Mistakenly recognized as a cousin, thousands of pampered

Tao Jiuxi listened quietly to everyone's discussion and soon understood the whole story.

She had lived in the capital for a long time and seldom went out on weekdays. This was the first time she had seen such a tragic thing as selling a daughter for survival.

Looking at the little girl crying like a pear blossom in the rain, Tao Jiuxi felt very uncomfortable.

She subconsciously reached out to grab Shen Zhiyi's arm. However, before Shen Zhiyi could respond, a crisp and loud slap suddenly rang out from the crowd, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Tao Jiuxi looked over when he heard the voice and saw a familiar figure in the crowd. It was Xue Yunmeng.

The hard slap just now was given by Xue Yunmeng to the girl's father, Sun Dashan.

Sun Dashan was beaten in public and immediately became angry and humiliated. His face flushed red and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Who are you? Why are you hitting me?"

Before he finished speaking, he raised his hand and pretended to hit back.

But before he swung his arm halfway into the air, Xue Yunmeng grabbed it firmly.

Xue Yunmeng raised her eyebrows and scolded with disdain, "You have no ability to support your family, yet you actually sell your daughter. How dare you?"

Sun Dashan seemed to have been hit in a sore spot. He became even more angry, and the veins on his neck bulged. He shouted viciously: "This is my own daughter. I can do whatever I want with her. What's it to you?"

"Pa!" There was another crisp sound, and Xue Yunmeng slapped Sun Dashan again without saying a word.

The slap was so heavy that a red palm print instantly appeared on Sun Dashan's face.

Tao Jiuxi's eyes were fixed on Xue Yunmeng at this time, with admiration flashing in his eyes.

She secretly admired in her heart: This Xue Yunmeng is a human substitute!

Seeing that the situation was not right, the servant of the Li family no longer cared about Sun Dashan and just wanted to take the girl away quickly.

He grabbed the girl's arm, muttering, "Hurry up, don't dawdle!" and dragged the girl out of the crowd.

Seeing this, Xue Yunmeng flashed and turned nimbly, instantly blocking those people.

I saw that she had a sharp knife in her hand. The blade flashed coldly in the sunlight and stretched it straight in front of the servant.

She asked coldly, "How much does a person cost?"

The servant was frightened by this sudden scene and turned pale. He looked at the knife in Xue Yunmeng's hand with trembling hands and quickly replied, "Three... thirty taels."

Xue Yunmeng pulled the girl behind him without saying a word, then walked quickly to Shen Zhiyi.

"Mr. Shen, please lend me thirty taels."

Xue Yunmeng had already seen Tao Jiuxi and Shen Zhiyi in the crowd, but at this moment, she couldn't help but look at the wicker wreath on Shen Zhiyi's head.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhiyi immediately reached into his wallet.

But before he could make a move, Tao Jiuxi quickly handed his purse to Xue Yunmeng and said, "Miss Xue, use mine."

Xue Yunmeng did not refuse. He took the purse, opened it neatly, counted out thirty taels of silver from it, and threw it to the servant.

"The person is mine now. If you are not convinced, come and try!" Xue Yunmeng held a sharp blade in his hand, his eyes firm and confident, and his aura seemed as if he looked down upon thousands of troops.

The servant looked at Xue Yunmeng, then at his companions. Although they were numerous and powerful, no one wanted to fight with a woman with a sharp knife and a strong aura for such a small matter.

Moreover, although the little girl in front of them was pretty, she was not particularly outstanding in their opinion.

They originally spent only twenty taels of silver to buy the girl, and now they have received thirty taels of silver. They can give an explanation to the master when they go back.

Seeing this, Shen Zhiyi took Tao Jiuxi's hand without saying anything, pushed through the crowd, and walked out quickly.

"This kind of thing is not uncommon. Miss Xue is very skilled in martial arts and she can handle it well." Shen Zhiyi slightly turned sideways and used his body to block the crowded crowd behind Tao Jiuxi.

Tao Jiuxi was led by Shen Zhiyi, and her steps could not help but follow him, but her eyes would still look towards Xue Yunmeng from time to time. She would turn back every three steps and said with a worried look on her face, "Is Miss Xue okay on her own?"

"Her martial arts skills are stronger than Jiang Shun's. When encountering such unfair things, she will be like you and can't help but help." Shen Zhiyi said as he walked.

"She's much stronger than me. I can't beat those people..."

After saying that, Tao Jiuxi's mind turned. From Shen Zhiyi's words, he could also hear that Shen Zhiyi and Xue Yunmeng seemed to have a close relationship.

"Are you very familiar with Miss Xue?" Tao Jiuxi couldn't help but ask.

"Two years ago, when I wasn't even a Duke yet, and the current emperor hadn't ascended the throne yet, I held crucial evidence of Prince Shou's conspiracy and was secretly framed by his men. They sent a group of assassins to relentlessly pursue me."

Tao Jiuxi only realized after hearing this that the grudge between Prince Shou and Shen Zhiyi had been going on for a long time. He sighed and said, "No wonder Prince Shou hates you so much."

"The situation was extremely critical at the time. I had no choice but to entrust the evidence to Jiang Qu and let him escape during the chaos. In order to cover Jiang Qu's escape, I was unable to dodge and was stabbed."

Tao Jiuxi's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "Knife wound? Why have I never seen such a wound on you?"

Shen Zhiyi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, a hint of ambiguous smile flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Then I will show you carefully tonight."

He then continued to recall, "I was seriously injured and unconscious on Yanping Mountain, and I was also poisoned by a snake. It was Miss Xue who showed up and saved me. I stayed in her medicine house for two months."

At that time, Shen Zhiyi was almost on the verge of death. Xue Yunmeng tried his best to save him and thought he would not survive several times. But Shen Zhiyi seemed to have nine lives and managed to escape from the hands of the King of Hell.

However, Shen Zhiyi only narrated the story in a light-hearted manner, without mentioning the dangers and difficulties of that day.

When the late emperor was critically ill, he was wavering between the current emperor and Prince Shou.

The emperor was only 22 years old at that time. He was not favored when he was young. It was not until he was 15 years old that he began to emerge in the court and made some political achievements, which attracted the attention of the late emperor.

The elderly late emperor originally preferred Prince Shou, but Prince Shou was mediocre and exploited the people in private.

After the current emperor presented the evidence, the late emperor did not pass the throne to Prince Shou, but he did not impose any substantial punishment on him because of the evidence. He even asked the emperor to treat Prince Shou well after he ascended the throne.

Tao Jiuxi never asked him, so Shen Zhiyi never said these things.

"This shouldn't be considered familiar, but she is a rare chivalrous person."

Tao Jiuxi tilted his head, staring at Shen Zhiyi without blinking, and asked curiously: "What happened after that? Didn't anything else happen between you?"

Shen Zhiyi asked innocently, "What else is there?"

"Then...she took care of you for so long, didn't you do anything to show your appreciation?"

Tao Jiuxi asked cautiously. In fact, what she really wanted to ask was, Xue Yunmeng's eyes were clearly full of affection when she looked at Shen Zhiyi. Could it be that Shen Zhiyi didn't notice it at all?

Shen Zhiyi replied calmly, "Of course I did show some appreciation. I helped her find several extremely valuable and rare medical books. I also promised her that if she needed anything in the future, she could always come to the capital to find me."

"Gone?"

"Gone!"