Chapter 154 Protection
Ji Chenxing had a dream yesterday.

The time in the dream was still a few years ago when she was in ancient times, and the things in the dream were also facts that happened at that time.

The weather was nice those days, and she had some rare free time, so she wandered around the capital.

Before I knew it, I had reached the north of the city.

"This area is a slum. Miss, you don't often go to Beijing, so you may not know that the people here are all extremely vicious. Let's leave here quickly..."

A piece of land in front was covered with dirty and blackened hay, on which sat a few skinny men.

The eyes of these men were already a little dazed, but when they saw Ji Chenxing and the maid who served her, there was still a greedy gleam in their eyes.

Ji Chenxing was used to being on the battlefield and had seen all kinds of monsters. She was not afraid of them, but just felt strange.

Why is it that in the same capital city, some families can waste all kinds of delicacies while others are starving and have no clothes to wear?

Qiuyue, who served Ji Chenxing, was from the capital. Her name was Qiuyue. She had never been to the battlefield with Ji Chenxing, and what she saw and heard was very different from Ji Chenxing's.

As soon as she arrived at this place, she began to feel uncomfortable.

"Miss, the people here are very dangerous. If we stay here for too long, I'm afraid it will damage our reputation. Miss, let's go back."

Ji Chenxing glanced at Qiuyue, and then keenly noticed the sound of fighting in the alley further inside.

It was called a fight, but in fact it was just a one-sided beating.

The man at the center of the storm was only in his thirties, and in his arms was a little boy of only four or five years old.

The little boy was holding a steamed bun in his hand and eating it in small bites under the protection of the man.

The people around him became even more ruthless when they saw this, punching and kicking the man like raindrops.

While beating, he was muttering to himself.

"I asked you to eat alone. The brothers were almost starving to death, but you only left the food for your little brat."

"What's the point of eating it? It's a little thing that will die sooner or later. It's better to share it with the brothers."

"Zhang Fei, you look down on us too much. We are here to protect this place, but you don't even pay the protection fee on time!"

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Ji Chenxing frowned as she watched. Qiuyue, who was serving her, tugged at her sleeve and said, "Miss, this is dangerous. Let's go. We didn't bring our servants with us today. The two of us can't beat a group of them..."

Qiuyue looked embarrassed.

She had never been to the slums, but she had heard the rumors about them.

There lives a group of extremely poor people here. As they have not had enough oil to eat for many years, the people here have become as greedy as wild beasts.

Many people have told her more than once to stay away from this place.

"Don't go to the slums" has become an iron rule in everyone's mind.

Qiuyue pulled Ji Chenxing's sleeve, but Ji Chenxing was not moved at all.

She is not afraid of these.

But in the girl's eyes, Ji Chenxing's behavior was ignorance.

Ji Chenxing had just come back from outside. This girl was also prepared for Ji Chenxing by Shen Ruyan. It was her first time serving Ji Chenxing and she was not familiar with Ji Chenxing's abilities.

"Miss..." Qiuyue called Ji Chenxing again.

But Ji Chenxing ignored her and continued forward under her gaze.

Qiuyue said "Aiya" in dissatisfaction. She was originally serving Ji Xueyao. Although she was not a first-class maid, she only did the delicate work.

A few days ago, Shen Ruyan said that she would be assigned to Ji Chenxing as a personal maid, and she thought she could be on the list of a good master.

I didn't expect Ji Chenxing to be such a person who doesn't care about his reputation. Why would he hang out in a place like the slums when there are so many places to go?

Just as Qiuyue was complaining in her heart, the young men who were beating the man had already seen Ji Chenxing.

Ji Chenxing is the daughter of the general's mansion. Even though she was dressed simply enough when she went out today, in the eyes of these people in the slums, she was still a rich lady shining with golden light.

When several young men saw Ji Chenxing, they stopped beating and asked others to look in Ji Chenxing's direction.

Soon, a man spoke with a lewd smile.

"Hey, who is this girl? You're a stranger... Why haven't I seen you before?"

"Are you a visitor from out of town? Then you have finally found a good place. We have many brothers here. I guarantee that you will never want to go back after you come here."

After the young man finished speaking, several people laughed.

There was no change in Ji Chenxing's expression. He just looked at these people coldly, as if he wanted to see what they could do.

At this moment, the man who had been holding the child uttered a weak voice of dissuasion.

"Girl, don't listen to them. This is not the place for you. Go away now."

Only then did Ji Chenxing see the image of this man.

The man was tall, but he looked very thin because he hadn't eaten for a long time.

"Girl, run, I can't help you..."

Before he could finish his words, one of the young men kicked him and he was speechless.

"Now that you're here, you want to just leave? Do you think this is a place where you can come and go as you please?"

The leading young man said, and winked at the people behind him, "Brothers, go ahead. This lady will be mine in a while, and you can play with that girl however you want~"

Before he finished speaking, the smiles on the faces of the people behind him became more greedy.

"Miss, what should I do?"

Qiuyue was so scared that she was about to cry.

At times like this, the young lady would usually pull the maid out and run with her.

Even if the maid wanted to abandon the young lady and run away, it would be useless because the indenture contract was still in the hands of her master. If she failed to protect her master, even if she ran away now, she would be dead in the future.

"It seems like I'm going to die this time." Qiuyue thought to herself.

Ji Chenxing looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly, and just said to Qiuyue lightly: "Don't be afraid."

There were already tears in Qiuyue's eyes, and she was also a little confused. How could Ji Chenxing still be so calm at this time?

She knew that Ji Chenxing had been on the battlefield, but she had also heard that Ji Chenxing did not have any martial arts skills and went to the battlefield just to make up the numbers out of boredom, and that someone needed to be spared to protect her.

That's why Ji Zunxing dislikes her so much.

Ji Chenxing's calmness not only puzzled Qiuyue, but also made the young men laugh even more wildly.

"Don't be afraid? Hahaha, that's great. If all the girls here were not afraid like you, we brothers would have a lot more fun!"

The leading young man said, and then called out to the younger brothers behind him, "Okay, don't just stand there, let them see how powerful we are!"