Gai Wu and Zheng Zong left the team with a few Montenegrin elites from scouts, carefully hiding their whereabouts all the way, relying on Zheng Zong's skilled Qiang language to inquire about the whereabouts of Puning Temple, but they have not yet entered Puning Temple, just in Puning Temple A pot was served in the trail by the back door.
He Mulan and Su Hejun thought too simply. They thought that they were just going to inquire about news and not to arrest people. There must be no problem with their skills. How could she not have a backer in Puning Temple because of her ability
Puning Temple looks peaceful inside and outside, but in fact not even a bird can fly inside.
Queen Meng went out to exterminate horse thieves and brought 3,000 Meng family troops, but her own personal guards and all confidants were all left in Mingsha County in Lingzhou, just to protect her own children.
Many of these people are secret guards who live in tunnels, and they can see things in the dark with their eyes. Although the people who Gai Wu brings are accustomed to hiding their bodies, they are only relative to ordinary people. The "Dark Guards" who are sentry at night, Gai Wu and the others are as conspicuous as torches in the dark night.
If it wasn't for the fact that Queen Meng was still in the hands of the other party and they needed to inquire about the news, I am afraid that the people in Puning Temple would have killed them one by one.
Gai Wu and Zheng Zong were the leaders, and neither of them were worried about what the people of Puning Temple would do to them. Before they came, Su Hejun had told them that if they were unfortunate enough to fall into the enemy's hands, they would report their calendars generously. The buddhist sect had already defected to Wei State, if they were really buddhist sect people, maybe they would still bring Juqu Bodhi back.
If it weren't for the Buddhists, as long as the Queen Meng was killed and still in the Wei army, it would definitely save her life.
This egret official's words were naturally not false. Gai Wu directly stated that he was a disciple of Huwei General Hua Mulan and the son of Lu Shuihu's Gai Tiantai; Zheng Zong was even more worried about his life and said he was Emperor Wei. The close minister by his side, Tianzi Sheren and the interpreter of the mission, is one of the envoys.
The other Hu Ben soldiers were all elites picked by Na Luo Hun from the Hu Ben army. There was absolutely no problem with their loyalty, and they just kept silent.
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Sure enough, most of the people in Puning Temple were soldiers and horses of Queen Meng. When they heard their identities, they only thought that Queen Meng could not stand the torture, or that they revealed the whereabouts of Juqu Bodhi for the safety of their children. Rahu exposed his deeds when he sent him back to Juqu Bodhi.
Because of such speculation, the people in Puning Monastery became even more frightened. After detaining these Hu Ben soldiers, they hurriedly ran away with Juqu Bodhi.
"Where do you want me to go?" Juqu Bodhi has been driven crazy by these days of hiding. This is completely consistent with what his mother said to him before, "The world is so big, you can go anywhere" different.
"Brother Mu Jian has already succeeded to the throne. I am a missing person outside. No matter where I appear, I will kill a monk. What's more, my mother and queen are still in the hands of the people of Wei, and my sister is fostered in Uncle Tumo. There, you let me escape alone?"
He pursed his lips.
Because of the torment in his heart during this time, Juqu Bodhi has lost weight to the point that his face is not as big as a palm, and he also has deep dark circles under his eyes.
"I don't want to run away, so let the people of Wei come and take me away. I was originally going to be an ambassador to Wei."
Juqu Bodhi showed a tired expression.
"The reason why the queen has been fine so far is because the people of Wei haven't handed her over. That's the case, it shows that Wei still values the prince. As long as the prince doesn't appear, the queen's safety should be safe."
Wei Kanglong, the general next to Queen Meng, said solemnly to Juqu Boti: "For the safety of the prince, we have sacrificed too much. I know that you are very tired, but until you are safe, you can't easily compromise!"
"I don't want you to sacrifice so much for me at all!"
Wei Kanglong's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing Juqu Bodhi to shout: "You locked me in this place and waited for my mother to pick me up every day, but what happened? The army is gone, have you come back? My elder sister was sent by you to the county governor to pretend to be me and act as a cover for me, did I beg you? I beg you not to do it! None of you are willing to listen!"
Juqu Bodhi clenched his fists and trembled: "We made a mistake at the beginning, and we ended up making mistakes every step of the way. How many people have to sacrifice for me? Can we use all the people of Beiliang as scapegoats?"
Wei Kanglong lowered his head and listened to Juqu Bodhi's cry. He couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, but it could only be turned into a sigh.
He is in his forties now, and he almost watched his three brothers grow up. He has no children of his own, and treats Juqu Bodhi like his own nephew, but at this time he can only spit out a few words:
"Forgive your guilt..."
Wei Kanglong lowered his eyes.
"Send the prince back to the room! Pack up and prepare to go through the secret passage."
"What about the Wei people?"
