Chapter 529: A beggar on the road
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The news of the disappearance of Master Yuanzhen of the White Horse Temple has spread all over the country, and Li Tianqi is still on his way to Chang'an, the rainy season makes the road ***** difficult for cars and horses, and he has only walked half of the journey for a month.
One day, due to the flash flood that washed away the bridge in front of him and a large section of winding mountain road, he had to make a detour to Huashan. At this time, I heard that hundreds of thousands of the tribes of Nanzhao and Tufan invaded the Tang Dynasty at the same time, and the military situation on the southwest border was urgent.
Li Tianqi had experienced the fact that Tufan sent troops to sneak into the Tang Realm, and it was not surprising to estimate it, and he saw that the Tang Dynasty began to gather troops and supplies to the southwest, so he was even more convinced that the news was correct.
It is true that the Nanzhao tribes created incidents on the border of the Tang Dynasty, and it was not a matter of a day or two to provoke friction, and this time it was even more under the instruction of Tufan and the attraction of interests, and began to blatantly echo with the north and south of Tufan, and attacked the Tang Dynasty in two ways without declaring war.
And at this time, there was a shocking news in the martial arts rivers and lakes, one of the five spirit beads, the wood spirit bead, appeared, and with it was a young knight with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
No one knows his name, only that he has thick eyebrows, large eyes, and very white skin.
Although Li Tianqi was still quite shocked in his heart when he heard the news, he knew that with the kung fu under his hands, he would not be able to seize the spirit bead at all, so he didn't want to know who this young knight was. Now he just wants to find his adoptive mother as soon as possible, ask for details of the year, so as to find out his life experience or find Li Mo, who may be his biological father, and then return to the village with his family to live a quiet life, which is also the thought that often comes out of his heart.
In his spare time, he remembered the words of the heavenly machine, but it made him feel that the burden on his shoulders was not light, and there were always some gains and losses in his heart.
Since he was a child, he also dreamed of becoming a generation of heroes, going to the end of the world with a sword, or becoming a powerful immortal cultivator, but that was just the yearning that erupted after hearing about Mr. Storyteller or people who traveled from south to north to talk about that bizarre story.
Although he had now confirmed that he had obtained the Heavenly Book Magic Method, he was unable to control it, and he did not know how to play it freely, otherwise he would be able to go to heaven and earth with his skills.
If it is still possible, he also wants to enter the palace again to visit the heavenly machine and ask all the doubts in his heart clearly. It's just that the unkempt old man has put his words in front of him, and the heavenly machine god is not something that everyone can see, and it can't be seen at any time.
Since Tianji Shenshu is a woman, and she is in the harem, she may also be a concubine of the emperor. If you can meet the emperor, you can also get to know it.
Li Tianqi was dressed in a robe, wearing a hat and walking on the sheep intestine path, although it was afternoon, but the gloomy weather, the rain still made people feel extremely depressed, the rain began to be heavy again, and the surrounding trees were washed by the heavy rain and swayed the branches and leaves.
A half-collapsed shack appeared not far ahead, and he quickened his pace to the dilapidated house.
It was a deserted shack with only a broken table and two wooden benches, and a number of rat holes in the ground. Cobwebs were all over the place, and many were stained with rain, swaying in the wind.
Li Tianqi walked in and saw a broom leaning on the edge of the pillar, so he swept the ashes, found a place where there was no water leakage, sat down, took off the hat and took out the steamed bun wrapped in lotus leaves, and ate it.
Perhaps attracted by the aroma of food, the head of the thief and the thief's brain poked out of many rat holes, and when he saw that there was no danger, seven or eight huge voles quickly jumped out.
They slowly jumped in front of Li Tianqi, staring at the food in his hand.
Li Tianqi has been on the road alone for a month, and after all, he is a prisoner of the imperial court, and there are many troops transferred at this time, so in order to avoid people's eyes, he always chooses to take the remote road.
In addition to buying food and accommodation, Li Tianqi barely talked to anyone, and he walked for most of the day this day, and now when he saw these rats, he was not disgusted, so he tore off half of the bun and threw it in front of them, "Eat." ”
The seven or eight big rats squeaked, scattered in a hurry, and gnawed around the half of the bun, all of which were cheerful.
But when the shadow flashed, three broken branches snapped into the three rats, nailing them to the ground, and the rest of the rats reacted quickly, knowing that something was wrong, and immediately ran away and sank into the hole.
Li Tianqi raised his eyes and looked, three men wearing robes and hats walked in one after another, the leader was a short and thin man who was very ugly and thin, he held a one-foot-long branch in his hand, the clothes under the coat were tattered, and the patches were dense, followed by a short man, not only ugly but also dark-skinned and fat, the clothes were still ragged, what made him feel strange was that the last person to come in was also short, although he was also ugly, but he had fine skin and tender flesh, although the clothes on his body were not patched, but they were also quite old, In comparison, this person is quite Sven, like a literati.
