The hills between the wilderness are undulating, the grass is withered, and the leaves of the miscellaneous trees are falling and the branches are withered, and the eyes are full of desolation and loneliness.
As the sun sets, there is still afterglow lingering, splashing on the western horizon, heart like blood, love like fire, doing the last evening song.
As far as the eye can see, there is no smoke rising, which shows that this is a wilderness place where there is no village in front of the village and no shop in the back, and seeing the sunset and the twilight gradually rising, just like the bird returning to the forest at night, Zhao Wudi also needs a place to stay in order to spend this cold autumn night.
He loosened the reins, let the "red lady" walk slowly, turned a corner along the official road, and a small temple appeared on a hill not far away.
The hills are not high, and the dead grass is burned by a fire, turning into black ash and scattered everywhere, as nutrients to warm the rhizomes hidden in the loess, so that when the spring breeze and rain turn into rain in the next year, the soil will break through and re-evolve into a full of new green.
The small temple is also very dilapidated, with broken roof tiles and peeling wall paint, as if it has been overwhelmed by the years and may collapse at any time and be reduced to ruins.
However, for Zhao Wudi, no matter how broken the temple is, it is better than sleeping in the open with a meal, after all, it can shelter from the wind and rain and resist the invasion of night dew.
He got off the horse, took the reins of the "Red Lady", touched the long mane on the neck of the "Red Lady", and chuckled: "Red Lady, today because I am in a hurry to go, so I missed the place to stay, so I can only grieve you to rest in this broken temple in the wilderness for a night." ” The red lady rolled her big moist eyes, opened her mouth and spewed out a breath of hot air, and screamed "Boom", as if to say: "Xiaoxiang, for the sake of seeing that you are an infatuated lover, this girl will forgive you once." ” This can be regarded as saying hello and saying goodbye, as for whether the red lady will forgive Zhao Wudi and he is not a horse, he can't understand the language of the horse, seeing that he just called out, and didn't pout his hooves and kick him, he should be forgiven.
He didn't hold the reins either, and the red lady, as a big food BMW, was extremely intelligent, and did not wander around, but meekly followed him, walking along the path towards the broken temple alone.
The hills are not high, the mountain road is not steep, a person and a horse quickly walked to the front of the small temple, only to see that there is a small open space in front of the temple, there is a flat top mountain stone on the ground, such as a natural stone table, and there are several small stone piers around it, it seems that people can rest here, taste a cup of fragrant tea, and enjoy the unique wilderness scenery.
Near the stone table, several rocks were piled up to form a pool, and in the middle of it was a spring bubbling up, and the excess water overflowed the pool, flowing down a small ditch, and not far away into a puddle.
The temple door was ajar, but no lights were lit, and it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen.
Zhao Wudi walked to the stone table, stretched out his hand and wiped it, the desktop was clean, and there was no obvious dust.
It is clear from this that it is inhabited and not borderland.
Since there is a host here, it is not good to be uninvited, so you have to be polite, and the number of etiquette you should have is still indispensable.
He Zhao Wushu is also from an ancient family, and he respects ancient etiquette the most, but he is not those barbarians who are ignorant of education.
He walked to the half-open and half-hidden temple door, but did not enter, and arched his hand into the small black temple and said: "I don't know which master in the temple took the liberty to disturb the trip because he was in a hurry, and I don't know if it is convenient to let me rest in the treasure land for a night."
After Zhao Wushu finished speaking, he saw that the twilight was getting thicker and the mountain breeze was blowing, but there was a dead silence in the small temple, and there was no response.
It seems that the owner of this place has not yet returned from an errand, but in the spirit of the creed of not entering, he did not enter the small temple, but took the red lady to the puddle, let her drink some water, and fed it with the fine food he had bought at the inn on the way.
He has traveled all over the world, learned martial arts from strangers in the world, and sought progress in martial arts, so he is no stranger to matters outside the home.
At the time of Longmen's parting, Princess Taiping not only gave him a big food BMW red lady, but also prepared some clothes and money for him, a few sets of clothes, copper coins, and some gold, silver and beads.
Copper coins have always been a thousand big coins, and the total weight is not light, if you come to dozens or hundreds, you have to get a special carriage to load.
This was how could it be possible for Zhao Wudi, who was in a hurry to go, Therefore, the empathetic Princess Taiping only prepared him with the usual copper coins, and the others were valuable things such as gold, silver, and beads.
In today's Tang Dynasty, the common currency is copper coins and silk, while gold and silver are only a valuable thing, usually used as ornaments and decorations, not official currency.
However, in the large transactions between the families and the noble class, as well as between the merchants, people have long been accustomed to trading in gold, silver, jewelry, etc., after all, no one likes to drag a few carts of copper coins around the world.
Even ordinary folk inns and shops can still use gold and silver to pay their bills, but they are more or less carrying people behind their backs, and they dare not be blatant.
In addition to these, Princess Taiping also gave Zhao Wushu a thing, which was worth more than all the gold, silver and jewelry combined, and could even be said to be priceless.
It was a token, a token from Princess Taiping's Mansion, or a gold medal of the highest rank.
The token is a big palm, made of pure gold, golden in color, heavy in hand, shading is a very complex pattern, during which a heavy breath is about to come out, which makes people feel solemn.
There are only two large characters on the gold medal, "Taiping", and it is an extremely ancient script, whose origins are so old that most people in later generations have not known them.
This is an inscription that originated before the Qin Dynasty, and the specific time is unknown.
I only know that it was used by the ancient dynasties to create sacrificial vessels and important weapons of the country, as well as to write the text of the sacrifice to the heavens.
Two words, one stroke and one painting are like knives and axes and chisels, revealing all kinds of ancient meanings, such as the majestic Dayue, suppressing the eight directions, and like the long river flowing, pouring thousands of miles, as well as the sun rising and the moon setting, the stars shifting, and the ancestors are fighting everywhere, the blood stains the earth, the white bones are full of wilderness, and there is a faint sound of killing, filled with unyielding war will If it is said that this is a token, it is better to say that it is an ancient artifact, and it is the good wishes of the ancestors to the descendants of future generations.
Zhao Wudi could see that this was by no means a token for the princess's mansion to go out to run errands, and it was very likely to be a symbol of identity given to Princess Taiping by the first emperor.
Perhaps, the title of Princess Taiping comes from this, such a heavy weapon, only she, the most noble princess of the Tang Dynasty, can afford it.
She handed over such a token to him, and the love and meaning during it were self-evident, but it was unbearable for Zhao Wudi.
The most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, although he accepted this token without knowing it, but, from now on, I am afraid that I will be entangled with her
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