Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

It rained heavily in Luoyang for three consecutive days.It was evening when Yuan Yao returned to Luoyang despite the rain. The city guards opened the magnificent city gate, and it was Cui Guang who came to greet him.

Yuan Yao got off his horse, and the rain had already soaked his armor. Cui Guang stood in front of the door and said, "Congratulations to General Yuan for capturing the traitor. General Yuan, please take a rest. The palace has already prepared fine wine and delicacies. Clean up the dust for the general."

Wei Yuan held the box containing Fa Qing's head and handed it to Cui Guang's subordinates.Yuan Yao silently looked at the twenty or so young novice monks who were tied up in the team. They were all just teenagers, with sad faces on their immature faces. There was blood.Although they were sent by Faqing, they knew nothing about that crime.But he had to take them back to Luoyang, he didn't know what was waiting for them.

He took off his helmet and said to Cui Guang: "Doctor Cui, I'll go home first, and I'll go to the banquet in half an hour."

The night banquet in Luoyang Palace has just begun, with delicious food and wine, Hujia dancers, and courtiers gathered together to celebrate the victory in Jizhou.Although many people are not very clear about this battle, the number of leaders of the rebellion is also unknown.

Several young low-level officials took advantage of the gathering together to discuss endlessly.

"Hey, I heard that it was a monk who rebelled? It's not the first time a monk rebelled, but why did the monk in Jizhou rebel? Now the imperial court has not limited the number of monks in Jizhou, nor has it made strict requirements. He tried of what?"

"Who knows, maybe it was some rebellious minister and traitor who took refuge in the Buddhist family and now rebelled..."

"I heard that the monk is capable of demon magic. General Xiao Yuan spent a lot of time and invited Taoists to subdue the monk."

"Hey, don't chat for now, General Xiao Yuan is here."

Unlike most people, he didn't wear brocade clothes, but only light-colored casual clothes. He walked slowly from the most secluded path to the place of the palace banquet, stepping on the osmanthus flowers that fell on the path.The officials coming and going came up to greet him, and he only replied a few words indifferently, and then continued to move forward.

A small bamboo ball rolled a few times and stopped in front of him. He bent down to pick it up, and a four or five-year-old child ran towards this place.

"Uncle, the ball!" The child looked up at him, stretched his arms, and his hazel eyes were as bright as glass.

Yuan Yao squatted down, returned the ball to him, and said, "My lord, so you still remember me."

When the late emperor was around, Yuan Xu often played in front of his knees. He was summoned to the palace by chance a year ago, and met Yuan Xu a few times. Unexpectedly, the child still remembered him.

Yuan Xu caught the ball, stared at him blankly, put his fingers in his mouth, Yuan Yao stopped him quickly.

"Xu'er, it's your mother who didn't pay attention, why did you have your finger in your mouth again?"

A person walked out from behind the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, followed by two young maids, who was the Empress Dowager Hu.She was dressed in bright clothes, and her face was radiant, like a fairy in the Dragon Palace.

Yuan Yao hastily saluted and said, "My minister kowtows to the queen mother!"

Empress Dowager Hu smiled like a flower, she took Yuan Xu's little hand, and said: "General Yuan, you don't need to be too polite, today's banquet is to celebrate your achievements, hurry up and take your seat."

After all, the group of people continued to walk a few steps forward and came to the Chinese Garden of Luoyang Palace.There are osmanthus flowers in the garden, and the fragrance is overflowing. The imperial chef made osmanthus cake and osmanthus honey with osmanthus flowers.Yuan Yao sat down in front of his seat, picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, took a bite, and suddenly thought of Tao Xinian.

When that person arrives in Luoyang, where should he take him for a walk, and what dishes should he prepare for hospitality?He dipped some sweet-scented osmanthus honey, took another bite, and thought the sweet-scented osmanthus honey was pretty good, so he wanted to try making a small jar.

The little figure was wriggling, a small hand climbed up to the edge of the table, touched it a few times, moved the small plate containing sweet-scented osmanthus honey to the side, and moved it again until the little thing moved the small plate into his hand , showing half of his head.Seeing that Yuan Yao had already seen him, Yuan Xu whispered, "Uncle, can you lend me some food?"

Yuan Yao looked at Empress Dowager Hu. She was chatting with several ministers, but she didn't notice that Yuan Xu had quietly moved her position.Another little servant who was in charge of Yuanxu stood far away, not daring to pull Yuanxu.Yuan Yao knew that Empress Hu must not allow Yuan Xu to eat more honey, but it's okay to eat a little more now and then.

He said: "My lord, sit down and eat, be careful not to spill honey."

Yuan Xu immediately beamed, slipped under the table, sat beside him, picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, dipped it in a lot of sweet-scented osmanthus honey, stuffed it into his mouth, and ate it until his cheeks bulged.

Yuan Yao drank a small glass of wine, and when Yuan Xu left, he got up to look for Cui Guang.He has something to talk to him about.

After the autumn rain, the autumn wind is getting cooler.The stench of blood came from far away from the execution ground. More than [-] heads rolled on the ground, and the blood spilled all over the ground.

Such a bloody scene, but many people in Luoyang City came to watch, and they surrounded the execution ground layer by layer.

Yuan Yuan stood far away at the entrance of the alley, and it began to rain lightly.He is wearing a bamboo hat, standing in the rain.A man walked slowly with an umbrella and stopped beside him.

"Why? They were just controlled by Fa Qing. It's a blessing to save a life. If I knew this, I might as well not have saved them at that time."

