Two people and two horses, running north, when it was dark, to the western suburbs of Luoyang, to find a stay.

At dawn the next day, we set off westward, passing through Shaanxi County, to Tongguan, crossing Weishui at the mouth of the three rivers, and going north to Yanzhou along Luoshui.

Along the way, the eyes are full of pedestrians, carts and horses (donkeys), and there is an endless stream.

There are those who transport materials to support the front-line war, those who move their families south to escape the war, those who use their old clothes and paper money to summon the souls of the fallen soldiers in the border area to return to their hometowns, and those who travel long distances to find relatives and friends, and those who are forced by life to make a fortune in the country.

Bai Yutian's heart is full of pity, and his heart is hateful, and his five tastes are mixed, and it is difficult to describe it.

"The monks of the prosperous times collect money, and the Taoist priests of the troubled times go down the mountain." For the people of Wushan Dao who are in a hurry to hurry, these words are good, but it is still a little difficult to do something practical.

As a true person, you should be anxious about the needs of believers and promote your own Taoism. Sometimes, when it was really difficult to be warm, he would stop and do a ritual for the victims, and chant sutras for a long time. Can you really be reborn in bliss? True or false, if the Taoist chief doesn't say it, who can say it clearly. But one thing is certain, it can alleviate the pain in the hearts of the families of the victims of the war, and it can be regarded as a slight relief for the wounded hearts.

After Dali, Chengcheng, to the Dunzhou Mansion, good things have been done all the way, Bai Yutian, Wushan Dao people seem to be not popular with some people.

No, as soon as I sat at the tea stall along the way, the tea had just been poured, and before I could take a sip, a few Song soldiers came over. Seeing that the two horses tied to the tea shed were not bad, suitable for his own riding, he wanted to keep them for himself.

A soldier said, "Whose horse is this, take away the army." And when he had said that, he went with one of his brothers to untie the reins.

Bai Yutian quickly drank the bowl of herbal tea in his hand, got up, and said to the two Song soldiers: "Uncle, the horse is mine." We still have thousands of miles to travel, and it is all up to us to do so, and you can do well. ”

An officer and soldier who looked like a little head walked over, glared at Bai Yutian, and asked lightly, "Little brother, this horse is yours?" ”

Bai Yutian replied, "It's mine." ”

The officer and soldier chuckled: "You call it, can it agree?" ”

Bai Yutian said: "People and animals can't understand each other, I'm afraid they can't." ”

The officer and soldier laughed: "You call it and it doesn't want to agree, it's not yours." Take it away. "Turn around, I don't want to talk nonsense with Bai Yutian.

Bai Yutian said: "This horse is mine." ”

The officer and soldier quickly turned around, and said casually: "Little brother, don't toast and don't eat and drink, okay?" ”

Bai Yutian said: "This horse is mine." ”

The officer and soldier's eyes widened angrily, and his words burst out: "Do you know that the side matter is tight? Do you know that there is a shortage of war horses? It's good if I didn't catch you to transport supplies, but requisitioning a horse is still verbose, isn't life too leisurely, and itchy? ”

Bai Yutian saw that the spittle of the officer and soldier touched his nose, he was dirty, and shouted: "This horse is mine, it is mine, without my consent, no one wants to take it away, even if it is the king of heaven." ”

"Huh!" As soon as the officer and soldier's voice fell, he couldn't wait to kick out, hitting Bai Yutian's lower abdomen.

Bai Yutian instantly contracted his lower abdomen, bulged up instantly, and with two chirps, the officer and soldier fell out with their feet.

The officer and soldier sat up on the spot, found that the ankle pain was terrible, quickly took off his shoes, pulled up his trousers and saw that the ankle was green and was about to turn blue and purple, and the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable it became, and shouted at Bai Yutian: "What demon magic did you use to harm me?" ”

When the other four Song soldiers saw and heard it, they held the blades in their hands and rushed over, not only to take revenge, but also to stand up.

