Xiaohua began, her voice trembling with tears, "Yesterday, Ah Chun and I went begging on the street, but he got arrested..."
Liu Yingying frowned slightly, feeling puzzled.
She doesn't know the names of the children yet, but she does remember the missing child.
He was the most handsome of the five children. Although he was a boy, he had the delicate beauty that only girls possess.
When Liu Yingying realized this, she immediately had a guess in her mind.
"Do you remember who arrested him?"
Xiao Hua: "Their clothes are better than those of ordinary people; they look like servants in a noble family!"
Liu Yingying's hands, which were hanging in her sleeves, clenched into fists involuntarily. She became even more convinced of that guess!
"Which direction did they take them in?"
At this point, the slightly older boy spoke up: "I secretly followed them and found that they took Ah Chun to a village on the outskirts of the city, but there were many guards there, and I couldn't get in..."
He spoke these words with a face full of regret and self-reproach.
After listening to the children's words, Liu Yingying thought for a moment and immediately made a decision. She stood up and said, "Then take me there to have a look?"
"I'll go with you!"
Xue Ye appeared behind him without him noticing.
Liu Yingying turned back to look at him with slight surprise, a smile appearing on her lips, "Okay, let's go together!"
On the way there, Liu Yingying finally figured out the names of the children.
The oldest one, the one who was injured earlier, is named Ah Huang, and he is twelve years old this year.
The other one is called Xiaohua, a girl, who is ten years old this year.
The other two children are named Afu and Xiaoyu, and they are eight and six years old respectively.
The missing child, Ah Chun, had a rather interesting name.
It is said that Ah Huang's master found it under a Chinese toon tree, so he named it Ah Chun.
Of course, Ah Huang's master was also a beggar.
When they were still some distance from the outskirts of the city, Liu Yingying told the other three children, except for Ah Huang, to stay behind.
That village is secluded and heavily guarded; if a large group of them goes there, it will definitely attract attention.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the three of them had arrived at a distance of about 500 meters from the manor.
They hid carefully in the tall grass to avoid being discovered.
"Aunt Liu, this is it!" Ah Huang was a little excited, and after learning her surname, he changed his address to Aunt Liu.
A knowing look appeared in Liu Yingying's eyes, and she exchanged a glance with Xue Ye.
This is the same manor that Zhang Xiaohu and his group had been keeping watch on. It seems that the people who kidnapped Ah Chun and the other missing children are the same group.
The Yong'an Marquis's Residence!
"Aunt Liu, what should we do now?"
"Go back first!" Liu Yingying calmly uttered three words and turned to leave.
Xue Ye quickly followed.
Ah Huang: "Oh, you're just leaving like that?"
He was clearly unwilling to accept this, even though he was certain that Ah Chun was in that manor.
At this moment, Liu Yingying glanced back at him again and said calmly, "We are outnumbered and outgunned, and we are on someone else's territory. We cannot rely on force to win. We need to think of another way!"
"Oh..." Ah Huang could barely understand what he meant, so he nodded and left with him.
After returning, Liu Yingying gave them several dozen copper coins and told them to go back and wait for news.
These children are clearly not of much help in rescuing people from the Yong'an Marquis's mansion.
These children are pitiful too. They were born beggars, without parents, and could only eat leftovers and moldy food. They didn't even have a place to live...
Speaking of her living conditions, Liu Yingying thought of the cramped and terrible environment that Zhang Hui and Wan Niangzi lived in.
She had been to that courtyard several times and noticed that there were several leaks in the roof, making the house uninhabitable when it rained.
Even some of the pillars were damaged by insects, looking like they could collapse at any moment.
Thinking of this, another idea popped into Liu Yingying's mind.
She roughly estimated her current assets: nearly 100,000 taels of silver were deposited in the money shop, and she had tens of thousands of taels of cash and banknotes on hand.
It would be such a waste not to spend some of this money.
So she found Xue Ye and Xiao Xue and told them her thoughts.
"What? You want to buy a house in the capital?" Xue Ye and Xiao Xue both looked at her in surprise.
"That's right, and it's about buying a large house that can accommodate at least dozens of people!"
Xue Ye thought she must be crazy. "Didn't we agree to go back to Furong County? Do you mean you want to settle down here?"
He was somewhat angry, feeling that this woman was untrustworthy.
She couldn't understand what was so good about the capital city, and why she just wouldn't leave.
Now they're even planning to buy property here!
Liu Yingying knew he had misunderstood, so she explained, "Xiao Ye, don't worry, I will definitely take you back to Furong County. The reason I'm buying property isn't entirely for myself..."
She was thinking that after they left the capital, Zhang Hui and those little beggars would have a place to stay.
However, they themselves could not leave the capital for the time being and always stayed in inns, which was an expense every day.
Although this amount of money is nothing to her now.
But if you can live in your own big house, it will definitely be much more comfortable than staying in a guesthouse!
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