Chapter 815 Helplessness in the Hunger and Cold

The sky is high in September, the end of the month has passed, the autumn wind is refreshing, and the willows are turning yellow.

Famous since ancient times, there is an endless stream of peddlers at the gate of the city. On both sides of the city streets, there are many shops and stalls, and the sound of bargaining and hawking can be heard endlessly. The hot and dry Kaifeng becomes more lively and noisy after the scorching heat. When he first arrived, Lu Changwen was really dazzled by the prosperity different from his hometown. However, the rural examination is coming soon, and most of them pass by.

But at this moment, Lu Changwen was very disturbed when he heard the continuous noise, and even looked at the eyes around him, which seemed to be full of endless ridicule. Looking up at the plaque of Yuyue Inn in a daze, the word Yuyue is extremely dazzling at this moment. This was true three years ago, and it will still be true three years later! My father's words are still in my ears, everything is inferior, but reading is high. Thinking of his father's sad face and those eyes full of hope, Lu Changwen suddenly took two steps back, his face turned pale. It just so happened that the waiter in the inn walked out of the store, and said to Lu Changwen, "Young Master Lu, look at the money for yesterday's board and lodging..." Before he could finish speaking, he saw Lu Changwen's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly grabbed Lu Changwen's hand. Changwen dragged him into the inn, and shouted into the store at the top of his voice: "Shopkeeper, this guy wants to eat for free, I'll grab him." His voice was sharp and urgent, like a cat whose tail has been trampled on. Lu Changwen, who was dragged into the inn, was blushing to the neck. It wasn't that he had no money, but that he was given a freeloading hat so suddenly, and he was dragged into the inn with so many people staring at him. Such embarrassment is almost tantamount to shame, and Lu Changwen blushed to the neck.

The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Er and winked at Xiao Er. Xiao Er understood, and immediately smiled all over his face. He said that Mr. Lu would forgive him, and helped Lu Changwen fix his crepe collar by the way, before going to greet other guests.

The shopkeeper stared at Lu Changwen, stroked the two mustaches around his lips, his fat face was full of smiles. Embarrassed, Lu Changwen hurriedly went to his pocket to grab some silver, but his face turned pale with shock, his pocket was empty, how could there be any silver left?

Seeing his face flushed with guilt, the smile on the shopkeeper's face disappeared without a trace, and he said strangely, "It seems that what Xiaoer said is not groundless!", and lowered Lu Changwen's head in a drawn-out tone. The guests at the inn had already been aroused with curiosity, but at this moment, they all looked at Lu Changwen when they heard what the shopkeeper said. For a while, everyone whispered to Lu Changwen, like a large mosquito and fly, and even more so. add to the annoyance.

"It's in the bag, I'll get it," Lu Changwen argued anxiously, and was about to turn around and go upstairs, but he saw Xiao Er had held the bag in front of Lu Changwen at some point. Seeing Xiao Er holding up the bag, an unknown fire surged up from his belly, thanked bitterly, snatched it, and searched it, almost instantly, his face turned pale again, even his forehead became pale. I broke out in a cold sweat. But the anger in his chest could no longer be suppressed, he raised his hand, and slapped Xiaoer's face heavily, and said sharply: "Take other people's property without permission, is this a black shop?" Xiaoer's expression changed, and he hurriedly looked at dispensers. The shopkeeper glared at him, sneered, walked up the stairs in front of everyone, and raised his voice, "Mr. Lu, please be safe. I heard that you have passed the provincial examination. I don't know how successful you are?" Lu Changwen was already very angry, when he suddenly heard the shopkeeper's question, the matter of failing the ranking surfaced again, and it was difficult to distinguish. The shopkeeper said again: "I'm not talented, but I know a few words. I'm making a fool of myself today, and I'm going to publish a couplet. I hope you can enlighten me. If you're right, you can settle the matter." Regardless of whether Lu Changwen agreed or not, he immediately said loudly. : "Ten years of cold window is fame".

"Battle on the Battlefield Reports on the Imperial Court" suddenly heard a powerful voice in the room on the second floor, the words were like thunder, resounding in everyone's ears, Lu Changwen couldn't help but blurted out: "That's right", as soon as the words fell, he clasped his fists at the voice and said Say thank you.

I saw the door of the upstairs room opened, and a man in a blue shirt strode out, with thick eyebrows, bright eyes, red lips, straight nose, and loose hair.

A few steps down the stairs, the attendant behind him put a silver coin on the counter, the man in the blue shirt turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Mr. Lu's account is settled together, is it okay?" After paying the money, he immediately turned his anger into joy, nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Xiaoer, serve tea to the guest officer. Oh no, serve good tea!". Abandoning Lu Changwen, he smiled obsequiously and led the man in the blue shirt to sit at the table, and wiped the table himself.

"Go down and get some special dishes. I have something to talk to Mr. Lu, please." He said and cupped his fists at the shopkeeper. Taking advantage of the situation, he made a gesture of invitation to Lu Changwen, but a trace of disgust loomed in his eyes.

Lu Changwen's goodwill greatly increased after the man made a sudden rescue. At this time, the man invited him, and he would not refuse, he clasped his fists and sat down, poured a cup of tea, and said to the man in the blue shirt, "Tea instead of wine, thank you, brother." After finishing speaking, he drank it in one gulp, but was choked by the water and coughed for a while.

This caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the corners of the blue-shirted man's mouth slightly lifted, adding to his affection for Lu Changwen. Just as the food and wine were on the table, the attendants behind him poured wine bowls for the two of them. The man in the blue shirt didn't wait for Lu Changwen to raise his glass, and he drank it in one gulp, when the glass dropped, he sighed, with a sad expression on his face.

