Chapter 19: Futile struggle

"When I get rich, please eat..."Li Yue lay comfortably on the hay, picking his teeth with half a grass root. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother Yue, are you inviting us to eat chicken legs?" Xiao Jiu looked at Li Yue with a hopeful face.

Li Yue spit out the grass roots at the corner of his mouth and said, "No, it's abalone and sea cucumber!"

"Brother Yue, what is abalone and sea cucumber, is it delicious to have chicken legs?" Xiao Jiu looked at Li Yue with bright eyes, although he had never eaten abalone and sea cucumber, it did not prevent him from imagining the taste of abalone in his little head, and there were two drops of shiny saliva hanging on the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Qi patted Xiao Jiu's head, "Don't listen to him bragging!"

"Brother Yue, will you get rich today?" The corners of Xiao Jiu's mouth drooled more. Several other little beggars lying by the fire let out a good-natured laugh.

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The newly added curly-leaved wormwood in the fire exudes a faint bitter scent that keeps mosquitoes away. Li Yue lay on the hay by the fire leisurely, touched Xiao Jiu's head, and burped happily.

A few days ago, Li Yue's longing for happiness was to open his mouth with food, stretch out his hand with clothes, punch all sides during the day, and be surrounded by beautiful women at night; now, Li Yue is looking forward to avoiding the crazy people, sleeping peacefully, eating a full meal, and burping.

In the past three days, Li Yuedong has never stayed in the same place for half a day during the day, and has never stayed in the same place at night. Fortunately, Li Yue met a group of little beggars, and fortunately, Li Yue's clever mouth and sleek life experience fooled a group of little beggars into iron buddies. There is no horn in this Hengshui City that the little beggar doesn't know, they took Li Yue to drill the wall and go through the alleys, and they actually spent three days peacefully. Of course, Li Yue also repaid them with some small means.

Li Yue knows that eloquence alone is not reliable, and he must have real skills. Li Yue taught them to throw some fresh curly leaves and absinthe branches and leaves on the fire at night to drive away snakes and insects; before eating the food they wanted, they should rub the leaves of Artemisia meldea and rub their hands with the juice to clean their hands and kill diseases and insects; after eating, chew a few safflower thatch roots to prevent diarrhea.

The little beggars are untaught, and they are unconditionally exquisite. It's good to be able to fill your stomach, who cares about the cold and burns your body; sleeping in a dilapidated house at night and letting mosquitoes bite, the little beggar's pain and casualties are like wind and rain, common and helpless. Li Yue casually taught them to chew the roots of the weeds, and rubbing the leaves of the weeds could actually prevent diseases, and the little beggars were grateful to him, and the food they begged for would be shared with Li Yue.

Yesterday, the younger brother of the girl beggar Xiao Qi Xiao Jiu had a high fever and did not go away, Li Yue picked some common herbs to help Xiao Jiu reduce fever and relieve pain, and those little beggars admired him even more.

In the faint smell of curly leaf absinthe, the little beggars fell asleep one after another. Xiao Jiu also turned over, smacked his lips, and muttered a few words, probably dreaming of a sea cucumber and abalone that looked like a chicken leg.

Xiao Qi is the only girl in this group of beggars, since the family suffered a disaster last year, with the five-year-old brother Xiao Jiu begging to live; Xiao Eight is only seven years old, the family was originally wealthy, but unfortunately his parents offended someone and were killed, seized the assets, and was driven out; although the eldest is only twelve years old, he is the little head of this group of beggars, the boss is fierce and good at fighting outside, often with the second, third, and several people to protect this group of nine people, plus Li Yue ten people, not from the exploitation of the old beggars...

They are all good children! They are all poor children! When they get out of the limelight, they should find some way to take them to Xiuyun City, and with the strength of the Li family, raising these children to grow up is just a trivial matter. Li Yue couldn't help but think of the murder of his parents, and his heart was gloomy.

In vain, Li Yue noticed that something was wrong with the fire, the originally bright red flames turned blue and blue, and there seemed to be countless mosquitoes and ants flying in the fire, and the flames were all playing small fire rolls, like ghosts dancing steps. The fire scroll was getting bigger and bigger, but Li Yue didn't feel the slightest increase in temperature.

In an instant, Li Yue's body seemed to be covered with a layer of ice from the inside out.

Crazy man!

Li Yue was cold. The madman is still here!

"Hmph, don't think that if you mix in a group of little beggars, I won't be able to find you!" the madman walked slowly to the fire, and kicked Xiao San and Xiao Liu, who were in the way, into the blue and faint fire.

Li Yue felt a pain in his heart, but found that his body was trapped by the spell cast by the madman and could not move. He had to watch in vain as Xiao San and Xiao Liu were caught up in the gloomy flames, Xiao San and Xiao Liu remained motionless, silent, and were swallowed by the flames, burned curly, and scorched. The madman must have done something, and the others didn't move as if they were unconscious, Li Yue closed his eyes tightly, and let the tears drip from the corners of his eyes.

The mad Daoist sat down on the ground vacated by Xiao San and Xiao Liu, and sneered: "If I hadn't had some things to deal with in the past two days, I would have come to clean you up a long time ago." If you flee to the ends of the earth, I can find you!"

Li Yue greeted the ancestor of the mad Taoist thousands of times in his heart, and hurriedly thought about countermeasures.

"Puff" twice, it seems that the madman threw something into the fire, and the fire "whirred" sharply. Li Yue opened his eyes violently, tears welling up in his eyes.

The crazy Taoist threw Xiao Er and Xiao Hachi into the fire again!

Li Yue's whole body was cold to the bone! When had he ever seen such a cold-blooded killer! That mad man simply didn't have the slightest humanity!

Li Yue stood up with a "snort", protected Xiao Jiu and Xiao Qi beside him, and scolded: "You crazy person who is not as good as a beast, if you want to kill them, kill me first." ”

The madman stared at Li Yue coldly, but he didn't expect him to break free from the immobilization spell he had set. Li Yue saw his eyes as cold as a poisonous snake, trembled, and said, "You... If you kill me, you... Nothing to gain..."

"Haha! haha..." The madman laughed breathlessly, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

Li Yue's old face turned red, as if the secret in his heart had been spied on. The last sentence reveals that he is afraid, he is retreating, he is weak, and he is a young man living in peace in the 21st century!

"Haha... It turns out that he is still a bad seed!" The madman laughed wildly, his face changed, and his eyes shot a cold and resentful look: "Pretending to be benevolent and righteous, speaking in a high-sounding manner, danger is imminent, and you are not a cowardly man like a mouse! You men are all the same! Who do you think you are?"