If you don't explode in silence, you perish in silence.

Looking at Steward Lu's smiling face, the king on the side was a little overwhelmed. Although he is also a slave of the Lu family, he has never been able to do the same as those in charge of Lu.

"Steward Lu, I don't think these skins are valuable, Liu Tantou has also sent charcoal to our Lu family for more than ten years before, and he is also diligent, or he will accept two skins from him this time, all of them are from the villagers." The king stood aside and said kindly.

Steward Lu smiled, tilted his head and said, "Okay, looking at Wang Tou's face, let's not be unsympathetic." According to what the king said, collect two skins to pay taxes. Saying that, Steward Lu stretched out his hand and lifted out the leopard skin that showed a corner of the blanket on Liu Tan's shoulder.

Stretched out his hand to shake the skin, carefully hit it, and found that there was no damage at all, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and folded the leather to the bottom in three or two clicks.

"Tantou, this skin is good, this time I will sell you again, just charge this skin for tax deduction."

Liu Tantou was already out of anger, the dozen or so skins on his body, except for this leopard skin, the others were not very valuable skins, even if they were all added together, they could not be one-tenth of this leopard skin. The leopard skin was robbed by Steward Lu, and he went to the county town to exchange something for money.

He stepped forward and grabbed the leopard skin and begged, "Steward Lu, I got this skin in exchange for the order, it is not damaged at all, and I will take it to buy wedding items." If Steward Lu wants to collect taxes, then I'll give the rest of the skins to Steward Lu. ”

Steward Lu didn't tear it off a few times, and stretched out his leg to kick Liu Tantou aside, "Get out of the way, don't look at what you do, it's really on your nose and face, and it's shameless to be embarrassed." Liu Gouzi, Zhang Dagen, come here and throw this kid away......"

A few more housekeepers rushed out of the hut and came up to punch and kick them. beat Liu Tantou fatly, finished a fight with several people, and threw him to the side in the snow.

The king stepped forward to lift the charcoal head, and was relieved to see that his face was only bruised and swollen, and he did not even shed a little blood. "Tantou, Mo Qiangding, you can't stand up to Lu's stewardship."

Liu Tantou didn't say a word and sat in the snow.

The king took out about a penny from his body and handed it to him. "Alas, it's not the first day you've dealt with the Lu family, the more you screw, the more ruthless they become."

Liu Tantou clenched his teeth tightly and still didn't speak.

Wang Tou whispered: "I'll teach you a method, and after a while, you will say that when you were eating grain in Liaodong, you once knew General Li Benlei of the imperial court, and he was his old department. You'll sell the skins to Steward Lu at a cheaper price. He's sure to have some scruples. ”

Liu Tantou said honestly, "I know General Li, but I was General Yang's subordinate back then, and I heard that General Yang is now in Jianghan, following the emperor's brother." ”

"Oh, you're not going to lie." Wang Tou enlightened.

Seeing Liu Tantou nodding, Wang Tou walked to Steward Lu with satisfaction.

Pull Steward Lu aside. Wang Tou whispered. "Steward Lu, I just knew something, when Liu Tantou conquered Liao, he was actually a small soldier under the account of General Li Benlei of the imperial court, and I heard that he was also acquainted with General Li's personal army. You see, if he really gets this matter to General Li, I'm afraid it will be a troublesome matter. Recently, the imperial court is dealing with our Hebei clan Haoqiang, you see if you give him some money and end this matter. ”

"Really?" When Steward Lu heard this, Liu Tantou couldn't beat a fart with three sticks. actually knew the prince of the dynasty, General Li, and couldn't help but change his complexion. Nodding at last, he reluctantly took out twenty gold coins from the house, and finally thought about it, minus another ten.

"Wangtou, you know him well. That's ten gold coins, which is almost equivalent to forty or fifty pieces. Although his skin is expensive, it is only ten times at most, and he has to be able to sell it for this price. What happened just now is even a misunderstanding, our folks. Don't mess with it. Steward Lu gritted his teeth and said in pain. …,

Wang Tou patted his chest, "Steward Lu, don't worry." No matter how much he knows General Li, he still lives in our land, and if he looks down and doesn't look up in the future, can he still be so stiff, I'll persuade him for a while, and scare him again, and it is estimated that it will be fine. ”

"Okay, Brother Xie, go back and invite you to go to Yihong Courtyard for a drink of two drinks."

When Liu Tantou saw the ten gold coins handed over by Wang Tou, he couldn't believe his eyes. Ten gold, this is equivalent to more than 30 yuan, he has never seen so many lutetium in his life.

It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he counted out five gold coins from them and handed them to Wang Tou, "Thank you, Brother Wang, if it weren't for you, this skin would have been robbed by Steward Lu for nothing." Da En is not grateful, this can be regarded as inviting Brother Wang to drink. ”

Wang Tou pushed his hand away and pretended to be angry, "What is this, my brother is helping you, it is to see that your kid has a good character, not for your money." Hurry up and take the money to the county town to buy it, and on the day of marriage, I will go to please the wine to drink. ”

After repeated excuses, Liu Tantou got up and left happily with great gratitude.

