One can imagine how huge the team will be for the rest of the trip.
Walking along the street, there were pastry shops, dried fruit stores, grocery stores... all the various shops that caught the children's attention, and none of them was unstoppable. Fortunately, Yinzhen paid for the trophies in their hands, otherwise, Qi Keqi would have to pay for them.
The little money in Chen's wallet really can't serve these princes and brothers who spend money like water.
Finally, they walked to Tianqiao and caught up with the last lion dance show. Yinzhen and Yinqi, who had never walked such a long distance before, stayed at the door of a gorgeously decorated wine shop at Tianqiaokou and refused to move any further.
"Fourth brother, Yi'er is tired and hungry, let's have a meal here." Yinzhen blinked his pitiful big eyes and pulled Yinzhen's sleeves coquettishly.
Yinzhen suppressed the smile in his eyes and nodded pretending to be serious. After this, let’s see if you still dare to clamor to go shopping in the future!
Yinzhen nodded, and everyone, especially the two brothers Qi Ke and Qi Chen, breathed a sigh of relief.
Good guy! Shopping with these pampered princes and brothers in the Forbidden City is really not an easy job. Even though they are in good health, they find it too much. Not to mention their five-year-old sister.
Huh? Where is my sister?
The sight made them both break into cold sweats. Jinxi was gone.
"Fourth...fourth elder brother..." Qi Ke suppressed the panic in his heart and hurriedly called to Yinzhen who was about to follow his brothers into the restaurant, "fourth elder brother, please have a meal first. After a while, the younger one will come to pick up fourth elder brother...
…”
"What?" Yinzhen glanced at Qi Ke, who had a different expression. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Qi Chen, who was also nervous, but he didn't see the articulate little girl who didn't look like a five-year-old. Shouldn't he?
Did they get lost in the crowd during the lion dance? If so, their sin was too great.
"She...your sister is lost?"
"Back to Fourth Brother, it's true. So..."
"Well, you go ahead. Don't forget to pick me up in an hour." He didn't have the patience to have him staggering through Qianmen Street again with those jagged carrot heads.
"Please rest assured, brother Si." Qi Ke and Qi Chen agreed in unison. However, looking at the tourists and vendors coming from north to south, they didn't know where to find them.
"Qi Chen, you go along this side, and I'll go along that side. No matter if you find it or not, wait here in half an hour." Qi Ke gritted his teeth and divided the work with Qi Chen.
"Brother..." Qi Chen clenched his fists and looked at Qi Ke worriedly, "Should we send someone to notify Amma first?"
"No. Let's look for it first. After half an hour, it depends on the situation." After Qi Ke finished speaking, he took the lead and walked to the opposite side of the street, searching all the way back along the opposite shop.
Qi Chen pursed his lips and quickly followed.
Yinzhen looked at the two people walking away, turned around, and hid in a dark corner outside the restaurant. He raised his hand, and a shadow fell behind him. It was Qi Ying, his personal guard who had been there since he was born.
"Did you see anything in the dark?"
"Master, I am from Nixiao Pavilion."
"Nixiao Pavilion?" He had heard that it was the largest brothel in the capital. It turned out that it also did such despicable things. Presumably, most of the beautiful and talented women there relied on this method to get their way. He was upset, and he didn't know what was going on behind the scenes.
Whose power do you dare to act so boldly?
"Kidnapped her?" He didn't even look at her identity. She dared to kidnap the legitimate daughter of a first- and second-rank official of the imperial court! Are you really not afraid of being banned by the imperial court?
"No, she ruined someone else's good thing." Qi Ying replied seriously, with a hint of a faint smile that was almost impossible to find.
"Eagle?" Yinzhen has never seen such a praying eagle. For the past eight years since he knew of his existence, he has always been expressionless, like a shadow, guarding him personally but never showing his personal emotions.
"This subordinate has exceeded the rules." Qi Ying lowered his eyelids and returned to his original expressionless face.
Seeing this, Yinzhen couldn't help but sigh: "You can just be yourself."
I have instilled this sentence countless times in the past eight years, but it has never been successful. He has never seen other brothers' secret guards, so he doesn't know whether the expressionless face is a characteristic of Qi Ying or a characteristic of all secret guards.
symbol.
However, subconsciously, he did not want Qi Ying to be just a shadow chasing his footsteps and have nothing to do with him other than being a guard.
Members of the royal family rarely have close brothers, and they are either perfunctory or underhanded. This is very similar to the situation of the Ying family in the previous life.
Therefore, he has always wanted to train Qi Ying to become the second Qi Tuo, a special assistant who can share the hardships and success...
However, the situation was not as optimistic as he imagined. Qi Ying's stubbornness and rigidity made him feel quite powerless at times.
For example, at this time, "Eagle, bring her back."
"I only protect you." Qi Ying was unmoved. Although the girl's behavior made him smile, it did not mean that he could leave his post without authorization.
They secret guards have been destined to live in darkness since they were born. Wherever their master goes, they will go. Protecting their master is the only thing they have to do in this life. Apart from that, there is nothing else...
"..." Yinzhen waved his hand wordlessly, and Qi Ying immediately disappeared in front of his eyes. However, at least it could be heard from Ying's tone that she was safe for now. This was enough. After all, there was a bunch of radishes behind him.
The head needs care.
