In the dark, there might be some unknown spirit who reminded Gu Dashuai, who was far away, and told him that his son was about to be abducted by a bald donkey. When the emperor was writing the book, he brought a letter to Chang Geng.
Chang Geng copied the familiar handwriting that he had copied many times and wrote several pages. First he admitted his mistake earnestly, then he explained the reason why he left without saying goodbye, and finally expressed it bluntly. He missed his own thoughts and promised that if the Northwest was safe, he would return to the Hou Mansion before the end of the year to celebrate the New Year.
Chang Geng looked at it from the beginning, and put it on the side with a light snort, because even if he took his toes, he knew that this thing must not have come from the hands of the Marquis of An Ding.
Some nasty words such as "a thousand miles apart, the night is uneasy", "add food and clothing, don't worry about my heart", it is impossible to germinate from the soil in Gu Yun's mind. Shen Yidai's.
The bastard adopted father at most transcribed it himself.
However, Chang Geng found sadly that he thought so clearly in his heart that when he remembered that these words really came out of Gu Yun's hands, he couldn't help but dig out every word and put it into his eyes.
Unfortunately, Gu Yun broke his promise.
Gu Yun knew he was ashamed. This time, he let Shen Yi, who had made a promise on his behalf, get out of the way. He personally took care of the situation and wrote a long letter to Chang Geng. Chang Geng laughed angrily after seeing it, although he felt that this letter was quite sincere this time - Gu Yun really had no talent for coaxing people, he was just adding fuel to the fire with sincerity.
At first, Dashuai Gu told a bunch of trivial things that he thought was interesting. He wrote thousands of words and digressed thousands of miles. Until finally, he used the words "busy military affairs" to summarize the reason why he could not return to Beijing.
Chang Geng didn't care how the scorpions in the desert were delicious, but he searched for it several times, but he still couldn't find the word that he cared about the most - Gu Yun won't come back this year, when will he come back
But there is nothing behind "Military Busy", and a long gift list is attached.
Gu Yun probably felt that the apology in words was not real enough, so he expressed it with actions - he transported all the good things he got this year back to the Hou residence, and stuffed them into Chang Geng. foot.
On the same day, fifteen-year-old Chang Geng locked himself in his room, and with a Loulan short knife given to him by Gu Yun, suffered an attack of ur bone, and then made a decision - he did not want to stay as a useless person. Hou's mansion is over, and he doesn't want to follow the old master and the trembling master to learn some military articles and martial arts on paper. He wants to go out by himself and see the outside world.
On the first day of the new year, Chang Geng followed Zhu Xiaojiao from the palace alone into the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor. As usual, he went through the motions.
Then he stayed in the Hou residence until the 16th day of the first lunar month, let the kitchen cook a bowl of longevity noodles, brought it back to the house to eat by himself, and then calmly announced a decision to blow up the Hou residence again.
Chang Geng said: "I plan to go to Huguo Temple to live for a while."
Said, he looked at the old housekeeper's miserable green color, and added: "Uncle Wang, don't worry, I don't go home, I just want to practice with Master Liran for a while, and pray for my foster father by the way."
Old butler: ""
What can the old man say? He had to prepare the incense money, endure the pain in his chest, and sent someone to send Chang Geng, Ge Pangxiao and Cao Niangzi to Huguo Temple.
This year, the old butler of the Hou Mansion felt that the stern and mighty gate of his house was probably cursed by some barbarian witchcraft, and whoever entered this gate, no matter whether it was a child born in his own home or a child he recognized from outside, one by one was better than the other. It was difficult to deal with. The old butler still remembers Gu Yun's cowardly appearance when he was a child. He was like a little wolf who had been hurt and hated all the people around him indiscriminately.
That one finally stumbled and grew up and was able to establish a family.
Here comes another one who is even more incomprehensible.
After Gu Yun left, Chang Geng lived all day running to Huguo Temple.
Who do you like to play with? Going to the temple every day, the Fourth Highness Li Min really doesn't want to go out. Once he goes out, his destination is extraordinary.
The old housekeeper was worried and worried every day that Chang Geng was going to have a shave.
But he knew that fifteen or sixteen-year-olds were the most unwilling to listen to the old man's advice, not to mention that Chang Geng was not brought up by him. The old housekeeper did not dare to interfere with him too much, so he had to run to Mrs. Cao and Fatty Ge and beat the gong. side.
When Mrs. Cao heard this, she glared down the powder on her eyelids and said angrily, "What? That bald donkey wants to hook up with my elder brother Chang Geng to become a monk?"
There are very few decent-looking men in the world, and the commander leaves as soon as he says he will go. Until now, there is not even a shadow of a person, and only Chang Geng is left beside him. At this age, Chang Geng still has no signs of long-term disability. It is not easy. There is still the danger of becoming bald. Immediately, Mrs. Cao has become an ally of the old housekeeper.
