By doing this, Hu Ji did protect her son, but the stick in the thug's hand failed to hit her son's head, so it fell on her own head.
Yu Zizhen was sitting in a simple open carriage. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw this horrifying scene in front of him.
Without thinking, she took out a ten-liang silver ingot and threw it at the wooden stick.
At this moment, she didn't care whether she would expose her great strength and throwing accuracy. With her more than ten years of experience as a military doctor in her previous life, she dared to guarantee that as long as this stick hit her hard, the erhu master she was looking for would be ruined.
I can’t say whether he will die or not, but his brain will definitely suffer serious damage that cannot be repaired in this dynasty.
Feng Yuan, who was about to do his best, had just jumped off the carriage when he felt a strong wind coming from the side and rear.
Before he could hear the wind and determine the location, and decide whether he should dodge the UFO that came from nowhere, the UFO had already brushed past his temples and flew towards the sturdy wooden stick that was about three fingers away from Hu Ji's head.
The wooden stick was hit by the silver ingot and flew obliquely to the right, with the lower edge just brushing the top of Hu Ji's bun. It was extremely dangerous.
The gangster's hand holding the wooden stick was pulled to the right by the stick, and his body staggered two steps to the right uncontrollably.
Realizing that someone was meddling in his affairs, the thug turned his head towards the corner with an angry look on his face.
Yu Zizhen didn't take his ferocious expression to heart at all. She pointed at the silver ingot that had rolled to the ground and said, "Feng Yuan! Quick! My silver ingot!"
Feng Yuan: ...
Feng Yuan's eyes twitched, but he jumped very quickly and picked up the silver ingot thrown by his son before anyone else.
Yu Zizhen had already jumped off the carriage by this time. She took out a copper coin and handed it to the coachman, "Uncle, please pull over and wait for a moment."
The uncle nodded and drove the carriage to a secluded place where he would not affect other people's passage.
Yu Zizhen clapped his hands and took Yaoguang to the front of the stall where Hu Ji, the ruffians and others were gathered.
Hu Ji trembled and pulled her son to kowtow to her, thanking her for saving herself and her son.
The thug stood aside with a sullen face. Although he was dissatisfied with Yu Zizhen's meddling, he did not dare to curse or attack her because of the silk, satin, and gold and jade accessories she was wearing.
Yu Zizhen was small in stature, but her eyes were calm and sharp, unlike her age. She frowned and looked at the thug, "You committed a crime in the street. Are you prepared to go to jail in Jingzhao Prefecture?"
The ruffian took a step back and said, "This is a matter between me and this Hu Ji. It has nothing to do with the young master, right?"
Yu Zizhen put his hands behind his back and raised his chin slightly. "Who said it's irrelevant? If the road is uneven, someone will plow it. If things are unfair, someone will take care of them. I will take care of this trivial matter today."
The thug was furious, but he didn't dare to provoke Yu Zizhen, who was well-dressed and had sword-wielding guards around him, so he could just say "Just wait for me" to save some face, and then ran away in disgrace with his little brothers.
Yu Zizhen did not chase after him. The thug did not really kill anyone. Even if she sent the guy to Jingzhao Prefecture, according to the current laws of Da Qi, he would at most be sentenced to be put in shackles and displayed to the public for a day or two.
The gains were seriously disproportionate to the effort, so Yu Zizhen didn't intend to bother with it.
She helped up Hu Ji, who looked as old as forty-five or forty-six, even though she was less than thirty years old. She then took out a bag of pine nut candies and stuffed them into Hu Ji's eldest son's pocket. "I just bought them. I'm giving them to you."
Hu Ji said to Yu Zizhen in Da Qi dialect with a slight accent: "No, no."
Yu Zizhen patted her hands and said, "It's nothing. Just think of it as a way to calm down little brother."
This was the first time that someone looked at them without disgust or fear. Yu Zizhen even helped her up and patted her hands affectionately. Hu Ji, who had suffered a lot of hardships and grievances in her life, couldn't help but have red eyes.
Yu Zizhen looked around and found that there were people coming and going around, and it was not a good place to talk, so he asked Hu Ji if she would like to find a quiet place to listen to her for a few words.
Hu Ji nodded in agreement without hesitation. She originally wanted her son to stay where he was and sell Hubing, while she would follow Yu Zizhen alone. However, her son was worried about his mother going with a stranger who was obviously rich or noble.
The child still remembered how those dignitaries treated his mother and other actors in the official's mansion.
He insisted on going, so Hu Ji had to take him along with an apologetic look on her face.
As for their Hu Bing stall, Yu Zizhen asked Feng Yuan to stay and help look after it for a while. Although he had no experience in business, he was not afraid of people stealing or causing trouble.
What could Feng Yuan do? This wasn't the first time he'd experienced his son's strange behavior. Although his head ached, he still agreed with a respectful look.
Yu Zizhen didn't let him be a small vendor for too long. She found a deserted tea stall and ordered a pot of the best tea there. When the tea was served, she told him her purpose straight away.
"I'm looking for a erhu master to teach a friend of mine how to play the erhu. The monthly salary is tentatively set at eight taels, with food and lodging provided. There will also be gifts for festivals, and two sets of clothes will be made for each season."
As if she knew what Hu Ji was worried about, she added, "You don't have to be a slave. If you want, you can take your child with you. I have a school for guards and servants, both civil and military, so you can have your child learn a skill there."
Hu Ji's eyes widened in shock. She didn't expect that Yu Zizhen came here just for her.
She clenched her fists, two thoughts in her heart pulling at each other fiercely.
Compared to her indecision, her son is much more decisive.
The young boy held the bag of pine nut candy and said, "Mom, go ahead."
Anyway, even after becoming good citizens, they will still be bullied, especially now that they have completely offended those ruffians. Once this young master leaves, no one knows how those ruffians will deal with them.
Instead of sitting there and waiting for death, they might as well seize this opportunity and fight for a possible better future.
The most important thing is that although the young master looks friendly at the moment, if his mother chooses to refuse, who knows whether the other party will think that his mother is ungrateful.
At least he could show off his bravery to the thugs on the street just because they called him a "bastard", but the young boy knew that his family could not afford to offend people from Yu Zizhen's class.
So instead of making trouble, they might as well show understanding and obedience from the beginning.
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