"It's just a small request. We can take you to find the exit of the secret passage first, but regardless of whether you can catch him later, you can give us some food, okay?"
Shen Jun raised his eyes slightly, a subtle starlight flashed through his eyes, and finally curled his lips, "Okay."
After seeing Shen Jun agree, the group of children instantly burst into cheers.
The girl added cautiously, "Now everyone around has heard what you said, you can't lie to us."
"Won't."
Shen Jun said, and at the same time she looked at Xiang Chenghu beside her, "The oldest girl will go with me to find Mr. Yang. You take a few children to get them some food."
In Xiang Chenghu's confused eyes, Shen Jun slowly whispered beside him, "There is no shortage of food in the Yang family. Give more to these children."
Anyway, these people in the Yang Mansion usually feed the common people. I don't know how much food they have plundered from the public. It is more than enough to give some to these children.
It can even be said to be an inconspicuous small pile among the pile of grain in Yang Mansion.
Come again, the food in the Yang Mansion will be taken out and distributed to other people when the time comes.
Now it's just a little bit allocated in advance to distribute to these children.
"Okay. I'll do it now."
Xiang Chenghu understood Shen Jun's words. He looked up at the group of children still surrounding the low fence. His stern expression softened a lot.
"You guys follow me."
Seeing the conversation between Shen Jun and Xiang Chenghu, the girl who was the leader of the group of children finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She placed it underneath, clenching her fists because of nervousness and finally able to slowly loosen them.
The palms of my hands were full of sweat.
To be honest, it was impossible for her not to be nervous or scared.
Especially talking to such a group of vicious-looking people.
There was also this woman who didn't look much older than him, but was holding a knife fiercely.
She was also afraid that this woman would suddenly stab her.
But now it seems that this woman is far kinder than the other bandits.
Even compared to Mr. Yang, the scum with human faces and animal hearts, girls find Shen Jun more reassuring.
"We discovered that secret passage accidentally when we were looking for food outside."
I don't know if it's because Shen Jun gives the food neatly, or because Shen Jun looks much gentler than the others.
The girls had a much higher impression of Shen Jun and followed Shen Jun to explain how they discovered the secret passage.
When they were looking for food outside, they saw the entrance to the secret passage, and at first they thought it was some good adventure.
A few people bravely tried to walk inside, but after walking for a short distance, they encountered a closed door.
With their strength, they couldn't open the door.
Several children could only go back the same way.
But because they were curious about the secret passage, they went there several times.
Until one time when I was about to get close, I accidentally saw Mr. Yang walking out of it.
Mr. Yang was still holding an unknown bag in his hand.
Although they didn't know what the secret passage was used for, or what the bag Master Yang was carrying, the children became increasingly excited.
They discussed it quietly at night, and finally guessed that the secret passage led to the Yang Mansion.
But then they went to squat several times, but no one came out from there.
And they tried to pass through this secret passage to see if they could sneak into the Yang Mansion. If they could sneak in, they might be able to steal some food and drink.
Unfortunately, they tried several methods but failed to open the door.
In the end I had to give up the idea.
Coupled with the high pressure of life, these children gradually did not have the energy to pay attention to what the secret passage was used for.
The girl said these words to make Shen Jun believe that they really knew the existence of this secret passage and were not just saying it casually to deceive Shen Jun's food.
He was also afraid that if Shen Jun failed to catch Mr. Yang by then, he would think they were lying.
In a rage, he not only took back the food given to them, but also arrested them.
But not until the girl finished speaking.
Not only did Shen Jun not continue to ask for information related to this secret passage, but he slowly asked the little girl's name.
"My name is Li Hehua."
Li Hehua said with some embarrassment that in front of such a beautiful person, she suddenly felt that her name, which she had no feelings for in the past, was a bit difficult to say.
Her name was chosen casually by her mother.
It is said that when she was born, there happened to be a lot of blooming lotus growing in the pond in front of their house.
So my mother gave the name casually.
Anyway, there are probably dozens of people called Lotus in the county town, if not a hundred.
This was a name that was easy and commonplace, but now it has become a little embarrassing.
Shen Jun nodded slightly, as if he didn't see the embarrassment on Li Hehua's face, and said in a very natural tone, "It's very good, 'Only green lotus and red lotus, curled up and opened to be innocent', the lotus is indeed good."
Shen Jun raised his eyebrows, "Vulgarity means elegance."
Li Hehua didn't quite understand the meaning of the middle verse, but she could judge based on the context that it should be a compliment.
Li Hehua's eyes lit up, and she secretly recalled what Shen Jun said in her heart, and silently memorized this poem.
The only pity is that I don't know how to write this whole sentence.
She wanted to write this sentence down, so that maybe when someone asked her name later, she could introduce herself that way.
My name is Li Hehua, and she is the Li Hehua who "only has green lotus and red lotus leaves, which can be opened and closed with innocence".
Shen Jun didn't know what Li Hehua was thinking. She noticed the embarrassment in the little girl next to her, so she happened to think of this poem by Li Shangyin, so she said it casually.
However, after accidentally seeing Li Hehua's expression, Shen Jun's eyebrows became slightly gentler.
Under the leadership of Li Hehua, Shen Jun and others easily found the secret passage.
This secret passage is opened in a hidden courtyard.
This is a yard that has been abandoned for who knows how many years. The yard is overgrown with weeds.
The entrance to the secret passage was covered with weeds.
To be honest, if it weren't for Li Hehua's leadership, it would be impossible to find such a place.
After all, who would have thought that the secret passage would appear in such a place.
This was what Li Hehua and his group of children discovered by accident as they ran around every day, looking for food.
Shen Jun glanced at the secret passage, then chuckled under the gaze of others.
"It seems that this time we can catch a turtle in a jar."
