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Chapter 611: Yunmeng has Yuanjun, Wuyue has Dajiao [7k extra chapters, please vote for me! ]

"Why do these Yunmengze female cultivators want to prevent the Donglin Buddha from landing?"

Before Ouyang Rong could speak, Xie Lingjiang asked pointedly.

Li Xian thought for a while, then said:
"Do you also think that I was unkind by not informing you of the Holy Week and breaking the tacit agreement?

"Or maybe he really hates Buddhism? I remember that in the history of the Southern Dynasties, there were many emperors who worshipped Buddhism, built Buddhist temples, worshipped Buddhism excessively, and squandered a lot of national treasury wealth on Buddhist affairs, affecting the production of the people.

"Yunmeng Jianze has witnessed that period and may hate it, especially the sycophantic Buddha emperor."

After these words were spoken, there was a strange silence at the dinner table for a while.

Especially when hearing the four words "轞佛帝子", everyone made "unwarranted associations", it sounded so familiar.

Li Xian, who was sent by the Queen Mother to monitor the Donglin Buddha, realized something belatedly. He covered his mouth and coughed, and said no more.

"Makes sense."

Li Guoer responded by snapping his fingers crisply.

Everyone looked over and saw her scoop up a mouthful of broth with a silver spoon and carefully put it into her red lips. After drinking the soup, she was about to speak again to everyone when she frowned slightly.

Li Guoer seemed to kick away the person who was "sneaking" under the table and rubbing her calf under the hem of her skirt.

She picked up a piece of cake from the cake plate on the edge of the dining table with two fingers and threw it at her feet.

After sending it away, he continued:
“Besides, didn’t they say that the Empress’s property belongs to the Empress, and the Yuan Jun’s property belongs to the Yuan Jun? They even had an old agreement with our Li clan. I guess they have always regarded the land of Wu and Yue, the homeland of the Southern Dynasty, as their own backyard.

"How can I allow others to snore beside my bed? Do I want to abandon the majesty of the Yuan monarch that has been maintained for a thousand years? To some extent, the flourishing Buddhist incense in Jiangnan will definitely affect them.

"There are only so many believers. If there is one more in Buddhism, there will be one less for them. Besides, everyone has so little time every day. They use it to burn incense and worship Buddha. How can they have time to visit their Yunmeng Yuanjun?

"It's obviously a dispute over interests. Just like what my father said, they hate the emperors who were sycophants to Buddhism in the history of the Southern Dynasty. I guess that's the reason. If the emperor of the Southern Dynasty was not sycophantic to Buddhism but to their Yuanjun, then it would be fine.

"In the final analysis, it is still a naked struggle for interests. This is the case everywhere in the world. How big do you think the situation can be?
"My grandmother sent us to build the Donglin Buddha in Jiangzhou this time, which almost indicates that the Buddhist incense in Jiangnan will become more prosperous, and I believe that there will be more people worshipping Buddha.

"This is simply digging at their foundations, although it won't happen overnight... Rather than being replaced and slowly waiting to die, it's better to give it a try and destroy the Donglin Buddha to shock the enemy. This is also in line with the character of the legendary Yunmeng Queen.

“And when my grandmother and the two kings of the Wei family built the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu and the Four-sided Buddha, it was not just for them, Yunmeng Jianze or Tiannan. The world is so big, the Four-sided Buddha statues should be placed in all directions, not just for this Jiangnan area.

"However, my grandmother and the others would never have expected that the reaction to the statues in Jiangnan Road and Lingnan Road would be the most intense. In Tiannan, there is actually a group of unruly and unruly Yunmeng Yue women."

Li Guoer shook her head, twisted the silver spoon, scooped another mouthful of hot soup, pursed her lips slightly, and blew gently into the silver spoon.

Ouyang Rong ate quietly, picking up dishes continuously, and listened silently to Li Xian and Li Guoer's analysis.

Didn't speak immediately.

In fact, the construction of the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu and the four giant Buddhas was entirely proposed by the Wei family. Apart from Her Majesty the Queen, only the Wei family and the Sitianjian who assisted them knew the specific details.

At first, the Baoqian faction in the court was completely kicked out, and the Prince Xiang's Palace was not played at all.

