Text Chapter 21 Entering the rivers and lakes for the first time

Lin Yuanqing kept running wildly, tears still drifting backwards from the corners of his eyes, his heart was very complicated at the moment, on the one hand, he was happy to escape after taking revenge with his own hands, on the other hand, the master cut off his arm for himself, and he wanted to stay away from his relatives and friends and began to drift, and gradually sadness slowly came to his heart.

He didn't pay attention for a while, his internal breath was disordered, he spurted a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground, he felt two more familiar energies appear in his body, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he sat up and concentrated on his exercises.

Time passed little by little, Lin Yuanqing finally suppressed the restless energy in his body completely, and when he opened his eyes, he found that it was already dark, but looking around, there was no one everywhere he looked, only knowing that he had run far, far away, and before he could think about what to do next, there was a "grunting" sound from his stomach.

Only then did he remember that since yesterday, he had not eaten a bite of food, and he had patronized the encirclement before, and his spirit was highly nervous, but he didn't pay attention to it, and now he felt hungry after he relaxed, but seeing that there was no one nearby, he could only endure hunger and carry it for another night, and wake up tomorrow morning to make plans.

Thinking of this, he fortunately lay down on the spot, looking at the moon quietly, the bright moonlight was imprinted in his eyes, giving him a hint of illusion, the moon in the sky seemed to have turned into Chu Wan's face, smiling gently at him, and he slowly entered the dream.

The next day, Lin Yuanqing was asleep, and suddenly felt an itch on his face, and suddenly opened his eyes and found a pink tongue licking towards his face.

"Wow!" he quickly sat up, and saw a big black dog frightened by him and hurriedly ran away.

"It turned out to be a dog, it scared me to death. Lin Yuanqing breathed a long sigh of relief, since he encountered the giant sturgeon in the river, now the slightest wind and grass can make him extremely sensitive.

The black dog looked back at him after running away, and barked at him twice as if provocatively, Lin Yuanqing would not compete with a dog, so he ignored it, who knew that the black dog saw him like this, ran a few steps closer to him, and began to bark again.

Lin Yuanqing was so noisy that he picked up a stone and threw it at the black dog, who was startled, ran a few steps away, and continued to bark.

"I, Lin Yuanqing, ended up being bullied by dogs. Lin Yuanqing stood up, but his legs were weak, his eyes were black, and he sat down again, and his stomach began to scream.

He touched his stomach and shook his head helplessly, it seemed that the black dog saw Lin Yuanqing's weak appearance, and tentatively ran slowly towards him, making an attacking look.

Lin Yuanqing burst out with an evil fire and glared at the black dog fiercely, and suddenly, he noticed that there were several other abnormalities on the black dog's body, a piece of hair on the back was blue, and a piece of hair on the tail was green, which looked like it was caused by rubbing the paint.

He suddenly thought in his heart that if it was a wild dog in this wilderness, how could it come into contact with paint, it must be a wild dog that often moves in the town, which means that there is a town nearby, and then smiled: "It seems that I still have to rely on you to help me lead the way." ”

After speaking, he took a deep breath, slowly stood up, and turned two stones in his hand, made a fierce expression, and rushed towards the black dog with his hands dancing.

The black dog didn't expect Lin Yuanqing to rush directly towards it, and when he saw the stone in Lin Yuanqing's hand, he hurriedly turned around and ran with his tail between his legs, Lin Yuanqing chased after it, as long as the black dog didn't run in the direction of Qinghua City.

In this way, a man and a dog chased and ran away in the wild.

After turning over two hills, Lin Yuanqing watched the black dog run towards a town from a distance, so he walked quickly towards that town.

It didn't take long for him to walk to the entrance of the town, and there was a sign erected at the entrance of the town, with three big red characters of "Anxi Town" written on it, Lin Yuanqing looked up at those three words, and muttered in his mouth: "Anxi... Rest in peace, and the heart of those who take this name is great. ”

Then he saw that people coming and going were throwing strange eyes at him, and he was shocked, thinking that the wanted notice of Qinghua City had reached here, so he hurriedly tore off a piece of cloth on his cuffs, covered his face and walked to the bulletin board of the town.

Generally, there will be a bulletin board in the town, which is used to post government notices or wanted notices, and it is also the easiest place to inquire about foreign news, and this place is generally located at the gate of the town.

Sure enough, after walking a few steps, he found the bulletin board, and the front was full of people watching, constantly pointing and pointing, and words came out of his mouth from time to time: "It's too much!", "I didn't expect it!", "How can this be?!" and so on.