Wei Kanglong smiled bitterly.
In their hands, the queen killed Gaitiantai's son to anger the Lushuihu people? Or kill Wei's envoys to provoke Wei's people
What can he do
"Tie them up and throw them in the meditation room. After we leave, the people of Wei will come to find them."
He never dared to do anything.
It was not the first time that Juqu Bodhi was forced to leave. When the yellow sand filled the sky, he wanted to go to the nearest oasis and town for help, but was knocked out by the Iron Guard camp and sent directly to a small town on the edge of the desert, where he met a group of vicious horse thieves, not too decent as a captive. was sent here.
When he saw the terrible sandstorm, he knew that the catastrophe had already happened. He had asked his mother more than once to send him back.
However, his mother comforted him as long as he did not leave any traces. Although there were some changes, the result was the same, and in the middle of the night when he was still asleep, he left the Acropolis with three thousand Meng family troops.
The county governor of Mingsha County is his eldest brother's die-hard loyalist, and the school captain of Mingsha County, Wang Xing, is the apprentice secretly accepted by his grandmother. The small monks in the entire temple have been replaced, and only the big monk Jining remains in the temple to preside over the rituals, lest the acropolis dignitaries find out that the temple is wrong.
His name was "protected", but in fact, it was no different from being "under house arrest". Except for the backyard, he couldn't leave by himself.
Sometimes, he even thought about killing himself.
Everything was caused by his cowardice and incompetence. If he was as capable as his two older brothers, his mother would definitely not just think about taking them away from Beiliang.
If Hakuba were a man and he was a woman, maybe all of this wouldn't have turned out like this... His elder sister is like the two older brothers, and she will surely inherit their mantle.
And he...
He just hides in a dark corner and weeps weakly.
"Why are you crying when you're leaving? Don't you want to stay here at all?"
A kind voice came from the door, and Juqu Bodhi raised his tearful little face.
When he saw that it was the father of the mother-in-law who was a monk, the host of the Puning Temple, the monk Jining, came in and couldn't help shyly wiping away his tears.
Although this person is a relative in name, in fact, he converted to Buddhism when his cousin was very young. The cousin-in-law was fostered in the Meng family when she was a child, and later married her cousin Meng Yulong as his wife. The great monk turned a blind eye to what the Meng family did in Puning Temple.
During so many days in Puning Temple, he took care of him like a kind elder, so all the generals around Queen Meng who could not bring children put their hopes on him. Whenever Juqu Bodhi was depressed, he would ask He went to appease.
This time is no exception.
"Master Jining, I want to go back to my mother." Juqu Puti shrugged, "General Hua is a very good person, so is Master Gai Wu, when I was in the Wei country's embassy. , received a lot of care from them, I don't think they will harm me, even if they harm me, it is my own fault, I don't want to run away any more... "
"Have you thought about what to do in the future?" Everyone was busy with the retreat, so apart from the guards outside the door, the guards at this time were the most slack, and Jining finally found a chance to talk to him privately. Case.
"I... I don't know... I have always been with my sister and mother."
"You don't know what's going on outside, but I do." In order not to make people suspicious, until recently Jining had been frequenting the wealthy families in Mingsha County, preaching scriptures, and the news had never been cut off.
"The queen led 3,000 men from the Meng family to suppress the bandits, but met the Hu Ben army and killed the horse thieves first. It is said that they found you who were missing. The queen was worried about her son and asked to stay in the embassy..." Jining looked puzzled. The Bodhi, the sympathy rose: "This is the news spread by the ministers who are dissatisfied with the third prince's ascension. They hope to use your name to abdicate the third prince. After all, you are the rightful prince."
Juqu Bodhi lowered his head.
"I don't want to take that seat."
"The Meng family colluded with the horse thieves, intending to devour Princess Xingping's dowry, and set up an ambush in the desert to attack the people of Wei State. In the end, Wei State suffered heavy casualties. His Royal Highness was also rescued, and now Wei State is full of anger at His Highness…”
Jining sighed.
"This is the wind from the king."
"…It has nothing to do with the dowry."
Juqu Bodhi's face turned even paler.
"So, Your Highness, this may be the first and last time I ask you. Do you have the courage to face the angry Wei Kingdom, the King who is likely to expel you soon after ascending the throne, and the two countries? What do the thousands of people refer to?"
Jining still looked at Juqu Bodhi gently.
"Accepting protection may be the best outcome. The people your mother left behind can guarantee you to go anywhere in the world. Maybe Liu Song is also good, haven't you always wanted to visit Liu Song?"
"I... I just want the two countries not to fight, I want to save my mother, I want to make amends... "
Juqu Bodhi was frightened by what Jining said and took a step back.
"All dharmas originate from conditions, the Tathagata is the cause, there is a cause and there is an effect, and the cause and condition of the dharma are exhausted."
