Chapter 464 Departure

The escorting officers came over, tied their hands together with ropes, strung them in two rows, and then led them forward.

Then, they would look at each document one by one, verify its authenticity, fill in the information, and create a customs clearance document.

After stamping the document, the official came over and gave a warning.

Then he waved his hand and left the prison cell door.

The Shu family's female relatives numbered sixteen in total, with Shu Yu at the very end. The escorting officers numbered six, all of them expressionless and looking quite intimidating.

Shu Yu originally thought that the men of the Shu family would also travel together, but after walking a long way, she did not see anyone else. It seemed that they were being escorted separately.

The group quickly arrived on the streets of the prefectural city. Despite the Second Miss's earlier suggestion to leave in a dignified manner, everyone in the Shu family lowered their heads in the face of the gazes of others, wishing they could disappear into the ground.

Shu Yu also lowered her head. Before leaving the house, she had let down a large section of her hair when no one was looking. Lowering her head again, she covered almost half of her face.

The people of the prefectural city naturally wanted to watch the spectacle, but they only glanced at it briefly.

They knew these were women from the Shu family. The fact that Prefect Shu had been accused of embezzlement and bribery was already public knowledge, and the people of the prefecture knew that Prefect Shu was not very capable. Therefore, they had a very bad impression of the women from the Shu family.

Now that they see them in trouble, they naturally applaud and spit on them.

"ah……"

The officer glanced at it and said, "What are you yelling about?"

The women of the Shu family immediately fell silent. The leading officer snorted coldly, then silently walked to the back and stood next to Shu Yu.

"Stop dawdling and hurry up, or you'll be in big trouble if you're late."

With him standing there, the common people naturally dared not spit in Shu Yu's direction.

While others were tainted to some extent, Shu Yu felt nothing at all.

She knew that the leading official was one of Lord Jing's men, but it wasn't convenient to talk to him at the moment, so she remained silent.

The common people, not daring to go too far, quickly restrained themselves.

Seeing this, the leading officer casually took a few more steps forward.

As he approached his colleagues, he overheard two officers complaining, “…In the past, I was most eager to escort female prisoners to their places of exile. Their families would give us some money; it was a lucrative business. But look at us today, the entire Shu family has been exiled. Who will send us money?”

"Isn't that right? I heard that the Shu family was locked up in jail for a month, and not a single person came to visit them, let alone bring them any food or supplies. The old lady of the Shu family also has two married daughters, but they don't even care about their old mother anymore. It's really a loss."

"These women have caused so much trouble along the way, and we're the ones who have it tough. We're really unlucky."

The leading officer scolded them, "Alright, we're not even out of the city yet, don't talk nonsense."

The two immediately fell silent, their expressions turning serious.

The journey was smooth until they left the city gate, at which point the people's disgusted looks lessened.

The group continued walking forward, but after a few steps, a middle-aged couple suddenly appeared in front of them.

Shu Yu didn't look up, so naturally she didn't see it.

The middle-aged couple quickly walked up to the leading officer, slipped some loose silver into his hand, and said solicitously, "Officer, please take this. Our Shuyu is young, so we'll have to trouble you to be considerate on the journey."

(End of this chapter)