Chapter 305: Beating the Young Master of Shengjing
The boy's name was Lu Yan, and he was from Fengshan Village, Pingliang Town, Yangui City, hundreds of miles away from Shengjing.
Compared to many villages where people cannot get enough food, Fengshan Village is definitely wealthy. After paying taxes every year and paying for a family's food rations for the year, the villagers still have some surplus.
There is a very wide river outside the village, and you need to row a boat to cross it.
However, there are only a few small boats in the village, and they are all managed by the village chief. Without his permission, no one in the village can go out.
As a result, the village is extremely secluded.
However, the villagers in Fengshan Village have no worries about food and drink, and they are actually unwilling to go out and live like the people outside, with no food to eat.
If the village is just a little isolated, it would not be bad for the villagers to live a life like in a paradise isolated from the world.
But about eighty years ago, heavy rain fell and the water level of the river outside the village rose.
The village chief fled to a higher place with his people and prayed every day for the heavy rain to stop soon.
But the heavy rain lasted for more than half a month, the fields were flooded, the houses were flooded, the entire village was submerged in water, and the water level was still rising.
Seeing that even the place where they were standing was about to be flooded, the villagers thought that they might have done something to anger the river god, so he sent down a divine punishment to punish them.
As long as the river god can calm down, the heavy rain will stop and they can survive.
So, led by the village chief, they tied up a 28-year-old girl and pushed her into the river as a sacrifice to the river god, asking him to appease his anger.
This was an absurd act, but what was strange was that with the death of the girl, the heavy rain actually stopped, and the water that flooded Fengshan Village quickly receded.
There were no more natural disasters that year, the crops grew well, and the harvest was good.
Since then, Fengshan Village has had the custom of worshiping the river god.
Every year, brides are offered to the river god in order to pray for his protection and good weather for the village.
Lu Yan's mother died of heavy bleeding after giving birth to her younger sister Lu Huan, and her father soon married a stepmother.
At the beginning, the two of them took care of Lu Yan and Lu Huan, brother and sister. Later, when their stepmother's child was born, these two children who had lost their mother gradually became a burden at home.
They did the most tiring work, ate the least, and were so hungry that they looked pale and thin. They were only thirteen or fourteen years old but looked like they were less than ten years old. Their father and stepmother beat and scolded them.
Every household in the village has to take turns to offer a bride as a sacrifice to the river god.
The family that fell into the trap was required to give birth to a daughter. Families without daughters had to spend money to buy one from other families. In any case, they had to give birth to one.
Although it is not Lu Yan's family's turn yet, there is only one year left.
Lu Huan was not the only girl in the family, but Lu Yan knew that when it was their turn, her father and stepmother would definitely push Lu Huan out to be sacrificed to the river god.
For Lu Yan, Lu Huan was his only relative in this world. In order to save his sister, the thin boy said goodbye to his sister and left the village alone.
The river outside the village is very wide and deep, and the surface of the river is very scary at night.
He gritted his teeth and swam across the river. He didn't dare to steal the boat or alarm anyone. He planned to quietly pick up his sister after settling down.
However, Lu Yan, who had left the village, was unfamiliar with the place and was deceived into doing hard labor. Not only did he not get paid a penny, he was also beaten all the time and his body was covered with bruises.
He tried his best to escape, hiding all the way and following a caravan, and finally arrived at the capital.
There are many people in Beijing, so there are relatively more opportunities to make money.
Without giving himself time to rest, he immediately found a job and tried to save some money.
However, the teenager who grew up in such an environment was very unfamiliar with the outside world and not smooth enough, so nothing he did went smoothly and he was kicked out of several jobs in a row.
He could only do the hardest and most tiring work while studying.
Later, by chance, he became a waiter in the Bishui Tower, and his life became a little better.
I was doing well and had saved some money.
Lu Yan had already calculated the time. After a few days, when he received another payment, he would say goodbye to the shopkeeper and go back to pick up his sister.
Who knew I would meet these bullies today.
When he was pouring tea for the guests, they deliberately bumped into him, and then turned around and accused him of dirtying their clothes and asked him to pay for it.
But how could Lu Yan be willing to pay the money? Every penny he saved was the foundation of his and his sister's life.
After being out for so long, he has already understood the outside world. If the woman has no money, she has no idea what she will encounter.
It was even a question whether the siblings could survive.
That’s why we see what we see now.
Seeing that the servants were about to drag Lu Yan away to continue beating him, Chu Yian's eyes were as cold as ice.
For a moment, I didn't know whether I should sympathize with the young man who finally had hope but it was shattered, or whether someone actually took a human life for sacrifice.
Or maybe these young masters in Shengjing are really rotten to the core.
Meeting Chu Yian's gaze, the young men smiled at her provocatively.
Chu Yian’s external image has always been that of a kind and well-behaved person, and he likes to meddle when he encounters something unfair.
What about this time? How will she handle it?
Should I pay compensation for the poor boy, or soften my tone and speak nicely to them to let him go?
But no matter what, she had to bow her head.
After all, this time they were just teaching a clumsy waiter a lesson. No matter how eloquent Chu Yian was, as long as they didn't stop, what could she do?
Even if they bring the matter to His Majesty, they are still right.
He was just a waiter, with a worthless life, not even worth half the price of their clothes.
So what if he was beaten to death?
Meeting their provocative and complacent looks, Chu Yian pulled the corners of his mouth in an unpleasant expression.
He suddenly jumped off the carriage, and when the group of servants were about to drag the boy away, he pulled the boy over and kicked him hard.
She didn't hold back at all in this kick, and the boy screamed and flew out, hitting several young men who were waiting for her at the door in a humble manner.
Suddenly, a lot of people collapsed at the door, and screams were heard, which attracted a lot of attention and even passers-by stopped to look.
Chu Yian did not stop. Before the remaining servants could react, he kicked them all away one by one, and they fell heavily on the young masters, like a pile of monks.
All the onlookers were shocked by this scene. It was common for rich young men to bully ordinary people, but when had they ever seen a woman beating up a group of grown men?
The young man who had been lying on the ground protecting his head also secretly glanced at those people. He tried hard to move his body, but his whole body was in pain and every movement felt like torture.
There was no other sound at the scene except the wailing.
The young man who was pressed at the bottom turned pale: "It hurts, it hurts, my waist is going to break, get the hell out of my way, do you believe I will kill you?"
"Chu Yian, I think you are really crazy, just wait for me!" The eyes of the young masters who were almost vomiting blood were bloodshot. They kicked and spurred the people above to get away quickly, while staring at Chu Yian.
In public, she actually dared to take action and bring such great humiliation and embarrassment to them.
The sanity of several people was in danger. Seeing that Chu Yian just glanced at them lightly and turned to leave, they hurriedly cursed: "Oh, you can protect that lowly person for a moment, can you protect him for a lifetime?"
"As expected, he comes from a humble family. He is only fit to stay with such lowly people. He will never be able to enter the elegant hall."
"I've never seen any young lady or lady who goes out in public all day long. They're not loyal to their husbands. They're just like your husband who's always crawling into other men's beds. They're all sluts."
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