Just before her family was confiscated and exiled, Shen Yunyue emptied her own storeroom and, while she was at it, also emptied the太子(crown prince's) mansion's storeroom.
This was...
Chapter 153: Your hot-tempered little lady ran away?
The little boy lost his previous expression and shrank back, looking pitiful. A little girl, no more than six or seven years old, struggled to crawl over and threw herself on Ou Ruoyang.
A hoarse voice, pleading weakly:
"Let my brother go. He's not a bad person."
Ou Ruoyang's puzzled eyes fell on the disheveled and dirty bodies of the crowd. When he looked again, he realized that they were all teenagers and little girls. He instantly understood the main purpose of the so-called medicine men.
She opened her mouth and let go of the little boy.
"You guys..." But he couldn't bring himself to ask.
The oldest of the dozen or so kids was probably about twelve or thirteen years old.
Perhaps because he was scared of the beating, he opened his pitiful and innocent eyes and stared timidly at Shen Yunyue and Ou Ruoyang.
Thinking about their possible tragic experiences and how many people have become medicine men, I don’t know.
Shen Yunyue's heart softened like a pool of water.
I lowered my voice unconsciously:
"How long have you been captured? Do you know how many people were here before you?"
More than a dozen people looked at each other, wanting to speak but not daring to.
In the end, it was the little boy who snatched the purse who stood up and told Shen Yunyue what he knew.
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The other side.
Fu Xuanheng was stopped by the bun shop owner and asked repeatedly:
"Is your name Fu Xuanheng? Just now, several people told me that it was Fu Xuanheng who wanted to take the buns but didn't want to pay with money."
He tightened his hands on the wheelchair, frowned, and said:
"I am. What's going on?"
The bun shop owner told him everything.
Fu Xuanheng heard the key point and asked repeatedly:
"You mean she went after the thief? How long did it take?"
The bun shop owner wiped his forehead and thought for a moment before saying:
"It's been about an incense stick of time."
Fu Xuanheng's heart skipped a beat, thinking of the mixed crowd in Yunzhou City. He quickly turned around and shouted:
"Uncle, pay for the buns and take them back. I'll go find Yunyue."
"Yunfeng, go call Fourth Uncle over." Fu Xuanheng didn't care that going out alone might expose his physical condition.
He slid the wheelchair out quickly.
Shen Yunfeng didn't understand what was going on, so he quickly responded and ran to find Ah Si.
As soon as Fu Xuanheng left the inn, he met Prince Li who got off the carriage.
He took a step forward and came in front of Fu Xuanheng.
"Hey, my good-for-nothing little cousin. Why are you in such a hurry? Is it because your hot-tempered little wife couldn't stand your incompetence and ran off with a handsome young man when she saw him?"
Prince Li looked at Fu Xuanheng's hurried expression and couldn't help but feel like mocking him.
He just felt disgusted that Fu Xuanheng was a useless person.
Fu Xuanheng glared at him coldly, a murderous look in his eyes. "If Yunyue is really in trouble, I won't let you go even if I have to risk my life."
"Hmph. You'd better fend for yourself."
After saying that.
Fu Xuanheng slid his wheelchair away.
Prince Li was left bewildered, and he came to his senses after savoring the words.
"Did something happen to Shen Yunyue? Did she disappear like Xiangling?" Prince Li frowned and asked the attendant beside him.
Qiu Zhiying followed and got off the carriage behind.
"My Lord, Shen Yunyue wouldn't leave without a reason. Her family is here."
Prince Li simply ordered Qiu Zhiying, "Go and find out what's going on.
How come one person died and two people went missing in just one night?
"Yes." Qiu Zhiying responded with his hands clasped together.
The people at the inn didn't know Ou Ruoyang was missing. After all, she was a nobody, so only Peng Xiyue and her brother were secretly searching for her.
Ah Si avoided Prince Li and chased towards the place where Fu Xuanheng had just left.
Shen Yuncheng was worried and wanted to go look for her.
Shen Yunfeng stopped him, "Yuncheng. Brother-in-law and Fourth Uncle are all there. Wait for Yingfeng to come back and ask him to help. We can't cause more trouble. Don't come looking for us before you find your sister."
Shen Yuncheng pinched his little arm in annoyance.
"When will I grow up and protect my sister?"
Here, Mo Yiran heard the news of Shen Yunyue's disappearance. She rushed out with red eyes.
"If you don't go find Yunyue, I'm going to find my Yunyue."
Shen Yunfeng stopped Mo Yiran in time.
"Mom, go back."
Mo Yiran raised his hand and slapped Shen Yunfeng in the face. "Yunfeng, that's your sister."
She stared at the slap she had given her, stunned. She had never hit a child before.
Now, he would beat his own son.
Thinking of Shen Yunyue, she angrily scolded with great sorrow:
"How can you be so heartless? Your sister is missing. We should go out and look for her together. How could mother give birth to such a heartless thing like you?"
"You disappoint me so much."
Shen Yunfeng covered the beaten side of his face without saying a word.
Seeing her grandson being beaten, Old Lady Shen hurried over with her old legs. She hugged Shen Yunfeng in her arms distressedly, complaining to Mo Yiran:
"Why are you doing this? Ah Si just told everyone not to go out.
