In the morning, Qingjing Temple is peaceful and peaceful. There are many pilgrims coming from the front hall to burn incense and worship Buddha.

In the monks' residential area behind, monks were resting, either cleaning the ground or drying bedding.

No one is lazy, it gives people a sense of peace and peace.

In a room, morning light was poured into it and shone on several people inside.

The conversation here is going on, but it has nothing to do with the Buddha's words, and what is talking about is the future of the two teenagers.

"Join the army?" Master Gao Jing's words made Wu Xingzong slightly stunned, and he fell into deep thought.

Wu Xingzong really never thought about joining the army. It was because Yangzhou was originally a prosperous place and the seat of the imperial court. In the past few years, the princes in various places did not make much noise. Ordinary people here did not notice the chaos in the world.

The situation is different now. Even people like him and Tang Yuan can feel an agitation from time to time.

The world is in chaos and the princes are competing for the desolation. At this time, joining the army may be a good choice.

"Master, what are the benefits of joining the army?" Tang Yuan had just poured a cup of tea, and just heard Master Gao Jing's words, so he wiped his mouth and asked.

When Master Gao Jing saw Tang Yuan asking, he didn't feel troublesome. He sat down with his spirit and said, "You are all seventeen or eighteen years old, right? As you grow older, it's not a long-term plan for always coming to the temple. If I don't talk about you, there will always be someone talking about you."

"In the county town, you two are not well-known. You have the strength and have some words to know, but even your life has become a problem. When it comes to saying that everyone can make money, it will be difficult to change any more."

Tang Yuan sneered: "Hmph, it's not that Inspectionman Li doesn't like us and always causes trouble, otherwise how could we have this happen?"

"Tang Yuan!" Wu Xingzong rebuked lightly, with a little blame in his tone.

Tang Yuan shrank his neck and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Master Gao Jing's eyes sterned, but smiled and said, "What you said, in the county, you are afraid that you can't stay still, and even if you stay alone, it will be difficult to act. However, if you join the army, you may not be able to do anything. This is the benefit of joining the army."

"If you talk about the benefits, there are naturally some benefits... You are a good idea that military achievements can be granted a marquis. In this world, it is a matter of success that can assist a wise ruler to pacify the world as soon as possible and stop this troubled world. Maybe you can also get an official position."

Wu Xingzong pondered for a moment, and the sun shone down, and the thick eyebrows were solemn. When Master Gao Jing saw it, his heart was even more shocked.

Before becoming a monk, Master Gao Jing learned some facial techniques.

These two teenagers didn't think it was at first sight, but they looked closely but saw that they were implicitly majestic. They were a pattern of being intimate and being a great one. This is why they kept giving food.

It would be better to have some food to make good relationships.

Of course, seeing that they were still in a poor way when they grew up, Master Gao Jing also thought a little. Although they knew something, they could not be scholars.

If your family background is not good, you can't become an official based on this.

To meet this phenomenon, the only possibility is to join the army to fight, and it also meets the times.

Wu Xingzong looked up at this time, bowed to Master Gao Jing, and said seriously: "Master, thank you for your suggestions today. If it weren't for your suggestions, I would have thought of this way out! Now it seems that joining the army is indeed a good choice. In this city, everyone retreated from me, but the master is the one who truly considered us! The grace of the past for being full of food and today for giving me a few words. If you have the chance in the future, Xingzong will definitely repay you!"

"What my brother said is what I want to say. As long as I become successful in the future, I will definitely repay the master's kindness!" Tang Yuan was not willing to fall behind and said as he followed.

They are very grateful to the great monk in front of them.

Master Gao Jing sat cross-legged across from the two of them. After hearing this, he just smiled slightly, and seemed not caring about what they said just now.

Wu Xingzong did not show his face and sighed in his heart.

Of course he knew that with his current situation, these words did sound extremely absurd. Master Gao Jing was very grateful for his failure to sarcasm.

There is a saying that he did not thank him for his great kindness. After saying it once, Wu Xingzong no longer mentioned this matter, but also talked with Master Gao Jing.

Although Wuxingzong was born as a poor man, he knew some of them, some of which were learned from Master Gao Jing. He had already planned to leave this place, and Wuxingzong was naturally reluctant to leave Master Gao Jing.

However, this emotion disappeared after stepping out of the house and came outside.

For some reason, when the wind blows, thinking about the word "joining the army", a fire suddenly ignited in my heart.

"Master, there is a saying that I don't know if I should ask." In the room just now, the young monk packed up the case and was opposite Master Gao Jing, hesitating to ask something.

Master Gao Jing looked at him with a peaceful expression and his voice was calm: "If you want to ask, ask, my master will not blame you."

"I'll tell you!" Seeing that the two of you had gone away before, the little monk asked, "Master, I've never understood that they are famous gangsters in the city and idle people all day long. Why don't you look at them?"

Master Gao Jing smiled softly, and realized that he would ask this question.

