Chivalrous Song Dynasty

Li Ruolan was not as polite as Yelu Nanxian, she just said lightly: "Get up, remember, you can't go back to the bedroom to sleep at night, if you want to sleep, you can only sleep during the day."

Having said that, he glanced at Wei Minghui again, and said, "You two come into the house with me. I will discuss the military situation with the Sumba monk, and maybe I have something to ask you."

The "office" of Yipintang is not big, but it is two feet square, which is thirty to forty square meters in modern measurement units.

Perhaps it is because Xingqing Mansion is surrounded by mountains and rivers, restricted by the Yellow River in the east and Helan Mountain in the west, so it cannot occupy land arbitrarily.

Bai Sheng followed behind Li Ruolan, staring at Li Ruolan's plump buttocks and walked into the room. As soon as he entered, he felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right.

On a small altar at the bottom of the north wall of the room, an old monk sat upright, his whole body thin, with a deep hollow on his forehead, as if someone had molded a dumpling dipped in vinegar around his seal hall. saucer.Basil was standing beside him solemnly.

The old monk's eyes are piercing, sharp as electricity, and a big beard under his jaw is black and dense, which is very disproportionate to his age. Around the beard, there are a string of rosary beads strung together by round objects of uneven size. Some relics formed from urinary stones, gallstones, etc.

No need to ask, this is the so-called Songba divine monk. Bai Sheng, who came out of lustful desire, moved his eyes from Li Ruolan's buttocks to Songba's face, and found that Songba was also looking at him.

Songba stared at Bai Sheng for a long time, then suddenly said something.

Chapter 434

Bai Sheng couldn't understand what Songba said, so he looked at Li Ruolan who had just walked up to Danchi and sat down, but saw that Li Ruolan was looking at him with an intriguing look, and translated in Chinese: "The national teacher said You've fallen into hell."

Bai Sheng was startled secretly when he heard the words, he wondered what kind of tricks this old monk had, could it be that he was born against me?At the moment, he has raised his vigilance and is always ready to flee.

Unexpectedly, Songba suddenly raised his voice and uttered another sentence, which he could understand, because it was the six-character mantra recited by Basil and others:

"Om mani Padme coax!"

The six-character mantra was uttered from Songba's mouth. It was completely different from the chorus of Ba Shijun and other monks before. Not only the sound was like a bell, but also the momentum was magnificent. It only shocked him, and he felt a kind of fear for no reason. Psychologically, I am afraid that Zomba will read it again.

Songba didn't continue to chant the mantra, instead he closed his eyes and said a few words softly.

Li Ruolan immediately translated it to Bai Sheng: "The national teacher said that you have not fallen too deep into the devil, and it is still too late to turn around at this time. If you have a deep seed of devil, at this moment, he will have shocked you to death on the spot with a single mantra."

Songba nodded slowly, and said a few more words.

Li Ruolan continued to translate: "The national teacher said that your internal strength is good, and it is very rare to be able to stand under his blow full of internal strength. If you don't want to fall into the eternal hell of the devil's way in the future, you can convert to Buddhism and practice Buddhism diligently. Dissolve the evil spirit in your body."

After hearing this, Bai Sheng didn't take it seriously, thinking that I came to Xixia this time to destroy your Yipintang, what kind of demonic obstacle and hostility is this?Be so intimidating.

He was extremely guarded against Songba and Li Ruolan, of course he would not appreciate any changes in his inner world, but he didn't know that at this moment he had returned to the right path from the evil path full of lust.

At the moment, he pretended to be perfunctory and said: "Does Songba Guoshi mean that I should worship him as a teacher?"

Li Ruolan translated Bai Sheng's words to Songba. After hearing this, Songba shook a skinny palm and said a few words to Li Ruolan.

Li Ruolan translated: "Your cultivation is contrary to the sect of the national teacher, so you can't worship under him. However, the national teacher said that there will be an eminent Buddhist monk visiting recently, and he can introduce you to worship under that eminent monk."

Bai Shengxin said that I didn't want to worship you as a teacher in the first place, and it was good to be able to get rid of the relationship, so I pretended to thank you now.

Songba didn't continue to say anything about Bai Sheng's matter, but changed the topic and discussed the military situation with Li Ruolan.

There are three major issues that need to be dealt with urgently in front of the Xixia people:

The first thing is to catch this assassin who has sneaked into the palace many times but is stuck in Xingqing Mansion;

The second is that we must immediately send troops to Hengshan to recover the lost ground and consolidate the frontier defense;

The third thing is to keep investigating the dynamics of Tong Guan's army, do a good job in the defense of other border cities, and always prepare for the upcoming all-out war.

The second thing is the most difficult, because the terrain of Hengshan is complex, and the fortress is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

At present, it is unknown how many troops the Song army used to defend the Hengshan villages. Assuming that the Song army only used Di Lie's 2 people to defend, Xixia would have to send [-] troops to have any hope of taking it back.

And if the Song army's defensive strength exceeds 20, then even sending [-] troops to counterattack has no chance of winning.

