About half a mile from Ximen Wharf to the county town is Hanshan Taoist Temple.

The Taoist temple gate is solemn, the red stone walls and black glazed tiles appear solemn, and the bronze door is grand and grand. The believers come in and out, and the incense is full of prosperity, and a prosperous scene.

The ancient Hanshan Temple has a history of thousands of years, but it has never been lukewarm and is not very famous.

It was not until the current temple master Hanshan Zhenren that he took over this ancient temple twenty years ago and personally took over the ancient temple to promote the immortal teachings. The ancient temple of Hanshan became famous and became increasingly popular.

Su Chen once heard from the fishermen in Zhouzhuang that this Hanshan real man has great magical powers and can walk on waves on big rivers and lakes. He knows everything in the world. He even makes perfect plans and is extremely powerful.

The Hanshan Zhenren is recognized as a peerless master and is famous throughout the thirteen counties of Wu County. Even the county magistrate wants to meet the Hanshan Zhenren, and even the county magistrate has to climb to the Taoist temple to pay their respects.

However, in recent years, Hanshan Zhenren rarely stayed in Hanshan Taoist Temple, and they traveled all over the world and made friends with experts from all walks of life.

Unless ordinary people have great fortunes, they rarely see him in the Taoist temple. When they come to the Hanshan Taoist temple, they usually can only visit the five major disciples and disciples of the real people in the temple.

The legend of Hanshan Real Person made Su Chen, a twelve-year-old ignorant boy, have great awe of the ancient view of Hanshan.

More than ten years ago, when Su Chen was just born, the old temple master Hanshan Zhenren saw him once and gave him a name.

Su Chen was full of admiration and curiosity for this Hanshan Taoist Temple, but he had never entered the temple to watch it, and he felt quite regretful.

Now his clothes are torn and dare not enter Guguan. He just bowed respectfully a few times, which was also a celebration of gratitude. He thought that if he gets rich in the future, he would come in to enjoy a few more incense sticks.

Su Chen passed the Taoist temple, walked half a mile, and soon entered Gusu County.

The streets in the city are more prosperous and lively than the Ximen Wharf. Carriages with large and large wheels are flowing endlessly, and there are bustling crowds everywhere. Naturally, it is not comparable to Zhouzhuang, a remote area.

The main street is surrounded by various clothing shops, grocery stores, medicine shops, money shops, pawn shops, blacksmith weapons shops, jewelry shops, restaurants, inns, etc.

Of course, there are also small vendors who carry loads, gongs, and sell along the streets, and opera troupes that are flirting with money at street corners.

In contrast, Zhouzhuang only has a few small grocery shops and butchers, and there are no other high-end shops.

Every time Su Chen comes to Gusu County, he is dazzled and envies the people in Gusu City. He always thinks that one day he can live in such a prosperous place as Gusu County.

But I have always just thought about it and dare not take it seriously.

Now, he was forced to leave his hometown and come to Gusu County to make a living, but his hair was very worried.

If you want to live in the prosperous place of Gusu County, there are difficulties everywhere. Just finding a job to earn money to eat and find a place to sleep is two major problems.

On the way to the county town, he only ate a cold and hard steamed bun. After rushing for more than half a day, he was hungry and his limbs were already tired.

Su Chen asked along the shops in the streets of the city that he would do whatever he had, but no shop would have to recruit a young man over ten years old, and he was shocked.

After an hour, he found nothing, and Su Chen walked down the street with a low expression.

By chance, I passed by a large courtyard of a wealthy family. Several fierce dogs suddenly jumped out of the courtyard and barked at Su Chen. Su Chen couldn't help but look shocked and fled.

The evil dog chased after him all the way. Su Chen was so scared that he got into the alley. He accidentally stepped on the stinky ditch and his calves were trembling. He ran to several streets and alleys in one breath, hid in a remote corner, and then threw away the evil dogs.

Su Chen took a breath and wanted to take a break in the corner.

Looking around, I was stunned again.

The remote corner where he was hiding was actually a beggar's nest.

Four or five ragged beggars were lying in a row, twisting fleas to bask in the sun. There were several pairs of tattered wooden bowls and tiled bowls on the ground to beg for rice and money.

In recent years, the number of refugees in Gusu County has increased a lot, and it is not uncommon for such beggar nests in the county to beggars.

A young beggar with a national face leaned against the corner of the blue brick wall with a chicken coop on his head. There was a delicate and beautiful porcelain bowl in front of him, which was obviously the leader of these beggars.

"Little brother, do you want to join my Lao Zhu's beggar's nest?"

When the young beggar saw Su Chen breaking into the corner, he looked over with strange eyes.

"No! I'm just passing by."

Su Chen quickly waved his hand and shook his head.

"If you are not joining the gang, then you are here to steal my Zhu Laoba's territory? Bah, you are looking for death! You are drowning with a spit!"

The young beggar leader suddenly showed a fierce look, spitting at Su Chen, staring at him hatred.

Su Chen jumped up in shock and avoided his saliva.

He was annoyed by the beggar for no reason. It would have been fine before when he encountered a thug, but he didn't expect that even the down-and-out beggars in this county would bully him so fiercely.

Su Chen kicked over angrily, kicked the stinky beggar's head's flower porcelain bowl, and ran away.

"Oh~! My baby flower porcelain bowl is broken. Brothers, catch this brat and beat him to death!"

When the young beggar saw that the most precious flower porcelain bowl was flying by Su Chen, it hit the corner of the wall and broke with a clang. He couldn't help but scream and scold in pain.

Su Chen was chased by beggars and fled in panic.

