Where to?

Liu Mi thought about it, but he really didn't have a clear goal.

"Wherever there are ghosts, I will go. ”

The scholars all laughed and said, "The Taoist is so murderous. ”

"It's fun to fight ghosts. Liu Mi said with a smile.

"I do know of a place that is very suitable for the Taoist. A scholar at the head twisted the venison strips, and said while eating: "From now on, to the north, there is a piece of water, called Liangshanbo, on the south side of Liangshanbo, there are water ghosts in a river. ”

The scholar surnamed Ning also nodded: "That's right, it's a pity that they are all male ghosts." ”

"Thank you. Liu Mi drank a few glasses of wine, talked to them about health, and left.

The scholars continued to whine and curse all the princes and officials.

After scolding, the scholars were very depressed, there was no place for them in the whole society, and there was really nothing to do except scold.

"We are all superfluous people, no matter how well we do in our studies, what can we do without a position. ”

"Yes, I used to teach at a private school, and then there was a showman who only took half of the money and robbed me of my job. I haven't made any money for two months, and my daughter-in-law taunted me and told me to be a thief. ”

"You don't know, our most famous Wang Xiucai heard that he had gone to Liangshanbo to be a thief. ”

The talents looked at each other, and suddenly laughed again.

"It's ridiculous, we don't even have the qualifications to be thieves. "If there is an old and young in the family, how can you be a thief?

Only a scholar surnamed Ning patted his leg and said: "My father and mother died early, and my sister also married far away." Looks like I can go and be a thief. ”

"Brother Yan, your family has a big business, arrange a job for Caichen. A scholar from a medium-sized family next to him said.

"Caichen, being a thief is really licking blood from the knife edge, and if you are caught by accident, you will be beaten by tearing off your pants, and you may have suffered a long time before you died. The scholar at the head clapped his hands and said embarrassedly: "I don't have a job myself, and I am not qualified to interfere in my family's business." My brother and uncle are mean, and it's unrealistic to say that I want to introduce you to a good job. But ......"

"Brother Yan, An bloodline, we are strangers. According to the experience, we are all superfluous people, and we are all brothers. Brothers don't have to babble when they talk. The scholar surnamed Ning said.

"Okay then," the scholar surnamed Yan clapped his hands and said, "A business that deals with our family has released a lot of debts, and now it can't be recovered." ”

If you can get it back, you can get a share of the money, but, "This job is very dangerous, and there are too many people to go, so I'm afraid I won't be able to get the money." There are fewer people who go, but they may not be able to get the money back. ”

The scholars took a breath of cold air.

This is the exchange of lives for money.

"How can I escape back more likely?" The scholar surnamed Ning's eyes lit up, he was poor and crazy, and he didn't care about anything else.

The scholar surnamed Yan shook his head: "Caichen, you don't have to come back. As long as you can get back one or two hundred taels of silver, it will be enough for you to go somewhere else to make a living. ”

The scholar surnamed Ning sighed, stood up and shook the scholar surnamed Yan to the end, and turned around to find the firm.

Ning Caichen arrived at the firm and handed over his Xiucai diploma as collateral.

With the scholar's own ability, no one has entrusted the land to his name now.

But the business gets this diploma, which can be used for tax deduction.

The firm gave Ning Caichen a basket, an account book, and a bag of dried steamed buns, and sent him to collect debts.

It's good to receive it, but if you can't receive it, you won't lose money.

Ning Caichen knew that he was at a loss, but a radish and a pit, he was just a superfluous person.

In addition to licking blood from the knife edge, cutting flesh and selling blood, what else can he do?

Walking north, the people are fierce, and there is a wild market at the foot of a mountain, and the market is full of redundant people with bare feet and knives.

These people are in the grass, but they also do business, providing human life trading: for example, the rich man Li sees that the landlord Zhang is unhappy, so he can come here to spend money to buy the life of the landlord.

In addition to the brokers who open hotels to buy wine and meat, the bazaar is also a blacksmith who makes swords.

