Chapter 149 Prefect Tan (2)

Yu Cong said: "My lord, this Wangchun Building belongs to the Xu family, and the mastermind behind the scenes must be the Xu family. This old bustard must have been caught by the Xu family, otherwise, he would not have committed suicide."

Tan Zhifu glanced at Yu Cong, and said: "The Xu family has a deep foundation in Xinping City. In addition, they joined the Song family. Now the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Wang Xinhai, is a member of the Song family. If we want to bring them down, there is no way." Sufficient evidence will not move them." However, as long as he is given time, the Xu family will definitely be eradicated.

Yu Cong hated the Xu family very much. If the Xu family hadn't helped the evil, their Dingbei army would not have been wiped out, and the 20,000 brothers would have died in vain.

Tan Zhifu said: "The top priority now is to find the missing child." If the child cannot be found, it will definitely cause an uproar.

Yu Cong also knew that it would be difficult for Tan Zhifu to confront the Xu family: "What should my lord do now?" Before Yu Cong came out, Yu Xi asked him to obey Tan Zhifu's orders. For Yuxi, Yu Cong is very convinced. Since my wife said so, then this prefect Tan must be a capable person.

Tan Zhifu said: "If you want to find someone, you have to let the bustard speak."

Under the torture, the bustard, who had always been stubborn, also spoke. However, he did not mention the mastermind behind the scenes, but confessed the child's whereabouts.

After several days, twenty-nine of the thirty-six missing children were found, and seven children were sent out of Xinping City. The madam said that these children were the best looking, so she sold them at a high price. The buyer is a Jiangnan businessman surnamed Fu. It has been half a month since the child was bought. It is not so easy to find these children back.

Although Yu Cong was very sad, he also knew that the children had been bought away, and there was no detailed information. It was not ordinary difficult to find a few children. Therefore, he bid farewell to prefect Tan that night.

Tan Zhifu handed Yu Cong a letter and said: "This is a letter from me to my wife. Don't think about it too much. I will ask people to inquire about this businessman surnamed Fu. I will let people know when there is news. Yours." In fact, Tan Zhifu had to tell him, but fortunately he found it in time, otherwise, half of the people would not have been found.

Yu Cong clasped his fists together: "Then these children, I will trouble Prefect Tan."

And during this period of time, Yuxi was not idle. It is not an easy task to take care of more than 400 children. Yuxi selected the former helpers in the orphanage, and kept some hard-working ones. Those who were often lazy all resigned, and then hired More than 20 people came to help. Children in good health only need to take care of eating, drinking and drinking, and don't worry about other things. But there are still a small number of children who are sick. The child fell ill and died prematurely if he was not careful. After a few days, Yu Xi lost a lot of weight. This is still in the case of nourishing soup and water every day.

Yu Xi didn't go out today, so she calculated the bill Han Dong sent. After reading it, I rubbed my forehead. The child's food expenses are okay, but the medical expenses are not low. Fortunately, her mother sent a sum of money, otherwise it would be impossible to rely on her.

Mother Qu walked in, looked at Yu Xi's appearance, and said, "Madam, it's okay to subsidize for a period of time, but Madam can't always subsidize! This is a bottomless pit." Like last year, Madam subsidized those whose families were not well off, she had nothing to say , After all, it is only temporary. But here are more than 400 children, all of whom are homeless. How can they afford to be subsidized by the wife all the time!

Yuxi said: "I just want to make up for it, and I don't have such a lot of financial resources. This matter still needs to be resolved by the court."

The corners of Mother Qu's mouth twitched, she is in charge of the inner courtyard now, and she is well informed, she said to Yu Xi: "Madam, it's not that I'm talking about frustration, the court can't even pay the pension, how could it be willing to take care of these children?"

Yuxi smiled and said: "Wait a minute,

Can this society leave these children behind? "She can still afford to support a hundred or so people. She is really powerless for these hundreds of people. Even if the court can't solve it, it's something that the generals in Yucheng should worry about.

Qu's mother said: "Since Madam married the general, she hasn't had a single day of ease." From the time she married to the Yun family, she has had endless troubles.

Yuxi smiled and said: "That can't be helped." Marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog, Yunqing's situation does not allow her to be pampered and care about everything! What's more, if she is really allowed to relax, she won't be able to. Still have something to do, feel at ease.

Zi Jin hurried in from the outside and said, "Madam, Yu Cong is back, and the child has also been found."

Yuxi looked at the impatient Zijin, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. No wonder Xu Wu said that she was still lacking in enthusiasm. How could she take over Xu Wu's courage like this.

Seeing that Yuxi was silent, Zi Jin said, "Madam, Yu Cong has found the child. Madam, go out and have a look!"

Yuxi shook her head and said, "Go out and have a look!"

