The fourth prince felt that Zhu Ying would not feel comfortable walking on the bumpy and dirty road. A wealthy lady like her, even if she did not like to be arty, still preferred a clean and tidy environment. For example, she used to have friends

Inviting friends to visit places for fun also conforms to this principle. However, after all, the eldest lady stayed in Rongshui Village where Zhang Shou grew up.

When she walked through this dark alley, she remembered what she had seen and heard when she wandered around the village. The same muddy and dirty roads, the same low and dilapidated houses, but there were only a few that could be seen at this time.

The few women trotting about in patchwork clothes were none of them in their prime. It was obvious that in broad daylight, strong laborers were wandering on the road instead of working in the fields. They must be idle men who were not doing their jobs!

Therefore, compared to the stupid look on the Fourth Prince's face when he first arrived yesterday, she looked much calmer.

So, finding Zhu Ying's unsurprised expression, the fourth prince could only look at Zhang Chen with expectant eyes, hoping that the person would be amazed or frown, which would at least give him a sense of superiority. However, to his disappointment,

His eyes were almost sore, but Zhang Chen's expression remained as usual, and in the end he even looked at him inexplicably.

"Did you take the wrong medicine? Why are you staring at me?" He had seen this scene many times in Zhang Shouna Village!

The fourth prince was so angry that he was stabbed by Zhang Chen, but just as he was about to say something sarcastic, he only heard Little Peanut shouting: "Strange, why are the children we saw when we came here yesterday missing today? Moreover,

, have you noticed that I only saw a few women along the way, but no children no matter how old they were, there were none."

As soon as these words came out, the fourth prince no longer cared about fighting with Zhang Chen, and quickly looked around. Although he didn't remember the way yesterday at all, but he only went there for a day, at least he was sure that this was where they had been.

, Little Peanut is at least not leading the wrong way.

Yesterday, after Little Peanut used caramel to bribe the children to lead the way, they later went to the Chen family, Fang family, and Gao family, and met other children along the way. But today, they were almost at the Chen family, but they didn't meet any children.

So, is this just a coincidence, or has something happened?

He had heard that there was a flower-shooting party raging in the outer city. He was about to ask if this was the reason, but he found Zhang Chen sneaking a glance at Zhu Ying, and then coughed dryly and said to him: "Although we have reduced our entourage, it still seems too small."

Is it conspicuous?" Zhang Chen thought simply. Is it because others were worried after hearing the news, so they hid the children at home and did not dare to let them out?

"I don't think it's because of this...the women I just met didn't pay attention to us at all, and they were all running away. It's better to say they were in a hurry." Zhu Ying narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

He opened his eyes and suddenly remembered something, "Moreover, they looked like they were anxious after hearing some news..."

Although Zhu Hong had been trying his best to conceal the presence of himself and the other guards, when he saw Zhang Chen and the fourth prince Xiaohuahua looking at each other, he echoed Zhu Ying and said: "Yes, I just discovered that they don't care about us strangers at all."

Passers-by hurried along slowly, as if they were afraid that something would happen if they were late."

Little Peanut's heart tightened, and she instinctively felt that Xiao Cheng must have caused something.

He loves and hates Xiao Cheng. What he loves is that this little guy is the best study buddy. If you live with others, you will feel guilty if you are lazy. He, who hates reading, doesn't know it.

I feel that I have made some progress. At least now I can add, subtract, multiply and divide now. I have also memorized a lot of poems. As for hatred... of course I hate the little guy for being as strict as a school inspector!

But no matter what, he absolutely didn't want to see anything happen to the other party. So, he didn't care about the other people, and ran away. As soon as he ran, the others were stunned and hurried to chase him, and this

As soon as he started running, it didn't take long for everyone's physical differences to appear.

Although the several guards were at the end, their steps were very rhythmic and they clearly had plenty of time. And closely behind the running little peanut was the dashing Zhu Ying in men's clothing. The eldest lady was very lucky to wear a deer today.

Leather boots and men's clothing made it very easy to move around, and running a few steps was nothing to her. Zhang Chen was a few steps behind, but sweat was already visible on his forehead.

As for those behind him, he was the fourth prince who was already out of breath. In the past few days, he had interrupted the morning and evening basic exercises that he had to do when he was in the palace. Now that he suddenly started running, he was lagging behind. After all, he and the third prince were both young.

Their bodies were fragile, so their father specially raised them in the Qianqing Palace, but only provided them with a healthy diet, without using any tonics, and even taught them a few self-defense techniques.

