Chapter 103 Section 13 Devout Buddhists

Wu Sangui didn't want to rebel anymore.He had a good time in Yunnan, and he really didn't want anything else.He likes Yunnan.The four seasons here are like spring, the sky is blue and spotless, and it is a world away from the mainland. It is very far away from Liaodong and Beijing, so far away that he seems to be able to forget them.He wished he could never think of these two places where he had buried so many complicated memories. "Officials should be regarded as Jinwu, and wives should be regarded as Yinlihua." What Wu Sangui has obtained now has exceeded his most extravagant desire.Now, he is one of the richest and most powerful people in the world. All the children of gold and silk in the thousands of miles of Yunnan belong to him. Here, he can do whatever he wants.In his life, what else could he ask for?

In Kunming, he successively built three palaces.He can own and try almost all the rare treasures in the world and all the enjoyment tricks that human beings can think of.The Merry General in the past is now even more unrestrained. Sangui is extravagant in central Yunnan, and there are no fewer than a thousand people in the harem.The Duke of Sangui called a banquet for celebrities in the curtain. The wine was drunk, Sangui played the flute, and the palace people sang in harmony.Calling for rewards, there are piles of jewels, gold and silk in front of you, and the palace people rush to get them, and Sangui looks at it with a smile.Sangui is not good at books, but he likes to visit the pool every time.

The flowers and trees in the mansion garden are quiet and quiet. There is the so-called Lie Cui Xuan, with five halls.On a beautiful day in spring and autumn, Sangui sits in the hall with a pen and writes big characters in a nest. The concubines and concubines look around, and the shadows on the temples and hairpins reflect each other with the green color.Inside the toilet, it is almost the same as Penghu Langyuan... After playing extravagance and elegance, Wu Sangui is already fifty-two years old, but he is even more furious and despicable.Chen Yuanyuan, who used to occupy his entire emotional world in the past, can no longer enjoy the favor of a special room. He is no longer young and young. He has to seize the little time left to enjoy and chase after sex to his heart's content. It seems that only in this way can he pay for himself make compensation.

However, Wu Sangui is Wu Sangui after all.Although playing and playing and singing, in the eyes of the world, he is still a wise and benevolent prince.Although Yunan would tremble every time he stomped his feet, he had the image of a generous elder.Usually he is amiable and amiable.Dealing with others is like a father and son in the family.People have questions, and I like to associate with them.Whenever civil and military officials pay homage to the palace on official business, the palace must prepare meals and entertain them outside the regulations. Up to the governor, down to the order guard and even the petty official, they can all get generous gifts from the prince every year and festival.Governor Yuan Maogong was summoned to return to Beijing, and Wu Sangui presented him with 100,000 gold; the successor governor, Li Tianyu, was ill, but he was not a prince, so he went to the mansion to see his illness in person, as a token of encouragement.

Whenever the former boss or friend asks for him, no matter how difficult it is, he will do his best to help.When he was in Liaodong, he belonged to Mao Wenlong's tribe, but after entering the Qing Dynasty, he had no contact with him.However, when Mao's old servant rushed to Kunming from Jiangsu and Zhejiang thousands of miles away and told him that the lost Mao family had been forcibly taken over by general Li Qiang, he personally stepped forward and forced Li Qiang to return Mao's house and pay him money to apologize.Ningdu (now Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province) Zeng Yinglin had a favor with Wu Sangui, and his son traveled to Yunnan, Wu Sangui presented him with 140,000 gold.

Everyone knows that the prince is benevolent and honest, but they also know that the prince once disregarded the lives of his parents and hunted down and killed the descendants of the old master for credit.Of course, this has nothing to do with him. Wu Sangui was in the court and in the opposition, and he was very clear and energetic, so what he got everywhere was respectful and sincere obedience. However, Wu Sangui, who is incomparably rich and powerful, often feels that something is wrong.The more he played hard, the more empty and boring he felt. "A light cup of trickling wine, a deep cup of wine to send this life away." Whenever this time, he would always take a sip.He was always inexplicably feeling guilty. At night, he often woke up in a dream, and he couldn't sleep all night.

Maybe it was the scene of a family of more than 30 corpses strewn all over the ground that was always floating before his eyes, maybe it was the blood of thousands of compatriots that made him unforgettable, maybe it was the spirits of the ancestors that made it hard for him to rest in his pillow. Also, the unpredictable gaze shot from the distant Beijing.Although he devoted all his heart and soul to his loyalty, those Manchurians always seemed to keep a distance from him, and there always seemed to be a deep chill hidden under the enthusiastic appearance... This kind of flickering gaze was like a heavy hand. It was as if a sharp sword was hanging above his head, making him uneasy all the time.

After all, he is a traitor! Prince Pingxi began to believe in Buddhism, like a devout Buddhist.He gave a lot of donations to Buddhist temples all over Yunnan.He set up many meditation halls in the mansion, and often meditated for a long time like a lonely monk.He also cast a Buddhist temple with pure copper on Fengming Mountain, known as the "Golden Temple". Prince Pingxi not only believes in Buddhism, he is eager to please all gods.He rebuilt Yuhuang Pavilion, Laojun Hall, Baoguo Temple and West Temple in Kunming.Among the Buddhas in Baoguo Temple, he ordered people to build a strange statue. The face of this statue is exactly like Wu Sangui himself. "The scarf, the color of pine flowers, the brocade border, the right hand is on the knee, the left is holding the scroll, and the face is looking to the left." .This strange Buddha statue is called "Xilai Venerable".

However, all these tall palaces could not hide his homeless soul, nor could it prevent a little disaster.Wu Sangui's fate is approaching him step by step.