The reason why the Xunyang Palace was able to participate was because of the Queen's permission.

However, he could only serve as a local executor. As for the specific details, the Governor-General, the King of Wei and the Imperial Observatory were all kept secret and cautious.

For example, the golden Buddha head with "damaged face" in the Xunyang Grottoes, Ouyang Rong had only approached it a few times. Every time he went there, he was accompanied by Nanny Song, so naturally he couldn't take a closer look.

If Ouyang Rong and Xunyang Palace simply wanted to take the credit for building the Donglin Buddha and use it to return to Beijing, then we really don't need to care...

“I always feel it’s not that simple.”

Everyone turned to look and saw that it was Ouyang Rong who spoke. He was chewing his food and his words were a little unclear:

"The reaction of Yunmeng Jianze this time was too intense. It was not a wise move to go against the imperial court directly. It is true that the eldest queen was unruly, but there is also a Queen Palace in Yunmeng Jianze. It is impossible that there are no wise people."

He sighed softly:
"But what Her Royal Highness said is not without reason. This may be one of the reasons."

In fact, Ouyang Rong has not yet mentioned one detail.

This is also something that Li Guoer, Li Xian and others don't know.

That is, Yunmeng Jianze may not hate Buddhism too much.

At least I don't feel disgusted with the Lotus Pure Land Buddhism represented by the Donglin Buddha.

The reason for this conclusion is because of the former Lotus Tower Alliance.

From the last words left by Master Zhong Ma in the Pure Land Palace, we can know that during the Southern Dynasties, the relationship between Yunmeng Jianze, Donglin Temple and the swordsmith family Longcheng Mei family was not bad.

It was also because of this that, under the leadership of the Southern Dynasty royal family, Yunmeng Jianze was confident in handing over a [Ding] to allow the Longcheng Mei family to forge a sword, and at the same time allowed the Qigong monks of the Donglin Temple Taoist lineage to serve as sword bearers.

Although later, judging from the sword offering by the old swordsmith at the Dragon City's No. 1 Sword Furnace, the Lotus Tower Alliance has not yet been completed.

The Donglin Temple's Taoist lineage and the Mei family's swordsmith Taoist lineage were all destroyed by some kind of retribution curse.

But Yunmeng Jianze would not prevent the spread of Donglin Buddhism in Jiangnan because of this.

After all, looking at what the old swordsmith and Master Zhongma have done, the heirs of the two forces have tried their best to fulfill the alliance... although they have not succeeded.

Anyway, Yunmeng Jianze and the Donglin Buddha, which preaches the Lotus Pure Land Buddhism, should have no hatred or enmity.

Then the problem can only lie with the Imperial Observatory and the Wei family.

"I agree with what Senior Brother says."

Xie Lingjiang nodded, lowered his head and poured a glass of wine for Ouyang Rong, and said in a clear voice:

"This kind of secluded sect that has stood for a thousand years is not that simple. The key to its long existence is the word 'secluded'. It rarely interferes with the secular disputes below the mountain, and its tolerance is not so small, otherwise Buddhism would not have existed until now...

"And once they really intervene in the affairs of the mountain, it must be because they think it is serious and they have to leave."

Li Guoer did not look annoyed at all when the two men tactfully refuted her opinions.

She looked thoughtful and asked curiously:

"You two mean... In addition to the above advantages and disadvantages, there are also some things we don't know, such as the level of Qigong practitioners?
"If this is true, it is indeed beyond our understanding."

Ouyang Rong narrowed his eyes and remained silent. The bronze dagger carved with a painful evil dragon that was taken away by Ms. Rong appeared in front of his eyes again.

What exactly does Yunmeng Jianze want?
If they were greedy for worldly power, why would they collectively retreat to Yunmeng, stay away from the secular world for a long time, and live in seclusion as a supreme sect?

If he had no desires and only pursued longevity through practicing Qigong, then why did he issue the Yunmeng Order, which clearly had the color of a strict organization, to coordinate the scattered Qigong practitioners in the Tiannan River and Lake at the foot of the mountain to fight against the imperial court and resist the Donglin Buddha?

From another perspective, do the Yunmeng female cultivators who pursue immortality through refining Qi need worldly Qi refining resources?
Not entirely true. As for resources, there are many uncivilized lands in Yunmengze, which contain all kinds of strange things, so there should be no shortage of materials for Qi training.

