Xuan Feilun and I were about to go back, when an old beggar who was always coughing next to us stopped us, "Two young men, you just came, right?" "He probably saw that we didn't have a penny, and he couldn't stand it.

I smiled and said, "Uncle, you guessed it, we came all the way to join our relatives, who knew that our relatives were not found, and the coils on our bodies were used up, so we had to live on the streets." "I admire myself a little bit, and I don't blush at all when I talk about panicking.

The old beggar coughed, nodded, and said, "I see, I said how do you think you don't look like beggars?" You guys! I can't wait for those financiers to come to the door, oh, I have to go like my partner. ”

As he spoke, a rich man covered in gold came to the side of the road, and immediately a crowd of people surrounded him, probably in a good mood, and threw a lot of money to the beggars. Most of them were snatched by young and strong beggars, and those who were old and weak returned empty-handed.

It turns out that the competition for being a beggar is so fierce! It's not easy to do anything these days!

The old beggar coughed twice, and then said, "You are still young, and you don't want me to be old, and you can't grab it if you want to." After speaking, he sighed again and again.

Looking at this old man like a good person, he shouldn't ask us for money, so I'll ask him. "Uncle, let me ask you something?"

The old beggar coughed again and looked at me kindly, "You ask!" ”

"Is there a big official in the capital who is from Tengcheng?"

"Tengcheng people?" The old beggar thought for a moment, "I wish I had heard of it, but where is it?" I can't remember it when I'm older. I'll ask you about it, and he probably knows. ”

The old beggar beckoned to a shrewd young beggar in his twenties and shouted, "Inquire about it, come here!" ”

Bao inquired slowly and came to us in an orderly manner, "Old man, what do you call me?" Tell me, I'm busy! ”

The old man pointed at me and Xuan Feilun and said, "These two are here to join their relatives, but they didn't find the entanglement and spent it all, so they had to live on the streets, can you help them inquire?" ”

Bao inquired and laughed, glanced at us, shook his head and said, "Old man, you know my rules." ”

The old man coughed twice and pleaded: "It's not easy for them, so you can help them, right?" ”

Bao inquired: "No! Old man, it's just that your heart is too good to be reduced to this point now. I advise you to take your kindness away. After saying that, he sneered, ignored us, and left.

What does he mean to look down on us? It's really a dog's eye and people are low!

I asked the old man, "Why is he like this?" ”

The old man said apologetically: "Don't be surprised, he is the second child of our group of beggars, he really has some knowledge, and we all obey him." ”

I asked, "His name is Bao to inquire, does he know everything?" ”

The old man nodded, "Yes." It's not that I'm boasting, there are our brothers in the streets and alleys of the capital, and it's easy to inquire about things. He knows a lot of unsavory things. Many dignitaries and nobles have asked him in private. ”

I asked, "Really?" So what rules does he have? ”

The old man coughed several times and took a breath before he said, "If anyone asks him about something, he will pay a tael of silver every time, otherwise he will not say it." ”

I said in my heart: Grab the money! However, if it can really help me, I will cut the flesh with all my heart.

I glanced at the Xuan Feilun, and the Xuan Feilun was also looking at me at this time, as if to say: Don't ask me to borrow money.

I glared at him and said to the old man, "Then we will work hard to beg, and we should soon be able to earn enough money." ”

Xuan Feilun's face immediately darkened, and he glared at me hard, and I glared back, who told you not to lend me money.

The old man smiled when he heard this: "You are young and strong, and it is easy to earn enough for this tael of silver." ”

Xuan Feilun said: "Let's leave quickly, if we don't leave, we will close the city gate." ”

The old man looked at the sky and said, "Yo, this point is that the city gate has long been closed." Since the two of them are living on the streets, it doesn't matter if they can't get out of the city gate. If you don't have a place to rest today, why don't you just stay here? ”

The city gates are closed! I looked at each other. He looked at me as if to say, "I won't let you come out, you'll come out!" Now it's good! ”

I thought to myself: the city gates are closed anyway, or I won't go back to the inn today. It's good to live here, since you let Xuan Feilun, the son, experience the suffering of the poor, maybe you might even get useful news.

I smiled gratefully, "Thank you, sir, we're worried about having nowhere to stay." ”

Xuan Feilun's face instantly turned black again when he heard this.

The old man looked at us kindly, "Come with me to see our boss." The old man staggered to his feet and led the way in front, and Xuan Feilun grabbed my arm, "You don't really want to live here, do you?" ”

I nodded, "Yes!" ”

Xuan Feilun looked at the Yuelao Temple not far away, and frowned, "Don't stay here, after the city gate is closed, we can find another inn in the city." I have money! ”

I counted him and said, "Xuan Feilun, you really can't live, now that you have a free place to live, why do you have to spend that unjust money?" And don't you want to experience hard times? Isn't that just the right time for you? ”

"When did I say I wanted to experience hard times? I'm not being dragged into the water by you. ”

I giggled, "Isn't that all the same?" ”

He looked at me like this, crying and laughing, "I really owe you in my last life." ”

We came to the quaint Yuelao Temple, which is old, but not dilapidated. The colored glazed tiles of the roof and the vermilion walls are still brightly colored.

At the entrance of the main hall hangs a couplet:

May there be lovers in the world, all of whom have become dependents; It is destined in the previous life, don't miss the marriage.

I sighed in my heart: What a magnificent Yuelao Temple, what a couplet! Alas! Who would have thought that such a good Yuelao Temple would become a beggar's nest!

We followed the old man into the main hall, and the gap between the inside and outside of the hall was too big. The hall was littered with straw and full of beggars. In the middle of the main hall, a kind old man was smiling at me, holding a cane in his right hand and a red thread in his left hand, and the incense case in front of him was covered with a thick layer of dust.

The moon is old, the moon is old! Your temples have been reduced to beggars' dens, how can you still laugh! The old man didn't hear me, and still looked at me with a smile.

For some reason, I thought he was so familiar, as if I had seen him somewhere. The threshold that has almost been stepped on, the fading red embroidered ribbon tied on the marriage tree in the courtyard, and the densely engraved names on the Sansheng Stone all tell people how prosperous the incense used to be in this Yuelao Temple. The shopkeeper said that Princess Yuanhe had repaired this Yuelao Temple, and I thought that if Princess Yuanhe hadn't repaired it, this place would definitely be dilapidated.