037 The Down-and-Out Prodigal Son
Great heat.
The hottest time of the year has arrived.
"Tons and tons and tons and tons of tons and tons of ......"
According to custom, herbal tea is to be drunk on this day of the great heat. The local herbal tea is made of more than 10 kinds of herbs, slightly bitter with a hint of sweetness, clear fire and dryness, health care and health, it is indeed a good enjoyment.
Oh, by the way, Chen Sheng also added some ice cubes to the herbal tea, so it tasted even more refreshing.
"Sir, bring me a bowl."
"Qingqing? How did you get back? ”
"It's hot to death, let me take a few sips first."
"Okay."
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
said that she drank a few sips, but Qingqing did several bowls in a row, and her little stomach was bulging.
Chen Sheng looked at the girl's face from the side and found that she was not hungry or thin recently, but her eyes were frighteningly dark and she looked like she was sleep-deprived.
Well, it's strange in the hook column, the people are strange, the voice is strange, I'm afraid the environment will be very tormenting, cough cough, embarrassed this little girl.
"Something unusual is happening over there in Han's house?"
"How does the master know?"
"Master Ben can pinch it...... Forget it, I can't make it up, it's so hot, you're going to run back if it's okay? ”
"There is indeed one thing, and it can be said that one person is not usual."
"Oh, tell me about it."
After Qingqing drank the herbal tea, she regained her vitality and sat on Chen Sheng's lap.
"A few days ago, there was a man who lived in Han's house, this man looked to be about thirty years old, about the same age as the old man, of course, he could be a little older. He has a scruffy beard and seems to be very downcast, but if you look closely, he doesn't look ugly. ”
Chen Sheng rarely did not move: "What about below?" ”
Qingqing said: "He especially likes a girl named Xiaoli, who has spent the night there for several nights in a row. This person is like he doesn't want to die, endlessly tossing, endlessly drinking, and desperate to kill himself. I guess there might be something sad about him being in such pain. ”
Really!
Xie Sanshao is finally here!
Chen Sheng was relieved.
"Sadness is not necessarily, maybe drinking desperately is to forget the past and deliberately numb yourself."
"Hmm."
Qingqing nodded and said, "It's also possible." This person spends money uncontrollably, and the old bustard Grandma Han is very black-hearted, so in just a few days, he not only spent the silver on his body cleanly, but also owed seventy-nine taels. ”
"And then?"
"With Grandma Han's blood-sucking temperament, of course she turned her face. She pulled the man off Xiaoli's bed and threatened to either pay back the money quickly or have the thugs in the building stab him twice. Sir, guess what's going on? ”
Chen Sheng said: "He has no money to pay it back. ”
Qingqing said: "Yes! The man said at the time that if he wanted to stab, he should be stabbed quickly, and he would leave after stabbing him. ”
"The result?"
The man didn't move, he actually watched the two short knives stabbed into his stomach, he didn't even wrinkle his eyebrows, he bled at the end, and staggered away from Han's house, not knowing where he went.
Chen Sheng was a little surprised.
The plot seems to have deviated, Xie Xiaofeng should have stayed in Hanjialou to do chores, and became useless Aji, how could he leave immediately?
"Master, what do you want?" Qingqing dangled in front of her with her white little hand.
Chen Sheng immediately stood up and said, "Master wants to go out, you can rest first, and you don't have to go to Hanjialou in the future." ”
Qingqing was stunned: "This person is the news you asked me to inquire about?" ”
"Yes."
- Chen Sheng was not afraid that Qingqing would know her secret, because when Xie Xiaofeng disappeared seven years ago, she was still young and didn't know each other at all. Besides, it doesn't matter if he knows, he still wishes that Murong Qiudi could end up earlier.
The sooner he ends, the sooner Xie Xiaofeng will break out and finally recover his true body.
A person like Xie Sanshao will only sink for a while, but he can't sink forever, because his fate has long been tied to the way of the sword.
……
Chen Sheng did not alarm any of his subordinates, and acted alone.
He thought of a place where Xie Xiaofeng might appear.
