mortals ask heaven

Chapter 1 Tears of Beggars in Puji Temple This chapter is free

Donglong Kingdom, a large country in the center of Qixuan Continent, is in the cold winter, and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are covered with silver. 【】

Jingyang Province, located in the southeast of Donglong Kingdom, has beautiful scenery, and the past dynasties have been prosperous and dazzling. The so-called Beitai Jingnan Jingyang refers to the northern Thai capital province and the southern Jingyang province. The two provinces are like two twinkling stars. The bright stars stand on the north and south sides of Donglong Kingdom, echoing each other from a distance.

Taijing is the capital of Donglong Kingdom, and there are dignitaries everywhere, magnificent and majestic.Compared with the majesty of Taijing, Jingyang is like a woman in a deep boudoir, weak and charming.

How many generations of emperors have changed, how many historical storms, the brilliance of Jingyang has never disappeared. When Jingyang is mentioned, the people will always intentionally associate it with the words "beauty", "fireworks" and "fine wine". As a famous place of fireworks for generations, Jingyang attracts countless talents and beauties to come here all year round, indulging in the gentle love of men and women, lingering and forgetting to leave.

But even in such a prosperous place, there are still some people who live poorly for various reasons and are forced to become beggars, begging everywhere, without any status.

In the east corner of Luofeng City in Jingyang Province, there is a deserted temple. If you wipe off the thick dust on the dilapidated temple gate, you can vaguely see the word Puji Temple. The dilapidated Puji Temple is so A group of ragged, hard-to-fed beggars took over.

"It's your turn to beg today, why are you still sleeping?" Nian beggar kicked a young beggar.

The young beggar turned over, as if he was still asleep, and murmured: "A gentleman should not be eaten..."

This sentence, which seemed like a dream but not a dream, immediately attracted bursts of laughter from the beggars around, and the laughter was mixed with ridicule and sarcasm.

It may be because the bursts of ridicule embarrassed the young beggar, he increased the strength of his feet, and kicked the young beggar hard.

The young beggar was awake at the moment, jumped up immediately, and said hastily: "I'll go right away, I'll go right away." Then he patted his companion sleeping beside him, turned around and walked outside the Puji Temple.

Inside the Puji Temple, there is a mess everywhere, beggars burn inferior wood for heating, and emit this strange smell everywhere, but for the beggars who are hard to eat, it is the happiest place, where they need to be respected by others, and they can Sleep in warmth and comfort.

Outside the Puji Temple, the cold wind was blowing, the fields were white with snow, and the sky was desolate. The young beggar and his companions tightened their thin and tattered clothes, and walked slowly towards the Luofeng City... Drive!drive!drive!drive!drive!

"Go away!" A large group of people rushed into the city gate on tall horses. The young beggar and his companions were severely whipped aside by the leader. The young beggar curled up on the ground and touched his arm. The flesh was divided into three parts, which made the young beggar's thick and loose arms torn apart, which was even more painful in this cold weather.

"Are you okay? Lu Sheng." The companion asked worriedly.

The name of the young beggar is Lu Sheng, because it was picked up by a beggar in the middle of the year, so he named it Lu Sheng, and Lu Sheng's adoptive father is called Lao Wang, so most beggars say that Lao Wang is an old dog, and Lu Sheng is a dog. , but the companion next to Lu Sheng has always called him Lu Sheng, which is one of the reasons why Lu Sheng likes this companion the most.Lu Sheng's companion is Zhu Xin. Like Lu Sheng, his parents died when he was young, and he became a beggar after his relatives died.

Lu Sheng felt that only this Zhu Xin would really listen to him in this world, so he regarded Zhu Xin as his most loyal playmate.

Lu Sheng stood up, biting his lips while covering the painful wound, and said: "Why are there people in the world who bully the weak and fear the hard, and bully the good and fear the evil? If the way of heaven is clear, why can't all beings be equal in the world? So my way is blinded by the eyes of heaven. I can't believe the sky, I can only stand on my own, if I am born in this world, I will let Da Daogong survive in this world."

If someone was here, they would laugh and scold this kid for being overconfident, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but admire the young ambition of this little beggar.Although Lu Sheng was born as a beggar, he has always been unwilling to live in the Puji Temple in his heart, and endured the rags. When other beggars were begging everywhere, Lu Sheng looked for the homes of those scholars and hid under them. By eavesdropping, he actually learned a lot of knowledge, but the things he learned can be communicated with others. Could it be that he and a group of beggars around him are asked to talk about poetry, books, rituals and music?This is different from Niuqin.

"A gentleman should strive for self-improvement", Lu Sheng often used this sentence in his heart to encourage himself and Zhu Xin. Although he was a beggar, he always had a heart that was unwilling to let others down.

But no matter how much ambition you have in your heart, the first thing to do is to solve the problem of empty stomach. You don’t want to be full, just don’t starve to death. If you starve to death, then what is the way of fairness?Lu Sheng knew that if he couldn't get a certain amount of food to go back today, he would inevitably be beaten up.

Covering the painful wound, with Zhu Xin's support, Lu Sheng's family begged one by one. It was freezing cold, and it was not the season for looking for flowers. The big families locked their doors tightly. Looking at those vermilion lacquered doors, Lu Sheng felt very heartbroken. I hope that a person will come out of it with a bowl of hot rice, but he will always be faced with the vicious faces, fists and feet of the housekeepers, and even vicious dogs.

