Chapter 158: Get away from here, you stinky beggar!

Dieyi's expression changed drastically when she heard this. "What did you say?"

Chun Tao recalled the tragic death of Liu Si Niang, and her voice still trembled uncontrollably, "Liu Si Niang is dead too, and all those children are gone!"

Dieyi's body suddenly shook, "Liu Si Niang... is dead? Who did it? What happened in the backyard?"

"I don't know either." Chun Tao shook her head in confusion. Thinking of the situation in the backyard, she said in a panic, "The fire in the backyard is so big! Miss, do we have to find a way to put it out?"

Before she finished her words, Chi Yan started shouting, "It's on fire! The backyard of the house is on fire! The fire is coming! Everyone, run for your lives!"

"Fire? Where is the fire?"

The guests were still immersed in the gentle countryside. When they heard someone say that there was a fire, they looked around in confusion.

Someone simply ran out of the front hall and looked towards the backyard.

When they saw the raging fire spreading rapidly in their direction, they were terrified and scared. They hurried back to remind everyone, "It's really on fire! There's a huge fire in the backyard! The fire is about to burn here! Hurry up! Hurry up! Everyone, get out of here!"

After hearing this, the other guests would not dare to stay any longer.

They pushed the beautiful girl in their arms away and rushed to the door of the brothel without hesitation, "It's on fire! Run!"

"The fire was burning so fiercely that if we didn't get out of here, we would be dead!"

"I saw it too. The fire burned the sky red! It was so scary!"

There were girls dancing on the stage, but they looked at the chaotic scene in the hall and could not care less. They picked up their skirts and hurried down to the floor, "Sisters, go out and take shelter first!"

The guests in the hall rushed out, and Dieyi staggered. Fortunately, Chuntao grabbed her arm in time, "Miss, are you okay?"

Dieyi shook her head. Seeing that the customers were almost gone, she shouted anxiously, "Stop! You haven't settled the bill yet! No one is allowed to leave!"

Among these guests, more than half came to join in the excitement of the auction.

It's a rare opportunity to get something for free, who would care about her?

Even people who were walking out started running as soon as they heard they had to pay.

Everyone rushed to get out.

Chi Yan led five children to mingle in the crowd, stirring up trouble as if to cause chaos. "Brothers, don't listen to this woman! Let's go! He almost lost his life in the brothel, and he still wants us to pay him money? The manager of the brothel didn't go to put out the fire, and he only cares about money. I'm afraid he's obsessed with money!"

Someone nearby immediately echoed, "That's right! People in brothels only care about money. Don't pay attention to her! Save your life first!"

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Dieyi thought for a moment, then immediately turned around and told Chuntao, "Where are the guards? And those thugs? Tell them to put out the fire as soon as possible!"

"Miss, I just went to the backyard to look for them, but I didn't see any guards. They may have been burned to death!"

Dieyi's expression changed drastically, "How could this happen? Who set the fire?"

"Miss, the guest at table 99 is missing!"

Chun Tao found that table number 99 was empty and shouted anxiously, "And the five children he took away are also missing!"

Dieyi was distracted by the fire in the backyard. When she heard Chuntao's words, she quickly turned her head and looked at Table 99. All the children who had originally gathered around the table were gone, and only a table full of unfinished food and wine was left!

The guests at table 99 were behaving very abnormally tonight. Not only did they deliberately drive up the prices of the items, they also used the fire to create chaos.

Maybe he was also responsible for the fire in the backyard!

Dieyi thought of this possibility and immediately said to Chuntao, "Gather all the people in Xunhuanlou and let them put out the fire together! I will go and inform the master!"

Xunhuanlou has been going smoothly since its opening and has never encountered a situation like today.

The situation tonight is no longer something she can solve, she must report the situation to her master!

After Chi Yan took the five children out of the brothel, they headed towards the government office.

Chi Yan had never taken care of a child before. Seeing the five people behind him running breathlessly, he slowed down his pace and said, "If you are tired, tell me and I will walk slower."

