The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

The next day.

The little beggar took Xiao Douhua and left the dilapidated temple where they usually lived under the pretext of begging.

Beggars in the city are also divided into factions.

The beggars on their West Street are all managed by a man named Ermazi.

Ermazi has more than a dozen small managers under him.

The reason these people exist is to prevent the beggars from embezzling the money or running away. After all, many of these beggars were trafficked.

But the people they care about most are still adults.

In their eyes, children are incapable and easy to control, so they naturally don't spend much time and effort to take care of them.

Xiaoliu, the manager who is above the little beggar, is such a man.

The little beggar begged for the most money yesterday. He was smart and did not give the money directly to Ermaizi, but took the initiative to hand it over to Xiaoliu.

Then Xiaoliu would naturally embezzle a part of it.

The little beggar knew that Xiaoliu had a lover in the city named A Xiang, and that as long as he had money, he would run to that woman.

When Mingjin found him yesterday, Xiaoliu had secretly gone to meet that woman.

Otherwise, this little beggar would not have been able to hide his true identity.

"You performed well yesterday. These three copper coins are for you two. Buy yourself some buns later." The steward Xiaoliu said to the little beggar in a proud manner, "After eating the buns, go beg for money. When you beg a lot, you can be a steward like me in the future, and you won't have to work so hard all day."

After Xiaoliu finished speaking, he saw the little beggar agreed reluctantly, so he hummed a song, took the money, and turned away.

He is in a hurry to meet Ah Xiang!

I gave you a lot of money today, so maybe I can be intimate with Ah Xiang for a while longer.

Thinking about this, Xiaoliu felt a burning sensation in his abdomen and hurriedly quickened his pace.

The little beggar dared to look up only after he heard the footsteps leaving.

After seeing Xiaoliu walking away, the timid look on his face immediately disappeared. Without any hesitation, he pulled Xiaodouhua and ran forward.

"Brother Aman, can we really get out?"

Xiao Douhua was even smaller than the beggar. When Aman grabbed her hand and ran out, she asked in a low voice, panting.

"can!"

Aman said it with certainty.

"Once we get the money, we'll go find someone. We're young, so we can get out even without a pass! When I went back yesterday, I made an agreement with an uncle who cleans up dung. We'll hide on his cart when the time comes."

Facing the morning sun, the little beggar Aman held Xiao Douhua's hand and said confidently: "Xiao Douhua, we will definitely be able to get out!"

Under the shining golden sunshine, Aman smiled happily.

He held Xiao Douhua's hand and ran forward step by step, avoiding the eyes and ears of others, and ran to the place where he hid the money yesterday.

After finding the money, Ah Man said happily: "Xiao Douhua, let's--"

The words just came out.

He suddenly felt something was wrong, stiffened his body, and turned his head to look.

Aman saw Xiao Douhua being held hostage by two men, and in front of him stood a man wearing black tights and holding a sword.

The man held a portrait in his hand and compared it with A-man's stiff and frightened face. He looked at the portrait for a while.

suddenly.

He closed the paper in his hand and told the guard behind him, "Take it away!"

Before Aman could struggle or even call for help, he was knocked unconscious and taken away.

This group of people came and went without a trace.

When the West Street morning market was just getting lively, they were like ghosts parading in the misty early autumn morning.

Before anyone noticed, he disappeared.

There was only an unnoticed carriage heading towards the Chang'an Palace on Huangqin Street.

The man in black is Zhuo Qian.

He was ordered to go out and look for someone yesterday.

Finding someone is not a difficult task for them, especially for a little beggar like this. They can just ask someone among the beggars or ask the local boss and they will know.

I’m afraid that there is someone behind this little beggar, or that he is not a real beggar.

That would make it difficult to find.

But Zhuo Qian had received instructions from Gu Mingheng in advance, and since they didn't know who was behind the scenes, they didn't dare to act rashly and alert the enemy.

Therefore, they found this person privately.

It took quite some time.

Last night, Zhuo Qian received news from his brothers.

It was said that the little beggar was found in a dilapidated temple on West Street, and that the little beggar handed in a dime of silver yesterday.

Originally, Zhuo Qian wanted to call someone to take the person away last night.

But in order to track down the person behind the little beggar, they thought of letting him go for the time being. Sure enough, early this morning, someone came to tell them that the little beggar had run away with someone.

They tracked all the way.

I saw the little beggar stopped in an abandoned house in the back alley of a restaurant. I thought he was waiting for someone, but I didn't expect he was taking the stolen money and trying to run away.

Zhuo Qian was at a loss.

Then he appeared and took the man down.

Half an hour later, the two unconscious children were secretly sent to the Chang'an Palace.

Although it was just daybreak, Gu Mingheng's years of marching had made him accustomed to getting up early.

Early in the morning.

He has already practiced a set of boxing techniques.

Hearing that Zhuo Qian had already called someone, Gu Mingheng packed up and went to the main room.

He held the handkerchief handed to him by Qing Xin in his hand and casually wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Your Majesty."

Zhuo Qian was guarding in the main hall. When he saw Gu Mingheng coming back, he immediately bowed to him and greeted him.

Gu Mingheng hummed softly.

