Chapter 9 Begging for Food

"General Yuwen, the old man has lived in China for forty-two ......years," Shi Kuo's face was heavy, and he looked at Yuwenluo and the soldiers behind him: "Now that he is nearly seventy years old, his temples are full of frost...... It's also time to go out for a walk and enjoy the famous mountains and rivers of China!"

"Even if the national teacher wants to leave, he should return to the dynasty to pay homage to the emperor, it is especially inappropriate to say goodbye like this, I hope the national teacher will think twice!" Yu Wenluo was a little embarrassed, Shi Kuo was a teacher, and he was already disrespectful because he was tied up by unknown identity before, but the emperor's life was in his body, and he was really in a dilemma.

"Flower feather girl, look at this ......" Shi Kuo's face was worried, and he lightly pulled the flower feather sleeves.

"General......" Hua Yu leaned into Yu Wenluo's ear: "Hua Yu has his own means to take the national teacher and leave quietly, you only say that you have never found the national teacher when you return to the court, if the emperor blames him, just shirk the national teacher!"

"This ...... How can this be done?" Yu Wenluo took half a step back, his eyes like a copper bell, and he didn't know what to say.

"General, there will be a date later!" Hua Yu said, pulled Shi Kuo, and waved his sleeves lightly towards Yu Wenluo and the others, and disappeared in an instant!

"Ah...... Goblin...... Monsters!" the soldiers exclaimed, leaving only Yuwen Luo standing in the middle of the inn.

"The national teacher has worked hard for Huaxia, and now he wants to visit the mountains and rivers of Huaxia, which is reasonable, alas, ......" Yu Wenluo turned around and yelled at the inn, "If you dare to talk nonsense, you will not be spared!"

"I'll wait...... I've never seen the general!" The shopkeeper and the shopkeeper hurriedly fell to the ground, trembling!

"Ah, this is out of the city?" When Shi Kuo opened his eyes again, the old body was already dozens of feet outside the city gate, looking back at the city wall, he couldn't help but sigh lightly: "Alas...... I think I'm loyal and loyal to Shi Kuo, and now I want to be idle, but I want to escape like this, it's really ridiculous!"

"Old man Shi!" Hua Yu let go of Shi Kuo and said with a smile: "Or... You will go back to Fancheng, and in a few years, you will only wait for the king to come and ask for your life?"

"Flower Feather Girl!" Shi Kuo turned his head, his face was heavy: "Shi Kuo is an ordinary man, he has worked hard for China for decades, and he has tasted all the flavors of the world, and he is nearly seventy years old today, so why be afraid of life and death?"

"Okay, old man Shi!" Hua Yu patted Shi Kuan's arm and lowered slightly: "When you meet Hua Yu, you can't die, and no one can ask for your little life...... Hua Yu still needs your help to reorganize the Six Realms!, so ...... You can't talk about life and death, you know?"

"But I'm ......" When Shi Kuo lowered his head, Fang knew that his old body was gone, and he returned to his former demeanor: "Ah...... Flower Feather girl, my ......"

"Hehe!" Hua Yu hid her face and smiled: "Okay, walk with me, don't worry about life and death! There are still many capable people waiting for me to summon;

"Where are you going, girl?" Shi Kuo asked with a frown.

"Jiukong Mountain!" Hua Yu smiled at Shi Kuo, if he knew his worries: "Shixiang Lake will be the last stop, Hua Yu has promised, will not bear the pain of your thoughts, you can rest assured that I will be around;

"Shi Kuo thanked the girl for her kindness!" Shi Kuo arched his hand, overjoyed: "It's just ...... Thousands of miles away from Jiukong Mountain, the girl still decided to go?"

"Hmm!" Hua Yu nodded, looking up at the mountains in the distance: "I could have gone in a flash, but I would have missed many small evils in the Demon Realm, this time I traveled, I was not lazy, I had to know the paranoia of the laws of the Six Realms, so it was enough to move!"

"Eh!" Shi Kuo lightly cut the tip of his hair and nodded slightly: "The girl said that she wanted to speak in the vernacular, but now her words are far better than Shi Kuo's sourness, I don't know what the girl means?"

"Okay!" Hua Yu smiled and waved her sleeve yarn forward: "You and I will wait for the opportunity to move in the future, just don't feel tired!"

