Chapter 312: Beggars
The tribulation on the side was also caught off guard, and he only had time to reach out and grab Xue'er's body rushing forward, and leaned forward with Xue'er!
The two of them rushed out of the carriage at the same time, and the catastrophe pressed Xue'er's head to her chest, protected it tightly, and flipped in the air at the moment of rushing out of the carriage, and tapped her toes on the horse's back, startling the horse to neigh, and then turned in mid-air, and then fell lightly.
Cher was so frightened that she didn't breathe a sigh of relief until her feet touched the ground, and she poked her head out of her bosom. At this moment, Lijiao took Xue'er to three zhang in front of the carriage, and he could just see the situation of the entire carriage.
I don't know when a group of ragged beggars actually surrounded the carriage three layers inside and three layers outside, and the water could not be leaked!
This group of beggars is unkempt, some old and some young, there are thirty or forty people, and they still look like they are not afraid of death, and the coachman can't break through even if he wants to drive the carriage!
Fortunately, the group of beggars just surrounded the carriage, and did not step forward, and the better ones held up a broken bowl, and those who did not even have a broken bowl only held up their dirty hands, forming a human wall to block the way of the carriage, and one by one they pleaded in a low voice: "Our Lady of the Grace of the Lady, all right, we haven't eaten for several days......
The sound was not loud, but the voices of many people were concentrated, like flies buzzing and disturbing.
Xue'er frowned, she and Lizheng went all the way from the extreme north to Liancheng, and stayed in Liancheng for a while, and she has also seen some of the daily life of ordinary people, I can't say how rich it is, but basic food and clothing are still not a problem, and the beggars are still seeing it for the first time, especially this is still the new capital of the Western Desert, Liancheng!
Even if a certain place in the Western Desert was affected by a disaster and refugees poured in, why didn't anyone from the government come forward to appease them?
was strange in her heart, but the calamity around her frowned deeply, and the hand that originally wrapped around her waist not only did not let go, but tightened it, and actually pulled Xue'er back two steps again!
And do it without your own consent!
Xue'er was about to attack the tribulation, but she heard the tribulation say: "Girl, this group of people is weird!" ”
"I know!" Xue'er said angrily, "A group of beggars suddenly appeared in Liancheng, stopped my carriage, and called Our Lady as soon as she opened her mouth, how to look at it and deliberate!" ”
She frowned, lowered her eyelids to look at the arm that had not been released after the tribulation, and said again, "Can you let go of me now?" ”
"Girl......" Li Zheng wanted to say something more, but in the end he sighed, let go of her according to his words, but refused to leave her side for half a step, "You be careful." ”
Such a tribulation made the anger in Xue'er's heart not continue to attack for a while, so she had to turn her head and not touch the other party's eyes, only her eyes fell on the group of beggars.
However, no matter what Xue'er thinks, these are also a group of beggars, and the tattered clothes on their bodies can barely cover their shame, but they can't even keep out the cold, let alone what blades and hidden weapons are hidden in them.
As for the wooden sticks and broken bowls in people's hands, they don't look like weapons. After all, a beggar, you can't help but let someone take a stick to defend themselves and beg for food with a broken bowl, right?
If there is anything, the only thing that makes Cher feel a little strange is that Li Zheng has rushed out of the carriage with her, and she has also flown over the heads of this group of people, why are these people still begging in the direction of the carriage?
Seeing that the coachman was surrounded in the middle and was in a hurry, it was obvious that so many people also made his scalp tingle, and he did not dare to rush over, let alone throw a whip to drive people away, in case it provoked these beggars to attack in droves, it was not a good thing!
He, a coachman, didn't know how to deal with such a situation at all, and finally could only stand on the wheel of the carriage, only then did he see Xue'er and Lizheng outside the beggars' encirclement, and was about to speak, when the group of beggars also reacted and turned their heads to look in the direction of Xue'er!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the beggars who were originally surrounding the carriage rushed towards Xue'er in the direction of Xue'er, and in an instant, they directly surrounded Xue'er, ensuring that even a fly would not go out!
The smell of searching for smell came to the face, mixed with the smell of feet, breath and sweat, once again proving their identity to Xue'er - beggars!
Cher didn't even have time to frown before she was drowned out by the voices of those beggars one after another.
"Our Lady has mercy, have mercy on us......"
"I'm hungry, I'm hungry......"
"Give me something to eat......"
Seeing that the group of beggars was getting closer and closer, and the nearest one was only three steps away from Xue'er, Xue'er was also a little panicked for a while, and finally understood the helplessness of the coachman.
However, this group of beggars only blocked the way when they faced the carriage, and when they turned to face Xue'er, they surrounded them in all directions, as if they were afraid that Xue'er would run away!
Even, there were two people who were not afraid of death, so they rushed directly in front of Xue'er, stretching out something black and slimy that they didn't know what was stained, whether it was a sleeve or a skirt, and they pulled it up.
After the catastrophe, his face changed, and he hurriedly protected Xue'er behind him, forgetting for a moment that he was also a beggar behind him, and almost pushed Xue'er to the beggar behind him!
