The time quickly moved to the afternoon. It had been noisy all morning, and after dark, the tavern had become deserted.

Dongfang Shiming took a nap in the upstairs guest room, and then got up and wanted to go out for a walk. In addition to seeing if there are any new gains, by the way, I also care about how the collapsed city wall over there is repaired.

Thinking like this, Dongfang Shiming slowly turned out of the tavern.

Stepping out of the threshold of the tavern, he paced toward the west of the city with his hands behind his back, greeted by the rather dazzling sunlight.

There are not many pedestrians on the street in the afternoon, and even the dust on the paved stone and brick road looks extremely lazy. Sunlight poured like gold on the wide street floor, flowing to the other side of the long street.

Along the way, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and there was basically no available information. Dongfang Shiming was not in a hurry, and after a few rounds, he came to the collapse of the city wall.

In such an afternoon, there were many hired workers who were present at the scene.

The city wall was so badly damaged by the riots of the Nine Shadows that it was almost rebuilt from the base of the city wall. Dozens of hired workers were busy not far away, and there were contractor-like commanders on the scene, wearing the same mud-stained clothes, constantly giving loud instructions.

The workmanship is in full swing, Dongfang Shiming remembers that they started to repair the city wall yesterday, and the progress in front of them can be said to be not slow. Fortunately, it is not yet the rainy season, otherwise it would have been more difficult to carry out the repair work if the dragging work had arrived.

Not far from him, there were some ordinary passers-by standing around and watching.

The nearest to him was a scholar in a hurry, dressed as a scholar and carrying a cage on his back, who was watching the hired workers repair and work with relish.

Dongfang Shiming noticed him, and he couldn't help but think of the deeds of the "Evil Eradication Scholar" that had been rumored in the past few days.

“...... It is too hard to build a city, and millions of husbands are in tears. Year after year, the labor is exhausted, and the tears are still added to the soil of the city. ”

Suddenly, the scholar opened his mouth slowly.

Dongfang Shiming was stunned for a moment, and then felt a little funny. He stood aside and watched the building of the city quietly, but in fact, he secretly paid attention to this scholar.

Sure enough, after a while, the scholar continued to chant: "...... The wives of every family are still looking forward to their husbands, but they don't know that they are dead on the Great Wall. The Great Wall is white in the snow, and the origin is half of the bones. ”

After speaking, the scholar was still very sad and "tsk" twice, like a scribe who was worried about the people like a son and had a heart for the common people, very self-absorbed.

Dongfang Shiming couldn't help it, took two steps forward, and reminded behind the scholar: "...... This benevolent brother, they are all hired by the city lord at the expense of the city lord, and they are not labored and poor, and they are not so miserable, so there is no need to lament so much. ”

The scholar was immersed in his own world, and Dongfang Shiming was taken aback when he suddenly spoke like this behind his back.

I saw him turn around in a hurry, and he slowed down for about ten seconds before he stroked his chest and gasped twice: "Don't be scary behind your back, it's detrimental to Sven." ”

Dongfang Shiming just said a word, but he didn't expect to scare this scholar into such a cowardice, and he was a little reluctant in his heart, so he apologized to him: "This benevolent brother, I'm really sorry." But no, I just listened to Brother Ren's poetry, and I didn't dare to disagree, so I couldn't hold back my unintentional offense, and asked Brother Ren not to be surprised. ”

The scholar listened to him very well. After looking at him for a moment, he nodded hesitantly.

He suddenly thought of what Dongfang Shiming had just said, and asked again: "That...... Why do you disagree?"

Dongfang Shiming smiled and repeated the opening words. Finally, he said, "Indeed, the hardships of labor are full of what the scribes of heaven have said." However, the text was written at the right time, and Brother Ren recited this poem at this time, which seems to be a bit incorrect. ”

The scholar was thoughtful, and seemed to have been greatly inspired by Dongfang Shiming's words.

Oriental poetry is only a whim, he used to read countless poems, chest Chinese ink is really a lot. Although it is not appropriate to talk about poetics with a scholar here at this time, he can basically conclude that this scholar is not the rumored scholar who excludes evil.

Thinking like this, Dongfang Shiming was about to turn around and leave, but was suddenly grabbed by the scholar behind him.

Dongfang Shiming turned his head again to see what was going on with this scholar. But as soon as his eyes touched the scholar's face, he was shocked by that extremely excited smile.

"You ......," Dongfang Shiming tried to speak.

"Brother Xian, please bow down to Brother Fool!"

Without waiting for Dongfang Shiming to ask, the scholar bowed deeply to him with an excited face, and there were still words in his mouth, as if he regarded him as a bosom friend or confidant.

"No, no, why bother. Dongfang Shiming was stunned for two seconds, and quickly helped him up, mainly because he didn't want to be embarrassed here, "I'm just expressing my own opinion, the reason is shallow, and I am not clever, so I dare not accept the worship of Brother Ren." ”

"Brother Xian Gao sees this, why should he be humble!" The scholar thanked him and sighed at him, quite a little self-pitying: "Yes, the text is written at the right time, and the text is written at the right time." Alas, if Brother Fool had heard this sentence of Brother Xian half a month earlier, I am afraid that he would not have been sent back to his hometown by sacrificial wine. ”

"Sacrificial wine?" Dongfang Shiming was a little confused.

"yes, alas. The scholar sighed twice, and suddenly raised his head again, and the melancholy on his face was swept away, "Forget it, Bao is a man who is humiliated and humiliated, and it is okay not to mention the troubles." But I'm just talking, and I haven't introduced myself yet. ”

He patted his chest and said solemnly to Dongfang Shiming: "The foolish brother's surname is Jia, and his single name is a money word." He studied at Qingya Academy and was named a native of Lujun. ”

Dongfang Shiming also briefly reported his origins, but deliberately blurred the important points, and only said that he was an idler who traveled around. Jia Qian was not puzzled, and discussed the poetry and poetry with Dongfang Shiming with great interest.

After grinding for a while, Dongfang Shiming had no intention of continuing the discussion with this Jia Qian, and the sun was gradually setting in the west, so he tried to find a way to say goodbye to Jia Qian.

“...... Brother Jia, I have other things to do, I'm afraid I'm going to leave here. Today's meeting is not a great honor. ”

After Jia Qian finished speaking, Dongfang Shiming took the opportunity to hurriedly arch his hand towards Jia Qian, and sighed with regret.

Originally, he was going to leave, but unexpectedly, this Jia Qian was extremely enthusiastic, and he happened to talk about the intense place, he didn't want to be separated from this bosom friend like this.

He also said with great sincerity: "If the virtuous brother has something, the brother can also accompany him." Where are you going, what's the matter, and if you're in trouble, the foolish brother might be able to do a little bit. ”

Dongfang Shiming smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking that he really couldn't help much, this time he really stuck a piece of dog skin plaster.