"Northeast? Could it be that Zen Master is talking about Liao? It's unlikely, then the Liao State and my Great Song Dynasty have been brothers' states for nearly a hundred years, and the people on both sides enjoy peace, so why don't they have to use swords again? Why is there no news about the business trips coming and going? ”

Zhishan looked at Old Master Xue's stunned expression, but just shook his head lightly and did not continue. He went west out of the border pass since the year of the weak crown, and almost lived in the frontier for more than ten years. He knew very well that the small soldiers in the Western Xia Land were just a disease of scabies for the Great Song Dynasty, and what he relied on was just the danger of Hengshan. After the Song army seized the danger of Hengshan, it occupied the land of Qingtang, contacted the local feudal forces to besiege the Western Xia, and forced the Western Xia to fight on both sides, and the situation has been reversed. And with the development of the agricultural economy of the Western Xia, the children of the fundamental party nobles are no longer the hard-working of the year, after the loss of the Hengshan domains, the most daring in their army is the Han army, which is a threat to the ruling party nobles, and the balance of victory in the Song-Xia War, which lasted for more than 100 years, has slowly favored the side of the Great Song Dynasty. So Western Xia was actually no longer a real threat to the Song. However, what posed a real threat to the Great Song Dynasty was an emerging force that he saw during his recent visit to the Northeast, and when he thought of what he had seen and heard along the way, Zhishan couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

Seeing Zhishan's gloomy expression, Mr. Xue hurriedly changed the topic: "Zen Master, I have heard for a long time that you are proficient in Mai physiognomy, and now I say that several of my dogs happen to be there, and please meet them for them, how about it?" ”

Zhishan didn't shirk it, and said with a smile: "It's okay!" So the four sons of the Xue family walked to the Zhishan Zen Master one by one, and Zhishan looked at the palms and faces of the two of them, and wrote down the judgment for them one by one, and they were at least a state official and county guard. Uncle Xue listened to it on the side, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, but he said: "Zen master, don't make me happy, I'm just a situation household, these two children don't read poetry and books, how can they be such a high position!" ”

Zhishan said solemnly: "Xue Gong, I tell the truth, how to explain me in the photo book, there is no word or word." ”

Xue Liangyu on the side sneered at Xue Liangchen in a low voice: "I think that Zhishan is just an ordinary warlock in the rivers and lakes, saying a few good words to make his father happy, and defrauding some money." It's amazing to have a county lieutenant in our family, how can both of them become state and county officials? Isn't that a joke? ”

Xue Liangchen was also a little suspicious, but he was serious, and said in a low voice: "Fourth brother, don't say much, be careful to let that guy hear!" ”

"What if you hear that? I'm not afraid of him! Xue Liangyu sneered, he glanced back at Zhou Ping, and had a plan in his heart, he took advantage of the laughter of a few people in the hall, walked to Zhou Ping's side, pulled him to his side, and said in a low voice: "Later, you will go to the monk's side and let him meet for you!" Zhou Ping listened on the sidelines, knowing that Xue Liangyu was going to use tricks to trick the monk, he didn't speak, just nodded.

"Daddy, someone from outside is here, saying that he has something to look for you!" Xue Liangyu saw that he was about to stop, so he walked to Mr. Xue and said, Mr. Xue had to confess to the supreme Zen master and went out. Before going out, Xue Liangyu glanced at Zhou Ping, and Zhou Ping walked in front of the Zhishan Zen Master knowingly, and sang a fat promise to him: "Please also ask the Zen master to take a look for me!" ”

Zhishan nodded, looked at Zhou Ping's palm, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and then looked up at Zhou Ping's face, and couldn't help muttering: "This is strange!" ”

As a time-traveler who has been deeply educated in atheism, Zhou Ping naturally has a sense of superiority over the traditional culture of face-to-face, and when he sees the supreme good, he can't help but be a little suspicious, and asks, "Is there anything strange?" ”

"Look at your palm-tattooed face, things before the age of twenty-four are blank, as if they came out of the cracks in the ground!" The best Zen master held Zhou Ping's palm tightly, and scratched his head while observing the palm prints: "But everyone in the world is born in October and grows up, are you born like this?" ”

"Ahh Zhou Ping couldn't help but exclaim, he was exactly twenty-four years old when he crossed over, and he couldn't imagine that this monk could even see this, could it be that the person in front of him was really a monk?

"Could it be that I'm right?" Seeing Zhou Ping like this, the Supreme Zen Master hurriedly asked.

Zhou Ping hurriedly replied: "Tell the Zen master, the villain had a serious illness two years ago and lost his memory of the past, so he became a field guest in Xue Gongzhuang, presumably it is for this reason that you can't see the past experience!" ”

"I see!" Zhishan looked at Zhou Ping's face, nodded suspiciously, and then let go of Zhou Ping's right hand.