Jining heard the voices of many people coming from outside, so he could only casually drop a Buddhist verse and stuff him with something.
"Your name is Bodhi, and you should be a child with wisdom roots."
Before Juqu Bodi could understand what Jining was going to say, he was picked up by Wei Kanglong, who had entered the room, like a child, and walked outside.
"Why so fast..."
It's only a quarter of an hour!
"The news from the county governor's office, Princess White Horse assassinated Hua Mulan and was captured by the Wei people. If you don't leave now, you will really be arrested together."
Wei Kanglong felt a sudden shock in his arms, and felt distressed in his heart, so he comforted softly, "Don't worry about the prince, the queen has made arrangements. If we are found here, we will flee to Shanshan. The queen of Shanshan has an old friendship with the queen. I will definitely protect you."
"Elder sister is arrested, what will happen?"
The people in the county governor's house took her as their own.
"If the people of Wei use torture, they will soon find out that she is a woman..." Wei Kanglong and his party kept walking, and hundreds of secret guards passed through the secret passage at extremely high speed, carrying almost nothing but weapons.
If you pack any more things, it will be too late.
"Once the identity of Princess White Horse's woman is revealed, the county governor will soon know, and those under the eldest son will know that they have been deceived, and Puning Temple will be completely exposed. Mingsha County can't stay anymore, and has to leave here quickly. ."
Wei Kanglong had no confidence in the white horse's endurance at all. That pampered princess, who mostly hunted and rode on horses, was different from their trained guards.
If he hadn't worried about Juqu Mujian's inner response in Mingsha County, he wouldn't have exposed Princess White Horse as a bait. Now that he has ascended the throne, he will never let the little prince live.
"From my mother's point of view, I'm the same as my sister."
Juqu Bodhi's voice suddenly came from Wei Kanglong's shoulder.
"There has never been anything a daughter has to sacrifice for her son."
"what?"
Wei Kanglong paused inexplicably before continuing to walk forward.
In his opinion, the prince was more important than the princess, and even the princess herself thought so, so she didn't complain at all.
"You are all gone, what about Master Jining?"
Juqu Bodhi suddenly asked again.
"He's going where he's supposed to be."
Wei Kanglong mumbled uncontrollably, but his feet were not disturbed at all.
"You killed him, didn't you? Because you were afraid of revealing the secret path and whereabouts..." Juqu Bodhi's voice was even more sad, "Another person died because of me."
"These sacrifices are all worth it. Even if I die to protect you, I am willing." Wei Kanglong knew that Juqu Bodhi must have been heartbroken, but he had no intention to comfort him.
They have always believed that this is a game set up by Queen Meng, and that Bei Liang must still be Juqu Bodhi in the end, so everyone is desperate to protect this prince, even if they sacrifice everything.
Because as long as he ascends the throne, all sacrifices can be compensated.
Maybe some people find that it may not be right, but after so many days of allegiance to the queen, if it is only for that secret passage, how many people can bear it
What they are aiming for is the day when they can live upright and upright on earth.
It was because Queen Meng promised them that they would be allowed to walk freely on the ground in the future, and that they would be able to live their lives recklessly, that they were willing to follow her.
Queen Meng never promises lightly.
However, they never thought about running the world.
What they want is to make achievements and establish a career, to take up their positions in Beiliang, to be the king of logistics in the future, and to become a close minister of the king...
"I know what Master Jining did for me." Juqu Bodhi laughed at himself, "But I don't even have the guts to kill..."
"Sir! What are you doing!"
In the secret passage, the dark guards, who were accustomed to walking in the dark, were suddenly stopped by this violent shout.
Juqu Bodhi pressed the dagger to his throat and motioned Wei Kanglong to put him down.
Because he didn't have the ability to see things in the dark, Bodhi fell to the ground and stumbled a little, stood upside-down in the midst of exclamations, and opened his mouth to everyone in the secret passage.
"Send me back to Puning Temple, or I will kill myself."
"Sir, being stabbed to death by a dagger is the most painful way to die. After the trachea is cut, you will not be able to breathe air, and you will be suffocated to death by yourself. I see your hands are shaking, and the person who gave you the dagger is uneasy. Be kind, the point of this dagger is so sharp, you will accidentally hurt yourself..."
Wei Kanglong calmly made a "steady" gesture to the dark guard who could see him, and started his conversation.
"You don't understand at all, I'm shaking now, it's not because I'm afraid of dying..." Juqu Bodhi said with tears streaming down his face, "I've had enough, I'm afraid that I can't help but stab myself to death, that's why I'm shaking. ."
"Even if you take away my dagger now, I will bite my tongue, hit a wall, throw myself into a lake, and hang myself, and I will do everything in my power to kill myself. If my mother and sister are gone, I will leave the palace again. What's the point? You send me back!"
"Send me back!!!"