45, Missing Girls
Hearing Xu Han ask the people waiting around him, Xu Wenfei, a girl in the third room, cried,
"The princess secretly went out of the palace, without guards, only a few palace people, and suddenly a lot of people came out of the street, and everyone dispersed......"
"Because I learned martial arts with Master Wu for two days, those two people didn't have time to take us away for a while before they met you......"
Xu Han coaxed Xu Wenfei to let go of himself, and asked carefully about the situation at that time.
It turned out that after Princess Anping returned from the imperial garden, she was in a very bad mood and said that she was going out of the palace, which meant to celebrate Princess Chunping's birthday.
But it's not early, Princess Chunping is reluctant to leave the palace, and the palace has already held a birthday banquet.
What could be more face-saving than the birthday banquet ordered by the emperor?
Unexpectedly, Princess Anping scolded Princess Chunping, saying that she won the emperor's favor today, so she didn't take herself seriously, how to do it.
Princess Chunping had no choice but to follow her out of the palace, and it would be fine if it was just like this, because she would be stopped by the guards when she arrived at the palace gate.
But they met Xu Yufei and Xu Wenfei's carriage on the road, and the two drove the maid in the carriage down, sat on it themselves, and went to the palace gate to pass the customs in confusion, and left the palace like this.
They left the palace and looked at the market on the most prosperous Zhengyang Street, but they didn't expect a lot of people to suddenly rush out, grab the young girl and run.
In other words, it was not only the two princesses who were arrested, but also Xu Yufei.
Xu Han sighed, if Princess Anping was not willful, there would be no such thing at all.
She calmed Xu Wenfei's emotions and asked Wei Ting to go to the yamen to report the case, and at the same time asked Bai Zhuo to send Xu Wenfei back in a car.
Because Sanfang and Xu Jun's house are at odds, the two families don't have much contact, but Xu Wenfei knows that Xu Han, the little prince, is still very good.
What's more, Xu Yufei is her half-sister again, and she will definitely take things next.
"Brother Han, Yu Fei has always admired you, you must rescue her......" Thinking that she felt wrong, she hurriedly added, "There are two princesses." β
Xu Han nodded, let her go back and rest, if the government came to ask, how to answer.
Xiao Wei kept standing there with his hands behind his back, watching Xu Han deal with things, and even Bai Zhuo was called.
Seeing that everyone was leaving, Xu Han was also leaving, so he hurriedly grabbed her,
"What are you going to do?"
"Find someone."
Xiao Wei sneered, "How do you want to find it?" The capital is so big, not to mention that they must have an organization behind the scenes. β
"You're like a headless fly, how can you find it? Where to look? β
Xu Han walked forward without looking back, "How can I find my business, the prince has already confided in everything, and the night is heavy, go home." β
Xiao Wei was simply amused, he chased after him, and bumped Xu Han on the shoulder, "I was said to be a good person just now, and this will want to leave me again." β
"I won't go with you, who will go with you."
Xu Han ignored him, and walked towards the place where the crime occurred, Xiao Xiao seemed to be walking leisurely, but in fact, he had been following Xu Han's side all along.
There were a lot of people crying along the way, calling the names of their daughters, and it seemed that they were the family members of the girls who were taken away with Princess Anping.
Every time Xu Han sees such a person, he will come forward to ask, and everyone's rhetoric is much the same, nothing more than walking on the road, rushing out a group of people, squeezing the family apart, and when he came back to his senses, his daughter was gone.
Xiao Wei was unmoved, but admired the street scene, and even bought two strings of sugar gourds when he met a sugar gourd seller, took one string himself, and handed one to Xu Han.
Xu Han didn't answer, and was forced into his hand by him, "I just ate wine, and I was so frightened, aren't you hungry?" β
"Do you want to help me find someone? If you want to help, don't talk so much nonsense. Xu Han glared at him angrily.
This person is really the same for a while, and he doesn't want to think about it, Princess Anping and Princess Chunping slipped out of the palace with the Xu family's carriage, will the emperor not be angry with the Xu family at that time?
Even if the Xu family also lost someone, although it was a child born to the Bai family, she could stay away and not give a good face, but she would not maliciously want the children who were not involved in those things to end well.
What's more, even if she is the child of the Bai family, she will not end well, but Xu Yufei is a person from the Zhenbei Palace, and the emperor is still angry with the entire palace.
