Cui Geng was surprised: "You ...... just now Haven't you been outside the temple all the time, staying by Wang Dazhong's side? In the blink of an eye, where did you conjure up such a well-equipped cavalry? ”

It turned out that the man in the iron mask was not the captain of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, let alone Zhang Qian's subordinates, but the abbot of Yexuan who had just feigned surrender to Wang Dazhong!

Abbot Ye Xuan fiddled with the iron mask in his hand and said, "Wang Dazhong's mind just now was all about Cui Xianling and others, where can he take care of the poor monks when the temple is in chaos?" Therefore, the two poor monks and brothers, while he was not paying attention, slipped away. ”

Cui Geng asked again: "Then the cavalry you led ......?"

Since it was the monk Yexuan who came to the rescue, it was obvious that this well-equipped cavalry was definitely not the cavalry of the Dadu Governor's Mansion.

But he is the presiding abbot of a small broken temple in the mountains, Cui Geng couldn't figure it out, where did he move such a cavalry with 100 people in a short period of time? And all of them are riding war horses, wearing helmets and armor, and they are well-prepared, which is not something that an abbot of a temple can do.

"Indeed, none of them are the soldiers of Zhang Qian's Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but the loyal deployment of a certain family. They usually incarnate as villagers, and gather in Daxinzhuang, not far from Xiaoyin Temple, just like ordinary farmers. Abbot Ye Xuan no longer concealed it and said truthfully.

"What?"

Cui Geng was surprised, his face was solemn, and he asked, "Great monk, who are you?" ”

"Since a certain family dares to lead the old subordinates to rescue Cui County, they naturally don't want to deceive you anymore."

Ye Xuan sighed softly and said lightly: "Ten years ago, a certain family was called Xu Jingye. ”

"Xu Jingye? Xu Jingye, who raised troops to fight for martial arts, was defeated and died? At this time, Cui Geng couldn't be completely calm.

"Huh, die?"

Monk Yexuan, no, now he should be called Xu Jingye. I only heard Xu Jingye laugh lightly and said: "That's just a rumor deliberately spread by the Wu family in order to stabilize the current situation of the dynasty and the people's hearts." I think that day, after the defeat of the army and the siege of the city, a certain family took the degree that was prepared early and lived in seclusion in the Lingyin Temple in Qiantang County, Hangzhou County. Two years ago, he moved to a dilapidated temple here and named this small temple 'Xiaoyin Temple'. Cui Xianling didn't find out that there is only one word difference between Xiaoyin Temple and Lingyin Temple? ”

"I see...... Cui Geng slowly digested these shocking news that once it spreads, it will definitely set off a bloody storm.

I heard Xu Jingye say: "It's good to move to Xiaoyin Temple, this place is remote and rarely visited, in my spare time, a certain family can also be with the old brothers who incarnated as farmers in Daxinzhuang, reminiscing about the past and drinking, and this day is also happy." "They live in seclusion in Daxinzhuang, not far from here."

Cui Geng gradually calmed down from the shock, remembering the strange things that happened to him and others yesterday since they entered Xiaoyin Temple, as well as all kinds of unusual things they saw, and finally turned into a wry smile, and said with emotion: "Eh, it's also strange that Cui didn't react." In fact, I should have thought that the portrait enshrined in the hall was not your second uncle Xu Siwen at all, but Xu Shiyun, the ancestor of the British Prince. ”

"Exactly, a certain family is unfilial, so that there are no bones left in my grandfather's body, and now he can only set up a stone statue and worship every day to atone for his previous sins." Xu Jingye sighed again and again.

Cui Geng asked again: "Then why did you get involved with Wang Dazhong again?" ”

Xu Jingye smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, how can it be said that there is a clever word in this world?" Wang Dazhong's incident can really be called a mistake, and it will cause trouble......"

Xu Shi slowly recounted that it turned out that Wang Hongyi had received a secret order from Lijingmen to kill Cui Geng and take his life. Wang Hongyi no matter what. I didn't dare to do this errand in Yangzhou City. In the end, after thinking about it, he chose Xiaoyin Temple.

This place is close enough to Yangzhou, but it is also very remote. The most important thing is that there are only two old monks and a few vulnerable monks in the temple, which in his opinion is very easy to control.

That's why Cui Geng took his two daughters to Peach Blossom Creek to celebrate the festival, he designed everything, and Cui Geng also fell into his arms and slowly entered his trap.

