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I don’t know how long it took before Jiang Ye woke up, and he slept huddled in a ball leaning against the tree, which made him feel uncomfortable all over. He opened his eyes and saw the extinguished firewood in front of him. He didn’t know that Wei Lin lit the fire last night. No wonder he didn’t feel too cold, but he didn’t see Wei Lin’s shadow.

The snow had almost melted, exposing the bare ground. Jiang Ye also looked around, not knowing where Wei Lin had gone. He got up and moved his stiff body, and a strong sense of hunger came over him. Jiang Ye felt that it was not unreasonable for Wei Lin to teach him a lesson. It was really stupid to go out without dry food. But Jiang Ye could laugh at himself, but Wei Lin couldn’t say it. If Wei Lin said it, Jiang Ye would be furious.

Just as he was thinking about where Wei Lin had gone, Jiang Ye heard hurried footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was indeed Wei Lin. Wei Lin’s clothes were bulging, and he didn’t know what he was keeping inside.

“You woke up?”

“Well, where have you been?”

“Here.” Wei Lin took out the bulging thing from his bosom, which was wrapped in oil paper, and a scent wafted out immediately,”You must be hungry.” As he said, he uncovered the oiled paper, and it turned out to be a Golden Roast Chicken. Jiang unconsciously swallowed, reached out to take the roast chicken and asked, “Where did it come from?”

“Is it still warm? There is a post house four or five miles ahead, I got it there.”

“It’s cold.” Jiang Ye said.

“Then don’t eat it.” Wei Lin rolled his eyes, “I trotted all the way back and put it in my clothes specially, if it’s still cold, then I can’t help it.”

“I didn’t say I wouldn’t eat it.”

“Then do you want to eat?”

“eat.”

“Then you should eat.”

Jiang was really hungry, so he didn’t care too much, so he opened his mouth to bite the roast chicken. Wei Lin watched him gobble it up, and couldn’t help laughing: “Young master, you are no different from jackals and tigers when you are hungry.”

“Bah.” Jiang Ye directly spat the chicken bone in his mouth at Wei Lin, “No one will treat you as dumb if you don’t speak.”

“Hee-hee.”

“Do you have any money on you? How did you buy roast chicken?”

“No money.”

“You stole it?”

“No, I bought it with your money.” Wei Lin said calmly.

Jiang Ye held the roast chicken in one hand, and touched his belt with the other hand. It was empty, and the purse had disappeared. He immediately yelled at Wei Lin: “You still bought roast chicken when you don’t have any money?!”

“Don’t you have money? I think it’s better to eat something instead of starving. If I would have bought white flour steamed buns, they might have tasted like bricks after returning from the post house in this cold weather.” Wei Lin laughed and took out Jiang Ye’s purse from his belt, “Don’t worry, you still have money left.” As he spoke, he shook the money purse, and it was obvious that there was still something in it.

Jiang also had nothing to say. Although Wei Lin took his purse, he bought something for himself. He tore off a large piece of a chicken leg, and handed the rest to Wei Lin: “Eat it, I’ve had enough.”

“No, you should eat more.”

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“I’m not hungry.”

“How can beggars resist hunger?”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Wei Lin suddenly became serious and looked at him with straight eyes: “Your idea is not politically correct. Beggars are also human, so they will naturally be hungry.”

“Then you are not hungry.”

“Because I have already eaten.”

“What did you eat?”

“I ate… roast goose, braised fish, steamed hoof… I forgot what else.”

Jiang Ye’s eyes were like copper bells, he held the chicken leg in his mouth, and the remaining half of the roast chicken in one hand, and snatched the money bag from Wei Lin’s hand with the other. As soon as the money bag was in his hands, he already felt deeply unwell, the weight was far from what it was when he went out, he shook the opening downwards, and only a few pitiful pieces of silver fell out of the money bag.

“I brought a total of twenty taels, and now I only have seven taels of silver left. How much did you eat!!!” Jiang Ye roared angrily.

“It’s not… just, there were a few little beggars next to the inn, so I gave them some.”

