Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 400

Chapter 400 One Thought to Become a Devil, One Thought to Become a Buddha
Three thousand kilometers in the Guanlong Region, because of Qin Shubao’s death, there were wild ripples.

Now, the sky was filled with intense fighting spirit and angry voices of the people; On the contrary, Qin Mubai’s private residence was peaceful and peaceful.

He was enjoying it, the joy of family.

Little Lou’er’s appearance was like an angel descending to Qin Mubai. Only when he was a real father would he understand what kind of feelings his parents had towards him, and how great that would be.

Die for Zhui Zi … The current Qin Mubai would be willing to do the same for Little Lou’er.

Behind Qiongyu Pavilion, there was a small flower garden nurtured by a newbie named Wu Meiniang. She had originally planted many flowers unique to Chang’an and Jiangnan. It wasn’t very precious, but it was definitely rare in Helong. She didn’t know when she had cultivated such superb gardening, but she was actually able to feed them.

The entire family sat on the grass in the flower garden with a soft blanket. With Little Lou’er as the core, they enjoyed their time leisurely and contentedly.

Wu Meiniang and Princess Gao Yang had been thinking that if Chen Yan and Little Lou’er hadn’t appeared at this time, Qin Mubai, who was now, really didn’t know what she would have looked like. No matter how much grief and indignation Qin Mubai held in his heart and how much pressure he had to endure, at least for now, the smile on his face was relaxed and relaxed.

“Yan, when did you come to Lanzhou? Why didn’t you come to see me?” Qin Mubai asked.

Chen Yan smiled and said, “About half a month ago, you were busy at that time. I didn’t want to disturb you in your business, so I brought Little Lou’er to find a place to stay. After greeting my foster father, I met Her Highness the Princess there.”

Qin Mubai glanced at Princess Gaoyang and said, “Ling’er, you’re not bad now. You can pretend in your heart. How can you hide this from me?”

Princess Gaoyang was about to argue when Chen Yan hurriedly said, “I don’t blame Your Highness and Princess. I forced them to hide it from you first. Anyway, now that we’re together, that’s enough, isn’t it? There’s no need to care about the past.”

Qin Mubai smiled and nodded. “Yan, I know you’ve always wanted to avoid me. Now, you don’t have the authority and qualifications. Even if you don’t recognize me as a man, Little Lou’er can’t do without me as a father, right?”

“Ho, you flirtatious and irresponsible stinking man! You even acted obediently when you were cheap, and you even used Little Lou’er to threaten Chen Yan!” Princess Gaoyang shouted angrily, “Don’t you think how hard it was for her to conceive alone in October? And how much pain she suffered when she brought Little Lou’er all the way from You Zhou to Lan Zhou-you have to compensate him properly!”

“No need.” Chen Yan smiled and said, “I’ve been walking in Jianghu for more than ten years, and I’m used to being alone. Little Lou’er has been very obedient when I was in my stomach, and he didn’t make me suffer much-by the way, speaking of You Zhou and Mubai, have you ever remembered an old friend?”

“Who is it?” Qin Mubai didn’t react for a moment.

“Stupid! Of course it’s my Third Emperor Brother, King Wu Li Ke!” Princess Gaoyang said quickly, “He has returned from Goguryeo and temporarily assumed the position of Governor-General of You Zhou on behalf of the Royal Uncle of Jiang Xia!”

“Prince Wu” Qin Mubai frowned slightly and nodded. “Have you seen him in You Province?”

‘”I’ve lived in his palace for more than a month. He treated me as his sister-in-law with the respect of the prince and insisted on recognizing Little Lou’er as his goddaughter. He hugged her on his lap every day to play.” Chen Yan smiled and said, “Originally, I didn’t want to come to Lanzhou. First, I was too far away. Second, I was afraid that I would cause trouble for you when I saw you fight. I only waited for the next day to recognize you. However, King Wu advised me to come as soon as possible. So, I came.”

“This is interesting.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “There are not many people in this world who can persuade you.”

