She grabbed Shen Muqing in her hand, and Shen Muqing didn't cry or make a fuss. The man saw that she was young and well-behaved, and his grip on her wasn't very tight to begin with, and he was also distracted by the commotion of the second sister. Shen Muqing took advantage of this to slip away, and he instinctively grabbed at her, but it was too late, and all he ended up grabbing was a handful of smooth silk.

  He came to himself, let out a loud cry, dropped the bundle in his hand and took off after him.

  The people on Er Jie's side heard the noise and looked over this way.

  Sixteenth Master burst out laughing: "Han Cong, if you can't even catch a little servant girl, then don't bother working at the Town Peace King's mansion in the future."

  The handsome man with a calm and clear face listened to a loud shout, and there was another burst of laughter from Erjie's side.

  Shen Mu Qing was overjoyed beyond his expectations.

  At least one person chasing her has a better chance of getting away than a group of people chasing her!

  She didn't dare look back or think about anything. Her mind was a complete blank, she only knew the road was ahead and she had to run with all her might!

  Ran out of the corridor... felt my breathing getting heavier and heavier... Ran out of the first side door... felt my speed getting slower and slower... Crossed the second door, feeling the big man's breath getting closer and closer behind me... The side door of the wing room was right in front of me...

  Serene and calm, with joy in his countenance!

  She opened her mouth to shout, but a figure pounced from behind, her collar was suddenly lifted, and she was suspended in mid-air with her neck constricted, unable to breathe...

  Shen Mu Qing tightly grasped her own collar with both hands, fighting for a bit of breathing space.

  But in her heart, it was icy cold, and her mind only flashed with the two words "it's all over, it's all over..."

  Suddenly, someone shouted: "Son of a bitch, dare to move our family's daughter."

  Before his words had fallen, Shen Mu Qing's collar suddenly loosened and he fell to the ground, with a whistling gust of wind sweeping over his head.

  Shen Mu Qing raised her head and saw that Sun Xiuyuan from her household had already gotten into a fight with Han Cong.

  Someone squatted beside her: "Miss, what's wrong?"

  It was another nurse from her family named Chang En, who looked at her with a puzzled expression.

  "How many of you are left?" Shen Muqing glanced at Sun Xiu, who was knocked to the ground by Han Cong, and panted heavily, "There were thirteen people in total."

  Chang En was stunned, and Zhou Sun Xiu and Han Cong looked on as they saw Sun Xiu jump up like a carp, only to be punched in the left chest by Han Cong.

  His face was solemn: "Just the two of us. Wu Cong took four people to escort Zhu Ji to the pharmacy, Liu Zhong followed Li Mama to Mingyin Temple..." He stood up with a gloomy expression as he said this.

  Shen Muqing heard the voice of Sixteen Grandfather behind him: "So he went to fetch reinforcements... Brothers, come on, beat him until he's toothless... If anything happens, I'll take responsibility..."

  She didn't need to turn around, but she could imagine the triumphant expression on Sixteen's face. She sighed and hastily said: "Master Chang, please hold them off for a while, I'll go find Zhuji... They are people from the Town An Wangfu, let's settle this after we see Master."

  Chang En's face changed greatly, and he said disbelievingly: "Have you reported back to your family?"

  Shen Mu nodded slightly.

  Chang En looked at Sun Xiu, who had been knocked to the ground again, with a cold expression: "Miss, this is all my fault... I was careless and didn't arrange for enough manpower... You go to Mingyin Temple, run to where there are people... Regardless of whether I live or die, Weiyuan Escort Agency will give an explanation to the Shen family..."

  In a peaceful and prosperous era, official families would hire escorts to protect their homes, mainly to prevent petty theft. Therefore, they would hire experienced bodyguards from several old and reputable security companies in the capital city. These bodyguards were rich in experience, able to remain calm, and could even remind their masters when they had bad tempers, reducing conflicts and troubles. The Shen family was no exception. They hired bodyguards from the Weiyuan Security Company.

  Two fists can't contend with four hands.

  Shen Muqing said a word "be careful", and ran out of the temple...

  ******

  Outside the Temple of the Medicine King is a two-zhang-wide bluestone road, lined with tall green pines on both sides. A hundred zhang away is an intersection, and turning left leads to the road that goes to the Ji Min medicine shop. Perhaps because it was noon, and also because the incense at the Temple of the Medicine King wasn't flourishing, there wasn't a single person on this stretch of road leading to the temple. Instead, across from the intersection were scattered people passing by.

  Shen Mu Qing didn't dare to linger, adjusted his breathing and ran forward quietly.

  This is indeed typical of "Yan Wang is easy to see, but Xiao Gui is difficult to entangle"!

  In the past few years when Li's body was still in good health, she would often follow Li to pay her respects to Princess Zhen'an on her birthday or attend various banquets held by their family. She was quite familiar with the Zhen'an Wangfu. The Yuan family was a noble clan of the previous dynasty and also a powerful and wealthy family of this dynasty, with a 300-year legacy. They had their own way of doing things, which was different from others. But this so-called Sixteenth Master, he didn't follow any rules or etiquette, completely acting like a street thug... Maybe he wasn't even a real manager of the Zhen'an Wangfu, and even if he was, he wasn't someone with any status or reputation...

