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Chapter 453: Met a bad guy?
The Zhao family members surrounded Zhao Yiyi, their faces full of anxiety and worry. They tried to persuade Zhao Yiyi to go home with them with earnest words.

But Zhao Yiyi has always been stubborn, and once he makes up his mind, no one can change it.

How could she be willing to listen at this moment?
Just as Zhao Xingzhi's face turned red with anger at his daughter's stubbornness, he was furious and planned to forcibly take her home despite her resistance.

Zhao Yiyi suddenly had an idea, seized the opportunity, and ran away.

Her figure moved quickly through the crowded market like an agile deer.

Zhao Yiyi had already become a ninth-grade warrior, and her skills were very agile. In addition, the market was bustling with people coming and going, stalls lined up, and the crowds of people provided her with perfect cover.

She ran away in a few seconds and disappeared in the vast crowd.

The three members of the Zhao family are just ordinary mortals, how can they catch up with Zhao Yiyi?
This also made Zhao Xingzhi and his wife feel as if the sky had fallen.

The daughter they raised with great difficulty now doesn't even listen to her parents, which makes them feel extremely sad and disappointed.

The eldest sister Zhao Yiqiu was even more indignant. She stamped her feet and said with gritted teeth:
"Dad, Mom, we have to think of a way."

"My little sister has gone crazy for that scumbag. Sooner or later, that scumbag will hurt her miserably!"

Zhao Xingzhi's face was gloomy, his brows were furrowed, and his heart was full of regret and self-blame.

He thought he had always been strict in disciplining his daughter, and his daughter was usually very obedient and a sensible child.

But what no one expected was that the first man his daughter met when she first fell in love would make her completely bewitched by him, and she even turned her elbows outward and ignored her parents' advice.

Zhao Xingzhi took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice:
"Go home first!"

"Call the family members and let's discuss this!"

So the Zhao family quickly returned home.

The Zhao family's eldest daughter, second daughter and two sons-in-law also gathered together, and the atmosphere in the living room was solemn.

Although the Zhao family is not wealthy and is an ordinary family, they are very united and care about each other. Whenever one family member gets into trouble, everyone will work together to find solutions and contribute.

After everyone gathered, they began to discuss the matter.

The eldest son-in-law Xue Chao clenched his thick fists and said angrily:

"So what if they're imperial guards? I'll fight them all the same!"

"I'll have someone keep an eye on him someday. If that brat dares to leave the Imperial Guards camp during his leave, I'll beat him up!"

"I'm going to beat him until he kneels down and begs for mercy, and swears he won't come after me again!"

When Xue Chao spoke, the flesh on his face twitched and his eyes revealed a fierce light.

He himself was also a ninth-rank warrior, and with a strong build, he was confident that he could easily beat Liang Jin.

When Zhao Xingzhi heard this, he was the first to object. He frowned and said seriously:
"No, I am a scholar after all."

"If word gets out that my Zhao family beat up a blind date, who would dare to come and marry Yi Yi in the future?"

Zhao Wangshi nodded repeatedly in agreement with this statement.

The second sister, Zhao Yueqing, crossed her arms and said thoughtfully:

"The best way to forget a man is to find her a better man!"

"In my opinion, if I can find a rich young man for my younger sister, then I will naturally be able to forget about Liang Jin."

But after hearing these words, the eldest sister Zhao Yiqiu shook her head.

She sighed and said helplessly:
"My little sister has high standards, otherwise she wouldn't be still unmarried at the age of eighteen."

"Besides, our family is so poor, how can we expect a young man to fall from the sky? Otherwise, how could that scumbag Liang Jin come to our house for a blind date?"

"In my opinion, we need to lock up my little sister for a few days! She's hot-headed right now, so we need to lock her up for a few days to let her calm down!"

However, this method was opposed by the King of Zhao.

Zhao Wangshi loved her daughter dearly and felt sorry for her, so how could she bear to let her daughter suffer the punishment of being locked up?