Therefore, if you can find someone as soon as possible, you can also make the emperor's anger lighter.
They were holding sugar gourds in their hands, but they didn't eat them, Xiao Wei was buying and playing, and Xu Han was not in the mood.
A four- or five-year-old female doll on the side saw that the two of them were only holding and not eating, biting their fingers and following them two steps, and an older little boy next to him hurriedly dragged the female doll back.
"Big girl, what are you doing? Be careful, you're missing like those older sisters. β
The little boy was afraid that his sister would be abducted by the abduction, and at the same time, he was afraid that his sister would touch the clothes of the two of them, but he didn't dare to say anything about the nobles, so he could only scare his sister with the disappearance.
The clothes on both of them are very valuable, although he is small, he also knows that nobles cannot be offended.
Xiao Wei paused, turned his head to look at the little doll, and then leaned over and stuffed the sugar gourd into her small hand, "Here you go." β
The female doll stared at her round eyes, couldn't help licking it with her tongue, and then grinned at Xiao Wei, her eyes bright.
The little boy on the side pulled the girl's hand, a little embarrassed, and thanked Xiao shyly, "Thank you, uncle...... Brother ......"
Xiao Wei waved his hand indifferently, touched the female doll's head, and walked forward with his hands behind his back.
Xu Han stood still and didn't move, but her heart suddenly softened.
In fact, no matter how hard the shell is when he sees Xiao Wei on that side, there will always be a softness in the depths of his heart.
Although he is a gentleman, he will not really trample on the good of others for no reason, ordinary people are human beings in his eyes.
She looked at the sugar gourd she was holding in her hand again, and wanted to stuff it into the little boy, but after thinking about it, she pinched the bamboo stick and chased Xiao Wei in front of her.
She followed the example of a little doll and gently clicked a sugar gourd with the tip of her tongue, which was very sweet.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out on the side, and someone snatched her sugar gourd, and then took a bite of the fruit.
"The prince ......" Xu Han was stunned.
Xiao Wei's cheeks bulged, his brows furrowed, and he wanted to spit it out, so he put it back in his mouth and chewed it.
"My sugar gourd was given to the female doll, you won't be stingy and not give me one."
"Look over there." He raised his chin over there, Xu Han looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that the brother and sister were leaning together just now, surrounding the sugar gourd, you lick it, I lick it, and the two of them were so happy that their faces lit up.
Xu Han couldn't cry or laugh, his originally tangled heart would be relaxed, forget it, things have happened, no matter how anxious he is, there is no way to do it.
She also took a bite and ate half of it, only to realize that the one Xiao Xiao bit was the one she had licked......
Would she like to talk to him?
In the end, the words turned twice on the tip of his tongue, but he still didn't say it.
The two walked to the place where Xu Wenfei said that the incident occurred, only to find out why those abductors wanted to attack here.
This is the intersection of three streets, and there is a large flow of people, and there are many routes to escape in case of accidents, and it is impossible to chase after them.
"They had already planned that once they abducted someone, they would be quickly hidden, and it would be very difficult for the two of us to find them."
Of course Xu Han knew this, but was he just waiting for the people from the government to search?
"We can't search, but we can do something else, the imperial city is now at night, the four gates are closed, and those people shouldn't have left the city yet."
Xiao Wei sneered and didn't agree with what she said, "Little prince, don't be naΓ―ve, how many abducted women and children are there, maybe they have never left the capital from being abducted to old age and dying, but they will never be able to go back to their homes for the rest of their lives." β
"Why, you know what?"
yes, why?
It's just a conflict of interests.
The capital loses so many people every year, and people have turned over, so there must be a place to settle them, right? If you want to get out of the city, you must have a doorway, this is a line of interests, a knot and a knot, and the biggest knot is the person who supports the back.
The forces in the capital are intricate and the interests are intertwined, doesn't the government want to arrest those kidnappers?
Once interests are entangled, it is a ventilated message, which is difficult to eradicate.
Of course, at the same time, there are also the families of those who have disappeared, no matter how open the people's customs are, but a woman who has been abducted can be found even if she is found.
She can only go to the ancient Buddha in the temple and live this life.
Or if someone is not kind, they simply strangle their daughter to prevent other girls in the family from being affected.
That's human nature.
will only blame why his own girl was abducted, instead of pity, distressed, but ruthless.
