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The man who had been kicked down looked like a scholar, about twenty-five years old, as he clutched his chest and coughed nonstop, his eyebrows tightly knitted, looking extremely miserable. This scholar actually had a pair of willow leaf eyebrows that only a woman could have, and his long and narrow eyes were similar to Xiao Ziyan's, but his handsome face had already been beaten black and blue, and he did not look like a human.

He wiped the blood from his mouth and walked towards the door. When he reached the door, he knelt down on the ground with a "peng" sound and begged the guard in front of the door, "I beg you, please let me see Xiao Ying. I beg you, big brother." After he finished speaking, the man took out two pieces of silver from his robes and ran towards the guard, "Big brother, I beg of you, this is four taels of silver. Please accept it as your pocket money."

The guard had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks face, and a nose for alcohol. He did not accept the silver from the man, and instead looked down upon the man's miserable appearance, and spoke in a weird tone, "You want to see our Young Miss for four taels of silver? Poor scholar, do you think that the largest merchant guild in our Skylaurel City lacks money? Get lost! " The man quickly kneeled down again and took out all the silver from his robes and gave it to the guard. "Big brother, I beg of you. This is all I have. I just want to see Xiao Ying." The guard impatiently flung out his palm, sending the silver in the scholar's hand flying. It scattered all over the ground, "Scram!"

The scholar panicked as he muttered to himself. At the same time, he bent down to the ground and picked up the silver taels that had been dropped. "My silver, my silver."

When the guard saw the scholar's appearance, he could not help but snort coldly. The scholar picked up the silver and walked to the door. "Big." Brother, I beg of you. "

The scholar's perseverance made the guard unable to contain his anger. He called for his companions and rushed in front of the scholar, kicking and punching him. The scholar was knocked to the ground and curled up with his head in his hands, moaning in pain, "Ah!" Please. Stop fighting. "Xiao Ying." His voice gradually weakened, and the scholar was on his last breath. The crowd surrounding the scholar did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and continued to use their fists and kicks to greet the scholar.

The guards stopped attacking the scholar and focused on looking. The one who threw the guard out was a handsome young man in a black robe and the guard next to Xiao Zi Yan saw with his own eyes that Xiao Zi Yan threw him behind as if he was a sandbag. He silently swallowed his saliva and shouted: "What are you doing! You dare to meddle with the affairs of our Gui City's merchant guild, do you wish to die!? "

Xiao Ziyan glared at the guard, and without any hesitation, she rushed in front of him and struck him with her knee, causing the guard to spit out a mouthful of teeth and be blown away. When the other guards saw this scene, a chill arose in their hearts, and they all fearfully retreated, looking at Xiao Ziyan as if she was a demon.

Xiao Ziyan helped the dying scholar up and injected the true energy within his body into the acupuncture points on his back. "Are you alright?" The scholar felt pain all over his body, and his mind was already blurry. Suddenly, a clear stream flowed from his back into his body, and he immediately became more clear-headed, but his entire body still felt sore, "Xiao Ying. I want to see Xiao Ying. "

Xiao Ziyan saw that the scholar's injury was not clear, so she carried him on her back. "Return to the inn first. I'll help you heal. When your injury is properly healed, I'll come see your Xiao Ying." The scholar vaguely heard Xiao Ziyan's words and barely managed to say a word of thanks before fainting away.

"Snow, open the door. I'm back." Li Xuetian, who was in the room, heard Xiao Ziyan's voice and immediately ran to open the door. He saw a person on Xiao Ziyan's back. "Who is this?" Xiao Ziyan entered the room and put the scholar on the bed. "I saved him on the way back, but he was beaten quite badly by a group of people. Go to the medicine store on the side and buy some medicine for his wounds. I'll apply some for him."

"Alright, wait a moment." Li Xuetian ran over to the medicine store and bought some ointment for the fall. He returned and handed it over to Xiao Ziyan, "Is this enough?"

"Enough, it's three parts poison, no more." Xiao Ziyan took the medicine and picked a pair. She turned her head and said to Li Xuetian, "You can avoid him for now. I need to take off his clothes before I can apply the medicine." Li Xuetian's white and tender face turned red as he turned around.

Xiao Ziyan untied the scholar's clothes, her thin and weak body covered in bruises. "This person's body is too weak, luckily his bones weren't damaged." Xiao Ziyan applied the medicine to the scholar's wound and then helped him put on his clothes. "Alright, you can turn around now."

