In the inner hall of the Suo family, Suo Mao bowed his head deeply and knelt on the ground, accepting his father's reprimand.

"How did you do it, such a simple thing was messed up, how can I sue you, you want to get the stone wall at any cost, but how did you do it, where is the stone wall now?"

Suo Qing was so angry that his chest rose and fell sharply, he paced back and forth in the inner hall with his hands, and then stopped and pointed at his son and scolded angrily: "Your incompetence ruined my plan and ruined my Suo family's chance, do you know?"

Suo Mao was ashamed and said: "The child thought they were trying to bargain, so they wanted to wait until today to negotiate, but they didn't expect to be attacked by the Li family." ”

"This matter has nothing to do with the Li family, it's your stupidity, why do you want to let things stay overnight, you don't do it for 5,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan, 20,000 yuan, I don't believe they will not agree?

"The child knows his mistake!"

"Also, you haven't handled it well on the Li family's side, Li Jin is not here, you should communicate with Li Ze in time, when did Li Ze think about the family, if you want to consider the family, he has long been the head of the family, he wants money, you can join forces with him to get the deed, it's better than giving it to Dayun Temple." ”

Suo Mao was almost crying, and now he did despise the importance of the matter. "Father, what now?" asked Suo Mao, with tears in her voice.

Suo Qing pondered for a moment and said: "You go to Dayun Temple immediately now, and discuss with Lingyin, we are willing to fully support the construction of the Maitreya statue, and all the insufficient construction costs will be borne by our Suo family, and there is no need for Dayun Temple to raise fate, in addition, the Suo family will give Dayun Temple 500 pieces of incense oil every year, please be sure to write the Suo family's support for the Maitreya statue on the statue sheet to the imperial court." ”

This is also a way out of the question, even if the Suo family can't get the right to major, but at least they can share the credit for building the Maitreya statue with Dayun Temple, so that the saint can see the contribution of the Suo family to the statue, and then ask Wu Chenghei to give the saint good words, maybe he can make up for it a little.

Suo Mao understood, and immediately responded: "The child will never mistake his father's big thing again this time!"

"Go, go now, don't be preempted by someone else. ”

Suo Mao saluted and hurried away, only Suo Qing was left in the inner hall, Suo Qing looked at the sky with his hands down, and said to himself: "This Li Zhen is very powerful! ”

At this time, Suo Qing felt that there was someone outside the hall, and immediately asked, "Who is outside?"

I saw a person trembling out of the back of a big pillar, "Grandfather, it's a grandson." ”

It turned out to be the eldest grandson Suo Wen, Suo Qing frowned, "What are you doing here?"

Suo Wen knelt down and saluted: "Grandfather, my grandson wants to go to the state army to practice riding and archery, I wonder if my grandfather agrees?"

The state army that Suo Wen mentioned was an army of 500 people formed by Sima Suo Zhiping in Shazhou, and Suo Qing wanted Suo Wen to be the captain of this state army, so that the Suo family could firmly control this army.

It is rare for the grandson to take the initiative to go to the army to practice mounted archery, Suo Qing smiled gently: "It's good that you have this idea, I will naturally support it, you go and discuss this matter with the second grandfather and listen to his opinion." ”

The key is still to be arranged by Suo Zhiping, Suo Wen agreed, got up and wanted to retreat, Suo Qing stopped him again, "In addition, grandfather hopes that you will learn more from Li Zhen, this young man is not trivial, he is the most intelligent and capable young man my grandfather has ever seen, not only to learn his martial arts, but also to learn his strategies, if you can be half as strong as him, grandfather is already very satisfied." ”

"Grandson remembered!"

"Go ahead!"

Suo Wen withdrew from the inner hall, he hurried back to his courtyard, he couldn't hold back any longer, took out his sword and slashed at the stake in the courtyard, and scolded: "What bullshit Li Zhen, he played the Suo family, and he wants me to learn from him, what kind of thing is he!"

Suo Wen overheard the conversation between his second uncle and his grandfather, and his grandfather said that he was not even half as good as Li Zhen, which greatly damaged his self-esteem and made him angry.

Suo Wen swung his sword and split the stake, and he remembered that he had challenged Li Zhen, so he shouted: "I want to find him to compete with the sword!"

"Who is the eldest son looking for a sword fight?" a grim laugh came from behind Suo Wen.

As soon as Suo Wen turned around, he was a mysterious guest of their family, named Lan Zhenyu, the younger brother of his little uncle Lan Zhenning, who had just come from Chang'an.

Lan Zhenyu is about thirty years old, with a shocking scar on his face, nicknamed Sword Face, his swordsmanship is extremely strong, and he has a lot of experience.

The reason why he is mysterious is because no one knows what he is doing in Chang'an, and it is said that even his brother does not know, Suo Qing specially asked him a few words, but he couldn't ask anything.

He went to Gaochang for a very important matter this time, and happened to pass by Dunhuang, because he had to wait for someone, so he stayed in the Suo family for two days, and in these two days, he also casually pointed out the swordsmanship of several children of the Suo family.

