"You two little bastards, don't even look at where this place is!" The servant in blue who was guarding the porridge bucket shouted loudly.
"Uncle! Please do me a favor and give me a bowl of porridge." The little boy knelt on the ground with a plop: "My sister has not eaten for a whole day and a night."
"What does your sister's lack of food have to do with us?" The servant in blue pushed the little boy to the ground: "If you don't get out, don't blame me for being rude."
"You, you bully people." The little boy pointed his immature hand at the people waiting in line: "Why can they get porridge and steamed buns?"
"You little bastard, you dare to question the uncle? You're impatient now!" The servant in blue suddenly showed an angry look and hit the little boy's cheek with a flying palm.
"If you have something to say, the other person is still a child!" Liu Ningshi stood in front of the boy like a ghost and grabbed the servant's wrist, while Tong Bo slowly walked forward.
"Who are you?" The servant in blue looked at the clothes and demeanor of Tong and Liu, but he didn't dare to offend them too much.
"It's just two passers-by." Tong Bo smiled: "But we are also very interested in knowing the problem of the child just now."
"Hmph! Since you're a passerby, don't mind your own business." The servant in blue broke away from Liu Ningshi's hand and turned around to leave.
"Miss Liu! There happens to be a herbal tea shop opposite, so let's take them there to sit." Tong Bo pointed to the two children slumped on the ground.
"Thank you, gentlemen!" In the herbal tea shop, the little boy who ate several buns in one breath took his sister and bowed to Tong and Liu to express his thanks.
"Take these scraps of silver with you!" Liu Ningshi looked at the two thinly dressed and skinny children with great compassion.
"Thank you, sir, but we can't take the money." The young man shook his head, picked up his sister and ran away.
"Hey! What's wrong with Miss Liu?" Tong Bo looked at Liu Ningshi's devastated look and sighed: "These children have their own destiny and way of survival. Even if you feel sympathy, it will not help."
"Brother Xiangyun is right." Liu Ningshi came back to her senses, pulled herself together and asked, "Is the case related to Feng Mansion?"
"Just now in front of Feng Mansion, did Miss Liu think there was something wrong?" Tong Bo grabbed the rough black bowl on the table and took a sip of water.
"It's very abnormal! Just now, the child said that there was a famine in Shu this year, so why did Fengfu offer porridge with only dozens of victims queuing up?" Liu Ningshi nodded: "Moreover, the porridge distributed by Fengfu contained a lot of rice grains, and the steamed buns seemed to be too. Bigger than usual.”
"Not bad!" Tong Bo nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the people in Zhongshu Mansion to know so much about disaster relief."
"That's because Ningshi's hometown also suffered the same disaster, and she also suffered the same looks from others when she begged." Liu Ningshi said softly.
"I'm sorry!" Tong Bo also suppressed his smile when he saw this: "I reminded Miss Liu of something unhappy."
"It's okay, it's been many years!" Liu Ningshi smiled sweetly at Tong Bo: "But now even if I know it's related to Feng Mansion, I still can't do anything."
"That's not necessarily the case!" Tong Bo gently placed the black bowl in his hand on the table: "Whenever people in a ghost town go out, there will be ghost soldiers to help them, and they are responsible for looking for clues."
"Brother Xiangyun, it seems that the person you mentioned has arrived." Liu Ningshi's heart moved, and she immediately felt light footsteps walking towards the two of them.
"My young lady has met these two adults." The woman in a green cloak stood respectfully in front of them and said to them.
"Are you Miss Dong?" Liu Ningshi looked up and saw that the woman in front of her was Dong Chun, the poor woman whom she saved in the previous case.
"There is no such person as Dong Chun in the ghost city, only ghost soldiers and young girls are left." Dong Chun responded to Liu Ningshi expressionlessly.
"Miss Liu, in that case, let's get down to business." Tong Bo was afraid of causing unnecessary complications, so he quickly brought the topic to the main topic.
"Qingnu, tell me what you found out here!" Liu Ningshi also calmed down and asked the doubts in her heart.
"Wait!" Tong Bo interrupted the conversation between the two and looked around alertly: "Qingnu, sit down and talk! You are too conspicuous standing talking to us in this outfit."
"Yes!" Dong Chun seemed to be hesitant. When he saw Liu Ningshi nodding towards her in a pleasant manner, he slowly sat down and said, "Recently, a wealthy man from Chengdu came to Fengdu and said that his son was missing. Please ask the city lord for help. The Lord makes the decision for him.”
"A big family in Chengdu?" Liu Ningshi glanced at Feng Mansion subconsciously and asked, "Can't they be from Feng Mansion?"
"Sir, you are joking! Feng Heng is still being imprisoned in the ghost prison. How dare the people from Feng Mansion come to cause trouble?" Dong Chun shook his head: "He is the son of Lin Yuanwai from Chengdu."
"A case like tracing a person is not a big deal. Does it require the judge to personally intervene?" Tong Bo listened to Dong Chun's words and realized that the matter was not simple.
"This case is not an ordinary missing person case, but has already involved the Feng family." Sure enough, Dong Chun continued: "You two adults should have seen the porridge shed over there."
