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

Chapter 90 92 Xiaochu arrives at Tongtian Temple

Along the way, the two ran down at high speed, and the sun was already westward at this time. The two of them galloped for more than 100 miles in one breath, and they relaxed a little.

Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji and said: "Brother, it's getting late, let's find a carriage and horse shop to stay, lest we can't find a hotel when we go out."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded. "Okay, let's rest early today, maybe Pengtian will be able to reach the foot of Mount Hua."

The two of them drove forward for another ten miles, and finally found a carriage and horse shop in the small town to live in.

The two of them ate something, Duan Wuji called the shop assistant over.

"Man, let me ask, how far is this place from Nahua Mountain?"

The man laughed and said: "Well, we are almost here, there is still about 30 miles to go. Tomorrow, you will go northeast along the official road, and you will see the high mountain in a short while.

Hey, guest officer, why are you going to Huashan?Is it to visit relatives? Or to travel? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "We are visiting friends, one of our friends lives at the foot of Mount Hua."

"Is that so, then tomorrow you will arrive there early, guest officer, please rest, I will go to another room."

After speaking, the guy walked out.

Duan Wuji and Tieniu met each other and smiled.

The two people turned off the lights, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice, and they didn't undress and go to bed until the middle of the night.

In the morning of the next day, the two of them ate early, paid the shop fee and continued on their way. After more than 30 miles, the two arrived at the foot of Mount Hua. Found the so-called Tongtian Temple.

The two people led the horses to have a look, and saw that the so-called Tongtian temple was just a few old houses located on a small earth mountain with a height of [-] to [-] feet. There are five or six rooms, three on one side of the east and west wing rooms. The yard of this Taoist temple is about two or three acres, and there are several rows of vegetables planted on one side of the yard.

At first glance, it is a self-sufficient way of life.

The courtyard of this Taoist temple is an earth wall as high as one person, with straw drooping on the top of the wall, which is built to prevent the soil on the top of the wall from being washed away by the rain.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Duan Wuji shouted loudly towards the inside: "Is Master Liaochen there?"

The old Daoist Liaochen ran out of the house immediately when he heard it. Liaochen saw Gao Song's name.

"Tianliang Tianzun, two little friends, why did you come here today, please come inside quickly."

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu tied their horses to two trees in the yard, followed the dust into a room in the east wing, and saw a small Eight Immortals table outside the room. In front is the portrait of Sanqing.

There are also some pots and jars in the outhouse, which are probably used to store food.

Daoist Liaochen said with a smile: "You two, please come inside."

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu walked into the inner room, they saw a small kang by the east wall of the room, and two quilts were placed on the kang.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu saw that there were two people living in this house.

Duan Wuji looked at Chen and asked: "Master Liao Chen, when did you come back? How many days have you been back?"

Old Daoist Liaochen laughed and said, "It's been six or seven days since I came back."

"Is the population in that family safe?"

"Well, it's good, it's good, everything is good, everyone in the family is healthy. Thank you for thinking about it."

"Hey, Master Liaochen, how many Taoist priests are there in your view?"

Liao Chen smiled.

"Do you think there is any incense in this temple? In this temple, only me and the younger brother I found depended on each other. After I came back, my younger brother went out to beg for alms.

well!It's been five or six days, and I don't know if it will melt or not.

Oh, it's really worrying!There are not many rice noodles in the view, so it must be interrupted? "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Master Liaochen, you guys have been miserable. It doesn't matter, we can buy some food from the village down the mountain."

Liaochen laughed and said, "You two benefactors, I'll let you spend money just after entering the monastery. Poor Dao is so embarrassing!"

Duan Wuji laughed after hearing this: "Old Taoist priest, you don't have to be polite, why should you care about small things like eating and drinking?"

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Master Liaochen, let's go and lead us to buy some food. As the saying goes, people are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry. If you are not familiar with it yet, please lead us to buy some."

