Chapter 16 To be attacked

This urgent letter was sent by Wang Zhaoyuan, member of the Privy Council.He heard about the sudden dispatch of a special envoy by Da Zhou, and felt that it might have something to do with the border barter he presided over.Now Dazhou is affected by the tax increase in the Southern Tang Dynasty, there is a shortage of domestic grain and salt, and the price of goods has soared.The Shu Kingdom seized this opportunity, expropriated a large amount of grain and rushed to the border of Zhou and Shu, and exchanged it for Dazhou's cattle, horses, charcoal and other materials at a low price.This approach seems very unrighteous, and it is suspected of adding insult to injury.Also, even if Da Zhou's special envoy's trip was not to inquire about this matter, then it should be to ask Shu for support in grain and salt, and to give preferential treatment or concessions in the grain and salt market transactions between the two parties.These two things will have an impact on the major events planned by Wang Zhaoyuan, so he asked Liu Huan to stop all bartering activities immediately after the special envoy of Dazhou entered the country, and bring all the grain and grass that had been pulled to the barter market back to the military stockyard.One is not to let the other party catch the low-price barter of the Shu Kingdom, and the other is to let them see the sluggish business in the border grain and cattle and horse markets, so as to prove that the people of the Shu Kingdom do not have much surplus grain and salt storage, and let them die Let the price support this heart.

Although Wang Ce and Zhao Pu lived in the government office and could not act according to their own wishes, they had long anticipated that such a situation might arise. They had arranged for people to dress up as ordinary people and business travelers to chase after their mission team .When the officials of the garrison of the Shu region went all out to surround them, number one hundred and ten, it happened that these follow-up subordinates could calmly observe some details of the border cities of the Kingdom of Shu. When some of the observed information was fed back to Wang Ce, Wang Zhaoyuan's clever move also made Wang Ce a great discovery after entering Shu.The sudden business slump in the Zhoushu border market should be due to the officials of the Shu Kingdom ordering the people to hoard goods.This not only aggravated the current crisis situation in Dazhou, but also accumulated materials for the next army operation.In addition, there is a large amount of military rations hoarded in the military stockyard in the south of the city, and a large amount of rations have entered the field in the past two days.Such a large amount of food is enough to feed the local garrisons for several years, which is not a normal phenomenon in any country.Unless there will be more people coming in the near future, and some kind of long-term, long-distance large-scale operation will be carried out, so much food will be prepared in advance.In this way, it seems that the statement that the Kingdom of Shu is going to take action against Da Zhou should not be false.

After receiving Meng Chang's order, Liu Huan immediately arranged for someone to escort Zhao Pu and Wang Ce out of the south gate of Fengcheng and head for Chengdu.It is already difficult for him to explain the matter of Zhu Keshu and Yu Zhenyang. If these two special envoys want to do something in their own jurisdiction, he will definitely lose his official position for making money, and it is hard to say whether he can keep his body position for eating.Since the two assassins did not leave the city after they took action, it is not a bad thing for him to send the special envoy out of the city as soon as possible.As long as they leave Nancheng and walk a hundred miles away, what happens after they leave their own jurisdiction will have nothing to do with them.

But the more I am afraid of accidents, the more accidents will happen.No matter what Liu Huan expected, Zhao Pu and Wang Ce would also encounter an assassination within 30 miles from the south gate of Fengcheng, and it was an assassination with a large attack surface. It's just that this time there was no danger, so although the team was trapped in the narrow area between the mountain and the river, Zhao Pu discovered the "vine-wrapped stone" on the hillside.So always stay where you are, neither move forward nor retreat, and then command your subordinates to quickly dig one horizontal, two parallel and three ditches.When the "vine-wrapped stones" on the slope were shifted to align with their positions and cast, those stones were blocked by the horizontal ditch, and the tangle-wrapped vines were trapped by the ditch.And the position of the team has always been in a protected safe area.

