At this time, more than 200 years have passed since the Jin people moved south, and the territory of the north has gradually stabilized after experiencing the chaos of the Five Husbands.
Qi and Tuesday were divided between the east and the west. Emperor Qi’s high latitude was absurd and neglected in state affairs, which led to the decline of Northern Qi and the spread of displaced people. The Northern Zhou Dynasty, under the administration of Emperor Yu Wenyong, was on the rise, and the country was more stable and prosperous.
There is still a considerable distance from Funing County to Zhou State, and there are many refugees along the way. If you go on the road without sufficient preparation, then it is really called Tian Tian not working, and the ground is not working.
The northern Qi had a severe drought last year, and in winter there was very little snow, so last year's drought continued into this year. From Yecheng to the south to the border of Chen State, refugees can be seen everywhere along the way. It is said that some places even started. After changing sons and eating, Shen Qiao thought to himself that his eyesight was not good, and he couldn't beat others in a fight. He probably got to the point of being eaten by people, and he was also caught first.
Funing County is located in the north and is relatively close to Yecheng City. Although there was little rain last year, there was no major disaster. It was relatively stable. The county seat is quite large.
Qi Zhou Dynasty is located in the north. In the early years, Xianbei customs prevailed. Over time, it has gradually become Sinicized. Even the clothes and clothes of the Han people are mixed with the style of the Xianbei people. The upper-class nobles pursue elegant and gorgeous. This kind of pursuit affects the people. Every wealthy family also wears long skirts on the floor, and there are also Hu hats and drape skirts similar to those of the Hu people. There are many styles. In the county town of Funing County, during the temple fair, there is also a "small capital". sight.
The Jianggong Temple where the temple fair was held was newly built later, and it was Jiang Taigong Jiang Shang who worshipped. The original Jianggong Temple is located in the south of the city. It is said that it was built in the Han Dynasty. Later, it suffered a military disaster and was completely abandoned. Only a dilapidated shell was left. Even the seated statue of Jiang Gong did not know where to go. Become a shelter for the beggars and the poor.
Recently, there is one more person named Chen Gong who lives here.
During the day, he worked as a part-time laborer at a rice shop in the city, loading and unloading rice on a truck. He did all these heavy tasks. Because of the low wages, he was reluctant to spend it all on renting a house. When it was dark, he returned to this ruined temple. Zizai, that is, there are two other beggars in the ruined temple. They can't be a long-term residence. They have to carry the money with them, and even the food must be taken care of, so as not to be taken away if they are not careful.
When he came back that evening, he saw at a glance that there were more people in the ruined temple.
A man in a gray and white robe was sitting there.
Chen Gong first frowned subconsciously, the broken temple is not big at all, and if there is one more person, it seems that another piece of his own territory has been taken away.
Then he noticed that the other party was holding a paper bag in his hand, and he lowered his head and ate slowly, and the aroma was emitting from the paper bag.
It was the aroma of donkey sandwiches, and he smelled it right away. When his father was alive, Chen Gong had eaten several times. After his father died, his stepmother and her own children drove him out of the house. The money he earned every day from carrying a bag of rice could not help but break it into several pieces. Can you still taste this
The aroma evoked his long-lost memories, and Chen Gong couldn't help swallowing.
At a second glance, Chen Gong saw a bulging paper bag next to the man.
In other words, there is also a donkey sandwich.
Not only Chen Gong, but the other two beggars also noticed, and one of them had already said loudly, "Hey, you live here, ask us if we are, the temple is small and can't accommodate so many people, so hurry up and go out!"
Chen Gong knew that the other party was deliberately trying to find fault, so he didn't say a word. He walked directly to the place where he usually lived and sat down. He gathered up the haystack, his ears were still on, and the corner of his eyes didn't leave the donkey sandwich.
The gray-robed man said warmly, "I don't have a place to go. Seeing that there is still room here, I want to come in and take a rest. If this brother can make it convenient, I will naturally be grateful."
The beggar said: "If you want to stay and rest, you can hand over everything on your body!"
Chen Gong sneered with some disdain: "I don't want your property, as long as you pay for food, I'm willing to help you block those two people!"
The beggar said angrily: "Chen Dalang, we didn't recruit you, why are you so hard to get along with us!"
Chen Gong is not very old, only sixteen years old. He is not tall and tall, but the young man has good flexibility, strong endurance, and has a ruthlessness in his bones. a "land".
"Why, if you are allowed to speak, you are not allowed to speak?" Chen Gong said lazily.
They said they were beggars, but in the city they were all linked to each other and communicated with each other. Since there were two people on their side, they might not be afraid of Chen Gong.
The man ignored Chen Gong, but got up and grabbed the donkey pie next to the man in gray: "Stop talking nonsense, hand over everything on your body, if you want to enter this temple gate, you have to rely on you. Grandpa has the final say!"
Before his hand touched the food, his wrist was grasped, and the beggar was furious: "Chen Da, you want to meddle in your own business again, I'm getting in your way when I eat something?!"
Chen Gong picked up the donkey sandwich with one hand: "I want to eat it too, why don't you ask me!"
After saying that, he opened the paper bag and took a bite, proudly saying, "I've eaten it before, do you still want it?"
The beggar rushed over and wanted to hit Chen Gong, but the latter hurriedly stuffed the paper bag into his arms. The two of them scuffled into a ball, and the other beggar next to him joined in. The fight changed from two people to three people. Chen Gong was no stronger than the other two. , he is not taller than the other two, but the secret to his victory is that he is ruthless enough to fight.
After kicking one of the beggars in the stomach, Chen Gong clapped his hands and took a sip: "I have endured you for a long time, just because I came first, I couldn't get past me everywhere. He even spit in my food secretly, don’t think I didn’t see it! Are you still fighting? Come on! I don’t have anything anyway, and I’ll lose my life if you have the skills!”
