Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 221 Bones

Yun Yi breathed a sigh of relief. This female demon had actually gotten away. It would probably be difficult to catch her in the future. After all, she could probably change her face, and it would be hard to recognize her if she changed her appearance.

However, such a person will not stop there. She will definitely continue to do evil. As long as she dares to come out, there will always be a chance to catch her and kill her.

The problem now is what to do with so many people in this cellar. I roughly estimate there are thirty or forty people, but strangely, no children have been found.

Where were those children placed?

However, I don't have enough manpower or enough status, so it's not realistic to continue the investigation. Fortunately, a prince has come along. Handing it over to him should make things much better.

Ning Xingchen was stunned when she received the news. Without thinking, she rushed over, then looked at Yun Yi with a complicated expression: "Miss Fang, you're too bold! You came all by yourself? What if..."

"Why are you calling me a person? Am I not a person?" Hong Yi was displeased. "I've always been with Miss. Besides, my Miss never does anything that might go wrong."

Yunyi's lips twitched. Has this girl become her brainless fan now?

Ning Xingchen couldn't help but rub her forehead: "Fine, I misspoke, okay?"

Hong Yi then snorted and fell silent.

"So what do you think?" Ning Xingchen looked at Yun Yi.

"I can't think about my current identity." Yunyi waved her hand. "The reason I came here was simply because I had good intentions. Also, someone wanted to sell my two daughters here, so I thought I'd come and see. I didn't expect it to escalate like this."

Ning Xingchen suddenly laughed: "Alright, big sister, I give up."

"Everyone calls me Sister Yun, or Boss. You can call me that too. Calling me 'Big Sister' makes me sound old."

Ning Xingchen: ……

"Alright, none of that matters. I'll leave the rest to you now. I'll be going now."

"Okay, but from now on, this matter... has nothing to do with you, whether it's good or bad."

"Thank you." Yun Yi clasped her hands in thanks, knowing that Ning Xingchen was doing this for her own good. If this matter were to be exposed, she might be rewarded or she might be retaliated against; in short, the outcome was too uncertain.

However, Ning Xingchen is the Emperor's nephew, and his mother, Princess Qiaochu, is the Emperor's sister. So, even if something really happens, it can be resolved peacefully.

Before leaving, Yunyi made an excuse to take a stroll and ransacked the entire Taoist temple, even discovering a batch of official silver.

However, because the amount was too large, amounting to two hundred thousand taels, she did not dare to accept it.

Fortunately, the silver notes and jewelry in Qing Xuanzi's room totaled more than 20,000 taels, which comforted her considerably. After all, a thief never leaves empty-handed.

This analogy doesn't seem right; she's not a thief.

“You…” Ning Xingchen looked at the dozen or so boxes of official silver, his mouth agape. “Why don’t you stay here and wander around a bit more? Maybe you can find something else.”

"Actually, I'm wondering why there aren't any children here."

"Ok?"

"Bai Xiang Lou sells children to this place, but there isn't a single child here. Don't you find that strange?"

"Are there other strongholds?"

“If you put it that way, it’s quite possible.” Yun Yi stroked her chin, pondered for a long time, and then went back to the place where Qing Xuanzi had jumped off the cliff.

"Actually, jumping off from here would be a near-certain death, right?" Ning Xingchen stuck his head out and looked up and down. He could see the top of the cliff, but he couldn't see the bottom.

"You said it yourself, it's a nine-out-of-ten chance of death, but at least there's still one life left." Yunyi sighed. "I want to go down and take a look."

"you……"

Yunyi ignored Ning Xingchen and instead looked at Hongyi: "I'll go down from here. You wait for me here. Once I'm out of sight, you can figure out how to get down."

"Okay." Hong nodded. She felt more and more that she should just follow Yunyi's advice.

Ning Xingchen was about to say something when he saw Yun Yi put her finger in her mouth and let out a whooshing sound. A moment later, an eagle's cry came from the sky, and then a gyrfalcon flew over in a flash.

"Nineteen, thank you for your hard work." Yunyi reached out her hand.

Nineteen pecked at one of Yunyi and Zhangxin's pills that had been soaked in spiritual spring water, then landed a little, waiting for Yunyi to climb onto its back before spreading its wings and flying away. However, it did not fly upwards, but went directly to the bottom of the cliff.

"My God!" Ning Xingchen was stunned. "This is amazing!"

"Of course." Hong Yi proudly tilted her head back. "Let me tell you, there are many more amazing things to do if you follow my young lady from now on."

Ning Xingchen did not refute it, because he believed it.

Soon, Yunyi stopped moving, and Hongyi turned to leave.

"I'll have him come with you," Ning Xingchen hurriedly called out to her.

"How's your Kung Fu?"

"Very good." Ning Xingchen hurriedly called over Guard Tan, "Tan Zhu, you go with her."

Tan Zhu nodded.

Hongyi sized up Tan Zhu. She recognized him; his kung fu was indeed impressive. She nodded, tacitly agreeing to let him follow her.

No sooner had Hong Yi left than County Magistrate Li Guangzhao arrived with his men, for such a serious incident was his responsibility.

At this moment, Yunyi was sitting on Nineteen's back, slowly descending. She then realized that the bottom of the cliff was not very high, only about twenty meters. However, because the middle was shrouded in mist all year round, it was impossible to see the situation below from above.

However, about three or four meters below the cave entrance above, there were traces of a rope. The rope led downwards to another cave, which was shrouded in mist and only three or four meters above the ground.

If someone is there to meet them, then those coming down from above can survive.

Because the cave was very deep, Yunyi did not go in directly, but went to the bottom of the cliff first.

At the bottom of the cliff were some weeds, but when her feet touched the ground, she couldn't help but gasp, because the weeds at the bottom of the cliff were full of white bones.

Moreover, judging from the appearance of the bones, they should all be children's bones.

No wonder there were no children in the Taoist temple; they were all murdered, and their remains were thrown off the cliff. This is utterly inhumane.

With her eyesight, Yunyi could only make a rough estimate. Based on the degree of ossification of the bones, the earliest ones might be four or five years old, while the most recent skull was no more than three days old.

In other words, the child was still alive three days ago.