In the ruined temple, the two looked at each other, Yue Shaoan looked at him, couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and said, "Why don't you sell these clothes?" ”

"Do you have the money to buy it?" The boy flattened his mouth in disdain. Looking at Yue Shaoan's eyes, he was clearly saying, you are poorer than me, and you still want to buy my clothes?

"Absolutely!" Yue Shaoan smiled dumbly: "Because I was hunted down by the enemy, I wanted to pretend to be a beggar to hide people's eyes, so I bought your clothes." Why do you have so many thoughts, kid, as if people in this world have bad intentions in everything they do! ”

"What tombstone do you install? What about fools? The boy was full of disapproval, and said, "As far as you are dressed now, you look like a beggar than me, and what kind of beggar are you pretending to be, who believes you!" Don't come to this set, we're a straight person, you say, what's in the open, otherwise I won't bother to talk to you. ”

"Ugh!"

Yue Shaoan looked down at the clothes on his body in a daze, and then looked at the other party's, and couldn't help laughing. People always make this kind of mistake, riding a donkey to find a donkey, and now that he has fled for nearly a month, he is no longer the Yue Shao'an he used to be. There is still half a shadow of the original body, but psychologically, I still unconsciously think that there is still a distance between myself and the beggar, and I don't know that now I am dressed like a beggar more like a real beggar.

After figuring this out, Yue Shaoan no longer asked to change clothes with the other party. Just smiled: "Yes, yes, you are right." I'm a beggar myself now, and what else do I dress! ”

The kid didn't speak, just glanced at Yue Shaoan, and that look seemed to say, you just know?

Yue Shaoan was not dissatisfied, and asked again: "By the way, what is your name?" We can't just call you and me that, can we? You don't sound awkward, but I'm awkward when I scream. ”

"You don't know how to be polite." The kid raised his eyelids and said, "When you ask someone else's name, you should at least say your own name first!" ”

Yue Shaoan patted his head, he never dreamed that one day he would be taught how to be polite by a little beggar, but he hadn't seen anyone for nearly a month, and meeting this little beggar at this moment also made him excited, and he couldn't help but want to talk to him. He nodded and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot about that." My name is An Shaoyue, it seems that I am obsessed with how old you are, you can call me Brother An! ”

The kid nodded thoughtfully and said, "Done!" Calling you brother won't lose a piece of meat, but this brother can't be called in vain, is there any benefit in calling your brother? ”

"Benefits?" Yue Shaoan frowned and said, "What benefits do you want?" ”

The kid looked at him again from head to toe and said, "Are you rich, since you call you brother, why do you have to give a few pennies?" As he spoke, he saw Yue Shao'an's face showing surprise, and his mouth couldn't help but pinch again, and said, "You said just now that you wanted to buy my clothes, you won't even have a few pennies at this time, right?" ”

"How much money?" Yue Shaoan shook his head and said, "I really don't have these few pennies." ”

"What about the food? There were no buns, everything was made indiscriminately, and I hadn't begged for food for days. ”

Yue Shaoan shook his head again.

"Alas!" The man sighed lightly and said, "You said that your brother deserves it, poorer than me, what's the use of calling your brother?" ”

Yue Shaoan took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, and said: "I really don't have a few pennies, but there are some silver taels, I don't know, can this be done, can it fall into the eyes of the little brother, this brother can deserve it." ”

The boy's eyes lit up suddenly, and he stepped forward to take the money, and a smile appeared on his face. If you can't stop it, you say, "You deserve it, you deserve it...... Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

Yue Shao'an leaned slightly, dodged his hand, and said, "Don't be so anxious." You haven't told me your name yet. ”

"Isn't it just a name that money can make ghosts grind? What's the big deal, don't say it's telling you. It's what if you can get one. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took the silver in Yue Shaoan's hand, and said with a smile: "My surname is Hong, I don't have a name, when I followed the master to beg, there were a total of seven brothers and sisters, I am the eldest, and they all call me Xiaoqi." Since you are appointed as the eldest brother, you will call me like this in the future, or you can change it if you want to change it, it doesn't matter if the name is made, anyway, I don't have a name, just have a name. ”

"Beggars also apprentice?" Yue Shao'an had never heard of it before, and couldn't help asking, "Is there still a teacher for this begging?" ”