Zhou Ping rubbed his sour wrist and asked carefully: "Zen master, but I don't know what will happen to the villain in the future?" ”

Zhishan looked at Zhou Ping's face carefully, and only said after half a sound: "Your past is blank, and your future will also be chaos, but from the palm prints, it seems that the wealth of the Xue family brothers is only due to you!" ”

"From me?" Zhou Ping muttered to himself, the words of the best Zen master can be interpreted into many meanings, which can be said to be Zhou Ping's ascension to heaven by himself, or it can be explained that they exchanged Zhou Ping's head for a great fortune. At this time, Zhou Ping no longer dared to regard the monk in front of him as an ordinary warlock, and was about to open his mouth to ask carefully, when Mr. Xue came back from the outside, carried two gourds in his hand, and said with a smile: "Zen master, the good wine is back, you and I have a hard drink and conspire to get drunk, okay?" ”

"It's still Xue Gong who knows my spleen and stomach!" The Supreme Master sniffed, turned and sat down. The others had already set up the tables and chairs, Mr. Xue sat in the first seat, the best Zen master sat at the head, the four brothers of the Xue family played sideways, and Zhou Ping and the other two servants poured wine and served food on the side. After three rounds of drinking, Mr. Xue asked, "Liangchen, I just heard that you went with that Liu Sheng to arrest the thief, how is the situation?" ”

Xue Liangchen hurriedly put down the wine glass and replied respectfully: "Tell my father, although I haven't won the thieves on this trip, the harvest is not small!" So he told the thieves that the night before yesterday attacked the day brocade, and the county lieutenant Zhu Zhi was corrupt and fell into the ambush of the thieves, but he took the opportunity to frighten the thieves and seized a lot of goods. In the end, he pointed to Zhou Ping on the side and said: "Thanks to Ah Ping's idea this time, I scared back the thief without hurting anyone, and I have already made him my party." ”

"Okay, good, it's okay to have money, it's the most important thing if you don't die, so send the reward after dinner!" When Xue Zhangren said this, he turned to Zhou Ping and said softly: "Ah Ping, since you are the Lang Party of the children of good ministers, then you are the Xue family, and you are no different from your closest relatives, come, you can also sit down!" Speaking of this, Xue Zhangren pointed to the vacant seat next to Xue Liangchen.

"Yes, uncle!" Zhou Ping hurriedly stepped forward and sat down on the ground, Xue Zhangren poured a bowl of wine and handed it to Zhou Ping, and said with a smile: "Come, drink a bowl of wine!" ”

"Thank you, father-in-law!" Zhou Ping took the wine bowl and drank it all, and Xue Zhangren asked Xue Liangchen, "How much property did you get this time?" ”

"There are about 800 pieces of livestock and property, and the archers and Liu brothers who have already divided them are worth about 300 yuan, and the rest are more than 500 yuan!"

"Hmm!" Xue Zhangren nodded: "Take fifty guan and Ah Ping!" ”

"Father!"

"Uncle!"

It was Zhou Ping and Xue Liangyu and the eldest son Xue Liangyun who spoke in unison, and all three of them showed surprise on their faces.

"If you have merit, you will be rewarded, if you have a fault, you will be punished, this is the ancestral training of my Xue family, Ah Ping went out to break the enemy, this time he made the first merit, I naturally want to be rewarded!" Xue Zhangren made a gesture to silence the princes, and continued: "Ah Ping, there is a piece of land in the east of the village, and there are also seven acres of land, you can take it and plant it yourself, the thatched hut next to it is with you, plus this fifty yuan, you can also find a daughter-in-law to start a family!" ”

"This old man is buying people's hearts, he must be buying people's hearts!" Zhou Ping kept chattering in his heart, but his face was grateful, and he bowed down to Xue Zhangren, and said: "My father-in-law is very gracious, how can the villain be repaid!" ”

"Get up!" Mr. Xue stretched out his hand to help Zhou Ping up: "You don't have to thank me, these are just the rules of my Xue clan, my Hedong Xue clan has been moving to Hedong for hundreds of years since Yifu Gong moved to Hedong, the reason why he has gone through war and Yayoi is that he is rich and poor in the clan, and he can concentrate on the outside world. ”

Zhou Ping saw that Uncle Xue was like this to himself, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart, it turned out that the ancestor of the Xue family was the Xue family in Hedong, one of the six surnames of the Hai Wang clan in the Han and Tang dynasties (Wei Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang Du). After the fall of Shu Han, the Western Jin Dynasty in order to prevent the resurgence of Shu Han, the then Shu clan Xue more than 5,000 households moved from Shu to Hedong, as a result, Xue took root in Hedong, after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the north fell into a long-term war, Xue integrated the local forces in Hedong, adopted the policy of "self-consolidation by the river" against the various minority regimes, when the central power was extremely strong, it was temporarily surrendered to the condition of serving as the county guard of Hedong County, and preserved the existing strength, In fact, he became one of the actual rulers of Hedong. In order to survive in this cruel environment, the Hedong Xue clan formed a unique clan rule, that is, the wealth was distributed more evenly among the houses in the clan to reduce the internal friction formed by the competition for wealth; And the talented people from outside the clan will be absorbed into the clan in the form of the Lang party, so as to enhance the strength of the clan. Although hundreds of years have passed, these family rules are still inherited by the Xue Zhangren.

Zhou Ping said a few words to Xue Zhangren, then stepped aside and ate some wine and rice. Later, Xue Liangchen brought a backpack and handed it to Zhou Pingdao: "It is the fifty yuan for you, you count it, don't lose it!" ”

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