Spring goes to autumn, the days are as deep as water and slowly flowing, and before you know it, the snow is white.

In the northeast of the West Pole, there are many large and small temples, although this area is vast and sparsely populated, but because everyone believes in Buddhism, the incense of those large and small temples has hardly been cut off.

Jokhang Temple.

No one is in a big voice, and the good men and women who come and go are all solemn and pious, and all the young and old are smiling.

Among the dozens of temples in a radius of thousands of miles, Jokhang Temple is not the largest or the smallest, but it is the most famous one.

It is rumored that thousands of years ago, the Buddha's eldest disciple had taught the Dharma here, when the people in a radius of 100 miles could hear the Buddha's voice, and the Buddha's light could be seen vibrating in all directions.

The Jokhang Temple has been famous since then. Even in the West Pole Empire in the middle of the West Pole, there are many rich and noble families who come to worship the Buddha because they heard about it.

Two young men and women came side by side to the gate of the Jokhang Temple, the woman was obviously younger, or a girl in the prime of her life, and the man was more stable, looking like he was already at the age of a weak crown.

"This temple, in the West Pole, can be ranked in the top 50 in fame. In the northeast region of the West Pole, there are few famous ones that can be compared. The man looked at the former place and introduced himself to the girl beside him.

The girl nodded, "Master, the Buddha Qi here feels so strong. ”

It was the man who was sorrowful who explained: "Buddhists pay attention to 'the Buddha body is the Dharma body', and cultivating the Buddha is cultivating the Dharma, where does the Dharma body come from? It is true that it is fundamental to rely on oneself to 'realize', but it is also necessary to borrow the pious Buddha spirit of many believers, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort and make it easier to cultivate the supreme Dharma." ”

"Has Master ever been here?" Zhao Zhishui asked, tilting her head to look at her Master.

Chu Chou nodded lightly, "I've been here before, it seems that I have spent one night in the Jokhang Temple, the time is too long, and I almost forgot about it." ”

In the end, the master and apprentice stood outside the temple for a while and then left. Chu Chou said that he didn't have much impression of this place, so he said goodbye, he walked the rivers and lakes this time, mainly to go through the places he had walked in and were more familiar with. It's not that he doesn't want to go more, it's that time is limited.

The two continued to eat and sleep in the open, wearing the stars and the moon, and hurried on the road in the dust.

The land of the West Pole is near a dynasty in the middle of the country, called the Kingdom of Sacrifice.

The sacrificial country is a vassal state of the West Pole Empire, and the whole country obeys the orders and instructions of the West Pole Empire, and the dynasty is not big, but it is not small, it is a medium-sized dynasty.

The sacrificial country was originally a small dynasty, but relying on its own vassal state of the West Pole Empire, it wantonly used military force, and after so many years, the dynasty did not collapse, and finally occupied a lot of land and upgraded to a medium dynasty.

In the northern part of the country, there are more than a dozen prefectures and dozens of counties, and because there is a large river called the Fengle River rushing through here, the population is still quite strong, and the trade is relatively prosperous. After all, the river is really rare in a hot place like the West Pole. In some parts of the West Pole, Qingquan can be likened to a hen that lays silver eggs, and most of them are occupied by local gentry and landlords, who then use this to squeeze the people.

The Fengle River stretches for thousands of miles in the northern part of the country, and can be said to be the lifeblood of half of the country, so the country has a clear rule that local government or non-government forces along the river are not allowed to occupy the water of the river. It's just that the supervision mechanism is too poor, so some local personal forces along the Fengle River often secretly collude with the local government to do some tricks to make profits.

In the vicinity of the thousands of miles of water that flows through the country of sacrifice, there are more than 30 of them, not to mention those small and unknown forces, but only those forces that can be called famous.

The Tao family is one of them, and it is also a big force in the top three! Some people in his family are local county guards, some are prefects of a state, and some people have even been governors of those states, not only that, but his family is also a martial arts family, and the current head of the family Tao Ranzhi has the realm of the upper three grades, and there are several clan elders in the family who are at the peak of the sixth grade and the realm of the seventh grade, and they also support many famous high-rollers, bullies and other middle-grade monks with some strength.

Its power has developed so far, and it has faintly become the number one force in the north of the sacrificial country, and now its family has even had some connections with the royal family of the sacrificial country, and it seems to be more prosperous.

There are seven people in this generation of the Tao family, six boys and one girl, the woman is named Tao Yan, the youngest, now only nineteen years old, is the most beloved little granddaughter of the head of the family, Tao Ranzhi.

As we all know, Tao Ranzhi doesn't love his own sons and daughters and those grandsons very much, but he loves the little granddaughter very much.

In the past ten years, Tao Ranzhi has only lost his temper with Tao Yan once. But now, Tao Ranzhi was furious, although he did not take his temper on Tao Yan, but he killed several servants of the Tao family out of anger, and the Tao family was silent for a while.

"Yan'er, grandpa is from here, you are still young now, think simpler, grandpa doesn't blame you. But I won't allow you to be in harmony with that Jianghu cultivator for a hundred years!" Tao Ranzhi said with a tense face.

There were also Tao Yan's father and several uncles in the house, but at this time, in front of Tao Ranzhi, they didn't dare to breathe.

