There are many monks in Dunhuang City. After all, monks are also human beings. Among these monks, the character of the people is also uneven.

Some monks are dedicated to the Buddha, taking it as their mission to save all sentient beings and spread Buddhism. Some monks are speculators. Religion is a profession for them, a tool. They use this to approach the powerful and powerful, deceive the people, and gain fame and fortune.

In this era, monks often start from local powers to preach in various places. As long as these powers believe in and support Buddhism, Buddhism can be developed better in this place. And these monks are also supported by the powers and respected by the people.

In order to cater to the powerful people from all over the world, monks even often involve some Taoist work, such as helping some local bigwigs divination.

Before winter this year, another monk came to Dunhuang City. This man was thin and haggard, and his monk's robe was shabby.

During the days I came to Dunhuang City, I never visited the local powerful and wealthy families. I sat on the streets of Dunhuang all day and preached to the common people in the city. Over time, I was also loved by many Dunhuang people.

Early this morning, the monk still came to the street early, sitting cross-legged on a large stone that the people in the city had placed for him.

It was cold in the morning of winter. Many people in Dunhuang City had not yet got up at this time. There were few pedestrians on the streets. Occasionally, one or two people walked by, and they were also in a hurry.

"Did the mage come from that country of Gaochang?" Suddenly, someone asked, his voice was low and heavy, as if he was extraordinary. When he looked up, he saw that he was a burly young man.

The monk had not had time to eat at this time, and he only ate a little yesterday, so he was so hungry that he was a little dizzy. He looked up at the person in front of him and felt extremely tall, as if he was looking at the Buddha statue in Mogao Grottoes.

"That's it." The monk said.

"The Turks are about to be destroyed, how can Gaochang be intact? Instead of resisting stubbornly, why not surrender to the Tang Dynasty?" the tall and strong young man opened his mouth.

"..." The monk was stunned and asked, "I don't know where the hero heard about this?"

"You reach out," the man said.

The monk stretched out his withered and thin palm as he said, and then saw the other party pinching a square white object and putting it in his palm.

The man's palms were wide and thick, and the fingernail was almost as big as two or three times the size of his own fingernail.

The monk looked at the line carefully and saw that it was a neatly folded piece of paper. After spreading it out, it turned into a thin strip. The paper is also unique and has never seen it before.

There is a line of text on this note, which is extremely neat, the font is quite small, and it is extremely clear and concise, unlike ordinary people who can write it. However, this word seems to be a Chinese character at first glance, but when you look closely, it is somewhat different from Chinese characters. In the end, it is still similar. Even if you guess, you can barely understand it. Reading from right to left is not a book. It should be read from left to right. After reading this, he was shocked and sweated.

I saw this slender note, and the book said: "In the 14th year of Zhenguan (640), the Tang Dynasty destroyed Gaochang and established Xizhou and Tingzhou."

You were still thinking about the last sentence the other party said: "The situation is urgent, Gaochang needs to make a decision early, so that no one can cause trouble for the people and the people will suffer."

Looking up, the man was no longer there, leaving behind this empty street in the early morning of winter, and occasionally passing by one or two hurried figures. The tall and strong young man seemed to have never appeared before.

The monk suddenly made a clever fight. After awakening, he quickly contacted several monks from Gaochang, who were also from the Gaochang Kingdom in Dunhuang City.

In the afternoon of that day, the monks hurried out of the city, heading northward, heading towards the direction where Gaochang Kingdom was.

Although you don’t have to go into the desert from Dunhuang to Gaochang, there are also large areas of Gobi Desert, and it is difficult to walk, especially now it is winter.

The world is vast, the wind is howling on the Gobi Desert, and the monks' robes are whistling by the strong wind, but the monks don't care about that much. They keep moving their feet and sweat almost burst out from their foreheads...

At this moment, Luo Yong also met someone on a Gobi Desert outside Changle County.

This person is named Chen Ji, and he is an ordinary wealthy family in Ganzhou.

There was also an elder brother above him, who was born in the main room and Chen Jinai was born in the concubine. His mother was very favored when she was alive, but unfortunately she was a very lucky person and went there at a young age.

In their generation, the Chen family had only two men. Chen Ji's father loved his illegitimate son, and he was no different from his legitimate son. Chen Ji's brother also loved him very much. The two studied and grew up together since childhood and had a deep relationship.

Others say that Chen Ji was born in such a family as a concubine. Chen Ji himself thought so, and he was filial to his father and respected his brother.

When Chen Ji was young, he fell in love with a woman. When he learned that his brother also fell in love with her, he took the initiative to give in.

He felt that was what he should do. His brother was more mature, steady and responsible than him. He was also the legitimate son of the Chen family, so he could give the woman more happiness.

