Chapter 556
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Ning Shu asked a few more questions, but the children were confused. Master Yuan seemed to have woken up from a drunken sleep. He staggered out of the house and saw that Ning Shu and the others were still there. He shouted discontentedly, "Are you done? Are you done? If you're done, get out of here. Don't delay my teaching! "
The child immediately hid the unfinished candied fruit and obediently ran to Master Yuan's side and sat down, waiting for him to start the class.
Ning Shu and the others had no choice but to prepare to retreat. However, she saw the child turn back after walking halfway, gently grabbing the corner of Ning Shu's clothes.
The tip of his nose was red. "I stole the candy at the temple fair because I saw that the little girl's mother was too good to her. She was so good that I felt bad. I missed my mother so much. Then I … stole her candy … Children who leave their mothers are very unhappy. Please find Dong Bao and bring him back, okay? "
Ning Shu's heart tightened. She bent down and solemnly said, "I promise you, I will find Dong Bao and bring him back."
Stepping over the threshold of Ao Shuang Academy, Hui Mo had a belly full of anger. "How is this surnamed Yuan worthy of being a teacher? He's simply insulting Confucius and Mencius. He even went as far as to ask Miss Ning to pour wine for him. This kind of person should really ask that useless Wei Zecheng to come and take down his broken plaque!
Originally, I doubted that the person who planned this big case and made the children willing to trust him could be a teacher of the academy. Now it seems that I thought too much. If such a person is a teacher, it will be a great misfortune. "
Ning Shu shook her head. "Well, it's useless to scold them. If it weren't for the fact that their families were so poor that they couldn't send their children to a better academy, how could these children's parents be willing to send them here? At least there is a place where they can learn a few words. They won't have to rely on hard labor like the previous generation. There are too many things in this world that can't be helped. However, this trip is not without gain. Let's go to Chang Gan Alley and ask about what happened to Dong Bao recently. "
Huimo drove the carriage over. Ning Shu was about to get in when she suddenly remembered something. She took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Tan Siwei.
Tan Siwei didn't react in time. "?"
Ning Shu smiled and glanced at the area between Tan Siwei's thumb and index finger. "Shaoqing was wiping the honey stains on that child's sleeve just now. Shaoqing is such a gentle person."
Tan Siwei's heart skipped a beat. He was flattered and blushed. Just as he was about to say something, he saw an officer from the Supreme Court rushing over on a horse. When he saw Tan Siwei, he didn't wait for the horse to stop and said, "Shaoqing, bad news! Another, another child has gone missing! "
"What?!"
Ning Shu's face was solemn. "Where is the child? How old is it? Is it a boy or a girl? How long has it been missing? Tell me the details slowly."
The officer didn't have time to wipe the sweat off his forehead. He took a few deep breaths and calmed down. "Just now, the Jingji government received a report from a family in the west of the city. They said that their child has gone missing. This time it's a girl. She's ten years old. She disappeared in the afternoon two days ago. They thought that the child ran away and didn't care about her. It wasn't until today that they realized that something was wrong.
Tan Siwei frowned. "It's been two days since the day before yesterday. It's been more than forty hours. And it's a girl. Why did that family delay until now to report it? This is too careless. "
The officer said, "Sigh, this little girl isn't the biological child of this family. She's a child bride that was brought home from outside. I heard that she was beaten and scolded. The neighbors often heard the sound of her family beating her. The girl couldn't fight back when she was beaten and could only hide outside. After hiding for a day and a half, she was hungry and had no choice but to run back. So, sigh … I guess that family thought it was the same this time. They didn't expect to not see her for more than two days. They also thought about the recent cases in the capital. They were afraid of being held responsible, so they reported it to the government. "
Ning Shu asked, "Have you found the child's keepsake and the black curse?"
"I found it. It was found in a patch of grass not far from that house. It was an old yellow string. That family confirmed that it belonged to that child."
Ning Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Now, all four cases are gathered. Let's go. Please lead the way. Take us to see the situation there."
No one delayed any longer. Tan Siwei quickly helped Ning Shu into the carriage. Just as he was about to put down the curtain, Ning Shu suddenly raised her head and looked at the corner at the end of the alley.
Tan Siwei asked, "What's wrong?"
Ning Shu smiled and shook her head. "Nothing. Let's go quickly."
Tan Siwei also smiled and helped her sit down. He also helped her put down the bamboo curtain. He was still holding the handkerchief that Ning Shu had just handed to him. He couldn't bear to wipe it, so he carefully put it into his clothes and pressed it against his chest.
The few of them immediately set off.
When the dust kicked up by the horse's hooves fell down and the back of the carriage gradually disappeared into the distance, another carriage slowly drove out from the end of the alley. It was silent inside the carriage. Only a few muffled coughs could be heard, like sharp icicles piercing into people's ears.
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