The carriage kept walking down the street toward the intersection. It was already Si hour, that is, about nine o'clock in the morning. Beggars can be seen everywhere on the streets and alleys.

Everyone was sitting feebly or leaning against the wall, their eyes glancing at the food stalls nearby from time to time.

On both sides of the streets, there are food stalls, noodle stalls and steamed bun stalls, with some scattered customers.

Not far from these stalls, there were several children with sallow complexions and ragged clothes, their eyes glowing green as they stared at the freshly baked buns at the bun stall.

One of the thin children caught the attention of Magistrate Xu. This little boy had a sallow complexion and a pair of dark eyes that looked particularly clever.

This kid's name is Skinny Monkey. He is seven years old and has a lot of clever ideas. Usually, these little friends also listen to his instructions.

He waved his hand, and several other little kids leaned their heads over, seemingly discussing something. Although this little kid looked small, the other kids obeyed him and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this scene, Magistrate Xu's heart twitched. too difficult! Now that there is a drought, the problem of drinking water has been solved.

However, every household does not have much food reserves, and some even run out of food and rely on digging roots of wild vegetables to survive. But even so, there are still many people who are worried about their meal.

In this current situation, everyone is looking at the food with eager eyes. Magistrate Xu is most worried about the security problem of looting.

These little kids all looked like they were seven or eight years old. They were all dressed in rags, and they didn't know where their parents were. He couldn't bear to look at them with their longing eyes as they watched the guests eating steamed buns.

Although he was the magistrate of Heyang County, this situation had already been reported, but the court did not allocate funds, so there was nothing he could do. There are many people who have no food to eat. There are too many such people, and there is nothing they can do.

He had to tell his subordinates to strengthen patrols and pay attention to public security issues.

"Ugh!"

Thinking of this, Magistrate Xu sighed heavily again.

Seeing Magistrate Xu's frown, Mrs. Dong followed his gaze and knew what he was worried about. This is a natural disaster right now, and it is easier said than done to defy nature.

"You're so brave, you dare to snatch the buns!"

A burst of shouting interrupted the two men's contemplation. Magistrate Xu looked around and saw a six or seven-year-old skinny beggar in ragged clothes running in front of the bun stall, followed by a middle-aged man struggling to catch up.

Seeing the man selling buns running out, the few beggars who were there ran over in a swarm.

Looking at the buns on the steamer, I picked up the buns one by one, not caring about burning them and stuffing them into my mouth. While eating, he picked up the steamed buns and stuffed them into his clothes.

Although this little kid's legs and feet were fast, he was still small and hadn't had enough to eat. His legs and feet were weak. He couldn't run more than two steps before he was chased by a man. The middle-aged man grabbed the little beggar by the collar with his big hand. , lifted him up.

Yuan opened his eyes and cursed: "You brat, you stole buns under my nose, let's see how I deal with you!"

The little kid was suddenly lifted up, and he panicked for a while, and his sallow face suddenly turned pale.

She covered her chest with her hands, kicked her legs, and shouted loudly: "Put me down, let me down quickly." The voice was clear and crisp, a bit like a girl.

At this time, many onlookers looked at the few beggars taking the steamed buns, and they all said: "What a move to attack the east and the west, and make the tiger fly away from the mountain! I can't save these steamed buns!"

The man grabbed the thin boy and heard something was wrong. He turned around and saw a few beggars in front of the stall taking steamed buns. He was immediately furious.

He shouted loudly: "You brats, you are actually trying this trick. If I don't deal with you, I will force you to be sent to prison."

As he said this, he was carrying the thin monkey in one hand and ran over quickly.

The few beggars at the bun stall looked at the thin boy being caught, looking at each other in panic. They didn't expect that he would miss this time. It was so unlucky to be caught so quickly.

"Come on!"

Seeing the man running over, I don’t know who said something, and several little beggars were carrying steamed buns, huffing and puffing, and they all ran away!

They want to help too! But this man looked so tall, and he didn't dare to rush forward to help. He could only pray in his heart, hoping that the thin boy would be blessed.

The man held the thin monkey in his hand and was unable to catch up for a while. He watched helplessly as they fled in all directions.

The thin boy suddenly became angry when he saw his friends running away. He thought about making a few moves like usual and taking away a few steamed buns, but he didn't expect that he would be so unlucky to be caught this time.

Seeing that he was being arrested, but his companions ignored him, he couldn't help but cursed loudly: "You bastards, you have abandoned me even though I am your brother!"

The man saw that a lot of steamed buns were taken away, and he immediately vented all his anger on the thin boy. He gritted his teeth and said, "You're such a young boy. If you don't learn from me, you'll do this trick. I won't deal with you properly. I won't do it next time." Keep your memory strong!" He raised his hand and was about to slap the thin boy.

"How dare you? Do I know the county magistrate, or am I a relative of him? If you dare to hit me, I will make you walk around without food."

The thin boy rushed the duck to the shelf, murmured nonsense, and closed his eyes after speaking. His eyelashes couldn't help but tremble. It wasn't that he wasn't afraid, he was gambling to stop this man from taking action.

"Li Dong, look what's going on in front!"

Magistrate Xu had seen the whole incident, and he was originally feeling solemn. At this moment, listening to the words of the little kid in front of me, the corners of my mouth couldn't help but raise: "This little kid is a bit interesting!"

After listening to Magistrate Xu's words, Li Dong immediately understood and stopped the carriage aside.

After hearing what the thin boy said, the man paused with his raised hand, looked at the thin boy up and down, and snorted coldly.

"Humph!"

"Look at your stubbornness and your arrogant words. How could the county magistrate have a relative like you? Look at me if I don't deal with you!" He raised his big hand.

Just as his hand was about to fall on the thin boy's face, a hand pinched his hand like an iron pliers, and a deep voice sounded coldly: "Stop."

The man selling steamed buns had his hand pinched. Hearing the sound, his heart skipped a beat.

He quickly turned around and saw a tall, strong and majestic young man wearing a smart suit with a big knife on his waist, staring coldly at him.

The deep eyes and the calm and powerful expression made the man's heart tremble. He could only bite the bullet and say: "Who are you? This little kid stole my steamed buns. Why don't I teach him a lesson?"

Seeing that there were many spectators around, the stall owner suddenly became bolder. He was robbed and he was the victim. What was he afraid of? .

"Let me go!"

When the thin boy heard someone speaking for him, he quickly opened his eyes and pushed the stall owner's hand.

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