Her eyes were slightly red, and she said anxiously:

"No, no, you can't do this to Yi Yi. She won't be able to bear it."

However, her attitude made Zhao Xingzhi dissatisfied.

Zhao Xingzhi frowned and said angrily:

"It's because you spoiled Zhao Yiyi so much that she became so willful and reckless now."

The whole family began to argue endlessly, with everyone arguing, and no one could come up with a good solution.

……

While the Zhao family was discussing a solution, Zhao Yiyi was still hiding in the market.

She looked around cautiously, her eyes revealing a hint of nervousness and vigilance.

She just thought her family was still looking for her.

She immediately tried her best to get into a remote alley, walking hurriedly for fear of being discovered by her family.

"I guess he didn't follow me..."

Zhao Yiyi huddled in a dark alley, stuck his head out and looked outside. After confirming that there was no sign of his family, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She patted her chest to calm her nervous mood, and immediately planned to leave the alley and continue her business.

But just as she packed her luggage and stood up to walk out of the alley, she suddenly bumped into someone entering the alley.

The man stood there like an iron tower, motionless.

Zhao Yiyi bumped into that person and felt an invisible force surging like a tide, which made her bounce back and fall to the ground.

"it hurts……"

She cried out in pain, rubbed her hurt shoulder, and looked up at the person who came.

The person who appeared before my eyes was actually a short old woman.

The old woman was wearing a coarse cloth dress with several patches on it, which looked a little worn.

She was hunched over, as if her back had been bent by the years. In her hand, she held a bamboo stick, the surface of which had been worn smooth. She looked as if she were in her seventies or eighties.

When Zhao Yiyi looked into her eyes, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

There were no eyes in the old woman's eye sockets, only two big black holes!

Especially around her eye sockets, which were covered with knife marks and burn marks. Those hideous scars seemed to tell of the suffering she had endured. It was obvious that she had suffered a lot before losing these eyes.

This is actually a blind man!
But the next moment, Zhao Yiyi's eyes lit up.

Because she was surprised to find that although the old woman was very old, her long hair was surprisingly black and shiny, as smooth as black satin, just like the hair of a young woman!
Her hair was very long. After it reached her waist, it was tucked into a gizzard tied to her body, so it was impossible to see how long her hair was.

"Grandma, are you okay?"

After Zhao Yiyi came to his senses, he hurriedly stood up and asked with concern, his face full of worry.

The old woman seemed to have turned a deaf ear to him and kept muttering:

"Pus and blood were dripping from my body, my limbs were swollen, my body was covered with sores, and I also had foot tumors that made it impossible for me to walk or stand. I could not hear, I could not see, I could not move my hands, and I could not walk..."

As she spoke, she used the bamboo stick in her hand to explore the ground in front of her. Her steps were slow and staggering, and she continued to move forward based on the exploration of the bamboo stick.

Zhao Yiyi felt distressed when he saw this. He immediately walked over and offered his hand to support the old woman, saying softly:

"Grandma, be careful ahead. There's debris ahead."

As soon as her hand touched the blind old woman, she suddenly felt that the old woman's hand was as slippery as a loach, and it slipped away from Zhao Yiyi's hand in an instant.

Before Zhao Yiyi could react, she felt her wrist being grabbed by the old woman and twisted hard.

"oops!"

This made Zhao Yiyi scream in pain, and the severe pain from her wrist made her feel as if her hand was about to break.

The old woman's other hand snatched the scissors from Zhao Yiyi's waist and said in a deep voice:

"A mere ninth-rank warrior with a pair of broken scissors wants to test this old woman?"

"Do you really think I'm blind and anyone can bully me?"

As she spoke, the old woman applied force on her hands again. Zhao Yiyi couldn't help but cry out in pain again, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

When the blind old woman's hand loosened a little, Zhao Yiyi hurriedly explained:
"What did you say? I didn't mean to bully you at all!"

"I buy hair. Your hair is very beautiful. I want to ask if you would like to sell it to me."

