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"Yes,
You're the one I'm calling! "
"So you're a pig."
Hearing the conversation between the two..,
All the children in the classroom burst into laughter. The little brat was so angry that he pushed the desk opposite him,
He was about to hit the skinny boy. The boy nimbly shrunk under the desk and slid out from under the desk like a loach. He was very agile,
He easily slipped the "school tyrant" group of four around,
Unfortunately, the classroom was not big,
The group of four slowly surrounded the boy.
Seeing that the boy who helped him out was in trouble, Li Yue had an idea and imitated the other party's previous action,
He also shouted, "Sir is here.",
But the effect was not very good. It only made the "school tyrant" group of four slightly hesitate.
The hesitation of the group of four was enough for the boy to escape the encirclement,
The boy glanced out of the window,
He winked at Li Yue,
He changed from his previous jumpiness,
He sat in his seat obediently.
The boy stopped running,
The "school tyrant" was smug. He wore clothes stained with ink,
He walked up to the boy proudly and slapped the table,
"Run, Run,
Why aren't you running?
Today, we will definitely make you suffer! "
"Who are you making to suffer?"
"What does it have to do with you,
Don't interrupt - Sir. "
The arrogant "school tyrant" group of four turned their heads in unison. They became like quails in minutes. The old man behind the group of four was so angry that he almost blew his beard and glared. As a cultured adult, he could not flare up in class. He only ordered the group of four to return to their seats while he continued to teach the class that he had not finished in the morning.
When the afternoon class ended, except for the "school tyrant" group of four, all the children went home as usual.
Li Yue, who was sitting in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked out. She could still see the four of them frowning as they were reprimanded by the old man. Li Yue felt inexplicably happy, and even her footsteps became lighter as she returned home.
Uncle Fu saw the change in Li Yue's mood. He smiled and touched Li Yue's head. He asked her if she had made new friends in school, or if she had realized that school was actually a very interesting thing.
Li Yue did not answer directly. She felt that Uncle Fu's words had a double meaning.
School was actually quite boring, but bullying children, ah no, getting to know children in school was very interesting.
After finding the joy of school, Li Yue went to school again the next day. Naturally, she was not as listless as she was a few days ago. She was even in a good mood to greet the other children in the school and gained a group of fans.
She did not know how the old man taught the "school tyrant" group of four a lesson yesterday. Today, the group of four was unbelievably well-behaved. For the next few days, they did not find trouble with Li Yue and the other two boys.
Li Yue suspected that the group of four was secretly planning something. Sure enough, the day before the school day, the group of four sent Li Yue a "letter of challenge". The words on the "letter of challenge" were crooked. The general idea was that if Li Yue was a real man, she would go to a small alley near the school and fight with them the next day.
Li Yue, who had the body of a child and the heart of an adult, did not want to respond to the "letter of challenge" from the group of four. However, she thought that if she stayed at home, Tanhua Lang would give her extra homework to practice her calligraphy.
Comparing the two, bullying children was more fun. Li Yue decisively chose to go out on the school day.
The reason for going out obviously could not be said openly. Li Yue could only use the excuse of "a new friend asked me out to play". When Uncle Fu heard that they were going to play near the school, he laughed and waved his hand to let them go.
Because Li Yue and Li Xunhuan were the same, they did not like to have too many people around them. Uncle Fu followed the usual practice and let the driver follow behind her. Li Yue naturally did not refuse.
The group of four should be the natives of Shuo Zhou City. She planned to first teach the group a lesson and then let them be her tour guide and take her around the city.
The idea was very full, but the reality was very thin.
When Li Yue just entered the alley, the big brother behind her was hit by a stick and fainted. Then someone covered her mouth. A pungent smell rushed into her head. Li Yue's body swayed and she directly lost consciousness.
The wretched looking adult laughed strangely. He put the little girl in his hand into a sack and quickly rushed into a shabby carriage with his companions.
Their actions were quite skilled and could be called stealthy and fast. But all of this happened to be seen by the two boys, one fat and one thin. When the carriage left the alley, the two boys also ran in the direction of the school.
Li Yue was awakened by the jolting of the carriage. Her hands and feet were tied and her vision was dim. She could only see a glimmer of light outside through the gap of the sack. She vaguely felt that someone was reaching for her position. Li Yue quickly closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
Not long after, the conversation of two men sounded in the carriage:
"Tsk tsk, Lao Wu, this time in Shuo Zhou City, why did you only kidnap a child and come back?"
"Hey, what do you know? Look at this face, you can definitely sell it for a good price. This child is very precious. It is much more worth than kidnapping ten losers who can't be sold."
"Let me see — Oh, this can't be the young master of a big family in Shuo Zhou City. Lao Wu, we only want money in this business. You can't give us trouble."
