Li Shun was also unlucky today. He thought that He Mulan was good at talking, so he went to discuss with her about borrowing a thousand people to look for Juqu Mujian in the mountains, but she was slapped in the face mercilessly.
"Juqu Mujian is not a three-year-old child, and I am not his father. He has to go east and west, and he will be disciplined by His Majesty and his father. He makes his own decisions and bears the consequences for himself. Qu Mujian almost lost 500 men and horses, no matter if he is dead or alive, he will not come to me and tell me."
He Mulan's face had an unapproachable seriousness, as if he was suppressing something, and at the same time as if he couldn't wait to release something.
"But… "
"Li Shijun, please keep in mind that you are an official of the Great Wei Dynasty, not Beiliang!" He Mulan's voice was low and terrifying.
"And I am only loyal to Your Majesty, not the prince of Beiliang!"
Perhaps He Mulan's warning eyes were too terrifying. Li Shun scolded "bad luck" in his heart, and could only shake his head helplessly.
"If you don't look for it, you won't look for it, but your scouts haven't come back, so you have to go check it out? And the one thousand Lushuihu people you brought, always making trouble and saying that the food is not available all of a sudden. Well, all of a sudden, the place to sleep is too small, you have to take care of it..."
"Don't worry about Li Shijun, this will be resolved by itself."
He Mulan nodded slightly.
"Li Shijun is busy with personnel, and it is more important to be busy with serious business."
"You! Hua Mulan, are you trying to drive me away?" Li Shun's eyes widened in shock. "You're just a deputy, and you have to listen to me in all your itineraries. Do you want to commit the following crimes?!"
"Oh, Li Shijun, what you said is a bit too much. It's all for the sake of Wei..." Yuan Poqiang, who was hastily invited by Chen Jie, was shocked when he saw such a tense atmosphere in the general tent, and immediately stepped forward to do it. And things are old.
"General Hua has been busy with the Lushuihu people since yesterday, and the rest is not very good. Li Shijun, you are also more considerate and considerate of us. You have only more than 20 envoys and civil officials with you. Five thousand troops, can it be the same? You go to work first... "
As he spoke, he quietly pushed Li Shun out.
Li Shun has been dispatched to Beiliang for many times, and his experience in envoys is truly unparalleled. Therefore, both the former He Mulan and Beiliang's envoys obey him, even if Juqu Muqian is so slow. , Li Shun asked everyone to tolerate them.
But the Hu Ben army obeyed He Mulan's orders.
If the Hu Benjun didn't understand, it would not be enough for the horse thieves to swallow them all in one go.
Not to mention that they are a courtship team, including a lot of gold and silver jewelry and precious silk cloth.
Li Shun also didn't want to have a direct conflict with He Mulan, but Li Shun was a year older than He Mulan, and he was an important official in the court. He Mulan respected him before, so that he could not help but control Living with He Mulan's thoughts, at this moment He Mulan suddenly stopped showing him his face, and he suddenly became annoyed and angry.
But after becoming angry, Li Shun was also someone who could bend and stretch. He knew that it would be no good to tear his face off with He Mulan, so he could only walk away again.
Speaking of which, this ambassador is really pitiful. When he met He Mulan, the skill of "sleeve away" was almost full.
"General Hua, I know that you are dissatisfied with Juqu Muqian's rash actions. Juqu Mengxun is seriously ill, and we were on our way. Li Shijun's request is indeed inhumane, but what he said is not true. Wrong, after all, he is the ambassador, and if something goes wrong, he will be responsible, so you don't need to force yourself like this."
Seeing that He Mulan was still indifferent, Yuan Po Qiang could only shake his head.
"There are also Lushuihu people outside. It was very strange when we were on the road today. How about the boys around you? Why are there no shadows for one or two? Could something have happened?"
After Yuan Po Qiang finished speaking, he looked at He Mulan's expression without a trace.
It's a pity that He Mulan didn't even lift her eyelids, she just pulled out of the tent and left Yuan Po Qiang alone in the tent, causing him to be at a loss.
"First Clan"
What did he say wrong
Or what
***
He Mulan walked out of her tent and slowly exhaled a sigh of relief against the sky.
The ancient world had nothing, including pollution. The grass is fragrant and the trees are green, and the air is filled with the smell of soil. However, at night, there is no computer, no, and if not even friends are around, it is so boring that it can drive people crazy.
He Mulan's night was never boring.
Chen Jie would ramble about a lot of trivial matters during the day; Gai Wu was learning to write from her, so the evening was the time for the two teachers and students to teach; Yuan Fang would report the day's consumption and the next supply every day; other Honglu Officials of the temple and generals along the road also come to visit from time to time.
But now she felt terribly lonely.
Because of the misunderstanding that day, Yuan Fang and Gai Wu have not solved their happy knot. Even if Gai Wu told her later that Yuan Fang had explained it to him, he was willing to apologize and increase the commission, but Gai Wu still treated Yuan Fang and himself. A little embarrassed, the Lushuihu people have become very wrong these days.