"You're so pitiful. If you're willing to sell your hair to me, I won't make a penny from you. I'll give you the same price as I sell it to the hair accessories dealer."

"And I can also make hair accessories merchants trust me more, which will help me do better business, and neither of us will suffer any loss!"

The blind old woman sneered when she heard this and was about to say something.

But the next moment, the expression on her face froze slightly.

Then, she held Zhao Yiyi's wrist, adjusted the angle, and pressed Zhao Yiyi's pulse in a pulse-taking posture.

After a moment, a look of surprise appeared on the old woman's face again:

"How could this be so..."

When the old woman was surprised, Zhao Yiyi even felt a stream of internal force from the old woman's body entering his body through his wrist. The internal force was like a warm stream, running along his meridians.

It was a bit similar to the feeling when Liang Jin taught her how to use the power. Just when Zhao Yiyi was so anxious that she wanted to scream for help.

The old woman suddenly let go of Zhao Yiyi's hand and said:

"Little girl, do you really want my old lady's hair?"

Zhao Yiyi was freed and couldn't help rubbing his aching wrist, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

Although she had just started learning martial arts, she could guess from the two moves the old woman had just made that she was definitely a warrior of the ninth rank or above.

She hesitated for a moment, then said:

"This hair of yours can definitely be sold for six hundred coins! Or more!"

When the old woman heard this, she grinned with her toothless mouth, seeming to be quite disdainful of what Zhao Yiyi said.

She then said:
"I am an old woman, blind, and I want to go to a place in this alley to meet someone."

"If you are willing to take me with you and let me serve as your eyes, I will give you my hair as a gift, without asking for a penny."

When Zhao Yiyi heard this, he looked at a deep and dark alley and couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.

She grew up in the capital city, so she naturally knew that there were several common occupations for women in the capital, collectively known as "gossip girls and six grandmas".

The three aunts refer to Buddhist nuns, Taoist nuns, and fortune-telling nuns.

The six kinds of women refer to the tooth-maker, matchmaker, fortune-teller, pious woman, medicine woman, and midwife.

Other professions are fine, but Zhao Yiyi knows very well that one needs to be extremely vigilant and careful with the "toothmother" among the six kinds of women.

The so-called matchmaker is a woman who specializes in human trafficking and makes a profit from it.

When some matchmakers engage in human trafficking, at least they make sure that both parties are willing to do so and don't act too dirty.

Some matchmakers will do anything to make money by trafficking in human beings, including drugging, kidnapping, and trafficking.

Zhao Yiyi was afraid that if she followed the old woman to that place, she would be caught and sold.

So she decisively refused:

"Sorry, mother-in-law, I still have business to do, so I'll leave first."

Having said that, Zhao Yiyi wanted to leave the alley.

Although she felt sorry for the blind old woman, she didn't want to bring herself into trouble because of her momentary kindness.

When the old woman heard this, a trace of ferocity appeared on her face, and she snorted coldly:
"What? Do you think I'm a bad person and want to kidnap a young girl like you?"

"If I, old woman, had this in mind, do you think you could escape from my grasp?"

As she spoke, the old woman suddenly pointed the bamboo pole in her hand towards Zhao Yiyi.

The bamboo pole was as fast as lightning. Before Zhao Yiyi could react, he was hit by it.

In an instant, Zhao Yiyi felt paralyzed all over, as if he was pierced by countless needles at the same time, and he was unable to exert any strength at all.

She collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, unable to even open her mouth to call for help. She could only watch helplessly as she was being manipulated.

Not far away, outside the alley is a bustling market with people coming and going and laughter everywhere.

If Zhao Yiyi could walk a few more steps, she would be noticed by others.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yiyi was unable to reach such a close distance.

at this time.

"call--!"

A strong wind arose.

Zhao Yiyi felt as if he was grabbed by an invisible force and automatically flew in front of the old woman.

The old woman grabbed Zhao Yi's neck. She seemed to have great strength and could lift Zhao Yi up with just one hand.

