Zha Gong's evolutionary path

It has been raining heavily for more than half a month in Yancheng, almost flooding the entire moat. It has finally cleared up these two days.

The people of Yancheng, who had been soaked by the heavy rain for nearly twenty days, took out bedding from their homes that was moist enough to feed tadpoles, and dried them in the scorching sun.Entering the city, it is also very interesting to look at the colorful sheets and mattresses along the road, whether new or old, colorful or plain, beautifully blooming.

The water in some low-lying areas of the city has not yet receded, and the air is filled with the smell of water vapor evaporated by the sun.

A semi-new two-wheeled carriage, painted with faded powder paint, just staggered in through the city gate.

The horses in the trailer are two thin and lean horses with sloppy coats, as if they have never had enough to eat in most of their lives; dragging a heavy carriage with wheels that are about to sink into the bluestone slabs can actually Maintained a steady and steady progress.

The driver was a young man in his early twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a straight and childish face.The clothes on his body were ordinary clothes, even rather crude, but he was in a great mood, driving the carriage, turning his head from time to time to talk to the people in the carriage.

A twittering young girl's voice echoed in the carriage, she said, and laughed several times, very happy, the voice kept flying out from the half-covered curtain of the carriage, and even the young man driving the carriage grinned and laughed. My eyes are bent to the sky.

The people of Yancheng were busy cleaning up their houses, drying their clothes, inspecting the damage caused by water soaking, and going to the fields to inspect the crops. Not many people wandered on the street, so not many people paid attention to this car. A wretched-looking carriage from outside, with a flying "Yaoqi Class" triangular emblem flag flying in front of the carriage.

The young man driving the car was chatting back and forth with the girl in the car, but he didn't pay attention to looking at the front of the car. There was a loud bang, and the car body bounced violently, probably hitting a rock.

A gentle male voice sounded in the car: "Xiao Wu, don't mess with girl Qi while driving, all your wealth is in this car."

The young man named Xiao Wu stuck out his tongue, and replied embarrassingly: "Oh, I see, Lord Han."

Not daring to make any more fuss, turned around and concentrated on driving.

The girl in the carriage was quiet for a while, and soon started chattering again, pestering the male voice who spoke just now: "Master Han, my hairpin broke when I was on stage last time, can you give me a new one when you have time? Hair I can’t get it up, it’s really uncomfortable.”

A male voice with a bit of masculinity answered: "You're making trouble again, Lord Han spoils you enough, which one in the class has more outfits than you?"

Qi girl yelled: "Which Huadan wears messy hair when she sings? Isn't it all because of Yao Qi's class when she stands on the stage? Master Han~~~~~" The last sentence is a little bit The nasal sound is very coquettish.

A few people laughed in the carriage and remained silent. The man who spoke last seemed to be defeated by this girl's coquettish and foolish appearance, so he snorted.

The man called Master Han is obviously the head of the troupe, so he said calmly, "Qiu Niang still has a few hairpins in the box. You can use them when you go to the theater these few days. Wait for the fair." It's time, Master Han will pick out some new ones for you."

Girl Qi said happily: "Thank you Master Han!!"

A more forceful male voice muttered: "Let's play with her again, and this team will not be hollowed out." But the voice was very small, almost muffled.

Master Han didn't know if he heard it, so he didn't say a word anyway.

Girl Qi rested for a while, unable to hold back her temper, she stretched out her arm like a jade lotus root, opened half of the car curtain, and looked out, revealing a white and tender face of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl with willow eyebrows and apricot Eyes, truly handsome and lovely.The clothes on his body were the same as that of the young man driving the car, they were all ordinary and simple clothes, against this young and flying face, there was a little pitifulness for no reason.

However, she didn't care, and looked out with great interest.

The roadside is naturally full of traces after being soaked by water. The market on the street is not displayed, and the paving is only sporadic and half opened, and there is nothing very attractive.

The Qi girl stared at her for a while, then retracted her head in disappointment.

The carriage seemed to have no destination, and wandered around Yancheng Street for a while.There was no family looking at the freshness and asking them to stop and have a look, and there was no sign of any family celebrating birthdays or weddings and weddings.

On the contrary, there were a few children who felt that the colorful carriage was new, and chased after it for a long time, clapping their hands and shouting, "The opera singer is here."

In the end, the carriage wandered around and stopped in front of a dilapidated Town God's Temple in the east of the city.

The Town God's Temple probably didn't have much incense, the front lawn was full of lush green weeds, most of the plaque in front of the temple gate was missing, and only the word "city" covered with moss was visible.The window sills were covered with cobwebs, and the dust fell all over the place. It looked pitiful that no one cared about it for several years.

Xiao Wu, who was driving, reined in his horse, got off the ground, and yelled a few times towards the gate of the ruined temple.

Xiao Wu walked to the side of the carriage and said, "Master Han, this is an abandoned temple, we can settle down here."

Master Han hummed, and Xiao Wu jumped into the carriage to carry things.

Six people got off the carriage one after another, and they were crowded, probably after a long bumpy journey, they breathed a sigh of relief when they got off the carriage.Girl Qi jumped up and down, surrounding Xiao Wu to help him deliver things to the ruined temple, and the other five people followed suit.

Among the five people was a woman in her 25s and sixties with a beautiful face, who should be the "Qiu Niang" in the mouth of Master Han; A taciturn young man; a middle-aged man with white temples and a smile; and a man in his early thirties who seems to be preoccupied.

After they all got down, a man got out of the carriage last, about the same age as Qiu Niang.

