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Chapter 29 Save the Children and Burn the Beggar's Nest
Outside the Polang Pass is the land under the jurisdiction of Shanyang County, and Luo Qing'er's mother was buried on a hillside not far from the pass.Lin Yifan, Luo Qing'er, and Luo Feng went to pay respects to the tomb. During the period, the brother and sister naturally cried and cried in front of the tombstone, which made Lin Yifan very bitter. He wondered if his parents in modern times were still safe?They were probably already grieving for their missing son.

After the worship, the three returned to the caravan. It was getting late at this time, and everyone decided to stay overnight in Shanyang County.

Shanyang City is not tall, but rather dilapidated. There is no commerce here, and there are fewer and fewer merchants. The local land is very barren, and the farmers cannot afford to pay too much tax. Naturally, the county town is gradually withering.Now that a caravan came here, the inn, which was worried about making a living, was naturally overjoyed, and waited on them very attentively.

Now that the caravan has more than 200 people, a small inn naturally cannot accommodate so many people, so several inns quickly divided up the guests.

After all the goods were placed, everyone gathered to eat together. For a while, the entire inn cafeteria was full of toasts and dishes, and the soup was messy.Lin Yifan, Luo Qing'er, Luo Feng, Wang Fugui and Niu Dali were naturally at the same table, eating and chatting slowly.

Suddenly, a group of beggars in ragged clothes and yellow and thin faces surged up from the door. They were all children of seven or eight years old. Looking at the leftovers on everyone's table, smelling the smell of food in the air, they swallowed hard while He yelled pitifully: "Good-hearted people, please take pity on us and give us something to eat."

The inn clerk was afraid of disturbing the guests, so he quickly waved the chicken blanket and shouted: "You little beggars, why are you here again, get out of here quickly."

Seeing the man chasing him, the little beggars ran away in a panic, and when the man returned, they gathered again in twos and threes to beg.

Luo Qing'er looked at these little beggars with pity, looked at Lin Yifan and blinked and said: "Brother Lin, they are so pitiful, shall we help them?"

Lin Yifan had already seen those little beggars, so he couldn't bear it, so he nodded and said, "Qing'er is really kind, okay, let's help them."

Then he turned his head to look at the clerk, and shouted: "Little Er, give these little beggars something to eat, and pay me back."

After the guests said so, the waiter naturally agreed, and quickly took out a large bag of steamed buns to distribute to the little beggar.After the little beggars left, the man shook his head and muttered, "Even if you give them food, you may not be able to eat it."

Although the voice was low, Lin Yifan and the others heard it. They couldn't help but frowned, and called the waiter over, and said, "Just now I heard you say that these little beggars can't eat after receiving our alms. What's going on?"

The clerk panicked, and quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "Guest officer, I didn't say anything just now, you misheard."

"Nonsense, I heard it just now, so tell me quickly." Niu Dali looked at him fiercely and said.

Lin Yifan took out a small piece of broken silver, put it in the clerk's hand and said, "Speak up, we won't blame you, and we won't talk nonsense."

"This?" The clerk weighed the broken silver in his hand, exulted, and said without hesitation: "Guest officers, these little beggars are not the kind of beggars you think, they are all beggars controlled by the beggar gang. All the things you ask for every day must be handed over to the beggar gang. Maybe you didn’t notice just now, there are a few adult beggar gang members watching there not far from the gate.”

"What, damn it!" Luo Feng was filled with indignation, "I see those little beggars are as skinny as bones, so it must be hard to live in this gang of beggars, right?"

"It's not only difficult, but life is worse than death. If you can't get a certain amount of things a day, you don't have to eat, and you are often beaten and abused in the beggar gang. In fact, these are not bad, and some children are deliberately discounted." Hands and feet, gouging out eyes, cutting off tongues and other mutilating means, let them beg on the street to win sympathy."

"Damn it, don't the government just ignore it?" Luo Feng roared out of breath, and Luo Qing'er beside him had already had red eyes.

