"The emperor loved drama, and Marquis Zhenning took his liking and raised a troupe. This troupe did not sing many traditional plays, but only songs made up by themselves to praise virtues.
The emperor was very happy to hear this and liked it very much. He invited this troupe to the palace several times.
With the emperor's favor, this troupe became famous and became the most popular troupe in Kyoto."
Speaking of this, the look of disgust on the eldest princess's face became even more intense, and sparks almost appeared in her eyes.
"The Songyue Troupe is very famous. Many people who want to learn opera will send their children there. The Songyue Troupe also pays a lot of money. Other theater troupes accept apprentices, and those who sign a contract of sale will give their families one or two taels at a time.
The Moon Song Troupe will give five taels of silver to those who don't sign a contract of sale. Other troupes will not care about food and drink, but the Moon Song Troupe will not only take care of food and drink, but will also give them two sets of clothes per season.
At that time, many people would send their children there.
But they don't know that if the child is sent in, he will enter the devil's cave.
Those who were good-looking were given intensive training. Once they were trained, they were sent to various places by Zhenning Houxuan to help him monitor courtiers in other places.
Those who look average, but are clever and quick-footed will be sent to people in various places and placed in various mansions. They are all the spies of Zhenninghou Mansion.
The worst ones, those who are not good-looking and not very clever, will be sent to the mining area and mined for free by Zhenninghou."
Su Luo opened her eyes wide after hearing this.
Chun Xing stood nearby, unable to hold back her temper, "What kind of devil is this! No wonder the whole family is dead! Why do you do such evil!"
The eldest princess frowned, "The leader of the Songyue class had committed a big case in the south before and had a lot of lives on his hands. After being saved by Zhenninghou, he worked hard for Zhenninghou.
Later, they were not satisfied with parents sending their children to the troupe, and began to cooperate with kidnappers from all over the country. The children abducted by the kidnappers would be screened by the moon chanting troupe."
Su Luo suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a period of time before she went to Zhenninghou Mansion and before her parents had an accident.
The streets are full of people saying that there are monsters that eat children. They will steal children and eat them when adults are not prepared, especially the good-looking children.
At that time, her parents would tell her every day that she was not allowed to go out to play alone on the street. She could only talk to strangers in her backyard, whether it was asking for directions, pitifully saying she had no food, begging for a bite of food, or
If you say you're sick and can't walk, no matter what, you're not allowed to answer anything.
Adults will not seek help from children.
Unless the motivation is bad.
She still remembers what her mother said to this day.
I just remembered it at the time, but now I feel a chill in my vest.
Adults pretend to be pitiful and helpless, taking advantage of children's innocence and kindness, and viciously abduct children who help them with good intentions.
"What happened next?" Su Luo asked.
Chun Xing said that five years ago, the Songyue Class suddenly disappeared.
The theater troupe was disbanded, and all the people in the theater troupe left Kyoto for unknown destinations.
What happened?
The eldest princess asked: "Later?" She snorted heavily, "The emperor targeted our second child."
Xiao Yu's younger brother.
This is the first time the eldest princess has said this.
Su Luo's heart skipped a beat.
The eldest princess gritted her teeth.
"The Emperor wanted to get rid of Yu'er and Yu'er's younger brother. Yu'er was old and wary, so it was difficult to take action. He also had a hard time showing off and killed them all, so he attacked Yu'er's younger brother.
After several unsuccessful attempts to kill him with poison, the kidnapper set his sights on Yu'er's younger brother.
The kidnapper lied to him, saying that he was a refugee whose family had been hit by a disaster. He had been hungry for several days and wanted a bowl of noodles.
The child was naive and asked to take him back home to eat, but he said he didn't dare and wanted to eat from a stall outside.
I didn't choose the stalls on the street, but chose the stalls in the alley. As soon as I entered the alley, I took the person away.
Fortunately, Yu'er had already started to train his own people at that time. Although the secret guard's skills were average, he also discovered this, but he didn't snatch the people away and only had time to go back and report to Yu'er.
Yu'er searched for it for three whole days.
During those three days, he didn't eat, drink or sleep..."
The eldest princess's eyes turned red.
"Later I found it in Songyue Class.
He went crazy and paralyzed the Song Yue Troupe. A troupe had him bathed in blood, and his blood flowed into the street.
The emperor was afraid that things would get serious and he would lose face, so he promised Yu'er some benefits and wouldn't let him go out.
At that time, not long after the prince-in-law's accident happened, Yu'er and his brother were attacked one after another, and they were like frightened birds every day.
Yu'er didn't dare to confront the emperor head-on, so he had no choice but to let go.
It was also after that time that we decided to send his brother away."
If I don't send him away, I don't know what he will go through.
It was hard for Su Luo not to think about her dream.
In the dream, she was expelled from the Zhenning Marquis Mansion and fell into the hands of the leader of the Songyue Class. According to the time calculation, it stands to reason that the Songyue Class should have been cleared out by Xiao Yu five years ago. How could she still be there five years later?
Will they arrest her again?
It was indeed a dream.
Can't be taken seriously.
But Su Luo really felt sorry for Xiao Yu, the eldest princess, and Xiao Yu's younger brother.
Her young prince had obviously suffered so much, but he was always so patient and gentle when dealing with her, and gave her all his good sides.
"At that time, Yu'er massacred the Songyue Class, and the class leader was not there. Later... the Songyue Class disappeared, and the class leader never appeared again."
The eldest princess sighed.
The anger in Yu'er's heart was hard to get rid of. In the first few years, she looked for people to inquire about the class leader, but there was no news, and later she dropped the matter.
Unexpectedly, Yuzhu ran into him by accident.
"Are we going to arrest people now?" Yuzhu asked.
Yuzhu's eyes are all red.
She had only heard about the Songyue Class, but she didn't know what it was about.
Maybe it was because the Songyue Class incident was related to the emperor and was kept under wraps at that time.
Clenching her fists, Yuzhu's eyes flashed with anger. If she wanted to catch him, she would go now.
The eldest princess shook her head, "Don't worry, wait until Yu'er and the Prince Consort come back and see what they mean before you blow up Guo Zhanhe's military camp. We don't know what's going on there yet. Let's find out first before talking."
While he was talking, the maid outside hurriedly ran in.
"Your Highness! The prince and the consort are back! They brought someone with them."
The eldest princess's eyes suddenly lit up, and even her face, which was darkened by anger, became alive, and she stood up straight.
Su Luo subconsciously realized, Xiao Yu and Xiao Jiyuan are going out today, are they...
Sure enough, the next moment I heard the eldest princess say, "Brother Yu'er!"
Su Luo immediately stood up.
The eldest princess took one step deeper and one shallower, and hurriedly left.
Su Luo followed beside her, trying to hold her up, but the eldest princess walked too fast and couldn't hold her up, so she could only follow closely behind.
The second gate of the county government.
As soon as Su Luo and the eldest princess passed by, they saw a young man who was slightly thinner than Xiao Yu.