"Is there such a thing?" Zhang San looked curious, and then gave Lai Wuman a look, and said earnestly: "Good brother, I will be a good letter, tell me in detail." ”

Lai Wu's eyes were drunk, he was already drunk, and his teeth were a little unclear: "You are a foreigner, it's normal to not know, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, you'll know." ”

"Yes, yes, you say, you say."

"Our Luoyang City, there is a person with great powers, and he is still a woman! In the past, we called her Miss Lu, but now, let's call her Mrs. Lu. Lai Wu put his mouth together, his eyes showed a look of admiration, and said: "This Lu Niangzi is a person with real powers, business is done all over the world, and the merchants who come and go from all over the world, who dares not to give her face." It's just our Hou Ye, who is stunned, dare not give her face-" Lai Wu seemed to be a little alert when he said, glanced at Zhang San, and said: "This master, you are also in business, have you really heard of the name of Lu Niangzi?" ”

"Ah-" Zhang San smiled awkwardly and said: "It's not a secret, it's too small to get in touch with such a noble figure," Zhang San hit the snake with the stick and said: "Brother, if you have a way, help your brother, your benefits are indispensable!" ”

"Hey," Lai Wu laughed and said, "I'm just a Liba, a character you can't touch, how can I have a way." But I've heard of it, saying that Lu Niangzi doesn't see outsiders much, outsiders visit her, they all go to the White Horse Temple to hand over the worship post, if you see, then you will see, if you don't see it, it doesn't matter, as long as the thing is not thrown out for you, no one will stop you from doing business in Luoyang City. ”

"And here's the thing!" Zhang San looked like he was being taught, and complimented: "If you don't listen to your brother, I know where to go, brother, you can help me a lot." No, I can't wait, I'm going to try my luck at the White Horse Temple, brother, you drink, I have to hurry! As he spoke, he took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table, and shouted, "Little Er, the bill has been settled." ”

"Okay!" Xiao Er answered, came to the table, didn't see Zhang San, only saw Lai Wu. Of course Lai Wu knew it, the idler on the dock, seeing that he was here, there was still broken silver on the table, just as the guest left, Zhang San came to rub the wine, shook the handkerchief and hurried: "Stay away!" Eat and drink again! ”

When Lai Wu heard this, he was annoyed, pressed down on the broken silver, and said, "Who looks down?" That master is my brother just now, he invited me to eat, I don't believe you asked, I saw it! ”

The guy looked back, many people nodded, and the idler also had a few friends, not to mention that it was not good to open his eyes and tell nonsense.

The guy was helpless and said, "Yes, count me wrong, right?" Give me the money, that's the money for the guests' meals. ”

"It's for you." Lai Wu weighed the broken silver in his hand and said, "But you have to find money for me first, these two cakes and a bowl of haggis are not worth so much." ”

The guy didn't let him listen to this, he was a buddy, of course he knew the price, Zhang San gave a lot of broken silver, and the shopkeeper couldn't get this benefit, and after his hand, the extra was his reward. Don't underestimate this oil and water, it's more than his monthly money, Lai Wu inserts a bar, which is equivalent to robbing him of food, how can he tolerate it?

As soon as the two of you said a word, they started arguing, and then they moved. Lai Wu has been working on the dock all the year round, and his strength is greater than that of his buddies, so he gave people a blanket of eyes, and in the end the money was given to others, and the right was used as a soup and medicine.

……

Hou Mansion.

After listening to Zhang San's report, Li Mu casually threw an ingot, and Zhang San retreated with gratitude. Only Li Mu, Dugu Jiu, and Li Tai were left in the lobby.

"The name of the White Horse Temple is very familiar." Li Mu pretended to say, in fact, he was not familiar with it at all, when he heard this name, he thought it was a temple to commemorate the White Dragon Horse, and then he thought that something was wrong, Xuanzang had just been fooled by him to embark on the road to the west, and the White Dragon Horse should not have been cultivated to the right fruit, and it was impossible to have its temple. But the words have been spoken, and it is not delicious to go back, Li Mu coughed and said: "That, Atai, it seems that there is a record in your bracket chronicles, you tell me in detail, what is the matter with this White Horse Temple, isn't it a temple, how can there still be a woman?" ”

The White Horse Temple is in Luoyang, which can be regarded as a landmark building, Li Mu is in charge of Luoyang, of course Li Tai will not think that he does not know the White Horse Temple, but he is in the examination school himself, hurriedly shook his spirits, and replied: "Big brother, this is difficult for me." Speaking of this White Horse Temple, it is necessary to start from the seventh year of Han Yongping, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty stayed in the South Palace at night, and dreamed of a golden man with a height of six zhang and a light on his head from the west, flying around the palace. The next morning, he told the ministers about this dream, and Dr. Fu Yi said that "there is a god in the West, called Buddha, as His Majesty dreamed." Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed when he heard this, and sent more than ten people, including ministers Cai Yin and Qin Jing, to the Western Regions to ask for Buddhist scriptures. “

Learning from the West? Li Mu is a little in a trance, this story is familiar! Isn't the Western Heaven Scripture an invention patent of Tang Seng?

