Zhen Lian of the Red Chamber

Zhen Lian found that there were very few beggars in Jinling City, and she hadn't seen many beggars after walking for a long time.Pedestrians on the street were all neatly dressed, but my attire had been noticed several times, but luckily I didn't encounter any danger.

Walking to a street, the street is full of traffic and bustling.After Zhen Lian entered here, she seemed even more incompatible with this place. She could feel that many people were scrutinizing her secretly, and the pedestrians on the side also walked around her.

Zhen Lian is helpless, her body is only dirty, but not smelly, can it be used like this?Here I am more conspicuous!

So I decided to go forward and find an alley to a place with few people.

After walking a few hundred meters further, Zhen Lian got into an alley and went around left and right, but Zhen Lian didn't know where she went.

The city gate is simply unable to get out for the time being, and now it is better to find a place to stay.

I turned around too many places, and I saw that the more I walked, the surrounding buildings and construction conditions gradually became worse and worse. I guess I came to a relatively poor and remote place in Jinling.

There were also more people on the road, most of them were traffickers and pawns, they didn't pay much attention when they saw Zhen Lian, they were only busy with their own affairs.

Along the way, Zhen Lian only dared to lower her head and look around. A few hooligans seemed to be swaying around there, with their eyes aiming everywhere, with malicious expressions on their faces.Some dirty beggars sat there lazily begging for money, shaking broken bowls at passers-by from time to time.There is also a blind old man who is fortune telling and setting up a stall, talking to the fortune teller, and there is even a shirtless man who is gambling and eating wine on the side of the road and wants to fight!

This place is obviously a gathering place for those of all religions and elites, and there are all kinds of people. The more these places are, the easier it is to hide, and the easier it is to encounter danger.

Zhen Lian wondered if she should continue to search here. There were people in those places before, and she couldn't find a place to hide. It is very possible to find it here, but her own safety is not guaranteed.

Thinking about it while walking, I couldn't make up my mind for a while, so I decided to walk a little longer, and if I still couldn't find the place, I would go back the same way, and just find an alley to spend the night.

Walking, I found that there was a brothel in front of me. It was a bit different from the surrounding environment but blended together strangely.

The brothel was not open during the day, but there were a few women dressed in enchanting, cool clothes, with thick makeup on their faces, sitting lazily on the sill upstairs, looking at the passers-by from time to time.

Zhen Lian only raised her head for a glance, then retracted her eyes and walked back with her head down. When she came to the fork in the road, she turned and went in.

Seeing this brothel and those women, Zhen Lian still decided to leave this place, her own safety is the most important thing.If he was caught and sold to these places, his fate would be the same as those women I just saw!

Zhen Lian shivered and quickened her pace again.

Turning around a few more alleys, Zhen Lian slowed down when she saw that the surroundings were completely different from before, and seemed quiet and peaceful.

Looking at myself, although it was messy, it was still not as real as the few beggars I saw before, so I wrapped my hands in dust and smeared the messy places on the ground for a long time, and felt relieved when I saw that I didn't look like a human being at all.

As the sun gradually set, Zhen Lian became anxious and walked aimlessly.I saw a beggar in front of me walking slowly along a road.

Zhen Lian thought that this beggar must have a place to stay, and if she followed him, she might be able to find a place where they lived. As long as she kept silent, no one would be able to recognize that she was a woman, so she bravely followed him slowly. .

Zhen Lian didn't dare to follow him too closely, but followed him from a distance, seeing him turn a few more directions before entering a house.

Zhen Lian cautiously followed, and saw that the door of the house was ajar, and there was no fire inside, and only a few people's voices could be heard vaguely, which could not be heard clearly.

Gently pushing open the half-hidden door, Zhen Lian raised her eyes and saw that the inside was barren and dilapidated. It seemed that no one had lived in it for several years. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and the walls of some houses had collapsed. Wall ruins.Only the house in the middle is still standing strong, and only a few roof tiles are missing.

The door of the barely-livable room was open, and a few beggars inside either lay down and slept, or sat on the ground talking, and a few broken porcelain bowls were casually thrown aside.

Zhen Lian boldly entered the yard, then turned around and closed the door, seeing that there was no response from the beggar's door, she went into the house.

After entering the house and looking around, I saw that the house was empty, some messy things were thrown around, and the beggars had straws on the sitting and sleeping places, which were spread on the ground indiscriminately.

Zhen Lian found an inconspicuous place to clean up and sat down. After getting used to the dim light in the room, Zhen Lian realized that there was a person sitting there leaning against the wall with his eyes closed in the dark place.

After careful inspection, he was a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. Although he was dressed in plain clothes, he was clean and tidy.He is very handsome in life, and he is a bit indisputable, but it can also let people know his gender at a glance, so they can't be mistaken.

The most conspicuous thing is the sword he holds in his arms. On the sword is the Dragon Tunkui Guard, and the jewels are crystal clear.It should be a good sword, so maybe this person is a knight in the world?

