"Brother, as soon as you ask me this question, I know you are not from the Fifth Road of Guanxi! You are not even from the Northwest Road,"
The shopkeeper saw that there were no customers in the inn, so he simply said so.
"The Guanxi Five Routes relied on the Western Army to deal with Xixia. But if they won too many battles, it would be difficult to ask the emperor for military expenditures. After all, Xixia was easy to fight, so military expenditures would not be enough. Privy Council Tong often asked the Western Army to pretend to fail. Use this to ask the emperor for military expenses."
The shopkeeper whispered, everyone in Guanxi Fifth Road knew about this matter. Zhending Mansion was close to Guanxi Fifth Road, and the north often went to war with the Liao people, so they knew this very well.
But so what? The only way to suppress Xixia was to rely on the Western Army. Even the emperor turned a blind eye and didn't care as long as he defended the Five Routes of Guanxi.
"This really opened my eyes. Tong Guan is greedy enough. He is already in charge of the Privy Council, and he still plays such little tricks to cheat money."
Sun Lei sneered. The Privy Council was the highest military organ of the Song Dynasty. Tong Guan was in charge of the Privy Council, which meant he was in charge of the world's military. His power was even higher than that of Gao Qiu, the palace commander. Gao Qiu was only in charge of 800,000 imperial troops, while Tong Guan was in charge of the imperial army. The Privy Council is accustomed to directly governing the world's military. For such high-ranking officials to resort to such methods, it shows that they are not very clever.
While talking, the old woman had finished washing, was helped out, and put on old clothes. This time, she realized that she did not look like an old woman from a farm. Although her face was weathered, her skin did not look like that of a farm woman who had been working in the fields all year round. So dark.
"Da Lang, Da Lang, go and save my son!"
The old woman handed the whistle stick she was holding tightly in her hand to Sun Lei and repeated those words.
Sun Lei had a headache, so he could only comfort the old woman and let her rest first, and then take her to find her son tomorrow.
In the next few days, Sun Lei took the old lady around Zhending Mansion, trying to see if he could find the old lady's relatives.
After searching for several days and finding no one who knew the old lady, Sun Lei had no choice but to give up. There were only two options in front of him. One was to leave directly, which would be considered as an act of kindness, and the other was to take the old lady to Taiyuan Mansion and Yan'an. Mansion, where to look for her relatives, but seeing that the old woman fled all the way to Zhending Mansion and no one found her, it is estimated that the chance is not great.
After making up his mind for a long time, Sun Lei still couldn't make up his mind. The series of good luck he experienced in time travel can be regarded as an eye-opener from God. He did good deeds and did them to the end, which was regarded as fulfilling his wish by doing good deeds.
After staying in Zhending Mansion for a long time, Sun Lei packed up and prepared to go to Yan'an Mansion to try his luck. The old woman was weak and could not ride a horse. Moreover, riding a horse was too ostentatious. Although this is the north, most of the people who ride horses are For people in the government and military, horses are not something ordinary people can have.
Fortunately, there are transportation tools. Sun Lei bought a donkey and let the old woman ride it. He carried the whistle stick and led the donkey, just like seeking scriptures from the West, and went all the way to the west.
After leaving Zhending Mansion, you have to walk south for a while before going west. There are few people on the way to the west, and there are even fewer dormitories. Sun Lei always asks about the distance before setting off, so that he can hurry on. It shows the desolation of the west.
The more anxious and urgent the situation became, Sun Lei finally understood what it meant to be lazy. After driving for several days, the donkey suddenly went on strike at noon one day and stood on the road, unwilling to leave. , Sun Lei saw that the donkey was trying to be lazy, so he whipped the donkey several times with the whip in his hand. The whipping was so severe that the stubborn donkey got angry and retreated as soon as he was whipped. Back away.
"If you don't leave, you stubborn donkey, I will kill you today and eat donkey meat on fire tonight!"
Sun Lei grabbed the stubborn donkey's long ears with one hand and twisted them hard, but the stubborn donkey just brayed and remained still.
