Tanglin's eyebrows frowned slightly, seeing that Shu E still had a look of disbelief, he simply asked for her: "Is it difficult to walk in Linzhou City?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "If it is an ordinary person, a villager, a farmer, or a hawker in the market, carrying a hoe and a basket, he can walk calmly." The three masters are brightly dressed, riding such a high-headed horse, and they are on the official road, I'm afraid it will not be easy to walk-" The guy held up a long voice, caged the horse's head, and asked Shu'e to dismount.

Shu E jumped off the horse, pointed to the distance and said, "Why do you have to stop people in the temple?" And what does it have to do with whether you can walk the official road or ride a horse? ”

The guy couldn't react for a while, looked at the place where Shu E pointed and said in confusion: "Temple? Where are the temples? He turned around and said in a long voice: "This radius is dozens of miles, but there is only one big inn of ours, a few miles to the east, there is a small broken temple, the monks have long run away, there are other temples there?" He smiled and said, "This master doesn't want to go to the temple to stay, hehe, I heard that there are two nuns there, and the master is there, but it's inconvenient......

Lu Ping hadn't dismounted yet, and when he heard this guy talk, he whipped him on the shoulder, and said sharply: "If this master asks you, you should answer well." Saying words that can't wait, do you dare not want to live? ”

The guy's heart was shocked by Lu Ping's whipping, and when he saw that the shirt on his shoulder was imprinted with a gray mark on the leather whip, he hurriedly bent over and said with a bitter face: "Yes, yes, the little one answer well, I don't know what the master wants to ask?" ”

Lu Ping frowned, and was about to wave her hand again, but was stopped by Shu E. Shu E said: "That's it, I thought that there would be a pagoda and a temple, but I didn't know what was difficult to walk. Let's just rest here. ”

Lu Ping also looked in the direction Shu E was pointing, looked at Shu E again, and suddenly laughed out loud. Lu Ping looked at Shu E, who was puzzled, and said with a smile: "What kind of pagoda temple is my Dao, Cao Gongzi, don't you know?" It was Jingqiang Fort in Linzhou. ”

Before Shu E could answer, the guy nodded busily and said, "Yes, yes, it turns out that the uncle knows." The uncles are joking, but the little ones are too talkative. Talking a lot, but making a big joke, hehe, hehe......" The guy laughed flatteringly.

Lu Ping smiled slightly, reached out and took out the purse that Shu'e gave her from her arms, as if she wanted to take the silver. As soon as he opened it, he immediately pulled his purse up and said, "Go and get your reward from your cupboard." The guy reluctantly thanked him, and followed Lu Ping and the other three into the inn, but there was a look of disbelief on his face, and he didn't know if he would receive the reward when he arrived at the counter.

There was a "dang" sound on the counter, and it turned out that Lu Ping put a large ingot of gold on the counter, which was exactly the same as last night, and it was also ten taels of gold ingots.

Shu E was so shocked that she couldn't swallow her tongue, and she really didn't know why Lu Ping's shot was so generous. Even in the palace, the queen mother and the queen rewarded some silver in Yong'an Hall, which was dozens of taels, which was already their own money in the palace for one or two years. One tael of gold is about twenty taels of silver [Note], and ten taels of gold is a full two hundred taels of silver. Ten taels of gold, really, Shu E is the second time to see you tonight. The first time I saw it, it was last night.

The guy on the counter and the guy behind him all let out an exclamation of amazement. What followed was the same deference and flattery as in the inn last night.

Shu E took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, and quietly pulled Lu Ping and said, "Lu Gongzi, where is all the money left over from yesterday's stay?" ”

"The rest of the money?" Lu Ping paused for a moment and said with a smile: "The guy on the counter put away all the broken silver and copper pipes in the cabinet, and he didn't have enough to find, saying that he was waiting for the shopkeeper to go to the market to change it back." How can I have the patience to wait, and I'm afraid that you will go far. ”

Shu E only thought in her heart that this woman's family was so rich and wasteful. This is also different from the luxury of spending a lot of money to buy some precious things to enjoy, this is like spending money like dirt, and I don't know the use of cherishing gold and silver. Shu E sighed secretly in her heart, and said: "When you go out for the first time, you don't know the difficulties on the road. The innkeepers deceived you for their inexperience, and they managed to cut silver in half, and naturally cut a gold ingot. ”

Lu Ping pursed her lips and smiled secretly, and then said seriously to Shu E: "You're right, tomorrow you must let them find my gold before they go on the road." But I exchanged the remaining gold for them at the inn last night, and it wasn't a loss. ”

Shu E smiled faintly and ignored it again. I went up the stairs to the door of the room, but I saw that Tanglin was about to push the door in. Tanglin saw the two of them coming up and said to Shu E: "There is still half a day's road to catch up tomorrow, so rest early." ”

Shu E nodded silently and sighed for a moment: "There is still more than half a day." Brother Tanglin, is the road in Linzhou really very difficult to walk? ”

Tanglin was silent for a moment, and then said: "Don't worry about the car before the mountain. What's more, we have a resourceful person with us. ”

Shu E subconsciously looked at Lu Ping who was standing beside her, and sure enough, Lu Ping said slightly angrily: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Tanglin said to Lu Ping: "Heartfelt praise. Miss Lu is well-read and knowledgeable, which is very admirable. ”

The corners of Lu Ping's mouth moved slightly, but she didn't speak.

Tanglin said: "There are dozens of villages and dozens of castles in Linzhou, and Miss Lu still knows such a famous place as Jingqiang Fort. ”

Lu Ping said: "Jingqiang Fort is the closest to Lanzhou, and even a guy here who leads a horse to welcome guests knows Jingqiang Fort, which shows that Jingqiang Fort is also a famous place name here, and there is nothing unusual about Zhilu Dao." ”

Tanglin said, "Oh? But Miss Lu is also a local? ”

Lu Ping said: "Does it matter? You don't have to change your way to find out what I say. I don't say you should think about it too, but I had just come from the northwest before I met the two of you. ”

Tanglin smiled faintly and said, "I just came from the northwest, does that girl know the reason why Jingqiang Fort is not easy to walk?" ”

Lu Ping's eyes were pregnant with anger, but he didn't attack, but just confronted Tanglin silently. After a while, Lu Ping said: "I know the way, but there is no need to say it to you again, because you also know the way." However, I guarantee that the two of you will be safe and sound and go through Linzhou smoothly. ”

Tanglin smiled and said thank you, and Lu Ping also smiled: "Brother Donglin is from the southeast, and he also knows that there are dozens of villages and dozens of castles in Linzhou, and Jingqiang Fort is only a place that is not famous. ”

Note: The Song Dynasty court wrote in the provincial document to Yue Fei: "Fourth, pay 60,000 stone rice and 400,000 guan money for military supplies." The 400,000 taels of silver were converted into 100,000 taels of silver and 5,000 taels of gold, which were not yet used as independent currencies at that time. It can be seen that 400,000 copper coins in the early Southern Song Dynasty are equivalent to 100,000 taels of silver and 5,000 taels of gold.