Chapter 8: The Beggar

Mengchuan City is a small city in the Yue Kingdom, about three days away from the Yue King City. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAlthough the castle is not large, there are quite a few people living in it, and the number of people who come and go every day is also considerable.

On this day, a young beggar came to Mengchuan City, this beggar did not look very good, slightly emaciated, wearing a broken robe that could not be seen as it was, covered with mud and grass clippings, and embarrassed.

This young beggar is none other than Li Shan, who escaped from the royal forest four days ago. Li Shan was like a mouse all the way to avoid the pursuers everywhere, in order not to reveal his identity, he specially dressed himself as a beggar, after all, there are many beggars in the Yue country, and it is impossible for the people who were ordered to arrest Li Shan to inquire one by one.

Not far away is the gate of Mengchuan City, where there are two soldiers, and there are dozens of people around the place where the notice is pasted next to it, Li Shan leaned over with curiosity, and heard the reader who knew how to read read aloud: "The scholar of King Jing's Mansion came to Fu because he was afraid of stealing the jade porcelain vase of the palace, and now he is told that this person is wanted in the world." ”

When Li Shan heard this, he couldn't help but feel extremely complicated in his heart, but he had also lived in the palace for two years. But soon he threw away this idea, and sneered in his heart: it seems that the royal family only needs to move their mouths to convict people, and they don't care whether they have committed crimes or not. Suddenly, the nostalgia for the palace in my heart vanished.

"Hey, hey, why are you still squeezing, you little beggar, be careful to get my clothes dirty! You can't read, what are you squeezing?" At this moment, a middle-aged man next to him suddenly found Li Shan leaning over, and immediately shouted, attracting everyone's strange eyes to stare at Li Shan.

"Hug ...... I'm sorry......" Li Shan apologized with embarrassment, indeed his beggar dress made people involuntarily disgusted. The middle-aged man didn't think much about it, and Li Shan left here.

Through the city gate, Li Shan ignored the soldiers who wanted to stop him with contempt, and walked into the city of Mengchuan.

Mengchuan City is not as lively as Wangcheng, but Li Shan liked it after seeing it for the first time, because Mengchuan City is much less indifferent and more enthusiastic than Wangcheng, which is probably related to the reason why there are not many nobles here. But the only thing that remains unchanged is that the people here are still not friendly to beggars, Li Shan left from the twelfth person who told him to go and go, in fact, Li Shan did not want to beg, but wanted to pass by, but even so, some people still can't see it.

Just came to Mengchuan City, Li Shan didn't know what he should do, with his age of only fourteen, he didn't accept many recruits, not to mention that he still looked like a beggar, which was even more flattering.

Li Shan felt a worry in his heart, he was hungry at the moment, leaned against the wall, covered his cooing stomach, he tried to control himself not to think about hunger, watching the dark clouds slowly gather in the sky, and gradually his thoughts were a little blurred.

Suddenly, Li Shan felt that someone was approaching, and he was about to attack subconsciously, and suddenly thought that he was in Mengchuan City instead of the Royal Forest, so he forcibly stopped the fist he almost swung out.

Li Shan looked over, it was a boy with a runny nose, and the boy looked at Li Shan dumbfounded, after all, Li Shan's current appearance was more like a beggar than the beggars in Mengchuan City, and his stomach was growling. Li Shan was a little embarrassed at the moment, this child stared at himself directly, he didn't even know that the snot was flowing into his mouth, and he was speechless.

"Little brother, don't run around, go back quickly, it may be raining...... ......" Li Shan's voice became weaker and weaker halfway through his words, because he saw the boy holding a hot baked cake with a bite in his hand, and smelled the hot aroma of the baked cake, Li Shan's stomach let out a louder cry, which woke up Li Shan, who had been staring at other people's baked cakes.

Li Shan turned his head not to look at the little boy, and his heart was even more embarrassed to death, and he wailed in his heart that it was better for this ancestor to leave quickly, otherwise he would not be able to control his desire to rob.

Suddenly, a strong aroma lingered on the tip of his nose, Li Shan was stunned for a moment, watched the boy hand the baked cake in his hand to his eyes, and said incredulously: "This is ...... Give it to me?"

"Hmm!" the boy nodded, "Brother looks hungry, I think you must be hungry for food." ”

Li Shan's heart trembled, he didn't expect that the person who cared for him was just a six or seven-year-old child, and his tone couldn't help but be a little softer, and said, "Then why don't you eat?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I'm not hungry yet, my brother needs it more than I do." ”

Li Shan smiled, when he heard this, he took the baked cake handed over by the boy, he wanted to touch the boy's head, but when he saw his dirty palm, he thought about it and forgot it, so he asked, "What's your name, can you tell my brother?"

"My name is Zhang Yang. After Zhang Yang introduced himself, he heard someone calling him, so he said to Li Shan: "Brother, I'm leaving, my mother is calling me." Li Shan didn't have time to say his name, so he saw Zhang Yang running away in a hurry. Li Shan couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhang Yang running away in a hurry, feeling warm in his heart.

Li Shan suddenly smiled, he stood up with his body propped up, his eyes became extremely sharp, and he scanned the surroundings. More than a dozen people gradually came out of the darkness, all of them looking unkempt and unkempt, and they all looked like beggars. Li Shan looked at each other silently, and the group of people also stared at Li Shan, the correct thing was to stare at the baked cake in Li Shan's hand, and their eyes were full of greed.

