After all, they are ordinary people, who have been studying since childhood, where have they encountered such a situation in real life? Zhou Rusheng tried to balance his mind and restrained his right hand, which had been trembling.

"Hey, scholar, have you ever seen a woman pass by here?" A very obscene-looking man among the strong men grabbed Zhou Rusheng's collar and lifted him up.

Zhou Rusheng lost the book in fright, he looked at his feet that had left the ground, and his speech had begun to be unreasonable, "Every ...... The woman who passes by here every day...... How many women are there? Don't know what you mean by that? ”

The man didn't think about it, and replied directly, "That little lady is well-dressed, Feng Hun is narrow, her face is smooth, and she looks like a thief." ”

As he said this, several other men laughed obscenely.

Zhou Rusheng saw that these people were really not good people in words and deeds, and immediately he was sure that Chu Ruoxi did not deceive him, he wiped the sweat on his head, and replied in a trembling voice, "No...... I haven't seen it, we are all coarse cloth rouge and vulgar powder here, how can there be a well-dressed woman? ”

The man saw that Zhou Rusheng was frightened, and it didn't seem like he was lying, so he threw him away and continued to chase forward.

Zhou Rusheng fell on the threshold with his buttocks, and his eyes were so painful that he had stars, and Chu Ruoxi saw through the crack in the door that those people had gone away, so he immediately came out to float him.

"You're okay, I'm the one who bothered you." She took out some silver taels from her sleeve to express her gratitude.

Seeing this, Zhou Rusheng hurriedly shirked it again and again, "Girl, you don't have to be like this, there is nothing to do in the next place, if I accept your money, then wouldn't I have read the sage books for so many years in vain?" ”

Chu Ruoxi saw that this person spoke humorously and was not the kind of philistine, so she stopped demanding it and took the money back, she smiled and said, "I don't know your name?" If he meets one day, this little woman will repay it. ”

"The next surname is Confucianism, who is a talent here, dare to ask the girl's name?"

"Chu Ruoxi, light is the light of lightness, and spinning is the spinning of textiles."

"What a good name!"

Chu Ruoxi sneered when he heard this, he only thought that this person was really funny, but then thanked him in the middle, "Thank you for saving me just now, in fact, I was not robbed, I was a slave of a big lord's family, and I was forced to be a concubine by the big lord, I didn't want to do it, so I took advantage of going out today to escape, if I didn't meet Xiucai, it is estimated that I will be arrested back today without a beating by my mother, thank you so much." ”

Chu Ruoxi deliberately omitted Master Du's name, she didn't want to cause trouble, let alone Zhou Rusheng.

And Zhou Rusheng was stunned by Chu Ruoxi's smile, he had never seen a woman who looked so good when she smiled, it turned out that the smile in the book was indeed true.

It's just that he couldn't help but feel a little sorry when he thought that such a fairy-like person had such a bumpy experience, and he couldn't help but think of a way for her, "Why didn't the girl go to report to the official?" Find the official master to make the decision for you, and I will go to your witness again, so that the old man will return your deed of sale and return your freedom. ”

Chu Ruoxi pursed her lips and smiled bitterly after hearing this, "Xiucai said that he laughed, if everything in the world is as simple as you think, where are there so many unjust cases?" The eldest man of my family is really rich, as long as he goes up and down, where will anyone be the master of the slave family? ”

When Zhou Rusheng heard this, he knew that he was shallow, he scratched the back of his head, and couldn't think of any other ideas for a while.

On the other side, those people searched all over the alley and didn't find Chu Ruoxi, so they could only forget it, and when they went back, they were scolded by Master Du.

"The salary is not less than your penny, and good wine and meat are served on weekdays, but now you can't find a weak woman, what's the use of me raising you, master?" Master Du pushed all the teacups on the table to the ground.

A delicate beauty was originally in his hands, but it was gone from his hands before he could dismantle it, how could he not be angry? Thinking about it, Master Du still didn't lose his breath, and kicked the nearest person.

Although several people were angry in their hearts, it was true that they did not do things well, so they could only kneel on the ground and accept the punishment.

"This month's salary will be deducted, and you will have meat a week in the future, go down, if you encounter this situation next time, you can get out!"

"Yes"

A few people walked out in disgrace, and the lewd man suddenly woke up, "We originally followed the stinky girl into the alley, and in the blink of an eye, we searched all over the alley and there was still no one, do you think it could be that the scholar is lying, but in fact, the stinky girl was hidden." ”

"Well, what's the use of you saying this now? Even if that's the case, the girl has already run away, where to find someone? Besides, this punishment has been punished, what's the point of getting people back? Anyway, I'm not going, I'm going back to recuperate. "The man who replied was the man who had just been kicked by Master Du, he was originally angry with Master Du for scolding them, but now that he was kicked, he was even more unwilling to do things.

When the people heard what he said, they had no choice but to stop there.

After Chu Ruoxi thanked him repeatedly, he asked Zhou Rusheng where he could hire a car nearby, and then left and walked in the direction of the pawnshop.

