New Return of the Pearl: The Group's Pet Swallow Flies

As Xiaoyanzi was talking, there was a hint of trance in her eyes as she looked out the window, as if she was looking through that street at herself, who had suffered all the injustices in the past.

Di Feisheng and Fang Duobing looked at each other and both felt a little strange. This little girl was quite precocious. It was just a dream, but she could remember it until now?

The two of them didn't take it seriously, thinking that the child was just feeling a little uncomfortable after seeing those children, so they found some other topics to chat with her in an attempt to cheer her up.

"Well, as long as you follow us obediently, you won't encounter the same fate as them. Don't worry, we will definitely protect you."

Fang Duobing touched her little head and comforted her.

Di Feisheng also nodded and responded, "We will protect you."

Xiaoyanzi looked back at the two of them, smiled sweetly at them, took a long breath and exhaled slowly. She was now more determined to learn martial arts and medical skills well so that she could protect herself and her family.

Thinking of this, she happily ran back to the room to see how her aunt treated the children. She wanted to start learning.

When Huo Chengyue saw her come back and heard that she wanted to learn medicine, he told her to watch from the side first, and when she was free, he would slowly teach her from the basics.

She had taught her the basics of identifying medicinal herbs before, but because she was still young, she didn't teach her much knowledge. Now that she wanted to study medicine seriously, she let her take a look first.

She checked the problems of the children one by one, and then prescribed medicine, starting with the minor ones. As for the major wounds such as broken bones, many of them were old injuries from adults, so she had to wait until they had recovered before she could treat them carefully.

Di Feisheng and the other two followed Xiaoyanzi, protecting the people in the house at the door, while wondering in their hearts whether those beetles were easy to catch.

At this time, Fulun, who returned to the post station, sent people to investigate the nearby gathering place of beggars.

There are beggars everywhere, and because there is demand, there is buying and selling. As a result, it is very difficult to catch them completely. But for the sake of those children, they must find ways to catch the beggars and sentence them to death. Otherwise, it would be unfair to those children who have suffered and been displaced since childhood.

Fulun himself has children, so he naturally understands the pain of losing a child, so he takes the Hanako incident very seriously and spends the entire afternoon investigating and making decisions.

Xiao Wen once said that when they begged, there would be someone watching them secretly. No matter whether they got anything or not, they had to go back to the temple when it got dark. And when they went back, they had to be blindfolded and take a carriage back.

But the dilapidated temple is outside the city, and someone must take them back.

This is why, for so long, no one has been able to catch all the beagle hunters.

Fulan learned that the beggar had been sending people to keep an eye on the children, so when they took the children to the restaurant, he directly sent people to kidnap the man.

After severe torture, the beggar finally told them their specific address.

It turned out that the place where these beggars gathered was in a dilapidated temple thirty miles outside the city. Every time they went back, these children had to be blindfolded and locked in a carriage to be taken back.

Although the dilapidated temple looks shabby, there are actually many secret passages dug inside it, which lead to many places. Some of them lead to brothels, some lead to the residences of dignitaries, some are outside the city, and some are in the mountains.

They have a boss who is usually very strict and screens people at various levels. The boss's closest people are responsible for kidnapping and selling the children, while some others are responsible for teaching the children a lesson.

Either they were made to be obedient so that they could be sold for money, or their limbs were broken and they were sent to be beggars.

All in all, this place where beggars gather can be said to be as dangerous as a den of dragons and tigers.

Because they kidnapped a lot of children, many of them were either given away to wealthy families in exchange for their protection, or sold to people in need to earn money. They even kidnapped some women and sent them to various places to be concubines or prostitutes.

But what they did was not just that. Behind them, there were all kinds of people, and it was very complicated. Some of them were backed by bandits, while others were backed by officials.

After all, these dark chains connect everywhere, and for those who have no conscience and only want to make money and have needs, this is definitely a win-win situation.

After hearing all this, Fulan's face turned as black as charcoal. After thinking about it, he decided not to alarm the local officials. What if they become a den of evil and let those beggars run away?

He gathered together the remaining fifteen people except the five guards he had sent out to investigate the matter.

Everyone crowded into a room, looking at Fulan seriously, waiting for his orders.

Among these people, there were personal guards sent by the emperor and chivalrous knights sent by Xiao Zhihang. At this moment, they were all looking at Fulun with solemn expressions. They knew that next, they might be entrusted with a matter of great importance.

Fulun looked at everyone and told them what he had heard. Then he said, "We are all ordinary people. We all have family members, sisters, and children. We cannot tolerate our relatives and children being abducted by those beggars and being wantonly tortured by them. We cannot accept the pain of loss.

In other words, as citizens of the Qing Dynasty and as officers and soldiers, our responsibility is to defend our country, to protect the elderly, the weak, women and children, and to protect those children from harm.

Today, there is a group of unscrupulous beggars who have murdered countless women and children and torn countless families apart. We must find ways to find them all and make them get the retribution they deserve!

This time, I, Fulun, am here, and I order that everyone should use all means to catch those beggars, and the buyers and sellers should be punished together if we can find the information about the buyers.

There is no harm if there is no trade. Such things must be stopped at the root, otherwise, such things will continue to happen and cannot be eradicated. Do you understand?"

Everyone straightened their chests, looked calm, and said in unison, "Understood!"

The deafening sound almost broke the roof.

Secondly, Fulan told these people about his deployment. He wanted to eradicate all the cancer in one fell swoop as much as possible and not give them a chance to come again.

As it was getting dark, they had to reach the dilapidated temple thirty miles away before dark, and they had to block all their exits as soon as possible, otherwise, if any one of them escaped, it would be a huge hidden danger.