Lin Yuanqing was even more certain in his heart, thinking that he might be exposed, but the hunger in his stomach made him have to make up his mind to take a risk, even if he was besieged, he had to find something to eat.

He walked cautiously into the city, and as he passed, he glanced at the notice posted on it, and a notice was posted on a large bulletin board.

"What would they describe themselves like? Is there a portrait of themselves on the announcement?" Countless strange thoughts popped up in an instant, and he tried to restrain them, but his strong curiosity drove him to slowly move towards the announcement.

"The youngest son of Li Daniu's family injured the only son of Zhou Fugui's family on the second day of November, and the two sons confessed consistently, and Li Daniu is now sentenced to pay Zhou Fugui a penny for medical expenses, which is hereby announced. Lin Yuanqing thought his eyes were dazzled when he saw it at first glance, and he leaned forward to see it more clearly... In the end, he almost posted his whole person on the bulletin board, and after reading it word by word, he came out with a sentence in a daze: "The people of this town are so happy." ”

However, he was still curious why everyone looked at him strangely, with this question, he walked to the town, there was a steamed bun shop on the street, and just about to speak, the shopkeeper saw him and waved his hand away to drive him away: "Go, go, go elsewhere to ask for food!"

Lin Yuanqing thought of something when he heard him say this, and there happened to be a Xiao He next to him, who ran to the shore and looked at the river, and he was also startled when he saw his reflection.

He was unkempt, his face was black, and he was stained with a lot of mud, his original gray samurai uniform was tattered, and the scabbard on his waist was also covered with blood and mud, like a dark brown burning stick, and now he looked like a down-and-out beggar, almost holding a broken bowl in his hand.

He jumped in and rinsed down the river to find a place where no one looked like, and regardless of his wet clothes, he put on and walked to the steamed bun shop just now, what he needed most at the moment was food.

When he stood at the door of the steamed bun shop again, he reached out and took out two copper plates in his arms.

And there is a sign at the door of the steamed bun shop, which reads "Steamed Bun Erwen Qian One".

So when he gobbled up a steamed bun, he fell into deep thought: "I have just entered the rivers and lakes, and I haven't started to wander yet, is I going to starve to death in this town?" After thinking for a while, he decided to find a temporary worker to do, and eat a full meal first.

Anxi Town, famous for winemaking, the wine here tastes fragrant and pure, the wine strength is small, and it helps to sleep, it is the favorite of insomniacs, it is loved by many dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang City, the national capital, so it is called "Rest Wine", the name of the town is called "Rest Town", later the residents feel that the word "Rest in Peace" is not very auspicious, and Gu takes the homonym "Anxi".

Lin Yuanqing found a more prosperous area in the town, and asked one shop after another to see if there was anything to do, but when each shopkeeper saw Lin Yuanqing's wounds, he thought that he was a person who often fought and made trouble, and rejected him in one bite.

After he hit the wall more than a dozen times in a row, he finally found a small step on the side of the street and sat down, thinking about his next life, it seems that it is too late to work today, what about street performers, although I have seen some people selling strong pills on the street before, but he is a fugitive, this is not too far from Qinghua City, it is better to keep a low profile, not to mention let himself shout loudly in front of the public, think about it, what else can I do...

Thinking about it, he began to get sleepy, so he leaned against the wall and slept with his eyes closed, and when he opened his eyes again, he was surprised to find that there were a few pennies on the ground in front of him.

Lin Yuanqing looked at these coins steadily, his face slowly turned white, and slowly turned red, his body trembled slightly, he trembled and slowly stretched out his hand to the coins, and trembled and held it in his hand for a long time, his chest kept rising and falling sharply, as if he was strongly restraining something.

Finally, he broke out, stood up and shouted loudly: "I, Lin Yuanqing, am still a disciple of the Tang Sect! Now I am treated as a beggar! Damn! Even if I am starved to death, I will never let others give me a penny!"

After that, he raised his arm and threw out a few pennies in his hand, and turned around and left angrily.

He walked not far, and saw a ruined temple not far away, went in and walked around, and found that the temple was in disrepair, overgrown with weeds, and all the items were covered with dust, thinking that it would be good to spend the night here tonight, so he found a place that looked fairly clean, pulled out some weeds, and lay down.

Lying on the straw mat, the anger in his heart has not disappeared, thinking that he must get ahead, mix up a fame, and be a hero...

Just when he was still immersed in his own lust, his stomach reminded him that it was time to eat...

