storyteller

Chapter 3 3. Beggar (3)

Qiu Lingfu slept for three days, he took three sets of bitter medicine and a half-sweet mung bean cake, and it was as good as Qiu Xiaoshi expected.

He didn't look downstairs once in the past three days.Because that day after Qiu Xiaoshi came up from the downstairs after sharing snacks and buying things, he saw Qiu Lingfu who didn't know how to take care of himself at all, wearing only a thin piece of clothing, sitting in front of the wide open window.

Qiu Lingfu, who was sitting in front of the window that day, didn't look very well, without the usual winking of smiles or sorrows on his face, his hair color and complexion were already light, but now he looked haggard and pale when he was sick.As soon as Qiu Lingfu calmed down, she became more similar to Qiu Xinsu.

When Qiu Lingfu saw Qiu Xiaoshi coming back with something to eat that day, he burst into a smile: "Xiaoshi, what delicious food did you buy?"

"I didn't buy it." Qiu Xiaoshi said unhappily, "Steamed buns and green vegetables, or? The doctor at the pharmacy said, don't eat too much mess."

"Quack doctor!" Qiu Lingfu scolded.

Qiu Xiaoshi put down the things in his hands, stepped forward and closed the window tightly, and was not allowed to open it again.

It was only today that Qiu Lingfu had almost recovered from his illness, so Qiu Xiaoshi opened the window to let in the fresh air from outside to make him feel refreshed.For the past two days, Qiu Lingfu lay in bed and thought of thousands of ways to torment the beggar, but looking down at this moment, he couldn't see the seemingly indifferent but particularly eye-catching figure of the beggar.

Where did you go?Qiu Lingfu guessed that maybe he found out that he had seen through his followers and retreated in spite of the difficulties?Or went to the hut?Bitten by a dog?An accident?The more Qiu Lingfu thought about it, the more poisonous he became, and the more he thought about it, the more miserable he became, but the child's temper felt that it was not enough, and he thought that this person might starve to death, and he would not be complacent if he gave him food at this time .

Qiu Xiaoshi was rushing to pack his luggage like a headless fly, and when he saw Qiu Lingfu lying on the window when he recovered from his illness, he couldn't help but sullenly said, "What are you looking at! Hurry up and pack it up, we've been on the way for a few days, if we don't Hurry up, but you won’t be able to make it in time. You’ll be on the road tomorrow, and you’ll definitely have to play.”

Qiu Lingfu turned around and gave a "shh", and quickly and firmly closed the window with a creak, and immediately pushed away the chair in front of the window to make a space.He quickly took out more than ten exquisite and sharp strange stones from the package, and scattered them on the ground.

Seeing Qiu Lingfu's serious expression, Qiu Xiaoshi knew that Qiu Lingfu was going to play tricks again, but this posture was clearly intended to do evil to someone who broke in through the window, but these beautiful stones picked up from other places were scattered on both sides, There is a huge space in the middle, which is really strange.

Qiu Xiaoshi's body is poor, and he has no talent for martial arts since he was a child. He and Qiu Lingfu practiced martial arts together under the guidance of the young lady, but they can only fight as a fitness boxing method.On the other hand, Qiu Lingfu, who has high attainments and keen senses, is so on guard and teasing at this time, it must be sure that someone is coming!

And Qiu Xiaoshi can only guess from his actions that there will be unexpected guests.

The stone had just landed on the ground, the crackling and bouncing sound was still in my ears, there was a sound outside the window, the paper window was propped open by a figure, and a figure jumped in from the window, and the clothes fluttered like falling to the ground. wild goose.

But this person landed strangely. Qiu Xiaoshi took a closer look, and found that the person did not land in the open space in front of the window as Qiu Lingfu expected. Stepping on the "strange stone formation" laid down by Qiu Lingfu, he staggered in pain, and Mr. Pianpian almost fell into the mud.

Qiu Xiaoshi took a closer look, and excitedly called out to the man, "Xu Zhuge!"

The man was estimated to be in his early twenties, with a gentle and elegant face, his lips were extremely pale, as if his face was only porcelain and ink, like a natural ink painting, and a touch of a scarf was like a cloud in a beautiful landscape.

The name Xu Bichuan seemed to have been born out of nowhere ten years ago. No one knew about his past, but suddenly it spread throughout the world.At that time, he was only fifteen years old, and by chance, he called a few magistrates who were struggling, and solved several difficult murder cases. Since then, he has become famous in the world and has become the hottest figure among storytellers.

At that time, everyone said that such a rare talent should be an official, and that he should be an official with his parents, but it is rumored that he rejected the invitation from the imperial court. relish.