"Do you think I am stupid? I have already inquired. This child's family is running a business. A few days ago, they bought a house in Shuo Zhou City and settled down. His father is drunk in the pub every day. The business is completely taken care of by an old man.
Usually, the person who comes to send the child to school is just a person who does odd jobs. This family certainly doesn't value the child.
If the child is missing, the family may not find out for half a month. "
"You have a lot of crooked ideas. What if —"
"What if? Lao Si, riches and honor are found in danger.
Even if this kid's family found out, so what? He's just a merchant, how many people can he know in Shuo Zhou City? By the time they find us, we will have already taken the money and left. After a few years of peace, we will have forgotten everything. When we return to Shuo Zhou City, we will be good men again. "
As the two men talked, they burst into unbridled laughter. Li Yue closed her eyes as she listened to them fantasize about their future carefree lives. She cursed in her heart as she realized that she had once again encountered human traffickers. However, she did not panic at all. After all, the "alcoholic father" that the two human traffickers were talking about was Li Xunhuan. What she needed to do now was to protect herself and live a good life.
Li Yue had just been taken out of Shuo Zhou City by the traffickers. On the other side, the old teacher heard the news from the two little boys. He quickly sent people to send the seriously injured and unconscious driver to the clinic. He also personally went to the Li family to report the news.
When Uncle Fu heard the news, he was also very anxious. On one hand, he ordered the merchants to secretly investigate the news, and on the other hand, he ordered the servants to send Li Xunhuan home.
Li Xunhuan, whom Li Yue had placed high hopes on, was already drunk. He mechanically poured himself one jar of wine after another, murmuring a certain person's name.
Tanhua Lang, who was drunk and wearing luxurious clothes, was a big fat sheep in the eyes of some people with evil intentions. However, they didn't have the courage to make a move because the fat sheep was guarded by a loyal and devoted dog. The dog was ready to tear the enemy apart at any time.
The atmosphere in the tavern was very strange. There was an obvious vacuum between Li Xunhuan's table and the other guests. Therefore, the servant sent by Uncle Fu found the target without much effort. He hurriedly explained the situation to Tie Chuanjia.
After the Bearded Man heard the servant's words, he quietly took the jar of wine from Li Xunhuan's hand and helped Tanhua Lang, who couldn't tell what night it was, into the carriage at the entrance of the tavern.
The hangover soup had already been prepared in the courtyard. As soon as Tie Chuanjia carried Li Xunhuan out of the carriage, a servant came over with a bowl of hot soup.
Tie Chuanjia carefully fed the soup to Li Xunhuan. After a while, Li Xunhuan pinched his eyebrows and barely recovered his ability to think. Tie Chuanjia then slowly told him about how Li Yue had been kidnapped.
Although Li Xunhuan was still drunk, his eyes were very clear. He chatted with the old teacher who had been waiting for a long time and carefully asked Uncle Fu why Li Yue went out. He decided to first find the four "school bullies".
In the wasteland outside Shuo Zhou City, the carriage carrying Li Yue stopped in front of a dilapidated temple. The man called "Old Five" grabbed the sack containing Li Yue and jumped down. The carriage immediately drove away. He exchanged a secret signal with the beggars guarding the dilapidated temple. The beggars pushed open the statue of God and revealed a dark passage. The man carried the sack in one hand and a torch in the other and hummed a little tune as he walked in.
The passage was deep and winding. The man's footsteps clearly echoed in Li Yue's ears. Li Yue secretly counted in her heart. After counting about two thousand steps, the man finally stopped.
Li Yue could not see the world outside the sack and could only guess the man's actions based on the sound. Accompanied by a creak, the man pushed open a heavy wooden door. All kinds of voices sounded one after another. Faintly, there were the cries of children and curses of women.
Someone came forward to talk to the man. The man said a few perfunctory words and firmly held the sack. He stepped over one threshold after another and untied the sack. Then, he pushed Li Yue into the cellar.
Li Yue naturally did not know what the boy was thinking. She stood in the same place for a while and confirmed that the owner of the stall that no one cared about was indeed the boy alone.
Although it was said that the children of poor people matured at an early age, no matter how capable a child at this age was, his family would not let him go to a place where people were mixed together. Especially here in Shuo Zhou City where human traffickers had just appeared.
The boy who was selling game alone in Xi City was most likely an elder in his family who was weak or disabled.
Li Yue didn't have to worry about food and clothing now, and to a large extent, it was thanks to the good fortune of coming in third. Now that she had met a child who was supporting herself, she had the need and ability to help others.
Pinching the money pouch hidden in her sleeve, Li Yue decided to buy all the wild animals in the boy's stall. However, just as she took a step forward, several hooligan-looking men had already surrounded the boy's stall.