If nothing else, the two monks who were threatened by him should have drunk Cui Geng and his party when they were drinking with Cui Geng, and then served them in a pot.

But I never expected that these two monks who were ostensibly threatened and controlled by them, one was Xu Jingye, and the other was Luo Bingwang.

It stands to reason that after Xu Jingye and others were defeated, they just wanted to find a place where they could live incognito with the remaining brothers. Therefore, they didn't want to provoke Wang Hongyi, and after completing this life-threatening errand for Wang Dazhong, they took advantage of the chaos to escape, took the brothers who had lurked in Daxinzhuang, found another place, and continued to live for the rest of their lives. After all, Cui Geng is not familiar with them, let alone have no friendship, so Cui Geng's life and death have nothing to do with them.

Unexpectedly, after Cui Geng arrived at Xiaoyin Temple, several people chatted about Xu Jingye. The two lines of poetry that Cui Geng inadvertently read made Xu Jingye, who had become an old monk, feel very relieved and eager to be his confidant in life.

After all, since his defeat, because of the rumors and malicious slander of the imperial court, the world has misunderstood and guessed him Xu Jingye. And on the contrary, a Jiangdu county magistrate who never knew each other and was still an official of the imperial court eating the imperial grain of the Wu family actually read a fairly fair poem for him.

Xu Jingye couldn't bear Cui Geng's life in vain, so he used riddles to suggest that he should flee quickly.

What he didn't expect was that although Wang Dazhong was a straw bag, Wang Hongyi behind him was not an ordinary character, he was meticulous in his work, and the ring plan was arranged without leakage. So much so that Wang Dazhong led the killers to act in advance, cutting off Cui Geng's back way to escape.

In the end, there was no way, he and Luo Bingwang had to pretend to be stupid, talking nonsense about "the way of happiness and air", and what kind of charm, pretending to take refuge in Wang Dazhong's side.

Later, when Wang Dazhong led people to surround the temple and chaos, one did not pay attention, and the two of them slipped out and hurried to Daxinzhuang, a few miles away, to move the rescuers.

After they slipped away, if they didn't care about Cui Geng, or if they were late for half a pillar of incense, I am afraid that Cui Geng and the others would really die here!

……

After Cui Geng heard the cause and effect, he couldn't help but secretly scream "It's dangerous", clasped his fists, and said solemnly: "Xu... Senior Xu, today not only saved Cui, but also saved dozens of people who walked with me, great kindness, it is really unrecompensable! ”

Although Xu Jingye has pretended to be a monk for so many years, he still read some Buddhist scriptures to some extent, and preached with Buddha nature: "Yesterday's cause, today's effect." If it weren't for Cui County's order to enter the temple yesterday, he would have made all kinds of connections with a certain family, and a certain family would not have taken a dangerous move and risked being found to help you. Therefore, everything is cause and effect, and everything is fate! ”

“……”

When he said this, Cui Geng was speechless, according to this, did he still have to thank himself for saying a fair word for Xu Jingye's raising troops to fight for martial arts?

Well, I can only thank that absurd dream for letting him know the evaluation of Xu Jingye by later history!

But then, Cui Geng's headache also came.

Because Xu Jingye and Luo Bingwang, two famous people in history, in the eyes of Wu Zetian, the imperial court, and everyone in the world, they rebelled and died in Yangzhou. Now not only are they not dead, but they can also eat and sleep well, these two are black households who have seen the light die!

Although Xu Jingye wore an iron mask, he did not show his identity as Xu Jingye in front of everyone.

But in front of everyone's eyes, how to explain this well-armored cavalry under his hands?

Wang Dazhong was just captured, but he didn't die!

The Lijingmen killers led by Wang Dazhong were not all wiped out!

And the most important thing, those soldiers who were bewitched by the Wang family's father and son to be killers, but really came from the Dadu Governor's Mansion, are also alive!

Once these people returned to Yangzhou City and leaked the news, how should they explain to Zhang Qian that this cavalry with such explosive combat effectiveness suddenly appeared?

You can't kill Wang Dazhong and his henchmen in order to prevent leakage of news, right?

Even if these people should be killed, what about the soldiers of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion who surrendered?

Kill them all?

This is certainly unrealistic!

Distress, what a fucking distress!

