The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 324 310 Sanwuji buys the Golden Buddha as a gift
The three walked quickly to the side of the cave, only to see that the cave is really not small, the height from the bottom to the top of the cave is as high as a person, and the depth of the cave is more than ten feet deep.

The dead grass at the entrance of the cave was at least two feet high. Three people got into the cave. Jiang Ruiyuan tied the horse to a big rock at the entrance of the cave, and let the horse gnaw on the dry grass at the entrance of the cave.

Then, more than ten catties of black beans were poured out from the horse's back, and they were also poured on the hole for the horses to eat.

Afterwards, the three people got into the bottom of the cave, and Jiang Ruiyuan brought over the cold wolf meat on the horse's back. The three of them rushed to eat a few pieces, and then sat down to rest.

At this time, the cave was not too dark, so Duan Wuji unwrapped his bag, spread the snow leopard skin in a corner of the cave, and sat on it.

Tieniu saw it and said with a smile: "Brother, you are still lucky!

Never forget to enjoy it.

Once you lay out this leather mat, what a blessing it is! "

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this: "Brother Tieniu, don't laugh at me, I have such a leather cushion, why are you so angry?"

Jiang Ruiyuan laughed and said: "You two brothers, stop teasing, I think we should sit down and have a rest early.

Rest well, let's go on our way tomorrow!

Two virtuous brothers, brother, I admire you to death.The kung fu of you two brothers is really amazing!Not even my horses. "

Tie Niu laughed out loud.

"Brother Jiang, do you know why we don't ride horses? Although our family is poor, we still have horses.

The reason why we walk out is one for convenience and the other for exercising our feet.

Although it was a bit hard like this, our feet have been exercised unprecedentedly. "

Jiang Ruiyuan suddenly realized.

"Oh, so that's the case! I said, with the clothes you two are dressed like, it's impossible for you to be the one who can't ride a horse!

My dear brothers, we are all tired today, I think we should rest early. "

After speaking, Jiang Ruiyuan found a cave wall and sat down to rest against the cave wall.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Tieniu had no choice but to sit down next to Duan Wuji.

It was not long before the sky was completely dark, and it was so dark that you couldn't see anything in the cave.

The three of them squinted to keep their spirits up. After a while, Jiang Ruiyuan was the first to hear the sound of snoring.

Tie Niu smiled and said in a low voice: "Brother, you are on duty first, and I will go to bed first."

"Well, you can rest first, it's okay, I'll be on duty first."

Duan Wuji sat on the snow leopard skin and immediately began to practice.

At some point, a cold wind blew again outside the cave, and even the horses grazing at the entrance of the cave retreated into the cave to avoid the cold wind.

Duan Wuji was practicing seriously while monitoring the situation inside and outside the cave.

In a short time, Duan Wuji entered a state of no other and no self.

Everything was left behind by him again.

Duan Wuji practiced for three or four hours, and it was not until Tieniu changed his shift that Duan Wuji fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, when the east was white, the three of them got out of the hole early.

The three of them set off in a hurry without even eating breakfast.

After a journey of more than 100 miles, before noon, the three of them walked out of the mountains and entered a dam with relatively flat terrain.

The three of them finally saw him, and the three of them felt extremely happy.

Jiang Ruiyuan said with a smile: "You two brothers, this is the largest dam in Tufan Kingdom, and we have arrived at the place where we can buy medicinal materials."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Jiang, if we don't accept medicinal materials, let's find an inn first, and stay there to rest and rest. Who can bear the constant rush!"

"Well, well, that's what I mean too.

Two brothers, come with me, there is a relatively large inn not far ahead, let's go in and rest first.

It was so cold in the cave last night, who can rest well! "

Jiang Ruiyuan led two people to an inn, and the three stayed there.

The three entered the inn, ordered some food first, and after eating, the three immediately went to the guest room to rest.

When it was dark, three people came out of the house.