This is really a strange thing, the assassin is not a mad dog, and he will not kill an official immediately.Zhu Keshu and Yu Zhenyang are not in the same category as Zhao Pu and Wang Ce at all, and they are even on opposite sides under the premise that each is their own master, but why are they targeted successively in successive assassinations? It took Wang Ce a long time to finally think through this matter. No matter whether the previous assassins and the current assassins were from the same group, their goals should be aimed at himself and Zhao Pu.That day Zhu Keshu and Yu Zhenyang were assassinated when they returned to Fengzhou City with the guard of honor of the Great Zhou Envoy. The assassins did not know who the special envoy was, but they knew the guard of honor of the Great Zhou Envoy.So when the guard of honor appeared, they believed that the accompanying officials were the special envoys of the Great Zhou that they were going to assassinate, so they immediately attacked.

But what is the purpose of assassinating the special envoy of Da Zhou?Is it to prevent Zhou envoys from entering Shu?Or is it to provoke the relationship between Zhou and Shu?But no matter what the purpose is, the beneficiaries will not be Da Zhou and Shu. From this perspective, those assassins should come from a third country. However, Zhao Pu, who is usually very wise, did not express his opinion on this matter, but only praised Wang Ce for his accurate deduction.But there seemed to be something hidden in his meaningful tone and smile. Some things might have happened for the purpose of Zhao Kuangyin recommending him to come to Shu.

Not long after this incident, Liu Huan was demoted to the guard envoy of Langzhong, and became an idle official who caught thieves.The envoy of Fengcheng Town was replaced by Wang Zhaoyuan's confidant Wang Weifu, who also served as the magistrate of Fengzhou temporarily.It is only said that the magistrate of Fengcheng is an important position, not only to appease the people, assist the border defense, but also have the duty of diplomacy with neighbors.Therefore, the selection and transfer of personnel by the Ministry of Officials is more careful and needs to be carefully considered.For the smooth implementation of his government-business barter plan, Wang Zhaoyuan deliberately interfered with it and prevented the appointment.Let Wang Weifu have all the power, and then do things exactly as he wants. "Five Dynasties Boundary Affairs Policy" has: "...At the end of spring, when the envoys of Zhou arrived in Fengcheng, all the officials greeted them. The wine returned, and the two officials were killed. I don't know why. That is to say, the defense is more defensive, and no one continues to investigate this matter. thing." This shows that this matter is indeed a historical fact.

The Reclining Buddha Temple in Luoxia Mountain faces south with its back to the river, and there are mountains in the west. In front of the temple is a low slope with sparse vegetation.However, some bamboo pavilions and thatched cottages were built among the sparse grass and trees, and some stone tables and benches were placed, so that pilgrims and tourists can rest comfortably in them. The whole temple is divided into two parts. The main hall of the Buddhist hall is concentrated in the south, and this part has a higher terrain.To the north are the abbot, the monk's house, and the scripture building, which are relatively low.After passing the building complex in the north, it is the back door of the temple.The back door is connected to a small path leading to the river, allowing pilgrims who take a boat to worship Buddha to enter the temple directly, so as not to detour to the front mountain.

Theoretically speaking, the location and architectural pattern of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha are neither in line with Feng Shui's way of choosing auspiciousness, nor with the way of secular human relations. First of all, its location is not surrounded by mountains and water, nor is it on the main peak of the mountain, but on the continuous side peaks and low ridges, which is not right in Fengshui.The temple enshrines the most respected place of Buddhism, the Buddha's light shines everywhere, and blesses all living beings.But behind the temple, there is a yin-born boundary left by the Buddha's mercy, but there is a river here to hinder it, and it is a situation where the yin and yang gather and linger.Although the low slope directly in front is not too high, it has already surpassed the temple gate, and it is in the shape of a horizontal bar.

All of the above are unfavorable ways of Feng Shui.And a road that enters from the back door of the temple must pass through the monk's house at the back to go to the Buddhist hall.Although it is convenient for pilgrims who come from the waterway on the river, if female pilgrims pass by the back of the temple, they will inevitably be babbled by obscene people.This is the way against humanity. In fact, when the temple was built, some masters who understood Fengshui and human feelings raised similar questions, but Shangjue, an eminent monk who accumulated funds to build this temple at that time, explained: "All kinds of methods are practiced in various places. Our temple enshrines the Reclining Buddha, and the reclining Buddha. The Buddha is facing the sky, there is only one sky, there is no distinction between Fengshui. Reclining Buddha looks at the sky, thinking like the sky, regardless of human feelings."

