Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 146: Traveling through the Prince's Mansion 25

"Stop right there, you little bastard! I'm going to cut off your ears and feed them to the dogs today!"

Gu Li frowned. Such dirty words actually came out of the mouth of a child who was no more than fourteen years old.

"Miss be careful!"

The child being chased in front seemed to want to look back, and then he didn't pay attention and ran off the track, and his little body ran straight towards Gu Li.

Bai Shuang, who was closest to Gu Li, only had time to pull Gu Li away, so that the young lady would not be knocked down by the dirty child who was like a little cannonball.

Zhao Qing immediately came over to protect them, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you see that we have a distinguished guest? What are you doing wandering around in the alley?"

The leading child, relying on his height advantage, slipped out from under Zhao Qing's arm, and ran away very quickly.

Zhao Qing was furious. He failed to catch the younger one, so he stopped the two bigger ones who were chasing him. "What are you doing-----"

Zhao Qing had just said half of his harsh words when the two half-grown children stopped five steps away from the carriage. Seeing that they could not catch up with the little boy, they looked at each other, turned around and ran towards the alley they came from.

For a moment, Gu Li and her servant were the only ones left in the alley.

Zhao Qing lowered his head in embarrassment, feeling annoyed that he had let the young lady be hit by a shabby kid right under his nose, and that he had let the kid run away.

Zhao Qing is a born child of the Prince's Mansion. His parents are both elders in the mansion. He has been serving his aunt since she entered the mansion and is highly valued by her.

Zhao Qing was the youngest in the family and was assigned a very easy job, which was to be a coachman for his cousin who seldom went out.

But recently my cousin has to go out almost every day, so this job is not so easy.

"It's okay, you didn't hit me!" Gu Li comforted her and lifted her skirt to get in the car. But in her heart, she was thinking about Wu Bi's suggestion that Chu Yansheng mentioned last time.

She can't be surrounded by naive maids and brittle servants; that doesn't suit her temperament.

As soon as she took a step forward, she realized something was wrong. She lowered her head, let go of her hand, and looked at the hem of her skirt, "Bai Shuang, my purse is gone!"

Bai Shuang looked around the young lady and found that the Shu embroidery purse with cloud patterns that was originally hanging on her belt was gone.

"When I first went out, I was helping the young lady adjust her skirt, and the purse was still there!"

Gu Li raised her head and looked in the direction where the dirty kid ran away. "Zhao Qing, chase that kid and get my purse back! Bai Shuang, go to the shop and call for help. Go after him!"

"Yes."

"Okay, miss."

At such a young age, he was actually trying to set her up!

Gu Li lifted her skirt and followed Zhao Qing.

But before they got out of the alley, someone turned into it and blocked the entrance.

The man stood against the light, with the sunlight slanting down around him. The cold halo diluted his unbreakable laxity, adding a bit of solemnity and calmness.

Gu Li wondered if she had sensed it wrongly. Was this Chu Yansheng? She tilted her head slightly to look at him carefully.

He was wearing a dark-colored brocade robe with dark patterns, cloud boots on his feet, and an exquisite belt that showed off his slim waist. A ring-shaped jade hung from the belt, neutralizing the sense of oppression brought by the dark brocade robe.

He wore a jade crown, had a straight nose, restrained and calm eyebrows, a slender figure, and a distinguished temperament.

Chu Yansheng took two more steps forward and lifted the child in his hand forward, "Is he the one you are looking for?"

The child, who was held by the collar, danced wildly in the air with his hands and feet, but could not break free from Chu Yansheng's shackles.

Only then did Gu Li look at the child in his arms.

Zhao Qing stepped forward and said, "Yes, that's him." Then he was about to search the lady's purse.

Seeing there was no hope of escape, the child was held in the air motionless, like a puppy with its neck pinched, allowing Zhao Qing to search his body and take out three purses that did not match his status.

Zhao Qing handed one of them to Gu Li, "Miss!"

Gu Li took it, opened it and checked inside.

"I didn't expect that our county lady would care so much about money and other things. No wonder she hasn't paid me the thank-you gift she owes me yet!"

He is a weird person. He is a good person but he has a nagging mouth.

What a waste of good looks.

Gu Li rolled her eyes. "You are not much better, my prince. Do you have to mention the thank-you gift every time you meet me? Do you think that Duke Dingguo's Mansion is just waiting for the thank-you gift from this county lady to live?"

At this time, Bai Shuang came over with the people from the shop. They came in a rush and blocked the alley.

Chu Yansheng raised his eyebrows, and just glanced around and returned to Gu Li, "Such a big scene? A small pearl in your purse is enough for a beggar to eat and drink for half a year, why do you have to kill them all!"

Gu Li sneered, "Just because I have it, can anyone come and snatch it away at will? How can this be justified?"

Seeing that Gu Li was really angry, Chu Yansheng stopped talking, put down the beggar in his hand and pushed it to Zhao Qing's side.

Zhao Qing grabbed the disheveled beggar and looked at his own county lady.

The child's eyes were full of fear, and there was a hint of sadness that was inconsistent with his age. He pursed his lips and said nothing, as if he had already anticipated his fate. He didn't even say a word to beg for mercy.

Gu Li held her purse in her hand and asked the child, "Why did you steal my purse?"

The child doesn't speak.

"If you answer my questions properly, I'll let you go!"

The child's eyes flickered, and he spoke weakly, "My foster father taught me."

Gu Li was stunned. She didn't expect the child to answer like this. Normally, shouldn't he say with tears in his eyes that he was too hungry? Then she would give him some silver.

"Who is your godfather?"

The captured little beggar was indeed in cahoots with the two children before. The other two purses in the little beggar's arms were stolen from others using the same method.

According to the little beggar, his adoptive father had taken in more than a dozen sons of similar age to him, and each of them had to come out to grab the purse accompanied by his eldest and second brothers, otherwise he would go hungry and be beaten.

Gu Li asked Zhao Qing to take the little beggar to Xicheng Bingmasi to report the case. This was obviously a criminal den that used orphans to defraud and rob.

On a darker note, these children may not be orphans, and they may not have been abducted.

The shop assistants who came temporarily to take charge of the business were also dismissed by Gu Li.

"Aren't you afraid that these kids will be retaliated against?"

Gu Li didn't expect Chu Yansheng to still be there. She curled her lips and said, "Revenge? Who will take revenge? If that bastard is caught, he won't be able to come out again!"

Chu Yansheng chuckled, "The county lady is so majestic!"

What a noise!

Gu Li gritted her teeth, lifted her skirt, and stepped on the shoe of this annoying guy.