It's night, and the cold wind at night, blowing goose feathers and heavy snow, covers the sky. The snow that had fallen since the morning had reached my ankles.

On the border of Suzhou in the southeast of Tiancheng, on a hillside, a person is walking one foot deep and one foot shallow up the mountain.

He was alone, but he didn't dare to hold the lamp, so he could only rely on the faint light reflected by the snow on the ground.

He had walked this road before, and he remembered that there was a broken Taoist temple on the mountain, and after walking two sticks of incense, he should be able to reach it.

Finally, he looked up and saw the Taoist temple in front of him, and he quickened his pace, thinking that he could spend the night here tonight. After walking for more than 20 days, you should be able to reach the beach. When I go to the sea, I can fly high in the sky, and the sea is wide and jump with me!

He cautiously approached the temple and saw a faint light shining through the hole in the broken window.

He couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.

"Today is Xiao Nian, and the people who mingle in this Taoist temple must be beggars or bandits or something, and they shouldn't recognize themselves." He comforted himself in his heart, strengthened his courage, and walked towards the gate of the Taoist temple with his legs raised.

The light inside was brighter, and he guessed there was a bonfire burning inside.

As you get closer, you can smell the wonderful aroma of roast chicken!

He swallowed, and his stomach rumbled unreasonably. He hadn't eaten for most of the day, and he fantasized that if the people inside were kind, maybe they could give him some chicken to eat. It doesn't matter if you have chicken wings, drumsticks, or breasts, or you can have a head or butt.

The sound of "rustling" snow alerted the people in the Taoist temple.

He quickly stopped and looked nervously at the people roasting chickens in the Taoist temple, three beggars, one old and two young, skinny.

He put his mind at ease, the three beggars on the other side were weak and couldn't help but look like they wouldn't pose a mortal danger to themselves.

He forgot to glance at the Sanqing Patriarch standing tall behind the three beggars with a little awe, and rekindled his ambition, pretending to enter the main hall naturally, and greeted the people inside: "I'm really sorry, I'm in a hurry to go home for the New Year, and I don't want to miss the place to stay, so I ......."

The three beggars glanced at him, then roasted their chickens, and without speaking, their six eyes stared at the roast chickens greedily.

Seeing that the beggars were ignoring him, he stopped talking in embarrassment, walked to the side, and sat down a little closer to the fire to keep warm.

After a while, the chicken was roasted. The three beggars ate chicken legs and wings, and they ate it loudly.

He cheekily said, "Chicken...... It's so fragrant! ”

No one paid any attention to him.

"Is this called a flower chicken?" He asked again.

A little Hanako said disdainfully: "No culture! ”

The old man called Hanako listened to him, stopped eating chicken, and asked the two little Hanako: "He said that we asked Hanako to eat chicken?" How dare he laugh at us? ”

Another little Hanako scolded: "Grandma, eating a chicken during the New Year actually insulted us!" ”

"He" hurriedly waved his hand to defend and said: "The three of you have misunderstood, that's not what you mean!" Under the ignorance, the ignorant are not to blame, please also three Haihan! ”

The old Hanako glanced at him with contempt and scolded: "Bad seed! ”

The three called Hanako then ate chicken.

"His" stomach screamed again, and "he" pressed his belly hard with the palm of his hand, hoping to suppress the dishonest stomach prince. But as soon as "he" let go, his stomach barked even louder. "He" hurriedly continued to hold it down, and didn't dare to let go anymore.

The old Hanako glanced at "him", turned her face and continued to nibble on the chicken breast, and said vaguely, "Didn't you eat anything?" ”

"He" heard the old name Hanako ask, and immediately became happy, nodded and said, "Hmm! After walking for a day, I didn't meet a store on the road. ”

"It's a pity that we don't have enough chickens for you to eat!" The first little Hanako said unceremoniously.

He said with a shy face, "Actually, I eat very little." ”

"No, we also ate chicken ribs." The second little named Hanako said.

"He" tilted his head and stretched his neck, and saw the chicken in the hands of the old Hanako, and there was still the head and ass left.

"Head and ass will work fine." "He" said.

The old man called Hanako and said: "No, the head and ass have to be paid tribute to the Sanqing patriarch!" After he finished speaking, he got up and put the head and buttocks of the chicken in a bowl, held them under the statue of the Sanqing Patriarch with both hands, placed them securely, and then bowed solemnly.

The second little Hanako looked at "his" thirst-quenching eyes, raised his fist and admonished: "This is a sacrifice to the three Qing people, don't make up your mind!" ”

He swallowed and smiled awkwardly.

The old man called Hanako to think of something, touched it everywhere from his body, and finally took out half a piece of baked cake in the secret part, and asked "him": "Look at your pitiful, I always call Hanako to have half a piece of baked cake here, if you don't dislike it......"

"He" quickly got up and went over, and then he continued to burn the cake with both hands, and said happily: "Thank you! Appreciate! ”

After speaking, it seemed that he was afraid that he would regret the old call Hanako and let the little Hanako snatch, so he gobbled it into his mouth and chewed it. "He" ate so quickly that he choked on his throat, choked and coughed, squirting out a large piece of baked bread and falling to the ground.

Little Hanako was about to scold "him" for wasting, but "he" lay on the ground and quickly found the piece of baked cake that dared to escape from his mouth, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.

The old man called Hanako and said, "How long has it been since you eaten?" Is he called Hanako, or are we called Hanako? ”

"He" finished eating the baked cakes, his mouth was dry and sticky, and he went out and took a mouthful of snow into his mouth to eat, and then he felt much more comfortable.

