It is said that Cheng Ying took a boat all the way south after leaving Zhongnan Mountain.
Because of her outstanding appearance and tall figure, many bees and butterflies circled around her.
Although Cheng Ying was not afraid, she also found them annoying.
You must know that she made a great wish when she was young. She would find a peerless man like her elder brother in the future. If she could not meet him, she would never marry.
In order to avoid being watched by those stinky men, Cheng Ying went to the blacksmith shop to order an ugly mask. With this cover-up, Cheng Ying was finally not stared at by others.
Although wearing a mask is just as eye-catching, it is still much better than not wearing one. Cheng Ying thought.
All the way south, the boat ride lasted for more than half a month. Cheng Ying felt that she was groggy. After landing, she found an inn and had a good night's rest. Cheng Ying felt that she was alive.
Early the next morning, Cheng Ying took the private money given to her by her sister-in-law and wandered around in the bustling market. When she walked to a half-open restaurant, she heard the sound of an argument coming from inside, accompanied by a loud voice from a woman. Crying sounds.
Cheng Ying frowned, opened the door and walked in.
"Hey, who are you? What are you doing here? The door isn't open yet." The turtle with a rat head and a rat face scolded Cheng Ying immediately as he looked at Cheng Ying who was wearing an iron mask.
"What's wrong with this girl?" Cheng Ying looked at the half-grown little girl in front of her who was being pulled by the turtle man and asked without any doubt.
"Oh, she's actually a woman." Mr. Turtle didn't take Cheng Ying's words to heart, but was surprised by Cheng Ying's identity. You should know that in their brothel, except for prostitutes, no women ever came to the door.
The look in Mr. Turtle's eyes made Cheng Ying feel very uncomfortable. Although she had a good temper, she could not tolerate being treated like this. She kicked Mr. Turtle away eight meters away.
"Let me ask you one last time, what's going on with this girl." Cheng Ying asked suppressing his anger.
The severe pain in his chest made Mr. Turtle lose his mind. He immediately shouted, hoping that the guard sleeping on the first floor would come out and teach Cheng Ying a lesson.
Unfortunately, if he met ordinary people, this method might work, but he met Cheng Ying.
Cheng Ying looked at Mr. Turtle who was yelling, frowned slightly, then picked up the little girl, straightened her torn clothes, and touched her head kindly.
Cheng Ying's series of actions gave the little girl a great sense of security. She hugged Cheng Ying's legs and cried loudly.
At this moment, the thugs came out with their eyes blurred. They saw Mr. Turtle lying on the ground, but they didn't know that someone was out to cause trouble.
He immediately picked up the bench next to him and rushed forward.
Cheng Ying looked at these men with fierce looks. The iron flute in his hand was dancing like a short stick, banging on their foreheads. The clear sound made people know that this was a good start.
A group of big men fell to the ground and wailed in pain. Cheng Ying, dressed in Tsing Yi and a girl, stood in the crowd, standing proudly. Everyone knew from a distance that this weird man wearing a mask was not a good person.
Cheng Ying, who had solved these people, was neither sad nor happy. She thought for a moment that if she left without caring, she might not vent her anger on the little girl next to her, but harm her.
So she simply took the little girl, practiced Qing Gong and left.
The reason why she wanted to use Qing Kung in public was of course not to show off, but to tell the people in the restaurant that she was not someone to be trifled with.
Taking the little girl away from here, Cheng Ying finally learned about the little girl's life experience on the way.
It turns out that this little girl was born in a poor family. Her parents made a living by helping wealthy local farmers farm, and their life was very tight. Moreover, the family had an older brother, two younger sisters, and a younger brother. With a large population, life was not easy.
Although the eldest brother is old, when it comes to marriage, his lover does not dislike his background, but he only requires five taels of silver as a bride price.
But this requirement is as difficult as climbing the sky for a family in need where the whole family can't scrape together even a tael of silver.
So the little girl's parents had no choice but to buy the half-grown girl into a brothel and sell her for five taels of silver to marry her eldest brother.
When the little girl first arrived at the brothel, she was very homesick and unwilling to follow the turtle man, let alone the turtle man who wanted to touch her openly or secretly. She was very scared, so that was the scene Cheng Ying saw at first.
After listening to the little girl's words, Cheng Ying touched the little girl's head with compassion. She suddenly thought that when she was her age, her uncle and aunt had just been killed by Li Mochou, and she and her cousin were all alone.
Fortunately, they were lucky enough to have their elder brother taking care of things for them, keeping them fed and clothed, and they also learned a good skill.
"Then where are you going? Do you want your sister to take you home?" Cheng Ying asked.
When the little girl heard that she was going home, she immediately shook her head and said, "No, sister, I have thought about it. Even if I go back, my parents will not care about me and will even send me back."
Cheng Ying couldn't help but tremble in her heart after hearing the little girl's answer.
"How could it be? They won't ignore you." Cheng Ying said softly.
"But... they have already sold me." Speaking of this, the little girl couldn't help crying.
Cheng Ying originally wanted to persuade her to go back, but was suddenly choked in her throat.
Yes, both of my parents died when I was young. I always thought that it would be great to have my parents around and be with them.
But this principle does not apply to the little girl in front of me. Her parents are too cruel.
"Well, how about you follow your sister?" Cheng Ying was really a kind-hearted person. She didn't know what to do with the little girl, so she simply planned to take her with her.
When the little girl heard Cheng Ying's words, she immediately agreed. This was not because of her power, but because she really had nowhere to go.
"By the way, I haven't asked you what your name is yet?" Cheng Ying brushed the hair on her shoulders and asked.
"Sister, I only remember that my surname is Zhou, and my parents call me Xiaohua." The little girl said weakly. It was obvious that she also knew that her name might not sound very nice.
Cheng Ying could see her little thoughts, so she thought about it.
"Zhou Xiaohua, well, this name is quite good, but now that you have decided to leave with me, let's change our name to Zhou Zhiruo."
"Okay, Zhou Zhiruo, my name will be Zhou Zhiruo from now on." The little girl said happily.
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In Zhongnan Mountain, Liu Zhiheng looked at the letter Cheng Ying sent back by flying pigeon.
I couldn't help but sigh at the funny fate, not even Zhou Zhiruo ran away.
Of course Liu Zhiheng understood that this Zhou Zhiruo and the Zhou Zhiruo in Yitian Slaying the Dragon are definitely not the same person.
The letter said that Cheng Ying planned to accept the little girl Zhou Zhiruo as a disciple, but all the martial arts she learned came from Liu Zhiheng, so she wrote to get Liu Zhiheng's approval and asked about Xiao Longnu's situation. I hope everyone is well. .
Liu Zhiheng had never been a stingy person, otherwise he would not have taught the martial arts he created to Yang Guo and Cheng Ying, so he wrote back a letter to Cheng Ying with a stroke of his pen.
The letter asked Cheng Ying to teach Zhou Zhiruo martial arts, but also said that everything was fine at home.
