Yuguo, Tongzhou City.

The front yard of the mansion of the wealthy businessman Zhang Yuanwai is noisy with gongs and drums, and the voices of people are boiling, and it is very lively.

Today is the day of Zhang Gongzi's great joy, and people with some status in the city were invited to Zhang Yuanwai's mansion to congratulate him.

Zhangfu covers an area of more than ten acres, and the front yard is magnificent and magnificent; The backyard is green tiles and red bricks, dotted with green pines and bamboos, and it has a small jasper atmosphere.

At this moment, in the dog cave on the left side of the back door of Zhang's mansion, there was a sound of shooing.

With a snort, a green cloth bag flew out of the dog's hole and landed a few feet away, and then a little boy with a black face and dressed as a child servant came out.

As soon as the little boy got out of the dog hole, he turned over his baggage and said with a happy face: "Two chicken legs, three steamed buns, and a silver ticket...... What a takeaway today! ”

The little boy's name is Fang Buyi, and he is nine years old this year. My father, a scholar, died of illness a year ago. He had no relatives and no one to rely on, so he had to become a beggar.

He lives by begging. Whenever a big family has a happy event, they go to steal some food. He was young, he stole little, and people didn't care much about him.

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Fang Bu wrapped the loot and prepared to go back to "home".

He took a quick step into a winding alley. Seeing that there was no one chasing after him, he slowed down, hummed a little tune, and walked up gracefully.

As soon as he walked a few steps, he was confronted by a tall middle-aged beggar.

The middle-aged beggar glanced at Fang Buyi, his face showed surprise, he sighed lightly, and said to himself: "Could it be that I am dazzled, is there really a pure ethereal root in this world?" ”

Fang Buyi didn't understand what he was saying, he just felt that this person was very popular, and he shouldn't be a beggar. But I remembered listening to my father's stories when I was a child, and some people changed from beggars to emperors, and some people changed from emperors to beggars. Even the emperor can become a beggar, so it is not surprising that this middle-aged man becomes a beggar.

As he walked, Fang Buyi suddenly stopped, looked ahead, and said loudly: "It's you three stinky bastards again!" ”

I saw three little beggars standing in the middle of the alley, blocking Fang Buyi's way.

The three were all fourteen or fifteen years old, with fierce personalities, and often made fun of the little beggars in the city, and everyone was very afraid of them, calling them "Tongzhou Three Youths".

As soon as he saw them, Fang Buyi didn't say a word, and ran away.

The three of them chased after him, and the big tiger led by him shouted: "Stinky boy, don't run, hand over your things, I won't beat you today!" ”

Where was Fang Buyi willing to listen, thinking that as long as he was caught up, not only would the food be gone, but a fat meal would definitely be indispensable. At the moment, he turned left and right, and went to the remote alley, relying on his familiarity with the alley, trying to throw the three of them away.

Running and running, Fang Buyi gradually lost his physical strength, and he couldn't breathe. After all, he has short calves, where can he run a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy?

After running for a while, Fang Buyi suddenly mixed under his feet and fell suddenly. The three little beggars grabbed him together and pinned him to the ground.

Da Huzi slapped Fang Buyi twice and scolded: "Stinky boy, let you run, obediently hand over your things!" ”

The three of them have a clear division of labor, the eldest and the second are responsible for holding Fang Buyi, and the third is groping on Fang Buyi.

The third child has the most experience in body searching, and he found Fang Buyi's loot in just one moment.

He said in surprise: "Two chicken legs, three steamed buns, ten taels of silver tickets!" Boss, this kid stole so many good things! ”

Dahuzi said: "Search again, this kid is very good, maybe there is some treasure hidden." ”

The third child touched Fang Buyi's body, and he didn't let go of even the most important parts.

After a while, he took out a book, looked at it twice, and said unwillingly: "There is nothing left except this broken book." Grandma's, does this kid still want to take the top prize? As he spoke, he threw the book on the ground and stepped on it twice.

Fang Buyi struggled vigorously and shouted, "Doglegs, don't stain my book!" ”

Sanluozi said: "Who is rare of your books?" It's hard to wipe your ass! As he spoke, he stepped on the book again.

Fang Buyi struggled again, and Dahuzi said: "Brothers, this kid is not honest, give me a hard beating!" ”

Sanluozi took the loot into his arms and said with a grin: "Okay, it's our favorite show again." ”

The eldest and second stood up, and the three of them surrounded Fang Buyi in the heart of the wall, and punched and kicked him.

Fang Buyi has extremely rich experience in being beaten. I saw him say nothing, his body curled up on the ground, his hands clasped, and he protected his face and other vital parts. Rao was like this, his face and abdomen were still kicked a few times, and his nose and tears flowed out together.

The three of them beat Fang Buyi hard for a cup of tea, and their mood was indescribably comfortable, so they stopped laughing.

Da Huzi said: "Stinky boy, this is the end of today, next time I am not honest, I will feed you a full meal!" ”

After speaking, the three of them patted their sleeves and left laughing.

After walking out of two or three feet, I saw a tall middle-aged beggar sitting on the side of the road with his legs outstretched, holding a roast chicken in his left hand and a wine gourd in his right hand.