Several children shook their heads vigorously, "Brother, we are not tired! This is the way home, no matter how long it is, we can run to the end in one breath!"

They have been away from home for too long, and at this moment they just want to be reunited with their loved ones as soon as possible.

Seeing how eager they were to return home, Chi Yan was touched. "Okay! I will definitely take care of you and bring you home safely!"

Half an hour later, Chi Yan arrived at the government office with five children.

And Xuanming has already settled the others.

Seeing the children behind him, Xuanming immediately took them to the yard next to the government office, "You can rest here tonight, and I will send you home after dawn!"

This time, they rescued a total of one hundred abducted children. They had to check the list of missing children overnight to find out who the children's parents were and where they lived. Then they notified their relatives one by one and asked them to come to the government office to take them back.

By the time all the children's information was sorted out, it was almost dawn.

Xue Youli and Chu Xinyue also did not sleep all night.

After they checked the child's information, Chu Xinyue was so tired that her eyelids were fighting.

The children's information on the table was divided into three piles. One pile was for children whose parents could be contacted immediately, one pile was for orphans without parents, and the other pile was for children whose parents had already moved away and could not contact any relatives.

She stood up from the table and stretched her waist, "Ali, let's go, I'll take you back to the palace."

Xue Youli's eyes fell on the three piles of information on the table. "What do you think the government will do with these orphans?"

Chu Xinyue thought for a moment and replied, "Until they find a better place to go, they should be sent back to the Salesian Bureau."

All the missing children have been found, except for some who were abducted.

There were also some children who were deliberately picked up by Murong Ye by having the girls in the brothel and the security guard pretend to be a couple and go to the Charity Bureau to pick them up.

In Jiuzhou, the Salesian Bureau is an institution that specializes in adopting abandoned babies.

If a couple is unable to have children, or if their child dies in an accident, they can come to the Salesian Bureau to adopt a child with a certificate from the government.

Every time the brothel went to the Salesian Bureau, it would pick out good-looking children to take away.

Xue Youli pondered for a moment and said, "Since it's almost dawn, it would be easier for people to notice us if we rush back now. It would be better to wait until dark before returning to the palace."

This missing child case has far-reaching implications, and finding the child is only the first step.

Chu Xinyue and her have always had a good understanding, and she immediately heard the hidden meaning in her words, "Are you trying to pull Murong Ye out of this case?"

Murong Ye has the aura of the male protagonist, so it is certainly not enough to bring him down with just this case.

Xue Youli was very clear about this. "Even if we can't catch Murong Ye, the culprit, it would be good to get rid of his minions. In my opinion, there must be something wrong with the adoption records of the Salesian Bureau. Xunhuanlou has adopted children many times in the past few years. I don't believe that the officials who manage the Salesian Bureau are completely unaware of it."

Chu Xinyue nodded immediately after she was reminded, "I understand, these officials were either bribed by Murong Ye, or they have been in collusion with Murong Ye for a long time."

Xue Youli replied, "So, if we want to completely prevent children from experiencing such a disaster again, we must solve the problem at the source! Before Murong Ye and his men react, we must seize the time to find out all the officials involved and punish them severely!"

"Okay! I'll be your personal bodyguard today. I'll accompany you wherever you go!"

After Xue Youli handed the sorted information to Xuan Ming, she and Chu Xinyue went to the Charity Bureau to check the situation.

At this time, it was just dawn.

Xianwang Mansion.

A woman covered in dust and wounds collapsed at the gate of the palace.

The guard looked at her dishevelled appearance and walked over to chase her away with disgust, "Get away from here, you stinky beggar! Don't dirty the gate of the Xian Palace!"

"Ahh! Ahhhhhhh!"

The woman raised the token that she was holding tightly in her hand and made a strange sound of "ahhhh".

After the guard recognized the token, his expression froze and he said in a deep voice, "Quick! Go and inform His Highness!"