And it is said that Shuge, a collection of literary talents from all corners of the country, also sent a letter to Xu Bichuan, but Xu Bichuan has not responded yet, and his whereabouts are still unpredictable like an idler in the rivers and lakes. The storyteller guessed badly.Some guessed that Xu Bichuan already had an employer, some guessed that Xu Bichuan had been recruited by the Book Pavilion but did not make it public, and some guessed that Xu Bichuan had a gap with the mysterious head of the Book Pavilion.But no one ever thought that the boss of this young talent turned out to be Hua Yuye, the most famous daughter in the world.

Almost everyone thought that there were only female disciples in the sect, but they never thought that there was a man who was the master of Hua Yuye's sect.

Few people know about Xu Bichuan's identity as Hua Yuye, even the female disciples of Hua Yuye's sect, except for the sect head protector, the others don't know a thing or two.

Not many people know it, and they can be counted on two hands.

Among them were Qiu Lingfu, Qiu Xiaoshi and Qiu Xinsu.

But Xu Zhuge, who is admired by the world for his talent, frowned tightly at this time, looking at the bright stones scattered on both sides of the ground, but already understood everything, and couldn't help but smile wryly.Who would throw stones on both sides to make fun of others?It's just that Qiu Lingfu is very ghostly, he knows that he has been wary of his tricks for a long time, and now he just takes advantage of this wariness to take a bite.

It's really clever to be mistaken by cleverness!

At this time, the culprit, Qiu Lingfu, was so happy that he could hardly contain himself, clapped his hands and laughed, and said inwardly, "Xu Bichuan, last time I left Hua Yuye, you exchanged the jade that your head gave me, I still remember Seeing that the jade is gone, I was sad for several days."

It's a good thing if you're sad, but if you're happy, what's the matter?

Xu Bichuan was helpless, Nayu was Sun Qinghong's favorite, and Qiu Lingfu was after him, and the head of the sect would throw his hands away, asking him to come up with an idea to get it back, but he would just leave it behind the scenes, so if Qiu Lingfu could bear the grudge, It's just that I hate him, the master who gave advice.

Xu Bichuan was teased by Qiu Lingfu time and time again, but he was good-hearted and could not hold back his anger. Although he hated Qiu Lingfu's teasing, he only treated him as a child's joke. I was unhappy, but I didn't bother to argue with him, so I just said harsh words: "I should ask the leader for instructions. A stubborn person like Qiu Lingfu will get sick when he gets sick. It's best to die on the road, so as to save money and waste food. !"

"Every time I go to Huayuye, it's basically Hanyan's cooking. When the food is cooked, isn't it already wasted?" Qiu Lingfu said.

...That's right, Hanyan's cooking still has a lot of room for improvement.Xu Bichuan, who was expected to be loyal to Hua Yuye, couldn't help agreeing in his heart.

Xu Bichuan patted Qiu Lingfu on the head: "Seeing that you are so energetic, it doesn't seem like you are worried about your mother's whereabouts at all."

Qiu Lingfu's wandering eyes fixed on Xu Bichuan's face: "You know?"

"Know what?" Xu Bichuan unfolded his folding fan and stared at him.At this moment, my heart was full of confidence. At this time, Qiu Lingfu wanted to know the clues of his mother, so he had to ask him. Although he was not a caring person, he was quite happy when Qiu Lingfu, who knew nothing about the world, was frustrated.

Qiu Lingfu did not beg, nor did he humiliate, but just shook his head and said leisurely: "My mother was also from Hua Yuye back then, if you don't help me, I will tell the storytellers one by one Hua Yuye's jokes, We also need to make all the flowers of Huayuye into flower cakes, and bake all the birds of Huayuye."

Xu Bichuan coughed lightly, thinking why he was angry with Qiu Lingfu, this man is a ghost, no matter how much he said a joke, it might be true, if it is serious, it must be a joke.In the end, didn't he become a fool who said stupid things?

He had no choice but to say: "Exhausting Hua Yuye's efforts, I can only find one or two clues."

Qiu Lingfu laughed: "That's enough! I won't tell the storyteller the jokes, but the flowers still have to be made into cakes, and the birds have to be roasted."

Seeing Qiu Lingfu beaming, Xu Bichuan felt a bit of sadness welling up in his heart.Qiu Lingfu's appearance is already slightly refined like Qiu Xinsu's, but his expression is still childish, full of sorrow and joy. He could spend his whole life like this as Qiu Xinsu wished, but now because of Qiu Xinsu, he is going to learn from Chen Xiang to find the Three Virgins .

Since Xu Bichuan can become a master with heavy burdens in the school, he is definitely not a [-]% kind person.Ten percent of good people will try their best to dissuade Qiu Lingfu from giving up looking for Qiu Xinsu. If they are stubborn, they will think that his life is in danger and lock him up, and keep him noisy and resist until he loses his temper.Very good people are often very bad, aren't they?

