Chapter 178: Deliberately planted flowers fail to bloom

Chapter 178: Deliberately planted flowers fail to bloom

The sun is rising at this moment, it is only six or seven o'clock in the morning, but there are already many pedestrians on the road, many of them are picking up vegetables and local products from nearby villages before entering the city. Farmers who go to sell.

They work from dawn to dusk, delivering fresh and delicious food to city people, earning a meager income, but they are reluctant to eat and wear themselves. Most farmers are barefoot and hungry, running between urban and rural areas. on the road.

At first, some people couldn’t believe that free breakfast was given out. But when they saw others actually receiving hot steamed buns and steamed buns, they really believed in such a good thing and came over to ask for them.

Kwong Zhiyuan also received advice from Lan Zhi in advance, and stipulated that only three donations should be given to young men, and only three to each person.

This was the first time that the common people and passers-by heard about such a rule, and they all expressed their gratitude. They had only heard of giving food to the old, weak, women and children. How could this young man get it if he was strong? Such a preference?

But there’s nothing you can do if you don’t understand. This is the right of a wealthy “donor”, ​​and you can’t control it as you please.

According to such "regulations", more than half of the farmers who eagerly came to receive food were excluded and returned disappointed.

Dongfang Ying did not expect that Lan Zhixin would have such a strange rule, but after all, the money for buying buns was paid for by others, so she could only stare.

She rolled her eyes and realized the plan, so she called Mingchuan Rongmei over and asked her to ride a horse to the city, hire a large cart, and buy three large frames. It's better to push it here early.

Mingchuan Rongmei went as she was told, and within a moment of burning the incense, someone pushed a large cart and loaded it with three large boxes of steamed buns, steamed buns and the like.

Dongfang Ying asked Mingchuan Rongmei to park the car near Kwong Zhiyuan's car, and asked the hired workers to start shouting, but she sang a "drama" with Kwong Zhiyuan, claiming that "it is only given to the old, weak, women and children" , young men don’t give it.”

Lan Zhixin couldn’t help but smile when she heard Dongfang Ying’s shouts in the carriage, feeling that this girl Dongfang Ying was really simple, innocent, cute and interesting. .

I made such a rule, firstly, to prevent random people from taking advantage, and secondly, to create a gimmick, so as to arouse more people to discuss and spread the news, and make it easier for my nephew Liao Zhongkang to come after hearing the news.

Unexpectedly, this heroine, who "hates evil as much as she hates it" and can't tolerate sand in her eyes, would express her dissatisfaction in this way.

Upon seeing this, Caiwei curled her lips and said:

"Madam, by acting like this, isn't it obvious that the Eastern heroine is competing with you? She is really petty-minded. "

Lan Zhixinjiao scolded:

"Don't slander the Oriental Heroine. She is not mean-spirited. On the contrary, she cares about the people of the world. We can't compare with her!" < /p>

"And by doing this, she also saved us a lot of trouble. Otherwise, we would definitely have incurred criticism from the people. Maybe the food would have been drowned by the spit of the people before the food was distributed."

As expected, Lan Zhixin was right. Many elderly villagers pointed at the stalls of Kuang Zhiyuan and others and cursed secretly because they could not get food.

However, I saw another stall, this time it was specially given to the elderly, weak, women and children, but they were so happy that they didn’t bother to scold Kwong Zhiyuan and the others, and swarmed to grab the other end of the queue. receive.

It took about half an hour to send out. Lan Zhixin’s side had only sent out a third, while Dongfang Ying’s side had already sent out more than half. It can be seen that most of the poor people were old, weak, women and children.

At this moment, a group of ragged beggars suddenly rushed over from the city gate. Each of them was holding dirty dishes and chopsticks in one hand and a black bamboo stick in the other. They were unkempt, with bare feet and legs exposed. They numbered about There are more than a hundred people.

They first rushed to Kuang Zhiyuan’s cart, muttering one after another:

"The good man has done a good job, let him stutter..."

He shouted majestically:

"Don't be presumptuous! My wife has good intentions, but she must also follow the rules. Please be quiet and listen to my arrangements..."

The two hired forklift workers also shouted:

"Pay attention, pay attention, we only give it to young men here, everyone else goes over there. , go find another one!"