In addition, if one wants to seize the fort in the ravine forest of Hengshan, the elites of Yipintang and Makui must join the battle, which requires one of Songba and Li Ruolan to lead the army.

But once one of these two people leaves Xingqing Mansion, then the thief hiding in Xingqing Mansion will become more rampant and arrogant, and it will be more difficult to arrest him.

Only more than 20 days ago, an eminent monk from an ancient temple in the Central Plains wrote a letter to Songba, saying that he would visit Xingqing Mansion within a month, and wanted to learn Buddhism and prove martial arts with Songba.

Songba didn't say who this eminent monk is, but only said that this eminent monk has a deep relationship with Chengtian Temple, if he can get help from this eminent monk, it will be possible with the help of him and the three masters of the princess, together with Ba Shijun and other first-class halls. Elites should set up a net to make the thieves have nowhere to escape after committing a crime.

In addition, Li Ruolan also wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to Misty Peak of Tianshan Mountain to ask her half-sister for help. If her sister is willing to help and persuade her brother-in-law to come out of the mountain, the trouble will be relieved.

But Li Ruolan also said that her brother-in-law has never liked to get involved in the arena and fight with others. Whether this letter can convince the couple to return to their natal family in Xingqing Mansion is still uncertain.

During the discussion, Li Ruolan allowed Wei Minghui to help Bai Sheng translate, so Bai Sheng understood what they were saying, but this understanding made him even more confused.

He didn't care much about the eminent monks in the Central Plains mentioned by Songba, and he didn't pay much attention to the sister and brother-in-law on the Misty Peak of Tianshan Mountain mentioned by Li Ruolan. He was only surprised by one thing.

He is just a thief, as long as his purpose is not to assassinate the emperor, why must he be captured before he can consider counterattacking Hengshan?Could it be that capturing Bai Qin is beneficial to the Song Xia war?Or is it because Baiqin wants to steal more than the entire land of Xixia?

In the conversation between Songba and Li Ruolan, this issue was never touched on. They didn't say what the purpose of the thief entering the palace was, they only said that the thief's lightness skills were extremely high, and then they speculated on the thief's hiding place in Xingqing Mansion.

He was puzzled, but he couldn't raise the question.

On the one hand, it was because he didn't want to show his concern for military affairs so as not to attract suspicion. On the other hand, his status in this room was very low, only higher than Wei Minghui. It's just that he has no part to speak here.

He made up his mind and just listened, as much information as he could hear. Anyway, he just knew that the master of Baicaomen was in Xingqing Mansion. Later, he could ask Yelu Nanxian, or he could follow Li Ruolan to find out.

After Songba and Li Ruolan finished talking about the thieves, they began to discuss sending scouts to investigate the deployment of Song's troops in the Hengshan area.

Now Xixia can gather only 30 elite soldiers in total, and all of them are old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant. It is too unrealistic to send 30 horse infantry elite soldiers to counterattack Hengshan, because it is tantamount to desperate.

Therefore, although it is temporarily impossible to send troops until the thieves are caught, the deployment of the Song army in Hengshan must be investigated, otherwise they will not know how much to send when they send troops.

When it came to this question, Barthia suddenly interjected, saying that he had captured an important person from the Song Army in Tongwan City, and that this important person must have understood the composition of the Song Army's attack on Xixia and even its defensive deployment.

Li Ruolan was both surprised and happy when she heard this, and couldn't stop complaining why Bashijun didn't say it earlier, Bazijun said with a bitter face: "This person is protected by the princess of Liao Kingdom."

"Yelu Gu wants to protect it! This matter is related to the rise and fall of our Xixia country. Doesn't she protect the generals of the Song Army, which is equivalent to destroying her sister?"

Li Ruolan immediately decided to go to Yelu Guyu, no matter what, she had to convince the princess of the Liao Kingdom, and at worst, she had to meet the leader of the Song Army and pry her mouth open.

So she led Bai Sheng and Wei Minghui back to the palace, found Yelu Nanxian and Yelu Guyu sisters, understood them with reason and moved them with emotion.

From Yelu Guyu's mouth, Li Ruolan was overjoyed when she learned that the captured leader of the Song Army turned out to be Zhao Kai, King of Yun, and thus strengthened her determination to see Zhao Kai.

Because she knew that this Zhao Kai arrived in Yanzhou City with Di Lie, since Zhao Kai and Di Lie attacked Tongwan City together, then Zhao Kai must know Di Lie's attack plan in detail!

Although Yelu Guyu has an enchanting temperament, he is a reasonable person. After understanding the stakes, he finally agreed to let Li Ruolan meet Zhao Kai, but he put forward a condition.

That is, the sisters had to go to the Liao Country Station with Li Ruolan, and everyone made it clear in person that Li Ruolan was not allowed to interrogate Zhao Kai without permission.

Li Ruolan only wanted to see Zhao Kai before talking about other things, of course she would not argue about this matter, and immediately agreed to Yelu Guyu's request.

So Bai Sheng, as the bodyguard of the Yelu sisters, followed the three daughters to the Liao country post.