Chapter 264 Shen Su: I'm Really Good at This

During the Lantern Festival, the sky hadn't completely darkened yet but the lanterns on the street were already lit, as if they couldn't wait any longer. It seemed as if the sky was unwilling to let down all the lanterns in the world, and it seemed as if the night fell faster than usual.

In order to show off in front of his wife, Shen Su took his wife out early and handed the child to the wet nurse and maid at home. In Shen Su's words, they should let go of the child as much as possible while the child is still young and can play first. It will be difficult to leave the child alone to go out and play when he can remember.

Shen Yuan, her grandmother, and her father, on the other hand, leisurely spent their dinner at home before leaving. However, they only took a short break, as they had to save some food for the day. The three of them did not take a carriage, but walked out of the alley where the Shen residence was located and onto the street, and they could feel the flavor of the Lantern Festival.

Today, shops on both sides of the street have all hung up various kinds of lanterns. People walking on the street almost everyone holds one. Some are bought on the roadside, and some are made at home. The simpler ones are just bamboo frames with rice paper pasted on the outside. They are not very expensive, and most people are happy to "join in the fun." After all, it only happens once a year.

"Daddy, Mommy, buy me a sugar painting."

A little girl on the roadside was reluctant to leave in front of a sugar painting stall, tugging at her parents' clothes and acting coquettishly. Shen Yuan found it very interesting, so she imitated her childhood behavior and pulled her father's sleeve, holding out her palm and saying, "Dad, buy a sugar painting for your daughter, too."

"Sister, you are so old, why do you still eat candy?" The little girl heard Shen Yuan's words and asked in a baby voice with her eyes blinking. The little girl's parents were about to apologize when they heard Shen Yuan say, "Of course you can, you ask your dad to buy you some, and I will ask my dad to buy me some."

The little girl's eyes widened immediately, as if she knew something extraordinary. She turned around and said to her parents behind her: "Then Xiaobao can eat candy for many, many years!"

The cute and tender words of the children made the adults present couldn't help laughing. Even the customers who were eating wontons at the stall next door looked at this side with smiles on their faces.

After the little girl and her family left, Shen Yun even took out some money and went to the sugar painting stall to buy a tiger-shaped sugar painting for his daughter. Old Madam Shen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and scolded her: "It would be fine if she just did it for fun, but you actually bought it for her."

"Grandma, do you want one too? Don't be shy, just ask Dad to buy you another one."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Wynn Street, which is just a few alleys away from this street, is not as peaceful as here.

This was Xie's first night patrol after returning to Jingzhao Prefecture. Usually, the Imperial City Bureau did more of this, but today was a special day, so Jingzhao Prefecture and the Imperial City Bureau cooperated. Unexpectedly, Xie Hui caught the child kidnapper for the first time.

At that time, Xie Hui was patrolling the street normally with his men. When his eyes met with a woman holding a child, she immediately looked away and subconsciously quickened her pace. Xie Hui's experience in hearing cases in the Dali Temple made him subconsciously catch up with the woman and stop her. After being stopped by Xie Hui, the woman first showed fear and terror, and then said that her child had fallen asleep and she wanted to take the child home. She didn't know why she was stopped by the government. The thin woman with the child spoke in a trembling voice. The onlookers gradually stood on the woman's side, and some even whispered that the government was deliberately making trouble.

At this moment, explanation was useless and there was no need to spend too much time on it. Xie turned his gaze to the child in the woman's arms. The child was covered with a blanket, with only the hair and a small part of the forehead exposed.

"Are you asleep, kid? It's so noisy outside, but you don't wake up?"

The woman hugged the child tighter and pretended to be timid, saying, "Children are like this. When they are very sleepy, they fall asleep. My Lord, you are young. If you don't have children, you don't know that these things also happen."

But Xie Hui felt something was wrong. They were making quite a commotion at the moment, with a large crowd of onlookers. It made no sense that the sleeping person wouldn't wake up. Xie Hui took advantage of the woman's inattention and pressed an acupoint on her arm. In the blink of an eye, the child was in his hands.

Some of the people watching nearby started to speak up for him, "Hey, you are a real official or a fake official, why did you snatch the child?"

But when the woman saw her child being snatched away, her first reaction was to turn around and run away. Everyone realized something was wrong. She was clearly a human trafficker! The people of the capital were very kind-hearted. The onlookers subconsciously reached out to stop her. Xie Hui also handed the child to his subordinates as quickly as possible and ran after her. However, before he could take a step, the woman was kicked to the ground.

The bailiffs of Jingzhao Prefecture rushed forward and arrested the man.

Xie Hui saw the person who kicked the man and said in surprise, "Brother Shen is very skilled. Thank you for your help, Brother Shen."

Shen Su pretended to tug at his robes, "Ahem, it's nothing. Beating up traffickers is what every citizen of Dazhao should do."

"Good! Well said!"

Shen was startled by the applause from the crowd. He Ying quickly stepped forward to thank him and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. We won't bother you as you have official duties to attend to."

"You're too polite, sister-in-law."

Afterwards, He Ying took Shen Su away.

"Ma'am... could you please walk slower?"

He Ying didn't understand what was going on. She glanced at her husband and saw Shen Suo saying with an embarrassed look on his face, "The kick I just made stretched my leg a little."

He Ying couldn't help laughing, "Weren't you so impressive just now? Come on, I'll go with you to find a clinic to buy some plasters."

Over there, Xie Hui was preparing to return to Jingzhao Prefecture with the child and the kidnapper he had just captured. The child was obviously knocked unconscious, so they had to find a doctor as soon as possible to check on the child. The drug used by the kidnapper must have been very strong. There were cases in the past where children became idiots because of the drug after being rescued.

After Xie Hui and his men walked a few steps, they ran into Yuwen Mu. When the other party saw that Xie Hui was also holding a child, his expression instantly became strange.

He whispered to Xie Hui, "You just caught this, too, right? Do you know how many you've caught tonight?"

Xie Hui also sensed something was wrong when he asked, "What's going on?"

"I have caught two tonight, and Lord Zhou has also caught one. This is not that simple. I'm afraid it's a gang. I have asked my men to go out on the street to watch. I don't know if there will be more tonight. I have also asked all the city guards to pay attention and not let anyone sneak out of the city."

"What about the others who were captured?"

"For the time being, they have all been sent to the Jingzhao Prefecture jail."

Xie Hui nodded and said, "I'll go back and investigate and see what I can find out."