Only then did Liu Xiu understand why he was angry.

Previously, he had always treated him like a beggar. And in his opinion, it is an insult to his dignity.

For him, dignity is far more important than hunger.

"I'm so sorry!"

Liu Xiu hurriedly stood up, gave a deep salute to the person in front of him, and said sincerely: "Fang was negligent for a while, and he shouldn't have done it." If you don't give up, can you have this meal with you? ”

After speaking, Liu Xiu called to the store and ordered him to send another meal to this table.

“…… Thanks a lot. ”

The young man's rapid breathing gradually subsided. Seeing Liu Xiu's sincere appearance, he also knew that he didn't mean to humiliate, nodded, returned the salute to Liu Xiu, and sat opposite Liu Xiu.

The shopkeeper squinted his eyes, re-served a plate of food, and put it in front of the young man, muttering in his mouth, looking like he naturally regarded Liu Xiu as an idiot. However, Liu Xiu naturally ignored him, and smiled at the young man opposite: "Under Zhao Cheng, I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" ”

"At the dismount end." As soon as the meal was put down, the man grabbed the chopsticks and picked them up quickly, not even bothering to raise his head to answer Liu Xiu's question, but only answered vaguely, looking really hungry.

Liu Xiu was already full, put down his chopsticks, and quietly watched Ma Duan finish the meal in front of him like a whirlwind, wiped his mouth unsatisfied, and burped a long time.

"Brother Ma...... How did you get to this point? After Ma Duan finished eating, Liu Xiucai asked softly.

"In the next ......" Ma Duan finished eating, his spirit was better, and he shook his head with a wry smile: "I am a student of Chang'an Taixue. ”

"What?!" Liu Xiu's eyes widened and he looked at the person in front of him in disbelief. Although there are more than 10,000 students in Taixue, it is normal that they have never met, but looking at his appearance, it really has nothing to do with the three words Taixue.

"It doesn't look like it like this, does it......" Ma Duan was still smiling bitterly: "But...... It's not easy to survive. Next...... I'm lucky. ”

Liu Xiu looked at Ma Duan in shock, waiting for him to continue.

Ma Duan talked about his experience in detail and told Liu Xiu. He is a Hongnong person, studying in Taixue in Chang'an, and his family is not a big family, but he is also a small wealth. This time, on the way home to visit his parents, he unfortunately ran into bandits. Fortunately, Ma Duan saw the opportunity quickly, and while escaping, he left his belongings all the way. The robbers were busy picking up, and they took advantage of the night to escape with their lives.

However, at this time, Ma Duan was penniless and lost his horse. He didn't dare to turn back, so he had to walk towards Chang'an on foot. However, after walking for two days, the water and rice did not enter, and I was already hungry. Coupled with a heavy snowfall, it was so cold that Ma Duan couldn't even walk. However, with his identity, he can't pull his face down and beg.

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly. From Ma Duan's words that he didn't eat the food that came to him, he could see that Ma Duan took the identity of the integrity very seriously. However, when they have reached such a predicament, they don't even want to bend their waists slightly, which is really a bit pedantic.

If it weren't for Liu Xiu's food, Ma Duan was afraid that he would really starve to death in this small bazaar, which was only more than 20 miles away from Chang'an City.

"It's really fate with Brother Ma in Xia. He is also a student of Chang'an Taixue, but in Taixue, he has never had the opportunity to meet Brother Ma. Liu Xiu smiled and said to Ma Duan: "Moreover, I am also on the way back to my hometown Nanyang to visit relatives." ”

"Nanyang?" Ma Duan's face suddenly looked nervous: "That's the same road as me when I came." Brother Zhao is going, but you have to be careful. If there are bandits everywhere today, Brother Zhao, you ...... again"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and smiled bitterly at the white fox fur on Liu Xiu's body.

"That's true...... Liu Xiu also sighed with a little headache: "This fox fur is indeed a bit eye-catching." ”

When he arrived at the bazaar, he had already noticed the gazes that were directed at him. It is only more than 20 miles away from Chang'an, so naturally there will be no one to rob it, but if you go east, it will not be good.