Chen Jie and Zheng Zong were frightened by her that day, and they both thought it was the other's fault that made her angry, so that the two now pointed to Maimang, and Zheng Zong would scold him in eight languages that Chen Jie could not understand. He, and when Chen Jie got angry, he raised his hand and wanted to beat this man to death.
He Mulan herself didn't understand how it took only a few days for Chen Jie to become the person who thought "I'm going to kill Zheng Zong" all day long.
Man Gu is an "adult" who pretends to be confused on the outside and pretends to be confused. He still pretends to know nothing every day to live his life, while Na Luo Hun has to be busy with many trivial matters of the Hu Ben Army because of all kinds of things. Couldn't notice the weirdness between them.
He Mulan seemed to be chatting with Gai Wu, but Gai Wu seemed to be avoiding her. Not only could he not be found during the day, but at night he always stayed with the former members of the Tiantai Army.
She was under too much pressure and didn't have as much time to play hide-and-seek with Gai Wu.
"It seems that the donor seems to have some knots in his heart?"
Ci Xin looked at the pale-faced He Mulan and smiled.
"It's rare to see the donor look so confused."
Metta is a monk and is not very strong, so most of the time he travels in a truck carrying goods.
He Mulan had an awkward feeling for compassion, because in later life, He Mulan had touched his ashes with his own hands and saved his apprentice, but never had contact with him.
Among so many people, only Cixin "only heard his name, but did not see him". He Mulan neither knew his character nor what had happened to him, so he could only treat him better than ordinary people. A little warmer.
As for how to chat, there is no such thing.
"Master, have you ever had such a question..."
He Mulan looked at the continuous raindrops falling from the sky.
"I don't know if what I'm doing is right, I don't know what kind of influence I have on others, I don't know what other people think of myself, and I'm afraid to know the answer to all this."
Ci Xin smiled and listened to He Mulan's question, but did not speak.
"Am I real? Is what I do meaningless? I'm the only one who thinks this way. Is it someone else's fault or I'm wrong... "
He Mulan's eyes became more and more confused.
"I always felt I was different, but now I feel like it's just not worth it."
She has done so much for others, why did she ever think about herself
But things have all changed, almost all the tragedies have been resolved in a happy way, but she is still unhappy.
Before crossing, she was unhappy because she didn't know where her future would be, and everything in the past was binding her.
But now, everything is created by herself, she also knows where her future will be, but she is beginning to be bound by the future.
"And me
"Where am I
"I'm not a Zen monk." Ci Xin smiled and shook his head, "I can't answer the donor's question."
"Yeah, probably even the Buddha couldn't answer my question."
He Mulan smiled bitterly.
"General Hua, have you ever gone out for a walk by yourself?" Ci Xin suddenly said, "The poor monk has three apprentices, and because they often go out for wandering, the older ones often take the younger ones, and the younger ones take the younger ones. The older one often doesn’t understand why he wants to raise disciples for me, and he always leaves the small temple in the mountains when he can’t stand it, under the pretentious name of looking for opportunities, but in fact he is just looking for a quiet place.”
He put his hands together and continued to the somewhat stunned He Mulan: "Don't hide it from the benefactor, even the poor monk himself, facing the ancient Buddha of the blue lamp every day, will also produce a sleepy heart, unable to meditate and comprehend. Every time at this time , poor monks will also go out to 'look for opportunities', regardless of the disciples in the temple."
He Mulan finally squeezed out a smile when she heard the words.
"Several disciples of that master really work from top to bottom."
"I actually want them to go out, not sit in the temple." Ci Xin sighed, "Sometimes people are trapped by themselves, and Buddhist doors should not be just built to worship Buddha statues to meet the wishes of believers. It's just a building with no other use."
"Master Buddhism is profound."
He Mulan nodded.
Faith, for thousands of years, it is true that the intangible is more important than the tangible.
"So, would General Hua be willing to leave your 'temple' for a few days to rest?" Ci Xin pointed to the sky. "Look, it's going to rain heavily these days, and you won't be able to travel in the rain. Even God is thinking of ways to relax you."
"Master, I don't understand what you mean. I have no faith, I don't believe..."
"Where in the world is there such a person! Whether it's Buddhism, Taoism, or secularism, they all have things they believe in."
Kindly smiled.
"In Buddhism, it is Buddha; in Taoism, it is Laojun; in Confucianism, it is benevolence and righteousness; in general, it is faith..."
"In my opinion, Buddha, Laojun, benevolence, faith, they are the same thing."
Ci Xin stretched out her hand, stroked Fu He, and Mulan lowered her body to ask for advice, exposing the top of her head.
"Come out for a walk with me."
***
He Mulan really didn't care about anything and left, leaving only a message saying "My heart is in a mess, I want to go out to relax".
The only ones who left with her were the war horse named Dahong and Master Compassionate Heart.