As for the rest, there is no need for Xiao Wei to say, Xu Han is also clear, and Xiao Wei over there persuaded earnestly,
"I know you're worried that the emperor will be angry about this matter, but the power in this capital is too complicated, so don't act rashly."
"Wait for the people from the government to come, ask passers-by about the situation, and see if there are any clues.
Xu Han sighed helplessly, "I hope Princess Anping will be clever and can wait until the government finds them." β
Princess Anping and the three of them, at such an age, fell into the hands of the abductors, and basically had only one use, either if they were lucky, they would be sold to others as wives and concubines, and if they were unlucky, they would be the fireworks places like the major flower buildings in the capital.
Soon, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and Yin of Jingzhao Mansion went into battle in person, and they were very surprised to see Xiao Wei and Xu Han.
Although Xiao Xiao began to act very indifferent, but this time, he stood in front of Xu Han and told everything that had happened.
On the way here, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion already knew what was going on, and both of them secretly complained in their hearts, who is not easy to lose, but they lost two golden branches and jade leaves, and brought a girl from the palace.
They didn't know what to say to the emperor, could it be that your majesty, your two girls were abducted by abductors at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
Do you want their little lives?
Don't you say it, hide it? That little life was lost faster.
It turned out that the emperor was really furious when he learned the news, and he was about to take off the Yin Wu yarn hat of Jingzhao Mansion on the spot.
Xiao Wei, who still entered the palace together, pleaded, "Your Majesty, it is important to find the two princesses now, it is better to be familiar than to be raw, at this time, it is always necessary to be in a hurry to let a newcomer take office to investigate the case."
It's better to let Lord Fu Yin make up for his mistakes and find the two princesses. β
In the end, the emperor ordered Jingzhao Mansion Yin to find the person back within five days.
Out of the palace, Jingzhao Mansion Yin wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve, "Shizi, I don't thank you for your kindness, where you can be useful in the future, the old man will definitely do his best to help." β
Xiao Wei was silent for a while, and said, "I don't know if you found the granddaughter of the Huo family......"
Jingzhao Mansion Yin was stunned, the expression on his face became heavy, and he sighed, "Don't hide it from the world, my daughter went with the people of the Huo family." β
"Only Eleven Niang and my granddaughter were left, and I originally wanted to take my granddaughter back to take care of them."
"Helpless, she wanted to follow the aunt of Eleven Niang, and then Eleven Niang disappeared, and my granddaughter also lost her trace."
As soon as Jingzhao Mansion Yin thought of this, his heart hurt like a pinprick.
Xiao Wei didn't speak, but he was obviously disappointed, Xu Han, who had been standing on the side, had been silent, and originally wanted to wait for Xiao Xiao to leave and ask Jingzhao Mansion Yin about Mi'er's whereabouts.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Wei asked first.
She looked at Xiao Wei with a complicated expression, and after Jingzhao Mansion Yin left, she couldn't help but ask,
"You do so much for Eleven Niang just because you're friends?"
Xiao Wei looked at her quietly and shook his head,
"It's because of Eleven Niang, because of the Huo family, and the hussar general."
"The general is the most heroic man I have ever seen, he is a good father to Eleven Niang, and he is also the kind I want...... Father. β
Xu Han sighed for a while, combined with Xiao Wei's confession before, he thought that he had a deep affection for the general.
No wonder he used to come to Huo's house from time to time.
Her heart softened, and she said softly, "If the general knows what you have done, he will definitely be very relieved and grateful to you." β
Xiao Wei cut off her words, "I just did this with my own heart, and I don't want anyone's gratitude, not to mention, they are indeed wronged." β
In the past, Xiao Wei tested Xu Han and also talked about the Huo family, this is the first time he has said so clearly that the Huo family is wronged.
Xu Han's heart moved slightly, could it be that he got any evidence?
She thought of the time when Lan Xiang Fang, Xiao Wei said that he had found out that she had been to Lan Xiang Fang on the day he was injured, which means that the man in the black cloak was Xiao Wei.
She stopped and stopped Xiao Wei.
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In a room in a corner of the capital, there were many girls sitting in a group, some of them shouting and scolding, and some of them were sobbing silently.
Those who shouted and cursed were dragged out by the people who came in from outside, and then they heard a miserable cry not far away.
Princess Junping cowered in the corner, trying to reduce her presence.
Others say that the birthday is the Good Friday of the mother's life.
