As it approached evening, the sky was getting darker, and the last glimmer of sunlight from the setting sun was inexorably obscured by heavy clouds.

Suddenly, the wind rose, and a burst of shade followed. The houses here were already a little dilapidated, so it was even more difficult for the rotten wood and tiles to withstand the sudden cold snap, which destroyed everything in the house so unscrupulously.

I only heard a cold wind whistling by, and then directly through the cracks in the house, blowing into the house one after another.

I saw Liu Ruotian curled up alone, lying on a hard wooden bed, shivering from the cold, and sneezing one after another.

And the ruthless biting cold wind didn't mean to pity him at all, and still drilled into his quilt without the slightest warmth, which was simply about to freeze Liu Ruotian to death.

On the dining table not far from Liu Ruotian's bed, there were a few leftover steamed buns and a few slices of shriveled pickles that were already a little moldy, and they were already not warm at all.

For several days, Liu Ruotian has been in such a state of hardship, and he has endured until now.

At this moment, maybe you have some doubts in your mind. Liu Ruotian is not the kind of pampered and useless son, how could he end up in such a field?

It turned out that since Liu Ruotian was rescued by Wu Xianggong, Wu Xianggong has restricted his personal freedom while healing his injuries.

Not only was he not allowed to leave this place for half a step, but even if he said a few words to strangers, he would be pulled back by Wu Xianggong's ears.

Liu Ruotian, who was not convinced, also wanted to leave this place many times, but he was arrested without exception.

The mysterious Wu Xianggong is like a human shadow, obviously seeing him away from him and then wanting to escape, but he can always catch Liu Ruotian at the most critical time, it can really be said that he can come with him.

So, why did Wu Xianggong treat Liu Ruotian like this after rescuing him? In fact, Wu Xianggong did this for a reason.

At this time, the news of Liu Ruotian's father's death and his mother's madness had been spread in the capital. And Liu Ruotian had been secretly imprisoned in Qingyun Temple before, and he didn't know about this matter. If Liu Ruotian learns about this and returns home at this moment, the consequences will be unimaginable. With his temper and temperament, he will inevitably be desperate to avenge his father. In this way, he fell into the hands of Jiang Xinghe and others, isn't it self-defeating?

Although Wu Xianggong has no contact with Liu Xinyu, he has also heard of his reputation as a loyal monarch, patriotic, righteous and trustworthy several times.

Now, there is only one descendant left in the Liu family, Liu Ruotian. As a senior in the rivers and lakes with extraordinary wisdom and superb martial arts, he must not ignore this matter.

However, Wu Xianggong's personality is extremely eccentric and always elusive. Although he is determined to keep Liu Ruotian's only seedling, as an outsider, he can control him for a while, but he can't control him for a lifetime.

Over time, Wu Xianggong will naturally get bored with it. After all, he is a bohemian and free man, and because of his advanced age, it is of course difficult to cover everything. It's just that in this way, it hurts Liu Ruotian.

At this moment, Wu Xianggong pushed the door in. What follows is a rich and enticing smell of roast chicken and beef sauce.

Seeing this, Liu Ruotian got up angrily. I thought: "Wow, let me eat steamed buns and pickles every day and live in a tattered shack, but you are a big fish, big meat, mountains and seafood, so unhappy, it's really too deceitful!" ”

said that it was too late and that it was fast, Liu Ruotian saw this and rushed forward with an arrow, wanting to snatch food from Wu Xianggong's hands, but he pounced because the speed was too slow.

After all, Wu Xianggong is very good at kung fu, and it is not easy to avoid Liu Ruotian's "sneak attack".

I saw Wu Xianggong nibbling on chicken legs and saying to Liu Ruotian: "If you want to live a good life, you have to struggle and fight for it through your own efforts." Grab food with me, and I'm not afraid of being laughed at by outsiders! ”

Hearing this, Liu Ruotian was both angry and aggrieved, how could he have suffered such a wretchedness.

"Yo! Are you crying? It's really useless - poor Mei Yuchen, I'm sorry for you! Wu Xianggong on the side said sneeringly.

You can't beat it, you can't escape it, how can this be good?

At this moment, Liu Ruotian had mixed feelings in his heart, but he was helpless, so he had to muttered on the side and secretly shed tears.

Originally, the wronged person should be Liu Ruotian, but he didn't expect Wu Xianggong on the side to be impatient when he saw such a scene, and then complained: "You kid, you're so troublesome!" I'm a man of seventy and eighty who has been cut into the ground, and you are not happy to serve you here for so many days with delicious food and drink! Let me tell you, I have never been so diligent in serving my own father! No one is waiting for me yet, but you're crying first, it's ......."

Wu Xiangcheng said it, but Liu Ruotian on the side could no longer suppress the grievances in his heart, and then cried.

Seeing this, Wu Xianggong felt that what he had just said was indeed inappropriate, so he left the place silently.

Don't expect Wu Xianggong to apologize to others, with his character, even if he knows that he has made a mistake, he will definitely not take the initiative to admit it. In his opinion, it was a very shameless thing. If not, it would be better to kill him.

Things have come to such a point, Wu Xianggong still went out to hide and relax. If he hesitates for a moment, maybe Liu Ruotian will make some kind of moth.