"Thank you, three heroes!" "He" returned to the main hall and did not forget to thank the old man Hanako.

"What do you do?" Hanako, the old name, asked casually.

"He" became vigilant in his heart, and prevaricated: "A down-and-out scholar, write a few words for people in the capital to make a living." ”

The old man called Hanako with disdain, and beckoned the two little ones Hanako and said, "Go to sleep!" Save your physical strength, otherwise the chicken in your stomach will be eaten in vain! ”5200

The two little ones called Hanako followed their words, and the old one called Hanako leaned against the fire, and fell asleep with their clothes on the ground.

The second little Hanako opened her eyes, stared at "him" and warned: "You are not allowed to touch the things that are dedicated to the three Qing people!" ”

"He" hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Scholar, don't dare to blaspheme." ”

The little Hanako was relieved. Soon, the three Hanako fell asleep peacefully, purring.

"He" glanced at the tribute on the table, pursed his lips, and lay down on the other side of the fire in his clothes, like a beggar. "He" said in his heart: "Endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky." This is not the same as it used to be, but we should do it and cherish it. ”

Half a baked cake is really difficult to use, and there is no oil and water, and it is very empty. "He" slept for less than an hour, and his stomach rumbled again.

He pressed his tummy stomach and looked at the three sleeping beggars, but fortunately did not wake them.

The cold wind was howling outside, and the "click" of the branches of the trees being crushed by the snow startled "him". "He" closed his eyes, trying to put himself to sleep, but the hunger pang was that his brain kept thinking about the chicken head and chicken butt that Hanako had left.

"He" rolled over with his back to the fire, and his stomach screamed again. I looked back at the beggars, but fortunately they didn't wake up.

"Since they sleep so soundly, they might as well quietly eat the head and butt of the chicken. If they ask tomorrow morning and pretend not to know, they will say that they were eaten by the Rat King! "He" thought so, and gradually convinced himself that desire had triumphed over reason.

"He" quietly got up, tiptoed to the seat of the Sanqing Patriarch, folded his hands, and said in his heart: "I'm sorry for the three, when someone escapes, I will definitely give you three meals a day to kowtow!" ”

"He" pinched the skinny chicken head with one hand, grabbed the fat chicken butt with the other, looked back at the three beggars who were still unmoving, and then gently walked to the corner, faced the corner, and ate in small bites.

"He" ate the head of the chicken first, because there was little meat. He carefully and slowly bit open the head of the chicken, sucking out the brains inside, and then shoved the bones into the cracks in the wall in the corners.

Next, "he" holds the chicken butt in both hands, and it's time to enjoy a gluttonous feast!

Just as he was eating deliciously and bursting his mouth, "he" seemed to hear the sound of footsteps behind him.

"He" stopped chewing alertly, and slowly looked back at the tip of the cock's butt in his mouth.

Oops! The three beggars did not know when they stood behind "him"!

"He" swallowed the chicken butt in one gulp, sat down in the corner, raised his hand to protect him, and said, "Three, in the next ...... If you want to relieve yourself here, did you wake up the three of you? ”

The old beggar stared coldly into "his" eyes and did not speak, but the person who came was not good.

The second little beggar picked up a long stick from the ground, held it with both hands and pushed it hard with his knees, and the long stick snapped into two.

"He" was startled, and slowly stood up, ready to flee.

The second little beggar handed half of the short stick to the first little beggar, and said to "him" with a cruel smile: "You have eaten the baked cakes, and you are not satisfied!" Dare to steal the tribute offered to the three halal people! ”

"Listen to me...... three"

Before he could finish his sentence, the two little beggars beckoned to him with their sticks.

"He" also didn't know martial arts, so he hurriedly held his head in his hands and ran to the door. On the arms and back, he was instantly whipped seven or eight sticks, and it hurt hotly.

Seeing that he was about to run to the door, "he" couldn't help but feel happy.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind came from the back of his head, and with a "boom", a blunt object hit "him" in the back of the head.

"He" stopped, touched his head in disbelief, and then looked at his hand, a pool of blood.

"I ......" Before he could finish his words, he fainted and fell to the ground.

When the two little beggars saw that the old beggar had hit the man with a brick, they rushed over and beckoned to the man on the ground.

The two little beggars beat him so badly that his hands were sore.

"Okay, if you fight again, you're going to die!" The old beggar stopped talking, went over and pulled away the two little beggars, and when he touched the man's snort again, the old beggar was frightened and sat down on the ground.

"What's wrong?" The first little beggar asked.

"Dead?" The second little beggar asked.

The old beggar trembled his lips and said, "Someone died......

The second little beggar said, "It's all right, this barren mountain, tomorrow morning we will bury him in the snow, and then we will go away!" ”

"That's all there is to it." After the old beggar finished speaking, he folded his hands and read to the Sanqing Patriarch, "Sins and sins, don't blame it." ”

The three of them fell asleep in fear until morning, and the two little beggars hurried out to find a place to dig a hole.

The two had just thrown aside the snow on the ground when they suddenly heard the sound of "rustling" snow under the mountain.

The second little beggar ran over to take a look, and ran back to the first little beggar and said, "Oh no, the official family is here!" ”

"How did the official family know so quickly!" The first little beggar was also scared silly.

"What to do? Shall we run first? ”

"No, you have to tell the old beggar!"

"It's too late!"

"No, there is no old one without a small one!"

“…… Well, hurry up. ”

Two little beggars hurriedly rushed into the Taoist temple and informed the old beggar of the situation.

The old beggar immediately decided: "Go!" ”