Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han snuck in from a more hidden corner, both holding silenced handguns. They quickly killed the guards in the corner and made their way to the main courtyard.
At this moment, they heard the crying of children growing louder. As they approached the room where the children were being held, three men, cursing, walked out. Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han quickly hid in the bamboo grove in the corridor.
"Boss, when do we have to send these children to Hao Jing? Their constant crying all day and night is keeping me from sleeping," one of the subordinates complained with a frown.
Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han glanced at the three men by the dim lantern light. Weren't these the same officers who had been patrolling them at the inn tonight?
Could the people stealing these children be the government?
"We have to wait until those people from Tian Wu Kingdom leave North Pass Town before we can transport these children out," the leader said, adjusting his collar.
"Why? What does it have to do with those people from Tian Wu Kingdom if I transport the children out?" the subordinate asked again, full of confusion.
"Because the First Prince wants us to frame those people from Tian Wu Kingdom for the disappearance of the children in North Pass Town," the leader said calmly.
"Are those people from Tian Wu Kingdom of great importance?" the subordinate guessed.
"You don't need to know that. All I want to tell you now is that their martial arts are not simple. Tonight, they effortlessly killed the second-ranked assassin of Dark Night Pavilion, Shadow Demon, without taking much time. If they find out we framed them for the disappearance of children in North Pass Town, thus triggering a war between Bei Chen Kingdom and Tian Wu Kingdom, they will surely come looking for us. Not only can we not defeat them, but it will also cause us great trouble. Therefore, we must wait for those people to leave North Pass Town before we can transport these children away. At that time, we will spread word throughout North Pass Town that Tian Wu Kingdom sent people to steal children everywhere, and the First Prince will have an excuse to launch a war against Tian Wu Kingdom," the leader said sinisterly.
What the heck!
So it was the First Prince of Bei Chen Kingdom who framed them.
However, how did the First Prince of Bei Chen Kingdom know they had come to North Pass Town?
Was it reported by the Pavilion Master of Dark Night Pavilion?
Also, he must have stolen so many children from his own country not just to frame them and trigger a war between the two countries; he must have had other motives.
Therefore, tonight, she and Jun Mo Han absolutely could not let the First Prince of Bei Chen Kingdom succeed in his plan.
Just then, from another side of the manor, two shouts suddenly rang out, "Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!"
Soon, the manor was filled with people surging towards the source of the noise, and in an instant, the entire manor became lively.
Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han knew that Yin Chen and the others must have been discovered by accident.
"You go over there and see what's going on," the leader ordered the subordinate who had been complaining.
"Yes!" the subordinate replied.
Before he could finish his sentence, his leader was shot in the chin by Leng Ruo Li, who was hidden in the dark, and fell to the ground dead. This stunned him and his companion, leaving them frozen and not knowing what had happened.
But before he and his companion could react, they were both shot dead by Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han.
Subsequently, the King and Queen of Leng walked out of the bamboo grove and came to the door of the room where the children were confined. Leng Ruo Li took out tools from her spatial dimension and quickly pried open the door.
When she pried open the door and pushed it open, she immediately saw a group of children huddled in a corner, both boys and girls. Leng Ruo Li counted carefully; there were fifteen pairs of boys and girls, the oldest not exceeding ten years old, and the youngest looking only two years old.
Seeing someone enter, these children immediately showed expressions of terror. The younger children cried even more fearfully, thinking that Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han were coming to scold them again for being too noisy and to beat them.
"We won't cry anymore, please don't hit us again, okay? My wounds still hurt," a chubby, cute little girl with big eyes sobbed.
Leng Ruo Li looked closely at the little girl. Her small face was dirty, and there were two scabbed wounds. Her cotton jacket had been torn, and some of the cotton inside was exposed. Her small hands were swollen and red, with several scratches.
"Little girl, this older brother and I are not here to hit you, but to save you. Are all your friends kept here?" Leng Ruo Li asked gently.
After she spoke, the children did not respond to Leng Ruo Li, still looking at Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han with guarded expressions.
"Children, this older brother and I are really here to save you. I swear to heaven, if we lie to you, we will be struck by lightning. You should believe me now, right?" Leng Ruo Li tried to persuade the children to leave with them.
At this moment, a little boy, squeezed in the middle by a group of older children, suddenly shouted at Leng Ruo Li, "Fairy sister, fairy sister, save me quickly!"
Hearing these two shouts of "Fairy sister," Leng Ruo Li felt a sense of familiarity. She stared intently at the boy, "This… isn't this the grandson of the old man selling goods on the street whom they encountered tonight? I didn't expect him to be captured here too."
"Holy crap!"
"Those people are too crazy!" Leng Ruo Li cursed in a low voice.
"Little brother, why were you captured here? Where is your grandfather?" Leng Ruo Li asked with a face full of confusion.
"Fairy sister, it's all my fault for not listening to grandfather and letting those bad people find me, and then… then, my grandfather was beaten and bled by those bad people and fell asleep on the ground…"
The little boy stammered, speaking intermittently and not very clearly, but Leng Ruo Li understood the general meaning. If she guessed correctly, her grandfather must have been killed by those human traffickers.
Alas, these human traffickers are truly vicious.
"Little brothers, little sisters, if you want to go home to your parents, listen to your older sister. Close your eyes, and when I let you open them, you will see your parents," Leng Ruo Li coaxed gently.
"Really? Big sister, I really miss my parents, sob…" The chubby little girl cried loudly again.
"Really! Little sister, you can all try it if you don't believe me."
As soon as Leng Ruo Li finished speaking, the children voluntarily closed their eyes. Leng Ruo Li immediately sprinkled some powder on them. After inhaling the powder, the children fainted on the spot.
Leng Ruo Li quickly put all the children into her spatial dimension.