storyteller

Waking up the next day, Qiu Lingfu was much calmer than the day before.This humble house was cleaned by Ah Po during the day yesterday, and the faint musty smell mixed with the smell from last night made Qiu Lingfu feel like a heinous criminal.

The dark prison covers the sky, but it is just right for you to be in the unknown secret, and let yourself fall into the reverie without restraint.

After lying down for a while, I kept repeating to myself in my heart: To be entangled with that person all night in such a crude place...

Ah Po beside him had already left, but feeling the bed was still warm, Qiu Lingfu reckoned that this person went out when he was about to wake up.

This is also good.Qiu Lingfu was secretly lucky.

Lying on the bed half asleep and half awake for a while, I heard the sound downstairs, and soon the dilapidated stairs creaked, it was Ah Po who came up.

Qiu Lingfu heard the footsteps of the man approaching him, but the room was quiet for a moment. After a long time, the man said: "The water is coming, don't wait for it to cool down."

Qiu Lingfu turned over, not wanting to talk to this person, so he pretended to be awake.

The quilt was lifted, and two arms were forced between the bed and Qiu Lingfu. The whole body was thrown lightly, and then turned over steadily and leaned against Ah Po's arms, and was picked up by Ah Po and went downstairs .

How could he know that Ah Po would expose himself in such a rough way, so he didn't pretend anymore, and stared at the self-assertive Ah Po.

Qiu Lingfu paused, and subconsciously said, "Why aren't you wearing clothes?"

They were all tall boys, and if they wanted to hold him up in such a steady manner, Ah Po's muscles would be tight against him. Qiu Lingfu saw that his body was dripping wet, and his hair was still dripping with water.The scars on the shoulders are both relieved and embarrassing.

The first sentence Qiu Lingfu spoke was actually this, Ah Po couldn't help being surprised.

"What can I do? I washed in the river, and you still want me to bring back the water that two people washed?" I'd rather bring it back."

The room was small, so Qiu Lingfu saw the steaming wooden basin, and before he was ready, he was thrown into the basin by Ah Po.

Qiu Lingfu struggled to sit down on the basin, and then looked at Ah Po, but Ah Po had already opened the door: "I'm going out, I know."

After saying that, he went out. Before closing the door, he glanced at Qiu Lingfu who was sitting stiffly. The corners of his mouth were not curled up, but his eyes were smiling.

As the door closed, Ah Po heard the sound of something slamming on the door, took a step back, and the sawdust didn't spill all over his body.

Ah Po shook his head, this door is not strong at all, don't smash it, it doesn't even have a place to block the wind.

I don't know where Ah Po got the hot water, and where he begged for the wooden basin, Qiu Lingfu didn't think much, washed himself comfortably, changed his clothes, opened the door and went out.

It was almost noon, the old man who pretended to be rice and wine said that Hua Yuye's person would arrive at Chongyun around this time.

Speaking of which, the Qingshan League is indeed not far from here, but it is too coincidental that the place of negotiation is in Chongyun.

Go out from that room, search for a while but there is no sign of Ah Po.

"Okay?" The voice came from above.

Qiu Lingfu looked at the roof, and that Ah Po was quite comfortable basking in the sun. His clothes were loose and his hair was still half-wet, and he looked at himself with his chin propped up.

The light was good during the day, and Qiu Lingfu realized that although it looked like a corner of the back alley in Ziyu, there was no one there.

"This place is so shabby that even Chongyun's beggars don't want to live here."

"This is poor? Isn't it better than being in an empty ruined temple or in a carriage that is ventilated on three sides?" Apo said, "Those wandering rivers and lakes caught in vendettas, if there is such a house on the way, they will not know what to do." How happy."

"Then why isn't there even a beggar?" This is what Qiu Lingfu really wanted to ask.

"There are basically no beggars in Chongyun." Ah Po flew down from the roof and landed in front of Qiu Lingfu.

Qiu Lingfu naturally didn't believe it: "How is it possible? Stray dogs have to occupy land, and there is a reason for the homeless beggars not to occupy land?"

In this world, some people are rich and some are poor, some are blessed and some are lonely.The supremely well-clothed and well-fed emperor was sitting in Huaijing, how could there be no beggars on the street?

"The Beggar Gang?" Ah Po laughed, "How long has the Jianghu Beggar Gang called out, but has any leader of the Beggar Gang come out to answer the words? The beggars who take care of are sometimes divided into several factions in a city. It’s okay to avoid being bullied by individual domineering people. If someone wants to eradicate, it’s better to uproot them.”