When it came to the government, the man didn't dare to talk anymore, so he quickly found an excuse to slip away.Lin Yifan's face was a little heavy. This kind of thing still happens from time to time in modern society. Before watching the news, I was only indignant in my heart, but now that it happened before my eyes, I feel especially strong, that is anger, boundless anger.

After eating and drinking, everyone went back to their room to rest.Lin Yifan approached Luo Feng, looked at him with deep eyes, "Luo Feng, I want you to do something with me, do you dare?"

Luo Feng frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter?"

"Follow me to save those little beggars, dare you?"

"What? You, my lord, is this true?" Luo Feng looked at him in disbelief and said happily.

"It's true, but we have to act in secret, so that no one will notice that we did it." Lin Yifan nodded with a firm tone.

"Okay, I'll do it."

The three changed into black clothes, found a beggar on the street, and followed him quietly.Not long after, they came to an abandoned manor in the east of the city. Luo Feng, relying on his good martial arts skills, went to investigate first, while Lin Yifan hid outside.After a while, Luo Feng returned and said hastily: "I went in to check. There were more than 20 people inside. Among them, there were 11 young beggars, but five of them had their hands and feet broken. There were 13 adult beggars. "

"Does the little beggar share a house with any of them?"

"No, they all slept in the back room, and all the little beggars were locked in a hut by them."

Lin Yifan was overjoyed, "That's great, let's save people."

The three touched the manor, Luo Feng pointed to a nearby hut and said in a low voice, "This is where they are all locked up."

There is no lock on the outside of the door, but a wooden board is stuck horizontally on the door panel.The three of them easily opened the door. At this time, the little beggars opened their fluffy eyes and looked at the black shadows at the door. They thought they were other beggar leaders, and they couldn't help being terrified, sobbing: "Woo! I got something today, don’t hit us, we will definitely get more things tomorrow. Huh..."

Lin Yifan walked up to the little beggars, let them see his face clearly by the moonlight, and said, "Don't be afraid, children, it's me, do you remember me?"

Seeing that the little beggar was a stranger, he became even more terrified. At this moment, one of the children suddenly blinked his eyes, pointed at him and said, "I, I remember, you are a kind person who gave us food."

After the child finished speaking, the others also recalled their memories. Looking at him, they were no longer frightened, but just habitually stretched out their hands and said, "Good-hearted man, you, are you here to give us steamed buns?"

Lin Yifan looked at their longing expressions, tears were rolling in his eyes, he turned his head and wiped his eyes, then smiled and said, "I'm not just here to give you steamed buns, but also to give you a home. Children, would you like to come with me?"

The little beggars didn't know why, but when they heard that there would be steamed buns to eat if they walked with him, they nodded incessantly.I just hoped to look at the disabled little beggars in the corner, and begged: "We, can we take them with us?"

"Of course, take them all away." Lin Yifan looked at these children with relief. He knew that supporting each other since he was a child would have a bright future in the future.

The three of them quietly led the little beggars out of the manor, Lin Yifan looked back at the filthy manor with a hideous expression.If these poor children can be rescued today, what about tomorrow?Even if these children are rescued, tomorrow they will find new little beggars, and these people cannot be kept. "Luo Feng, Niu Dali, let's burn this manor and burn all these crimes away."

The two glanced at the manor, and agreed without hesitation.After placing the little beggar nearby, the three of them returned to the manor, piled up the surrounding hay outside the house where the beggars slept, and blocked it with a wooden door, then took out a torch and lit the hay. Set the whole house on fire and turn it into a sea of ​​flames.I only heard screams, collisions, and wailing coming from inside.

The three of them stood outside the manor and watched coldly as the fire grew bigger and bigger. The whole manor had already been engulfed in flames.Lin Yifan let out a long sigh of relief, "Have fun! Let's go."

It was dawn, and the people in the caravan began to pack their goods one after another, ready to go.At this time, they suddenly discovered that there were more than a dozen children in the caravan.

When the caravan passed by the manor in the east of the city, the manor had been turned into ruins, leaving only the lingering smoke.No one cares about what happened here. To the city people, this place is just a den of beggars.For the government, there is no one here at all, because beggars are not considered human beings at all in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)