beg for chivalry

Old Tieqiao Street is scattered and straight, with flowery pavements crowded along the street.But seeing people coming and going, shoulder to shoulder, crowded together like clouds.Someone floated in, and quickly dispersed with noise.But the human voice is always like a bubbling, buzzing like a swarm of flies.

A businessman set up a long wooden plank with malt paste inserted, and the sugar mounds sandwiched with bean paste and glutinous rice were rolled several times in the iron pot, and they were inserted on the rice straw with a bright and airy look.There are those who play monkeys on stilts, shake ground bells, and sell Wuerhua face shells, surrounded by a group of little slippery guys with long noses, sucking their fingers to watch the monkeys jump up and down, and rolling their eyes up and down following the guns made of hemp stalks fly.

Zuo Sanniang had never seen so many people walking around in front of her eyes, she was frightened by the market for a moment and her hands and feet trembled.She hurriedly turned her head, only to find that Jin Wu, who had been walking behind her earlier, had long since disappeared, and she was suddenly startled and frightened.

"... Jin, Jin Wu..."

She put her hand around her mouth and shouted softly, but her voice was quickly drowned out in the laughter of street vendors bargaining and entertainers.Sanniang suddenly panicked, her heart pounded against her chest, which made her flustered.

Jin Wu complied with her request and came down the mountain, but now he didn't know where he got mixed up in the crowd.He had been listlessly walking behind San Niang before, his whole body was like a rotten straw, he had to be dragged by her to stagger and quicken his pace.

The shout did not call Jin Wu, but provoked a few apprentices.Because Sanniang was able to go down to the mountain gate today, she specially dressed up beautifully: she was wearing a fragrant white silk jacket with a collar, and a white silk skirt. Notice.

I saw a few loafers wearing Liuhe hats and collared shirts coming forward, their eyes gleaming with lust.

They stared at Sanniang, and immediately laughed a few times: "Little girl, where are your green turban and red shoulders?"

These two things can only be worn by the official prostitutes of the Jiaofang Division.Sanniang was ignorant of worldly affairs and couldn't understand their violent words, but she could understand the lewdness in their eyes, so she shrank her head and neck involuntarily.

She didn't tell Mu Shishi and Shui Shiliu this time when she went out of the temple, and there was no one protecting her at this time, so the girl couldn't help feeling afraid.

"Who are you?" Sanniang asked tremblingly.

The group of rascals laughed. "...someone who has fun with you!"

Another person laughed and said, "Miss Yao, why don't you come and have a good time?" Then he stretched out his hand to grab her wrist, trying to lead her into the alley.Even though Sanniang was unwilling in every possible way, it was difficult to break free with the strength of a weak woman.

At this time, a vague voice said: "Let go."

That voice came from the carved wooden railing on the second floor of the Pear Pavilion. It was cold and inhumane, but Sanniang was overjoyed when she heard it, and looked up.

But I saw a young man in black lying on the railing with his legs crossed, with a bunch of candied haws dangling in his mouth—I don't know when he bought it.Jin Wu didn't wear a mask today, his pale, unsmiling cheeks were exposed under the jet-black hair tousled by the breeze.

He glanced downstairs, his eyes were deep but sharp as lightning, which instantly made the hooligans stop laughing.

Because those are the eyes of a murderer.It's the look that only people who wade out of the sea of ​​blood have.

Rakshasa in black didn't kill many people, but he never showed mercy.If he wants to kill him, he will kill him, and the gods and Buddhas will not be able to stop him.

This group of rascals had lost half of their confidence after seeing him, but they still said stubbornly: "Hey, who are you, you are in charge of prostitutes?" Someone saw him with straight and handsome features, and deliberately insulted him, "Could it be this brother?" Did it also come out of the beehive and was left by some old master?"

Jin Wu chewed the crabapple fruit, held up the bamboo sticks strewn with jujubes and yams, and slurred his speech. "There are four hawthorns here, one is enough to kill one person, and a total of five people can be killed."

The hooligans looked at each other, and then laughed loudly: "How can four hawthorns kill five people? This brat is uttering lies!"

Jin Wudao: "There is also a bamboo stick."

Hearing these words, everyone couldn't help but stare, but they were skeptical, thinking that his words were empty: how could he kill someone with a few candied haws and a stick?

Seeing this, the boy in black said, "Don't believe me? I'll show you how to kill him."

He opened his mouth to hold a red fruit and chewed it a few times.But seeing his cheeks fluttering, he suddenly turned his head and spit out a hawthorn seed!

There was a muffled sound, and someone among the ruffians staggered and fell to the ground on their backs.Others hurriedly squatted down to look at the fallen man. The bastard turned his eyes white, his forehead was bruised, and he was unconscious.

Even though this person is not dead, everyone was terrified and believed the young man's words that he could kill with just one hawthorn seed.Immediately, he was almost scared to death, and ran away with the arm of the rogue on the ground. Before he ran, he still threatened: "When we come to steal the guy, you wash your neck and wait to be beaten!"

Seeing their disappearing figures, Jin Wu closed his eyes and continued to lie on the railing, yawning continuously.