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"How dare you rob a civilian girl in broad daylight? Are you impatient?!" The extremely familiar line came out of the mouth of a five-year-old girl, which seemed extremely weird.
After being stunned for a few seconds, the girl who had just obtained the hand had a chance to break free and escape. When they regained consciousness, they found that the cooked duck had flown from their hands, and they wanted to vent their anger on the perpetrator who interrupted their business.
Huh? She’s really just a four- or five-year-old girl! There are neither strong guards nor sword-wielding masters behind her?
Ha, you want to trick them with a yellow-haired little girl who smells like milk?
The twin brothers An Dou and An Sheng from Nixiao Pavilion looked at each other, exchanging the same thoughts in their eyes.
"Hey, little sister, are you alone? How about big brother treating you to some sweets?" Looking at the girl with red lips and white teeth in front of them, the two of them had a new plan. They lost the fat they had been tracking for several days and took a baby with them.
It was easy for Little Swan to do business when he got back. So, while talking in a good voice, he came closer to Jinxi.
"Eating sweets?" Jin Xi secretly laughed in her heart, what a lame excuse. But the little chubby girl from before would definitely be fooled, right? It's just that the little chubby girl didn't dare to follow the alley alone to challenge the other party.
She was actually unsure about the two boys, who were about seventeen or eighteen years old and of average build. However, she couldn't bear to see that the other party would attack a pretty girl who was only eleven or twelve years old.
After following them for a while, she listened to half of the conversation between the three of them while they were entangled. She also guessed most of the things that she couldn't hear clearly.
It turns out that the little beauty came to Beijing to seek refuge with distant relatives, and was spotted by the brothel madam, who insisted on dragging her to work in the brothel. When she refused to persuade her, he wanted to arrest her and train her to become a famous prostitute so that she could earn money by accepting customers for their brothel.
Don't let them succeed.
However, as soon as the words came out, Xiao Jiaren escaped smoothly. Jinxi realized that her location was already some distance away from the entrance of the lion dance overpass. Even if she wanted to shout "Help", no one might hear her. Oh, this
It seemed a bit difficult to escape from this secluded alley with her short legs.
However, now that the matter has come to this, she has no room for regret. She secretly cheers up. After four months of physical training, even if she cannot reach the level of an adult, it should still be feasible to find an opportunity to escape from the alley.
Bar?
Thinking like this, when Andu stretched out his hand to grab her arm, Jinxi turned around, got out in front of Andou, went around behind him, and kicked An Dou hard back, knocking An Dou away who was not prepared at all.
Dou fell hard on the ground with broken ice.
Taking advantage of An Sheng's dazed moment, Jin Xi scurried out of the distance until the entrance to the alley appeared in front of her. She turned back and waved to the two of them, making faces at the same time. Her childish voice reached those who still couldn't believe it.
The two of them heard: "Don't do anything harmful to God, and God will bless you."
She rushed out of the alley and returned to the overpass, only to see that the lion dance team had dispersed, and the group of men and her cheap brother had also disappeared.
This time the trouble was serious. Jinxi patted her forehead. Qi Ke and Qi Chen must have been anxious because they couldn't find her. Just as they were about to search around, they were caught in the arms of a cyan figure. Just as they were about to struggle, they heard nothing.
A clear voice came from the upload: "Don't move. Is it them?"
Jinxi looked up and saw that it was An Dou Ansheng who was following her. He must not have given up and wanted to capture her and return her to the brothel.
"They..." she murmured, trying to explain.
"They are from Nixiao Pavilion." Yinzhen let go of her body and walked to the restaurant to protect her, "Your two brothers have gone to find you. If they can't find anyone, they will come back here to meet. So, it's inevitable
If we get separated again, just wait inside."
Hearing this, Jin Xi nodded, looking over his shoulder at the two figures looking around at the entrance of the alley, she couldn't help but say, "That...Nixiao Pavilion?"
"Butterhouse." Yinzhen glanced at her and uttered two words, which made her cough violently. Brothel, yes, was more formal than a brothel.
"They are robbing women in the street, don't you care?" Jin Xi followed him and sat down on the bench in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, hoping to spot Qi Ke and Qi Chen.
"It's not under my control." Yinzhen thoughtfully glanced at her little face that was staring outside seriously and answered her question.
Suddenly, Jinxi noticed Qi Ke's anxious figure, quickly slipped off the bench, and fled out of the restaurant lobby, "Brother——"
"Xi'er... are you okay? Where have you been? Brother, I'm scared to death..." Seeing his sister standing in front of him, Qi Ke couldn't help but hug her into his arms, and his heart that was beating wildly due to anxiety finally calmed down.
Come down.
"I'm fine. I made my brother worried." She hugged Qi Ke and apologized sincerely. She was so distracted by the two scheming boys that she forgot that she was only five years old now. Her brother must have been anxious when he found out that she was separated.
Endless.
"It's okay." Qi Ke patted her head reassuringly. Qi Chen on the other side saw the two of them from a distance and ran back panting.
"Girl, don't let go of my brother's clothes next time, you know?" Qi Chen scratched her nose like a punishment and warned her again.
A strong emotion suddenly surged in Jinxi's heart. The two of them were her real brothers, not cheap brothers whom she kept nagging in her heart. They were as full of affection for her as Lin Jinyu was for her.