What about faith? Faith is actually an expensive resource.

The popular beliefs cultivated by Yunmeng Jianze in Jiangnan and Lingnan are almost all concentrated on "Yuanjun". In fact, many simple people in Wu and Yue only know "Yuanjun", and only know that there is such a goddess living in the legendary vast Yunmeng Jianze. They do not know about the existence of Yunmeng Jianze, and do not know the master of Yunmeng Jianze "Yuanjun". In most cases, the descendants of the generation of Yue virgins in the Female King Hall are the heirs.

Yunmeng Jianze carefully created and maintained the folk belief in this "goddess". Not to say anything empty, but from the perspective of a qigong practitioner, could it be possible to gather some kind of "qi" to provide for this goddess?
From this perspective, Yuanjun's Qi training should be quite high. Could he be the legendary upper third-grade celestial being of Shenzhou? Or, to be more bold, "Yuanjun" is the name of a certain upper third-grade celestial being of the Yuenu Dao lineage, who needs the "Qi" of faith to supply...

At present, this is the only guess that can explain why Yunmeng Jianze is so high and mighty, isolated from the world, and watches the secular world with cold eyes, while at the same time issuing the Yunmeng Order, safeguarding the belief in "Yuanjun" in the ancient land of Wu and Yue for thousands of years.

However, there is a small problem here. Doesn’t the Zhou court know about it?
Judging from the court’s reaction and preparations before and after the collapse of the Xingzi Lake Buddha, Luoyang should have been caught off guard.

When the plan of the four-sided Buddha statues to assist the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu was first decided, no one expected such a strong backlash from Yunmeng Jianze in Tiannan Jianghu. At that time, Her Majesty the Queen and the two kings of the Wei family, who were far away in Luoyang, were still busy purging the stubborn opponents within the country.

In other words, they had expected that someone in the southwest might oppose the Donglin Buddha and do something bad, but they never expected that the hidden sect Yunmeng Jianze would be the one to suffer.

The unexpected degree of development of this situation is like, your family and mine are next door to each other, and I just want to take advantage of a little bit, so one day I secretly occupied a little more land in front of your house. When you saw it, without saying a word, you went home immediately, took out a kitchen knife, and hit me on the head. It was unbearable.

One can't help but wonder, could this extra bit of land be someone else's ancestral grave? But I certainly didn't know that beforehand.

Ultimately, we still need to figure out whether the Donglin Buddha has any additional function besides spreading the Lotus Pure Land Sect's Buddhist teachings.

I remember that Ms. Rong seemed to have mentioned privately before that she was sent to Jiangzhou to supervise him and Xunyang Palace in building the Donglin Buddha, and she occupied a special position.

Special quota?
"Don't you like these dishes?"

Wei Mei asked curiously.

She just saw Xie Lingjiang pour a bowl of soup for Ouyang Rong, but Ouyang Rong held the bowl with both hands, lowered his head to sip the soup, stared at the dishes on the table in front of him, and kept drinking the soup without picking up any dishes.

"Ah? No, I like it, but this soup tastes better. I couldn't help but drink more... Auntie's cooking skills are still so exquisite."

Ouyang Rong came back to his senses, put down the soup bowl, and smiled.

"It's okay, Tan Lang, drink more. There's more in the pot. Ask the maid to serve some more."

Wei Mei said with a happy look on her face, but as if she had thought of something, she sighed again, her face a little sad:
"It's rare for us to get together for a meal. Usually, either Qilang is busy, or you are busy and can't come, or Guoer and Xie Xian's niece are eating out and not coming home...

"Today is the same. Dalang is not here. Even if this brat is here, he is just eating and not talking. But... I always feel like something is missing. Hey, I don't know how he is doing in Wannian County. Has he set off yet..."

As Wei Mei spoke, her voice gradually became softer.

She noticed that Li Xian and Li Guoer beside her were looking at her with stern faces.

"clang……"

Li Xian, who had always been a weak husband, knocked on the bowl, and his tone rarely carried the majesty of a head of the family:

"Mei Niang, eat, don't mention that boy."

As soon as Ouyang Rong heard it, he knew that it must be Li Guoer and Li Xian who mentioned the matter of Princess Anhui.

