Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sleeping on the Streets
Li Rui bit her lip and nodded: "I think it's better to die quietly like this now, it's better than life and death in the future, maybe my father and mother are still thinking about me, staying in front of the bridge and refusing to drink Meng Po soup, looking forward to seeing me, in fact, I have long wanted to see them, but I have never had the courage, and now that I have reached an unimaginable situation, why should I be greedy for life and suffer more humiliation."
Wei Qing hurriedly persuaded: "Now it has not reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, Miss Li, don't be discouraged, you and I know each other is fate, I will never sit idly by, and I will try my best to fight with Wu Yunfei in three days, and I will definitely be able to win and save you." Cao Lu also helped: "Yes, I know that I will lose before I fight, Brother Qing and I fight him alone, of course, we have a better chance of winning, and we won't lose."
Li Rui shook his head and said: "It's useless to be able to win the competition after three days, do you still think that Wang Yanei really knows what to say and has the letter to let me go, he will naturally stir up trouble again and continue to toss, until he is tired and feels bored, he will stop." And the more you fight, the more interesting he will be, this time it is me, and next time it will be you or any other innocent person, so why bother to implicate more people."
Wei Qing was silent, not only sad that Li Rui was ill-fated, but also lamented that the world was so unfair, and he didn't come up with a feasible way after thinking about it for a long time, so he couldn't help but clench the Zhanlu sword on his waist in a hurry, and he couldn't wait to rush out immediately and cut Wang Kai in two. Just between this lightning and flint, a thought suddenly popped out of Wei Qing's mind, he thought for a moment, slowly let go of the hand holding Zhanlu's sword, took Li Rui's hand and said excitedly: "Miss Li, I have a way, I will definitely be able to save you now."
Li Rui withdrew his hand with a red face, Wei Qing realized that he was rude and offended under the excitement, he hurriedly coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment and asked: "I remember Brother Xiao mentioned that Miss Li's deed in the workshop is worth three hundred taels of silver, isn't it, as long as you can raise this money, you can get out of the workshop for Miss Li, right?" Li Rui replied: "Although the words are good, where can I go to get together so much for these three hundred taels of silver."
Wei Qing looked down at the Zhanlu sword on his waist, and stroked the hilt of the sword with his fingers: "The predecessor who gave me this sword once told me that this Zhanlu sword is a rare weapon in the world, and for those who love swords, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a lot of money, I think there must be many rich people in the capital who like to collect swords, and I will sell this sword tomorrow and redeem the deed for you." Cao Lu was shocked: "Brother Qing, this is a gift from Lord Lu, he is no longer here, I can't say that this sword is his only relic in the world, how can it ...... How can you ......?"
Wei Qing waved his hand to stop Cao Lu, and said with a sigh: "I remember that Lord Lu once said that the Zhanlu Sword is the sword of benevolence, and he gave me this sword that day, it should be in the hope that I can have a benevolent heart and do more benevolent deeds, in this case, if I can use this sword of benevolence to redeem innocent people, I think he will definitely agree with my decision under Jiuquan." Li Rui raised his eyes and looked at Wei Qingdao: "This sword is so precious, how can Wei Gongzi be willing to take the sword to save me, you and I are just a few encounters in Pingshui, Wei Gongzi saved me, and the concubine is afraid that there is no way to repay me."
Wei Qing replied with a smile: "I just think that I shouldn't see death without saving, no matter how precious this sword is, it will always be an object, and it will not be more important than people", he thought about it and said: "When I was in Lu'an before, Master and Lord Lu taught me to act with benevolence and righteousness first, Master died in the hands of the Jin people in order to save me, and Lord Lu refused to steal his life alone in order to save the people, if I cherish this sword and treat you as a victim in vain, Master and Lord Lu will not be happy in the spirit of the sky." Cao Lu slapped the case in front of him and said: "Brother Qing is right, if the master knows that we are doing this, he will definitely feel happy, we are the disciples of the righteous rudder, and we can't live up to this righteous word."
Li Rui looked at Wei Qing in a daze for a long time, and was about to speak, when a maid led a doctor with a medical bag hurriedly walked into the room, and the three of them were silent when they saw that outsiders were present. The doctor sat down on the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand to take Xiao Qinchuan's pulse, opened his eyelids and looked at it: "The patient is just a statue of detachment, there are no internal injuries, he only needs to recuperate for a few days to recover his energy, and there is no major problem." Wei Qing relieved himself after hearing that Xiao Qinchuan was fine, and Cao Lu sent the doctor out of the room and was about to turn back, but he heard Li Rui say behind his back: "Xiao Gongzi has his own concubine to take care of him, and please rest assured that the two sons are just inconvenient to be alone, so they won't stay for a long time."