All three of them are called Huazi.
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and it doesn't seem to stop.
The house was a dilapidated house, and there were leaks everywhere, but the area where Li Tianqi was located was quite complete and could shelter from the wind and rain, so the three of them naturally came to Li Tianqi.
Li Tianqi didn't want to do much, and when he saw that the other party was just calling Huazi, he took a bite of the bun and ate it slowly.
The three men took off their hats and sat down on the ground without saying a word, until Humpty Dumpty peeled the dead rats on the ground with a knife and cut them open, and washed them away from the rain.
At this time, the dwarf literati also found some dry wood by his side, piled it in front of him, snapped his fingers, and said strangely, there was actually a spark from his fingertips, and soon the fire was up.
Li Tianqi looked at the other party and suddenly showed this kung fu, and he became vigilant for a while, after all, this place is extremely secluded, and if he encounters a villain, it will inevitably be another fight.
The thin man broke off the branch in his hand and handed it to the other two companions, who dressed themselves in rat meat and roasted them in the fire.
The fire was quite fierce, and after a while, the rat meat began to sizzle and drip oil, and the smell of meat was also permeated in the broken house.
Li Tianqi also caught voles and ate rat meat in the field when he was a child, so he was not disgusted, and at this time there seemed to be a sense of déjà vu, and these three people were all called Huazi, and he was quite sympathetic to their ragged situation, but the thin literati's kung fu still made him a little jealous.
The three dwarves did not speak, and the dwarf thin man and the dwarf literati crunched and ate the rat meat, which seemed to be extremely delicious. Humpty Dumpty stuffed the whole vole into his mouth with a single slur.
Li Tianqi ate the remaining piece of steamed bun in his hand, took out the water bladder on his waist, poured a few sips, put on the hat and was about to get up and leave.
As he was about to walk, he heard Humpty Dumpty scream, "Stop! Then he dodged and blocked his way.
Li Tianqi secretly said in his heart that something was wrong, it seemed that these three people were not ordinary callers, they must have no good intentions here, and the little sympathy he had for them suddenly disappeared, "What's the matter?" ”
Humpty Dumpty said, "Why did you secretly take my hat?" ”
Li Tianqi took off the hat on his head and said with a smile: "This is mine, just put it in ......" He looked at the side of the three of them, and indeed only Humpty Dumpty's hat was missing.
And he looked at the position of the hat he had placed, and saw no hat except for water traces, so he was sure that what he was holding in his hand was his own hat.
Humpty Dumpty stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it." ”
Li Tianqi looked at the heavy rain outside, if he went out without wearing a hat at this time, he would definitely be soaked all over, he said: "This is obviously my hat, how do you say it's yours?" ”
Humpty Dumpty said, "All three of us saw that you had taken my hat, but we didn't know where your hat was. ”
The short and thin man and the short literati nodded, agreeing with the short and fat man.
Li Tianqi pointed to the water trail left by the hat and said: "This is the place where I put the hat, and you come in first, I think you must have seen it." As for why your hat is missing, maybe you are hiding, and you are all in a group, so you can naturally argue with strong words. ”
The dwarf literati smiled lightly and said, "This little brother, it's not right for you to say that, everything is in one reason." If you want to leave us, you won't be able to stop you, but you have to leave my third brother's hat behind, it's not your thing. ”
Humpty Dumpty spread his hands, "Bring it!" ”
Li Tianqi said unhappily: "What if I don't want to? ”
The short thin man spat the bones out of his mouth and said in his throat, "Then you don't want to leave!" ”
The dwarf literati said slowly: "There are so many rat holes on the ground, maybe your hat was dragged away by them, right?" After saying that, he laughed.
Li Tianqi looked at the position where the Humpty Dumpty man's hat was placed, and there was indeed no trace of water, but he obviously noticed that the three of them had taken off their hats and put them beside him after they came in, as for when he hid the hat, he didn't pay attention.
However, it can already be determined that the three of them are deliberately finding fault.
Li Tianqi smiled lightly and said, "That's right, I think his hat was indeed stolen by the rats." ”
This is tantamount to an insinuation that they have done something wrong.
Humpty Dumpty said angrily: "It seems that you are toasting and not eating and drinking." ”
Li Tianqi put on a hat and waved his hand: "Okay, the Ming people don't say secret words, it seems that you want to rob money, but I'm not afraid, master!" ”
"Wrong." The short thin man wiped the oil stains on his body with both hands and slowly stood up.
Li Tianqi couldn't help but be stunned: "Wrong? ”
"We are not here for you!"
Li Tianqi said: "But I don't know you if I ask myself. ”
He had thought about it carefully, there was no old grudge with the three of them, and there was no new vendetta, if they were not for robbery, then for what?
The short thin man said, "I don't know, that's right. The three ugly beggars are my brothers, you don't need to know us, you just need to obediently wait for the rain to rest with us. ”