Chapter 17: Encounter with a beggar
Hearing this, Fang Hou Ye nodded and said,
"Because I have to rush back to pay the account, I don't want to keep you longer, tomorrow there will be a banquet in the mansion for your brothers to have a good drink, and then let's go!"
The two respectfully responded, and on the second day, a table of wine banquets was set up in the house, Fang Muzheng's wife Liao personally cooked, and Mrs. Hou's wife Qian also wanted to come and sit, but she was seriously ill not long ago, so she ordered someone to send a few jars of good wine.
The brothers sat in the flower hall with a stove on all sides, only to feel the warmth, abandoned the left and right people and took off their clothes, drank wine and ate meat in a big bowl bare-chested, and recalled all kinds of interesting things in their youth, but they were drunk.
On the second day, Fang Kui woke up from the bed, drank the decanting soup sent by his subordinates, put on his clothes, washed and cleaned up, and then took his burden and Fang Yang to bid farewell to the Hou Ye.
Fang Hou Ye sat upright, with a package on the table beside him, and when he saw the brothers coming in, he opened it in front of them and showed them.
A few people looked at the pair of silver chain mail, with scars on it, with the marks of knives and guns, showing that the owner had gone through a lot of dangers in wearing it, and couldn't help but sigh that Old Marquis Fang had been brave in his life, Fang Houye sighed and wrapped this armor, and the other party said,
"Keep it up! Be careful to send it back to the clan! ”
"Yes!"
Fang Kui responded in a deep voice, took the burden in his hand, and Fang Hou Ye looked at the sky outside and said,
"Take advantage of the fact that the snow is not heavy at this time, so I will go on the road early, and I will stay at the hotel early!"
The two of them bowed their hands, knelt down and said goodbye to the Hou Ye, and then Fang Muzheng and Fang Kun accompanied them out of the Anping Hou Mansion, and the four of them led their men to beat horses and go out of the city from the south gate.
At this time, although it is the middle of winter, because it is close to the end of the year, the street is very lively, people come and go, rubbing shoulders, merchants and hawkers are constantly shouting, and people dare not let go of horses and gallop can only be sandwiched in the flow of people and move forward slowly.
It was even more crowded when it approached the city gate, but there was a row of unkempt beggars huddled in one place to hide from the wind and snow.
Fang Kui and the others' horses passed slowly, and among the crowd of people, there was a little beggar who was looking up at him, his face was dirty, but his eyes were black and white, Fang Kui looked at this kid with cleverness in his eyes, shrunk there and trembled, couldn't help but move in his heart, took out a silver ingot from his arms, raised his hand and threw it at him,
"Boy! Then! ”
When the little beggar saw that there was a nobleman giving silver, he immediately giggled, and when he stretched out his hand, he didn't see how he moved, and the silver in mid-air was gone.
Even Fang Kui's eyes didn't see how he moved, and the silver disappeared into his black sleeves.
Fang Kui laughed,
"Good trick!"
This little beggar is a quick hand, and I don't know if he did it more on weekdays, so he practiced it!
A group of people and horses slowly passed, and when they arrived outside the city, it was open, and then they galloped forward, and ran out of ten miles in one breath.
"Sending you a thousand miles will eventually take a farewell, so let's say goodbye to you here!"
Brother Fang Yang hurriedly rushed to Fang Muzheng and said,
"Take care, little uncle!"
and rushed to Fang Kun again,
"Second brother, take care!"
Fang Kun nodded and said,
"There are New Year's goods in the carriage that I asked you to send back, the two brothers are careful all the way, and they hope to take care of their bodies in a hurry due to the wind and snow!"
Fang Muzheng also smiled at Fang Kui,
"There are also some things for the children in the back carriage, you can take them back and give them a point, so that they can also know that there is an uncle in the capital who is worried about them!"
Fang Yang and Fang Kui thanked each other with a smile, and the four of them said goodbye again, and then the Fang Yang brothers led the people to beat the horses and walked towards the official road.
Fang Muzheng and Fang Kun watched their team of men and horses disappear on the official road, and then turned their horses' heads and returned to the city, and the two of them beat their horses past the city gate, and the little beggar was still squatting in the corner, huddled with a group of beggars.
After the two left, the beggar beside him turned around, but it was an unkempt old beggar, looking at his face, this life was very ugly, with sharp beak monkey cheeks, thin nose hook mouth, a pair of eyes dripping and rolling, and said to the little beggar,
"Boy, look at this wind and snow, hiding in the city gate and suffering this, it is better to follow my grandfather and me, learn a craft to pack you to eat and drink spicy food, wear silk and satin, and live in a mansion with beautiful maids!"
The little beggar beside him sneered, looked him up and down,
"Dead old ghost, what can you do? If I hadn't picked up your corpse, I would have been thrown into the cremation pile by the officials patrolling the city at this time, and my face was filled with garlic in front of the master! ”
The old beggar had been told about this countless times by him, and his cheeks had already been thickened.
"People have misses, horses have stumbled, didn't I miss a moment in trading, and I was chased tightly!"
