Needless to say, we know that Li Yunze took a special detour to Ruzhou this time just for Niugao.
The imperial family and the imperial court were so cowardly that they broke the bottom line of shamelessness, but there were endless heroes among the people who fought against the Jin Dynasty.
The most famous one is of course Yue Fei, and the heroic one also has his great-grandson's daughter-in-law, Yang Zaixing, who is the mother-in-law of Niujiacun.
In addition, there are many loyal people and heroes.
There is no doubt that Niu Gao is one of them.
Looking at the man in front of him who was as strong as iron, Li Yunze got off his horse and walked over, "I've also shot this deer, who do you think should belong to it?"
After all, Niu Gao was just a farmer and hunter. Seeing that Li Yunze was so impressive and had an entourage, he must not be an ordinary person.
He didn't want to cause trouble, so he could only swallow his anger and say, "Since it was shot by the young master, it belongs to the young master."
Deer hides are high-value goods, and one deer hide is enough for their family to live a good life for several months.
But the situation is stronger than the person, so he doesn't dare to offend the noble person.
"Listening to your words, I'm not happy." Li Yunze joked, "But I'm dissatisfied."
Niu Gao was so angry that he wanted to roll his eyes. Of course he was dissatisfied. He was almost mad to death.
He lowered his head and said solemnly, "A certain family doesn't dare."
"I am a fair person." Li Yunze said with emotion, "Since you and I shot the deer at the same time, it is a tie. Let us try our archery skills again. Whoever wins gets the deer."
Niu Gao, who hunted on Funiu Mountain all year round to support his family, was very confident in his archery skills.
Immediately nodded "Okay!"
Pointing to a row of birds parked on a branch in the distance, Li Yunze smiled cordially, "You and I compete with each other to see who can hit the most birds in one shot."
Niu Gao was a little stunned. He was accurate in shooting, but he could not shoot faster.
"Don't you dare?"
"Why don't you dare?!"
Niu Gao immediately responded to the simple words.
They both raised their bows and set arrows. Only then did Niu Gao realize that Li Yunze was actually drawing the bow with his thumb and loading three arrows with one string!
"shoot!"
Li Yunze suddenly shouted angrily and shot out sharp arrows from his hands.
Niu Gao was so flustered by this shout that he subconsciously took action.
Li Yunze shot three birds with one arrow.
The other birds on the branches were frightened and flew away, and Niu Gao's sharp arrows were able to come over at this time.
The birds scattered, and the three birds that were hit by arrows almost fell to the ground.
Li Yunze, who lowered his bow, turned to look at the dumbfounded Niu Gao, "Do you accept it?"
Niu Gao, who was smiling bitterly, turned around and saluted respectfully, "Young master's shooting skills are unparalleled, and his mental skills are even admired by a certain family."
Li Yunze used methods to interfere with his mind, and even though he was so good at shooting, he still used such mental methods to interfere with himself. It was really unfathomable.
At this time, several of the imperial guards who had been knocked down had already gotten up and cheered, "My lord is mighty~~~"
"Your Majesty?"
Niu Gao was nervous and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "The common people don't know that the prince is in front of you, so please forgive me."
Taking a step forward, Li Yunze stretched out his hand to help him up. "A warrior doesn't need to get up like this."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Niu Gao was just a mountain man. He had never seen such a high-level being as the prince.
The iron tower-like body seemed to be trembling.
"Take that deer with you." Li Yunze patted Niu Gao's shoulder, "Go back to the village to eat first."
Niu Gao easily picked up the fat deer, which weighed more than a hundred kilograms, and put it on his shoulders.
The group of people went down the mountain to Shibeigou Village, where the previous entourage had already settled down.
The village is not big, with more than a hundred households. Several large pots have been set up on the threshing floor.
After Li Yunze and others hunted hares and pheasants, they were run through boiling water. The women in the village skillfully plucked and cleaned them, then chopped them into pieces and threw them into the boiling cauldron.
When Niugao came over with the fat deer on his shoulders, the people in the village became even more excited.
This kind of large prey is rare, and it is rare to have both firewood and fat. Naturally, everyone is happy about it.
"It's all cooked." Li Yunze greeted, "Let's eat all the prey together, and give the deer skin to Niu Gao."
The villagers cheered and praised Li Yunze as a wise king.
Li Yunze stayed in the village for three days, comforting the farmers, caring about their livelihood, and even calmed down several conflicts between villagers.
The simple villagers praised Li Yunze repeatedly and sincerely thought that Li Yunze was a good person.
Three days later, Li Yunze left the village and naturally took Niu Gao with him.
His identity is that he is already a helper of Prince Kang's Mansion.
For example, when it comes to finding a mountain villager to help, the Imperial City Secretary is too lazy to report it to the superiors.
When leaving Ruzhou and heading north, passing through Song County, Li Yunze made a special trip to Song Mountain.
The most famous thing in Songshan is of course the Shaolin Temple.
As he came to visit the temple in his capacity, he was naturally received by the abbot in person.
Everything was done according to the procedures, including worshiping Buddha, burning incense, and paying for sesame oil.
The only thing that dissatisfied the oily monks was that the money given by King Kang for the sesame oil was too little.
With only 20 guan of sesame oil money, I had to take so many people to eat and drink, and I had to host the abbot and accompany me all the way around. It was really hard to make ends meet.
