042, abducted
042, abducted
It was completely dark at this time. All the lanterns in the city were lit up, making the entire street as bright as day. There were also a lot of people on the street.
"Dongdongdong—dongdongdong—"
The sound of drums rang out, coming from far away and getting closer.
When the drums started, Lu Mingfei had almost finished a candied haws in his hand. He was still standing on the street with his parents. Hearing the drums, he subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound and saw a flowing crowd coming towards them.
"Qilang, you have to follow us. Don't get separated from us." Boss Lu also saw the crowd coming towards them. He grabbed the child's hand tightly with one hand and told his wife to take care of Liu Sanniang. "If we get separated, we'll meet at the entrance of the pancake shop later."
"Okay, I understand. Take good care of Qilang and don't lose him." Xu Yue Niang reminded.
A few people pulled over and stood by a roadside stall, waiting for the team to reach them. Liu Sanniang, worried that her child would be separated from them, also came over and grabbed her own child.
"Don't worry, Old Lu is watching over him, Qillang won't get lost." Xu Yue Niang told Liu San Niang not to be too nervous and to watch the Mid-Autumn Festival dragon and lion dance with them.
"Can't you see? Let me hold you and you can see." Boss Lu noticed that the child was too short and was about to pick him up.
"No need, godfather, I..." Before Lu Mingfei could finish his words, he was picked up by someone.
"Look, your godfather is holding you." Boss Lu asked the child to look at the other end of the team.
Soon the moving team came to their side.
After being lifted up by the adults, Lu Mingfei could see clearly that the team was led by a lion dancer, followed by a tall and thin man on stilts, and on both sides were people dressed in colorful clothes with small fish and shrimps hanging on their waists swimming around in the middle, and behind them was a long dancing dragon.
It turns out there is something exciting to watch here. No wonder so many people follow this team to watch the fun.
The procession came towards them, bringing with it a large crowd. The flowing crowd was like water in a big river, filling up the street in an instant.
When Lu Mingfei saw this scene, he felt as if he were inside an ancient painting. The buildings, streets, and people here were all the scenery and people in the painting, and he himself was also a person in the painting. This feeling was quite wonderful.
But when the moving crowd passed by them, they were swept into the moving crowd and forced to follow the crowd.
Lu Mingfei was held by an adult, so he was not worried about being stepped on by others.
As they followed the flowing crowd for a while, he saw a tall, thin boy standing alone in the crowd. Just then, the boy turned around and he saw his face. He recognized him as the boy who had traded a jade pendant for a straw bird.
I wonder if the young man was swept in by the flowing crowd like them. He was walking out, trying to get out. However, there were too many people around him, and he couldn't get out. He frowned and looked impatient.
At that time, they were not far away from each other, and he wanted to go over and bring the little boy to them, and then ask the adults at home to help send the little boy back to his family. So he said to the adult holding him, "Uncle, let's go to the front. I see a friend there. Let's go and bring him over."
But there are too many people here, and they are stuck in the team and can't move forward, so it is naturally difficult to get to the front to find someone.
"Where?" Boss Lu didn't see anyone. There were people everywhere here, and he didn't know who his adopted son was talking about.
"Right over there, do you see it? The young boy in white clothes." Lu Mingfei said, pointing to the middle of the crowd in front.
Boss Lu looked in the direction his adopted son pointed and saw countless heads. He still didn't know which friend his adopted son was talking about. "...Which one?"
"..." Lu Mingfei knew that there were too many people here, and it was normal that his godfather could not see where the person he was talking about was. "Godfather, let me come down, I will go and bring him to us." As he said that, he broke free from the adult's arms and slid to the ground.
"Hey! Qilang!" Boss Lu wanted to reach out and grab him, but he found that the child was like an earthworm and slithered away in an instant, "..."
Lu Mingfei, relying on his short stature and thin body, could easily squeeze through the gaps in the crowd and squeezed forward. In a short while, he caught the person he was looking for in the crowd, "Brother!"
"Let go..." The moment Zhao Lang's hand was grabbed, he subconsciously wanted to shake it off. However, after seeing who was holding his hand, he paused for a moment and subconsciously pulled the smaller child closer to him.