So when the fight started, the fourth prince only had three axe-like skills, and his physical strength was far inferior to those commoner children who had been playing outside since childhood. At this moment, seeing that he was getting further and further away from the three people in front of him, he

He was a little anxious for a moment, but at this moment, he only felt someone grabbing his hand, and in just a blink of an eye, he found himself lying on the person's back.

"Your Highness, don't be brave, I will carry you on my back!"

After discovering that it was Xiao Cheng who was carrying him, the fourth prince originally wanted to fight for it, but when he found that the little peanut in front of him had arrived, and after frantically knocking on the door of the Chen family but no one answered, he immediately turned around and ran away without hesitation.

Became anxious.

He realized that Little Peanut was in a hurry to go to the next Fang family to find someone. How could he dare to yell about Zhu Hong leaving him? Because he would definitely be left behind by others and would not even be seen!

And even Zhang Chen couldn't bear it when Xiao Huahua was rejected by the second family again, and then turned around and ran away like crazy - after all, his good health was from cockfighting in the past.

It was practiced in activities such as walking the dog and horse racing, and it was just a sideshow of sword practice every morning. At most, it was about the same as Zhang Shou's self-defense level. How could it last long?

But Zhu Ying in front was breathing evenly and walking easily. Even though he was no longer the eldest lady's fanatical suitor, he still didn't want to show his timidity in front of others, so even if he had to bite the bullet, he could only force himself to keep up.

As soon as he made up his mind, if the third household still failed, he would immediately send people to Jigu Temple. While reporting to the official, he would also call all the guards over to help find people. He would never run around like a headless fly again.

At that moment, he saw Xiao Huahua pushing hard at the door of a house in front of him. However, after pushing the door open, the person raised his feet but did not go in. He actually stood at the door as if he was stupid.

When he saw that not only Little Peanut, but also Zhu Ying quickly came to the door, they were also stunned and refused to move forward or retreat. Zhang Chen, who thought something big had happened, felt his heart skip a beat and hurriedly gathered his remaining strength.

He hurried over in two steps, but when he looked behind them, he was completely stunned.

In this obviously very cold weather, there were actually a lot of people standing densely packed in the yard. From the rear, most of them were children, and among them there were a few women whom I had just met, because I could only see

The back of his head, so he couldn't estimate how many people there were. But at the front, there was a person standing high up facing everyone, and he could see it clearly.

That face was so familiar to him, it was Zhang Shou. But what Zhang Shou said was completely different from the scene of comfort or accountability he imagined after hearing what Zhu Ying said.

"Yesterday, three students from the intermediate class in the public school came to visit my home. They only gave me a few pieces of candy, and they coaxed a few children around. Not only were they scrambling to lead the way, but today when I followed one of them here again, these children even called me

More friends came around to ask for sweets. After I gave them some candy, I asked them to call more children, and they all agreed."

"If I were a flower party, and after gathering a lot of children, I would use candies or other gadgets to coax them into the carriage and take them away, then you would just rush over here in anger, and then rush to tell each other.

Yamen, I’m afraid it’s too late.”

Standing on a table, Zhang Shou also found Xiao Huahua, Zhu Ying and Zhang Chen, as well as Zhu Hong, who arrived a few steps later carrying the fourth prince on his back, and the few guards. Although he didn't know this was very strange.

How did the group meet each other and how did they find this place? But he obviously couldn't care about them at this time, so he just smiled at them.

Several women had just discovered that their children were missing. After searching around, they learned that someone had summoned the children to the Gao family. They were shocked and thought that not only had the boss of the Gao family not been killed by the Nancheng soldiers because of two bad friends.

After Si was caught, he changed his mind, but intensified his efforts to become a philanderer. He abducted and sold a group of children to make a profit and then ran away, so he hurried over.

After the results arrived, they found that although the children were gathered here, they were all listening to a story told by a handsome and elegant young man. When they learned from the only adults present, Father Chen, Mother Chen and others, they turned out to be

The famous Bachelor Zhang in the capital, while they were embarrassed and ashamed, they also had doubts in their hearts.

But at this moment Zhang Shou's explanation suddenly dawned on several women who came in a hurry. One of them, who was always bold and bold and good at dealing with others, couldn't help but stand up.

"Xueshi Zhang, you are a big shot. You don't know the plight of ordinary people like us. Our heads are busy outside all day long to earn money to support our families, and we ourselves also have all kinds of work to do. It is impossible to take care of our families all the time."