"They are traitors. This is the decision of the majority of the court. I can't stop it. Even the Queen Mother can't oppose it." Cui Guang was dressed in plain clothes and only dressed as a commoner.He expected that Yuan Yao would definitely go here today, so he came here to have a look.

"Uncle Cui, I want to resign." Yuan Yao said.

Cui Guang sighed: "I know what you're thinking, I'll go and talk to the Queen Mother again. I won't stop you this time, you have no intention of making progress, and you have no intention of staying in the imperial court. It's okay to live the life of ordinary people. Last time the Empress Dowager promised you a golden land and a noble title when you returned from victory, if you have the title and property, even if you don’t become an official, you will have nothing to worry about for the rest of your life.”

"Thank you Uncle Cui."

Yuan Yao turned around and went back to his own yard, trying to forget the blood on the execution ground from his mind.He picked up the broom and swept the entire yard inside and out. After going out for more than a month, there was a lot of dust in the yard again.Then he cleaned up the room next door where he lived, laid out the bedding, and waited for the guests to come.

This should be the last time.He didn't want to kill but was forced to kill so many people, he couldn't remember how many.He looked to his right hand, which was wrapped with prayer beads for sealing.If it weren't for this knife, maybe he shouldn't be doing this.

There was a knocking sound outside the door, Yuan Yao hurriedly got up, straightened his clothes, and went to answer the door.

"General Yuan, the Empress Dowager has something urgent to announce, please follow the young one into the palace immediately."

The one who came was a young and handsome servant in black, whom Yuan Yao had met with Queen Hu before.He asked: "It's getting late, what's the urgent matter for the Empress Dowager Xuanchen?"

The little waiter in black smiled and said, "How does this little one know? When you get to the Empress Dowager, the general will know by himself, please trouble the general."

Yuan Yao closed the door but unlocked it, if that person came at night and knew the address of his home, he could go in and sit down.

The autumn wind was blowing, and the sweet-scented osmanthus in the palace was fragrant. Yuan Yao thought of the twenty or so heads on the execution ground, and felt that the sweet-scented osmanthus seemed to be tinged with blood.If he was allowed to stay, he would not stay any longer, at worst he would be disrespectful.Although he has five suits with the present sage, he is still a member of the Yuan family, and he is just resisting the decree, so his head will not be taken.

Walking into the depths of the palace, behind the bead curtain, there is only Queen Hu.

"I have seen the Queen Mother." Yuan Yao knelt down and saluted.

Hu Hou walked out slowly from behind the bead curtain, sat on a low couch, and said, "General Yuan, Ai's family heard that you are resigning again?"

Yuan Yao didn't raise his head, and replied, "Please grant your permission, Queen Mother."

Empress Hu laughed and said, "It's strange that General Yuan only wants to resign after he has made meritorious service. But I'm sorry!"

Yuan Yao raised his head, a little surprised.He thought that Empress Hu would stay again.

"You have made meritorious service to the imperial court many times. The Ai family should give you a title and golden land. However, there is one more difficult thing for the Ai family to do. When you return to your command, the Ai family will give you the golden land again. Afterwards, the general loves to go Go wherever you want, Aijia won’t keep you.”

"What's the matter?"

Hu Hou went behind the curtain, took out a box, opened it, and it was the Buddha's parietal bone relic that Yuan Yao presented a few days ago.

"Gaochang, the Buddhist country, recently sent a flesh-body Buddha statue to our country. It is very honorable. As a gift in return, only the Buddha's top bone relic can be obtained in the Great Wei Dynasty. The road to Gaochang is difficult and dangerous. You have to pass through Jiayuguan and then go west. Aijia I heard that there are some monsters and monks outside the pass, and I am afraid that ordinary people will not be able to handle it properly. Besides, the relic of the Buddha's top bone is noble, and it is rumored to have more divine power. You collected the parietal bone relic, and Aijia sent you out to send it to Gaochang."

Yuan Yao frowned slightly, and said: "Queen Mother, it's not impossible to send humble ministers to Gaochang, but the Buddha's top bone relic really has supernatural powers, and can be sent as envoys for those who practice Buddhism and Taoism with high morals. I'm afraid it will fall into the hands of evil people, and there will be endless troubles. "

"This Ai family knows it. As you said before, Faqing relied on the Buddha's top bone relic to make waves. But don't worry, the Ai family has asked several Taoist masters in Luoyang City to practice overnight to seal the divine power of this relic. Eighty percent, and the remaining [-]% ​​is because the lord of Gaochang thinks that I, Great Wei, sent you fake relics. When you go to Gaochang, pretend to be a commoner, and go to the Taoist temple to pick one or two high-spirited Taoists to accompany you on the road."

"What if I shouldn't?"

Empress Hu smiled slightly and said, "No title, confiscation of property, downgrading, etc., starting with the soldiers in the barracks."

"The minister leads the order. But the minister will stay in Luoyang for more than half a month, and the minister is waiting for someone."

Empress Hu handed the box containing the relics to Yuan Yao, and said: "Then just wait, general. You can go on the road within a month. The time is determined by the general. You just need to send the national gift to Gaochang before the spring. It's just that It's a long way to go, and now it's autumn again, and the wind and snow outside the pass are extremely heavy, it's better for the general to set out earlier."

"Yes."

The author has something to say: I'm sorry comrades, there are too many things in the past two days, and I didn't post the article on time.It should be on time tomorrow, haha.