Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Er Gouzi was stunned when he heard this. That's right, the man was a high-ranking young master, while he was just a small-time hoodlum in Qingyun City.

For someone to save you, there has to be something they value in you.

"Young master, please save me. Er Gouzi will follow you and serve you like a slave from now on."

“Young master, don’t listen to his sweet talk. He’s a complete scoundrel.”

The man in the lead then spoke to Chu Chen.

He thought that if this person intervened, he probably wouldn't get his money back today.

"Tell me, why does he owe you money, and how much does he owe?"

"Ten taels of silver, a full ten taels of silver, this is our hard-earned money."

Uh, is it really necessary to beat someone to death for just ten taels of silver? That's just too much...

So Chu Chen led both groups to the open space in front of his house.

When Er Gouzi saw the house, he suddenly remembered that this was the young master he had helped buy the house.

He felt a surge of joy; it seemed there was hope for him today.

"Tell me, what happened?" Chu Chen asked Er Gouzi instead of the men.

Seeing that this young master seemed to remember him, Er Gouzi recounted the whole story.

It turns out that these people were herb gatherers from villages near Qingyun City.

To be honest, it's not much better than toiling in the fields for a living; we're all just miserable people.

One day, they brought the medicinal herbs they had collected to Qingyun City to sell.

That's what this idiot got his eye on, so he said he could find a good seller and get a good price for it.

Under Er Gouzi's persuasive words, the group handed over the medicinal herbs to him.

So they arrived at a place in Qingyun City that resembled a black market.

After agreeing on a price of ten taels of silver, everyone was overjoyed, as the pile of medicinal herbs was worth at most seven or eight taels.

However, the buyer specified that he wanted to trade with Er Gouzi, simply because he was from Qingyun City.

Er Gouzi was happy to agree, as this way he could pocket a cut from both ends.

As a result, Er Gouzi followed the man into an alley with the medicinal herbs, and then several people rushed out, snatched the herbs, and gave him a good beating.

Chu Chen was both amused and exasperated by this scene. These men were too honest; couldn't they have asked to go up with someone?

This Er Gouzi was too careless, relying on his familiarity with Qingyun City.

Given that Er Gouzi had helped him find such a good house, Chu Chen took out ten taels of silver from his pocket.

"Alright, neither of you is at fault in this matter. Consider this ten taels of silver as a token of my goodwill, and let's all go home for the New Year."

Everyone stared at the silver in Chu Chen's hand, speechless for a moment.

Is this something a wealthy family should do? Using this to test us poor people.

"What are you standing there for? Take it and go back to buy your wife and kids some good food."

"Young master, are you really willing to give us the money?"

The man in the lead said in disbelief, while Er Gouzi stared blankly at Chu Chen.

Chu Chen shoved the silver into the man's hand, then dragged Er Gouzi into the courtyard.

"My benefactor, thank you for your help. Otherwise, I, Er Gouzi, would have died at their hands today."

Er Gouzi looked at Chu Chen with a grateful expression and said.

Chu Chen ignored him.

"You must have spent several dozen taels of silver to buy this house last time. Judging from your clothes, what happened? Did you send the money to a brothel?"

“My benefactor, I have my reasons. I have already spent all that money, but I definitely did not go to those places.”

Looking at his thin and small appearance, Chu Chen also felt that he was not that kind of person.

But for an ordinary person, a few dozen taels of silver would be enough to last for several years, right? This kid must have a secret.

"Alright, I won't help you for nothing. You'd better keep a close eye on this house for me from now on and not let any scoundrels in."

Chu Chen pointed to the courtyard and said, "What a joke, that's ten taels of silver."

Even if you're rich, you can't just throw money around. Ten taels of silver, with someone watching over the place from time to time, will always make you feel more at ease.

"Don't worry, my benefactor. As long as I, Er Gouzi, am alive, I will not let those people step into this courtyard."

Er Gouzi said with great conviction after hearing this.

"Alright, you can go now. Those people shouldn't bother you anymore."

Er Gouzi knelt down before Chu Chen, kowtowed several times, and then walked out of the courtyard, seemingly wanting to say something but unable to.

Just as Er Gouzi stepped out the door, a group of teenagers came up to him.

Chu Chen glanced towards the door and saw that the children were dressed in tattered clothes and looked emaciated.

In the dead of winter, some of them are still barefoot.

Their little faces were red from the cold, and they kept rubbing their hands and sniffling.

"Brother Gouzi, where are the guys who beat you up? Are you alright?"

"Yeah, Dog Bro, are you hurt anywhere?"

A group of children spoke to Er Gouzi with concern.

"Alright, let's talk about it when we get home, so as not to offend any important people." After saying that, he led the children towards the east of the city.

Upon seeing this, Chu Chen immediately became interested, since he had nothing better to do anyway.

So he told Li Qinglian and followed in the direction they had gone.

They followed it all the way and finally stopped in a remote place in the west of the city.

The entire area was filled with numerous sheds constructed from various materials.

It looks just like the slums of Indians that you see on TV in modern society.

Considering his own safety, Chu Chen took out his pistol, cocked it, and put it in his sleeve, just in case.

As expected, he was surrounded by several men shortly after entering the area.

They all had unfriendly eyes and were holding weapons such as wooden sticks.

"What's going on? It's the Lunar New Year, and you're still arresting people? Don't you want us to live?" the leader of the group said fiercely to Chu Chen.

However, seeing that there were no servants or anything like that behind Chu Chen, he felt much more confident.

"Brother, I think you've misunderstood. Why would I arrest someone for no reason?"

“If you’re not here to arrest us, are you just here to play around? How could you rich people possibly get close to us lowly commoners?”

It seems these people have a strong resentment towards the rich. They just came to take a look and were surrounded by people, so their hatred runs deep.

"Um, I'm here to find a young man named Er Gouzi. Please put down your weapon before we talk."

Chu Chen always behaved politely; it was best not to provoke these people.

Once you offend them, it'll be a huge problem. People with nothing to lose aren't afraid of those in shoes; they'll annoy you endlessly.

I'm not afraid myself, but what about the people around me?

We can't possibly kill all of them.

"Er Gouzi, has he gotten into trouble again?" Seeing that Chu Chen seemed harmless and spoke kindly, the group put down their weapons.

"I knew that brat. He's always running around causing trouble. Now look what's happened, he's been caught red-handed."

"We'll take you to his house, but please spare his life."

The group talked amongst themselves as they walked toward another house.

He's quite responsible, but more than that, he's so simple-minded he's almost naive. This time, instead of letting Er Gouzi run the errand, he's taking himself along too.

But let's wait and see, just in case it's a trap we've set for ourselves.