Then Xiao Wu turned around and sent the snacks to another time and space. The young beggar Cui Changan was so hungry that he was dizzy. When he saw the sweet snacks, he was like a wolf seeing meat.
He glanced at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu nodded: "This is for you, eat it."
Cui Changan was sure that she did not want to poison him, so he pounced on her like a hungry tiger.
After finishing the box of snacks, he asked Xiao Wu: "What do you want me to do?"
Xiao Wu was very interested: "You will do whatever I ask you to do?"
Cui Changan nodded and shook his head: "Killing and arson are not allowed."
"I can feed you and clothe you every day, but if I ask you to kill people or set fire to something, will you do it?"
Beggar Cui Changan hesitated for two seconds and shook his head firmly.
"But if I don't give you food, you will starve to death!"
Cui Changan said in a loud voice: "The men of the Linhe Cui family have been upright for generations. Even if our family is confiscated and reduced to this state, we cannot destroy the integrity of the Cui family or break the backbone of the Cui family."
"It is better to starve to death than to tarnish the Cui family's reputation after death."
Xiao Wu admired him: "Well, I won't let you kill people or set fires. I need you to save the world in the future."
Cui Changan was stunned: Is this little girl sick?
How can I save the world now that I have fallen to this point?
Xiao Wu smiled and said, "Although you are poor, it is not caused by yourself. Someone is deliberately obstructing you, not allowing you to work and earn money, and not allowing you to support yourself."
"You just need to leave this place and go somewhere else quietly, and the forces that are hindering you will naturally disappear."
Cui Changan's thin body stood up a little.
"I've thought about that, but my legs are weak and I'm seeing stars. It's hard for me to walk, let alone leave quietly..."
I’m afraid I’ll starve to death before I leave.
Xiao Wu threw him a piece of silver: "Take this and go buy some dry food."
Cui Changan took the silver in shock, looked at Xiao Wu, and then bowed deeply: "Thank you, my noble lord..."
When he stood up, Xiao Wu was gone.
Cui Changan immediately went into a shop that had tried to help him, took out some change, and asked the clerk to help him buy some sesame cakes from next door.
The guy was surprised: "Why don't you go by yourself?"
Cui Changan pointed outside and said, "Someone is watching me. If I buy it myself, it will be snatched away as soon as I buy it."
The waiter finally reacted and looked at Cui Changan with pity: "Wait, sir. I will buy it back for you."
The waiter brought back a dozen sesame cakes and handed them to Cui Changan: "Here, they are all here."
Cui Changan bowed gratefully: "Thank you very much."
The waiter waved his hands repeatedly: "What are you thanking me for? You don't mind that I'm just a waiter. If you are willing to help me, I am naturally willing to help you..."
Cui Changan asked to hide in the cowshed behind the shop, and when it got dark, he would leave directly from the backyard to avoid being discovered by the stalkers.
The waiter asked the equally kind-hearted shopkeeper, who agreed.
As it was getting dark and the city gates were about to close, people hurriedly left the city and went home.
Cui Chang'an, the former young master of a noble family, shrugged his shoulders, holding a sesame cake in his pocket, wearing a gray linen clothes, shrinking into the image of an ignorant countryman, quietly left the city and completely disappeared in the crowd.
"Where are the people? How come they are gone?"
"Master and Madam, our people were watching the front door, but they didn't notice that the store also had a back door..."
"I think he left through the back door."
“Do you want to catch up with him…” The servant made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"idiot!"
"If I could kill him, I would have done it long ago!"
"Don't you think that His Majesty deliberately spared his life just to fish for trouble? Whoever wants to kill him is the mastermind behind this."
"We don't allow anyone to help him, and we don't allow him to find work, just to make him completely lose his dignity. We want to force him to die, or force him to come to our house to cancel the engagement..."
"This is the only way to completely sever ties with our family."
"Who wants to kill him?"
"If you dare to do this behind my back, be careful or I'll skin you alive!"
…
A year later, in another county a hundred miles away, Cui Chang'an, a man full of learning, finally found a place to stay by working as a teacher.
He tutored a young man who passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. The young man's family was grateful and gave him a mud house to live in.
His body also fully grew up and he looked like a handsome gentleman.
The upbringing he received since childhood made his words and deeds very graceful, completely different from those of ordinary people.
He refused the handkerchief sent by the sister of the young scholar next door: "Miss, there is no need to do this. I am a despised person. In order not to implicate you, it is better to keep a distance."
The little scholar's sister could only leave the food her parents had given her and left with red eyes.
At this time, the old emperor finally breathed his last, and the new emperor ascended the throne. He was Cui Changan’s former classmate and playmate.
When Cui Changan heard the news, he looked towards the capital for a long time without saying anything.
Is the girl who gave you the change still in the capital?
The new emperor ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty. Cui Changan, who had nothing, could finally return to Beijing.
As he walked in the alley where he once slept on the street, he couldn't help but think of the mysterious girl again.
Can I still see the girl who gave me change back then?
Whose girl is she?
When he was lost in thought, several servants suddenly rushed forward and surrounded Cui Changan: "Cui Changan, our young lady wants to see you."
Cui Changan looked at the familiar face and cold expression from the past and nodded calmly.
Miss Tang from the Shangshu Mansion was his former fiancé. For the sake of his family's reputation, he could not take the initiative to cancel the engagement and could only wait for Cui Changan to cancel the engagement.
But Cui Changan disappeared.
Seeing that he was getting older, the young lady and the Shangshu family became anxious. Fortunately, the new emperor ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty at this time.
The untouchable Cui Changan also became a slave. He no longer had to do hard labor, so he could find some decent jobs.
The Shangshu family began to look for Cui Changan again.
Fortunately, I finally found it.
Cui Changan seemed to know what the Shangshu Mansion was going to do. When he met the Shangshu master, he took out the red paper representing the engagement and handed it to him without waiting for the other party to say anything.
The Shangshu Master originally thought that Cui Changan would need some persuasion and warning before returning the letter, but who knew it would be so simple.
He felt unhappy: "Nephew, is there anything I can help you with?"
Cui Changan smiled faintly and shook his head: "No need, please return my engagement letter to me as well."
The Shangshu had someone bring up the engagement letter and a plate of silver: "The Cui family is in trouble. Although I want to help, I also have a selfish desire to protect my family..."
"I am sorry to my nephew, please accept this little bit of silver."
"You can buy a small house outside and live there, so you don't have to be homeless anymore..."
Cui Changan only took the engagement letter and said, "Don't be polite, old man. I believe we will meet again someday."
The Minister said “OK, OK” on the surface, but in his heart he was full of contempt: The Cui family had already withered and scattered, so how could he still expect to rise again?
But the Shangshu did not expect that in less than a month, he would see Cui Changan beside the new emperor.
This is a later story, so let’s not talk about it for now.
Cui Changan came out of the Shangshu Mansion and met Xiao Wu head-on.
Xiao Wu has also grown a little taller, and when she stands next to Cui Changan, she is not much shorter than him.
Cui Changan's face was full of excitement. He stepped forward and saluted: "Miss, do you still remember Cui..." (End of this chapter)
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