Hearing the footsteps, the men still showed no intention of stopping and kept punching.
Chongyang curled up in the middle with a numb expression. He was suddenly stunned when he saw Jiang Yuzhu behind the man.
"stop!"
The red carp shouted angrily.
Several men stopped in their tracks at the same time and turned around. Seeing the women appear in the alley, their smiles became even more obscene: "Oh my god, a servant who betrayed his master has a lover? I never thought!"
"The young lady has fair skin and tender flesh, and is very pretty. Why don't you follow me, brother?"
Everyone was doing hard labor nearby and had no idea who Jiang Yuzhu and her group were. They were extremely presumptuous.
Jiang Yuzhu didn't say a word, but made a gesture.
Hong Jin understood, quickly dragged Chongyang out, picked up the stick on the ground and went towards the man.
Soon, a crying voice came from the alley: "Auntie, we took the money and were ordered to do it. We have no grudges against each other!"
Hong Jin raised an eyebrow, but his men continued, "You were beaten because you disrespected my wife. Haven't you found the reason yet?"
Jiang Yuzhu glanced at him and turned her gaze back to Chongyang: "Why are you here?"
Chongyang's clothes were tattered, his face was bruised and bloody, and his nose was bleeding. He wiped his face with his sleeve, then stood up with the help of the wall. He bowed to Jiang Yuzhu with great pain, and said in a voice not much louder than a mosquito: "Thank you, Madam, for saving me."
After saying this, Chongyang limped out of the alley.
Hongli immediately shouted, "Stop!"
Chongyang slowly came back to his senses, his expression blank: "Is there anything else?"
"Our lady is asking you a question!"
Hongli put one hand on his waist and looked up, saying, "Don't be ungrateful!"
Chongyang hesitated for a moment and said, "After I betrayed my master, I was driven out by the Zhao family. I live in a shed in the courtyard in the north of the city and make a living doing odd jobs."
Jiang Yuzhu noticed Chongyang's embarrassment and asked, "Do you regret it?"
Chongyang smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know either."
If he had to do it again, he would be a servant with little influence and it seemed that he would be unable to do anything.
Chongyang hated the young man for giving up everything for a woman, but ended up becoming a joke.
Wei Jing did it without leaving any trace and played Zhao Zhe around. Even on the day of exile, she still watched operas and listened to music in the mansion and did not go to see Zhao Zhe for the last time.
"Chongyang, you stayed in the capital to find a chance to avenge Zhao Zhe, right?"
Jiang Yuzhu's tone was flat, and it didn't sound like she was deliberately emphasizing anything, but it gave people a sense of unquestionable power.
Seeing Chongyang's look of disbelief, she knew she was right.
After a long while, Chongyang lowered his eyes and said, "I never told you how you figured it out."
Chongyang is different from the servants in the Zhao Mansion. He is not a born child, but was picked up by Zhao Zhe on the Double Ninth Festival more than ten years ago.
From then on, Zhao Zhe took Chongyang with him to study and practice calligraphy, and did not use the rules for servants to restrict him.
"My lord, your kindness to me is as great as a mountain, but I..."
Chongyang felt very bitter. He had no prior knowledge of the day when the young master killed Jia Xinglin, and he didn't even have a chance to take the blame.
Jiang Yuzhu glanced at the sky and decided to cut to the chase: "You should be aware that in your current situation, you don't even have a chance to fight Jin Weijing, let alone revenge."
"Even if we're both in the capital, the north of the city is so far away from the inner city that you won't find an opportunity in five or ten years, let alone one or two years."
Jiang Yuzhu's words were like a thorn, piercing Chongyang's heart.
Chongyang fell to his knees and said, "Madam, please show me a way forward."
"I'll help you deal with Wei Jing, and you only need to work for me for ten years, how about that?"
However, it is not in the capital, but in a border town in the north.
"In the North, you work hard on your mission and can also take care of Zhao Zhe. Don't worry, this lady won't care about these things."
Jiang Yuzhu is very optimistic about Chongyang and gives him a chance to turn things around.
After hearing this, Chongyang knelt down gratefully and said, "Madam, I will do my job with peace of mind and will not let you down!"
Chongyang knelt down reverently and kowtowed three times.
After the two of them made their appointment, on the carriage heading back to the inner city, Hongli began to worry again: "Madam, why do you like Chongyang? I don't feel safe using a servant who betrays his master."
From Zhao Zhe's point of view, he was indeed betraying his master.
Servants don't need justice, they just need to be obedient and always consider their masters.
"If you want to kill someone, I'll hand you the knife and help you stab him. If you're caught, I'll take the blame. Even if I die, I won't betray you."
Hongli couldn't understand Chongyang's logic and muttered.
Hong Jin also echoed: "Why do you like him?"
Jiang Yuzhu leaned lazily against the car wall and said lightly: "It's not his fault. Chongyang reads more than Zhao Zhe."
Reading a lot will inevitably lead to the scholar's character and self-righteous sense of justice.
Regardless of whether this matter is right or wrong, Jiang Yuzhu is too lazy to argue. She only looks at the value of use.
"Chongyang once helped Zhao Zhe run a horse trading business, and the profits tripled within six months."
Chongyang is a man of upright character. Even though he has fallen into such a state of poverty, he still makes money in an honest way.
Some people are just like that by nature and can't change.
"The northern border town needs to open up trade with the barbarians. This is a huge business opportunity."
After Princess Yutan learned about it, she first sent the news to Jiang Yuzhu.
Although it has not been announced yet, it is almost certain.
Jiang Yuzhu seized the business opportunity to open a shop and needed her own manpower.
People need to be reliable, smart, and capable.
Today she saw Chongyang and found that Chongyang met the requirements and was under her control.
Hongli poured a cup of tea and held it with both hands. "Madam, the barbarians and Da Qi just reached a truce, so how could they open up trade? Besides, the barbarians are suffering from cold weather, so there is nothing good to be had. They are just taking advantage of Da Qi."
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