"How dare you! Who's so arrogant as to touch my Scarface!"
Scarface roared and looked up to see two sharp knives already pressed against his neck.
He immediately cowered, and upon closer inspection, he realized that these were all fully armed imperial soldiers. Terrified, he knelt down and cried out, "Sir, spare my life! Sir, spare my life!"
Li Aniu was overjoyed and pulled his sister down to kneel: "Thank you so much for saving us, sir!"
Overjoyed, he was also filled with doubt. He had fled all the way from Shandong to the capital, but the government had never cared about the lives of the refugees. Which benevolent official was taking pity on him and was willing to care about the lives of the refugees?
Li Aniu looked up and saw two richly dressed young people. One was a man in his early twenties wearing a purple-gold crown, and the other was a noble-looking girl of about fourteen or fifteen. He assumed that the two must be high-ranking officials, either relatives of the emperor or imperial family members, and quickly kowtowed three times.
"Thank you both for saving me!"
Li Qiuniang also kowtowed three times along with her brother.
The squad leader, seeing that his soldiers had already subdued Scarface and more than a dozen hooligans and tied them up, clasped his hands and asked Qin Chuan, "Grand Preceptor, what should be done with these people?"
Upon hearing this, Scarface was so frightened that a liquid seeped from his crotch, and he trembled all over, stammering, "Imperial Advisor... Imperial Advisor..."
Li Aniu and his sister were also shocked. The man in front of them wearing a purple and gold crown was actually the Grand Preceptor of the State of Gan.
But he looks so young, I thought he was a member of the royal family!
Qin Chuan waved his hand dismissively, "This kind of scoundrel, who intends to commit rape and murder, should be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for processing!"
"Yes! Take him away!"
"Imperial Preceptor, spare my life! Imperial Preceptor, spare my life!"
"I'll never dare to do it again!"
Scarface and the other hooligans were dragged away by the soldiers. Li Aniu and his sister recovered from their shock. Li Aniu kowtowed to Qin Chuan several more times: "Thank you, Grand Preceptor, for saving our lives! I, Li Aniu, have no way to repay you. If you do not abandon us, my brother and I are willing to be your slaves and servants, to serve you like cattle and horses!"
Seeing her brother kowtow, Li Qiuniang followed suit. After she finished, she felt dizzy and fainted...
"Girl! Girl!"
Li Aniu held Li Qiuniang in his arms, tears welling in his eyes, his heart filled with anxiety.
"Girl, wake up! They're about to distribute porridge! Wake up!"
Li Aniu burst into tears. This big, strong man suddenly lost all hope, and tears streamed down his face.
"Let me see..."
Qin Chuan squatted down and saw that the girl in front of him had a pale face and pale lips. Her eyes were closed, but she was still breathing through her nostrils. She must have fainted briefly.
Seeing the beads of sweat on her face, Qin Chuan muttered to himself, "...Low blood sugar?"
Judging from her symptoms, it seemed to be hypoglycemia. Without further ado, Qin Chuan took out a box of oral glucose from his pocket, took out one vial, unscrewed the cap, and slowly poured it into Li Qiuniang's mouth…
Knowing that this was to save her sister, Li Aniu immediately wiped his nose, wiped away his tears, and helped to pinch his sister's chin to make her mouth open wider.
Qin Chuan also noticed these details. He didn't expect that Li Aniu, who looked fierce, was actually shrewd and a decent man.
The young princess, who hadn't spoken until now, asked curiously, "Fifth Uncle, what medicine did you give her? Will she wake up?"
Qin Chuan looked at Li Qiuniang, who still had her eyes closed, and said, "I'm not too sure about this either. Judging from her symptoms, she fainted and was sweating, which seems to be low blood sugar. In addition, she hasn't eaten for a long time, so it seems like she fainted from hunger... I gave her a glucose oral solution, hoping that she can wake up."
The young princess squatted down, not daring to blink, to see if Li Qiuniang would wake up.
After a while, Li Qiuniang opened her eyes, and her face gradually regained color from its deathly pale state. After coughing, she suddenly saw the little princess's face and was stunned. She asked, "Am I dead?"
The young princess said, "You're not dead. My fifth uncle... uh... the Imperial Advisor saved you."
"Imperial Preceptor..." Upon hearing these two words, Li Qiuniang's face showed some excitement. She crawled over and was about to kowtow to Qin Chuan again.
At this moment, a soldier came up behind him to report that the porridge was ready and asked the Grand Preceptor to come and inspect it.
Qin Chuan got up, preparing to check the porridge, when Li Aniu suddenly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly:
"Thank you so much, Imperial Advisor, for saving my sister!"
"Thank you so much, Imperial Advisor, for saving my sister!"
"..."
After kowtowing several times, Li Aniu pleaded, "If the Imperial Preceptor does not despise us, my brother and I are willing to serve as your servants, to be your cattle and horses, to repay your kindness!"
Qin Chuan saw that the two were truly pitiful. Their clothes were covered in patches, their faces were filthy as if they hadn't washed in a long time, and their hair was a mess, covered in mud. Ah, what pitiful people they were...
Very well, let's take in this pair of unfortunate siblings!
"Your name is Li Aniu?" Qin Chuan squatted down and asked Li Aniu.
Knowing that the Imperial Advisor had agreed to take him in, Li Aniu excitedly said, "That's right, my name is Li Aniu, and my sister's name is Li Qiuniang..."
"Alright, from now on, you and your brother will not have to sign indentures when you come to work at my national teacher's mansion. You can work as long-term laborers for two taels of silver a month. Whenever you want to go back to your hometown to farm, you can go back anytime!"
Upon hearing this, Li Aniu was so moved that tears streamed down his face. What a good person! What a saint!
Not signing a contract of servitude, just working long-term, receiving a monthly salary, and being able to leave whenever one wants—this is something so many people dream of but can't have!
This time I've really met a benefactor.
"Sister, did you hear what the Imperial Advisor said? We'll have someone to rely on from now on!" Li Aniu said excitedly to Li Qiuniang.
Li Qiuniang nodded with tears in her eyes, then kowtowed to Qin Chuan: "Thank you so much for your great kindness, Imperial Preceptor!"
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