"Of course!" Xiao Qiyi raised his neck and said proudly: "Those who strike iron have a teacher, and those who kill pigs have a teacher, what happened to us beggars?" Of course, there must also be a teacher. Without a master, do you know how to beg for food and make people pay for it? If you don't have a teacher, do you know how to get rid of a dog when you are chased by a vicious dog? If you don't have a teacher, you know that you are begging for food on their territory, how can you not be beaten? ”

"Oh!" Yue Shaoan thought so, with a sudden realization expression, it turned out that this last one was the point, this is also a gang, if it is a single beggar, he will be beaten if he begs for food on other people's territory. Knowing this, he stopped asking this question of the teacher, smiled lightly, and said, "Since you have seven senior brothers, why are you alone now?" ”

"Well, don't mention it." Xiao Qida shook his head: "It's not that the soldiers are messing around, we used to follow the master to beg for food in Bianjing, at that time the mix was booming, when it comes to our Bianjing eight beggars, who in this line does not give a few thin noodles, but, since the Jin people went south, it has not become, the Jin people will be cut down and hacked to death when they see men, and they will be ruined when they see women." After taking over, not only the master and the other six brothers gave their lives, not to mention. I almost died there, too. Later, Jin Ren retired, thinking that he could have a few days of peaceful life. But I didn't expect that there were more people doing our business all of a sudden, and I used to be able to get a lot of money when I went out every day, but then it was difficult to even fill my stomach. In desperation, I had no choice but to go south alone. Isn't that what ended up here? However, it's not easy to mix up here...... No, I don't know what kind of demon moth has been born recently, a broken county town followed others to coax and catch some emperor. Think about it, what kind of character would the emperor come to this broken county? It hurt that Lao Tzu was also hungry and didn't eat a mouthful of food for a few days...... This damn emperor is too, either you just go back to Song Shicheng, or let them arrest you. He didn't go back, nor did he let him be arrested, isn't this a deliberate attempt to harm others? As he spoke, he saw Yue Shao'an stunned, and couldn't help but push him, and said, "Hey, Brother An, did you say?" ”

"Yes Yes ......"

"Hello? Brother An, why am I so awkward to call Brother An, I just call Brother Brother directly after I see it. It's okay if you're restless, what do you say? ”

"Becoming a ......"

"Big brother, what are you thinking?"

"Didn't think about anything." Yue Shaoan didn't know that he would actually bring so much trouble to the people at the bottom, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless for a while, and when he asked, he shook his head and said, "Xiao Qi, what do you say your name is?" Oh, by the way, your last name is Hong, right? The full name is Hong Qi. I said Hong Qi...... Well? Flood...... Hong Qi? Yue Shaoan's eyes widened suddenly: "Xiao Qi, do you mean your name is Hong Qi?" ”

"Uh-huh!" Xiao Qi nodded and said, "Is there something wrong?" If the eldest brother feels bad, he can change it casually. The name is nothing more than a name for people, and it doesn't matter what it's called. ”

"Hong Qi, Hong Qi ......" Yue Shao'an muttered in his mouth, and he was shocked in his heart, didn't he meet the legendary nine-fingered beggar Hong Qi? He ran forward and grabbed Xiao Qi's hand, broke it and looked down.

Xiao Qi was shocked: "Big brother, what's wrong?" You can't talk, it's not counted, my big brother has been screaming a lot, and it would be too unkind for you to snatch the silver back. Moreover, it is also unruly for those to do so...... Oops...... Big brother, I said why don't you let go, oops! I've wrung off my fingers for you......"

Yue Shao'an let go of Xiao Qi's hand and muttered to himself, "Both index fingers know that it hurts, it seems to be true." Since the ten fingers are there, then it should not be the nine-fingered beggar. ”

Xiao Qi rubbed his aching fingers and said, "Nonsense, of course it's true." You twist yourself and see if it hurts. ”

Yue Shaoan smiled, the feeling of not speaking for a month really made him a little unbearable, when he first spoke, his mouth felt a little wooden, but now it is much better. Seeing Xiao Qi like this, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "What's the matter?" Hungry, right? ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Qi nodded.

"How about getting something to eat?"

"Yes." Xiao Qi was immediately happy: "Then let's go now?" ”

"Not us!" Yue Shaoan shook his head and said, "I'm a little tired today, I don't want to move, how about you go to the city to buy some wine and meat and come back?" ”

Xiao Qi was stunned, looked at the silver in his hand, frowned, and did not speak.

