After dawn, Ashina Bisuo led the subordinates of the Central Army to rectify the order, checked the troops, gathered the remnants, and went to the manor according to the roster to arrest the princes and nobles who participated in the assassination of Sultangu.
The guards carried yellow silk on their shoulders, galloping with lightning speed, and rushed to different important towns to issue edicts at the same time. The family was caught off guard and lost control of the army. After weighing it, they gave up resistance.
When the fire outside the city was extinguished and the people of the holy city secretly opened the door to peek at the long street, the court was turned upside down.
Bi Suo shuttled through the streets and alleys of the city all day, too busy to touch the ground. In the afternoon, he deliberately went around the Princess Mansion to see Princess Chima, but before he got close, he heard a loud cry.
The princess's residence was crowded with black people, kneeling full of people. Children with ignorant faces, noble ladies with beaded heads, children of noble families in brocade clothes, and white-haired old men all knelt outside the residence, weeping bitterly.
Bi Suo frowned and stopped.
"what happened?"
The long history of the princess' mansion saluted and said, "General, these people are all here to ask the princess to intercede. They have been crying for a day. No matter how I persuade them, they will not leave."
Tan Mo Luojia lived in a recluse, and he had just used thunder to rectify the family. The royal family in the city did not dare to go to him and cry, so they had to go to Princess Chima's house and ask her to intercede for their family.
Bi Su raised his horse whip and said angrily: "The city is under martial law, no matter whether officials or civilians are allowed to stay outside, who asked them to kneel and beg here!"
Chang Shi said in embarrassment, "The princess is not allowed to drive them away, she said she would kneel here and cry with them."
Bi Su rode his horse up the stone steps and threw his whip fiercely: "The king has signed an edict that no one will be allowed to go out until sunrise tomorrow. If the order is violated, it will be punished with the crime of conspiracy! Don't go out without permission, or go to the big prison to accompany the prisoner who assassinated the regent!"
The nobles burst into tears and glared at Bi Suo.
Bi Su patted the saber on his waist.
The nobles remembered the melee outside the city last night, shrank a few times, got up and left with hatred.
Bi Suo told Chang Shi: "Tell the princess that there is chaos in the city these days, and tell her not to go out."
Chang Shi whispered: "General, the princess is not in the mansion, the princess has gone to the Wang Temple."
Bi Suo's face changed suddenly: "When did it happen?"
Chang Shi hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Just now... The princess heard that Wang Lun's meritorious deeds this morning and promoted a Dutong surnamed Zhang... Immediately, she was furious, and immediately ordered the concierge to set up a car and go to the Wang Temple..."
Last night, when the camp of the Fourth Army was scattered, a descendant of the Zhang family shouted in the chaos, persuaded his comrades to surrender with him, and lit a torch to guide the way for the tribal cavalry who arrived in time, and made a great contribution. . This morning, those who took over the Fourth Army were all motivated soldiers, and in terms of meritorious deeds, the young man surnamed Zhang had been promoted to three levels in a row and became a banned officer.
Princess Chima hated the Zhang family deeply. When she heard about it, she was furious. She went to the Wang Temple and asked Tanmaraga to take it back.
She had the bronze talisman given by Bi Su on her body, and the guards of the central army did not dare to stop her.
Bi Su did not dare to delay, and immediately turned his horse and chased in the direction of Wangsi.
…
King Temple.
Yaoying got down from the tower and wanted to go back to her yard. She slept in the Zen room all night. It is best to leave quietly when no one is paying attention, otherwise, it will definitely attract more criticism.
Bamir said in embarrassment: "When the king left, he ordered me to protect the princess. The king has not returned yet. If the princess has any mistakes, I can't explain it to the king."
Yao Ying felt that she was already safe and she didn't need to stay any longer, but Tan Mo Luojia was also considering her safety. Now that the royal court has many affairs, she still obeyed his arrangement.
She returned to the meditation room, sat down cross-legged, and glanced at the scriptures on the long table.
