Chapter 273 They must have their reasons for doing this

Lu Li, who was feeling sleepy after breakfast, came to the Charity Bureau and was alerted by the melon-eating system. She became alert all over again.

[These people from the Salesian Bureau actually secretly sold children! 】

[These people in southern Xinjiang are actually involved in a cult? ]

[How come Yang Jiuxiao still has so many followers even though he is dead? ]

[They secretly practiced the strange formations left by Yang Jiuxiao.]

[They believe that by offering sacrifices to children with the corresponding birth dates, they can summon the gods.]

[Why are they doing these weird things? What good deity would want children as sacrifices?]

【What a bunch of idiots. 】

Lu Li was so angry while eating the watermelon that she wanted to kill those people right away.

【Why do they do these things? 】

[Oh my god, their ultimate goal is not to achieve immortality, but to curse my father to death? ]

[Once the blood sacrifice of these children is successful and the evil god is resurrected, he will go and kill my father.]

Lu Li shuddered.

Lu Yanshi:?

This is like eating the melon and then ending up eating it on your own head.

Lu Li quietly raised her head and glanced at her father. Seeing that he was not looking at her, she glanced at Jiang Heci and the second princess.

I found them saying goodbye to the children from the Salesian Institute and preparing to leave.

[Ah, if you don’t tell me, I’ll leave. ]

[No, no, they have to send the child over today. I have to tell my father about this.]

Lu Li hurriedly pushed Lu Yanshi.

"Daddy, come here, I have something to tell you in private."

Lu Li looked around furtively, afraid that others might hear what she said.

"What's wrong, Xiaojiu?" Lu Yanshi cooperated and put his ear close to his daughter's lips.

"Dad, I had a dream last night. I dreamed that some bad guys sold all the children in the Children's Bureau and used them to sacrifice to the evil gods. They wanted to use the evil gods to kill you!"

Lu Li spoke angrily.

After saying this, she was afraid of revealing her true intentions, so she added, "I wanted to tell you when I woke up, but the porridge cooked by my beautiful brother was so delicious that I forgot."

Lu Yanshi glanced at his daughter and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Xiaojiu's ability to find supplements is getting stronger and stronger.

But he said nothing, with a look of surprise on his face: "Is this true?"

"Yeah! They are so bad." Lu Li didn't know that her father had already known everything from her thoughts.

"They will send a few more children to the evil temple tonight."

Thinking of the fate of those children in the melon-eating system, Lu Li's face wrinkled into a ball.

"Then I will send someone to follow them closely." Lu Yanshi looked solemn.

As it involves the lives of so many children, as well as his own safety, Lu Yanshi takes it very seriously.

"No, if we send someone to follow him, it will scare him." Lu Li shook his head.

The evil god is becoming more and more powerful as he is worshipped, and he will be resurrected in the next few days.

If ordinary people go there, they will die.

"What should we do then?" Lu Yanshi was a little worried.

It seems that we need to find more people who are good at metaphysics, otherwise Taoist Master Qinghezi won't be able to help him in such a situation.

Lu Li scratched her head, and an idea suddenly occurred to her: "Let me go!"

"They want the child, so just send me along."

"No." Hearing this, Lu Yanshi refused without thinking.

He was reluctant to let his daughter take risks.

"But if I don't go, those brothers and sisters will die." Lu Li's eyes were filled with sympathy and worry.

"Daddy will also be affected. I don't want to lose him."

The words in Lu Yanshi's throat were choked.

Although Xiaojiu is very powerful, she is still a child after all.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke: "Are you sure you can protect yourself?"

"Yes!" Lu Li nodded confidently.

[I'm not stupid. If I can't beat you, I'll definitely call for help. ]

【Old Tiandao can't just ignore me. 】

The abacus in Lu Li's mind was clacking.

Lu Yanshi: ...

He forgot that his daughter had immortal veins.

What's there to be afraid of just a mere evil god?

"Okay, then remember to protect yourself. At night, I'll ask Chuyi to swap you out with one of the children, and then let him follow you from a distance to protect you." Lu Yanshi made arrangements.

"No need, after I change me, I will come back to protect you on Chuyi. Your safety is also very important!" Lu Li shook her head and refused.

When Lu Yanshi heard this, he was so moved that his eyes welled up with tears.

[Although Chuyi is very powerful, I should go alone at this time, so that I don’t have to be distracted to protect him. ]

[Let him stay with his father to avoid any trouble.]

Lu Yanshi: ...

It's too early to be moved.

But the little cotton jacket had been leaking for a long time, and he had gotten used to it.

Looking at it from a positive perspective, Xiaojiu didn't let Chuyi stay with Qiqi, but let him stay with her instead. How can this not be considered caring?

"Okay, our Xiaojiu has grown up and will listen to your arrangements." Lu Yanshi looked at his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in front of him with emotion.

A trace of pride and a trace of guilt flashed through his heart.

He seems to be a useless father, and even needs his daughter's protection.

If Xiaojiu hadn't discovered the evil god, he might not know what would happen to him when he died one day.

"Fourth Master, I have finished saying goodbye and we can set off now." Jiang Heci supported Lu Qi and walked over to report.

"Let's not leave yet. Stay here for another night, in case Qiqi's leg condition gets worse." Lu Yanshi waved his hand.

Jiang Heci:?

Isn't it said that the emperor's orders should not be changed every day? How come the emperor in front of him changed two orders in one day?

But the world is big, and the emperor is the greatest. Although Jiang Heci couldn't understand, he obeyed obediently.

Lu Qi was also a little confused. Didn't the imperial physician examine her this morning? She was sitting in a carriage, it wasn't bumpy, and nothing serious would happen.

Why do we have to stay here another night?

But she would not question her father's decision, let alone others.

So that night, several people stayed in an inn near the Salesian Bureau.

Meng Shanchuan booked the third floor of the inn and prohibited anyone from approaching.

When midnight arrived, Lu Li, who was still yawning, sat up straight.

"Father, they have knocked the child unconscious and put him in a carriage and sent him away."

Lu Yanshi looked out of the window of the inn and indeed spotted a sneaky carriage.

"The first day of the new year."

Lu Yanshi called the secret guard and asked him to take Lu Li to the carriage.

"Yes." Chuyi picked up Lu Li and ordered his subordinates to follow him.

Although I don’t know what the emperor and the ninth princess were doing so late at night, they must have their reasons for doing so.

All he has to do is to carry out the emperor's orders perfectly.

Chuyi softly imitated a cat's meow.

The driver frowned and looked around: "Where did this wild cat come from?"

Just as he turned his head to look, the car shook and the rear wheel came off track.

The wheels got stuck and the carriage stopped moving forward.

The driver was a little confused.

"I clearly checked it before departure, how come something went wrong?"

He got off the carriage to check, and Chuyi took this opportunity to let Lu Li in.

He grabbed the smallest child and swapped her with Lu Li.

The driver adjusted the wheel and found that it was stuck by a stone on the ground. He spat in annoyance.

"Damn it, you're looking for trouble for me so late at night. Get out." He kicked the stone away and went back to driving.

Before setting off, he lifted the car curtain to check.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Yes, not less, just right."

After counting the heads, the driver drove away with the group of children.

The Dark Guard followed the car until they were out of the city.

When Lu Yanshi heard the report from the secret guard, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

Normally the city gates would be closed at the hour of Xu, but now they were opened at the hour of Zi to let the carriage pass. It seemed that this case involved more officials than he thought.

"Order someone to investigate." Lu Yanshi gave the order angrily.

I'm destined to be sleepless tonight.

He would never close his eyes and go to sleep before Xiaojiu came back.