If Liu Xiu has the skills of his brother Liu Xiu, he naturally doesn't need to be afraid. But he has been studying with his uncle since he was a child, although he has also learned some boxing and kicking with his brother, but if he encounters bandits, let alone a dozen, even if it is only three or five people, I am afraid that he can only cross the road.

The old man I met on the way out of the city gave me this white fox fur, but it was really a big trouble......

Liu Xiuzheng had a headache, and when he thought of this, he suddenly patted his head: "Brother Ma, either ......"

He looked at the ragged Ma Duan in front of him, his face was blue from the cold wind, he simply stood up, took off the fox fur on his body, and draped it on Ma Duan.

"Brother Zhao, this is ...... What does this mean? Ma Duan looked at Liu Xiu and was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked.

"Brother Ma suffered a great disaster, and the clothes on his body have been torn like this...... There are still more than 20 miles away from Chang'an, and it is not far away, but it is not close. It will take some time to get to Chang'an. At this time, it is freezing cold, how can Brother Ma stand it? Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "Anyway, around Chang'an, there should be no more bandits, and Brother Ma doesn't have to worry about safety." ”

Ma Duan's face was a little ugly: "There is no merit, and Brother Zhao is just a meeting in Pingshui, how can you accept Brother Zhao's property at will?" The grace of a meal has been unrequited, and this fox fur does not dare to worship it. Good intentions are understood. As he spoke, he was going to take off the fox fur and return it to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly in his heart. This horse is a man, but he is a little too high. It's clear that he's at the end of his rope, but he's still so stubborn.

Liu Xiu could only say with a straight face: "Brother Ma doesn't have to refuse. This fox fur is not owned by the next generation, but it was generously given by an elder, and he did not dare to give it to others indiscriminately. Now it's just a temporary loan to Brother Ma, and it should be returned in the future. ”

Seeing Ma Duan's suspicious appearance, Liu Xiu continued: "Brother Ma, I am also a student of Taixue, although I have not met before, but now that you and I have met, it is naturally not difficult to find Brother Ma in the future." I just went back to Nanyang to visit relatives, and I still have to go back to Chang'an after all. Brother Ma is still afraid, won't he come to Brother Ma to ask for the return of this fox fur in the future? ”

"Since that's the case......" Ma Duan listened to Liu Xiu's words, and then nodded reluctantly.

Seeing that Ma Duan no longer shirked, Liu Xiu hurriedly took out a handful of coins from his arms and stuffed them into Ma Duan's hand: "This is also temporarily lent to Brother Ma." After returning to Chang'an in the next place, he will definitely come to Brother Ma, and Brother Ma will return it to the next one. ”

"Thank you...... Thank you, Brother Zhao......"

Ma Duan's hands trembled, clenching the coins tightly, and his eyes were a little moist.

"You're welcome. Since you and I are both Taixue students, this little help is not enough to worry about. ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly waved his hand, but he didn't expect Ma Duan to kneel down towards Liu Xiu at once, and kowtowed three times: "Brother Zhao's grace, Ma Duan is unforgettable!" ”

Liu Xiu was startled, and hurriedly pulled Ma Duan back, and repeatedly excused himself to persuade him, and finally coaxed Ma Duan up.

However, then Liu Xiu wanted to rest here with Ma Duan for one night, and when they went on their own roads tomorrow, Ma Duan said that he would not say anything. At this moment, his body is warm and his stomach is fed, he naturally does not want to receive Liu Xiu's favor anymore, but is determined to rush overnight and return to Chang'an tonight. Although Liu Xiu kept him repeatedly, he couldn't change Ma Duan's determination.

"Since this is the case, then I will no longer keep it, I just hope that Brother Ma will arrive in Chang'an smoothly." Liu Xiu was at the door of the inn, arched his hand at Ma Duan, and said goodbye helplessly.

Ma Duan gently stroked the white fox fur on his body, looked at Liu Xiu in front of him, his face was resolute, and he gave a deep salute again: "This kindness and virtue, Ma Duan should repay it with his life!" ”

Ma Duan said goodbye to Liu Xiu, turned around and left the small courtyard.

