Seeing that Zhang Bai didn't answer, the bald man raised his leg and kicked him in the abdomen, "Little rabbit cub dare not reply, kick you to death!"

How could Zhang Bai be kicked by this guy, but he was disguised to listen to the news, and he didn't want to make too much of a difference. So he pretended to wince, and when the opponent's toes saw that he was about to kick, his right hand went to the belly of Ichigo, and the opponent's toes kicked into the wooden hand.

"Ouch!" the bald man didn't expect the child's stomach to be so hard, almost like a hardwood plank, but he kicked his toes and broke them, and he jumped on one leg in pain.

The wooden stick saw that the eldest brother had suffered a loss, and immediately waved the wooden stick to beat him, and his mouth was still nagging: "You dare to fight back, I will let you fight back! I will let you fight back!" He hit one stick after another, Zhang Bai rolled on the ground to dodge, and seemed to be beaten with his head, but in fact, the wooden hand had already received the blow of the stick again and again, and he was not hit at all.

But they were making a fuss, and all the beggars in the house noticed it, some watched the excitement, and some didn't think it was a big fuss, Zhang Bai felt that things seemed to be more troublesome.

"You guys, have you had enough trouble?" said an old but loud voice next to him. When they turned around, they saw the old beggar, who was sitting by the fire and roasting it, and did not look at it with his eyes.

Everyone cowered and didn't dare to speak, and the two beaters also stopped. "Daddy Sottle, this kid is suspicious, he's not the same as us. The man with the stick pleaded to Daddy.

"I brought him here, he's my man, let him come!" Father Sottel glared at them sternly, and the two of them retreated without speaking.

"Come here, come to me. Daddy calmly beckoned Zhang Bai and asked him to come to his side. This is a good way to solve the problem, Zhang Bai did not refuse, got up from the ground, patted the soil on his body, and silently walked to the fire and sat down.

Dad didn't speak, he was quiet for a while, and when everyone saw that there was no answer, they continued to think about what they should do. The people next to the bonfire also began to fight for food again, and only Zhang Bai and Father Sottle sat quietly, watching the bonfire.

"Are you hot? You can take off your coat. Dad didn't look at Zhang Bai, but calmly suggested to him.

Of course, this coat can't be taken off, Zhang Bai feels a little regretful in his heart, it seems that this beggar's nest is very troublesome, why bother wading into this troubled water if he knew it earlier.

"I'm not hot, I'm just a little tired and sweaty. Zhang Bai prevaricated casually.

"You are very bold, although you are a child, you are not afraid of the people here. Father Sotel asked again, "Don't blame Zabad and Gufe, the two who just beat you. They especially hate sneaky people because they've been killed, okay? ”

Zhang Bai didn't answer, he felt that it was best not to say anything at this time.

"You child, you are indeed very special, I saw you lying at the gate of the city for a long time, but you are not cold at all, which means that you are dressed warmly. Autumn has arrived, winter is coming, and we beggars freeze to death a few times a year, why? ”

Zhang Bai screamed in his heart, as if he had exposed his horse's feet, he didn't know what to do, so he had to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb and not speak.

"You don't fight for food when you see it, this is only something that an old man like me can do, I'm old, I can't rob these children, but I don't eat much, it's good to be old, right?"

"But it's rare for a child of yours to eat so little, but there are children like this, I've seen them. Do you know where to meet you?" asked Daddy Sottel again.

Zhang Bai had no choice but to cooperate: "Where?"

Sottle replied with a grin: "In the palace! ”

Zhang Bai chuckled in his heart, and immediately changed the topic: "Have you ever been to the palace? Aren't you a beggar?"

"Yes, I'm a beggar, but I did go to the palace, but that was a long, long time ago, when I was as old as you are, and by the way, I didn't go to the palace in Peshawar. ”

Zhang Bai defended: "However, I am indeed not hungry now, so I am like the people in the palace, right? They are born with good fortune, they don't know hunger, they don't know the madness of burning fire, and they don't know what hunger will bring? ”

Father Sotel smiled and nodded, "That's why I said that you are different, the children of noble families can't say such things, and it is impossible to lie at the city gate all day." ”

At this time, a young beggar next to him handed his father a bowl of soup, which was full of food, and the father thanked the young man and took the bowl and ate it.

After a while, the bowl was empty, and Sotel wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "It tastes good, why don't you really have some?"

Zhang Bai politely refused again, he really couldn't stand this smell of food.

So Sotel chattered again, "In Peshawar, now it is not as peaceful as before, since the death of the old emperor, many things have changed, and we beggars are the same, for example, in the past, we loved to lie where we lied, what we liked to say and what we wanted, and we were born uncontrolled by others." ”

"But now it's different, there are a lot of so-called sneaky people on the streets, and they are called so because most of them are children, and they eavesdrop on other people's conversations, and then they go to snitch and get a reward. Many of these children were the children and grandchildren of aristocratic families, and they were dressed up as common people, and for them, it was not important that they were rewarded because they were not hungry, but that they would be praised. ”

Zhang Bai's heart pounded when he heard this, although he was not afraid of these people, he still couldn't help but be a little flustered, so he pretended to be angry and said: "Do you suspect that I am a child who is informing?

"Aren't you? I've been watching you. Speaking of which, you are indeed different from other sneaky people, such as you are not afraid of being dirty and tired, lying at the gates for a day, or you know what it is like to be hungry. Moreover, those two stunned boys just now hit you like that, and it doesn't seem to hurt you at all.

But there are also similarities, for example, if you don't eat our food, it's not that you're not hungry, it's actually that you're afraid that our food will be poisonous or unpalatable, right? Daddy Sottle smiled and said, "Won't you explain?"

"It's completely exposed!" Zhang Bai understood in his heart, but he couldn't panic, what he needed to think about now was a plan to get out, and it was not the effect he wanted to kill and fight, because it was possible to alarm the guards, and it was also possible to alarm the people of Shilong Dao.

The old beggar in front of him can be used, and seeing that his identity is like an elder of the beggar gang, the people around him are very convinced of him. As long as the old man is convinced, the situation should be changed.

Thinking of this, Zhang Bai was not embarrassed, he raised his head and smiled, looked at Father Sottel and said: "The old man is an understanding person, for you, of course I am not a sneaky person, because I don't need a reward or praise." With my skills, I'm not afraid of those two stunned boys, but I'm not a beggar. I'm just a foreigner, and I have a lot of connections with Peshawar. ”