He had nothing to do, so he came to see Suo Wen practicing swords, and happened to meet Suo Wen who was angry.

The person Suo Wen admires the most is this little uncle, who is not only strong in martial arts, but also ruthless in his methods, quite an appetite for him, he has been learning swords from Lan Zhenyu for the past two days.

Suo Wen hurriedly stepped forward to salute, he sighed and said, "Grandfather admires a young man very much, saying that I am less than half of him, so I am annoyed. ”

"Oh, what kind of boy is so admired by your grandfather?"

"It's just a poor kid, although his surname is Li, but it has nothing to do with the Li family, his riding and shooting are not bad. ”

Suo Wen wanted to say that Li Zhen was quite admired by Wang Xiaojie, but he was jealous in his heart, so he didn't mention it in front of Lan Zhenyu.

"Riding and shooting?"

Lan Zhenyu snorted contemptuously, "It's not important to ride and shoot in Chang'an, swordsmanship is the king, you just said that you want to compete with the sword, is it with him?"

"Yes! The junior asked him for a sword some time ago, but"

Lan Zhenyu was so shrewd, he saw the hesitation in Suo Wen's eyes at a glance, and said with a smile: "Is your swordsmanship inferior to his?"

Suo Wen nodded awkwardly, "I lost at his hands last year, and I practiced swords for a year, so I wanted to get back this face, but I still felt inferior to him." ”

Lan Zhenyu patted him on the shoulder and said with a sinister smile: "With me here, I will teach you a trick to ensure that you can defeat him." ”

Suo Wen was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted, "Thank you Uncle Xiao for your teachings!"

When Li Zhen returned home, he obediently handed over twenty Roman gold coins to his eldest sister, Li Quan did not ask for his brother's money, but she was very strict with her brother, for fear that he would not be able to stand the temptation to go down the evil path after he had money.

There is a bad atmosphere in Dunhuang, many young children like to get together to drink flowers and wine and prostitutes when they have a little money in their pockets, and Li Quan will never allow his brothers to be as unproductive as them.

She wouldn't ask for these twenty gold coins, she would save them for her brother and give them to him when she was doing business, but Li Quan was more concerned about where the money came from, whether the source was unknown, whether her brother had done something illegal, and she interrogated Li Zhen for half an hour.

Li Zhen didn't need money, the reason why he refused to hand over the money was because he was afraid that his eldest sister would interrogate him endlessly, so he finally got annoyed and escaped from home.

Li Zhen had already finished his studies in the state school ahead of schedule, because he performed well in the Wuju Township Examination, and also impressed Shazhou Xuezheng, and specially approved him to complete his studies ahead of schedule, so that he had time to fully prepare for the martial arts examination in the capital next year.

Li Zhen had no intention of practicing riding and archery in the past two days, and after he went to Yumen, his heart was already a little wild, and he wanted to go out again.

He actually wanted to go to Gaochang or Qiuzi, he had never been to the west of Dunhuang since he came to the Tang Dynasty, and he wanted to know what was the difference between the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty and the Xinjiang of later generations?

Li Zhen came to a mule and horse shop near Sanxian Lane, which was also a guide shop, that is, a guide shop that provided guides to the Western Regions or Chang'an, and sold travel supplies, such as tents and medicines.

He walked into the store, and the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile, he recognized Li Zhen at a glance, and said with a smile: "Isn't this Ah Zhen?

"Uncle Lin, I want to ask about going to Gaochang. ”

"So that's it, just ask me, I'm going to Gaochang several times a year, come! ”

Shopkeeper Lin enthusiastically pulled Li Zhen to sit down, and asked with a smile, "Are you going to Gaochang?"

"Kind of want to go. ”

"But I'm afraid that the eldest sister won't allow it, isn't it?"

Shopkeeper Lin laughed, he took out a map and said: "Gaochang is Xizhou, you know this!"

Li Zhen nodded, and the shopkeeper Lin said: "It sounds like Xizhou is next door to Shazhou, but it's actually very far away, mainly because our Shazhou area is too vast, and the west of Dunhuang is a desert or next door, if you want to go to Gaochang, you must take the trade road, and you can rest and replenish in Puchanghai, but I advise you to go to Gaochang in summer or autumn." ”

"Why?"

"There are sandstorms in the spring, if you encounter a sandstorm on the road, it will be fatal, but the summer is much better, I have walked the business road for nearly 20 years, and I only encountered a sandstorm in the summer. ”

Li Zhen was just asking, he couldn't find a reason to persuade his eldest sister to let him go to Gaochang, although he was a human being in two lives, and his heart was already long, but after all, his eldest sister was his only relative in this world, and he didn't want his eldest sister to worry about him.

As soon as he walked out of the mule and horse shop, he saw a person galloping on a horse in the distance, and instantly rushed to him, and the person on the horse was Suowen.

"Li Zhen, you take it, this is my sword sticker!"

Suo Wen threw a sword sticker to Li Zhen

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