Li Qingcang watched the car leave, thinking of the two groups of people he had just met, both of whom regarded him as crazy. Thinking of the strange horseless vehicle and the short stick that crackled in the blue light, I couldn't help but feel a little confused and frightened by the world.

Then I looked down at what I was dressed for, and thought to myself that I should not rush down the mountain now, but find a quiet place to stay for a while, and then go down after dark. At least it won't be so noticeable, so he left the flat avenue and found a secluded col to sit down.

Raise your eyes and look out between the mountain cols, only to see that the mountains and fields are connected, the longitudinal and horizontal, a few fat and strong buffaloes are grazing leisurely at the edge of the field, some villages in the mountains, but there is no thatched house with soil walls and grass roofs, a color of green bricks and blue tiles, covering the mountains, a peaceful and peaceful pastoral scenery.

Li Qingcang's mind was full of questions at this time, his thoughts were thousands, and all kinds of bizarre ideas came one after another, how are his parents now? When I was a child, my relatives and friends are old, how is my brother-in-law Zhou Tong who I just met now? It wasn't until the strange picture of Tuoba Hong's moment of turning into a dry corpse appeared in his mind that he woke up suddenly! Realize that there may never be anything back. Looking up at the sky, I saw that the sun had set in the west, and it was already unitary time, so I cheered up at the moment, got rid of distracting thoughts, stood up and walked down the mountain.

When we got to the bottom of the mountain, it was already dark. It belongs to the jurisdiction of Jiangning District. The crowd began to bustle and vehicles began to shuttle. Li Qingcang stood on the side of the road, but his eyes were straight, his mouth was slightly open, and he looked stupid. Although I was prepared, I was still shocked by what I saw.

I saw that on the gray-black road, there were many iron carriages of different sizes and colors, four wheels, and two snow-white lights shot out in front, coming and going like the wind, occasionally making a few "Di, Di!" The tall pavilions on the side of the road abound, with different shapes, straight into the night sky, and many small windows are opened on it, and the lights are bright inside, and there are enough people, and I don't know how many people live in it?

The streets are full of people and music, and it is a lively scene. Many large signs hung outside the store, and the colorful lights on them were dazzling, but the handwriting was mostly unreadable. The walls of some shops seem to be made of crystal, but I don't know where the wall-sized crystal comes from and how it is polished to make it crystal clear. The inside is as bright as day, and standing outside can see the scene inside at a glance.

When Li Qingcang saw this bright light and colorful night scene, he felt in a trance that he had come to a fairyland, but he didn't know where to go. Walking along the streets, I saw pedestrians on the road, crowded with people. I hurriedly walked over to find someone to ask about the situation and see where I could settle down and rest for the night. Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached others, passers-by all looked sideways and avoided them.

Li Qingcang saw everyone's expressions and knew that he was thinking of himself as a madman, so he was afraid that he would not be able to avoid it. Although this place is bustling and crowded, it has no place of its own. His heart was inevitably a little desolate, and looking at the disgusted expressions on these people's faces, he couldn't help but arouse his arrogance.

He simply stopped asking and walked aimlessly down the street alone. I don't know how long I walked, there was a very long iron fence enclosed courtyard wall on the side of the road, through the bright light of the night pearl on the slender high pole in the courtyard, I saw the rockery inside, the trees were lush, the flowers and plants were overgrown, and dozens of small water columns in a large pool sprayed into the air from time to time and fell into the pool, back and forth.

He ate a snack at noon, and when he felt thirsty in his mouth, he walked along the courtyard wall to the gate of the courtyard when he saw that there was water, and saw that the gate was open, and three or two pedestrians, men, women, and children, came in and out of the door, and no one guarded the door. And he also walked into the garden. Walking to the edge of the pool, he didn't care about the surprised and pitiful eyes of others, picked up the pool water with both hands and drank it violently. I feel a lot more comfortable.

Looking around, I saw that there was a wooden bench on the edge of the path in the garden at a distance of dozens of steps, and then I saw that the pedestrians in the garden were sparse and the environment was quiet. Li Qingcang wanted to go here for a night of rest and make plans tomorrow. I walked along the path, trying to find a bench in a backlit place with few people to lie down and rest.

After walking for a while, I suddenly saw an old man lying on the bench on the side of the road, unkempt and dirty, ragged, no better than his appearance, with his legs crossed, looking at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Qingcang thought to himself that this old man should be a beggar, I don't know if there are any beggars now, whether this person is a disciple of the beggar gang, you can talk to him, look at his honor, he shouldn't laugh at himself.

After making up his mind, he walked over to the people on the bench and asked, "This old man, dare to ask, but he is a member of the beggar gang?" ”

The lying old beggar was startled by his question, sat up, looked back, and didn't see anyone else, so he looked at Li Qingcang.

Seeing that he was wearing a tattered leather vest with a strange style, a rag around his waist, and a pair of bare feet, he looked like a beggar, and he realized that this man was talking to himself.

But he spoke strangely, but he didn't understand what he said. pointed to his nose and asked Li Qingcang: "Are you talking to me?" ”

Li Qingcang replied: "Exactly."