“King Wu can be considered one.” Chen Yan smiled.

“Why?” Princess Gaoyang and Wu Meiniang asked curiously.

“It’s because he ran back to Xiangyang from Chang’an to see the princess off.” Chen Yan said, “He is a person who understands, cherishes and values emotions. Therefore, I am willing to listen to his words.”

“What did he say?” Qin Mubai asked.

‘We can’t impose our thoughts on our children,’ he said. ‘We can’t selfishly refute their happiness because of our own misgivings. Little Lou’er needs a father, and he can’t delay every moment, every day.’ Chen Yan said, “He told me that even if you don’t want a man like Qin Mubai, you must let Little Lou’er have a father.”

“That makes sense.” Princess Gaoyang and Wu Meiniang said in unison.

Qin Mubai nodded with a smile and said, “Prince Wu understands me.”

“That’s right! You two have the same taste and are in cahoots! You don’t do good when you’re together. You’re the best at picking on people.” Princess Gaoyang said angrily, “Probably, my third brother knows how much you like Sister Yan, right?”

Chen Yan and Wu Meiniang immediately broke into laughter. Qin Mubai also smiled and said, “Ling’er, look at your current character. How can you still have the dignity of a princess? She is clearly a little wife who has knocked over the vinegar jar!”

“I was originally the daughter-in-law of your Qin Family’s famous media. What’s wrong?” Princess Gaoyang grew even angrier. She put her hands on her waist and said arrogantly, “Inside, I am no different from Mother Mei and Sister Yan. But outside, I am nominally the princess married by the Emperor and the Qin Family’s mistress! Now, my mistress declares-Qin Mubai, you are not allowed to provoke women in the future! It is enough for us three in the family! Do you hear me?”

Everyone laughed loudly and leaned back and forth!

On the contrary, it frightened Xiao Lou’er, who was lying on the ground and playing happily, and she cried loudly.

“Don’t laugh! … Little Lou’er, obediently don’t cry! Did you hear that?” Princess Gaoyang was so anxious that she jumped up and down.

No one paid attention to her anymore, and they all coaxed Little Lou’er.

Right at this moment, the Jiangxia King, Li Daozong, and Princess Wencheng, Li Xueyan, came together.

“Your Highness, Imperial Uncle, Godfather” Qin Mubai and the others stood up and greeted him respectfully.

When Little Lou’er saw Li Daozong and Li Xueyan, she laughed happily. She got up and called out in a childish voice, “Grandfather! Concubine … want to hug!”

Dao Sect Li laughed heartily and picked her up. He kissed her on the face for a few times before handing her over to Xueyan and calling Qin Mubai to the side.

“Mubai, this is interesting.” Li Daozong took out a letter and shook it. “Guess what this is?” He said.

Qin Mubai glanced at it and smiled coldly, “I have to trouble Your Highness to take charge of the matters of the Governor’s Mansion on my behalf these past few days. Could this be a battle book from the Garqin Mausoleum?”

“Smart.” Li Daozong handed the letter to him and said, “That brat’s plan in Gaochang failed, and the battle between the Yuyang Pass and the Yuyang Pass started ahead of schedule. As a result, the plot to trap you and me also failed. In order not to lose face, he took the initiative to write a letter to Lanzhou.”

“Let me take a look.” Qin Mubai read the letter.

There are only eleven words in the letter-“Mid-Autumn Full Moon, Qingluo knows how to hunt. Do you dare to come?”

“Arrogant!” Qin Mubai snorted coldly, folded the letter properly, and put it into his arms.

“What are your plans now?” Dao Sect Li asked.

Qin Mubai raised the middle finger of his right hand and showed it to Li Daozong.

Li Daozong was immediately surprised and asked, “What happened to your hand? When did you get hurt and even packed it?”

“I wrote a blood letter to the Imperial Court!” Qin Mubai frowned and said, “Yesterday, it was already 800 miles away.”

“What?” “Originally, I was going to gather all the generals and commoners under the Governor-General’s Mansion to write a letter to the Imperial Court. Why did you leave this step first?” Li Daozong asked in surprise.

