One of them was beating his hands with a stick and looking at the young boy.
"Hand over the silver you have."
The young boy pursed his lips and said, "Didn't you say last time that you would never bother me again after paying the money?"
The leading thug sneered, "You believe this? How foolish."
"Hand over the silver quickly, or you will be beaten today."
The young boy covered his purse and said, "I gave it to you last time, don't go too far."
The leading thug snorted coldly, "If you don't accept my toast, I'll drink the wine for you."
"Brothers, come on."
After saying that, he took the lead and rushed towards the young boy, grabbed him by his clothes, and punched him several times.
Several others also rushed forward and started punching and kicking the young boy.
The leading thug even snatched the purse from the boy's waist.
A lot of change fell out of his purse.
He put the silver away and patted the face of the aggrieved boy, "Remember this lesson. Pay the money next time, or I'll beat you again."
Then he led the men out of the alley.
The young boy had blood on the corner of his lips and was curled up on the ground, looking so pitiful.
Shi Qingluo walked over and asked, "Are you okay?"
Of course she saw what happened just now.
I originally wanted to help, but I found that the clothes the boy was wearing, although they looked very ordinary, were like the clothes of an ordinary rich child.
But when she looked closely, she found that his clothes were made of a very rare silk.
This thing is called byssus. It is not made of silk. Its raw material is taken from a kind of huge clam in the deep sea. The mucus it spits out becomes raw silk after solidification.
It requires professional people to go deep into the seabed every year to collect the silk, which then has to go through multiple processes and takes more than half a year to weave into silk.
Therefore, this kind of foot silk was a tribute in the previous and current dynasties, and even people with money and power could not buy it.
It just so happened that Xi Rong had given her two horses, so she recognized them immediately.
So he stopped and didn't go forward to help.
There are only two kinds of people in the North City who can afford to wear the rare tribute silk.
One is the son of Prince Jin’s Mansion, and the other is from the previous dynasty.
But Shi Qingluo saw that Prince Jin and Liang Mingyu were wearing only expensive silk, not clothes made of this kind of silk, so it was unlikely that this person was from Prince Jin's palace.
Moreover, if they were really from Prince Jin’s Mansion, those thugs wouldn’t dare to bully or rob them.
That could only be someone from the previous dynasty. Considering his age, Shi Qingluo guessed the other party's identity at once. It was most likely Zhuo Jun's younger brother.
Zhuo Jun's younger brother has a dual identity. He is the only remaining bloodline of the previous royal family and the illegitimate son of Prince Jin.
Would such a person be left without protection? If he was allowed to be bullied and beaten by a few thugs at will, this illegitimate son of Prince Jin would be too cowardly. Obviously, something was wrong.
So there was only one possibility, these people knew she was coming this way and were deliberately performing in the alley for her.
That's why she was too lazy to help, and only when someone really got beaten up did she slowly walk over to cooperate with the other person in acting.
She also discovered that although those people seemed to be hitting hard, they were actually very skilled and would not really hurt the boy.
Seeing that she didn't come out to help, he just beat her up, snatched her purse and left.
Of course, if you don’t observe carefully, it’s not easy to find any clues. These people are very good at acting.
Hearing Shi Qingluo's question, Zhuo Zheng looked up with a pitiful look on his face, "Sister, could you please take me to the lower clinic?"
He cursed inwardly, didn't he say that Shi Qingluo would compete in martial arts? Why didn't he make a move just now?
He got beaten so many times, it hurt so much.
Shi Qingluo smiled gently, "Okay."
Qingqing behind her stepped forward and helped the young boy up.
Zhuo Zheng originally thought that Shi Qingluo would come to support him, but who would have thought that it would be her maid.
But it was hard to say anything, so I could only smile at her shyly, "Okay, thank you for your help, sister."
So Qingqing supported the limping boy and followed Shi Qingluo.
There happened to be a clinic on this street, so Shi Qingluo asked Qingqing to help the person in.
The doctor at the clinic examined Zhuo Zheng and said, "It's mainly a skin injury. I'll prescribe some medicine for you to apply."
After the doctor prescribed the medicine, he helped him in alone and rubbed the blood-dissolving medicine on several bruises on his body.
After finishing, he came out and quoted a price.
Zhuo Zheng reached out and touched his purse, but found nothing.
It was as if he suddenly remembered that his wallet had been stolen.
So he looked at Shi Qingluo embarrassedly and said, "Sister, could you lend me some money for medicine? I will return it to you later."
Shi Qingluo looked like a good person, "No problem."
Let Qingqing pay for his medicine.
The three of them went out together.
Zhuo Zheng looked at Shi Qingluo with gratitude, "Sister, what's your name? How can I pay you back?"
He added, "By the way, my name is Zhuo Zheng, and I live at the end of this street."
Shi Qingluo waved his hand and said deliberately: "It's not much money, no need to give."
"You have already seen the injury, so go back by yourself."
Zhuo Zheng immediately shook his head, "No, you helped me a lot by sending me to the clinic, how can I not pay you back?"
With a stubborn look as if he was determined to return the money, he said, "Leave me your address and I'll return it to you tomorrow."
He is good-looking, with fair skin and a bit of baby fat, and looks innocent and harmless.
Seeing this look at this time, it is hard to refuse.
Therefore, Shi Qingluo nodded and said, "My name is Shi Qingluo. If you want to pay back the money, just send it to the Deputy Governor's Office."
Zhuo Zheng nodded, "Okay, I'll send it to the deputy governor tomorrow."
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "Okay, I have something else to do and I'll leave first. Go back and be careful."
Zhuo Zheng gave her another shy smile, "Okay, thank you, sister."
He watched Shi Qingluo and the maid walk away, then turned around and limped towards the end of the street.
When they arrived at the teahouse, Shi Qing went into the private room, but Xi Rong had not arrived yet.
Qingqing then said, "Madam, what happened just now seems to be a coincidence."
Shi Qingluo curled his lips, "It's either a coincidence or he was waiting for me on purpose."
"I never thought that one day I would become Tang Monk's meat." All kinds of ghosts wanted to have a bite.
It's interesting that these people from the previous dynasty were willing to directly bring their hopes of restoring their country in the future to others.
Qingqing was stunned. She just felt that it seemed a bit coincidental and she needed to be on guard.
I didn't expect that the lady actually saw through the clues.
Her eyes lit up, she was worthy of being a lady.
As she went to make tea, she asked, "So you just went along with him on purpose?"
Shi Qingluo nodded and said, "Of course, I also want to see what they want to do to me."
Before they took the initiative to look for opportunities to contact each other, the other party took the initiative to come to them, which is great.
As soon as I get close to one million words, I feel tired and exhausted, and I'm stuck. I can't update four chapters anymore. Starting today, I'll change it to three updates a day. Next week, I'll try to finish it all at noon, and then around the 11th, if nothing unexpected happens, I should have another update (the specific time is to be determined, I'll notify you when it comes out), not the kind of free update~~ Today's update is over, thank you for your tips and votes~~ (End of this chapter)
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