"Alright, alright, old monk. The competition is also a competition, see it, you two are not as bald as the master and me, now you can tell the master the origin of this Han Muding. ”

After a brief and simple confrontation, this sudden debate ended in a moment of hesitation by Jiang Liu'er.

Xia Xiaohu picked up the wine jug again, poured a large sip of wine into his mouth, and shouted at the old monk of empty sorrow with a mouthful of wine: "Although I am from Wujiang Pavilion, I don't have much to do with the overlord of Chu, so how do you know about some of these relationships?"

"Amitabha, since Lord Xia Shi is an understanding person, Lao Wei no longer has anything to hide. Hey, this matter has been hidden in Lao Gao's heart for a lifetime, and he really shouldn't have left room for himself. Although the face of the old monk was calm and impermanent, the sentimentality in his eyes was clear.

"Master, what does this stand like? Xiao Er, quickly send the good tea in the store, and put together those tables, prepare some good vegetarian food, today between the mountains and lakes are fortunate to have the White Horse Temple monks preach, all the wine money and tea money are borne by the shop. The shopkeeper saw that the old monk was ready to speak, so he cleverly gave the old monk his debut, and politely took them to the best place in the inn.

"Master Xia, you see, the shopkeeper's hospitality is difficult to resist, but can the old man come later?" The empty old monk looked at the shopkeeper's enthusiastic and sincere face, and had no choice but to ask Xia Xiaohu's opinion.

This move of the old monk of empty sorrow seemed to be very polite, but it made the others in the inn see the clues.

Because in the Southern Dynasty at that time, the status of the monk was already very high, the White Horse Temple as the first temple in ancient and modern times, the monks who came out of it were worshiped by the world, not to mention the empty sadness as the second empty character monk in the White Horse Temple, the status is even more self-evident.

When a monk with such a high status asks a young man who is ignorant of the world, on the surface, he is in the cultivation of a high-ranking monk, but more importantly, this young man is worthy of being asked by a high-ranking monk. Because there were also court officials Fan Zhen and Jiang Liu'er of Jinshan Temple next to him, and Kong Bei didn't care about their opinions.

"What do you think?" Fan Zhen on the side showed some displeasure on his face, but he didn't get angry, just calmly asked Jiang Liu'er.

"Just follow in the footsteps of the monks. Jiang Liu'er smiled at Fan Jin, then looked at Xia Xiaohu thoughtfully, and said as if talking to herself: "What a young hero!"

Xia Xiaohu didn't pay attention to Jiang Liu'er, but said to the old monk of empty sorrow: "It's okay, I have time, master." However, you have to ask the shopkeeper to have more wine and meat, otherwise you will have a good time. By the way, shopkeeper, master, I see that you are a bit noble, you won't also be surnamed Xiao, right?"

The shopkeeper heard Xia Xiaohu say without scruples, and hurriedly stopped him and said, "Shaoxia, Shaoxia, beware of the trouble coming out of your mouth." Although the empty sorrow monk looks up to you, it is impossible to protect you for a lifetime. How dare the small one climb the national surname, the small one has the surname Chunyu, the single name is a summer, and the young man smiled. ”

"Chun Yu Xia, Chun Yu Xia......" Xia Xiaohu babbled twice, then pointed to Jiang Liu'er, smiled at Chun Yu Xia and said: "Good name, remember to give the master more good wine and meat, and at the same time send some to the bald head, the master is not an honest monk when he sees the bald head, and he will definitely not refuse to come." ”

"You want it, you want it, Xiao Er, you heard the young man's orders. By the way, Shaoxia, your Ding?" Chun Yuxia said cautiously to Xia Xiaohu while shouting at a few shopkeepers who were busy with their work.

"Remember, the shopkeeper's ......" a few shopkeepers who were busy shouting loudly, and for a while, the mountains and lakes became very lively.

"Just let it lie there, I'm not in the mood to care about it now, sir. Don't lose it anymore, you say yes, little bald. After Xia Xiaohu finished speaking, he picked his eyes at Jiang Liu'er, as if there was something tacit understanding between them that could not be told.

"In this way, Shaoxia, how about the little one find someone to move your Baoding to the counter?" A shrewd person like Chun Yuxia had already determined that Xia Xiaohu was by no means an ordinary person in the attitude of the old monk of empty sorrow, and he was unrelentingly currying favor with Xia Xiaohu.

"You can do whatever you like. Xia Xiaohu was too lazy to take care of Chun Yu Xia, carried the wine jug and walked straight to a large table made of six small square wooden tables, and then regardless of the others, he sat down on a bench due east, stepped on the bench with his left foot, and poured wine into his mouth, so chic and comfortable.

Seeing that Xia Xiaohu had already walked over, the old monk of empty sorrow nodded to everyone around him with a smile, followed over, and sat down on the bench next to Xia Xiaohu in a very masterly manner.

The others saw that the empty and sad monk in their eyes was already seated, so they rushed to surround it, but they did not make too much noise, but were very interested in the first-come, first-served seat, and those who did not grab the seat stood around very interestingly.

Jiang Liu'er and Fan Zhen looked at the crowd that had formed a circle, and did not rush forward, but sat down at an empty table very close to the crowd, and beckoned the shopkeeper to serve some wine and food again.

"Monk, you're really boring, why don't you come to my master's side, I want to have a few more drinks with you. Xia Xiaohu, who finished drinking, saw that Jiang Liu'er did not compete for a seat with everyone, so he teased him.

