indianbanksassociation Chapter 115 From Substitute to Buddha's Brilliance
Chapter 115 From Substitute to Buddha's Brilliance
Early the next morning, Xiaoqi gave full play to his hands-on ability and loaded all the things that needed to be taken away into the carriage, including all the cabbage, a huge fish tank, bacon, soft clothes, and his and Xiaoqiu's two big children. The living, plus the coachman and escort's subordinates, had to send an extra horse in the end.
The carriage left from the back door of the palace, no one saw him off, no one cared, compared with the busy scene in the palace for Yan Heng, it seemed a bit bleak.
But in fact, the charcoal has already been burned in the carriage, Xiao Qiu is skewering the meat on the sliced bamboo sticks, and Xiao Qi is turning the skewered meat on the charcoal stove.Obviously, because the departure time was too early, the two who didn't have time to eat breakfast planned to have a barbecue.
In Xiao Qi's words, it's like doing as the Romans do. Since they're going to a temple, it's better not to eat meat when they get there, so these bacon can be eaten freely on the road.
Gradually, as the smell of barbecue diffused, the places where the carriage passed attracted a lot of attention. Apart from the alluring aroma, people naturally noticed the sign of Prince Yu's Mansion on the carriage. Everyone was curious. After inquiring, the news about Meng Qi being expelled from the palace and assigned to a remote temple quickly spread.
Unlike the officialdom, which carefully stands in line, the senses and thoughts of the common people are simple and direct.Many generals of the Meng family made great contributions to the Cang Kingdom, which were once compiled into songs and recited in the streets and alleys. But now, the Meng family has been sent to the frontier, and even the youngest weak son cannot stay in the capital.
In the early morning of this day, the story about Meng's family spread again in the breakfast stalls and restaurants in various streets and alleys. After chatting like this, everyone learned more information about each other. For example, Meng Qi was beaten a hundred sticks yesterday. As a result, the General's Mansion didn't even give him a chance to recuperate, and sent him away this morning.For another example, before Yan Heng appeared, although Meng Qi's status changed suddenly, her life was not so hard.
"Hey, I used to think that King Yu was a good person, nostalgic for the past, but now it seems..."
"Then Yan Heng is probably not a good person, no matter how you say it, even a little bit of conscience won't make people leave with bruises all over their bodies."
"Prince Yu's mansion is in such a hurry to send people away, is it because they are afraid that Meng Qi will die in the mansion and be cast aside by everyone?"
"Bah! If you dare to do it, you must dare to do it. If Old General Meng knew the result, he would never have agreed to Mr. Meng Qi to stay."
"My second uncle, my third aunt, and her nephew work in the palace. I heard that this is not the first time Mr. Meng has been beaten. Tsk tsk tsk..."
Xie Linfeng didn't know that because of the operation of the barbecue in Meng Qi's carriage, the whole city would soon know that he beat up people and threw them to remote temples, and this also caused his reputation to decline rapidly, and Yan Heng has become an insidious villain who deliberately excludes others.And this also means that the so-called popular support has already been lost before he got it.
Under the indignant or sympathetic eyes of the crowd, the carriage carrying Meng Qi gradually disappeared in the capital. As for the lingering smell of barbecue, it must be eaten by the arrogant slaves of the palace. After all, which one is seriously injured? There are really no good people in Prince Yu's Mansion who would eat such meaty and greasy food.
In fact, there were indeed three people sitting in the carriage, and it was completely contrary to what the public imagined. The guards were drooling wildly, and Xiao Qi and Xiao Qiu were happily masturbating.When the guard was invited by Xiaoqi for the third time, he finally couldn't hold back anymore and reached out to take the barbecue.
Less than an hour after the carriage drove out of Wangdu, the coachman also fell, and the four of them headed for the distant Linjiang Temple while rolling skewers.
The short-mouthed coachman and guards will of course subconsciously want to make up for it from other places. The process includes that the coachman tries to take flat paths, find comfortable inns, and look for delicious restaurants.The guards inquired about the situation of Linjiang Temple along the way, and asked Meng Qi's taste from time to time to go hunting.
Gradually, the two discovered that this young master Meng Qi was quite different from the rich son they had known. He was not only kind, but also active in thinking, never haggling over every detail, and always stood up at critical moments. How could such a person be like that? Not likable.
Less than ten days after the carriage set off, both the coachman and the guards had become Meng Qi's loyal fans, and the journey of the four of them to the south turned into a mountain tour, picking mushrooms after the rain, picking some wild fruits on the mountain, Occasionally, you can encounter black shops or robbing people who punish evil and promote good, and those who catch prisoners who have rewards can earn some extra money.