The leader was a middle aged man with a dog skin plaster on his forehead. He used a stick to poke the pheasants and rabbits on the stall a few times and grinned at the boy with his big yellow teeth.
"Yo, brothers, take a look. This skin is really good. It's glossy and smooth. The pheasants are also very fat. Little brother, where did you get these game from?"
The boy slightly raised his head and expressionlessly replied:
"I'm the one who caught them."
"What?
You caught them yourself? "
The middle aged man picked his ear and laughed maliciously, "Did I hear wrong? Such a small child, how can you talk in your sleep in broad daylight?
These pheasants and hares were obviously caught by experienced hunters. How could you be the one who caught them? "
"I'm not lying. These pheasants and rabbits were caught by me after lying on the ground for three hours."
The boy pursed his lips and held the long piece of wood by his waist. His voice became colder and colder. "You guys, are you buying or not?"
The men laughed and prepared to forcibly take the game from the stall. One of the burly men moved in front of the middle aged man and sternly threatened the boy:
"Buy my ass!
You're so young and you're already lying. You don't even want to tell the truth. Where did you steal the game from?
Go go go, let's go see the officials. Let's see what you — — "
"Wait a minute."
Li Yue came out of the encirclement and ran to the boy's side. She pretended to apologize to the other party and said: "Sorry for making you wait. You said that you would leave it all to me. I didn't bring enough money, so I had to go home to get it."
The girl took out the money bag from her sleeve and unhesitatingly stuffed it into the boy's hand. Then, as if she just realized that there were other people around, she said in surprise:
"Oh my god! What's going on? Is someone trying to rob in broad daylight?"
"What are you talking about? This territory is under the control of the Long Dragon. This brat didn't pay the protection fee and we're arguing with him. Go play by the side!"
The local ruffians were used to running amok in the Shuo Zhou City's West City. Even though they could tell from Li Yue's appearance that she was either rich or noble, they did not intend to stop. First of all, they had never heard of any official's daughter coming to the West City. Secondly, if other people in the same industry heard that they could not even handle a child, they would not be able to mix in the underworld anymore.
The middle aged leader spat on the ground and raised his hand to push the little girl to the side of the road. Before his hand could touch the little girl, she suddenly sat on the ground and covered her face as she cried loudly:
"Uncle Li!
Uncle Tie!
Someone is bullying me! "
The little girl's voice was soft and crisp and had a strong penetrating power. Her cry could be heard clearly by the entire Xi City.
Li Xunhuan and Tie Chuanjia were martial artists, so their hearing was better than ordinary people. In addition, the three of them were not far away. As soon as Li Yue's voice fell, they had already appeared behind the ruffians.
Tanhua Lang was worried that the little girl was really wronged, so he directly jumped into the circle and hugged Li Yue. When he found that there wasn't even a single tear in her eyes, he simply looked at the silent boy and the messy stall. He had a rough idea of what was going on.
Li Xunhuan blocked the little girl behind him and asked the ruffians in a clear voice:
"What do you intend to do in broad daylight?"
The ruffians looked at each other and found that it was someone they didn't know. He was also wearing a scholar's robe, so they immediately became confident. The burly man directly raised his chin and said: "Hey, you little white face, do you think the Long Dragon needs to ask you for permission?
Take your girl and get out of here. Today, even if the Emperor is here, he can't stop us from collecting protection fees! "
As the burly man spoke, he tried to push Tanhua Lang away. His hand was stretched out, but the distance between him and Li Xunhuan was getting farther and farther. It turned out that someone had grabbed his collar and directly lifted him up.
The burly man was just about to curse when he met the Bearded Man's eyes. He trembled a few times and flattered the Bearded Man with a smile. The next moment, his whole body flew ten meters away.
Tie Chuanjia only had a few creeds in life. One of them was that he couldn't let his young master and young lady be wronged. Now that someone was blind enough to cause trouble, they couldn't blame him for teaching them a lesson.
The burly man bore the brunt of the "education". He fell to the ground with a muffled sound and didn't get up for a long time. Then the second and third people fell to the ground one after another like sacks.
The burly man stood in front of the ruffians like an iron tower. Although he didn't say a word, the words "Who else is there?" were clearly written in his eyes.
The ruffians looked at each other a few times and helped each other stand up. After saying "Just you wait", they rolled and crawled out of Xi City.
When the ruffians ran away, the alarm was naturally lifted.
Li Xunhuan sighed and turned to look at Li Yue. When he saw the little girl's bright smile, he looked at the shabbily dressed boy standing at the side.
"Little brother, are you okay?"
The boy shook his head and stared seriously at Li Yue.