Seeing Yuxi, Yu Cong said, "Madam, only twenty-nine children were found, and seven were not found. According to the old bustard's account, these seven children were bought by a merchant from Jiangnan." The child must have fallen into the fire pit.

Yuxi looked at the children in the yard. As she expected, these children were all pretty girls, and the worst of them were also very pretty. With a heavy heart, Yu Xi said to Yu Cong: "When they are full, send them to the Qingming Hall! As for the other seven children, I will find a way to get them back." These people are really frenzied.

Wei Meiyun looked at Yuxi and raised her voice and said, "Ma'am, did you send someone to save us?" Wei Meiyun's father only had her as a daughter, and she loved her very much since she was a child, so she was very courageous. Knowing that the adopted person has bad intentions, he wanted to escape, but unfortunately he failed to escape.

Yuxi looked at Wei Meiyun, this child had willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a melon-seeded face, and was very pretty. The reason why Wei Meiyun was not picked by the merchants was that she caused trouble at that time and the old bustard locked her up, otherwise, she would not be able to catch up with Yu Cong's rescue. Yuxi nodded and said: "Yes!" Although she found out a little later, if it wasn't for her, this matter might have been more serious.

Wei Meiyun was raised as a son since she was a child, even though she is only nine years old, she knows more than others. She knew very well that if Yu Xi hadn't saved them, their life would have been ruined: "Madam, I want to stay here to repay Madam for saving her life."

Yuxi touched Meiyun's head, and said softly: "I don't need your repayment, and I don't lack people to serve me." In fact, Yuxi likes Wei Meiyun's temperament very much, but she can't keep Wei Meiyun of. Because of Wei Meiyun's status, she can't accept Wei Meiyun as a maid, and on the other hand, if she accepts Wei Meiyun, what if other people also ask to stay!

Wei Meiyun looked up at Yu Xi and said, "Madam, I will repay you when I grow up."

Yu Xi nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, I'll wait." Although she didn't really think about asking Wei Meiyun to repay her, Wei Meiyun's words still made her very happy.

Yu Cong picked out three good-looking children, and said, "Madam, these people have met that merchant named Fu."

Yu Xi hummed, and said to the child: "You come in with me." Unexpectedly, the art of painting that she thought was useless was so useful.

After the painting was finished, Yuxi asked the three children to look at it, and asked, "Does it look like it?" Seeing a few children saying it looked like it, she copied another one.

Before Yu Cong left, he remembered that the magistrate had given him a letter, and asked Zijin to hand it over immediately. After Yuxi got the letter, she said: "This is too careless." The prefect Tan's letter was not given to her immediately.

Zi Jin said: "Maybe I was thinking about the missing seven children, so I forgot it for a while!" Yu Cong used to have a playful smile, but after the battle in the beginning of spring, Yu Cong never joked with everyone. Although she was not familiar with Yu Cong, she felt a little sad seeing Yu Cong as if he was a different person.

Yu Xi didn't say anything, but opened the letter to read. The letter mainly talked about the loss of the child this time, but nothing else. Yuxi was not disappointed either, if Tan Zhifu would tell her everything, it would make her feel uneasy.

After the two paintings were finished, Yu Xi handed them over to Han Dong and said, "For these two paintings, one is for the prefect Tan and the other is for the uncle of the Wu family." Of course, besides the paintings, there are also letters. .

Han Dong took the things and said, "I'll send someone to deliver it."

In the afternoon, Mother Xi came back from the sales home and told Yuxi one thing: "Ma'am, Mrs. Chen is happy. I heard that she was diagnosed that day." The news of the missing child in the sales home was blocked. Only some people in the upper class knew about it, but these people were aware of the seriousness of the matter, and no one would tell the outside world, and because of this reason, the Chen family was considered to have escaped.

Yuxi was also worried that the nurses in the sales home were not dedicated to the children, so she asked Mama Xi to visit her every day. The first is to see what is missing or what is wrong there, so that we can deal with it in time; the second is to play a supervisory role. For example, when Zijin went to school every day, it actually had a supervisory role in it.

Yu Xi asked: "How did you know?" Yu Xi really didn't know about Chen's pregnancy. She is as busy as a spinning top these days, so she has no time to pay attention to Chen Shi.

Mother Xi said, "Ms. Chen wasn't taking care of the nursery, but now it's being taken over by my wife. Many people find it strange, so they naturally ask a few questions. The Fu family said that Mrs. Chen was pregnant and mentally ill, so I just handed over this job to Madam." Generally, if you are pregnant for less than three months, you will not tell the outside world. In order to hide their embarrassment, the Fu family didn't care about these taboos at this time.

Yu Xi didn't think much about it, and said: "This matter can only be hidden from the people below, how can the people above hide it." The person who was most affected by this matter was not the Chen family, but Fu Tianlei.

ps: There is another update, but it will be very late. (to be continued)