An old man among the beggars shouted:

"Since it is out of charity, why are you so unreasonable... The old ones should be the younger ones? Are you going to starve to death... It's really unkind to be rich... Bah! Hypocrites..."

A group of beggars suddenly started making noises, banging their bowls and chopsticks, and stamping their bamboo sticks in an aggressive manner.

The two cart workers were restrained and did not dare to speak. Kuang Zhiyuan shouted:

"Bold! What do you want to do? Are there officers and soldiers stationed on the tower? If you want to cause trouble, think carefully..."

Dongfang Ying and Mingchuan Rongmei saw this posture nearby. Mingchuan Rongmei giggled and gloated, but Dongfang Ying still raised her voice and shouted:

"Uncles and sisters from the Beggar Clan, we can give you the buns and buns here. Except for the young men, you can come and get them."

When the group of beggars heard this, they all ran over with a cheer. , leaving only seven or eight younger people who didn't run over.

Dongfang Ying asked hired workers to distribute food to the group of beggars. No matter the elderly, children or women, they all gave two meat buns and two steamed buns. The beggars were extremely grateful. The old beggar who just shouted clasped his fists at Dongfang Ying and said:

"The female Bodhisattva has a kind face and a kind heart, and she will be rewarded... Whether the female Bodhisattva can leave a good name, I will definitely pray for the female Bodhisattva every day!"

Dongfang Ying was stunned, she did not expect this old man The beggar immediately recognized his daughter's body, but seeing that his eyebrows were all white and he had lived a long time, he thought he had seen countless people in the market, so it was not unusual at all for him to be seen disguised as a man.

His heart moved, and he clasped his fists and said:

"I'm really exaggerating. This little girl is the white horse and red scarf of the Songyue Sword Sect. It's just a trivial matter, it doesn't matter."

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"Dare I ask, old man, are you from the Beggar Clan?"

The old beggar shook his head and sighed:

"Oh, how could the Beggar Clan be like this?" What about useless old people like us? Only those who are young and powerful and have some skills will be absorbed by the Beggar Clan..."

"We, the old, weak, sick and disabled, can only survive and survive. I wish you a lot of blessings..."

Dongfang Ying felt pity in her heart. After hearing that he spoke well, she was afraid that she had been a person in the past and had fallen into this situation for some reason. She hurriedly reached out to Mingchuan Rongmei and said:

"Rong'er, give me a big silver note."

Mingchuan Rongmei hesitated for a moment, then took out a thousand-tael silver note from the backpack behind her and handed it to Dongfang Ying.

Dongfang Ying stuffed the thousand-tael silver note into the old beggar's hand and said:

"Old man, you are so old, you should enjoy your old age and enjoy your retirement in peace. That's right. This is my brother's idea. Please accept it. It's better to buy a house and stop wandering on the street."

The old beggar looked carefully at the banknote in his hand. He obviously was. The literate man saw the denomination of the banknote clearly and was immediately surprised. The girl in front of him was too arrogant. He was given a thousand taels of silver, which was enough for him to buy a restaurant.

The old beggar was shocked for a long time, laughed loudly, put the banknotes in his arms, and walked away with the broken bowl. As he walked, he said loudly:

"A man with a white horse and a red scarf. But Kang, the iron-throated drunkard died and was born, hahaha... Thank you for the gift, little friend, see you later..."

Mingchuan Rongmei watched the old beggar go away, and asked Dongfang Ying in confusion:

"Ying'er, who is this old man? What kind of iron-throated drunkard? Have you heard of this character?"

Dongfang Ying shook her head:

"I have never heard of it. If this is a hidden master, it seems to me... that he doesn't have any profound skills. His body shape and footwork are no different from ordinary people, otherwise he wouldn't be able to survive. So miserable!"

Mingchuan Rongmei nodded and said:

"That's right, if you are really an expert..."

She hasn't said anything yet. After finishing, they heard a little beggar shout:

"Give me two more buns..."

Dongfang Ying and Mingchuan Rongmei were startled and looked at the little beggar..

I saw a thin girl in her teens, with disheveled hair and stains on her face. Only her eyes were big and bright. She was only covered with a tattered sheet and her little feet were all black. Mud, naturally also barefoot.