Na Luohun almost held the letter in shock and inexplicable, and hurriedly called all the people around He Mulan, so panicked that he didn't know what to do.
In their impression, Hua Mulan has always been powerful, self-sufficient and omnipotent.
Frustrated? disturbed? hesitate? pain
Sorry, what is that? Do they have a general
It seems that the name "Mulan" itself stands for "invincible", in various senses. She wrapped herself in a kind of armor called "strong" and charged forward. Everyone could only see her back.
But now, even this back is gone.
"It's all you, it must be you bastard!" Chen Jie grabbed Zheng Zong's collar, "Since you came, the general has become very strange! You do such disgusting things, and the general still doesn't drive away. You! Tell me, what kind of Gu did you give the general!"
"You're ridiculous, aren't you? Aren't you General Hua's bodyguard? When General Hua left, he didn't take a big monk with you, so you're nothing."
Zheng Zong gave a sinister smile.
"You're so nervous when I'm just doing laundry. I think it's you who is thinking about disgusting things?"
It must be so!
He was adored by his own soldiers who had the habit of breaking his sleeves, but he couldn't completely tear his face, and he had been suppressed until now, and finally he couldn't bear to leave!
It sure is!
Chen Jie couldn't help turning pale when he heard Zheng Zong's accusation.
"What disgusting! I admire that! Admiration! It's just like you bastard who buries his head in the general's clothes and smells!"
"what?"
"You stop arguing!"
Yuan Fang covered his head and shook his head desperately: "It's over, it's over, Hua Mulan is gone, will His Majesty throw me back into the Heavenly Prison? Why is he such a willful person, something must have happened. What happened? Is there enough money? The Lushui Hu people use too much food and grass? I said I would deal with the money, why did he leave?"
"You think about money all day long." Gai Wu gritted his teeth and scolded: "Before you came, my master never cared about money. No, he didn't care about anything at all. What kind of money, fame, fame and wealth? , he just goes with the flow, that is, after you come, you talk about everything with money, and worry about whether the master can support everyone! If we can't support us, don't we have no hands or feet?"
"You have hands and feet, but you can be used as a spearman for others!" Yuan Fang was said to be angry, and sneered: "You are all waiting for a price, you are coveting your Majesty to have it in the future. The reward only agreed to my price. Even if I looked down on you before, I apologized later. The lord said that 'literati rely on their brains, and warriors sell their lives', which has awakened me. I was just about to discuss with him about adding commissions. You just came in, what can I do? Am I calling myself a pig brain?"
"What the hell happened to you?"
Na Luo frantically looked at this and then at that.
"You did something lewd to upset the general..."
Na Luo pointed to Zheng Zong.
"You talk about trivial things all day and night..."
He pointed to Chen Jie.
Chen Jie blushed and lowered his head.
"You know or pretend you don't, because sooner or later you will have to leave."
Na Luo moved his fingers to Man Gu.
"I was about to leave. I'm almost forty years old, and I won't be able to fight a group of you guys for a lifetime! General Hua promised me that when Bei Liang came back, he would ask me for a reward to return to my hometown and marry a wife!"
Pretty old stared.
"You are the general's disciple, but you don't want to solve the general's troubles. When the same clan came, the general was thrown aside, as if we were outsiders."
Na Luohun looked sideways at Gai Wu.
Because he is the same generation as Hua Mulan, so Gai Wu is like his son and nephew, so he looks at Gai Wu the most dissatisfied.
"The chief of fire cares about you the most. The Lushuihu people in Xingcheng can divide the land, and you can give it to the heavens. Which one is not caused by the general? Now that the entire Lushuihu people are getting a bargain, you think the general is I am so sorry?"
"I… "
Gai Wu bit his lip, his eyes filled with tears in remorse.
"but me… "
Naro smiled bitterly.
"Yu Si, I'm a companion who fought together on the Huochang battlefield, Yu Si, I'm the left guard who guards the general's safety, but I haven't even noticed that the general is in a bad mood these days. I'm the biggest dereliction of duty. man of… "
He wiped his face in pain.
"It's useless to say these things now. The general is the backbone of the Hu Ben army. We must not let them find out that he is gone, otherwise countless incidents will occur. Now... "
Na Luohun raised his head and glanced at the people in the tent.
"Now we are a fire comrade-in-arms, and we must work together to hide this matter first."
"Then what about the general!" The more Chen Jie thought about it, the more he felt bad, "No one said when the general left, even the guards at the gate of the camp said they didn't see the general, but Master Cixin disappeared, why is it Cixin? Master is gone?"
He guessed a little worriedly.
"Did Master Cixin say something? Did Buddhism have some magic that suddenly enlightened the general and made him a monk?"
Ah, no, it should be a monk!
Damn it, whatever it is!
"If he is completely disappointed with us and persuaded by Master Cixin again..."
"The fire chief is not us. He is relieved and will definitely come back."
Na Luohun showed a look of relief.
"I never worry about that."