Chapter Eighty-Nine: Worship the Mountain Gate
The roasted cold noodles just out of the pot are still a little hot, but the old beggar keeps sending them to his mouth with a skewer as if he can't feel the temperature, and after a while, he eats the whole portion, and puts the packing carton in the back bag, the old beggar bows to Cao Ping, and says with a smile: "The benefactor is kind-hearted, he will take a good girl every day, and the old name Hanako wishes the benefactor good health, all the best, no disease, and always smiles!" Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Cao Ping held a cold face, stood on the side of the road and watched the old beggar's staggering back, his expression was a little hesitant, seeing that the old beggar was about to turn the intersection and disappear, Cao Ping gritted his teeth, quickly caught up, ran to the old beggar, hugged his fists, and said to the old beggar: "The fairy beggar stays, the younger generation is rude, and Cao Ping's family fist Cao Ping has seen the fairy beggar again." ”
"Oh?" the old beggar looked Cao Ping up and down strangely, and smiled, Cao Ping did not greet him according to the rules of the rivers and lakes just now, their relationship is that they are the giver and the recipient, and he naturally wants to say two auspicious words to thank the donor for his kindness. But now Cao Ping came to make a special trip to greet him with the rules of the rivers and lakes, so I don't know why. The old beggar lay the stick in his hand flat on the ground, but when it touched the ground, it made a loud noise, which turned out to be beaten with pig iron. The old beggar stepped on it with his right foot, and said to Cao Ping with his fist: "Master Cao is polite, Lu Zhenyuan, the head of the beggar gang of dirty clothes, has seen Master Cao." Cao Ping's self-introduction is Cao Ping, the Cao family's fist, since he did not bring the name of the master, he can naturally support the façade alone, so Lu Zhenyuan is commensurate with the master, and he is an equal.
There are several beggars to help the ancestors, including Wu Zixu, Fan Dan, Qin Qiong, Zheng Yuanhe, Tie Guan Li, Wu Song, Zhu Yuanzhang, etc. Among them, Fan, Zheng, Li, and Zhu had a greater influence. It seems that the northeast side is Feng Tie and Li as the ancestral master.
"Is the road really far?" Cao Ping didn't think it was funny, he looked down at the black stick that the old beggar stepped on at his feet, just now in the old beggar's hand, it seemed to be an ordinary wooden stick, but he didn't expect it to be a twenty or thirty pounds of pig iron stick, just now the old beggar didn't make a sound when he walked, it seemed that he didn't touch the ground at all, just pressed it virtually, this hand kung fu is really a bit powerful. He now puts the stick on the ground, which is also the rule of the beggars. The beggars walk the rivers and lakes, drive snakes and dogs with the stick in their hands, and put the only weapon on the ground to show respect, but if someone takes the opportunity to shoot, the stick on the ground will be provoked to attack the enemy in an instant, and it is really insidious and difficult to prevent, and it is really insidious and difficult to prevent, and once it is put down, the kung fu in hand is three points out of thin air, and the opponent is also unpredictable.
Beggars have not produced any good stubble since ancient times, and people often say that no matter how poor they are, they will only beg for food, and they will always come out if they don't die. Beggars are the lowest profession in the world, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, so that they will not be unable to protect themselves. But there are rules in the rivers and lakes, and the means of the three indiscriminate are despised by people, therefore, the beggar gang has become a courtesy before the soldiers, if it is an ordinary courtesy, it is naturally polite, but if it is an internal contradiction, the means of calling Huazi is not a sinister and vicious sentence can be summarized, so everyone sees that calling Huazi is doing it with their own people.
People in the rivers and lakes pay attention to four kinds of people can not be provoked, monks, Taoists, women and children, the reason why they are not called Huazi is because the general beggars will not have any trouble, except for the crying and mourning of the white things, regardless of the dirty clothes and clean clothes, they are all concerned about smiling faces and receiving favors, besides, no one can pull down that face to ask for food, and it is the most despicable thing to ask for food, second only to the four major lack of morality, and even the three generations of old people in the family will be scolded when they go out, and they can't afford to lose that person.
But in any case, since ancient times, the beggar gang has been the largest gang, until modern times, people have reduced the risk of starvation, beggars have greatly decreased, but some professional beggars have done begging as a business, and traditional beggars have seen less.
There are many beggars, mixed fish and dragons, mostly lazy people who are abducted and cheated, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and some stealing and picking flowers, fortune tellers and gamblers, and there are also individual people who abduct and sell children for begging, although this kind of people are caught by the insiders of the beggar gang are dealt with internally, and some people who lose their conscience are directly killed and fed to dogs, but they can't prepare for so many black sheep, and the reputation of the beggar gang has always been very stinky. Cao Ping was originally very reluctant to provoke the famous dog skin plaster of the beggar gang, but he still had to inquire about what he wanted to know through the mouths of these ninth-rate people, and he had no choice but to talk to Lu Zhenyuan, but it seemed that he was lucky, this Lu Zhenyuan did not look like a bad person, and he still acted according to the rules.
Cao Ping arched his hand and said to Lu Zhenyuan: "Dare to ask where the immortal beggar is staying, Cao Ping is good to visit?"
Lu Zhenyuan smiled, knowing that Cao Ping had something to trust, so he lowered his head and picked up the iron rod, and said with a smile: "The front two streets pass, the underpass." ”
Cao Ping nodded, and said, "Please move first, and Cao Ping will arrive later." ”
Lu Zhenyuan nodded, and walked away first with an iron bar, although he seemed to be on crutches one by one, but he didn't make a sound.
Cao Ping found a braised meat shop, bought some pig's head meat, pig's ears and a pig's tail to mix cold, and bought four pig's trotters. Then I found a restaurant to pack a braised pork and a fat sausage, bought two bottles of wine, took two pairs of chopsticks and two disposable paper cups, and walked to the underground passage that Lu Zhenyuan said.