The old woman's hollow eyes seemed to be staring at Zhao Yiyi. She said coldly:

"Are you going to take me there, or is she going to carry you there?"

Zhao Yiyi was frightened, but at this moment she was exceptionally calm.

She knew very well that she had no power to resist this strange old woman.

She even felt that her neck was so slender and fragile in the old woman's palm, as if the old woman could break her neck with just a little force.

When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Now the only way to escape is to follow the old woman's lead.

Zhao Yiyi blinked hard immediately.

The old woman seemed to be able to sense what Zhao Yiyi was thinking. She loosened her hand and then suddenly touched Zhao Yiyi.

The numbness all over Zhao Yiyi's body suddenly disappeared. She moved her hands and feet and was able to stand up.

Obviously, the old woman had helped her unblock the acupuncture points.

The old woman held out the bamboo pole in front of her:
"Let's go."

Zhao Yiyi had no choice but to grab one end of the bamboo pole and lead the way for the old woman, walking towards the depths of the dark alley with her.

"Grandma, where are you going?"

After walking for a while, Zhao Yiyi finally couldn't help but ask.

The alley was very deep and quiet, with almost no one to be seen, but the old woman still showed no intention of stopping.

The old woman simply replied:

"I don't know either, just keep going."

Zhao Yiyi felt helpless when she heard this, but she could only walk while describing the surrounding situation to the old woman.

But the old woman seemed to be completely unconcerned with Zhao Yiyi's description and reminder. She kept muttering, as if she was talking to herself, or as if she was teaching Zhao Yiyi:
"The little guys are after gold, silver, and jewelry, while the big guys want a token of allegiance."

"If you give him gold, he'll think it takes up too much space, but if you take the blame for him, he'll think you're a promising talent."

"Help him assassinate his enemies, and if something goes wrong, go to jail. Only then will you be one of us."

"But you must live, only by living can you have everything..."

After listening for a while, Zhao Yiyi felt confused.

Looking at the old woman's sometimes incoherent appearance, and considering that she didn't even know where she was going, Zhao Yiyi couldn't help but wonder if the old woman was mentally ill.

She couldn't help but ask:

"Grandma, have you ever been to jail?"

The old woman laughed when she heard this:
"I just got out of the imperial prison two days ago."

Zhao Yiyi shuddered when he heard this, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

In the capital, everyone knows that the Imperial Prison of the Criminal Investigation Bureau is a real hell on earth!
Anyone who is imprisoned by the imperial court will experience all kinds of horrific torture and will have very little chance of survival.

Zhao Yiyi couldn't help but turn his head and look at the old woman.

She looked at the old woman's empty eyes, the hideous scars on her face, and the few teeth she had left, and felt a chill down her spine.

But at the same time, those who can be imprisoned by imperial decree are basically not ordinary people.

Zhao Yiyi couldn't help but become curious about the old woman's identity.

suddenly!

The old woman suddenly stopped and pointed to a small courtyard beside her:
"This is it."

Zhao Yiyi was surprised and said:

"Grandma, can't you see? How do you know it's here?"

The old woman chuckled and twitched her nose slightly:
“Few families in the capital can afford the finest ambergris.”

"Go knock on the door!"

Zhao Yiyi could only go forward and knock on the door.

Soon, the door was opened.

A servant appeared behind the door.

The moment the servant saw Zhao Yiyi, he looked puzzled, but when he saw the old woman behind Zhao Yiyi, his face changed instantly and a look of horror appeared on his face.

"Distinguished guests, please come in!"

"My master has been waiting for a long time!"

The servant said this and respectfully led the two into the courtyard.

They came to the door of a bedroom, and the servant stood at the door and motioned them to go in.

Zhao Yiyi could only use a bamboo stick to pull the old woman into the bedroom.

The bedroom was dimly lit, and a young man was seen half-lying on the couch.

The old woman seemed to be able to sense the man's direction and immediately bowed slightly to him:

"Old woman, I greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

(End of this chapter)