After I traveled through the book, I gained a humanoid pendant

The thief had his back turned and when he heard this, he ran away.

Although he looks small, he actually runs very fast. He uses his height advantage to move around in the crowd and alleys. If you are not careful, he will be like a fish in the sea, and it will be difficult to find any trace of him.

The boy was not actually a child, but a shorter adult. He was small and quiet, and dressed like a wealthy man, so few people would be wary of him.

This time he was caught red-handed, and the thief couldn't help but feel that he had made a big mistake.

He ran left and right and finally hid behind a dilapidated courtyard wall. He looked around and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he took out the jade pendant from his arms and compared the shape with his memory.

There's nothing new about it.

It's just a piece of jade of very fine quality, why...

"Are you still running?"

A loud voice came from above his head, startling the little thief so much that he turned around and ran away subconsciously.

But the man standing on the wall no longer gave him this opportunity.

A handful of unknown herbal powder was sprinkled on his head. The little thief immediately fell to the ground and scratched himself. His whole body was itchy. Although only his face and hands were stained with the powder, it felt like the itch went from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, as if thousands of ants were flying over him.

"Master! Master, please spare my life! I will never dare to do it again!"

The thief thought he was poisoned. Every time he scratched his body, he only saw blood marks, but the itch was not relieved. He panicked and begged for mercy.

Ni Yangzhou looked at the scratches on the face of the person in front of him and nodded.

"Give me the jade."

The thief knelt on the ground, endured the itch and presented the jade.

"I was blind and didn't recognize the real man. I played tricks in front of the Taoist priest. Please spare my life!"

Ni Yangzhou held the jade pendant in both hands and rubbed it on his sleeves twice to clean off the grass foam on it.

While no one was paying attention, he secretly scratched the palm of his hand.

Fresh and tender dew-green grass can relieve fire and clear away heat, but you must be very careful when handling it. Try not to touch the hair on the grass roots, as it will cause skin itching.

If you accidentally touch it, don't scratch it. The more you scratch it, the more itchy it will become. Just wait for a while and it will go away naturally.

Therefore, the thief who had been kneeling for a while gradually stopped feeling itchy, and began to sweat profusely. He said with lingering fear:

"Thank you for not killing me!"

After saying this, he bowed his head.

Ni Yangzhou felt relieved when he saw that the jade pendant was intact, but he looked at the kneeling thief in front of him and didn't know what to do.

"you……"

Before he could finish his sentence, the kneeling man suddenly jumped up, thrust his head forward, and charged towards Ni Yangzhou's chest with a clear direction. He then turned his hands into claws and reached for the jade pendant in his palm.

These actions happened in an instant. After all, Ni Yangzhou had been through a mission world and was mentally prepared for this kind of sudden attack.

He immediately stepped back half a step, clasped his hands together, and squeezed the thief, who was like a small rocket, into a biscuit, and pressed him against the wall. He then took out a strong vine from his Qiankun bag with one hand and tied the thief up tightly.

In the blink of an eye, the sneak attack turned into a one-sided trap. The thief saw that he was wrapped up like a silkworm cocoon and had no possibility of breaking free, so he simply lowered his head and gave up struggling.

Neither begging for mercy nor resisting.

Only then did Ni Yangzhou put down his hand and finished the half sentence he had not yet finished.

"You are an adult, why are you pretending to be young..."

Children and adults are different after all. Which rich boy has calluses on his hands, and which young man has yellow whites of the eyes?

Ni Yangzhou pinched his fingers, which seemed a little itchy from breaking grass roots while running. He did not dare to scratch them again. He just rubbed them slightly. When he looked down, he saw a light red color on his fingertips.

"Alas, you are trapped in your own trap."

Ni Yangzhou sighed to himself, but he could hear the thief who was wrapped like a giant silkworm pupa next to him feeling lonely.

Ni Yangzhou grabbed the thief with one hand, scratched his nose with the other, and walked out of the alley.

Where is the county government?

I didn't seem to see it along the way.

Ni Yangzhou was thinking as he walked. Just as he came out of the alley, he saw a group of civilians queuing up to get porridge. It turned out that a rich family was giving out spring meals.

A lot of people gathered, and there were soldiers and officers nearby to maintain order.

"Hey? Over there!"

A man dressed as a soldier approached with a knife slung over his shoulder.

"Why is that Taoist priest holding someone in his hands?"

Seeing this, Ni Yangzhou just handed the person in his hand forward.

"He's a habitual thief who wanted to steal my property. I just caught him and wanted to hand him over to the authorities."

Ni Yangzhou was secretly happy that he was going to get rid of a burden.

The thief acted as if he had accepted his fate. He looked up at the officers and soldiers, but suddenly shouted loudly:

"Sir, please save me! This thief Taoist priest saw that I was dressed richly and used threats and bribes to make me give him money. I refused and that's why I got hurt by him!"

The two nearby soldiers took over the large silkworm pupa and looked suspiciously between the young Taoist priest and the child with a sad and angry face in their hands.

The Taoist priest was wearing a plain straight robe, a gauze robe, and a jade hairpin on his head. He looked elegant and handsome, and had a transcendent temperament. The child's face was covered with bloodstains, and he was tied up, so it was difficult to see his clothes.

Therefore, the officer just shouted in a harsh voice: "Are there witnesses and evidence? Was there a third person present?"

Ni Yangzhou shook his head: "No."

The officer seemed to have found his confidence and shouted, "Then come with me to the county government office to confront each other in court. The county government official will decide who is real and who is fake!"

If we follow this, who knows when this will be resolved?

Before the officer finished speaking, two rows of soldiers in shining silver armor separated from the crowd and walked out, like Moses parting the sea.

The civilians who came to watch the fun no longer dared to gather together. They all moved a little further away, looking at the soldiers with fear as they drove away the crowd.

Just when Ni Yangzhou thought that some important character was about to appear, a little boy wearing a blue and gold-threaded brocade robe and a dragon and phoenix patterned horn belt around his waist walked out.

To call him a young boy is a bit of an exaggeration.

It was a child just as tall as Ni Yangzhou's waist.

The leading silver-armored soldier shouted:

"The Fourth Prince has arrived, why don't you pay your respects to His Highness?"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise and fell to the ground.

When Ni Yangzhou saw the people kneeling down, he silently took two steps back to avoid shortening his life.

The fourth prince who was standing in the middle had a natural look on his face. After seeing the situation clearly, he walked directly to Ni Yangzhou, bowed and saluted.

The child acted like an adult, his movements were natural and not awkward at all. Perhaps this is what it means to be mature beyond your years.

A young voice said, "Greetings to the Master."

Ni Yangzhou raised his eyebrows: "Do you recognize me?"