Because every mother's every birth is a ghost gate, and it takes a lot of hardships to give birth to a child.
Today is her birthday, and it is also her Good Friday.
It's all Anping's fault, she must pull them out of the palace, she listened to the palace people's report, and knew that Xiao Wei gave Anping the first food in the imperial garden, and Anping would be in such a gaffe.
She grew up under Concubine Hui, and she looks infinitely beautiful, but in fact, who knows the hardships inside?
On the street, she was about to escape, but she didn't expect to be pushed by someone, so she was pushed down the alley by two strange women.
She had read a lot of books and books, and knew that she must have encountered a crutch and wanted to escape, but the two women were so powerful that they firmly grasped her hand and did not let her move, and when she reached the dark place, she fainted.
And the person who pushed her, she was sure, was Anping!
When she was a child, once Anping did something wrong, he pushed her out, and when she was punished, he pretended to comfort her.
She wanted to shout, but she didn't dare, for fear of being beaten by someone outside.
The fate of the abduction was terrible, she could only tear her hair up, her clothes dirty, and her face was eye-catching, hoping that the people in the government would find her soon.
With a bang, the chains on the door were opened again, and a girl who had just screamed and scolded was thrown in again.
Princess Junping looked at the girl whose clothes were half-torn and her face and shoes were gone, and a sneer hooked the corner of her lips.
She turned her head away, and hung up like most of the others.
Those people had long been locked in, unkempt and dirty, probably accustomed to such scenes.
Chunping is because the girl who was thrown in was Princess Anping.
That idiot, as soon as she came in, began to shout and curse loudly, let the kidnappers let her go, otherwise a catastrophe would be, and the whole house would be beheaded.
These abductors can do such a thing that people and gods are angry about, how can they be afraid of a catastrophe?
A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl ran out, squatted beside Princess Anping, and helped her up.
"Gong ...... Anping ...... How are you, it's okay. β
Princess Anping opened her eyes and looked at the person in front of her, a trace of hatred flashed in her eyes, but she didn't refuse to help in the end, and said weakly,
"How can anything happen to me, these people are waiting, waiting for me to go out, I must make them worse than dead."
"Yu Fei, have you seen Junping? Did she get caught? β
It turned out that the person who spoke to Princess Anping was Xu Yufei, the daughter of the Bai family.
She shook her head, "I didn't see Sister Junpei, I guess she ran away." β
She patted her chest, "I hope she and Sister Wenfei are okay." That way maybe we can be saved sooner. β
Princess Anping looked at it privately, but she didn't see Chunping's shadow, there was a anger between her eyebrows, but she didn't expect that push to not let Chunping be caught.
Instead, he let himself be caught.
She moved, her body was in pain, thinking that she had grown up in fine clothes and fine food, where had she ever stayed in such a place, and she had never even seen it, let alone been beaten like this.
Princess Anping gritted her teeth, swearing in her heart that she would take revenge on these people.
The room was dim and groggy, switching between wakefulness and sleep several times, and I don't know how long it was, when footsteps sounded outside, and two middle-aged women with big shoulders and round waists came in with wooden barrels, and shouted in a rough voice,
"Ladies and gentlemen, princesses, have eaten."
After shouting, the woman laughed in a strange way, and I don't know what she was laughing at.
One of the women took a sip on the contents of the barrel, "What princess, it is said in the books that the princess is in the palace, knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous." β
"Look at the princess yesterday, shouting and killing, do you see that she looks like a princess?"
As soon as the food came in, many people rushed over, picked up the contents of the bucket and opened their mouths to bite it.
Confined in this dark place is no different from an animal, or worse than an animal.
There are always more people in the house than steamed buns in wooden barrels, and they will grab them for a bite to eat.
If you can't grab it, you'll be hungry.
Princess Chunping was in a good position, and when she saw someone rushing up to grab it, she also pounced on it, and actually grabbed two steamed buns.
Xu Yu had to take care of the injured Anping, the pampered girl, who had no strength, and didn't grab a single steamed bun.
She hung her head, coaxed her eye sockets to her original position, and sat down with her knees hugged.
Seeing this, Princess Anping on the side couldn't help but say,
"Why are you so useless? I can't even grab a steamed bun...... You are still a member of the Xu family, isn't your Xu family very powerful? β
Xu Yufei was very guilty, yesterday it was because she secretly let Princess Anping get into the carriage and took her out of the palace that she would fall to such a point.