Lu Changwen was puzzled, and said: "Brother, what's the reason?" The words were full of discretion, thinking that the man in blue shirt was concerned about what happened just now, thinking of this made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

The sigh fell into Lu Changwen's ears, which aroused countless clouds of sorrow, thinking about ten years of hard study, and the ardent love of his parents. I wanted to avenge my humiliation in the examination room to comfort my parents for their upbringing, but I never thought that I would be ridiculed by villains because of my lack of fame. It's hard to repay a favor, let alone a glorious family lintel. It is said that strong wine pours deep sorrow. Thinking of this, I picked up the wine bowl again and drank it in one gulp. The hot feeling passed through my throat, forcing my eyes to blur for a while, and my eyes turned red. I tried my best to hold back the tears .

Unfortunately, this scene was just seen by the shopkeeper, and he laughed, but saw the man in the blue shirt pierce the wine bowl heavily on the table, so he had to hold back, the expression on his face became extremely exciting.

Lu Changwen put the wine bowl on the table, and was about to get up to find the shopkeeper to argue, but he didn't want to be tripped by the legs of the table, and he fell into the mud, pain and humiliation came together, tears ran down his cheeks, and this This time it was accompanied by Lu Changwen's cry.

The eyes of everyone in the inn focused on Lu Changwen again, but they were extremely surprised, and even the man in the blue shirt was full of doubts. I saw Lu Changwen lying on the ground, his eyebrows were sad, his eyes were full of grief, his lower lip was trembling, and the rain of tears was gradually pouring down. At the beginning, it was just silent tears, but gradually the sound shook the roof tiles, and there seemed to be a great grievance in my chest. A woman was affected by this emotion, so she turned around and secretly wiped the corners of her eyes. Some impatients were disturbed by what they heard, and couldn't help but say with hatred: "Don't go to battle to kill the enemy, it's annoying to cry and cry", "What's the matter?" Some men comforted their red-eyed women, some Those who uttered curses, etc.; in the inn, voices and howls, cursing and sobbing, made a loud noise.

What's more, he kicked the door of the room cursing, swept away the crowd, and strode towards Lu Changwen. Looking at his posture, if he didn't beat Lu Changwen, he might be hard to get rid of his anger.

Suddenly there was a "click" sound, and the wine jar burst in the hands of the blue-shirted man.

With a plop sound, the four of them fell to the ground from different directions, "He's dead!!!" With a loud shout, there was an instant chaos in the restaurant.

"Tambler - die!" The man in the blue shirt got up and yelled, and slapped it with one palm, bang! The wine table in front of him fell three feet to the ground, and the restaurant was silent, but Lu Changwen's ears roared, and the mournful voice stopped, but there was a little more fear in his eyes when he looked at the man in blue shirt. If this palm hits the body, there is no life, so he moved his body back a few inches, but he didn't dare to move again, for fear of annoying this person.

"There are so many people here, it's not a place to stay for long," the attendant whispered to the man in blue shirt.

The man in the blue shirt didn't answer, but just called the shopkeeper to get some wine, but the little two replied tremblingly: "The shopkeeper... the shopkeeper, passed out... passed out".

"Then you go and get it." The blue shirt man's voice was not loud, but he was not angry.

Xiao Er stumbled and brought two jars of good wine, and the man in the blue shirt reached out to grab the wine. Xiao Er mistakenly thought that he was going to take his life, knelt down and kowtowed in horror, repeatedly shouting for mercy.

The man in the blue shirt patted open the mud seal, drank for himself, and ignored the kowtowing waiter.

Lu Changwen saw that the bleeding on his forehead did not stop, he couldn't bear it, stepped forward to help him up, and said: "The man has gold under his knees, and besides, he won't kill you" and pushed Xiao Er back into the crowd middle.

After hesitating for a moment, he clasped his fists to the man in the blue shirt and said, "Thank you brother today, please..."

"Are you very honorable with me?" Before he could finish speaking, Lu Changwen was choked back by the man in the blue shirt.

The waiter, the shopkeeper, and even the people around him looked playfully. It seemed that the words from the man in blue untied them.

About the time it took for a cup of tea, Lu Changwen hurriedly hugged the bundles scattered on the ground in his arms, and walked out of the restaurant quickly, turning his head from time to time, but not stopping for a while. The work of half a stick of incense has gone to the south of the city, and there are load-carrying peddlers, sugar-blower masters, batter-making uncles, gouache stalls, etc., but the customer Lu Changwen is in no mood to watch, just a quick smoke. After entering the Town God's Temple, seeing the Lord of the Earth look kindly and kindly, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Changwen couldn't breathe in the oppressive atmosphere just now, so he had to flee in a hurry.

"It's really unlucky that the house is leaking and it's raining continuously," Lu Changwen said while sitting down on the ground.

The violent ups and downs of his chest and his pretended calm face made Xiao Er, who suddenly came out from behind the statue, quite satisfied.

However, this feeling of satisfaction is only fleeting, as long as this kid surnamed Lu is brought back, the trip will be worthwhile.

"Young master Lu, you are walking so fast, but please move forward, my master." After finishing speaking, he bowed slightly and made a gesture of invitation to the door. In his eyes, there was a look of being convinced of Lu Changwen, as if he would strike if there was a disagreement.

"Who is your master? Why did you invite me?" Lu Changwen saw that his expression was not good, and he was about to retreat. Seeing him go further, he ran out of the door.

When he was only one step away from the temple gate, he suddenly felt a wind blowing from the back of his head, and then his back hurt sharply, and he fell to the ground before turning his head.

Xiao Er clapped his hands, stepped forward to pick up Lu Changwen, and was about to return to his command.

However, at some point, a figure appeared at the gate of the temple, a strong figure, wearing sackcloth, blocking the way.

As soon as Xiao Er's heart froze, he knew that today's affairs could not be done well, and his heart was about to harden.