The stalemate lasted from noon until the sun set in the west. The stubborn donkey finally gave in and continued to move forward with the old woman hunched over and led by Sun Lei.
This delayed the trip for half a day. The sun was setting in the west. Sun Lei knew that he would definitely not be able to catch up with Sutou. He had to find a place to stay overnight. There was nothing wrong with him sleeping in the wild, but the old lady might not be able to bear it. If he caught a cold or something, , I have even more headaches.
Leading the donkey and walking forward for about ten miles, Sun Lei saw a small river stretching from the chaotic mountains, a stone bridge appeared in front of him, and there seemed to be a farmhouse in the dense forest on the hill. Sun Lei knew that there must be someone living here, so it would be better to go there. Stay overnight.
As I approached, I realized that it was a large family. The courtyard was not small, and more than a dozen servants were hanging red hydrangeas and red lanterns at the door, as if they were planning a happy event.
"It's better to be in time than to be in time, just in time to have a wedding banquet!"
When Sun Lei saw that this family was having a happy event, he secretly thought that he was lucky to be able to eat ready-made food today.
"Why are you coming to my village?"
The banker at the door saw Sun Lei dressed as a knight and blocked the door nervously.
"My grandma and I had the wrong place to stay. There is a family in Guizhuang around this time. I want to stay for one night. If you bother me, I will give you the money for the house tomorrow."
Sun Lei pointed at the old woman on the donkey and said to the dealers.
"Why are you so unlucky? There are no good things in the first place. A rude and unreasonable monk has just arrived, and here comes a pair of passing grandfather and grandson who are annoying. Go quickly, go quickly, so that I don't have to wait for the sticks and sticks to meet the King of Hell!" .”
A banker looked at Sun Lei angrily and said, he saw that Sun Lei was young, the old woman was old, and there were many of them, so naturally he was not polite with his words.
"Hey, you have a bad temper. Let me show you how powerful my stick is!"
Sun Lei's face turned cold. He was very angry with the stubborn donkey today. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger. He begged for a stay in an angry voice, and was pointed at his nose and scolded by a banker. He swung his whistle stick in his hand and rushed to the door. Beat those bankers before.
"The thief came early, so he can take advantage of Sajia's Zen staff!"
Sun Lei was swinging the whistle stick when he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the village. Wasn't that Master Lu, whom he hadn't seen for many days?
"Master Lu?"
Sun Lei looked into the courtyard and shouted.
Lu Zhishen, who was rushing out of the inner hall with a Zen staff, heard the cry, and the strength in his hands instantly lost seven or eight points. He also recognized the voice, it was Sun Lei.
"Brother, the Sa family has found you!"
When Lu Zhishen saw Sun Lei, he burst out laughing and wanted to throw him into a bear hug.
"Master Lu, if you are not practicing meditation and chanting Buddha's name in Mount Wutai, why are you here?"
Seeing this, Sun Lei dwarfed and avoided Lu Zhishen's bear hug. He asked strangely, shouldn't this great monk be on Mount Wutai?
"Brother, don't mention those things. It was really boring to stay in the temple after you left. So we just went down the mountain to have wine. Who would have thought that the shops in the town wouldn't sell wine and meat to me? You know, I don't think it was the day when our brothers came down the mountain. He drank and drank to his heart's content, which made the Sa family angry. He broke several tables and chairs and was about to smash the shop when the man brought the wine and meat honestly. Don’t you even want to buy Sajia?”
"It was even more excessive when we got back to the mountain. The gatekeeper guarded the gate to prevent the Sa family from entering, and even asked a group of people to beat the Sa family with bamboo grates. The Sa family could not bear this anger, so they opened the mountain gate and walked in. Someone at the door grunted, and another Haha stared at the Sa family again and beat them all to pieces. Then the head temple, the prison temple, and the capital temple came with a lot of monks to beat the Sa family, and the Sa family beat them to pieces!"
Lu Zhishen slapped his chest angrily, making a loud "bang bang" sound.