Tao Yan looked at her grandfather, who loved her very much in the eyes of others, with a cold face: "Grandpa, I like him, and he likes me." ”

Tao Ranzhi said angrily: "Do you like to be a cultivator? He's just a clay leg in the third-grade realm! Although he is still young, this realm is already good, but he is still not worthy of our Tao family! Only the young handsome man in the middle and third-grade realm is worthy of you, and he also has some background identity." Grandpa, this is not only for your own good, but also for the face of our Tao family! Why has the Tao family grown into one of the top two big families in the sacrificial country in just a few hundred years? It is because the successive heads of our Tao family have been extremely accurate in seeing people, not to mention the young man I have never even met, but only that he didn't even dare to come to our Tao family to see me, what can I say like you?"

Tao Yan smiled when she heard this and said, "Grandpa, he's here." I was just about to talk to you. ”

Tao Ranzhi was stunned, and then laughed angrily, "Okay!

After that, he took Tao Yan's father and uncle out of the house, Tao Yan followed, and her father happened to be the last, bowing his head and whispering angrily to this daughter: "Find me something! If you don't listen to me and your grandfather, you have been raised for nearly twenty years! At that time, it was better to just throw you into the water and drown!" After saying that, her father stopped looking at her and continued to walk with a cold face.

Tao Yan smiled indifferently and did not speak. It's just that I'm a little tired of the intrigue of this big family, and I'm tired of all kinds of interest exchanges.

The Tao Mansion occupies an extremely large area, and after walking for a while, everyone walked to the door.

At the tall vermilion gate, there are several middle and third-grade monks standing straight, and they are the gatekeepers of the Tao family, and everyone is powerful.

Beyond the entrance is the city's largest and busiest street. Next door to the Tao Mansion is the residence of the governor of the state capital, but in terms of the momentum of the gate, it is still a few points lost to the Tao family, and the steps at the door are several floors less than the Tao family.

At this time, outside the amazing gate of Tao Mansion, there was a young man, with a firm face, a sword hanging from his waist, at a glance, he was a swordsman from the rivers and lakes, and a cyan wine jug at his waist, wearing a blue cloth shirt, although simple but clean and tidy, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

He was a little nervous at this time, because he was about to see Tao Yan and his elders. This time, I am going to thoroughly explain to those Tao family members, which is equivalent to saying that he is here to propose!

He had a burden on his shoulders, which contained some silver he had saved over the years as a dowry. The dozen or so silver, the sword at his waist, the wine jug, and the clothes on his body were all his belongings.

He suddenly stood straight and straight, a little straighter than the gatekeeper at the gate of the Tao Mansion, but his eyes were not humble or arrogant looking at the group of people who walked out of the Tao Mansion. First of all, he fell on Tao Yan, who was walking at the back of those people, and his eyes were suddenly gentle. Then he turned his gaze to the old man who walked in front with extraordinary momentum and coldness of the superior, the old man walked the fastest and the front, and the gatekeepers of the Tao Mansion saw this old man, and they all bent down and saluted, respectfully.

The young man guessed the identity of the old man in his heart, but he didn't nod and smile because of this, he still looked neither humble nor arrogant, but his face had some heartfelt demeanor from the juniors to the elders.

When Tao Yan saw the young man with a sword, her eyes were full of light, and her face was no longer so cold, but she was smiling like a spring breeze.

After Tao Ranzhi saw the young man in a blue cloth shirt, he didn't say hello and went straight to the point.

"I'm Yan'er's grandfather. Do you want to marry my Tao family woman and marry my little granddaughter?" Tao Ranzhi asked with some mockery.

"Yes, Grandpa Tao. Li Fufeng nodded, bent down slightly, made a junior salute, and replied with a smile.

"You don't need to call me Grandpa Tao. Let me ask you, what kind of cultivation do you have, can you have the middle three grades?"

"Now the realm of the three products is about to reach the peak of the three products. It has not yet reached the middle three grades. ”

"Where did you learn from? But the personal disciple of the Upper Third Rank Monk?"

"I inherited a third-rate sect, and that sect has dissipated, and my master has also passed away due to illness. My teacher is not the monk of the upper three grades. ”

"Then do you have 10,000 taels of gold as a dowry?

Li Fufeng took off the burden on his shoulders, and replied without humility or arrogance: "There are no ten thousand taels of gold, this is all my belongings now." Not a child of a large family. ”

Tao Yan looked at her beloved's calm demeanor that was neither humble nor arrogant, but her heart was extremely painful and distressed. The disappointment with the elders in the family is even stronger.

Before Tao Ranzhi could speak, Tao Yan's father sneered loudly and pointed at Li Fufeng and scolded: "Then a lowly person like you, a waste-like person, also wants to marry a woman from my Tao family? Not to mention my daughter's descendant, even those female slaves of my Tao family, you are not worthy of marrying!"

Tao Ranzhi smiled, and did not shake his head at his son's words, but nodded. Because he had already investigated all kinds of information about this young junior in advance, Tao Ran stroked his beard with one hand and asked one last heart-wrenching question with a smile.

"Then do you have an elder in your family who can call the shots?"

When Li Fufeng heard this, his heart was blocked, his hands slightly clenched the canvas burden in his hand, his body trembled a little, his eyes turned a little red, and his voice was hoarse: "No ......"

At this moment, a calm, calm and youthful voice came.

"Yes. ”