12, Chapter 12
In any case, the princess's determination to pursue a brilliant future for herself was completely beyond Chuo Chuoyu's imagination.
The princess who was pampered in the Shanshan Palace and could not dress herself until she was twelve years old has completely changed her appearance after entering the age of 10. In the past, the princess was weak-willed and wanted to do something. Once she encountered some difficulties, she just said "Forget it"
", this matter has changed. Today's princess is brave and resourceful and will do anything to avoid being a concubine. There are so many bad ideas, whether they are tricked by others or voluntary, in the face of Chu
Wang Shi showed great courage. Even if the King of Chu gave her a nail over and over again, she was not discouraged and tried every means to create opportunities. Her persistence was no less than that of a rich man who targeted a beautiful lady.
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The group of people sent by Xi Guan were no longer of much use. In order to prevent the team from becoming too large, the princess sent them back, leaving only two guards to accompany her at a distance so that they could protect her in time in case of an accident.
In Tiansui, movement is not so free after all. Before she becomes King Chu's beloved concubine, she has to be careful to save her life.
It was already dark, the moonlight was not bright tonight, and dark clouds were rushing overhead, as if the sky was about to change.
The princess sat in the car and looked forward. In the darkness, a light flickered on and off, passing by the wilderness outside the village, emitting a ghostly and confusing atmosphere.
Is this man planning to travel all night? Is he anxious to get back to Bodhidharma Temple in order to get rid of her? When the mountain gate is closed and he can't be seen, she will be unable to do anything to him?
From this point of view, he had to make some mistakes while he was on his way. The princess touched her chin and said, "Just following him is not convenient for me to do anything. I must find a way to get along with him day and night."
Chuo Chuo said: "Your Highness, tell me, what do you want to do?"
The princess frowned and thought carefully, "To do big things, you still have to rely on people, and those reptiles are unreliable. My plan is to find two people pretending to be wok men to hunt me down. As long as I escape fast enough, I can fly away unscathed."
Run into the arms of the master. When the beautiful woman is in trouble, the holy monk saves her. You and I are willing to do it, and everything is perfect... What do you think?"
Youyu thought for a moment and clapped slowly, "Great idea, great idea! But Your Highness, there are too many coincidences, won't King Chu see through your trick?"
The princess broke the jar and said, "Didn't he see through me at some point?"
This is the truth. No matter how fake the process is, the princess and the King of Chu getting along for a moment are real gains. It doesn't matter if they don't talk about marriage for the time being. At least they become familiar with each other first.
"Then where can we get someone to pretend to be a wok man?" Chuo Chuo turned around and looked behind the car. He couldn't even see a ghost, but he knew that under the cover of night, there were royal guards protecting them secretly.
Youyu questioned: "You won't let those two pretend, right? They are from the palace, and the King of Chu must know them."
The princess is smarter, "There is no need for them to come forward, let them spend money to find someone to pretend to be. This kind of work requires no effort, and the money comes in quickly, and there are many people willing to take the job."
After they all figured it out, no one raised any objections, so the plan was ready to be implemented early the next morning.
The servants of the palace are very efficient in their work. The things ordered by the princess were quickly completed. When they came back, they handed over their orders and said: "I have checked again and again. Those people with low rank are all ordinary people from nearby villages. They are definitely not wok people. They have no respect for Your Highness."
No harm will be caused, please rest assured, Your Highness. I have ordered them to ambush in the haystack in front. There is a ruined temple five miles away. Based on the distance, His Highness the King of Chu will definitely rest there tonight. At that time, His Highness the Princess will
After being chased into the temple, they were afraid of the King of Chu and had to scatter. Whatever happens next... Your Highness, please do your best."
The princess nodded and said it was very good, the haystacks, the ruined temple, the down-and-out princess and the eminent monk...it's really a beautiful story when you think about it.
The princess waited for the screen to withdraw from the palace guards, and told Chuochuo and Youyu sternly: "After this event is completed, I will not come back to join you. I will find a way to stay with him. A man and a woman can live together day and night, so there is no need to worry about adultery happening!"