Bai Yutian hadn't fought for a few days, his hands were itchy, a few dodges, a few punches, and the four Song soldiers all lay down, their faces were blue and their noses were swollen and they sighed together.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were different, they got up in one go, and walked away with the officer whose ankle was misplaced, and he was very majestic, even if he fled, he couldn't forget to leave Huwei: "You wait for me!" ”

"Wait! I'm afraid it's impossible, and I have to hurry after eating. Bai Yutian thought so.

The shopkeeper came over and said, "Guest officer, what do you want to eat, I'll help you make it quickly, and hurry up after eating." ”

Bai Yutian fastened the reins of the horse, sat down, and said, "Then let's have some ready-made, we are in a hurry." ”

The shopkeeper said, "It's better to keep it simple." "Walked away.

Bai Yutian drank the tea poured by the Daoist of the Five Mountains, and asked in a low voice, "Dao Chief, there is no trouble in this matter, right?" ”

Wushan Daoren took a sip of tea and replied coldly: "If there is any trouble, if there is trouble, it is also self-inflicted." ”

Bai Yutian smiled faintly, saw the restaurant bring the food, put on a posture, and ate.

The shopkeeper watched from the side, very happy, and said, "Guest officer, if you go north, remember to take a detour, don't take the avenue." ”

Bai Yutian was puzzled and asked, "Uncle, why is this?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Just now those uncles are the defenders of this Dunzhou Mansion, guarding the frontier for the imperial court, how can they be angry with you." If you don't come back here to look for trouble, you'll be waiting for you, so don't run into it. If it happens, it will be beaten severely, the skin will be opened, the finances will be confiscated, and the life will be difficult to protect, and it will be buried everywhere, becoming a lonely ghost. Hey, what the world! ”

Wushan Daoren answered: "If you are so arrogant, no one will take care of it?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Sometimes someone takes care of it, sometimes no one cares." ”

Bai Yutian ate a bowl of rice, took the opportunity to add rice, and asked, "Someone cares, they still don't know how to restrain like this?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "They are fighting for the imperial court, and they don't know tomorrow's fate today, as long as they are not caught red-handed, they will kill people and set fires, and at most they will be scolded and scolded." However, sometimes with good luck, they took the wrong path and died at the hands of the Xia people, which also saved us from worrying about him. ”

Bai Yutian was very uncomfortable when he heard this, and couldn't help but say: "Uncle, as a Song person, you shouldn't say this. ”

The shopkeeper seemed to be angry, and said: "Guest officer, I'm not afraid to tell you, if it weren't for my father saying that I am Han, I would have followed the Xia people a long time ago, and I would still suffer from this nest here." ”

Bai Yutian was extremely uncomfortable when he heard this, and said, "Uncle, why do you hate Da Song so much?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Da Song? The surname of the Great Song Dynasty is Zhao, and they only know the prosperity in Bianjing City, but they don't know that his domestic slaves have been powerful and blessed in this frontier for decades, and they don't know that the people on the frontier live like cattle. I was happy today, I sent someone to collect a tax, and I was slow to pay and whip up. If you're not happy tomorrow, you don't have the money to pay the rent, so you'll be beaten up. We work hard and complain, and we are obedient, with hardships and hardships, in exchange for nothing but lack of food, difficult clothing to cover the cold, and bitter words. ”

Wushan Daoist interjected: "I've heard some of them too, is it really like what you said?" ”

The shopkeeper replied with a smile: "Guest officer, if it weren't for this, how could the Great Song Dynasty, which was ten thousand people, be no match for the millions of people in Western Xia." Over the past few years, small battles and small defeats, big defeats, not only the people's hearts have not returned, the frontier is difficult to clear, except for the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the imperial court itself, there are enemies everywhere. You have also experienced it just now, as long as they are happy, it is difficult for the Song people to make decisions for their own property, let alone those foreigners who are difficult to achieve. ”

