Young and frivolous and ignorant,

I want to compete with the world.

A few years and beyond,

The past is a lot of laughter.

......

Xiao Yan and Qi Zehui said goodbye to Ke Yan outside Xuanzhou City, and the two of them continued to march north unhurriedly.

At the beginning of the journey, Qi Zehui was still honestly begging along the way, although Xiao Yan was reluctant, he could only be obediently pulled by him to kneel down.

But the passers-by were not fools, and when they saw two able-bodied young men coming to be beggars, they naturally did not want to pay attention to them.

Xiao Qi and the two of them also had a hard time saying that they couldn't say it, so they had to eat the last meal and rush to the road, with the two of them, it was indeed too embarrassing to beg along the street, that is, occasionally a family sent kindness to the beggars to distribute food, and they could grab two more nests.

Later, they came up with a plan, took a rag and erected a pole, and began to perform juggling on the side of the road, such as splitting solid wood with their hands and crushing boulders on their chests. How can the two of them seem to have met Chang Gengxing in power, and they don't do anything well, often there are more people watching and fewer people giving money. After tossing for more than half a month, Qi Zehui, who was the most fierce later, was not interested in continuing.

In order to satisfy their stomachs, the two had to leave the road and drill into the woods. But I don't know if there were too many hunters nearby, or if their luck was too bad, except for some crows and sparrows, pheasants and hares were stunned and didn't let them encounter one. Xiao Qi and the others had no choice, so they had to eat some wild vegetables and fruits to fill their stomachs.

This can be hard for two young people, Qi Zehui is hungry for wine, and Xiao is hungry for meat.

The five in his arms were played with by Qi Zehui all day long, polished to shine, but he was never willing to spend them. Passing by the places where the aroma of food wafted through, the two could only swallow their saliva.

After stumbling and sleeping in the open for two months, I saw the city of Shouzhou appear on the horizon from a distance, and decided to go into the city to rest.

This Shouzhou is adjacent to Yangzhou, although it is not as prosperous as the latter, but it is also contaminated with a bit of luxury, and many businessmen and rich gentry, literati and elegant guests have traveled here. If you can go to the city, whether it is begging or performing arts, it is always easier to get money.

At this time, Xiao Qi and the two of them were unkempt, yellow-skinned and down-and-out, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city stopped them suspiciously, but fortunately, Qi Zehui opened his mouth and lied that they had met a bandit and were cornered, and they came here to find relatives. After saying anything, they finally let the officers and soldiers go into the city, but they were repeatedly and viciously told to "look longer."

Although the two of them were annoyed in their hearts, they couldn't help but swallow their anger and smile and whisper in response to the "Dragon Scale Duel" turmoil that had just subsided.

......

The sunset is blown by the color boat and the flute, and the lamps and candles of the painting floor reflect the residual glow.

It is the time when the bright moon hangs high, I don't know what festival it is today, the city is full of lights, fire trees and silver flowers, lively and extraordinary.

The two young men in ragged clothes and sincere fear seemed very out of place with this bustling night scene.

"How about Ah Hui, do you still want to find a place to beg for food?" Xiao Yan touched his gurgling stomach and said.

Qi Zehui Nunu mouthed, motioning to his friend to look at the direction he was indicating. Xiao Yan turned his head to look, and saw a group of officials driving the beggars on both sides of the road with a fierce attitude:

"Don't you know what day it is?"

"Get out of here, don't take up space, get back!"

Xiao Qi and the two glanced at each other, and stepped aside with interest, waiting for these officers and soldiers to leave. Unexpectedly, these officers and soldiers stopped when they were about to pass by the two.

The officers and soldiers at the head looked at the two of them and asked arrogantly: "You also stinky and want food, right? Why don't you get out quickly? Wait for my lord to take you back to the yamen to ask for prison food?"

Xiao Yan scratched his head, and before he could answer, he saw Qi Zehui take a step forward and said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, this big brother, we are not beggars!"

The officer and soldier raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Am I really blind when I am an uncle? What is it that I am not a beggar if I dress like this?"

Qi Zehui said with a smile: "Big brother, you really misunderstood, we are ordinary people who have just finished the work, so our bodies are a little dirty, and we will definitely not stay here." ”

Seeing that Qi Zehui replied calmly, the officers and soldiers also believed seven points, but they still waved their fists and threatened: "Go quickly, don't make trouble for your master!"

"Yes, yes, let's go, let's go!" Qi Zehui smiled, and immediately pulled Xiao Yan to turn around and leave.

Seeing that the group of officers and soldiers had crossed the corner and disappeared, the two dared to stop. Xiao Yan scratched his head and said, "It seems that there is only one way to set up a stall to perform." ”

"This look can't be sold!"