“You bitch!!!”

“I’m a big man, do you want me to take off my pants and show you?”

“Look at your head!”

“Okay, okay, do you want to see the top head or the bottom head?”

Jiang Ye was also very angry, and bit the chicken leg with a big bite, as if he was going to eat Wei Lin alive.

“Don’t look at me like that, as if you want to eat me.”

“???”

“Okay, okay, don’t be angry, eat chicken.”

“get lost”

With the continued bickering and arguing, Jiang Ye lived up to Wei Lin’s expectations and ate up the whole roast chicken, spitting all the bones on Wei Lin. Although Wei Lin said it was naive, Jiang Ye also rubbed the oil on Wei Lin’s sleeve by the way.

According to what Wei Lin said, as long as they walk four or five miles, he can get a good night’s sleep in the post house. Jiang Ye also regretted that he went on the road recklessly. If he had thought of this earlier, he would have rented a carriage, and he would not have slept in the open last night and he didn’t even have any food. Thinking about it this way, Wei Lin is really good. He seems to be thinking about everything. As expected of a beggar, he seems to be well-informed in this regard.

Jiang Ye also felt in his heart that things were a little weird, and he didn’t know if the remaining seven taels of silver were enough to live in the post house, and he couldn’t spend all the money to stay there. Jiang also thought for a long time before he figured out what was wrong, so he asked Wei Lin who was walking in front, “How did you know that there is a post house four or five miles away?”

“Huh?”

“You don’t know and you still dare to go out and wander around?”

“I have been to Yanzhou.”

“What were you doing in Yanzhou?”

“I have been in Yanzhou for the past two years, but I only came to Xiangcheng this year.” Wei Lin said casually.

“Then what were you doing in Xiangcheng?”

“Looking for a job.”

“You became a beggar, huh?”

“Brother Jiang Ye won’t understand. Yanzhou is not rich, and the basic salary is low. Do you know how many people are going to Xiangcheng?”

That’s right, there are indeed many people in the capital who do business from outside. The Jiang family was also the same thirty years ago. Mr. Jiang came to Xiangcheng empty-handed, and then built the Jiang family from scratch.

Mr. Jiang was not easy when he was young, he complained about others, but he did not give up hope, thinking of himself countless times.

If only the famous family would not be poor and destitute, he wouldn’t have been tortured, so he took a gamble, because he didn’t want his offsprings to be so miserable, so he insisted on letting Jiang Ye inherit the family business.

“What does this have to do with you being a beggar?”

“People in the capital are foolish and have a lot of money. Even if they beg, they earn more than Yanzhou.”

“Then how come you almost died.”

“The so-called people don’t fight against heaven, if heaven wants me to die, I will die, if it doesn’t let me die… didn’t I meet you?”

Wei Lin said it very lightly. If one didn’t know what kind of guy he was, they would think that he is an expert who sees through the world.

“The ghost knows what kind of wishful thinking you have.”

“Okay, we will arrive at the post house within half an hour’s walk.” Wei Lin said.

Thinking of going to the inn to have a good rest, Jiang also felt a little better.

As they were walking, two masked men suddenly appeared in front of them. One of them just opened his mouth and said, “I opened this road and planted this tree. If you want to…”

“Shut up, you, you are real dirt.”

The other person directly slapped the man on the back of the head, making him stagger, and then said: “Don’t think, quickly take out the money!” He took out something wrapped in cloth from his back. It looked like a dagger in shape, pointing at Jiang Ye viciously.

“You two masters, this is…” Wei Lin hurried forward a little bit, bent over, with a smile on his face. Jiang Ye couldn’t stand his appearance the most, and kicked him in the socket of his knee, so that he almost couldn’t stand still: “Come on, they are robbing us.”

“That’s right, can’t you see we are here to rob?” The masked man with the murder weapon followed Jiang Ye’s words.

“The accent sounds like a southerner.” Wei Lin said.

The person who was slapped before said without thinking: “Yes, how do you know?”