Now, she can't even grab a steamed bun, which makes Princess Anping hungry......
She hung her head, tears falling to her knees, and whispered, "I'm sorry...... I'll grab it next time, I'll get you some water, okay? β
Princess Anping saw Xu Yufei crying, and snorted coldly, she didn't dare to do too much, after all, she was injured now, and she had to rely on Xu Yufei to take care of her.
As soon as she thought of this, Princess Anping couldn't help but want to go crazy, who was so bold that she dared to arrest them and lock them up here.
When she goes out, she must divide the bodies of these people, and if she can't do it, she will cut off her hands and feet and hang them on the city wall to dry them for public display.
Princess Chunping sat in the corner, slowly eating the multigrain steamed buns with her throat, where had she eaten these, but she had to live before the government recruited her.
She watched Xu Yufei fill a broken bowl with water and feed it to Princess Anping, and just when she wanted to get some more drinks for herself, the people on the side had already made no drop of the remaining water.
Princess Chunping sighed in her heart and looked at the remaining steamed bun in her hand.
Originally, Xu Yufei was the younger sister of the little prince in Zhenbei, and she should help her, but seeing Xu Yufei's care for Anping, she was afraid that this steamed bun would not be able to eat Xu Yufei's stomach.
She would rather rot the steamed buns than give Anping a bite to eat.
finally survived until Anping fainted from hunger, Princess Chunping slowly moved to Xu Yufei's side, pushed her, and stuffed the steamed buns to her.
"Let's have something to eat."
Xu Yufei was hungry, and a day had passed, and he hadn't even drunk a sip of water.
She looked at Princess Chunping hesitantly, and suddenly pointed at Chunping, "You...... You ......" twice, and Junping covered his mouth.
Junping took her with her, some distance from Anping, "Don't talk, hurry up and eat something." β
Xu Yufei took the steamed bun and looked at the sleeping Princess Anping,
"Sister Junping, I thought you escaped, why were you caught too?"
"What are we going to do now, do you think someone will come to save us......
Xu Yufei originally hoped that Princess Chunping would escape and find someone to save them, but now that she also came in, her hopes were suddenly shattered.
She cried in a low voice, pinched the steamed buns, wiped her tears,
"I'm not hungry, give this steamed bun to Anping to eat, she's injured...... Need something to make up for it......"
Princess Chunping still knows a little about the affairs of Zhenbei Palace, and knows that Xu Yufei is the daughter of the side concubine, and the side concubine is still very powerful.
I didn't expect the powerful side concubine to teach such a daughter.
She grabbed Xu Yufei, who was about to get up and deliver steamed buns to Anping, and coaxed,
"Anping is sleeping, don't disturb her, you eat first, and after a while, I'll send something over again." It's not too late to give peace when the time comes. β
Xu Yufei thought about it, so he ate it in small bites.
"Sister Junping, do you think people outside can find us? Will the people in the palace dislike me and ruin my reputation, regardless of me? β
Xu Yufei originally took care of Anping, all out of guilt, plus Anping was unapologetic to her, this would meet Chunping, who took care of her, and her heart suddenly became fragile, thinking about it, and shed tears.
There are so many girls on the side who are unkempt, which means that they have been here for a long time, which means that no one has come to save them!
Why didn't you save it, did you not find it, or did you not come?
Princess Chunping hugged her thin shoulders and comforted her, "No, that's your relative, the little prince is not that kind of person." β
"Besides, aren't there still me and Anping? No matter what, my father will find someone to save us. β
"But ......"
Chunping looked around, "Don't be afraid, I looked around, that Wen Fei in your house was not arrested, maybe she has already reported to the official."
It's only a matter of time before the outside finds this place. β
Chunping looked at Xu Yufei's face and soiled her face, "Your face is not dirty enough." β
She didn't dare to close her eyes that day, and she saw someone coming in from outside, and with the eyes of the animals, she took some of the more beautiful girls out, and she didn't come back until this time.
No matter how strong she was in her heart, she didn't dare to think about what was going on.
I can only hope that the people outside will find them soon.
She had just soiled Xu Yufei's face, and the door was suddenly opened.
Princess Junping and the other sober girls were taken aback, now is not the time to deliver food, that is, they have come to pick someone again.
Sure enough, in addition to the woman with a big waist and a round waist, there was also a man!