Well, we came back to the restaurant again, and the two groups who should not have crossed paths sat down again. The handsome man called the waiter, ordered a sumptuous table of food again, and also ordered "one bowl of pouring", and invited the master and apprentice Li Taiping
People drink together.
After half a bowl of strong liquor produced by the Zhaoyang clan in Yan'an County, the three men became a little tipsy and started talking in secret. The handsome man was very good at chatting, and he secretly praised the two old Taoist masters and apprentices.
It is a joy to talk about that when the heart is full of joy. The more we talk, the topics will expand, ranging from the rise and fall of the country to the trivial matters of ordinary people's homes.
Li Taiping admired Mr. Huafu's profound knowledge and couldn't help but sigh that the academy was indeed not simple. The students he taught were different from those taught by those old-fashioned academics. The students in the academy paid more attention to practice, rather than having a wealth of knowledge but only knowing
A romantic literati and poet.
Mr. Huafu likes to hear the stories of Li Taiping's master and apprentice very much, and he even envies Li Taiping's experience of traveling around the world. He also wants to go on a journey at all costs to see what the world outside the books is like, and he also wants to go
In the prairie, look at Temole's golden tent, the green grass stretching to the sky, and the vast expanse of fields.
There are many stories about the old Taoist master and his apprentice. Some stories will make people happy; some stories will make people sigh and sad; some stories will make people even more indignant.
The Temole are a nation on horseback. The ethnic groups are constantly fighting each other, and the strong are respected. When a weak ethnic group is conquered, a bloody scene begins.
Under the setting sun, blood stained the grassland. A cavalry of thousands of people surrounded the Tuva camp, stepping on the corpses of the losers. A bald man with a bare right arm and a bloody blade stepped out of the horse.
Pointed directly: "The Tuva people don't know what's good and dare not to worship me, Hanerda, the Chuvash people, as their great khan. Then don't blame me for being ruthless with the scimitar in my hand."
An old man walked out of the Tuva camp. He was holding a sheep's head staff and walked steadily but bowed. He knelt down on one knee in front of the strong man's horse. His face was not frightened, but full of sadness:
"The eagle overlooks the earth, and the wolf king dominates the grassland. Hanerda Khan is compassionate and asks the general to raise his noble hand and leave some sparks for our Tuva people. Andal is willing to die to apologize."
"Grandpa, don't want--" The little boy with a tough head and a tough brain had just shouted half a sentence, and his mother behind him covered his mouth. The woman's eyes were filled with tears, but she refused to cry.
The bald general put his scimitar on the neck of the Tuva clan leader and said condescendingly: "You know the rules of the grassland. If I break the rules because of you, the Tuva clan, how will Han Erda Khan continue to ride on the grassland in the future! So -
Accept your fate!" As he spoke about the scimitar area, the Tuva tribe leader covered his throat, blood gushing out from between his fingers, and turned around with great effort to look at the desperate tribesmen...
The death of the leader of the Tuva tribe could not change anything. The bald general jumped off his horse, pushed aside the crowd and strode to the woman. He reached out and gestured to the little boy who was less than waist high, frowned and shouted: "Naru
, get over here."
Naru is the messenger of the bald general. He has a sinister appearance and a short stature. Naru trotted to the general and replied with a smile: "Here you are, little one."
The general stretched out his hand again to compare the little boy's height. He saw that the little boy's brow was just above Naru's belt, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Hey! What a pity!"
As soon as the general finished speaking, Naru took out the short knife from his waist with understanding, smiled evilly and approached the little boy, pushed the woman down and said with a evil smile: "Good boy! I will send you to see my father and grandfather right now."
The woman struggled to get up and cried desperately, but she could not stop the knife from piercing the child's young body. The woman collapsed to the ground holding the child, desperately trying to cover the blood gushing from the child's abdomen, shouting incoherently.
He said: "Baby, it doesn't hurt! Baby, it will be fine! My mother is here, she will not let you die! My mother..."
"Aniang, my son doesn't feel any pain, just a little cold! Aniang, where's my sister? Why don't you see my sister? I think my sister is holding me to sleep, and I can see my father and grandfather when I fall asleep."
The boy looked into his mother's eyes and said.
The woman caressed the child's forehead, but the tender little face was stained with more bright red: "If the baby doesn't sleep, your sister will come in a moment and let her hold you to sleep." After hearing what my mother said,
The little boy smiled very happily...
The little boy left with a smile, but failed to wait for the arrival of his sister. The woman cried silently and caressed the child's cheek, as if she was afraid that the sleeping child would have nightmares...
The bald general didn't even look at the woman. With a wave of his hand, the tiger and wolf troops behind him rushed into the crowd: "Find Marianne, the pearl of the prairie. The other Tuva people will follow the rules of the prairie."
Far away in the grassland, the little princess Marian of the Tuva tribe was tied to a horse by an old Taoist priest. The old Taoist priest pointed in the direction of the Tuva tribe and said: "Watch it and remember it. If you want revenge, then make yourself more beautiful."
Qiang, one day you will set foot on this land again and bury those beasts with your own hands."
The teenage girl was already out of breath crying. Her grandfather, father, and younger brother who were around her all day long were here yesterday, but they were gone forever. The princess of yesterday, the bereaved dog of today.
, his identity changed so quickly, Li Taiping had to lament the impermanence of the world...