"Brother, why are you here alone? Have you lost your family? Don't be afraid, my family is right behind us. I will take you to find them, and then my parents will take you home." After all, Lu Mingfei's mental age is that of an adult. He was worried that the little brother would panic after being separated from his family, so he comforted him instead.
There were many people here and it was very noisy around, so Zhao Lang didn't hear the child's words clearly. He just saw the child looking up at him with his little face, opening and closing his mouth as if saying something.
“?” Zhao Lang, what is he talking about?
"My adoptive father and mother are behind me, I'll take you to find them..." Lu Mingfei still remembered the direction he came from, so he dragged this pretty boy back to find his mother and adoptive father. This boy looked dazed, and he was afraid he would get lost.
Zhao Lang was caught by a small hand, and he did not struggle to break free. He looked at the child walking in front of him, with only the top of his head exposed to him, and he just followed the child.
Just as they were moving through the crowd, a young couple suddenly appeared beside them.
Because there were so many people around, they did not notice the people who appeared beside them at first.
Suddenly, Lu Mingfei felt a hand grab his shoulder, and the next second he was lifted into the air. Then he heard a woman's voice, "Why are you two wandering around? We've been looking for you for a long time."
What?
Before Lu Mingfei could react, he was picked up by someone. His first reaction was not that he had encountered human traffickers, but that he wanted to tell the other party that they had the wrong person. "You..." But just as he opened his mouth to speak, the woman covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief. His heart sank instantly, and he realized that they had encountered a bad person.
Zhao Lang was also picked up at the same time. He was caught by a strange man. Just when he wanted to struggle, four hands reached out and held him down. Someone covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief sprinkled with sleeping pills. He struggled twice and then his body went limp.
In the last moment before closing his eyes, he tried hard to raise his eyes and look at the child with him. He saw the child being picked up by a woman and walking out of the crowd. He himself was also picked up...
***
"Shichiro?"
When Boss Lu finally squeezed his way to where his adopted son had been, he found that he was no longer there. He looked left and right, and found that there were people everywhere, but he was not the one he was looking for. He immediately panicked, "Qi Lang? Qi Lang, where did you go?"
"Ming Fei?"
"Lu Mingfei?"
But no matter how he shouted, there was no answer from anyone around him.
At this time, Xu Yueniang also came over with Liu Sanniang. Seeing that only her husband was there and the child was not there, and her husband was still calling the child's name, Xu Yueniang's face showed a little confusion and asked, "Where is Qilang?"
"Qillang was just here, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye." Boss Lu's face was obviously panicked. He knew that the child was smart and sensible, and would not run away for no reason. He must have encountered something.
Hearing this, Xu Yueniang's heart suddenly became nervous. They had lived in Kyoto for so many years and knew that children would go missing every year. These missing children were most likely taken away by the Paihuazi. Especially during the New Year holidays when the streets were crowded, similar incidents would happen almost every time after the parade.
"Seven, where is Qilang?" When Liu Sanniang found that the child was not with Boss Lu, her face turned pale and there was visible panic in her eyes.
"Qilang was just here, and then he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Something must have happened." Boss Lu forced himself to calm down and said to his wife and Liu Sanniang, "There should be patrolling yamen runners nearby. Let's go find them and help find Qilang."
"Okay, we'll go find the yamen runners, and you continue looking for Qilang here. Don't panic, look carefully, you will definitely find him. If you find him, go back to the pancake shop and wait for us, we will come back to find you." Xu Yue Niang asked her husband to continue looking for people here, and she took Liu San Niang to find the yamen runners to help find people.
At this moment, Liu Sanniang was already panicking and at a loss. She did whatever Xu Yueniang said and followed Xu Yueniang to find someone to help find the child.
The three people split into two groups, one to find help and the other to continue looking for people.
Also looking for someone at this time were a group of guards from Prince Ding's Mansion. They had just followed their young master out of the restaurant when they were dispersed by the crowd. In the blink of an eye, they discovered that their young master was missing.
"Go find them quickly! What are you all still standing here for?"
"If you can't find the prince, you will all bring your heads to me!"
"yes!"
While the captain of the guards was cursing, he was also extremely panicked inside. If they lost their young master, all of them would be in danger of losing their lives!
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