Tang Dynasty Bandits

Chapter 45 Bodhisattva
"Alliance Leader Wang decided to pretend he knew nothing about this matter and pretend that Yan Jingming was killed by the government troops."

The messenger brought Huang Chao's message.

Zhu Wen couldn't help but feel very grateful in his heart. His teacher had helped him solve another troublesome matter.

But just because Wang Xianzhi didn't cause trouble for him didn't mean his subordinates wouldn't. Liu Hanhong and the others had always disliked Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen knew that after he killed Yan Jingming, he had to be even more cautious.

If you join the Grass Army, you will come into contact with more people and inevitably deal with more troubles.

For example, Huo Cun rushed in when Zhu Wen was playing dice with his second brother Zhu Cun.

"Boss, Military Advisor Lan...she and the brothers in the camp have had some unpleasantness."

Zhu Wen was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that the little rabbit that could bite people had said more than just unpleasant words to him.

"What did she say to the soldiers?" Zhu Wen said helplessly.

Huo Cun said, "It's just to tell them not to bully the common people, and not to curse and fight each other for spoils of war."

This was basic military discipline. Moreover, Zhu Wen was the chief strategist of Huang Chao's army and the main contributor to the Battle of Songzhou. He also received a lot of wealth last time, so the brothers in the camp should not be too short of money.

Moreover, Zhu Cun often warned these guys about military discipline.

But Zhu Wen immediately realized what was going on.

"They will definitely be disgusted by a skinny little girl wearing men's clothes preaching to them in a preachy manner," Zhu Wen sighed.

"It's more than that." Huo Cun put his hands on his cheeks and imitated the tone of those soldiers: "They secretly said very nasty things - 'What kind of girl is she to be a military advisor? She must have gotten into the camp commander's bed.' 'She has no breasts and no buttocks, what does the camp commander like about her?' 'Could it be that she is dressed like a man, so he likes the idea of ​​using the backdoor?'"

Zhu Wen only felt a throbbing in his temple.

He rolled up his sleeves and prepared to stand up immediately.

"Sanlang, calm down." Zhu Cun's big hand like a palm-leaf fan stroked his shoulder.

"You've also told my second brother about that young lady." Zhu Cun said calmly, "Since she's the one you like, there's no reason for my second brother not to trust her."

"But why don't you trust the person you like for once?"

Zhu Wen was slightly stunned, and immediately understood what his second brother meant.

This brother, who appears rough on the outside but is actually very delicate on the inside, actually has a very clear understanding of the world.

Intervening at this time is definitely not the most rational decision.

It’s better to wait and see for a few days.

So Zhu Wen put on a hood to cover his head and started sneaking around the camp.

He decided to see with his own eyes.

……

"Why are you pretending to be a good person? Everyone knows that you are just a nobody." A soldier angrily blocked the door of the tent.

"That's right. Yesterday you even tried to interrupt our gambling. Who do you think you are?"

Just by listening to these two people talking, you can know what Lan Suting has been doing these days.

"No." The girl said solemnly, "The brother in the tent is in a serious condition. Please let me in!"

"Let you in?" The soldier at the door sneered, "What can you do? Do you know any medicine?"

There was a hint of amusement in his eyes. He thought that the girl was the battalion commander's woman, so he didn't dare to say anything too harsh to her face.

"I..." Lan Suting lowered her eyes slightly: "I don't understand much. But I can take care of people."

"Take care of people?" The soldier laughed heartily, as if he had heard the funniest joke he had ever heard. "You little girl who needs to be waited on, you still want to take care of people? You really make me laugh!"

"That's..." Lan Suting argued, "The commander insisted on hiring me. Actually, I've been able to take care of myself since I was a child."

She said softly, "I'm really good at taking care of people."

As he was speaking, a terrible scream of pain was heard from inside the tent.

The two soldiers at the door twitched their faces. At this moment, the girl took advantage of her petite figure and squeezed in between them. The two soldiers had no time to stop her and could only follow her in.

On the bunk bed in the barracks, a soldier with a yellow face was lying, covering his right arm and groaning.

Between his fingers, one could see a huge abscess with light green pus oozing out of it.

Lan Suting rushed over, a look of concern on her face.

The soldier with the sore was surprised to see her approaching, but the pain immediately clouded his mind, and he felt the girl's figure suddenly split into several parts, swaying before his eyes.

"Don't move, bear with it." The girl said gently, tapped the warrior's forehead with her jade finger, then took out a silver ring and pressed it on the opponent's carbuncle.

Next, the two prejudiced soldiers saw a scene that was incredible and unforgettable for them.

Such a delicate and petite girl, dressed in a clean Confucian robe, actually placed her lips on the poisonous sore of a patient who had not taken a bath for many days and whose whole body exuded the smell of sweat and stench without hesitation.

She bit the wound gently with her teeth, then sucked hard, sucking out a small ball of poisonous blood and spitting it into the palm of her left hand.

