Chapter 37: The Abominable Ten Feet
Along the huge academy, Lin Xi walked aimlessly in a large circle, fortunately he had a good sense of direction, and he carried a college map with him, otherwise he would have to get lost in this college with many corners and dense buildings.
During this time, Linsey walked to a forest directly north of the dormitory building, and came to a small valley on the mountain.
After just going around this place, Lin Xi made a decision in his heart and used this place as his future cultivation place.
It turned out that Lin Xi had already learned through the student rules and regulations issued by the college that most of the time the college was left to the students themselves, except for the courses that took up a small part of the time. That's why he thought of choosing a suitable and quiet place to cultivate alone.
After choosing the place, Lin Xi was very happy and was ready to take a walk on the street and feel the atmosphere of the street around the college.
Linsey went back to the dormitory, changed into a white deerskin coat, put on thick and bright cowhide boots, and went out into the street.
"Young master, you are pitiful, give me some money for my grandfather and grandson!" At this moment, an old and trembling voice called out to Lin Xi from the side.
Lin Xi turned his head sideways, and under the gaze of his eyes, he saw a hand that was as thin as wood and only had black-brown chicken skin wrapped in skin, which was stretched out and stopped in the air.
This hand is holding a worn porcelain bowl, facing him.
The old man's shriveled mouth grinned, revealing the last few yellow teeth that had not yet fallen out, and his eyes were full of hope.
The old man's left hand was tightly guarding a little girl about five or six years old. The little girl was wearing a tattered black jacket, her body hiding behind her grandfather, only her head exposed, and a pair of timid eyes staring at Linsey uneasily.
Being called by the old man like this, many people around him stopped their steps, even including some richly dressed nobles, everyone was waiting to see the excitement.
In Yanjing of the Nuoqi Empire, the concept of hierarchy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there is a world-apart identity gap between nobles and commoners since ancient times, not to mention that the lowly side is a pair of beggars who make a living by begging.
And after Lin Xi changed into clothes, his already delicate and resolute face showed more temperament, two sword eyebrows slanted into the sideburns, and a pair of blue eyes were cold and deep, full of aristocratic appearance.
"Old man, do you live around here?" said Lin Xi to the old man, his face full of kindness.
The old man's cloudy eyes looked at Lin Xi, and he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, and muttered, "Yes, young master." ”
"Old man, this is a little bit of my care, please put it away. Lin Xi took out a small cloth bag from his bosom and put it on the old man's thin hand. The sack contained almost ninety gold coins, leftover from the last time I bought a parrot on Nochi Street.
The onlookers' eyes widened suddenly, and people sighed: Did this aristocratic young man get into the water in his head, and actually gave the money to a lowly beggar for nothing?
Feeling the heavy feeling coming from the cloth bag, the old man couldn't believe his eyes, there was actually a high-ranking nobleman who would take out a bag of money for himself? You know, along the way, he and his granddaughter didn't know how many nobles' eyes, cynicism, and loud anger they had endured, and even several times, they would be kicked or whipped!
After a short period of distraction, the old man spread out his right hand and said hesitantly, "Young master, I can't ask for this money." ”
"Just hold it. Lin Xi didn't talk much, but she always had a smile on her face.
After hearing this, a happy expression appeared on the old man's shriveled face, and he said thank you vigorously.
At this time, the little girl who had been hiding behind the old man also jumped out happily, smiled sweetly at Lin Xi, revealing a few white tiny teeth, "Thank you, young master!"
"Young master, let's go first, you are a good person, there will be good rewards. The old man said sincerely, then took his little granddaughter by the hand, turned around and prepared to cross the street to the other side.
Seeing the old man's staggering steps, Lin Xi still couldn't bear it in his heart, and suddenly remembered that when he asked the old man if he lived nearby, the old man muttered and replied "yes", but there were not many houses near Chulin Academy, and the land price was very high, and it was definitely not that the grandfather and grandson could afford to live, and considering the old man's cowering demeanor at that time, Lin Xi understood that he probably only had a place near here that could only accommodate him.
Seeing that the old man and his young granddaughter were in a foreign land, Lin Xi turned over and was about to catch up and ask carefully to see if he could completely solve the problem of the old man's safety, after all, less than ninety gold coins is not a large amount, and no matter how frugal he is, he cannot guarantee that the grandfather and grandson will have no worries about food and clothing in the future.