Bai Yutian said: "The sages said that the world is for the public, the people are the state, for the government to be virtuous, to be virtuous, to be virtuous, to be faithful and harmonious, and to be kind to neighbors." If it is really as you say, not only have they failed to do it at all, but they have also failed to live up to the vision of the Son of Heaven to rule the world with 'benevolence'. ”

The shopkeeper said: "Guest officer, although the little one doesn't read much, he also knows how to write the word 'benevolence'. This Great Song Dynasty, except for the needs of Emperor Taizu when he founded the country, may be concerned about the world. Now that the world is surnamed Zhao, it is all stable, even with the word 'benevolence', it is also fake benevolence and false righteousness. ”

Bai Yutian said: "Uncle, the current Son of Heaven is to rule the country with benevolence, don't talk nonsense." ”

The shopkeeper snorted and said, "Governing the country with benevolence, I'm afraid it's not likely!" ”

Bai Yutian said: "Where did the uncle say this? ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "I heard people say that when the first emperor was in power, he squandered the treasury, and there were only a few hundred people in the harem. The current emperor shouts thrift every day, the harem seems to have increased several times, and the salary of the eunuchs seems to have risen a lot. When Empress Dowager Liu was in power, the voice of crusade continued, but the world was silent. Now that the emperor is in power, the ministers are constantly praising him, but the poor people riot at every turn in order to live. Just ask how such an emperor is worthy of the word 'benevolence'! Even if it is paired with the word 'benevolence', at most it is good for the people around you, and it is just fake benevolence and false righteousness. ”

Bai Yutian couldn't distinguish the authenticity from the fake, and asked the Wushan Daoist, "Daoist, is this the case?" ”

Wushan Daoist put down the dishes and chopsticks, and replied resignedly: "It seems that there is such a thing." It's mostly false, don't believe it. ”

Bai Yutian stirred in the rice bowl, ate well, drank a cup of tea, paid for the meal, stepped on the horse with the Wushan Dao people, and galloped along the road, and the shopkeeper shouted behind him: "Guest officer, remember to take a detour." ”

Bai Yutian turned around and arched his hand: "Thank you, store!" The horses galloped a few times, and the tea stall was left farther and farther behind.

All the way forward, more than ten miles apart, just across a stream, Bai Yutian and the two got off the horse, washed their faces, let the horses drink water, and were about to move forward, a pair of people and horses seemed to fall from the sky, and quickly surrounded them, which really scared the people of Wushan Dao.

Bai Yutian looked at the people who came, thirty or fifty people, they didn't know each other, they looked like officials and soldiers at a glance, and they looked like bandits when they looked closely, and it was really difficult to understand at a glance.

The officers and soldiers came to Bai Yutian's body, and a commander shouted: "Boy, you injured my subordinates, you have to pay some medical expenses." ”

Bai Yutian replied with a smile: "I don't know what compensation method is for this medical expense?" ”

The general said: "On a peaceful day, this little injury will be raised for ten days and half a month, and it won't be used." But now the people of the Xia Kingdom are ready to move, and the war is tight, so they can't afford to raise it. In order to get better quickly, you can only apply it internally and externally, and the medicinal materials can only be used selectively. Thou hast wounded five of my brothers, each of whom had ten taels of silver, fifty taels in all. ”

Bai Yutian apologized and said: "General, I didn't have so much cash on me, can I accompany me in the future?" ”

The general said: "I will lend you no money, you can use these two horses as a mortgage." ”

Bai Yutian arched his fist and said: "Thank you, General!" Dare to ask the general's surname? ”

A soldier jumped out and shouted: "Bold, the general's willingness to lend you money is already a great favor, how dare you ask the name again." ”

Bai Yutian said with a smile: "Uncle is not strange, if you don't know the general's surname, you will go there to repay his great kindness in the future." ”

The general smiled and asked, "Do you really want to know?" Think you can afford it? ”

Bai Yutian replied with a smile: "If you don't ask your name, how can you repay your great kindness in the future." ”

The general turned around and said coldly: "Such a stubborn person, it is not a pity to die, find a place to bury it." "Stride away.