Although he claims to be proficient in all kinds of weapons, the most convenient thing is hidden weapons. It is really not suitable for him to use swords and guns with the monk who broke the precepts like before.It's just that after a fierce battle, his vitality was seriously injured, and he couldn't even throw the dart with hidden weapons, so he didn't take the lives of those scoundrels just now.

Sanniang looked at him downstairs, and said angrily, "Where did you go just now, it's easy for me to find you."

Jin Wudao. "You can go wherever you want to hang out, and come to me when you're tired, and I'll just lie here."

He feebly chewed the yam, puffing up his cheeks.Poor Sanniang finally dragged him out of Tongle Temple, but this man just changed a piece of land and continued to be depressed.

"Just lying down?" This was too boring, Sanniang frowned and yelled at him.

"Not only lying down, but also thinking." Jin Wu said.

"What are you thinking about?"

"do not know."

Sanniang said angrily: "Since you don't even know what to think about, how can you call it 'thinking'?"

Jin Wu looked at the sky and murmured. "Do all the problems in the world have answers? Do people who think about them know what they are thinking about?"

Sanniang didn't want to listen to his muddled fallacies, and said angrily, "Then you just lie here! You can't cheer up anything... Isn't it just a dead person? As for making you so depressed? Anyone will die , it’s just a matter of time. Jin Shiba is dead, and I’m glad he won’t have to suffer for the rest of his life!”

The boy in black didn't speak.

He closed his eyes quietly, unable to see sorrow or joy.The breeze brushed the jet-black hair and clothes, and the withered and yellow leaves of the old tree swirled and brushed against the green tiles, dotted on his cheeks.

Seeing that he was indifferent, the girl stomped her feet angrily, turned around and plunged into the crowd.

But after a while, she came back at a staggering pace, and this time she was no longer overbearing.She wriggled her hands to write on the white silk jacket, hesitated again and again, then raised her head and muttered to Jin Wu. "Fifth Brother..."

Jin Wu opened one eye and looked at her.

Sanniang's face was flushed, as if there was a glow in the sun. "...Lend, lend me a few pennies."

She had stayed in the temple for a long time, and her food and food were all handled by the personal hidden guards, so she never worried about money, and she didn't even know how to bring a few copper coins when she went to play in the street.It wasn't until she was ridiculed by the old man selling sugar because she had nothing on her that she blushed with embarrassment, knowing that everything in the world can be bought with money.

Seeing her distress, Jin Wu thought for a while, touched his waist, grabbed a handful of copper coins from his pocket and threw them to her.

"This is..." Sanniang took it in a daze, staring at the copper plate in her hand in a daze.

Jin Wudao. "...an unpolished money dart should be able to be used as a money envoy."

Sanniang was overjoyed and wished she could pounce on him and kiss him: "Fifth Brother, you really look like a rich young master from a rich family."

"...I'm not." Jin Wu was too lazy to listen to her, but he couldn't turn over on the long and narrow rail.He thought about it once before, but the arm that supported him was injured and weak, which almost made him fall downstairs.So he simply lay here to bask in the sun, and by the way, he listened to the cries of the diabolo artists and the cheers one after another beside the palace garden.

Sanniang smiled at him, took the copper coins and ran away, and soon disappeared into the sea of ​​people.Jin Wu was also happy to have his ears idle, and when Sanniang left, he took a stick and put his hands behind his head to doze off.Carts selling cosmetic powder boxes, honey cakes, and hairpins were passing by, and the clear chatter and laughter of the girls wafted in the wind, reminding him of the cobalt bells colliding under the eaves of the temple, one after another, it was very pleasant to hear.

He became more and more sleepy, and felt as if he was floating in a shallow stream warmed by the sun.Jin Wu thought that maybe one day he was also a child holding his mother's hand and arguing to buy painted faces and sugar melons, walking slowly with the crowds in the peaceful wind, watching the soft red fragrant soil, the world is prosperous.

He fell into a deep sleep for a few quarters of an hour, then woke up suddenly because of a familiar shouting and cursing in his ears.Coincidentally, he recognized that the scolding belonged to the group of hooligans who had just slipped away.

The hooligans scolded: "What's the matter with this beggar? Getting in the way in front of the winery..." "Go away, grandpa, I don't have money for you!"

Jin Wu narrowed his eyes, and vaguely saw a few figures pushing and shoving downstairs.He was not interested in this gangster fight, and his mind was tired and drowsy from the previous sleeplessness, so he closed his eyes and continued to doze.

But the rough curses still came in twos and threes, and the vulgar words of "dog pig", "pickle", "beggar" all came out, which made Jin Wu feel uncomfortable.He vaguely heard the general idea, it turned out that someone begged those local ruffians for drinking money, saying that they owed it now and would pay it back with interest in the future.

Hooligans have always only begged for money from others. Where have you seen anyone begging from them?Then the crowd got angry, grabbed the man and started beating and scolding:

"His grandma's! I see that you are a rat thief who came to cheat for wine and food. How dare you ask Daddy and me?"

