Dongfang Li took advantage of the night to leave the Ming Army camp at the Hongyuan Imperial Palace. According to Zhao Ran's reminder, he would hide his whereabouts and take a detour to the Dajun Mountain Cave. After putting down the golden nanmu, he would go straight to the Jade Emperor Pavilion.
After all, this is still the border. If we can't protect the lamas from Tibet and Northern Yuan Dynasty who ventured into the border, it is only proper to send back the master's treasure "Ten Sons of Xuanyuan" first. As for going to Jianji Temple in Lushan Mountain to deliver the Buddhist return gift, we can only put it in More on that later.
The next morning, Zhao Ran received the flying talisman from Dongfang Li and his teacher Jiang Tenghe, telling Zhao Ran that the golden nanmu had arrived, so that he could rest assured. Jiang Tenghe also asked Zhao Ran to stay in the military camp and not move around. He and Sun Biyun would arrive immediately.
This kind of caution is still very necessary. All the facilities in the Dajun Cave have not yet been completed, and Patriarch Longyang has not yet arrived here to take charge. Master Sun Biyun and his teacher have come to escort the treasures in person, which is better than just a little Huang Guan. Safe - even though the distance is only a few dozen miles.
Taking advantage of the stall waiting for the teacher to come to escort him, Zhao Ran invited Commander Cao, Ning Shouyu, Zhang Juzheng and Pei Zhongze to his big tent and said to everyone: "I will rush back to Junshan immediately, and I will do all the things here together." A handover."
First, give the scepter to Zhang Juzheng and ask him to take it to the sky. This will be regarded as officially relinquishing the errand of the envoy. As for the rules of responding to the emperor's mission, Zhao Ran, as a monk in the palace, obviously did not need to be too particular in this Taoist-dominated Ming Dynasty. Since he did not have the free time to run errands, the emperor could only endure it - anyway, the royal family also After enduring it for more than six hundred years, he is the only one left.
Zhao Ran also asked people to bring over the three great Dawan horses that he had bought at the Jinbo Auction House, and said: "Before going on the mission, Pindao saw that Commander Cao and Ning Shouyu were riding Sanhe war horses, which were also good, but they were always The talents of the generals were not quite suitable, so I thought about whether I could match the two generals with really good horses. I happened to see these three Dawan horses in Xingqing, so I bought them. Although they have poor endurance, There must be a good Sanhe horse ridden by the two generals, but the victory depends on the speed when charging into the battle, so I will give it to the two generals, and you can each choose one, and talk about your feelings for me."
Commander Cao and Ning Shouyu had been staring at these three Dawan horses since yesterday, and they were greedy. However, when they found out later that they were bought by Daoist Zhao with his own money, they did not dare to think anything wrong. Now that I heard that Daochang Zhao had been thinking about his family before he went on a mission, he was immediately moved. After thanking him, he hurriedly went to make a selection.
Commander Cao chose one that was completely black and without any mottled colors. It was half a foot taller on the shoulders and back than his original one, and it looked extremely majestic.
Ning Shouyu did not dare to compete with Commander Cao. After Commander Cao made his choice, he looked left and right among the remaining two horses. I was about to pick the pure white one, but suddenly I remembered, could it be that Zhao Ran wanted to keep the remaining one for his own use? So I chose the bay-red horse, which was slightly inferior.
I only heard Zhao Ran say: "With this white horse left, I asked Commander Cao and Ning Shouyu to send someone to Longtan Guard and hand it over to Zhang Zhongdao. Zhang Zhongdao is a good friend of Ping Dao, so it can be regarded as a little kindness from Ping Dao."
Commander Cao smiled and said: "Daoist Master Zhao has not forgotten his old friendship, he is really loyal!"
Ning Shou Yuze was even more grateful: "Don't worry, Taoist Master, this matter has been taken care of by the general."
Zhao Ran added: "Of those three hundred war horses, Pindao has obtained the General View's permission to hand over one hundred of them. Please ask Shuda to escort them all the way to Mount Lu, and ask Commander Cao to send capable sergeants to help."
Commander Cao hurriedly said: "Don't worry about this!" Then eagerly waited for Zhao Ran to announce how the remaining two hundred war horses would be distributed.
