Chapter - 104 Girl In White (11)

Lu Wushuang raised her head and saw four beggars outside lined up all looking at her, she could tell from their eyes that they had come with ill intentions; she was secretly alarmed. She heard the third beggar singing, "The path of heaven is not for you!" The fourth one sang, "Hell has no doors yet you've entered through!" The four beggars were singing the 'Lotus Falling' begging tune, each one holding a bowl in their right hand and a stick in their left. There were four coarse pockets on their shoulders. Lu Wushuang once heard her apprentice sister say that the Beggar Clan members use the coarse pockets to differentiate between rank within the clan, fourth band members will have four pockets, these beggars were fourth band members. She remembered how she fought beggars Han and Chen yesterday at Wolf Valley, they had five pockets; it seems they were a level higher than these people in front of her. If she wasn't injured, she wouldn't fear the beggars; now she hardly had the strength to pick up chopsticks. How could she fight the enemy? Sha Dan's lightness kung fu maybe excellent, but he acts mad. Even if he knows martial arts it won't be too high a level. She couldn't help but be at a wits end.

Yang Guo was worrying about his stomach; it was as if he hasn't seen the beggars yet. After he finished his bowl he went over to the rice bucket and filled another, he stretched out his hand and picked a fish up from the plates in front of Lu Wushuang, the soup and juices of the fish spilled all over the table, he laughed foolishly and said, "Ha-ha, I'm going to eat a fish."

Lu Wushuang frowned slightly; she had no time to scold him. She heard the four beggars sing again, singing 'Little Miss' again. The four beggars repeated this three times, the eight eyes all fixed on her. Lu Wushuang didn't know how to deal with them, she slowly spooned the rice, pretending that she didn't hear but she was extremely worried inside.

One of the beggars loudly called out, "Little Miss, if you won't spare a bowl of rice, then how about sparing a curved saber." Another one said, "Come with us and we won't make it hard for you. We just want to clear a few things up and come to a fair conclusion." After a while someone said, "Just quickly come, do you really want us to use force?" Lu Wushuang thought that it would be no use whether she replied or kept quiet; she didn't know what to do. The fourth beggar said, "We won't use force against you, the heroes of Jianghu would laugh at the four of us for bullying a little girl, we just want you to come along and talk." From their tone, Lu Wushuang knew that they were about to attack, she knew that it would be hard for her to fight them off, yet she couldn't wait for defeat. Her left hand held the bench, when the enemy came she would use the bench to fight them off.

Yang Guo thought, "Time for me to do my stuff!" He ran over to Lu Wushuang's table and picked up the bowl of soup, his mouth was biting down on the fish, he mumbled, "I'm…I'm going to spill the soup!" The bowl tipped and half the hot soup spilled on the Lu Wushuang's right arm. She was facing east, her arm was slightly inwards, and when the soup came she immediately pulled back and turned around to take a look.

Yang Guo called out, "Ai Ya!" He used his right arm and wiped her arm and leg and at the same time, his left hand waved, four bamboo chopsticks flew out, each one shooting out at the beggars. The four chopsticks were extremely fast; before the beggars could see it their arms were in pain, a crashing sound was heard as four bowls crashed onto the floor. Yang Guo used his garment and wiped Lu Wushuang's sleeve continuously and said, "Don't…don't get angry…I'll…I'll…I'll wipe it clean."

Lu Wushuang scolded, "Don't mess around!" She turned around to look at the beggars and was alarmed. She saw the backs of the beggars going around the street corner and disappearing, the floor covered with the remains of broken bowls.

Lu Wushuang questioned, "Those four beggars are strange; why did they leave all of a sudden?" She saw Yang Guo's hands was filled with fish soup and vegetable sauce, and was wiping frantically on the table, she scolded, "Go away, aren't you embarrassed?"

Yang Guo said, "Yes, yes!" He wiped his hands on his clothes.

Lu Wushuang frowned and asked, "Why did the four beggars go?"

Yang Guo said, "They saw you were short tempered and wouldn't spare anything, there wasn't any use in begging anymore so they left."

Lu Wushuang pondered for a while and didn't understand, she took out some money and told Yang Guo to buy a donkey with it. After she paid her bills she got on the donkey. As soon as she got on the donkey, her ribs moved and she shouted out in pain.

Yang Guo said, "It's a pity that I'm dirty and smelly, otherwise I could support you."

Lu Wushuang said, "Humph, still talking crap." She pulled on the rope, the donkey was extremely stubborn, and it leaned against the wall and forced her against the wall as well. Lu Wushuang had no strength in her arms and legs, she called out and fell off the donkey. Her right leg landed on the ground and slowly stood up, her wound was disturbed again and she was in pain. She angrily shouted, "You saw me fall yet you didn't help me."

Yang Guo said, "I'm dirty."

Lu Wushuang said, "Can't you wash first?" Yang Guo gave a stupid laugh and didn't say anything.

Lu Wushuang said, "Help me get on the donkey." Yang Guo did as he was told and helped her onto the donkey. As soon as the donkey felt someone on its back it immediately started to buck. Lu Wushuang said, "Quickly lead the donkey."

Yang Guo said, "No, I'm scared that the donkey is going to kick me. It would be better if it was my bull."

Lu Wushuang was exasperated and thought, "He's not completely stupid. Obviously he wants to hold on to me." She had no alternative and could only say, "Fine, you can ride on the donkey as well."

Yang Guo said, "Remember you told me, don't shout at me for being dirty and smelly."

Lu Wushuang said, "Yes, why are you wasting time?"

Yang Guo laughed and climbed onto the back of the donkey, his arms gathered around her, he kicked with a bit of strength in his legs, the donkey felt pain and didn't dare to cause trouble anymore and obediently walked forward. Yang Guo said, "Which way are we going?"

Lu Wushuang had already planned out her route, she wanted to go east through Tongguan and then through Zhongzhou and then go south following the main road. But after seeing the four beggars, she knew that she would encounter more Beggar Clan members along the way so she thought about going along the small paths. Go through the bamboo forest and towards Colt Dragon Stockade and then south via Purple Meadow. Although this would make the journey longer, it was a lot safer and it would be harder for her Master to catch up with her. After pondering for a while she pointed southeast and said, "That way."

The donkey trotted along slowly, as soon as they left the town, a small child rushed up to them and called out, "Miss Lu, I have something for you." As she said this she flung a flower to them, and then turned around and ran away. Lu Wushuang stretched out her hand and caught it, and saw a letter wrapped around it, she quickly opened the envelope and saw a yellow piece of paper, it read; "Your Master will be here shortly, quickly hide!" The yellow paper was coarse but the writing on it was elegant. Lu Wushuang gave out an alarmed shout, she pondered, "Who is that little kid? How does he know my name is Lu? And how do they know that my Master is going to be here shortly?" She asked Yang Guo, "You know that child don't you? It was your Gu Gu who sent him isn't it?"