Jinghong Tower

Cui Yuzhen and Wang Yanhua deliberately smeared their faces, infected them with lice, and made themselves as embarrassed as they wanted.

Among the washerwomen who were with us, the pretty ones were all taken to accompany the general, but these two slovenly creatures were spared.

Later, a fellow villager came to them and said that there was an opportunity. If they were willing, someone could pay to get them out of the army.

They asked: "What do you want us to do? As long as it doesn't make us like them, we are willing to do it."

The two of them refer to them as women who are both washerwomen and military entertainers.

The fellow villager smiled and said: "Of course not, others don't know, but I know. We people in Wanchun County, who doesn't know that you are doctors? It is because of your ability that people are willing to spend money to get you out of here." go out."

The two of them were surprised and happy. Did they want to see a doctor? Of course they do.

In this way, Xinggu spent a little money to get them out of the army. She didn't dare to stay, so she sent them to Qingcang Mountain overnight.

The two of them were nervous all the way, not knowing where to send them. They imagined it countless times, but when they came to Hejia Village, they were dumbfounded. This is a village.

There is an old locust tree and a big yellow dog at the entrance of the village. There is a big stone under the old locust tree. Sitting on the big stone is a group of old men and old ladies with burning eyes. Everyone who passes in front of them must be baptized by their eyes.

Entering the village, there were farmers carrying hoes, naughty children running around wildly, stout women chasing the naughty children and swearing at them, and little children holding books with a look on their face that they would rather die than die.

Now, they met the big boss here again,

It was like a dream for Cui Yuzhen and Wang Yanhua. They were entertained and given a separate small courtyard, which would be their home from now on.

Each of them has a salary of one tael of silver per month, and each of them also has a dou of fine noodles, three dou of brown rice and a dou of beans, which is enough for them to eat.

Sitting in the warm room and looking at the brand new bedding on the bed, the two of them felt the reality.

"What is this?" Cui Yuzhen's sharp eyes saw at a glance that the fabrics on the quilt were all plain color, and there was a piece of linen in it.

Seeing Azabu, both of them were startled, and then burst into tears.

They were still paying filial piety, but they were arrested and sent to the army before they had time to pay filial piety to their relatives.

Wang Yanhua started to cry. She was only seventeen years old and was supposed to get married this year, but her fiancé enlisted in the army. Now her life or death is uncertain, and her father and brother are both dead.

Cui Yuzhen's mentality was more mature than Wang Yanhua's. She cried for a while and then calmed down.

"The lady is so attentive. She still remembers that we need to observe filial piety, and the things she brings to us are plain cloth and linen."

Wang Yanhua nodded vigorously: "Sister-in-law, it's very good here. Let's work hard and take Xiaobao over when we have the opportunity."

Cui Yuzhen thought of her son Xiaobao, and felt sad in her heart. It had been so long, and she didn't know how Xiaobao was doing.

Unknown to the two aunts, He Ran had already written a second letter to Aunt Xing, asking Aunt Xing to find a way to bring Cui Yuzhen's son over.

Compared with getting the two of them out of the army, escorting an eight-year-old child to Qingcang Mountain was nothing. It was just that the people Xinggu sent to Wanchun County encountered difficulties.

Because Xiaobao is missing!

After his mother and aunt were taken away, Xiaobao slipped away from the house while the neighbor's aunt was sleeping. He wanted to rescue his mother and aunt. Unfortunately, the child did not find the army and was targeted by the kidnappers.

After making sure that no one was following him, the kidnapper forced him into the mule cart.

The people sent by Xinggu found the neighbor's aunt. The aunt looked ashamed. She accepted the money from Cui Yuzhen, but failed to take good care of Xiaobao. She also looked for the child but couldn't find it.

The people sent by Xinggu searched all the counties and towns near Wanchun County. Fortunately, Jinghonglou also had some connections with the gangsters and tied up all the kidnappers operating in this area. In the end, there were The kidnapper admitted that on a similar date, he kidnapped a seven or eight-year-old boy on the official road outside Wanchun County.

The little boy was disobedient, was very vicious, and even bit him. In anger, he sold the little boy to an old beggar at a cheap price.

Hearing that the child was sold to an old beggar, the people sent by Xinggu were furious, but all the old beggars who came to buy children were engaged in harvesting and cutting.

They found the old beggar, only to find that everyone was dead. The bodies were smelly and covered with maggots. They didn't know how many days they had been dead.

Through other beggars, I found out that this old beggar had seven or eight disabled children. He brought back another one a while ago. Before he could cripple that child, another group of beggars came, all from the beggar gang.

Although they are all beggars, they are also divided into organized and unorganized ones.

The organized ones are those who join the beggar gang. These beggars are managed uniformly and part of the money they collect must be turned over. But when someone bullies them, their brothers in the same gang will stand up for them.

As for the unorganized ones, there are beggars like these who do their own thing, and old beggars who get a few disabled children and don't have to do anything themselves and let these children support themselves.

Seeing the Beggar Gang coming, the beggars were frightened and ran away. When they came back, the old beggar was dead and the children were nowhere to be found. I think they were taken away by the Beggar Gang, but they were all Disabled children will not end well after being taken away. They still have to drag their disabled bodies to beg. However, all the money they collected before was given to the old beggar, and now they can keep some for themselves.

The people sent out returned in vain. When Gu Xing heard this, she thought, how can this be done? After the boss took over, he has issued only a handful of orders. Now that he has been sent to Jinghong Tower in Jinyang, she doesn't even have a child. Even if she couldn't find it, if the boss didn't scold her, her godmother would scold her to death.

Xinggu simply put down what she was doing, left Jinyang, and went to find the child herself.

Fortunately, we have the clue of the Beggar Clan, so let’s ask the Beggar Clan for someone.

In fact, it is not difficult to find out. The old beggar had all disabled children, and only the one he got at the end was normal. Judging from the date, this was the little treasure they were looking for.

Xinggu found the boss of the local beggar gang and saw that she was a woman. The boss didn't take her seriously at all and asked for three thousand taels. If you are so anxious, it means that the identity of the child must be very important. Without three thousand taels, Don't ask us to hand people over.

Xinggu was anxious. Jinghong Tower could afford three thousand taels, but what time of year was it? It was time to spend money. Besides, the Beggar Gang wanted to extort money.

Although in He Ran's eyes, Aunt Xing was a big tear maker, a tear-making machine, but that was just one side of Aunt Xing. Xiaokui had so many goddaughters and granddaughters, only a few of them could become big shopkeepers. Xinggu is one of them.

Without saying a word, Xinggu put a sword on the boss's neck.

"When I come back in three days, if there are no children by then, I will chop off your begging paws!"

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