Wei Qing thought that the girl's face was shallow, and he accidentally took Li Rui's hand again, he couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly pulled Cao Lu out, Cao Lu said strangely: "Brother Qing, it's better to say goodbye and leave, why are you in such a hurry, hey, why is your face red, it's not that you are out of breath from practice, but I haven't seen you practice." Wei Qing was afraid that Li Rui would hear it, so he pushed Cao Lu and hurriedly walked a few steps and said: "I'm wearing too many hot clothes, don't talk too much, without further ado, let's go to the street to sell swords."
The two went to the market in the west of the city, Wei Qing pulled a few sticks of hay from the side of the road and inserted them in the scabbard, and Cao Lu found a four-way intersection and squatted on the side of the street, waiting for a buyer to come up and ask the price. Cao Lu said: "Brother Qing, it's late today, I don't think anyone will come again, let's come again tomorrow morning, my stomach is screaming, let's go back to Daxin to eat something first."
Wei Qing shook his head and replied: "I'm not hungry, it's okay to go back anyway, just lie down here casually, too lazy to come back tomorrow, it's already late, don't rush back to Daxin to eat, just go back to sleep if you eat in the city, and come back to find me tomorrow morning", he said and took out a few copper coins from his arms and handed them to Cao Lu. Cao Lu took the copper coin and shook it with his hand, looked at Wei Qing and turned around and left without speaking.
Wei Qing sat and waited for a while, seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, and the last few people in the bazaar who were not giving up waiting for their customers also packed up and went home, and only one of them was left on the huge street, with the sound of grumbling in the abdomen, the feeling of hunger and exhaustion suddenly surged all over the body, Wei Qing wanted to find a place to buy some food pads to cushion his stomach, but he was afraid that if someone was lucky enough to pass by, he would miss the opportunity to sell his sword, so he had to move the place back slightly, leaning on the half-low wall at the corner of the street and half-lying, bending his neck and wrapping his hands around to resist the invasion of the night cold.
Wei Qing was half-lying and looking up at the starry sky, only to see that tonight the stars were bright, and it was very bright on the dark night, he silently counted the stars in the sky, and suddenly remembered that when he was young, his father often held himself in the summer night and sat at the head of the village to enjoy the coolness, and his mother was also teaching him to count the stars to coax himself to sleep. Wei Qing sighed in his heart and thought: In fact, Miss Li, like me, is a helpless orphan in this world, I can still roam the rivers and lakes freely as a man, but she is born with misfortune and is difficult to get rid of the fetters of the church, if I can save her this time, I will finally do a good thing, and my parents will be happy to see that I have become a chivalrous and righteous man.
"Buy a sword, three hundred taels of silver or not", Wei Qing suddenly heard a voice in his ear, he hurriedly sat up and followed the sound, but it was Cao Luzheng looking at himself with a smile. "Didn't I tell you to go back first, why did you come here again", Wei Qing muttered angrily, "I thought someone really came to buy a sword."
"Where will anyone come to buy a sword at such a late hour, only a dead eye like you will wait here stupidly", Cao Lu sat down next to Wei Qing, stretched out his hand and handed over two steamed buns, "You haven't left as a senior brother, how can I, as a junior brother, be embarrassed to leave you here alone, if you are hungry, the master will blame me for not speaking about the righteousness of the same family, wouldn't it be troublesome." Wei Qing was already hungry, but at this time, as soon as he smelled the fragrance of steamed buns, he suddenly became hungry again, took the steamed buns and chewed and swallowed them, Cao Lu took out two steamed buns and ate them himself, he said while eating: "The small food shops in the city have long been closed, I walked a long way to find a noodle stall and bought four steamed buns, so I came back late, you are hungry."
Wei Qing shook his head and signaled that it was okay, and thought in his heart: I still have Cao Lu, a junior brother, to accompany me, but it is much better than Miss Li, he doesn't want to leave me alone and live on the streets, and he buys steamed buns and refuses to eat them first, but he rushes to eat with me, and treats me like a relative. Cao Lu didn't know what Wei Qing was thinking at the moment, and still muttered with steamed buns in his mouth: "Brother Qing, three hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, you can buy a two-entry mansion in the capital, if this sword can't be sold for a price, how can it be born."
Wei Qing swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said: "Let's do our best to obey the destiny of heaven, I think Miss Li is a kind and kind girl, God should not deliberately embarrass her, and will definitely arrange for a customer who knows the goods to buy this Zhanlu sword, even if it can't be sold, the two of us will fight with all our strength in three days, Wu Yunfei has just been injured, and the two of us don't know whether he will win or lose, and in the end, it will not be true to it, and we will secretly escape from the capital with Miss Li."
Cao Lu said: "It's not easy to escape, the government will send the picture of the sea fishing document after Miss Li escaped, where can she escape, is it possible that we can hide her for a lifetime, and go to the north to find Ha Mi Chi to take revenge ......in the future" He suddenly stopped speaking, and motioned to Wei Qing to look ahead, Wei Qing looked up and saw that Jiang Liqiong didn't know how to find this place, and was slowly walking in front of the two.