Like now, he is walking in front and I am chasing after him. If I want to say something, I have to create opportunities, which is too troublesome."
"But..." Chuo Chuo said slowly, "You complained that your legs hurt after walking for half a mile. It's still more than a hundred miles from here to Yunyang Bodhidharma Temple. You don't want your legs anymore?"
The princess smiled a little ambiguously, "Don't worry, as long as the King of Chu falls in love with me, he will definitely not be willing to let me endure hardship. When the time comes, I can let him carry me." The princess's imagination was so beautiful that she almost laughed out loud.
Chuochuo and Youyu looked at each other. They had heard her mention it angrily before, saying that she wanted to walk to Damo Temple with him. At that time, no one took it to heart. They never thought that it would be true this time. The road was so long and there was no substitute. Would the pampered princess be able to do it?
Sitting on the ground crying, I really can't tell.
However, the decision was made and the plan began to be implemented. It was too late to say anything now.
The carriage drove for another half day under the gray sky. When the sky gradually turned dark, countless tall and short gray shadows appeared in the field, each with an arched top. Looking at the dim sky, they looked like giant figures.
of steamed buns.
"Is this a haystack?" the princess muttered in surprise, "so many..."
Shanshan Kingdom does not engage in farming, so there is no such a large pile of firewood. This should be used by several nearby villages to pile up straw after the autumn harvest. Over time, it is piled up and cannot be used up, so the inner layer is damp and the outer layer is damp.
It continues to expand and continues, and there are always forty or fifty. People walking in it feel like they have entered a strange world. If there were no hay under their feet, they would mistakenly think they have entered Heyadan.
The princess got off the car and looked forward. She could vaguely see the deserted temple at the end of the haystacks. As expected, Shi Xin really planned to stay here for the night. She stood there and calculated, even if the pursuit started from here,
It shouldn't take long to run into the deserted temple.
So he waved his hand and asked them all to leave. Chuochuo and Youyu reluctantly said, "Your Highness, you must take care of yourself. If the plan fails again, don't try hard. We will discuss it in the long term when you come back."
The princess made up her mind, "It is said in Tiansui Ren's book that you should put yourself to death before resurrecting. As long as I am miserable enough, a conscientious monk will not leave me alone."
The princess resolutely embarked on the journey, knowing that the trap was set by herself, so she walked very calmly.
Of course, the estimate under the hazy sky will inevitably be a little wrong, and the real distance to the deserted temple is farther than the princess expected.
With a "pop", a big raindrop hit the princess's smooth forehead.
The princess raised her hand and touched it. She regretted that she didn't bring an umbrella when she got out of the car. It looked like she was going to get caught in the rain. But it didn't matter if she got wet. It would be exciting to have a wet beauty run into her arms. The princess had even planned to open her mouth.
The first sentence - "Master, I sneezed several times in a row, are you thinking of me?" See, if you flirt invisibly, you won't be able to bear it even if you become a Buddha.
Move your feet faster, you don't know where the people who have been arranged are ambush. Of course, surprise is more effective. The princess looked around, feeling excited, just waiting for a few figures to emerge from behind the haystack, so that she could shout for help at the top of her lungs.
The raindrops gradually became denser. Fortunately, the weather in April was very warm, and the rain did not feel cold on the body. The princess walked forward with brisk steps, and suddenly heard a rustling sound behind her, and the tops of the haystacks were covered with grass.
The thatch swayed for a while, and then six or seven people walked out from the shadows behind the haystack. Taking a closer look, they were all strong and strong. The princess almost wanted to praise the palace's servants for their ability to do things. Such a physique looks like a wok man.
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"Everyone has worked hard, work hard, and you will be rewarded when the work is accomplished." The princess bowed her hands to them. Even though she was wearing a veil, her eyes were as beautiful as obsidian.
But those people didn't say anything. They kicked their feet and took half a step forward.