Li Xuetian turned around and started to carefully size up the scholar on the bed. He looked like a handsome young man with asymmetrical gender, curved eyebrows, long and narrow eyes, and a fair face. Beggar, this person looks quite similar to you. "

Xiao Ziyan took a stool and sat down on the edge of the bed, nodding slightly. "Perhaps it is because of this that I will save him." The first thing Xiao Ziyan saw was that the scholar looked rather similar to her, and the second was that she couldn't bear to see the guards bullying a pitiful scholar. Xiao Ziyan instructed Li Xuetian to take good care of the scholar and then returned to his room to practice. Li Xuetian fed some water to the scholar and carefully took care of him.

At night, the scholar woke up. He opened his eyes and saw Xiao Ziyan and Li Xuetian. He immediately stood up and stretched until his wounds were visible, grimacing in pain. Xiao Ziyan supported the scholar. "Your injury hasn't recovered yet. You'll need to rest for a few more days."

The scholar sat on the bed and bowed towards Xiao Zi Yan and said with a wry smile: "Thank you little brother for saving me, my name is Xue Ming Ren." Xiao Ziyan replied with a bow: "Xiao Ziyan." The scholar nodded. "Thank you, Brother Xiao." Xiao Ziyan smiled slightly: "You're welcome. May I know why you were beaten up in front of the Chamber of Commerce?" Did you offend them? "

I was born in a commoner's family, so I was fortunate enough to be able to study when I was young. I encouraged people to take part in Imperial examinations, to become a top scholar in the Imperial Examinations. I studied hard for ten years, and two years ago I entered the capital to travel with the Chamber of Commerce. She told me that she was the second young miss of the Gui City Chamber of Commerce, so of course I knew what the Gui City Chamber of Commerce was. As a poor scholar, how could I be worthy of the second young miss of the Gui City Chamber of Commerce, thus, I decided to stay in Tianjing and wait for the top scorer to return before returning to the Gui City. I received a letter from Xiao Ying a few days ago, and Xiao Ying actually said that she no longer liked me, and said that she was going to marry a strong and powerful person to protect her, and no longer wanted a weak scholar like me. I could not believe it at that time, and thought that Xiao Ying must have some hidden troubles, so I hurried back to the main city to meet her.

Xiao Ziyan didn't need to listen to him to know that what happened next was exactly what she saw. Unexpectedly, Xue Ren's experience was somewhat similar to hers. Seeing Xue Ren's lonely expression, she comforted him: "Don't give up yet. Maybe Zhang Xiaoying really has something hard to say." Xue Tian's eyes opened as if he heard hope. He tugged at Xiao Zi Yan's arm, "Brother Xiao, you think so too? Does little Ying still love me? " Li Xuetian also sympathized with Xue Tian's plight. He said, "It doesn't matter what others think. What matters is what you think yourself. Do you think Zhang Xiaoying still loves you?"

Xue Tian lowered his head and muttered something. He suddenly raised his head and said, "I believe that Xiao Ying still loves me. She must have her reasons!" Xiao Zi Yan patted Xue Tian's shoulder, "Don't worry, I just happened to hear the news this morning. Someone told me that the boss of the Hebei Merchant Guild likes young people with strong martial arts and wants to hold a Groom Search Competition this afternoon, not Zhang Xiao Ying wants to have a Groom Search Competition. I went to watch it in the afternoon and didn't even get to the stage properly.

"Groom Search Competition?" "What should I do? I only know how to read since I was young. As for martial arts, I don't even know a single move!" Xue Ren's face was filled with anxiety, appearing to be at a loss of what to do.

Xiao Ziyan, who was sitting at the side, said lightly: "Don't worry, I will help you tomorrow. I will make you Zhang Xiaoying's husband!" Hearing this, Xue Ren was overjoyed. He wanted to stand up and thank Xiao Ziyan, so Li Xuetian quickly pressed Xue Tian down, "You don't have to thank me for now. The most important thing right now is to properly recuperate. When Xue Ren heard this, he also agreed and chuckled twice before sitting down again. "Then many thanks to Brother Xiao and Miss Xue Tian."

Xiao Ziyan waved her hand and stood up. "Rest well here tonight. Don't worry, you'll get a room in the snowy sky."

Li Xuetian walked out of the room. Just as Xiao Ziyan was about to leave, she suddenly heard Xue Tian say, "Brother Xiao, thank you. You are a good person."

"Good people?"

Xiao Ziyan smiled and opened the door, returning to her room …