When he entered Pingyang City, Shenghuailing had a familiar inn. After settling down, Sheng Huailing took his entourage to Tiefang to buy Qingtieng.

Xie Yutian asked the inn shopkeeper about his way to Hongdong, and asked Zhao Guangqian and Zhong Yishi to wait in the inn, intending to go alone to find the roots.

Before he arrived, the master's wife instructed Zhao Guangqian to follow his master immediately, so he naturally refused to stay in the inn.

Xie Yutian accepted hundreds of disciples, all of whom followed the rules and did not dare to show up. Only Zhao Guangqian was not afraid of him, and never took care of the details in front of him, and would occasionally make some things that made him laugh and cry. However, although Zhao Guangqian was rough on the surface, he was very independent when encountering major events. Therefore, Xie Yutian not only did not keep his temperament, but also liked him very much.

Xie Yutian could not resist Zhao Guangqian, so he had to go to the horse market to buy a horse for Zhong Yishi and took Guangqian and Yishi to Hongdong.

It took sixty miles from Pingyang City to Hongdong County, and the three of them arrived in more than a day.

Hongdong became famous for his great immigrants during the Hongwu period of the previous dynasty, and there were endless streams of people coming to look for relatives and ancestors. There were many people in the county who spoke in a north-west manner, and the small county town seemed extremely lively.

After staying in the inn, Zhao Guangqian said, "Master, please rest. I will go outside and find out where the people surnamed Xie live."

Xie Yutian's ancestors ran away in a hurry to avoid war, and did not have any ancestral genealogy. After several chaos and generations in Shandong, no one could explain the specific address of the ancestral home. When he came to Hongdong, he could only go to the gathering place of the surname Xie to try his luck.

Xie Yutian knew that Zhao Guangqian was a person who liked the fun, and felt that he was really tired, so he told him not to cause trouble and let him go.

Because Zhong Yishi was filial, he didn't want to walk around, but when he heard that Zhao Guangqian was going to find his master's roots, he felt that he should do something for his benefactor, so he followed him out.

The most lively place in Hongdong County is an east-west street with shops on both sides, hawkers wandering around the streets, and shouting loudly. Zhao Guangqian and Zhong Yishi watched the excitement along the way, asking the shopkeepers for news. It was fresh and interesting, and did not feel hard.

After walking half a street, he found nothing. Zhong Yishi said: "It's better to ask a pharmacy. People from all villages go to the pharmacy to get medicine. The shopkeeper should be well-informed."

Zhao Guangqian clapped and laughed: "It's still the smart little girl."

The two walked into a pharmacy shop. Zhao Guangqian bowed to the pharmacy shop staff and asked, "Little brother, please be convenient. Do you know which village in Hongdong County has many families with the surname Xie?"

I didn't know that the young man had just been scolded by the shopkeeper. He was in a very bad mood and replied angrily: "You need to check your household registration and go to the county government office. This is a medicine shop!"

Zhao Guangqian was choked and staggered, and said annoyed: "Everyone says Shanxi people are the best at doing business. You little brother have a very bad temper."

"So what? Can I kowtow all the people coming in?"

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Guangqian's voice rose. Zhong Yishi hurriedly separated him and smiled at the young man, "Don't blame me, Shandong people speak loudly..."

The shopkeeper heard someone arguing here and looked over in the inner room. Seeing the two men in blue and gray pants, clean and neat, and had a foreign accent, they felt a little strange. As the saying goes, those who come back to Hongdong to find their roots are mostly long robes and jackets, either rich or noble, and they don’t know where the two men came from. They hurriedly stepped forward and asked, “Where are the two young men? What is the purpose of finding someone surnamed Xie?”

Zhao Guangqian was annoyed and replied angrily: "You are not a yamen here, why bother asking me in detail!"

The shopkeeper said, "You are allowed to ask me, but I am not allowed to ask you?"

Zhong Yishi hurriedly smoothed out the situation and said, "Forgive me, the shopkeeper, we are here to find our roots."

When the shopkeeper saw Zhong Yishisheng, he was handsome and spoke beautifully, and there was a smile on his face: "I know there is Liangjiazhuang, Guojiazhuang, and Caijiazhuang in Hongdong County... I have never heard of Xiejiazhuang. Those who search for the roots all went to the big locust tree to worship. Why do you have to find a village with the surname Xie?"

"I'm so full that I'll make you feel bored." The guy said.

Zhao Guangqian said: "You have taken too much medicine, right? You have a smell of forage when you speak!"

The shopkeeper was also angry: "Why are you, the young master, cursing people?"

Zhong Yishi felt that it was not interesting to continue the argument, so he pulled Zhao Guangqian out of the pharmacy.

Zhao Guangqian was a little depressed and kicked the small stone on the roadside hard, as if he was looking for someone to fight.

Zhong Yishi said: "Brother Zhao, you are a little angry today. I think you are tired, so why don't we go back to the inn first, eat something, and take a break..."

Zhao Guangqian smiled embarrassedly: "I'm wondering if my little sister laughs. Why did I suddenly launch the nameless fire? If the master is in front of me, he will definitely scold me."

"It's good to be scolded by others. From now on, no one will scold Yishi..." Zhong Yishi became sad.

Zhao Guangqian didn't know how to comfort Zhong Yishi, but looked up and saw a snack shop selling fermented glutinous rice in front of him and said, "Little sister, let's go eat a bowl of fermented glutinous rice. I heard that the thing is delicious!"

