Don't let down the four
After leaving Prince Ning's Mansion, Huang Yaya wandered aimlessly in the relatively empty alleys. After turning around several times, she finally came to a long street with the smell of fireworks.
Most of the shops on both sides of the long street have closed, and there are only a few food stalls around. The stall owners light lanterns in front of the stalls and shout loudly.
"Girl, have a bowl of wonton!" A mother-in-law called Huang Yaya enthusiastically.
She shook her head politely. It was not that she didn't like eating wontons, but that she was penniless!
At a small stall beside a stone bridge, a little girl in a gray linen dress was cooking glutinous rice balls. The small glutinous rice balls were white and round, and they floated one by one in the boiling water.
The little girl skillfully used a strainer to put the dumplings into a ceramic bowl, and scooped some osmanthus syrup from a nearby pottery jar, poured it on the white dumplings, and handed them to the couple sitting at the wooden table nearby.
The fragrance of osmanthus candy drifted to Huang Yaya's nose on the wind. She smelled the sweet smell and swallowed her saliva. Only then did she thoroughly understand what it meant that a penny could make a hero fall.
In order to get rid of the tempting aroma, she crossed the stone arch bridge and walked to another street, which was not as lively as the one she had just come from.
Bright lanterns were still hanging on both sides of the street. Huang Yaya had never really seen the capital city by herself. Before, every time she went out on the street, there was always a group of people following her. Now, she could finally appreciate the beauty of the classical architecture alone.
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"Hey, why are you pretending? Aren't geishas also prostitutes?"
"Why does Su Niang only look up to the prince of the capital and not to us brothers?"
Four drunken men blocked a veiled woman holding a swallowtail pipa in an alley, and their words and actions were often provocative.
The woman could only calmly reply, "Gentlemen, please make way. I have to go home."
A man in a dark green brocade robe stretched out his hand to tear off the white veil on Su Niang's face. Su Niang quickly turned her head and dodged.
Seeing the woman dodge, the man in the dark green brocade robe said angrily, "Why are you pretending? My father is the Minister of Agriculture Zhen Ziyuan. You can spend a night with us. It won't be a loss."
The other three men also looked at the woman with smiles on their faces. There was no pity or respect in their smiles, only cruelty and contempt.
They looked at Su Niang as if she were a kitten caught in a trap. The more the kitten struggled in the net, the happier they laughed.
The people in front of her were getting closer and closer. Su Niang was so scared that her whole body was shaking and her eyes were filled with tears.
"Please, gentlemen, let me go!" The voice was so desperate and sad.
“It’s not like we don’t pay.”
"It's your blessing to be favored by our Master Zhen..."
"If you behave well, maybe I can consider making you a concubine..."
"Hahaha, you dare to bring a piece of shit like this home, Brother Xi. I admire you..."
Huang Yaya was extremely angry when she heard these obscene words, but she was also very scared.
This group of people were taller and stronger than her, and had no morals at all. They were like beasts, no, they were worse than beasts.
But if she lets it go, this Su Niang's life may be ruined. Huang Yaya took a few deep breaths, and saw a long stick standing in front of a shop, and made up her mind!
Anyway, it wouldn't matter if she got hurt here, as long as she woke up in reality she would be fine.
She picked up the stick and quietly walked behind the four bullies like a thief.
The wooden stick came down from the air and hit the dark green man leading the group on the head. The four men turned around and found a girl behind them.
"Damn it, catch her." The man in black clothes rubbed his head and said angrily.
"Beat you filthy bastards to death."
"You are a bunch of bastards who were born by mothers but not raised by them. Didn't your mother teach you to respect women?" Huang Yaya was furious. She cursed and waved the wooden stick in her hand to beat them.
Su Niang also looked at Huang Yaya with worried eyes, and at the same time felt touched in her heart.
A single stick is no match for eight hands. Even though the opponent was drunk, she still couldn't beat him. The opponent also kicked her hard in the stomach and punched her in the face. Before long, Huang Yaya was forced to the same position as Su Niang.
"This woman is quite good-looking, so I'll give her to you as a reward. After you're done playing with her, throw her into the Yihong Tower."
"Damn it, you hit me so hard, I'll just throw you into a whorehouse after you're done."
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The stick had broken. Huang Yaya saw that Su Niang still had a pipa in her hand, so she quickly snatched it away and hit the man in front of her with it. Then she quickly raised the pipa and hit another man hard. She shouted, "Run!"
The pipa was very solidly made. The man who was hit in the groin was lying on the ground, groaning in pain, and shouting, "Catch them, catch them, I'm going to cut them into pieces one by one..."
One of them quickly helped the person lying on the ground.
The one who was hit on the head had blood oozing from his forehead. At this moment, his face looked even more terrifying against the backdrop of blood.
Huang Yaya hadn't pulled Su Niang far when one of the men grabbed her hair. Thinking she could get her hair back if it was gone, she rushed forward. Su Niang looked back and saw this, and she also followed Huang Yaya's example and kicked the man in the chest.
Although the man let go of his hand because of the pain, he still took away a lot of Huang Yaya's hair and some scalp.
Two men were running in front, and two men were chasing them from behind. After an unknown amount of time, a team of patrolling officers and soldiers came out from the front. Seeing this, the two men behind them immediately turned around and went back.
Huang Yaya wanted to drag Su Niang to find the officers and soldiers in front and catch these low-class ruffians, and said angrily: "Let's go, report to the police and arrest them."
But her hand was held tightly by the other party. Su Niang pleaded, "Miss, I am just an insignificant singing girl. Those young masters are backed by the Minister of Agriculture. I can't afford to offend them. Besides, these officers and soldiers will not make decisions for me."
If an official doesn’t serve the people, he might as well go home and pick up manure!!!
Su Niang quickly knelt down and expressed her gratitude to Huang Yaya: "Thank you for saving my life, young lady. Run away! They must have gone back to find someone to capture me!"
Yes, hasn't it always been like this? The perpetrators walk around with impunity, while the victims flee in fear.
Huang Yaya pulled Su Niang up and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Su Niang gave an ugly smile and said, "I'll ask someone to apologize to them!"
Huang Yaya felt a pang of bitterness when she heard this! What kind of thing was this? The victim was even going to apologize, and what were they doing on the other side? They were just a bunch of rapists! How could this be justified in the world?
Huang Yaya thought for a moment and asked, "Miss, do you know how to get to Pingnan Marquis Mansion?"
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