It's midnight.
But the street was still crowded and lively.
As time went by, more people seemed to gather on the street, and almost half of them were shouting about whether there was going to be a war?
The other half were howling and asking where the children were.
Du Baili's voice became hoarse when he explained. He said again and again that they were trying to find the children, and told the people again and again that they had no whereabouts of the children, but the people seemed to ignore him on purpose and simply didn't. Not listening to what he said, he kept chattering.
There was chaos all around, and Liu Shengsheng and Nan Muze had already retreated to the carriage.
Then he saw Nan Muze with a cold face and a note in his hand.
"If we don't catch them, I'm afraid we will always be in a passive position."
Liu Shengsheng looked at the paper in his hand expressionlessly, "How did he get in touch with our people? How did he deliver the letter to us?"
"Many of their people were hiding among the people. The last letter was given to us by one of the people. After handing over the letter, he quickly disappeared into the crowd. Although we found him later, he was tortured. After the torture, he seemed to know nothing and was just collecting money to do things."
Nan Muze's tone was quite calm, and he added: "And this letter is probably the same."
Liu Shengsheng took a deep breath and said, "You want us to kill a group of innocent people. This is clearly because you want us to arouse public anger..."
Nan Muze nodded, "Now the whole street is full of people. If we attack the people at this moment, it will definitely cause a big sensation, and maybe even lead the people to attack us... "
"But the letter said that if we don't take action against the people within this quarter of an hour, another innocent child will lose his life." Liu Shengsheng's face was gloomy.
Yichen stood silently outside the carriage. When a guard came forward to deliver the letter, he was standing next to him. Naturally, he knew what was written in the letter, so his face was particularly ugly.
Just listen to him whisper: "Girl, I think no matter what, we can no longer let them control us. If we really kill other innocent people for those children, then what is the point of what we are doing? What? Is the life of a child more important than the life of an adult? It’s also life, and we can’t do that.”
After a pause, he continued: "Although they say it is cruel, we have paid a lot for those children. We have spent so much manpower and energy, but until now, we have only rescued one child. , even a large part of the people on the street feel that we are directing and acting on our own, which is simply too inappropriate, or in other words, too unworthy."
What Yichen said makes sense.
They have paid so much, but the people in the streets keep saying sarcastic remarks.
Even most of the people gathered here just to watch their jokes.
Maybe royal jokes are really good for them.
Or maybe the rumors of war involve their own interests, so there will be more and more people on the street...
Of course Liu Shengsheng understood this truth, so she and Nan Muze sat back on the carriage and did not move for a long time.
The streets were crowded with people, and all kinds of sounds were heard, which made Liu Shengsheng’s head spin.
This scene is really chaotic and noisy...
"The time for a stick of incense has come a long time ago. If they really want to take action against an innocent child, then we will definitely be able to catch a little bit of the wind. At least this time, we must find out who is behind it!"
Yichen said this very quietly.
The moment the words fell, there was a sudden scream from the crowd.
"Ah!! Child, that is my child..."
This time it was a middle-aged man who screamed.
I saw the man raising his voice and shouting excitedly while pointing in the distance.
Chu shouted, "There, there is my child!"
Liu Shengsheng jumped out of the carriage almost as soon as she heard the sound. When she ran in the direction of the sound, she discovered that on the second floor in front of her, a four or five-year-old child was lying on the window crying.
The voice seemed to be that of a little boy. The little boy's hands were tightly grasping the window edge, as if he would fall from the second floor in the next second.
There was blood dripping from his body, and he didn't know where he was injured. From a distance, he looked very pitiful.
It seemed to be an inn, and there was a candlelight in the window. It was through that dim light that people discovered the child by the window.
It would take a child crying loudly to attract people's attention in such a noisy situation.
In just a short moment, countless people crowded in that direction.
"Hurry up and save that child!"
"Oh my God, it fell. The child fell..."
"..."
I don’t know who screamed several times...
I saw a figure flash by, and then Liu Shengsheng appeared at the window, using Qinggong to easily catch the child.
The child's cries gradually became weaker, and Liu Shengsheng fell back to the ground as quickly as possible.
Because she jumped out of the circle surrounded by soldiers, the moment she landed, a large group of people rushed up.
"What's going on? Why is the kid covered in blood?"
"Oh my god! I always thought the children were in that teahouse, but why does this little child appear here?"
"So what are you doing, Princess? What are so many officers and soldiers doing? Didn't you even find the child tonight?"
"Shut up, you guys. You have to blame the kidnappers. Why should you blame Her Highness the Princess?"
"That is to say, Her Highness the Princess has obviously been deceived..."
"Don't you see that all the officials are worried?"
"That's right, please give way and stop crowding here!"
"..."
Yichen and Du Baili had already led people to Liu Shengsheng's side and dispersed the people around them one by one.
Nan Muze seemed to have been by Liu Shengsheng's side, watching her carry the child to the ground, and then began to check the child in front of everyone.
But after tearing off the child's clothes, it was discovered that there was a dagger stuck in the child's back...
It was a very small dagger that could not be found without careful inspection.
No wonder there is so much blood on the little boy's body, probably all oozing out from the wound...
Perhaps because the dagger has not been pulled out, the little boy still has the strength to cry at this moment, but he obviously does not have much strength anymore, at least the cry at this moment has gradually weakened.
Many people saw the dagger, and for a moment, the crowd was in mourning.
"This is too cruel..."
"How come you can do this to such a young child?"
"In the fight between the powerful and powerful, it is the children of us ordinary people who are sacrificed. What a world."
"..."
