Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 120
The water circles, the mountains are heavy, and the boat crosses the bridge to the east.The full moon is as white as jade, wandering around several times, sparks are like rain.

Inside the window, Miss Zhen looked at the fireworks set off outside the window, and couldn't think of any words to express her mood at the moment.

Xu Mazi himself could not read a single word, let alone give her a chance to read.

From the day she was abducted, all she had to do was to eat well and wait to be sold for a good price.

It was also thanks to the fact that the older she got, the better she became. When she got older, Xu Mazi didn't beat people much.

It's just that she will be locked in the room all day long and not allowed to go out.

A human trafficker who wants to raise a child always has to suffer.

These years, Miss Zhen is not hiding in Tibet.Just stay in the dark room, waiting for Xu Mazi to come back with the crying child.

These children generally stay for a short time. The quick ones may be sold in the first few days, and the slow ones are only half a month.

People like myself are in the minority.There wasn't much she could do other than comfort each crying child and try to remember their names.

Maybe one day, I can get out of trouble?It's time to bring someone to rescue them.

Miss Zhen thought about this in her heart, and couldn't help but read out the string of names, "Liu Daniu, Huang Li, Xu Zongli, Wang Yue, Long Er..."

She recited very slowly, but did not stop.Although the voice was very soft, it carried a kind of stupid persistence.

Obviously outside the door, there were all kinds of sounds of having fun, but she still devoted herself to it.It's as if the world is only so big, and only you.

Until the last syllable disappeared, Miss Zhen stood quietly in front of the window, watching the excitement downstairs and the grand scene in the sky.

Suddenly, there was an illusion as if it was a world away.

It turns out that the moon is so beautiful?

And those colorful colors...

"If it's fireworks, it would be nice if they could last longer."

she begged.

Facing the full moon in the sky, make your wish.

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The fireworks above the head are still blooming in bunches.

"Big brother, big brother, how long will our fireworks go off at night."

"All night." Chen Heng raised a finger, and vowed to the child who ran up, "Little Tiger, as long as you are obedient and don't make your parents angry, I will let you stay all night."

In the end, the boy named Xiaohu was also very funny. Hearing this, he was not only unhappy, but curled his lips and said, "Big brother, you have grown up."

"Ah?!" Chen Heng was taken aback, probably because he didn't expect to hear such a reply.

"You are like adults, you have learned to coax children."

Xiaohu muttered, and ran towards his companion in the distance.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Xinda, who was standing aside, couldn't hold back.Seeing the helpless look cast by his elder brother, the kid belatedly covered his mouth.

Chen Heng took off the blanket on his lap, let the child interrupt him, and the others were refreshed, and they simply got up and walked around.

Needless to say, the bustle of the campsite, except for a wide aisle in the middle, was crowded with people all around.In order to maintain safety, the government has specially sent 200 more people, counting the students on the scene, they can still maintain everyone's order.

The place where the fireworks are set off is at the porridge shop, which is close to the city wall, which happens to be connected with the fireworks in the city, making it more enjoyable to watch.

It is said that the fireworks in the world are the most soothing to the hearts of ordinary people.

When Chen Heng walked through the crowd with Xinda, he met many people who greeted him.These refugees may not have recognized him, but they are in a really good mood tonight, and seeing that Chen Heng is dressed as a scholar, his attitude is kind of friendly.

During this period of time, the refugees have noticed the efforts of the students.Whether it's their basic necessities of life, or complaints about illness, if you catch a scholar on the side of the road and talk to him a few times, you can always find someone to solve the problem.

People's hearts are fleshy, and very few people can accept the kindness of others with peace of mind.

Refugees are also human beings. For this pure kindness, what they can return is kindness and understanding.

"Brother Heng, Brother Heng, we are here." Jiang Yuanbai found Chen Heng from the crowd and was waving at him non-stop.

Jiang Yuanbai was originally crazy on his own, and the excitement tonight can be regarded as in his mind.Seeing that the other party was accompanied by several children, Chen Heng only nodded with a smile, and yelled 'be careful' at him.

He took Xinda and continued to walk towards the back of the crowd until he found Xin Suzhao, who was wearing armor and holding a knife, standing with his back to the fireworks, maintaining the order of the refugees.

"I'm fine tonight." Chen Heng came to his friend's side, "Are you tired, why don't I watch the meeting for you and you go to rest?"

"No, it's not a big deal at the moment." Xin Suzhao smiled and waved his hands. He, Brother Heng, didn't know that the soldiers transferred from the city today were all at his command. It's not easy to leave here, lest others can't find him .