"There are two hundred war horses left. Pindao makes the decision and leaves them to the soldiers of Song Fan Guard."
At this moment, Commander Cao was really overjoyed and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Zhao Ran. These war horses are all good horses specially selected by Xixia. According to Zhao Ran's requirements, the shoulder height of each horse is much higher than the Sanhe horses used by the Ming army today. Using these horses to form a heavy armored cavalry team that rushes into battle will definitely be powerful. Incomparable.
Seeing Ning Shouyu looking covetously at the side, Commander Cao was delighted and became more generous: "Old Ning, I'll leave you fifty horses."
Ning Shouyu was immediately happy.
Zhao Ran didn¡¯t know that Pei Zhongze would come to Hongyuan Guards Station to help in the battle, so he didn¡¯t prepare gifts for him in Xixia. However, with his nature, it was definitely impossible to leave behind this close friend. At that moment, he took out a box from his finger and handed it to Pei Zhongze: "This is a Buddhist magic weapon. Senior brother, see if it can be used. If it doesn't suit senior brother's technique, it should be treated as a toy."
Pei Zhongze was not polite. He took the box and opened it. He saw that it was a string of rosary beads, emitting a deep red light. The quality was not bad, so he accepted it and said with a smile: "Then I won't be polite to my junior brother."
Zhao Ran took out another box and handed it to Pei Zhongze: "This is a gift for my Uncle Yan. It is a spiritual grass. Please pass it on to my Uncle Yan. I will be in a hurry to go back and I will not be able to go to the Chewa Valley to see you for a while."Uncle. "Zhao Ran spent his own money to choose a spiritual herb that ranked 90th on the "Zhilan Spiritual Medicine Manual" and gave it to Yan Yunyi.
Zhao Ran also asked Ning Shouyu to set up a stronghold with the cattle and sheep he purchased, as well as 63 Ming people, and help take care of them for a while. When he finished his work and had a place to settle, he Ning Shouyu readily agreed to come back to receive it.
With the assignments decided, Zhao Ran called Zhang Juzheng to his side: "Uncle, I'm returning to Yingtian from this trip. I have one more thing to ask of my uncle."
"Just follow the Taoist priest's orders."
Zhao Ran took out a letter and handed it to him: "After my uncle returns, please forward this letter to Minister Gan of the Ministry of Revenue."
Zhao Ran and Gan Shutong, the Minister of Household Affairs, had never met each other. The last time he went to Yingtian, he was in such a hurry that he didn't even bother to visit. But Gan Shutong had two correspondence exchanges with him, both expressing his gratitude to Zhao Ran. One time, Zhao Ran awarded Qu Fenghe a degree certificate, and the other time, he officially entered Qu Fenghe into the Louguan gate wall.
Especially the second time, for the Qu family, this is nothing more than another bright road that Menlin can carry forward. The Gan family and the Qu family are one and the same. In the future, Qu Fenghe will succeed in cultivation, and Gan Shutong will suffer a major setback in his career. , the Gan family will not fall into ruin.
Zhao Ran wrote this letter overnight. There is nothing else in the letter. In fact, it is just to say hello and tell Gan Shutong that Qu Fenghe is doing well in his school. But asking Zhang Juzheng to deliver the letter has a different meaning. I believe Gan Shutong can understand it.
Zhang Juzheng himself understood that compared to good horses, elixirs, silver, etc., this letter was a real gift to him, and it made him stand out from the humble officials like Xingren Si Xingren. The shortcut is that if you can become a minister, you will save ten years of detours. Among the more than 200 Jinshi candidates this year, you can be regarded as the first. He was not a pretentious and arrogant person. After taking it, he bowed to Zhao Ran: "Thank you, Taoist Priest!"
Not long after the matter was finished, Zhao Ran saw the ladder in the southeast sky at the door of his tent. The ladder landed in front of the camp. Teachers Jiang Tenghe and Sun Biyun were waiting on the ladder and did not enter the camp.
Zhao Ran said goodbye to Pei Zhongze, Commander Cao, Ning Shouyu, Zhang Juzheng and others, left the camp, went up the ladder, bowed and said, "I have seen the teacher, I have seen Master Sun."
Without saying a word, the two men took off on the ladder and turned around to fly straight to the southeast.
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