How old is Yunfeng?
Where do you want him to go to find Yunyue? Ah Si and Xuan Heng go out and look for her first. We should not let them hold us back at the inn."
“Even if you are anxious, you should quietly take the money and ask the officer for help.
What can you do if you go out? If you get lost, I'll have to distract myself to look for you. Wouldn't that be more of a hindrance than a help? "Old Madam Shen never gets angry with her daughter-in-law.
At this moment, he looked at Shen Yunfeng's red and swollen face with heartache, and his words naturally sounded a little harsh.
Mo Yiran naturally felt sorry for his children.
But Ah Si didn't let everyone go out. She looked at these people and felt indignant because they seemed to listen to Ah Si.
I thought everyone was going to look for Shen Yunyue, but who knew only Ah Si and Fu Xuanheng went.
"Yunfeng, does it hurt?"
Mo Yiran was anxious, watching Shen Yunfeng purse his lips tightly and remain silent. He sighed, "Yunfeng, mother is just anxious. What if something happens to your sister? How can I explain it to your father?"
"Mom, I'm fine. I'll go talk to Monkey Brother about it."
Shen Yunfeng struggled to get out of Old Madam Shen's arms.
Madam Shen touched his face and said softly, "Your grandfather and your uncle have already taken the silver and gone to discuss with Officer Peng and others.
See if you can send two escorts to help find your sister."
"We can't make a big fuss either. There are so many eyes here hoping something bad happens to our Shen family."
After Madam Shen finished speaking, she looked at Mo Yiran with more displeasure.
"You should go back quickly. Stop crying and making a fuss. It's giving me a headache."
Unlike the people outside who were in a state of confusion, Shen Yunyue already had a general understanding of the situation.
The boys and girls here were all abducted here, and some were sold here because their parents could not make a living.
According to the little boy Tian Qiu, there were many people imprisoned there before, but they were gradually taken away and never returned.
Tian Qiu comes here because he occasionally helps to deceive people.
Since he had never been noticed by anyone, he stayed and gradually became the leader of the group. He had resisted and tried to escape, but failed.
Looking at the desperate expressions of a dozen people.
Shen Yunyue couldn't help but say: "I will definitely rescue you."
One of the skinny girls lowered her eyes in disappointment and said, "You should run away on your own when you have the chance.
We've been closed for these days and I've been eating their special food.
In a few days, I will be taken away."
She raised her watery eyes and said, "If you get out, remember to help report it to the police. Also, go to Wujiazhuang, which is not far from here, and find Wu Lao's house at the village head.
Tell them not to sell their daughters anymore. If they can’t afford to raise them, just strangle them to death at birth.”
Her expression, neither sad nor happy, made Shen Yunyue's heart ache.
"You... ? Do you still have any concerns?" Shen Yunyue understood her thoughts a little.
Compared to those who were abducted, she was even more desperate because she was sold here by her biological parents.
The little girl twitched her lips. "To be honest, we've all run away before. But what was the outcome?"
Use needles to prick our fingers and penetrate into the gaps between our nails.
They used daggers to cut the flesh from our feet and forced us to eat it. They then used medicine to treat our wounds but did not give us any food.
"They only gave us water mixed with herbs. It kept us from starving to death, but we no longer had the strength to escape."
The little girl felt that Shen Yunyue and the other two couldn't escape either. She looked at them with eyes full of sympathy.
Shen Yunyue didn't pay attention to her look, but just asked how they ran away before?
A few children chattered and told her.
There was nothing special about it, just sneaking into the yard in the middle of the night. There was a dog hole in the backyard, and if you were lucky, you could run into the dog hole.
There is a big wolfhound next to the dog hole.
The wolfdog won't bark, it will just bite your arms or legs hatefully to prevent you from running away.
"If you can run to the dog hole and avoid being bitten by the big wolf dog, you might be able to escape." A little boy sucked his fingers, his face slightly blue.
Shen Yunyue looked at him in surprise.
He curled his lips and explained, "Xiu Xiu and I have been noticed by someone, so we eat different things now."
The boy vaguely understood what was happening, but since he couldn't escape and was afraid of having his flesh cut and his nails pierced, he could only obediently eat the various herbs.
I heard that once they are clean, they will be sent to different places to recuperate.
He had a hunch that it wasn't a good place, but there was nothing he could do.
Shen Yunyue's anger had already reached a peak of thirty feet. She looked at the little boy who led them here, with a cold look on her face.
"I know it wasn't your intention to lead us here. You'd better behave yourself."
She slowly let out a cold smile, "Otherwise, you'd think the punishment you receive here is the easiest."
Shen Yunyue spoke in a gentle tone, but her words were so creepy that Tian Qiu's pupils shrank. He took a step back and clenched the hand of the little girl next to him.
Ou Ruoyang originally felt sorry for them.
When he thought about his four children still in the carriage inn, he was filled with anger.
"You'd better behave yourself. Otherwise, I won't let you off."
Tian Qiu pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. Several people around him hurriedly pleaded with him.
"Tian Qiu was also forced. He lured two of us here, but if he didn't obey, his sister would be killed."
These kids didn't seem to know anything was wrong.