I just heard the employee distributing food waving his hands and saying:

"Didn't I already give you two buns and two steamed buns? If you don't want any more, go, go, go away." ..."

Dongfang Ying saw that she was holding a cloth bag in her hand, and indeed there were two meat buns and two steamed buns inside. She felt a little strange, and waved her hand to stop the hired worker, and pulled the girl to On the other hand, he squatted down and asked:

"Little sister, why do you want to take two more? Is this enough for you to eat for a day?"

The girl was flat. Two drops of tears fell from her mouth and big eyes:

"Sister White Horse Red Scarf... Please do me a favor and give me two more buns... My brother is sick. Let's go." Don't move, you can't come here to get the buns..."

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Dongfang Ying couldn't help but feel heartbroken when she heard that this girl had become a beggar at such a young age, and she had to take care of her brother, how difficult it was!

And this little guy actually remembered that she was a "white horse with a red scarf", which shows that she is a thoughtful little girl.

Her compassion was so great that she hurriedly took three or four meat buns from the tall bamboo basket, put them into the little girl's cloth bag, and said softly:

"Little sister, you are such a good sister. With your care, your brother will get better soon."

The girl hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Dongfang Ying and said:

"Thank you so much, Sister White Horse and Red Scarf... Xiaochenzhu will remember you all my life..."

After saying that, he got up and ran back.

Dongfang Ying quickly grabbed her and said:

"Wait a minute! Your name is Xiao Chenzhu, right? What is your brother's name?"

The girl Xiao Chenzhu blinked her big eyes and said:

"My brother's name is... his name is Luo... Luo Chenbao..."

Dongfang Ying remembered the pair in distress. The little brother and sister then said to Mingchuan Rongmei:

"Rong'er, give me another banknote, and give me a few taels of silver."

Mingchuan Rongmei was surprised. Said:

"You are not going to give her another thousand taels of silver notes, are you? She is too young, you will hurt her!"

Dongfang Ying laughed. Said:

"It doesn't have to be that much, five hundred is enough."

Mingchuan Rongmei sighed and had no choice but to take a five hundred tael silver note and give it to Dongfang Ying , Dongfang Ying took it, folded it, put it into Xiao Chenzhu’s hand, and said softly:

“Sister Xiao Chenzhu, this is a lot of money, you have to take it., went back to treat his brother. "

She stretched out her hand towards Mingchuan Rongmei again, and Mingchuan Rongmei gave her another two taels of broken silver. Dongfang Ying also gave the broken silver to Xiaochenzhu, and bent her little hand to hold the banknote and the Broken Silver said in a low voice:

"Xiao Chenzhu, I'll buy you and your brother a set of clothes... You go back and don't let anyone see the money... My sister will definitely come to see you and your brother in the future. Your brother's. "

Xiao Chenzhu looked at Dongfang Ying steadily, then at Mingchuan Rongmei, nodded, turned around and ran quickly towards the city gate.

Is it over again? After a while, all the beggars received the food and left with satisfaction. At this time, the three large boxes of steamed buns had bottomed out, and there were not many left.

Mingchuan Rongmei sighed and said:

"Ying'er, you are really lavish with money, even more ruthless than me! ”

“Look, the food is glowing. Do we still need to buy another cart?” "

Dongfang Ying smiled and said:

"It's a good thing anyway. I'm afraid buying another car will be delayed until noon, so let's forget it today. "

At this moment, another group of people suddenly rushed over from the city gate, but they were all young men wearing red and green. They all had crooked eyebrows and squinted eyes, shaking their shoulders and crotches, looking like rogues.

This group of ruffians walked up to Kuang Zhiyuan and the others. Among them, a young man with a sunken chest and an arched back like a big red shrimp shouted:

"I heard that you guys are here for buddies." Are you sending benefits? That's great. We're not polite about these breakfasts. We've accepted them all and pushed them away! "

Immediately, three or four strong men responded. Some lifted the shaft of the large cart, and some pushed it from behind, trying to push the entire cart of food away.

Kwong Zhiyuan shouted with a straight face:

“Stop! What are you doing? Near the county seat, the officers and soldiers are at the top of the city. How dare they come to cause trouble? "

The big red shrimp smiled disdainfully and said:

"To tell you the truth, old boy, I am here to collect your things just for the officers, soldiers and officials on the city! "

"Instead of taking advantage of those unscrupulous people and useless beggars, it is better to use it to honor us and the officers and soldiers! "

"Why, aren't you happy to give you face? "

Big Red Shrimp shouted arrogantly, and a group of more than twenty gangsters geared up and started shouting at Kuang Zhiyuan.

