The yamen officer was angry and speechless. He thanked the servant who sent the thief to his door, and quickly went through the procedures and sent all four people, big and small, into the prison cell.
"Mother, I don't want to eat snacks anymore." Yue'er whispered.
Although the thief was caught and handed over to the official, Yue'er was dejected and somewhat remorseful.
Wen Jin smiled slightly, "How can you not eat? If you don't eat enough, how can you have the energy to work? How can you help others?"
"A little setback can make our Princess Mingyue fall into despair?"
Yue'er suddenly raised her little head, "Huh? Help others? How to help?"
Wen Jin smiled slightly and said, "Shall we have a full meal first?"
Yue'er nodded repeatedly with eager eyes, "Quickly tell me, Queen Mother!"
Wen Jin took Yue'er to the snack street.
There were not many people on the street at the moment, and Wen Jin asked people to pack some food in almost every shop.
Soon, the people accompanying him had plenty of delicious food.
"We can't eat so much, can we?" Yue'er counted the people who came with her. Even the coachman and guards, who are very good eaters, can't eat so much?
Wen Jin smiled slightly, "Don't worry, you can finish eating..."
Wen Jin asked someone to bring all the extra delicacies and snacks they bought to the carriage.
She also ordered people to rent a dozen horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts.
Yue'er rolled her eyes, "Oh! I understand! I know how to help them!"
Yue'er suddenly stopped wilting and became lively again.
…
Bai Xiao rubbed the back of his neck and woke up faintly.
He opened his eyes and looked around blankly, "Hey... in prison? Why did I get here?"
"The ninth day of the lunar month, the tenth day of the lunar month, the eighteenth day of the lunar month, why are you here too?"
Bai Xiao looked at the three boys, who were still sleeping.
He shook his neck, and his cervical vertebrae crackled.
"Hiss—" Bai Xiao secretly took a breath, "What a serious attack! He actually carried out a sneak attack and sent all four of us to prison! He really has no moral ethics!"
Bai Xiao rubbed his neck, frowning and thinking hard, "How come I didn't even see the person who did it? Who could it be?"
He took a deep breath and called the three children again.
"The ninth day of the lunar month, the tenth day of the lunar month! Wake up! Wake up!"
"Did you see who did it? Who attacked us?"
The two older children raised their eyelids in a daze.
Before they could answer, they seemed to fall asleep again.
Bai Xiao was startled and quickly touched their foreheads, "Aren't you sick?"
The temperature of their foreheads was normal, their bodies were not hot, and their breathing was even. They didn't look like they were sick.
When Bai Xiao was checking on the three children, the people in the cell next to him were staring at him with burning eyes through the iron bars.
Bai Xiao ignored him at first, but the man's gaze became more and more unscrupulous.
Although he was not a big girl and was not afraid of people looking at him, he still felt uncomfortable being stared at like this.
Bai Xiao's eyes were sharp and he stared back fiercely.
"Is your surname Bai? The son of Mr. Bai who can read?" The person in the next cell was not afraid of his gaze, but took the initiative to speak.
Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Who are you?"
"I have dealt with your father." The middle-aged man has been locked up here for an unknown period of time. His clothes have lost their original color and his hair is disheveled. "You are not promising in your studies. Why don't you accept your father's behavior?" Put yourself in jail?"
Bai Xiao frowned and didn't want to talk more.
The man laughed and said, "I heard that you didn't like your father's behavior of robbing homes and blocking roads. After studying, I returned to the village and thought of using what I had learned to educate the bandits, but someone told your father - you have different intentions! You just ran away with the old, weak, women and children in the mountains who were willing to believe in you?"
Bai Xiao pursed his lips and his face turned ugly.
He thought that if he hid in Kyoto, no one outside would know him.
He completely shed his past and his origins as the "son of a bandit."
Unexpectedly, he met someone who knew him in the Kyoto prison!
"What about those people who escaped with you? Are there only three of them left?"
"Where are the others? How are they doing? Are they living a good life by following you?"
This middle-aged man seems to be very talkative.
Bai Xiao didn't pay attention to him, but he didn't feel bored, and he could still talk enthusiastically by himself.
"Haha, it seems like this is too much to ask! You are already in jail, how can you be a clean and innocent person?"
Bai Xiao's face suddenly tensed up, and he clenched his teeth.
"Little Master Bai, what do you do for a living now? What have you committed?" After the man asked this time, he looked at him quietly, waiting for his answer.
Bai Xiao ignored him and sat on the broken straw mat, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed to meditate.
"Why are you so proud! After reading a few books, you become a scholar? Do you look down on bandits? Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and the son of a mouse can dig holes!"
"Even if you don't admit that you are a bandit, you are the son of a bandit! What you usually do is to kill people and buy goods! How noble can you be!"
The man spat disdainfully.
Bai Xiao opened his eyes suddenly, "I didn't commit murder and cheat!"
Even if he tried to steal... he would be forced to do nothing. Other methods would bring in money too slowly! He had so many people to feed!
No matter whether he becomes a teacher, a small worker, or finds other jobs... it's all too slow! He can't feed that many people!
But, if he could win the trust of the "Princess Princess" this time, or even just win the trust of the little girl from the Princess Princess' family... everything would be different!
He will never be said to be the son of a bandit again!
He will never be looked down upon again!
"Ha," the man sneered, "You don't know, right? Your father is catching you everywhere! He has already said that whoever can catch you will be given the position of second in charge!"
"When he catches you, he will whip you in public! As a warning to others! He raised you in the bandit's den and your wings have become strong, but you actually look down on the bandit and betray the bandit! You are a traitor!"
"If you are afraid of death, you'd better hide in prison! Your father can't rush into the prison to whip you! This is a good place for you to hide from disaster!"
Bai Xiao's face turned a little whiter.
The fists he placed on his sides were clenched involuntarily.
He is not a bandit, and he does not want to live a life of robbing families and homes like his uncles!
He doesn't want to be judged by others, let alone murder and swindle goods, and suffer the condemnation of his conscience.
Seeing that Bai Xiao had not responded, the man probably felt bored.
He finally stopped nagging and fell asleep.
His snoring in his sleep was so loud that it was like thunder, waking up the two children on the ninth day of the lunar month.
"Boss Bai, where is this? How did we get here?"
The two children were more confused than him...
"Did you see who knocked us unconscious and sent us to the government?" Bai Xiao knew that his question was probably in vain!
The two children shook their heads blankly, "Did we get beaten? I don't remember being beaten, and my body didn't hurt! I just felt like I was suddenly very sleepy...and then I didn't know it, and I woke up here!"
Bai Xiao narrowed his eyes, "There are so many people in the village who need care. I have to find a way to get out... You two have to help me!"
The two children nodded quickly, "Your orders!"
