Not long after, a group of vicious-looking monks armed with swords, guns and clubs rushed out from Qingguang Temple and directly surrounded Zhang Beichen and others.
"You are the ones making trouble? You are really tired of living!" The leader of the temple, the abbot, is holding a sword and has a fat head and big ears. He doesn't look like a monk at all, but he is clearly a bandit!
The moment she saw him, Ci Nian's face changed drastically and she asked in surprise: "How come you are not dead? Didn't His Holiness save you?"
"What immortality?" The abbot looked at Ci Nian and saw how beautiful Ci Nian looked. He suddenly became lustful and said with a ferocious smile: "It is really the blessing of the Buddha to give such a white and pure female doll to a poor monk!"
"Go up, take them all down!" the abbot ordered.
[The monks are coming to kill you. Naturally, they are no match for you. Your men will quickly subdue these evil monks! 】
Zhang Beichen looked at Ci Nian, who asked the abbot, "Why aren't you dead yet?"
At this time, the abbot realized that he could not afford to offend the group of people opposite him, so he quickly begged for mercy: "Sir, this poor monk is only forty years old this year."
"I mean, weren't you killed by His Holiness ten years ago?" Ci Nian asked again.
At the same time, Zhang Beichen released his holy pressure, and the abbot suddenly collapsed. He turned pale, looked at Ci Nian, and a wave of memories came to his mind, and he stammered: "You... you are the little boy ten years ago. girl!"
"That's me!" Cinian continued to ask, "Let me ask you, why didn't you die?"
The abbot didn't want to answer, but Zhang Beichen's pressure had caused his mental defense to collapse, and he said truthfully: "Back then, I was just a young novice monk in Qingguang Temple. At that time, the previous Buddhist girl had just ascended, and the venerable ordered all temples across the country to Looking for the reincarnated Buddha girl.”
"I found you, and your wisdom matched what the Venerable said, so I reported it to the temple. Soon, the Venerable came here."
"He believes that you are the next Buddha Girl."
"Then what?" Ci Nian's beautiful eyebrows were already frowning tightly.
"Then he told me that the Buddha girl needs to cut off her worldly ties. He asked me if I would like to be a bad person for once. As long as I become a bad person, I can become the abbot of Qingguang Temple in the future." The abbot said, "I agreed to him."
"So, I and a group of monks pretended to be robbers and killed your whole family and everyone related to you. At this time, the Venerable appeared and rescued you!"
"Impossible!" Ci Nian still didn't want to believe it, so she asked again: "I clearly saw the Venerable killing you!"
The abbot said: "With the Venerable's method, it is easy to cast illusions. You were just a little girl without any cultivation, how could you see through it?"
His words were like a heavy hammer that suddenly shattered the compassionate heart of the Buddha.
Her face turned pale in an instant, she spat out a mouthful of blood, and murmured: "Impossible, why did the venerable lie to me? Did the venerable kill my parents and family?"
Zhang Beichen prayed for mercy and made her fall asleep.
"Sir, I have said everything that needs to be said. Please spare my life! Your Majesty asked me to do it all!" The abbot and monks of Qingguang Temple were still begging for mercy.
Zhang Beichen said coldly: "Kill them all and deal with them cleanly."
"Yes!" The men immediately killed them all and faked a scene of cannibalism.
…
When Ci Nian woke up again, it was as if she had lost half her life. Her cultivation had also declined from the Half-Step Saint Realm to the Ninth Realm, and it continued to decline.
"Why?" Ci Nian asked Zhang Beichen with tears in her eyes, "Is this your illusion? Or is it a liar you found?"
Zhang Beichen whispered: "I don't need to tell you whether it's true or not. You must have already made a judgment in your mind from what you have seen and heard along the way."
There was despair in Ci Nian's eyes, "Why, why did Your Majesty lie to me? What I believe in is just a scam fabricated by others?"
"No one can say clearly whether things in the world are true or false. Maybe the world we live in is just a dream." Zhang Beichen said with emotion, "No matter what, living this life well is enough."
Cinian said nothing, and Zhang Beichen gave her time to think.
After a few days, Ci Nian was finally willing to eat.
But she was still confused.
"I don't know what to do, why should I live?" Ci Nian no longer recites Buddhist scriptures and no longer abides by the precepts.
Zhang Beichen said: "You don't need to live for anyone, you just need to do what you want to do."
"What do I want to do?" Ci Nian thought about this sentence carefully.
Her goal was to become a qualified Buddhist girl and achieve perfect merit.
What now? What is she going to do?
Ci Nian thought of the miserable people she saw along the way, those monks who were arrogant and arrogant but kept their mouths full of food without having to work, those who were reserved and tortured, and those who had the same fate as herself.