"Oh, Shi Kuo obeys!" Shi Kuo nodded, and followed the flower feathers to the distant mountains; tossing all night, the sky was white at this time, it was the beginning of the hour, and the dawn was close at hand!

Crossing several peaks, walking to a village, dozens of houses are uneven, there are occasional dogs barking in the village, the roof cooking smoke is misty, and the aroma of rice is attractive.

"Ah, I'm walking in the middle of the night, and I'm hungry, this meal is really tempting!" Walking to the head of the village, Shi Kuo suddenly walked in his footsteps, turned his head and smiled at Hua Yu: "Why don't you ...... Go to the village and ask for a meal?"

"Hmm!" Hua Yu looked at the village from afar, and sighed shortly: "It's to fill my stomach, I also feel hungry...... You must remember that in the future, you and I will be commensurate ......with my brother and sister," he said, Hua Yu pointed to a house in the distance: "Brother Shi, go and ask, can you have surplus food to satisfy your hunger?"

"Stone ...... Big brother?" Shi Kuo was shocked, and his eyes were like copper bells: "That...... Okay, I'll ask!"

Shi Kuo walked to the front of the house, tapped on the green bamboo fence in front of him, and asked, "Is there anyone in the door?"

"Dare to ask this Taoist chief, is this here to find someone, or to fast?" After a while, a sixty-year-old man opened the door and asked.

"Dao...... Dao Chief?" Shi Kuo was puzzled, looked down at himself, and was suddenly shocked, only to see that he was wearing a Taoist robe, his right hand was holding the dust, and the green beard under his chin was elegant!

"Old man!" Seeing Shi Kuo's dumbfounded, Hua Yu turned around and turned into a child to greet him: "When Master and I first arrived at the Precious Land, we suddenly felt hungry and wanted to use the treasure to make coarse grain to satisfy our hunger, but I don't know if the old man has surplus food to give alms?"

"Ahh......h

"In that case, please wait in the room for the two masters!" the old man turned sideways and waved his hand to signal Hua Yu Shikuo to enter the house.

"What a disturbance, how much disturbance!" Hua Yu apologized and pulled Shi Kuo, who was in a daze.

"Oh, excuse me!" Shi Kuo came back to his senses and walked with Hua Yu to the courtyard.

"Two masters, please wait, the old man will come when he goes!" When he came to the courtyard, the old man pointed to the two short stools under the eaves, and turned his head and walked towards the kitchen; the courtyard was very simple, and the two short stools should have been created by the old man himself, and their appearance was ugly, but they were still strong; the straw eaves, the walls were somewhat damaged, and the window frames were seriously infested; there was a dog at the head of the wall, very thin, and his face was listless.

"The old man's life is not very rich!" Hua Yu looked around, and there was a little pity in his words.

"Look at this mansion, it should be like this!" Shi Kuo looked directly at the thin puppy on the wall, and suddenly turned his head and asked Hua Yu: "Miss Hua Yu, why did you turn me into an old Taoist, but you became a Taoist child!"

"Hehe!" Hua Yu teased: "It's so good, what's wrong with letting you get past Master's addiction?"

"Two masters!" Hua Yu Shikuo said as he spoke, the old man came to him with a green sand bowl in his hand, and there were two baked cakes in the bowl, which seemed to have just been baked, and they were steaming: "The old man is poor and has never prepared a delicacy, these two cakes will satisfy the hunger of the two masters;

"Old man!" When the old man turned around, Hua Yu grabbed him: "Just now the master said that he is not so hungry, this cake is ......" He said, and handed the green sand bowl in his hand to the old man: "You can keep this cake for yourself!"

"Isn't it that the master thinks this cake is rough?" The old man's face was tight, his eyebrows were pale, and he gradually showed a look of guilt!

"The old man is too worried!" Hua Yu raised his hand and waved lightly, looking at Shi Kuo: "Master and I have traveled for many years, and this cake has been eaten, so I really don't dislike it...... My master and apprentice saw that this house was shabby, and the old man's family must not be well-off, so how could he take away his life!"

"The monk is a good person, and the old man has never slackened in his life, the two masters should not refuse!" The old man handed the green sand bowl to Shi Kuo again: "Presumably, the two masters rushed overnight, and they were already hungry and tired...... There is still surplus food in the old kitchen, so the two masters don't have to worry!"

