This is a ruined temple in the countryside. It has been abandoned for a long time. The withered wild grass is everywhere hidden among a mess of trees with all their leaves.

Xu Ping got off the horse and asked Sang Yi beside him: "It's this?"

Sang Yi said in a deep voice: "Not bad!"

Get off the donkey and pull out the iron mace on the back.

Xu Ping also pulled out his long sword and held it in his hand, slowly approaching the ruined temple with Sang Yi.

The two of them arrived at the temple gate, stood on both sides, and listened carefully to the movement inside.

"Since you two have arrived, why don't you come in and talk? The cold wind blows outside, it's uncomfortable!"

Just as the two were careful of Rongbei, a sentence suddenly came from the temple.

Xu Ping and Sang Yi were both surprised. Unexpectedly, the people in the temple had already discovered them. After a glance, the two of them entered the temple one by one.

I don’t know which gods to offer sacrifices to this small temple, but it has been abandoned for many years, and only half of the statue is left. In front of the altar, a fire was set on the ground, and two people were sitting next to the fire.

He looked about thirty years old, a white-faced scholar with a moustache on his face. He sat by the fire and leaned on an iron flute on his legs. He was just focused on roasting the fire and didn't even lift his head.

The other one is older, burly, thick-haired and dressed as a scholar. He has an iron sword beside him, and is looking at Xu Ping and the others disdainfully.

Xu Ping said in a deep voice: "So the two have already discovered that they are here!"

The burly scholar laughed and said, "The guy next to you has been patrolling outside the temple for many days. I still don't know if someone is coming and thinks we are blind?"

Sang Yi didn't expect that his treasure had already fallen into the eyes of others. He couldn't hold back his face and asked, "Who are you? Since you know you're targeted, why don't you run away?"

The burly scholar said, "We are both Chinese Jinshi in Huazhou. My name is Wu Jiuxia. The brother named Zhang Yuan. He came to Beijing for the exam before the New Year and accidentally spent all his money in the capital. When he was released, he didn't expect that the court now is a woman in power, a hero, and he dismissed me as a palace. He was so impatient that he had to put down his face, do some improper activities to earn some gold and silver, and raise money to go back to his hometown."

Xu Ping heard him speak easily and said angrily: "You burn the silver for refining medicine, but this place is uneasy! Do you know how many families have been ruined by you?"

Wu Jiuxia said disapprovingly: "We only have this way to make money. If we don't do it in your place, we have to go elsewhere. What's the difference?"

Xu Ping didn't bother him and asked, "You haven't said why don't you run away!"

Wu Jiuxia sighed: "I originally said I was going to leave, no matter you birds! I was stopped by my brother and waited for you here."

Xu Ping and Sang Yi both saw that the white-faced scholar was the master's brain, and looked at him together.

Zhang Yuan, who had been sitting there, said carelessly: "If we leave, you two will definitely report to the official, which is also a problem. Since this person is just monitoring outside these days and does not take action, I guess there is something to talk to us, so why not wait and talk about it?"

Xu Ping asked: "What do you think we will talk to you about?"

Zhang Yuan looked confident: "It's just a matter of greed for our prescription for copper-to-silver. Who doesn't like the white silver? Otherwise, you two will come to us if you eat too much!"

Xu Ping sneered: "It's just a way to use arsenic to make copper into white copper? I learned this ten years ago, and I'll come to you to learn it?"

Zhang Yuan was shocked, then he became serious, looked up and down at Xu Ping, and asked, "So you know this technique too! Since you know everything, why are you here to come to us?"

Xu Ping said: "The Qin Er you were looking for stole a few hundred taels of silver from my house. Do you think I should come to you?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head: "Just for those hundreds of taels of silver?"

Xu Ping said: "A few hundred taels are enough for you two to live a happy life!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yuan looked at Xu Ping and suddenly smiled: "Hundreds of taels are indeed not decimal places, but to the little owner of the Xu family restaurant, it is nothing."

Xu Ping said: "So you knew me a long time ago!"

"Nearby, your family is the only one who can get a lot of silver. How can I not know?" Zhang Yuan said, looking at Xu Ping, "But the little master comes to me at this time, there must be other things. Why not speak bluntly? It is not your and my temperament to speak in circles like this."

Xu Ping was silent for a while before saying, "Yes, I'm here to find you, there's something else!"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Even if the little master says it clearly, we will not refuse as long as both parties are in favor."

"A few days ago, my village caught Ke Wulang and was killed by five imperial guards when he was sent to the county. Have you heard of this?"

After hearing Xu Ping's words, Zhang Yuan just shook his head: "We have been staying in this dilapidated temple recently, how could we hear about these things!"

Xu Ping, regardless of whether he knew it or not, just continued, "Those people kidnapped my wife who had not passed away that day. I caught up with him all the way, but halfway through, a young man and an old man who looked like a servant came out. It turned out that they were the masters. I know that you were mixed with these people a few months ago. Do you know who those two were?"

