Chapter 218: The General's Mansion Goes Water, The Child Is Missing
According to what An Yi said at the beginning, the forces that kidnapped the children were not ordinary human traffickers.
Chu Yunxi thought of this and ran away. Although the child was raised in her mother's courtyard, she would visit the child every day when she went to greet her mother.
Every time the child saw her, he would giggle and reach out to her for a hug. She had already regarded the child as a family member. She even gave him a nickname, Huan'er.
Her family is in danger, how can she be safe on her own?
He Xiang, Xiao Lian, and An Yi all followed Chu Yunxi closely, fearing that she would be hurt.
When Chu Yunxi left the yard, she found that the situation was worse than she thought.
There were servants running around with buckets everywhere. No one bothered to salute her.
She had obviously reminded her father and sent additional guards for defense. How did the thief who set the fire sneak in?
In the chaos, Chu Yunxi saw Butler Cao, who was instructing his servants to put out the fire.
"Uncle Cao, Uncle Cao." She shouted twice before Butler Cao heard her and hurried over, stroking the sweat from her head.
"Miss, you got into trouble. Why did you get out? Please be careful and don't run around."
"Uncle Cao, are everyone okay?"
The house can be rebuilt if it is destroyed, but Chu Yunxi only cares about whether people are okay.
"The master and his wife have come out, everything is fine."
Butler Cao knew that Chu Yunxi was worried and briefly explained the key points.
"What about Grandma Hao and the child? Have they come out?" Chu Yunxi asked anxiously.
Butler Cao's face changed with regret, and he patted his thigh.
"Miss, that child, that child is missing."
"Why is it missing?"
Chu Yunxi's heart was beating fast, and her palms were instantly covered with sweat. Could it be that, as she thought, this disaster was aimed at the child?
Butler Cao was also at a loss what to do.
"When the guards went in to rescue people, they only found Nanny Hao who was spinning around in a hurry. They looked all over the room, but there was no trace of the child. The fire spread too fast, so they had to retreat first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yunxi had already run towards the courtyard of General Chu and Mrs. Chu.
"Oh, miss, it's dangerous over there, so don't go there!"
Chu Yunxi suddenly didn't hear Butler Cao's words. All he thought about was whether the child was still alive.
As they got closer, blazing flames were already rising into the sky. The wooden house was most afraid of water. If it encountered a little wind, it would soon spread into a blaze. Chu Yunxi felt even more panicked.
Entering the courtyard, she finally saw General Chu and Mrs. Chu, and she hurriedly ran forward.
"Father, mother."
The two of them turned around, Mrs. Chu was already crying in anxiety, and she couldn't control her emotions when she saw Chu Yunxi.
"Xi'er, what should we do? We haven't found Huan'er. You left the child in the care of your mother, what should you do now?"
Mrs. Chu was really flustered and didn't know who to ask these questions, so she vomited everything to her daughter.
"Princess, this slave is punished by death. Please kill me."
Aunt Hao, who was rescued, also ran over and knelt at Chu Yunxi's feet. She cried so hard that her heart broke. Her face was covered in black ash and there were burns on her arms. Chu Yunxi almost couldn't recognize her.
"Mother Hao, don't cry. Tell me first, what happened? Why is the child missing? Didn't the maid who kept watch at night see him?"
Chu Yunxi wanted to pick up Nanny Hao, but Nanny Hao felt guilty and refused to get up. She just knelt down and cried.
"Princess, slave, slave clearly coaxed the young master to sleep before he fell asleep. But when the slave heard someone calling for water, she got up to hug the young master, but she couldn't find him. The maid who was keeping watch at night
, passed out, and still haven’t woken up.”
Aunt Hao also thought about it over and over again, but she still couldn't figure out how the child was gone.
"Xi'er, the guards have gone in twice, and even your father has gone in once, but they haven't found Huan'er. You said he is a child who can't walk yet. Where can he go? Now that the fire has started, the child
, I’m afraid, I’m afraid it’s…”
Mrs. Chu wanted to say it was more likely to happen, but she couldn't say it, and her heart hurt so much.
Chu Yunxi held her mother's cold hand, and her heart felt cold. If no one was found in the house, she could only be kidnapped.
But now that the General's Mansion is heavily guarded, how did the thief avoid the guards and take the child away from Grandma Hao?
Chu Yunxi looked at her mother's bulging belly, calmed down her emotions, and comforted her:
"Mom, you go and have a rest first. I'm here."
"And us."
Chu Wenzhong, Chu Wenhong, and Chu Wenjin also came from the front yard at this time.
"Sister, you accompany your mother to rest. There are brothers here."
Chu Wenzhong said.
But where could Chu Yunxi rest in peace? He looked at He Xiang and Xiao Lian behind him and said, "Go and help take care of your mother."
"Yes, miss."
He Xiang and Xiao Lian, together with Chun Yue, Mrs. Chu's personal maid, helped Mrs. Chu.
Mrs. Chu shook her head, she would be even more anxious if she left here.
"I won't leave, I'll just wait here, waiting to find Huan'er."
"Madam, for the sake of the child in your belly, you must take care of yourself." Maid Chun Yue advised.
General Chu, who had been frowning to check the situation, also took Mrs. Chu's hand, patted it, and said comfortingly:
"If there is any news, I will send someone to inform you as soon as possible. It is better to listen to the children and go and rest. Don't let the children worry."
Mrs. Chu didn't insist anymore, wiped her tears, supported her aching waist, and left under the protection of the maids.
"Zhong'er, take your men and surround the general's mansion. Don't miss every corner and search carefully."
General Chu was loyal to Chu Wen.
"Yes, father."
Chu Wenzhong carried out his father's orders as if he were executing military orders, without asking why.
"Hong'er and Jin'er, go and gather all the servants in this yard, interrogate them about what they were doing when the fire broke out, and find out the suspicious people."
"Yes, father."
Chu Wenhong and Chu Wenjin did not delay and went to work separately.
Only Chu Yunxi was left, looking at General Chu and asked:
"Father, do you think it's not an outsider but an insider?"
"If a foreign thief kidnapped the child from this courtyard and the father didn't notice it at all, then wouldn't it be in vain for the father to be a general?"
Chu Yunxi was stunned. She didn't care about things on the battlefield in her previous life, and her father rarely mentioned it in front of her. She had forgotten that her father relied on his merits on the battlefield and used real swords and guns to become the great protector of the country.
General title.
Hope arose in Chu Yunxi's heart again. If it was as his father thought, Huan'er's child might still be in the general's mansion.
"Master." A boy came running to report the news.
"Prince Hao's Mansion saw the fire and sent people to help put out the fire."
General Chu's tense nerves calmed down.
"Steward Cao, go pick it up quickly."
"Yes, sir."
Butler Cao obeyed the order and trotted to pick up the person. He was an old man who had a hard time today.
"Father, I will also look for Huan'er."
Chu Yunxi was anxious, so he bowed and went to look around.