Envy

When Huo Zhi and Xue Ye got close, Meng Tou had already started arguing with the group of people.It seemed that the old man had died, and this group of people wanted to take away the young man in sackcloth.

One of them swung the wooden stick to his shoulder, and said squarely, "This old man owes us gambling money, and the father will pay the debt. If he dies, his son will have to pay the debt." The gambling man approached and yanked hard. He grabbed the young man's arm and wanted to drag him away.

Meng Tou looked sideways at the face of the person behind him, and his heart was half cold.That's not Yan Zhaohan.He didn't have a mole under his right eye, and he only had a sextant resemblance to Yan Zhaohan, because he had just begged these people, his forehead was broken and bleeding.He timidly raised his eyes to look at Meng Tou, stretched out his hand to hold Meng Tou's sleeve, tears were still rolling in his red eyes.

Meng Tou stood in front of him, led him back a few steps, and said, "How much money his father owes you, I will pay it back."

The big man twisted his neck, loosened his muscles and bones, looked at Meng Tou, and said with a contemptuous smile: "1000 taels, do you still pay?"

Meng Tou lowered his head and took out a bead from his waistband, and handed it to him: "Take it."

The big man took it hesitantly.The young man knelt beside his father with tears in his eyes, held his hand, and said "ah" twice in pain, but couldn't say anything.He seems to be dumb.The old man was full of silver hair, wearing a torn numb clothing, curled up, with fresh injuries all over his body.Meng Tou sniffed the old man's breath, and he was indeed heading west.

Meng Tou glanced at Huo Zhixue Ye who was beside him, and said, "Come help me and send the old man back for burial."

The big man squinted his eyes and looked at the beads. Seeing that they were about to leave, he hurriedly said: "Wait a minute! How do I know whether this bead is real or not, and whether it is worth the 1000 taels? Are you out of money?"

Xue Ye rolled up his sleeves and wanted to fight with them: "Is there any law of heaven and king? You beat a person to death, and you still dare to chase after him to lose money! You have been kicked by donkeys!"

Huo Zhi pressed his shoulders and said in a low voice: "There is a rule in the law that the government doesn't care about personal debts involving life."

Meng Tou was most disgusted by the face of such a person, and asked with a frown, "Then what do you want?"

He handed the beads to his subordinates and said, "You, go to the pawn shop across the street and ask the guy there." He said to Meng Tou, "If the guy at the pawn shop says it's true, you can leave."

It's past meal time, Meng Tou and the others are too hungry to feel any more, and they are not in a hurry to catch up for a while.The subordinate was quick on his legs and came back after a short walk, whispering something next to the big man.After hearing this, the big man smiled, arched his hands, and said repeatedly, "Masters can go."

Meng Tou thought, in such a world, people are like worthless.Life and death are not determined by destiny, but only by human nature.

Human life is cheap and should not last forever.

They found a wood outside the city and buried the old man.Xue Ye carved a wooden tablet in front of the grave and asked the old man's name. The young man picked up a branch and wrote "Fei Jing" on the dirt.Xue Ye leaned over to take a look, and asked curiously, "Can't you speak?"

He lowered his eyes and nodded.

"Sorry, I was reckless." Xue Ye said, "Then what's your name?"

He went on to write: "Fei Yu".

Xue Ye said: "A good name. An outstanding gentleman is hard to find. I will engrave it now." He then patted the dust off his sleeves and turned around to carve the stele.

When Meng Tou saw him, he thought of Yan Zhaohan, felt a little unbearable, and asked, "You are alone and helpless, where are you going next?"

He shook his head and looked gently into Meng Tou's eyes.

Meng Tou pondered silently, trying to find a place for him to go.Fei Yu took Meng Tou's hand and wrote on his palm: "Follow the king to travel thousands of miles."

Meng Tou's heart trembled, and he raised his eyes to look at him, his expression was exactly the same as that of Yan Zhaohan's.

"it is good."

……

As soon as they arrived at the door, Meng Xi ran out of the inn: "Brother! You are back!" When she saw Fei Yu, her smile subsided, and when she approached, she realized that the man was not Shaojun.She walked up to Meng Tou, grabbed his arm, looked up at him on tiptoe, and asked softly, "Brother, who is this?"

Meng Tou said, "Let Xue Ye and the others tell you, I'll go upstairs first." He led Fei Yu away, and at the bottom of the stairs, he met the waiter from the inn who came up to him, and he said, "I want two bowls of egg flower wontons. Bring it to my room, and ask for another guest room."

After hearing this, Xue Ye rushed over. He pointed out two fingers and said to Xiaoer, "Just two bowls of wontons, not in the guest room. He's talking nonsense if he doesn't have money. Don't listen to him."

Xiaoer has a good temper, he threw the rag over his shoulder and said, "Okay."

Xue Ye walked up to Meng Tou's side, gave him a hard hit on the back, hooked his shoulders, and said in a low voice, "Brother Tou, you are generous enough to send such a valuable thing out, can you please?" Save some money for the sect. One room is enough to sleep, Huo Zhi and I only sleep in the same room, the bed in the inn is big enough, good boy, ah."

He watched Meng Tou and Fei Yu go upstairs, ordered a few dishes of the inn's signature dishes with Xiao Er, and then slowly turned to Meng Xi and Huo Zhi's table to sit down.

Meng Xi couldn't wait to ask: "Who is that person, why is he so similar to Shaojun?"

Xue Ye briefly told Meng Xi about their encounter with Fei Yu and his son.He poured himself a cup of tea and sighed, "Yan Zhaohan left, and Feiyu came. Hey, Brother Tou really has a lot of troubles in love. One is blind and this one is dumb. You say your brother Do you have a good impression of this kind of person who looks very immortal and has a hard life?"

Meng Xi retorted softly: "You are talking nonsense. Whether I am dumb or not has nothing to do with my brother. My brother likes Shao Jun. The sun and the moon can learn from each other, and the world can learn from it."

"All right. It's true that I am infatuated with my brother." He drank the tea and sighed in his throat, "It really quenches my thirst. Back then, our brothers felt that Meng Tou would get tired sooner or later, didn't he still insist Come down? Cough...Although he still separated from Shaojun and got engaged to Zhao Qingyan, but this was not voluntary."

"There is also that girl from the Zhao family, a beauty as beautiful as a flower and a jade. It is a pity. If she hadn't taken a fancy to Meng Tou, maybe there would not be so many things. Before she died, she still said she was a young master. Did she hurt her? But I think, if Shaojun was so cruel, he wouldn't be in the situation he is today. By the way, Er Qi, I heard that Miss Zhao threatened death many times in order to keep Brother Tou. is this real?"

Meng Xi rested her chin on both hands and said: "Actually, Sister Zhao is overthinking. If my brother agrees to marry her, he will treat her wholeheartedly, cherish her and love her. Even if my brother still has Shaojun in his heart, he will always marry her." It's hidden in the bottom of my heart. It's Sister Zhao who is suspicious."