The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

"Miss, please don't be anxious. Just listen to me and I will tell you slowly!"

Dongyu was a slave herself, how could she possibly buy others as slaves? She had no choice but to reject the child's request, feeling that the children were really pitiful, and gave them a few taels of silver from her purse, but the child just kowtowed to Dongyu and refused to take any more of Dongyu's silver.

As the two were pushing and shoving each other, Qian Haochuan came back from outside. After asking about the reason, he learned that these children were slaves who were dismissed by a wealthy family. They had no identity or household registration and were really desperate. So he agreed to take the children back to the Qian family.

Later, Dongyu set out on the journey with this group of children and discovered that all of them had excellent aptitudes, and without exception, they were all suitable for practicing martial arts.

It is impossible for children with good physiques to gather together for no reason. Dong Yu became suspicious and interrogated them. He then learned that these children were actually secret guards selected by the Duke's family. They were forced to live outside because their master was convicted and fell.

According to the usual practice, if the master was convicted, the secret guards he trained would also be executed. However, the person who executed the order secretly let them go because they were young and had not been contaminated by anything.

After escaping from Luodu, they did not dare to linger in the nearby city, so they disguised themselves as beggars and fled towards the northwest.

A group of children could not make ends meet by begging, and the climate in the northwest was not as good as that in Luodu. After an autumn rain, several younger children fell ill one after another. They had no money to see a doctor and could only wait to die.

There was really no other way, so a few older children started to think about stealing, and the first time they tried, they stole from Dong Yu and Qian Haochuan.

Dongyu was afraid that these kids would bring trouble to the Qian family, so she told Qian Haochuan the whole story. However, Qian Haochuan had already found out their background and asked Dongyu to bring all the kids to Huadao and give them to Yan Muxi.

After listening to Dong Yu, Yan Muxi asked, "They should be the secret guards employed by Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion, right?"

In the past year, the only hero who has fallen in Luodu City is Weiyuan Hou, and only powerful officials who want to seize the throne would train a large number of secret guards.

Dong Yu nodded, "Miss, you are indeed very good at predicting things. They are indeed the secret guards recruited by Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion, but the oldest of them is only twelve years old. They are still children who know nothing and have never done anything evil!"

"Don't worry. There are dozens of treasures falling from the sky. I'm not stupid. How can I bear to push them away?" Yan Muxi pondered for a moment and instructed Dongyu, "When you are free some other day, you and Shunzi will divide the work and teach these children well. Don't waste their talent in martial arts."

Dong Yu nodded in agreement, "Okay, I will live up to your trust and train them to be useful people."

The next day, Yan Muxi met the secret guards of different heights and sizes in the outer hall of Magnolia Garden.

There were twenty-six children in total, fifteen of whom were over eight years old, and the other eleven were still little babies with confused eyes.

The youngest is a girl who looks only four or five years old, but she is already very good at kung fu.

Yan Muxi gave them new names. For ease of remembering, he named them after the 24 solar terms. As the solar terms were not enough, the two youngest were named Cisui and Xinchao, meaning they were bidding farewell to the past and welcoming a new life.

Lichun was the oldest child in the group. He was the first to kneel down and kowtow, "Thank you, Miss Lichun, for giving me the name."

The other children all knelt on the ground and shouted, "Thank you Miss for the name!"

Yan Muxi waved his hand to let them stand up. "I am not a difficult master to get along with. After a long time, you will know my true nature. But there is one thing, I cannot tolerate any grain of sand in my eyes. I hate people who betray their master the most. If any of you do something to betray your master, I will not let you off easily."

Hearing this, the children knelt on the ground again. Lichun promised: "Young lady is willing to take us in, our lives belong to her, and we will never betray our master."

Yan Muxi stood up and walked to the children, holding up the youngest Ci Sui and Xin Chao in one hand each, "I won't take your lives, you just need to do your job well. Don't kneel down at every turn in the future, I'm not the Buddha, I don't need to be worshipped every day. In short, do your job well and don't have any second thoughts, I will ensure that you will be rich for the rest of your life."