As soon as he saw the other party's eyes, Li Shan knew what the other party wanted, but how could he be willing to give it to others, and run away without saying a word.

"Up!" As soon as he saw that Li Shan was about to escape, someone among the beggars suddenly shouted, and the other beggars around him reacted one after another.

Li Shan stuffed the baked cake into his mouth while running away, and in less than a moment, he swallowed most of the baked cake into his stomach, and the beggars who were chasing behind him gritted their teeth. Li Shan knew that if he ran around in the lane, he would definitely be blocked in the path, so he specially picked the road to escape.

So the people of Mengchuan City saw a beggar child running wildly in front of him with a baked cake, and the interesting thing is that the child was running and gnawing on the baked cake, and he was not afraid of choking, while a large group of beggars behind him pursued, and quickly ran away in the shouting and scolding of the crowd.

Although Li Shan has practiced martial arts for more than two years, after all, he has been tired and hungry for more than ten days, and there is no way to compare with the beggars in terms of physical strength, at least the beggars still have a good night's sleep, and they were soon chased up and dragged to a small alley. However, it is a pity that Li Shan has swallowed all the baked cakes into his stomach, and there is nothing left, and Li Shan's practice of eating alone has also angered a group of beggars, who have cursed ugly words in their mouths, and kicked Li Shan to the ground at the same time, and everyone gave him a few kicks. Fortunately, Li Shan has the experience of being beaten and protects the vital point to the death, otherwise he will definitely be injured.

"Phew! You kid must be a newcomer, and you don't even know the rules! You dare to eat alone! I don't know if you have to share the food?" Someone spat Li Shan fiercely, and others followed suit, Li Shan ignored their insults, but he was furious, but he thought that it would not be too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and he would settle today's account after he could recover his physical strength!

After scolding for a while, the beggars looked at Li Shan, who was covered in bruises, nodded with satisfaction, and then said a few cruel words before scattering and leaving, leaving only Li Shan, who was curled up and lying on the ground.

Li Shan waited for the pain to disappear a little, then struggled to stand up, although his body was already blue and purple, but this was nothing, what disgusted him even more was the saliva on his body, which made him want to bathe immediately, these saliva were not only disgusting but also made Li Shan feel unprecedented shame, even he did not have such a strong feeling of being bullied in the palace. The food just now replenished Li Shan a lot of physical strength, he staggered and walked in the alley, suddenly the sky was in a hurry, Li Shan raised his head, looked at the raindrops in his eyes, and let the raindrops drench himself.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Li Shan gradually felt a little cold, but he still insisted on drenching in the rain until he washed all the saliva off his body, and then he shivered and wanted to find a place to hide from the rain. Although his body was clean, Li Shan tasted the consequences of the rain, and the next day when the rain became heavier, Li Shan had a high fever, and he was a little delirious, and he curled up and hid under an eaves, and his body was still wearing tattered and soaked clothes.

Li Shan didn't know how long he had been asleep, and when he woke up in a daze, he felt the pain all over his body, as if his body was about to fall apart. His throat was as thirsty as smoke, and he struggled to move a few times but couldn't get up.

"Grandpa, grandpa, this brother has woken up!" Li Shan suddenly heard the voice of an immature girl shouting vividly, and after a while, a person walked in, an old man with white hair. The man saw Li Shan's uncomfortable appearance, so he helped him up a little and leaned against the bed, and fed him water.

After drinking the water, Li Shan felt a lot better, he looked at the old man, and thanked him: "Thank you for saving me, in Xia Li Qing, I don't know ...... here" Li Shan hesitated for a moment or said his brother's name, after all, he couldn't guarantee that the people in the palace would remember that his real name was Li Shan.

"You fainted in front of my house and had a high fever, so the old man brought you back. This is the old man's medical hall, you can call the old man Uncle Liu. Uncle Liu heard from Li Shankou that he was not a child from an ordinary family, so he asked: "The old man saw that you didn't talk like an ordinary person, how did you become a beggar?

"It's hard to put into words. Li Shan said with a wry smile, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Uncle Liu, now that I am homeless, can you please take me in, I can do a lot of things." ”

Uncle Liu looked at Li Shan with a little surprise when he heard this, and finally nodded and said, "It's okay, it just so happens that there is still a shortage of people in the medical hall, so you can work in the medical hall." ”

"Thank you Uncle Liu!" Li Shan was overjoyed, now he didn't have to wander.

"Come on, Xiaoyu, come and see your brother Li Qing. Uncle Liu suddenly waved behind him, and Li Shan saw an eight- or nine-year-old girl walking out from behind Uncle Liu, wearing two pigtails, and shouted Brother Li Qing crisply, and the voice was the one who had just called Uncle Liu.

Li Shan saw that the girl was cute, and couldn't help but reach out and touch her little head, the girl originally shrank in fear, but was relieved to see that she didn't want to hit her.

"This child was picked up by me, and he has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he has also developed this introverted temperament. Uncle Liu sighed, and Li Shan couldn't help but feel pity for the little girl.

In this way, Li Shan stayed in Uncle Liu's medical hall.