"You lot, who gave you permission to sing here? Obstructing a thoroughfare and seeking personal gain—do you know this is a grave crime? Moreover, the decadent music you sing is utterly corrupting public morals..."
The head constable waved his hand, and two white-clad constables behind him pounced like wolves. Seeing Xiao Dengzi still collecting silver, they snatched it from his hand.
"The silver must be confiscated by the government."
Xiao Dengzi's eyes reddened. After his family fell on hard times, he and his brother had suffered ostracism and ridicule, experiencing the coldness of human nature firsthand. They valued money immensely.
Especially after struggling back from the brink of death, the silver they earned from singing every day was their lifeline. Whether they could survive, w