Tamaroka wrote in Sanskrit, which she could not read.
She remembered something, asked Bamir for a pen and paper, sucked the ink on the tip of the pen, wrote a brief letter to Xie Qing and the others, and asked someone to send it to the yard.
The monk soldiers who delivered the letter had just left, when there was a loud noise from the wall separated by a wall, mixed with the angry scolding of the woman.
Yuanjue and Prajna were not there at the moment, so the monk soldier asked Bamir for instructions: "Princess Chima is here to see the king, and his subordinates told the princess that the king is not in the Zen room. The princess doesn't believe it, so she has to break in."
Bamir hesitated and said, "I'll go and explain to the princess."
After finishing speaking, look back at Yaoying.
"Princess Wenzhao, please go to the interior for a while, if Princess Chima breaks in... Seeing you here..."
Yaoying understood and retreated to the inner room.
The interior of the Zen room is where Tamaroka lives. The furnishings in the room are simple and elegant, with short beds and tables, Persian fleece blankets on the ground, low-hanging golden brocade tents, a scaffolding under the window, and densely packed bookshelves against the wall. The scriptures are piled up, the sun shines into the room through the high windows, the air is filled with golden fine dust, and the room is filled with a thick and slightly bitter fragrance.
Yaoying didn't touch the scriptures on the Tan Mo Luojia short case bookshelf, and sat cross-legged on the fleece for a while, when heavy footsteps came from outside the corridor.
Bamir knocked on the door frame, signaling Princess Chima to leave.
Yaoying got up and went out, and she was stunned when she saw the person walking into the Zen room with Bamir.
With a helmet and hat under her arm, Bi Su smiled at her, looking tired, turned her head and instructed Bamir: "If Princess Chima comes again, you can send someone to deliver the message to me."
Bamir responded, scratched his scalp, and said, "General, Princess Chima is really arrogant when she loses her temper. Only the general can persuade her."
Bi Suo smiled bitterly. Chima was really angry this time. It took him a long time to persuade her back.
"The matter of the Zhang family is trouble..."
he murmured.
Yaoying's heart moved, "What happened to the Zhang family?"
Bi Suo sighed, told what he had seen in front of the princess' mansion, and finally said: "The king ordered the reform of the military system, and the military was promoted based on merits. The descendants of the Zhang family made great contributions and won awards, and Princess Chima didn't have a moment. way to accept."
Yaoying frowned slightly.
Bi Suo looked distressed and said, "Zhang Xu is the direct descendant of the Zhang family. It is human nature for Princess Chima to be dissatisfied with Zhang Xu's promotion."
Yaoying pursed her lips and asked, "Who told Princess Chima about this? There are so many generals who were promoted this morning. Why is it that only the news of Zhang Xu's promotion spread so quickly?"
Bi Suo was stunned, thought for a moment, and said, "Those relatives of aristocratic families knelt down outside the princess' mansion to beg for mercy, maybe they told the princess."
Yaoying raised her eyes and said in a low voice, "General, you'd better send someone to follow Princess Chima. Princess Chima can't see the mage, so she has nowhere to vent her anger. If she is instigated, go directly to the prisoner Zhang. , if something goes wrong, I'm afraid it won't end well."
Bi Suo's eyes widened, she reacted, her face sank suddenly, "Thank you princess for reminding me."
He turned and strode away.
Yaoying watched his anxious back go away, and sighed softly.
The family's counterattack came so quickly.
They made the old and weak women kneel and cry in public. They were seeking sympathy and accusing Tanmaraka of being cruel to the aristocratic family.
Telling Chima that the descendants of Zhang's family have been promoted is instigating discord, not only inciting Chima, but also warning the Zhang family.
If there is a conflict between Chima and Zhang Dutong, who should Tamara take
Favoring Chima, the rising upstart must be dissatisfied.
Will the close relatives of the royal family, headed by Chima, be willing to give up because of favoring Zhang Jian
They are all-pervasive, like gangrene attached to the bones, waiting to use Tanmaraga's flaws to provoke trouble at any time.