He gulped down the meat, and before he finished a mouthful of meat, he picked up the wine gourd and poured it violently.

He grunted twice in his throat, swallowed the wine and meat, and burped again, looking so unhappy.

The three of them were stunned, staring intently at the middle-aged beggar as they walked, thinking, "When will Lao Tzu be able to eat meat and drink like this?" ”

Suddenly, I heard a "sigh", and the big tiger's foot seemed to have tripped over something, and he fell forward suddenly, and fell a dog eating.

His chin slammed to the ground, a piece of skin was broken, and blood was spodding on the ground.

Dahuzi stood up and looked at the middle-aged beggar viciously.

The middle-aged beggar looked calm, his legs stretched out, obviously he deliberately tripped the big tiger.

It's just that he is tall and burly, and although the big tiger glares angrily, he doesn't dare to step forward and make a move.

The second and third children laughed out loud when they saw that the big tiger was embarrassed. Dahuzi glared at them fiercely, and the two of them immediately pretended to be stupid, and the three of them quickened their pace, and disappeared into the alley in a blink of an eye.

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Fang Buyi saw that the middle-aged beggar quietly taught Dahuzi a lesson, and couldn't help but feel good about him.

The middle-aged beggar looked at the direction in which the "Three Youths of Tongzhou" left, took a sip of wine, and sighed: "Woohoo, afraid of the strong and bullying the weak, tyrannical and widowed, the world is like this, but the troubled times are even worse." ”

glanced at Fang Buyi and said loudly: "Boy, didn't you die just now?" What are you doing with that book, can you eat it as a meal? ”

Fang Buyi said: "Books can't be eaten as food, but my father said that reading can make everyone in the world eat." ”

The middle-aged beggar said: "Bah, there are so many people in the world who read, have the common people eaten?" It seems that your father is also a scholar, why can't he even support you? What about your mother? ”

Fang Buyi said: "My mother was not there when I was born." Dad was originally admitted to Xiucai, but he fell ill and died last year. After a pause, he said: "This uncle, I won't tell you first, I have to find something to eat, otherwise my sister will starve tonight." ”

The middle-aged beggar said in his heart: "My parents are not here, so it will be much easier." ”

At the moment, he said: "Little brother, don't leave first, I'll discuss one thing with you." As long as you do me a favor, I will give you a meal of big fish and meat, and a meal of delicious food and wine, would you like to? ”

Fang Buyi said happily: "This uncle, what do you want me to help you?" ”

The middle-aged beggar said: "It's very simple, I just want you to follow me in the future and learn extremely powerful spells every day." After you learn it, you can soar through the clouds, spit water and spit fire, and when the time comes, no one will dare to bully you. This line of work is commonly known as cultivating immortals! How, would you like to? ”

The middle-aged beggar thought to himself, as soon as these words came out, this little kid was so happy that he immediately agreed.

Fang Buyi shook his head and said, "I don't want to." Dad said, immortals or something, it's all a trick to deceive people. If there were really immortals in the world, how could the people still starve to death? ”

After a pause, he said: "My father also said that my grandfather's grandfather was because of cultivating immortals, and his family was ruined and his wife was separated. He said that the man who cultivates immortals is the most unproductive, and a good man should think of the common people in the world, if everyone goes to find immortals and visit the Tao, and does not ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods, there are many such people, the world will be chaotic, and the people will suffer. ”

The middle-aged beggar said angrily: "Bah, who is your father?" You father and son, what a false benevolence and false righteousness! You're starving to death yourself, and you don't care what the world is! Boy, I tell you, you have to go, and if you don't go, you have to go. Do you think I'm talking to you? I salute before I soldier, lest others say that I am bullying you! I'll let you think about it for a night, if you promise, everything will be easy to say, if you dare not agree, hehe, I'll put you in a sack. ”

Fang Buyi was frightened when he heard this, thinking that this uncle looked magnificent, but who knew that he was also a big villain, and if he didn't agree with him, he would use a sack to pack children, which was worse than the "Tongzhou Three Shao", and most of them were child traffickers.

The middle-aged beggar saw Fang Buyi's face showing fear, flipped his left hand, took out a silver ticket, and said: "Oh, the silver ticket will be returned to you, I am also considered to have done my best, you think about it!" ”

Fang Buyi saw that it was the silver ticket he had just stolen, but it had just been snatched away by the big tiger, but somehow, it was in the hands of this middle-aged beggar.

Fang Buyi didn't dare to take it, and said timidly: "Uncle, you can take this money!" Dad said that no merit is not punished. This money was not mine originally, but now it is in your hands, and it is yours. ”

The middle-aged beggar smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, give it to me!" ”

As he spoke, he forced the silver ticket into Fang Buyi's arms, took out a large paper bag, and handed it to Fang Buyi.

Fang Buyi opened the paper bag and saw that it was a whole roast chicken, a few meat buns and hard-boiled eggs.

The middle-aged beggar smiled and said, "With this, you and your sister don't have to go hungry tonight." How's that, Uncle is angry enough, right? After saying that, he walked away.

Fang Buyi looked at the back of the middle-aged beggar leaving, a little scared and a little strange in his heart. I thought: "This uncle is still good, but he went astray and became a human trafficker." If I don't come out tomorrow, he won't be able to find me.