Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

The old beggar was still unconvinced: "Okay, you're right about these few things, but who knows if your saying that you don't know me is true or not, dare you let the old man test you again?"

Zhang Chi asked with a smile, "How does brother want to test me?"

The old beggar rolled his eyes around, looking at the table of men and women sitting at the top of the stairs: "Tell me, what kind of people are those two people?"

Zhang Chi took a sip of his wine, lowered his voice, and said, "That man's clothing taste is not good. Although he is wearing an extremely expensive satin robe, it is crumpled. It can be seen that he bought an expensive dress to support his appearance. But he is reluctant to spend money to let the laundry room wash it. He washes it casually at home. He must be a man who looks rich but is stingy. There are four or five pieces of jade hanging on the front and back of his body, and even jade pieces are hanging from his shoes, but the quality of the jade is not good. He should be a businessman from poverty to riches. He needs to pay attention to appearance and is stingy and is reluctant to spend money. The woman opposite him should be his wife. Although she is covered in jewelry, she has thick fingers and scars. A farm girl with a slightly protruding belly and so many sour things on the table is not fat, and she is about three or four months pregnant."

The old beggar gave a thumbs up: "The vision is really good, basically everything is right, except for one thing, that woman is not his wife, but his concubine raised outside."

"Really? How did you find out?" Zhang Chi humbly asked for advice.

"Who on this street doesn't know that the wife of the shopkeeper of Wangji Commercial Bank is a hag, and he can only secretly raise a concubine outside to give birth to him." The old beggar snorted proudly, "But you really He has some skills, so tell me, what do you see from this Taoist priest who is beside you?"

Zhang Chi looked at Mu Liuyun. Mu Liuyun was picking up a deep-fried broad bean with his clean and slender fingers. He opened his mouth and gently bit the bean, tearing off the hard brown skin on the outside. His tongue was out of sight. Roll the watercress in, and keep your mouth closed when chewing, without making a sound or letting the juice residue leak out.

Even eating a bean can look so good-looking, Zhang Chi felt that crispy feeling in his heart again.

In fact, from the time the two met, he had never stopped observing Mu Liuyun.

Undoubtedly, this is a person with a regular life, well-educated, and no bad habits. Except for some cleanliness, he is not squeamish, not hypocritical, and not picky eaters. He can eat simple food and delicacies. He eats more than usual Many, not talkative, not sociable, especially with strangers, he is very gentle and reasonable, but when he is angry, he will become very scary.

He is like a blank piece of paper, so simple that Zhang Chi can see through his living habits and personality characteristics with a few glances, and like a deep ancient well, he has no idea what is hidden under the calm water.

"Little brother?" the old beggar called out, and Zhang Chi recovered from his daze, smiled a concealed smile, and changed the subject, "I've been talking for a long time, but I still don't know what my brother's name is, can you tell me?"

"My surname is Li, and everyone I know calls me Lao Li, what about you, young man?"

"Zhang Chi, Chi Chi, this is Daoist Mu Liuyun from the Shangqing Palace." Zhang Chi did not forget to introduce the "Daoist Boring Gourd" who hadn't said a word until now.

"So you were the one who took down Mu Liuyun from Black Dragon Village with one sword." The old beggar looked at Mu Liuyun curiously, "You are much younger than I thought."

Mu Liuyun frowned, and cast doubtful eyes on Zhang Chi: "Why did this matter spread so widely?"

Zhang Chi shook his hand: "I didn't pass it on. I've been with you all the time. It must be that the people from Heilongzhai came out to brag for you everywhere, blowing you up like a god. You know, the more bizarre you sound in the Jianghu The faster the matter spreads, if it spreads further, you may become overpowered."

"But why are they bragging for me?"

"You overthrew a group of them by yourself, and forced them to disband the Black Dragon Village. If those people don't blow you up as unstoppable as a god descending from the earth, and say that they were defeated by a young ordinary person, then How embarrassing, how will you mess around in the rivers and lakes in the future?"

Hearing Zhang Chi's explanation, Mu Liuyun nodded in understanding and said nothing more.

Lao Li raised a sea bowl to him: "Those people are bragging, at least you are not a fake, you picked a whole bunch of people by yourself, it is rare to have such ability and courage at such a young age, come on, The old man respects you."

But Mu Liuyun shook his head: "I accept it kindly, I don't drink."

It’s too embarrassing to refuse in front of the respected person. Some people would ask “Are you looking down on me” with a dark face, and then turn their faces on the case, but Lao Li just laughed nonchalantly Said: "That's just right, the old man will drink your share by the way."

As he spoke, he raised his head and gulped two mouthfuls, and he downed another bowl.

Zhang Chi was a little embarrassed for Mu Liuyun. He praised Lao Li's massive volume, and then turned to Mu Liuyun and asked, "Liuyun, do you not drink because you don't know how to drink, don't like to drink, or have you never drank?"

Mu Liuyun said lightly, "I've never drank it before."

"...It's no wonder, after all, the Shangqing Palace is a place of pure cultivation." Zhang Chi just walked down the steps for him quietly, "But if you want to walk in the rivers and lakes, there may be many places where you will need to drink in the future. Let's take this opportunity to try it first, you will never know how much you can drink if you haven't drank it."

