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For several consecutive days, Long Xi's business was very good, until the fifth day, a little problem occurred.

A few burly men walked in and shouted loudly: "Who is the boss? Come out!"

Long Xi came out from behind the counter, and said softly: "That's the little girl, what advice do you guys have?"

As soon as they saw Long Xi, those big men unconsciously restrained their ferocious aura. One of them stepped forward and lifted Long Xi's chin, and said with a smile: "Young lady is very handsome, it's just this scar on her face It's a bit of an eyesore. But I don't mind it, so let me have a sip?"

As he said that, he was about to come over and kiss her.

Long Xi backed away calmly. Although her martial arts were mediocre, she still had no problem dealing with a few hooligans.

Standing a few steps away, she continued to ask: "A few big brothers come here, do you also want to string beads?"

"What kind of beads do you want to string?" Another person said, "You opened a shop without permission. Have you ever visited our elder brother's mountain?"

Long Xi was taken aback for a moment, and then realized, this is for protection money?

In the past, Hong Tian's family had a great career, and no rascals dared to trouble her. Later, after following Han Jinli, everyone respected her. I never thought that there would be a day when I would be charged protection money.

But she is not afraid, these local ruffians can't make a fortune, she has even fought with rebellious officials and thieves, and these few ruffians came to provoke her because they brought food to her.

So she smiled softly and said: "The little girl's shop just opened, she was negligent for a while, and forgot to visit the pier. I don't know who the elder brothers are? Where are they? I will prepare a generous gift for them, and I will go tomorrow."

The rogues were very satisfied with what they heard, and told them about their eldest brother's identity.

"My eldest brother Jianghu is known as the Nine Swords, and he sits at the Swordsman Gate two streets ahead. You go and explain why you are here. For the sake of your beauty and sense of humor, little lady, I would like to remind you, brother I really don't mind people mentioning his height and appearance, you'd better be respectful after you go there, and don't say anything to offend him, otherwise we can't afford the elder brother to lose his temper."

"Yes, the little girl has written it down." Long Xi smiled and sent everyone a small gift before sending them out.

When she returned to the courtyard at night, Xiao Hongzao asked her worriedly: "Ma'am, are you really going to meet the nine knives tomorrow? I don't know what kind of person he is, but generally this kind of person who collects protection fees is not a good person." , you have to be more careful."

"Don't worry, it's fine." Long Xi said nonchalantly: "When I go tomorrow, you will report to the officials. This is Chang'an, and the management of the government must be stricter than other places. If they refuse to send troops, you Just say that people are about to die, and then cry directly at the gate of the yamen, attracting crowds of onlookers, and they will definitely not ignore it under pressure."

Xiaohongzao asked very cowardly: "What if they say I'm causing trouble and arrest me?"

Long Xi patted her little shoulder, "Don't be afraid, even if you are caught, I will rescue you. I can handle this small occasion."

"Okay." Xiao Hongzao was still a little uneasy, but now they were alone and had no one to rely on, so they had to deal with things by themselves, so even if they were afraid, they still had to do it.

On the second day, Long Xi left with a wooden box.

After arriving at the Swordsman Gate, he reported his intention and was greeted immediately.

Jiu Dao also heard that someone was coming to visit the pier today, and she was a beautiful woman, so she sat there very expectantly and waited early in the morning.After seeing Long Xi, he was shocked to be a heavenly being, and quickly invited her into the house, ordering someone to serve good tea.

After seeing the figure of Nine Swords, Long Xi almost laughed out loud, and tried his best to hold back to continue to put on a serious look.

This guy is very short, and his legs are short, probably only a little above her waist, and he is very thick. No matter how he looks horizontally or vertically, his length is almost the same, like a rolling ball.Moreover, his face is very strange, and the proportion of his facial features is different from that of ordinary people, just like a catfish, even if he is said to be a catfish, people will believe him.No wonder his subordinates reminded him not to discuss his height and appearance, it is not easy to grow up like this.

After she drank two cups of tea to suppress her smile, she said slowly, "Yesterday, I heard that brother Dao was in charge here. The little girl was ignorant before, and she came late. I hope that big brother will forgive me."

The beauty opened her mouth, her voice was soft and tender, and the hearts of the nine knives were so tender, she said quickly: "If you don't know, don't blame me. I don't know what the girl is called? We are destined to do business in the place where I am guarding, so we don't have to. So much courtesy."

The words are well-spoken, as if they have read a little book.

Long Xi didn't come here today to pay him protection fees at all, the wooden box was empty, so he could only delay as long as possible, and wait for Xiao Hongzao to bring the officers and soldiers over.

Chang'an City is too big, it's impossible for one magistrate to be in charge of the whole city, so it's divided into several districts, the person who came here today should be a small official in charge of this district, the power should not be great, and it is understandable that he will be overwhelmed by some gangster sects thing.