All the way south, this small team of four even slowly accumulated a bit of fame.Everyone said that there was a team of mysterious four heroes who liked to disguise themselves as pedestrians and used the aroma of barbecue to lure people into robbery. Wherever they went, countless robbers and thieves were fooled.
The guard Cai He never thought that he would realize his dream of being a hero by escorting Meng Qi to Linjiang Temple.The coachman never thought that traveling could be so easy and happy. He even began to hope that the road to Linjiang Temple could be extended indefinitely, so that the journey could continue like this.
However, two months later, no matter how slow they walked, they still reached their destination.
Linjiang Temple is located in the southernmost continent of Cangguo, and it is also one of the remote areas. Compared with the bitterly cold places in the northwest, the only advantage here is probably the temperature. It is always green all year round, never snows, and it lives near the sea.However, due to inconvenient transportation and rampant pirates, this place is also a poor and barren land.
And the more famous one here is probably Linjiang Temple. This Linjiang Temple is not to say how effective or magnificent it is, but since at some point, Linjiang Temple has become the default place of exile for Cangguo.In addition to the bitter cold in the northwest, this Linjiang Temple is also a holy place for exile.The life of those who are exiled here is basically over.
The carriage came to the gate of Linjiang Temple, and the monks in the temple looked familiar. After learning about Meng Qi's identity and the reason for coming here, they prepared to take Meng Qi into the temple.As a result, just as he was about to turn around, the coachman burst into tears, "My lord, my lord, I can't bear you!"
The monk was slightly surprised, because the general master would not send a servant who was loyal to the exile to send someone off.The monk comforted him calmly, and finally comforted the coachman, but the next second, the guard started to wipe away his tears.
Monk, "..." Can you big men still do it?
Xiao Qi patted the guard's shoulder, "It's okay, we will meet again if we are destined."
"The young master must take care of himself here." The guard wiped away his tears, and silently made a decision to go back to bid farewell, and then come to Jiang Temple. He is an orphan and has no worries, so it is better to be willful.
After bidding farewell to the tearful coachman and guards, Xiaoqi finally followed the monks into Linjiang Temple.The monk Tong Xiaoqi introduced the situation of Linjiang Temple, and the things they need to pay attention to in the area where the exiled people live.
Although Linjiang Temple is not grand, its architecture is ingenious. It draws live spring water from the mountain and passes through the courtyard. The spring water gathers in the pond in the center of the temple, and then flows out back to the mountains.
Seeing this, Xiao Qi looked at his fish tank, lowered his head and discussed with the two fish, "Why don't I change you to a bigger house and put you in the pond."
Monk, "..." Is the reason why Mr. Meng was exiled because he is stupid?
However, what surprised him was that the two koi jumped out of the water together, as if they understood.
In this way, Xiao Qi brought the koi to the pond, and before releasing the fish, Xiao Qi asked carefully if there were any particularly big fish in the pond that liked to eat koi.
The monk shook his head, "The poor monk has never seen it before."
Xiao Qi nodded in satisfaction, let the two fish go, and told him, "You go shopping first, if you come across one you can't beat, remember to come to me, I will help you out, and I will definitely stew it deliciously."
The two koi were very obedient, and plunged into the pond to inspect their new big fish tank.
"Benefactor Meng, let's go on." The monk waited for a long time, but Meng Qi didn't see any movement, so he urged.
"Wait a while, if the koi doesn't come to complain, we'll leave." Xiao Qi felt that the matter of backing up could not be abandoned halfway.
Monk, "..."
The two of them stood by the pond in silence for a while, and just when the monk couldn't help but want to urge him again, the two released koi appeared together again, and they were circling around the pond , a coquettish look.
Seeing this, Xiaoqi squatted down and wanted to reach out to touch the two fish heads, but she was silent again when she looked at the pond water. Although the water looks okay, isn't it not too clean?
But the two koi seemed to be used to it long ago, they jumped out of the water by themselves, and took the initiative to stick to Meng Qi's palm.
In this way, after completing the daily task of touching the fish head, Xiaoqi finally moved away.
The monk followed behind in a daze, and looked back at the pond from time to time, but he could no longer see the shadows of the two koi. When he came to the backyard, the monk finally couldn't help asking curiously, "Benefactor Meng, can those two fish really survive?" Do you understand human speech?"
Xiaoqi nodded, "Yes, do you want to find a fish translator? Two cabbages a day."
monk? ? ?
