Yuantong made up his mind to build a temple on the hill opposite Leifeng Pagoda, open the door to the sect, and purify all sentient beings.

However, the will is full of the enemy, but the sleeves are empty. The cost of building the temple became a huge problem for YTO.

Yuantong stood on the hill, staring blankly at the Leifeng Pagoda opposite, although his face was expressionless, I could still feel the melancholy in his heart.

At that time, I didn't understand why YTO had to build a temple opposite Leifeng Pagoda. He never explained it to us, but when he saw Yuantong's lost appearance, he couldn't help but feel sorry for him when he thought of him saving me three times and twice along the way.

Li Xiaoqian was going to say goodbye to Yuantong and go to Liuhu Academy, but looking at Yuantong's back, he was indescribably sad. Li Xiaoqian's face showed sympathy, and he said to me, "Let's help the master." ”

I asked, "Do you have any money?"

Li Xiaoqian took out about thirty taels of silver from his arms and said, "This is the silver given by Shao Yangchun, and there are still some left." ”

I glanced at the white silver in Li Xiaoqian's hand and said, "It's not enough." ”

Li Xiaoqian sighed and slowly lowered his head. Suddenly, he raised his head again, his eyes were shining, and he said, "We can go to Shao Yangchun to ask for a sponsor!"

I asked, "What do you mean by pulling sponsorship?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "It is to let Shao Yangchun pay for the construction of this temple." ”

I glanced at Li Xiaoqian and thought, this person must be stupid, why would people pay so much money to help Yuantong build a temple?

Li Xiaoqian ignored me, walked up to Yuantong, and said, "Master, I have a way." ”

Yuantong said, "What way?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "We went to Shao Yangchun and asked him to pay for the construction of the temple. ”

Yuantong did not speak.

Li Xiaoqian said again: "I'll go talk to Shao Yangchun." ”

Yuantong said: "Amitabha, good, good. ”

Li Xiaoqian said: "Don't worry, master, wrap it up on me." ”

After speaking, Li Xiaoqian walked up to me and said, "You go with me." ”

I asked, "Did the master agree?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "I agreed." ”

I was puzzled and said, "This time, the master didn't nod his head." ”

Li Xiaoqian glanced back at Yuantong's back and said, "He didn't shake his head either." ”

It turns out that just because there is no answer does not mean that there is really no answer. No denial means acquiescence.

Shao Yangchun did not tell us where his mansion was before leaving. Li Xiaoqian and I walked around the streets and alleys of Lin'an Mansion for more than half a day, and all the slightly larger houses were inquired, but we didn't hear about Shao Yangchun. Even, there is no house whose owner is surnamed Shao.

I thought to myself, maybe Shao Yangchun didn't tell us the truth. He is not called Shao Yangchun, Shao Chou is not called Shao Chou, and Jiang Meier is not called Jiang Meier.

At a time when I was at a loss. A familiar figure suddenly flashed in the alley.

I shouted, "Shao Chou!"

Shao Chou turned around, and we looked at each other. I was overjoyed and said, "Sure enough, it's him." Just as he was about to step forward to say hello, Shao Chou turned around and ran.

"Oh, I'll go!"

Li Xiaoqian said another sentence that I didn't understand.

I asked, "Where are you going?"

Li Xiaoqian ignored me, and went out to chase Shao Chou. I kept up with it.

However, Li Xiaoqian looks like a weak scholar, but his legs and feet are surprisingly fast.

I tried my best, but I chased farther and farther. Later, Li Xiaoqian's figure disappeared at the entrance of the alley, and when I arrived at the entrance of the alley, I no longer knew what direction he was running towards.

I looked at the left and right roads, and I wondered, which direction should I go?

I've had this choice countless times.

In the past, he fled all the way with Master Eight Spears. Because of the war, many places have become inhabited, and we have stood at the fork in the road countless times, looking at the vast road ahead, at a loss, and there is no one to guide us.