It is impossible to prevent.
…
Bi Su hurriedly chased out of the Wangsi, and found that Princess Chima was going to find Zhang Xu. She was so frightened that she stopped Chima's carriage and took away the bronze talisman of Hao Nu.
Chima lifted the curtain of the car with an angry face: "What are you doing?!"
Bi Suo glanced at her with a sullen tone: "Chima, I shouldn't have given you this bronze talisman."
No one from the nobles to the commoners can come and go in the city casually. He was worried that Chima was in an emergency, so he specially gave her a bronze talisman to travel, but he almost made a big mistake.
If he indulges him, Chima really goes to Zhang Xu's place to make a scene, which will chill people's hearts, and the family will use the theme to provoke Tanmaraga and the Fourth Army who have just surrendered.
"Zhang Xu has been banned. He is a soldier loyal to the king. Don't trouble him."
Chima sank his face and said angrily: "There are so many loyal soldiers, why did Luo Jia promote Zhang Xu? He let go of the Zhang family, I recognize it, and now he reuses the Zhang family, the Zhang family is about to revive, I Can I just sit back and watch? Me and the Zhang family are at odds with each other!"
Bi Suo motioned Hao Nu to turn around and go back to the princess' mansion, and said solemnly, "Everyone is the king's people... Chima, you only have hatred in your eyes, and the king's eyes are the stability of the royal court."
Chima snorted coldly: "He doesn't care about anyone, the Tanmo family is not as good as the Zhang family in his eyes."
Bi Suo frowned, sent her back to the Princess' Mansion, instructed Chang Shi to guard her, take away the bronze talismans and seals from the Princess' Mansion, and said, "If anyone visits the Princess again during this period, they will all be sent back, and the Princess will not be seen. "
Long history should do it.
Chima's face was gloomy: "Bisuo, are you trying to put me under house arrest?"
Bi Su sent Chang Shi away, sighed deeply, and said, "Chima, I can only do this, I can no longer condone your nonsense."
Chima couldn't stop Tanmo Luojia from promoting Zhang Xu, and he was already angry. Hearing this, his heart became even more indignant, "Why do you always favor Luo Jia? Are my demands too much?"
Bi Su rubbed her brows and said helplessly, "Chima, you have always been the one I favored. I didn't excuse you again and again. Bamir and the others forcibly sent you back."
Chima's face was full of anger.
Bi Su still has something to do, so she didn't want to talk to her more, and her tone softened: "Be honest, don't be ridiculous, when I'm done, I'll take you to the market to watch the Qiuci music and dance performance."
After all, he left in a hurry.
Chima was furious, and with a bang, overturned the case.
Can't go on like this.
…
Bi Suo left the Princess Mansion and found Yuanjue, "Where is the king?"
Yuanjue replied, "The king came back from the palace and went to see Master Titus."
Master Tito is the Vina in the monastery, and he masters the precepts.
Bi Su hurriedly hurried to the execution hall, it was almost evening, the execution hall was underground, the light was dim, and the sound of footsteps echoed in the silent corridor, which sounded a little scary.
He walked through the passage and walked quickly into the thinking room. Just as he was about to knock on the door, there were several muffled sounds inside.
Muffled one after another.
Tamara is being punished.
Bi Su stood on the spot, slowly clenching fists with both hands.
…
More than ten years ago, Bi Su was also standing here and saw the imprisoned Tamara for the first time.
At that time, the government was controlled by the Zhang family, and Tanmaraka grew up in the monastery. The Zhang family did not allow him to leave the monastery, nor did the ministers go to see him in the monastery, but only allowed the old-fashioned Balaliu to teach him the Dharma.
Polo Liuzhi praised Tanmaraga for his intelligence, but Bi Su was not convinced, and wanted to see Luojia very much since he was a child.
That year, when a puja was held in the temple, he sneaked into the execution hall with several children of aristocratic families.