Jiang Ruiyuan said with a smile: "You two brothers, you don't know much about the folk customs here, this place is still in a society ruled by serfs.

Everything is decided by the serf owner.

Although there are some civilians, these people can't even reach half of them.

As far as I know, there are a total of forty serf owners, big or small, in this place, and everything is controlled by these people.

Civilians are only obedient, and generally do not participate in this matter.

We purchased medicinal materials this time mainly to deal with them. "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Really? We don't care who we deal with, as long as we can exchange money for medicine.

Our brothers don't have time to pay attention to their nonsense, they can do whatever they like, and it has nothing to do with us.

Brother Tieniu, what do you think? "

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

"Well, brother, you are so right, we will leave after collecting the medicinal materials, and they can do whatever they like.

We are still waiting to go home for the New Year.If the delay is too long, it will do no good at all.

Brother Jiang, the three of us will go there together tomorrow morning.

We will meet them! "

Jiang Ruiyuan laughed and said, "My dear brothers, I also mean the same thing.

However, the biggest serf owner here is called Zabasi, this old guy has a dark heart!

This person is not only ruthless, but also always finds ways to exploit people who come to him for work.

When merchants came to him, he always reached out to the merchants for gifts.

Everything is easy if you have a gift, but if you don't have a gift, he will drag you along.

This old guy is really nothing!

I don't know if he is of the same race, he is really a fucking thing! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Isn't it normal to ask someone to do something and give some gifts?
You don't have a penny, this is not right, let's buy him some gifts and it's over, what's the big deal! "

"You two virtuous brothers, you don't know something. He really doesn't like things that cost three or five taels of silver. You say that we have a small business, how can we have any money to honor him!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Jiang, don't worry, we brothers can just buy tomorrow's gift.

Take your time, I think our brothers are much thicker than you anyway, so you don't have to spend any more on this. "

Jiang Ruiyuan was overjoyed to hear that.

"You two virtuous brothers, how embarrassing is this! Brother, I didn't mean that, since the two virtuous brothers insist on going out, then I can only say thank you.

Two virtuous brothers, I will pay for this meal tonight, so you don’t have to worry about how much you spend. "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother Jiang, forget it, let us invite you for this meal. With your 200 taels of silver, how can you invite guests!

All right, all right, you should keep the flowers for yourself. "

"How can this embarrass me? Although my capital is small, your capital is too small.

If you take advantage of the money, who is willing to do such a desperate thing? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "What's your life? What's wrong with running around here?"

Jiang Ruiyuan laughed and said: "In this way, two brothers, tonight I will be in your glory again.

Hey, two brothers, what shall we have for dinner tonight? "

"What do you want to eat? Let the guys in the store warm up our leftover wolf meat, and make another plate of yak meat, wouldn't it be enough?"

"Well, well, yes, yes, yes, you can leave this matter alone, I will go and get it."

After speaking, Jiang Ruiyuan walked out.

It wasn't too long, and the guy brought out the meals for the three of them.

The three of them ate dinner and began to rest again.

The next morning, the three of them got up early and ate some breakfast in a hurry.

The three of them walked straight to a large gold and silver shop.

Walking into the store, one can see that there are a wide variety of goods in the store, including gold and silverware, in a variety of styles, which makes people like it at first glance.

When the owner of the store saw a visitor from the mainland coming in, he quickly greeted him with a smile.

He greeted the three of them in half-baked Chinese.

"Wealthy customers from afar, the shop welcomes you. Excuse me, what do you want?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "We'll pick a more expensive item as a gift. Is there any suitable item in this store?"

"Yes! Why not? Don't look at our small shop, there are a lot of good things in it!"

"Yes, then lead us around."

"Okay, hey, respected guests, you can buy according to the number of taels of silver."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Boss, we are not sure how many taels of silver the goods are.

But let's not look at products under [-] silver. "

The store owner was delighted to hear that.