The beggar asked, "What did you just say?" It's weird, I don't understand, you say it again. ”

As soon as Li Qingcang heard this, he tried his best to imitate the tone and way of the speech of the people he met and said, "Let me ask you if the old man is a member of the beggar gang?" ”

After listening to this, the man looked at him for a long time before he smiled and said, "You are also fun, we still have gangs and beggars who ask for food?" It seems to have been in the old society.,Now in this year.,I haven't heard of it.,You've read too many novels.,Anyway, I've been asking for food for so long.,I've always been alone.,How can there be any beggars.。 ”

Li Qingcang was slightly disappointed when he saw that he didn't know about the existence of the beggar gang, and saw that although he was smiling and talking, there was no mockery in his eyes, and he thought that he was also regarded as the same kind. Then he also smiled and said: "Then why are you still asking for food at such an old age, this night is quite humid, you can't stand sleeping here at this age." ”

The old beggar saw that his tone was sincere, with a slight sense of concern. In addition, the other party was also a beggar, so his vigilance was slightly reduced, so he replied: "Hey! I did too many ridiculous things when I was young, I was retributed when I was old, and I was alone with no children and no daughters, what could I do if I didn't beg for food when I was old? ”

Li Qingcang felt slightly miserable after hearing this, it seems that this fairyland-like world also has this poor person.

The old beggar thought that he hadn't talked to anyone for a long time, and when he saw that someone was willing to talk to him, he was quite interested, and when he saw Li Qingcang bowing his head and saying nothing, he asked: "Young man, I see that you are strong and strong, why do you look like this, at your age, no one will necessarily give you food, it is better to find something to do, as long as you are willing to work and can endure hardships, this world will not starve to death, I am old, otherwise how would I do this thing to ask for food, hey!" I can't do it. In his words, he advised Li Qingcang not to work hard and be lazy.

Li Qingcang knew his good intentions and asked, "Where are you going to find something to do?" ”

The old beggar said: "There is something to do everywhere, this street is full of job advertisements, just look for it yourself tomorrow, you don't know this?" "I was puzzled.

Li Qingcang saw him asking such a question, knowing that the other party felt strange, so he explained: "I fell not long ago, and I may have broken my brain, but now I am in a daze, I can't remember a lot of things, don't blame me!" ”

The old beggar listened and said, "What is up there?" You're a weird man. It doesn't matter if you can't remember things, as long as you have the strength and are willing to work, but you can't go looking for things like this, others must treat you as a begging for food, or you are crazy. I won't want you, you want to change your clothes, do you have the money? I don't have the money to make do with two days of food first, and then I can ask for some money to buy clothes before I go. ”

Li Qingcang took out the two banknotes given by the big-eyed girl from the leather armor lining, showed them to the old beggar, and asked, "I only have this, can I buy clothes?" ”

The old beggar looked at the two "four heads" and nodded: "Two hundred yuan, enough, hurry up tomorrow to buy clothes, find something to do, don't do this embarrassing thing when you are young." ”

When Li Qingcang heard the other party say that the money was enough, he couldn't help but think of the light and agile back of the big-eyed girl, and he was grateful! When he came back to his senses, he asked the old man where he could buy clothes.

As the saying goes, "poor people must have something to hate" This old beggar has a withdrawn personality and is moody, and there are many reasons for this old man to beg alone and his character, seeing that Li Qingcang has so many strange questions, he can't help but feel irritable, and said: "You fell so badly, it's all a child's problem, there are all shops on the street to buy clothes, you have to come and ask me, don't say it, sleep." After speaking, he fell down, turned his face to the back of the chair, and turned his back to Li Qingcang and ignored it.

Li Qingcang saw that even the beggar didn't want to pay attention to him, and felt bored, so he didn't say more, but fortunately, the other party didn't treat him as a madman this time, so he thanked the old beggar, and walked along the path to find a backlit place.

He lay down in his chair, rested his head on his arms, and began to recall everything he had encountered today. What we see in our eyes and what we hear in our ears today are completely different from those in the past, and it seems that this is a fact in the People's Republic of China a thousand years later. I have never heard of such a bizarre thing when I live so big, and I never imagined that it would happen to me, even if I say it to others, no one may believe it, thinking of the few groups of people I met today, as long as I speak and ask questions in my previous tone, I will basically think of myself as crazy, which is no wonder to them. It seems that his identity can't be said nonsense, and his speech should be as concise and clear as these people.

Tomorrow, as the old beggar said, buy clothes first, fill your stomach, and then think about it, do you want to find something to do? In order to be familiar with the environment of this era, I can barely do something to sell some strength, and I can't do the work of serving people myself, and I can survive by killing the rich and helping the poor.

Li Qingcang thought of this, his heart was a little settled, after walking for a day, tiredness hit, when he traveled abroad, it was common to sleep in the wilderness, and he didn't think much about it at the moment, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

On the second day, the sky was just slightly bright, and the habit of getting up early since childhood made Li Qingcang open his eyes and see the old beggar in the distance tired and shrunk on the bench, covered with a blanket full of patches, snoring and sleeping soundly.

His leather armor was covered with dew, which was caused by not having a bonfire around him at night. At the moment, meditate cross-legged, silently use Xuangong, and drive the internal force to swim through the meridians around the body to remove the moisture in the body. After a while, the white mist on his body rose, and his whole body was comfortable, and all the moisture and dew evaporated.

Seeing that the old beggar was still sleeping soundly, and that it was not easy to disturb him, he got up and walked out along the path from which he came, and it was already dark, and many early risers in the garden were moving their hands and feet in the spacious lawn. Many old men and ladies played a soft, slow boxing technique, Li Qingcang looked at it on the side for a while, and only felt that this boxing posture was still in line with the yin and yang reason, and it was round and accessible. However, the person who makes the fist has no internal strength, and a good set of boxing methods makes it nondescript and without charm.

There are also people wearing short clothes and shorts who show their arms and thighs and walk slowly around the garden, which seems to be a place for people to exercise and stroll.