At ten o'clock in the morning, the army returned to the outside of the inn where the eldest prince was. Because there were too many people, the army had to set up tents around the inn, set up stoves and light fires, and prepare for a small celebration.
Li Ye got out of the carriage, chatted a few words with the eldest prince who was welcoming him out of the inn, and then went inside.
As he walked, he said: "Don't call me for dinner later, let me have a good sleep. Also, don't leave them all at once tomorrow, leave five thousand troops and horses, and leave the day after tomorrow."
The eldest prince looked at Li Ye's haggard look and looked at Long Potian who walked in and asked, "What's wrong with the Imperial Master? He looks unhappy. Could it be that he has lost the battle?"
Long Potian looked at the eldest prince and said with a wry smile: "The general doesn't know that the Imperial Master suddenly became like this. I have to ask his sister Mu Mu about this."
When he looked back, he saw that Mu Mu was also gone, so he had no choice but to continue: "The big battle outside Xichun City didn't start. The Imperial Master said that the purpose of blocking the attack had been achieved, so we retreated quietly."
"I know this. This battle is to ensure that the Kaiyang War will not be affected by Xichun's reinforcements. It doesn't matter whether we fight or not, as long as you can come back safely. Is the Imperial Master depressed because of this?"
The eldest prince couldn't figure it out.
"Probably not. He was joking and laughing just a moment ago. He must have something on his mind, right?" Nalan Yu led the horse over and watched the eldest prince perform a military salute.
"Since we don't know, that's it for the time being. Let's have a nice hot meal and dishes today. When City Master Yang and the others come back later, we'll have another drink to celebrate, and then we'll have a good time when we get back to Nanyun City. Reward the army.”
After the eldest prince finished speaking, he walked towards the inn.
Long Potian and Nalan Yu followed behind, while Ma Tianyun and others went to arrange the chores for dinner. For a while, the outside of the inn was in full swing. Tens of thousands of soldiers gathered together, and the tense atmosphere before was gone.
Victory also requires a heavy drunkenness to calm down.
...
The army led by Yang Kaiyi did not return to the outside of the inn until a quarter of an hour. Jiang Huo and Ma Feihu were busy arranging for the army to set up tents and start a fire.
Yang Kaiyi couldn't wait to get into the inn to find the eldest prince and Li Ye. He had too many things to talk about with the imperial master. After all, after this big battle, there were too many surprises for him.
However, what was waiting for him was a basin of cold water. The Imperial Master was sleeping and no one was seen. This was what Mu Mu told the eldest prince.
The eldest prince repeated this to Yang Kaiyi, which made him puzzled. Why did he become depressed after winning the battle?
"I don't care what happens to the Imperial Master now. He has been worrying too much these days. Let him have a good sleep and let's go have a drink." The eldest prince took Yang Kaiyi's hand and smiled.
"Mu Mu is going to have a drink. I haven't had enough of this yet. The battle is over. If I had known earlier, I would have followed the army to Kaiyang."
Mu Muyi also mumbled, holding the eldest prince's hand and walking out.
"Sister Mumu, how about you ask your father to reward you with a princess title later, so that you can be worthy of Sister Wutong."
The eldest prince, who was pulled out by Mu Mu, asked with a smile.
"Eldest Prince, how big an official is this princess? Do you want my brother to agree? You can grant Mumu whatever you want, but if brother doesn't like it, he won't give it to anyone." Mu Mu said. .
"Isn't he even afraid of my father?" the eldest prince asked in surprise.
Mu Mu looked at him and shook her head, smiling: "I didn't know that. I only saw the emperor once on the day of departure. It's not like my brother who runs to the palace every day."
The eldest prince nodded and smiled: "It's okay. I will make the decision for you. I believe that neither the emperor nor the imperial master will object. My sister will be even more happy when she knows that she will have a companion in the future."
Mu Mu raised her head and glanced at him, then thought for a moment and replied: "I heard from my brother that after fighting this war, he will no longer be a national teacher and will return to Prajna Temple to continue practicing."