The next day, he deliberately changed into men's clothes and insisted on going with Chang Geng to pay homage to the Buddhist holy place. When he was about to go out, he rolled up his sleeves towards the pair of iron puppets at the door and made a gesture of determination.
The iron golem is inhuman, staring blankly at his snake-like back.
But when she returned from Huguo Temple that night, Madam Cao never mentioned the matter of "making that demon monk appear", and from then on, she joined the team to comprehend Buddhism every day without hesitation—without him, "the demon monk" is too handsome .
Although the commander is also handsome, unfortunately he is too aggressive, so he cannot sit there quietly and let others admire him. It is clear that the master is different. Madam Cao thinks that he is simply a Ubala who walks the world. In the bonsai, it will be able to immortalize forever, and seeing him one more time can make you happy for several days.
The old housekeeper didn't know what ecstasy the monk knew to put on these two, so he had to find Ge Fatty's head.
Fatty Ge obliged to accompany him there.
A few days later, Fatty Ge also defected.
Because the monk knows not only can read scriptures, he is very proficient in the various types of fire machines and puppets driven by Zi Liujin.
Ge Fat Xiao Er, who even dreamed of driving a giant kite to the sky, didn't say a word, and fell directly under the stage of monk Lian.
Over the past year, the old housekeeper was actually used to Chang Geng and the others running to the monk temple every three days, but he didn't take it to heart at first.
Unexpectedly, the Fourth Highness did not learn badly, but when he arrived at Huguo Temple, he imitated Gu Yun on the second day, played the golden cicada and escaped without saying goodbye.
He first followed the line of guards and explained that he would follow Master Lingran to close the door for cleaning for a while, and let the idle people wait not to disturb him.
That night, Chang Geng took his two valet and went down Jiangnan with Master Lingran.
After a few days, the guards responded that something was wrong, and then went to find someone, and there was only a piece of fluffy letter left in the meditation room.
The old housekeeper wanted to cry without tears, so he had to send someone to deliver a letter to Gu Yun while entrusting someone to play the emperor.
After hearing this, the emperor was very open-hearted. First, he didn't care much about this cheap younger brother. Second, he believed in Buddhism and had a kind of blind trust in the monk. He heard that Chang Geng followed him to travel, and he was a little envious— I just hate myself for being burdened by vulgar things, and I can't follow the light of eminent monks.
Gu Yun's side is even more out of reach, and he can't count on it. He heard that the generation of sand bandits in the Western Regions is overwhelming. He has been chasing the sand bandits all day long. Man, it all depends on luck.
Although he is an eminent monk, he seldom teaches scriptures, and never speaks those obscure Buddhist teachings and verses. Most of the time, he talks about some folk knowledge face to face. entered the world. He will even be very rebellious and say some current affairs, but generally write and burn.
More than half a month later, in a small tea shop in Jiangnan, three teenagers and a monk were sitting around a table.
Spring ploughing has begun in Jiangnan, but looking around, there are not many people working in the fields. Three or two old farmers wearing bamboo hats are looking at the iron puppets who are working from a distance.
Compared with the suffocation of the guards and the sword puppets of the Houfu, this iron puppet that farms in the rain of apricot blossoms is not humanoid, like a small car, running back and forth in the field, wearing a wood-carved buffalo head, it looks very naive.
This was the first batch of farming puppets allocated by the imperial court, and it was tried out in the Nanjing area.
When Yan returned to the town, Fatty Ge had an extraordinary interest in the scraps of metal under Shen Yi, and his eyes lit up.
Ling Ran knocked on the table and drew the attention of Chang Geng and the others. After a year, Chang Geng and the others were able to understand his sign language, and the monk no longer had to write word by word.
"I have seen the farming puppet that Jiangnan is promoting in the Western Ocean. A puppet can easily cook an acre of land. Although it still needs to burn a little purple gold, after several improvements, the coal is enough to support most of the power, so In the first place, the achievement is very low, and it is said that a puppet is more economical than an ever-bright lamp."
Fatty Ge: "Then it's good to be affectionate. In the future, won't you have to get up early and get up late to work in the fields?"
The iron puppets that were tried out were allocated to Nanjing by the imperial court, and the squires and gentlemen registered and took them away, and were responsible for subsequent maintenance. If the tenants are willing to farm the land themselves, they can plant the land themselves, and if they are unwilling, they give the land they leased to the puppet. When the next year has a bumper harvest, they will add 10% of the rent to cover the coal burned by the puppet and a small amount of purple gold.
In the first year, few people did it. After all, the rent had to be increased by 10%, but it was promoted in the second year. The common people saw that this thing is indeed easier to use than people. Many, you don’t have to get up early to work in the dark, who wouldn’t agree to such a good thing
That's why there is no one in the fields of Jiangnan at this time.
He smiled without saying a word.
