Chapter 157: Encountering Acquaintances in a Foreign Country
A favor is something that is easy to borrow and not to repay, so people are generally reluctant to owe favors to others. If you borrow money, you can pay it back in full, and if you borrow something, you can return it to Zhao, but if you owe it, you may not be able to repay it equally, because there is no size in human favors, it cannot be measured, and it can happen at any time.
It's not as simple as owing you a favor and then repaying you a favor, sometimes even when you don't know it, you already owe a favor, and others don't want it, it doesn't mean that you can't pay it back. Sometimes, behind human favors is often hidden the most painful price.
In a teahouse, there are a few tables of sporadic guests, while drinking tea, there are talking and laughing and talking, the world is all over the world, the parents are short, there are always endless words, the teapot on the table has not known how many times to refill the water, but it seems that the words in the stomach have been held for a long time, and they are always endless.
Of course, the owner of the teahouse would like to see such a situation, you must know that if people talk more, the more they will feel thirsty, and when they are thirsty, they will naturally drink tea, then they will make money, and sometimes when the guests have nothing to say, he will even take the initiative to come over and sit down with the guests to have a good chat, and the longer the delay, the better.
But there are always some people who just order a pot of tea after they come, and then sit all morning as if this is their home, such people are the most hated by the boss. And now, there is exactly one such guest.
In the corner near the door, there was a table of guests, only one person, who ordered a pot of tea as soon as he entered, and asked for nothing else. Seeing that it was already morning, the guests at the adjacent table had changed several times, but this person didn't even finish a pot of tea, just a small sip, the boss was in a hurry, and he wanted to rush over and quickly check out and let that person leave, but he didn't dare, because that person was not an ordinary person at first glance, and he was holding a knife as black as ink.
The black cloak, tightly covered his body, the brim of the hat was pressed very low, as if he was afraid that others would see his face, and his left hand on the table kept holding a knife tightly, a knife as black as ink, and on his chest, there was a pool of blood that had been scabbed, as if he had just experienced a fight.
Don't talk about the boss, no one dares to go over and bother casually. This person is none other than Wuxin, who chased him here from Wushan, and what he was looking for was, of course, Lei Zhen who escaped death from Wushan.
Wuxin lowered his head and slowly sipped the cold tea in the cup, as if thinking about something, as if he had forgotten that the tea in the cup was cold.
He was the only one, and the others who had already taken the "shadow" were separated before they arrived in this town, after all, the people with so many strange costumes were too eye-catching, and it would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble, and they were unwilling to take them to blatantly swagger through the market, the "shadow" should have been hidden in the dark, and by the way, they could also secretly check the traces of Lei Zhen and others.
This is a small town, it is the closest town to Wushan, although it is a little remote, but there should be, inns, restaurants, hospitals, everything. Wuxin always felt that Lei Zhen was very likely to be hidden in this town, at least not too far from this town.
Because there is a medical hall here, how can a person who has come back to life have no medicine and no doctor. So I unintentionally concluded that Lei Zhen wouldn't run too far, and it must be around here.
Just as he looked up at the street outside the door, his eyes suddenly widened, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face, because he saw a familiar face, although his face was full of dirt and unkempt, but he still recognized it at a glance.
At this moment, a limping man with a cane staggered to the door of the teahouse, and dangled a bowl towards the teahouse boss sitting behind the counter, as if he was asking for something. None of the clothes on his body were clean, tattered, messy hair, dirty face, and a half-cut leg, no matter how you look at it, he is a beggar who has experienced many vicissitudes.
When the teahouse owner saw this person appear at the door, his face suddenly showed a look of disgust and disgust, and he hurriedly walked out from behind the counter, waving his hands and saying impatiently: "Let's go, hurry up, don't block my door." When he was five steps away from the beggar, he stopped, pinched his nose, and felt sick to the stench.
But the beggar did not leave immediately, shook the broken bowl in his hand, and said in a weak voice: "Boss, you can do it, I haven't eaten or drunk for two days, have mercy on me, give me a little food and drink." "It can be seen from his chapped lips that he hasn't been in water for a long time.
"We don't have anything here, let's go to another house, hurry up and go, don't get in the way of my business." The teahouse owner waved his hand impatiently and said with a look of disgust.
"Give me a little, even if it's a saliva, please. The beggar said pleadingly, and sent to kneel down for the teahouse owner, as if he had regarded this teahouse as his lifeline.
The teahouse owner finally got angry, put on a straight face, and shouted loudly inside: "Xiao Er! Xiao Er! Are you blind?! Hurry up and drive this stinky beggar away for me, don't let him block the door!"
At this time, a person dressed as a little second ran out of the back kitchen, looked at the dirty beggar, and reluctantly walked over, intending to reach out and drive away.
"Stop!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side, stopping Xiao Er's movements. The one who speaks is unintentional.
The teahouse owner and Xiao Er looked at Wuxin at the same time, with a puzzled expression, not knowing what Wuxin was going to do.
The beggar standing at the door also looked at Wuxin, but as soon as he glanced at it, he suddenly opened his eyes in horror as if he had seen a ghost, and was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and staggered towards the door, as if he was running away from something.
"Ji Gongzi!" Wuxin looked at the beggar who had turned around and wanted to leave, and shouted loudly.
Hearing this unintentional shout, the beggar's body shook, stopped, and lowered his head deeply, like a child who had done something wrong.
"I'm out of his tea money!" Wuxin reached out and took out a silver ingot from his waist, threw it at the teahouse owner, and said coldly. He hated the mercenary face of the teahouse owner, as if the more self-righteous people were, the more they liked to compare themselves with those who were inferior to him, because that would make them appear superior, but in fact, in the eyes of others, they might not be as good as a beggar.