“No need.” Qin Mubai smiled faintly and said, “Duke Yu, the Imperial Court has appointed me as the Governor of Lanzhou, second only to Anxi Protector-General.” Now that the Protector General has died, I should shoulder this heavy responsibility. There is no need for my subordinates and the people to share the pressure for me. The petition must be initiated by me. Personally, father does not avenge, sworn. I don’t want the people in the Imperial Court to think that I, Qin Mubai, am still afraid of death at this time! Please, I’m the only one who invited you. When the time comes, I will arise and fight! Afterwards, if you want to punish me or behead me, all of you will come after me, Qin Mubai! ”

“Good man!” Dao Sect Li praised him and patted him on the shoulder, saying, “Since the blood letter is already on, you should start preparing for the battle.” Right now, the battle at the Yuyang Second Pass was in full swing. Su Dingfang still didn’t know if he could withstand it or not. Whether he needed to send troops to assist him or not, this was up to you. In addition, the military plan we made against Gaer Qinling is going to be rearranged, because the original secret war has now become the open war. The two sides were bound to have a fierce battle in Qingluo Yuan with bright sabers and spears. This will be a great battle that has rarely been seen since the founding of our Great Tang Empire! I estimate that the Tibetan Zan Pu abandoned sect and Nongzan will personally come to the battlefield to supervise the formation, and at that time, they may even send more troops. ”

“Your Highness is indeed deep in thought!” Qin Mubai nodded and said, “Once my father died, Xue Rengui went north. This proclaimed the failure of Gaer Qinling’s grand plan.” As a result, the battle between the Yuyang Pass and the Tibetan Empire officially began, and the Great Tang and Tibet began to fight in an all-round way. At this time, who cared about whether they were kissing or not? A third of the 600,000 strong troops in Tibet had long been under the command of Gaer Qinling of the Kunlun Mountains. Right now, I estimate that they will send more troops to attack the Yuyang Pass, and they will also send more troops to Golmud, Kunlun. I even suspect that their troops will attack the Great Tang Sword South Xichuan area at the same time, leaving us clones powerless and thus diminishing our forces. I have already mentioned this in my blood letter, and I hope the Imperial Court will take precautions against it as soon as possible. Moreover, I said that there is no need for the Imperial Court to give me a soldier, a soldier, a money, and a grain. “I, Qin Mubai, will bring along Elder Lanzhou’s army and people to defend against foreign enemies and kill Kou Jianzi!”

“Mm” Li Daozong slowly nodded his head with deep emotion. He was speechless for a long time and then said, “Are you planning to send more troops to the Yuyang area?”

“No more.” Qin Mubai said, “I believe in Su Dingfang. Although there were only 30,000 men under his command, with his ability and the Yu Yang Pass, he was able to withstand a hundred thousand soldiers. Now, I’m going to put all my energy into recruiting and training new divisions. There’s only about a month left before the Mid-Autumn Festival battle, so I have to hurry. Half a month later, I will personally lead the main army of Lanzhou to Dafeichuan to supervise the war against Tibet. “Here in Lanzhou, please take charge of the overall situation on my behalf.”

“No problem.” Dao Sect Li nodded and said, “This king will return to his old age this time. I will follow you when you are young and arrogant. At that time, the Imperial Court will hold you accountable for your crimes and punish you. Count me in!”

“Who dares to punish you!” Princess Gaoyang was chatting with Wu Meiniang and the others quite far away, but she had been listening to them with her ears open. When she heard Li Daozong’s loud voice, she was instantly enraged. She ran over and said, “Imperial Uncle, I just want to know who dares to punish you and Mubai in court? Did you do anything wrong? Did you collaborate with the enemy to betray the country or did you lose your power to humiliate the country?”

‘”Ling’er, you don’t understand what’s going on …” Li Daozong said.

