A trace of the waning moon hung in the western sky, like a newly drawn bud of an orchid.

At the end of the month, the night was the darkest, and the light of the waning moon was not as good as a candle a foot away, and it was impossible to illuminate anything at all.

Zhong Ye's tall body nested in the corner of the wall, like a stone sculpture, and there was a person squatting next to him, moving from time to time.

"Why haven't you come yet?"

"Do you want to rush in?"

"Why don't I call a few more people?"

"Shizi, squatting is like this," Zhong Ye said, "You have to be patient." ”

"But it's been two days," Qian Qianyi scratched his ears and cheeks impatiently: "Why is there no movement at all?" ”

Qian Qianyi took the initiative to come over, he felt that this was simply the life of the rangers in the book, he was eating, drinking, and having fun, as if he hadn't done this kind of night exploration and eavesdropping assassination, so he couldn't help but be eager to try.

Zhong Ye naturally knew that Qian Qianyi couldn't do these things at all, but he didn't refuse the other party's participation, because this playboy had his own power that he couldn't compare.

If it is really as he speculated, the force behind Feng Yuchao is Jing Wangye, then things will become even more tricky.

Zhong Ye himself is just an empty duke who has no real job and has been robbed of his money, what can he do to provoke the royal prince?

But Qian Qianyi is different, he is the only nephew of the saint today.

Compared with the prince who hides in the deep house all the year round and does not show his face a few times, the world is more willing to please the prince who holds a lot of power.

Qian Qianyi can mobilize officials below the fourth rank in the capital with a casual word, which Zhong Ye can't do.

This time, he chose to squat near the house that Feng Yuchao frequented because when he interrogated the two abductors before, these two people had explained that they would send the children to the Feng family on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month.

It's the end of the month, and it's very close to the first day of the new year.

The last time Zhong Ye sneaked in here, he had heard the little guy inside mention the child.

That's why I decided to stay here.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, but fortunately, the weather is not cold at night, and there are no mosquitoes yet.

Qian Qianyi couldn't stay up, leaned against the wall and dozed off, because it was uncomfortable, so he didn't sleep very deeply, and moved from time to time.

Zhong Ye became more and more awake, because the more ordinary people slept peacefully, it was the moment when those people were active.

Sure enough, there was the sound of wheels crushing the ground in the distance.

The chariot driver was careful not to make a big noise, but Zhong Ye had a good ear and could hear the movement before the carriage even came.

He gently woke Qian Qianyi up and motioned for him to keep quiet.

The carriage approached, and two adults could be heard.

Zhong Ye quietly stood up and looked at the wall, because there was a high wall and trees to obstruct him, the other party did not find him.

The carriage with a canopy stopped right in front of Feng Yuchao's private house, and after the carriage stopped, the people who drove the carriage first looked back and forth, and found that no one around had stepped forward to knock on the door.

The knock on the door was not loud, but it was very regular, and I knocked twice in total, each time it was five times, one short and one long and three short.

After knocking on the door, they retreated to the side of the car and looked around warily.

"What are they in the car?" Qian Qianyi asked in a low voice, because Zhong Ye didn't tell him about children.

Zhong Ye pursed his lips and didn't speak, there are some things that are better for him to keep his curiosity all the time in order to continue to track down, if he breaks it in advance, it will be boring.

After a while, the people inside opened the door, and the two sides talked softly, and three or four small servants came out of the courtyard, and together with the people who drove the car, they carried down a few rattan boxes with lids from the car.

The contents of the box did not seem to be heavy, there were four of them.

Soon, the two drivers came out of the courtyard and drove away.

The courtyard door was closed again, and it was quiet again.

"What's next?" Qian Qianyi asked.

"Wait a little longer." Zhong Ye motioned for him to be calm.

To be honest, Qian Qianyi's patience was not much left at this time, but he knew that Zhong Ye was much more experienced than himself, so he had to listen to him.

It was about another meal before Zhong Ye came out from behind the wall.

Together with Qian Qianyi, he walked around to the west wall of this courtyard, he had entered this courtyard last time, and knew that it was the safest to enter from here, and it was not easy to be discovered.

This mansion is not very big, and Zhong Ye has been here before, so he went straight to the backyard, and there was a faint light in one room.

Two people walked over gently, and the candlelight in the room cast the figures of everyone in the room on the window paper, and there were two people.

Licking the broken window paper, Qian Qianyi put his eyes together, only to see that the furnishings in the room were very simple, except for a table, there was only a large shelf bed, on which lay four small children, sleeping soundly and motionless.

"It's too thin to look good this time." The people in the house said, "The eldest young master will come to see tomorrow, and I don't know if I am satisfied." ”

This voice Zhong Ye recognized as the person who warned the two little guys last time.

"It's been a bit tight lately, so it's good to get it." Another said, his voice cold.

"Give them some more medicine! Lest I wake up crying, I don't have the patience to coax these little cubs. The man said.

"I just asked the two delivery guys, and they had already fed enough doses when they went into town." Another said, "I can sleep until noon tomorrow." ”

"That's good, you don't have to be guarded, just come and have a look at it at dawn." The man said, "These little cubs don't even know how to walk!" ”

"Let's go! The smell is so uncomfortable, I'll ask someone to wash them tomorrow morning. ”

The two men withdrew from the house, locked the door from the outside, and went back to their respective quarters.

After they left, Zhong Ye and Qian Qianyi, who were hiding in the shadows, glanced at each other, and needless to say, they understood each other's thoughts.

Zhong Ye easily pried open a window, and the two of them climbed through the window and entered the room.

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but hold his breath as soon as he entered, the smell inside was too unpleasant.

The children traveled long distances and did not defecate on their bodies along the way.

It was the men who were in charge of transporting and guarding them, and they would not wash or change their clothes at all.

Coupled with the fact that the weather is hot today, the smell emanating from these children is particularly pungent.

Qian Qianyi has been noble since he was a child, and when he goes to the toilet, he has to smoke incense in advance, and he has to plug his nose with dried dates.

After going to the toilet, I washed my hands with fragrant pancreas and fragrant bean noodles, where did I smell such an unbearable smell?

"These children ......" Qian Qianyi looked at the four yellow-skinned children on the bed and asked Zhong Ye: "What did Feng Yuchao do here?" ”

"I don't know," Zhong Ye shook his head, "I only know that he has brought a lot of such children, but only in and out." ”

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