Bully

After leaving the palace gate, Ming Chuan's hanging heart finally let go, he found a place where no one was around to change his clothes, and threw away the little eunuch's clothes.

There was still thick snow hanging on the eaves, and Ming Chuan exhaled white smoke.The bright sun hanging in the sky can't drive away the cold.In some small alleys, clear out a place, put some thatch, and beggars in scanty clothes will huddle there.

Pedestrians are in a hurry, and a few copper plates are faintly thrown into the broken bowl, making a tinkling sound.Ming Chuan looked at it for a while, then took out a piece of silver from his purse and put it into the bowl.

The beggar looked up at him, and Ming Chuan asked, "Do you know how to get out of the city?"

The beggar looked Ming Chuan up and down, and said, "To leave the city, you need an ID card and a guide."

Ming Chuan didn't have these two things, so Ming Chuan stomped his feet coldly and said thank you.He straightened up, not knowing where to go.After standing for a while, Mingchuan couldn't stand the cold anymore, so he walked south.After walking a few steps, he suddenly bumped into a man, causing Ming Chuan to stagger.

Before Ming Chuan had time to say anything, the man left in a hurry.Ming Chuan took a look with his hands in his hands, and left in a daze.

He came to the door of an inn, walked in, and said to the boss on the counter: "I want a room." Ming Chuan reached out to touch his waist, but found nothing. He looked down at his waist. The shadow of the purse.

He was a little panicked, he had nothing at first, but now he didn't even have any money.

The boss asked him: "Do you still want the room?"

Ming Chuan shook his head, and left the inn with a dejected face.

Before he had decided where to go, someone patted his shoulder suddenly, Ming Chuan looked back, it was the beggar.I don't know when he changed his clothes. Although it was still not clean, at least he wrapped himself neatly.

"Miss the purse?" he asked.

Ming Chuan nodded, "How do you know?"

"The man who bumped into you stole it."

Ming Chuan frowned: "Why didn't you tell me when you saw it?"

The beggar looked at Ming Chuan: "That man is very strong, did you beat him or did I beat him?" The beggar stretched out his hand with a piece of silver in his hand: "That's all that's left."

Ming Chuan didn't know, so the beggar said, "Do you have somewhere to go? If not, follow me."

Ming Chuan followed him to a pawnshop, and he said, "Your clothes are nice, go pawn them and change the quilt."

Ming Chuan went and came out after a while, changing into an ordinary cotton-padded clothes and a quilt.

The beggar said: "Why are you so obedient, are you not afraid that I will sell you?"

Ming Chuan put the quilt on his body, attracting the attention of passers-by. He wondered, "I'm a man, where can I sell it?"

The beggar was surprised: "A man? Aren't you a girl disguised as a man?"

Ming Chuan shook his head: "I'm not a girl."

The beggar turned pale, Ming Chuan stood beside him, thought for a while, and grabbed his clothes.The beggar glanced at him, "It's my bad luck, I thought she was a stupid girl."

He turned and walked away, Ming Chuan followed him, "I'm not stupid."

The beggar rolled his eyes.

The place where the beggar took Mingchuan was a simple shed, which was very large and accommodated many people.There was a large stove not far away, and the smell was so mixed that Ming Chuan found it difficult to breathe.

There are all kinds of people here, beggars, refugees, and ordinary people whose houses were collapsed by the heavy snow and stayed here temporarily.Men, women, young and old, it was very lively.

Ming Chuan followed the beggars into a corner, and there were a few beggars in the corner, they had nothing, they picked up some thatch and used it as a bed.The beggar's bed is quite spacious, with a quilt on it.

The beggar lay down and stretched himself.Seeing Ming Chuan standing there in a daze, the beggar kicked him, "Go get some hot water."

Ming Chuan looked left and right, and the people who lived temporarily had some wealth, and they had a complete set of pots and pans.

"I have no money." Ming Chuan said, "I can't buy hot water."

The beggar sneered: "How much is hot water worth? You are good-looking, and if you say something nice, they will give it to you. Maybe someone will give you something to eat."

Ming Chuan hesitated: "This is not very good."

"Are you going or not!" the beggar became fierce.

Ming Chuan had no choice but to go, the beggar tilted his head to pay attention to the situation over there, and after a while, Ming Chuan came back with half a bowl of hot porridge in his hand besides hot water.

The beggar smiled and said, "Look, I just said so."

Ming Chuan glanced at him: "I exchanged things with them."

"What did you take?"

Ming Chuan took out a few pearls and a gold thread from his sleeve, "I tore off the bracelet and exchanged it with them for the beads."

The beggar glanced at Ming Chuan with complicated eyes: "You really are a fool with a lot of money."

Ming Chuan lowered his head: "It's not easy for them, I don't think they have much to eat."