Wu Xianggong, who had nothing to do, came out and first looked around. After making sure that there was no danger, he went for a walk on the side of the road with confidence.

After walking for about a stick of incense, Wu Xianggong came to a path with trees growing on both sides, and wanted to take a rest here.

At this moment, Wu Xianggong, who had sharp eyes, was surprised to find that on a hillside not far ahead, there seemed to be a person lying down.

Seeing this, Wu Xianggong immediately ran over.

After that, there were people. When I looked closely, it was a man.

I saw him lying motionless on the ground, and there were many books scattered around him. An empty bag was tossed aside and trampled on dirt. It looks like this person has just been robbed.

Seeing this, Wu Xianggong did not dare to hesitate, so he immediately stepped forward to check the situation.

Wu Xianggong saw that he still had breath, so he rescued him and carried him back to the wooden house where Liu Ruotian lived.

After about an hour, the man finally woke up and told the two of them the general story of what had happened.

This person's name is Yang Yiwen, a native of Qingzhou. Since childhood, his family has been poor, but he has read poetry and books.

He was bent on serving the country by gaining fame through the examination, but he studied hard for ten years but failed repeatedly, causing him to have deep doubts about his ability and talent for a while.

However, after a long period of careful observation, Yang Yiwen was surprised to find that those who were far inferior to him in terms of knowledge had already returned to their hometowns, and why did he repeatedly fall behind Sun Shan?

After thinking about it, he gradually realized a common sense, there is a way that no one in the court should be an official. thinks that his answer sheet has long been stolen and used by others, and he can only bear it all in obscurity.

Just when Yang Yiwen was on the verge of despair, he accidentally remembered that his ancestors were related to the protector Gongjiang Xinghe.

In this way, he must have a little blood connection with Jiang Xinghe. So, Yang Yiwen, who had no way to serve the country, decided to come to Beijing to join Jiang Xinghe in person to see if he could give a solution.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to enter Chang'an City, he encountered robbers on a silent path.

At that time, Yang Yiwen, who was worried, was walking alone on this path and kept thinking.

Just as he was thinking about how to meet Jiang Xinghe and explain the situation to him, several masked gangsters suddenly appeared from all around.

I saw that they were holding sharp blades, fierce and vicious, and in an instant, they surrounded Yang Yiwen in the middle and asked him to take out the silver and silver on his body.

Yang Yiwen is a scholar, where has he ever seen such a formation, even if he is frightened by the bandit leader with a big waist and a round waist.

Then, the man's reprimand frightened Yang Yiwen directly to the ground, and begged everyone repeatedly: "Big brother! You can take all the valuable things on me, and just leave me with a cheap life! Please, don't kill me, don't kill me! ”

Seeing that Yang Yiwen was praying and kowtowing again, everyone laughed heartily.

When the leading robber saw this, he began to deliberately play tricks on him.

I saw that the man came straight to Yang Yiwen, who was already trembling with fright, so that he didn't even dare to raise his head or open his eyes.

Then he raised the knife in his hand and said to him, "I don't want anything else, I want your life!" ”

As soon as Yang Yiwen heard this, he was immediately frightened and fainted.

The robbers saw Yang Yiwen's heavy burden, and thought that they didn't know how much gold, silver and jewelry there were. And when they really opened the baggage, they were disappointed.

I saw that in Yang Yiwen's baggage, except for a few scattered silver taels, there were only a dozen books and a few brushes.

All of this was a study material for scholars, and it was of no use to those who were rude.

When the robber saw this, he said with a smile: "What a poor and sour talent, there is nothing of value at all, what a waste of time!" ”

Seeing this situation, several robbers were angry and wanted to destroy all the things in Yang Yiwen's baggage to relieve the anger in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Yang Yiwen suddenly woke up again, and begged them not to touch their books.

You can take all the money you want, but you must not destroy the books. In Yang Yiwen's view, these books are priceless treasures and his life.

Seeing this, the robbers were really a little confused. Ever since he had robbed his house and barricades, he had never seen such an interesting person.

This person was begging for mercy just now, but this time he risked his life to stop them from destroying the book, which is really funny.

I only heard the robber leader Yin Yang say to Yang Yiwen in a strange way: "So far, I will give you two ways." First, I was beaten by us, and I promised you not to destroy these books; Second, I can let you go right away, but you are not allowed to take any of the books in this baggage. What do you think? Weigh it yourself! ”

Obviously, the robber saw that this man was so funny, so he deliberately played tricks on him.

Those people thought that Yang Yiwen would definitely choose the second path, but they didn't expect him to be a person who sacrificed his life and didn't give up his book.

I'd rather be beaten to death, and I must not let my love of books hurt a single bit, just like a living nerd.

So the crowd had no choice but to satisfy him.

In this way, after punching and kicking the stubborn Yang Yiwen, the robbers left the place laughing.

Yang Yiwen, who was already unconscious, didn't know that even if he chose the second way, those books were still torn up by the robbers, but he was beaten in vain because of this.

Originally, if Yang Yiwen had woken up in time, and then gave up those books and chose to protect himself, maybe he would have been able to reach Chang'an City safe and sound.

But he has always done things in a proper manner, but he unknowingly negotiated the conditions with the robbers, so that he ended up in such a tragic end.

How can this situation not make people think deeply?