A small shop selling fermented glutinous rice wine was surrounded by people. When Zhong Yishi passed by, he glanced inside and saw a little girl with straw stickers on her head holding a small wooden board in her hand with the words "Selling oneself to bury her father" written on it.

Zhong Yishi felt sad, tears in his eyes, and asked the girl: "Little sister, how old are you?"

"Twelve years old."

"Is there anyone else in the family?"

"It's gone, I'm the only one left after my father died..." The little girl bit her lips after saying that.

Zhong Yishi hugged the little girl, and two people who were sick and pitiful, cried on the street.

Zhong Yishi said to Zhao Guangqian: "Brother Zhao, I want...I want to take this little girl away."

Zhao Guangqian was stunned and thought to himself that we are walking around the world, not traveling around. The master has broken the rules of the escort business. How could you pick up another child?

Zhao Guangqian said coldly: "I can't do this, I have to go back and ask my master for advice."

Zhong Yishi understood that his request was a bit too much, and he was extremely ashamed. He hurriedly took out his wallet and wanted to leave all the money to the little girl.

At this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind, grabbed the wallet, turned around and ran away.

The man was dressed in rags, with his braids and barefoots, but ran fast. Zhong Yishi was anxious and angry, shouting, "Stop!" and twisted his body and chased after him.

Zhao Guangqian was stunned for a moment, feeling that the past half day was too unlucky and everything went wrong. He was robbed in broad daylight. He felt cruel to catch the man and beat him up and exhaled his anger, so he spread his legs and followed him and tried his best to chase him.

Zhao Guangqian practiced light skills with his master. Although he was not as famous as "water float", he thought that catching up with a beggar should be no problem. However, after chasing him for a long time, he could only look back, but he always looked like he had to fall for more than ten steps.

Zhao Guangqian chased two alleys, and finally got discouraged and said to Zhong Yishi: "It's time to lose money, don't chase after him."

Zhong Yishi said: "There is a bracelet left to me by my mother in the purse. I just think about it so I must take it back!"

Zhao Guangqian was muttering in his heart, no wonder there is a rule that urns cannot lead women in the escort business. Women are really troublesome. But they still run again.

After chasing for a while, the beggar suddenly turned around and said, "Stop chasing, you can't catch up. If you want to get your things back, go to the back mountain of Guangsheng Temple to find the Beggars' Sect in the evening."

Zhao Guangqian and Zhong Yishi held their feet and bent down and gasped for a long time. Zhao Guangqian said, "If it weren't for the strict rules of the sect, I would have killed him with a dart."

As soon as Zhong Yishijing reminded him, he paused and said, "Oh, I can also use darts, why do you need his life? A stone will knock him down!"

The two of them looked at each other for a long time and couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Guangqian felt sorry for Zhong Yishi's death, and decided to help her get her mother's relics back.

Guangsheng Temple is at the foot of a mountain thirty miles northeast of the county town. The two of them dared not go back to the inn to ride horses, so they rented a carriage and went to Guangsheng Temple.

It happened to be evening when the monks in the temple were doing evening classes. The sound of chanting scriptures echoed in the valley, like clear mountain streams, hitting their tired hearts with tinkling tinkles. Zhao and Zhong both felt much calmer.

Zhong Yishi stopped outside the temple and listened for a moment, tiptoed in, knelt outside the hall gate, kowtowed, but never wanted to get up again.

Until the evening class was over, Zhao Guangqian asked a monk about the location of the Beggars' Sect. The monk said, "There is a fairy cave on the back mountain, and there are some beggars living. I wonder if it is the Beggars' Sect you mentioned."

Zhao Guangqian pulled Zhong Yishi and walked towards the back mountain behind the temple. Zhong Yishi said, "Brother Zhao, I suddenly figured it out. Everything is illusory. I don't want that bracelet, let's go back."

Zhao Guangqian was not willing to give up, "Young Master asked the thief to tease him for a long time. Now that he has come, how can he go back empty-handed!"

There was indeed a cave in the mountain behind the temple. Outside the cave was a big pot cooking. Zhao Guangqian asked the little beggar who was cooking: "Hey, where are you in charge? Take me to see him quickly."

The little beggar gave him a blank look and said, "We don't want to give up the porridge, we want to eat and go to the temple in front to find a monk."

Zhao Guangqian ignored the little beggar and raised his legs and rushed into the hole. A pine oil lamp had just been lit in the hole, and it could be seen that there were dozens of beggars lying or sitting inside.

Zhong Yishi was worried that Zhao Guangqian would speak rudely, so he bowed to everyone and said first: "Brothers, who is the leader?"

A bearded beard lying on the back gable said, "It's rare, there is a distinguished guest in our cave. Let's take a light and see which god is coming."

Someone took off the lamp and shone on Zhao and Zhong's faces.

Zhao Guangqian said: "I'm not afraid of you. I'm here to collect debts. I'll leave after taking the things. We won't meet again in the future."

"Collection of debt? Hahaha, brothers, have you heard it? Someone else is asking us for debt. To be honest, whoever takes more food from others will pay it back soon!"

There was laughter in the cave.

Zhao Guangqian said: "The leader has rules for the world. It is appropriate for everyone to help each other when there are difficulties, but it is wrong for you to grab them. I have never heard of the Beggars' Sect who can steal people."

"Beggar Gang? Brother, have you found the wrong place? It's true that we beg for a living, it's not a Beggar Gang!" said bearded.

"Someone stole our stuff and left a message to ask me to come here to find your Beggars' Sect to get it back. The head of the company couldn't do anything!" Zhao Guangqian said.
Chapter completed!