"At first, I just saw them pitiful. After a long time of contact, I found that they were not things in the pool. Especially Mr. Wu... made a good relationship."

I don't hide much from my disciples.

"Master, you advised them to join the army?"

Master Gao Jing's eyes seemed to be through the door and kept looking out, his voice with indifference.

"This is their fate. If you don't mention them, you will join the army yourself. If that's the case, why don't you end up with a favor? In troubled times, being able to make good relationships with those in power is a good thing for the temple and believers."

After listening to it, the little monk didn't know whether he believed it or not.

After leaving the temple gate and walking out along the stone steps, Wu Xingzong and Tang Yuan were each thinking about their own thoughts. The small cloth bag in Tang Yuan's hand contained some dry food and steamed buns, which was enough for them to eat for a while.

Although Tang Yuan was only sixteen years old, he was very strong. This small bag was as light as nothing in his hand.

Because Wu Xingzong is in a dominant position in terms of age and subordinate status of the two, Tang Yuan naturally took on this kind of strength.

At this time, Wu Xingzong was thinking about things, and the words that Master Gao Jing said were repeatedly echoed in his mind.

Join the army?

Yes, it's a good suggestion.

Why didn't I think about this? Although it is more dangerous, it is a way out.

It's better than staying here.

The two of them had already arrived on the street at this time. Looking at the disgust and fearful gaze that came to them from time to time, Wu Xingzong became more and more determined to this idea.

And for some reason, the county inspector Li was very unkind to him. If he continued like this, he would probably not be able to survive in the county.

Wu Xingzong and Tang Yuan's home is half an hour away from Qingjing Temple.

There were not many pedestrians on the road. Almost no one spoke along the way, and walked home silently.

Their home is very simple, with a circle of fences outside, all made by Wu Xingzong, and they can block people from entering.

The wooden door was barely pieced together by a few worn wooden boards, so it didn't need to be locked at all, so it opened as soon as it was pushed.

Inside the fence wall are three extremely dilapidated adobe houses. The doors are the same as the courtyard gate, and they are also dilapidated and overwhelmed.

"Be careful, the door is probably going to collapse." Wu Xingzong, who went in first, turned sideways inside, held the wooden door, and rushed towards Tang Yuan, who was walking inside, reminding him.

"I'm leaving here soon, I'm really reluctant to let it go." Tang Yuan smiled foolishly and carried a cloth bag and said.

No matter how dilapidated the houses were, they had lived there for many years and had covered them with the storm of the years. After today's determination to leave this place, I was really reluctant to look at it.

"Sit down first and see how much food the master gave us." After Wu Xingzong sat down on the earthen kang, he called his companions over.

Tang Yuan walked over with a cloth bag. The light in the house was a little dim. He had just come in from outside and adapted for a while before he could see clearly.

There are some noodles, pancakes and buns in the cloth bag, which can be seen as all pasta made by the temple itself.

It smelled a bit fragrant. Wu Xingzong roughly calculated that he could eat for a while.

I came to eat with my stomach open, but it was less than half a month.

I touched my stomach. Although I had just eaten, I was a little hungry after walking this distance.

"Tang Yuan, do you know where to join the army?" Wu Xingzong was not very concerned about these things before, so he asked.

"Brother, if you join the army, you have to choose the most outstanding person to join. This is wise." Tang Yuan thought for a while and said.

"What you said is that if we brothers want to join the army, we must choose a big man to join us for the service." Wu Xingzong naturally thought so.

However, he didn't know what he knew about the current situation.

Since he had made up his mind to join the army, Wu Xingzong was determined to sort out his ideas and choose the candidate to join him.

"The one who is attacking other counties is the army of the King of Wu?" Wu Xingzong was silent for a while, and suddenly spoke.

Because there were no tables and chairs, Tang Yuan, who was beside him, was also lying flat on the kang. When he heard Wu Xingzong's words, he nodded: "It should be right. I heard that the King of Wu was very good. He used to assist the emperor and was a general. Now he has become the King of Wu. He should be the biggest official in the world except the emperor, right?"

"Ah, I heard that he is very powerful, but I have never seen it." Wu Xingzong said this, his eyes shining all the time.

Tang Yuan pillowed his head with his hands, looked at the dilapidated roof, and said, "Since we have to surrender to, of course, we are the most powerful people. The King of Wu's army is not far from here. If we surrender to him, it will be very convenient and the most powerful. Besides, we only have this little food, so we are afraid that we will starve to death if we can't escape."

The young man still yearned for the powerful princes.

"You, you can't live without food." Wu Xingzong was both angry and amused when he heard this.

However, he thought seriously that the King of Wu's army was closest to them and it was easy to surrender to them. If he went to another place, he might not be willing to accept foreigners.

"Since I think the King of Wu is worthy of surrendering, after lunch, I set off and rushed to the county town to surrender to them!" Wu Xingzong thought for a while and finally came to a conclusion. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations from ***(***.***) ***. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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