  As they were about to reach the intersection, Shen Muqing secretly let out a sigh of relief... Suddenly, a loud shout came from behind her: "You stinky girl, stop right there..."

  Shen Mu Qing's feet didn't stop moving as she turned her head back for a glance.

  Two other subordinates of Shi Liu Yeh.

  She secretly lamented in her heart.

  A gentle breeze blew onto her body from the firelight, and Shen Muqing's body involuntarily spun around with the wind. Her feet lost their balance, and she heavily fell to the ground... She instinctively used her hands to support herself on the ground, lifted her head, and saw three people standing four or five steps away from her.

  In the front was a young man, fifteen or sixteen years old, with a tall and slender build, probably in the midst of puberty, looking somewhat thin. He wore a crimson robe with golden threads, his black hair combed back on top of his head, tied with a jade-colored silk scarf. Although he had a handsome face with fine eyebrows and eyes, he looked at people with a slanted gaze, his expression extremely arrogant, coldly staring at Shen Muqing who was thrown to the ground.

  A young man in red clothes was followed by two people. One, about forty years old, wore a dark brown robe with a five-clawed sleeve, had a white complexion, single eyelid, small eyes, but sharp and steady gaze, and cautious movements. The other, around eleven or twelve years old, wore a green silk robe with a crimson red woolen package in hand, had a face like applied powder, eyebrows and eyes like a painting, mouth corners slightly smiling, and an adorable expression.

  Shen Muqing felt that she had fallen inexplicably, her palm feeling a burning pain, and as she struggled to get up, the middle-aged man took several big strides over the red-clothed youth and arrived at her side, flusteredly saying: "Miss, are you okay?" He spoke in Mandarin with a Shanxi accent.

  Her knees were starting to ache, and thinking of the predicament in front of her, she didn't have time to think about anything else or worry about anything. She said somewhat absent-mindedly "Don't worry", looking around at the surrounding scene.

  Passersby couldn't help but turn their heads and take a few curious glances at them.

  Shen Mu Qing thought to himself: If I try to outrun them, I'll definitely lose to these two big men. For now, the only thing to do is think of a way to hide... or find a chance to escape...

  A middle-aged man saw Shen Muqing silent and walked a few steps forward, very cleverly blocking Shen Muqing in a corner. He stared at her hand, took out a silver coin worth only five or six cents from his pocket, and handed it to Shen Muqing: "Little sister, this is for you to buy sugar... if you're okay, then we'll leave!"

  Shen Mu's eyes flashed, staring at the two burly men approaching him, his mind was already a mess, he shook his head, smiled and said "Don't worry, I'm fine..." while turning around and rushing into the pine forest by the side of the road.

  As soon as she entered the forest, she secretly lamented.

  She had thought that her slender figure would be advantageous for darting through the forest, and as long as she escaped the line of sight of the two big men, she could easily find a place to hide. But because of her slender figure, the shrubs in the forest, which were about her height, would often stretch out their tangled branches, hooking onto her clothes or hair, making it difficult for her to move freely.

  Sixteenth Master's two subordinates had already chased to the edge of the forest. Seeing this, one of them with triangular eyes pointed in the direction Shen Muqing was escaping and shouted: "You little scoundrel, you dare to run!"

  Shen Mu Qing sighed and ran even more desperately, not even noticing the branches hitting her face. After a few steps, she heard someone shouting: "You dare to run, you scoundrel! Wait for me to come and settle with you!" The tone was vicious, but it carried a hint of weakness. Then she heard the middle-aged man pleading: "My lord, my ancestor, this is the capital city, not our border town... everywhere are imperial relatives, high officials and wealthy families... we can't afford to provoke them... if the old master finds out, he'll skin me alive..."

  Shen Mu Qing couldn't help but turn her head back.

  Just then, the red-clothed youth stood in the middle of the main road with his arms crossed, staring coldly at the middle-aged man who was bowing and scraping before him. Of the two men chasing Shen Muqing, one lay motionless on the ground at the youth's feet, while the other was running quickly towards the Medicine King Temple.

  Shen Muqing was stunned by the scene, her mind paused for a moment, and she heard the middle-aged man's crying voice: "... Young Master, I beg of you... The girl on his hand wore a bracelet that looked like it was made of Jingtai blue enamel at first glance, but it was actually blue glass enamel, worth 60 taels of silver... The follower who was beaten by you, the Hangzhou silk fabric on his body is a new product of Ruifu Xiang, also worth one or two mace of silver... They are rich and powerful families fighting among themselves, why bother to provoke this trouble... Young Master, please consider that Pang Debao is the wife's companion and has served the old master before, just listen to my words..."

  This self-proclaimed Pong Debao person is shrewd, calm and quiet, yet surprisingly astute.

  The boy in red didn't say a word, but instead made an extremely strange expression and let out a single "hmm".

  Pang De Bao's expression relaxed, and he smiled obsequiously: "...... Young Master has been out for a morning stroll, and hasn't had lunch yet, must be hungry! I heard that the vegetarian dishes at Ming Yin Temple are the best in Kyoto... Young Master, since we're already out, you don't have to rush back. Why don't we go to Ming Yin Temple to try their vegetarian dishes? It would be a pity if Xiao followed you all the way to Kyoto and didn't get to show off in front of everyone when we get back..." As he spoke, he looked pitifully at the red-clothed young man.

  ......Woo woo woo...... Still voting......