However, Xin Suzhao did not explain the matter to Chen Heng. Chen Heng deliberately looked at his friend's expression, and seeing that his expression was still relaxed, he nodded with a smile and said: "Then hold on a little longer. When the fireworks are over, I will go Bring the second uncle's wine for you to drink."

When Xin Suzhao heard it, his eyes lit up and he said, "Really? How do you know that your second uncle brought wine?"

"I saw it with my own eyes during the day." Chen Heng raised his neck triumphantly, and winked at his friend, "It's a pity that I can't give you some appetizers."

"It's such a pity, it's really a pity..." Xin Suzhao turned his head sideways, his eyes fell on the overlapping figures in front of the people, and he suddenly said with emotion, "It's because Brother Heng doesn't drink, which makes me lose a drinking partner."

"That's what I said, there will always be opportunities in the future." Chen Heng smiled casually, and the blue-brown earth was suddenly illuminated by blue light from the sky.

"Brother Heng, after the new year..." Xin Suzhao was talking.

"My lord!!!" Suddenly a pawn rushed over, and before he could stand still, he said anxiously, "There is a family whose child is lost!"

"What?" Xin Suzhao frowned immediately. He looked at the lively crowd around him, and asked hesitantly, "Have you asked carefully, did you hide there with your playmates?"

"Brother Suzhao, you stay here first, I'll take a look for you." Chen Heng was startled, and before the two could continue talking, he had already pushed the soldier to lead the way.

Although Xin Suzhao was anxious, he nodded first when he saw this, and only said: "The situation is not right, so send someone back to tell me."

When the group of them arrived at the scene of the incident, they noticed a group of children surrounded by several adults, and a group of onlookers standing outside.

"Give it up, let it go."

Chen Heng managed to squeeze into the crowd, but was stopped by the parents who lost their child.

"Little brother, little brother. My Niuniu is gone."

Seeing that the mother was crying so hard, Chen Heng hurriedly patted her hand that was pulled into his clothes, and asked his calm husband, "Brother, can you tell me about your child's condition?"

"I promise Niu Niu tonight, let her go out to play with them..." the child's father pointed to the child beside him, and while supporting the woman, he said anxiously, "I don't even know, they came to tell me Niu Niu was kidnapped."

Chen Heng looked down and felt that this group of children looked familiar. Just when a bunch of fireworks bloomed in the air, the dazzling light flashed by, and he immediately recognized the people in front of him, "Li Xiao, Zhao Jing, why are you?"

"Big brother, big brother, we saw Niuniu being taken away."

"It's a man in gray."

"As soon as he hugged Niuniu, Niuniu fell asleep."

"Wang Xiaohu went after them."

Seeing that someone finally talked to them, these children started to talk, and said in a hurry. If it wasn't for Chen Heng's quick response, they really didn't hear clearly.

When he heard that Xiaohu was chasing the traffickers out, Chen Heng stamped his feet angrily. How could there be such a stupid child? Didn't he come back and tell the adults?

"Have you seen what that person looks like?"

i Hearing Chen Heng's question, several children looked at each other and began to speak their own words.Some people say that he has a mole on his face, some people say that he looks fierce, and some people say that he has small eyes.

In the end they all agreed that the man had pockmarks on his face.

Chen Heng remembered the characteristics of wearing gray clothes and being pockmarked, and was about to get up and leave, but Xin Suzhao had already rushed to him on a horse, and before Chen Heng could reply, he had already said anxiously: "Brother Heng, get on the horse, another child was killed Abducted."

Without hesitation, Chen Heng held Su Zhao's hand directly, and a huge force easily pulled him onto the horse.

"Xinda, go find Du Yunjing and the others, and let them start searching in the camp first, as quickly as possible."

Among the crowd, there was an aisle blocked by officers and soldiers, although some people would still stand by the side of the road.Fortunately, Xin Suzhao's riding skills were superb, and Chen Heng was helping him on the horse, so he didn't bump into anyone along the way.

The two rushed all the way to the gate of the city, and after communicating with the guards on the city wall, they realized that no suspicious person had just passed by.

Since there is no gate at the nearest city, presumably other places are not too likely.But now is not the time to talk about logic, and the opportunity that may be found must not be missed.

Chen Heng jumped off the horse and told Xin Suzhao to notify the city gates, while he turned back and ran to the porridge shop.

Overnight, so many children were abducted, which is obviously a team crime.He thought while running, it is absolutely impossible to hide in the camp with the child.

