Chapter 1: The beggar's tears in Puji Temple This chapter is free
Donglong Kingdom, a great country in the middle of the Qixuan Continent, was in the cold winter, and all the rivers and mountains were covered with silver. [】
Jingyang Province is located in the southeast of Donglong Kingdom, with beautiful scenery and has been prosperous and dazzling throughout the dynasties. The so-called Beitai Jing and South Jingyang refer to the northern Taijing Province and the southern Jingyang Province. The two provinces are like two flashes.
The bright stars stand in the north and south of the Donglong Kingdom, echoing each other.
Taijing is the capital of Donglong Kingdom, with prominent officials everywhere, with a grand momentum and magnificent momentum. Compared with Taijing's majesty, Jingyang is like a woman in a deep boudoir, weak and charming.
How many generations of emperors have changed, how many historical storms, Jingyang's dazzlingness has never disappeared. When it comes to Jingyang, the people will always intentionally associate it with the words "beauty", "fireworks", and "good wine".
As a place of fireworks for generations, Jingyang attracts many talented men and beautiful women to come here all year round, intoxicated by the gentle land of love between men and women.
But even in such a prosperous place, there are still some people who live in poverty for various reasons and are forced to become beggars, begging everywhere, and have no status.
In the east corner outside Luofeng City, Jingyang Province, there is a deserted temple. If you wipe off the thick dust from the dilapidated temple gate, you can still vaguely reach the three words Puji Temple. The dilapidated Puji Temple is like that
A group of beggars in ragged clothes and difficult to fill are occupied.
"It's your turn to beg for food today, why are you still sleeping?" The young beggar kicked a young beggar.
The young beggar turned over, as if he was still sleeping, and murmured: "A gentleman should not accept the food he gave..."
This sentence, which is like a dream but not a dream, immediately attracted bursts of laughter from beggars around him, mixed with ridicule and sarcasm.
Perhaps because of the ridicule that embarrassed the young beggar, he increased the strength of his feet and kicked the young beggar hard.
The young beggar woke up at this moment and jumped up immediately, saying, "I'll go right away, I'll go right away." Then he patted his companion who was sleeping beside him and turned around and walked outside the Puji Temple.
In the Puji Temple, the land was full of messes. Beggars burned inferior wood to keep warm and emitted these strange smells everywhere. However, for beggars who are difficult to fill, it is the most peaceful residence. Here they need to be treated with their faces.
Sleep warmly and comfortably.
Outside Puji Temple, the wind was cold and the snow was white in the fields, and the vast and desolate. The young beggar and his companions tightened their thin and tattered clothes, and walked slowly towards Luofeng City... Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive!
"Get out of here!" A large group of people rode high-headed horses into the city gate. The young beggar and his companion were whipped by the leader with a whip. The young beggar curled up on the ground and touched his arm. The whip mark entered.
The three-point meat made the young beggar's thick and loose arms become skinny and it hurt even more in this cold weather.
"Are you okay? Lu Sheng." asked his companion worriedly.
The young beggar was named Lu Sheng. Because it was picked up by the beggar on the roadside in the New Year, it was named Lu Sheng. Lu Sheng's adoptive father was called Lao Wang. Therefore, most beggars say that Lao Wang is an old dog and Lu Sheng is a dog.
However, this companion around Lu Sheng has always called him Lu Sheng, which is one of the reasons why Lu Sheng likes this companion the most. Lu Sheng’s companion is named Zhu Xin. Like Lu Sheng, both parents died when he was young, so his relatives were born.
Later he became a beggar.
Lu Sheng felt that in this world, only Zhu Xin would really listen to him, so he regarded Zhu Xin as his most loyal playmate.
Lu Sheng stood up with his painful wound, biting his lips, and said, "Why are there people in the world who bully the weak and fear the strong, and those who bully the good and fear the evil. If the way of heaven is bright, why are sentient beings in the world not equal? So my way is blinded by the eyes of heaven.
You cannot trust in heaven, only by being independent, if you have me in this world for one day, you will have the great Daogong to exist in the world."
If someone is here, he will laugh and scold him for overestimating his abilities. However, after thinking about it carefully, he has to admire the young ambitions of this little beggar. Although Lu Sheng was born as a beggar, he has always been unwilling to live in his heart.
Yu Puji Temple endured in rags. While other beggars begging everywhere, Lu Sheng searched for those scholars and hid under the readers for eavesdropping. He actually learned a lot of knowledge, but he only learned
But people can communicate with these things. Could it be that he would talk about poetry, books, rituals and music with a group of beggars around him? This is different from the Niuqin.
"A gentleman should strive for self-improvement." Lu Sheng often uses this sentence in his heart to encourage himself and Zhu Xin. Although he is a beggar, he always has a heart that is unwilling to be inferior at a young age.
But no matter how big your ambition is, the first thing you need to do is to solve the problem of empty stomach, not to eat enough, but to not starve to death. If you starve to death, then what else can you talk about? Lu Sheng knew that if you couldn't ask today,
When you go back to a certain amount of food, you will inevitably be beaten up.
Covering the painful wound, under the support of Zhu Xin, Lu Sheng begged one by one, and the weather was cold and the weather was not the season for flowers. The wealthy families locked the doors and looked at the red painted doors. Lu Sheng felt more and more in his heart.
I hope that someone would walk out of it with a bowl of hot rice, but what I faced him was always the vicious faces and fists of the housekeepers, and even the fierce evil dogs.
Li's Mansion, the head of the Li family, Li Nantian, spent a huge amount of money to build a luxury mansion in Luofeng City. Li Nantian lost his mother at the age of thirteen and his father lost his father's business at the age of fourteen. His son inherited his father's business and inherited his father's tavern at the corner of the city.