"I still want to save those who are suffering and change this country, but I don't want to be a Buddha girl anymore!" Ci Nian said.
"That's it!" Zhang Beichen said, "You don't have to believe in someone to be qualified to do good deeds."
He said: "In the past, countries in our east were at war, and the people were in poverty. King Yan and I ended hundreds of years of chaos. Now the people live and work in peace and contentment, and no longer have to suffer from wars and famine."
Hearing his words, Cinian seemed to have thought of something. If she could become the king of the Kushan Empire, like Emperor Yan, she could change everything!
As soon as this idea appeared, it kept growing in her mind.
Zhang Beichen took her forward and soon came to the border of the Kushan Empire.
"Cinian, you don't have to 'conquer' me now, you can do whatever you want!" Zhang Beichen said.
Ci Nian still didn't want to leave, she said: "If you leave this time, you will soon send troops to attack the Kushan Empire. Is this necessary?"
Zhang Beichen said with a smile: "This is a question for King Kanishekya. If he is willing to abdicate and surrender to Dayan, we can naturally withdraw our troops."
Of course Ci Nian knew that this was impossible.
She asked again: "Do you want to conquer the Kushan Empire?"
"No." Zhang Beichen shook his head, "Dayan does not have the ability to manage a country so far away. We just want to save Queen Lanxiang and her children. In addition, the Kushan Empire will never dare to invade the Yan Kingdom again."
Ci Nian was thoughtful, and after a moment, she said, "I can help you!"
Zhang Beichen looked at her and thought, after so long, you finally said this!
Ci Nian looked into his eyes and said, "I will help you rescue Queen Lanxiang and her child, and you will help me kill King Kanishaka and help me ascend the throne."
"If I become the queen of the Kushan Empire, the Kushan Empire will be on good terms with Dayan forever and will never invade Dayan again!"
Zhang Beichen smiled slightly and said: "Deal!"
[You made a deal with Ci Nian, and you returned to the army and began to command the Yan army to launch an attack. Ci Nian returned to the capital of the Kushan Empire alone. 】
Zhang Beichen had already learned the map and relevant information of the Kushan Empire, so the attack would go much smoothly.
…
Maitreya Temple, loving kindness returns here.
"The Buddha girl is back!" The monks gathered around to check and reported to the Venerable.
In the Foguang Pagoda, Venerable Wei examined the thoughts of kindness.
Although Ci Nian's cultivation level has declined, her body is still holy, and Zhang Beichen did not do anything to her.
"Cinian, how did you come back?" Master Wei asked.
Ci Nian returned: "Sir, after the demon king abducted me, he wanted to obtain information about the Kushan Empire. I took advantage of him to relax his vigilance and took the opportunity to escape. I was injured by him on the way and my cultivation level deteriorated."
"Yes." Master Wai was not suspicious, because in his opinion, as long as the tool of compassion was still intact, nothing would be a problem.
In this way, Ci Nian once again became her Buddha daughter in Maitreya Temple.
The Lord Wai left Maitreya Temple.
The battle ahead was not going well, so King Kanishaka asked Venerable Wai to go to the battlefield to help in the battle.
Once Master Wei is gone, there will be more room for compassion.
…
One day, Ci Nian asked someone to find Zhang Yi and said that he would follow the order of the Venerable and teach Zhang Yi Buddhism. Naturally, no one doubted him.
"In the past few days, I will be teaching Buddhism and ascetic practices in the Foguang Pagoda. No one is allowed to enter without permission." Ci Nian ordered the monks.
"Yes." The monks would not offend her.
In the Foguang Pagoda, Queen Lanxiang met Ci Nian again.
"The little nun is back?" Queen Lanxiang asked curiously, "Zhang Beichen is willing to let you back?"
Ci Nian looked calm and said, "He has never restricted my freedom."
Queen Lanxiang chuckled and said: "His methods are still so clever, won't you, little girl, have been captured by him?"
Cinian's face turned red, and then she said, "I made a deal with him, and I'm here to let you go."
"Really?" Queen Lanxiang sighed in her heart, Zhang Beichen is still awesome!
This little nun was so stubborn before that she was willing to defend Buddhism with her life. As a result, I had a trip with Zhang Beichen. It had only been a few months, but I had completely forgotten my previous persistence.
"Mom!" A little boy appeared from behind Ci Nian, it was Zhang Yi.
"Son!" Queen Lanxiang asked with concern, "They didn't do anything to you, did they?"
Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "No, they just forced me to learn Buddhism."
