The eldest lord naturally acted resolutely, since he responded to Jia Zhu's request, it was handled before the Lantern Festival, although it was only a small Zhengjiu document of Guozijian, but he also had an official official status.

This is a good thing for Jia Zhu, at least he will have a formal job to do in the future, and he won't have to be treated as a waste in the house all day long.

Li Kun was also quite happy, and deliberately went back to his parents' house to tell the matter, although his father, who had always been old-fashioned and serious, did not say it explicitly, but he also had the intention of taking care of his son-in-law.

At least Jia Zhu works in Guozijian, so he doesn't have to worry about being squeezed out and losing his mental energy.

However, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang was quite dissatisfied when she heard the news, thinking that the eldest master was humiliating them, and a mere idle official position of the ninth grade could not enter their eyes at all.

It's just that seeing that Jia Zhu, who has always been sick and weak, was full of joy on his face, and after a few days even his mental state and body were much better, he didn't tear up with the eldest master and remained silent.

The eldest lord didn't care, and after running to the official position for Jia Zhu, he put all his thoughts on the side of the Shuntian Mansion.

Soon, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month arrived, and the whole capital was lively.

Especially at night, from the palace to the homes of the powerful, to the families of the eunuchs, as well as the streets and the homes of the merchants and white people, all of them are lit up with all kinds of high-end and high-end atmospheric and high-grade lanterns, or small and exquisite to show ingenuity, or simple and rough lanterns, illuminating the entire capital like a fairy scene in the sky.

On this day, it was as if the people of the entire capital were pouring into the streets, blocking several main streets to the brim, and all the eyes could see were densely packed with people.

Not only the businessmen and the common people, but also the ladies and ladies of the official eunuchs and powerful families, it is rare to go out to the street to watch the lanterns today.

The eldest lord took Mrs. Xing and Aunt Qian, as well as Yingchun and Jia Song, two little guys, to join the ranks of watching lanterns on the lively street under the protection of a small guard.

Mrs. Xing and Aunt Qian are okay, they don't have much interest in the noisy night scene of lanterns outside, but the two little guys are very excited, and their little heads turn around to see everything novel, if it weren't for the surrounding guards, I'm afraid they would all have to run to the crowd to join in the fun.

"Be careful, don't run into the crowd!"

Aunt Qian was frightened for a while, and followed closely by Yingchun and Jia Song, for fear that the two children would suddenly disappear.

"Relax, there are little guys and guards, the two children can't run!"

The eldest man was relieved, and when he saw that Aunt Qian couldn't listen to it at all, he was too lazy to talk nonsense.

"Master, there are too many people outside and it's too noisy, why don't you find a restaurant to rest?"

Mrs. Xing didn't like the lively atmosphere on the street right now, so she looked at the two excited and sweaty children, and carefully proposed.

"That's fine!"

The old man nodded, casually found a good grade restaurant to enter, went directly to the second floor and asked for a few private rooms, and enjoyed the lively scene of the 'brilliant lights' outside the window.

Fortunately, the two two-child children are not very old and have limited physical strength, and the excitement just now has consumed them too much salute, and it is estimated that Aunt Qian has a lot of restraint on them on weekdays, but at this time, it is rare to be well-behaved and not make trouble, but it saves the trouble of coaxing.

In such a crowded and noisy scene, children who can't resist the temptation are the most likely to get lost, and those who are mixed in the crowd will not be polite.

It's just that this year, the eldest lord presides over the daily affairs of Shuntian Mansion, and he has already arranged targeted arrangements, and he is about to take those lawless flowers and make a big move.

Ascending high and looking into the distance, with the eyes of the eldest man, you can clearly see that in the dense crowd on the street, there are children running around happily, and their families are either carefully protecting them, or carelessly watching the excitement by themselves, but they ignore the play of their own children.

There are also many richly dressed men and women, holding children's hands and walking around the dense crowd under the escort of the little maid, curious about each strangely shaped lantern and the lantern riddles attached to it, laughing and guessing the lantern riddles.

The Lantern Festival is definitely a happy day for children in Beijing, but for some children, it is also a day of transition from heaven to hell.

For the flower shooters who specialize in abducting and selling children, the eldest man hates it very much, as long as he catches one, he will not be polite, at least he will be punished for picking off his hands and feet, or simply sell it to the black coal kiln to die of exhaustion.

The Lantern Festival task assigned by the eldest lord to the officials of Shuntian Mansion is to minimize the number of lost children in the capital, and it is best to catch some organized Huazi groups and wipe them out.

For this purpose, he even let go of the arrest of petty thieves on the street, and put most of the power of the Shuntian Mansion on the investigation and arrest of Huazi, and it is good to lose a child.