"Eradicate?" With just one word, Qiu Lingfu had a guess in his mind, "Could it be the Yamen?"

"A few years ago, I just left for a few months. When I came back, there was no one there. I had to be caught even entering the city gate. It took me a lot of effort to come back." Ah Po smiled wryly, "Some are young and strong. , were all arranged by the yamen to do hard work, those young and old, those with disabilities, all disappeared, some were expelled outside the city, and some did not know whereabouts."

He said again in a deep voice: "Some of the beggars are strong and strong, and some of the beggars are young and strong, and some of them are willing to use their own strength to eradicate violence and bring peace to the people. Even if they are willing, their strength is negligible."

Could it be that a beggar like Ah Po is an exception?

Unwilling to say something pleasant, Qiu Lingfu tried to say the same thing in different ways: "Are you trying to belittle your own kind to set off yourself?"

Ah Po shook his head and smiled wryly: "Even I was born in the Jianghu sect, so I was able to learn martial arts. What I want to say is that it is much easier to eradicate beggars than imagined. When such a thing happened at that time, no one Dissent, no one came forward, and it was even impossible to start an investigation. I still don’t know why the yamen made such a cruel move.”

After hearing this, Qiu Lingfu pondered for a while: "In other words, this gang of beggars is only based on the storyteller's words. Beggars are all weak, with no ambition and no skills. It is very difficult to support a gang of beggars." Disaster."

I thought that Ah Po would refute belittling beggars so much, but Ah Po actually said: "Not only is there no ambition and no body skills, but also no morals and no reason."

"You mean you?" Qiu Lingfu looked at him.

Ah Po smiled and said: "A person with ambition and self-cultivation can obviously be a free and unrestrained knight, and at least he can work to make a living without money. But if there are hands and feet that are lazy to work and live with the kindness of the people, then even the people in the world and outside the world will look down on them." Yes, people don’t beg for their own money with blood and sweat. Giving alms is doing kindness, not giving alms is obeying fate... Is it possible to force people to give money if they can’t get money? The world is so vast, chivalrous Those who are so free, the major sects can only control their own square inch, and it is not easy to add a few sub-bases. Who can control this mess of people scattered everywhere? Even if the storyteller is exhausted, it is shameful to say Not chic."

Qiu Lingfu remembered that when the two first met, it was the beggar who followed him.

Not letting go of any chance to humiliate Ah Po, Qiu Lingfu said, "Isn't this you?"

However, he finally seized an opportunity to humiliate himself, and Qiu Lingfu's eyes lit up with a provocative brilliance, as if facing Ah Po, he had a unique determination to win or lose.How could he know that this irritating appearance would not anger Ah Po, it would only make Ah Po's heart itch, wanting to frustrate defeat well.

Ah Po stared at the corner of his aggressive mouth, and said with a smile: "It's me."

Such a shameless answer made Qiu Lingfu feel no excitement, lowered his eyes, and asked him again: "The yamen is embarrassing for beggars, why don't you ask the magistrate?"

"The secret envoy disappeared after giving the order, and the magistrate didn't know his identity or where he belonged."

After Qiu Lingfu thought about it, he realized something was wrong: "Then how did he know that the person was sent by someone in the court?"

Ah Po saw that he was serious, but didn't answer him right away, he just said: "Your hair is still wet, why don't you go to the roof to dry it, so as not to catch cold in this shady place, I will talk to you about it."

Qiu Lingfu thought he was long-winded, but he still couldn't bear to fly onto the splendid roof.Walking into the sunlight, he felt warm and comfortable all over, but the sunlight was a bit dazzling, Ah Po followed him in a blink of an eye, and sat beside him.

"Say it quickly," Qiu Lingfu urged.

"I didn't know you would care about this kind of thing." Apo laughed.

Qiu Lingfu calmed down and said, "I have always loved listening to books."

Ah Po shook his head helplessly: "The imperial court has their own set of rules, and that person holds the token."

Qiu Lingfu smiled, and he was not so easy to deceive: "Even if the imperial court has a set of rules and regulations, then the prefect should know who appointed the token and the edict. If there is such a token in the imperial court that symbolizes power but does not know its origin, Wouldn't it be easy to do whatever you want as long as you get this token, and if someone replaces your identity in the middle, wouldn't it be easy to cause chaos?"