Zhen Lian didn't care anymore, she just held on to the stick tightly and rested with her bundle.I walked in the city for a day today and didn't find a place like this to rest my feet. Sure enough, it was right to follow these people who have lived here for a long time.

It was completely dark, and Zhen Lian was hungry again, and there were steamed buns in the bag, but Zhen Lian saw that the beggars hadn't eaten, and some of them were still rumbling, so she didn't dare to take them out. After eating, I had to endure the hunger, closed my eyes and wanted to fall asleep early, so that I would not know that I was hungry!

Dazedly hearing noises coming from outside the courtyard, Zhen Lian woke up immediately, looked up and saw a few beggars coming in with bowls in their arms, chattering happily.

The leading beggar was a strong man, holding a few steamed buns in his hand, and the rest of them complimented the man flatteringly, and the man also had a smug face, laughing a few times from time to time.

Seeing them coming in, several beggars in the house quickly got up and went around the man and shouted "Boss", and piled up the straw where everyone was sitting on, and invited him to sit.

The boss sat down on the thick pile of straw, and said, "Where's today's stuff? Stop talking nonsense, and hand it in quickly!" As he spoke, he squeezed his fists and gave the beggar a threatening look.

The beggars didn't dare to resist, and took out the copper coins they had on their bodies one by one to hand over to the "boss", each of whom only had a few copper coins.

The boss raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction, and said with a ferocious face: "Why are you so small today? Don't let me find out that you have hidden things, or you will look good!"

If all the beggars dare not speak up, the boss will be the one.He kept three of the steamed buns in his hand, divided the remaining one into two, and distributed it to each person, saying: "Eat them all!"

After speaking, he started to eat, and the beggars saw him eat, so they started to eat hungrily.

Zhen Lian watched the whole process, and she couldn't help but get scared. Even beggars form gangs and ranks. How can she survive alone in this world?

Glancing at the person in the corner, I don't know if this person is good or bad.

The boss was still a little hungry after eating, and frowned in dissatisfaction, only then did he see that there were two people in the room, one also looked like a beggar, and the other was a very handsome boy.

After thinking about it, when he was about to get up and go over, he saw the sword in the man's arms, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Looking at the beggar again, although his body was extremely dirty, his face could not be seen clearly, and his whole body was pitch black.

He has been a beggar for many years and knows best what a beggar should look like.What's more, he was very careful, and immediately noticed the difference in this person, he was very different from the beggars he had seen, although his body was dirty, his clothes were not worn out.Upon closer inspection, the skin hidden under the dust is smooth and even, this is not a beggar at all.

The boss saw that he was weak and small, and he was still holding a bundle tightly in his arms, so he suddenly felt like robbery.

She winked at Zhen Lian to the beggars around, and those beggars understood, stood up one by one, looked at Zhen Lian, and walked towards Zhen Lian with malicious expressions on their faces.

Zhen Lian felt bad when she saw the sizing eyes of that person just now, but now she really saw them coming.

She wanted to run, but they came from the door, and she was inside the house, so she couldn't get out.After thinking about it, I don't care if the boy is a good person or not, as long as he has that sword, those people dare not provoke him, so they immediately got up and ran towards the boy.

I didn't want those beggars to see that Zhen Lian was about to run, so they immediately ran over and blocked Zhen Lian. Zhen Lian was blocked and couldn't run away, and they didn't dare to speak to expose themselves.

Looking at the young man, he saw that the young man was still motionless with his eyes closed, as if he hadn't heard the movement here.

When Zhen Lian saw her, she knew that he didn't want to meddle in other people's business, and she had no choice but to deal with those beggars.

Those beggars surrounded Zhen Lian and said with a smile, "Run away! Run away! Let's see where you can go!"

Zhen Lian thought for a while, she only had a few pieces of silver and some copper plates, if she took out all the silver at once, these beggars would still think that she still had them.They won't let themselves go if they don't take it out, and they won't let themselves go if they take it out.

After Zhen Lian thought about it, she slowly reached into her bag and took out all the money in her bag and placed it in her palm. When the beggars saw Zhen Lian taking out so much money, their eyes lit up.

Seeing this, Zhen Lian grasped the silver tightly, quickly raised and flicked the silver to the distance, and quickly threw the burden in the opposite direction.The beggars saw the silver flying, and subconsciously picked it up in the direction of the silver. Seeing this, Zhen Lian immediately ran away from the door.

As soon as she ran out of the house, Zhen Lian heard footsteps chasing behind her, her heart tightened, and she ran forward desperately.The person was getting closer and closer, Zhen Lian clenched the wooden stick with both hands and hit it hard backwards. The stick hit nothing, and the next second she was kicked and fell to the ground. The stick was also thrown far away.

Zhen Lian immediately got up and wanted to run, but the man kicked her again. Zhen Lian couldn't dodge, she was kicked on the stomach by him, and immediately screamed and fell to the ground a few steps back.