Seeing Ning Caichen, four or five blacksmiths came over bare-chested with hammers, "Poor scholar, read bird books, your father is not Captain Cai Guoshi." Let's get a knife, lick the blood from the edge of the knife, it's cool. If you see your little daughter-in-law, sleep with her, and if she doesn't agree, she will agree if you take out a knife. ”

"I don't have any money. ”

"I deserve to be poor!" the blacksmith spat and scolded and searched his body.

Ning Caichen was so frightened that his legs and feet were weak, and the blacksmith turned over his back basket, but he didn't dare to resist.

After rummaging through and finding nothing of value, the blacksmith scattered.

The bazaar is not big, and the swordsmen are like jackals, looking at Ning Caichen quietly.

But the first to entertain Ning Caichen was a tavern owner with a beard tied into pigtails.

"My surname is Zhu, and people call me Dryland Hulu, but I prefer others to call me Zhu Daguanren. The bearded boss fanned the fan and said with a smile: "Scholar, the weather is hot, do you want to buy a dime of wine to cool off?"

"I don't have any money. Ning Caichen said timidly.

Hey, the swordsmen dispersed in disappointment.

Zhu Daguan was also disappointed, but he patted Ning Caichen on the shoulder and brought Ning Caichen a bowl of water.

"I don't have any money. ”

"Don't want money. ”

Oh, Ning Caichen became happy at this time, looked at Zhu Daguan gratefully, and picked up the bowl to drink water.

This water is so bitter, the saline-alkali water is full of white turbidity, Ning Caichen drank it hard.

Suddenly, he noticed that the people around him were laughing strangely, and the heavens and the earth began to spin.

"The water is poisonous. Ning Caichen shouted in hindsight.

Ning Caichen fainted to the ground, and the restaurant next to him stretched his neck and said, "Zhu Daguan, how about selling this two-legged sheep to me?"

Zhu Daguan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Life can't go on, it's a sin to come out and be a robber." Killing people and eating meat is self-inflicted. ”

"Haha, okay, okay, this scholar is quite white, more tender than the **** in the countryside. I'll pay five dollars to buy his little chrysanthemums to extinguish the fire, how about it?" The restaurant next door didn't give up, and stretched his neck to ask.

Zhu Daguan shook his head with a smile, and several men beside him already held the handle of the knife in their hands.

The restaurant next door shrank back stupidly.

Unlike the blacksmith on the edge of the bazaar, Zhu Daguan personally untied Ning Caichen's clothes.

Every corner of the clothes, hair, brim, soles, crotch, carefully touched.

There was nothing, Zhu Daguan frowned, not quite willing to believe it, "This kid, is he really traveling poorly?"

"Official, there's a book here, and it looks a lot like an account book. One of the men lifted a notebook from the basket.

Zhu Daguan took it and took a look, "There is no return." ”

Can you collect debts for this kid, Zhu Daguan's eyes lit up, but he looked at the debtor carefully, "Lanruo Temple, huh!"

The monks of Lanruo Temple have died, where can I get this account?

There is also a restaurant next to Lanruo Temple, which owes ten taels of silver.

Zhu Daguan squinted, "I'm afraid this kid is a showman." ”

But after this debt collection, he will die, and his status as a talent will also be moved to someone else.

Ning Caichen woke up and found that he was not missing arms or legs, and contracted the chrysanthemum, which didn't seem to hurt.

"Come, Xiucai, have a drink with me. Zhu Daguan sat opposite, with a pot of wine and four side dishes on the table.

Ning Caichen felt inexplicable, but he was really hungry and ate the vegetables in a big gulp.

After eating, Zhu Daguan politely sent Ning Caichen away.

Ning Caichen was confused, "Big official, I still want to know your name, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will repay you one or two." ”

Zhu Daguan waved his hand: "The poor people in the world are one family, there are no more, and it is not a problem to entertain you with a meal." ”

If, you figure it out later, "You can come to me and be a swordsman." ”

Ning Caichen arched his hand, turned around and walked towards the target.

This stupid boy has fallen into the net, and he still feels that he has a glimmer of life. Zhu Daguan sighed and shook the pu fan, which could only make him have a full meal when he was dying.