Later, we came up with a solution. That's five people voting by show of hands, and the minority obeys the majority. Although sometimes I made the wrong choice, no one complained.

Because this is the rule we agreed together, everyone is responsible for the outcome of the common choice.

However, now I am facing two directions alone. I can only listen to my own inner judgment, and even if I make a mistake, I have to bear it alone. A sense of loneliness arises spontaneously.

I sighed, and was about to move in a certain direction when Shao Chou jumped out of nowhere and startled me.

I said, "Where did you come from?"

Shao Chou said: "Haha, I just hid behind you, you didn't see it." ”

I asked, "Why did you run when you saw me?"

Shao Chou said: "I didn't see you running. Just now you had the creditor of our lord behind you, and I was afraid that they would see me, so I ran away. ”

I said "oh", suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked, "Your lord's creditor?"

Shao Chou said: "Yes. Our lord owes 10,000 taels of silver to others, and he can't afford to pay it back, so he has been hiding from the debt. ”

I was very surprised, a few days ago with Shao Yangchun, he was generous, often dozens of taels of silver, at first glance is a businessman with a solid family, so Li Xiaoqian wanted to borrow money from Shao Yangchun to build a temple, and now I heard Shao Chou say this, Shao Yangchun still has a bad debt that can't be paid off.

I said, "A few days ago, your master was very broad, and he didn't look like he was in arrears at all." ”

Shao Chou smiled bitterly and said: "When you go out, who doesn't put fat powder on your face and hold feces and urine in your stomach, do you want to shout all over the street, and you can't afford to pay back the 10,000 taels of silver?"

I nodded, feeling very reasonable.

At this moment, a figure flashed around the corner of the alley. When we saw it, it was Li Xiaoqian who ran out of breath. He ran to us, he was already so tired that he couldn't breathe, he pointed at Shao Chou with one hand, he wanted to say something but couldn't catch his breath, and after a long time, he said, "You, what the fuck are you running?"

Shao Chou looked ignorant and said, "My mother didn't run away!"

Li Xiaoqian panted and said, "You still haven't run?

Looking at Shao Chou's confused appearance, I was filled with righteous indignation and said, "Don't wronged the good guys, you really didn't run away." ”

For some reason, Li Xiaoqian rolled his eyes and said, "Shut up." Then, he said to Shao Chou, "Where does your master live?" Master Yuantong ordered me to come to him. ”

As soon as we heard that Yuantong ordered Li Xiaoqian to come, Shao Chou didn't dare to slack off, and said, "I'll take you there." ”

As we walked through the streets and alleys, the more remote we became, the houses on both sides ranged from pavilions to broken brick houses, and I deeply felt that we were walking a path from rich to poor. Before the end of the day, I was speechless by the sight of what I saw.

In the deep alleys, the left and right are full of ragged beggars, the old man with dry bones is holding the dying toddler and weeping secretly, and the swarthy and shriveled young man is holding his mother who has long been starved to death...... The wails of pain and the moans of hunger were incessant.

Where is this still the scenery of the imperial city?

This way of fleeing, even though I am accustomed to seeing life and death, parting, miserable suffering, but it is all in the land that has been crushed by the war, in the barren and barren mountain villages, in the endless vast ancient road.

Until these shocking scenes appeared in the prosperous and extravagant Yingtian Mansion, my surprise could not be described. It was only many years later that I recalled the tragic scene under the cover of prosperity, and my heart was still infinitely desolate.

At that time, Emperor Gaozong may have walked out of the palace gate countless times, walked through the flowery Yingtianfu Street, and accepted the kneeling of the people who were shoulder to shoulder and brightly dressed, and shouted long live, but he had never seen the human tragedies hidden at the end of the eight streets and nine mo.

If he could see it, he would not arrogantly throw out the arrogant words of "Shaozuo Zhongxing".

If he had seen it, it wouldn't have been in front of me.