He was wearing a blue gown with patches on the cuffs and the hem of the back skirt, but he didn't look desperate.The corners of the eyes and eyebrows are soaked in a soft water-like breath, which looks clean and pleasing to the eye, like a simple painting of a landscape with blank spaces.His appearance does not belong to the kind of glamorous beauty, but it has a dignified and upright gentleness, which makes people feel close to Yi Sheng after seeing it.

This man is An Hansheng, the leader of Yaoqi's class, who is also known as Master Han among these people.

After he got off the car, he was not in a hurry to pack his things, but waited and watched for half a cup of tea in front of the ruined temple, took a few larger stones, and put them down at the four corners selected by the east, west, north, south, and prepared for the next day. The sky is used as a platform.

Qiya looks like a fawn that can't stop, jumping back and forth in front of the carriage and the ruined temple.Others in the team have long been accustomed to her lively and active personality, and let her have fun without ignoring her.Xiao Wu was busy carrying heavy belongings, and he couldn't spare his hands to play with her.

Girl Qi jumped to the back of the Town God's Temple.She jumped in and was silent for a moment, then let out a long "Huh".

After a while, the girl suddenly let out an earth-shattering scream, which dragged out the end of the sound, scaring the few people who were busy doing things in front to raise their heads.

Xiao Wu threw down the clothes box he was holding in his hand, and was about to rush into the temple, when the ghostly girl rushed out of the temple again.

Covering the skirt with one hand, her pretty face was flushed, she was panting from running, and she was still giggling: "No, go and see, haha... There is a beggar in this temple!"

Master Han let go of his heart, and said, "What's so scary about being a beggar?"

Girl Qi threw herself in front of him and raised her face: "He's picking up his clothes!"

Master Han: "..."

Xiao Wu was furious: "What! In broad daylight, where did the beggar play hooligans!!" He rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush into the temple, but Master Han stretched out his hand to stop him: "I'll go and see."

The inside of the temple was as dilapidated as the outside. The statues enshrined in the temple were covered with dust, and a mouse poked out half of its head from behind, and then slipped away in panic along the bottom of the wall.All the belongings brought by Yao Qi's class were placed at the entrance of the temple, spread out in a row of clutter, which had not been tidied up in time.

After his eyes adjusted to the dim light in the temple, Lord Han found a dark figure leaning against the door behind the temple.This temple is very small, with only two entrances. It is estimated that when girl Qi wanted to run to the back and enter the temple, she passed this figure and was frightened by him.

Master Han said softly: "This brother."

The figure seemed to be dead, standing by the door, motionless and not speaking.

Master Han felt strange, but he didn't know the details of this person, so he couldn't approach him rashly, so he called again.

The swarthy mass remained indifferent, unmoved by the wind.If it wasn't for the slight ups and downs in his chest, An Hansheng would almost suspect that he was dead.

Just when he was hesitating whether to take a step forward to take a closer look, the reckless young Xiao Wu couldn't hold back anymore, and rolled into the temple like a storm.

He yelled: "Stinky beggar! How dare you bully girl Qi! See if I don't deal with you properly!" A hungry tiger jumped on the sheep and covered the beggar.

An Hansheng wanted to stop him, but before he could make a sound, he suddenly saw Wu Qi's smeared mass move.

The man stretched out his limbs from the curled up position, and with a sideways dodge, Xiao Wu flew into the air.

With the thin light coming in from outside the temple, An Hansheng could barely make out that this was a man who was not very old. His long hair was disheveled behind him, and the hair was very densely broken on his forehead, covering his whole face. They were all covered up; they couldn't see the facial features clearly, only a pair of cold eyes radiated a little indifferent light.

Xiao Wu flung himself in the air, turned around with gritted teeth, and wanted to continue to catch the beggar.Who knew that the beggar did not run away after dodging sideways, but stretched out a hand, and with a swipe sound, he tore off the young man's shirt without seeing how he moved.

"?????!!!!!!"

Xiao Wu's movements stopped abruptly, and he withdrew his hand abruptly, holding his torn clothes in panic like a frivolous little girl.Angrily: "Master Han, look at this beggar, he! Could it be that he is sick!!"

Before he closed his clothes, An Hansheng noticed that the beggar looked sharply at his upper body, saw something or didn't see anything, the dim light in his eyes flashed, and quickly went out.The beggar leaned back to the place where he had curled up just now, closed his eyes, and remained motionless.

The poor young man whose clothes were torn apart still jumped: "What's wrong with you, man! How come the little girl's clothes are also taken off! The old man's clothes are also taken off! Master Han, let's call Shang Shusheng and the others, let's throw him out together !!"

An Hansheng looked at the beggar for a while, and realized that he had no intention of actively attacking others.

He is gentle by nature, he never wants to bully the less with the more, nor does he want to provoke right and wrong.Speaking of it, the beggar didn't know how long they had been in this Town God's Temple first, and he arrived after a few people, occupying most of the seats in front of the temple. In fact, he was already a little bit occupied.

He cupped his hands towards the black one, and said: "Brother, we have no malicious intentions. We are just walking in the rivers and lakes. Just like you, we will take shelter in this temple temporarily. When we have raised enough money, we will naturally leave here , I also hope that Xiongtai will tolerate and live in peace for a while."

He waited for a while, but he didn't wait for the beggar to speak, nor did he wait for his next strange move.

Then he winked at Xiao Wu and told him to leave with him.Xiao Wu was still indignant, Lord Han glanced at him, he was full of annoyance and had no choice but to press down, staring at the beggar who was pretending to be dead for a long while, angrily followed An Hansheng out of the temple.