He looked at the two children lying on the ground.

"Why are there two?" Gu Mingheng frowned.

Zhuo Qian explained: "This little beggar is the one that the second young master drew yesterday. As for this little girl, she was brought out by this little beggar."

"When my subordinates found them, he was just trying to run away with the money."

Gu Mingheng didn't say anything else. He just lowered his head and looked at the little boy with his eyes closed on the ground.

"I will wake him up."

Zhuo Qian said this and was about to step forward.

Gu Mingheng said, "No need."

Zhuo Qian didn't understand what he meant, but years of obedience meant that even if he didn't understand, he wouldn't ask.

"Yes."

He agreed and stood aside again, like Qingxin, on both sides of Gu Mingheng.

"You can open your eyes now. I know you are awake." Gu Mingheng said to the little beggar.

The little beggar said nothing and made no movement.

Gu Mingheng ignored the little beggar and walked to the chair and sat down.

The hot tea had already been prepared. He took a sip and continued calmly, "It's no use to resist or pretend to be stupid when you come to me."

"If you want to live, tell me everything that happened yesterday."

"otherwise--"

Gu Mingheng suddenly glanced at the little girl next to him who was still unconscious: "Not only you, the little girl next to you won't survive either."

When the little beggar heard this, he immediately opened his eyes and said, "No!"

He sat up.

Like a little animal that was alert and panicked, but didn't know what to do, he stared at Gu Mingheng with wide eyes in vain.

The little beggar is not very old, but years of begging have given him a pair of eyes that can recognize people.

When the little beggar met Gu Mingheng's deep black eyes, his brain went blank, and all the words he had wanted to cover up and evade were suddenly blank.

His face was pale and he didn't dare to lie under such a pair of eyes.

"If I tell you the truth, will you...will you let me go?" He asked Gu Mingheng with his hands clenched tightly and his voice trembling slightly.

Gu Mingheng held the teacup and looked at him, neither saying yes nor no.

He just looked at the little beggar and said calmly: "That depends on whether what you say is useful to me."

A man who is stubborn and secretive.

The little beggar thought so in his heart and gave up his last bit of resistance. He lowered his head and told everyone what happened yesterday.

"A woman?"

Zhuo Qian was the first to express surprise, and Gu Mingheng also raised his eyebrows.

"continue."

The little beggar was dejected: "I don't know who she is, nor what was written in the note. Anyway, after she gave me the note, she asked me if I dared to take it, saying that it was dangerous. I took it for the money."

"Since you knew it was dangerous, why didn't you run away yesterday?" Gu Mingheng suddenly asked.

If the little beggar had left yesterday, even he would not have been able to find him.

The little beggar thought about what the man had told him yesterday.

He didn't expect that he was caught just one day late.

If he had known this, he...

The thoughts in my mind suddenly became empty when I saw Xiao Douhua still sleeping beside me.

Seeing Xiao Douhua's frown even though she was asleep, the little beggar held her hand tightly, then looked at Gu Mingheng and said, "I know, I've told you everything, can you let us go?"

Gu Mingheng did not answer.

He glanced at the two children before saying, "Describe the image of the woman from yesterday."

"That person was wearing a veil, so I couldn't see his appearance."

The little beggar said this, and seeing the face of the man sitting above him, which was still majestic even without saying anything, he pursed his lips.

I don’t really want to say it in my heart.

But under the man's majestic gaze, he could only purse his lips and reply: "She was wearing a purple dress, I don't know what material it was made of, but it looked quite expensive, and she was wearing a white veil hat..."

The little beggar finished speaking.

Qing Xin at the side also spoke up: "Your Majesty, I've got it all down."

Gu Mingheng hummed and said, "Take them away first."

When the little beggar heard this, his face changed slightly.

Not knowing what he and Xiao Douhua would face, he was about to speak when he heard the man sitting at the top say, "Prepare some food for them, prepare two sets of clothes, and have someone give them a bath."

The little beggar was stunned.

He stared blankly at the man sitting in the upper seat.

But the man just waved them off.

After Zhuo Qian took them away, Gu Mingheng reached out and took the portrait that he had just drawn according to what the little beggar had said from Qing Xin.

Purple shirt and veil hat.

I don’t know why, but when I thought of the man wearing a purple shirt... Gu Mingheng thought of Ming Jin unconsciously.

But it only took a breath for Gu Mingheng to come back to his senses.

He ordered: "Take your men to privately check that street to see if there are any other traces of that woman. Again, don't alert the enemy."

Qing Xin should be.

Just about to receive the order and leave.

Gu Mingheng suddenly thought of something and said, "Let's go to the place on that street that sells the four treasures of the study and have a look."

"Four Treasures of the Study?"

Qing Xin turned around with surprise in his eyes.

Gu Mingheng thought of the note he saw yesterday. The handwriting on the note did not look familiar, and the paper was just ordinary paper.

But I thought of the ink left on the paper yesterday.

The note must have been written by that person in a hurry.

Gu Mingheng didn’t know whether his speculation was correct, but it was an idea after all.

At this time, he did not answer Qing Xin's words, but just said in a calm voice: "Go."

Qing Xin didn't ask any more questions, just agreed and left.