Then he pressed his lips against hers again. The two people who had just spoken coldly to each other looked at each other in bewilderment.

In fact, the doctor had already come to see them and told them that this was a typical carbuncle and could only be cured by sucking it with the mouth.

Otherwise, it will be a fatal disease.

But it is very expensive to let the healer suck it personally.

As the patient's best friends, the two still had doubts.

Instead, a girl who they had never met before and who was looked down upon by them actually lowered herself to suck out the poisonous sores for their brothers!
The two of them suddenly wanted to dig a hole and crawl into the ground.

A soldier quickly found a rough pottery spittoon and asked the girl to use it to spit out the poisonous blood.

Lan Suting spat a mouthful of poisonous blood into the spittoon in the soldier's hand and showed a grateful look.

"Military Advisor, we've misunderstood." Another soldier burst into tears and fell to his knees. "How can we say you're not? You're clearly a fairy sent from heaven!"

"The commander has always been a man of his own ideas and loyalty. We shouldn't gossip about his character and insult ourselves! We are so stupid and yet we keep gossiping. We deserve to be beaten!"

As he said this, he suddenly slapped himself in the face, leaving five bloody marks.

"Hurry up!" Lan Suting's expression suddenly changed. He helped the soldier up and said softly, "You don't have to be like this. You are the battalion commander's brothers. He pays me so much money every month so that Suting can do something for the soldiers."

As she spoke, the girl sighed softly, "When my grandfather was alive, I helped him suck like this. But unfortunately, he passed away."

Many soldiers have been attracted by the sound.

They finally understood who this young lady who liked to preach to them was.

This is a girl who can love all beings in the world as she loves her own parents and brothers.

In Buddhist terms, that is the so-called "Bodhisattva".

Lan Suting kept sucking until she could no longer suck out any more pus, and her lips appeared a little swollen.

"I'll come back in a few days." She carefully wiped the wounded man's wound with hot water. She was about to wipe his whole body, but was stopped by the two grateful soldiers. They kept saying that they were their brothers and she could take care of them herself.

This is just the beginning.

Every night thereafter, the soldiers saw that handsome figure, holding a swaying lantern, patrolling back and forth in the camp.

She stayed by the feverish soldier's bedside until dawn.

She brought water, made soup, bandaged and applied medicine to every injured soldier.

When a soldier died of illness, she would recite the "Amitabha Sutra" for the deceased soldier with tears in her eyes and clasp her hands together, chanting sutras to pray for blessings.

"All bodhisattvas who hear my name, after their death, will constantly practice the Brahmacharya until they attain Buddhahood. They will cultivate various merits and wish to be reborn in that land..."

The soldiers in the camp listened to the clear Buddhist chanting and felt that the slender figure was the living Bodhisattva residing in this world.

No one quarreled or fought over spoils, no one drank or gambled in secret.

They didn't want to make the girl who was as pure as a fairy sad.

Even when looking for women, they changed to solving the problem outside the camp.

There were prostitutes in the Cao army, as they had captured many of them during their previous defeat of Song Wei's army. This was a normal male need, but if a soldier wanted to use a prostitute, he had to pay for it and get her consent.

But now, no one brings camp prostitutes into the barracks, for fear that the obscene scenes and sounds will pollute the innocent eyes and ears of the girls.

If a person is stricter with himself than with others, then he cannot find any fault in being strict with others.

If a person loves others more than himself, the person being loved will eventually be moved by this.

Zhu Wen witnessed all these changes with his own eyes and finally understood his second brother's intention of asking him to wait and see for a while.

Sometimes, my second brother is really smarter than me.

"I will not attain Buddhahood until hell is empty." Zhu Wen sighed to Zhu Cun, "I finally understand why General Kou was able to gain the unconditional support of twenty-eight of the world's top knights."

Lan Suting's temperament is indeed somewhat similar to that of Kou Qianzhi, who died at the hands of Zhu Wen.

Thinking of this, Zhu Wen couldn't help but feel a little regretful for killing General Kou to test his inner thoughts.

"Human nature has both good and evil." Zhu Cun grinned, but his words were thought-provoking: "General Kou has the power to protect himself, so he can influence all living beings with his great love. And it is precisely because of your power and protection, young military advisor, that the soldiers dare not harbor too many evil thoughts towards her and are therefore moved by her character."

Zhu Wen seemed to be thinking about something.

He has always been proud, self-proclaimed a genius, and hates all kinds of filth and petty intrigue.

But even the lowest level of human nature never completely disappointed him.

"Protect her well." Zhu Cun patted Zhu Wen's shoulder. "No matter how you feel about her, if anything happens to such a pure girl, you will regret it."

After saying this, the solemnity in Zhu Cun's eyes disappeared, and he instantly returned to his usual silly look. He burped, patted his stomach, and went back to the account office.

He still had a lot of military affairs to help Zhu Wen deal with.

(End of this chapter)