Xiao Qi and the others came to the small river in the city, and dressed up their hair and face a little with their hands dipped in water, and then they found a more lively place and put on a posture to prepare.

Qi Zehui cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Hey, take a look, take a look, the Central Plains is superior in martial arts, and the martial arts master personally passes on the disciple to perform, don't miss it when you pass by——"

Xiao Yan is obviously also accustomed to this set of rhetoric about running trains, and he took care of himself on the side, and punched with a clear eye and a tiger.

His fist and foot kung fu has long been different from what it used to be, and he is also a slightly small rookie on the rivers and lakes, which naturally attracts a lot of pedestrians and tourists to come to watch.

A nice backflip and kick that won the full house.

Qi Zehui couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw so many people coming over, it seemed that today's dinner had ended, but on the surface, he was still silent and continued to shout:

"Ladies and gentlemen, big brothers, big sisters, uncles and aunts, those who have money have a money field and those who don't have money have a personal field, if you want to try your fists and feet, it's okay-"

The onlookers were eager to try, and before they could speak, they heard several loud and rough voices from behind the crowd: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

The spectators did not dare to slack off, and walked to the sides one after another, making way for a passage.

Several men in short shirts walked towards the two of them with angry faces.

Xiao Yan stopped moving, his eyelids jumped, it seemed that something bad was about to happen.

"Who allowed you to set up a stall here?" the men were unceremonious and aggressive when they came up.

Qi Zehui was stunned and said, "Who else is allowed to perform on the street?"

The man at the head looked at Qi Zehui, and saw that he was lean and sour, and he looked rustic and sour, and he was even more fearless in his heart:

"Boy, you're new here, don't you understand the rules?"

"What rules?"

The man sneered, and with a wave of his hand, several of his subordinates immediately went over, broke off the pole they had erected, and broke it into two pieces.

Qi Zehui and Xiao Yan were shocked and angry: "What are you doing?"

"Lao Tzu will tell you today," the man said arrogantly, "These streets are the territory of my Iron Bull Gang, and those who set up stalls here have to pay two hundred wen a month, do you understand?"

Qi Zehui sneered: "This street performers eat according to their skills, and they don't open a martial arts hall and a store, they need to go to the dock to worship - the master sees that you are unreasonable!"

The man snorted, stepped forward and threatened, "What?

He looked at Xiao Yan, and said in his heart that these two people might have some ability, so he said loudly: "Playing black, I have a hundred and ten people in the Iron Bull Gang;

"I'll fuck you-" Qi Zehui couldn't help but be furious, jumped up and was about to make a move, so frightened that the man took two steps back, but fortunately, Xiao Yan's eyes were quick and pulled him back:

"Don't cause trouble!"

Qi Zehui said angrily in a low voice: "Don't pull me, we are still afraid of these unpopular miscellaneous pieces?"

Xiao Yan persuaded: "Bear with your anger for a while, do you want to be chased all over the city again?"

When Qi Zehui heard this, he calmed down, glanced at the man, and scolded: "If you don't set up a stall, you won't set it up! The master will starve to death and won't take money to support you! Go!"

With that, the two pushed away the crowd and walked briskly to the other side.

"Look at what? Scattered!" The man couldn't help but feel even more proud when he saw the two of them leave in a huff, and said loudly: "It's just two dogs that have fallen into the water, and they dare to come here to pretend to be some uncle, I'll go home and eat milk!"

After he finished scolding, he turned around and beckoned his men to leave, when he suddenly heard a strange low stinging sound behind him.

Ho –

Before the man could react, he heard a "bang", and his head was "clicked" cold, and he didn't know what had fallen.

He reached out and touched it, and his hands were full of white and yellow viscous liquid, which tasted very bad.

"Hit hahaha, run away!"

Qi Zehui laughed, pulled Xiao Yan and ran away.

Ten meters away, a mouthful of thick phlegm accurately hit the head, this kind of strange idea, who else but him could think of it?

"Fuck it!Chase it!Chase Lao Tzu!" The big man jumped like thunder, "Lao Tzu is going to pick their skin!"

Several members of the Iron Bull Gang chased after them in great strides, but Xiao Qi and the others were not ordinary goods, and they disappeared after a while.

......

"It's good now, if you can't eat, you can't do it, you can't do it, you can't stay here to work without hurrying, right?" Xiao Yan squatted on the side of the road, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth, and sighed again and again.

Qi Zehui also sighed, turned to look at the wanted notice posted on the wall on the side, and passed the time:

"The Great Thief of the River...... Flower thief...... Tsk, it's really boring, Banzha, do you think we should catch these thieves and get the bounty?"

