Chapter 24: The Human Heart and the Martial Arts

Without waiting for Lin Mubai and the white-clothed young man with a red beauty mole on the center of his eyebrows opposite, Li Qingchen walked up in three steps and two steps, almost half-pulling the young man's clothes, forcibly led him into the house, and turned around, closed the door directly, and locked Lin Mubai outside.

At a cursory glance, the furnishings in the house were no different from his own room, after all, it was a small inn for the poor, without so many fancy furnishings, and things were indeed as Li Qingchen had guessed just now, the young man was spread out in his bag on the table, just a change of clothes, and he looked even shabby than him.

The moment Li Qingchen's hand touched his shoulder, the young man's body shook slightly, and he almost subconsciously wanted to fight back, but for some reason, he temporarily put away the edge of his body, like a piece of wood, and let the other party push himself into the room.

After the two stood face to face, Li Qingchen immediately said: "My name is Li Qingchen, a native of Youzhou, what do you call me?"

There was obvious hesitation in the young man's eyes, but after a few breaths, he replied, "None, heart." ”

The corners of Li Qingchen's mouth showed a very emotional smile.

"Heartless, people are like their names, good names. ”

This name made him a little sentimental, because he was not a heartless person before, if these things hadn't happened, then he should still be living in the martial arts of Youzhou Town now, just like those godfathers and fathers, there, stumbling all his life, so to thank these things, give him the motivation to move forward?

Shaking his head, getting rid of those boring thoughts, Li Qingchen, who probably understood the other party's temperament, said bluntly: " I'm not here to persuade you to move away, because you and I, now should be regarded as offending the uncle of the country, originally, I thought about the surface and the thin man after the injury, there is still a place to run around, but I didn't expect your kid to kill the fat pig directly, of course, he is indeed damned, but, by you involved, I probably also have a grudge against them, go, it's not necessary, people are powerful, hands and eyes are all in the sky, no matter where we go, we are targeted, maybe there is an ambush in the place where we land, it is even more impossible to go out of the city, there are no rules of Chang'an City, just send people to kill, stay here, but can be protected by Chang'ansi, if the merchant is really afraid, I have a way to let them stop bothering you and me, you can be relieved. ”

The self-proclaimed unintentional young man, quietly looking at the peer in front of him who was talking eloquently, with a hint of loneliness between his eyebrows, couldn't help but think of the old monk who cut meat for himself to eat when they met for the first time, and then sewed clothes for himself, taught himself martial arts, and let himself come to Chang'an before he died.

"Thanks. ”

Hearing this word from his mouth, he couldn't help but make Li Qingchen grin.

The same words, from the mouths of different people, will have different effects, other people's thanks, may not be sincere, but the young man's thanks in front of him must be sincere, and in the world, there is no more sincere and more heartwarming thing.

The reason why he was willing to have more branches and took the initiative to get acquainted with this young man who was not good at words, in addition to seeing the potential of a peerless genius from the other party, was more important because in fact, the two of them were very lonely people in this world.

Not all fish live in the same sea, and it is not easy to find a companion in the world who is in love with you.

"Don't move your clothes, after tonight, I'll take you to buy a new pair, and then it's good to show your face at the martial arts meeting, right?"

For this kind of thing, the young man is noncommittal, or he doesn't care about these things at all, and his life experience is destined to mean that he doesn't understand the truth that Buddha relies on gold clothes and people rely on clothes.

It is so difficult for a person to even communicate with his kind, let alone care about some external things, but the young man didn't speak, but Li Qingchen didn't care, and after settling down here, he pushed the door out directly.

As soon as Lin Mubai saw him come out of the house, although there was no movement in the house just now, he guessed that the matter should be done when he saw the smile on Li Qingchen's face that had not yet dissipated, so he saluted and said: "Shicai's words are a little more intense, please forgive me, in short, as long as the young man is willing to move away, he is willing to provide him with a quiet courtyard in Chang'an." ”

can do the whole thing, Lin Mubai feels that he has done his best.

Unexpectedly, Li Qingchen waved his hand, and Lin Mubai on the opposite side saw this, his face changed slightly, and he was obviously a little annoyed.

"Why, is he still unwilling?"

"Nope. Li Qingchen shook his head lightly and explained, "It's that I don't want to, according to what you said, I have already offended that uncle of the country, and there is no difference in Chang'an City? Unless Lin Gongzi has great powers and can send him to the palace or Chang'an Division to take refuge, it is better to stay here." ”

When Lin Mubai heard this, a wisp of anger suddenly appeared on his face, and one hand had quietly grasped the hilt of the sword beside him.

