The Mingyue of the Great Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/Chapter 39: Is the temple high (8)

Only then did Liu Xiu understand why he was angry.

Before, I had always treated him as a beggar. But in his opinion, it was an insult to his dignity.

For him, dignity is far more important than filling his stomach.

"I'm really sorry!"

Liu Xiu quickly stood up, bowed deeply to the person in front of him, and said sincerely: "I am not negligent just now. If you are not abandoned, can you have this meal with me?"

After saying that, Liu Xiu called the shop owner and ordered him to send another meal to the table.

“…thank you.”

The young man's rapid breathing gradually calmed down. Seeing Liu Xiu's sincere appearance, he knew that he was not willing to humiliate him just now, nodded, bowed to Liu Xiu, and sat opposite Liu Xiu.

The store owner squinted his eyes and brought a plate of food again, put it in front of the young man, muttering, and naturally he regarded Liu Xiu as an idiot. However, Liu Xiu naturally would not pay attention to him and smiled at the young man opposite him, "I am Zhao Cheng, I don't know what you call me?"

"Get off the horse and serve it." As soon as the food was put down, the man grabbed the chopsticks and quickly started to pick it up. He didn't even bother to ask Liu Xiu's questions and answered, but just responded vaguely, and it seemed that he was so hungry.

Liu Xiu was already full, put down his chopsticks, quietly watched the horse finish the food in front of him like a wind blowing the broken clouds, and wiped his mouth with unfulfilled feelings and burped it for a long time.

"Brother Ma... how did he fall to this point?" Liu Xiucai asked softly after Ma Duan finished eating.

"I'm here..." Ma Ban finished his meal and became more energetic. He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm here to be a student from Chang'an Imperial College."

"What?!" Liu Xiu widened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him in disbelief. Although there were more than 10,000 students in the Imperial Academy and it was normal that he had never met before, but judging from his appearance, it really didn't matter what the word "Imperial Academy" said.

"I don't look like this..." Ma Duan was still smiling bitterly: "But... it's not easy to survive. I'm lucky."

Liu Xiu looked at Ma Duan in horror and waited for him to continue talking.

Ma Duan talked about his experience in detail and told Liu Xiu. He was a Hongnong native and was studying in the Imperial College in Chang'an. His family was not a family, but he also had a small fortune. This time, he was on his way home to visit his parents' return, but unfortunately he met a bandit. Fortunately, Ma Duan saw the opportunity quickly and fled while leaving his property. The bandit was busy picking up, and he escaped his life while taking advantage of the night.

However, Ma Duan was penniless and lost his horse. He did not dare to look back, so he had to walk towards Chang'an. However, after walking for two days, the water and rice had not entered, and his eyes were so hungry that he was so cold that Ma Duan could not even walk. However, as he was proud of himself, he could not bear to beg.

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly. From Ma Duan's words that didn't eat anything but gave me a pity, he could see that Ma Duan was very serious about integrity and identity. However, when he was in such a dilemma, he was not willing to even bow his back slightly, which was really a bit pedantic.

If it weren't for Liu Xiu's meal just now, Ma Duan would have starved to death in this small market, which is only more than twenty miles away from Chang'an City.

"I am really destined to have a fate with Brother Ma. I am also a student of Chang'an Imperial College, but in the Imperial College, I have never had the chance to meet Brother Ma." Liu Xiu smiled and said to Ma Duan: "And, I am also on the way back to my hometown Nanyang to visit relatives."

"Nanyang?" Ma Duan suddenly looked nervous: "That's the same way as me. Brother Zhao is here, you must be careful. If bandits are everywhere today, Brother Zhao, you..."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and smiled bitterly at the white fox fur on Liu Xiu's body.

"It's true..." Liu Xiu sighed with a headache: "This fox fur is indeed a bit eye-catching."

As soon as he arrived at this market, he had noticed the gazes he had cast at him. This place is only more than twenty miles away from Chang'an, so naturally no one would take action, but if we go east, it would be hard to say.

