Chapter 33: The Boy in the Snow
A light snowfall.
A storm.
But he said that the beggar boy was just begging, and if he didn't give it, he wouldn't give it, and at most he would punch and kick twice, and it would be fine. I didn't expect that there would be such a storm in the future.
I saw the jade-shirted boy holding the petite woman, old-fashioned, rude spit, and scolded: "It's really unfortunate to meet this kind of untouchable people on this trip." ”
Turning his head, he said to the groom standing behind him, "If that untouchable touched Ruth's clothes with one hand, you should go and chop off which of his hands will cut off for me." ”
When the groom heard this, without saying a word, he walked straight to the carriage, drew a bright chopping knife from his horse, and walked towards the beggar boy with a face full of meat.
"Gong... Childe can't be real, right?" the beggar boy was already frightened.
Where had he seen such a posture, he was already frightened, his legs were constantly trembling, and he didn't listen to the call.
The groom went over and knocked him to the ground with one foot, and stepped on his hand with the other. It was the hand that touched Ruth*'s dress.
He panicked, screamed, and begged for mercy. Childe looked at the struggling young man on the ground, not only did he not show sympathy, but also showed a slight smile on his face.
The beggar boy was still struggling, and he turned his last hope to the beautiful woman. Because a woman's heart is very soft, if you beg her, she may be merciful and may let you go.
It was with this mentality that he turned his gaze to the beauty. "Fairy sister with great mercy, you have a lot of adults, so please beg the son next to you, please let him let go of the villain!"
"Untouchables, don't let me see you, and don't let me hear your voice. Dad said that if I saw you pariahs, even if I heard your voice, I would get sick. The woman snuggled in the arms of her son, closed her eyes and said tremblingly.
The woman's words completely froze his heart.
The sword flashed, the snow was dyed into a rainbow, and the noisy street suddenly let out a heart-rending scream, and the beggar boy curled up, howling and convulsing in the snow. His face was deformed in pain, and the snow around him was stained red.
The miserable scene was shocking, and the passers-by and the beggars around them were terrified. Passers-by shook their heads and passed. But the group of beggars were all stunned with righteous indignation, they gritted their teeth in anger, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and everyone's heart was filled with a sense of desolation. But none of them dared to stand up and overcome the fear in their hearts and accuse the man of atrocity. They looked at the howling teenagers on the ground, and there were many discussions, some anger, some regretful.
"Isn't that kid a land monkey? He is very clever, and he can't imagine that his life is so bad, and he will offend these people."
"Anything offends these people is clearly the fault of these nobles, they don't treat us as human beings at all"
"You keep quiet, they are nobles, they will be affected if they hear it"
"Actually, we would have had a good time. This was originally our land, and our house was built on it. It's all because of our bad fate, our house will be favored by those rich people. They tried everything they could,* and we sold them the deed at a low price. Let our family be ruined, and live a life like this, which is inferior to animals."
"By the way, this morning, the land monkey came here a long time ago, and I heard him say that his mother seems to be sick and can't get out of bed, and should still be lying in the slum. If anyone has any leftovers, donate a little, and I can help bring it to the eldest lady," said a young girl, "Hey, old ghost Wang." You seem to have robbed a lot today, don't you want to donate more?"
"Hmph, don't burn me all the time, I left these for my wife and my daughter"
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Just when everyone was still talking, at this time, a steward walked out of the 'Tianyixuan', and when he saw the luxurious carriage and the handsome men and women standing next to the carriage, his attitude suddenly became gentle. He looked at the land monkeys on the ground again, frowned, and immediately knew what was happening. He kicked the monkey hard, kicking him aside. scolded "It's not good to die somewhere, I want to die here"
The land monkey, who had fallen into a coma, was kicked by him like this, and couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood and rolled to the side.
The steward looked at the two handsome men and women opposite with a smile, and said, "Dare to ask what the identities of the two guest officers are, so that I can arrange the treatment corresponding to the status of the two guest officers." ”
Childe looked disdainful, took out a gold medal casually, and threw it to the steward, who took it in a panic, only to see that the gold medal was exquisitely made, and the back was engraved with a panoramic view of Sumeru, and a big "hundred" was engraved.
Since the steward saw the gold medal, his body couldn't help but tremble, and after receiving the token, his whole body shook and trembled. His eyes looked at the gold medal, and his mouth silently chanted 'Centurion'. Suddenly, as if feeling a little rude, he suddenly turned his head, glared at the two guards in front of the door, and shouted: Quick, move the childe's horse and carriage to the backyard, use the best fodder, the highest treatment, if there is the slightest mistake, it will kill your head.
The two strong men were submissive, knowing that a big man was coming, and hurriedly went up to pull the carriage. At this time, one of them suddenly thought of something, stopped and said to the trembling steward: "Lord Steward, it's very unfortunate. The best luxury stables have been given to the son of the richest man in Zhongwu Kingdom, we ??????