Buying these things is also particular, each part adds up to a whole pig, the beggar gang has a saying that there is wine and meat, the gods enjoy, therefore, the beggar gang is entrusted to do things, no matter how much money, must eat and drink well. Lu Zhenyuan seems to have a high status, and Cao Ping can be regarded as worshipping the mountain gate this time, so the number of etiquette must naturally be sufficient.
When he arrived at the underground passage, Cao Ping went down to take a look and found that the entire passage had been occupied by beggars, and the tattered rolls and cardboard boxes were spread on both sides of the passage, no wonder no one came down to this passage.
In the middle of the room, Lu Zhenyuan stretched out his hand to greet Cao Ping and shouted, "Here!"
Cao Ping walked over with his things, and there were some old people in ragged clothes on both sides, but there were no women or children. Walking next to Lu Zhenyuan, Lu Zhenyuan found a clean paper shell and laid it out, and beckoned Cao Ping to sit down. Cao Ping sat down cross-legged directly and placed the wine and food in his hand in front of Lu Zhenyuan one by one. He knows that he can't hesitate at this time, otherwise he will look down on others, so how can he entrust people to do things?
Cao Ping took the paper cup and poured good wine for Lu Zhenyuan, Lu Zhenyuan raised his neck and drank a glass first, smacked his lips and said, "Good wine! It's grain wine!" After speaking, he picked up the fatty braised pork with chopsticks and ate it in large pieces.
Cao Ping helped him fill up the wine again, and looked at the side, the beggars next to him were all sitting or lying quietly, looking at this side curiously, but none of them dared to come over. Seeing Cao Ping looking around, Lu Zhenyuan explained to Cao Ping with a smile: "These are all disciples of my Dirty Clothes Sect, you are here to ask me for errands, they are not qualified to eat these things." Some of the old beggars had swallowed, but none of them had come to ask for it. Cao Ping knew that the gentleman was not subject to the food that came from the mouth, while the beggars of the dirty clothes faction only received the food from the mouth, just like Lu Zhenyuan did not want to make new baked cold noodles before, he had to ask Cao Ping to eat a bite, as long as the rest was left, it was a truth. But fortunately, Cao Ping bought a lot, and when Lu Zhenyuan finished eating, there should be leftovers for them.
After eating a few more pieces of meat, Lu Zhenyuan squeaked and drank another glass of wine, then sighed and asked, "I have also eaten this meat and drunk the wine, Master Cao, just say anything directly!"
Cao Ping looked around, Lu Zhenyuan waved his hand, and shouted: "Turn your head around! Cover your ears! Who dares to eavesdrop on a word! Don't want to listen to the sound in the future!" All the beggars obediently turned their backs and lay down, covering their ears tightly, not daring to show a trace of cracks.
In fact, even if the cracks are exposed, Cao Ping can't find it, but Lu Zhenyuan has done it, and Cao Ping can't say more, so he can only lower his voice and say: "I have heard that the beggar gang has many eyes and ears and is well-informed, and the kid wants to get rid of Lu Xian and ask about something." ”
Lu Zhenyuan laughed and said: "You don't have to call me an immortal beggar all the time, it's okay to call me Uncle Lu, our beggar gang is indeed full of disciples, but the region is different, and the head is also different, I don't know where you want to inquire?"
Cao Ping asked in a low voice: "It's not a region, I want to inquire about things in the martial arts, I don't know if Uncle Lu knows about the martial arts Chinese training masters?"
"Oh?" Lu Zhenyuan glanced at Cao Ping with a smile, and said slowly: "How can I know this kind of martial arts secret, which is always called Huazi?
Cao Ping looked at Lu Zhenyuan's attitude, and couldn't help but curse in his heart, this old fox really doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, there is no way, Cao Ping can only bite the bullet, gritting his teeth, Cao Ping said: "Master Lu, you can make a price!"
Lu Zhenyuan glanced at Cao Ping from between his fingers, put down the wine glass, sighed with a smile and said: " Alas, originally this information is the secret information in the gang, should not be revealed to outsiders, you are also lucky, to meet me, is also a chance, as we all know, the law of cultural practice is a martial arts treasure, containing the law of immortality, now in the martial arts is also difficult to find a few masters of cultural training, some sects are also like looking at the Tang monk meat general care, it is really a bit mysterious, my beggar gang has never produced a person in the cultural training since ancient times, and this is also very greedy, about the secrets of other sects of the cultural training masters is also spent countless efforts in my help of the disciples in the exchange, you look at the price!”
Kick the ball to Lao Tzu again, blowing so mysteriously, don't you just want Lao Tzu to make a high price? Cao Ping also took a glass of wine and drank it all, and said with a smile: "Master Lu's words are exaggerated! As far as I know, although there are few people in the domestic literary practice, they are not as mysterious as Master Lu said, right?"
"Really?" Lu Zhenyuan smiled and narrowed his eyes, the smile on his wrinkled face was a little cruel, he gently sipped the wine, and said with a smile: "Listening to the meaning of Master Cao's words, Master Cao himself is not a person in the practice of literature? There is a saying that wealth is not exposed, such a large piece of Tang monk meat is dangling alone, and Master Cao is also wide-hearted!"
I don't know when, the beggars behind him all sat up, staring at Cao Ping blankly, and under the dim light of the underground passage, there was a feeling of gloom.
Cao Ping looked left and right, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Since Master Lu guessed that I am from Wenlian, naturally he should also know that you people can't stop me, right?" The wine glass was handed to Lu Zhenyuan, and he stopped slightly, and the atmosphere became tense for a moment.