Seeing the silver that floated towards him in an arc, the corner of the teahouse owner's mouth finally showed a smile, and he hurriedly stretched out his hands and caught the silver that was enough to wrap up the entire teahouse for three days and three nights.
But before he could weigh the ingot of silver, there were a few catties and taels, but the silver that had just arrived suddenly flew out of his hand, flew to the counter, smashed the counter out of a pit and fell to the ground.
The teahouse owner looked at the palm that had made a cut, and then looked at Wuxin, who dared to be angry, and shrunk his neck and returned to the back of the counter, not daring to say anything more, but fortunately he received enough silver.
"Ji Gongzi, please come in and talk to you next. Wuxin looked at the beggar who was still standing outside the door with his back to him, and said lightly.
The beggar hesitated for a while, finally turned around, walked into the teahouse under the gaze of everyone, walked in front of Wuxin, and gave a salute to Wuxin with a wry smile.
Wuxin pointed to the seat opposite him, motioned for the beggar to sit down, then looked at Xiao Er, who was stunned, and said lightly: "Put a copy of all the refreshments in your shop, and then a pot of hot tea." When Xiao Er heard Wuxin's words, he finally reacted, answered, and hurriedly ran into the back kitchen.
"Long time no see. Wuxin looked at the beggar who was already trembling and sitting across from him, and said slowly, as if he didn't mind the beggar's dirty clothes and the stench that could be smelled from afar.
The beggar nodded and said in a weak voice, "Long time no see." It seemed that he remembered a lot of past events at once, and his face showed a trace of bitterness, and his expression was a little complicated.
This person who looks dirty, but is called Ji Gongzi by Wuxin, is the one who was unintentionally acquainted when he was tracking down the theft of the golden silk armor in Xuanzhou City, the famous young master in Xuanzhou City at that time, the son of the Ji family, Ji Rufeng.
He once secretly sent Wuxin out of Xuanzhou City in a carriage and escaped Red Feather's pursuit. But I didn't expect it to be like this now, I don't know what happened.
"How did it become like this?" Wuxin frowned, looked at Ji Rufeng, who was not what it used to be, and asked slowly. What makes a person who was once so beautiful become what he is now, even if he is in the middle of the family, he will not be defeated to this step.
Ji Rufeng's face was full of wry smiles, and he said softly: "It's all in the past, don't mention it, but I didn't expect to meet Shaoxia in this poor and remote place." Halfway through his words, he diverted from the subject, as if he didn't want to mention the past.
Seeing that Ji Rufeng didn't want to say more, he didn't ask anymore, nodded, and said slowly: "I didn't expect to meet Ji Gongzi here." As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, so he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you come here?" Didn't Ling Zun send someone to look for you back?"
As soon as Wuxin's words fell, I saw Ji Rufeng suddenly showing a painful face, clenching his teeth, and tears seemed to be rolling in his eyes.
Seeing Ji Rufeng's appearance, Wuxin's heart suddenly tightened, and he felt that things were not as simple as he imagined, so he no longer shy away from it, and asked again: "What happened? Is there something wrong with the family?" The first reason he could think of was that the Ji family was in the middle of the road and the family wealth was scattered, otherwise Ji Rufeng would not have become what he is now, and he would beg on the street.
Ji Rufeng held back the tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said slowly: "At that time, within a few days of you leaving Xuanzhou City, they rushed to the Ji family, indiscriminately, they killed people when they saw them, the Ji family had seventy-two people, none of them were spared, and my father was no exception, if I hadn't run fast, I'm afraid I would have died that day." Saying this, the tears finally could not be stopped anymore and burst out of his eyes. His leg was lost that day, and it was cut off by force.
Wuxin listened to the words that were as fast as the wind, his expression froze, he couldn't believe his ears, he didn't expect that the Ji family would suddenly suffer such a catastrophe. frowned and said, "That's why you deliberately avoided me just now, and they knew that you sent me out of the city, right?"
Ji Rufeng shook his head and sobbed and said: "Shaoxia misunderstood, I didn't hide from you, and I didn't regret sending you out of the city in the first place, and I didn't blame you, it wasn't your fault in the first place." The reason why I don't want to recognize you is because Ji Rufeng died that day, and I don't want to have anything to do with anyone anymore, and how can I still have the face to recognize the old man with this appearance now. ”
It's Red Feather again, the more I listen to it, the more sorry I feel in my heart, if it weren't for myself, the Ji family would not have suffered this catastrophe, but I didn't expect that Ji Rufeng's kindness at the beginning brought a catastrophe to the Ji family, and I couldn't get rid of it after thinking about it.
Wuxin couldn't help but burn a trace of anger in his heart, and his hatred for Red Feather deepened. Although Ji Rufeng is not his friend, he finally ended up like this because he had helped him, and he always felt that he should do something to make up for it.
"In any case, it's because of me, if it weren't for me, the Ji family wouldn't be like this, you go to Jiangcheng, go there and find a place called Murong Tang, just say that you are my friend, they will take care of you, don't wander around anymore, live this kind of begging life." Wuxin said lightly, looking at Ji Rufeng's current appearance, he always felt that he owed him too much.
Ji Rufeng shook his head and said nothing, he didn't accept it, he didn't refuse, maybe he had his own thoughts in his heart, maybe he didn't want to win Wuxin's sympathy, so he deliberately avoided Wuxin just now. Maybe he just felt that there was nothing left now, and it was a way to wander around like this, and he had already lost hope of living.
Seeing that Ji Rufeng didn't respond for a long time, he didn't know what to say, he was worried that if he said too much, Ji Rufeng would think that he was pitying him. A person who has once been brilliant is most afraid of seeing pity in the eyes of others after a plummet......