The steward, who was laughing with the boy, heard this. He was so angry that his face turned pale, and after smiling embarrassedly at the son, "Please calm the anger", he turned his head and walked towards the strong man angrily, slapped him several times, grabbed his ear with one hand, and yelled angrily at his ear: "Didn't you understand what I said to you just now, Ang?--No matter whose horse is in it today, you have to drive his horse out for me, understand?"
The strong man lowered his head, protected his ears with one hand, nodded his head, indicating that he understood, and when he left, he couldn't help but glance at the boy and the jade man standing next to him.
The manager bowed his head even more, led the way in front, and brought the boy and his party into the turmoil in front of the 'Tianyixuan' and 'Tianyixuan', which did attract a lot of attention just now, but it has already subsided. At the door, there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and it seemed as if nothing had happened.
By this time, it was getting late. There were still many beggars squatting not far from the entrance of Tianyixuan, but no one noticed that not far from these beggars, a young man was kneeling on the ground. The young man is ** years old, in this icy and snowy place, when the snow is flying, he is shirtless, and a pair of thin pants is even more tattered. His body was straight, his whole body was bruised, and his lips were cracked. His kneeling legs had been buried by the wind and snow, and he knelt on the ground like a statue.
But if you walk in, everyone will understand. He straightened his body so that others could read the two lines written on his body clearly: "Both parents died, sell themselves for burial", and then people would notice that behind the young man, there were two corpses. The corpse lay there peacefully, motionless, covered with a small thin garment. If you look closely, it fits so well on the boy's body.
His eyes were half-closed and half-closed, and his body seemed to be frozen. Even though countless people walked by in front of him, he didn't shout for help. Just kneeling there motionless. I don't know how long I knelt down.
What will become of the world when everyone loses empathy? I couldn't imagine it, I didn't dare to think about it, I just knew it was going to be terrible, terrible, terrible.
The sky was gradually getting dark, and at the end of the eternal avenue, a black-robed man slowly walked at the end. His steps were so methodical that the snow could not bury it. He was like a god of death, and he feared the whole winter.
This man is none other than the Flying Yaksha. He passed by the gate of Tianyixuan, which was smoky and delicious. But none of them aroused his interest in the slightest. He didn't look at it, he just walked by.
The beggars next to him, as usual, stepped forward to beg. No one dared to stand in his way.
Flying Yaksha's face was like frost, and he walked slowly, took out a handful of copper coins from his arms, and still in front of the beggars. The beggars were startled and then ecstatic. They all fell to the ground and scrambled, for fear that the money they got would be robbed by others.
Flying Yaksha didn't care, he walked out of the beggars' encirclement and didn't stop. Still walking forward, there was no trace of amusement in his steps.
As he passed by the kneeling boy, his eyelids twitched. But he didn't stop beside the boy. As he walked over, he took out a gold coin from his bosom and threw it backwards with his arm back. The gold coin landed on the snow in front of the boy in a graceful arc and sank in.
A tear gleamed in the boy's half-closed and half-closed eyes. The frozen hand trembled into the snow and dug out the gold coin that had been sunk in. He struggled to hold the gold coin in front of him, and for a long time, tears the size of beans rolled down his cheeks.
Flying Yaksha didn't care about these details, and he kept walking forward.
"Hey, you stop for Lao Tzu", Flying Yaksha couldn't help but be slightly startled when he heard the childish anger coming from behind. He turned slowly, and just as it happened, something flew towards him, slammed into his face, and fell.
Flying Yaksha glanced at what had fallen to the ground, and it was the gold coin he had thrown to the boy.
When he looked up, he saw that the boy had risen from the ground at some point, and was looking at him angrily.
The Flying Yaksha hasn't spoken yet. I heard the young man shouting, "What is this, you don't look down on people?????? Lao Tzu wants a trade, not a charity??????"
Flying Yaksha was shocked by these words, and couldn't help but look at the boy again. The boy is not tall, and his face is not cute at all. The eyes are small, the nose is large, and what is even more ridiculous is that there is a small pinch of black hair on one ear, which is extremely ugly.
He looked at him for a long time and laughed. With a slight strain, he crumpled the gold coin into powder and sprinkled it on the ground. Then he threw out a bag of gold coins and threw it beside him. Dao: You are not worth the price just now, I gave the price just now. This is a new deposit for you, you take it to bury them first, and then look for me in the bell tower in front of you, I will be there for the next few days."
The young man stayed there for a long time, then tremblingly picked up the heavy bag from the ground, clutched it tightly in his hand, and said, "This person is worthy of my life for him." He took a few more steps forward, looked at the distant back of the Flying Yaksha, and continued, "Sir, don't worry. I'm definitely worth the price. ”