Chapter 324: Hatred
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
His words were directed at He Lie, and he couldn’t help but glance in Gu Yanfei’s direction. “Are they under some kind of evil spell?’
He Lie also looked at Gu Yanfei.
“It’s fine. They’re just trapped in the array.” Gu Yanfei said as she touched her sleeve and pouch. Finally, she took out a crumpled talisman paper from the bottom of the pouch and held it in her hand as she chanted.
‘Wake up.”
She lightly said these two words.
After the talisman burned, it transformed into countless silver light spots that filled the air like fireflies, or like stars falling from the sky.
The surrounding Embroidered Uniform Guards were all stunned and subconsciously held their breaths.
The silver light spots entered the children’s bodies in the blink of an eye.
A low moan sounded in the dark room.
In the corner, a delicate and petite girl slowly opened her eyes and looked up blankly.
Soon, the second, third, fourth... More and more children slowly opened their eyes.
The children were all confused. They looked at each other and had yet to understand what was going on.
After being stunned for a moment, some children slowly came back to their senses. A round-faced boy stammered, ‘Where is this...”
Before he could finish speaking, he and the few children beside him saw the Embroidered Uniform Guards in the red Qilin suits around them and were all shocked.
Most of the children looked panicked and terrified. They leaned against each other and took a few steps back.
The round-faced boy mustered his courage and asked, “Who... who are you?”
At the back, words like “Child abduction”, “Trafficked”, and “Can’t go home” floated over from the children.
“Let us go,” another short and thin boy said timidly. “1 promise that as long as you let me go, I’ll get my parents to give you silver.’
Several children poked their heads out from behind their companions and begged them one after another. The timid children hid at the back and cried silently.
Obviously, these children treated He Lie and the Embroidered Uniform Guards as the child traffickers.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards’ expressions didn’t look too good. They wanted to reprimand these ignorant children, but when they remembered that Second Lady Gu was still here, they shut their mouths in embarrassment.
The corners of He Lie’s eyes twitched, and he glanced at Gu Yanfei. Seeing that she was silent, he cleared his throat and said righteously, “Don’t panic. We’re the Embroidered Uniform Guards.’
“Many children went missing in the capital overnight. After His Majesty heard about it, he ordered us to save you.” The children immediately caught the keyword. “Are you here to save us?!”
“Did the Emperor ask you to save us?” “Did I hear wrongly? It’s the Emperor?”
The children began to mumble.
Some people looked happy, some were in disbelief, and some were still in a daze... and some suddenly cried tears of joy.
“Wow, we’re saved!’
“Great. We’re saved. We can go home.”
“I’m going to tell Mother when I get back that we were saved by someone sent by the Emperor.”
The children hugged each other in twos and threes, smiling with tears in their eyes. All of them were in high spirits.
They thought that they would never be able to return home and would never see their parents and relatives again.
The children’s laughter drifted in this small, secret room. Even the usually unsmiling Embroidered Uniform Guards were infected with smiles.
He Lie felt a headache coming on when he saw these blabbering brats. The corners of his eyes twitched again. When he turned to face Gu Yanfei, he was respectful again. He asked Gu Yanfei politely, “Second Lady Gu, do you have any other instructions?”
“It’s fine now.” Gu Yanfei looked around slowly. “As for this secret room... we’ll burn it after we collect evidence.”
As soon as she spoke, the children beside her also noticed that other than the Embroidered Uniform Guards, there was also an extremely beautiful young lady here. Curious gazes looked at her with stunned expressions.
‘Yes, we’ll burn it!” He Lie nodded repeatedly without saying anything, as if he was following her lead.
Gu Yanfei liked to talk to straightforward people, so she nudged the other party again. “Evil beings are most afraid of fire.”
Not only this evil array, but the other evil beings were the same.
He Lie thought about the burning Blood Gu and Shangqing and understood. “Miss, don’t worry. I’ll definitely burn it clean.” The smile on He Lie’s face deepened. He then waved his hand at his subordinates. ‘Take everyone out..”