But he is from the rivers and lakes, and the people of the rivers and lakes are wandering in the rivers and lakes. It is ridiculous for him to follow his own heart when treating his friends, so he always only obeys the other party's heart.If Qiu Lingfu wanted clues, as a friend and elder, he would give them as much as he could, regardless of whether the news was a blow or good news to Qiu Lingfu.

"But don't get too excited. I don't know why, there have been rumors about Qiu Xinsu's disappearance from the mouths of storytellers in the rivers and lakes recently, and some people have even reported that it has something to do with Hua Yuye." Xu Bichuan said, and saw Qiu Lingfu's nonchalant smile , Knuckles buckled the table, and made two crisp noises, telling him to be serious, he joked, "A lunatic storyteller, named Fanjiu Laoer, is well-known, as you must know. This man talks upside down, True or false, plausible, do you often listen to it?"

Who doesn't know that Jianghai Tower in Huaijing is famous for three things in the world. One is the dishes of Chef Yang, the treasure of the town shop, the other is the Guqin idiot that moves the world, and the third is the crazy storyteller Lao Er.

The stories that this old man Fanjiu said are weird and ridiculous, but people who have half a foot in the rivers and lakes once checked what he said, and found that some of the things that old man Fanjiu said were actually true of.

For example, when he first came to Jianghai Tower three years ago, he swore that Zi Xiao's highly respected Daoist Guangyuan actually died of being choked while eating vegetarian food.

The audience roared with laughter, still thinking about where Jianghailou could get such an old urchin to amuse everyone and destroy the signboard.Really troubled, he went to ask Xue Qi, the shopkeeper of Jianghai Tower, but the shopkeeper just smiled and said: "If it's true, everyone will know an interesting story about martial arts. If it's false, it's okay for everyone to laugh a lot." Answer again.

Because this matter sounded extremely absurd, on the contrary, it spread more widely. Someone with a wide range of news really went to ask Zixiao's disciples, and I don't know which disciple really revealed it without concealing his mouth, which proved the truth of the matter!

Just when the listeners were astonished and were about to look at the old urchin with admiration, they took several other things that the old man said to verify, but half of them were true and half of them were false.

This is confusing again.

But after a long time, everyone realized that this old man's style was like this. What he said was exaggerated and interesting, but it was difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.If you believe it, then it is a ridiculous truth, if you don't believe it, then it is his deliberate mockery.

Most listeners listen to it as a joke, but many people want to find out some truth from his messy news; most Jianghu people ignore his words, but many people are afraid that he will tell some embarrassing things about themselves .

Some people once guessed his identity, but some people from Jianghu who were bored came to see him specially, but they were very unfamiliar with this storyteller old man in Jianghu, saying that they had never seen him before, but the shopkeeper of Jianghailou was very secretive. Not to disclose.And his identity has also become a source of open talk for storytellers other than him.

No matter how much old man Fanjiu talked, it was just some irrelevant Jianghu affairs, and Xu Zhuge never paid too much attention to it.However, not many people knew about Qiu Xinsu's disappearance, so how did he know about it?Xu Bichuan thought it over carefully, and would not regard it as an unreasonable coincidence.

Let alone Qiu Xinsu's disappearance, even if she died of old age, sickness, no outsiders should know.

It is said in all corners of the country that Qiu Xinsu, one of the two former guardians of Huayuye, did not get along with Sun Qiaoniang, the other guardian. group.

Everyone regretted that Xueyan and Xueyan, who were so beautiful and frightening in the past, parted ways. In fact, they didn't know that the very popular "Suxin School" was actually a majestic cover for Qiu Xinsu and the other three to hide in the city.

But the Suxin School's "fame spread far and wide" was fueled by Hua Yuye secretly.

Little did they know that Qiu Xinsu, who everyone thought had broken with Hua Yuye, would take Qiu Lingfu and Qiu Xiaoshi with him every year to travel thousands of miles back to Hua Yuye, where he grew up, and stay there for half a month. It's a world of difference.

But Qiu Xinsu disappeared strangely and suddenly. Apart from Qiu Lingfu, Qiu Xiaoshi and Hua Yuye, the only ones who could know the news were those who knew his whereabouts or the reason for his disappearance.

However, Lao Er Fanjiu points Qiu Xinsu's disappearance to Hua Yuye, which is even more intriguing.

But Xu Bichuan said: "It is said that although this old man is always in Jianghai Tower, he also loves to travel around the world. This news was revealed by him three months ago in a small teahouse under the name of Jianghai Tower in Rongning City. It is really elusive to choose this time and why you choose that place.”

