Chapter 66: Girl

Ye Shuo deliberately chose the identity of a beggar in order to find out the true background of the young master of the Cao family.

Most of the beggars in Shangjing City are refugees who have flocked in from other places. They have no household registration and are basically not protected by the laws of the Great Zhou.

In other words, if a person becomes a beggar, anyone can take his/her life. As long as he/she is not beaten to death in the street and is done covertly, few people will pursue the matter.

Now Ye Shuo, who is a beggar, is like a powerless baby in front of Cao Rui, and Cao Rui is the giant who can decide his life and death. In this situation, Ye Shuo wants to know what Cao Rui’s bottom line is.

Ye Shuo wanted to see whether this person would stop before crossing the bottom line when the evil of human nature was infinitely magnified.

After all, the Cao family is a family of officials, and the servants around Cao Rui are all capable. However, Ye Shuo has observed that they only have some basic skills, and he can handle them easily.

So Ye Shuo followed the other party without any psychological burden.

Liang Wenyin was a little worried, but when he was leaving, he gave her a look, as if telling her to stay calm and not reveal her true colors. Liang Wenyin could only suppress her anxiety and hold it down.

God bless you, please don’t let anything happen to you…

As for Xing Yucheng, who was sitting opposite, when he saw the Ninth Prince being taken away, he quickly paid for the noodles, bent over, and followed in a flash.

Perhaps it was because Ye Shuo’s beggar performance was too realistic, Cao Rui did not suspect anything. In addition, the Grand Tutor’s attitude had always been firm, and Liang Wenyin looked very easy to control. So Cao Rui did not feel wary at all.

He knew that his men would help teach the little beggar a lesson. Thinking of this, Cao Rui felt much better and even the smile on his face became more genuine.

“Don’t worry about it. Cao Hu will take care of him. Let’s go. I heard that Baoyu Pavilion has just launched some new jewelry and head ornaments this month. I’ll take you to take a look. No matter which one you like, just tell me and I’ll buy it for you.”

[1]Cao Hu = Servants used to have their master’s surname, if they were favored.

Knowing that the person in front of him would not accept anything at all, Cao Rui began to take on a lot of things.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Liang Wenyin’s first reaction was to refuse.

Just like this, the two of them, one in front and the other accompanying, walked into the Baoyu Pavilion one after another.

The other side.

Ye Shuo noticed that the man in front of him was leading him further and further away, and there were fewer and fewer people around them. He probably had an idea in his mind.

It turns out that the man surnamed Cao is not so honest.

However, the other party’s impatience far exceeded Ye Shuo’s expectations.

He had thought that the other party would at least get him into the mansion before taking action, but he didn’t expect that they couldn’t even wait such a short time.

But if you think about it carefully, you will realize that you are just a little beggar now, just a little beggar. Why go to so much trouble? You can just kill him and throw him aside.

Ye Shuo was very sad, and felt that the man surnamed Cao did not value him at all, so he stopped decisively.

“Is this… really the way to Cao’s residence?”

Cao Mansion? This stupid beggar really thinks he is so lucky that he can really go to Cao Mansion?

Hearing this, Cao Hu couldn’t help but laugh.

A big man suddenly laughed in a very quiet alley. The scene was quite creepy.

If Ye Shuo were a real child, a real little beggar, he would have started trembling by now.

But after all, he had some kung fu skills, so he just felt speechless and nothing else.

But this play still has to go on.

So Ye Shuo pretended to be very scared, and shrank back: “You, what are you laughing at…”

“Of course I’m laughing because I think you’re naive.” Seeing that there was no way forward and this was a dead end, the big man simply let go.

“Don’t you know who you have offended?”

Ye Shuo opened his eyes wide, and seemed a little incoherent: “But, but, Master Cao said…”

“Tsk, little beggar, I forgot to tell you that the person you offended was our young master.” Cao Hu raised his eyebrows, with a playful look on his face: “You don’t think that after you soiled our young master’s clothes, our Cao family will still take you in, right?”

As if he finally realized something was wrong, Ye Shuo’s voice suddenly became louder, and even changed its tone: “Impossible! Master Cao clearly promised me!”

“Yes, he promised you. Of course, the prerequisite is that you can successfully crawl to the gate of Cao’s mansion with your hands and feet broken. How about it, do you want to give it a try?” Cao Hu originally planned to take the little beggar to the river in Shangjing City, use the excuse of cleaning him, and then push him down. But since he was discovered by the beggar, he had to change his strategy.

It makes no difference anyway. A beggar with broken limbs has no choice but to die.

“In your next life, please don’t be so careless again…”

Wow, this Cao guy is really perverted. Just because a beggar soiled one of his clothes, he wanted to cripple the beggar’s hands and feet.

Ye Shuo originally had no good impression of this Cao guy, and now his impression of him has directly dropped to negative.

This was not the first time Cao Hu had done this. He approached a little bit closer, ready to admire the little beggar’s desperate struggle from a close distance.

It must be very painful to fall from a beautiful dream into reality.

