Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

He hurriedly reached out and fanned himself with cold air into his mouth.

After eating a few glutinous rice balls, I drank some hot soup.

Even in the dead of winter,

The two of them felt warm all over their bodies.

Zhao Yuan and Qiong Ying were enjoying their meal.

Unexpectedly, a commotion suddenly arose from the crowd nearby.

Immediately afterwards, a young woman rushed out in a panic.

Behind her followed two burly maids wielding sticks.

And a plump, richly dressed middle-aged woman.

"Hurry up and grab that little bitch!" the middle-aged woman shouted sternly.

Two strong maids hurried after them.

The young woman was running when she suddenly stumbled.

He happened to fall near a stall selling glutinous rice balls.

The two robust maids ran up.

He picked up the stick in his hand and struck the young woman several times without any mercy.

The young woman screamed twice, then collapsed onto the ground in the street, sobbing softly.

The onlookers all thought the young woman was exceptionally beautiful.

Even when she cries, she is exceptionally charming and pitiful.

Everyone couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

At this moment, the middle-aged woman also came over.

Seeing the young woman crying, he snorted in annoyance.

"We're already on the street, why don't you stop with that seductive look? Who are you trying to impress?"

The middle-aged woman cursed angrily, then beckoned to two burly maids.

"Why did you stop? Keep beating me!"

Upon hearing the order, the two maids quickly picked up the sticks they were holding.

Just as he was about to continue teaching the young woman a lesson,

Qiongying, who was eating glutinous rice balls, couldn't stand it anymore.

She reached directly for the brocade pouch at her waist and took out two pebbles.

It was thrown at the two maids who were holding sticks.

Perhaps considering that the two maids were only following the lady's orders,

Qiong Ying clearly held back, not targeting their vital points.

The two flying stones struck the hands of the two maids holding the sticks.

The stick fell to the ground with a start, which startled the middle-aged woman.

She looked around in alarm: "Who? Who's meddling in this?"

"it's me!"

Qiongying stood up gracefully.

"I just can't stand you bullying people! So what if I meddle?"

The middle-aged woman frowned and glanced at Qiongying.

"What do you know, you little brat? This is my family's business! It's none of your concern!"

"Hmph, so what if it's your family's business! I'm still going to meddle!"

Qiong Ying angrily said, "Tell me quickly, why did you hit her?"

"I'd like to see how you manage things."

The middle-aged woman stood with her hands on her hips, speaking with an air of self-righteousness.

"This woman is my maid. As my servant, she doesn't think about doing her job properly, but instead tries to seduce my master all day long. Today, I even caught her in the act with him! Tell me, shouldn't I beat her?"

"this......"

Qiong Ying was stunned for a moment, her lips moved, and she didn't know how to refute.

Zhao Yuan looked at her amusedly, and was about to offer his help when...

The young woman lying on the ground suddenly raised her head.

She said with a wronged expression, "I didn't seduce you, Master! It was you who tried to humiliate me while you were away, Madam. I fought back desperately and finally escaped from the room, but you still want to punish me, Madam!"

"Hmph, if it weren't for you, you vixen, seducing that old man every day, how could he possibly be interested in you?"

The middle-aged woman pursed her lips, seeing that the young woman had started crying again.

Her expression immediately turned even more disgusted, and she spoke sharply to the two maids beside her.

"You two pull her up and take her home so you can deal with her properly!"

"Young lady, please save me!"

003 The young woman was lifted up by two strong maids.

Seeing that everyone around her was indifferent, only Qiongying spoke up for her and hurriedly pleaded with her again.

Qiongying looked at the young woman's pitiful, weeping appearance.

But then the images of the refugees he had encountered on his journey came to mind again.

If I can't save those people, can't I even save this frail woman in front of me?

Qiongying clenched her fists tightly, having made up her mind.

He stood directly in front of the middle-aged woman.

"Little girl, listen up! This woman is a servant of our household. I can do whatever I want with her. It's none of your business, an outsider!"

The middle-aged woman gave an impatient snort.

If it weren't for the way Qiongying had thrown the stones earlier...

She even wanted those two strong maids to just beat Qiong Ying away with sticks.