It was also from that time that Li Nantian's talent in doing business was fully demonstrated. In three years, the small tavern became a large restaurant located in the most prosperous area of Jingyang City. All the officials and nobles were
Being proud of being able to enter the VIP room in Luohong winery. Now, the Li family is not only involved in food, cloth, forging, and even private salt. Li Nantian, who is less than 40 years old, has become a wealthy business community.
The giant, even the Governor of Jingyang Province, would greet Li Nantian respectfully.
Lu Sheng knew that on weekdays, beggars would have to go around the Li Mansion far away, frightened by the power of the Li Mansion's guards, but today Lu Sheng walked to the purse gate of the Li Mansion in a daze.
Wang! Wang! Wang! Wang! Wang! Wang! Wang!
A group of evil dogs in the gate of Li's mansion suddenly barked wildly. At this time of day, the guards of Li's mansion came back to feed the dogs after morning exercise. These evil dogs can only be better followed by the guards' hands.
command.
A guard who was feeding dogs shot out the door, and Lu Sheng suddenly realized that it was the person who started to hurt him at the city gate. When Lu Sheng was escorting Lu Sheng, his eyes couldn't help but squint, as if he had thought of something, and then he took the initiative.
The food bowl that was feeding the dog on the ground and walked over and threw it in front of Lu Sheng.
If it were usual, Lu Sheng would have picked up the food bowl on the ground and bowed and thanked him loudly. But today, Lu Sheng didn't want to get the food bowl on the ground. He eavesdropped on the usual pride that scholars talked about to raise this little beggar.
The inner perseverance.
"I am hurting you today. Do you want to use this dog food to make up for your mistakes? The way of heaven is clear and you will make your own decision. I don't want to be eaten by a reckless man!" Lu Sheng said loudly.
"Hmph, little beast, I'm shameless to give you a shame?" The guard picked up the sleeves on his arm and wanted to fist and kick Lu Sheng.
"stop!"
Inside the door, Li Mengyun, the eldest daughter of the Li family, happened to take all this in her eyes. She suddenly thought that there was no one around her who could trust. Although this person was not a beggar, he was full of backbone and was just for his own use. Tomorrow
If he escaped, this person could still help me. Thinking of this, Li Mengyun scolded him.
Lu Sheng knew from this sound that the man was not old, but the guard immediately took back the fist in his hand when he heard the man's scolding, but he was very afraid of the person who was talking.
"Isn't the woodshed missing a guy? I'll use him." The voice came again, but Lu Sheng was not the one who spoke from beginning to end.
"Yes, Miss!" The guard returned respectfully, then turned to Lu Sheng and said, "Boy, our young lady is kind-hearted and let you go to Li's house to be a firewood clerk. This is something many people are looking forward to.
Are you willing to do something that is not good?”
Lu Sheng frowned and thought about it. Although he didn't understand why the eldest lady came to him and asked him to be a clerk in the Li family. But he also knew that if he didn't seize the opportunity this time, he would probably be a beggar for the rest of his life and be able to enter.
In the Li family, you don’t have to worry about food and clothing. You won’t spend a lot of time begging every day like you do now, and you won’t have enough time to do what you want to do.
Lu Sheng suddenly knelt on his knees and shouted to the door: "The young lady is kind and kind, so that the villain can make a day of turning over. The villain is grateful, but the villain's companions around him lose their parents when they were young and remain lonely.
, and have been with the villain since childhood, I hope the eldest lady will take her in together."
"Then let him do some chores in the woodshed with you. Since you have joined the Li family, you must follow the rules of the Li family and don't let outsiders laugh at it. The Li family rules will be explained to you one by one in the future.
.Is there anything else?"
"The villain really has something to ask for. Although his parents were taken in by his adoptive father since childhood, otherwise the villain would have starved to death on the roadside. The villain got good fortune from the eldest lady and needed to go back and inform him and beg the eldest lady to agree.
"Lu Sheng said.
"You are still obsessed with your adoptive father, but you are a loyal and righteous person. This is a good thing, so I will naturally respond. Go back quickly. Come and go to the kitchen to get some food for him."
In the shabby Puji Temple, Lu Sheng handed the food he got back from Li’s mansion to his adoptive father. They were all white and tender steamed buns, one of which was made of rice flour made of finely ground rice.
It is rare for people to eat steamed buns of this quality.
When the beggar arrived at the steamed bun, he did not show the joy of ordinary beggars when they saw hungry food. Instead, he landed with a embarrassed expression and said, "How many times have I told you that although we are beggars, we cannot
If we lose our duty as a human being, we are beggars and not thieves!”
Obviously, the beggar thought that these steamed buns were stolen by Lu Sheng, because no one would use such high-quality food to dispense beggars.
Lu Sheng's adoptive father in front of him has never felt a trace of warmth in him for so many years, but some are just harsh scolding and fierce fists. He was angry and tired, and he didn't want to explain anything to him. Zhu Xin seemed to be enlightened.
Lu Sheng quickly told Lao Wang about his experience in Li's mansion today.
After hearing Zhu Xin's words, Beggar Nian knew that he had blamed Lu Sheng wrongly, and a trace of apologies flashed across his eyes, but he did not say the apology.
Lu Sheng reached Lao Wang's expression, pursed his lips and wanted to say something but didn't speak. He had to swallow the words back into his stomach. After a long time, three words were squeezed out: "I'm leaving..."
The Nian beggar nodded. Lu Sheng glanced at the Nian beggar deeply and resolutely turned around and walked out. The thin back of Lu Sheng walked out of Puji Temple. The Nian beggar seemed to be pulled by something in his heart, and a trace of tears flashed across the corners of his eyes.