Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Lively Taoist Temple

The calf dropped the axe first, touched his head back and forth with both hands, and laughed, "It's okay! Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoYou can still eat wine and meat. He asked Hong Shenglan again: "Do you still have anything to eat, when it comes to wine, I can't help but want to drink two jars again." ”

Hong Shenglan hurriedly said: "Brother Niu, there is wine, there is wine." There were also some chickens, fish, and pig's feet, and the eldest brother and his brothers sat there to eat. ”

The calf first asked Xie Duying and said, "You brother, every night, you also drink a bowl of wine with me." I treat you to supper. But the two hundred taels of silver will be used and spent, and you will not be asked for it again. ”

Xie Duying said: "I don't eat supper, I'm leaving." ”

The calf said first: "If I don't beat you, what are you going to do?"

Xie Duying didn't answer, turned around, and went out without looking back.

Everyone looked at the lonely back of this man, slowly disappearing into the vast night.

Hong Shenglan said: "Brother Niu, this is really a weird person. ”

The calf said first: "It's really strange!"

Hong Shenglan asked, "Brother Niu, why are you sleeping alone in this broken place?"

The calf first briefly recounted what had happened along the way, and then said, "I tell you, I have been looking here for several days, and I have not found any of them. I don't know where these sheep bleating, Bai Zhu and Xiao Shi have gone, I'm really anxious to die!"

Hong Shenglan hurriedly said: "Brother Niu, you don't have to worry, there are many of our brothers here, we didn't grow up eating dry rice, tomorrow I will go to the streets and alleys of Linjiang Mansion to find it, I'm not afraid that I won't find anyone." ”

The calf said first: "It's just that I can't figure out whether the three sheep are still in this city." We were originally going to Longxing Mansion, and here we were deceived by a dead fat man who took these three. ”

Ao Wu also asked, "Brother Niu, what should we do then?"

The calf first grabbed a pig's foot dripping with oil and took a big bite, before saying: "Early tomorrow morning, which of you will go back to Tanzhou Yuanyuan and tell Lao Yu about this, this guy is very cunning, he must have a good idea." The others will go to the city for me to find someone. We'll meet at this place in the evening. ”

And they agreed, and that night they ate some wine and meat, and then they slept in the shrine of the shrine, and in the bunks of the bunk, and each of them found a place to sleep.

Early the next morning, the Beidou began to cross, and the east gradually whitened. The end of the world is just dawning, and the remnant stars of the cape are temporarily falling.

Niu Niu first arranged for a person to go back to Tanzhou to report to Yuluxian, and he and Hong Shenglan, Zhang Muniu, Ao Wu and other sixteen people went to Linjiang Mansion and Wan'anyi to find the whereabouts of Yang Yusi and the others, and made an appointment to meet in this Taoist temple at night.

The calf first inquired in this city for most of the day, but there was still no news, and he was sleepy, and he was very anxious, thinking: "I am a rough person, and I can't find any clues, it is better to go back to the temple as soon as possible, and you can sleep well, and wait for the news of Hong Shenglan, Ao Wu, and Zhang Muniu. As soon as he thought of this, he took out the silver given by Hong Shenglan, went to the restaurant to buy some steamed buns, beef and a jar of wine, and slowly walked back to the dilapidated Taoist temple.

At this time, it is still the time of the card.

It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival again.

The water marks are closed, and the mountain bones are thin.

Red leaves are flying, and yellow flowers are in full bloom.

The calf first had no intention of looking at the mountains and waters, so he went straight to the Taoist temple, put the steamed buns, wine and vegetables into the shrine, and then got into it himself, and closed the two wooden doors of the shrine, and lay inside waiting for the good news of the people in Jianfeng Village.

The calf had slept for about half an hour when he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the door.

The calf first thought that the people from Jianfeng Village had come back so early, and scolded in his heart: "These lazy ghosts, it's not dark yet, so they came back here, they must be too lazy to walk, and they came back here to sleep." I don't know if there's any good news, and I'm still eavesdropping inside for a while to see what they have to say?" and then he secretly hid in the shrine and looked out through the gap.

The sound of horses' hooves had stopped at the door of the temple, and the door had creaked open again.

I saw two young people coming in, but neither of them was from Jianfeng Village.

The calf said first: "This broken temple is really lively, this person is coming again and again, if someone is here to preside, it must also be prosperous." How did you just do it and go out of business?"

I saw a man in a white shirt walking in front, with a majestic atmosphere, about twenty years old. He was followed by a young man in green, with a burly physique.

The two of them walked into the front hall, and the white-shirted man stood facing the doorway. The calf first hid in the shrine, only to see that the white-shirted man was carrying a green cloth burden on his back, and he didn't know what it contained?

The young man in green stood opposite the man in the white shirt.

The two stood silently for a long time, and the white-shirted man said slowly: "Yan Xizheng, let me ask you, have you heard of Zhang Qixian?"

The green-clothed young man from Yan Xizheng smiled and said, "Big brother! Of course I've heard of this person." This was a prime minister during the time of Taizong. Big brother, am I right?"

The white-shirted man said, "You're right! I'd like to tell you a story now." ”

Yan Xizheng seemed to think that it was really strange to hear people tell stories in this place and at this time, but he still asked, "Big brother, what story do you want to tell?"

The white-shirted humane: "When this prime minister Zhang Qixian was down, he was so poor that he had no food. Once, Zhang Qixian saw a group of thieves gathering in the hotel and eating and drinking. Zhang Qixian was really hungry, and said to the thieves: 'If the cheap man is poor, he will be satisfied.' The leader of the thieves said, 'Will Xiucai give up and eat with us?' and Zhang Qixian said, "The thieves are not filthy children, they are all heroes of the world." You see, there is also the prime minister who says that the thief is a hero. Tell me, a real thief, how can you become a hero?"

Yan Xizheng thought for a while and said, "According to the younger brother, the thief who fights righteousness and squanders wealth and helps the weak and the poor is a hero. ”

The white-shirted man didn't pay attention to it, and said slowly: "Since I was ten years old, I have been wandering the rivers and lakes, although I am also engaged in theft, but I don't dare to rebel at all, let alone wanton murder, and do this act of being punished by God. It has been 10 years since then, and it has been fortunate to escape the law and to ask my heart early at night, which is not the reason for abiding by principles. ”

Yan Xizheng didn't know what the white-shirted man was trying to say, so he had to listen quietly.

The white-shirted man continued: "Yesterday on Changxing Street, you acted inconsiderately, caused an accident, and was discovered, but you shouted the names of your brothers and asked someone to rescue you, and then the brothers came to save you, but you ran away alone. What do you mean by that?"

Yan Xizheng hurriedly distinguished: "It's just a moment of panic for the little brother, and there is no other meaning!"

The white-shirted man said: "You are so panicked and loudly calling your own name, it can really be said that you don't confess yourself, and you understand the confession." Then the brothers came to your rescue, but you ran away without a trace. The thief also has a way, and the thief said: 'The husband is hidden in the room of delusion, and the saint is also, the first is brave, and after the exit, the righteousness is also, the knowledge is okay, the wisdom is also, the division is equal, and the benevolence is also.' Those who can become big thieves if they are not prepared for the five are not available in the world. 'Which one do you think you have?'

Yan Xizheng was silent.