"Do you really want to buy all the pheasants and wild hares?"
Li Yue firmly nodded her head. The boy opened the money bag in his hand and took out a small silver ingot and stuffed it into his clothes. Then, he returned the money bag to Li Yue.
"You paid too much. My game is only worth this much money."
This amount of money was nothing to Li Yue. At the beginning, she wanted to give the whole money bag to the boy. However, the boy was very principled and only took what he deserved. Li Yue didn't want to force it and hurt the boy's self-esteem.
After she took back the money bag, the boy lowered his head and tidied up the wild animals. He wrapped them in a bag and handed it to Li Xunhuan. He turned around and was about to leave. Before he left, he stubbornly left behind a sentence.
"I owe you a favor. I will return it to you."
Looking at the lonely back of the boy, Li Yue wanted to casually say, "I can't repay you for saving my life, so I will repay you with my body." However, when she saw Li Xunhuan beside her and thought of the tragedy caused by Tanhua Lang, she silently sighed in her heart.
Li Xunhuan originally wanted to educate the little girl, but found that she seemed a little unhappy. Tanhua Lang didn't ask directly. A woman's heart was like a needle at the bottom of the sea, and a little girl's heart was like a needle at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. For a man, silence is gold.
The few of them walked around Xi City a few times. When Zhu Er bought all the materials he needed to make the movable type template, everyone took the carriage back home.
Li Yue was still worried about the boy. She vaguely felt that the little money she had wasn't enough to satisfy his needs. Sooner or later, he would return to Xi City to sell wild animals, and the Long Dragon would definitely continue to cause trouble for the boy.
As the saying goes, help to the end. The boy's problem wasn't completely solved. In addition, Lu San Egg and Zhu Er lived near Xi City, and they might have been harmed by the Long Dragon. Li Yue was determined to eradicate this evil gang.
Li Yue wasn't a local of Shuo Zhou City, so she knew almost nothing about the underground forces in the city. After thinking about it, she still found Lu San Egg and Zhu Er, two locals, to help her plan.
In the end, when she mentioned that she wanted to deal with the Long Dragon, Lu San Egg and Zhu Er both laughed. Lu San Egg even rubbed his hands together and said that if it wasn't for his master stopping him, he would have already taken on the entire Long Dragon Gang. Then, he received a look of disdain from Zhu Er.
Then-
"You learn martial arts?
Which sect are you from? "
"My master didn't allow me to say. Wait, you also learn martial arts?
Which sect are you from? "
"I... I'm afraid I'll embarrass my master. If we don't talk about this, we can still be good friends."
The three of them were all children. It was unrealistic to want to deal with the 20 or so thugs of the Long Dragon head-on.
After inquiring about the house where the Changlong Gang lived and combining it with some local rumors, Li Yue patted her head and came up with a superstitious idea, which was to pretend to be a ghost.
Li Yue's foundation was average. Her lower body wasn't stable, so her qinggong was naturally terrible. Zhu Er was also a technical geek who was addicted to handicrafts. Therefore, the difficult task of pretending to be a ghost was handed over to Lu San Egg. Li Yue and Zhu Er were in charge of outside support.
The three of them chose to cause trouble in the middle of the night. Li Yue initially only wanted to ask Tie Chuanjia to take her out. Tie Chuanjia was wholeheartedly loyal to his master, so it didn't take long for the matter to reach Li Xunhuan's ears.
When Tanhua Lang found out what the three of them were going to do, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't ask Tie Chuanjia to reject Li Yue. He chose to bring the little girl himself to "cause trouble".
Yes, even though he had been through so many hardships in life, Tanhua Lang still had a lively soul.
With a martial arts master leading the way, after the initial shock, Lu San Egg resolutely changed into female clothing. His hair was disheveled and he even put on a ghost face makeup. In the dark of the night, he really did look like a ghost.
Li Yue had already scouted out the terrain. Lu San Egg gave a hand signal to Lu San Egg. Lu San Egg nimbly flipped over the Long Dragon's house like a monkey and entered the Long Dragon gang leader's bedroom in the dark. After a while, he came out with a pale face.
"San Egg, what's wrong with you? You were discovered, weren't you scared enough?"
"No... that gang leader... he, he's dead."
The human trafficker and the brothel madam were flirting with each other while discussing the price of the little girls who were being sold as goods. They didn't even notice that after a long period of travel and hunger, the little girls were huddled together and shivering in the cold wind.
The most valuable one among the little girls, although her clothes were ragged and her face was covered in dirt like the others, it still couldn't hide her beauty. It was a pity that she was still young. Her eyes were lifeless and her expression was dull. She lived like a fool standing alone in the cold outside of the crowd. It was hard not to sigh.