Over the years, as long as the brother wants him to do, he will work hard no matter how difficult it is. He wants to repay his brother's care for him.

Chen's father was very pleased with his two sons' brother-in-law. On the day he passed away, he also ended up smiling as he watched his two sons standing beside the bed. But after he died, everything became different.

Chen Ji's sister-in-law, the woman he fell in love with when he was young, falsely accused Chen Ji of bullying her. His brother was angry and drove him out of the house. No matter how he made a defense, he completely ignored him. His disgusting appearance did not have any lenientness when he used to treat him?

Chen Ji was unable to do so, so he had to go back to his mother's home, planning to live there for a while, and then slowly find a way to deal with it. However, his mother's relatives refused to let him enter the house.

With just one side of his brother and sister-in-law, there was no evidence at all. These relatives determined that Chen Ji was a person who was morally corrupt and was inferior to beasts. After all, he was afraid of the Chen family's power and did not want to cause trouble.

Chen Ji met his brother several times later, and then he gradually realized that the other party's kindness and friendship he treated him over the years was all false. It was because he believed in this falsehood that Chen Ji had been in the Chen family for many years and had no idea about planning for himself, and Chen's father had never made any plans for him.

Now that his brother suddenly turned against him, Chen Ji was kicked out of the house by him with nothing, and his reputation was corrupted.

Overnight, almost all the beliefs of this young man collapsed.

His place was no longer there in his hometown. He was in a daze and walked west along the post road, all the way to Changle County. Because there were free breads here every day, he stayed.

Later, he worked in a cement workshop and saw that Apu would rather risk such a great danger than protect him for the sake of the two teenagers in his tribe. He was very moved at that time.

It is precisely because he has seen too many false feelings that he can understand the value of true love. He admires Apu very much. That night, when Apu and others went to the tenant's house, Chen Ji was also escorting them with them, and few people know about this.

"All the things that the Ming Mansion said have been done. Yesterday afternoon, the Gaochang monks hurried out of the city and headed to the north, and they also saw it with their own eyes."

At this time, the tall and strong young man rode on his horse, facing the cold wind on the Gobi Desert, bowed and said to Luo Yongyan.

"If this move really saves Gaochang from the war, it will be of great merit." Luo Yong was also sitting on the horse's back at this time and bowed to Chen Ji.

"Why does the Ming Mansion think that the monk is trustworthy?" Chen Ji said inexplicably.

Although the monk did not seem to be flattering to the powerful and wealthy on the surface, he was in the market with the poor, but who could tell whether he was using this method to show off his virtues, and ultimately to gain fame and support.

"If this person is not a pure person, he is an extremely intelligent person. No matter which kind of person he is, it will not be contrary to our purpose." Luo Yongyan said.

If it were a pure person, Luo Yong gave him such a reminder, he would do his best to prevent the tragedy from happening.

If he is a smart person, then this matter can become an opportunity for him to approach the Gaochang royal family. He can package himself as a person who has seen the Buddha, and the Buddha also revealed his secrets to him. As long as this matter can be accomplished, his future status in the entire Buddhist community in Gaochang is not comparable.

"What should I do now?" Chen Ji asked again.

"It's time to do our best, let's just leave our will. Now we can only see how Gaochang Kingdom decides." Luo Yong replied.

"This place is too close to Gaochang. Now that you have shown your face in front of the Gaochang monk, I can no longer leave you in Changle County." After a while, Luo Yong said again.

"But with the Ming Mansion's mission." Chen Ji clasped his fists with both hands.

"My sister in Chang'an City intends to develop in Suyang, Luoyang. Now you will take my letters to Chang'an City and follow them south after the spring."

"I think you have a good character, value love and righteousness, and have this kind of literary and martial arts. My sister can also recognize people, so she will definitely not treat you badly."

Luo Yong gave him a letter, then took off a bag of copper coins and a bag of dry food and water from the horse's back, and handed it to Chen Ji.

Chen Ji took the money and rations, placed them carefully on the saddle, then clasped his fists at Luo, looked at the young county magistrate in front of him, and then rode his horse to the east.

He never asked about the origin of that note from beginning to end.

He also believed in the words on the note.

I don’t know what kind of scene it will be like when I go to Chang’an and head south to Suyang.

In the past, because he trusted his brother wholeheartedly, he ended up being disgraced and was swept out by the other party.

Now, because he treated Apu and others with his true nature, he was appreciated by Li Shi Luosanlang, and did a big thing with him, something that could not be known to others, but made him feel extremely proud.

He is not useless. He is honest and treats people sincerely. What he gets is definitely not just ridicule and fooling.

The last time it was his true love. This time, haha... Chen Ji grinned and smiled at the cold wind on the Gobi Desert.

The world is so wide, what is that little Chen family?
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