kingnovel Chapter 474 Isolated and helpless
Chapter 474 Isolated and helpless
Cheng Yun'er and her maid were walking behind. Suddenly, four smelly beggars appeared and surrounded them at a railing.
Cheng Yun'er leaned against the railing, and the maid quickly put her behind her when she saw her.
"What are you going to do?" The maid saw these beggars who were much taller than her and said timidly, stretching out her arms to block Cheng Yun'er.
"We don't do anything, just give us a meal, kind lady." A man of medium height, speaking in a non-authentic Beijing accent, with his fingers pinching his nostrils and a lewd smile on his face.
"We have been hungry for several days. Miss, please be kind. You are so beautiful, you must be a kind person." Another beggar came up to her.
The way he looked at Cheng Yun'er was like a wolf that had been hungry for several days, and when it saw a little lamb, it couldn't wait to pounce on it.
Cheng Yun'er had never seen such a situation before. When she saw their looks, she suddenly thought of the gardener before. She was so scared that she trembled and grabbed the maid's arm tightly with both hands.
The maid cried out in pain, but Cheng Yun'er not only did not let go, but held on even tighter.
"Miss, don't hold me so tightly. I will give them silver and they will leave." Even though the maid was very scared, she still pretended to be calm.
After hearing this, Cheng Yun'er realized her actions belatedly and immediately let go of the maid, asking her to give the silver to the beggar.
As soon as she was free, the maid immediately poured out the copper coins in her purse. She was just a personal maid and had only a few copper coins on her.
The money they took with them was in the servant's hands, but they didn't know why the servant hadn't come back for so long.
Without time to think, she emptied out all the copper coins in her purse, only ten in total.
When the beggars saw the copper coins, they immediately became unhappy. Judging from her clothes, she must be a lady from a wealthy family. Yet she actually wanted to get rid of them with just a few copper coins? No, absolutely not.
"There are four of us in total. Is this all the money Miss is going to give us? It's not even enough to fill our stomachs." A beggar of medium height, probably the leader among them, spoke first.
"This is all I have in my purse. I'm giving it all to you." Seeing that they were still not giving in, the little maid was so scared that she was about to cry.
"We don't care. If you don't have money, you can take something else. We won't be picky." The middle-aged man looked the little maid up and down. She had a skinny body and was short. She was not good-looking at all.
Then he looked at Cheng Yun'er. Although she was wearing a veil and a hat on her head, her whole temperament was obviously extraordinary. I wonder what kind of stunningly beautiful face would be under the veil?
The other three beggars also became interested in Cheng Yun'er and wanted to see her face.
"You can't look at my lady like that." The little maid was eager to protect her master.
"It won't cost you a piece of meat to take a look. Are you a little maid who is tired of living? Are you looking for death?" The middle-aged man was obviously in a bad temper. He roared at the little maid and raised a fist, pretending to hit her.
The little maid was so frightened that she curled up and hid to the side.
Her dodging happened to expose Cheng Yun'er behind her. Cheng Yun'er had not eaten well in the past few days and had become much thinner than before.
Although there was clothing between them, her waist looked slender and could be held in one hand, making one unable to help but yearn for it.
The four beggars were drooling at the corners of their mouths.
This girl is so pretty, a thousand times better than the girls in the brothel. It's a pity that we can only look at her.
Noticing the gazes of the beggars, the little maid was frightened and wanted to come over again, but someone next to her grabbed her arm and no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't get free.
"You little girl, you don't have any money, but you still want to stop us from asking for money for your young lady? If you dare to go over there again, I will slap you twice in the face." The one who caught her was none other than one of the beggars.
The little maidservant's arms were grasped so tightly that she burst into tears. She was quite young, only about eleven or twelve years old, and had never seen such a scene before. She was so frightened that she didn't know what to do.
At this time, Cheng Yun'er couldn't help but secretly regret that she was afraid of attracting attention when she went out, so she only brought one maid with her. If she had known this would happen, she would have brought a few more and would not have encountered this situation.
"My beautiful lady, would you like to give us some silver? As long as you give us the silver, we will get out of here immediately." The middle-aged man had lustful eyes. He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his hand and had an obscene smile on his face.
"I don't have any silver on me. It's all with the servant. I'll give it to you when he comes back." Cheng Yun'er held the railing tightly with her hands. Her nails turned white and there were several nail marks on the railing.
"Oh, so that's the case. Then let's wait for a while and chat first." The middle-aged man was not in a hurry. While speaking, he looked at the three people next to him with an unknown light in his eyes.
"Well, we have grown up but have never chatted with a rich lady. Are we so lucky today that such a good thing happened to us?" The other three beggars burst into laughter.
"Don't make so much noise, be careful not to scare the young lady." The middle-aged man reprimanded them softly, but his tone was full of teasing.
"Please move away. I will give you more silver later." Cheng Yun'er felt isolated and helpless at this moment. She glanced at the Prime Minister's wife out of the corner of her eye and found that she was stopped there.
The maid was caught aside again, and now no one could come to help her. The panic in her heart had reached its peak. Looking at them was like seeing the man in the greenhouse that night, making her breathe difficult.
"Why do you want to go away? If you go away, how can we chat?" The beggar was naturally unwilling to do so. He finally had a chance to talk to the rich lady at such a close distance, so how could he compromise easily?
Instead of leaving, she took two steps forward. This time she was closer to Cheng Yun'er and could even smell the faint fragrance coming from this young lady from an official family.
It turns out that young ladies from official families all smell good. Great, that’s great. Anyway, this group of people are about to leave the capital, so if they can take advantage of them, then it’s okay, right?
If they run faster at that time, will the officers and soldiers still be able to catch them?
"Don't come over here." Cheng Yun'er, who had been holding the railing, had let go at some point and waved her arms to stop them from coming over, shouting in fear.
Seeing the official lady like this, the beggars became more interested. Even though she didn't let them get close, they still got closer.
Several people had formed a circle and were gradually getting closer and closer to Cheng Yun'er. There was a railing behind Cheng Yun'er and below the railing was a lake.
Since she was walking at the back and not on the shore, the lake was still very deep.
Seeing them getting closer and closer, almost touching her clothes, Cheng Yun'er had no way to avoid them anymore. The railing was not high, and she was not careful and fell over the railing.