and twenty, He Mulan estimated that two minutes had passed, took down his hand, and stroked it casually, the eyes of that middle-aged man named Qiuri finally closed.
Fortunately, the time of death was not long. If it were to be longer, I would have to keep this posture and expression and die.
"Don't be sad, since Your Majesty said that he will investigate thoroughly..." He Mulan heard the sound of inhalation one after another, and couldn't help but look around inexplicably.
"...There will definitely be an egret officer... Huh? What are you doing on your knees?"
He Mulan looked at the kneeling people one after another and jumped in horror.
"It's not that you hurt people, you don't have to bow down like this!"
How did she know that she just let the dead die and rest their eyes, and the countdown muttering looked like she was reading a spell. Because of their low level of education, the people of this era believed in gods and witches. Now, seeing so many dead people is already scared to death. Many people have already wondered if there is something strange happening to this temple, and seeing this general again The wizard came to the temple to ward off demons and save the undead, and immediately knelt down one by one, wanting to ask him to forgive the previous offense.
Except for a few women still crying, the scene was almost one-sided towards He Mulan.
He Mulan didn't know what these people were thinking. She thought that these people were frightened by seeing too many dead people. She calmly asked Chen Jie to go to Su Hejun to deal with the matter, while comforting the people and asking them to leave first, lest startled.
How dare these people go, all of them are extremely pious. Not to mention them, even Lu Shuihu, Gai Wu and others behind He Mulan had expressions of surprise and joy, wishing they could kneel down.
"The First Minister of the Ming Dynasty"
After a while, in addition to those Lushuihu people who died in the apse, other Lushuihu people who searched the temple made another important discovery!
In addition to the apse, a large number of weapons were also found in several meditation rooms. In addition to the sword, a weapon that Wei often has and does not prohibit, there are nu, longbow, and many armors.
It was a habit for people to wear weapons at that time, but armor and bows and arrows were not stored by ordinary people, let alone a monastery. At this time, so many weapons were found in the place closest to the inner city of Pingcheng, and some people died inexplicably. shudder.
Some civilians who smelled something wrong immediately got up and wanted to leave, and He Mulan didn't stop them. People have the instinct to seek good luck and avoid evil. These people came after the incident. Most of them are nearby residents. If there is really a problem, the egret can check it out.
After a while, it was even more shocking that two women were found in a remote courtyard. One of the two women was a potbellied woman who was clearly pregnant.
This matter went on wave after wave, and every wave of people was stunned. Even a well-informed person like He Mulan was speechless when he saw the two women found in the temple.
As soon as the two women saw the woman who was crying and fell to the ground, they immediately ran over to help them, calling them "Aweng". Several women cried together and sang sadly.
He Mulan was most afraid of this way of speaking that was like crying and singing. After listening for a while, she could hear what the women were saying.
It turned out that there were two men in this monastery who were the only sons of the two women. They were Di people. They had no land at home. Tuoba Tao was fighting every year. . They were originally from Pingcheng. Outside Pingcheng there were forbidden fields. Unless they were craftsmen, they rarely made a living. They worked as corvés for seven months a year, so they had to do this for their livelihood.
They were Di people, tall and strong, so they became monks. Before they entered the monastery, they all had wives. In order not to cut off their children, their mothers sent their daughters-in-law to the monastery to cook for the monks.
The women cried and cried and took the blame on themselves, crying and shouting that their sons and daughters-in-law were persecuted by them. But many of the people present were from military households. When they heard what they were doing, they couldn't help but spit on the ground, scolding them for being greedy for life and fearing death and delaying their sons.
He Mulan had seen this kind of thing many times when she first came here. If she couldn't live to become a monk, she would still have a bite to eat and someone would support her. This was not the monk's fault, but the country's problem. She couldn't help feeling a little pity in her heart, and she opened her mouth to stop these people's righteous indignation.
As the weapons and women were uncovered, the monks in this monastery were guilty of fornication and intentional treason, and even Senglu Si would be unlucky. When Gai Wu saw those weapons, he knew that his revenge had already been avenged, and he just wanted to hurry up and bury the corpses of his tribe so that they could be cremated and sent back to Xingcheng.
A group of people in the temple were crying, screaming, and scolding. Only He Mulan was full of desolation and couldn't help standing with his sword in hand, almost thinking of splitting the turbid sky!
"He Mulan, His Majesty calls you to enter the palace quickly! And these Lushui Hu people!"
Following Su Hejun's familiar voice, a team of Yulin troops followed him into the temple.
Chen Jie probably met Su and Jun on the way, and the two entered side by side. When they saw so many people kneeling in the courtyard, they were all stunned.
Su Hejun felt a little uneasy in his heart, for He Mulan and Tuoba Tao, he covered up and shouted: "Wait for the people to retreat quickly! Knowing that someone is dead, kneeling is useless! The debt is owned by the owner, and I will not find you if I want to find it!"
This shouting attributed the reason for their kneeling to the fact that someone died here.
The Yulin army didn't think much of it either. A group of people rushed into the Shakya Hall and tied up the monks. Another Egret officer cleaned up the corpses and checked the traces in the courtyard.
He Mulan didn't know why Su Hejun came so quickly, so he could only follow Su Hejun out of the yard, followed by Lu Shuihu. As soon as the two came out of the mountain gate of the monastery, Su Hejun lowered his voice and said to He Mulan beside him:
"The news from Tongwancheng, Helianding was attacked by unknown men and horses, and now he is nowhere to be seen. His Majesty originally wanted to investigate the news in person, but was pressed down by Taichang Cui, and now he has sent you to rush day and night with a thousand feathered forest troops. Go to Qinzhou and bring those Lushuihu people with you..."
Su Hejun looked at the surprised He Mulan and said solemnly:
"The place where he disappeared was near Xingcheng, where there were mostly Qiang people and Lushuihu people. You don't know that as soon as Princess Mingzhu regained her freedom, Di Ziyu led the Qiang people to betray and fled away without a trace. "
"Ah? Di Ziyu?"
He Mulan could hardly remember this unlucky bastard.
She seemed to remember that in the yard, he and she seemed to have touched hands.
Having said that, he must have known that Zhao Ming was the Pearl of Helian at that time, so at that time, his actions of not being a wolf were for...
Jealousy
"You suspect that Di Ziyu did it?"
He Mulan's face also became heavy.
The Qiang people have tens of thousands of sons and daughters in Xia, and their good wife is gone. If it is out of face, it is not impossible to seek revenge.
"Just a guess. Qinzhou is the territory of the Lushuihu people, and it is convenient to have your apprentice as a guide. The Yulin army is protecting you from going to the summer land, but so many people will definitely not escape the eyes of the Qiang people. Your Majesty wants you to investigate one or two first, and if it is really what Di Ziyu and the Qiang people did, then send the troops stationed in Xia Di to attack them."
Su Hejun spoke extremely fast, but the hooves under the seat did not stop.
"I'll take care of things here, and you'll be fine with Duke Helian. Just remember..."
Su Hejun's face was solemn.
"It doesn't matter to the rest, Helianding's life and death are the most important."
"Xi Qin is still in the hands of his soldiers!"