Cai, Qin and others bid farewell to Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty and traveled westward. In the country of the Great Moon Clan, he met the high monks Morteng and Zhu Falan, and saw the Buddhist scriptures and the white felt statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, which confirmed the emperor's night dream, so he implored the two monks to come to the east to preach. The two monks returned to Luoyang with Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues on white horses. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was very happy, extremely courteous to the two monks, personally received, arranged to live temporarily in the Honglu Temple, and at the same time ordered the construction of the monastery in the north of the three miles of the imperial road outside the Xiyong Gate in Luoyang, named "White Horse Temple", the white horse is the white horse of the Sutra, and the temple is the temple of the Honglu Temple. Since then, the monks' monasteries have been called 'monasteries'. ”

"All in all, the White Horse Temple is the first foothold of Buddhism in the east, so it is also called the 'ancestral garden of Buddhism' by the people of Buddhism, and for hundreds of years, at least more than 300 Buddhist scriptures have been translated here, which is the holy place in the hearts of Buddhist people. Since that Mrs. Lu is very closely involved in the White Horse Temple, it is enough to see that she is also a person who believes in Buddhism. Li Tai said loudly: "My brother boldly guesses that her move must be related to the eldest brother's suppression of Buddhism a few days ago, and she is here to avenge those monks!" ”

"!" Although Li Mu also thought so, how could he make Li Tai proud and scolded: "A younger brother is a younger brother, and his ideas are extremely naïve. Mrs. Lu is a woman, and she is also fighting for the nun, what does she have to do with the monk? ”

"Big brother, monks and nuns are—"

"Shut up!"

"Oh," Li Tai closed his mouth, not daring to speak. Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Since there is news, let's go to the White Horse Temple tomorrow to see what kind of charter it is!" ”

"Big brother, something is wrong, I'm afraid it's inappropriate,"

"What's wrong," Li Mu smiled indifferently and said, "Since the people have revealed the news, let's not go, it seems timid." Tomorrow you go with me," Li Mu looked at Li Tai, who didn't dare to make a sound, and said, "You, according to the regulations we just made, take the Jinyi Guard and the soldiers of Zhichong Mansion to help the people harvest grain." I explained the matter of selling grain to Li Chunfeng, he is very good at arithmetic, and he can't miss the account. For the rest, just don't mess around! ”

"Understood!" "Understood!"

The two responded, Li Mu waved his hand, and both of them withdrew.

Li Mu was the only one left in the lobby, he knocked on the armrest of the chair, and suddenly laughed, things are getting more and more interesting, he has been in Datang for so long, and finally has an opponent, so that he can't figure out the road at all, this feeling makes him hesitant and excited, and finally not so boring!

……

White Horse Temple.

If the White Horse Temple is in terms of construction area, it is much more magnificent than the Ci'en Temple in Chang'an City. The Temple of Mercy and Grace was built in the middle of the city and was limited in size, while the White Horse Temple was outside the city and there were no other buildings around. Want to build as big as you want to build, the existing building, has been destroyed in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and rebuilt, there is a piece of deserted remnants abandoned aside, the newly built temple sits in the north and faces south, the whole is rectangular, along the central axis, there are the Tianwang Palace, the Big Buddha Palace, the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the Receiving Palace, the Pilu Pavilion, etc., which are scattered, that is, simple and magnificent.

Few people know that in the middle of the abandoned remnants, there is a small courtyard, which can actually live in people. Just to get here, you need to pass through a ruined courtyard wall, which has been abandoned for a long time and is overgrown with weeds, covering up the place.

Miss Lu, I moved here yesterday. Mama Rong's assassination failed, and she also escaped here from the secret passage.

She had been on her knees for a day and a night, with her head bowed and motionless.

Miss Lu was resting in the house, seemingly unaware of it. Mama Rong held her breath and froze, for fear that the sound of her breathing would wake up the people in the house.

Finally, the door creaked open. Miss Lu's voice came: "Mama, come and help me comb my hair." ”

Rong Mama raised her head and let out a sigh, he knelt for too long, his legs were numb, and he had to pestle his hands to get up, but she was a master of numbers, after walking a few steps, the blood would circulate, and after entering the house, it was no different from usual.