“Who says I don’t understand!” Princess Gaoyang raised her eyebrows and said angrily, “Those so-called ministers are sitting in the wells and watching the sky without thinking of advancement. There is no way they can do anything by hugging the two characters’ Golden Mean ‘in their corpse meal. They can’t allow people like Royal Uncle and Mubai to make contributions and pioneer in the future!” Let me say, the Great Tang Empire has been established for more than 20 years, and every day, it is peaceful and peaceful, but in fact, it is full of dangers! Look at what has happened these past few years-my brother was killed in the rebellion; The Crown Prince’s big brother’s rebellion was crippled. Emperor Father said that if he was ill, he would not care about the country’s affairs, and Situ Jian was in complete disarray when he came to power. Goguryeo ignored the might of the Tang Empire and attacked Baekchi and Silla to unify the peninsula and dominate it; Xue Yantuo was getting more and more eager to become the second Jieli Khan of the grasslands. The Norland of the Western Turks had almost dominated the Western Regions, and they could even instigate a small country like Gao Chang to rebel against the Great Tang and kill our marshal. Tibetan garrison Yu Yezhi attacked the Central Plains at the Kou Pass … If this doesn’t mean that the Great Tang is declining, then I really have nothing to say! “I, a woman, don’t ask about politics. I can still see clearly. If my father and the officials of the court still don’t understand, then every day’s meal will be for naught!”

Li Daozong and Qin Mubai were stunned and stared at Princess Gaoyang speechlessly.

Princess Gaoyang did not seem to have the slightest intention of stopping. She continued to say excitedly, “The current Great Tang is no longer the grand dynasty that my father was active in advancing to the throne with the brilliant might of a dragon.” My father is also not the ‘Heavenly Khan’ that made the barbarians lose their courage and admire when he was subdued by the might of the Four Seas. Chengping the world for a long time, people indulge in glory, living in peace and not thinking of danger. My father is only worrying about the matter of establishing a reserve, and the ministers have nothing to do but to contend for power and gain, deceive others, and exclude dissidents; All day long, the people have been reporting the truth and forgetting the country’s worries, singing and dancing in a daze-if this continues, our Great Tang will be finished! ”

“Stop talking nonsense!” Dao Sect Li immediately scolded.

“What are you afraid of! There are no outsiders here-and besides, I dare to say that in front of my father!” Princess Gaoyang tit-for-tat said, “Imperial Uncle, you don’t have to scold me!” Actually, you must know better than I do, but you don’t want to say it out loud! Under the heavens, there are only a few men like my father-in-law and Mubai who dare to shoulder heavy responsibilities! However, they were still excluded from the Imperial Court, and were regarded as dissidents by those officials who were satisfied with the status quo and did not want to advance. Take a look-what will my father-in-law get after sacrificing his life for his country? However, it was a great relief that he was able to awaken the corpse-eating people in the court with his death! Mubai had done countless meritorious deeds to help the people in the border areas of the country, so what did he get? He had been thrown into prison, and he might be thrown into prison again–I don’t care! In the future, no matter what happens to Mubai, I will follow him! Heaven, hell, wherever you go! ”

The more Princess Gaoyang spoke, the more excited she became, attracting Wu Meiniang, Chen Yan, and the others to surround her.

Qin Mubai stared at her and smiled. “Your Highness, how is Ling’er’s eloquence?” He said to Li Daozong.

“Normally, it’s a little clumsy.” Li Daozong also smiled and said, “But the words are not coarse, they are accurate!”

Qin Mubai’s letter of blood was still running on the road thousands of kilometers away from Kansai. However, the news that Qin Shubao had died in battle and Lanzhou had begun a full-scale war had already spread to the Central Plains along with the strong west wind of the desert.

Li Min was shocked, and the nine continents trembled!

As he did not receive any news from the Lanzhou Border Pass Pond, the entire Tang Dynasty was shocked, but no one brought it to the court meeting for public discussion.

As a result, everyone was obviously worried about something, but they were discussing some trivial matters every morning. No one said anything about “Lanzhou”. Officials, from time to time, look at the Dragon Case of the Imperial Prince, Li Zhi, and constantly wonder if there is a Lanzhou Military Report in the thick stack of music books every day?