The beggar curled his lips and said, "You don't even look at your own situation, and you still have the heart to pity others."

Ming Chuan held the hot water and drank it while warming his hands. He gave the hot porridge to the beggar: "Eat it."

The beggar didn't refuse, and ate it after taking it.After wiping his mouth, he stretched out his hand in front of Ming Chuan.

Ming Chuan was puzzled: "What are you doing?"

"Give me your remaining pearls."

Ming Chuan gave it to him, but the beggar was a little embarrassed: "I don't want your things, but I'm afraid that you will go out indiscriminately. I'm doing it for your own good, you know, boy who spreads money!"

Mingchuan nodded.The beggar gave Ming Chuan a place: "You stay here for a while, I'll go out and pick up some firewood, or I won't be able to get through at night."

The beggar went out, Ming Chuan wrapped himself in a quilt, but still felt cold, the chill came up from the ground, the thatch was useless at all.After lying down for a while, Ming Chuan fell into a drowsy sleep.

It was evening when I woke up, there was no light in this place at night, everyone was afraid that this small place would be set alight.Ming Chuan sat up, the beggar had already returned, he and several others gathered around the stove, chatting and laughing.

Seeing Ming Chuan waking up, he said a few words to the people around him, and then walked over.Ming Chuan surrounded himself with a quilt.The beggar took half a roast chicken and a small bottle of wine.

"Eat some."

Ming Chuan took the roast chicken but didn't take the wine, "I don't know how to drink."

The beggar didn't force it, and took the wine to drink by himself.

"Aren't we going there?" Ming Chuan asked.

The beggar shook his head: "You are so good-looking, it may be a blessing or a curse to be exposed in front of people."

Ming Chuan asked again: "What's your name?"

"I don't have a name." The beggar said, "I have no parents, no relatives, who will give me a name?"

"Are you a native of the capital?"

"No," the beggar shook his head: "There was a snowstorm in the north more than ten years ago, and I came here with the refugees. Not to mention, the capital is a good place." He pointed to the shed: "At least there is a shelter , not to freeze to death.”

Ming Chuan looked up: "You guys built this shed?"

"Of course not." The beggar said: "It was built by the order of the national teacher. There are many such sheds around the capital." He took a sip of wine: "Just for this, I admire the national teacher all my life!"

The national teacher is a person with great talents in governing the country. Thinking of him, Ming Chuan feels a little complicated.

The roast chicken was a bit cold, greasy, and it was uncomfortable to eat.Ming Chuan couldn't eat anymore, the beggar took the rest and said, "It's really delicate."

Ming Chuan didn't speak, but yawned lazily.

The beggar said: "You said you, let go of the good life at home, but what are you doing out there?"

"How do you know I escaped?"

The beggar smiled: "Yes, it's really hard to guess. You really are not very smart."

Mingchuan refused to admit it: "Maybe it's too cold today, I can't react."

After a while, Ming Chuan asked again: "Do you know how to get out of the city without guides and identity documents?"

The beggar said: "Do you really want to go out? Don't you just make yourself suffer?"

Ming Chuan lowered his eyes and did not speak, but insisted.The beggar had no choice but to say: "There is a way, I will take you there tomorrow."

Surprise flashed in Ming Chuan's eyes: "Thank you."

The beggar climbed up to the thatched pile after eating the roast chicken. His place was spacious enough for two people to lie down. One person was covered with a quilt and squeezed together, which made him feel much warmer.

The beggar felt warm, but Ming Chuan didn't feel it. His hands and feet were cold for a long time but he didn't feel warm. Thinking about it, he felt that the timing was wrong. If he ran out in summer, it wouldn't be so cold.

The beggar turned over and said, "Hey, what will you do in the future? Even if you can really get out, what do you live on?"

Ming Chuan didn't know, he said: "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Take a step and see."

The beggar looked down on him and said, "If you don't stay with me for a few days, I'll teach you how to beg, lest you starve to death."

Ming Chuan turned over heavily and ignored him.

The beggar is still talking, "The most important thing for us to be beggars is to use people's sympathy. Just like me, I was lying at the intersection in tattered clothes on nine cold days, and someone must feel sorry for me. If I meet another person like you who is stupid and has a lot of money, just give me some, and I can eat for several days..."

In Putuo Temple, the hot water in the teapot was bubbling and bubbling, and the fire came to report that His Majesty had left the palace and was now in an old shed in the east of the city.

Rong Shang still looked calm, and his movements of making tea were undisturbed: "As long as he is still alive, don't worry about others."

Wu Shi looked complicated, and said: "The little emperor has never been out of the palace alone, and he hasn't taken care of his body well, so he can't keep it well..."

Rong Shang smiled softly: "It's not what you said, heart disease still needs heart medicine, if he wants to leave the palace, I will let him leave the palace. Children, it doesn't matter if you suffer a little bit."