If you have children, you can only leave them outside. Besides, that’s the nature of children. If someone isn’t paying attention, they won’t know where to go.”

"We must discipline these little things well from now on!"

Zhang Shou suddenly laughed: "It is the fault of the father if he is not taught, and it is the fault of the teacher if he is not strict. Your so-called discipline is probably the result of a filial son under the stick. Next time, if there are still people holding candies and all kinds of novelties,

There are fun gadgets, chicken legs, mutton and all kinds of delicious food, do you think these children really won’t be fooled?”

Several women suddenly looked at each other. Even Zhu Ying, Zhang Chen and others outside the door now remembered that when they were children, they would probably be warned by wet nurses and nannies such as going out, staying away from strangers, and eating and drinking from passers-by on the street.

Or things like things are absolutely not allowed to be touched. However, it was really annoying to hear it at the time...

Zhang Shou did not continue to preach, but vividly told the story of Wang Cai, the son of Wang Shao in the Song Dynasty, about "The Thirteenth Prince and the Five-Year-Old Emperor Dynasty": "It is said that there was a minister in the Shenzong Dynasty of the Song Dynasty, whose only name was Shao. He was once an official and deputy minister of the Privy Council. There was a yamen in his family, his youngest son, ranked thirteenth, his name was Wang Cai, he was five years old, smart, well-behaved, and extraordinary in appearance..."

When it comes to abduction, although he can't recite the chapter "The Surprising Case of Two Moments", he probably still remembers the plot, and mentioned the Princess of the Pearl Tribe at the end. However, compared to Wang Cai, this child prodigy not only outwitted the thieves, but also met the thieves in person. The emperor, in turn, killed all the prisoners, and finally the whole family was reunited. However, the story of Zhenzhu was too tragic. Therefore, Zhang Shou omitted it in passing.

Sure enough, as he narrated, not only the children listened attentively, but also the adults.

What stories can illiterate adults tell children these days? Even if they tell them, they are just folk tales about ghosts, grannies, and tiger and wolf spirits that scare children away from running around. Most of them are even adapted by literati. There is no value at all.

Therefore, when Zhang Shou finished telling such a tortuous but refreshing story and heard that all the thieves were arrested and Thirteenth Lang was sent home by the emperor himself, he was filled with wonder, especially when he had just come to find the child, he was angry and anxious. The women who had murderous intentions all sighed with regret, deeply hating that they had not given birth to a good son who would be worthy of the emperor's attention.

Seeing the bright eyes of the children, big and small, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "Wang Cai was born in a noble family. He listened a lot since he was a child, so he has such knowledge. And these children have great potential." We are young, but most of them are illiterate, so they can be easily coaxed with a few pieces of candy. Fortunately, nothing happened yesterday, but we still need to broaden our knowledge in the future."

"But our son couldn't pass the public school." The woman was outspoken before, but she directly revealed the biggest problem, "Even Chen Sanlang and Gao Erlang didn't say before that this would be necessary. Where can I drop out and become an apprentice and still make the same amount of money in a month?"

Mother Fang's face suddenly turned red. Especially when she saw Father Chen, Mother Chen and Father Gao looking at her angrily, she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. After all, the so-called third steward Zhang Shou brought him, and he is still in the Gao family's house. It was a scam from beginning to end! Unfortunately, she also tied up a lot of things for this, and even almost ruined her son's future!

The most unfortunate thing is that an unsuspecting person will stab her in the chest!

Zhang Shou didn't notice how embarrassing the face of Fang's mother behind him was. Seeing that the woman had already pulled her son over, her face was full of hope, as if she really hoped that he could take his son into his family. He coughed lightly.

"Public schools do have a high threshold, just like private schools, not everyone can afford it." Zhang Shou knew very well that it would be extremely difficult to implement compulsory education in these days - And this is going against the trend and not in line with reality, so naturally he did not come here to be a pioneer.

When he said this, seeing the woman's face suddenly full of disappointment, he changed his words and said: "What's more, the public school is not close to here. Chen Sanlang and the others not only have a good foundation, but they are already fourteen or fifteen years old. But It's hard to get up early and walk there together. If your son goes there alone to study, don't you have time to take care of them on weekdays, but you can still pick him up and drop him off at that time? "

Outside, Zhu Ying and Zhang Chen suddenly became even more puzzled. The fourth prince and Xiao Huahua were also muttering and analyzing Zhang Shou's real intention. At this time, they heard Zhang Shou speak again: "It's not practical to go."
Chapter completed!