Li Mansion, Li Nantian, the head of the Li family, spent a huge amount of money to build a luxurious mansion in Luofeng City. Li Nantian lost his mother at the age of 13 and his father at the age of 14. His son inherited his father's business and inherited a small tavern in the corner of the city from his father. From then on, Li Nantian's talent in business was fully revealed. In three years, the small tavern became a large restaurant located in the most prosperous area of ​​Jingyang City. It is an honor to enter the VIP room of Luohong Restaurant. Now, the Li family is not only involved in food, cloth, forging, and even private salt.Li Nantian, who is less than 40 years old, has become a wealthy business giant. Even the Governor of Jingyang Province greets Li Nantian respectfully when he sees him.

Lu Sheng knew that on weekdays, beggars would go far away to go around the Li Mansion to beg for food, fearing the power of the Li Mansion's guards, but today Lu Sheng walked in front of the vermilion lacquer gate of the Li Mansion in a daze.

Wang!Wang!Wang!Wang!Wang!

A group of vicious dogs inside the gate of the Li Mansion suddenly barked wildly. At this time of day, the guards of the Li Mansion came back to feed the dogs after morning exercises. These vicious dogs would only obey the guards better if they were fed by the guards themselves. command.

A guard who was feeding the dog looked out of the door, and Lu Sheng suddenly realized that it was the person who started to hurt himself at the gate of the city. When the guard arrived at Lu Sheng, his eyes narrowed involuntarily, as if he had thought of something, and then he turned his head. The food bowl that was on the ground to feed the dog walked over and threw it in front of Lu Sheng.

In the past, Lu Sheng would have picked up the food bowl on the ground, and then bowed and thanked loudly, but today, Lu Sheng didn't want to take the food bowl from the ground, and the arrogance that eavesdropped on the scholar's talk on weekdays made this little beggar develop Inner perseverance.

"You hurt me first today, whether you want to use this dog food to make up for your fault, the way of heaven is clear, you can make your own decision, I don't want to be eaten by a reckless man!" Lu Sheng said loudly.

"Hmph, little bastard, how shameless is it for you?" The guard raised his sleeve and wanted to punch Lu Sheng.

"stop!"

Inside the door, Li Mengyun, the eldest daughter of the Li family, happened to see all this in her eyes.My heart suddenly thought that there was no one around me that I could trust. Although this person was not a beggar, he had a whole body of backbone that was just for his own use.Tomorrow, if I run away, this person can still help me.Thinking of this, Li Mengyun scolded.

From the voice, Lu Sheng knew that this person was young, but the guard immediately withdrew his fist when he heard the person's scolding, but he was very afraid of the person who spoke.

"Isn't the chaifang still lacking a buddy? I'll use him." The voice came again, but Lu Sheng was never the one to speak.

"Yes, miss!" The guard returned respectfully, then turned to Lu Sheng and said, "Boy, our eldest lady has shown great kindness and let you work as a firewood clerk in Li's mansion. A good thing that can't be achieved, would you like it?"

Lu Sheng frowned and thought for a while, although he didn't understand why the eldest lady would go to him and let him work as a buddy in Li's house.But I also know that if I don't seize the opportunity this time, I'm afraid I will really be a beggar for the rest of my life. If I can enter Li's mansion, I don't have to worry about food and clothing. I won't spend a lot of time begging every day like I do now. The more you eat, the more time you will have to do the things you want to do.

Lu Sheng suddenly knelt down on his knees and shouted towards the door: "Miss is kind and kind, so that the villain can have the day of turning around. The villain is very grateful, but the companions around the villain lost their parents when they were young, and they are lonely. , and the villain have been companions since childhood, and I hope the eldest lady will take him in together."

"Then let him do some chores with you in the firewood room. Since you have entered the Li family, you must follow the Li family's rules and don't let outsiders make fun of them. The Li family's family rules will be explained to you one by one by the guard Li in the future." .Is there anything else?"

"The villain does have one thing to ask. Although the villain has been taken in by his adoptive father since he was a child, otherwise the villain would have starved to death on the side of the road. The villain has been blessed by the eldest lady. I need to go back and tell the eldest lady to agree. " Lu Sheng said.

"You still miss your adoptive father. It shows that you are loyal and righteous. This is a good thing. I naturally agreed. You should go back quickly. Come, go to the kitchen and get some food for him to take back."

In the dilapidated Puji Temple, Lu Sheng took the food he brought back from the Li Mansion today and handed it to his adoptive father. They were all white and tender steamed buns. It is rare for people to eat steamed buns of this quality.

When the Nian beggar arrived at the steamed bun, he did not show the joy of ordinary beggars when he saw the hungry food, but landed on Lu Sheng with a rather embarrassed face, and said: "How many times have I told you that although we are beggars, we cannot Losing our duty to be human, we are beggars not thieves!"

Apparently the beggar Nian thought that Lu Sheng had stolen these steamed buns, because such high-quality food was never used to send beggars away.

Lu Shengzhu's adoptive father in front of him has never felt any warmth from him for so many years, but only harsh scolding and fierce fists and kicks. He was angry and tired, and didn't want to explain anything to him.Zhu Xin seemed to have read Lu Sheng's thoughts, and quickly told Lao Wang what happened in Li's residence today.

After hearing Zhu Xin's words, Beggar Nian knew that he had wronged Lu Sheng, and a flash of apology flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say it out of his mouth.

Seeing Lao Wang's expression, Lu pursed his lips and wanted to say something but didn't speak, so he swallowed the words back to his stomach, and after a long time, he squeezed out three words: "I'm leaving..."

Beggar Nian nodded, Lu Sheng took a deep look at Beggar Nian, turned around resolutely and walked out.Lu Sheng's thin back walked out of the Puji Temple, the beggar Nian seemed to be pulled by something in his heart, and tears flashed from the corner of his eyes.