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

Chapter 358 Chapter 350
Five people drove their horses out of the mountain pass quickly, and saw a small plain outside.

The length and width of this plain is probably tens of miles in radius!
I saw that the plain was densely populated and there were quite a few villages.

When Duan Wuji and the others saw it, they felt much more at ease.

With such a large wilderness, finding an inn should not be a problem.

Sure enough, the few people walked less than five miles, and saw a hanger on the side of the road, with four big characters "Xu's old shop" written on it.

Before entering the shop, Duan Wuji said in a low voice: "Brothers, we must not reveal our wealth in this inn!

As the saying goes, don't reveal your wealth when you go out, because revealing your wealth will bring disaster.

Everyone protect their money, this is our hard-earned money! "

Everyone listened and nodded.

"Well, brother, don't worry, we all know this."

Several people led the horses into the inn, and the shop assistant immediately picked them up.

"Five distinguished guests, do you want to stay in the hotel? Hurry up and invite them inside!

tell you.The shop is clean.

The food is good and the price is fair.

If you come to stay in our small hotel, you are here. "

Several people took the money from their horses and said to the man, "Man, feed our horses with good grass and food, and your money will definitely be indispensable tomorrow."

"Hello! Guest officer, please."

As he said that, the man led several horses to the stable, and immediately fetched water to drink the horses, and fed them with good grass and materials.

Several people walked into the store and put their silver purses at the feet under the table.

The clerk came in from the outside and said with a smile: "Everyone, what do you want to eat? There is everything in the small shop!"

The price is cheap and the quantity is large. "

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "You can bring us twenty big cakes, as for this dish? You can pick out the good ones and bring us four or five.

Is this soup, two bowls of soup for each of us.Any soup will do. "

"Okay, I understand.

Hey, I said a few honored guests, don't you want some wine? "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"We don't want alcohol, we are all poor people.

How can there be money to drink wine! "

"Hey, five distinguished guests, just because you are riding on that tall horse, you are not too poor!

Since you don't want that water and wine, forget it.

You wait!The meal will be ready in a short while. "

Sure enough, the time was not long, and the food came up.

Several people took a look, okay!The five dishes that came up were all meat dishes!

A few people were already hungry, and they didn't give in to each other. They picked up the flatbread on the table, rolled up the dishes, and started eating.

When I was almost full, several large bowls of soup were brought up.

After a few people had eaten and drank enough, they said to the guy in the store: "Guys, please arrange a place for us to stay! We need to go to bed early.

Tomorrow morning we have to go on our way. "

"Good! Five guest officers, how many rooms do you want? We have a lot of rooms in this small shop!"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "The five of us are together, is there a room for five people?
It is best for the five of us to live together. "

"Well, there are no rooms for five people, but there are rooms for six people.

As long as you pay for one more person, I won't arrange another person in any room. "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, all right then! Then arrange a six-person room for us.

The five of us paid for that one person's money.

Just don't put another guest in our room. "

"Good! My five distinguished guests, I understand.

I did as you said.

Five distinguished guests, come with me! "

The five of them slipped away their wallets and followed the man to a room, the man said with a smile: "Five, this room is yours from now on, you can rest.

Ladies and gentlemen, just complain about what you lack. Although our service is paid, the service is quite considerate. We will try our best to meet your requirements. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Okay, okay, what can we ask for!

That's fine.

We have no other requirements.

Well, buddy, if there's nothing else, we'll come home and have a rest. "

The man laughed and said, "Well, that's good, then I won't bother you.

Then you should rest quickly. "

After speaking, the man withdrew from the room.

Tie Niu walked over and immediately locked the door.

Turning to Duan Changqing and his three brothers, he said: "I'm tired after walking for a day, you three should go to bed and rest quickly!

Brother Wuji, I am on duty for the first half of the night, and you are on duty for the second half of the night. Let's split up and rest. "

Duan Wuji nodded after hearing this, put his gold and silver beside him, and fell asleep immediately.

