Chapter 941 Extra Chapter: Bai Rui 9
A voice suddenly rang out from the ground, and the human traffickers quickly looked around, but they didn't see anyone.
"Who, who's playing tricks?"
The human traffickers were not afraid of the voice; instead, they looked around fiercely.
When Bai Rui heard this voice, his face lit up with joy. "Father, they killed Lai Fu's father and mother, and many people in the village died. They killed them all."
In a typical case of a child tattling, the ringleader of the human traffickers turned around and glared at Bai Rui, who was now a far cry from his earlier demeanor.
After glaring at the leader of the human traffickers, Bai Rui continued, "Father, they've locked up so many children and haven't given us any food. Rui'er has gotten so thin from hunger."
Another complaint was made, echoing the child's age, but the traffickers' faces all twitched.
They're all still here. Why don't they know how to be discreet? Is this how you file a complaint?
"Who did I think I was? I'm the owner of a shop in the west of the city! What? Are you so ashamed to be out in the open that you won't speak up?"
The human trafficker leader was relatively calm. When he heard Bai Rui call him "father" twice, he knew that it was the boss they had threatened.
Yun Yichen had had enough of playing hide-and-seek. After listening to the trafficker's words, he used his lightness skill to leap lightly to Bai Rui's side.
"Father!"
Bai Rui reached out to Yun Yichen, who then picked him up in his arms.
"I'll deal with you when we get back."
After saying that, Yun Yichen looked at the human trafficker. The trafficker did not expect that this kid's father was so... handsome. But no matter how handsome he was, he still had to obediently surrender.
"So you're the boss from the west side of the city? You've already prepared the money?"
The trafficker spoke without any politeness, and before he could finish speaking, a pebble hit his ankle, and the trafficker immediately knelt down before Yun Yichen.
"You!" Just as the trafficker tried to get up, another pebble came flying at him, making it impossible for him to stand up.
"You little brat, are you tired of living? You don't even kneel before the prince?"
Zhong Lin walked over from a distance and grabbed the leader of the human traffickers, rendering him completely immobile.
When the trafficker leader heard Zhong Lin's boast, he was completely shocked. The people he sent out to investigate did not say that. How could a shop owner have become a prince?
Thinking back to the only two princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, large beads of sweat instantly dripped from the forehead of the human trafficker leader.
It's the Ghost-Faced Yama! He actually kidnapped the Ghost-Faced Yama's son! Good heavens, wouldn't he be doomed to die without a burial place?
"Take everyone away!"
Yun Yichen waved his hand, ordering his men to capture all those people, while he slowly put Bai Rui down.
"Are you Laifu?"
Yun Yichen remembered seeing this kid last year; he seemed to be doing quite well in his studies.
Lai Fu nodded, tears still glistening in his eyes. Yun Yichen glanced at the couple lying on the ground, then looked at Lai Fu and said, "Your parents died protecting you all. From now on, you will be called Bai Xu, my godson."
Yun Yichen would never take on a godson for something like this. In the end, if it weren't for Laifu's father, he would probably really regret it today.
Today, Yun Yichen has found out who the mastermind is and is preparing to send someone to close the net, but coincidentally, news of Bai Rui arrives from the manor at this time.
Thinking that it was safe to stay on the estate, Yun Yichen immediately went to arrest the mastermind behind the human trafficking. By the time he finished dealing with everything, it was already evening.
When he led his men out to close the net, he discovered that everyone was gone. Yun Yichen immediately knew something was wrong and rushed to the manor, only to find that dozens of people had already died there.
Ultimately, the misfortune that befell the Lai family was not caused by him, but rather by them.
Laifu was surprised that the prince wanted him to be his godson and hurriedly wanted to refuse, but Bai Rui said at this moment, "Brother, just agree. Uncle entrusted you to me before he passed away, so that we can take care of each other."
Lai Fu ultimately couldn't bring himself to say no.
"Bai Xu thanks Your Highness for bestowing this name upon him."
Lai Fu couldn't call him "godfather" right away, so Yun Yichen didn't force him. Instead, he led them to stand aside.
Half an hour later, all the deceased people in the village were brought together. Yun Yichen did not make Bai Ruixiao avoid the situation, but instead led him to look at the people who had been harmed.
“Rui’er, they could have lived, you know that?”
The father and son stood at the end of the corpses, and Yun Yichen spoke in a voice only loud enough for them to hear.
Bai Rui nodded. "Father, I know. It was your son who ruined them."
Hearing this, Yun Yichen shook his head. "No, they were killed by those bad people. Because they had no way to protect themselves, they could only become victims of others' knives."
Upon hearing this, Bai Rui seemed to understand something, yet also seemed to understand nothing at all.
“Father, actually Laifu’s parents could have lived, but for some reason, after he sent us to the cellar, he went out again.”
Bai Rui couldn't understand this question: Shouldn't people prioritize self-preservation when faced with danger?
Looking into his son's bright eyes, Yun Yichen's expression turned serious.
“Rui’er, Lai Fu’s father died because he had a responsibility. If it weren’t for his sense of responsibility, do you think you could have survived? He chose to sacrifice himself so that the others in the village could escape. That is the meaning of his death. I know you can’t understand these words now, but in time, after experiencing this, I hope you will understand more clearly.”
Yun Yichen patiently explained to his son. Bai Rui did not quite understand, but he knew that his father meant that Lai Fu's father died for everyone and was an extremely good person.
"Father, I understand."
Bai Rui obediently agreed, and Yun Yichen nodded and stood up again.
The next day, Yun Yichen personally led everyone to bury the people on the estate, and then selected a new manager from among the surviving villagers before taking the children back to the capital.
Upon returning to the capital, Yun Yichen did not rest. Immediately, he took the human trafficker leader to the Ministry of Justice and swiftly investigated and prosecuted the mastermind behind the complex case—the son-in-law of the Grand Secretary—according to the law.
The Grand Secretary had originally planned to find someone to intercede for his son-in-law, but upon learning that Yun Yichen had personally arrested him, the Grand Secretary immediately ordered his daughter to divorce him and return to her parents' home overnight.
Three days later, the ringleaders of the gang that used their power to cover up the trafficking of children were all executed and their homes were ransacked. As for their henchmen, they were exiled and imprisoned.
The children were all brought back home, and Yun Yichen's reputation was finally tarnished by this incident, no longer being that of a villain who made children cry.
In the courtyard of the Prince Ping's mansion, Gu Shuyan looked at her somewhat disheveled son and couldn't help but blame herself for being so heartless.
Knowing full well that he would suffer, they acted as if nothing was wrong, letting him struggle in a den of wolves and tigers.
However, for Bai Rui, this experience was destined to benefit him for life. In his later reign as a ruler, he adhered to the principle that with great power comes great responsibility, leading the people of the Three Kingdoms toward prosperity and strength.
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