At every lively street, there are officials in official uniforms guarding them, and there are many officials in regular clothes who blend in with the flow of people, observing all the unreasonable places in the crowd, and being ready to deal with sudden changes at any time.

That's all he can do, and hopefully it will have the desired effect.

As the head of the Shuncheon Mansion, he is also responsible for the general management of the Shuncheon Mansion, and knows a lot of information that outsiders do not know.

Every year, hundreds of children are lost in Suncheon, sometimes hundreds, but they are scattered throughout the Gyeonggi area, seemingly inconspicuous.

Especially on the day of the Lantern Festival, the number of missing children is even more staggering, accounting for three to four floors of missing children throughout the year.

Some of the children who disappeared during the Lantern Festival were children of official eunuchs and powerful families, and there is no need to say much about how they disappeared under the escort of the little maids, in short, the impact was quite bad.

That is to say, Shuntianfu suppressed the news, and it has not spread to cause a big mess, and this is not the modern Internet era, otherwise it would have been a lot of trouble.

And the fate of missing children is generally quite miserable, and it is better to be sold to the troupe, although the identity is set as the ninth rate, but they can still live like a person.

But those children who were sold into the Qinglou and the Men's Wind Pavilion, their future can only be described as dark.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, dozens of children are missing in the capital, including some children of official eunuchs and powerful families, it is impossible to say that Shuntianfu has not traced it, but now there are a lot of people who have been arrested, but it is very strange that there are still many cases of missing children every year.

It was easy for the eldest master to make a bold guess, this should be one or several organized, not small scale of the Huazi group, has formed a certain scale and power, otherwise there would not be this phenomenon of repeated precautions without effect.

If this is the case, then the identity of the mastermind behind the Beijing Paihuazi Group is by no means simple, otherwise it would not have made such a big noise, and it would have been possible for the Beijing Paihuazi Group to survive.

Knowing this information, the eldest man naturally had the idea of targeting it in his heart, so he made preparations before the Lantern Festival.

As long as he catches the breakthrough, he doesn't care what the identity of the person behind them is, and the big man will not let it go easily.

……

At the corner of the lively street, Lin Sanyi stood on the corner of the street in an official costume, bored looking at the lively crowd and the strange lanterns, itching in his heart and eager to blend in with the crowd and have a good time.

It's just a pity that he has a task and doesn't dare to move, so he has to squat on the corner of the street to check if there is anything unusual about pedestrians.

"Hey, Lord Fucheng is too strict, and the Lantern Festival doesn't call our brothers brisk and brisk!"

My ears were full of the festive sounds of the bustle and hustle and bustle on the street, and my heart became more and more yearning and longing, and I couldn't help but complain to my companions around me: "What is there to guard on the street corner, the cold wind blows the body stiff!" ”

"Then you go play, anyway, Lord Fu Cheng is not around to monitor!"

The companion next to him said angrily: "Don't be wordy, keep your eyes open and stare at the point, if you find something wrong, maybe we can still be rewarded!" ”

"What's there to keep an eye on?"

Having said that, Lin San put away the unhappiness on his face, and searched around the crowd at the corner of the street with a pair of eyes, wanting to find the existence of abnormal behavior.

In this cold and howling night, if you talk to your companions to relieve your loneliness, this kind of work is really not easy to do.

"By the way, the adults sent our brothers to guard the streets, I'm afraid it won't work!"

"What do you think, it's not up to you to decide whether there is an effect or not, so let's be honest!"

"Isn't this what I'm talking about, adults want to clean up the flower shoots on the street, and I raise my hands in favor!"

“……”

While patrolling the crowd, chatting and farting finally doesn't feel so cold.

"Hey, there's something wrong with that guy, isn't the clothes on the child he is holding in his arms silk?"

Suddenly, Lin San seemed to have discovered something extraordinary, pointed to a plainly dressed and not tall man in the crowd and said to an honest man: "Let's go, let's go over and ask!" ”

"Stop, what about you, the one holding the child!"

The two officials swaggered over, stopped in front of the hurried target, and snorted coldly: "What are you doing in such a hurry, where is the child in your arms?" ”

When the man saw the two officials surrounding him, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he stabilized his heart and replied with a smile: "This is my little master, I was tired of shopping before and wanted to go home!" ”

"Oh, really?"

Lin San opened his mouth casually, and suddenly slapped an iron ruler on the middle-aged man's forehead, directly smashing the star-populated body, and the child in his arms also fell to the ground.

Another official flew up and kicked the middle-aged man to the ground, stepped forward and stepped on his spine fiercely, directly dispelling the idea of resistance.

"This kid is unconscious, take this guy away!"

Lin Sanyi picked it up and fell to the ground, but it was a child who didn't make the slightest sound, and immediately understood what was going on after a glance.