The pace of the harsh winter has not yet left, and the little hands of early spring can't wait to open the door of the new year. On the nineteenth day of the first month of the second year of Zhenguan www.biquge.info Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, ushered in the first snow of the new year.

Chang'an City is the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and it has been renovated on the basis of Daxing City, and it is magnificent. It was originally built under the supervision of the Sui Dynasty master Yu Wenkai according to the Longshou Plateau, and later Li Yuan and Li Shimin have been perfected for several years, and now it has become one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the Tang Dynasty.

There is a small temple about five miles away from the imperial city, the incense is deserted, there are not many pilgrims on weekdays, and it is even more deserted when the snow is falling today. There is no one in the small temple, only in the temple with two incense halls in front and back, there are actually six or seven people sitting now.

Perhaps because the weather outside was so bad, these people went into the temple to avoid the snow. But looking at these people, it is obvious that they did not come together.

Because there is no incense money from pilgrims in the temple, the hall has long been in disrepair, and you can still see the dilapidated places on the roof in the front hall, and all the snowflakes are floating in the dilapidated places.

In the front hall, near the doorway, a man, a woman, and a child were gathered around a small fire. The child is only four or five years old, his eyes are blank looking at several other people in the hall, and his little hands are tinkering in his mother's arms from time to time, maybe the weather is too cold, and the child can't stand it.

The woman held the child's other hand and kept rubbing it, but her eyes were always looking at a bearded man opposite. Although she was sitting on the ground, it was obvious that she was always ready to get up suddenly.

The man beside the woman kept his head down, and the two daggers in his hands, one long and one short, kept rubbing against each other, making a sizzling sound, which always sounded very uncomfortable in the silent night.

Judging from the clothes worn by the family of three, this is a family that will be able to fill their stomachs. But if you take a closer look at the corner of the sachet that is inadvertently exposed from the woman's waist, you will find that it is actually a bright yellow, which is a color that only people of the royal family can use.

Compared with this mysterious family, the bearded man opposite them looked a little down. The beard on his face was disorderly, growing haphazardly on his cheeks, and his gray eyeballs were dull at all. The knuckle-thick hands are like two forks, constantly roasting birds that have been caught out of nowhere. Occasionally, two or three drops of grease dripped onto the fire, and the sparks would splash in all directions. The splash on the back of the bearded man's hand was like a drop of water, which did not interrupt the man's desire for food at all.

Further inside, there were two other men, one old and one young, leaning on the offering table, both closing their eyes and recuperating, not caring at all if there were other people. The old man looked like he was fifty or sixty years old, his beard and eyebrows were gray and white, and his green clothes were stained with a lot of weeds, giving people the feeling of a down-and-out scholar.

The young man next to him was much cleaner, and there was not a trace of stains on his boxy face. The eyebrows are thick and thick, the nose is straight and the mouth is broad, if it weren't for the cloth clothes on his body, it would make people think that he must be a rich boy-like figure.

Three groups of people came here to avoid the snow with their front and back feet, but it didn't seem that the atmosphere was very harmonious.

The woman and her own man bowed their heads and didn't know what they were saying, and at this time, the bearded man suddenly laughed, tore off one of the legs of the roasted bird, and then stretched out his arm and put it in front of the child, opened his big mouth and said, "Doll, you are hungry, take it and eat it." ”

The child was suddenly stunned, and then his eyes showed a look of longing, and then he quickly glanced back at his parents, and found from the eyes of his mother that it seemed that this was not very good, and lowered his little head stupidly, clenched his little mouth and no longer longed, but his eyes secretly glanced at the somewhat tempting bird leg from time to time.

The child's father nodded at the big man, thanked him, and then whispered to his mother-in-law again. Dahan's arm in mid-air was a little hesitant, he hadn't eaten for two days in a row, originally this little bird was not enough for him to fill his teeth, but seeing the child's pitiful appearance, Dahan was a little unbearable, and this is what happened just now. Although he knew that people didn't appreciate it, the big man scoffed a little, and then chewed it himself.

Maybe it's because the things baked by Dahan are too fragrant, or maybe everyone is hungry and hasn't eaten, anyway, when the old and young people who are relying on the table are baked by Dahan, their eyes opened at the same time.

Watching the big man chew on himself, the old man's stomach suddenly screamed out of place, and then the young man looked at the old man, and said with a smile: "Old thing, that's someone else's, don't dream." ”

"What's the matter, can't you eat it and can't think about it?" The old man replied, and then muttered: "Little cub with no conscience, if it weren't for Lao Tzu who saved your little life back then, how could you be a white-eyed wolf today." ”

"Old thing, come here again, this time Lao Tzu won't lick your face and want to go!" The young man actually called himself Lao Tzu.

