"Wait." The little Taoist priest shouted, and when the drunken Taoist looked over, he patted the brocade bag on the right side of the saddle and said with a smile: "Brother forgot something." ”

"Yes," the drunken Taoist patted his head, "I really forgot about this yellow and white thing." ”

He cracked his mouth and smiled: "Brother, how much is the account this time?" How much are you going to divide me? ”

The little Taoist priest smiled: "A total of five hundred taels of gold." Brother, take as much as you want. ”

The drunken Taoist was dumbfounded: "I'll go, why are there so many!" ”

Then he grinned and leaned over with his shoulders hooked: "Since my brother is so generous, then I'll take it all, brother, how about it?" ”

The little Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, and said nonchalantly: "Then take it all." Yuxiaochun was originally the recipe given by the elder brother, and the elder brother made wine, and it was also appropriate to take it all. ”

"Good!" The drunken Taoist was overjoyed, lifted the brocade bag, untied the bag, looked inside, and then sighed: "Heavy, really heavy, more than thirty catties of gold." This feeling is refreshing! ”

The little Taoist shook his head and smiled: "Brother, I will take care of you this time, you and I will have a period later, and then the little brother will invite the elder brother to drink the best wine." ”

As soon as the two of them gave up their hands, the little Taoist priest turned over and got on his horse, and was about to ride his horse and whip, but he heard the drunken Taoist shouting, "Wait." ”

The drunken Taoist took out two gold ingots from the brocade bag and said, "This brother take it." ”

The little Taoist priest was not hypocritical, and when he said "yes", he reached out and took it.

Unexpectedly, what the drunken Taoist handed over to him was the entire brocade bag. This bag of gold was too heavy, and when he was caught off guard, the little Taoist priest almost fell off his horse.

"Dude, what do you mean by that?"

"Haha, I was just joking with my brother. It's enough for me to have these two gold ingots, it's enough. ”

The little Taoist priest hurriedly said: "Brother, how can this be?" ”

The drunken Taoist waved his hand in a chic manner, turned around and left: "I am a carefree person, without a wife and children, pure and comfortable." When you want to see the mountains, you can see the mountains, and when you want to see the moon, you can enjoy the moon. Lie down on a tree when you want to sleep, and lie down on the side of the road when you want to get drunk. ”

"I'm living an easy life, why did I need these yellow things? These things are just getting in the way of my escape! Pressed on my body, I didn't walk easily; Pressed in my heart, I didn't feel comfortable. It's so cumbersome, it's better to throw it to your brothers. ”

"Brother, I'll go too! You and I are destined to see you again! ”

The little Taoist priest laughed and said, "What a carefree person, I really envy my little brother!" ”

The drunken Taoist was walking fast, and at this moment, he was far away, and only his voice came from afar: "Brother, you and I have very different paths." Your life is full of peach blossoms, and you will definitely be blessed in the future. If you want to be carefree, wait for the next life! ”

"The ancient recipe of the jade night, brother must remember. Maybe you'll have to use it later. Haha, haha. ”

In the midst of laughter, the drunken Taoist left!

Looking at his back, the Taoist smiled dumbly: "This old brother is sometimes not serious. ”

Tie the brocade bag, and the little Taoist priest rode away. He had gone a short distance before he reined in his horse, looked at the brocade bag, and sighed.

It's really a burden!

On the left side of the saddle is his luggage, which weighs more than ten pounds; On the right side of the saddle was the bag of gold, weighing more than thirty pounds; On the horse's back was him, more than seventy pounds. On his back, there was also a package, and there were also several pounds.

In this way, the big yellow horse, which has always been strong on his feet, can't even run.

After walking a little further, the little Taoist priest stopped again and sighed again.

It's not easy!

Riding a tall horse worth thousands of gold, and carrying dozens of gold, the little Taoist priest felt that the pedestrians coming and going on this official road were very wrong to look at him.

For example, will the old farmer who carries the burden of vegetables throw away the burden, pull the big stick on his shoulder, and smash it on the head?

The scholar who was walking with Shi Shiran was bulging in his arms, would he take out a sharp blade from his arms when he approached, beware of a stab?

The big man with a hideous face is even more amazing, and he looks like a bandit at first glance. It seemed that he was about to jump out, and the halberd pointed and shouted: "Wu Na man, bring the big horse, bring the gold, and bring the little life!" ”

Hey, how did this life become dangerous everywhere?

After walking a little longer, the little Taoist priest stopped again and sighed again.

It's not pure!

How much money can those officials have? The five hundred taels of gold that came out must be the people's fat and the people's ointment. If you are greedy for enjoyment and squander these people's fat and ointment, then what is the difference between yourself and those corrupt officials?