After a short time, Duan Wuji began to snore.

Everyone was taken aback when they saw it, and said in their hearts: "Okay!"This kid sleeps fast enough!It's too fast to go to that world in such a short time!
When Tieniu saw it, he glared at the three brothers.

"I said you three don't hurry up to rest?
What are you still dawdling about?The reason why your Brother Wuji fell asleep so quickly is because he was still on duty in the second half of the night. "

The three brothers looked at each other and stopped talking, and the three brothers were indeed exhausted.

He fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep in a short while.

Tieniu sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice. It was not until the fourth watch that Duan Wuji sat up from the bed.

Duan Wuji whispered: "Brother Tieniu, you can sleep for a while, and I will be on duty when you come down.

well!I don't know why, why did I wake up today, I'm really sorry! "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "It's okay, no one dares to say it's so accurate." "

After speaking, Tieniu lay down and fell asleep.

It wasn't until the sun rose that five people came out of the room.

After the five of them had breakfast, they paid the store bill, and immediately pulled out their horses and continued on their way.

Along the way, the five people were hungry, fed and drank, and stayed overnight at Xiaoxing. After seven or eight days of hard trekking, the five people finally left the realm of Shaanxi and entered the territory of Sichuan.

It is said that the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.This is not true at all!

After entering Sichuan, the road became more and more difficult to walk. Not only was the road rough and difficult to walk, but it was also covered with muddy ground.

Every day they walk, the five of them are as tired as the third grandson.

This long period of time is exhausting but I can't stand it anymore.

Duan Changhao complained to Duan Wuji: "Brother, this is too tiring, can we go on horseback!

That way I can save some energy. If I go forward like this, before I get to the place where the Cordyceps grows, I'm afraid I will be exhausted to death.

Ouch, this leg doesn't work anymore, it's almost turning into that wooden leg. "

Duan Changhong laughed and said: "Brother, don't complain, who is not tired if you are tired?

If we are all like you, then we'd better not go out.

Do you think it is so easy to earn two dollars?

Eating bitterness is bitterness, and only then can one become a master.Like you, you can't bear any hardships, how can you make great achievements in the future!

Brother, hold on, you say that everyone else can bear it, but you can't bear it, it means that your usual training is not enough!

You see, Brother Wuji and the others, they walk like us, as if nothing happened.

Besides, our brother is several years younger than the two of us. If you say he can persevere, can't we persevere!

Isn't that too embarrassing? "

Duan Changhao let out a long sigh and stopped talking.

After walking for another two days, the three of them happened to walk into a deep mountain canyon. They were leading their horses forward when it suddenly began to rain.

The raindrops were really big, and they were so cool when they hit people's bodies.

Duan Wuji glanced at it and said: "Looking at the heavy rain, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave today. Let's find a place to shelter from the rain!"

Duan Changhao was overjoyed when he heard that, and he shouted excitedly: "Thank God, I can finally rest early today, ouch! I really can't walk anymore."

Although Duan Wuji gave the order to take shelter from the rain, where can he take shelter from the rain?

It is very difficult to find an inn in this barren mountain!

Everyone braved the rain while walking forward, while looking for shelter from the rain.

Still that Tie Niu had sharp eyes, Tie Niu pointed at the hillside.

"Brothers, look, isn't there a temple on that hillside? Let's go inside and take shelter from the rain.

If we really can't leave, at worst, let's pay them some firewood, wouldn't that be the end of it. "

Everyone looked along Tieniu's fingers, and they found a temple hidden deep in the bamboo forest on a hillside.

It's only half a mile away from their place.

Duan Wuji saw it and shouted loudly: "Okay, okay! Brothers, let's go there quickly, I'm afraid we will settle down in this temple today."

The people led their horses and walked straight to this temple. This temple is on a small hillside. Just a yard.

I saw three large characters of Seven Star Temple written on the wall of the Taoist temple.