Seeing this, Yue Shaoan asked in surprise, "What?" Is there not enough silver? I've got it here! ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, big brother, we just met in Pingshui, and I'm still a money-greedy beggar, you just gave me the silver and let me buy it alone, aren't you afraid that I will run away with the silver?" ”

Yue Shao'an took a deep breath, the dust in the temple choked him and coughed again and again, remembering that Yang Fan was a friend who was also a brother and brother at the beginning, but now he was the one who wanted his life the most, he couldn't help but look a little gloomy, smiled bitterly, and said: "Every time you slaughter more dogs, most of them are scholars." There is some truth to this statement. ”

When Xiao Qi heard this, the monk of Zhang's second brother was a little confused, and he reached out and touched his messy hair. This sentence was only circulated in the Qing Dynasty, and he naturally didn't know it, in fact, even now there is this sentence, and he doesn't understand it. Therefore, he said suspiciously: "Big brother, what kind of dog are you talking about, a scholar?" What does this have to do with us? ”

Yue Shaoan waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I just said that it is my luck to be able to meet someone like you who is so affectionate and righteous that I am in trouble here." You are going to do it yourself, and I naturally have no doubt about employing people. What's more, it's just a few taels of silver, even if you really take it and run away, so what? That's when I bought your bed. As he spoke, he pointed to the weeds where he slept.

Xiao Qi finally understood this time, and said with a smile: "This thing can be called a bed there, but it is really a bed and it can be worth a few dollars, since the eldest brother trusts it so much, Xiao Qi will naturally not let you down." I'll go here, big brother will wait here......"

Yue Shaoan nodded and said, "Okay, you can go!" ”

Xiao Qi agreed, ran over to tighten the door, turned around, and said, "Big brother, I'm going." ”

"Hmm!" Yue Shaoan smiled and nodded.

Xiao Qiyi ran down the small mound and went straight to the city gate. Watching Xiao Qi leave, Yue Shao'an walked to the side of the weeds, his body was very sleepy, and he stretched his waist and walked up.

During this time, he has been walking in uninhabited places, and most of his sleeping places are in the crevices of the rocks in the wilderness or on the trees in the forest, although this place is dilapidated, it is much better than the place where he slept some time ago. He was really tired, and lay down on it, and after a while he fell asleep.

I slept until dusk and the sky was dark, and then I woke up quietly. When he woke up, it was already pitch black on all sides, and he looked around and couldn't tell what time it was, but Xiao Qi had already left in the afternoon, and he hadn't come back yet, so something was obviously wrong. Isn't he really gone? Yue Shaoan's heart was dark, and he was betrayed repeatedly, which already made him a little afraid to trust people too much. I can't help but smile bitterly, is this world, people's hearts, so dark?

He was a little reluctant to think about it. The stomach "coo......ed" twice, and the stomach was protesting, as if shouting, if you don't eat for so long, you will get stomach problems.

He got up, and since Xiao Qi couldn't come back, he had to go out to find some food by himself. However, as soon as he got up, and before he could step out of the door, he heard a noise outside, and faintly heard what seemed to be four or five people. He hurriedly looked around, and searched for a long time, only behind the statue of the earth god could hide, but it was obviously difficult for the small clay statue to hide a person as big as him, and it was easy to be discovered.

Finally, he looked up and saw that the beams above looked quite sturdy, so he jumped up suddenly, stepped on the head of the earth statue, jumped on the beams, and then straightened up, and the whole person fell straight down the beams.

Just as he was ready, he heard Xiao Qi exclaim and said, "Official, don't kick my window......"

"Bang!" With the sound, the temple door was kicked in, and at the same time, several people laughed and said, "Damn, you damn thief, this is clearly a door, how did it become a window?" ”

"Official." Xiao Qi's aggrieved voice said: "The silver is really not stolen by the little one, but by a kind big brother who gave the villain to the villain to help him buy things." As for this door, it's because the window next to it is collapsed enough to be used as a door, but this door can be used as a window to shelter from the wind and rain......"

"Less fucking and Lao Tzu are poor." As he spoke, the room was lit up by several torches, and one of them said, "Dare to quibble, what about the person you are talking about?" ”

"This ......" Xiao Qi was a little dumbfounded, his heart darkened, and he said in his heart, the eldest brother must have thought that I ran away with the money, so he left. He knew that if no one testified, these officials would definitely not return the money. I couldn't help but have a bitter face, and I didn't know what to say.

