Chapter 251

Soon, Lin Xiu went on the road alone, left the territory belonging to Doupoyu, and came to a place called Canghe City.

"Drive! Drive!"

In the noisy bazaar of Canghe City, a fiery red horse galloped from a distance, and a woman in a light yellow dress on the horseback kept drinking coquettishly, causing the crowds who were trading in the bazaar to strong dissatisfaction.

"Who is she? No one cares about riding a horse like this on the street?" A young lady who was shopping for makeup at a rouge booth couldn't help complaining.

Seeing that the girl was dissatisfied, the stall owner first carefully glanced at the girl on the horse's back, and then lowered his voice to the customer in front of him: "Shh, girl, keep your voice down, don't let her hear you, she is our The daughter of the lord of Canghe City, Liu Qing, Miss Liu."

Hearing the name "Liu Qing", the woman who was still complaining suddenly changed her face. The daughter of the city lord, Miss Liu, was notoriously domineering in Canghe City. Relying on his father being the lord of the city, he often bullied common people like them. Control her? Who dares.

"hiss!"

Just when the young woman was in a daze, the sound of a steed neighing suddenly came, but Liu Qing stopped her steed for some reason.

"Smelly beggar, get away from me, girl, and stand here again, believe it or not, I will destroy you!" Liu Qing said with a disgusted expression on a sackclothed boy with a horsewhip in his hand.

Although the young man looked shabby, he was still a little away from the beggar, so he couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this.

The boy's name was Fang Xu, and he was originally a frail scholar, but since both his parents passed away, he also had to go to the streets to beg for some rough work to make ends meet.

Because of his weakness, he would always be deducted from wages by employers for various reasons when working. Although he would not be reduced to a beggar, in the eyes of the delicate daughter of the city lord, he was almost the same.

Being reprimanded by Liu Qing, although Fang Xu was a little scared, he was more humiliated. The sages said: Having fun with your son can make all peoples love each other. But right now, Liu Qing scolded herself indiscriminately. While being humiliated, Fang Xu still felt even more terrified.

Ever since he started walking on the streets, he has discovered that some of the principles in the book simply do not work in reality. This is unimaginable in the eyes of a scholar who studies sage books hard.

Still in a daze, he didn't see clearly, Liu Qing saw him sticking to the spot for a long time, thinking that he was trying to fight against her, and his heart became angry again, and he directly pulled the horsewhip in his hand towards Fang Xu.

"Snapped!"

The riding whip was firmly drawn on the boy's body. Feeling the pain in his back, the boy couldn't help but gasped, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Seeing the young man's painful appearance, Liu Qing frowned: "It's really useless." After speaking, she walked away under the awe-inspiring eyes of everyone.

As soon as Liu Qing left, the street quickly returned to the hustle and bustle not long ago. As for Fang Xu, a young man from a poor family, even though he felt some sympathy, no one came to see the young man's injuries.

Lin Xiu was sitting alone on the restaurant. Although he felt some sympathy for the pain the young man was going through, he didn't intend to lend a helping hand. He just drank the wine alone.

Fang Xu suffered an innocent disaster for no reason, and it was impossible for Fang Xu to find any more work. Enduring the burning pain on his back, he walked step by step towards his home outside the city.

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"You old beggar, you are going to beg for food, Uncle Li, are you looking for smoke?" Just as Fang Xu walked to the door of his house, a burst of cursing came from not far away.

Hearing the word beggar, Fang Xu paused, turned his head and walked towards the direction of the sound.

An old man with sloppy clothes and a long beard appeared in Fang Xu's vision.

"Young people nowadays, they just want to get started. If you don't give it, don't give it." The old man didn't take what the man surnamed Li said, and said to himself.

"You're sensible, old beggar, I'm in a good mood today, so I'm not as knowledgeable as you." The man surnamed Li saw that the old beggar was subdued, but he didn't continue to make things difficult. Besides, a beggar can't squeeze out any oil and water, so he spit , and strode away directly.

Just when Fang Xu turned his head, the old beggar got up straight from the ground, and before Fang Xu recovered, he appeared in front of Fang Xu like a ghost.

"Hey, kid, it's your luck to meet me today, why don't you take the old man and me to have a good meal?" The old beggar with white beard said directly to Fang Xu with a familiar look.

Perhaps it was because of being insulted by others just now, not only did he not feel disgusted with the old beggar Fang Xu in front of him, but he was a little close to him.

Under Fang Xu's guidance, the old beggar walked into Fang Xu's house step by step.

It is said to be a home, but it is actually just two thatched houses. Looking at the humble house in front of him, Fang Xu looked a little embarrassed: "If you don't dislike it, just live here with me for a while."

"Boy, it seems that your conduct is not bad. From the way you dress and talk, old man, you must be a nerd. In the Daqian Dynasty, reading is not feasible!" Hearing Fang Xu's words, the old beggar He frowned and said immediately.

Hearing this, Fang Xu couldn't help showing a wry smile again. The Dagan Dynasty favored martial arts, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty appeared to have roughly the same official rank, but in fact the status of military officials was far above that of civil officials.

It has been 600 years since the Dagan Dynasty established the country with force! In the past six hundred years, no matter whether it was the border wars or the governance of the people in the court, all those in power were generals with outstanding force.

Because of the great martial arts, the entire dynasty did not pay much attention to scholars, and even some civil servants in the dynasty did not all have good martial arts skills!

But learning martial arts requires a lot of natural resources and earthly treasures to strengthen the muscles and bones. Fang Xu, a child from a poor family, what should he use to practice martial arts? Even if the status of a scholar is not as good as that of a warrior, he is still better than a commoner. If he has a reputation, it can be regarded as a prosperity for a poor commoner like Fang Xu.

He took out the few grains at home and simply boiled them in water. This was the delicacy that Fang Xu used to greet the old beggar.

The old beggar was not picky about his food, so he swallowed the small amount of food, and then burped happily.

Squinting his eyes slightly, the old beggar began to carefully entertain his young offspring.

"Look at you, you are not much better than me, the old beggar. Why don't you just follow the old beggar and beg for me in the future? Don't talk about big fish and meat, at least you can gain some knowledge along the way." The old beggar said Said.

Hearing what the old beggar said, Fang Xu frowned unconsciously. Thinking that after studying the sage books for ten years, he would be reduced to a beggar in the end?

Fang Xu originally wanted to reject the old beggar directly, but the image of being humiliated by Liu Qing on the street just now appeared in his mind.

I sighed again in my heart, that's all, I, Fang Xu, a scholar, can only be a beggar in this world of warriors.

Immediately, he smiled wryly at the old beggar and said, "Forget it, I'll beg with you."

Hearing Fang Xu's answer, a gleam of light flashed in the old beggar's eyes, and there seemed to be a touch of joy in his eyes.

At this time, Lin Xiu still didn't know what kind of intersection he would have with the old and the young beggars in the future...