"Guests from afar, I see that you are the one who does great things! So you are so rich, since you have said so, then follow me into the house, all the valuable things are in the house. "

Jiang Ruiyuan laughed and said, "Brother, why do you really have to give a gift of more than 100 taels of silver?"

"Of course, I can't do it without it!"

"Ah? How many taels of silver did you bring with you when you went out this time!

It's so generous, it's really incomparable to ordinary people! "

Walking into the inner room, the things inside are really incomparable to the things outside, the production is more sophisticated, and the utensils are even bigger.

Duan Wuji couldn't stop nodding when he saw it!

"Well, yes, they are all good things. At the end of the room, there is a shining golden Buddha statue. It looks so lifelike that it makes people like it."

Duan Wuji stared at it for a long time and said, "Boss, how did you sell this Buddha statue?"

The owner of the shop laughed and said: "Guests from afar, this Buddha statue of mine is made of pure gold, and only four and a half of the gold is used. Look at how beautiful the glittering gold is!

However, such a valuable thing is really not easy to sell. In the past three years, few people dared to ask its price.

Today I sincerely sell it to you, if you give silver, you will give 600 taels, if you give gold, how about five taels of gold?
This is the lowest price, and we won't talk about anything less. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "How about you bring it here and let me have a look?"

"Of course, but, honorable guest, this is a valuable commodity, you have to be careful! Once it breaks, then this commodity will be yours."

"I know, I know, I won't be so worthless."

Duan Wuji took the golden Buddha from the shop owner and weighed it.

"Boss, is this golden Buddha as heavy as you said?"

"Honored guest, if you don't believe me, I'll weigh it for you. If you lose four and a half taels of gold, why don't I give it to you for free?"

As he said that, the owner of the shop really brought a small scale, and weighed the Golden Buddha on the weighing pan.

"Dear guest, look. Isn't this just four and a half gold? Can it be fake?

We worked hard for three and a half months to process this piece of gold. You said that I only need half a tael of gold from you? "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Boss, I want this thing, please put it in a box for me.

Such a precious thing as a gift, I believe it will definitely please the owner. "

Tie Niu tugged Duan Wuji's sleeve.

"Brother, are you really willing to give such an expensive gift?"

Duan Wuji smiled and nodded.

"Of course, Brother Tieniu, this is called being reluctant to let the child not be able to trap the wolf. You should learn from it in the future."

Tie Niu grinned.

"Learn a little bit? Brother, how can I be as rich and powerful as you!"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Brother Tieniu, when did you see me doing that business with Ben?

Isn't it brother how much I earn more than you every time? "

"Well, that's true.

Brother, you have to pull well, pull, brother, me!Otherwise, I really can't do it these two times. "

The owner of the store found a beautiful box with a smile, put the golden Buddha in it, and handed it to Duan Wuji.

"Respected guest, it belongs to you now, please put it away."

Duan Wuji handed the box to Tieniu, then untied his own burden, took out half a catty of gold from it, and handed it over.

"Boss, you can weigh it, it's just half a catty of gold."

The shop owner took the gold, weighed it and nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, just right, not too much, not too little.

Our transaction is completely completed, distinguished guests, I wish you a fortune! "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Thank you, old shop, for your kind words, see you later."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji led the two people back out of the shop.

Jiang Ruiyuan looked at Duan Wuji and said: "Brothers, I know you are rich, but I didn't expect you to be so rich!

It's really unbelievable, and the sea can't be measured.

Let's go, let's hurry up and give gifts, if things don't go well this time, then I'm really convinced! "

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Brother Jiang, how far is that Zhaxi from here?"

"It's not too far, that's more than 20 miles away."

"Since it's so far away, why don't you hurry back to the inn and get the horse out?
We'll be waiting for you here, hurry up, let's deliver the presents right away.This matter cannot be delayed. "

"Hey! Hey! I'll go right away."

After speaking, Jiang Ruiyuan ran to the inn.

(End of this chapter)