If Liu Xiu had the skills of his elder brother Liu Yan, he would naturally not have to be afraid. But he had studied with his uncle since childhood. Although he had learned some fists and kicks with his brother, if he met a bandit, let alone a dozen, even if he was only three or five people, he would probably have to be on the way.

The old man I met on the way out of the city gave him this white fox fur, but it was really a big trouble...

Liu Xiu was having a headache, and when he thought of this, he suddenly slapped his head: "Brother Ma, or..."

He looked at the ragged Ma Duan in front of him, and his face turned blue in the cold wind. He simply stood up, took off the fox fur on his body, and put it on his body for Ma Duan.

"Brother Zhao, what's this...what does this mean?" Ma Duan looked at Liu Xiu and was stunned for putting on a fox fur for him, then frowned and asked.

"Brother Ma was in a disaster, and his clothes were torn like this... There are still more than twenty miles away from Chang'an. It is not far away, but not near. It will take some time to get to Chang'an. It is cold at this time, so how can Brother Ma stand?" Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "Anyway, there should be no more bandits around Chang'an. Brother Ma doesn't have to worry about safety."

Ma Duan's expression was a little ugly: "I don't receive any reward without any merits. I met Brother Zhao just by chance. How could I accept Brother Zhao's property at will? I can't repay the kindness of a meal, and I dare not accept the fox fur. I have the kindness to accept it." As he said that, he wanted to take off the fox fur and return it to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly in his heart. Ma Duan was so noble that he had gone too far. He was clearly at the end of his journey, but he was still so stubborn.

Liu Xiu could only say seriously: "Brother Ma doesn't have to refuse. This fox fur is not owned by the subordinates, but is given a generous gift from an elder and dare not give it to others randomly. Now I will only lend it to Brother Ma for the time being, and I will still get it back in the future."

Seeing Ma Duan's half-believing and half-doubted appearance, Liu Xiu continued: "Brother Ma, I am also a student of the Imperial College. Although I have never met before, since you and I have known each other now, it is naturally not difficult to find Brother Ma in the future. I am just going back to Nanyang to visit relatives, and I will eventually go back to Chang'an. Is Brother Ma still afraid that I will come to Brother Ma to ask for this fox fur in the future?"

"Since that's the case..." Ma Duan nodded reluctantly after hearing Liu Xiu's words.

Seeing that Ma Duan stopped refusing, Liu Xiu quickly took out a handful of coins from his arms and stuffed them into Ma Duan's hand: "This is also a loan to Brother Ma. After returning to Chang'an next time, he will definitely come to find Brother Ma, and then Brother Ma will give it back."

"Thank you... Thank you Brother Zhao..."

Ma Duan trembled his hands and held the coins tightly, his eyes becoming a little wet.

"You don't have to be polite. Since you and I are both students of the Imperial Academy, this little thing is not worth mentioning."

Liu Xiu waved his hand quickly, but unexpectedly Ma Duan actually knelt down at Liu Xiu and kowtowed three times: "Brother Zhao's kindness, Ma Duan will never forget it!"

Liu Xiu was startled and quickly grabbed the horse and refused to comfort him. After finally coaxing the horse.

However, Liu Xiu then wanted to rest here with Ma Duan for one night. When they set off on their own road tomorrow, Ma Duan said he would not say anything. At this moment, his body was warm and he had food in his stomach. Naturally, he did not want to receive the favor of Liu Xiu anymore, but decided to rush to the night and return to Chang'an tonight. Despite Liu Xiu's repeated attempts, he could not change Ma Duan's determination.

"Since that's the case, I will no longer try to keep you. I just hope Brother Ma will arrive in Chang'an smoothly." Liu Xiu bowed to Ma Duan at the entrance of the inn and said helplessly.