Xue'er didn't expect this group of beggars to be so fierce, one of them was not careful, and was actually pulled by one of the skinny little beggars by her skirt, and suddenly left five black finger prints on the skirt of the snow quilt.
In my ears are the pleading voices of these beggars like flies, and the end of my nose is filled with all kinds of bad smells, the special smell of not taking a bath for many days, and the dirty faces in front of me who can't see their true faces, shaking Xue'er dizzy and dizzy, almost vomiting!
How should she deal with this group of people?
Beat, can't beat, and she can't bear to say it, after all, people are pitiful enough. What's more, in the hurry that followed Yue Yao and Murong Yuan out today, she didn't even bring a retinue to open the way, even if she could leave, but she would still leave the coachman, Xue'er was still a little unbearable.
Besides, no matter where this group of beggars came from, but they were a "virgin mother", directly passing on her identity in the Western Desert, even if she really withdrew, she would end up with a reputation of being unsympathetic and inconsiderate to the people.
Although Cher doesn't care about the identity of Amaterasu, she can't care less about her reputation.
Looking at the pair of dirty hands like chicken paws stretched out in front of her, and the broken bowl covered with a layer of black dirt, Xue'er only felt that her entire scalp was a little fried.
However, there is nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide, and even the calamity on the side is a little helpless for a while.
The little beggar began to tug at her skirt, leaving two more handprints on her skirt, and a beggar who seemed to have problems with her legs, crawled from under the feet of many beggars, and climbed to the feet of Cher: "Our Lady, all right, save me......"
Xue'er only felt that her scalp was numb, what did she do to save her? Those who came out in a hurry did not even bring their retinues, and where would they bring food for alms beggars? She didn't even bring a copper coin!
Coins?
Xue'er only felt a flash of inspiration in her mind, and suddenly seemed to think of something, before this group of beggars appeared, wasn't she about to let Aunt Hong count the copper coins with the tribulation?
Aunt Hong hasn't returned the extra copper coins to herself until now!
Cher suddenly has an idea!
But with so many beggars surrounding her, begging and clamoring, she had to get out of the encirclement first.
At that moment, he no longer hesitated, pulled the tribulation, gave the other party a look, and then slammed his feet, his body pulled up a foot five or six out of thin air, and flew in the direction of the carriage.
At this moment, between Xue'er and Li'er and the carriage, because of the approach of the beggars, there has been a distance, and Xue'er is the first time to use the light skills passed down by the Lijiao alone, and it is inevitable that she will have to borrow strength in the middle, but she can't bear to step on the heads of these beggars directly, so this kick is a lot off!
The consequence of bias is that you can't borrow your strength, and you can't take off again, and you will fall directly into the beggars!
Fortunately, he reacted quickly after the tribulation, and reacted when Xue'er pulled his sleeve, opened his arms, and flew over the beggar's head.
Immediately twisted his waist, like an eagle falcon, dived and then rushed out of the sky again, and then turned around in mid-air, and the clothes of the two people with him fluttered, like a fairy.
The beggars realized it later, and then they raised their heads, and one by one their eyes widened, and they looked up at a man and a woman in the air, and for a moment they forgot to even plead and continued.
Xue'er naturally knew that it was the tribulation that saved her from falling into the group of beggars, and she habitually ignored the past for the other party's rudeness, only looking down at the beggars at her feet, and did not turn her head to look at the tribulation.
Suddenly, as if to give some kind of command, the beggars fell to their knees and shouted in unison to Cher, "Our Lady of Merciful ......"
Xue'er became more and more puzzled in her heart, although this group of beggars couldn't see any flaws on the surface, but there were only these few sentences over and over again, and they were really not "professional" enough.
When his mind was spinning, he was suspended in mid-air and did not fall, looked down at the beggar at his feet, and said, "Everyone, I'm really sorry. Because I came out in a hurry, I didn't bring food with me, not even copper plates, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, but ......"
Xue'er paused, trying to find flaws in the expressions of these people, but she saw that these beggars were all disappointed, and some of them were even about to sit on the ground and cry: "We have suffered so many white eyes, and we originally thought that Our Lady Mother was kind-hearted and would definitely be able to give us food and clothing, but I didn't want to ......."
"Our Lady doesn't care about us, we can't live......"
"You listen to me finish speaking," Xue'er had no choice but to raise her voice to suppress the cries of these people, "Although I didn't bring any silver, but the Wangchun Tower on the bank of the Lanshui River still owes me a few hundred taels of silver in copper coins, why don't I let you take you with you, ask for it back, or take you to buy some food, and then talk about it first, how about it?" ”
No one thought that Xue'er would finally propose such a method, and even the tribulation was stunned, and the beggars below became silent in an instant.
If they accept, it means that they will follow Xue'er to Wangchun Tower; If they don't accept it, it just proves that their beggar status is problematic.
Just ask, they are all hungry like this, it is strange enough to stare at Xue'er begging alone, and if you don't accept Xue'er's suggestion, it will be even more unspeakable.