Han Xizai walks in the court every day, and he hasn't been to such a place with mountains, water, and Buddha nature for a long time.Looking at the beautiful green mountains and beautiful waters, I feel comfortable, so I got off the sedan chair and walked by myself since I was still far from the gate of the temple. Wang Wushan was still sitting in a small sedan chair with parallel bars, but the sedan chair kept following Han Xizai closely, which showed that the two people carrying the sedan chair were not ordinary people.The sedan chair curtains were fully drawn, and Wang Wushan's pretty face poked out of the sedan chair from time to time, with a relaxed expression as if he was looking at the scenery.But if she is really just looking at the scenery, then she is not Wangwushan. Han Xizai and Wang Wushan didn't notify the temple in advance of their visit this time, and the two of them dressed in light sedan chairs, except for the bearers and personal servants, only a few family guests who believed in horses and horses walked with them.The supporters and nurses in Han Xizai's mansion are already powerful characters recruited by the Jianghu and selected by the army, so let alone the identities, social status, and unique skills of these house guests who are regarded as honored guests. When they arrived at the gate of the temple, Han Xizai's subordinates took the name cards and went to the zhike place to report to the clerk of the household department, Mr. Han, to come to offer incense. In the temple, there are often officials who come to offer incense, and the monks have seen a lot, so they are not flustered, and they all receive them step by step according to the usual rules.The big Zhike came out to meet him, all the Zhike monks prepared fragrant tea and vegetarian dishes, and Tong'er under him went to the back of the temple to inform the abbot. Wang Wushan followed Han Xizai up the steps and walked into the mountain gate.But at the gate of the mountain, she stopped suddenly, because she felt something strange when she walked into the gate. Standing at the gate of the mountain, Wang Wushan's eyes flickered, trying to find out that trace of abnormality. She didn't check the monks and the occasional pilgrims who passed by, because these people were guarded by the family guests and cronies they brought, and it was difficult to change even if they were abnormal.She inspected the mountain gate, the courtyard wall, and the statue at the gate, because the anomaly she noticed was not alive, but dead and fixed, like some kind of structure, more like some kind of cannon setting in a row. Wang Wushan turned around several times, but still failed to find out the abnormality in his feeling.At this time, the great intellectual had already guided Han Xizai into the temple, where he first invited the intellectual to serve tea.Seeing that Han Xizai had already entered, Wang Wushan quickly followed behind.This is the experience of Assassins. Since no abnormality can be found, it is the most sensible choice to leave the place where there is abnormality.Moreover, some abnormal sensations are likely to be left on purpose, as a lure in the stabbing bureau, so that the masters who protect the stabbing marks can detect and trace them, thus neglecting the protection of the stabbing marks.Therefore, when facing some abnormalities that cannot be accurately identified, the masters in the assassination will lose their curiosity and competitiveness, and only further strengthen their own defenses. When they arrived at the gate of Zhike Office, Wang Wushan held Han Xizai behind him, and said in a low voice, "Forget about all monk and secular politeness, and go directly to Master Huimin." Master Huimin doesn't need to look for him, everyone knows that he will be in the Sutra Pavilion at this time.Han Xizai didn't need to go to inform the guest monks and monk boys, and he and Wang Wushan led his men to go straight to the scripture storage building behind. On the way, they met Master Huishi, the abbot.Although Master Huishi was an outsider, he often received pilgrims from dignitaries, so he had heard the name of Han Xizai more than once, and knew that he was an important figure in the imperial court.Therefore, Master Huishi did not dare to neglect Han Xizai after seeing him, and took the initiative to invite him to the abbot's room for tea. Han Xizai rejected Abbot Huishi's invitation, and only briefly stated that he was here to seek advice from Master Huimin.As the saying goes, "Only by wiping your heart like a mirror can you worship the true Buddha", so he must first clear up his doubts before going to worship Buddha and offer incense. Huishi felt that what Han Xizai said was in the principles of human relationship and Buddhism, so he didn't force it, but just followed Han Xizai and his group to the Buddhist scripture pavilion.

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