Although Master Nadu is a good person, he is still good to Chu Ruoxi, his food and clothing are not bad, and she has the intention to escape, so she specially brought two more hairpins before leaving today, and now she can use them for money.

"Girl, although your hairpin is finely made, it is really worth less than ten taels of silver."

Chu Ruoxi saw the embarrassed look of the pawnshop shopkeeper, in fact, she knew in her heart, how could these two hairpins cost more than ten taels of silver? It's just that she is in a hurry to use the money now, and she has no time to argue with him, so she has to take off the bracelet on her hand.

"Plus this, I only need ten taels, if you don't me, I'll go somewhere else."

"Enough is enough, girl, you wait, I'll go get you money."

Chu Ruoxi took the money and went to the west of the city to hire a carriage and returned to Baijiao Pavilion.

When he arrived at Baijiao Pavilion, it was already evening, and the burning clouds on the horizon were blooming in large flowers, strong and enchanting, Chu Ruoxi glanced up, showed a smile, and went straight into Baijiao Pavilion.

Du Ji thought that a guest was coming, and was about to step forward to greet him, but he saw that the person who came seemed to have seen a demon and a monster, and he was so frightened that he took a few steps backwards.

"Chu Ruoxi? You...... Aren't you missing? How did you get back? Du Zhen covered his chest, looking surprised.

Liu Yunyan came over when he heard the sound, and when he saw that it was Chu Ruoxi, he was like Du Zhen and was so frightened that his eyes widened, and his mouth opened slightly, "You...... You ......" and couldn't speak for a long time.

Chu Ruoxi looked at the expressions of these two people, and knew that this matter was definitely related to them, she smiled coldly at Du Zhen and Liu Yunyan, and entered her compartment without saying anything.

After taking her own things, Chu Ruoxi went home, she didn't have the heart to stay and dance tonight.

As soon as I got home, I heard Chu Tan ask in surprise, "Sister, where have you been?" We're going crazy looking for you! ”

Chu Ruoxi pinched her eyebrows, she was very tired now, she didn't want to talk more, she just waved her hand at Chu Tan and went back to the room to rest.

The next day, before dawn, Shangguan Xun came to the door.

Chu Ruoxi had just gotten up, and before she had time to freshen up, she was so surprised to see a person break in, and when she saw that it was Shangguan Xun, she breathed a sigh of relief, and her nerves were highly tense these days, and it seemed to have become a habit to be scared.

She held a comb in her hand and frowned, "Doesn't the pavilion master know that a woman's boudoir can't be casually trespassed?" ”

Shangguan Xun ignored Chu Ruoxi, directly found a stool and sat down and asked, "Where have you been these days?" I'm sending people around looking for you, for fear something will happen to you. ”

Chu Ruoxi was very grateful when she heard this, she always knew that this pavilion master took good care of her, but she still replied lukewarmly, "Didn't I come back well?" What is there to worry about, besides, how did you know I was back? ”

"I sent someone to keep an eye on Baijiao Pavilion and your house, and as soon as you come back, someone will naturally come over to report it."

Chu Ruoxi nodded understandingly, but Shangguan Xun asked with some dissatisfaction, "Don't you avoid the topic?" Where have you been? What happened? ”

Chu Ruoxi didn't plan to hide it from Shangguan Xun, because there was no need for this, so she organized the language and said, "That day, Liu Yunyan told me that Jiu'er stole her things again, so I went to Liu Yunyan's room to find her, but as soon as I entered the door, I was knocked unconscious, and when I woke up, I was no longer in the capital, and then I was sold to a big family to be a concubine, and I escaped by going out to buy clothes." ”

Shangguan Xun frowned after hearing this, he didn't expect that in just a few days, Chu Ruoxi would encounter so many twists and turns.

"Have you ever guessed who is trying to harm you?"

Chu Ruoxi shook his head, "I can't talk nonsense without evidence, I just came back, and I told you everything I knew, and I don't know anything else." ”

After hearing this, Shangguan Xun stood up and told the heroine, "You wait, I will definitely give you an explanation, you don't go to Baijiao Pavilion to dance these days, rest at home, and the salary will be paid." ”

In the Evil King's Mansion,

"Si Jing, who do you say will deliberately go against us and find someone to abduct and sell Chu Ruoxi?"

Shangguan Xun sat on a chair with Erlang's legs crossed, drinking tea and thinking.

Si Jing listened to Shangguan Xun's narration just now, and his heart trembled inexplicably, as if an invisible hand was grabbing his heart fiercely, and the pain made it difficult for him to breathe.

However, after the pain, there was more anger, and he frowned his sword eyebrows tightly, and the five fingers on the cuffs were clenched into fists.

Shangguan Xun saw that no one was paying attention to him, and still said to himself, "Could it be that someone knows that we want to transfer Chu Ruoxi to the barracks, so they deliberately made such a move?" ”

"Impossible, only you know and I know about this matter, she knows, could it be that Chu Ruoxi said it herself?"

"That's not for sure."

"Huh?"