Chapter 103: Don’t miss the opportunity
Li Shenfu finally agreed to Li Yuanhui's suggestion and decided to let Liu Xuanji go to Beijing with him so that he could meet his niece. If all went well, they would get married in Chang'an.

Battle reports from Qingzhou also arrived, and the Zuo Yulin Army returned from the south line with the King of Qi's army to help the main force complete the encirclement. However, Linzi City had high walls and had been managed by Murong Xuan for several years, so it was difficult to take it down for the time being.

Guangling Prefect Gao Zhixing had previously fled to Jiangdu because of a surprise attack by Chen Wang Murong Anguo. After Murong Anguo evacuated, Gao Zhixing returned to Guangling, restored order, and reported the news to the emperor.

After seeing the news, Murong Ying decided to visit Jiangdu as planned. When he was the crown prince, he had been in Jiangdu for several years in order to conquer the Wei Kingdom in the south.

A few days later, the army set out from Shouchun and took the water route, going straight down along the Huai River, entering Hongze Lake and then heading to Guangling via Gaoyou Lake.

The idea of ​​appointing Li Yuanhui as the prefect of Huainan was rejected by Murong Ying himself, as he was too young and had no experience in governing the people.

At the same time, Zheng Shandao, the magistrate of Chenliu County, was promoted to the position of governor of Huainan, while Xiao Wangzhi entered the court as an official and became the Shaoqing of the Shaofu.

Li Yuanhui was appointed General Pingnan, which meant he was already a general with an important title. He was in charge of the military affairs of three counties, namely Guangling, Huainan and Lujiang, and the capital was chosen to be Hefei.

But for now, I still have to follow Murong Ying to Guangling to finish the trip, and then revisit Jiangdu.

Therefore, he has not yet resigned from his post as the General of the Xiongguo Army.

As for Liu Xuanji, the powerful general who commanded 3,500 soldiers, he was still under the command of Li Yuanhui.

It was already late September, and the Huai River was already somewhat bleak. The farmland on both sides was mostly barren. Murong Ying saw this and felt a little
When the army reached Zhongli, the saint Murong Ying suddenly remembered that there was a royal temple here, Huangjue Temple, where the previous emperor had stayed during his southern expedition, so he decided to go to Huangjue Temple to worship Buddha.

When mentioning Huangjue Temple, Li Yuanhui naturally thought that Zhu should still be there, right?
Huangjue Temple was large, covering an area of ​​more than 40 mu, with more than 100 monks living there, chanting Buddha and meditating, and the incense was very prosperous. However, Murong Ying was accompanied by thousands of officials and guards, so it was impossible for all of them to live in the temple.

Elite troops of the Yulin Army, Jinwu Guards and Xiaoguo Army were stationed outside the temple on all sides, front and back, to protect the saint.

When the monks were welcoming the emperor outside the mountain gate, Monk Rujing began to look around quietly, and sure enough, he saw Li Yuanhui in the crowd.

But he didn't feel comfortable going up to disturb her. He felt that they were just casual acquaintances in Chang'an, and he would rather not cause trouble for her.

If the other person is forgetful and doesn't remember you, you will end up in trouble if you approach him rashly.

After welcoming the emperor, he went to chop wood and fetch water as usual.

However, he did not expect that just as he brought back the water from the stream, he saw two people standing outside the kitchen. The taller one was sturdy and strong and wore the standard military robe. The shorter one was handsome and handsome, wearing a brocade robe and a fu hat. They were Liu Xuanji and Li Yuanhui.

When Monk Rujing saw the two men, he immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Li, General Liu, you are here."

Liu Xuanji joked, "You monk, you are so ignorant that Silang and I have to come and invite you in person? You are so arrogant. Hahahaha."

Monk Rujing stroked his bald head, a little embarrassed, and said, "I'm afraid you guys will forget things, so I don't want to disturb you."

Li Yuanhui smiled and said, "Okay, come on, have a drink with us, we'll talk later."

"Okay, I'll tell my brother right away."

Before Monk Rujing could report to his fellow monks in the room, a fat monk came out of the door, looking like a manager: "Rujing, have you finished fetching water?"

Ru Jing said, "Brother, I just finished picking these two. I met them in Chang'an this year. I'll ask for leave so I can go out with them."

The fat monk in charge said, "Did you meet them in Chang'an? Let me tell you, when the saint comes here, the abbot has said that monks in the temple are not allowed to enter and leave at will. May I know who you two are?" The fat monk's Buddhist name is Rutong. He has a huge body and is the manager of the Huangjue Temple, who is in charge of the kitchen, rice and other logistics. He is actually a nice person and he didn't mean to make things difficult for him. He was just worried that Rujing would violate the curfew rules if he followed them in and out.

Just as Ru Jing was about to introduce them, Liu Xuanji spoke first: "I am General Huwei Liu Xuanji, and this is the son-in-law of the emperor, the general of Pingnan, Li Hou."

When Ru Tong heard this, he was stunned. Ru Jing knew such an important figure just by going to Chang'an?

He didn't know who General Huwei was, but not everyone could be given the title of general. To them, he was already a very important figure. As for the son-in-law of the emperor, he was even more extraordinary. Only the son-in-law of a saint was called a son-in-law of the emperor.

However, Rutong was not the type to curry favor with the powerful, so he immediately said, "So it was the two generals who came to my face. I'm sorry. Since you, Rujing, are old acquaintances of the two generals, then go ahead."

"Thank you, senior brother."

However, Li Yuanhui looked at Ru Tong for a few more seconds and felt that this person had a very kind face.

Rujing followed Li Yuanhui and Liu Xuanji all the way to the nearest village outside Huangjue Temple and came to a landlord's house in the village. Li Yuanhui stayed there and took some money early to ask the landlord to prepare a banquet.

The table was filled with common rural dishes such as chicken, duck, fish and meat, but the wine was brought by Li Yuanhui.

"I didn't expect that after parting in Chang'an, we would meet again in Huainan half a year later. It's true that we meet everywhere in life. Come on, let's do it."

"Come and do it."

They drank to their heart's content and Rujing returned to the temple slightly tipsy. Li Yuanhui asked Han Quan to send him back, otherwise the guards inside and outside would have arrested him directly.

When he returned to his Zen room and lay down, he began to feel more alive as he recalled Li Yuanhui's invitation to join the army again at the banquet.

In fact, after he returned to Huangjue Temple, he planned to tell his master that he wanted to return to secular life and then go to Chang'an to look for a future with Li Silang.

But after he returned to Huangjue Temple, he found that it was impossible for him to go to Chang'an if he was not a monk of Huangjue Temple.

First of all, the money is needed. How can you get there without money?
They went there to escort tribute, so naturally the temple paid for their food and expenses along the way.

The second is household registration. If he is not a monk and does not have a certificate of ordination, an ordinary citizen cannot go wherever he wants.

Either they became vagrants and bandits, or they were captured and forced to do forced labor.

Can you go to Chang'an casually?

These extremely realistic problems made the monk give up, and he thought it would be better to just be a monk.

Who would have thought that just half a year later, Li Silang arrived in Huainan.

His heart, which had just calmed down, began to become restless again. Wealth and honor, is that something that a person like him can have?
"I know a monk who was born in poverty. His family had no extra money and several people in his family starved to death. But in the end, he established a great career."

The words Li Yuanhui said to him half a year ago at Li’s house in Chang’an are still fresh in his mind.

If I don't seize this opportunity, there probably won't be a third time, right?
(End of this chapter)