Mama Rong took the ivory comb and gently helped Miss Lu comb her hair. I wanted to speak a few times and stopped, but I seemed to have some scruples and didn't dare to say it.

"Pei Yuanhu is dead?"

"Hmm." Mama Rong's voice was very small, like a child who had done something wrong, her knees trembled, as if she would kneel down at any moment, but she hesitated.

"Are you hurt?"

"Thank you Miss for your concern, I didn't get hurt."

Miss Lu looked back at Mama Rong, her eyes were full of curiosity: "I heard that a kind of repeater was used, is it really a repeater?" I've also studied the Zhuge Repeater, but I couldn't replicate it with all my might, so did the kid really make it? ”

"Miss Hui's words, but it is a crossbow, one breath and ten arrows, and it can't be avoided at all. I hate that thief and poisoned—"

Miss Lu laughed, but her eyes became cold: "Since it is the opposite, isn't it normal to be poisoned?" I admire this kid, when you should be ruthless, you have to be ruthless. ”

Mama Rong lowered her head and said, "What Miss said is that the slave knows that she is wrong. ”

"In your position, there's nothing wrong with that. If you don't tell me, I can understand, but-" Miss Lu's smile became warmer and her eyes became more and more indifferent: "Now I tell you, he is useful to me when he lives, if he has any accidents, you are really wrong." ”

"The slave understands."

"Tomorrow he will come back, I want to meet with him and make good arrangements." Miss Lu took the ivory comb from Mama Rong's hand and waved her hand: "Go ahead." ”

"No."

Mama Rong turned around and went out, gently closed the door, and when the cold wind blew, she found that her back was soaked with cold sweat.

……

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin looked at the folds in front of him, and felt that a stream of blood rushed to the top of his head, and he couldn't help it anymore, so he stretched out his hand and pulled all the folds to the ground. Seeing this, the eldest grandson Wuji next to him didn't say anything, bent down and picked them up one by one, and said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, the situation is not too bad, I have inquired and confirmed in many ways, this locust plague should not be able to get out of the Luoyang realm, this is a blessing in misfortune." ”

"Is this what I said?" Li Shimin said angrily: "You didn't see these folds? I asked them to allocate some food to rescue Luoyang, okay, they all said that there was no food in stock! Dare to love that the food in the world disappeared overnight? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji whispered: "Your Majesty, you haven't read the excerpts, haven't you said everything, when you receive new grain, you will save it immediately-"

"I see it!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth angrily: "This is where I am angry!" Knowing that Luoyang only has ten days of grain storage, how long will it take for them to receive new grain? How long does it take to get to Luoyang? When they arrived, Luoyang City was half starved to death! ”

"Li Mu has already sent Ma Zhou to collect grain along the canal, Ma Zhou is shrewd and safe, Li Mu is not a person who spares money, he will be able to buy a lot of grain, as long as he insists on ten days and half a month, the new grain will be harvested in various places, the situation is not so bad, Your Majesty does not need to be so angry!"

"How can you not be angry!" Li Shimin took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said: "These merchants, no, these gate valves, especially the Fan Yang Lu family, they don't take me seriously at all, they are aimed at Li Mu on the surface, but in fact, they are slapping me in the face. They want to tell me that this world can't be without them, I have to let them, if I don't let them, hey! Just show me my face, they hide all the grain, and the people of Luoyang will starve to death, and it will be a dead city! ”

"How can this be true, how can it be true!"

"Alas-" The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Shimin had pierced this layer of window paper, so he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers feel that they may not dare to compete with Your Majesty. In the final analysis, Li Mu acted too arrogantly and domineeringly, which caused public anger. Otherwise, His Majesty reprimanded him twice and asked him to compromise a little, which is a matter of face, and he can't really watch the people starve to death, right? ”

"I can't swallow this breath!" Li Shimin glared and said, "If you regress this time, won't it make them proud?" The face of the court is gone, and my face is gone! ”

"That's why I let Li Mu bow his head!" The eldest grandson Wuji persuaded: "Li Mu bows his head, it does not mean that His Majesty bows his head, he is him, Your Majesty is Your Majesty!" ”

"This ......" Li Shimin was stunned, seemed to hesitate, the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to say more, Li Shimin waved his hand to stop him: "Needless to say, I will not give this will." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji still didn't give up, and said, "But the people of Luoyang City—"

Li Shimin sighed and said, "I believe that Li Mu will not let me down. It's really incomprehensible, he will make the right choice! ”