Chapter 812: Unlicensed Monk Luo Guanguang
Chapter 812: Unlicensed Monk Luo Guanguang
The monk turned sideways and looked back.
There was mist rising in his eyes.
In the fog, countless figures are slowly gathering.
These people were in the same row with him, all of them looked heroic and faced forward, but they didn't look at him.
The figure closest to him went from blurry to clear.
The monk looked closely and found that it was Li Jingye!
Li Jingye looked back at him. These figures gradually moved apart, lined up in a row, and then disappeared one by one from his sight.
"Dedicated! Dedicated!"
"It's amazing!"
"Seek benevolence!"
"Siwen..."
He reached out to grab, but caught no one. A large number of figures disappeared before his eyes until the last person.
This man has picturesque eyebrows and eyes, is extremely thin, has distinct knuckles, and has an extraordinary temperament.
"Your Highness!"
He knelt down with a plop!
The pain in his knees made him grimace.
The young man in front of him turned around, looked at him deeply, then turned his back and walked into the light.
"Your Highness—"
The monk suddenly opened his eyes, and saw nothing.
Tears rolled down his face as he knelt on the ground with his head lowered, tears streaming down his chin.
In his grief, he recalled the "Proclamation to the World on Behalf of Li Jingye" which he wrote that year to help Li Jingye start his rebellion.
"The Wu family, who pretended to rule the country, was not of a kind nature, and of humble origin. She once served as a servant to Emperor Taizong, even entering the imperial court in the guise of changing clothes. In her later years, she defiled the imperial harem. She concealed the late emperor's affairs and plotted to gain favor with the harem. Envious of her presence, she refused to yield to anyone. She concealed her true intentions, and her seductive charm was enough to deceive the emperor.
He trampled upon the Empress with his phoenix and entrapped my lord in a gathering of deer. Furthermore, he possessed the heart of a viper and the nature of a wolf, indulging in evil and perverse practices, persecuting loyal and virtuous people, slaughtering his sister and brother, murdering his lord, and poisoning his mother. He is hated by both humans and gods, and condemned by heaven and earth. Yet he harbored evil intentions, seeking to steal sacred artifacts. Your beloved son has been imprisoned in a separate palace. He, the traitor's clan ally, has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Alas!
What Huo Zimeng did not do, Zhuxu Hou had already died. When a swallow pecked at the emperor's grandson, it was known that the Han Dynasty was about to end. When the Longli Emperor and Empress came, it was known that the Xia Dynasty was rapidly declining. Respecting the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, the descendants of dukes and marquises. Carrying on the achievements of the previous emperor, and enjoying the great grace of this dynasty. There is a good reason for this..."
He recited softly, as if he had returned to the time before Li Jingye started his rebellion.
This famous manifesto in later generations was also called "The Proclamation to Punish Wu Zhao" by literati and poets.
“Sightseeing, sightseeing!”
"You must live well!"
On the way to escape, Li Jingye's camp was attacked by his subordinates, and he finally took the initiative to cover his retreat for him and Prince Zhanghuai.
This was the last time he saw Li Jingye. On the 13th day of his escape with Prince Zhanghuai, they were found by Li Xiaoyi's assassins.
These assassins took him and Prince Zhanghuai Li Xian to Yangzhou and found a secluded place to live a farming life.
But he found it hard to accept that Li Jingye was forced to death by the descendants of the Li family. After accompanying Prince Zhanghuai for several months, he resolutely came to Yuezhou and became a monk without a certificate.
At dawn, he stood up shakily after sitting in the room for half a day and a whole night.
“Dedicated, dedicated…”
"You probably don't know this, but just over ten years after your death, the heir of the Li family nailed the current emperor to history's pillar of shame with their blood."
"These descendants of the Li family are so cruel!"
"They even went so far as to pull down two wise emperors, Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong, and make their 'glorious deeds' public."
"Do you know why this is?"
"Perhaps you, in your spirit in heaven, understood this earlier than I did. They actually wanted to ensure that there would be no obstacles on the way for the King of Qin to ascend the throne."
"Li Xian has the spirit of his great uncle Li Chengqian. It's a pity that he died young. Otherwise, he would have been a wise ruler in the future!"
"And I don't want to live my whole life in this cowardly state. I want to help the King of Qin!"
He changed into the cassock he had obtained from the old abbot of the dilapidated temple, packed up a few valuables, and set off on his journey.
"My previous 'Exhortation to Punish Wu Zhao' allowed everyone to see my talent. Now, I want to show everyone my strategy."
"I, Luo Bin Wang, have never been a man of few words!"
……
Li Cunxi is still on the way.
However, he has already joined forces with the Zuoweiwei army and the Zuo and Zuo Yuqianwei armies.
Li Cunxi was somewhat happy to see Song Wuji and Li Kaigu again. After the Chongzhou case, he and the two had not met again, and now they were reunited after a long separation.
The four armies had a total of 300,000 troops, and the logistical supply lines were too long. For the sake of safety, Zhang Renyuan, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road, decided to slow down the advance and advance steadily.
After only a few days' advance, they heard that Li Xiaoyi had left the Nineteen Prefectures of Jiangdong and marched westward to Xuanzhou.
Li Cunxi, on the other hand, still followed Zhang Renyuan's plan, advancing slowly and not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle.
This also gave Li Xiaoyi an opportunity. He swept through Xuanzhou at lightning speed, and then marched into Raozhou, threatening Jiangzhou, Hongzhou and Fuzhou.
Wen Kai, the governor of Jiangzhou, was extremely anxious and could not sleep day or night. He quickly asked the court for help.
Three days later, when Li Xiaoyi was engaged in a siege in Raozhou, a special guest arrived in Li Cunxi's central military camp.
The guest had a bald head but no scars from his monkhood. The monk's robe he wore did not fit him well, but he wore it in an inappropriate way. The cassock did not look like his own and was more than a size too big.
"I wonder which temple you are, the abbot, and what do you want to see me for?"
Li Cunxi kept a considerable distance from him before asking.
The monk was Luo Binwang who had rushed here. He looked at Hu Jinghui who was standing in the big tent with a knife, then looked at Li Wenzhong and Li Yuanfang who had caught up with him two days ago, and then looked at Ma Rong and Qiao Tai, two fierce bandits who looked not easy to mess with, and finally his eyes fell on the kind-looking Xuguzi.
There were only a handful of people in Li Cunxi's central military camp, and they must be Li Cunxi's most trusted confidants.
Luo Binwang let out a breath and was about to test Li Cunxi, but the curtain of the tent behind him was lifted up, and Wu Yanhao, who had just finished peeing, walked in from outside and yawned.
"Hey, here comes a monk."
"Why, Cunxi, a Taoist priest would be enough, why did you add a monk?"
Wu Yanhao was amazed. As soon as he got closer, he found that the monk had no scars on his head, which surprised him even more.
"Oh, he's a fake monk!"
Luo Binwang suppressed his dissatisfaction and tilted his head to look over, only to see a graceful young talent with a handsome appearance and a slender figure.
He turned to Li Cunxi again, bowed and said:
"I have come here to ask you something."
Wu Yanhao laughed when he saw Luo Binwang's behavior.
"He's not a real monk, he can't even say Amitabha, hahahahahahahaha."
In the tent, except for Qiao Tai, everyone else's expression remained unchanged. He was the only one who looked up and joined Wu Yanhao in laughing, laughing until tears came out.
Seeing that Luo Binwang still showed no sign of anger, Li Cunxi's test ended here. He walked down and stood far away.
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