Wang Tou stood in the snow, looking at Liu Tantou's distant back, and his heart was also happy. Although his status in the Lu family is not high, he is a lively person, and these days the head of the Lu family has close contacts with other clan landlords in the vicinity, and often gets together to discuss secretly. These abnormal situations, coupled with the fact that the repeated actions of the imperial court are now aimed at the family, make Wang Tou feel that the big family that has been in Xinle for hundreds of years is no longer stable.

And the recent actions of the Lu family made him feel a little bad taste, the court soldiers are strong and strong, how can these families be able to change the sky. And a few days ago when he was in the city, when he was drinking with people, he once heard an official sent by the imperial court say after getting drunk that sooner or later the imperial court would eradicate the powerful families who did not obey the orders of the imperial court in these places, and replace them with these old brothers who had fought with His Royal Highness King Chen in Liaodong to control the place.

Wang Tou didn't know anyone from the imperial court and the Liaodong Army, but he knew that Liu Tantou had been in Liaodong three times back then. Although Liu Tantou was not a subordinate of King Chen, he heard that the veterans who had conquered Liao were very valued and liked by the officials sent by the imperial court. Nowadays, the new armor protection system in various places, the chief of the security and the chief, I heard that it is no longer held by the local powerful landlords, but by those veterans who have conquered Liao.

There is a way that once a son of heaven and a courtier, these upper-level things the king doesn't understand, but before the Lu family is about to fall, he will show favor to Liu Tantou, who may be prosperous in the future, and sell a few favors, which will be very beneficial in the future.

Liu Tantou didn't know about this little thing of his own, but he could get involved with so many things. He carried the ten gold coins in his arms, and he was very excited along the way. won ten golds for nothing, although he was beaten and kicked, but he couldn't care about these anymore. Let him go to the city to sell leopard skins, and at most sell them for a dozen or so. It's okay now, ten gold, but I have to pull a few more pieces of good cloth for Mei Niang and buy a few pieces of jewelry. I have to buy some cloth and jewelry for the third aunt. Also, a few of the children in the village had to bring some food from the city. Thinking all the way, Liu Tantou kept walking, walking faster and faster, and in less than half a day, he had already arrived outside Xianyu City, and from a distance, the city wall of Xianyu City was already in sight.

The closer he got to Xianyu City, Liu Tantou realized that the ruin-like Xianyu City that he had passed through several times when he was away in the past had almost been repaired. The high city walls, the brand-new iron-clad city gates, and the large banners of Sui and Chen on the head of the city, all of which made him suddenly like a dream.

When he was close to the city gate, he could already feel the vitality of the county town, which was full of people coming and going. There are old men driving cars, daughters-in-law riding donkeys, hunters carrying hunting forks and carrying prey, and well-dressed scholars with flowers on their heads. From time to time, you can also see court officials in green clothes and blue, and military attachés riding horses with a team of soldiers. …,

However, with so many people coming and going, Liu Tantou was shocked to find that these people were all walking on the right hand side. In this way, although there were many people going out of the city and entering the city, there was no confusion at all.

Seeing that everyone was consciously lining up to enter the city, Liu Tantou also hurriedly walked to the back of the line to enter the city. In front of him was a white-haired man of fifty or sixty years old, with a child of about seven or eight years old beside him.

The old man smiled when he saw him, "The next life is also here to watch the Wujia Conference, right?" It is really a Buddhist door to be good, dedicated to the purification of sentient beings, five years ago, the old man I also participated in the high monk Huineng Master in Zhuojun City. Unexpectedly, five years have passed in a blink of an eye! ”

Although Liu Tantou had heard the third aunt talk about this Wujia conference before he came, he didn't know it at all, and he mainly wanted to buy goods this time. I don't know what kind of monk's unpretentious assembly this is, but I don't know anything about it.

"Uncle, I don't know which monk initiated this Wujiao Conference?"

The old man stroked his long beard, "I heard that this Wujia Conference is a major event in Buddhism in recent years, and it was initiated by the world's major spiritual mountains and temples. I heard that a total of 18 meetings will be held in 18 cities in the Central Plains. Among them, we are the first to hold in Gaoyang County, this time I heard that there will be enough 10,000 monks to gather in Gaoyang, and the abbot of Hengshan Tianlong Temple is the abbot of Hengshan Tianlong Temple, Master Tan Sheng. ”

Liu Tantou couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that 10,000 monks had gathered in Gaoyang, he thought that this Wujia Conference was just a temple fair in an ordinary temple, but he didn't expect that there was such a big scene, and he was speechless for a while.

Although the number of 10,000 people is staggering, Liu Tantou believes it, because he has seen no less than 100 monks entering the city in this queue. These monks could not line up to enter the city, and several monks were already waiting there at the city gate, coming to greet one by one. (To be continued.) )