At night, a black shadow shuttled quickly on the road, came to the place where Lin Yuanqing threw money during the day, lying on the ground, pouting his buttocks high, and carefully rummaging in the grass in front of him.

Early the next morning, Lin Yuanqing blushed with a face, bought a few steamed buns from the steamed bun shop, and after eating the steamed buns, he confidently went to find a temporary worker, this search was a morning, or no accident rejected him, Lin Yuanqing's confidence was gradually replaced by anxiety, and he reflected on himself, as if he couldn't do anything other than physical work, and the master didn't teach him how to break into the rivers and lakes, where the rivers and lakes were, he didn't know at all, the next nearest town needed to walk for three days, even if he arrived with hunger, maybe it would be the same result。。。 Slowly, he fell into despair.

After a fierce ideological struggle at noon, he finally compromised with reality, he didn't know where to get a broken bowl, put the bowl on the ground in front of him, and sat behind the bowl, buried his face deep in his knees, did not dare to raise his head to look at the situation around him, and kept comforting himself: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just an expedient measure, when you save enough money and go to a farther and bigger town, you will definitely be able to live better, just be patient now, just be patient." ”

After a long time, a crisp sound of "ding" came from his bowl, and he quickly raised his head and saw a man in a fancy costume passing by him, and threw a copper coin into his bowl.

At this time, Lin Yuanqing completely broke through his psychological barrier, and the joy of holding the copper coin completely overwhelmed his self-esteem, and he thought to himself: "What's wrong with begging? Beggars are also human beings, and they are also forced by the pressure of life, if there is a money-making livelihood, who wants to be a beggar!

In one afternoon, Lin Yuanqing harvested six copper coins, he went to buy three steamed buns like a treasure, lay in the broken temple and gnawed slowly, while gnawing and thinking: "Which hero does not endure humiliation, his current situation is the first step to becoming a hero, come on!"

The next day, he did the same and begged for a few pennies, but he could barely eat, and it was still far from saving enough, and he noticed that there was a group of beggars in a place, so he found a beggar who seemed to be quite good-looking.

"Big brother, is there any way for us to ask for money?" Lin Yuanqing asked in a sincere tone.

"Oh, you're new here, are you an introducer?" said the beggar, ticking through his messy hair.

"Ah, do you want to introduce people to beg?" Lin Yuanqing asked in a surprised tone.

"So you just became a beggar not long ago, then why did you come here?" After hearing Lin Yuanqing's words, the beggar's eyes immediately became alert, and he looked at him vigilantly.

"I was a foreigner, I went to visit relatives, but I was stolen when I passed by this place, and I had no choice but to ask for some entanglement, and when I had saved enough, I would leave. ”

"In this way, I see that you are quite honest, and I will be your introducer. ”

"Big brother, what does an introducer do?"

"This is a long story, let me tell you the rules first, the beggars in this town are managed by the beggar gang, every beggar will be registered, and the introducer is considered a guarantor, if the beggar in the gang does something bad and escapes, it is necessary to hold his introducer accountable and supervise each other. ”

"Oh, and what do the beggars do?"

"You're really a newcomer, you don't understand anything, the beggar gang is the largest gang in the world, where there are beggars, there are beggars, I won't talk about the details, the beggars in this town are divided into four areas according to the direction, southeast, northwest and northwest, the beggars in this area are not allowed to go to other areas to beg, we are the east of the town, then we can only beg in the east of the town. ”

"I see, I'll think about it again. ”

When the beggar heard Lin Yuanqing say this, he immediately leaned over and hugged his shoulders and said, "I think you are also more honest, so you will be your introducer, and don't look at us as beggars, but we have a beggar gang covering us, the largest gang in the world." ”

Lin Yuanqing said with an embarrassed face: "But I'm not a beggar, but I have no way to come up with this strategy, in case I have money in the future, do I have to beg on the street every day?"

The beggar smiled and replied to him: "That's not it, although the beggar gang is composed of beggars, but they have their own business, begging is just one of them, the beggar gang has inns, money houses, grain stores, etc. in some big towns, and if the status of the gang is high, you can also take money from the gang to do business, and live the same life as these squires and rich people." After speaking, he pointed to a fat man dressed as a wealthy businessman passing by in front of him.

Then he patted Lin Yuanqing on the shoulder and said: "Young man, I see that you are talented and intelligent, and you are a good material for begging, tomorrow morning in this place, you wait for me here, I will take you to meet the world, and you will make a decision." Then without looking back, he ran to the fat man just now with the broken bowl.

Lin Yuanqing nodded ignorantly.