I don't know why Qiu Lingfu was not clear about the reason for this secret detour, but Qiu Xiaoshi listened nervously: "Young master, you like to go out to listen to books, will you go to Huaijing if you have nothing to do? Listen to that old man's nonsense? Then tell him about the disappearance of the young lady...or the news that the young lady is in Huai'an!"

Qiu Lingfu stared fiercely, "I would also like to take a carriage to find a chance to listen to this old man's storytelling. How is it different from our Huai'an Deng San? But..."

Qiu Xiaoshi asked tightly: "But what?"

Qiu Lingfu sighed, as if the pent-up resentment in his chest was really hard to dispel: "I haven't finished teaching those bastards in Huai'an, so why go to Huaijing if you have nothing to do? If I didn't have to come out to find my mother, I would have to kill Zhang Dadan today. The pig knife is hidden on his father's grave, who told him to spit when he passes by our house every day when he goes out to sell pork."

"Okay, let's go back to Hua Yuye and discuss it with the head of the sect. We'll discuss it like a fly without a head here, and there will be no results. Maybe it will catch people's eyes." Xu Bichuan smiled helplessly, sympathizing with this person in his heart. Bit Zhang beat eggs.This must have been tricked by Qiu Lingfu for more than ten years, right?

Qiu Lingfu heard the word "head", and eagerly asked his old friend: "How is Xiaohong?"

Xu Bichuan didn't know whether he should argue for the head of the sect because of "Xiaohong", or be surprised by Qiu Lingfu's rare greeting.

He paused for a moment before he said with difficulty: "Young Master Qiu is not in Hua Yuye, the head of the house is naturally doing very well."

Qiu Lingfu and Qiu Xiaoshi didn't have much stuff, so they cleaned it up in a short while, while Xu Bichuan had already ordered his staff to prepare the carriage.The clerk in this store saw that there was one more person in the room, and he was not surprised, so he responded repeatedly and went downstairs to prepare to go.

It turns out that this Qiu Lingfu Qiu Xiaoshi has also taken care of Hua Yuye in the dark along the way.The places where they live are all inns under Hua Yuye's sect that have never been made public. Every year, Qiu Xinsu takes Qiu Lingfu and Qiu Xiaoshi back to Hua Yuye and stays in these places temporarily.Although the threadmen in the inn didn't know who these three people were, they naturally didn't dare to ask more about the arrangements of their superiors, and they just obeyed.

Qiu Xiaoshi was grateful for this from the bottom of his heart.If Qiu Xinsu was not around, it would be difficult for him and Qiu Lingfu to make any progress on this road.

The three of them packed up and went downstairs, ready to have lunch and hurry on their way.

Qiu Lingfu had just recovered from a serious illness, but his complexion was already very good. He thought in his heart that there were all sweet sugar cakes, rice crackers, roast chicken and fish in vinegar, and when he walked downstairs, he still had a slight smile on his face.For him, staying in one room for three days is not a good thing. He is like a bird about to break free from its cage and fly away, his heart is happy and light, as if he is full of strength, and it seems that there are infinite things in the world. The fun is waiting for yourself.

But before he finished walking down the stairs, Qiu Lingfu suddenly slowed down, his eyes fixed on an eye-catching part of the inn.

A disheveled man was wolfing down the leftovers on the table, holding the half-eaten pancake with one hand, and a little porridge and soup in the bowl with the other, as if he had been hungry for several days. The wolf of the sky finally saw the food.

Not so much like a wolf mad because of starvation, but rather like a down and out dog.For beggars, dying of starvation is a common thing, and if they can get a big mouthful of food from others like this, it means they have survived again.

When a person is so hungry that only instinct is left, how can he care about what he looks like in the eyes of others?The man stuffed all the last bit of food that could be seen on the table into his mouth, and was about to drink the last bit of cold wonton soup, when he looked at Shang Qiu Lingfu unabashedly, his black and white eyes flickered for a moment, Then he sent the soup down, and put his other free hand on the bamboo hat that never left his body on the table.

Qiu Lingfu was hardly moved by this scene.

He suddenly felt happy, laughing that the beggar was in such a state of disarray and hunger, like a beast showing its true nature.His joy has even truly flowed from his amber eyes and innocent mouth, although the beggar's glance just now made him realize that this hungry beast is actually a person.

His happiness hangs on his face, always so dazzling and heartless: this arrogant guy, he was still putting on a show a few days ago, even if he has nothing, he is still so aggressive.He disappeared, not because he went to beg elsewhere, nor because he gave up following the difficulties, nor because he was planning how to deal with me next after being exposed, but because he collected all the food scraps discarded by others here without grace.

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