When the eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi heard this, they were both stunned. Who else in the world would leave the current high officials alone and go to practice in the monastery in the deep mountains and old forests?
Yang Kaiyi shook his head and said he couldn't understand.
The eldest prince looked at Mu Mu and said, "I only know the Imperial Master's thoughts now. Does it turn out that he doesn't like being an official?"
...
Jiang Huo and Nalan Yu had arranged for someone to prepare a table of dishes, and after seeing the eldest prince and others walking out of the room, they arranged for people to put the dishes on the living room table.
Mu Mu was so hungry that she started eating as soon as it was served on the table, while Nalan Yu poured wine for everyone.
"This wine is good. Nalan, you should sit down and eat. Who can go and call Deputy Commander Long over for a drink, as well as the generals who participated in the war, please come over and have a drink." The eldest prince called to Nalan Yu. sit down.
"Eat first, everyone. I'll call General Long and the others." Nalan Yu said with a smile.
"It's a pity that with such good food and wine, my brother actually went to sleep and couldn't wake up even if he shouted." Mu Mu felt comfortable after eating and was in a good mood, so she started chatting with everyone.
"Sister Mu Mu, do you want to leave some food for the Imperial Master?" Yang Kaiyi looked at Mu Mu and asked softly. In his eyes, Li Yeye was already a god-like existence.
"No, no, no, my brother often doesn't eat or drink for several days. He probably sleeps until dawn!" Mu Mu waved her hand to Yang Kaiyi and raised her wine glass like the eldest prince and others.
Nalan Yu looked at everyone and said seriously: "The national master is a practitioner. Just don't disturb him. He will find something to eat when he is hungry."
Mu Mu looked at him and nodded, smiling: "Brother is like this in the mountains. He is the only one who takes care of Mu Mu. It's like Mu Mu hasn't taken care of him yet."
"Then let's start eating. Everyone has worked hard for a few days, so let's have a drink." Yang Kaiyi looked at Mu Mu and said with a smile.
"For this victory, let's have a drink!" the eldest prince said loudly.
"To victory, everyone, cheers!" Yang Kaiyi said with a smile.
"For victory! My lords, Mu Mu would also like to toast you. I haven't eaten food like this for several days. It tastes so delicious!" Mu Mu narrowed her eyes and looked at the generals on the table.
...
Li Ye, who was hiding in the house, fell into a deep sleep all night as Mu Mu said, and didn't open his eyes until half past midnight the next day.
When he reached out and touched it, he touched a head of black hair and smelled the smell of alcohol in the room.
When he looked down, he saw that the drunk Mu Mu had gotten into his bed and was sleeping like a kitten.
Li Ye grinned, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, covered Mumu carefully, put on his clothes and shoes, and pushed out the door.
Half asleep, he wanted to understand the truth, but the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and finally he actually fell asleep.
Li Ye felt that as soon as he returned to the world, he had forgotten all the principles taught to him by the old monk of the Great Buddha Temple. He had almost forgotten all about the Zen principles he had discussed with Minghui of Prajna Temple not long ago.
He had some doubts about whether he had to stay in a monastery to practice cultivation. Once he returned to this world, he would easily fall into the devil's nature.
While trapping and killing the tens of thousands of prairie cavalry, there was not even a trace of hesitation, and even a hint of joy arose.
Li Ye, who felt deeply that he had sinned deeply, wanted to return to the Buddha to repent.
However, in the blink of an eye, the murder has been committed, is there any use in repenting?
If it works, then do you have to repent every time you kill? What else can hell do? Looking at the flying snow in the sky outside the hall, I thought that I could no longer think wildly, I needed to be quiet.
The teacher once said that if the mind is in a state of confusion, nothing will be accomplished.
He took a deep breath and walked out, taking out his bamboo sword as he walked. He wanted to use the simplest movements and the simplest thoughts to brush away the evil thoughts in his heart.
Drawing out the sword with his left hand is just the simplest movement. There is no trace of true energy flowing out, and there is no power to operate the "Wuhuang Shen", just like the toddler swinging the bamboo sword in his hand.
