The little boy was frightened and immediately started crying, attracting the attention of everyone in the mutton shop.
"You brat, I'm letting you run, I'm letting you run!"
"Made, it's hard for us to find you. Run, keep running!"
The two men ignored the attention of everyone and immediately threw the little boy under the window and started beating and kicking him.
"stop!"
At this moment, Jimo Qiao suddenly stood up, and the two men who started shouting stopped.
The two of them turned around and saw that the person who spoke was actually a woman, and they immediately felt contemptuous.
The bigger one of the two said, "Girl, it's none of your business. You'd better stay out of your own business!"
After speaking, he said to his companion: "Take it back and talk about it later."
Immediately afterwards, another person picked up the little boy from the ground and prepared to take him away.
"Let him go!" Jimo Qiao shouted again.
While Jimo Qiao was talking, Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie also stood up, blocking their way to the left and right.
Only Chai Yan was still sitting leisurely, looking at everything in front of him expressionlessly.
"I'm warning you, don't mind your own business, otherwise...ah!"
Before the bigger man could finish his words, Jimo Qiao kicked him in the abdomen. The other person immediately hit the wall backwards, holding his abdomen and shrinking into a ball.
The other person was suddenly shocked and punched Jimo Qiao without thinking.
But before the man's arm could be fully straightened, Cheng Jiu slapped him in the face.
Immediately afterwards, the man did a 720-degree spin and fell heavily to the ground, unable to get up.
After dealing with these two people, Jimo Qiao immediately stepped forward to help the little boy up and asked, "How are you? Are you okay?"
The little boy shook his head firmly, indicating that it was nothing serious.
At this time, the mutton shop was completely silent. All the guests had forgotten to eat and were all staring at this place.
Chai Yan put a piece of roast mutton into his mouth and said while chewing, "Why don't you get out of here?"
The two men who were beaten were so frightened that they quickly got up, ran out of the mutton shop in despair, and disappeared into the night.
At this time, Chai Yan turned to the guests in the shop and said: "It's okay, it's okay, everyone, keep eating, keep eating..."
After hearing this, the shopkeeper quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, it's okay. Dear guests, please continue. Let's eat and drink well."
Soon, the mutton shop became lively again. Although a few customers were still talking about what happened just now, most of them ignored it.
When Chai Yan was at the table, Jimo Qiao had already moved a stool for the little boy to sit down, and asked softly: "What's your name?"
The little boy looked at Chai Yan and the others, shook his head and said to Jimo Qiao: "My... my name is Li Su, they all call me Xiao Su..."
"Xiaosu, well, that's a nice name." Jimo Qiao praised with a smile.
Immediately afterwards, Jimo Qiao asked again: "Xiaosu, why did they arrest you? Do you owe them money?"
Li Su immediately shook his head and said, "No, I don't owe them any money. They want to arrest me because they want to use me to sacrifice to the God of the Moon."
"Sacrifice?" Jimo Qiao was very confused and asked hurriedly: "What kind of god is Haoyue God?"
Chai Yan then said: "Haoyue God is the god believed by the people of Muyue country. Cheng Jiu knows this well."
When Jimo Qiao heard this, he looked at Cheng Jiu curiously, and Cheng Jiu immediately told Jimo Qiao what he knew.
"What? You actually want to sacrifice a child's life? This... this is so inhumane!" Jimo Qiao was extremely surprised.
When Li Su heard what Cheng Jiu said was terrifying, he couldn't help but hugged Jimo Qiao's arm and shook his head vigorously.
When it comes to Muyue Kingdom's sacrificial methods, a person comes to Chai Yan's mind.
"Xiaosu, tell me, who wants to arrest you?" Chai Yan asked.
Xiaosu hesitated to say it, but with Jimo Qiao's comfort and persuasion, Xiaosu still said the other person's name.
"Yes...it's Master Chong..." When Xiaosu mentioned this name, he felt a chill in his heart.
Next, Xiaosu told Chai Yan and the others that he had already been caught, but he ran out again without anyone paying attention, and heard the conversation between Chong Ye and others before escaping again.
Jimo Qiao asked quickly: "Who is Mr. Chong? What does Mr. Chong do?"
Xiaosu said in a trembling voice: "He...he is a great evil man. We little beggars are afraid of him. If we don't share his money, we won't be able to beg in the city and we will starve to death."
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"This is too vicious. He has the nerve to take the money he earned through hard work for food. Isn't he a scumbag!" Jimo Qiao said angrily.
Upon hearing this, Chai Yan understood that this man named Chong Ye should be a person who specializes in squeezing the beggars in Jiezhou City. He is an out-and-out vampire.
"Xiaosu, where did Mr. Chong originally plan to send you?" Chai Yan asked again.
"I don't know." Xiaosu was at a loss.
Chai Yan thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you know the person who was talking to Master Chong?"
"I don't know him," Xiaosu said.
Later, Chai Yan asked some more questions, but Xiaosu was in a state of confusion.
During the questioning process, Chai Yan found that Xiao Su had been staring at the mutton in the bowl on the table, so he knew that he was probably hungry.
So, Chai Yan put the bowl of stewed mutton on the table in front of Xiaosu and said with a smile: "I see you are hungry too, go ahead and eat."
Xiaosu didn't dare to move his chopsticks, and looked at everyone timidly and hesitantly.
Jimo Qiao immediately handed the chopsticks to Xiaosu and said, "Eat with confidence, it'll be fine."
Xiaosu became bolder now, carefully took the chopsticks from Jimo Qiao, and then started eating.
Jimo Qiao said: "Brother-in-law, let's report it to the official! It's too cruel for these people to capture children and sacrifice them."
Chai Yan glanced at Jimo Qiao with a frown and said nothing.
Jimo Qiao knew that he didn't want to report to the official, so he said: "But brother-in-law, since we have encountered this matter, we can't just ignore it. Using children to sacrifice is simply unconscionable!"
Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie also hated such behavior, and nodded in agreement with Jimo Qiao's statement.
"Who said I don't care anymore? Which of your ears heard me say that?" Chai Yan said.
Jimo Qiao was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Brother-in-law, what are you going to do?"
Chai Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "Simple, just wait and see."
Jimo Qiao understood immediately and said, "Brother-in-law, you mean, those people will come back?"
Chai Yan nodded slightly and said calmly: "Yes, when they come back later, we only need to capture their boss, and then we can find out the mastermind of this matter."
"Yes, this is a good idea!" Jimo Qiao was overjoyed.
Chai Yan looked at Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie and reminded: "You two need to eat more. Fighting in a while will consume a lot of energy."
"Okay!" "Yeah!"
Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie responded in unison, and then they ate and drank wholeheartedly.
After a while, a group of people suddenly gathered outside the mutton shop. Judging from the appearance of these people, they should all be ruffians from Jiezhou City.
Jimo Qiao looked out the window and said: "Brother-in-law, the rabbit is here!"
Chai Yan smiled and said, "I saw it."
This scene also scared the owner of the mutton shop and the diners. Everyone felt something was wrong and fled the shop anxiously.
In an instant, Chai Yan's table was the only one left in the shop.
The shopkeeper mustered up the courage to come to Chai Yan, cupped his hands and said: "Guests, the shop really can't stand the trouble, please ask some people who can be considerate, I will bow to you here."
After saying this, the shopkeeper bowed to Chai Yan and the others.
Chai Yan took out a piece of silver and put it on the table. He stood up and said, "Let's go outside to play, so as not to affect the shopkeeper's business."