Chapter 85 First Encounter with a Local Snake in Liantang Town
The young eunuch, Hu San, and Wang Xiaowu all rode horses and headed straight to the south.
I met a beggar on the road. He was about 20 years old. His appearance was not bad, but he was extremely weak, obviously due to lack of nutrition. The young eunuch and Wang Xiaowu thought that this man had a kind face, but they really couldn't remember that the three of them got off the horse.
After resting and staying in the hotel, a beggar came to ask for money. Wang Xiaowu was kind-hearted. He looked at the young eunuch's face, took out a few small coins from his pocket and asked him casually:
"You're young and don't do anything serious, so why do you do this kind of thing?"
"I'm so ashamed. I'm a disabled person and can't do hard work. I have no one to take care of me at home, so I have to beg on the streets to survive."
Wang Xiaowu couldn't help but chuckled and said: "Seeing that you have all your hands and feet, you are neither lame nor crippled, you are also hearing and seeing clearly, and you speak clearly, how can you say you are disabled?"
Before the beggar could reply, someone nearby said to him: "He is a eunuch."
One sentence aroused the interest of the three people, and the young eunuch spoke first: "Why is the eunuch living on the street if he is not in the palace?"
The beggar sighed and said, "It's a long story, so I might as well not say it."
The young eunuch refused to comply and insisted on finding out what happened and promising to give him a few more coins. Then the beggar said:
"Ten years ago, I was selected to be a eunuch in the palace, but after cutting off my balls and balls, I was no longer wanted."
"Why?"
"I don't know if I just remember that my name in the palace was Pan You'an."
The little eunuch was immediately shocked. Things in the world are such coincidences. Unfortunately, his substitute met him again. The little eunuch thought for a while and said:
"Friend, don't beg for food anymore. I'll give you some money to support you. If I tell you a place to go, you can stay there first, and I will support you for the rest of your life."
The beggar fell to his knees on the ground and sighed: "My benefactor, please bow to me. It is difficult to repay your great kindness in this life, even if you change into an ox or a horse in the next life."
The little eunuch hurriedly helped him up with both hands and said repeatedly: "Brother, get up quickly. It's me who should repay your kindness. I should turn into a cow or a horse in the next life!"
Everyone didn't know the truth, and thought that the young eunuch was generous with money, helped the poor and rescued people in danger, and had the virtue of living a good life. Naturally, Wang Xiaowu and Hu San were also confused. Wang Xiaowu could still understand a little bit, and Hu San was even less aware of it.
Where did it start?
The little eunuch wrote a letter and asked the beggar to go directly to Shangguan Xue. The beggar went there with many thanks.
The three brothers were traveling day and night, and when they arrived at a place, they saw shops on both sides of the street, selling and buying, crowded with people, and very lively. As they were walking, someone suddenly shouted "The tiger is coming!"
, just like a bird entering the forest, hundreds of birds closed the door silently, and people left and left, the streets suddenly became empty alleys. The little eunuchs were very puzzled: How could there be tigers coming and going in broad daylight, and in this bustling city?
among?
While the three of them were hesitating, a group of men and horses suddenly jumped out, a dozen young and strong men, all riding tall horses, with a young man who looked like a young man in the middle, followed by a small eunuch riding a sedan, who came with a whistle.
They were unable to dodge. Someone in the cavalry swung a whip and hit Wang Xiaowu on the neck. A bloody streak immediately appeared, and a lot of blood spilled out. Hu San was impatient. When he opened his mouth to scold, he was winked by the young eunuch.
Hu Bian stopped making a sound
"Why don't you leave quickly, are you looking for death?" Someone in the cavalry stopped and reined in their horses, yelling angrily.
According to the little eunuch's temper, these dozens of birdmen would be wiped out in less than half an hour. But he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders and could not easily kill people, so he endured it and replied with a smile:
"Excuse me, excuse me!"
"I'm tired of this, they're a bunch of foreigners!" someone in the group cursed in Cantonese.
The little eunuch turned around and asked Hu San: "What did he mean by scolding?"
Hu San said: "Forget it if you don't understand, I'll make you angry if I explain it."
The little eunuch became anxious and scolded: "Brother, you're only angry because you don't understand!"
"meaning is***!"
"Our ancestors!" the little eunuch shouted back at the horse team as they retreated.
Suddenly, they heard a bang, and the courtyard door behind the young eunuch and the others opened halfway, and a head poked out. The old man waved to them to come in and talk.
After the three people dismounted and entered the courtyard, the old man hurriedly turned around and closed the courtyard door, and asked in a low voice:
"Are you three strangers?"
The little eunuch nodded in agreement.
"You almost didn't cause big trouble. Do you know who those people are?" the old man asked.
The little eunuch shook his head
The old man invited several people to sit down in the room, found some medicine and applied it on Wang Xiaowu's wound, and then introduced:
"Our town is called Liantang Town. The only big family in the town is the Huang family. The Huang family has been officials for generations. Their five sons are named Huangpihu, Huangpibao, Huangpishi and Huangpi.
Wolves, yellow-skinned jackals, all of them are evil men who bully men and women. They have raised countless diners in their homes. They are afraid that a team of thousands of people will gather together. The one who just beat you was the fourth yellow-skinned wolf. I don’t know who has taken a liking to him this time.
Whose woman is looking for someone else’s advantage?”
"Isn't it true that the whole world is a royal land? Is there no royal law here?" the young eunuch said angrily.
"The king's law, what king's law? The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the emperor is also beyond his reach. I heard before that there were several imperial envoys who were either bribed by the Huang family or assassinated by people sent by the Huang family. There was no result," the old man said with a sigh.
Only then did the young eunuch feel that the situation was serious. Unlike what he had originally thought, becoming an imperial envoy meant that I was the best in the world. He turned around and looked at Hu San and Wang Xiaowu. They also looked like they were crying and couldn't agree on one thing.
The young eunuch bid farewell to the old man and found a hotel nearby for the three of them to live in. They began to summarize the affairs of the Huang family. Hu San said:
"Brother, it's better to take care of official business and dispatch troops to the nearby government office to suppress it."
Wang Xiaowu also said: "Brother Hu is absolutely right. Either you don't care about this matter, you still have to follow the official path, or you just go around it."
The little eunuch slammed his palm on the table and said angrily: "I have rebelled against them. I am a dignified imperial envoy. How can I be afraid of such a villain leaving? Tonight, the three of us will go to the tiger's den to break into it!"
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