A Po said: "The imperial court does have such a token called the Lanhua Token, which is used to secretly perform secret affairs for the emperor. But as you said, the token was dropped in the middle, and the people below don't know about it. "

Qiu Lingfu snorted: "An imperial court is like a river and a lake. If this token is in the hands of unruly people and secretly manipulates it, it will be like ants and insects eating wood. After a long time, the entire imperial court will collapse invisibly, and the emperor will lose his head. "

"Why does this unruly person sound so similar to you? He thinks he is playing clever tricks, so no one will know." Ah Po secretly laughed.

Qiu Lingfu didn't bother to argue with him: "The person who proposed this token to the emperor must have malicious intentions."

"This orchid decree has existed in the imperial court for several generations, and the emperor can't pursue it if he wants to, but I can't figure it out. If the person appointed by the imperial court really came from the imperial court, these beggars who can't even take care of food, have nothing to do with them. Do you have any grudges?" Ah Po said softly.

The tone of these words was the same as usual, but Qiu Lingfu couldn't help but quietly turned his head away when he heard it, and then the glare of the sun covered this little movement, and secretly looked at that Ah Po.

But Ah Po quickly looked back, smiled at him, very dazzling, but said something else when he opened his mouth: "Someone from Huayuye came here today, do you want to meet with them?"

Usually the long hair in high bunches is draped behind Ah Po at this time, his informal attire looks like a hooligan, but his calm expression looks like a well-known son.

It took Qiu Lingfu a while to think of what Ah Po said: "No, I finally came out of Huayuye, and I went to see how tired they are."

"Then why did you change into this suit?" Ah Po secretly laughed at his inconsistency.

Letting Ding Yue escape overnight last night, this person may have already planned this out.

Ah Po saw with his own eyes that Qiu Lingfu stuffed the old man's clothes with cloth bags, and he pretended to be the body of an old man with a big belly. He also put a beard and eyebrows on his face, and put on that ridiculous gray braid. Serve the wine jar, transform yourself into a crazy old man with rice and wine.

"If someone has Han Yan's title, then they will know that old man Fanjiu is me. They will also understand what old man Fanjiu said."

Speaking of Qiu Lingfu, he asked Ah Po again. "Xiao Shiliu and Shen Xiaoru, can you tell the old man and old woman that I am a rice wine old man?"

Ah Po knew what he was thinking: "Xiao Shiliu has never been able to control his mouth, so he must have said it. Everyone in the Bai family knows it. I'm afraid that Kongquebin already knows it, otherwise he wouldn't be eyeing us in Ziyu."

In Ziyu, Qiu Lingfu used the name of Fanjiu Laoer to design himself.

In order to hide the whereabouts of the two of them, they did some tricks secretly, and after the settlement was clear from the inn, it was assumed that they had left, and they had also lost track of the Bai family, including the ghost.But since the relationship between Qiu Lingfu and Hua Yuye was already known, if he came into contact with Hua Yuye at this time, not only would he be targeted again, but it might also bring disaster to Hua Yuye's disciples who came here.

From this point of view, it is a good way to convey some news through the mouth of the "fake rice and wine old man".

"Whether Kongquebin is the master behind this or not, if the counterfeit has not been found, it must have been verified that it is indeed a counterfeit." Such a bad old man's appearance reveals a sense of self-confidence and wit , it is really awkward.

Ah Po didn't feel anything strange, he just continued the words tacitly: "Then this fake rice and wine old man is showing off in the market, I'm afraid no one will pay attention to it. Originally, he wanted to do things as a rice and wine old man, but It’s better to be careful, but now it’s more convenient to push the boat along the way.”

Qiu Lingfu's countermeasures were bold and thoughtful. When he was in Huai'an, he played tricks on his neighbors and made them suffer a lot.With a master like Ah Po as his backing in the arena, he even thought of ways to run amok.

Ah Po made a point: "But you have to be careful in what you say, what you want to convey to Hua Yuye, if you speak clearly, it will be exposed, and if you don't understand it, it will be useless."

"If it is exposed, you will block the sword for me. If it is useless, you will take the risk for me." Qiu Lingfu ordered shamelessly, "Otherwise, Shen Xiao..."

"It's all up to you." A'Po tugged on the beard of the old man Fanjiu, "When the old man Fanjiu speaks, I'd better pick some good things to say."