Section 5: Hippies

The sun is shining, and when the sun shines on the earth again, there is already a commotion on the streets of Lai'an Town. But seeing that it is not ordinary today, there are many more Song family officials in the town, there are many horse troops, set up checkpoints, intercept them at will like wolves and tigers, and check the passers-by, as if facing a great enemy.

The homeless homeless people have endured all the hardships, and after being whipped and expelled, those who are slightly dissatisfied are told to tie up with ropes and be detained in one place, exposed to the sun. The pedestrians were all terrified, afraid of offending these living Hades.

On the other side of the street, a pair of forty-year-old people staggered over, dressed in thick cyan robes, although they only had an inconspicuous little pudding on their bodies, they were also cleanly washed, and each person still had a rag bag on their shoulders, and the sneaky Yu Lai'an Inn came and walked around, looking at his face was very anxious and dignified, sad and depressed.

Take a closer look, the two of them are the two beggars who came to eat at the restaurant last night.

The uneasiness of the two beggars caused the displeasure of a fortune teller at the foot of the wall in front of the inn.

The fortune teller was forty miles away, with three short black beards, a torn scarf, a greasy gray cloth shirt, thin clothes, and a oilskin paper fan in his hand, sitting bored behind his desk and watching the pedestrians on the street. On the table, there are some pens, ink, paper, inkstones, hexagrams, and other things.

In the early morning, the wind is strong, it is slight, the cold is heavy, the air is foggy, it is cold, and there are no guests.

The fortune teller was feeling cold, hungry, and bored.

I saw the fortune teller slap the desk with a fan, coughed, stretched his face, and said coldly to the two beggars: "I said, two masters, well, if you want to eat and drink, is it too early, why are you turning around in front of my eyes, and my king and fairy are dizzy." I have to tell you and the others not to offend my king and half an immortal, if you offend it, it will be bad luck!"

The two beggars were stunned for a moment, hurriedly turned around and made a fuss, smiled slightly, and still looked at the door of the inn.

Wang Shenxian looked at the two of them, and then at the inn, his eyes rolled, he smiled, twisted his beard, half stood up, and said with a smile: "Hey, I said two masters, look at your behavior, you are nobles, not the lord of labor." Why don't you ask my king to do the math?"

The two beggars helped the disciples look back at Wang Banxian, frowning, thinking that this person was really annoying.

Seeing Wang Banxian spread his hands again, tilted his head with a sharp mouth, and said, "Come on, come on." If you don't calculate it right, and you don't want money, do you want money if you count it right? Come here, and let my king half immortal open a business, my king half immortal can only accept half of the money today. ”

The beggars glanced at each other, thinking that they were waiting anyway, looking at the sky and being so cold, it was too eye-catching to turn around in front of the restaurant, it was inevitable not to meet acquaintances, and it would not be wrong to sit on the side of the fortune teller, and it would be possible to block some wind.

Wang Shenxian saw that the business was coming, he was full of energy, he put away the oil paper fan in his hand, grabbed the pen, dipped it in ink, squinted at the two of them, and said: "Two masters, is it to measure the destiny of heaven with eight characters, or to ask for a signature?"

The two beggars ignored the disciples, snorted in their noses, and inadvertently glanced at the door of the inn.

Wang Shenxian had insight into everything, disagreed, and was already confident, got up and smiled, and gestured: "Two, do you want to test my king's half-immortal? Look at the two people with full foreheads, big faces and wide mouths, and tigers with bears' waists, who can walk in all directions and eat in all directions; ”

The two beggars glanced at each other, and one of them said coldly: "Besides, what are we doing here, and where do we want to go." ”

Wang Banxian smiled, grabbed the paper fan on the table, opened it with a "snap", shook it a few times, looked the two of them up and down, closed the fan, stared at the faces of the two, wrenched his fingers and calculated, got up and probe, and said loudly: "This immortal saw that the two Yin Tang were shining, and their faces were colorful, which was the autumn of good luck, and concluded that the two of you will definitely be able to win laurels in the heavens and immortals in the lower realm, and if you want to ask where you are happy and where you are, you must have already known that they are in the inn behind them, right?" Wang Banxian said and stood up straight, and stabbed behind him with a fan.

The two beggars helped the disciples to open their mouths, their eyes widened, and they both grabbed up and stepped forward to open their mouths.

Wang Banxian stopped with his hand, turned sideways and said: "Don't speak, don't ask for each other, my king Banxian is clear." The two of you are just asking if you are still here, when you will be able to come, and if you can see you as you wish, right?"

