Chapter 23

"Don't flatter me too much. I'm just a down-and-out scholar. I also want to thank you for taking me in so that I don't end up living on the streets." Xue Pinggui raised his wine glass with both hands and said, "Brother Beggar, Xue is here to respect you A glass."

The beggars wiped away their tears, held up their wine glasses, and said, "Your brother can stay here as long as you like, even if you want to be our leader, I am willing!"

A few people raised their wine glasses, and when they touched each other, the wine spilled. They looked at each other and smiled generously. In an instant, the dilapidated small house was full of laughter.

In a few breaths, they recognized each other as brothers.

Brother Beggar said, "Pinggui——since you are my second younger brother now, it doesn't matter if I call you that?"

Xue Pinggui waved his hand and said, "Big brother can call you whatever you like. From now on, I will be the second brother who follows big brother!"

Brother Beggar put down his wine glass, exchanged glances with the others, and said, "Pinggui, in fact, Brother has always had a question in his mind. You see, you are very skilled in martial arts and well educated, so why don't you go for an examination?"

"Now it's a time of chaos. If a person with strong martial arts like you joins the army, I'm sure that he will be able to get a good position in the army. Why would he need to live in our little Wujiapo? By that time, You are General Xue who went to battle to kill the enemy and made the enemy fearful!"

The more the beggar brother talked, the more he became more and more passionate, and he even seemed to have seen Xue Pinggui's life as a soldier and their scenery when they returned home.As the saying goes, one person can ascend to the sky, if Xue Pinggui can really become an official and worship minister, they, Xue Pinggui's good brothers, will naturally follow suit.

However, Xue Pinggui smiled, with a little sadness and resentment on his handsome face, "Brother doesn't know something, the current court is in chaos, although I am full of economics and martial arts, but I have no ambition to serve the country, you don't know that the officialdom is chaotic, Where is there a place for an upright person?"

He said in his own words, "I have been studying since I was a child. I studied hard for dozens of years in the cold window. I came out of the backcountry and knew the piano, sword and poetry. It's not that I don't want to take the lead, it's just—"

He drank a cup, shook his head, feeling sad and resentful, and said, "I just hate that the exam is not qualified, only money!"

Several people were full of hatred after hearing this, "The traitor Wang Yun is in a high position today, but he only wants to collect people's fat and blood. I have heard it in the city. As long as you give him money, he can operate in secret. Cheating to get a good ranking, and those who don't give gifts or money will lose the ranking."

"It used to be that the officialdom was as deep as a well, and treacherous ministers were in power, disturbing Chaogang, but I didn't expect that my virtuous brother would also suffer from it. This is really infuriating!"

Xue Pinggui said, "Oh, I only sigh that the world is so chaotic, even treacherous ministers can cover the sky with one hand!"

"If things go on like this, what is the future for us poor scholars? We just have no ambitions and die of regret! In the end, the court will only become more and more chaotic if it is handed over to those incompetent people. I have no courage to fight!"

Brother Beggar nodded and said, "Hey, since the imperial examination is not good, why don't you take the martial arts exam? You are so strong in martial arts, you will definitely be able to show your skills in the army!"

"I also heard a few days ago that some time ago, the barracks bought a batch of fierce horses from the Western Regions. Among them was an extremely violent and unruly fierce horse called a red-maned fierce horse. I heard that after a few days Then I will post a search for heroes, and when the time comes, as long as you can tame the red-maned horse, you can directly get the title of regiment commander in the barracks!"

Xue Pinggui moved his eyelids after hearing this, and said, "Brother doesn't know—"

Just halfway through the conversation, a person crawled in from outside suddenly.

"Brother, big brother—" the little beggar ran in scrambling, stammering anxiously.

Big Brother Beggar was interrupted, frowned, and asked, "What happened?"

After stuttering for a long time, seeing the eldest brother, he regained some courage, and said in a vigorous voice, "There is a daughter outside, who claims to be the second daughter of the Xiangfu, and I want to find brother Xue!"

Brother Beggar looked at Xue Pinggui, after a few glasses of wine, Xue Pinggui's cheeks were a little red, but his eyes were still quite clear, without a trace of drunkenness.

Brother Beggar asked, "Pinggui, do you know him?"

Xue Pinggui thought for a while, then said, "I know."

The big beggar looked at each other with a few little beggars around him, and he was about to stand up with a walking stick, all of them were nervous.

Xue Pinggui straightened the folds of his clothes, got up, pressed the shoulder of the elder brother beggar, and said, "Don't worry, elder brother, since you are here to look for me, you will not implicate the beggar gang, elder brother hold down other people, don't do anything, I'll go back."

Brother Beggar looked at each other with several other people, and under Xue Pinggui's comforting eyes, he said, "Be careful, if something happens, call me immediately, my brothers and I, even if we risk our lives, we will definitely not Call you in trouble!"

Xue Pinggui nodded and walked outside.

In front of the Wujiapo beggar gang, Wang Yinchuan was dressed in brocade clothes, sitting in the carriage, with his arms propped up, lazily looking at the desolate surroundings. This is a dirt slope, five miles away from the city, with no land and weeds It grows in clusters, and now in autumn, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, which makes it look particularly desolate.

The gang of beggars probably gathered here, and here are all a piece of earthen houses, hidden on the uneven ground, which can't be seen from a distance, only the uneven loess slopes can be seen.

Wujiapo was originally the surname of a famous general in the previous dynasty. Because he once ambushed the enemy here, and defeated the enemy with one sentence, the general's surname has since been crowned here.

This place was originally a deserted place, and the Beggar Clan set up camp here, taking advantage of the right time and place.

In front of the house were guarded two relatively strong beggars holding long sticks, like gatekeepers. Apart from this, there was no one else to be seen, and they were probably celebrating.

She only took a few glances, and then boredly took out the paper to write and draw.

After a while, a man walked out of the earthen house.

The man has delicate features, Pan An appearance, dignified and beautiful boy, gentle and elegant like Zijian, sturdy and majestic, dressed in a white robe, holding a folding fan, and in his demeanor, he looks like a green boy.

It was Xue Pinggui.

Because of the cold wind blowing out, the flush on his face from drinking some wine dissipated, his face was fair, and the elegance of a pink-faced scholar was restored.

It's just that his face was very serious, and his eyes showed displeasure. This displeasure reached its peak when he saw Wang Yinchuan, who was looking down and tired.

"The daughter of the Xiangfu, may I ask why you are not in the boudoir of the Xiangfu, what are you doing here on Wujiapo?"

Hearing his voice, Wang Yinchuan raised his head and said, "Of course I have something to say when I come here."

 ps: Most of the descriptions of Xue Pinggui come from the script of the Huai opera "Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan". I hope everyone will support me in the new book period!Please forgive me for the poor writing, I am not strong enough, but I tried my best to read a lot of materials, and tried my best to present an image of good and evil in front of everyone. If there is any bad writing, accept criticism, if everyone likes it , I hope to give votes and the like, it is very important to me!
  
 
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