Jinghui Temple is located on a mountain called Kanshan in the suburbs of Gyeonggi Province.
Princess Huai'an chose it to build a temple for meditation simply because of its excellent geographical location for future use.
From a high vantage point, it overlooked the capital from the east and controlled all movements in Weidu Prefecture from the south. It was also located at a strategic pass, shaped like a gourd mouth. If the capital was in chaos, it could stop a hundred thousand troops from coming to support the emperor.
This is a strategic pass. If a nunnery was not built in the name of the princess, no matter how incompetent the emperor was, he would have sent troops to guard it.
Even so, there are 3,000 soldiers stored here, which is not a big deal and is located at the West Peak.
Jinghui Temple stands on the South Peak, and the North Peak is inhabited by a group of desperate bandits.
The three peaks form a horn shape.
There is no doubt that this is a good mountain, but for Jinghui Temple tonight, it is simply fatal.
Once the fire started, it was winter and the wells were frozen. When the strong wind blew, the fire spread rapidly and fiercely. Unfortunately, the South Peak was extremely steep, and it was extremely difficult to transport water from the foot of the mountain to put out the fire.
But it’s not impossible.
If the fire had been put out in time, the 3,000 soldiers from Xifeng could have put it out in an hour.
However, no one expected that the fire would burn for half the night, and the fire burned the entire camp, and three non-adjacent mountains were burned.
The firelight illuminated half of the capital city, and the chickens nearby crowed early.
This situation is rare in a century and is beyond comprehension.
In simple terms, it's just bad luck!
The bad thing is that the bandits in Beifeng are a group of real men, a group of single and warm-hearted real men.
Seeing the fire on the South Peak, the bandits finally found an opportunity to take action. They went down the North Peak in a large group with wooden buckets and water ladles, and went up the South Peak in groups.
It didn't matter that they went up, but the 3,000 soldiers on Xifeng were terrified, thinking that these bandits had gone crazy and were going to attack the mountain!
There is the emperor’s princess on the mountain!
How could they afford to take responsibility if something goes wrong?
The soldiers almost immediately picked up their weapons and rushed to rescue the princess and the little nuns.
Just go up the mountain to rescue the emperor. Even if there are misunderstandings between the two parties, they will be resolved when they meet, and there will not be such a big fuss.
As a result, there was one more soldier who was well-educated and knew military tactics.
The bandits have already gone up the mountain. If they go up again, won't they be walking into a trap? The bandits are on high ground, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. This won't do!
The soldiers discussed it again and came up with a trick: make a feint to the east and attack in the west!
The soldiers were divided into two groups. One group went up the mountain to fetch water and rescue the princess, while the other group went to the North Peak to destroy the bandits' lair.
When the bandits see their lair on fire, they will be unable to take care of both ends!
The bandits were putting out the fire here, and when they looked up, they found that their own house was also on fire.
The bandit leader was not happy with this and wanted to go back with his men to put out the fire in his own camp. As luck would have it, he ran into the group of soldiers who had returned from setting the fire.
How could the bandit leader not understand?
Haha, who is the thief who set fire to the mountain?
The bandit leader thought, "You do it on the first day, I will do it on the fifteenth day." While everyone was shouting and pushing at the soldiers, he would sneak up to the West Peak and set the military camp on fire!
Now everything is in chaos.
Who cares about a group of delicate little nuns in Nanfeng?
After Shangguan Shu led his men up the mountain to put out the fire, the three peaks became small bald bumps, and the sky above the entire mountain was shrouded in black fog.
Zhao Yao was protected by the little nuns and barely survived!
Even so, his beautiful black hair was burned off.
At that time, she requested permission to build a nunnery to pray for blessings. The emperor took pity on her and allowed her to practice Buddhism without any formalities. She repeatedly refused, feeling that this was insincere, and only agreed out of helplessness.
That’s great, I got what I wanted.
Shangguan Shu first asked about Zhao Yao's whereabouts, "Where is Princess Huai'an?"
"Woo... Woo... Woo..." A group of women in Jinghui Temple were frightened. A young nun who still had some rationality pointed to the dry well in the middle of the yard.
Shangguan Shu understood and immediately arranged to rescue the person from the well.
Nearby, Shangguan Zhu and Shangguan Dan, who had come with them, lamented that Princess Huai'an had suffered...
The soldiers lit torches and dropped a rope into the dry well, and soon pulled someone up. However, it was not Zhao Yao, but the little nun who served her.
"The princess is down there, don't worry, Prince, the princess is fine!"
Shangguan Shu looked at the little nun in front of him, whose face was so dark that he couldn't see clearly, and whose head was shiny black... He really didn't believe what she said. How could she be safe?
Shangguan Zhu even complained to Shangguan Dan, "Why are you all like bald quails..."
The soldiers continued to pull people up, and another black egg came up. Shangguan Shu was a little anxious. He walked to the well and shouted at the well mouth: "Princess Huai'an! Huai'an!"
As he was shouting, a trembling voice sounded from beside him.
Shangguan Shu's body stiffened.
"Runzhi... I'm here..."
Shangguan Shu turned around and saw a shiny black egg.
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Shangguan Shu did not return home all night.
Zhao Ying didn't sleep well after listening to Shangguan Qingyue's thoughts.
As soon as I got up in the morning, I heard a letter from the palace saying that Jinghui Temple had suffered a disaster last night. The fire was so big that the entire Kanshan Mountain was burned down.
Princess Huai'an was frightened and was in the palace at the time, asking the imperial physician to take her pulse.
Zhao Ying didn't want to think too much about it, but since she knew that Shangguan Shu and Huai'an always met in private, she couldn't help but wonder if Shangguan Shu went to rescue Huai'an last night.
Zhao Ying felt like there was a huge stone stuck in her heart and had no appetite. After she had taken a few bites of her breakfast, Shangguan Bailin ran in.
"Mother, where's my sister?"
"Your sister asked me to take her back to Qingyu Pavilion last night."
While the little guy was sleeping, he suddenly started clamoring for the clay doll. She had no choice but to ask Nanny Li to wrap the child in a small quilt and send him back to Qingyu Pavilion.
Shangguan Bailin heard this and said, "Mother, the Imperial College is closed today. Can I take my sister to the garden to play for a while?"
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