Sending away the monk who does not need a fish translator, Xiaoqi and Xiaoqiu start to pack up their future residence.The location and house arranged by the monks are not bad, and the house has good lighting. There are only simple beds, tables and chairs inside, but it is dry and clean. The yard is even slightly larger than that of Prince Yu's Mansion.
The monk who left returned to the courtyard where the host was located and reported the basic situation. After the report, he still looked preoccupied. Seeing this, the host asked naturally, "Why is Nan Yun so confused, but what is the problem with the new benefactor Meng? ?”
The monk thought for a while and replied, "Master, not only the benefactor Meng, even the two fish he brought are a little unusual." After finishing speaking, the monk couldn't help but recounted everything just now.
After hearing this, the host also felt a little strange, so he went to the pond with Nan Yun, but the two of them watched for a long time, but there was no sign of the koi, so they had to leave again.The host didn't think that Nanyun was lying, he just guessed, maybe the two koi were raised by someone, so he knew the owner. When he traveled around the world, he also met people who could tame various animals.
In this way, Meng Qi settled down in Linjiang Temple. Neither the master nor the servant had any feelings about being exiled here. On the contrary, they feel that life has become easier since leaving the palace.
After tidying up, the two made some simple food, and sat in the courtyard looking at the sunset glow in the distance, listening to the sound of the wind blowing the bamboo forest in the courtyard, Xiaoqiu couldn't help sighing, "Young master, if we knew that exile is so comfortable, we should have done it as soon as possible." Fight for exile."
"Isn't the palace pretty good?" There are two protagonists, and they are happy to raise the protagonists, "But speaking of it, we don't know if they are doing well now that we are gone."
Xiao Qiu curled her lips, "They definitely don't need us to worry about it."
"That's right." Xiao Qi nodded, Snail just moved the koi, a majestic palace, so what if it's unlucky.
However, the reality is that since Meng Qi left, the situation in Prince Yu's Mansion has been going from bad to worse.
First, the emperor heard about Xie Linfeng secretly ordering someone to take the seventh prince out of the palace, and discussing the Meng family's heavy punishment and so on.Of course, the emperor didn't directly use this reason to trouble him, but picked his bones from other places, and scolded him every day when he went to court.
A month later, probably thinking that the accumulation was enough, the old emperor directly took back one of King Yu's richest fiefs, whose tax revenue accounted for almost half of the palace's income.
And the emperor's actions also made many people who know how to read words start to act. In the officialdom, all the officials consciously alienated Xie Linfeng. Although they were still polite on the surface, the gatherings where he was invited to attend were fewer and fewer.
What makes Xie Linfeng even more anxious is that the talents and diners he has absorbed over the years have offered to say goodbye or find another place.
When the diners he admired the most also bid farewell, Xie Linfeng finally became furious and accused them on the spot that these diners were like grass on the wall, unprincipled, with an empty mouth, and went wherever there was food, like dogs looking for food.
After listening quietly, the diner did not show any weakness, nor did he become angry. Instead, he became more determined to leave, and bluntly said that their departure was not because of King Yu's loss of power, but because of the rumors outside.Being so cruel to the last young master of the Meng family who stayed in Beijing, coupled with his changing attitude towards Meng Qi, really made it difficult for diners like them to trust him.
"Prince Yu, how long has it been since you went outside the palace to listen to the people's opinions?" The diner left a last sentence, turned around and left gracefully.
Xie Linfeng, who had been tortured for a month, finally calmed down his anger after smashing it, and then sent someone to inquire about the situation in the city.After his subordinates tremblingly reported the rumors of the people in the city, Xie Linfeng's anger rose again, but this time he didn't even have Meng Qi to vent his anger on, so he could only scold Yan Heng who came to comfort him after hearing the sound a meal.
Yan Heng felt aggrieved, but still maintained the tolerant persona, and comforted Xie Linfeng for a long time, which made Xie Linfeng calm down again.
But at this time, the subordinates and the coachman who escorted Meng Qi came back. Yan Heng summoned the two of them. He wanted to hear from the two of them the scene of Meng Qi crying after arriving at Linjiang Temple, but he never wanted to greet him directly. Saying goodbye to the two.
The two directly stated that they had been in love with Meng Qi during the escort journey, and they planned to follow Meng Qi for the rest of their lives, even if Meng Qi would spend his whole life in Linjiang Temple.
Xie Linfeng, whose blood pressure was up and down, almost fainted on the spot. Those diners just left. After all, they were defecting to other princes and nobles. Why are these two servants joining in the fun? They are going to defect to an exiled male favorite!Are all of them crazy?