After thinking about it, Mu Liuyun felt that it made sense, so he reached out to pour the wine.

Zhang Chi stopped him: "This wine is still too spicy for you. It's better not to drink it so strong for the first time. I'll find you something with a softer taste."

As he spoke, he ordered a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine from the waiter in the shop, turned over a cup and poured it for Mu Liuyun.

"Hey--" Lao Li grabbed Zhang Chi's hand holding the cup, and said bluntly, "Pour the wine as soon as you pour it, why did you give him medicine?"

Zhang Chi's eyes widened in surprise: "I didn't expect to be discovered by you!"

Lao Li also opened his eyes wide in surprise: "I didn't expect you to admit it shamelessly!"

And Mu Liuyun just asked in surprise: "When did you move your hands and feet, why didn't I notice?"

Zhang Chi repeated the little action just now at a slower speed, and explained to him: "Look, just now I hid my hand under the table where you couldn't see it, and secretly stuck a little bit of it inside the bag with my thumb. Then when I turned over the cup, I swiped my thumb along the edge of the cup, and the powder fell into the cup, and then I immediately poured the wine into it, and the powder was washed away, and I couldn’t see it when I poured the wine just now. Hold it, so as to prevent the remaining powder from sticking to the cup and causing alarm.”

"It's really hard to guard against." Mu Liuyun was a little ashamed. Zhang Chi sometimes secretly drugged him, and he knew it. Anyway, what he used was just ordinary sweat medicine. Well, if you don't want to sleep, you can use his skill to force it out. Apart from getting Zhang Chi again and hurting his self-esteem, it won't cause other harm to him.

Old Li said resentfully from the side: "So you guys were just joking around, but it's me, the old man, who has trouble."

"Brother, you have a warm heart, which is rare." Zhang Chi spilled the glass of wine, took another glass and poured it for Mu Liuyun: "Drink, I won't make trouble this time."

Mu Liuyun came over and sniffed. The sweet-scented osmanthus brew exudes a fragrance mixed with sweet-scented osmanthus and fine wine. The smell is not annoying, so he began to sip it.

Zhang Chi knew that he didn't like to talk too much, so he didn't bother him, so he had a lively chat with Lao Li.

"Brother, you should know a lot of people in the Beggar Gang, have you ever heard of a person named Lu Xiaomi?"

"Xiaomi?" Lao Li chewed a peanut and said, "I know that kid."

"Great, where is he now and how is he doing?" Zhang Chi's face showed sincere joy. Originally, he asked Lao Li to come up to ask the old man of the beggar gang about the current situation of his old friend Xiaomi, and by the way, he asked the beggar gang He has a relationship with Lala, but the disciples of the beggar gang are all over the world. Although this old beggar seems to have a high status, he is not sure if he happened to know Lu Xiaomi by chance.

"It's just like that, learning kung fu, fighting, and getting into trouble from time to time, often making his master so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven." Lao Li asked, "How do you know him?"

Zhang Chi said with nostalgia: "We are old friends. I haven't seen him since we separated four years ago. I really miss him."

"Wait a minute..." Lao Li suddenly scratched his head, "Lu Xiaomi's friend... surnamed Zhang, is also a military master with an iron gun. I seem to remember you. You used to be a member of the beggar gang until four years ago. He was taken away by a big man, and he left the beggar gang and went north to join the Iron Wolf Army, right?"

"Uh..." Zhang Chi glanced at Mu Liuyun, and suddenly regretted calling Lao Li up, "I thought no one in the beggar gang would remember me except Xiaomi."

Mu Liuyun had already had a few drinks at this time, and he seemed to be very clear-headed, but looked at Zhang Chi with a blurred gaze: "Why do you become a member of the Beggar Gang again?"

At this point, Zhang Chi had no choice but to sigh helplessly: "You also know that when I was a child, I lived a life of homelessness and wandering around. After you rescued me, I met Xiaomi and followed him to join the beggar. Then, when I was 15 years old, I met my father’s old friend by chance, and he negotiated with the leader to get me out of the Beggars’ Gang and took me to join the Iron Wolf Army.”

Generally speaking, if anyone joins a gang, he will be a member of this gang from now on, and he will be a member of this gang when he dies. Whether he is expelled from the gang or defected from the gang, he will be accused by everyone Can't get up.However, Zhang Chi was just a young disciple who had just escaped from the ordinary beggars back then, and no one cared about him at first. In addition, he was approved by the leader of the beggar gang, so the whole beggar gang ignored him as if he had never accepted him.

So Zhang Chi didn't expect that besides Lu Xiaomi, there were people in the beggar gang who remembered his existence.

And this "remembering" came so hard that he couldn't laugh or cry.

Originally, his lack of literacy made him feel ashamed in front of Mu Liuyun, but now that Mu Liuyun found out that he used to be a little beggar, I'm afraid he will be looked down upon even more.

But Mu Liuyun just sighed lightly and said, "It's really not easy for you."