She could only ensure their wealth; as for safety and security, she herself could not even obtain it, and would not easily promise it to others.

In addition to more than twenty children, Dongyu also brought Dahuang's entire family to Huadao.

Da Huang gave birth to three puppies not long ago and became a mother. When she saw Yan Muxi, her furry tail wagged up to the sky. She excitedly threw herself on Yan Muxi and acted coquettishly. She also held the puppies one by one for Yan Muxi to see. It was unclear whether she was showing off or wanted Yan Muxi to raise her children.

The dog's lackey-like appearance made Yan Muxi laugh so hard that she couldn't bear to watch.

The three puppies are just over a month old. Two of them are yellow like Dahuang, and only one is pure black.

Fortunately, one of the dogs took after its father. Dongyu caught the lewd dog that bullied his daughter, and chased the neighbor's half-man-tall black dog across three streets, almost causing the three puppies to lose their father at a young age.

With the addition of Dongyu, more than twenty children and dogs, Yan Muxi had a pretty lively first New Year's Day on Flower Island.

On the morning of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar year, she saw that Yan Muxi had obvious dark shadows under her eyes and her face was a little pale. Yin Xia thought that she was missing her relatives and comforted her: "Although Miss can't spend the New Year with the old man and Madam Man, they are all fine, Miss should relax."

Yan Muxi smiled to comfort him, "You don't have to comfort me. I have a big heart and I won't be sad because of something that cannot be changed!"

She had other worries in her heart, sorrows that she couldn't tell others about.

Yin Xia suddenly remembered something, "The bad news came from Jinling on the 26th of the year. If the funeral goes smoothly, the old man should be able to come and spend the Lantern Festival with the young lady."

"I hope so! It doesn't matter when Grandpa can come back, as long as he is safe." Yan Muxi lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in them.

A'niang, who was kept in the dark, first lost her daughter and now she is going to lose her father. I'm afraid she will be sad and upset for a while.

Yan Muxi's guess was correct. At the same time, the Qian family in Jinling.

Qian Manman knelt in front of the coffin with a haggard look on her face. She had fainted from crying several times in the past two days.

Qian Chongguang only glanced at his daughter from a distance on the first day, and then he didn't dare to look at her again, for fear that he would not be able to control himself and would jump out and tell the truth.

He has made his choice, and there is no room for regret no matter how reluctant he is. He can only move forward without looking back.

Although Qian Chongguang was a businessman, he did a lot of good deeds and was even known as the greatest philanthropist in Jiangnan.

There was an endless stream of people coming to pay their respects. In addition to merchants and ordinary people, almost all the officials in Jiangnan came to the Qian family to pay their respects.

The reason was that Yan Yongchen not only had his official position restored, but was also appointed by Emperor Yuanjing as the first regent of the Dafeng Dynasty. His prominence in the court was unmatched.

At night, Qian Manman fainted again due to exhaustion and was carried back to the side hall by servants to rest.

Yan Yongchen rushed over after hearing the news, waited for Qian Manman to wake up, and personally fed her a whole bowl of vegetable porridge.

Qian Manman cried as she drank the porridge. She finished the whole bowl of porridge with tears. "Wow... Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry to Sister Xi and to Father. They're angry with me, that's why they don't want me anymore. They all don't want me anymore..."

Yan Yongchen held her in his arms, stroking her back and soothing her gently, "Man'er, don't be sad. You still have me. I won't abandon you and will never give up on you..."

Qian Manman burst into tears, "I have lost everything... I only have my husband, only my husband..."

Hearing the noise in the house, Qian Chongguang walked to the window and left silently.

Maybe what Xixi said was right. Yan Yongchen did care about her Maner to some extent. To Yan Yongchen, people who had no use value were the safest.

After running around for his daughter for most of his life, it's time for him to let go and live a few years of leisurely life for the rest of his life, which he can see the end of.

The night was as dark as ink. Qian Chongguang walked through the corridor and went around to the back corner door. Just as he was about to leave the house, he suddenly heard a shout, "Please stay!"