Chapter 30 Highway robbery

"This scholar is actually a wonderful person..."

About half an hour later, the young nobleman glanced at Li Yi, holding the portrait Li Yi had just drawn for him in his hand, and nodded with satisfaction.

With a gentle snap of his fingers, a passerby who was squatting at a nearby stall picking goods immediately stood up, took out a silver ingot from his arms, and threw it on the table in front of Li Yi with a "pop" sound.

After clearing the money and goods, watching the young noble man walking away, half of the passers-by around him suddenly disappeared. Li Yi imitated the plot on TV and bit it with his teeth, without saying anything. He looked up and saw the people passing by. Passers-by looked at him with unusually hot eyes------the silver in his hand, and hurriedly took it into their arms.

To a certain extent, this was the first pot of gold he truly earned after coming to this world.

Don't underestimate these ten taels of silver. With today's price of one tael of silver being enough to buy two stones of rice, these ten taels of silver are enough for a family of four to live for several years.

Touching the money in his arms, Li Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, people in the city are still rich!

In this way, he only needs to draw such a painting every day, and he will soon be able to live in early retirement.

Of course, this is only the most ideal situation. Except for the noble young master who looks dignified but seems to have an abnormal mind, I am afraid that not many people will spend ten taels of silver to buy such a painting.

After getting the money, Li Yi felt much better. He lay comfortably on a chair and basked in the sun while waiting for the scholar to come back.

This time, he didn't wait long, the scholar's figure hurried over.

The two exchanged greetings, and the scholar held Li Yi's hand with gratitude and kept saying thank you. It wasn't until Li Yi noticed that the eyes of passers-by around him had changed in some way that he hurriedly He waved his hand and expressed his intention to say goodbye.

Of course, before leaving, he took away the portrait of Liu Ruyi he had just painted. The scholar didn't say anything about it. Instead, he informed Li Yi of his home address and invited him to come over to discuss painting when he had time next time. Skills.

With ten taels of silver in hand, Li Yi felt a lot more at ease in his heart. He could now pay for the things he couldn't afford just now with a wave of his hand. However, he already had a lot of things in his hands, so it would be better to wait. When Dahan and the others come back, after all, they have free labor to use, so if you don’t use it, it will be in vain...

He walked to the big willow tree that he had agreed with Liu Ruyi and others, found a clean stone and sat down, waiting for the big man named Fang and others to come back.

At this time, Li Yi did not notice that not far behind him, in the crowd, a young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks looked at his leaving back, a greedy light flashed in his eyes.

After looking around a few times, the young man's figure quickly disappeared into an alley.

Beside the painting stall, after Li Yi left, the scholar began to pack his things.

"Hey, why are you cleaning up so early today?" A crisp voice came from the front. The scholar raised his head, saw the person coming, and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Miss Xiaocui. I had something to do at home today, so I cleaned up earlier. , the girl is here to pick up the painting, right?"

The girl who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a bun and a baby face, nodded and said, "Have you finished the painting? The lady sent me to pick it up early in the morning."

The scholar smiled and nodded, handed over a painting tube on the table, and said: "It's already finished. Miss Xiao Cui will open it and take a look. If there is anything you don't like, just point it out and you can do it again." Modified."

The girl waved her hand and said, "No, the lady is in a hurry. I have to rush back immediately after taking the painting."

The girl had no doubts about the scholar's painting skills. She casually took the painting tube handed over by the scholar, took out a few pieces of silver from the purse at her waist, put it on the table and left in a hurry.

The scholar packed up his things, stored them in a nearby restaurant, and left quickly. At this time, Li Yi was in a bit of a bad situation.

Looking at the strangers slowly approaching, Li Yi stood up from where he was, with a wary look on his face.

His instinct told him that trouble was coming.

Just as he was about to walk away, two people appeared on both sides. Their physiques were comparable to those of the big man named Fang, and they were obviously not something Li Yi could handle.

Almost instantly, Li Yi understood what happened.

I'm afraid that someone saw him when he took out the silver just now...

Surrounded on three sides, with an alleyway behind him, Li Yi ran in almost without thinking.

Seeing his behavior, those people not only did not chase after him, but also had a joking smile on their faces.

"Is that scholar really rich?"

When they reached the entrance of the alley, a big man with some scars on his face and a somewhat ferocious look suddenly stopped and turned to look at the young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks behind him and asked.

No wonder he was curious. Looking at the man's clothes, he looked like he was just a poor scholar. He didn't look like a rich man at all.

When the young man heard this, he immediately said with a flattering face: "Brother, how dare I lie to you? I just saw him take out such a large ingot of silver with my own eyes! I'm afraid it must be at least ten taels..."

As he spoke, he stretched out his fist to gesture to the big man.

"Ten taels..." The scarred man licked his lips. Ten taels of silver, as long as he didn't go to the famous gold-selling caves in the city, was enough for him to live happily for a while.

"go in."

The big man waved his hand, and everyone walked into the alley.

"Damn it!"

After running more than ten steps, Li Yi saw a high wall at the end of the alley. He cursed inwardly. He didn't expect that this was a dead end. When he turned around, he saw that those people had already walked in.

"Scholar, do you want to hand over the silver yourself, or do we help you?" The scarred man in the lead walked up to Li Yi with a joking look on his face, folded his arms, and looked down at him.

The man was strong and strong, and his height was at least 1.9 meters, close to 2 meters, a full head taller than Li Yi. When he spoke, he looked down on him.

The several people behind him also looked at him with a mocking look, as if they were looking at a lamb to be slaughtered.

The silver that had just been obtained was not even warm in his arms, and it was snatched away again. Li Yi couldn't describe the frustration in his heart at this time.

He didn't think of resisting. Not to mention the fierce-looking big man, even the people behind him, Li Yi felt that he could only hope to win against the wretched little young man.

If there is no silver, you can earn it again. If you lose your life, you will have nothing. Even if these people don't intend to kill him, they will definitely beat him up... This is what Li Yi doesn't want to see.

He sighed in his heart, raised his head and reached into his arms with one hand, ready to take out the ingot of silver.

Seeing Li Yi's actions, a smile appeared on the big man's face.

"This scholar is quite sensible..."

This thought just appeared in the big man's mind, and the next moment, his smile solidified on his face.

"Damn scar, what did you say just now, say it again for me to hear?"

In the eyes of the scarred man, the scholar's hand had reached into his arms, but suddenly took it out, and his face suddenly changed to a mocking and disdainful expression, looking at him lightly and said.