Lan Zhixin met in the carriage. The two little girls were also worried, but they were afraid that the plan would be ruined.

There was nothing he could do for the moment.

Kuang Zhiyuan felt hesitant. If he were in Guangzhou Prefecture, relying on the "tiger skin" of the army, these local ruffians would not be a problem, but now he is living in a different place. ownPutting the total identity seems to have little effect.

If we fight with them, whether we can win or not, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.

Seeing this posture, the two hired workers were already panicked and retreated to the side of the road to hide.

Seeing Kuang Zhiyuan, the big red shrimp did not dare to say anything anymore, and waved his hand proudly:

"You recognize this, right? Hehe, get it out of here quickly, we will divide it half with the officers and soldiers... "

However, he heard the two gangsters pulling the shaft in front of him suddenly scream "Ouch". After taking a closer look, he discovered that there was a handsome young man standing in the middle of the shaft.

The other two gangsters behind pushed hard, but they couldn't move the car at all.

The big red shrimp was shocked and angry, and cursed:

"Who has the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard..."

Before he could even curse, his collar He was grabbed, and then his legs flew into the air. He was thrown into a smelly ditch two feet away, where he lay lying on his back and flopped for life.

The other gangsters had never experienced such cowardice. They cursed in unison without fear of death, took out their sticks, and rushed towards the handsome young man together.

The handsome young master was Dongfang Ying who was disguised as a man. She cleaned up the big red shrimp, but in front of everyone the gangsters still attacked him regardless of life or death. She was not polite at the moment, pulled out the Zhanlu sword from her waist, and transformed into a man. Countless sword lights came out, and they were hooded by the local gangsters.

Only the continuous groans of "Uh-huh" were heard. The sticks in the hands of the gangsters were scattered like grass, and blood arrows were shot from their necks, and they fell to the ground one by one.

In the blink of an eye, not one of the twenty gangsters was alive, and their dead bodies lay all over the road.

When passers-by saw this horrifying scene, they were so frightened that they screamed and ran in both directions.

Kuang Zhiyuan and Lan Zhixin were also stunned. They did not expect that Dongfang Ying would go on a killing spree. This place was not far from the city gate. If the officers and soldiers found out, they would definitely come out of the city to arrest him.

Lan Zhixin hurriedly shouted to Dongfang Ying:

"Ying'er, you... are too impulsive... how will it end now?"

Dongfang Ying Ying took back her sword and said calmly:

"Then let's hurry up and make up for the time we lost in the morning."

As of now, this is the only thing we can do. , Lan Zhixin no longer cared about the unfinished cart of steamed buns and buns, and ordered the driver to pick up the carriage and speed north along the official road. Kuang Zhiyuan also hurriedly followed.

Dongfang Ying calmly rode behind Mingchuan Rongmei. The group of people galloped for twenty miles in one breath, and then stopped at the foot of a hillside to give the horses a breath. Drink water and eat to replenish your energy.

Such a short distance is not enough for the two gods Qianli Xue and Feng Huolong.Jun Lai was naturally very relaxed, so Dongfang Ying and Mingchuan Rongmei climbed onto the curve of the hillside and observed the surrounding situation from a high position.

Fortunately, there were no pursuers behind them. I think the gang of local gangsters were not welcome by the government, and they would die as soon as they died. The security in the county could be better, and neither the government, soldiers nor the police were too lazy to pursue them.

Dongfang Ying and Mingchuan Rongmei each took out the water bags on their horses and took a sip of water to take a breath. After just two sips, the two women noticed movement on the roadside and hurriedly turned their horses' heads to look ahead.

I saw a black horse foraging alone on the roadside not far away. Next to the horse, a man was lying on his back on the road, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

The two women looked at each other, then rode forward to take a look, only to see a young man under the age of twenty, with slightly closed eyes, chapped lips, gray face, and drowsiness.

Seeing someone coming forward, the young man tried his best to open his mouth and said in a weak voice:

"Water... give me some water to drink..."