Chapter 38 Luoyang Porter
The group was tired of traveling and traveling, and Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and when they were feeling uncomfortable, they suddenly heard the bell. Cui Qi shouted in surprise: "This is the bell of Qianxi Temple!" "This Qianxi Temple is just outside Luoyang City, and it is not far from Luoyang City when you hear the bell. Sure enough, after crossing a river bay, I saw the magnificent city gate tower of Luoyang City.
After two falls, Luoyang City is still majestic and strong, strong and upright. But if you look closely, the city wall is full of dense dents, which are the traces of the catapult smashed by the catapult during the siege of the city, and the wounds brought to it by the Anshi army are still vivid. Two falls, two looting and killings, even after another ten years, the city will not easily forget its ravaged past.
As soon as the boat docked, a group of porters crowded in front of them and waited for work, densely packed with no less than twenty people. Only a thin porter stood silently in the distance, waiting for a shabby boat that was about to dock. When the three carriages on board slowly came ashore, the porters were so disappointed that they dispersed with a curse. But the thin porter had already got a job and was helping a weak scholar unload his luggage.
Tong'an and they tidied up their carriages and horses and marched leisurely towards Luoyang City. The thin porter and the weak scholar also packed their bags and walked overwhelmed. The porter's body involuntarily swayed from side to side, stumbling step by step, and it seemed that he might fall to the ground at any time. The mosquito made a bet with the thin monkey, and this thin man couldn't last a hundred steps, and he lost ten cents to the black thin monkey. The thin monkey was not happy, the mosquito obviously had ulterior motives, laughed at his thin body, and immediately carried it with him, betting on twenty wen. The two people, who were originally inconspicuous, aroused everyone's curiosity at this moment, and they were paying attention to their every move, and they also joked about the thin monkey from time to time.
This thin man began to falter, but after a while, he was walking on the ground, and his steps were still accelerating, and it was estimated that he would be walking like a fly after a while. The weak scholar who followed him was panting angrily, unable to keep up with his pace, tired and couldn't stand it, and asked to rest. After speaking, he sat on the stone slab on the side of the road to rest, took out his handkerchief, and wiped his sweat.
The thin monkey shouted loudly: "Mosquitoes, give money, twenty mosquitoes, not a word is missing!" Let your dog look down on people! ”
The mosquito reluctantly groped around his waist, and after touching for a long time, he took out a copper plate, and the thin monkey saw that he was grinding and chirping, and it was estimated that he was going to play tricks, so he had to go forward to search his body. Suddenly, I heard a mosquito exclaiming: "Ah! The skinny man ran away! ”
Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that the thin porter was carrying the luggage, and he had already run away. And the scholar was still there wiping his sweat leisurely, and he didn't know that his luggage had been picked up. The mosquito shouted, "Hey! That reader, you've lost your luggage! ”
Wen Weak Scholar heard the mosquito shouting, glanced this way, and then turned back to wipe his sweat. The mosquito was anxious: "Idiot, it's you who shouts, it's you!" The mosquito shouted that it was not enough, and pointed at the weak scholar.
The scholar stood up and asked politely, "May I ask if this little brother is calling me?" ”
"That's what I'm calling you! You nerd, your luggage is gone! "Mosquitoes don't come anywhere, they're really nerds, and they're stupid to read.
When the scholar heard the mosquito say this, he looked around, and sure enough, he was missing the porter and his luggage. He was not alarmed, still slowly wiping his sweat, as he walked towards them. He bowed and said slowly: "May I ask if my brother has pen, ink and paper?" Lend me one. ”
The scholar drew a picture of the porter, which was a sketch portrait of the porter, and then said calmly: "Please ask the little brother to make a personal testimony with me, so as to find this porter, lest he not admit it." ”
Such a calm scholar, with a confident look, a vivid portrait of a porter, the mosquito really wanted to see how he found his luggage, so he agreed.