When Xing Yucheng arrived breathlessly, what he saw was Cao Hu with a hideous grin on his face, forcing the Ninth Prince into a corner.

Xing Yucheng was shocked, and without thinking, he blurted out: “Stop! Don’t touch him!”

Ye Shuo was touched that his study partner came to save him, but looking at Xing Yucheng’s skinny thighs that were not even as thick as the strong men’s arms, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but be silent for a moment.

It felt like he had to save one more person besides himself.

While Cao Hu turned his head, Ye Shuo reached out silently. Just when he was about to clench his five fingers into a fist and hit Cao Hu hard, Ye Shuo suddenly felt that besides Xing Yucheng, there was another strange breath at the entrance of the alley.

There is a specific rhythm in the other person’s breathing, and his steps are extremely light when he walks. If you don’t listen carefully, you can’t hear them at all. He seems like an expert.

No way, could it be that he was sent by his cheap father to protect him secretly? If so, wouldn’t he be exposed if he made a move?

Ye Shuo was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously retracted his outstretched hand.

The next moment, he was caught like a chick.

Seeing this scene, Xing Yucheng was horrified. However, before he could open his mouth to reveal Ye Shuo’s true identity, someone was faster than him and came in front of Xing Yucheng almost instantly, making Xing Yucheng hold back all the words he hadn’t said.

Xing Yucheng: “You bastard, you know…”

The man who suddenly passed Xing Yucheng said: “Hurry up and put the beggar in your hand down to me!”

It turned out to be a woman’s voice… No, it was a little girl’s voice.

Ye Shuo blinked, looked in the direction of the voice, and soon saw the other person’s appearance.

The little girl was about ten years old, wearing a brand new red dress. After revealing her true face, she no longer controlled her steps. Perhaps she was not used to the current dress. The two tassels on her head swayed back and forth, and half of the silver hairpin was exposed from one of the tassels, making her look funny and lively.

But once the other party starts to take action, it’s a completely different story.

With a “whoosh” sound, Ye Shuo only felt a flash before his eyes, and the next moment Cao Hu’s screams rang in his ears.

The dart thrown by the little girl cut the back of Cao Hu’s hand so deep that the bone was visible. In pain, he had no choice but to throw Ye Shuo out.

“Tick, tick, tick,” the bright red blood soon dripped all over the floor.

Ye Shuo’s feet were in the air, and just when he was hesitating whether to adjust his falling posture, he accidentally saw that the little girl moved again. Ye Shuo closed his eyes, made up his mind, and pretended that he could not react.

The little girl almost grabbed Ye Shuo’s collar and lifted him to the ground.

“…You’re so heavy.” The girl probably didn’t expect the skinny little beggar to be so heavy. She was caught off guard and almost fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Ye Shuo hurriedly helped her up, and when she stood firmly, he quickly let go.

The little girl first felt a heaviness in her arm, but when she turned her head, she saw nothing, so she shook her head and quickly put this little episode behind her.

Seeing Cao Hu rushing over here, the little girl snorted coldly and said, “Humph, I knew you had bad intentions!”

When the conflict occurred, the little girl in red was standing on the second floor of Baoyu Pavilion and was forced by her master to try on various clothes. After seeing the little beggar being taken away by Cao Hu, she suddenly had an idea, and she made an excuse that she found something wrong, and hurriedly escaped from Baoyu Pavilion.

Saying that she found something wrong was just an excuse. Unexpectedly, after following for a while, the girl found that the excuse she made up actually came true, and the little beggar was so pitiful, she couldn’t hold back her anger and started to beat him up.

“Bah! You two, master and servant, are so shameless to go back on your word!”

The moment he finished speaking, Ye Shuo saw the little girl subconsciously touching her waist, but as expected, she touched nothing. Then she realized that she was wearing a new dress and her soft sword was not on her body. The little girl immediately turned the sword into a palm and faced Cao Hu directly.

“She, she, she…” Perhaps because he had never seen what real Kung Fu was like in his life, Xing Yucheng’s jaw almost dropped.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but sweat when he saw this.

In the past, he thought that the internal strength he had cultivated for five years was enough, but when he saw this little girl today, he suddenly realized that it was not enough at all.

Outside the palace, a ten-year-old girl was already so powerful, so what about the others? How about the others?

Ye Shuo suddenly felt a sense of urgency in his heart, and his attitude towards internal strength was no longer as lazy as before.

Relying on her inner strength, the girl defeated Cao Hu in no time.

How come this kid is so strong!

Cao Hu covered his stomach and tried to get up from the ground, but he couldn’t stand up at all.

Turning around, she saw the little beggar was still in a daze. She thought he was frightened. The little beggar had a dirty face and messy hair. He looked very pitiful and confused.

When she thought about how the other party had such high expectations, and it turned out to be just a scam, and looked at the child who was half a head shorter than her, the little girl’s voice softened unconsciously: “Don’t be afraid, the bad guy has been dealt with.”

References

↑1Cao Hu = Servants used to have their master’s surname, if they were favored.