The two beggars were convinced of Wang Banxian's unpredictable prophetic ability, and knelt down with a "plop", nodded again and again, and said: "It is exactly, the little two have eyes and do not know Mount Tai, and they are offended. ”

Wang Banxian fell on the table with a "snap", sat down on the stool, sighed, made his eyes guide, and said: "Two, although my Wang Banxian has been demoted to the heavenly realm, he is not an immortal after all, and he will have three meals in the end." Besides, does it cost some silver to deal with all kinds of immortals in the heavens and the earth, look at it, think about it, if it doesn't work, just that?"

The two beggars glanced at each other, suddenly came to their senses, and hurriedly took out a small ingot of silver from each other's arms, and offered it with both hands.

When Wang Banxian saw the silver, his eyes smiled and his eyebrows opened, and he wanted to get up and get it.

The two beggars shook their hands together, smiled, and said: "Slow, the silver should be filial to you, but the fairy still tells the two brothers how to see the nobles as they wish, and the fairy is not allowed to deceive people." ”

Wang Banxian didn't think much when he heard this, raised his neck, sat back, and shouted in his throat: "Fortune telling, fortune telling, Guiguzi went down to earth, calculated the right money, if it is not right, he will not receive a penny, and then give another ten yuan." As soon as he turned around, he said coldly to the two beggars: "I'm sorry, you are two, five taels of silver, and nothing less." ”

When the two beggars heard this, their faces trembled with embarrassment, and they slowly retracted their hands.

A few pedestrians rushed over when they heard the sound and shouted, "Hey, two, it's not good, is it accurate?"

The two beggars nodded their heads like pounding garlic, and one said: "Linglingling, even if I got up and went to the toilet a few times today, it was accurate to pull it dry." ”

That one said: "Yes, yes, yes, even when my father died and when my mother died, I can say it clearly." ”

Wang Banxian grabbed the silver, looked at the sky, and looked at the sun, stretched out his hand and grabbed a few handfuls in the air, and buried his head in his mouth to read the words, and after a while, he smiled impatiently: "Listen, the noble man will come out of the door in half an hour, you should be careful to check, one of them wears a yellow robe, leads a yellow horse, and carries a long sword about twenty years old. ”

The two beggars nodded when they heard this, smiled, rushed forward, and hit the elbow of the king of the half-immortal, and deducted the silver two from the half-immortal's hand, and waved his hand to untie the acupoint, and then jumped out a few steps, spitting, hehe, and scolded: "The little one, the master has always been the master who reaches out to people to ask for money, only in and out! It's a trivial matter to break a small hexagram, fucking you want ten taels of silver, you are also a little darker, let's also kneel on the ground, help shout, where is there such a good thing, go." ”

The two beggars turned their heads and left.

The king half-immortal did not shout loudly, but thought that he was unlucky, rolled his eyes, spat thick phlegm, and scolded: "Whoever offends my king and half-immortal will be thundered by the sky." Phew, we'll see. After scolding, he shouted all the way around: "Fortune telling, fortune telling, Guiguzi descended to earth, calculate the right money, count it right, don't charge a penny, and then give ten cents." ”

A beggar next to him stretched out his head and spitted and scolded: "Lie to Lao Tzu, where is there thunder in this winter!"

Before the words fell, everyone was startled by the sound of "Tong".

I don't know who threw a broken copper plate into the street.

The fortune teller ignored others, sat down and plucked his ears, lifted his buttocks, and let out a long, smelly fart.

The bystanders all covered their noses and fled, and the beggar stepped forward and gave a fortune teller a bamboo cane and scolded: "You stinky and shameless, the mouth above is deceiving, and the mouth below is smoking." Get out, this is Lao Tzu's territory!"

The fortune teller waved his hand before he saw it, and the bamboo pole in the begging hand flew away, and the beggar was so frightened that he flew away.

Losing so many things, it was not a taste in my heart, Ren Tianqi lay down without undressing and closing the quilt, lying on the bed and turning over and over and couldn't sleep, finally fell asleep, it was almost dawn.

Wake up to the sun.

The county lord and other women were already sitting around, or standing in front of the bed, and the housekeeper was waiting by the door.

Ren Tianqi got up with a bone, sat on the head of the bed, stunned, and lazy. The two fights yesterday did consume a lot of self-confidence, and I always felt that my skills were too high for my peers to climb, even in the rivers and lakes should have my own heavy status; The blind man's skills and sect are unheard of, and who will be the blind man's so-called senior brother? The short man in black seems to be very kind, and his skills are so high that he can't look up to them at all, and maybe even a few of his teachers and a few of the heroes he knows may not be 100 percent sure of victory. The rivers and lakes of the Central Plains are really not comparable to the martial arts outside the Saiwai, and I will definitely ask my father when I go back. Ren Tianqi looked up at the women, and his eyes paused on Dong Xue's face. Ren Tianqi remembered another identity he had casually mentioned yesterday: the Whistling Wind Messenger. That's a name for winter snow. Ren Tianqi was happy in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, he didn't want anyone to know that he had gone out alone last night. It's just that I don't know if Xiao San is aware of it, and Xiao San is not in front of him. Xiao San has always been at ease, very cautious, and knows the proportions of words and deeds, maybe Xiao San understands everything when he sees the blood stains on his clothes. and Dongxue, who will also keep secrets for herself, even if she will see Xueyi in distress to death, she will not say anything.

