Chapter 37: The Festival of Lotus Lanterns (4)

The crowd was crowded around the stalls, and the vendors were staring at the water clock, ready to start the timer.

"Wait a minute!" I only heard Frost shout.

"What's wrong? Frost? Zhang Xun hurriedly took off his blindfold and asked inexplicably.

The attention of the crowd was immediately attracted by the little girl, and they all looked at her. Shuang Di took the opportunity to squeeze to Zhang Xun's side, grabbed Zhang Xun's sleeve tightly and said, "My brother and I are together!" I can't let my brother lose Peiyu, I'll try! You give Peiyu back to your brother! ”

Frost's heart was beating fast, she was nervous, and she was talking much louder than usual. Although she was never sure if she was really in danger, her sharp instincts saved her.

"Oh? Little sister? Do you want to try it too? ”

"Hmm!" Frost nodded earnestly.

The vendor laughed, "Okay, but don't say I'm bullying children." ”

"I'm playing for the first time, four is enough, right?"

"Well, enough, enough, if the little sister wants to play, it's the same, four copper coins for the first time."

Frost took out four copper coins, handed them out, and said, "Here you go." ”

The vendor took the money and returned Peiyu to Zhang Xun, "This son, Peiyu will return it to you, you give your gloves and blindfold to your sister, but you are not allowed to secretly support it." ”

Although Zhang Xun was a little unconvinced, he still gave his gloves and blindfold to Frost Di, "Frost Di, come on!" ”

"Hmm!" Frost nodded vigorously.

The vendor shows Frosty how the game is played, and then starts the timer.

Although the time was tight and the voices were noisy, Frost was not disturbed in the slightest. She quickly pondered the solution to the game, but because of the danger she had just experienced, Frost still seemed to be able to hear her heartbeat, plop, plop.

"Six!" The vendor shouted.

At this time, Frosty reached out and took out one of the twenty copper coins at random, turned it over and placed it on the other side, and then turned over the second one in the same way and placed it next to the first one, and in this way, Frosty turned it over four times, and the twenty copper coins were also divided into two piles, one pile of four, and the other pile of sixteen.

"Seven!"

As soon as the words fell, Frost had already taken off the blindfold and said to the vendor, "Okay, I've solved it, you can take a look." ”

The vendor was impressed and exclaimed, "Don't look at it, your method is right." Little sister is amazing, hey, this money belongs to you, and then I have to change the way I play. ”

Zhang Xun looked at it, and sure enough, the number of the two piles of copper coins facing up was the same, he thought about it calmly, and then understood the principle, Zhang Xun admired it, and exclaimed: "Sure enough, it is still the smartest frost." ”

The crowd of onlookers also admired, but Frosty felt afraid, and she looked behind her, where the man had already withdrawn from the crowd and walked towards the dark part of the street.

Shuang Di hurriedly pulled Zhang Xun out of the stall and said in a low voice, "Brother Xiao Xun, can you come with me?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xun asked suspiciously.

"I seem to have found the bad guys."

"Bad guys? Where is it? ”

Frost pointed to the person before her and said, "That person seems to be that." ”

Zhang Xun stared at the man, and sure enough, he found an abnormality, only to see that the man was uncertain, sneaky, and followed by a little girl with double pigtails.

Frost was frightened, grabbed Zhang Xun and said, "Oh, we saw that little girl when we bought candles, she may be in danger." ”

Zhang Xun was angry, pulled up the frost and said, "Go!" Xiaoshuang, let's two keep up, and we must bring this bad guy to justice today! ”

"Hmm!"

The two cautiously followed behind the trafficker, but the trafficker was also vigilant, turning back from time to time to observe, but fortunately they did not find the two.

Not long after, the girl with the double pigtails followed the old woman to a stage, and the old woman was fascinated by the play, and the clapping kung fu actually let go of the girl. And at this moment, the traffickers squeezed in the same way, separating the girl from the old woman.

Zhang Xun saw it really in the back, and suddenly figured out why Shuang Di found this human trafficker, he blamed himself in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more it was not a taste, and he was about to bow his head to apologize to Shuang Di, but he saw the trafficker cover the girl's mouth, pick it up and run.

Zhang Xun hurriedly pulled Shuang Di to chase after him, and the traffickers saw that someone was chasing him, so he hurriedly carried the girl to his shoulder, trying to squeeze out the crowd with brute force. The girl began to cry, but the crowd was chaotic, no one noticed the girl's cry, and the old woman did not know that her granddaughter had been taken away.

The crowd was crowded, Zhang Xun couldn't show it at all, seeing that the traffickers were about to flee to the dark alley, Zhang Xun was in a hurry, jumped onto the stage, pointed at the traffickers and shouted: "The traffickers are kidnapping children!" Catch him! ”

Zhang Xun shouted, the play couldn't go on, and people looked in the direction pointed by Zhang Xun, and sure enough, they saw the traffickers running out with the girl. The old woman finally found out that her granddaughter was missing, and hurriedly cried and shouted.

