One hit his hands with a stick and looked at the boy.
“Hand over your silver to us.”
The boy pursed his lips, “Didn’t you say last time that you would never bother me again if you handed over the silver?”
The leading thug sneered, “You believe that? You’re stupid.”
“Hand over the silver quickly, or you will be beaten today.”
The boy covered his purse, “I gave it to you last time, don’t go too far.”
The leading thug snorted coldly, “Since you refuse the toast, you will be punished.”
“Brothers, go ahead.”
After saying that, he took the lead and rushed towards the boy, grabbed his clothes, and punched him several times.
The other few people also rushed up and punched and kicked the boy.
The leading thug also forcibly snatched the purse from the boy’s waist.
A lot of silver coins poured out of the purse.
He put away the silver and patted the face of the young boy, who looked aggrieved and unconvinced, “Remember this lesson, next time you must pay the money obediently, otherwise I will beat you.”
Then he led people out of the alley.
The young boy curled up on the ground with blood on the corner of his lips, looking so pitiful.
Shi Qingluo walked over. “Are you okay?”
Of course, she saw the scene just now.
Originally, she wanted to help, but found that the clothes the young boy was wearing seemed very ordinary, just like the clothes of an ordinary rich child.
But when she looked carefully, she found that his clothes were made of a very rare silk.
This thing was called foot silk, which was not woven with silk. Its raw material was taken from a kind of huge clam in the deep sea, and the mucus spit out becomes raw silk after solidification.
It requires professional people to go deep into the seabed every year to collect it, and then it has to go through multiple processes, and it takes more than half a year to weave it into silk.
For this reason, this kind of foot silk was a tribute in the previous and current dynasties, and it could not be bought even if you had money and power.
Xi Rong happened to have given her two pieces, so she recognized them at once.
So she stopped and didn’t go forward to help.
There were only two kinds of people in the North City who can afford to wear the rare tribute silk.
One was Prince Jin’s sons, and the other was the people of the previous dynasty.
But Shi Qingluo saw that Prince Jin and Liang Mingyu were wearing only precious silk, not clothes made of this kind of silk, so this person was unlikely to be from Prince Jin Mansion.
And if he was really from Prince Jin Mansion, those hooligans would not dare to bully and rob.
Then he can only be from the previous dynasty. In addition to his age, Shi Qingluo guessed the other party’s identity at once. It is most likely that he was Zhuo Jun’s younger brother.
Zhuo Jun’s younger brother has a dual identity. He was the only remaining bloodline of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and the illegitimate son of Prince Jin.
Would such a person have no one to protect him?
If he was bullied and beaten by a few hooligans at will, this illegitimate son of Prince Jin would be too cowardly. Something was wrong.
So there was only one possibility: these people knew she was coming this way, and they were deliberately acting in the alley for her.
That’s why she was too lazy to help, and when he was beaten, she slowly walked over to cooperate with the other party in acting.
She also found that although those people looked heavy-handed, they were skillful and would not hurt the boy.
Seeing that she had not come out to help, they just beat him casually, snatched the purse, and left.
Of course, if you don’t observe, it’s not easy to find clues. These people were very good at acting.
Hearing Shi Qingluo’s question, Zhuo Zheng looked up with a pitiful look on his face, “Sister, can I trouble you to take me to the medical clinic?”
He cursed in his heart. Didn’t they say that Shi Qingluo was good at martial arts? Why didn’t she fight those hooligans just now?
He was beaten so many times, it hurts.
Shi Qingluo smiled gently, “Okay.”
Qingqing, behind her, stepped forward to help the young boy up.
Shi Qingluo said, “Let’s go. I’ll take you to the clinic.”
Zhuo Zheng originally thought that Shi Qingluo would come to help him, but who would have thought that it was her maid?
But it was not easy to say anything, so he could only smile shyly at her, “Okay, thank you for your help, sister.”
So Qingqing helped the limping boy and followed behind Shi Qingluo.
It happened that there was a clinic on this street, and Shi Qingluo asked Qingqing to help the young man in.
The doctor in the clinic examined Zhuo Zheng and said, “It’s mainly skin injuries. I’ll prescribe some medicine for you to rub.”
After the doctor prescribed the medicine, he helped him in alone and rubbed the blood-dissolving medicine on several bruises on his body.
After coming out, he quoted a price.
Zhuo Zheng reached out and touched his purse, but didn’t touch it.
It was as if he suddenly remembered that his purse had been stolen.
So he looked at Shi Qingluo embarrassedly, “Sister, can you lend me some money for medicine? I will return it to you later.”
Shi Qingluo looked like a good person. “No problem.”
Let Qingqing pay for his medicine.
The three of them went out together.
Zhuo Zheng looked at Shi Qingluo with gratitude, “Sister, what’s your name? How can I pay you back?”
He added, “By the way, my name is Zhuo Zheng, and I live at the end of this street.”
Shi Qingluo waved her hand and deliberately said, “It’s not much money, no need to pay.”
“Your wounds have already been treated, so go back by yourself.”
Zhuo Zheng immediately shook his head, “No, you sent me to the clinic, which helped me a lot, how can I not pay you back.”
He looked stubborn and insisted on paying back the money, “Leave me an address, I’ll send it back to you tomorrow.”
He was good-looking, with fair skin and a bit of baby fat, looking innocent and harmless.
At this time, showing this look, it was hard to refuse.
Therefore, Shi Qingluo nodded and said, “My name is Shi Qingluo. If you want to pay back the money, send it to the Deputy Governor’s Office.”
Zhuo Zheng nodded, “Okay, I will send it to the Deputy Governor’s Office tomorrow.”
Shi Qingluo smiled, “Okay, I have something else to do, so I’ll leave first. Be careful when you go back.”
Zhuo Zheng gave her another shy smile, “Okay, thank you, sister.”
He watched Shi Qingluo walk away with the maid, then turned around and limped towards the end of the street.
When they arrived at the teahouse, Shi Qingluo entered the private room, and Xi Rong had not arrived yet.
Qingqing said, “Madam, what happened just now seems to be a coincidence.”
Shi Qingluo curled her lips, “It’s not a coincidence. He was waiting for me on purpose.”
“I didn’t expect that one day I would become Tang Monk meat.” All kinds of ghosts want to have a bite.
These people from the previous dynasty were willing to directly deliver their hopes of restoring the country in the future to the door, which is interesting.
Qingqing was stunned. She just felt that it was a coincidence. She needed to be on guard next time.
Unexpectedly, the madam saw the clue.
Her eyes lit up. She was worthy of being the madam.
She went to make tea and said, “So you just followed his lead on purpose?”
Shi Qingluo nodded and said, “Of course, I also want to see what they want to do to me.”
They haven’t taken the initiative to find an opportunity to contact each other, but the other party has taken the initiative to come to them, which was good.
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