Wei Mei was quiet for a while, then suddenly raised her eyebrows:

"Why are you so fierce? I didn't say I wouldn't let you. Besides, what did Dalang do wrong? He just learned from you. If the top beam is not straight, how can you expect the bottom beam to be straight? You were not much better when you were young..."

Li Xian clapped his chopsticks: "Look at how much you spoil him..."

"I didn't dote on him. In the past, you locked him up in the study to study all day, and I never said a word. Later, whether it was the blind date with Miss Qin or anything else, when did I not agree with your arrangement for Dalang?

"Now that the child is like this, you still say that I spoiled him. Qilang, think carefully about whose fault it is. No matter how wrong Dalang is, you can't put all the responsibility on him. Besides, he hasn't made any mistakes yet, and you are worried about him.

"He is outside now. Apart from Tan Lang looking after him, you don't even ask a single question. I can't do that. We are more prominent now, but aren't we still the same family in Longcheng? What's the difference? We are no different from ordinary families. Can you become so heartless...

"It is said that a mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away. After all, this is a piece of flesh that fell from my body. If you don't feel sorry for me, Qilang, I will feel sorry for you."

Li Xian choked and his face turned red.

"I am doing this for his own good. Mei Niang, what you said... is a sin..."

Li Guoer picked up another piece of cake, bent down and placed it at her feet, lowered her eyes and reminded:
"Sister Xie and Master Ouyang still need to eat."

The couple suddenly became quiet, turned their heads away, and ate in silence.

Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang buried their heads in their food and pretended not to hear.

Wei Mei stood up and walked out the door. After a while, she returned from the kitchen and personally brought a new bowl of broth. She stood by the table and silently scooped a bowl for each of Ouyang Rong, Li Guoer, and Xie Lingjiang.

Even the people who were sneaking around on the carpet in the flower hall like parkour had a small bowl.

There was nothing on the table in front of Li Xian.

I saw a guy running back happily.

"Gulu gulu..."

Its kitten face was buried in a soup bowl on the carpet, its butt facing the crowd, and its fluffy white tail swinging from side to side.

The noise of drinking soup was a bit loud.

Li Xian looked at it with a sense of guilt, then looked at his empty bowl.

Li Guoer suppressed the corner of his mouth, stood up, and served a bowl of soup to his stern-faced old father.

Ouyang Rong, who was concentrating on eating, stretched out his foot from under the table and gently kicked the stupid cat away... The new name was really right. You are really brave. Aren't you afraid of having no food to eat after this meal? One meal, multiple meals, or one meal?
"Tan Lang, among the rebels in the Kuangfu Army you just mentioned, is there anyone called Du Shuqing? Do you know him?"

Ouyang Rong paused when he heard this and couldn't help but sigh. Why did everyone ask him if he was familiar with them? It was as if he was also a traitor... Wait, but the owner of Dielianhua seemed to be a recognized accomplice of the traitors. She was hung side by side with that Miss Zhishuang at the gate of almost every city in Jiangnan Road. "I've seen it before." Ouyang Rong was curious: "Why is the princess asking this?"

"Yesterday, my mother's family sent me a letter from Luoyang. My father mentioned this matter, and I just remembered that when he was a child, I might have visited the Du family and held him in my arms."

Wei Mei sighed, as if she was touched by something sad:
"You said that this kid from the Du family, why did he choose to do something rebellious instead of having a good future? Hey, I feel sorry for him."

Xie Lingjiang said softly, but praised:
"Putting aside their positions, the children of the Jingzhao Du family are indeed brave enough to take the lead, and they are considered to be real men."

Ouyang Rong glanced at Wei Mei.

This aunt’s family background is also not simple, she is from the Jingzhao Wei family.

The Wei and Du families in Chang'an are both well-known Guanlong families, and their ancestors are from Jingzhao County... It can be understood that their ancestors bought original shares when Sui and Qian founded the country, and they have a good family background.

If compared with the Five Surnames and Seven Families... understand it this way, in the eyes of the Li royal family, no matter how powerful the Five Surnames and Seven Families are, they are still outsiders and must be suppressed and not allowed to be so powerful. But Chang'an Wei Du is their own family.