A strange sense of crisis suddenly filled the air. Those people lowered their heads and couldn't see their faces clearly, but the dangerous atmosphere leaked from every inch of their joints. The princess wondered if the acting was so realistic... Could it be that the night walk was too much?
Duo, did you really meet a ghost?
Suddenly lightning flashed across the ceiling, illuminating the bottom of those people's pupils, and their eyes showed mottled gold under the strong light - Wok Man!
The princess's scalp was numb, and she didn't have time to think about what went wrong, so she turned around and ran away. But the smell on her body was the best guide, catching the taste buds of the wok people. She knew that the wok people were catching up, and they were right behind them.
, as if he could catch her with a hook. She could only run for her life. When she was concentrating on escaping, she couldn't take the time to shout for help. She was afraid that if she shouted, she would lose her temper.
The princess whimpered and dodged. The haystack array was like a maze that would never end. She wanted to run to the deserted temple to find Shi Xin, but she couldn't find the fire in the temple. There were fish and palaces.
The two retinues had already disappeared. The princess felt that it was really over now. She no longer had to try so hard to seduce the King of Chu. She could not go back to her hometown six thousand miles away.
The rain was falling so hard that it hit her eyes randomly, and those wok men were chasing after her. The princess did not dare to look back, and she did not expect that she could run so well when she was on the line between life and death. However, her strength gradually ran out, and the sound of heavy footsteps behind her was heard.
Getting closer and closer, the princess thought desperately, I wonder if the feng shui of this straw stack is good. In the future, when someone talks about this period of history, they will also bury incense for the princess's jade, and feel infinite regret!
I can't run anymore...or else I won't run...
Just when I was hesitating whether to give up, I suddenly saw a white figure appearing in the rain curtain. Such a holy color broke out from the dark night, just like the arrival of Buddha.
The princess was so happy that she ran to him desperately, completely forgetting that he was also a wok man.
There was another bolt of lightning, and the huge energy seemed to tear the sky apart. The princess saw his face clearly, and his eyes were also golden, purer and brighter than the wok man chasing her.
The princess suddenly hesitated and began to worry about whether he and those wok people would form an alliance. If that was the case, wouldn't she be doomed and not even a scumbag would be left in the end?
But for some reason, the wok man who was chasing her also stopped five steps away, as if he was a little afraid, and did not rush towards her.
Shi Xin dragged her behind him and confronted the wok men. He said in a cold voice: "The hot water is boiling on the fire in the temple. Please go warm yourself first."
Thousands of rain arrows fell into the sky, and raindrops dripped from the tip of his nose and eyelashes. The soaked cotton and linen cloth clung to the texture, and you could see the ready-to-go flesh under the monk's robe.
The princess couldn't help but shudder. The current Master Shi Xin is really different from what he saw before. The solemn atmosphere of Buddhism has faded away, and he has become evil and cruel amidst the lightning and thunder... Is this him now?
, is he the one who unleashed his nature?
The princess looked at the wok men in black and asked cautiously: "I'm leaving, what about you?"
He probably thought she was too wordy, so he glanced at her indifferently, "Then the donor will stay and the poor monk will go first?"
"Goodbye..." the princess crossed her arms and laughed, "I'm going, I'm going..."
She didn't know what happened next. Anyway, she didn't hear them talking, nor did she hear the sound of swords fighting.
The princess ran into the deserted temple and looked around. The very spacious temple had occasional leaks, and there was a Buddha statue above the temple. The princess did not know the origin of the various Buddhas that Tian Sui believed in, and she could not recognize them.
What kind of Buddha is he? I just think he has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and his appearance makes people feel at ease.
Now that she was safe here, the princess let out a sigh of relief and found that her clothes were all wet and clinging to her body with heavy coldness.
She rolled up the corner of her skirt and twisted it, and a large puddle of water came out from the layered skirt. There was an earthen pot on the fire, and hot water was boiling in it, but she didn't care about that and leaned against the door.
Chapter completed!