The other party was terrified of his ruthlessness. Hearing that, he glanced at his companion who was lying on the ground and couldn't get up.
When the companion saw him running away, he naturally didn't dare to fight him any more. He grabbed his stomach and got up, and said some cruel words like "wait for me, boy", and then limped out.
Chen Gong took out the unfinished donkey meat pie from his arms and took another bite. He said with satisfaction: "Yes, did you buy it at Liji in the south of the city? The meat is chewy enough, and still hot, so hot that it scalded me. The chest is almost ripe!"
For the sake of this donkey meat, he felt that the fight just now was worth it. Anyway, he had long been disliked by those two people, and he just caught a chance today, and it would be good to be able to monopolize this place in the future.
Seeing that the man in gray didn't say anything, he said again, "Hey, what about you, dumb?"
The other party raised his head: "You drove them away, aren't you afraid that they will come back to seek revenge?"
Only then did Chen Gong realize that there seemed to be something wrong with the other party's eyes, his eyes were dim, and he didn't seem to be looking at him.
After moving his eyes to the bamboo stick beside this man, he suddenly realized: Ganqing is not dumb, but blind.
He snorted and said disdainfully, "Afraid? I've never been afraid! What can they do if they are like bears?"
Chen Gong looked up and down at the gray-clothed man. He was dressed in coarse cloth. There was nothing unusual about the material or the way he dressed. The only thing he could see was his face.
To put it bluntly, he is not homeless like him, but a scholar who travels abroad.
"Who's your last name? You don't look like a desolate person, why are you here? Even mice don't want to make holes here!"
The gray-clothed man nodded in his direction and smiled: "My name is Shen Qiao, because I was ill and had no money on me, so I had to come here, stay for a few days, save some money for the road, and then go home. , I just now thank you for helping me drive those two away, I don't know how I should call you?"
Yu Shengyan's words are half true and half false, so I can't believe it all, but if I don't go to Xuandu Mountain, Shen Qiao actually has nowhere to go. After thinking about it, he finally decided to go to Xuandu Mountain first.
Xuandu Mountain is located on the border between Beizhou and Nanchen. There are two ways to go to Xuandu Mountain. One is to go south from here until after entering the Chen Dynasty, and then go northeast, which is equivalent to a large circle, and the other way is It is relatively closer and more convenient to go directly south from here.
Shen Qiao chose the latter path.
Although the world is chaotic, Funing County is peaceful and prosperous because there is no disaster, it is a rare piece of pure land in a chaotic world.
His eyesight recovered very slowly, but it was not without progress. In the daytime, when the light was sufficient, he could see a vague outline. Compared with the situation when he just woke up and couldn't reach his five fingers, it was already very good. Chen Gong Sit down: "Whatever, my name is Chen Minggong, you can call me Chen Dalang, you just ate one of your donkey meat sandwiches, which is the cost of your stay here today, and I will help you drive away those two people, plus For tomorrow's sake, you have to pay me back three donkey sandwiches tomorrow!"
Shen Qiao smiled: "Okay."
Seeing that he agreed readily, Chen Gong was suspicious: "Didn't you say that you don't have any money on you, then where would you get the money to buy donkey meat pie?"
Shen Qiao: "If you don't have money, you can go out and earn it!"
Chen Gong sneered: "It's just you? I heard that scholars can write family letters for others as accountants, but you can't even see your eyes, so how can you write? You can't carry rice bags like me? I can tell you, three donkeys Meat pie, you can't miss any of them. Don't think you can default on your debt. You go out and ask. I don't have a goodbye with Chen Dalang. I'm afraid of ghosts in a fight. Did you see the two useless people just now? If you can't get three tomorrow. Just go outside and eat the wind!”
Shen Qiao has a good temper, so he didn't get angry when he heard such a tone, and agreed with a smile.
Although the ruined temple is very broken, there is air leakage from all sides, and there is not even a single window in good condition. It is better than the many pillars. It can also block the wind by erecting several shrines. The former was used as a quilt to keep out the wind, and the latter was burned for warmth, but he only used these himself. Now, for Shen Qiao's willingness to "offer", Chen Gong reluctantly gave him some haystacks and firewood.
Seeing that Shen Qiao was actually well prepared and carrying a thick old clothes as a quilt cover in his luggage, Chen Gong couldn't help snorting coldly.
The two beggars never came back. They probably found a new place to live. Chen Gong unceremoniously brought over the clothes they had used as quilt covers. He smelled a sour smell, so he pouted and threw them away. , move your body closer to the fire.
He originally wanted to snatch Shen Qiao's clothes too, but then he thought that it would not be too late for him to attack when the other party couldn't come up with "offerings" tomorrow.
With this thought in mind, he fell asleep unconsciously.
The next morning, Chen Gong got up, and as usual, he was going to work in the rice shop.
Looking around, Shen Qiao was nowhere to be seen, leaving only the haystack that had been stamped out, and a pile of black ashes left over from the burning firewood.
Chen Gong didn't care. He went to the rice shop to work as usual. He would never believe that Shen Qiao could really bring back three biscuits today, because if he really had any spare money, he wouldn't have to live in such a dreadful place. Inside the temple, but the other party has no strength and is blind, how can he make money
But don't go back empty-handed, I will beat you so much that you won't even recognize your mother!
In the evening, Chen Gong walked in the direction of the ruined temple, thinking secretly.
Before entering the door, he smelled a familiar scent.
The sound of his footsteps seemed to attract Shen Qiao's attention, the latter raised his head and smiled at him: "You are back."
"Donkey meat..." Chen Gong stopped as soon as he said two words with a sullen face.
Because he saw three paper packets containing donkey burgers, neatly lined up on the haystack where he slept.