Zhang Yuan said: "I heard that, it should be Ma Jiliang's small houseman Ma Naofang and his zhiyuan. Why? Is the little master just to know the names of these two people?"

Xu Ping asked coldly: "What do you think?"

Zhang Yuan sighed: "Of course not. There are only a few families nearby. I am afraid that the little master has guessed it before coming. You are still looking for us, and I guess you have to take the little one's life."

Xu Ping shut up and said nothing.

Sang Yi was surprised and asked Xu Ping: "Do you really have such thoughts? This is a violation of national law! What's more, the Ma family is so popular in front of the Empress Dowager, why do you have to mess with him!"

Xu Ping shook his head and said to Sang Yi: "What do we do with this? They burned the silver for refining and dividing the spoils by themselves and they were unevenly killed by each other. Who can control it? I just want to spend a few hundred taels of silver!"

Zhang Yuan stood up and smiled: "You are also people who read books, hold swords and swords, how can you care about things when doing things? What big thing did mother-in-law and mother do? In your eyes, they are the sons of favorite ministers, and no one dares to mess with them. In my eyes, they are just a useless little bastard, just a sword!"

Xu Ping also knew that Ma Jiliang's son was extremely incompetent, and with his identity, he did not have a single official in his son. It was just because this kid was notorious, and he would be attacked by the censors when he mentioned it, and even his own identity as a relative of the foreign country would be presented to make a statement.

But no matter what, he was a member of the Ma family and the Queen Mother's close relatives, and no one dared to provoke them on his own initiative. Xu Ping did not have the courage to ignore Zhang Yuan and Wu Jiuxia, and he killed him with one knife.

Seeing Xu Ping not saying a word, Zhang Yuan said again: "Since the little master is a wise man, of course he knows that the medicine silver is expensive to refine, and the risk of being highly toxic is extremely high. A few hundred taels of silver is a little less."

Xu Ping said coldly: "It's enough for you to go back and be a rich man!"

Zhang Yuan laughed loudly after hearing this: "The little master has such shallow eyelids! If you want to be a rich man in the countryside, why should Brother Wu and I come to the capital? You can do it easily at home! A real man will be a man and learn literature and martial arts for a lifetime, and you will be a general and a prime minister, and you will achieve unparalleled achievements! Show fame during your lifetime, and paint behind you!"

He shook his head while laughing: "I saw you that you could ride a horse and carry a knife, and recite two poems. With a few incompetent patrons, you can defeat the long-standing army and easily catch Ke Wulang and his thieves. I thought you were also a person of our generation and had a heart to make friends. I didn't expect that you only have a rich man in your eyes. I really laughed at my big teeth! Forget it, since we have already said this, I will argue with you and others, and I will just give you a face. I will lead the little servant of the Ma family to you and take his life in front of you, so that you can see our style! You only need to send two jars of good wine here, so that Brother Wu and I can drink it happily, don't say that we are greedy for your money!"

Xu Ping didn't expect this man to be so arrogant and could not hold back his face. But then he thought that this guy was also from the Golden List High School, but he was demoted when he was in the palace examination. He was arrogant and prideful. As for what he wanted to be a general and a prime minister, Xu Ping had memories of his previous life and was not very enthusiastic. It is a good thing to have lofty ambitions, but he must be down-to-earth and not always drifting to the sky.

He said to Zhang Yuan immediately: "Whatever you say. It's not difficult to get good wine. I'll find someone to deliver it later."

Zhang Yuan said to Wu Jiuxia: "Brother Wu, thank you for your hard work to bring the little servant of the Ma family here and let this little master see me take his life! The huge difficulty in the eyes of these countrymen is just a five-step splash of blood in my eyes!"

When Wu Jiuxia heard this, he stood up and didn't take an iron sword. He said to Zhang Yuan, "Brother Zhang wait." Then he left the temple gate and strode away.

Seeing that Sang Yi was really going to kill someone, he wanted to stop him, but Zhang Yuan said something just now, but he just opened his mouth and finally didn't say it.

Zhang Yuan ignored the two of them, sat down by the fire, and chanted casually: "I am willing to wait for the rabbit in the moon to fly to the white clouds."

He shook his head and focused on the fire. It was obvious that he thought he was a person with lofty hearts and disdained to talk to someone like Xu Ping who had no ambitions.

Xu Ping and Sang Yi stood quietly aside, watching Zhang Yuan pretending to be a paranormal.

In his previous life, Xu Ping had read many biography of celebrities inadvertently, and he understood it very well. If Zhang Yuan's style is successful in the future, it is the interesting story of celebrities, and he has always had great ambitions. If nothing can be achieved, it is a joke. Like Su Dongpo joked, he would eat old beef in a country temple and drink wine and talk about it.

Since ancient times, people have admired and envied only the result, not the process.
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