The winner will kill all adult men, and even boys taller than the waist will fall under the butcher's knife. Women and children are like cattle and sheep, redistributed to the winner. There is no right or wrong, no justice and evil, there is
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. This is the rule on the grassland. The weak eat the strong. Li Taiping talked eloquently, and presented what he saw and heard on the grassland scene by scene before the eyes of the handsome young man and the young lady.
The beauty of the prairie made the young man in Chinese clothes yearn for it, and the cruelty of the prairie also surprised the young man in Chinese clothes. The young lady sighed and burst into tears, but her little fists under the table clenched tighter.
"Why don't you save them? Why?" The little lady stared at Li Taiping, her face turned red, because there was a ball of anger burning in her heart.
"It can't be saved, it can't be saved! It's the grassland. I can save one person and one clan, but I can't save the countless ethnic groups, large and small, on the grassland. And you have to understand one thing. All the ethnic groups in the grassland have never been friends of the Great Qian Dynasty.
, you should be worried that if one day Temole unifies the prairie, the soldiers will directly attack me!" Li Taiping looked at the young lady and said.
The young lady was speechless for a moment, lowering her head in thought, but the richly dressed young man said confidently: "I have a strong army and strong horses, not to mention the old man who is the god of war. If Tie Molle dares to invade, they will never come back."
The old Taoist priest listened to the words of the handsome man and smiled bitterly but said nothing. The God of War is Daqian's Dinghai Shenzhen. But if one day this and Dinghai Shenzhen fail, then there will be no need for Tie Mo Le, and there will be chaos within Daqian first.
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It was late at night, after three rounds of wine and five dishes, as the saying goes, all banquets in the world come to an end. The old Taoist priest pulled Li Taiping up and said goodbye. The man in rich clothes was reluctant to get up and see him off...
When he came to the street, the wind blew Li Taiping's wine and he sobered up a little. He couldn't help but think of the old Taoist priest's fortune-telling, and he said angrily: "Master, why didn't you tell me earlier that you knew fortune-telling? If you had told me earlier, we wouldn't have fallen into this situation.
Such fields.”
"Taipingdao doesn't count fortunes, and neither does the master. The master only infers the man's identity and purpose of his trip from his dress and behavior."
Seeing his disciple's confusion, the old Taoist priest straightened his back and said: "Although the gentleman imitated the accent of Yan'an County, the heat was not enough. You can still hear the great interest when you taste it carefully. Although the clothes are not gorgeous, the items on his waist are not."
Simple - yellow jade and dragon teeth. Who would dare to wear this thing except the royal family and the powerful people of the dynasty. In addition, the man has been inquiring about the tax and bank case, so his identity is about to be revealed."
"Master, don't show off, my disciple is listening very enthusiastically." Li Taiping said and was about to pull the old Taoist's goatee.
"Mo Kao - Mo Kao, the master said right now. The court sent an imperial envoy to investigate the tax bank case, but the man is only a young man and cannot be an imperial envoy. He has a noble status and is interested in the tax bank case, so he must be from a certain company.
The young master wants to become famous and accumulate reputation by solving the case. But how can the tax bank case be simple? The captain is at least a sixth-grade warrior, and he has added hundreds of soldiers, but he failed to protect the tax bank. You can imagine that the robber is by no means an ordinary person. He is a fledgling.
My young master, if you really want to deal with those robbers, you will lose your life. But if you are lucky enough to take advantage and solve this big case, you will not have a high reputation when you go back."
Li Taiping smiled and said: "The young master was probably just idle and curious, so he asked a few more questions. Master, you are really capable of telling nonsense."
"This is the first time that tax money has been robbed in more than 600 years since the founding of the Qian Dynasty! It's too late to hide when you encounter this. You are still curious and are not afraid of losing your head! Do most people dare to ask about this?" said the old Taoist priest.
Li Taiping said unconvinced: "Aren't you the old man just asking about it? How come you are not afraid of losing your head!"
The old Taoist looked at his disciple: "Of course I'm afraid of losing my head! But since this matter has happened to our master and apprentice, we have to lend a helping hand even if we have no choice but to do it. Who can let us, the purpose of Taiping Tao - to show chivalry and righteousness with the sword?"
There’s peace!”
Hearing the master's words, Li Taiping was like a cat with a hairy fur. He bared his teeth and said: "You have to do chivalry and righteousness again! Master, you are trying to trick your disciples into death! You have always run far away when doing chivalry and righteousness."
I looked at it with my arms crossed, and it was always me who made the effort! Last time, I was almost crippled, but I didn’t do anything, and I won’t do anything this time.”
The old Taoist priest was not angry at being robbed by his apprentice, and said sincerely: "Taiping! You live in heaven and earth, and you have to establish your body and destiny. I named you Taiping as a master, which means peace in the world. Look, you have an iron sword in your hand, but the sword cannot come out of the sword."
Where is it? How can you stand upright if the sword does not come out? How can you have peace if the sword does not come out?"
"Anyone who is reasonable will say that I am the one who fought hard. The captain of the sixth rank was defeated by the robbers. How come - your apprentice's sixth rank is different? Can he defeat the robbers? You
Is the iron sword in the disciple's hand a magical weapon?" Li Taiping said angrily.
Along the way, Li Taiping talked a lot and tried his best. Unfortunately, the stubborn Li Taiping still couldn't defeat the old Taoist priest. It was like this every time. No matter how Li Taiping mentioned smallpox, the old Taoist priest
Even if oil and salt don't come in, Li Taiping will be defeated in the end.