Liao Chen stood up with a wry smile.

"In that case, let's go. I'm afraid the rice noodle shop will be closed if it's late."

Duan Wuji and Tieniu led the horses, followed Master Chen down the mountain, and walked straight towards a small town on the north side of the hill.

Entering the town, Liao Chen led them into a rice noodle shop.

Liaochen chanted the Dharma name in front of him.

"Wu Zun Tian Zun, boss, how is business doing recently?"

The boss looked up and recognized it.

"Hey, isn't this Master Liaochen? Master Liaochen, what's the business of the shop recently? It can't sell many things this day, and it's a waste of effort every day.

Master Liaochen, don't beg for alms in the small shop today, go to another house for a walk, it's not that the small shop is stingy, we have lost a lot of money during this period, I am really sorry. "

Okay, the shopkeeper is not polite, he is about to blast out when he walks out of the counter.

The old Daoist Liaochen saw it and said with a smile: "Boss, Pindao didn't come here for alms today. Pindao brought you a big client today. Boss, you are going to get rich today."

When Tieniu saw this, he handed over the horse to Duan Wuji and walked in.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any good rice and noodles?"

The shopkeeper's face was immediately filled with smiles when he saw it.

"Guest officer, what are you asking? Don't underestimate the size of our small shop. It has all kinds of rice, noodles, grains and oils. I dare not say what you want, but it's not much different."

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Okay, first give us a thousand catties of white flour, a thousand catties of good rice, and fifty catties of oil. In addition, give us thirty catties of peanuts and sesame oil. Five catties, seasoning, give us half a catty first. Is there any wine? If so, give us two jars first."

Well, what Tieniu wants is really complete.

The shopkeeper's can of Coke broke.

"Guest officer, so many things cost a lot of money! Did you bring the money?"

Tie Niu laughed.

"Shopkeeper, how much is it? You can't miss a single penny."

The shopkeeper picked up the abacus and calculated, "Well, these things should cost 19 taels, sir, do you have so much money?"

Tie Niu smiled, and immediately took out two ingots of ten taels of silver from his body and put them on the counter.

"Shopkeeper, this is 20 taels of silver, change."

The shopkeeper took the two ingots of silver in his hand, looked at them again and again, and finally put the two ingots of silver with a smile.

"Guest officer, the store has no loose silver today, can I give you copper coins?"

Tie Niu laughed.

"Forget it, if you don't have any loose silver, just owe it first. Next time we come to ask for goods, let's settle it together."

The shopkeeper heard that it was a thousand thanks.

The shopkeeper looked at Tieniu and said, "Guest officer, where do we send these things to you?"

Tieniu didn't say anything after hearing this, and the old Taoist said proudly: "Where are you going? Naturally, you are going to Tongtian Temple."

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Master Liaochen, now you don't have to worry about food and drink anymore. Master Liaochen, I wish you good luck!"

Liao Chen shook his head triumphantly.

"That's needless to say, I have everything to eat for the past six months, so why should I worry about it?"

The owner of the rice restaurant said with a smile: "Guest officer, it's not early in the weather, can we deliver the goods to you tomorrow?"

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

"Well, all right, let's deliver it tomorrow."

Saying that, Tie Niu and Leo Chen retreated from the shop.

Duan Wuji looked up at the sky, the sun was still high at this time, Duan Wuji said to Chen: "Master Liaochen, I'm the host today, let's have something to eat in the restaurant. Hey, Master Liaochen, there are people in this town Is there a better restaurant?"

Liao Chen smiled.

"Yes, why not? I'll lead you there."

With that said, Liao Chen led them to the door of a small restaurant.Duan Wuji and Tie Niu tied the horses to a tree, then led Lichen into the restaurant, the restaurant staff saw it and said with a smile: "Guys, what do you want to eat?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "You bring us ten big pancakes, do you have any cooked meat? If you have any, cut us ten catties. In addition, bring us three big bowls of egg soup."

