Chapter 222: The child ran away at night and cried for help

This morning, Li Yaoguang received a tip from his uncle that the Marquis' Mansion had discovered something unusual. He didn't think they could hide it for long, so he was not in a hurry. He sent his uncle away to rest assured, and went to Marquis Cheng'en's Mansion to find Lu Fang. After discussing for a while, he personally asked Lu Fang to protect his uncle if Marquis Zhenwei came to make trouble over this matter.

Because of Xinhai Pavilion, Lu Fang's hobbies were fulfilled and he received unprecedented praise and favor from his parents. Naturally, he accepted all the requests and assured Li Yaoguang that it was just a small matter at Zhenwei Marquis Mansion and she should just rest assured.

Li Yaoguang did not think much about it. Because a large number of royal relatives were visiting Xinhai Pavilion today, Gu Qing had to receive them personally and was too busy. Li Yaoguang had to go and help look after the scene, so naturally he did not return. Li Qifeng went to Xinhai Pavilion to pick up his sister as usual. At this moment, only Aunt Qiu, Banxia and Yaoyao were at home in the courtyard.

The summer night breeze was hot and dry. Yaoyao was taking a cool under the grape trellis in the front yard. She had just finished dinner and was lying on the bamboo bed under the tree with her feet up. Banxia was fanning her. The little girl was looking very relaxed and comfortable. Under the bamboo bed, Desheng and Heixuanfeng were lying beside an ice basin made of a small jar and looking very happy.

Yaoyao had just taken a sip of the cool sour plum juice when she heard hurried noises coming from the courtyard gate. The three women in the courtyard were startled. Black Whirlwind and Desheng suddenly pricked up their ears and looked towards the gate with wolf eyes vigilantly.

Although there were only three women at home, Black Whirlwind and Desheng were already mature wolves now. With Li Yaoguang and his two siblings willing to let them go, the two had a good life. Just like BMW who found a new job as a playmate in Xinhai Pavilion, they had no shortage of food. The two furry creatures were tall and strong, and their bodies were not comparable to those of ordinary wolves.

With them around, there is no need to worry about the safety of Aunt Qiu and the other three female relatives.

The knocking on the door outside became more and more urgent. Aunt Qiu was steady and comforted the two children. She walked quickly to the door, followed closely by Black Whirlwind.

Aunt Qiu was relieved to see that Black Whirlwind, who never ate the food she fed, was so humane. She still carefully picked up the large wooden bolt that was locked behind the door at night and poked her head in to try to open the door.

"Who's outside?"

When Brother Yi heard the hurried knock on the door, the tears that he had managed to hold back on the way burst into tears again when he heard the familiar voice, "Wow, Aunt Qiu, it's me, Brother Yi."

Aunt Qiu was startled when she heard it. She quickly dropped the big wooden bolt in her hand and hurriedly pulled the bolt to open the door. Black Whirlwind then rushed out quickly. Seeing that it was a familiar breath and that the visitor was in a bad mood, Black Whirlwind jumped over Yi Ge'er's small body and protected him behind him, keeping a close eye on his surroundings.

In the yard behind them, Yaoyao, who heard the noise, jumped off the bamboo bed and ran over with Banxia Desheng.

When they got closer, they were all shocked to see that the person outside was indeed Brother Yi with tears all over his face.

Aunt Qiu hurriedly pulled him in and asked, "Child, why are you here at this hour?"

Yaoyao also took Yige'er's hand and looked outside. She couldn't see her aunt, uncle and brother Yangyang. Yaoyao was anxious and pulled Yige'er to ask, "Brother Yi, why can't I see my aunt, uncle and brother Yangyang?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't asked this. Once he asked this, Yi Ge'er, who had been terrified for the entire afternoon, couldn't hold it in any longer. His silent sobbing immediately turned into loud crying and he completely broke out.

“Wow, sister Yaoyao, wuwuwu, sister Yaoyao, Uncle Cheng, Aunt Xue, and brother Yangyang have all been locked up. They, they said I was an outsider, and I, wuwuwu, that’s why they ignored me. I was scared, wuwuwu, I sneaked out to ask sister Yaoguang for help, wuwuwu…”

When the three people in the room heard this, their hearts skipped a beat. Aunt Qiu didn't even bother to close the door. She squatted down and grabbed Yi Ge'er and asked urgently, "Good boy, don't cry. Tell me what happened?" What do you mean they were locked up? Oh my God!

