He tidied himself up, changed into clean clothes, and sat on the bed in a daze for a long time.

His deep eyes unconsciously looked out of the wooden window.

The night view of Zhuyang City is bleaker than that of Xingchen Capital, but it is also crowded and dense.

The vendors in the streets, who had been hawking for a day, seemed to be tireless, still shouting at the top of their voices.

Their shouts could be heard from afar.

Some people will go out for a walk at dusk or visit the shops, which is also the golden time for beggars to gather for "work".

The streets of Zhuyang City are laid out in the shape of a "well", and at the intersection of every two streets, there will basically be a beggar begging.

To the people who lived in the city, these beggars were familiar.

The picture changes, through the dim and dim afterglow, at the entrance of a secluded street, there is a beggar with a raw face.

"Uncle, auntie, I haven't eaten for two days, okay!" The beggar even used his dirty hand to pull the corner of the passerby's clothes.

Some people will give him some small pieces of money, and of course some people will kick him a few times and then walk away.

As soon as the strength of the begging was over, he slept on his back, crossed his legs, with a hay in his mouth, and hummed a little song from time to time.

I don't know why? Xia Suxing's temperament has changed significantly, and he still chooses to be a beggar and a free and easy person who doesn't work hard.

It was now nearly midnight, and the people on the street were gradually dispersing.

Xia Suxing also had no business, so he simply thought about leaving.

As soon as he got up, two or three beggars surrounded him, and then they covered him with a coarse sack.

His eyes were dark, and he struggled: "What are you doing? Do you want to do something illegal in the dead of night?"

"This is in Yang City, and the Holy Country Lord is so lawless under his nose?"

"Let go of me!"

“.. .. ..”

I have the impression that someone hit him on the head with something hard, and then he fell unconscious.

When he awoke, he was already in a small temple, surrounded by a group of beggars, including children and women.

"You don't want to rob, do you?" Xia Suxing shrank to a corner as soon as he woke up.

A beggar with a stubble on his face smiled playfully and said, "Not only robbery, but also murder!"

"No, if the money is given to you, I will never sue the government!"

Xia Suxing took out a large bag of gold coins from the core ring and threw it to them.

"Huh, that's it?"

"It's really greedy... Xia Suxing grunted, and took out a large bag of gold coins from the core ring, "Okay, now I'm penniless." ”

The beggars in Yang City can never be provoked, and now for him, life is the most important thing.

Therefore, he could only hand over all of today's day's harvest, which was about 5,000 gold coins.

He asked, "Can I go?"

"Stay, kid. An old beggar spoke.

"Why?"

"If you get out of here, you won't see the sun tomorrow. ”

"Could it be that someone wants to kill me?"

"That's right, today we saw that you were being targeted by several soldiers, and their master was Ma Zhile. ”

"Mazlle?"

The bearded beggar explained: "Ma Zhile is a prince of the Yang Kingdom, and his title is the king of the fixed realm, and the people he likes will basically end up in a tragic death. ”

"And you're protecting me?"

The scumbag beggar said: "We beggars are also powerful, and you can at least protect you by staying with us." ”

"Why protect me?"

"Because you are a beggar, you have earned nearly five thousand gold coins in one day, and it is a pity to die. ”

“.. .. .. Then you protect me, and the money I earn will be divided among you, and it will be used as protection money. ”

"We have to hand it all over, and we have to hand it over to the organization. ”

"Organization?"

Xia Suxing had never heard of a beggar being ranked.

The old beggar sighed and said, "More than 90 percent of the money we begged for is from the organization, and we also rely on them to survive, as long as the money left behind can be enough to feed and wear." ”

.. .. ..

Xia Suxing slept all night on the straw mat in the small temple, listening to the big and small things about this place in a daze, it turned out that the beggar was not as simple as he thought.

All the beggars in Yang City are controlled by an organization called [Scale].

I heard that this organization is quite remarkable, the scale of the organization is huge, even some princes and kings have to give three points, and the beggars can only survive under its protection.

Leaving the scale means death.

After some small talk, Xia Suxing learned that the old beggar was named Bai Shou, and the bearded beggar was named Hans.

A blood-level eightfold realm, a blood-level double-fold realm, can be regarded as the number one person in this group of beggars.

It is unknown why they were controlled by the scale, but the other beggars were willing to tell them why they had fallen here.

