Chapter 8 In Front of the Wine Shop

  Although I was surprised that the little beggar was a little girl, the purchasing power of one gold ingot was enough to allow the little girl to escape her fate as a beggar.

  In this world, one or two pieces of gold are equal to ten pieces of silver, which is also equivalent to ten strings of copper coins, and the same as 10,000 copper coins.

  The purchasing power of a copper coin is equivalent to ten yuan in Zhang Yang's previous life, and this golden ingot weighs as much as ten taels, equivalent to the purchasing power of one million yuan in his previous life, enough for a small beggar to live an ordinary citizen's life, and even have surplus.

  Zhang Yang is not a savior, but out of his own heart, he helped the little beggar. At the same time, he also knows that in this world, there may be many such little beggars, and he can't help them all, but the education and influence he received in his previous life still make him want to do his part.

  He walked back to the horse carriage and Zhang Yang was slightly stunned because he read a few hints of wanting to speak but stopping oneself from Liu's face.

  "Does Uncle Liu have something to say to Xiaozi?" Zhang Yang opened his mouth with some surprise, a Jianghu person wouldn't be so shocked by a golden ingot, would he? This money bag, Uncle Liu knew it was gold and silver inside, yet he pushed it away without wanting it.

  Liu, the escort, was also taken aback. He hadn't expected a boy of about ten years old to be so observant and able to tell that he had something to say. With a smile, he said: "Young master, that little beggar with a gold ingot is probably more trouble than blessing! Just now I saw two suspicious-looking beggars lurking at the street corner, they must have evil intentions!"

  This sudden address of "young master" startled all the young men except Zhang Tie, who began to speculate about Zhang Yang's identity. In their eyes, a Liu-surnamed escort was undoubtedly a lofty existence, and yet he showed such respect to their fellow traveler.

  Zhang Yang was also shocked when he heard this!

  With his cleverness, he suddenly understood Liu Shu's meaning. A child holding gold in a society where the rule of law is not sound is obviously waiting for robbery to come to the door!

  It seems I still don't quite understand human relationships and social norms!

  For two lifetimes as a human being, some perceptions need to be corrected, this is not the 21st century!

  For ten years, the easy life in Qing Shi Inn had almost made Zhang Yang forget that human hearts can be treacherous.

  After a moment's hesitation, Zhang Yang looked at the little beggar's figure disappearing around the street corner and hastily said: "Uncle Liu, wait for me!"

  Having said that, Zhang Yang stepped forward and chased after him.

  Liu surname escort slightly stunned, but immediately also chased up, he dare not let Zhang Yang have any slip-ups, otherwise the lady would definitely not forgive him, just a few words of pillow talk, he would be finished.

  It's serious enough that losing one's life isn't impossible, this world is just that cruel!

  With Zhang Yang's speed, even without using the Wind Chasing Step, he quickly arrived at the street corner. Turning his head to look around, he saw two beggars knocking down the small beggar from before and robbing him of the golden ingot that was tightly clutched in his hand.

  "Stop!"

  Zhang Yang let out a loud whoop, his body shaking back and forth several times before suddenly appearing close by. He kicked out with both feet in succession, sending the two beggars flying five or six meters away.

  Two beggars' faces were full of horror, their bodies rolled over and over again, and they scrambled to get up and ran away.

  This is the aftereffect of Zhang Yang's mercy; otherwise, with his internal force concentrated on his feet, these two beggars would not have escaped alive!

  The little beggar, covered in wounds, lay on the ground, clutching a gold ingot tightly in his hand. When he saw Zhang Yang appear, his eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope.

  Zhang Yang let out a soft sigh, helped the little beggar girl up, and pulled her small hand in the direction of the wine tower, where they coincidentally ran into Liu, the escort.

  Liu surname escort saw the situation also stunned, face still leaving earlier see Zhang Yang's body method strange expression, did not think this young master, actually has not weak martial arts on body.

  With his eyesight, he can see that Zhang Yang is already comparable to some young escorts in the escort agency at a young age.

  "Are you alright, young master?"

  As before, he was only respectful and friendly towards Zhang Yang because of his "imperial relative" status, but now it seems that there is something more.

  "I'm fine, thanks for your concern, Uncle Liu."

  Zhang Yang smiled and pulled the little beggar's hand, perhaps because the little beggar was a girl, and also because she was injured, which moved his sympathy, making him want to get involved in more trivial matters.

  "It doesn't matter!" The Liu surname escort smiled slightly and glanced at the little beggar, then walked with Zhang Yang towards the wine building.