Only one voice laughed and said: "Brothers, don't worry, I am not a person who does not trust me. If I hadn't been entangled and stolen a few days ago, I would never have asked you big brothers. I am just asking for a bowl of wine, and the money will be paid in another day." Send them all back to everyone, how about it?"

The man's voice was gentle and gentle, it sounded like a breeze and a moon, and a snow stream gurgling.

The hooligans said angrily: "Who calls you brothers and sisters!" Someone laughed wildly, "I think this person doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and dares to borrow money from us for wine. It seems that he doesn't know who is the biggest land here. It’s great to learn.” As they spoke, several people rolled up their sleeves and walked forward with fists clenched.

At this moment, there was a sudden crash, a large handful of copper coins fell from the sky and hit the ruffians on the heads, making them scream.

"Who!" A rascal yelled angrily at first, but when he saw that it was a golden copper coin that fell, he immediately smiled, threw himself on the ground and quickly wrapped his arms in his coat.The rest of the people hurried to pick it up, their knees seemed to be stuck in the green bricks and did not move.After they finished picking them up, Fang You thought about looking up to see who was throwing money.

But I saw a narrow black sleeve of a military uniform protruding from the railing, and a hand with distinct bones protruded from the sleeve.

And that pale hand held a soap-colored smooth bag, and the boy in black lying on the railing emptied all the copper coins inside, threw the smooth bag, and said with a frosty face.

"I'll pay for his drinks. If you don't want to die—get out."

The hooligans who had been in the pit just now recognized this troublesome master immediately, and said in surprise: "Isn't this the vicious boy who spitting out seeds and killing people just now?" If it hasn’t disappeared, you have to burn it with water and apply it.” Lao Zheng was the rogue who was beaten unconscious by Jin Wu just now.

Jin Wudao: "Didn't you want to copy the guy to teach me? Your guy hasn't arrived yet?"

Everyone took advantage of the money and was afraid of his skill, so they had to apologize: "We are still on the way, don't worry, my lord, we will go back as soon as we go!"

So the ruffians kept their voices back, fearing that Jin Wuzhen was going to kill someone, so they ran away in despair holding the copper coins.Someone couldn't hold the money in his arms, and dropped a few coins on the ground. He was greedy but didn't dare to look back, so he had to run away step by step with his heels on the copper coins.

The ears finally became quiet, Jin Wu sighed and continued to doze with his eyes closed.He was extremely sleepy, Fang Gang made a move just to avoid being disturbed, so that he could have a lucid dream.

Unexpectedly, there was another wave of ups and downs, and a more annoying voice sounded from downstairs.

Only the rescued man smiled and said: "Thank you for your help, my lord, I..."

Jin Wu touched his bosom, threw a piece of silver and went downstairs, and interrupted him forcefully: "You're welcome."

The man said: "This is a great kindness and virtue, I need to repay it well..."

"No need." Jin Wu said.

"I don't know if it's convenient for you to leave a name or surname? I'll stay here and return here, so I can thank you very much..."

"It's inconvenient. No thanks." Jin Wu replied.

"The name can also be made, and the residence can also be..."

Jin Wu covered his ears, he regretted saving this man a bit.

The man sighed: "Then I can only use this money to buy wine, and leave a glass for the young master after buying it. When it comes to drinking, although drinking alone is delicious, it is not as good as drinking with two. If you can't repay your kindness, you can't share it with the young master." Appreciate the prosperity of Haijin. My heart is really heavy holding the money for selling wine, and I feel that the taste of wine is bitter."

He babbled again: "Sir, you really don't want to? I'm not a villain, but a swordsman who walks the rivers and lakes. I heard that there is a fine wine 'Tang Xia Mian' in Haijin. I wanted to drink it before I left, but I had no choice but to ask for it to be stolen..."

Jin Wu was tired of hearing it.Judging from this person's previous indomitable attitude, he reckoned that this person must be stinky and long when he started talking about the incident in the mother's womb.

So he stood up abruptly and shouted downstairs: "How long are you going to talk? I won't drink with you..."

But Jin Wu forgot: at this time, his hand injury was not healed, his arms were weak, and when he got up suddenly, he couldn't hold on for a while, and he fell to the outside of the railing with a sway.He suddenly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and it was too late when he reached out to help the lacquered wooden lattice - the whole person staggered and fell from the second floor of Li Pavilion.

After all, he was the Houtianlou assassin who was born and died. Jin Wu had never taken such a risk.In an instant, he had a thought, curled up and was about to roll in the air and fall to the ground.

I didn't want someone to reach out and grab him at this time, and lead him around.After staggering two or three steps, he stood up.Jin Wuyi raised his head and found that the person following him was the nagging ghost who was downstairs just now, and he froze at a loss.

This man was also very strangely dressed.But seeing that he was dressed in white, with a big bamboo hat on his head, and a veil as thin as a cicada's wing hanging from the edge of the hat, but he couldn't see his face clearly.He hung a long knife as white as jade on his waist, and he was quite graceful.

The man laughed and said: "—thank you for your face, sir."