"Isn't there a sweeper here in the Sutra Pavilion?"
All the way to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Li Yunze kept wandering around with his hands behind his back.
"Of course there is." The abbot, whose bald head was covered with oil, saluted, "Monks come to clean it every day, twice in the morning and evening."
Li Yunze suddenly stamped his feet, raised his hand and gestured on his eyebrows, "Is there any sweeping monk with such long eyebrows?"
The abbot smiled and shook his head, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. How can there be people with such long eyebrows in the world? The people cleaning everywhere are young monks, who sharpen their minds."
"whispering sound!"
Li Yunze, who was slightly disappointed, muttered unhappily, "Squeezing the labor force."
Li Yunze felt a little regretful that he could not meet the sweeping monk.
However, after entering the Sutra Pavilion, I searched everywhere but could not find the seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin.
"I heard that your temple has seventy-two unique skills, which are used to train many monks."
Before he finished speaking, the abbot over there was already sweating on his forehead.
He repeatedly confessed, "Your Majesty, be careful, there are not many warrior monks in this poor temple."
Throughout the dynasties, monks and Taoists were strictly monitored, and there were even incidents of extermination of Buddhas on many occasions.
You must know that temples have always been the richest places. Even the Buddha statues are made of copper and even coated with gold powder.
We are already so rich, if there are any more large-scale warrior monks, no court can bear it.
Also because he is rich and his life is so good, the temple is not willing to cause trouble.
Li Yunze glanced at his bald head, turned around and continued to search for the scriptures.
"This temple has some martial arts training for strengthening the body, but when it comes to the seventy-two special skills, they are all spread by rumors." After saying that, the abbot hurriedly took out some training books and presented them to him.
Taking it over and flipping through it, Li Yunze quickly determined that it was indeed an entry-level technique, which was far from the stunt he had in mind.
Li Yunze, who was dissatisfied, asked, "Where is the Lankavatara Sutra?"
The abbot quickly found the Lankavatara Sutra and presented it with both hands.
Li Yunze carefully opened it and even removed the cracks.
It's a pity that I still couldn't find the Nine Yang Manual.
"It's all lies!"
Li Yunze, who was so angry, simply stayed in the temple.
He brought hundreds of people with him. With so many people living and eating in the temple, they were not well fed. Of course, it was a burden for the temple.
And more importantly, they can't collect money yet.
Not only can't we collect money, but because Li Yunze lives in the temple, many pilgrims can't come to visit him.
With the lack of pilgrims, the temple's income has also been reduced. Li Yunze and his people wandered around the temple eating and drinking all day long, which really made many great monks sweat.
In the end, Niu Gao expressed his meaning to the monks in a vague way.
"What? You want Xiaodera to pay?"
The abbot felt ridiculous for a while. They had always been the only ones collecting offerings. How could they have thought that one day they would have to pay tribute to others.
"If the prince cannot be satisfied, then the prince will have to stay here forever."
It is impossible to stay there forever, but staying even for one more day is a huge burden and risk for the temple.
In desperation, the abbot could only wipe the sweat from his forehead with his cassock and said, "I dare to ask the prince how much tribute he needs."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Niu Gao glared in dissatisfaction, "Why would the prince ask for your worship? Don't harm the prince's reputation."
"Yes Yes."
The abbot nodded repeatedly, "The poor monk made a mistake. The small temple is willing to make some contribution to the prince's inspection of spring plowing, and I hope that the prince can give me a chance."
"Yes." Niu Gao nodded with satisfaction, "The prince said that there is too much rainfall during the spring plowing season on Beijing North Road, and the river needs to be repaired."
When he heard that the river was being repaired, the abbot almost fell to the ground.
Building rivers has always been a large-scale project at the national level.
Even if a huge sum of money is thrown in, it will just go down the drain. How can their temple be so virtuous and capable that it can provide offerings to do such a big thing.
"Your temple can pledge donations for the river channel, and then persuade wealthy families from all over the country to pledge donations. It doesn't take much, your temple can just donate one million yuan."
This number really frightened many monks to the point of weakening their legs.
It's not that I can't afford it, but the price Li Yunze offered is too high, why should I give it to him for nothing?
Since the temple is rich, it naturally has its own personal connections in Beijing.
But it was not a good time for them to ask for help.
Because the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji has returned to Bianliang City and is currently engaged in a drama of love and hatred with the emperor.
The entire court was full of smoke and smoke, and there was no time or mood to care about Li Yunze's trivial matters.
Moreover, Li Yunze not only directly blocked the mountain gate by raising a banner, but also began to visit and investigate the temple property issues.
If offering sacrifices means cutting the flesh, then investigating the property means removing the bones.
Because it simply cannot stand up to investigation.
In the past, others did not dare to investigate, and those who dared to investigate would be suppressed by superiors.
But given the opportunity at this moment and Li Yunze's identity, the previous methods were useless.
The temple had no choice but to spend money to eliminate the disaster and send Li Yunze away quickly.
I really couldn't bear to part with the one million yuan, and I didn't dare to give it all, so I could only lower my face and discuss it.
In the end, with a pledge of 600,000 yuan, Li Yunze was finally sent away.
He walked out of the mountain gate with his front legs, and the temple door behind him immediately closed.
I'm afraid he'll come back again.
Looking at the magnificent temple, Li Yunze looked around at the scenery and said calmly, "I will come back."
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