The two families were indeed full of talented people, not only in Sui and Qian. Before the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the descendants of Wei and Du had become generals and ministers in every dynasty. For example, in the current Zhou Dynasty, there was a prime minister in the government hall with the surname Wei.

Moreover, the Wei and Du families have been in-laws for generations.

People like to say, you are so great, why don’t you go to heaven.

Chang'an Wei Du was indeed almost in the sky. There was a nursery rhyme in Chang'an city that went, "Wei Du in the south of the city, five feet away from the sky." That means he was only one and a half feet away from the sky.

The reason why Wei Mei was able to marry Li Xian, the former crown prince of Daqian, was that her family was strong enough, and it was not without reason that Li Xian was henpecked.

Therefore, according to the marriage relationship, Wei Mei and Du Shuqing are really relatives.

No one talked any more about Du Shuqing, after all, he was now a traitor.

In fact, Wei Mei was not familiar with this nephew. The Xunyang Palace was not completely safe yet, so it was impossible for her to say anything for Du Shuqing in front of Ouyang Rong.

The image of the plate of lonely orchids swaying in the wind on the windowsill of the Meilin courtyard flashed through Ouyang Rong’s mind.

Soon, tonight's family dinner at the palace ended in dullness.

……

Ouyang Rong was sent out of Xunyang Palace by Xie Lingjiang.

Ouyang Rong got on the carriage.

After a pause:

"Go to Xingzifang."

"Yes, son."

Ali responded and the carriage started.

Yesterday morning, Rong Zhen and Qin Yanqing called him to the Jiuzhou Prison to deal with the matter of the captured hero Zheng Jun. During the day, Ouyang Rong cooperated with Rong Zhen and was busy all day in and outside the city.

In the evening, Ouyang Rong hurried to Xunyang Palace for dinner and did not go to Xingzifang to visit as usual.

If he didn't go there for a day, he always felt like something was missing. There were indeed important people there who needed to be kept an eye on all the time.

There was a curfew at night, and it was particularly strict today. However, as the governor of Jiangzhou, Ouyang Rong had a "night travel" document, so he was able to travel unimpeded all the way to Chengtian Temple.

When I arrived at Yuan Huaimin's yard, he was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Brother Yuan?"

Ouyang Rong asked Li Yu who was sitting in the yard.

"Yuan Changshi said there is a banquet at Xunyang Tower, and his favorite pipa master will be performing. Xunyang Tower cannot be without him tonight, so he asked me to go to bed early and just leave the door open for him."

"Has Mr. Li eaten yet?"

Li Yu shook his head.

"Let's go."

Ouyang Rong waved his hand and went out first.

"Where is Master Ouyang going?"

"The Zhaiyuan. It should not be closed yet."

Li Yu followed in silence.

When they arrived at the vegetarian temple, it was almost closing time. The monk had an impatient look on his face, but when he saw Ouyang Rong, he ran to the kitchen to serve rice and dishes.

Ouyang Rong only had a small bowl of rice porridge and ate it with Li Yu.

During this time, he looked around the vegetarian courtyard. If he remembered correctly, the embroiderer would often come to eat when he was not there.

Ouyang Rong looked normal.

During the meal, Li Yu looked up from time to time at the young governor of Jiangzhou who was dining with him.

After dinner, the two left the temple.

On the way back, we passed by the lake and took a walk.

Ouyang Rong asked without turning his head:

"Brother Huaimin should have invited Mr. Li to go with him, so why don't you go over to eat?"

Li Yu said seriously, "How can I, a criminal, go to such a place?"

Ouyang Rong was noncommittal.

At this time, there was a guest house in front of us. A fat child ran out of the door, squatted by the lake, and played in the water.

An adult walked out of the door, picked up the fat child, turned around on the way, and said to the struggling child: "There is a big dragon in the water, just go and catch it. If you don't come home at night, you will be eaten by it soon."

The runny-nosed child was immediately frightened and his face turned pale. He then calmed down and was taken home...

Ouyang Rong, who was passing by with his hands behind his back, smiled.

Li Yu turned his head and suddenly asked, "When Ouyang Changshi was a child, did he believe that there were giant dragons in the bottomless water?"

"Big dragon? What does that mean?"