"Why do you want to learn that? You want to be the king of Dayue clan in the future, don't learn from those bald donkeys!" Queen Lanxiang said.
"I will distract the guards," Cinian said. "At that time, you will take advantage of the chaos and run out. Zhang Beichen will send someone to pick you up."
"Okay!" Lan Xiang agreed.
[Late that night, the Buddhist hall behind Maitreya Temple suddenly caught fire. The monks were alerted and rushed to put out the fire. 】
Ci Nian came outside the Foguang Pagoda and said to the monks guarding him: "Quick, everyone go put out the fire! I'll watch from here."
"Yes!" The guards all went to put out the fire.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cinian released Queen Lanxiang and Zhang Yi.
The assassins of Yan State who came to meet them from outside picked them up.
[An hour later, the fire in the temple was put out. The guards discovered that Queen Lanxiang and Zhang Yi had been taken away. 】
Cinian even injured herself in order to make the trick come true.
"The Yan Kingdom assassins attacked me and took away Queen Lanxiang and Zhang Yi!" Ci Nian said to the guards who came from the palace.
However, the guards captured her and took her back to the palace to be punished.
…
"Bastard, how can two living people be kidnapped? They are still in Maitreya Temple and Buddha Light Pagoda!" King Kanishaka was furious when he heard the news.
The defense of Maitreya Temple is no less than that of the palace. It can be robbed. There is only one possibility: there is a spy!
Ci Nian is the most suspicious!
"Your Majesty, Cinian has been caught. Are you going to execute her now?" the guard asked.
"No!" King Kanishaka said coldly, "Put her under house arrest in the palace and let her attack the holy realm as soon as possible. I will still be of great use!"
"yes!"
…
[The army of Yan State advanced with great success and soon reached Huacizimou, an important city of the Kushan Empire. 】
Huacizm is a city built on the desert. A desert river runs through Huacizm, forming an oasis and farmland here.
Huacizm is also a node city on the Silk Road. Before King Kanishka plundered the merchants of Yan State, merchants from Yan State came here and brought prosperity to this place, so Huacizm became The pearl in the desert!
Precisely because of the importance of Huacizimo, this city, like those big cities in the Central Plains, has solid city walls for defense. Even with hundreds of thousands of troops, it may not be able to capture it.
"The edges of Huazizimo are deserts. Our army cannot stay here for a long time!" Zhao Yun checked the terrain and said to Zhang Beichen.
"Venerable Master Wei has brought people to support him. The storm will be conquered in less than half a year. Our army's supplies will not be able to last until then." Zhang Beichen thought, "We can only use ruthless attacks!"
He fixed his sights on the desert river.
[You order the soldiers to go to the upper reaches of the Desert River, dig the river channel, and force the river to change its course. 】
In the desert, it is impossible to flood the city with water.
Zhang Beichen directly changed the river course.
His army was stationed near the river and had a source of water.
The hundreds of thousands of defenders in the city of Khwarizm felt uncomfortable. The weather in the desert was extremely hot. After the river stopped flowing, the river bed dried up in a few days, and it was difficult to find water sources everywhere!
By digging underground, we can get some groundwater, but how can it be enough for hundreds of thousands of soldiers?
[After a week, the defenders of Huazizimo could no longer endure hunger and thirst and were forced to leave the city to fight. 】
The Yan army is naturally not afraid of fighting. Although the Kushan Empire is huge, the combat effectiveness of its soldiers is much worse than that of the Yan army.
[After a fierce battle, the defenders of Huacizimo were defeated. The Yan army beheaded more than 100,000 people and captured more than 100,000 people. Venerable Wei led one hundred thousand remnant soldiers and fled to the royal city of the Kushan Empire. 】
[After capturing Huazizimou, you leave 30,000 soldiers to guard it, and the remaining soldiers continue to fight towards the royal city. 】
…
In the palace of the Kushan Empire, King Kanishaka was angry and frightened. "In less than a year, our Kushan army was defeated so miserably. Why can no one stop the Yan army?"
When fighting in the Western Regions, the Kushan Empire's army was crushed, which made him think that the Yan Kingdom's army was almost the same.
It wasn't until the actual confrontation with the Yan army that he understood that the reason why the Yan country was able to unify the east and destroy the Xiongnu was that their soldiers were too powerful!
Without three times the strength, the Kushan soldiers would not be able to compete head-on with the Yan army!
"Your Majesty, we only need to defend the royal city. The Yan army has traveled a long distance and lacks supplies. As time goes by, it will inevitably retreat. When we lead the army to attack again, we will definitely win!" Venerable Wei suggested.
"That's all!" King Kanishaka said while holding back his anger.
(End of chapter)
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