The so-called merit is good deeds, and virtue is kindness. The unity of heart and action is called merit. Striving to do good deeds and accumulating one's own virtue through doing good deeds is the cultivation of merit. If you ignore your heart and are greedy for this money, it will inevitably disturb the tranquility and lose your virtue. In this way, what kind of cultivation is there to talk about, and the Tao will come true!

After such entanglement, entanglement, the little Taoist priest decided, no, this gold must be used to do good deeds, to solve people's urgency, to save people's difficulties.

But when will it take to use so much gold?

You can't just throw it on the ground, right? In that case, there is a good chance that it will cause even more disputes. According to the monks, it has been stained with cause and effect since then.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, the little Taoist priest couldn't help but feel a little resentful in his heart: Okay, you are a drunk Taoist, so dashing and left. You are at ease, and I will no longer be pure and inactive.

Looking at the bag of annoying things, the little Taoist priest had no choice but to rush forward with a sigh.

After walking a short distance, a large group of people slowly walked in front.

This group of people is extremely strange: there is a gray-haired old grandfather, holding a four or five-year-old child; There is a young girl who is just the right age, supporting a middle-aged woman with a sick face; There is a strong man who drags his mother-in-law.

What's even more strange is that this group of people is crying and crying, and everyone is carrying something. Even the four or five-year-old boy was crying while clutching a green vegetable in his hand.

The little Taoist priest was very curious, saying that he was fleeing from the famine, but this group of people carried a lot of good things. But if it is not an escape from the famine, how can everyone be sad and miserable!

Twenty or thirty people cried together, and everyone on the official road was compassionate. The little Taoist priest couldn't bear it in his heart, so he stopped him on horseback and asked, "What happened to you, why did you cry so sadly?" ”

Seeing that the first big man looked unkind, he hurriedly said: "If there is really a difficulty, the poor road will definitely be able to help." ”

When he said this, the gray-haired old man greeted him first, made an arch, and said, "We are all villagers of Nuhe Village, and we are going to enter the city to sell,"

As soon as he pulled the child in his hand, he suddenly cried loudly: "I'm going to sell my grandson." ”

The middle-aged woman also cried loudly: "I'm going to sell my daughter." ”

The strong man also cried loudly: "I am going to sell my mother-in-law." ”

"I'm going to sell ......"

All of a sudden, everyone cried, and the cry shook the sky!

The little Taoist priest was stunned and shouted, "How so? Didn't they all say that this year's year is okay? How so! ”

The old man put away his cry and choked up, "The Taoist chief doesn't know anything. Our Nuhe village is surrounded by water on all sides, and it is dead cut off from the outside. Only at the narrowest part of the river was a wooden bridge. However, over the years, the water of the Nu River has risen sharply, and the bridge will collapse in a few years! ”

The little Taoist priest frowned: "The bridge has collapsed, you just have to find the government to repair the bridge." ”

As soon as they talked about the government, these twenty or thirty people shook their heads and sighed in unison.

The old man sighed, "It's useless. Thirteen years ago, the bridge collapsed once, and we villagers scraped together a sum of money to sell iron, and then begged the government to do something to repair the bridge. Unexpectedly, nine years ago, the bridge collapsed again, and our village really couldn't come up with money, so hundreds of people knelt at the county government for a whole day, and the government allocated a sum of money to rebuild the bridge. But this thief, four years ago, there was another big flood, and the bridge collapsed again, and now those officials and masters said that they would not allocate any more money. We knelt for a day and a night, Liu Laohan and Li Erniang both knelt to death, but it was useless, it was really useless. The officials only said that there was no money, and they couldn't get the money to kill! ”

The little Taoist priest was furious: "Those gang of dog officials, damn it! The county government can't afford this money, you are looking for the government office! ”

"I looked for it, and I went many times. But the government said that this matter was not in their hands. That Governor Zhang sympathized with me and others, and pooled together two hundred taels of silver with his colleagues, but how could this money be enough! ”

"In the past four years, we have sunk three boats and nine people have died. Now there is only the last boat left, and if we don't build the bridge, we, we will all be trapped on the island! ”

"Dao Chief, look at these, the pigs and sheep are all raised by themselves, and the children are all born by themselves, which of us is willing to give up! But there is no one way, and there is really only one way. ”

Selling children, daughters, and mothers-in-law, such tragic things have only been seen in history books before. Unexpectedly, today it happened vividly in front of my eyes!