He also didn't shine on this pair of tricks, if he got on someone who shouldn't be provoked, he was chased by a master, he accidentally fell into an ambush and fell seriously injured on the street, and was rescued by this kid because of a blessing in disguise and met a good seedling.
Thinking that he Hou Debao inherited the lineage of Qianmiaomen, he didn't find a satisfactory apprentice for decades, but this time he met one!
Look at this kid's hands, thin and long, the bones are well-proportioned and powerful, but they are soft and flexible, and it is very good to learn from this master's star picker!
Hou Debao simply followed this little beggar to pretend to be an old beggar, mixed in the pile of beggars in Linzhou City, one can avoid the people who are chasing and killing, and the other is to grind this kid to learn art!
It's a pity that this kid is treacherous and slippery on the outside, but his temper on the inside is stinky and hard.
It's really infuriating!
Thinking that he Hou Debao is also a little famous in the rivers and lakes, the only disciple of Qianmiaomen, he went out and shouted, how many people broke their heads to apprentice, but they were very disdainful when they met this kid, which hooked Hou Debao's temper,
"Boy, don't toast and don't eat, eat and drink, grandpa is giving you face, if you don't know how to lift it anymore, don't blame me for being polite!"
There are a few people in the rivers and lakes who are vegetarians, and they are reasonable to persuade each other!
Who knew that the kid was really well-behaved, and knew that Hou Debao was hiding from the powerful enemy like this, so he rolled his eyes and said,
"Master, it's not been a day or two since I mixed up in the southern boundary of the city, and the people I know are not one or two, if you dare to use force on me, believe it or not, I will immediately shout all over the street, so that your enemy knows, and then the master will die and drag you to back!"
Hou Debao was so angry that he was angry, he was really weak-hearted, who made him greedy for a while, and stole a very important thing, that gang of people is the most eager to repay, and now they are returning the things back, and they can't escape a dead word, but now the only way is to hide!
Hou Debao can't, he has to mix around this little beggar soft grinding hard bubble, although he was born to steal the door, but there is no shortage of food and clothing, now the tiger falls Pingyang is afraid of revealing his whereabouts, seeing the fat sheep in Linzhou City coming and going in front of him, but none of them dare to stretch out their hands, and they have to rely on this little beggar to live every day.
The so-called cannibalistic mouth is soft, the hands of people are short, and he wants to accept the little beggar as an apprentice, and he is a little weak and short of breath for a while when he is only eight or nine years old.
The little beggar also saw this, knowing that this piece of dog skin plaster could not be shaken off, and it was naturally impossible to beat it, so he begged for some food and silver taels every day, raising his own family and Hou Debao, but there was an advantage, with him here, grabbing land and beating the beggars next to him on weekdays, it was a big help, so that he was less bullied.
In this way, the two of them were so deadlocked and mixed together, and today Hou Debao seized the opportunity to persuade him to apprentice.
"Hey, hey! Boy, if you learn art with me, you will be able to learn from the teacher for three years, and you will be able to be full of money when you travel all over the world in the future! See the leader who just passed, the people are not good, but the horse is good, if you worship me as a teacher, you can ride such a tall horse......"
Hou Debao's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the little beggar's eyes lingered on the horse for a few breaths,
The little beggar squinted at him,
"Phew! What a lot of money! You can't even find half a copper on your body now, but you're still so tired that the master begs for silver every day to provide for you! Don't you boast of your light skills and stand alone in the world, and you have the ability to show me one! ”
"Hey! Boy, do you dare to underestimate grandpa......"
"Whew! You have the ability to run faster than a horse! ”
Hou Debao was so excited that he rolled up his sleeves and crossed his waist,
"Boy, grandpa didn't blow it to you, that team of people only went out ten miles, believe it or not, grandpa can catch up with them before dark!"
"Whew!"
The little beggar sneered, and very disdainfully raised his hand to dig a hole in the knotted hair, and stretched out his finger to stop the itch
Hou Debao He has also been grinding this kid for nearly a month, but he didn't see him let go, he was anxious, and he said that this is a good opportunity, so he patted his chest and said,
"Grandpa will immediately take you to chase, if you catch up, worship me as a teacher!"
The little beggar rolled his eyes, pointed at him and laughed,
"Bragging and farting, you can't catch up!"
Hou Debao was so angry that he blew his beard and glared,
"If you had said this a few days ago, I might not have dared to respond, but now that my internal injuries have healed, let you see my grandfather's methods!"
With that, he got up, stretched out his hand, copied the collar of the little beggar into his hand, and dragged him out of the city gate in a few steps.
At this time, it was windy and snowy, and the official guarding the door had already shrunk into the gatehouse, and the pedestrians outside were becoming more and more scarce.
Hou Debao took the little beggar to a secluded place, looked left and right, and there was no one around, so he laughed.
A person on his head and toes, like a wisp of light smoke, rushed out against the ground, and the little beggar was carried in his hand as if it was only two or two.
"Whoosh......"
The figures of the two quickly disappeared into the snowstorm......