The man laughed and said, "Okay! Just wait a moment, sir, it will be ready soon."

Sure enough, within a short time, the flatbread and cooked meat were brought up. After the three of them had eaten their fill around the table, the three of them drank the egg soup that was served, and then Duan Wuji paid for the meal. Walked out of the restaurant.

Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji and asked: "Brother, think about it, is there anything we are short of?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Hey, Master Liaochen, do we have dry firewood for cooking in this temple?"

Liao Chen laughed and said, "There is no shortage of dry firewood. The house on the west side has a lot of dry firewood. I usually cut it on the mountain when I have nothing to do."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and slapped his head.

"Brother Tieniu, I remembered, let's ask for a few hundred catties of black beans to feed the horses, how could we forget about this?"

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this.

"Who can think so completely? Or let you think about it.

Hey, brothers, you wait here for a while, I will tell the owner of the rice noodle shop, let him send us five hundred catties tomorrow.Hey, brother, think about what else is missing? "

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "You tell the owner of the noodle shop, let him find two carts of hay for us to send up together, and let us feed the horses when it rains."

Iron Bull nodded.

"Well, I see, you wait a moment, I will come as soon as I go."

Tieniu got on his horse and immediately ran towards the rice noodle shop, and came back within a quarter of an hour.

"Brother, Master Liaochen, let's go back. These two things have been settled. Let's buy what we need later when we think about it."

The two led the horses and followed Daoist Chen and walked straight towards Tongtian Temple. Halfway through, Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Brother, do you know why the owner of the rice noodle shop didn't deliver to us today?" ?”

Duan Wuji smiled.

"As far as his small shop is concerned, it must be that he can't gather so many things for a while, but he is too embarrassed to tell us clearly, so he put it off until tomorrow.

Brother Tieniu, am I right? "

Tie Niu listened and nodded.

"Well, that's true. Hey, brother, how did you guess right?"

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"Brother Tieniu, do you still need to guess? In fact, I saw it when I first bought the goods, but I didn't say anything."

After a short time, the three of them returned to the Tongtian temple, only a fat Taoist priest in his forties was sitting in the temple, the Taoist saw Chen and the three of them came in.

He cupped his hands at the dust.

"Brother, brother is incompetent. After so many days, I only melted a dozen catties of rice and came back. Brother, what do you think about this matter?"

Liaochen laughed when he heard this.

"Junior brother, don't worry, we will have enough to eat tomorrow, you don't need to beg for alms for a while, you can just enjoy a few days in this temple."

Liao Chen waved to Duan Wuji and Tieniu.

"Two benefactors, fasten the horse and come over to get to know each other."

After hearing this, the two men tied up their horses and ran over.

Liao Chen pointed at the little old man and said, "Both of you, this is my junior brother, Taoist Master Liao Yin.

Brother, these two are my new friends.This one is called Duan Wuji, and that one is called Duan Tieniu. "

After hearing that, he bowed his head with one hand: "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, two benefactors, poor Taoist here is polite."

When Duan Wuji and Tieniu saw each other, they clasped their fists and returned the salute.

"Master, you are too polite, Duan Wuji and Tieniu returned the courtesy to you."

Liaochen smiled when he saw it.

"From now on, we are all friends, and you don't have to be polite. Come on, Junior Brother, help me clean up the house for the two of them, and then make two more rooms, one for raising horses and the other for storing fodder. .”

The old Taoist Liaoyin laughed and said, "It's not easy to clean up the house? Among our dozens of rooms, which one is not empty? What can there be in the house? If there is something, we don't have to worry about three meals a day."

Liao Chen laughed.

"We have to tidy up if there is nothing else. We must satisfy the guests. Brother Wuji and Brother Tieniu, please rest for a while. We will tidy up in a short while, and you will be satisfied."

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Then thank you two, we won't help you blindly, lest you can't find something later."

(End of this chapter)