Hongyu also shook her head. I guess they were annoyed by these girls' tricks.
"The news we just heard indicates that they are not only from the city, but the surrounding villages have probably also been affected. I just don't understand where they found these girls and trained them so well."
Hongyu started analyzing, and I thought about it too. We were lying on the eaves, and below us, groups of beggar girls would grab anyone they could find, either asking for money or wanting the other person to support them.
Hongyu and I watched from above and shook our heads. It's only the beginning of spring, and they deliberately expose their bare feet, wear a piece of clothing, mess up their hair, smear ash on their faces, and start begging on the street.
"Sister, I'm a good girl, please take me in, I'll do your laundry and cook for you~"
"Brother, you need a wife, right? I can be your child bride."
"Uncle~ Do you need a daughter? I'm pretty and fair-skinned. I'll be a good daughter to you when I grow up."
The people below would grab anyone they could and start asking them questions. Some of the beggars, driven to desperation, would kick someone out of the way. I initially felt sorry for them, but then the beggars deliberately rolled around twice and started crying.
"Damn it, a bunch of shameless little bitches, I'll beat you to death!" A woman carrying a bamboo pole rushed out and started hitting people randomly. Those who were crying stopped crying.
Some of the girls who had been slapped in the face, hands, and feet were surprisingly brave, even circling around the woman. Then another woman rushed out from behind, brandishing a stick, and the group of brats finally started to flee for their lives, ignoring the cuts on their feet from the stones, running faster than rabbits.
I also think it's shameless. Although these two women were cursing fiercely, they were really enjoying the beating. The people watching the show applauded them.
Then a group of beggars, about seven or eight years old, came and surrounded the woman, ready to beat her. A group of children from other houses rushed out and started beating her with rolling pins. The once arrogant beggars all ran away with their heads in their hands.
"Haha, beat them up! A bunch of parasites and pests, they're so young and already doing bad things, beat them up!"
The adults were watching; they wouldn't hit the children, but the children were different. They were being bullied by these brats pretending to be beggars, and they all wanted to bite them.
Hongyu watched with great interest from the sidelines. Those who were pretending to be pitiful stopped and started fighting each other, becoming as fierce as shrewish women.
Those normal kids rarely misbehave, and new kids keep joining in. This person who uses a brat to cause chaos in the city probably didn't expect to anger the children of Linyang City so much that everyone would gang up on him.
"Ying'er, so you were here! I've been looking everywhere for you." Xie Yuancheng also came over, and he laughed as he watched the farce below. "This is truly spectacular."
“Yuancheng, you are a marquis, how can you applaud? Although I am applauding too.”
"I taught them this idea. These girls are orphans, shameless and hateful. They are all parasites sent by the Empress's people. They've been raised for two or three years, and each one is more cunning than the last. Since the adults won't do it, of course they'll send the children."
"That shrewish Empress." I told her everything I had overheard. Xie Yuancheng arranged things for Hongyu, and then he took me back to the mansion.
"Won't they go too far?" I was still worried. Sigh, the Empress's relatives did something like this; they deserve to go to hell.
"My sister suffered at their hands; they're all deserving of no sympathy. Besides, don't assume all children are kind. If they're not properly raised from a young age, they'll become a potential threat later in life."
Lu Fengjun arrived quickly, and soon he would go from house to house denouncing these harmful girls. The Empress wanted to use this method to create chaos in Linyang and pave the way for the Crown Prince; she was being far too naive.
"What's Lu Fengjun doing here?" I was a little worried that Xie Yuancheng was petty.
But he just smiled and said, "He's an inspector sent down by the old emperor, so of course he has to see it with his own eyes."
"But the children are fighting, he."
"He suffered a loss when he entered the city this morning. He almost lost his official position and was falsely accused of being a slave trader and a bad person who preyed on beggars."
That's why I cleared the way for him, so he could see more clearly and know more.
"Handsome brother~ I like you~ Will you be my wife~" A smelly little girl came over and tried to hug Xie Yuancheng's leg, but Xie Yuancheng had me in his arms and quickly dodged her.
The little girl persisted, stretching out her dirty hands for him to hold her: "I'm very pretty, you'll be fine after a few years."
I looked at her face; although it was dirty and smelly, she was prettier than the girl who ate food from many families.
"I don't like you." Xie Yuancheng rejected me so coolly that I almost wanted to kiss him, but I stopped myself.
When Xie Yuancheng saw someone coming, he flew me to the side. The little girl below was shouting everywhere. She looked about eight or nine years old and had a skin thicker than a wall.
"We found another stinking beggar. We chained him up and covered him with a cloth so he wouldn't get bitten."
The people in official robes behind them used a large net to trap the little girl inside. She actually changed her tune and said that she liked them and would behave well as long as they gave her some food.
"Pah! You little devil, take him away!" The man was fierce. While he was putting the chain on her, the little girl grabbed his leg. The man whistled, and a big dog howled and rushed over.
The little girl ran really fast, not at all like a beggar. She ran around the street without crying or making a fuss, and her pitiful appearance from before was completely gone.
"Lord Lu, you see? These kinds of stinking beggars are all like this, they're not afraid of anything."
I then noticed that Lu Fengjun had come from the other side; he really looked quite disheveled. Xie Yuancheng wanted to take me away, so I kissed his cheek before he continued showing me around.
The person next to them pulled the dog back and used the net to trap the little girl. The little girl's expression changed again, and she said to Lu Fengjun, "Handsome brother, please marry me. I'm very pretty."
"Lock them all up. The rest is up to you." Lu Fengjun gritted his teeth. He probably hated these scourges to the core.
The official next to her was very happy. The little girl screamed in terror, but her mouth was covered and locked, and she was taken away.
Lu Fengjun asked, "How many more beggars are there who pretend to be pitiful and harm others?"
"Sir, there are probably more than a dozen left. We've started checking all the villages in Linyang. Arrest anyone who's an accomplice."
"Go and get it done quickly. You'll have at most three days. Don't be fooled by their pitiful appearance and sweet words."
"Rest assured, sir. The Nie family was almost wiped out by them, half of the Zhang family was burned down, the Feng family was emptied of their property, and many other people in the city have also been harmed by them. Now that we have found evidence, we will arrest them and will not tolerate their evil deeds."
Lu Fengjun sneered: "Since they are more capable than adults, then punish them using adult methods. Even those who can change should be given an observation period. If they commit the same mistake again after being released, we will not give them a chance."
"yes!"
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