"Boy, believe me, there will be many such opportunities in the future, don't rush for a while. My old friend, Lord Fan Jinfan, is also an official, if he goes to your place to fight, won't he become a bad official who oppresses the people? Jiang Liu'er replied calmly.

"You, you monk......" Fan Zhen heard Jiang Liu'er's explanation, he didn't know what to say, and after smiling bitterly, he stopped talking.

"Then it's up to you. Old monk, no, master, isn't it time to tell me the origin of my mouth?" After Xia Xiaohu finished speaking to Jiang Liu'er, his attitude changed slightly, and he asked the old monk of empty sorrow.

"Shaoxia's Ding should have been called Hanmu Wang Ding. The old monk of empty sorrow was not verbose, and went directly to the topic, and said slowly: "I said before that after Qin unified the six countries, the world Jiuding did not know what to do, and at that time, people in the world had a lot of suspicions.

Later, Li Si, the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, was ordered by the first emperor to engrave the jade seal of the country with the He's bi, which was used as a proof of the emperor's orthodoxy, which made the people of the world even more suspicious, thinking that the first emperor had discovered the secret of the world's nine tripods and collected the secrets of the world's nine tripods to ensure the immortality of his inheritance of the Ying empire.

But later, the Great Qin Empire Chuan II collapsed violently, and the main force that brought it down came from Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. You all know how Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, first gathered troops. ”

Speaking of this, the empty sorrow monk took a sip of the tea sent by the shopkeeper and looked at everyone.

When everyone heard this, they all had some conjectures in their hearts.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the peasant uprising was surging, and the young Xiang Yu and his uncle Xiang Liang raised troops in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to expand his power, Xiang Liang sent Xiang Yu to contact Huan Chu to fight against Qin together. Huan Chu said arrogantly: "If you can fight 10,000 people, we will serve you, there is a big tripod in the courtyard, a thousand catties, can you afford it?" Xiang Yu first asked Huan Chu's 4 sturdy men to lift the tripod together, but the big tripod did not move at all as if it had taken root. Then, he lifted up his clothes, strode to the front of the tripod, held the foot of the tripod, and exerted his strength to shout "get up!" The root-like tripod was lifted high, and it rose and fell three times. So, Huan Chu promised to join forces to revolt from Yu.

Everyone here knew this story, and they thought to themselves, could it be that this Hanmu Wang Ding is related to the Ding raised by the Western Chu Overlord?

After having some conjectures in their hearts, some people standing on the periphery silently turned their heads and looked at the three shopkeepers who were trying to move desperately.

I saw that the Han Mu Wang Ding body is more than two zhang, the diameter of the circular Ding mouth is 100 feet, the two ears are unremarkable, the semi-circular arc is inlaid on both sides of the Ding body, the three Dingzu are about one zhang high, and it is also a very ordinary cylindrical shape, and there is nothing peculiar to see.

The Hanmu Wang Ding is the color of bronze all over his body, and some parts are still a little patina, as if he can be broken off at any time.

Just such a bronze tripod that is not big or small, and the three shopkeepers who do rough work all year round have not been able to move it at all.

The three shopkeepers are also real, I don't know if they are afraid of disturbing the story of the empty sorrowful monk, or they don't want to lose face in front of Chun Yuxia, the shopkeeper, so they didn't make a sound.

At this moment, some people looked at them, and they scratched their heads with their hands in embarrassment, and then stood there with a wry smile, indicating that there was nothing they could do.

Those tea guests who saw this scene were amazed in their hearts, looked at Xia Xiaohu, and then looked at Jiang Liu'er, this time there was more awe in their eyes, and they could once again affirm that Xia Xiaohu was not an ordinary person.

The old monk of empty sorrow rested for a while and continued: "You should think in your hearts at this moment that the Hanmu King Ding in the hands of Lord Xia Shi is somewhat related to the Ding raised by the Overlord of Western Chu.

Although the overlord of Western Chu was born heroic, it was not enough to make the world fearful, but since he rose to the top, he was like a god descending from heaven, and no one was invincible everywhere he passed, and he really became the first person in the world at that time.

According to Lao Wei's knowledge, the tripod that the overlord of Western Chu raised at random at that time was probably one of the nine tripods in the world, which made him invincible, but it was only later that the overlord of Western Chu was too rigid and self-serving, so that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, won the world.

After Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, won the world, he heard the origin of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and secretly sent people to find the tripod raised by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and after smelting, it was mixed with ancient strange wood and recast into a tripod of one or three legs and two ears, named Hanmu Wang Ding, to indicate that the tripod was from beginning to end in the world of his Han family, and had nothing to do with the previous dynasty and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.

But later, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, thought about it, Qin De Jiuding only passed on the second, and Xiang Yu only briefly called the king, thinking that the world's Jiuding must be ominous, so he asked the master to secretly seal the Hanmu Wang Ding, which was cast not long ago, so few descendants know the existence of the Hanmu Wang Ding.

As for what Han Gaozu Liu Bang found on top of the Hanmu Wang Ding, and why he sealed the Han Mu Wang Ding, Lao Wei does not know. ”

After the empty old monk finished speaking, the sadness in his eyes finally dissipated, as if he was a little relieved.

"Since the Han Mu Wang Ding was sealed by Han Gaozu a long time ago, how did the master know about it?" After listening to this, a tea guest couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart and blurted out.

The old monk sighed and replied silently: "Because before the old man entered the empty gate, he was a descendant of the Great Qin Ying clan." ”