“Are you a fucking fool? Just answer what he asks!” The robber was furious, and kicked him out, “Stop talking nonsense, pay the money, and leave, or else…?” He took a step forward, and the murder weapon was only one step away from Wei Lin. Wei Lin said with a mournful face, “We have no money.”

“Who are you kidding? Wearing such beautiful leather, how can you have no money?”

“No!” Wei Lin hastily retreated to Jiang Ye’s side, and stretched out his hand to show the fox fur to the robber, “Look, this is a replica, but it’s actually made of weasel fur, it’s worthless, just take it and decorate the fake!”

As he was talking to the gangster, his accent changed.

“How can it be white?”

“Oh, it’s dyed!”

“Drop the money and leather, then leave.” The gangster said, “I won’t follow you.”

Jiang Ye also thought about it. He might not be able to beat the robber with a murder weapon with his bare hands. It would not be worth it if he lost his life. I’ll throw the money and leather.”

 “You’re smart.”

Jiang also found his money bag from Wei Lin’s waistband, and threw it to the robber along with the fox fur on his body.

While the gangster bent down to pick it up, Jiang Ye grabbed Wei Lin’s hand and ran away: “Run!”

Wei Lin was dragged by him, the two panicked and ran away, all in all thirty-six tactics, running is the best strategy.

They don’t know for how long they ran, but Jiang Ye slipped on the sole of his foot and fell directly to the ground, even tripping Wei Lin. It happened that the terrain was a small hill, and the two of them fell and rolled down the hill.

Along with the rolling of the two of them, there was Wei Lin’s scream piercing the sky.

Wei Lin rolled fast, and slammed into a tree trunk with his waist straight. He didn’t even have the energy to scream.

“You…you…get up…I’m going to faint…”

Jiang Ye was in pain all over his body. He heard Wei Lin’s words in a daze. He finally got up and fell to the ground, but found that his whole body was wet.

Wei Lin waited for a while before getting up, panting heavily, and sat on the ground. Seeing the wound on Jiang Ye’s head, before he had time to check how he was doing, he tore off a piece of cloth from his sleeve, and carefully wiped the blood off for Jiang Ye.

“Does it hurt…” He asked while wiping, but Jiang Ye didn’t speak, and just took a deep breath, which must have been very painful.

There is no good place left on their clothes, and there are holes everywhere, which are tattered. There were also many large and small scratches on the face, and the surrounding area of ​​the wound was still full of mud and gravel, which was extremely dirty.

Wei Lin wiped away the sand from Jiang Ye’s wound little by little, and then changed Jiang Ye to help him clean the wound.

There is no stream or anything around, so it can only be made a little bit cleaner.

“Now I know what it means to be stained red when close to vermilion, and dyed black when close to ink.” Jiang Ye said.

“Um?”

“Those who stay with beggars become beggars.”

“You are not saying it right, don’t make it up forcibly.” Wei Lin curled his lips, looked at himself, and then at Jiang Ye. Before that, Jiang Ye had always kept a cold face, and he was dressed so well, looking really weak, but now he looked more pleasing to the eye: “You look better like this.”

“Did I let you see it?”

“Then forget it.”

“When will you pay back the money you owe me?”

“When did I owe you money?”

“In the mansion, you talked about two taels of silver.”

“Wow, you are so rich but still stingy.”

“Repay the money.”

 “I have no money.”

Jiang Ye also thought the same thing, even if this person had money, with his prodigal methods, he probably would have spent it all.

“It’s all right now, I don’t have any money anymore.” Jiang Ye waved his hands and lay down on the ground a little bit broken.

Wei Lin sat aside, thought for a while, and said, “It’s okay, so, let’s go near the inn, and I will go begging. What if I get rich?”

“No one will give you money near a post house that doesn’t have a village in front of it and a store in its back.”

“Didn’t I just give the little beggars money yesterday? Believe me, good people are rewarded.”

Jiang simply closed his eyes and stopped talking to Wei Lin.

“Okay, don’t be sad, rest for a while, and we’ll go to the post house when the wound gets a little better.”

“Do you know the way?”

“I don’t, but I will figure it out.”

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