Chapter Eight: Someone Steals Money
Hu Lai waved his hand in disgust, "Okay, take a rest!"
Everyone was relieved immediately and hurriedly scattered to go into the woods, but the guards still stopped them. Only five people could be allowed at a time, with one guard leading the team, and they took turns to deal with it.
If so many people went out together, they wouldn't even know if he escaped secretly.
After solving the physical problems, everyone continued on the road. This time, no one dared to drink more water. They only took a sip when they were particularly thirsty.
At noon, Qin Wan, Xing'er and the Xiao family each ate two sesame seed cakes. The others couldn't help but drool as they watched them eat.
It started to rain lightly in the evening. They happened to pass by a cave and went to take shelter from the rain.
At night, Qin Wan slept next to Xiao Lie again and quietly injected him with nutrient solution and antidote.
Dimly, she vaguely heard strange movements around her, and suddenly opened her eyes.
It was pitch dark outside the cave and it was raining softly. Two fires were lit in the cave for illumination. Qin Wan suddenly noticed a sneaky figure beside Xing'er.
"Who is that person?!" Qin Wan jumped up and went over to hold the person down in two or three moves.
The movement of the two people immediately woke up the people around them.
When Xiao You saw someone fighting with Qin Wan, he rushed to help and choked the person with the shackles on his hands.
"let me go!"
The man let out an angry yell, and everyone suddenly knew who this man was.
Song Rui, the dandy of Vice General Song's family.
He has always held a grudge against Qin Wan and the Xiao family, and even went to steal Xing'er's package in the middle of the night.
"What are you doing? What are you making a fuss about? You are seeking death!" Hu Lai walked in, flicked his whip, pointed at everyone and cursed.
Qin Wan asked Xiao You to hold him down, then stood up and said, "He stole our money."
"Why are you the only ones with money? Everyone is eating steamed buns, but you are the only ones who can eat sesame cakes? This is unfair!" Song Rui yelled unwillingly.
Qin Wan sneered, "Unfair? Our silver was brought by Xing'er. I think that when Mr. Song was in the capital, he was still calling friends and had many servants, but no one was willing to give you a few taels of silver. Is this...
Isn’t ours?”
These words made other people lower their heads.
Not only Song Rui, they were also very prosperous in the capital, with friends everywhere and hundreds of servants, but there was not even a single person to see him off before leaving.
Qin Wan is able to make Xing'er live in exile with her and suffer hardships because of her ability.
They really don't have the qualifications to say anything.
Song Rui couldn't listen to Qin Wan's words at all, and still made a fuss about unfairness.
"Snapped!"
A whip struck Song Rui's body, and Song Rui let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
"Everyone is in trouble in the middle of the night. If you make trouble again, I'll chop your hands off!" Hu Lai scolded.
Although he took Qin Wan's poison and had to listen to Qin Wan, although he felt aggrieved, at least he could get money.
He had only been out for two days, and he had already earned thirty taels of silver!
I also had a bowl of fragrant fish soup made by Qin Wan himself!
This bitch can make such a noise here that it ruins his dream and doesn't even gain him a penny.
Moreover, this guy also caught a big fish before. Not to mention how delicious the food was for the Song family, this was a treatment that the exiles he had imprisoned had never received before, and they didn't even know how to be satisfied!
Thinking of this, Hu Lai became angry again and swung the whip down again.
"ah!"
Song Rui screamed in pain.
Song Rui's mother, Yang, came over quickly and kowtowed: "Master Cha, my Rui'er made a mistake. He will never dare to do it again. Master Cha, please spare him!"
"If you dare to cause trouble again, I will destroy him!" Hu Lai kicked Yang in disgust and walked to the entrance of the cave, cursing.
Some people in the exile team originally had the idea of stealing Xing'er's money, but after seeing Song Rui's fate, they all became silent and did not dare to cause trouble easily.
Qin Wan has money, even the servants are looking for her!
But there are also people who are staring at them fiercely. How much money can a little maid have? When the money is spent, Qin Wan and the Xiao family will have to endure the same hardships as them. Then they will take revenge on them!
"Myolie, how are you?" Qin Wan asked.
"I'm fine..." Xing'er said, and quickly checked some of her packages, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the banknotes were still inside.
Two hundred taels of silver should be able to support them to Xizhou, right?
The next day, everyone continued on their way.
After walking for about two hours, a little boy in front suddenly fell down from exhaustion. The guard immediately raised his whip angrily and whipped him, but the whip did not fall on the little boy, but on the boy's mother.
This is a common thing on the road to exile, but today, Qin Wan vaguely felt that something was different.
The atmosphere of the entire exile team is a little different.
There were many people staring at them, secretly observing something.
Finally, it was time for lunch break.
Everyone sat down to rest.
At this time, an old man in his seventies came to Qin Wan with a couple and a child.
The mother and son in the back are the ones who were beaten just now.
Looking at the family that suddenly came over, Qin Wan had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Uncle." When Mrs. Xu saw the old man at the head, she stood up quickly and shouted respectfully.
The old man was very satisfied with Mrs. Xu's attitude. He sighed, looked at Xiao Lie lying on the cart with concern, and asked Mrs. Xu: "Mrs. Lieer, how is Lieer?"
Mrs. Xu couldn't help wiping her tears, "It's still the same. It's been three days and I still haven't woken up."
"Things have become like this. There's no point in worrying. Let's go and take a look." The old man said.
Mrs. Xu cried and nodded.
The old man added: "In addition to rushing every day, you must be very tired dragging Lie'er along. How about we help you?"
Both Xu and Cuiniang are women, the backbone of the family, Xiao Lie, has fallen, and Xiao You is only nine years old.
They had always hoped that people from the tribe would come to help them, but Xiao Lie had brought trouble to the tribe, and those people in the tribe wanted to kill them when they saw them, so they did not dare to approach him at all.
Now that someone from the Xiao family is willing to help them, both Xu and Cuiniang seem to be relieved and have found a backbone again.
Cuiniang said: "Uncle, I'm not tired. My husband died early. My second brother helped raise You'er. He was kind to me. Even if I'm exhausted, I will definitely send him to Xizhou well."
"Cuiniang, you are a good daughter-in-law of the Xiao family!" The old man praised Cuiniang and suddenly changed his topic, "Hey, actually I was thinking about whether I could let Qingyuan work on the cart for a while when we set off in the afternoon.
, we can just pull the cart. Qingyuan has been weak since he was a child, and he has been walking for almost three days. His body and bones really can’t bear it, and he was whipped by the guard just now..."
Cui Niang was also a mother. When she heard what the old man said, she agreed, "No problem. Qingyuan is so thin and doesn't weigh much. I can just pull the cart."
She subconsciously wanted to please the people in her clan so that she would have someone to help her when she arrived in Xizhou.
Otherwise, they would be orphaned, widowed, and with a disabled Xiao Lie, and they would really not know how to live their lives.
Xu had no objection to Cuiniang's decision.
"no!"
A quiet and cold voice fell in their ears.
Chapter completed!