"But. Li Qingchen's words changed sharply and continued, "The shopkeeper of this inn is nothing more than afraid of harming the pond fish, and no one will compensate for the damage, but as long as the shopkeeper is willing to let him live here for a while, he is willing to bear all the losses in the middle, and he is willing to bear all the losses in between, so please ask Lin Gongzi to call the shopkeeper and calculate the approximate amount, and the silver can be delivered to him tonight, and then the shopkeeper does not need to come to serve again, presumably so that the uncle of the country will not be angry with them, right?"

"No way!"

Lin Mubai flatly refused, and then said in a deep voice: "He has to move out!"

Li Qingchen said unhurriedly: "No force is allowed in Chang'an City, does Lin Gongzi want to force him to leave by force? What's more, you haven't even asked if the shopkeeper is willing, why is he so arbitrarily making decisions for others, if the shopkeeper himself says that he must let him leave, even if it is to pay double the silver compensation, then he can leave, but now, I want to listen to the shopkeeper's words, and ask Lin Gongzi to get out of the way." ”

Naturally, he will not be affected by a mysterious Qiansanxiao, he really believes in that person's nonsense, and has any preconceived rejection of Lin Mubai, who is known as the "Chang'an chivalrous bone", on the contrary, he has always liked to draw conclusions through his own observations, even if the final result is the same, but he has seen it with his own eyes, and after thinking about it again, it is still different.

It is true that what Lin Mubai did on the surface was quite chivalrous, but when he studied it carefully, it was not like that, so Li Qingchen did not speak with too much politeness, from yesterday to today, after introspection, he already understood that as a martial artist, he should forge ahead, how can he think about everything, step by step, and lose his sharpness, but it is not good.

Lin Mubai's forehead was bruised, obviously angry, but at this moment, the shopkeeper who heard the movement upstairs suddenly shouted behind his back: "Lin Gongzi, Lin Gongzi, your kindness, the villain understands it, but as this little brother said, let's open the door to do business, there is really no reason to rush the guests, wait for the villain to draw up a list, as long as the guest officer pays, it doesn't matter how long he wants to live here." ”

When Lin Mubai heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head suddenly, and looked over, and the shopkeeper saw his face at this time, and was suddenly so frightened that he almost turned over, and in the end, the guys on both sides hurriedly supported him, so that it didn't cause a disaster.

It was precisely because he saw the fear of himself in the eyes of the three ordinary people on the opposite side that Lin Mubai finally came to his senses, he turned his head and took a deep look at Li Qingchen, and then looked at the innkeeper and the guys on the other side of the stairs, took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "No matter what, no matter what, how to deal with it, it's all a matter between you, I'm an outsider, I shouldn't care about it, but if Brother Li doesn't have enough silver on his body, he can come to Changle Fang at any time and ask my Lin family to withdraw it!"

Li Qingchen smiled slightly, hugged his fists and said: "Lin Gongzi is chivalrous and courageous, I deeply admire him, if there is any difficulty, he will definitely go to visit the Lin family, and he will never twist." ”

Lin Mubai opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything more, but directly flicked his sleeves, and simply turned around and went downstairs, the three people in the inn stood against the wall, with a sneering smile on their faces, while bending down to salute, and constantly thanking and making amends in their mouths, but Lin Mubai didn't look at it, just quickly went downstairs and left.

Seeing Lin Mubai go downstairs and leave, the three of them did not send each other off, but waited for Lin Mubai to leave, and quickly bowed deeply to Li Qingchen, with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Guest, can you discuss compensation with Xiao Lao'er first?"

Li Qingchen sighed secretly in his heart, this is human nature, even if Lin Mubai helps them stop a crisis that may endanger the entire inn, but once they block their way to make money, they will no longer be benefactors, but enemies, on the contrary, although they look very poor, but they only need to say that they can afford to pay double the compensation, then they will immediately become an uncle, and they are a good person who is a hundred times closer than Lin Mubai.

The change of people's hearts is this, the benefactor of the previous moment, the enemy of the next moment, the transformation is only in an instant, there is no reason to talk about it, just because of the different positions.

A long time ago, he had this idea, and every day he watched the people of the Zhenwu Division, working hard, and even having to pay his life to protect these foolish people, but what did he get in the end?

In fact, he didn't get anything, and he didn't benefit the world in the slightest.

On the surface, the people who are grateful to Dade will forget you as soon as they turn their heads, if they are injured by mistake in the battle, they will not dare to say a word to those martial artists who make trouble, but they dare to spit at the gate of the town martial arts to express their anger, and even go to the yamen to cry and ask for compensation.

This is why he has always been unable to raise his mind about martial arts, because martial artists are not needed by the world.

It's just that when Lao Xin and them died in battle, Li Qingchen suddenly understood that at the very least, he lived in the world and was needed, and that was enough.