"When I was a kid, did the elders tell me that there were man-eating dragons in the water, and told me not to get close to the water and not to go out after dark..."

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "That's not the case, but what we say over there is that there are water monkeys in the water, they will drag people into the water and make them scapegoats, so that they can be reincarnated."

"Haha, actually they are all the same, they are all a kind of deceptive thing." Li Yu laughed happily.

"I was very naughty when I was a child. I was fearless. There was an elder in my family who always told us in a serious manner that there was a ferocious dragon in the water. I and the children around me were very scared. When I grew up, I thought about it and realized that this trick of the elder was really useful. It never failed and could make the imaginative child behave well. Hahahaha, later Xiaoshu also became naughty. When she saw a pond, she liked to squat on the shore and throw stones to test it. She was not honest when she slept at night and ran from one room to another. Later, I remembered this trick and used the dragon to scare her, and it always worked..."

Ouyang Rong suddenly remembered something and said, "If I fight with the evil dragon for too long, I will turn into an evil dragon."

Li Yu suddenly fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Ouyang Rong glanced at his face.

"It's okay, I just thought of Xiaoshu." Li Yu shook his head.

Ouyang Rong said nothing more and continued walking forward with his hands behind his back.

Not long after, the two returned to the yard. Seeing that it was already late at night, Ouyang Rong said goodbye and strode out.

Li Yu stared at the handsome young man with his hands behind his back in shock. He had followed Ouyang Rong back in silence, and was ready for him to torture him and force him to abdicate, but in the end, nothing happened...

After walking a distance, Ouyang Rong looked back.

In the courtyard with the gate open in the distance, the slightly fat man was still sitting alone, in the same posture as when he came.

Ouyang Rong shook his head. At this moment, a crisp sound of wooden fish rang in his ears.

He pursed his lips.

After returning to the carriage, Ouyang Rong immediately closed his eyes and entered the Tower of Merit.

【Merit: 3,671】

From the time he rescued Li Yu to now, Ouyang Rong has probably gained about 400 merit points.

He sighed softly.

Ouyang Rong really had no plans for Li Yu, nor did he seek his merits.

However, the fact that the small wooden fish can increase merits indirectly represents that this person is a grateful and loyal person.

The quiet courtyard was not far from Chengtian Temple, and it took Ouyang Rong about two quarters of an hour to reach the door.

There were lights on in the yard. He walked in and saw that the hall was empty. There were only lights on, but no one in sight.

I walked quickly into the yard and took a closer look. The food on the table was completely cold.

"Embroiderer, embroiderer?"

Ouyang Rong called out, but no one answered.

His heart, beating in his chest, suddenly dropped, and he turned around and was about to run out the door to call for help.

"what……"

At this moment, a weak voice was heard from the dark bedroom.

People are still there.

Ouyang Rong breathed a sigh of relief immediately, but then he frowned. Why didn't she say anything, just like an unknown person? What kind of Qigong was this used by the embroiderer?

He ran into the bedroom and saw that it was dark. The embroiderer was sitting alone on the bed, holding the quilt in her hands.

There was no ribbon covering her little face, and she was looking ahead in the darkness.

"what happened?"

Ouyang Rong approached with concern.

But seeing some traces of tears on her face, Ouyang Rong was immediately in a panic:
"Why are you crying again... I, I have something to do today, so I came a little late."

Zhao Qingxiu shook his head, grabbed his hand, closed his eyes and wrote:
[I don’t blame you, I just had a dream]

"Dream? What dream?"

Zhao Qingxiu was only wearing a thin, cool light blue bellyband. She lowered her head and wrote seriously on Ouyang Rong's palm.

[It’s just a nightmare, it’s okay, I dream about it often, I’m not too scared anymore]

Ouyang Rong comforted him in a gentle voice:
"If you're not afraid, why are you crying? It's okay, you can talk to me..."

However, Zhao Qingxiu retracted his hand, hugged his knees, buried his face deeply, and stopped writing.

Ouyang Rong sat cross-legged beside her, staring at her, and said nothing.

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(PS: 7k, two-in-one plus more, still owe 15 more.

Today I polished the details of the plot for the rest of the story, and added a few good points on a whim. Now I’m full of motivation and want to write it quickly!
I beg for another wave of monthly tickets! or2)

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