But what Lin Xi didn't know was that during the time when he was stunned, the old man had an accident.
"Dead old thing, I don't have long eyes when I walk, I broke my white jade bracelet, tell me what to do?"
A handsome young man in a gold silk cotton coat was staring at the ground with his arms crossed, and a fierce smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
And the poor old man was lying on the ground with his feet bent, his helpless eyes staring at the pile of smashed white jade crumbs in front of him, and he spat out a sentence with difficulty: "Young master, I didn't mean it, for my pity's sake, forgive me this time." ”
"Forgive you, do you know how much this white jade bracelet cost my young master? Tell you, old fellow, it's a thousand gold coins! If you are blindly touched by your eyes, it will be gone, can you afford to pay it?" A big man next to the young man said viciously, his fierce eyes were wide open, as if he was about to burst into flames, and he looked very indignant.
The old man did not dare to get up, in fact, he could not get up at once.
After getting the help of a kind young man in a white leather coat just now, he happily crossed the road with his granddaughter, preparing to return to the home that was ventilated but a place to stay, but suddenly a noble young man walked straight ahead, staring at the white jade bracelet in his hand, and didn't look at the road at all. Seeing that it was a nobleman, he hurriedly prepared to get out of the way. But unexpectedly, the young man was almost on a rampage, and walked quickly. I couldn't dodge, and the young man's body came up and bumped into him, and the precious white jade bracelet came out of his hand and shattered. Seeing this scene, the young man suddenly changed color, and with a push, he pushed himself to the ground, and until now his waist still hurts.
The old man's granddaughter saw that her grandfather was innocently wronged, and she was pushed to the ground, and she spoke viciously to each other, she was very angry, her small mouth was open, and her crisp children's voice was full of anger. "Obviously, you walked carelessly and bumped into my grandfather, and you want my grandfather to lose money, you are bad people!"
"Broken child, what are you talking about?" the big man who spoke just now roared loudly, scaring the little girl.
The young man waved his hand back, signaling that he would not say any more, and then he said: "Could it be that a noble young master of my dignity will still wronged people? If you can't afford it, I'll give you to the city guards, so that you can taste what it's like to be imprisoned and whipped. ”
The old man's face was pale, and he looked down at the pile of debris, his eyes full of remorse. At this moment, how much he hopes that there will be well-wishers in the crowd of onlookers who can come out and say a fair word for himself, but what makes him feel like a dead heart is that the onlookers are deaf and only care about watching the excitement for themselves.
"Look at you, too, it's quite pitiful, not the one who can afford to pay a thousand gold coins. If I send you to the city guards, I am afraid that I will suffer no less. Okay, who told me that adults have a lot, then let's be private!" The smile on the corner of the young man's mouth was even bigger, and he couldn't say how feminine it was.
After hearing this, a little flame of hope was rekindled in the old man's heart.
"Young Master, you can do whatever you tell me to do. Although I look old, I can do anything, and I can use the money I earn to compensate me, is that okay?" the old man replied cautiously.
The banter on the boy's face became even more intense.
"Old man, I think you misunderstood. When I say private, you bear my ten feet, and after ten feet we will have nothing to do with each other. As for whether you can keep your life under my ten feet, it depends on your creation. The young man was so happy that he didn't seem to take the old man's life seriously at all.
When there is a conflict or conflict between a nobleman and a lowly beggar, the nobleman can even kill the beggar without asking for instructions, which is a common law in the Yaning Continent.
Who is the young man? He is the young master of the first family of the Nuoqi Empire! Killing or killing one or two beggars is not the same as pinching an ant to death, so why should there be any scruples?
The old man collapsed on the ground, his body trembled, and kept repeating a sentence: "Please forgive the young master for his mistakes! The villain's granddaughter is still young and still needs to be taken care of!"
The little girl next to the old man looked sad and angry, with crystal tears on her little face, and she was also begging bitterly, hoping that the young man would not hurt her grandfather.
It's a pity that the old man's pleading didn't have any effect on the young man. The middle-aged man next to the young man stared at the old man coldly, and his eyes were like looking at a dead man.
Sure enough, a cruel smile appeared on the young man's face, "Since you can't compensate my white jade bracelet, then you have to be private." Violent legs!" The young man's right leg brought up a yin wind, and he slashed down from a high place, and it turned out to be a ruthless move as soon as he made a move, making it clear that he wanted to kick and shatter the old man's body!