Everyone's names are registered in the register, and it is clear at a glance who has more people.

Then they will definitely enter the city, except for Yangzhou City, surrounded by plains, and with so many refugees watching, there is absolutely no place for them to hide in the cold winter months.

But if you want to enter the city, you must not hide it from the eyes of the guards.

Unless, these human traffickers know what path they can sneak into the city?

Have to find someone who might know the way.

Chen Heng ran all the way to the second uncle, panting and pulled him out of the crowd.

"Heng'er, what's the matter with you, you ran like this."

Without taking a breath, Chen Heng explained the matter clearly in a few words, and asked Chen Huaijin eagerly, "Second Uncle, do you know this way? Or if you can imagine it, who might know?"

At this time, many students who had received the information began to spontaneously organize and search among the crowd.It was rare for Du Yunjing and Cui Youdao to get together, and the two of them discussed and discussed, but they didn't know what they were talking about.

Seeing that Uncle Er was thinking slowly, Chen Heng knew that he couldn't be in a hurry right now, so he suppressed his temper, told himself to calm down, and at the same time guided him aloud, "Uncle Er, don't worry, just think slowly. Before you think about it, When we were here at the tea shop, did someone mention a small road, or there was something wrong with that road."

Letting his nephew say this, Chen Huaijin, who had been thinking hard for a long time, suddenly clapped his hands and said, "I remembered, Heng'er, there is such a thing. When I was repairing the waterway for the government office, a worker said that the east of the city There is a wooden fence that has been in disrepair for a long time, and it has not been replaced for a long time."

"I remember they said that people who are a little thinner can swim that road." Chen Huaijin became more confident as he spoke, and his tone began to rise, "However, very few people knew about that road. Tea shop."

Chen Heng was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said immediately, "Second Uncle, take me there quickly."

When they rushed all the way here, they saw nothing on the dark water.Chen Heng didn't dare to let go of this opportunity, and ordered people to search around to see if they could find anything.On the other hand, he took Xin Suzhao and Xinda who had rushed over, and held a torch to explore the way forward.

The two of them walked to the corner in one breath, but didn't find anything special. Xin Suzhao saw that he could only swim in it, and was about to take off his clothes and go into the water.Chen Heng suddenly pointed to the broken wooden fence in the distance, and said anxiously: "The torch, give me the torch."

After taking the torch from Xinda, Chen Heng looked forward, his eyesight was excellent, and he saw half a piece of rag on the wooden railing on the spot.

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"Brother, why do you have to leave overnight. This back and forth is really going to freeze to death."

"Good brother, blame me, blame me. I don't know what kind of bad luck I had today, and I recite everything. I came out to vote today, and let a child see it."

"Ha, big brother, I think you are a three-day layman."

"Fart, when I was in this business, you didn't even grow any hair. When I go out this time, I'll find a temple to worship Master Guan to get rid of bad luck."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, brother."

The group of them was exactly Xu Mazi who had just returned from the camp after abducting the child.They went out this time and abducted five children in total.I thought it was a trivial matter, and if the general government wanted to deal with it, they would have to wait until tomorrow to open the yamen.

In the end, I didn't expect my eldest brother to be followed by seven or eight children.This can't be said to be a good or bad thing, although Xu Mazi was sitting in the Manchun courtyard, feeling inexplicably flustered, even though he was a child for nothing, so he took a group of brothers and prepared to leave the city immediately.

"Everyone bear with it, as long as we get out of the city, we'll find a wilderness to hide. We'll go to Jinling tomorrow morning. Then, we can do whatever we want." Xu Mazi was afraid that the brothers would complain, Great promises of better days ahead.

"Don't worry, big brother, we brothers agreed to share the blessings and share the difficulties."

"That is, where to go, what to do, it's not a matter of your brother. Brother, I just recognize you."

Xu Mazi listened to it, and he just raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet and hurry.

Although there are fireworks in the city, the streets are full of excitement.But they were dressed strangely, not to mention the wet clothes on their bodies, and they were holding a woman by the hand.

Yes, a woman with a rope around her neck.

In public, if Xu Mazi and his gang dared to take to the streets like this, the people of Yangzhou would swallow them alive.So this group of people can only walk through alleys and alleys, groping their way forward.

After finally coming to the entrance of the alley, we will have to wade in the water any further.Xu Mazi poked his head out cautiously, and after seeing that there was no one around, he retracted his head and discussed with his brothers who should go to explore the way first.

"What's the big deal, brother, let me do it."