It was almost evening when the beggars calmed down and rushed to beg for food everywhere.

Su Chen was covered in dirty and tired and hungry, and walked in a mess on the streets of Gusu County.

He looked up at the setting sun.

The cold wind in the evening gradually rose, my clothes were cold and thin, and my heart felt a little sad, and I wanted to cry without tears. It was really unlucky, and drinking a sip of water made my heart feel cold.

I worked hard for the afternoon but couldn't find a job. I was either chased by a vicious dog or chased by a beggar, and I didn't encounter any good things.

"I'm afraid I won't find a job in the county town for a while, and I don't have a place to stay tonight. I'm afraid I can't get through it after dark."

Su Chen tightened his clothes and thought.

I haven't eaten all day, but I can barely endure it.

However, the bitterness of the cold night is the most difficult to endure, and it is easy to be frozen to death on the streets.

Su Chen originally didn't plan to bother his brother A Chou. After all, A Chou is just a guy who does odd jobs in the inn and his life is not easy.

But there is no other way at the moment, so I can only go to Tianying Inn to find A Chou to stay for a night. We will survive the coldness of tonight first, and the sun will be warmer tomorrow, and then make plans.

Su Chen walked around to the entrance of Ximen Street, outside the gate of Tianying Inn, which was very prosperous.

Soon, he saw the young man A Chou who was busy in the lobby of Tianying Inn. He even smelled the strong aroma of wine and meat floating out of the inn and was very greedy.

Tianying Inn is an industry under the name of Tianying Gate, one of the five major gangs in Wujun. It is very famous in Gusu County and one of the highest-end restaurants. It is a place where high-end tourists from the world often come.

The inn is luxurious and luxurious, with three floors of lofts, lobbys and private rooms often filled with guests.

Today's Sky Eagle Inn is particularly lively. Manager Wang, chefs and more than a dozen guys are extremely busy, busy hosting a twelfth lunar month banquet for Tianying guests.

Hundreds of strong men in the world wearing the same color of brocade clothes and robes and swords, gathered in the lofts on each floor of the inn, and exchanged cups at the tables, noisy and yelled, drank wine and ate meat with big bowls, which was very lively.

Several old men in brocade robes riding a divine horse appeared, and it seemed that the big men from the Tianying Sect also arrived.

"Welcome to the Protector Li Da, the Lord of the Hall is here!"

"Oh, Manager Liu, you're here! The banquet is ready, and everyone is waiting for you."

The shopkeeper Wang from the inn hurried out with a few friends, holding horses for the old man in brocade robe, and shouting and complimenting, and keeping busy.

Su Chen saw that the inn was filled with rich tourists wearing Tianying Gate brocade robes, and was in and out of the inn, but he was only frightened.

He used to hear the fishermen in Zhouzhuang saying that these Tianyingmen's wealthy tourists were connected to the government and the rivers and lakes, and black and white were used. They often oppressed the fishermen in Zhouzhuang, and their exploitation methods were even worse than those of the yamen runners, which made people feel disgusted.

The rich men in the world in the Tianying Sect are not easy to provoke, and they will be beaten if they are not careful.

Su Chen was very awe of these wealthy tourists in the world and was unwilling to come to the Sky Eagle Inn alone on weekdays.

In this inn, Su Chen is only familiar with the young man A Chou.

Ah Chou is the same age as him, with a blue scar on his cheek, which looks a bit ugly. He has no friends at Tianying Inn and the county town, and is often bullied by the inn guys.

However, Su Chen knew that although A Chou was ugly, he had a good heart, so the two became good brothers. Every time he came to the county town, he would play with A Chou.

"Brother Chen, why are you here!"

Ah Chou was wiping the seats and packing up the remaining soup on the table. When he saw Su Chen appearing outside the inn, he was surprised and wanted to run out to greet Su Chen.

Suddenly, a big hand fell from the sky, grabbed A Chou's ear and pulled it hard, and the angry voice of the shopkeeper Wang Da came from behind, "A Chou, you are lazy, you are all lazy, why don't you clean up the table!"

"Oh, my ears fell off, it fell off~! Big shopkeeper spared!"

Ah Chou screamed like a pig-killing ear that was so painful that he was snatching his ears, asking the shopkeeper Wang for forgiveness.

In the restaurant, many high-quality chefs who ate meat and drank wine couldn't help laughing and slamming the table.

Su Chen didn't dare to get close to Tianying Inn, but waved his hand to A Chou from afar and asked him to be busy first. He then hid in the street corner opposite the inn, waiting for the inn to close at night.

As a trash guy, A Chou was busy serving tea and water to the inn's rich guests. He probably had to be free until the night when it closed.

Su Chen looked at the sky, it was already evening.

I guess at night, these rich men will leave after having enough food and food.

He was not familiar with other places in the county town, worried about taking the wrong path, so he didn't dare to wander around at night, but just stayed in the corner of the street and endured his hunger.

It is not easy to be a mate at Tianying Inn. A Chou served the guests a dish. Whenever he was a little slower, he was scolded by the shopkeeper.

Some other high-ranking customers have a bad temper. If the guys are a little lazy in serving tea, they will come over with a big ear and make a slap.

Su Chen shrank in the corner of the wall and looked from afar, feeling very sad for A Chou.

It’s so pitiful to be a young man in the inn. He is busy and tired. He also has to be beaten and scolded by the shopkeeper and the heroes of the world from time to time.

Although he lived in the Zhouzhuang Water Town, although his life was very hard and he often had no meals, he would not be insulted and beaten like this.
To be continued...