The county lord waved his hand and asked Chun Tao to hurry up and bring hot water, took a step forward, sat side by side on the edge of the bed, lightly opened his lips, and said with a smile: "Brother Qi, just open it if you want to." The prince's token, Dong Xue's body is naturally indispensable, even if someone takes it, sooner or later it will be returned, who has such a bold dare to privately hide the military order of the Dajin Kingdom to conquer the king of the south? Moreover, the title of general is not what Brother Qi thinks, even if he loses it, it is not worth the distress; only the Nine Dragons Jade given by the old man Yin, once the old man knows, he will definitely not be happy, and your face must be very guilty. ”

Ren Tianqi patted his head, grimaced, and said softly: "Exactly, what the county lord said is true." It's a pity for me to be a great general, but I'm worried about this Nine Dragons Jade. Hey, now people's hearts are unpredictable, the world is not ancient, if you go for the scheming and evil people in the rivers and lakes, it is bound to be a big thing, and it will insult the reputation of the beggar gang. Everyone in this beggar gang knows that the appearance of Jiulong jade is like the presence of the old man Yin, and seeing the jade is like seeing people, and those who hold the jade have the right to mobilize the beggar gangs from all over the country. Alas, the old gang leader was kind enough to give me jade, but to help me achieve great things, to do everything should be based on the righteousness of the world, to the common people in the world as the thought, known as the future of the help of the great position, is his old man's endless love and trust. It's good now, the old gang leader gave jade, although there are many people in the gang who have heard of it, but there are very few people who have seen me in the end, and I don't want to get a few; I'm afraid that someone will take the opportunity to stir up right and wrong and stir up the rivers and lakes, then I'm sorry for the good intentions of the old gang leader. ”

Qiu Yueduan came in early, the county lord got up, put the dishes and chopsticks, and said with a smile: "I heard that Xiao San said that there is a way to lose things, and it must be done by the two beggars in the restaurant yesterday." No, he went out early in the morning to set up a fortune-telling stall, and asked Ren Yong to pay attention. Look at Xiao San's self-confidence, this matter will be done. Brother Qi, if you want to open something, you can. Wash and eat early, my little sister is very hungry. ”

Ren Tianqi sighed, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said while washing: "How can you see it, come and hear it." ”

The county lord didn't say anything, he was busy serving the meal, but he glanced at the housekeeper Mingquan by the door.

Steward Ming understood, stepped forward behind Ren Tianqi, and said with a smile: "Master, the old slave listened to Gong Ming." He said that it was probably because he drank too much wine yesterday and couldn't recall everything that happened during the dinner last night, so he thought that he had accidentally lost the thing, but in fact, the thing was stolen by someone. ”

Ren Tianqi nodded, that is, he visited the inn last night and didn't notice anyone's familiar face.

Steward Ming said: "If something is lost, there are only three possibilities: first, it is that the master is careless in hiding, or the clothes are disheveled, and it is lost, this kind of thing should not happen, and it has never happened. The master's body protection skills are not close to everyone, not to mention that there was no fight with anyone yesterday, and there were entanglements, not to mention that there are so many masters arranged by the old prince outside, everyone's moves are all bright, where can we still shoot. The only possibility is that there is a clever thief in the store who has made a move against him. Gong Ming said that yesterday there were only two people who had the opportunity to come into contact with the master, and if something was stolen in the restaurant, it was done by the beggar who hit the master for five bags of disciples----。 ”

Steward Ming didn't say anything more halfway through speaking. Yes, Ren Tianqi's heart suddenly moved, yes, why hadn't he seen those two beggar disciples? Could it be that they were really the two of them. Ren Tianqi knew that the beggars were so masters that stealing was not a taboo method for the beggars.

Ren Tianqi had just finished rubbing his face, and when he heard this, he turned around suddenly, glanced at Steward Ming, and exclaimed: "You mean that the nine-headed eagle Cao Yingting?

Ren Tianqi thought of Cao Yingting's dark window, with Cao Yingting's shrewdness and ability, how could he go back and sleep soundly, but he never saw his figure. Ren Tianqi's mind was still thinking about the five figures meditating cross-legged in the open space of the field, what kind of people were they? But it was certain that their skills were inferior to their own, which made him disdainful.