Aunt Qiu simply didn't dare to think deeply about what was behind these words. As a result, after being comforted, Brother Yi cried and repeated the same words. The relatives that their master cared about were really imprisoned in the Marquis' Mansion, and they were not given any water or rice. Aunt Qiu was anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

She had no opinion of her own and just hung around the stove, so she didn't know what to do. Banxia was not in charge of the family, Yaoyao was too young to help at all, and no one knew when the master would return home. Aunt Qiu was afraid of delaying the master's family's important affairs, so she decided to go out of her way and go to the West Lake in person to inform the master.

Just at this moment, the neighbor's yard door suddenly opened.

It turned out that Yi Ge'er's loud crying just now attracted the attention of the neighbors. Aunt Qiu happened to be so anxious about the bad news that she lost her composure and forgot to close the door. The neighbors noticed that something was wrong and subconsciously expressed their concern.

When Aunt Qiu found out that it was a neighbor who worked in the government office nearby who was asking, she felt like she had gotten a clue and hurriedly asked the neighbor to run a run for her help. The neighbor remembered the good things the Li family had given them when they moved in, and that Li Qifeng had later helped her mother by writing letters for her without asking for money, and he also took care of her on a daily basis. Naturally, the neighbor agreed without hesitation.

The young yamen runner walked all the way to Xinhai Pavilion by the West Lake. Seeing the crowds of people inside, he felt envious and thought that the Li brothers and sisters were very capable to find jobs here. He bravely took the sign given by Aunt Qiu, went up to find the man in red clothes and red hat and explained his purpose.

When the other party saw the sign, they didn't even bother checking the ticket. Instead, they politely led the person through a dark path with an employee passage sign, and finally settled him in a bright and clean hall to wait.

When the drinks and hot food were served, the young yamen runner couldn't help but admire the abilities of the Li brothers and sisters.

Li Yaoguang was dealing with an emergency in the garden when someone came to inform him. Hearing that someone was looking for him and his sister, Li Yaoguang wondered who it was, but he couldn't leave for the moment, so he asked someone to notify his brother to receive the person.

Li Qifeng was also frightened when he heard the words. He was worried about his family, so he hurried to meet the person. He found out that the person was his neighbor next door. What he said was about the safety of his family and it was extremely urgent. Although he didn't know the details, Li Qifeng was extremely nervous and didn't dare to delay at all. He thanked the kind neighbor who arranged for him to report the news, and regardless of his usual duty, he made an exception and went to his sister's workplace to look for her.

When the person who met Li Yaoguang told him the news of the accident at home, Li Yaoguang was so frightened that the charcoal pencil in his hand fell.

Grabbing the foreman beside him and giving him some instructions, Li Yaoguang took Li Qifeng and the yamen runner who brought the news, and they rumbled home in the carriage.

It would take more than half an hour to travel by car, but with Li Yaoguang's constant urging, the journey was shortened to just half an incense stick of time.

The carriage stopped under the ginkgo tree. Li Yaoguang jumped down first, followed closely by Li Qifeng and his kind neighbors.

The enthusiastic neighbor was kind-hearted and wanted to help, but Li Qifeng thanked him and declined. He called Aunt Qiu to bring a bag of good tea, and then politely sent her away. Li Qifeng then lifted his robe and hurried into the yard. When he came in, he saw his second sister pulling Yi Ge'er, who was still holding a bowl of rice to fill his stomach after a day of hunger, and asked her anxiously.

"Good boy Yi, sister is back. Tell me in detail what happened in the mansion today."

Yi Ge'er's eyes reddened again, but he held back his tears this time. He put down his bowl, recalled carefully, and tried not to miss a single detail in his narration of everything that had happened today, from Cheng Su leaving the house in the morning, to the time when the old lady sent people to invite Yu Meixue and Yang Ge'er to kneel in the ancestral hall, to when Cheng Su went back and he was left alone, hiding outside the ancestral hall and telling him everything he had vaguely heard and seen.

After hearing this, the brother and sister's faces changed drastically.

What a good old feudal lord! What a great Zhenwei Marquisate!