"That being the case...... Hua Yu's eyes were moist, and he looked at Shi Kuo for a short time, and took the Qingsha bowl with his hand: "I thanked the old man on behalf of the master first!"

"Ah, this ......" Shi Kuo was dumbfounded, his fingers were baked in the bowl, and he still couldn't say a word.

"The two masters use it slowly, and I'll serve porridge to the two of you!" the old man turned to leave.

"Since you know that the old man is poor, why do you still want to enjoy this cake?" Shi Kuo was puzzled, and his thick eyebrows furrowed.

"Well...... Hua Yu's face was gloomy, his thick eyebrows were tightly locked, and he sighed in a short voice: "I know that when I leave, I will definitely give him a big gift......; It should be the food of the old man's land, don't spoil it, you and I have one ...... each" Hua Yu said, took a cake and handed it to Shi Kuo's eyes.

"Really eat?" Shi Kuo frowned, still a little hesitant; for decades, he had never eaten such rough grain, and when he was hungry, he became a masterpiece to eat; watching the joy of the old man turning around, looking at the determination of Hua Yu's expression, Shi Kuo was short-sighted, and stretched out his hand to take the baked cake: "I'll eat!"

"Heh!" Hua Yu smiled and took a bite of the baked cake: "Well, fragrant!"

"The two masters eat slowly, don't choke!" When Hua Yushi was eating the cake, the old man brought two bowls of clear porridge: "Two bowls of clear porridge, I will put it on the table for the two masters to serve the cake!"

"Well, the old man is gracious, my master and apprentice are really grateful, the old man should come to share!" Hua Yu chewed the cake and served the porridge, and said with a smile.

"Hehe! Little Master is so talkative...... old man smiled and pointed to the kitchen: "There are a lot of leftovers in the kitchen gallery, so let's eat them!"

"Old man, slow down!" Seeing the old man leaving, Hua Yu put down the porridge bowl and sat on a short stool, with a gloomy expression: "The table is full of wine and meat in Fancheng, and there is not enough food and clothing here, and I miss the people of China, and I am not fully healthy!"

"This is less than a hundred miles away from Fan City, it shouldn't be so barren!" Shi Kuo frowned, puzzled: "Could it be that there is something else?"

"After enjoying the old man's food, he will be rewarded with a full load!"

"Did the two masters eat well?" the old man wiped his mouth and replied, pretending to be feasting: "It's time to treat the two masters slowly...... In the past, baked cakes were originally the grain for the top, but after three years of drought, there was no harvest in the fields, and the people's pots were really not wide!"

"Three years of drought?" Hua Yu got up, her face full of surprise: "Old man, I want to tell Xiaodao the beginning and the end, how about it?"

"Little Master!" the old man slowly sat beside Hua Yu: "Three years ago, the last Ganlin, when the season fell, the field was already unharvested...... Half a grain of grain for disaster relief from the imperial court has not arrived, and in addition to the three-year drought, how can the people be lenient? Only then did they know that the two masters were hungry and did not dare to complain about poverty, but they hoped that the two masters would inspect the great famine and be honest and honest...... The people in the village are cowardly and dare not make a petition, for fear of leading the corrupt officials to ask for guilt and harm their families!"

"Oh......" Hua Yu was shocked and looked back at Shi Kuo: "The people live so hard, and there is no half of the honest and virtuous officials to investigate?"

"Ah, this ......" Shi Kuo retreated slightly, his eyes like copper bells: "Poor Dao...... Poor Dao must go back and find out!"

"Don't be upset...... the old man stroked Shi Kuo's arm: "Now that the greedy officials are in charge, the more they need to be careful, if they don't do it well, they may be burned and they will not be able to protect themselves!"

"The old man is right!" Hua Yu looked slightly happy and said with a smile: "Since you enjoy this cake today, Xiaodao will never forget it; the old man can rest assured, when Xiaodao goes to Defan City, he will wait for the opportunity to personally give the national teacher and return the food that the people should have!"

"In this way, the old people have thanked the two masters!" the old man got up and bowed to the ground.

"Old man, please get up quickly!" Seeing the old man bowing down, Hua Yu hurriedly picked up: "You are dismantling the trail!"

"The name of this village is Huajiaoli, it belongs to Ning County, don't make a mistake about the two masters!" The old man's words were sincere and full of expectations.