Liu Xiu turned around and found the shopkeeper, and was about to arrange accommodation for himself, but suddenly turned his head sideways and listened carefully.

The sound of galloping horses' hooves sounded from the west.

Liu Xiu suddenly had a hint of uneasiness in his heart, and for some reason, he hurriedly turned around, left the shopkeeper, and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Ma Duan walked out of the courtyard and headed west, but after walking dozens of steps, he saw a man and a horse galloping towards the market in the already dark sky.

The horse is a black horse, and the man is dressed in black.

The horse was a great horse. The sound of horses' hooves had just reached the ear, and in just a few moments, they had already rushed to the center of the market. The man on the horse was wearing a hat and couldn't see what his face was.

The knight glanced at the horse from afar, and with a slight flick of the reins, the mount under his crotch had turned in a different direction, and galloped towards him, and in an instant, it had stopped in front of the horse.

It was almost night, it was dark, and the lights had not yet been lit. In the twilight of this snowy night, the black-clothed knight on the black horse, looking at him condescendingly, turned out to be like a demon in the Nine Shadows.

The face under the hat is hidden in the darkness. But Ma Duan could feel that the pair of cold eyes with a murderous aura passed through the bamboo pieces and projected over.

But Ma Duan only felt that he was like a rat being targeted by a poisonous snake, and he couldn't even move.

"Your Excellency......" Ma Duanhu looked at the black-clothed knight in front of him suspiciously, arched his hand, and only said two words, and was interrupted by a cold voice: "This fox Qiu, is it yours?" ”

The man in black had a sword stuck in his waist. Although his hand was not pressed on the hilt of the sword, the whole person had already exuded a strong murderous aura.

"No...... It is not something that is below, but something that is given. Dare to ask...... What do you have to say? Ma Duan gasped sharply and stammered in reply.

If you follow your usual temperament and speak in such a tone, Ma Duan won't even care. However, no matter how arrogant he was on weekdays, the cold and murderous aura on the black-clothed man in front of him was too strong, and he couldn't resist the pressure and answered the question honestly.

"Then you're a student of Chang'an?"

"Under ...... It is indeed a student of Chang'an, I don't know ...... Your Excellency" Ma Duan's heart was pounding.

A dazzling cold light burst out, like a white rainbow soaring into the sky, fleeting in the night sky.

The pillar of blood that soared into the sky was stirred up from the empty neck of Ma Duan.

The man in black on the horse did not even get off the horse, but was still sitting firmly on the horse, and the head of the horse was cut off.

The white fox fur was sprinkled with blood stains.

As soon as the man in black leaned over, he had already grabbed the head of the horse in mid-air, and finally his arm was stretched out, and the white fox Qiu had also been rolled in his hand.

Without another word, the man in black grabbed the head and the fox fur, gently turned the horse's head, and galloped away again along the way he came, and in a moment it had disappeared into the twilight.

It was only then that Ma Duan's headless corpse lost its balance, swayed, and fell heavily into the snow. The blood that flowed from his neck stained a large patch of scarlet flowers on the snow, which was bewitching and eerie.

In the bazaar, the screams one after another rang out.

Liu Xiu stood at the gate of the courtyard sluggishly, and watched the whole process of Ma Duan's killing dozens of steps away. Until Ma Duan's head hit the ground and the man in black rode away, the blood in Liu Xiu's whole body seemed to be coagulated, his eyes widened, and he looked at Ma Duan's corpse in disbelief, and the whole person trembled violently.

Ma Duan...... He's dead!

In an instant, a life disappeared in front of his eyes, and he didn't even have time to react.

Just moments ago, he was at the same table as Ma Duan, sharing a meal. And now, he's turned into a headless corpse lying in the snow!

And what's even more terrifying is ......

He's coming for me!

He's coming for me!!

He's coming for me!!

Liu Xiu's heart was beating wildly, and she kept thinking about this sentence repeatedly.