The children curiously gathered around, and one of the older children pressed Xie Yu, asking, "Who are you? Why did Sister Yun bring you back?"
Xie Yu looked at the children surrounding him and knew they meant him no harm, so he explained, "I'm here to catch bad guys."
"Catch bad guys? Are you with the government?"
Xie Yu nodded. "My name is Xie Yu, and I am the Director of the Oversight Council."
"The Censorate?"
The children seemed unfamiliar with the Supervisory Council and asked curiously, "What is the Supervisory Council?"
"You don't know the Censorate?"
After saying that, the children shook their heads blankly and said in unison, "We don't know..."
Seeing that the children genuinely didn't know, Xie Yu didn't continue. After all, the Surveillance Bureau always operated discreetly, and knowing too much wasn't a good idea.
The children's clothes and appearance were no different from those of homeless beggars on the street, and the ghost market was already a mixed bag.
Xie Yu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where are your parents?"
Upon hearing this, the children immediately looked disappointed. "We didn't know. It was Sister Yun who took us in."
"Sister Yun?" Xie Yu asked blankly, "Is she the little girl who just brought me in?"
The four children all nodded.
Upon hearing this, Xie Yu raised an eyebrow. The image of the little girl he had just brought here flashed through his mind. She looked not much older than Su Bao'er, but she was able to raise four children on her own. He admired her sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
What are your names?
One of the older children introduced Xie Yu to the two little girls and one little boy beside him, “The two girls are called Xiaoman and Xiaoxue, he is called Nangua, and I am called Dazhuang.”
Are you all from Chang'an?
Dazhuang shook his head. "No, we were kidnapped here by human traffickers. There are many, many more kidnapped children than just a few of us..."
"a lot of?"
Dazhuang nodded. "There were several hundred of them. We escaped in the chaos, and then Sister Yun saved us."
Dazhuang's words immediately caught Xie Yu's attention. Based on his keen intuition, he knew this was no simple case of child abduction.
Human traffickers mostly target girls, selling them to brothels or wealthy families as maids.
But Dazhuang and Nangua are fair-skinned and delicate, clearly children from wealthy families. Abducting children from wealthy families is extremely risky.
Moreover, according to Dazhuang, the number of children trafficked was not just a few of them, but they were also brought to the ghost market, so it was not as simple as just trafficking children.
Given that the Ghost Market is Dark Moon Pavilion's territory, they might be involved in such a large-scale human trafficking case.
Xie Yu felt more and more that this matter was not simple. He looked up at the sky outside and decided to take the group of children away from this awful place first.
Xie Yu tried to sit up, but the movement aggravated his wound, and a sharp pain shot through his shoulder, making him wince in pain.
The shoulder injury only needs simple treatment; any further delay will only cause it to worsen.
Forget about saving the child, he couldn't even get out of the ghost market.
Just as Xie Yu was at a loss, a dark figure loomed over the door.
The little girl named Sister Yun seemed to have noticed the wound on Xie Yu's shoulder and went to the dense forest outside to pick some herbs.
As soon as Yunxi saw Xie Yu trying to sit up, she quickly stepped forward and pressed him down, "Are you out of your mind! Your injuries are so bad, you should rest..."
Xie Yu waved his hand, declining Yunxi's offer, "I'm fine. This place is not safe to stay any longer. I'll take you away from here..."
Yunxi looked at Xie Yu, a faint smile playing on her lips, seemingly with a hint of resignation. "Don't move. You can't get out now. The Dark Moon Pavilion is everywhere outside. You can't get out..."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yu was almost in despair. Shen Yao was still waiting for him to bring reinforcements, so how could he possibly stay put?
"No, I still have to go save Chen Yao..."
"Are you going to ignore your injury?"
"What's a little injury? Human life is more important."
After saying that, Xie Yu endured the pain in his body, stood up, and walked unsteadily toward the cave entrance.
Seeing this, Yunxi admired Xie Yu's stubbornness, but stubbornness without considering the consequences was foolish.
After thinking it over, he glanced at Xiaoman, Xiaoxue, Pumpkin, and Dazhuang behind him.
The group immediately understood and pulled Xie Yu back, even taking off his shirt to reveal a deep, bone-revealing wound on his fair shoulder. The horrific injury made the group retreat in fear.
Yunxi, however, remained calm and composed beyond her years, staring at Xie Yu and saying, "Your wound is too deep and needs stitches. I don't have any anesthetic, so I can only stitch it with needle and thread. If you can't bear the pain, I'll knock you out."
After saying that, Yunxi picked up a large stone from the ground, weighed it in her hand, and looked very satisfied with the stone.
Seeing this, Xie Yu was somewhat skeptical of Yunxi's words, "You know medicine?"
Yunxi nodded. "Of course I will. Otherwise, how could I dare to treat your injuries? Although the conditions here are rather basic, saving your life is no problem at all."
Xie Yu looked at Yun Xi and felt that she was a completely different person compared to before.
When Xie Yu first met her, he could clearly sense that she was a seven or eight-year-old girl, but now she seemed more like a cold and ruthless adult.
Xie Yu found it very strange, but couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong. Judging from the children's expressions, they didn't seem surprised that Yunxi had suddenly changed her personality.
Therefore, Xie Yu believed about 70-80% of the truth about Yunxi's medical skills.
Seeing Xie Yu remain silent, Yunxi clearly lost patience and urged again, "What will you choose... Judging from your appearance, you seem to be very afraid of pain. I'll just knock you out!"
After saying that, Yunxi raised the large stone in her hand, preparing to hit Xie Yu.
Seeing this, Xie Yu immediately stopped her, "Wait... no need to knock, I can bear it."
Xie Yu stuffed the clothes she had taken off into her mouth, gritting her teeth as if she had made a tough decision, and nodded to Yunxi, signaling her to do it.
Seeing that Xie Yu was ready, Yunxi seemed to have no mercy. She took out a needle and thread, heated it over a fire, rinsed it in the wine she had stored, and then focused on sewing the skin and flesh on Xie Yu's shoulder, which was about the thickness of a finger, with the silver needle.
About half an hour later, Xie Yu bit his clothes and remained silent, the cold sweat on his body as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
After Yunxi finished sewing, Xie Yu was like a rescued lamb, instantly losing all strength and lying on the ground, panting heavily.
Having just narrowly escaped death, Xie Yu never wants to experience that again in her life.
After stitching up the wound, Yunxi crushed the herbs she had gathered and applied them to Xie Yu's wound.
The pain from the herbs had numbed Xie Yu; he could only gasp in pain, unable to utter a sound.
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