GBP Chapter 161: Shooting Flowers
Chapter 161: Shooting Flowers
Lu Tingfeng shuttled back and forth on the eaves on both sides of the street, and finally saw Wu Lang and Fang Xiaotong leaning against the wall on the side of the street in the surging crowd. Fang Xiaotong had an anxious look on his face, and Wu Lang kept looking into the crowd, as if looking for his companions.
Lu Tingfeng spotted the two men's positions and leaped in front of them.
Lu Tingfeng was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, his movements were so smooth and flowing that both Wu Lang and Fang Xiaotong were stunned.
"Brother Lu, you are so awesome!"
Wu Lang exclaimed at Lu Tingfeng, and Fang Xiaotong also looked excited.
"Second Young Master Ye, Little Boy Fang, everyone is going back to Yunfeng Tower. There are so many people here that there may be a risk of being trampled. Come back to Yunfeng Tower with me quickly."
After hearing Lu Tingfeng's report that he was safe, Wulang and Fang Xiaotong's worries completely disappeared, and Wulang excitedly asked Lu Tingfeng.
"Brother Lu, can you take me on a journey?"
Fang Xiaotong also had a look of anticipation on his face. Which boy had not fantasized about possessing peerless martial arts, being able to fly over eaves and walls, being chivalrous, and punishing evildoers?
"Are you sure you want to go up on the eaves?"
The two children looked at each other with bright eyes. Lu Tingfeng asked them for confirmation, and they nodded repeatedly.
Lu Tingfeng glanced at the surroundings, grabbed the two children's shoulders, and jumped onto the eaves next to him.
Then Wu Lang was heard shouting in joy, while Fang Xiaotong had a look of surprise on his face. The two children were taken to the roof by Lu Tingfeng and felt like they were really flying.
Just as Lu Tingfeng put the two children down, he heard the tiles breaking under Wulang's feet. Then Wulang swayed and was about to lose his balance. Lu Tingfeng, who was usually serious, almost laughed out loud.
Just when Wulang was about to fall, Lu Tingfeng grabbed Wulang's arm. Wulang, with a panicked look on his face, held on to Lu Tingfeng tightly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, not daring to let go at all.
"Scared me!"
Wu Lang was still frightened and still held Lu Tingfeng tightly, refusing to let go.
"Erniu... Erniu..., where are you?... Erniu... Erniu..."
Just as Lu Tingfeng was about to take the two children towards Yunfeng Building, he heard a familiar voice coming from the surging crowd. Although the scene was noisy, it was still possible to tell that it was Zhong Yunfeng's voice.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zhong Yunfeng, who was squeezed in the crowd. He was looking around in panic and shouting at the top of his lungs.
"It's Brother Zhong."
"You two stand here and don't move."
After Lu Tingfeng gave a simple instruction, he ran towards the front of the eaves and then leaped into the crowd. The whole process was still as smooth as flowing water, and his skills were as agile as a swallow.
Lu Tingfeng came to Zhong Yunfeng after a few steps. Zhong Yunfeng was delighted. After hearing Lu Tingfeng's report that he was safe, Zhong Yunfeng seemed to have put down a heavy burden. From his highly nervous state, he suddenly relaxed like a deflated ball.
The two of them were seen squeezing towards the outer edge of the crowd. It took them a while to reach the corner of the street, and then they entered a fork in the road. Zhong Yunfeng was waiting at the fork where there were relatively fewer people.
Lu Tingfeng brought Wu Lang and Fang Xiaotong to the fork in the road with a few leaps, and then they hurried towards Yunfeng Tower.
When they returned to Yunfeng Tower, they all felt relieved to see that everyone was safe.
When Ye Changyan learned that Zhong Yunfeng had been looking for Erniu in the crowd and had shouted until his voice became hoarse, he became more and more certain of his guess when Zhong Yunfeng gave the New Year gift.
The county government's runners kept beating gongs to disperse the surging crowds on the street to the surrounding streets.
About half an hour later, the surging crowd was finally dispersed.
But on the street, one could hear more clearly the parents whose children were lost, calling out their children's names heartbreakingly.
Ye Changyan and others gathered in a private room on the second floor of Yunfeng Building. They gathered in front of the window and observed the situation on the street.
About a quarter of an hour later, the officers were heard beating gongs and shouting loudly in the street.
"The beggar who stole the child has been caught. Parents whose children are missing should quickly go to the county government office to claim their children..."
Ye Changyan, Liang Jingcheng and others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the officers' shouts. They looked at each other and nodded.
"We were the ones who asked Brother Lu to report the case to the county government. Now that the beggar has been caught, we need to go to the county government. Wu Lang, Er Niu, Xiao Tong, Xiao Mei, you wait for us in Yunfeng Tower."
Ye Changyan gave instructions to everyone, and everyone nodded at him. Then he, Liang Jingcheng and Lu Tingfeng rushed towards the county government office.
Arriving at the county government office, Ye Changyan and his companions greeted Magistrate Wu, Lieutenant Kong and others, and then they saw two men and three women who were tied up tightly kneeling in the courtyard of the government office, with bruised faces and noses, and their heads hung low. It seemed that these people were the captured beggars.
When County Magistrate Wu learned that it was Ye Changyan and others who sent people to come to the county government to report the emergency, he expressed his gratitude to them.
"Mr. Ye, Mr. Liang, it's a good thing that you reported the emergency in time, so County Magistrate Kong issued an emergency order to close the city gates. Otherwise, the child-stealing beggar would have run away from the city."
It turned out that County Captain Kong assigned a group of people to evacuate the crowd, and then he took another group of people to catch the beggar who stole the child.
Tonight's lantern festival is mainly concentrated on the South City Street where the Yunfeng Tower is located. A few beggars, taking advantage of the parents' inattention, lured the lone children to a corner, then drugged the children and knocked them out, and quickly carried them to the carriage waiting in the corner.
When the first parent who discovered that his child was missing called for help, the beggars' carriage was already loaded with six children. The beggars heard the crowd's cries for help and realized that something was wrong. So they took advantage of the chaos and drove their carriage in the opposite direction of South City Street, intending to leave the city through the North Gate.
Just when they were about to reach the north gate, the soldiers guarding the gate saw the fireworks order to close the gate and quickly closed the north gate.
Seeing this, the group of beggars didn't know why the north gate was suddenly closed. They drove their carriages towards the east gate cautiously, where they happened to meet County Lieutenant Kong and others.
When County Captain Kong saw that the carriage looked suspicious, he wanted to check it out. The beggars realized that something was wrong and abandoned the carriage and ran away. County Captain Kong's men chased them through several streets before they finally caught all the beggars.
Upon learning that all the beagle hunters had been caught, Ye Changyan, Liang Jingcheng and others nodded in relief.
The parents who lost their children quickly rushed to the county government office and saw their children lying unconscious in the government office. The parents' faces were filled with panic and their heart-wrenching cries echoed throughout the county government compound.