The skinny Luojia was wearing a gray monk's robe, sitting in the cell reading scriptures. Several beams of light fell into the execution hall, mottled on his face, reflecting his deep eyebrows. In the summer of 2009, a kind of cold brilliance shone through him.
At that moment, Bi Suo and several other noble disciples hardly dared to breathe, for fear of disturbing their king.
When they saw that the scriptures that Tamara was reading were in Sanskrit, they had to be convinced that the Master did not favor Loga, and Loga was indeed his smartest student.
Later, Bi Su became a member of the guards who served the Buddha.
He knows how much Luo Jia has endured over the years.
When he was a child, the detained Luo Jia lacked food and clothing, and did not see the light of day, and still studied hard.
Witnessing the slaughter of the Tanmo family, he still maintained a Buddhist heart and did not become gloomy, irritable and unreasonable like Chima.
Practice the exercises, endure the pain, protect all beings by means of Asura, and accept the punishment in silence.
Over the years, Bi Suo had never seen Luo Jia smile.
Not once.
Luo Jia seems to have understood the responsibility on his shoulders from birth. He was born as a king, and he was known as early wisdom since he was a child.
With the Buddha's son Shura in one, can he always maintain the current firmness and sobriety
…
Thinking of the reaction after the previous Tanmaraga exercises got out of control, the exhortation of Balaliuji before his death came to mind again.
"Don't let Lorgar be the second General Cesare..."
Bi Su closed her eyes and hid her worries in the deepest part of her heart.
After waiting for a while, the sound of the stick in the room stopped, and after a slow voice, the door was opened from the inside, and Tamara came out, with a large cassock covering her figure, her steps were steady, and her face was calm. calm.
Bi Suo restrained her emotions, went forward, pleaded guilty first, and whispered to Princess Chima.
"Wang, I have persuaded Princess Chima. The princess was instigated by others, so she was so reckless out of righteous indignation. Please forgive her."
Tamara looked at him and said, "Look at her."
Bi Su's face was slightly red, Luo Jia knew that Chima was irritable, and reminded him that he wanted him to look at the princess' mansion. If he hadn't privately given the bronze talisman to Princess Chima, the princess would never have a chance to leave the mansion.
"I remember this, I won't let Princess Chima embarrass Zhang Xu again. In fact, it's justifiable for the princess to do so. As long as she drives away the people who instigated her, she will stop."
Bi Su's face was full of self-blame, and Tamara's eyes looked at the dark night sky, but said nothing.
…
That night, Tanmaraka did not return to the meditation room until it was dark.
Bamir performed her duties faithfully and refused to let Yaoying go back to the yard. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, she stood up and lifted the felt curtain from time to time to look out. She didn't know how long she waited. Surrounded by blue shirt and white robe guards, Luo Jia slowly walked towards the Zen room, with a tall figure and a soft halo on the golden cassock.
Yaoying let out a long breath, and he finally came back.
Bamir raised the felt curtain, and Tamaroka stepped into the meditation room.
"Mage."
With a soft call, Yaoying came forward.
Tamara was slightly startled, and his eyes fell on her smiling face.
Yaoying's mouth twitched, he wouldn't forget that she had been staying in his Zen room, right
"The mage has a good rest, I'm going back."
Yaoying exits the Zen room.
Bamir scratched his head embarrassedly: "Princess... It's almost midnight, and the door to the outer courtyard has been keyed. If you go back at this time, everyone will be alarmed."
Yaoying paused, thought about it, and asked, "Is there any vacant courtyard in that temple?"
Anyway, she can go back to the yard when it's dawn, just find a place and wait for a few hours.
Bamir shook his head.
The two of them were in trouble, and a hand with well-defined joints swept away the felt curtain.
Tamara stood in front of the door, her blue eyes looked at Yao Ying, and there was a deep tired look on her brows.
"Come in."
He said lightly, without a trace of emotion.
Yaoying's drawn leg retracted involuntarily.