In the vicinity of Hanjialou, there is a small teahouse, the teahouse is opened in the easternmost part of the market, where every morning there will be all kinds of coolies, waiting for all kinds of opportunities to make money, it is a gathering point for short-term workers.
Xie Xiaofeng has no money, and no money means that he can't eat, and even can't move an inch.
First, he has no money, and secondly, he is still injured, so Xie Xiaofeng will definitely not be able to go far!
In the original book, he did go here to find a job.
Diagonally opposite the teahouse was a "Tongfu Inn", and Chen Sheng went directly to the third floor to book an upper room and began a long wait.
By the way, he also brought the telescope that Zhu Yeqing sent, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.
The next morning, Xie Xiaofeng didn't show up at all, which made Chen Sheng so happy that he didn't even sleep well.
Early in the morning of the third day, he stretched out his binoculars as usual and aimed them at the teahouse.
At dawn, there were already a lot of coolies squatting outside the teahouse, the youngest of them were only in their teens, and the older ones were probably in their fifties or sixties. Although they are of different ages, their faces are similar: they are generally dark-skinned, and they all have anticipation in their eyes.
Occasionally, when a suspicious customer passes by, they will shout:
"Master, do you need to carry something?"
"Madam, do you need to move the goods?"
"The villain is good at castration castration, gelding gelding."
"Small stoves, mud walls can also be ......"
Chen Sheng didn't look at it for long, then frowned, Xie Xiaofeng didn't come today?
Could it be that there is something wrong with your own speculation?
It shouldn't be.
Staring at the teahouse for a long time, just when Chen Sheng was disappointed and was about to give up, a man suddenly appeared in sight and walked into the crowd.
Chen Sheng had never seen Xie Xiaofeng, but he could see it at a glance, this person must be!
Xie Xiaofeng has a long figure, a classical face, eyebrows flying obliquely, elegant temperament, elegant with heroism, and a little elegantness in heroism, he is really a rare beautiful man.
Well.
Comfortable.
Although he didn't like each other, Chen Sheng had to feel a little emotional.
No one can play Xie Xiaofeng.
No one can get close to Xie Xiaofeng.
Only such appearance and bearing are in line with his identity, in the sky and on the ground, throughout the ages, there is only one third young master in the martial arts, and there will always be only one.
Xie Xiaofeng is in a terrible state right now.
He wore a short shirt made of coarse cloth, and he didn't have time to clean up his personal appearance, and he couldn't even walk steadily.
Chen Sheng could see that Xie Xiaofeng was indeed injured, and he was about to starve to death, his lips were already chapped and bleeding, and he stopped several times in the process of walking, looking directly at those who sold breakfast.
It's a pity that he doesn't have a penny on him, so he can only sigh.
Xie Xiaofeng followed the example of others, squatting on the side of the road and working.
When others shouted "Master, Mrs.", his lips moved and he couldn't shout.
Others desperately introduced their specialties to increase their chances of making money, but he blinked his eyes, like a silent stuffy gourd.
The overall performance is in one word: out of place.
Xie Xiaofeng is a child of a famous family, he was born with a noble status, and he has a superior life when he is a child, and he has never suffered any hardships, you let him use the way of "selling" to find a job, it is indeed too difficult, he can't pull this face, so he can only live in torment.
We're all starving, so let's shout, shall we?
You are good at riding, do you know how to raise horses?
If you read poetry and books, will you write letters to others?
There is also that kind of night troupe in the local area, can you perform a flying knife and play a whip?
“……”
Xie Xiaofeng has more skills than all his "peers", but his competitiveness is the worst, Chen Sheng is watching coldly from upstairs, and he can't stand it anymore.
On the first day, he didn't get a job.
To be honest, it's strange to be able to get a job with this kind of performance.
The next day, with a "bang", Xie Xiaofeng, who was uncared for, fell to the side of the road, as if he was faint from hunger!
The number one swordsman in the world has no money to buy something to eat, and he is hungry and faint, who dares to believe it?
Chen Sheng watched quietly.
Didn't even move.
People always have to rely on their own strength to defeat their demons, so it's good to let Xie Xiaofeng suffer a little. It is difficult for him to have sympathy for this kind of behavior of wanting to save face and suffer sin, and also giving up on himself.