"Since it's disaster relief, why don't we drive the children away?" Liu Ningshi blurted out her doubts when she heard about the porridge shed.
"Because children have no value to the Feng family, so why should they waste food!" Dong Chun's face was cold, completely different from the previous appearance when he was suffering.
"Qingnu! If you have anything to say, just tell me!" Tong Bo didn't feel too uncomfortable with Dong Chun.
"It is impossible for the old, weak, women and Confucians to get the rice porridge and steamed buns from the Feng family. Only those who the Feng family thinks are valuable can." Dong Chun glanced at the crowd in front of the Feng family and continued: "And these disaster victims come in every now and then. There will be people missing.”
"Have these been kidnapped by the Feng family?" Liu Ningshi asked in confusion: "But Mr. Lin is the son of Lin Yuanwai. He won't be so poor that he goes begging, right?"
"It's a coincidence! Mr. Lin has a childhood sweetheart who was already poor because of his family's financial difficulties. In addition, he also became a victim of natural and man-made disasters." When Dong Chun said this, a hint of sadness appeared on his cold face. The look on his face: "For the sake of this confidante, Mr. Lin is willing to pretend to be a disaster victim and accompany her to beg."
"But with Mr. Lin's family background, he only needs to take out some property to support the girl, so why do he do this?" Liu Ningshi became more and more confused as she listened.
"Liu Yuanwai is an old stubborn man who values well-matched families!" Dong Chun explained: "In order to force Mr. Lin to give up this marriage, his monthly salary has been cut off a long time ago."
"Young Master Lin is still admirable. After all, such people are becoming increasingly rare." Tong Bo on the side suddenly sighed in admiration, but then changed the topic: "Have the whereabouts of these missing people been found out?"
"Some of them are being held in secret cells in Feng Mansion, and some of them are missing." Dong Chun told the truth what he knew.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Feng Taishou is still daring!" Tong Bo suddenly spread his hands and complained: "You actually imprisoned the captured people in your own house, aren't you afraid of being convicted?"
"In Shu, the Grand Administrator covers the sky with one hand!" Dong Chun shook his head helplessly: "Even if someone knows, they won't do anything to him!"
"Are Mr. Lin and that girl also imprisoned in the Feng Mansion?" Liu Ningshi asked the question that concerned her most.
"Here!" Dong Chun nodded lightly: "Since his subordinates entered Chengdu, he has been sneaking into Feng Mansion and has basically investigated the situation in the manor."
"Qingnu! In that case, let me know if you have any ideas!" Tong Bo smiled and said, "Miss Liu, please listen carefully? Don't forget your responsibilities."
"My responsibility?" Tong Bo reminded Liu Ning's Book of Poetry and suddenly remembered that he was also responsible for the 'review'.
"Although there are servants in the Feng Mansion who look after the house and guard the courtyard, they are all mediocre." Dong Chun came up with a bold idea: "With the skills of the two adults, we will conduct a complete night attack."
"Night attack?" Liu Ningshi glanced at Tong Bo casually: "Isn't this too risky? After all, there are only three of us this time."
"Don't look at me, it's up to you to decide what to do." Tong Bo suddenly yawned lazily, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"Sir, please rest assured, Qingnu has already drawn a map of Feng Mansion." Dong Chun took out a map from his arms and spread it on the table: "As long as we discuss the plan in advance, we will definitely be able to get something out of the fire."
"Qingnu, let me tell you in detail about the situation of the feudal government and the plan to capture people." Liu Ningshi saw that the map was very detailed, and she also praised Dong Chun.
"Two adults! It's been a long time since I left the mansion. If I don't go back, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion." About half an hour later, Qingnv stood up and bowed to say goodbye.
"Well! You go back first, and we will act according to the plan at midnight tonight." Tong Bo didn't even look at Qingnv, he just waved his hand towards her.
"My subordinates, please leave." Qingnv bowed her hands to the two of them and disappeared into the herbal tea shop in a flash.
"Oh! It's been so long since we last met. I didn't expect that Miss Dong's skills have reached such a level!" Tong Bo praised, but then smiled and said: "Miss Liu! Since we have decided on a night attack, why do you look so hesitant? A determined expression?"
"Although this map is very detailed, we don't understand the situation in the mansion at all." Liu Ningshi expressed her worries: "Besides, sealing the mansion and arresting people is just pulling chestnuts out of the fire."
"We are outsiders, so how can we know the situation in Fengfu." Tong Bo filled the black bowl with water again, paused deliberately and said with a smile: "But, there are still a few hours before the third watch, I don't understand You can figure it out, after all, Miss Liu is the one who is responsible for the 'trial', so how can she completely rely on the ghost soldiers."
"You know that Brother Xiangyun already has an idea?" Liu Ningshi looked at Tong Bo's lazy look and smiled softly: "Let Ningshi also take a guess."
"Hahahaha!" Tong Bo laughed suddenly: "It turns out that Miss Liu also knows how to play tricks, and Bo is willing to listen attentively."
Liu Ningshi did not speak directly, but stretched out a slender jade finger, dipped enough water from Tong Bo's black bowl, and wrote a few words on the table.
