Volume 1 Chapter 6 Tent almsgiving
The place where the tent soup is set up is at the back door of the Suihou Mansion, so Xu Xiang naturally can't see the bustle at the front door.
As a Spark Hidden Guard, Xu Yi has always been begging for a living, and by the way, he inquired about the news. So he came to the porridge pot early, and there were already many people lining up here.
Xu Xiang looked at the long line and had a lot of thoughts. I didn't expect that there were so many beggars in the capital of the East China Sea, and the rest of this continent can be imagined, but I am afraid that it will be worse than Linzi.
There were several large cauldrons in the porridge canopy, and several men dressed as servants held wooden scoops and stirred the rice porridge in the pots. The aroma of rice porridge wafted through the air, and many people's stomachs were already growling. A young girl in a green cloth silk shirt looked at the rice porridge in the pot, and then said to the servants, "You can start." ”
The servant in the middle nodded, and then shouted at the top of his voice: "Today is my big day with the eldest prince of the Hou Mansion and Princess Lanxin, and I will make a special tent soup kitchen!" Everyone takes the bowl and lines up, everyone has it! ”
After the girl in the silk shirt finished speaking, she looked at the beggars and refugees who were sloppy, dirty, and smelly, covered her nose with a handkerchief slightly, left the porridge tent, and walked into the Suihou Mansion.
When these beggar refugees heard this, they swallowed the saliva in their mouths and lined up in front of the porridge tent, waiting for the soup to be allocated.
"Your Highness, Princess Lanxin is responsible for you." Xu Cheng showed an angry look in his eyes, and whispered to Xu Xiang.
"Well, let her go. It's not up to her to decide, either. From the moment the news of Da Chu's destruction reached Linzi, it was impossible for me to communicate with her. Xu Xiang still had the feeling of having the original body in his heart, but he forcibly suppressed it so as not to make himself uncomfortable.
Feel this thing, you can't see it, you can't touch it, even if he tells himself in his heart over and over again that it has nothing to do with him.
But even so, the clenched fists and the expression on his face were seen by Xu Yi.
"The king of the East China Sea has no benevolence, and his subordinates are willing to go to the soup for His Royal Highness. As long as you agree, I will immediately gather the Spark Hidden Guard, take you and Princess Lanxin to leave Linzi and return to Dachu! ”
"Don't be impulsive, this is Linzi City, the royal capital of the East China Sea, don't mess around." Xu Xiang hurriedly said, he didn't want to cause more trouble.
The long procession marched slowly and methodically, and the beggars and refugees who had received the porridge were satisfied with the porridge and found a random corner with the porridge and had a good meal, and many people left quickly with the porridge, and there were some people with limited mobility in the place where they lived, and this bowl of gruel was waiting to save their lives.
"Mother, when will it be our turn?" While Xu Xiang and Xu Yi were chatting about the porridge, a little girl in line behind them said timidly to a thin woman.
Xu Xiang couldn't help but take a look, and saw that although this woman was dressed in tatters and her face was dirty, her facial features were very exquisite, and her appearance could be regarded as an upper-middle level. And the little girl was about six or seven years old, although she was dressed in tatters, her skin was delicate, and her little face was like a porcelain doll, fleshy, and very cute.
Xu Xiang can judge that this mother and son should have just become refugees, and they should have been a surplus family before.
The woman looked at the long procession, took the little girl's hand, and said softly, "Qianqian, don't worry, we will be there soon." ”
"Hmmm! Mother, we can get two bowls of porridge this time, so that Dad can get better soon if he has something to eat! The little girl's eyes looked at the steaming porridge pot, and there was a flash of hope.
Xu Xiang thought that this mother and son came here together, presumably because the man in the family was injured or sick and couldn't come.
The team slowly moved forward, and soon it was their turn, Xu Yi and Xu Xiang took a bowl of porridge and walked to the side.
"Yo~ Isn't this Mrs. Lu?" Xu Xiang was just about to leave, but he heard the yin and yang strange tone of the servant who gave the porridge.
When he looked back, the woman was holding the empty bowl in both hands, and above it was the wooden scoop in the servant's hand, which was full of rice porridge, but it was not poured into the woman's bowl.
The woman bowed her head, and she should know the servant of the soup kitchen.
"What? Mrs. Lu actually came to ask for food? ”
"You...... You've misidentified the wrong person. The woman looked a little unnatural, and the bowl was not taken back, nor was it left away.
"What's wrong? Brother Xiaoyi? Did you meet an old friend? The other servant asked quips.
"Haha, how can I have this blessing! This is the wife of Lu Tianyao, a famous eight-armed boxer in Zichuan County. Back then, my eldest brother was ruined by Lu Tianyao because he said a few unpleasant words from Mrs. Lu. If you dare to be disrespectful to Mrs. Lu, be careful that Lu Tianyao wants your life! There was a hint of sarcasm in this servant's words.
"Hey, who am I? We are from the Suihou Mansion, I will be afraid of Lu Tianyao's cripple? ”
"Don't say that my husband is crippled!" Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lu, who was still cowering just now, suddenly raised her head and glared angrily at the servant next to her.
"Hey! Lu Tianyao didn't know what he could, he dared to fight with Young Master Yan, and now he has become a lost dog, you are a woman, what is it without a man? Xiao Yi showed a hideous look on his face and handed the wooden scoop in his hand to the servant next to him.
