"Auntie, I want one of these!" Long Yinyu stood in front of the stall, drooling over the freshly baked honey cakes.
"Alright!" Another batch of honey cakes came out of the oven, spraying out a lot of steam. Long Yinyu took a big gulp; it smelled so good!
Just as he was enjoying the sweetness of the honey cake, he felt someone gently bump into him. He didn't pay attention, since there were quite a few people who wanted to buy honey cake.
The aunt packed up one of the honey cakes, saying, "Three coins!"
"Okay!" Long Yinyu reached for the purse at his waist, only to find it empty; the purse had vanished.
His money is gone!
"Hurry up and pay, there are many people waiting behind you!" the aunt urged, but Long Yinyu was sweating profusely.
"I...I've lost my money!"
"The money's gone?" Auntie pulled the honey cake back from her hand. "Could it be a lie? She never intended to pay and was just trying to freeload!"
"No, I really lost my money!" Long Yinyu anxiously explained.
But neither the aunt who sold the cakes nor the people around him seemed to believe him.
For a moment, Long Yinyu was at a loss.
Seeing that he was about to cry, a slender hand suddenly reached out to him and said to his aunt, "Three coins, right? I'll pay for him."
My aunt didn't care who paid, as long as the money was paid! She immediately beamed and handed over the honey paste.
The woman beside Long Yinyu carried honey cakes in one hand and pulled him out of the line to buy cakes with the other. "Here, your honey cake."
Long Yinyu looked up, took the gift with both hands, and said, "Thank you!"
"You're welcome," the woman said with a smile.
Long Yinyu was overwhelmed with gratitude. "Thank you so much, sister. I didn't mean to withhold the money. My purse really was stolen!"
“I know, because you look like a very well-behaved child,” the woman comforted him.
"May I ask your name, sister? When I have money, I'll pay you back for the honey cakes." Long Yinyu felt embarrassed to accept a free meal from someone else, even though he didn't have any money now, his family was wealthy.
"My name is Xu Mengchun, what's yours?"
"Dragon Feather".
"A good name." Xu Mengchun nodded.
"Sister Xu is amazing. Although I have only been here for a short time, I have heard that the Xu family is a prominent family in the area, with many members serving as officials in the government."
Xu Mengchun just smiled.
As the two were talking, a servant came running up, sweating profusely and looking terrified. "Miss, Miss, we've finally found you! Come home quickly, something terrible has happened!"
"What's wrong?" Xu Mengchun frowned.
The servant didn't explain, but only urged Xu Mengchun to go back quickly.
Xu Mengchun had no choice but to say goodbye to Long Yinyu. Knowing that his purse was lost, she gave him a few pieces of silver and then hurriedly followed him home.
Long Yinyu was naturally filled with gratitude.
He learned Xu Mengchun's name and identity and planned to pay back the money later. He hadn't had enough fun yet and didn't plan to contact his family. He wanted to use the money to go to the capital, Jiangtian.
Half a month later, he was to join the caravan and arrive in Jiangtian.
Just as they entered the city gate, a fast horse galloped past, then began to disperse the people to make way.
It turns out that today is the day the Xu family will be executed.
Long Yinyu followed the crowd to the execution ground to watch the spectacle.
He finally managed to squeeze to the front row and asked the person next to him, "What did the Xu family do wrong?"
"Selling smuggled salt will implicate nine generations of your family!"
Long Yinyu knew the matter was serious, so he reluctantly shut his mouth.
Wait... Xu?
Could it be...?
He searched for that face in his memory among the kneeling crowd, and sure enough, he saw Xu Mengchun. All her former gentleness was gone, leaving only a deathly ashes.
One of them suddenly erupted, "Wu Yunzhi! You are tyrannical! Although our Wu family... sob sob sob..."
Before she could finish speaking, her mouth was roughly covered.
Upon hearing the emperor's name, the common people all knelt down in a rush.
Long Yinyu also knelt down, prostrating himself on the ground, and asked the person beside him, "Wu is the imperial surname, is the one she mentioned... His Majesty?"
The person next to him glared at him, lowered their head and remained silent, subtly shifting to the side.
Zhiyun... could it be Wu Yunzhi?
Long Yinyu was lost in thought when he suddenly heard someone shout, "His Majesty has arrived! Long live the Emperor!"
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
Long Yinyu quietly looked up.
Oh wow, I knew it.
He gritted his teeth. What talk of serving the master! She is the master of the whole world!
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