"I was a gambler at that time, and I owed money to a royal family, and in the end it was the scale that saved me, and they made a deal with me, and my life and my freedom were all worth it. The sloppy beggar in the corner spoke of this in a particularly nonchalant tone.

A beggar who fell asleep on the ground lamented: "You are good, there is nothing to worry about, my parents and sister do not know whether I am dead or alive now, when I was sixteen years old, I killed a prodigal son who was not as good as a beast, he invaded my sister, but the government did not care, really, I had to kill him, and then the scale bought my life, and I came here to become a beggar who survived." ”

What shocked Xia Suxing the most was a woman, there seemed to be only sadness in her eyes, and she couldn't see a trace of joy, she always looked sad, and her life has always been exploring in the dark river.

She briefly recounted in a miserable tone, "I don't even know where I was born, I was in the Spring Building when I first had my memory, and the memories of the three or four years old at the time were full of dirty pictures, I had seen everything, death was a common thing in my eyes, I had many miscarriages, and now I have no half a son or a daughter, no husband, and I have nothing but the life of the scale." ”

Xia Suxing noticed some children, they were about seven or eight years old, most of them were helpless orphans, and a few children were following their parents.

The beggars here, everyone seems to have some helpless and pitiful stories, silently guarding their beliefs in the dark.

They generally have hopes in their hearts that even they can't explain, but they have less perseverance and less opportunities to atone for their sins.

The next morning, before the golden crow had risen above the horizon and the east was only a little red, they awoke from their sleep.

"Su Xing, it's time to go. Bai Shou urged Xia Suxing, who was still asleep.

Xia Suxing was sleepy-eyed, and he helplessly kept up with the pace of the army.

There are certain arrangements for their begging positions, and Xia Suxing is arranged in the other corner of the street.

On this street, there is also a little girl, who combs two ponytails and has a ruddy face.

Xia Suxing recognized her, her name was Zhang Xiaomei, she came to Yangcheng with her parents, and she voluntarily defected because she was desperate.

Xia Suxing was lying on the ground with the word "big" and falling asleep, his rusty basin was in front of him, and some people passing by would also take the initiative to throw gold coins into the rusty basin.

"Big brother, can you give me some of your money?" Zhang Xiaomei woke him up softly.

Xia Suxing rubbed his eyes, looking at Zhang Xiaomei's iron basin with only a few gold coins, he said generously: "You can take them all." ”

Zhang Xiaomei was a little embarrassed, "It's not good.. .. ..”

"It's okay, you can take it. He didn't care, and fell to the ground and fell asleep again.

Zhang Xiaomei was afraid that he would regret it, so she quickly poured out the gold coins in his iron basin.

Then, she crept away, and no one knew where she had gone.

Half a moment later, she returned to her own "post".

Xia Suxing also wondered why someone gave money when she was sleeping, and the little girl couldn't get the mercy of passers-by anyway.

Is it possible to sleep to show one's pity?

In fact, he didn't realize that his current image was completely different from his previous image, lying lazily on the ground, with Erlang's legs crossed, and his eyebrows were full of ruffians.

He slept like this for a day, and the money he received was about four thousand gold coins.

In the evening, the temple.

"Su Xing, the people of the scale will come to collect the money today. Hans said.

Xia Suxing even had some expectations, "I want to see what kind of people are like?"

He didn't care, and he didn't panic.

Soon, the scale people finally came, and there were about ten people all the way, all in black night clothes, and all wearing black iron hideous masks.

"Hand over the money!" the tone of the leader was no different from that of a robber.

All the beggars gave up their money, leaving one or two gold coins on the ground before them.

Xia Suxing was the same, he begged for the most gold coins, even three or four times that of other beggars, he handed them all in, and didn't keep any of them.

His move attracted the attention of the scale people, and the leader walked towards him, saying, "You're new here, aren't you?"

"Well, just arrived yesterday. ”

"Heh, you've paid all the money you asked, what are you going to buy steamed buns with?"

"I don't have to worry about this. ”

The leader didn't pay attention to him anymore, turned his head to look for something, and finally locked on Zhang Xiaomei.

The leader walked over, directly grabbed Zhang Xiaomei's neck with his right hand, and lifted her into the air, which scared all the beggars.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaomei's father and mother immediately knelt down and begged: "My lord, my daughter is ignorant, if you offend your adult, please ask your adult Haihan!"