A brother volunteered, came to the river in a few strides, pulled the bank with his hands, and melted his body into the water little by little.

Several people on the shore watched him keep swimming forward nervously, until he passed the wooden fence smoothly, everyone finally let go of their worries.

Xu Mazi immediately told his brothers to follow quickly.

"Brother, can this woman swim?" The man holding the rope in his hand asked Big Brother.

Xu Mazi thought for a while, turned over and took out a half-person-high wooden plank from the alley, "Hold the wooden plank for her, Wang Laosan, you have to hold on to the rope tightly."

"Don't worry, even if I lose something worth a few thousand taels, she won't lose it." The man showed a smug smile.

A group of seven or eight people greeted each other with their hands, each quietly dived into the water, and then swam towards the distance together.

Seeing that the finish line was getting closer, Xu Mazi hadn't had time to get excited when suddenly there were sharp rustling sounds from both sides of the strait.

The fire suddenly burst into flames.

"Several, it's cold and the water is cold, why don't you go ashore and have a chat?"

A voice that had never been heard before suddenly came, and everyone looked up in panic, and saw dozens of soldiers holding bows, arrows, swords, and torches standing around them.

Chen Heng looked at this group of timid people, seeing that they had no intention of going ashore, he gave Xin Suzhao a look.The latter immediately let go of the bowstring, and the flying arrow immediately hit a person's arm.

Those who first swam to the periphery saw that everyone was in an ambush, so they couldn't care less about the brothers who were in trouble.Immediately a fierce son plunged into the water, trying to dive out of the water.

Chen Heng, who had noticed him a long time ago, would not give him a chance. He said to Xin Suzhao, "Can you shoot him to death?"

Xin Suzhao was very surprised, but happily said: "I thought you would persuade me to be merciful." As he said this, the arrow in his hand was already on the string.

There is nothing to reason with the traffickers, but he is just a pawn to explore the way.Chen Heng gritted his teeth angrily, because of these rat droppings, the atmosphere among the refugees would be destroyed.

To be honest, giving him an arrow would be cheaper than that dead ghost.

Xin Suzhao took aim for a long time, and when the man surfaced to take a breath, the flying arrow feathers pierced into the man's body.Xu was worried that one arrow would not be enough, so Xin Suzhao shot two more arrows.

This frightened the six people in the water. Yes, they did some angry things, but the King of Hades has to clear the charges for killing people.

"Don't kill me, don't talk about me, the children are still there, the children are still there."

"I'll go ashore, I'll go ashore, I'll come up right away, officers and soldiers, be merciful."

Seeing that these human traffickers finally showed timidity, Chen Heng immediately shouted, "All come up, the last one, the crime will be aggravated."

Dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at them. This group of people didn't mess around after landing, they just squatted on the ground trembling.Xin Suzhao wanted these people to resist one or two. After such a big disturbance happened tonight, he didn't know how to ridicule his father when he went back, and he was also suffocating fire.

Chen Heng saw that one of them was holding a woman by the hand, so he couldn't help asking Xinda to come forward and call the girl.

When the girl stood in front of him, she was wet all over, with most of her black hair sticking to her face, making it impossible to tell her age.

"Are you...the abducted person?" Chen Heng was a little uncertain about the situation, "Did you see the child abducted by them?"

"I know, I remember..." The girl nodded, "Liu Daniu, Huang Li, Xu Zongli, Wang Yue, Long Er..."

At first, Chen Heng didn't realize it, thinking that the girl might have been abused for a long time and her spirit was traumatized.Seeing that she was recited extremely firmly, she suddenly realized that these were the names of children abducted by human traffickers.

After finally reciting the names of Niuniu and Wang Xiaohu.The girl suddenly raised her head, and she didn't know what she was looking at for a long time.

"The fireworks are gone."

She said so suddenly.

"There will be more, and there will be tomorrow night." Chen Heng took off his robe, handed it to Xinda and motioned for him to put it on.

He himself came to the traffickers, it would be better not to look at it, as soon as he saw it, he would recognize the acquaintances among them.

"Xu Mazi?!"

Xu Mazi didn't remember him. Under the black light, he was still regretting and regretting. At this moment, his name was suddenly called out, and he became vigilant like a mouse.
"who are you?"

Chen Heng sneered, but didn't reply, and said to the officers and soldiers, "Ask about the children and send them all to the government office."

　This chapter is 5500 words, and the next chapter is 5000 words. It will be sent out in the early morning. Brothers, you don’t have to wait deliberately. The million words you promised will definitely arrive

　　
　
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