Chapter 37 Secret Rescue
Su Yanli replied: "I have found someone who can get the upper hand in front of Cheng Baotai."
"That's good." Su Ruojin asked, "Dad, is the money enough?" Hiring people and making arrangements all require money, and he was afraid that his father might not have enough money.
Su Yanli shook his head, "Enough."
Her father only took less than five taels of silver from her: "Didn't you say that a cup of tea costs half a tael? This money is not enough to just treat someone to tea or a simple meal, right?"
Seeing how worried her daughter was... Su Yanli couldn't help but flick her daughter's forehead with his finger, "Isn't your father capable of eating for free?"
Su Ruojin's eyes lit up, and the flatterer immediately came on stage: "Wow, Dad is so awesome."
Does this kid think of himself as a teacher? Su Yanli glared and wanted to'vicious man' Su Ruojin's legs to run away, but he didn't finish his words: "Dad, what ability do you have to eat free food?"
"Hmph..." Su Yanli sneered and refused to tell his daughter that the villain actually looked down on him. As a father, he was very unhappy.
Su Ruojin was very nervous.
On the second day, Su Yanli came back early after going out. Shu Tong and his friends also closed their breakfast stall an hour earlier and came back to prepare ingredients and food for the next day's stall. After everything was done, they had breakfast and dinner and prepared to set off.
Cheng Yingzhen was weak, and Su San and Su Si were too young. The night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was still quite cold. Besides, the newly purchased second-hand small carriage could not seat many people. Mother Dong did not go either, and stayed at home to accompany her wife.
The servant Shutong drove the mule cart. Su Yanli took the two older ones, one in each hand, and got on the mule cart to go to the Imperial Street to watch the lanterns.
Su Ruojin asked his father to guess a few more lanterns, "This way, when we bring the lanterns back, mother and brother can see them, and it will be like going to see the lanterns."
Su Yanli smiled and said, "I understand."
Su Ruojin was not satisfied with her father's performance: "Dad, you shouldn't reply like that. You should say 'I'll take care of it.'"
Su Yanli: ...
Why do I always want to beat up the little guy recently?
The father and his two sons laughed and joked all the way to the Imperial Street. It was just getting dark and the street was filled with lanterns, high and low, long and curved, like the endless Milky Way. It was very lively and beautiful.
Su Yanli was worthy of being a Doctor of the Five Classics at the Imperial College. He had not walked far when he picked out difficult lantern riddles, which filled all four hands of his son and daughter.
"Dad, how about we guess and sell one?"
Su Yanli raised his hand and knocked on his daughter's head, "You are obsessed with money."
"But they can't guess it, and I'm worried. Isn't it nice to help them for free? If they get the lanterns, we..."
"You're still talking like that. You want a beating, right?" Su Yanli pretended to hit her. His daughter made a face and slipped to the front.
Many people come to the Imperial Street to watch the lights. Although this is in front of the imperial city, beggars and human traffickers don't care. As long as there is profit to be made, they will dare to commit crimes even if a knife is placed on their necks.
Su Yanli quickly chased after him and picked up his daughter, "Don't run around."
Shu Tong also picked up Su Dalang.
The lanterns of the Lantern Festival are beautiful, but every year there are children who are taken away by the police, and this is no joke.
The darker it gets, the more people there are.
Su Ruojin's vision was blocked, but she was not a real child. She nestled in her father's arms, carefully holding the lantern, looking at the people around her boredly, guessing their lives from their clothes and expressions.
Suddenly, a young man who looked like Su Dalang but had a feminine appearance attracted her attention. Su Ruojin didn't know why she was sure that this boy had a feminine appearance, but she made her judgment at first sight.
At first she was amazed at his handsome appearance, but then she found something wrong. This child was wearing silk and brocade, with a gold and jade hairpin on his head, and he must have a noble status. Logically, he should have been accompanied by servants, but Su Ruojin noticed that apart from the passers-by who were looking at the lanterns, there were one or two people who looked shifty and suspicious.
Could it be that the young master who was raised in a wealthy family and was ignorant of the ways of the world was lured out by someone with ulterior motives and was going to get into trouble?
Su Yanli was a teacher at the Imperial College, so he had contact with many people. However, the Imperial College did not provide any initiatory education, and the students who could enter had basically passed the initiation and were normally in their early teens. When his daughter quietly asked him if he knew the young man, he shook his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
Su Ruojin told her father not to look around, pretend to look at the lights casually, and then asked him to glance at the crowd behind.
Su Yanli also found something wrong. He was a teacher at the National Academy and had seen the children of wealthy and noble families. He knew at first glance that this child was extraordinary. "What does Ah Jin mean...?"
Su Ruojin whispered in his father's ear, "Let's walk behind him with Shutong to protect him. If there is a misunderstanding, we haven't said anything anyway, so just pretend to be passers-by. If there is something wrong with the people behind us, I will have someone squeeze the lantern when I see the patrol from the military department, and then deliberately cry loudly to squeeze the child in front of the patrol from the military department."
Su Yanli nodded.
The lights are as bright as stars, the crowds of people are like weaving, and the scene is prosperous.
Su Yanli and Shu Tong followed the flow of people and protected the seven or eight-year-old boy behind them. If someone pushed her, Su Ruojin would shout, "Dad... I'm scared..." and pretend to wipe her tears.
Whenever Su Ruojin started crying or making a fuss, people passing by would look at her.
Everyone's attention is focused on this area, which is the only way to be safe.
Su Ruojin pretended to be embarrassed and hugged his father's neck, then took the opportunity to look at the two thieves behind him. Their eyes were rolling around, as if they were looking for a suitable opportunity to strike, but they might not have found one yet, and they were already showing their impatience, and even had murderous intentions towards the crying young lady.
Su Ruojin was really frightened this time, and unconsciously hugged Su Yanli tightly, "Dad, it seems that they are not arresting people, but want to kill people."
Although his daughter was young, Su Yanli trusted her judgment very much. Hearing this, his scalp tingled. He seized the opportunity and asked his daughter to move the lantern in her hand outward, but it was squeezed and broken as soon as she moved it.
She burst into tears, "My lantern... Dad, I want a lantern..."
She made such a fuss that the young master who was being protected by them finally turned around with an impatient look on his face, and even looked at the crying young lady with disgust in his eyes.
Oh my God, what a little brat! He is so pretty like a flower, but he acts like a world-weary little devil. He is so annoying.
Su Ruojin was almost so disgusted by his disgusted look that she gave up saving him. You little bastard, just wait for me and don’t fall into my hands again, otherwise… hehe…
The series of psychological activities did not hinder the cooperation between father and daughter. The noise was so loud that it finally attracted the patrol officers from the Bingmasi. The patrol chief saw the youngest son of Prince Jin - Zhao Lan - at a glance.
"Young Master, why are you here?"
Those who could patrol the Imperial Street were all sons of nobles and officials who had received favors from the emperor. The deputy commander was a son of a noble who was familiar with the Prince Jin's Mansion. When he saw the youngest son, whom the Princess of Jin loved so much, walking alone among the ordinary people, he was horrified.
Behind the crowd, the two thieves saw the deputy leader of the Bingmasi coming, so they exchanged glances and quickly slipped away.
As they were both members of the Military Affairs Department and were familiar with the situation, the Su father and daughter retired after accomplishing their mission, quietly moved aside, and went to look for the lantern shed in the Minister's Mansion.
(End of this chapter)
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