"Why, don't you have anything to say? Dare to say that you didn't steal, you can get so much money from a beggar, and you don't admit it, do you still want to taste grandpa's fist? ”

Before Xiao Qi could speak, another person laughed and scolded, and said: "Damn, Lao Tzu calls him Lao Tzu, and you call him Grandpa, so don't you become Lao Tzu?" ”

The man hurriedly smiled and said, "Look at my mouth, damn it, damn it...... Hehe, I dare to call Wang Bantou Lao Tzu...... It's all this thief who is so angry that he ......" said, went up and kicked Xiao Qi aside, causing Xiao Qi to scream in pain, constantly begging for mercy.

The person who was called Wang Bantou stretched out his hand to block it and said, "Okay, with such a thin body like him, it can withstand beatings there, and it will not be good to kill people." As he spoke, he leaned down, looked at Xiao Qi with a smile, and said, "I said little beggar, you are telling the truth, where did this money come from, and if you tell the truth, my brothers will naturally not embarrass you." Otherwise, they will all have a violent temper, and if you suffer some flesh and skin, the head of this team will not be able to stop you. ”

Xiao Qi looked at his smiling face, and retreated again and again like a ghost, until he retreated to the corner of the wall before stopping, a pair of eyes rolling around, thinking of ideas.

Wang Bantou couldn't help but smile when he saw him so "ignorant of current affairs", and said coldly: "It seems that he is a cheap bone, and he won't tell the truth if he doesn't fight." Go, teach him, don't kill anyone......"

"Okay!" As he spoke, the people leaned over towards Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't fight, official." Don't fight, I said, I said......"

"It's cheap. Don't say anything to your smile, just wait for the fist. ”

"Official, this money is really not stolen by a small one!"

"Phew! Grandma's, don't tell the truth yet......"

"Don't fight, don't fight......" Xiao Qi hurriedly said to spare.

"Wait!" Wang Bantou stretched out his hand to stop a few people and said, "Let's listen to what he has to say." ”

Xiao Qi said a few more times before he said, "Actually, this money was picked up by the villain." I didn't dare to say it before, because I was afraid that the official would take it to find the lost owner......"

"Dare to quibble......"

When the man heard this, he went up and started again. But he was stopped by Wang Bantou, only to see a smile on his face again, looking at Xiao Qi with a smile, and said, "Didn't you say that you wouldn't have to suffer from this flesh and skin?" Why bother! Okay, since you picked up this money, it just so happened that someone reported to the official today that he had lost the silver, and the head of the team was confiscated, and the owner was returned tomorrow, do you have any objections? ”

"No, no......" Xiao Qi waved his hand again and again, and said, "Everything is at the disposal of the official master." ”

"Hmmm! That's right! Wang Bantou nodded and said, "Okay, take out the ones you have hidden on your body!" ”

"Official, no. It's really gone......" Xiao Qi said, with a bitter face, and said: "If the official doesn't believe it, he will come and search Xiao's body......"

Wang Bantou actually wanted to deceive him to see if there was any oil and water, and he would really search for a beggar's body. Hearing him say this, he got up and walked outside, and waved his hand at the same time: "Brothers, let's go!" ”

"Huh?" The man from before hurried up and said, "Wang Bantou, did you let him go like this?" If we are caught according to the steal, won't we make a contribution? ”

"Brother, you just came, and you don't know the rules here. What a credit it can make to catch a thief! She patted him on the shoulder and said nothing.

Another person came up and added, "If this is caught according to the steal, the stolen goods will inevitably be handed over, and we will not be able to get any benefits at that time." And this credit should also be credited to the head of the county official, what do we do? However, if you pick it up, it's different, there is no owner to report the crime, who knows that we have found the money. ”

"What if someone comes to report it?"

"You're stupid. We're not immortals, so if he loses something, he must find it? ”

"Uh......"

"Say it again. Don't underestimate these thieves, this is our way of making money, the more they steal, the more we get, hehe...... If there are a few a month. It's much more than that......"

"What if someone finds out?"

"Discovery? So what, who let the thief be so cunning, we don't have any evidence. It's really a big deal, and the big deal is that it's not good. When the time comes, send a few more pots of good wine to the master, and he will naturally give us kind words in front of the master......"