Although Qiongying pitied the woman, she also knew that...

It's really no one else's place to interfere in the master's discipline of the maid.

The girl blinked, thought for a moment, and then an idea came to her mind.

"Hey, didn't you just say you were worried this woman was seducing your husband?"

Qiongying said, "How about this, you transfer her indenture to me? Since she's not in your household, you won't have to worry about her seducing your master anymore!"

Chapter Ninety-Eight: The "Gold" in Jin Ping Mei

"this......"

The middle-aged woman pondered for a moment, then realized that it was indeed a good idea.

She could not only get rid of this annoying vixen, but also make some money along the way.

"One price, thirty strings of cash!"

Thirty it is!

As Qiongying spoke, she reached for the silver at her waist.

But to my surprise, I found nothing.

She then remembered that her purse had been held by the two female soldiers.

"Little girl, can you afford the money or not?"

The middle-aged woman snorted, "If you don't have money, then don't waste my time. I'll just sell her to someone else! I just heard that shorty Gu Shupi is still unmarried, and he and this vixen are a match made in heaven! I can even give him a discount if I sell her to him!"

"Don't worry, you'll get thirty strings of cash, not a single penny less!"

Qiong Ying glared at the middle-aged woman, then looked to Zhao Yuan for help.

Zhao Yuan, naturally, wouldn't want to embarrass her, so he took out his money pouch...

He took out three ten-tael silver ingots and handed them over.

Qiongying reached out and took the silver, then tossed it over.

"Yes, the portion is indeed generous."

The middle-aged woman weighed the silver in her hand, then sent a maid back to the mansion to retrieve the pawn certificate.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qiongying helped the young woman up and led her to sit down at the stall selling glutinous rice balls.

After the maid returned,

The middle-aged woman then wrote down the transfer agreement on the table where she sold glutinous rice balls.

After signing and sealing the document, he handed it over to Qiongying along with the young woman's indenture.

After the middle-aged woman left, Qiongying saw that the young woman's face was already streaked with tears and covered in dust, so she took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.

"Thank you, young lady,"

The young woman thanked him, took the handkerchief, and gently wiped away the tears on her face.

Her delicate and pitiful appearance immediately stunned everyone around her.

Qiong Ying saw that all the men around her were captivated by the young woman.

Her expression immediately turned somewhat displeased, and she quickly looked at Zhao Yuan beside her.

But he just kept his head down, eating his glutinous rice balls, and ignored the young woman.

A satisfied smile appeared on the girl's face, and she turned to the young woman and asked,

"By the way, what's your name?"

"In reply to you, young lady, my surname is Pan, and my given name is Jinlian," the woman answered softly.

But before she could finish speaking,

There was a "pfft" sound, followed by a dry cough!

It turned out that Zhao Yuan had suddenly choked on a glutinous rice ball and was coughing repeatedly.

Seeing this, Qiongying quickly reached out to pat his back.

At the same time, she chuckled and scolded, "Brother, are these glutinous rice balls really that delicious? You actually choked on them!"

This isn't about whether or not it's tangyuan (glutinous rice balls)!

Zhao Yuan looked up at the woman Qiong Ying had just saved.

She was indeed exceptionally beautiful.

Just thinking of her name made Zhao Yuan feel a strange sensation.

That Jin Ping Mei...

They already had "plum blossoms" in their home, and now "gold" has also arrived.

It seems that only that "bottle" is left!

Zhao Yuan recalled for a moment and remembered the plot of "Jin Ping Mei".

Li Ping'er was originally Liang Zhongshu's concubine, but because Liang Zhongshu's wife was extremely jealous and vicious, she beat many of the maids and concubines to death and buried them in the back garden.

Although Li Ping'er had the status of a concubine, she was unable to get close to Liang Zhongshu.

He could only live with his foster mother in the outer study.

Later, Song Jiang led his men to capture Daming Prefecture, and Li Kui went on a killing spree at Cuiyun Tower, killing the entire family of Liang Zhongshu.

Liang Zhongshu and his wife fled in disarray, while Li Ping'er, amidst the chaos, also took a large amount of jewelry and her foster mother to Tokyo to seek refuge with relatives.