"What are you going to do?" Xiao Yi walked out of the porridge canopy and walked towards the woman with a fierce face.
"What? On that day, your Lu family wasted my eldest brother's legs, and I will take your slut today to take care of my eldest brother for the rest of his life! Xiao Yi grabbed the woman by the hair.
"You let me go!" The woman slapped Xiao Yi's hand, but her strength as a weak woman was naturally not as strong as that of an adult man.
"You go with Lao Tzu!"
"You bad guy, let go of my mother!" When the little girl saw her mother being caught, she beat Xiao B's leg.
"Get out of here!" Xiao Yi kicked the little girl away.
The little girl was kicked down, how could her weak body withstand the strength of an adult, and a large bag fell out of her forehead, but instead of crying, she stood up.
"You bad guy!" She ran over again, grabbed Xiao Yi's legs, and tried to save her mother from him.
"Yo, you little girl, you're quite stubborn!" Xiao Yi let go of Mrs. Lu, grabbed the little girl instead, and lifted her above her head with both hands, even if the little girl was struggling in mid-air, it was useless.
"I'll make you stubborn, you little girl is really impatient! I will satisfy you, and I will collect some interest for my eldest brother today! ”
Xu Xiang frowned and asked Xu Cheng in a low voice, "This servant of the Hou Mansion is so bold in committing murder on the street?" Isn't there a royal law? ”
"Your Highness, the servants of the Suihou Mansion represent the Suihou Mansion, and in the eyes of these magnates, Wang Fa is just a fig leaf for them." Xu Yi's words made Xu Xiang's perception of the world clear all of a sudden.
"You let my daughter go! Please, let her go, she's just a child. Mrs. Lu saw that her daughter was being held by Xiao Yi like this, in case his hand slipped and her daughter fell from a height, her life might be lost.
"Please? Well? Your dignified Mrs. Lu also has a day of begging for help? But that's not what you're asking for. ”
Mrs. Lu immediately knelt down and cried and begged, "You let my daughter go, I beg you not to hurt her." ”
"Hahahaha!" The more sad Mrs. Lu cried, the more excited Xiao Yi became, and the servants in the porridge tent also laughed loudly, and even watched the scene all the time, and even put the soup soup aside.
"Mrs. Lu, I asked you to serve my eldest brother, are you willing?"
"Yes! Willing! Please, let my daughter go! Mrs. Lu nodded frantically, her heart was all on her daughter's body.
"Stop!"
Xu Xiang couldn't stand it anymore, a wave of anger rose in his heart, in his previous life, as a soldier of the people, he couldn't see the people being bullied.
"Help me hold it." Xu Xiang handed half a bowl of porridge in his hand to Xu Yi.
"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"
"You beggar, don't hurry away when you get porridge! How dare you meddle! Xiao Yi glanced at Xu Xiang, he naturally recognized that he had just scooped a bowl of porridge for Xu Xiang.
"Let go of that girl!" Xu Xiang walked over with a righteous face.
"What are you? Xiaochun, Xiaomao, I can't spare my hands, help me teach this beggar a lesson! Xiao Yi didn't put Xu Xiang in his eyes at all, he had already put the little girl down, but he clasped the little girl's neck with his hand.
The other two servants in the tent stepped out.
"You kid dare to take care of our affairs with the Hou Mansion, you are tired of being crooked, right?"
Xu Xiang, as the second prince of Da Chu, has never practiced martial arts himself, if it was Xu Xiang in his previous life, it would be no problem to deal with these two people. But now this body is simply powerless.
"What's the matter, noisy?" Seeing that these two servants were about to rush over and give Xu Xiang a violent beating, the door of the Hou Mansion opened, and a powerful man came out of it.
This man Xu Xiang was a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, it was the thug he met next to Nangong Que after he was twisted out of the Xiangfu Inn before.
"Brother Yan! These people are making trouble! Xiao Yi saw that someone came out of the house, and hurriedly said to Jiang Yan with a smile.
Jiang Yan saw Mrs. Lu kneeling on the ground at a glance, and walked straight over, Xiao Yi hurriedly whispered something in his ear. After listening to Xiao Yi's words, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked carefully at Mrs. Landing.
His eyes were like a vicious wolf, which made Mrs. Lu uncomfortable.
"Lock her up in the firewood room first, and I'll go over when Childe's big business is over!" Jiang Yan whispered to Xiao Yi.
At this time, Jiang Yan followed what Xiao Yi said, looked at Xu Xiang, and recognized Xu Xiang at once.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "See you again?" Second Prince. ”
As soon as he said this, the others were shocked, Xiao Yi looked at Xu Xiang, with a frightened look on his face, hid behind Jiang Yan, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yan, he... He... Is he His Royal Highness the Prince? ”
Thinking that he had just almost made a move on a prince, Xiao Yi was so frightened that his body began to tremble.
Jiang Yan patted Xiao Yi's shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, he is not our second prince of the East China Sea, but the second prince of Chu State, Xu Changsha." Ah, no, it's a prince who has destroyed the country, haha......"
When Xiao Yi heard this, his body relaxed, "I'm scared to death, I thought I offended His Royal Highness the Second Prince!" It turned out to be this waste! ”
"It's over, it's recognized by the people of Suihou's Mansion! Nangong Que has always regarded His Highness as an enemy, and it is impossible for his subordinates not to know, and he will definitely not let His Highness go! Xu Yi secretly complained in his heart.