"Phew, rare, you just don't have a conscience!" The old man didn't give an inch.

"What if Lao Tzu has no conscience, haven't you been relying on Lao Tzu all these years to support you? It's this set every time, isn't it interesting? "Young people are also arguing on reason.

"You have no conscience!"

"You're shameless!"

……

It seems that the two of them are accustomed to attacking each other, but it suddenly enlivens the atmosphere of the entire front hall.

"You two are finished, and you don't want me to have a good meal." The bearded man couldn't stand it anymore and spoke out to stop it. The child didn't know when he stared at the two strange people with curious eyes.

"Hey, this strong man, didn't you mean, look at this little cub in my family, how can anyone talk to the elders like this, you give a comment, can you blame us?" When the old man heard Dahan's voice, he actually rushed to Dahan's side with agility and talked directly to Dahan.

The young man was not to be outdone, and then he also came to Dahan's side and said, "Big brother, listen, did I say it first?" It's clear that he provoked it first, and this is a wicked person who sues first, okay, big brother, you come to judge and see which of us is right. ”

Dahan was stunned, why did he say it himself, and the two of them came over diligently, and they had to judge it themselves, where is this.

He had the heart not to meddle in his affairs, but he couldn't stand the fact that the old man and the young man didn't leave, so he sat next to him, and began to talk about their own reasons in their mouths, and the big man really couldn't eat with peace of mind.

"Stop!" The big man yelled violently, and the two immediately shut up and looked at the big man with blank eyes. But Dahan always felt that something was wrong, and he didn't know where it was. Then he said: "I am a rough person, and I don't know any reason, but I know that I must have a minimum of politeness to the elderly, no matter who is right or wrong in this matter, in short, you young man is at fault." ”

As soon as Dahan said this, the old man was proud, and then he hugged his fists and smiled at Dahan: "It's still a strong man who has seen the world, and this is a good evaluation." Then he turned his head to the young man is slap, slapped the back of his head and said angrily: "Did you hear it, everyone else said, it's your fault, don't you apologize to Lao Tzu?" ”

The young man was obviously stunned for a moment, then his eyebrows rose upside down, and he said with an indignant face: "Even if what the eldest brother said is reasonable, why do you want to beat me?" ”

"Little cub, I turned against you, what's wrong with beating you, is Lao Tzu still beating less?" The old man became angry all at once.

Who knew that the young man suddenly laughed after hearing this, turned his head to the big man and said, "Big brother, do you hear, the old thing himself admits that he often beats me." Tell me, even if I have something wrong, I don't have to beat people every day, besides, I'm so old, how can I be beaten all day long. ”

Dahan thought that what he had just said could bring the matter of the two to an end, but who knew that there was a new situation, so he impatiently put the half of the bird in his hand on the fire, turned around and faced the two and said: "I don't know what the relationship between the two of you is, but I can also see that I can't help the two of you, if it really doesn't work, you still go to them and ask, I'm a rough person, I don't understand." ”

The big man pointed to a family of three who had been watching the excitement from the side. But except for the three of them, who were still watching the play, the couple didn't even lift their eyelids at all.

The big man frowned slightly, not knowing what he thought. But the old and the young seemed to have discovered a new continent, and quickly passed towards the family of three again.

"Don't come here!" At the same time as the two of them moved, the two daggers in the man's hands had been stretched out sharply in the direction where the two of them came. "I'm not interested!"

Looking at the dagger in front of him, the old and the young seemed to have taken root under their feet, and they froze suddenly, and stood firmly on the halfway like a sudden brake.

The big man still lowered his head, but the accuracy of the dagger was very amazing, after he showed his hand, the three people, including the bearded big man, were surprised, and then they stopped talking, and for a while the small temple returned to the original appearance.

Seeing that no one spoke, the bearded man didn't care about anything else, and turned around to get half a bird, but suddenly found that the shelf was empty, and the bird was gone.

The big man turned his head to look at the old man and the young man, and found that the two of them were far away from him, and their hands were empty, and there was nothing at all. He looked at the family of three again, and it was the same as before, not even moving.

It's weird, is there still a weasel in this small temple?

The big man got up violently and walked around the place where he was just sitting, but found no trace, scratched his head depressedly and scolded: "Damn, I've seen the hell!" ”

An old man and a young man looked at the appearance of the bearded man, and actually sneered, and then found that the big man seemed to be very angry, and quickly reached out to cover his mouth.

But the man on the other side said slowly: "It's not a ghost, it's a human!" ”