One sword, ten swords, a hundred...ten thousand swords, in less than half an hour, he completed the sword swinging action that took an hour to complete on Tianshan Mountain, but he was not in a happy mood at this moment.
The bamboo sword was switched to his right hand and he swung it again. This time, he used the power of the "Shadowless Dharmakaya", as if he wanted to cut the evil thoughts in his heart out of his body and melt them into the heavy snow in the sky.
In less than a moment, a whirlwind blew around him. The snowflakes in the air wrapped a snow cocoon in the whirlwind, rolling bigger and bigger, spinning faster and faster...
The soldiers on duty at the post station had already been dumbfounded. The Taoist priest said that the national master did not know how to practice, so why did he dance with a sword so fiercely? It was even more fierce than their general's swordsmanship.
The hungover eldest prince got up early and went to the living room to look at the whirlwind in the snow. He was also inexplicably surprised. He didn't know which general was dancing after hearing the chicken.
Looking at the eldest prince walking into the living room, the guards had already come over to light the small stove in the living room, put on a kettle to boil water, and made tea for the eldest prince who got up early to sober up.
"Which general is this sword-dancer in the snow?" The eldest prince looked at the guards around him and asked softly.
"Here... let's go to the Grand Marshal. The one wielding the sword is the Imperial Master who got up early." The guard lowered his head to boil water and replied softly, for fear of surprising Li Ye who was wielding a sword in the snow.
"Master Imperial Master? Didn't you say that Imperial Master cannot practice? Why is this swordsmanship so exquisite?" The eldest prince looked at the whirlwind in the snow and frowned.
"I don't know. The generalissimo can ask the national advisor later." the guard replied.
"How long has he been standing here practicing?" The eldest prince looked at Li Ye in the snow and asked gently.
The guard thought for a while and replied softly: "It seems to have been more than an hour. It has been so long that I have been stupid."
The eldest prince was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Ye didn't go to eat when he got up early, but came to practice sword practice first.
"Go and prepare breakfast. Prepare more. The Imperial Master didn't eat last night, so he may be hungry now." The eldest prince waved his hand and said to the guard.
Li Ye in the snow had forgotten both things and myself. He would only feel like this when he was copying scriptures and practicing swordsmanship. It was precisely because of this state of mind that he could practice quietly in Prajna Temple.
My sword, my countless swords, are not to chop off a few snowflakes, I just want to chop out the bamboo sword in my hand over and over again.
When I practice Buddhism, I don’t ask for the past life or the next life, let alone wealth. It’s just because I want to sit in front of the Buddha at this moment, light a stick of incense, and read a book of scriptures.
Practice your sword all the time.
Do not live in cultivation.
This is Li Ye's state of mind.
The eldest prince didn't know Li Ye's state of mind at this time, but he felt that the snowball in the wind was getting bigger and bigger, rising into the sky with such momentum that even he, a master of the Nascent Soul Realm, was secretly frightened.
He was thinking, if the national master attacked with a sword at this time, would he be able to take it?
Thinking of this, he, who was not afraid of gods and ghosts, broke out in a cold sweat.
Xindao: If anyone says in front of me that the national master doesn't know how to practice, let's see how I deal with him.
What a joke, even though he had been practicing with his father since he was a child, he had never seen the emperor show such momentum this time, not to mention that this was just an inadvertent practice during the march.
He decided to have a good chat with Li Ye about whether this guy had deceived everyone in the world.
The Imperial Master who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger has hidden many secrets.
The eldest prince couldn't help but chuckle when he thought that he was the first to discover the secret of the Imperial Master.
It seems that people who get up early also enjoy the scenery.
He thought.
Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden "boom", and Li Ye cut through the rapidly rotating snow cocoon with his sword and blasted it into the air around him. Snowflakes fell from the sky and covered the surrounding snow.
Li Ye, standing in the snow, lowered his head and looked at the bamboo sword in his hand quietly.
I saw eleven petals of snowflakes quietly staining the bamboo sword.
After ten years of sword practice, he cut eleven snow blossoms with one sword.
Although he was depressed all day long, there was finally a smile on his face.
Winter morning.
See Zhan Xue again.