  Before long, the three of them met up with Zhang Tie and a group of young men in front of the wine tower.

  Zhang Tie couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhang Yang holding the little beggar's hand. He wasn't worried that Young Master wouldn't be able to handle two beggars, now it seemed like Young Master had taken pity on them again, just like he did with him back then.

  As he thought so, Zhang Tie's gaze at the little beggar also added a few more kind intentions.

  As a group of people were about to enter the wine house, a sudden and urgent horseshoe sound came from one side of the street. Several knights riding fine horses rushed to the front door of the wine house, causing a crowd of curious young men to dodge out of the way.

  "Be careful, young master!"

  Zhang Yang and the little beggar stood at the outermost periphery, also curiously watching, but when they saw the fine horse ignoring living people without any intention of stopping, they hastily stretched out their hands to hold the little beggar, took a step back with their feet, and retreated several meters away.

  Let out a cry of surprise, the Liu surname escort who was preparing to rescue was stunned again. Previously, he hadn't gotten a clear look at Zhang Yang's movements, but now he had a clear understanding. Just considering this dodging and weaving, it was actually not much inferior to his own!

  Zhang Yang furrowed his brow and looked up to see a sorrel horse with a high head stopped in front of him, with a girl riding on it.

  On one side of the maiden knight, there was a youth riding a black high-headed horse.

  Behind the young man and woman were two middle-aged men riding high-headed horses.

  The girl turned to Zhang Yang and said in a soft voice: "Don't you know to give way?"

  "Still dare to reason with me?" Zhang Yang frowned and scolded lightly, but in his heart he couldn't help but admire the girl's appearance.

  A delicate and charming face, curved eyebrows, a pair of bright and shiny eyes under which is a nose as exquisite as jade, and rosy cherry lips.

  The girl's face has a natural charm, although she is only twelve or thirteen years old, she is already a beautiful young woman, and it is not difficult to see that when she grows up, she will be a stunning beauty who can captivate the hearts of many.

  The girl wore a red qipao, with red riding boots on her feet, looking spirited and heroic, but those charming eyes added a few more touches of charm!

  The girl's face changed color, seemingly not expecting to be confronted, and just as she was about to argue a few words, she saw the young knight beside her ride forward on his horse, whip in hand, and with a flick of his wrist, a six or seven meter long silver whip shot out like a poisonous snake.

  The silver long whip unfolded and accompanied by a "hiss" sound, it struck towards Zhang Yang's face!

  "Ah!"

  Zhang Yang released the little beggar's hand, Xuan Yuan sword out of its scabbard, from bottom to top, met the silver long whip drawn from above, the sword tip accurately pointed at the long whip, the two intersected, and actually emitted a metallic sound.

  "Huh?"

  The young man on horseback, with a look of thirteen or fourteen years old, had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was majestic. At this time, the young man's proud face flashed with a few moments of astonishment.

  His silver long whip was made of secret silver, ordinary swords and knives would be damaged if they touched it, but the treasure sword in the child's hand actually left a dot-shaped mark on his own long whip!

  This is not all, his own long whip was struck out with internal force, and in one move, it was actually on par with the little kid in front of him!

  A ten-year-old child, how can he possibly have such profound inner strength? To think that even I myself didn't cultivate my inner strength until I was eight years old, and afterwards I frequently practiced with medicinal baths to refine it. Now my inner strength is already at a small completion, enough for me to look down on all my peers!

  The young man was taken aback, then coldly shouted: "Kid, your kung fu isn't bad, but you're blind! How dare you bump into my sister!"

  Zhang Yang heard this and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger. This person's internal strength was not weak, on par with his own, but he had no manners!

  Obviously bullying others, yet turning the tables and speaking out of turn!

  "What a rude and ill-bred cur!"

  "What did you say?"

  "Hmmph!"

  "How bold!"

  "How dare you!"

  As soon as this was said, the young man and woman, as well as the two middle-aged men behind them, all spoke up.

  The young man's face was incredulous, while the girl's pretty face turned bright red with a soft cry. The two middle-aged men shouted in anger.

  "Longmen Escort Agency's Liu Chong has met all of you. This is our chief escort's younger brother."

  Liu surname escort thought of taking action when he saw Zhang Yang take the initiative to act, and was somewhat surprised that it went smoothly without any hindrance.

  He wasn't a novice like Zhang Yang, and with just one glance, he could tell that the newcomer was no ordinary person. The young man had impressive martial arts skills, and those two bodyguards were also top-notch!