Everyone immediately understood after seeing it, oh, so this temple is called Seven Star Temple!

There are eight or nine main rooms on the north side, and wing rooms on the east and west sides. The entire courtyard covers an area of ​​only five or six mu.

There are three large pagoda trees in the yard, which are thick and thin, and they are still luxuriantly.

The whole Taoist temple was simple and old. Five people put their horses on the locust tree, and then walked to the house to find someone.

In the west wing room, Duan Wuji found an old Taoist who was nearly seventeen years old, and saw that the old Taoist priest was meditating on the futon.

Duan Wuji stepped forward and bowed deeply.

"Old Daoist, this disciple is being polite.

Old Taoist priest, it's raining heavily outside, and the five of us have no place to stay, so we come to your temple to take shelter from the rain, please help the old fairy. "

The old Taoist slowly opened his eyes.

"Five benefactors, since you have no place to go, then rest in this small temple. In fact, there are only two people in this temple. There are me and one of my young disciples. He went out for alms. Didn't come back yet.

Alas, I've been out for more than a day, and I haven't come back yet!
Look at the rain, I'm afraid it won't stop for a while, a few benefactors, just sit down.

It's also very good to have you come to be a companion for Pindao and gossip.

Everyone, sit down quickly.

Why!Ladies and gentlemen, you must be from the north according to your accent! "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Returning to the elder fairy, the five of us are all from the Taiyuan Mansion in Shanxi, and none of the five of us have stayed in your place in Sichuan.

Why!Elder Immortal, why does your place love rain so much!This weather is really unbearable. "

The old Taoist laughed loudly.

"Little benefactor, this is called one side's water and soil raising one's family, you shouldn't understand this truth!

This place in Sichuan has always been cloudy and rainy, and there are not many sunny days a year.

This is very different from your north!

Like the autumn rain outside, it lasts for six or seven days at a time, and there is no six or seven days that cannot stop.

I think you must make preparations to live here for a long time. "

"Really? This is too unlucky. If you live here for a long time, how much delay will you have to make?"

Duan Changhao laughed and said: "It's all right now, I can finally slow down, and now I'm overwhelmed by fatigue."

Duan Wuji said: "Since we can't leave these few days, let's donate some incense money."

As he spoke, Duan Wuji took out two ingots of ten taels of silver and handed them over.

"Old Immortal, this is the incense money we donated, you can keep it."

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, several benefactors, are you generous enough?

Well, since a few people want to donate, the poor Taoist will accept it.

A few benefactors, this is our destiny, please sit down quickly. "

Duan Wuji looked at Tieniu and said: "Brother Tieniu, you see that the people in this Taoist temple are also quite poor. After a while, the rain will subside, so you can take Brother Changqing out to buy some food, rice and vegetables and come back.

In this way, we don't have to consume the materials in this temple these days. "

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

"Well, all right then.

Why!Elder Immortal, do you know where there is such a grain store? "

"Wuliang Tianzun, there is a small path behind this Taoist temple, along this path, there is a Qingniu town within five miles, and there are people who buy these things in the town.

Benefactors, since you have donated so much money for incense, it is said that the few days you live in this temple should not be able to spend all the money.

However, my small view is a bit too poor, since you are still willing to buy some back, then the poor will thank you. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Thank you! Elder Immortal, since Yu keeps guests, it means that we are destined.

If there is fate, how can we not cherish this fate? "

After a while, the rain gradually subsided, and Tie Niu pulled Duan Changqing.

"Brother Changqing, the rain has lightened now, let's go back quickly.

Otherwise, it will be dark in a while. "

Seeing that the two of them were about to go out, Duan Wuji said softly: "Brothers, let's buy some cooked food by the way.

This will save us trouble at night, let’s buy a few more jars of good wine and come back. Look at this cold day, how nice it is for us to drink some wine to warm up our bodies! "

The two listened and nodded.

"Oh, I see."

With that said, the two walked out.

(End of this chapter)