After being married off, she was favored by the powerful official

Gu Jin looked around, and finally pointed at himself uncertainly and asked, "Are you calling me?"

The girl knelt down beside Gu Jin, raised her tearful face and begged: "I am willing to work like a slave for you, Madam. Please save me, Madam. I really don't want to be sold to a brothel!"

Gu Jin raised his hand and scratched his nose, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, girl.

I just came down to watch the fun, I don't need any help at home, sorry."

"Madam, I am willing to do any dirty or tiring work! I don't want any wages. I am willing to work for you all my life. Please, madam, save me!" The girl cried with red eyes and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Gu Jin.

Gu Jin dodged and said awkwardly: "But even if you don't want wages, I still have to provide you with food and accommodation. I really don't have the budget for this at the moment."

"How could this person be so cold-blooded and heartless? He could have clearly extended a helping hand to save the girl from the dire situation, but how could he have the heart to watch an innocent girl being sold into a brothel?"

"Yes, yes!" The voices of agreement were endless.

Gu Jin had excellent hearing and caught the person who was talking at once. He lowered his head and said to the girl, "Miss, you can see that the young man is a man who understands righteousness.

If you ask him for help, he will definitely save you from the water and fire."

The person who spoke was a young scholar, and his face turned red when he heard Gu Jin's words.

The girl turned her head to look over, and the scholar avoided her gaze and said, "I... I am a scholar. I came to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination. Is there a place to take this girl in?"

"That's just perfect!

You scholars take the imperial examinations in order to serve as local officials and benefit the people. Now that you see this girl suffering, how can you just stand by and watch her die?

Besides, this girl is not young anymore and doesn't need your care anymore, you just need to help her pay back the money."

Gu Jin said it lightly, but the young scholar felt as if he was being roasted on the fire. Seeing Gu Jin wearing silk and pearl hairpins, he couldn't help but feel angry and said coldly: "I am just a poor scholar. How can I be as rich as you, Madam, wearing gold and silver? The silver flowing from Madam's fingers is probably more than ordinary people like us have ever seen in our lives."

Gu Jin looked at him and asked seriously, "Have you ever thought about why you are so poor?"

“Did your grandfather work hard to make money?”

“Is your father aggressive?”

"Do you have any other plans for the future besides studying?"

Gu Jin's series of questions confused the scholar. After being stunned, he became even more angry. "My family has been scholars for generations. Although my grandfather and father did not pass the imperial examination, they both taught in the countryside.

I started to learn at the age of six, and I studied hard for more than ten years just to enter the officialdom and benefit the people in my hometown one day. I have nothing to do with you noble officials!"

The scholar spoke in a resounding voice, and many people nodded secretly, thinking that the scholar's words were very noble.

Gu Jin couldn't help but curled his lips and smiled.

The scholar was also very satisfied with what he had just said. Seeing this, he frowned and asked, "Why are you laughing, Madam? Do you look down on us scholars?"

Gu Jin waved his hands, "It's not that I look down on you, it's you scholars who clearly don't look down on us!"

"Studying is indeed hard." Gu Jin said quietly.

The scholar snorted arrogantly.

"But do you think it's harder for you to stay at home and study, or for those soldiers to lick blood on the edge of a sword?"

The scholar frowned, "How can this be the same..."

“It’s indeed different!

Even if you don't graduate from high school, you can go back to the countryside and become a teacher like your grandfather and father. Although you can't become rich, you can live a stable life.

But those soldiers' lives would be in danger if they were not careful. How can you rest easy in the capital? You are just relying on them to fight for you!"

Gu Jin suppressed the smile on his face, and his aura suddenly became cold and solemn.

Although she was not a formal soldier of the country in her previous life, she had always followed the troops to carry out missions.

Facing the hail of bullets, those soldiers always rush to the front line fearlessly. They are also their parents' children and have their own lovers and relatives and friends, but they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the beliefs in their hearts and to protect their country.

There is no such thing as a peaceful life, it's just that someone is carrying the burden for them.

"My father died on the battlefield. How can the life he risked for me not be worth more than your more than ten years of hard study?"

When Xie Ran walked out of the carriage, he heard Gu Jin's powerful words and looked at Gu Jin with some surprise.

Being used to her cunning and shrewd appearance, she seemed a little strange at this moment, yet suddenly made people feel pity for her.

The scholar was dissatisfied, but didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

The onlookers thought what he said made a lot of sense, "Yes, their wealth was earned by their ancestors and grandchildren at the cost of their lives. I risked my life so that my children and grandchildren can enjoy the happiness.

Even the wealth of those merchants was accumulated through the hard work of several generations. If we want to blame someone, we can only blame our ancestors for not working hard enough."

Seeing that everyone was bewitched by Gu Jin's twisted logic, the scholar felt extremely angry.

His eyes fell on the girl kneeling on the ground, and the scholar hurriedly brought the topic back on track, "Well, even if the wealth and honor are what the lady deserves, it is obvious that you can save this girl's life by just taking out some silver. As a woman, don't you have any empathy at all?"

What Gu Jin hates most are those people who always use moral blackmail on others.

"Did I kill her father?"

The scholar was stunned.

Gu Jin asked again: "Did he lose his father's money to me?

I didn't even know her before this, why should I be responsible for her life?"

The scholar opened his mouth, but Gu Jin didn't give him a chance to speak, "Besides, she is not a child, doesn't she know what kind of life her family has been living?

If she wanted to improve her family's financial situation, she could have found a family in Beijing to work as a maid. Not only would she have no worries about food and clothing, but she could also help support her family.

But she has allowed this to continue, and now that her creditors have shut her door on her, she is at a loss as to what to do. "

Gu Jin looked at the tearful girl calmly, and said indifferently, "So I'm sorry, I don't want to keep someone like this around me."

After he finished speaking, Gu Jin looked up at the scholar again, his eyes showing disdain, "People like you who are so complacent about other people's well-being are the most annoying. You just keep boasting without caring whether it's embarrassing for others or not.

Since you have no ability to help, what qualifications do you have to point fingers at others? It seems that you are poor so you are right!"

The young scholar's face turned red, his body trembled and he couldn't speak.

"Since you are so eloquent, why don't you knock on a few more doors for her? There are so many wealthy families in Beijing anyway, maybe there will be kind people who will take her in?"

The scholar was helpless against the criticism. He could not bear the looks of those around him who were watching him and stormed out in anger.

The girl who had been sobbing with her head down raised her sleeve to wipe away her tears and stood up shakily.

"I'm sorry ma'am, I'm causing you trouble."

The girl smiled miserably and suddenly rushed towards a stone wall...