Ma Duan gently stroked the white fox fur on his body, looked at Liu Xiu in front of him, his face was calm and determined, and he gave a deep bow again: "This kind of kindness and virtue, Ma Duan should repay him with his life!"

Ma Duan said goodbye to Liu Xiu, turned around and left the courtyard.

Liu Xiu turned around and found the shop. When he was about to arrange accommodation for himself, he suddenly turned his head and listened carefully.

The sound of horse hooves running wildly sounded from the West.

Liu Xiu suddenly had a sign of uneasiness in his heart. For some reason, he hurriedly turned around, left the shop and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Ma Duan walked out of the courtyard and headed west, but after walking dozens of steps, he saw that in the already dim sky, one man and one horse were galloping towards the market.

A horse is a dark horse, and a man is wearing black clothes.

The horse was extremely majestic. The sound of the horse's hooves had just entered his ears, and in just a moment, he had already rushed to the center of the market. The man immediately wore a hat and couldn't see clearly what his face looked like.

The horse knight glanced at Ma Duan from afar, shook the reins gently, and the mount under his crotch had already turned in a direction and rushed towards him. In an instant, he had stopped in front of Ma Duan.

It was about to night, the sky was dim, but the lights had not yet started. In the darkness of this snowy night, the knight in black on the black horse looked down at him, and he looked like an evil ghost in the Nine Netherworlds.

The face under the hat was hidden in the darkness. But Ma Duan could feel that the cold eyes were murderous, and they passed through the bamboo pieces and projected over.

But Ma Duan felt that he was like a mouse staring at by a poisonous snake, and he could not even do anything to move.

"Your Excellency..." Ma Duan looked at the black-clad knight in front of him suspiciously, bowed his hand, and said only two words, and was interrupted by a cold voice: "Is this fox fur yours?"

There was a sword inserted between the man in black. Although his hand was not pressed on the hilt of the sword, his whole body had already emitted a strong murderous aura.

"No... it's not something you are under, but a gift. I dare to ask... I dare to ask what you have to do?" Ma Duan gasped quickly and stammered.

Ruoyan's usual temperament, Ma Duan couldn't even pay attention to the other party's tone. However, no matter how arrogant he was on weekdays, the cold and murderous aura on the man in black in front of him was too strong, which forced him to withstand the pressure and answered the question honestly.

"Then are you a student of Chang'an?"

"I'm right... I'm a student of Chang'an, I don't know if you..." Ma Duan's heart pounded wildly.

A dazzling cold light suddenly rose, like a white rainbow soaring into the sky, fleeting in the night sky.

The blood column soaring into the sky was aroused from Ma Duan's empty neck.

The man in black on the horse didn't even get off the horse, and he still sat steadily on the horse, and Ma Duan's head had been cut off.

The white fox fur was covered with blood.

The man in black leaned over and grabbed the head of the horse in the air. Finally, his arm stretched and shrank, and the white fox fur was also wrapped in his hand.

After a second sentence, the man in black grabbed his head and fox fur, gently turned his horse's head, and galloped away again along the way, and disappeared into the twilight in a moment.

It was not until this time that Ma Duan's headless corpse lost its balance, shook it and fell heavily into the snow. The blood flowing from his neck dyed a large area of ​​scarlet flowers on the snow, which was charming and weird.

At the market, screams came one after another, and then they rang out.

Liu Xiu stood dullly at the gate of the courtyard, and watched the whole process of Ma Duan being killed dozens of steps away from afar. Until Ma Duan's head fell to the ground and the man in black rode away, Liu Xiu's blood seemed to have solidified. He widened his eyes and looked at Ma Duan's body in disbelief, and his whole body trembled violently.

Ma Duan... is dead!

In an instant, a life disappeared in front of my eyes, even leaving me with no time to react.

Just a moment ago, he was on the same table with Ma Duan and had a meal together. But now, he has become a headless corpse lying in the snow!

And what's even more terrifying is...

He is here to find me!

He is here to find me!!

He is here to find me!!!
Chapter completed!