At the same time, many people in the government and the public began to calculate in their stomachs-Qin Qiong’s death in battle would mean that the Great Tang would never rest in peace from now on. In the future, will the wind of the Imperial Court fight with all its might, or will it continue to be suppressed by the main faction? …

Everyone once again faced the decision of “standing in line”!

This time, even the captain, Sun Wuji, kept his mouth shut and didn’t mention anything about Lanzhou.

The Imperial Prince, Li Zhi, was completely confused-he had clearly heard the rumors that Qin Qiong had died in battle in Lanzhou, and he had clearly seen that everyone in the court was uneasy, but no one had brought the matter up for discussion!

When did the Imperial Court become like this? … A pool of stagnant water didn’t do anything. Everyone snowed in front of the snowgate, ignoring others and putting frost on their tiles!

However, Emperor Li Shimin was still in secluded meditation, unable to recover from his illness.

The rain was about to blow, and the entire Imperial Court was in such a bad mood.

…

In the Imperial City’s Imperial Palace, there was an insignificant place that could easily be ignored. In the Protector’s Heavenly King Temple, two women who had nothing to do with romance and moonlight and did not care about state affairs were chanting to each other.

“Master, the disciples’ minds have been restless lately, and they have been worried a lot.” Imperial Concubine Yin De clasped her palms together and held a Buddha bead. She knitted her eyebrows and whispered.

“Your Highness is worried, where did you come from?” Master Qingshan, the abbot of the Heavenly Protector’s Temple, whispered.

“Lanzhou.”

Master Qingshan paused for a moment and smiled, “As the mother of a country, Your Highness should be worried about the affairs of the country.”

“No.” Imperial Concubine Yin De shook her head and said, “Although I am one of the Four Imperial Concubines established by His Majesty, I never ask about national affairs.”

“Is that Empress worried about Her Highness Princess Gaoyang, who is involved in the war in Lanzhou?”

Imperial Concubine Yin De remained silent as she clasped her jaws and let out a Buddhist chant … Amitabha!

Master Qingshan stared at Consort Yin De with a smile on her face. At this moment, her gentle gaze pierced straight into Consort Yin De’s heart like a sharp dagger, causing her to tremble slightly.

“Amitabha … Imperial Concubine De, are you worried that he will forever fall into the Devil Dao after experiencing all sorts of tribulations?”

Imperial Concubine Yin De knitted her eyebrows and slowly opened her eyes. She said softly, “Disciple, there is such a worry … If he is like this, Ling’er will suffer endlessly in this life!”

“Amitabha!” Master Qingshan said, “Then why are you so sure that he won’t rise to the Nine Heavens in a single battle and become famous throughout history?”

“I don’t know … Disciple’s heart is very upset!” Imperial Concubine Yin De revealed a worried expression as she said in confusion, “He is a person who attaches great importance to affection. Furthermore, although he usually looks very gentle and magnanimous, there is no one who is as stubborn as him. At this moment, I believe that no one can resolve the grief and indignation in his heart. Only when he wields his saber to vent all killing intent for the devil will he be willing to give up!”

Master Qingshan nodded slowly and said, “Speak of bosom friends, dao bosom friends!” He was thousands of miles away and swore that he would never play the zither … Even though the string was broken, his best friend was still there! –Your Highness, one will become a devil and the other will become a Buddha! It was a devil or a Buddha, only between the lines. Burial King Bodhisattva once swore an oath that Hell would not be a Buddha unless it was empty … or if he used his saber to vent his killing intent for Demon One, or if he used his great compassion to carry out a slaughter, all of this was within one thought. The Buddha only smiled at the subtlety of the situation, knowing what to say but not what to say. “He has extraordinary talent and is born with a Buddhist destiny, so he can let nature take its course. He has his own destiny in the dark, so why should the Empress worry about him?”

Imperial Concubine Yin De muttered to herself, “Once you recite it, you will become a devil, and once you recite it, you will become a Buddha …”