The little Taoist priest was worried in his heart and asked, "How much silver will it cost to repair that bridge?" ”

As soon as he heard this, the old man looked at him expectantly: "It's about 1,100 taels of silver, and now it's still short, more than 800 taels." If the Taoist chief is willing to help a few taels, the little old man is grateful! ”

The little Taoist priest frowned and said nothing, and the old man saw it, sighed, and turned around to leave.

The little Taoist priest shouted, "Wait, the elder has misunderstood. I was thinking, since this wooden bridge will collapse in a few years, why don't you build a stone bridge? ”

The big man smiled bitterly: "Shiqiao, hey, we have dreamed of repairing it in Nuhe Village, and this dream has been done for two hundred years." Now the most craftsmen in the village are stonemasons, thinking that one day, we can build a stone bridge ourselves. But now, hehe, even to build a wooden bridge, we have been forced to sell our sons and daughters. Where did the money come from to build a stone bridge? ”

The little Taoist priest asked, "How much does it cost to build the best stone bridge?" ”

The big man replied, "At least four thousand three hundred taels of silver are needed." ”

Hearing this number, the little Taoist chief breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought it would be much, but it was just over four thousand taels." ”

Then he patted the horse's back and said with a smile: "You just have to repair it, I will pay for this money!" ”

The villagers looked at each other, all of them did not believe it, and the old man smiled bitterly: "Don't look for us to be happy." ”

The little Taoist priest lifted the brocade bag with his strength, threw it to the ground, and waved his hand proudly: "Come, open it and take a look." ”

The old man opened it, looked at it again, and then his body went limp, and he sat down on the ground.

The grandson next to him cried out crisply, "Grandpa, what is this?" Yellow, so good-looking. ”

The old man said dumbfoundedly, "This is gold." ”

It's gold! He came to his senses, and quickly pulled it into the brocade bag, and then took out the ingot of gold, and bit it into his mouth.

He said in despair: "This is gold, all gold, full of real gold, hundreds of taels of real gold." ”

He raised his head and looked at the little Taoist, tears began to flow down his eyes, and he asked with a smirk: "Daoist, you, what do you mean by this?" ”

The little Taoist priest smiled: "Don't you have no money to repair the bridge?" I'll pay for you to build the best stone bridge! ”

"There are four hundred and eighty taels of gold and four thousand eight hundred taels of silver. It is enough to build bridges, and the extra ones will be used to build roads and schools. ”

On the official road, it was already full of people at this time. When everyone heard this, they were dumbfounded.

The old man was even more stupid, he wanted to believe it, but he absolutely couldn't believe it, he could only shed tears, smirked and said, "Dao Chief, you won't be looking for us to be happy." ”

The little Taoist priest waved his hand: "I'm so boring." You want money to build a bridge, I want to have a good time, everyone just takes what they need. I'm going, guys, and remember to build the best stone bridge! ”

After saying that, he clamped the horse's belly, and the rhubarb horse had to slow down. The surrounding Nuhe villagers stood dumbfounded, subconsciously getting out of the way.

But it was the big man who reacted first, he pounced, hugged the horse's legs, tore his throat and shouted: "Benefactor! ”

Only then did the villagers react. All of a sudden, twenty or thirty people knelt on the ground in unison, kowtowed, and shouted "benefactor" one after another.

The little Taoist priest was startled, and hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted. But he lifted this one up, and the other knelt down again, momentarily at a loss. In a hurry, he shouted: "Don't kneel, don't kneel, kneel again, I'll take back the gold." ”

As soon as he said this, all the villagers got up. The little Taoist priest smiled bitterly and said loudly, "Listen to me. I am a Taoist priest, I find quiet nature, and I want to be at ease. This gold is life-saving money for you. But for me, it's just a burden. Removing these burdens and getting back some merits is a great profit. If I want to say thank you, it should be me who thank you! ”

After speaking, he arched his hand around, the little Taoist priest turned over and got on the horse, and the man hurriedly shouted: "Engong, please leave your honorable name, so that I can wait for the stone to be engraved as a word, so that my children and grandchildren can remember Engong's great kindness." ”

The little Taoist priest smiled: "I do things but with my heart, why bother to keep my name." ”

The man insisted: "If Engong refuses to leave his name, then we will never dare to accept this gold." ”

Seeing that all the villagers nodded in unison, resolute-willed, the little Taoist priest said helplessly: "Then remember, Tianyi faction Taoist priest Zhang Tianyi, and, and drunk Taoist!" ”

After speaking, the little Taoist priest rode his horse and whipped away.

Far away, his singing voice was faintly heard:

Stir up red dust overnight, and the troubles are endless.

Today, the road of enlightenment, free and easy.