"This ......"

"Alright, don't even talk. It's getting late, so it's the right thing to do when you get back to the city......"

The voices of those people gradually faded away, and Xiao Qi realized that a torch they dropped set his "bed" on fire. Hurriedly ran over, extinguished the fire, and inserted the torch in the gap under the feet of the land prince, then reached out and touched the front teeth, touched it gently, with a little shaking, he spat fiercely with bloodshot spit, scolded: "This group of people who have suffered a thousand knives, they must not die well, your grandmother and ancestors, turtle grandchildren, took Lao Tzu's money to go to the kiln and rotten your root, drank soju and poured your belly, gnawed the bones and knocked out your teeth...... "scolded, thinking that if this continues, other people's teeth have not been knocked out, but their own teeth are about to fall out, I couldn't help but exhale bitterly......

Rubbing his aching teeth, he looked up, and suddenly a figure appeared in front of him, almost making him jump in fright. When he saw the appearance of the figure clearly, he said happily: "It turned out to be the eldest brother...... I thought you were gone......"

Yue Shao'an looked at Xiao Qi's blue nose and swollen face, and somehow, his heart was a little sour, he shook his head slightly, and said, "Xiao Qi, does it hurt?" ”

Xiao Qi grinned, touched the injury, and hurriedly put away his lips, so that the smile looked a little funny, but Yue Shaoan saw it in his eyes, but he didn't want to laugh at all. I saw Xiao Qi smile reluctantly and said, "It doesn't hurt, big brother, who does what we do, how can anyone who hasn't been beaten." It's already connected. Not to mention that there are only three or five of them, even if there are ten or eight, I can still bear Xiao Qi. Hey hey ......"

"Alas!" Yue Shaoan sighed lightly and said, "I didn't expect the official mansion here to be so dark. It's hard for you......"

"Big brother, where did you say. Where is the government of this world not dark? It's good to get used to it. Xiao Qi laid the weeds anew, pointed to the "bed" and motioned for Yue Shao'an to sit down, before continuing: "I heard that the officials of Song Shicheng are very good, and where the officials are really in charge of our people, but I don't know if it's true or not. Big brother, you should be well-informed, don't you know? ”

Yue Shaoan raised his eyes and looked at the roof, and sighed softly: "I can't tell if it's like it, but it's better than the government here!" ”

"That's it." Xiao Qi's eyes lit up, and he said: "One day, I must go to Song Shicheng to have a look, that emperor doesn't know what kind of character he is, and he can actually build such a city, it's really amazing." It is said that he is like a fairy, I wonder if the eldest brother has seen him? As he spoke, he shook his head and laughed, and said, "Where can I see any characters even if they are big brothers, but in fact, I have seen them." Hey hey ......"

"Oh?" Yue Shao was surprised and said, "Where have you seen it?" ”

"In the city. His portrait was posted at the gate of the city. Xiao Qi was a little fascinated and said: "Just by looking at the portrait, you know that he is definitely an amazing person, you look at the eyes, nose, and mouth of others, that is called good-looking." Look at that armor again, it is really majestic, if one day, I can do the same, even if I die now, I am willing. ”

Yue Shaoan smiled bitterly, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You have indeed seen him, haha...... Okay, let's let Big Brother see if you hurt ......."

"It's okay, it's okay......" Xiao Qi shook his head again and again, took out a oilcloth package from his arms, and said, "Hehe, those guys didn't find out, I actually hid all the food here." However, those people all thought that they were so great, even if they really found out, they probably wouldn't be able to look at what a beggar could eat! As he spoke, his expression darkened, and he said, "It's just, the eldest brother's money ......"

Yue Shaoan waved his hand and said, "Money is something outside the body, what's the pity." In the future, when this kind of thing happens, why don't you give them the money, why let yourself suffer? ”

Xiao Qi opened his face and wanted to refute a few words, but in the end, he lowered his head, didn't say anything, just unwrapped the package, and said: "There is a small pot of wine here, but it hasn't been spilled at all, I don't know if the eldest brother is good for wine?" This chicken is Xiao Qi's favorite food, but he can't eat it often on weekdays...... Feed...... Big brother, drink slowly, leave me some ......"

Xiao Qi was busy introducing, but Yue Shaoan had already taken the wine jug from his hand and poured it up......