But this cry, the traffickers had nowhere to escape, everyone surrounded the traffickers, the traffickers panicked, suddenly took out a dagger from their waists, and shouted against the girl: "Get out of the way!" Or I'll kill her! ”

Seeing this, the crowd had to retreat a few steps away, but still surrounded the traffickers in the middle. The traffickers pinched the girl's neck fiercely, and the fierce gods screamed viciously. The old woman also squeezed over, and the grandparents and grandchildren were close to each other, and they were all in tears.

Zhang Xun pulled Shuang Di and squeezed forward, and when the trafficker saw Zhang Xun walking up, he hurriedly pinched the girl's head, pointed the dagger at Zhang Xun and shouted, "Get out of the way!" Don't come! ”

Zhang Xun raised his hands, signaled the traffickers to calm down, and slowly stepped forward, while persuading: "You put down the dagger, don't hurt the child." Listen to me, if you hurt her, today will be a dead end. If you let her go, I can help you find a way out. ”

"Humph! Don't try to bluff me! I won't believe anything! Back off! You stand back! ”

Seeing that the trafficker's emotions were about to get out of control, Zhang Xun had to retreat temporarily, he was anxious, but he didn't know what to do. At this moment, a patrol team rushed over, and the patrol surrounded the traffickers, and the leader of them stepped forward and confronted the traffickers. This person has a wide face and a square mouth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, although his age is similar to Zhang Xun, but he looks mature and capable. This person is the Si Kou of Gusu City-Cai Kuo.

Cai Kuo is a native of Gusu, and his family has been an official for generations, and when he caught up with the selection of officials last year, he inherited the title and official position. Today's Lotus Lantern Festival, with Cai Kuo's life experience and status, should have reunited with his family and shared the happy festival, but he is decent, upright, and has always been serious and responsible, and he is dedicated to the people and the country, so he gave up his vacation tonight and personally led people to patrol, who would have thought that he had just encountered this scene.

Cai Kuo looked majestic, stepped forward and scolded: "Bold thief! Disarm quickly! Otherwise, I will condemn you to a greater degree." ”

Cai ...... Master Cai...... If I plead guilty, can I ...... lightly" The trafficker obviously knew Cai Kuo, and he seemed to be frightened by Cai Kuo, so he took two steps back.

"Plead guilty immediately, I can be sentenced lightly, but everything needs to be decided according to law! If you make a mistake again and again, you will surely die without a corpse! ”

In the eyes of lawbreakers, Cai Kuo is like a living Hades. In the past, as long as some money was offered, the government would turn a blind eye to these wicked people, but since Cai Guang became the secretary, all ruffians, robbers and traffickers have no good life, as long as they break the law, they will be arrested, and they will be severely punished without mercy.

At this time, the trafficker was panicked, he naturally knew what kind of person Cai Kuo was, and after hesitating again and again, he fell to his knees and cried: "Lord Cai, spare your life!" Lord Cai spares his life! ”

Cai expanded his hand and ordered: "Take down this thief!" ”

So the patrols swarmed and arrested the traffickers. Cai Kuo squatted down and hugged the girl, and the girl threw herself into Cai Kuo's arms, grabbed Cai Kuo's official uniform tightly, and cried loudly again. Cai Kuo gently patted the girl's back, and the majesty on her face dissipated in an instant, replaced by a gentle smile like a drizzle.

The old woman ran forward, knelt down in front of Cai Kuo, thanked her for her kindness, and kept bowing. The crowd erupted in thunderous applause, and people were in awe.

Zhang Xun was also amazed, thinking that this person was really a rare good official, and if he had the opportunity, he would like to make friends with him.

"Brother Xiaoxun, let's go back?"

When Zhang Xun was thinking, Shuang Tu pulled Zhang Xun's hand, Zhang Xun came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Okay, there's nothing wrong here, let's go back." ”

"Hmm."

Although Shuang Di did not mention the matter of human traffickers, Zhang Xun became more and more afraid in his heart, and blamed himself, because he was greedy for fun, he almost put Shuang Di in danger, and he didn't even know how to talk about it when he met Gong Wanran and others for a while. Zhang Xun's mood became heavier and heavier, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

"Brother Xiaoxun, let's not talk to Brother Gonghui about these things for a while." Frost pulled her hand nervously and said seriously.

"Hmm...... Why don't you say ......" Zhang Xun was embarrassed.

Frost scratched her head lightly and said, "If my brother hears that there are traffickers on this street, I'm afraid he won't let us put the lights." ”

"Okay, then...... Don't talk about it......" Zhang Xun nodded embarrassedly, he knew Frost Tu's intentions, although Frost Tu had no intention of blaming, he still couldn't help but blame himself. He tightened his grip on Frost and didn't dare to let go of it, and at this time he felt a different feeling in his heart, only that he loved Frost more and more, and that Frost meant more and more to him.