Now that the victim has not come, Long Xi had no choice but to continue dealing with him, and responded with a smile, "The little girl's name is Long Xi, so I'm being polite here."

As she spoke, she performed a woman's salute softly.

With such a graceful figure, any movements are extremely pleasing to the eye.Although Jiu Dao often went to some romantic places, he had never seen someone as beautiful as Long Xi, and those oirans fell in price in an instant compared to Long Xi.Moreover, he usually can't afford to ask the oiran to accompany him to drink, which is usually the right of high officials and dignitaries.At most, he would call a famous red card to wait on him, and he could only call once every few days, and the price of those red cards was not low.

Although he is considered the boss in this area, he is only in charge of the affairs of a few streets, and outside these few streets, no one listens to him at all.

Although Long Xi didn't know the details, but she walked all the way, looking at the architectural decoration of the Swordsman's Gate, and the dress of the Nine Swordsmen, it was obvious that he was not a rich man, at most he was a local rich man. Her original Hong Tian Gang is far behind.If compared with Yunlu Palace, it is not even qualified to carry shoes.

Thinking about it, the nine knives were not as powerful as those of his subordinates boasted.

So he relaxed even more, and just continued to deal with him, quietly waiting for Xiao Hongzao to bring the officials over.

Finally, when the patience of Jiu Dao was about to be worn out, the people from the government came.

Long Xi stood up immediately, then threw himself on the floor, secretly stuffed a blood bag into his mouth and bit it open, forcefully squeezed out a few tears, and began to cry loudly.

While crying, she said pitifully: "I'm a weak girl. I've just arrived, but I didn't expect there to be a bully like you here. It's not enough to pay you a protection fee. You still want me to sleep with you. If I don't agree, reward me." , This is too disregarding the king's law!"

Jiu Dao was a little stunned, not knowing why this beautiful lady suddenly started to throw herself on the ground while she was speaking, and even started crying.And what's with the blood at the corner of the mouth?He didn't do anything at all!

This is what the officers and soldiers saw after they entered—Long Xi was lying on the ground weakly, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, crying like rain, while Nine Swords stood beside her fiercely, as if preparing to hit someone again.

The officers and soldiers hurried forward and pulled him away.

The natural appearance is such a nine-knife, inexplicably feels a little wronged.

With the help of Xiao Hongzao, Long Xi stood up with difficulty, and said to the film official who came over: "Master Guan, you have to make decisions for the little girl, is there any law to rob people's daughters in broad daylight?" Already!"

The corner of the officer's mouth twitched a few times, and finally said: "Don't worry, girl, I will handle this matter strictly!"

In fact, the relationship between Nine Swords and Xiao Pian Guan is that of poker friends. They usually play mahjong for nothing.But if it really involves human life or the robbery of civilian girls, the small film officials still dare not cover it up. After all, this is Chang'an, and the emperor is directly behind him. If such a thing happens under the eyes of the emperor, his black hat If not guaranteed.

Long Xi took out his handkerchief and wiped away the tears that were about to drip from the corners of his eyes. Seeing his pitiful look, I said softly, "I heard that the governor will be patrolling around the city of Chang'an in the next few days. If this little girl gets out, I'm afraid I will It will make the governor furious. Before the old man comes, I will trouble the magistrate to make decisions for the little girl."

This is implying to this little officer, if you don't deal with the person who robbed the women, I will sue the governor, and you can figure out what happens at that time.

The film director didn't dare to underestimate Long Xi, a woman who dared to go out to do business alone would be capable, and he really didn't doubt that Long Xi had the ability to sue.

He didn't say much at the moment, and asked someone to tie the nine knives back to the Yamen.

Nine Knives complained all the way, "I didn't do anything, let alone do anything to her!"

A yamen servant who was traveling with him, who was usually one of his poker friends, couldn't help but say at this moment, "You beat her to the point of bleeding, you are willing to take such a beautiful girl, if I would have given you good tea and wine It's offered."

Nine Knives: "I entertained her with good tea!"

Yamen servant: "You are still entertaining, when we came in just now, look at your fierce look."

Nine Knives: "..."

Long Xi followed to the yamen, and saw the small officer punished him with nine knives before leaving.

In fact, there was no serious punishment, after all, the two people were still inextricably linked, it was just a show for Long Xi to see.But that's what Long Xi wanted, and she didn't want to push him too fast, as long as he stayed away from her in the future and didn't take the initiative to make trouble.If the nine knives don't know what to do and dare to continue pestering her, then don't blame her for being rude.

Once again, Qing Yi, who watched the whole process, felt that Long Xi was extremely powerful. She looked so weak, but no one could bully her.

But he also lighted a candle for his master again. It seemed that it was impossible to convince people to come back.