"Dream your dreams," Xiao Yan chewed on the grassroots, "Do you think those wanted criminals are swaggering around the streets like fools, and you can meet them when you go out?"

Qi Zehui shrugged his shoulders undeniably, his gaze moved up, and stayed in the most conspicuous place on the wall-

Red-faced Boss's Wanted ......

Bounty of thousands of gold, seal the marquis of ten thousand households, tsk......

Qi Zehui tilted his head and stared at it for a long time, and finally looked at his friend behind him, stretched out his hand and tore off the portrait, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the grass.

Then he turned around and walked back slowly.

"Ah Hui, don't you say you have a token to call on the beggar gang disciples? This Shouzhou City is so big, there must be a lot of people in the beggar gang, it's not a difficult thing to let them invite us to dinner, right?" Xiao Yan was so hungry that he panicked, and some crooked ideas inadvertently popped up in his mind.

Qi Zehui walked to the front and said helplessly: "Don't think about it, that token can only be used as a last resort, if I let my brothers know that I can't even eat, then where should I put my face as a helmsman?"

"Vice helmsman!" Xiao Yan reminded him unceremoniously.

"Yes, yes, vice helmsman!" Qi Zehui patted the back of his friend's head and squatted down.

But he quickly "swished" to his feet: "Damn! Master, why did I forget that one?"

Xiao Yan was taken aback by him: "What that?"

Qi Zehui turned to him, and his expression became mysterious: "Banzha, you say, is this thing sent out like water spilled out?"

Xiao Yan nodded blankly: "Yes, otherwise it won't be called sending, it's called borrowing!"

"That's good!" Qi Zehui didn't say a word, picked up Xiao Yan and left.

Xiao Yan looked dazed: "What's the matter, where are you going?"

"Don't talk nonsense, just come here!"

Qi Zehui grinned, and a long wisp of saliva slipped from the corner of his mouth.

The two trotted all the way, and after some searching, went straight into a pawnshop.

"Ah Hui, what are we doing here?" Xiao Yan looked at Qi Zehui with an excited look on his face, a little unclear.

"Just look at it, don't talk," Qi Zehui said triumphantly, "I'll have the money soon!"

On the high counter, the pawnshop owner poked out a fat head wearing a thick skull and looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

"Boss, do you collect things here?" Qi Zehui leaned in unceremoniously and said with a smile.

The pawnshop owner carefully looked at the two young men in front of him, ragged, unkempt, and a faint body odor, which didn't look like some down-and-out rich and noble family, but was a little similar to the ruffians and hooligans, and suddenly had a little meaning in his heart to dismiss them:

"Well, the small shop does collect some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver and jewelry, but it doesn't accept everything......

Qi Zehui was not as stunned as Xiao Ding, so he naturally heard the hidden meaning of these words, so he waved his hand impatiently: "Don't bluff me with this set, the master dares to come here, naturally there are good things!"

The pawnshop owner raised his eyebrows, nodded and said, "Then, let's take a look?"

Qi Zehui immediately reached into his arms and fumbled for a while, and then carefully took out a piece of something: "Oh!

Xiao Yan couldn't help but widen his eyes, wasn't that the piece of Yin Fish Jade Pendant he gave him?

No wonder he's always been mysterious!

Qi Zehui turned his head to look at him and said with a smile: "Don't feel distressed, what you said, the water that was spilled out of the things you sent!"

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded helplessly.

The pawnshop owner frowned, carefully took the jade pendant, took off the jade pendant, and looked at it carefully.

Qi Zehui kept staring at the boss's expression, but found that the latter had always had that bland and indifferent face, and couldn't help but be a little nervous and disappointed. But after all, it's a business, and you can't lose your momentum if you lose anything, so he knocked on the counter, pretended to be frivolous and said, "Boss, this is a good thing, don't look away!"

The pawnshop owner's face flashed with a hint of imperceptible complexity, and he raised his head to look at him, and his indifferent eyes made the former a little flustered. After a long time, he said: "The things are okay, the material is also good, the small shop can accept it, can you make a price?"

Qi Zehui was overjoyed when he saw that there was a play, but he still pretended to be calm: "I won't cheat you, what's the matter, a hundred taels of silver, right?"

The boss looked at him and said slowly, "The guest officer is a foreigner, right?"

This sudden question made Qi Zehui a little surprised: "Uh, yes, what's wrong?"

"It's not easy to run around," the pawnshop owner sighed lightly, "I can't bear to coax you, the price you just said is not right." ”

"No, that's not right?".

"Well, that's not right," the boss's eyes revealed a little peace, "the shop has made its own decision and tripled for you, what do you think?"

"Three...... Three hundred taels?" Qi Zehui's head buzzed, and he suddenly staggered back two steps.