Chang Geng suddenly said: "I don't think it's a good thing - if the iron puppets can completely replace people, what is the use of the people? Han, how many years can you support them?"
Fatty Ge was obsessed with all kinds of lighters, thinking about it day and night, and immediately said, "They can stay as long-armed masters!"
Mrs. Cao: "I know this, the steel armor of all the defenders in a Yanhui city is enough, only two long-armed divisions are enough, at that time they were only occasionally busy, so they would go to General Shen Xian Shen. , I can't use so many long-armed masters."
Fatty Ge: "They can find other things to do, such as"
For example, he couldn't say for a while, the butcher's life was easy after all, in Ge Fatty's eyes, in addition to farming, there are so many things to do in the world.
Madam Cao pulled her gaze off her clear face with difficulty and asked, "Then if everyone can't find something to do, or most people can't find something to do, will they rebel?"
Knowing that she lowered her eyes to look at him, Lady Cao's face was cooked all at once.
Clearly gestured: "It won't be possible in these years."
The three teenagers were silent for a while, then Chang Geng asked, "Is it because of my foster father?"
She glanced at him with a smile.
"I remember that on New Year's Eve last year, the tigers brought by the foreigners ran away, and the people in the street were in chaos. It was when I saw my adoptive father that they calmed down." Chang Geng paused and said, "I later heard people say that the kite There are huge crowds of people near the building, if it wasn't for the foster father to stabilize the flow of people, even stepping on it could kill many people."
With a clear gesture, he said, "I took His Highness privately out of the house, but I have offended Marquis Anding badly. In the future, I will forget that His Highness will save the monk's life under the sword of Lord Hou."
Both Ge Pangxiao and Cao Niangzi laughed, thinking that the monk was joking—after all, in their impression, Gu Yun had always been kind.
Knowing with a wry smile, he skipped the topic, and then gestured: "There is still a folk legend that the old marquis used 30 people of Xuantie to make the North Wolf bow his head. The land is invulnerable to swords and guns, and there is a large beam of Xuantieying, and although there are thugs who commit unrest, it is always difficult to scale."
Chang Geng sat up straighter: "But I heard people say that if you want to demolish the house, the first thing is to smash the beams."
Clearly looking at the young man in front of him, if Gu Yun came back, he probably didn't know Chang Geng anymore. In just one year, he had grown a few inches taller, and the childishness that had swirled between his eyes was gone.
The young man whose scalp was numb when he went out on New Year's Eve, is now sitting in a tea shop in the south of the Yangtze River, chatting with monks about people's livelihood.
Understand: "His Royal Highness does not need to worry about these things, Hou Ye has long been aware of them."
Chang Geng remembered the "world cannot be avoided" in Gu Yun's room, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a thought like a dam burst in his heart. The tea root between the desk and the desk clarified in one gulp.
And Gu Yun, who was remembered by Chang Geng in his heart, was still in the vast desert of the Western Regions, and had been confronting the largest group of sand bandits in the area for more than a month.
At this time, Xiliang Pass was no longer in depression. Since Daliang signed the Xiliang Pass Treaty with the Pope, the entire Xiliang Pass line has become a treasure trove of feng shui for collecting money. Businessmen and tourists quickly gathered. The population of the town has skyrocketed. Westerners and Central Plains people live together with people from the first-tier countries in the Western Regions. It is almost necessary to have me in you and you in me.
Loulan, which is located at the entrance of the ancient Silk Road, became an important place for commerce, and it quickly changed from a little-known small country to a land of gold.
Loulan people are enthusiastic and happy, live and work in peace and contentment, and do not like to look for trouble. Back then, the Western Regions rebellion had nothing to do with others, and their relationship with Daliang has always been very friendly. The emperor deliberately placed the entrance to the ancient silk road here.
"Master, Xiao Jia has already taken down the den of thieves, do you want to do it?"
Gu Yun: "Then what are you waiting for? We've caught the bandit leader, let's go to Prince Loulan's place for dinner tonight!"
Saying that, he lightly pressed his eyelids.
Shen Yi: "Do you have eyes again?"
"No," Gu Yun muttered, "the eyelids keep twitching, maybe"
His voice fell, and a guard suddenly stepped forward and took out a letter from his arms: "Master!"
Gu Yun: "Well, where did it come from?"
Guard: "The letter from Hou's house was delivered to Xiliang Pass, but the family has never been able to find you, so it was sent by the people of Loulan."
Maybe it was Chang Geng's reply.
Gu Yun thought about it, opened it up, and looked at it expectantly.
Then Shen Yi saw that Gu Yun's face changed.
Shen Yi: "What's wrong?"
"I understand this bald donkey, it's best not to fall into my hands." Gu Yun said sullenly, he turned around a few times in the handsome tent with his hands behind his back, and kicked a small table with one foot. The case, "Bring me a few Xuan Yings, Ji Ping, you can take care of me for the time being."
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