"Please spare my life, sir. Here is the girl's purse. I haven't touched a single cent. Please take a look."
"Please, sir, spare my brother Li Jiu..."
The man named Xiao Si kowtowed.
"Xiao Si, don't beg him! They are all the same as officials. They don't care about the lives of the people. Why bother begging him?"
"I was caught today because I was not as skilled as the other one. I'm just dead, but I'll be a hero again in eighteen years!"
"Haha, what do I have to fear?"
Li Jiu laughed heartily, looking ready to die.
"Hmm... Not bad, he's quite a man."
"It's just that you, the Li Jiu Sect, usually rob the rich and give to the poor."
"Today, you have abducted a woman from the country. What is your intention?"
Jiang Xingguo pointed his sword at Li Jiu, showing no intention of backing down.
"No, no, your Excellency has misunderstood!"
Seeing this, Xiao Si waved his hands hurriedly.
"Ninth Brother abducted a commoner girl, probably because he thought she was pretty and had a kind face."
"Capturing her back was just to make her... to make her..."
Xiao Si hesitated and turned his head to look at Li Jiu's neck which was already oozing blood. He immediately gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
"Ninth Brother kidnapped her to help take care of those helpless children, not to satisfy his own desires or do anything illegal!"
"Although we, the Li Jiumen, are notorious, we have our bottom line and pride!"
Xiao Si held his head high, looking proud.
"Come on, no matter what the reason, you kidnapped me, did you ask me what I thought?"
"Even if I am a concubine of a prince or noble, does that mean my life is no longer a life? Can my wishes be ignored?"
"Why...you want to be heroes who rob the rich and help the poor?"
"Haha, but which hero in the martial arts world would extend his hand to an innocent woman?"
“You’re being sexist!”
Zuo Yexuan stepped forward and took the purse that Xiao Si handed over respectfully, but she still felt a little unsatisfied and could not help but put her hands on her hips and curse.
"But...aren't concubines just objects? They're just property of the rich."
"Do I need to ask for their opinion if I want to rob their property?"
The man named Xiao Si asked with a confused look on his face when he heard this.
Even Li Jiu, who had a sword across his neck, showed the same confusion on his face.
"An item...? Haha!" Zuo Yexuan was so angry that she laughed.
She took a step forward, squatted directly in front of the man named Xiao Si, and angrily grabbed the man's collar with her right hand.
"The concubines you call objects, some of them were once good women, and some were the daughters of officials whose property was confiscated and their families were exterminated. Just because they became concubines, are they no longer human beings in your eyes?"
Zuo Yexuan was so angry that she was shaking all over.
She waved her left hand, grabbed Li Jiu in the same way, and scolded him harshly.
"If this concubine is your sister, your daughter, do you also think they are just an object?"
Zuo Yexuan cursed angrily and beat up the two of them.
When Zuo Yexuan rushed forward, Jiang Xingguo was worried about hurting her and had already retracted his sword.
At this moment, seeing her arguing with someone with her face red, the gloom in his heart was swept away, and he couldn't suppress a smile on the corner of his mouth.
That’s great, that’s great.
I haven't seen her so energetic in many years.
…
"I'm sorry, we were wrong." After a quarrel, Xiao Si apologized with a look of shame.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I ignored your feelings."
Li Jiu's eyes flickered, and he seemed to understand but not quite, but he vaguely realized that he was wrong, so he apologized sincerely.
"Yeah, not bad, not bad. It's good that you know you're wrong."
“Admitting one’s mistakes and correcting them is the greatest virtue.”
Zuo Yexuan took a deep breath and said with a slight smile.
"Let's go. Since you kidnapped me so that I can take care of those helpless children, then take me to see those children."
Zuo Yexuan stood up and clapped her hands.
"What do you want to do?" Li Jiu looked as if he was facing a great enemy when he heard this.
"I am the one who kidnapped you, and I am also the one who did the wrong thing!"
"If anything comes my way, they're just some poor kids!"
Li Jiu's face flushed with excitement.
"If you feel that I have damaged your reputation before, I can promise to marry you!"
"No matter what, you can't vent your anger on those innocent children!"
Li Jiu pleaded in his tone.
“…” Zuo Yexuan.
"Shut up! Who asked you to marry me?"
Zuo Yexuan was almost so angry that she had a myocardial infarction.
"I want to see the children you mentioned. The emperor has ordered the establishment of an orphanage."
"Those children you mentioned, if they meet the requirements, can be admitted to the hospital together."
"From now on, the royal family will take care of your three meals a day and four seasons a year. You don't have to do such petty theft."
Zuo Yexuan held her forehead with one hand and explained with a look of despair on her face.
"What? Are you serious?!"
Li Jiu and Xiao Si's eyes lit up when they heard this.
"I, we came here this time to find out the truth about the Royal Orphanage." Xiao Si explained excitedly.
"Prince Gong also threatened to provide financial support to these homeless children before, but... you saw the final result."
"Plus, the former Jingzhao Yin Li Zhong aided and abetted the tyrant. Therefore, the nine of us brothers have long been disillusioned with these officials."
"Hehe... I just can't wait to show off my skills when there are so many people around, hahahaha."
"Looking around, I see that the most well-dressed among the crowd are the ones who are most wealthy. As the saying goes, a thief never leaves empty-handed, hehehehe."
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