Steward Ming nodded.

Ren Tianqi also nodded, shook his head again, sat at the table without saying a word, grabbed chopsticks and used rice, and frowned.

And they were silent.

After finishing the meal in three or two, Ren Tianqi stretched his waist and said with a smile: "What else does Xiao San say? In this way, that thing must have been returned to its original owner and returned to the beggars' gang." ”

Steward Ming hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few more times, Ren Tianqi nodded, and said with a smile: "Cheng, just do as he says, we will wait here, but please don't delay the afternoon." ”

Seeing that Tan Lang was in good spirits again, the county lord was happy, and he served another bowl of porridge, and he ate more than usual.

After a while, he saw Ren Yong flying over, broke into the door and said with a smile: "Master, master, it was really those two beggars who helped the disciples steal it." The two were circling the inn door, waiting to see them. ”

Ren Tianqi clapped his palms, stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, let's take a look." Uncle Ming Quan, I went to invite the third master and the fourth master to come. ”

Steward Ming answered.

Ren Tianqi put on his clothes, reached out and grabbed the spotted bamboo sword, and was about to go out.

The county lord hurriedly said: "Dongxue will follow quickly, and you will bring more silver taels." ”

Ren Tianqi and his entourage of six people got out of the inn, turned over their horses, and slowly walked out of the town, unhindered, and walked due west.

The sun is shining brightly and the mood is warm. There are few green fields of green crops and not many pedestrians on the road.

Three or four miles before leaving the town, there was a deserted courtyard, and everyone got off the horse and pushed the door into the courtyard to rest.

Everyone was talking and laughing, and suddenly heard the door behind them "ping" shut, and everyone hurriedly looked back.

Seeing the two people who came in, it was the two beggars in the restaurant last night.

The people who came gave a deep salute, and when they looked up, they were dumbfounded, a group of six people, all dressed in yellow.

One of them hurriedly smiled and said, "Everyone, excuse me, can there be a son from Guangling surnamed Ren among the crowd?"

Black Eagle glared at him and shouted, "What are you doing, robbing, Ge Laozi, robbing and asking your name and surname? You and the others are also a little bolder, aren't they? Uncle surname Ren, what are you looking for me?"

The two of them nodded their heads, their faces were full of smiles, and they looked at everyone carefully, one of them pointed to the white eagle and said with a smile: "What is this master's surname?"

Bai Ying pursed his lips and scolded: "Ge Laozi, blind, if his surname is Ren, Lao Tzu is the same as him, born by a mother, of course his surname is Ren." Everyone here has the surname Ren, what's wrong?"

The white eagle gestured to everyone.

The person who came scolded for no reason, saw that something was wrong, looked at each other, slowly retreated, and at the same time made a smile: "The little ones are indeed blind, sorry, misunderstanding, misunderstanding." So saying, the two of them turned and opened the door.

Seeing this, Ren Tianqi was about to open his mouth, and saw the door "slammed" and pushed it open, and a fortune teller came in, who was the one who set up a stall in front of the Lai'an Inn.

As soon as the two disciples of the beggar gang saw the comer, they came up in anger, and they both shouted loudly, pounced on the left and right, and came out with all four hands.

The fortune teller was taken aback, dodging left and right, but he couldn't escape.

The three of them got together and rolled to the ground. In the blink of an eye, the two beggars had already pressed the fortune teller down, and one of them hit him with a fist, and scolded in his mouth: "You grandson bastard, dare to lie to your uncle, say that a noble man wears yellow clothes and carries a long sword, and tells you to chew your tongue." ”

Another beggar helped the disciple search in the arms of the fortune teller, trying to find some silver taels or something.

The fortune teller on the ground was in a hurry, and while fighting, he argued: "I am a living immortal, I can't touch it, I can't beat it." How can the king and the gods tell lies to deceive people, the nobleman is in front of him, didn't you steal something and want to return it to the nobleman?"

When the beggar disciple heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly stopped his hand, looked at each other, and said in a daze: "How do you know?"

I saw the fortune teller on the ground spread out his hands, smiled, and said, "Don't believe it?

In addition to a few gold medals and a piece of jade, the fortune teller also has two ingots of silver and two belts of trousers.

The two beggars were stunned for a moment, and were about to rush forward to grab it, when their pants fell and they fell.

Ren Tianqi laughed, hurriedly stepped forward to help up the two five-bag beggar gang disciples, saluted one by one, and said: "Ren Tianqi in Xia Guangling, I have seen two heroes, but it was just a joke below, and I hope to see it." He was busy scolding Gong Ming again.

The second disciple of the beggar gang was startled, suddenly woke up, and hurriedly returned the salute respectfully.