Xu Jingye may also see the reason why Cui Geng fell silent inexplicably, and immediately smiled: "A certain family has clarified its identity today, and it has no intention of embarrassing Cui County. In this way, it is better for you to arrest me and ask the court for credit. Anyway, a certain family has been a turtle with a shrunken head for more than ten years, and it is enough! ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui Geng changed color again and again, and shook his head for the first time and said, "No, no, no, no, how could Cui do this?" Isn't this an ungrateful villain? Uh, Senior Xu, don't worry, let me think about it... In fact, more than 100 people are easy to say, the key is armor and war horses...... Eh, it seems to make sense! ”

Cui Geng had an idea in his heart, and he was a little relieved, and said: "Let's just say this, you, that is, Master Ye Xuan, went to ask for help in the middle of the night, but you didn't pay attention and fell into a big hole." Suddenly, it was discovered that this was an arsenal with various armors and weapons. Later, I found the documents, this is the Tibetan arsenal after Xu Jingye's defeat, in order to make a comeback. ”

This reason works, and the hidden arsenal is also ready-made for Xu Jingye. Because his old department, when he was usually farming, would keep these weapons in a secret place. This storehouse is ready-made, and it can be turned into a hidden arsenal with a little remodeling.

As for why the villagers have such military qualities? This can also be explained, it is said that the old monk Ye Xuan is compassionate and compassionate, and in order to prevent the village from being disturbed by mountain bandits on weekdays, he taught them some ways of fighting in his spare time to protect himself.

As for why the old monk also knows the way of battle formation......

This is not new, a few decades ago, there was an allusion to the eighteen stick monks who saved the Tang King. Don't underestimate the military literacy of monks, there are traces to follow. Now the old monk Xuan is leading the villagers to pretend to be an official and soldier to save Cui County, which is also in the past, isn't it?

"It's true, it's just ......"

Xu Jingye hesitated: "Cui County Order, it's just that there are too many coincidences, right?" This kind of deception from the head is okay with ordinary people, but it is difficult to deceive the government and the court! As long as someone is a little suspicious, go to Daxinzhuang and arrest an old part of my department for interrogation, as soon as the eighteen torture instruments are on, Rao is a tough guy with copper skin and iron bones, then the clues must be revealed. ”

"I've thought about this too."

Of course, Cui Geng also understood this truth, and said: "Therefore, the most important thing is not to let your people fall into the hands of Zhang Qian, let alone into the hands of Lijingmen. I've already considered it for you, there is a big family in Yangzhou, named Li Shan, have you ever heard of it? I have a good relationship with him. He has a foundation in Fusang, I don't know if you, the old department, are willing to go to Fusang? ”

Li Shan is the underworld leader who sits on the ground and shares the spoils in Yangzhou City, and his business in Fusang is naturally not a serious business, and he is certainly not a good citizen in Fusang. If Li Shan can get Xu Jingye, an old subordinate with more than 100 extremely high combat effectiveness, it can't be said to be like a tiger with wings.

In Cui Geng's opinion, these people are dressed incognito in Daxinzhuang anyway, and they live a life of worrying all day long, so it is better to go to Fusang to behave and do things in a dignified manner, or to form a family in Fusang and spread out.

However, he suggested that Xu Jingye had better stay for the time being and not go to Fusang with them.

He has two concerns, one is that Xu Jingye's appeal is too strong, if these old subordinates arrive in Fusang, will these people listen to Xu Jingye or Li Shan? This is simply a big trouble for Li Shan.

Second, if Xu Jingye also went to Fusang, then all the people related to the incident in Xiaoyin Temple would be gone, so don't you tell Zhang Qian and the court, is there anything wrong here? Isn't it that there are no three hundred taels of silver here?

Therefore, Xu Jingye and Luo Bin Wang were able to stay here as monks of Xiaoyin Temple.

Only two or three years later, the limelight of this matter has passed, and then I will "pass away" in a bright and bright way, and start a new life with a new identity.

The stakes are very high, and it is even more about the life and death of the Bailai people, Xu Jingye thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded and agreed: "With such a careful arrangement, I can explain the past." Well, whatever Cui County Ling says, a certain family will do. can let me, a hundred loyal old brothers, live a normal life, Cui County Ling is a great favor to a certain family! If there is really something missing, a certain family will die, and it will never be affected by Cui County's order. ”

"Senior Xu is serious, didn't you also save the lives of dozens of our people? As you said before, everything is cause and effect! ”