Chapter 103 Zhou is dying

Lu Wanyin and the others were pushed back to the yard by Cao and the other two.

Everyone sat down to eat, and the village chief came back soon.

Lu Wanyin pretended to ask: "What did that old man come here for?"

The village chief's eyes evaded, and it was obvious that he didn't want to talk about this matter. "It's just some trivial matters in the fields. I won't bother you with your ears."

The more he didn't say, the more Lu Wanyin felt something was wrong.

But she didn't ask any more questions.

Cao interrupted, "Come on, come on, come and try my daughter-in-law's cooking. Her family runs a wonton shop."

Obviously, the village chief and his wife didn't want them to know more.

After eating wontons, Lu Wanyin and Liuying began to pack their luggage.

Xuan Qi went out and called the other guards over and put all their belongings on the flatbed truck.

Lu Wanyin suddenly remembered something and asked Xie Jingci: "By the way, has my carriage been booked yet?"

The weather is much colder now than before, and it is still a bit tiring to travel on a flatbed truck.

Especially the old lady, she was in even more trouble.

Xie Jingci replied, "It will be delivered soon once we reach Fanzhou."

Fanzhou is the next big province they will pass through.

After passing Fanzhou, you have traveled one-third of the distance to the wilderness.

Obviously, at the current rate, it will definitely not take two months.

It can be said that Hou Yuanji was almost certain to receive this punishment.

Lu Wanyin nodded: "Okay."

Before she had finished packing her things, Hou Yuanji sent someone over to say that Zhou was too ill to get up, and asked Lu Wanyin to go over and see her.

After the night in the ruined temple, Lu Wanyin felt that Zhou Shi’s time was running out.

But I didn't expect it to be so fast.

Lu Wanyin said without hesitation: "I won't go. What does her life or death have to do with me?"

Oh, there is still some, after all, Zhou still owes her money.

But Zhou has been used to a life of luxury over the years, and I'm afraid she won't be able to earn much money.

Saving her is not cost-effective.

Anyway, the Xie family still has a lot of men. At worst, there are Xie Yuyan, Yaer and Suer. It doesn’t matter whether Zhou is dead or alive.

The escort asked again uncertainly: "Are you really not going to take a look?"

This Lu Wanyin, she is obviously capable, but she is unwilling to save her own mother-in-law, and she is not afraid of being criticized and criticized if the news gets out!

Lu Wanyin nodded: "No. Unless the Xie family gives me five thousand taels of silver!"

Without money, there is no point in saving people.

The escort had no choice but to go back.

Lu Wanyin turned around and saw the old lady looking at her, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Lu Wanyin was a little displeased: "Grandma, you are not soft-hearted, don't forget that she used evil magic to harm Jingci!"

The old lady quickly shook her head: "Grandma, no, she's just worried that you will be criticized by the world. After all, she is your mother-in-law."

Liuying beside her also said: "Yes, Madam, the old lady is right. I don't want you to save the eldest lady, but..."

Knowing that the old lady was not soft-hearted, Lu Wanyin felt relieved.

As for the rest, she didn't want to care at all.

Lu Wanyin was about to speak when she heard Xie Jingci say calmly, "If anyone dares to curse, I will rip their mouths off."

Lu Wanyin felt refreshed after hearing these words.

She wanted to say that she wanted to rebel, and there were no more people scolding her than this.

"What did she really say that?"

Xie Deyao looked at the escort who came back with the reply anxiously and angrily, and for a moment he even forgot his identity: "How can she be so cold-blooded? Madam is her mother-in-law after all!"

The escort narrowed his eyes unhappily and said, "Who are you yelling at?"

Xie Deyao reacted and shuddered with fear: "I'm sorry, sir, I was anxious for a moment."

The escort glanced at Xie Deyao with disdain and said, "But Madam Xie said that if you can come up with five thousand taels of silver, she will save the man."

"Five thousand taels"

Let alone five thousand taels, even five cents is something that Xie Deyao cannot afford now.

He wasn't too sad, but once Zhou died, he would become a widower.

Not only is it unpleasant to listen to, but there is no one to serve you.

The bailiff said impatiently, "Do you want to cure him or not? If not, I'm leaving. I don't have time to waste with you!"

Xie Deyao could only shake his head and say, "No, we don't have the money."

The escort turned his gaze to Xie Ziqian and the others behind Xie Deyao: "You're not going to save them, are you?"

Xie Ziqian clenched his fists. He hadn't recovered from his injuries while climbing the mountain to collect herbs yet, so how could he have the time to save his mother?

As for Xie Ziheng, he had completely forgotten that in order to save him, Zhou had taken on the pressure of making the entire main house take on his debts.

"No."

"No."

Zhou lay on the cold ground, listening to her husband and children answer without hesitation, her heart aching.

Zhou took a deep breath and then spat out a mouthful of blood.

Xie Ziqian wiped her face and cried, "Mom, it's my son's incompetence that can't save you."

Zhou wanted to speak, but couldn't, so she could only glare at Xie Ziqian hatefully.

Xie Ziheng said from behind: "Why are you glaring at us? It was Xie Jingci who made you like this. If you want to blame someone, just blame Xie Jingci!"

"That's right, mother. It's not that we don't want to save you, it's Lu Wanyin who's asking for five thousand taels of silver. Don't forget to take her life when you go to the underworld!"

Listening to the words of these unfilial sons, Zhou stared with eyes full of unwillingness.

She hates it!

She hated Xie Jingci for causing her exile, hated Lu Wanyin for not saving her, hated her mother for abandoning her like a worn-out shoe, and even more hated these ungrateful people she had raised!

"Hey, he's not dead yet!"

At this moment, a pleasant but devilish voice suddenly sounded.

When everyone looked over, they saw Lu Wanyin and Xie Jingci, who were slowly approaching on a flatbed cart.

Xie Deyao was full of hope again: "Jingci, Wanyin, you have changed your mind and are willing to save your mother, right?"

It would be nice if Zhou didn't die, so he wouldn't have to be a widower.

Lu Wanyin said: "Why should I save her? Have you saved enough money?"

Xie Deyao said embarrassedly: "No."

Lu Wanyin responded mercilessly: "What the hell do you want?"

Although he dared to accuse Lu Wanyin when she was not around, Xie Deyao's voice weakened when facing Lu Wanyin: "She is your mother-in-law..."

Lu Wanyin sneered, "She's still your wife, their biological mother! When you said you were giving up, I didn't see anyone remembering the old relationship."

As she spoke, Lu Wanyin glanced at the crowd with sarcasm: "Of course, if you guys remembered our old friendship, you wouldn't have made things so difficult for Xie Jingci when he got into trouble."

Xie Yuyan frowned and asked bluntly: "If you don't want to save me, then what are you doing here?"

Before being exiled, Xie Yuyan was still a spoiled girl who only knew how to seek death.

But now, after going through so much, she can even face her mother's death calmly.

Lu Wanyin played with the little charm in her hand: "Of course I came here to watch the fun. That fat woman is going to die. How can I be absent from such a happy event?"

puff!

Zhou spat out another mouthful of blood.

She wanted to get up and strangle Lu Wanyin, the vicious woman, to death.

But unfortunately, she was so weak that she couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

The escort was a perceptive person. Upon hearing this, he smiled and asked Lu Wanyin, "Then Madam, what do you think we should do with Zhou?"

Lu Wanyin said: "You are the escort and you are asking me. I asked you to let us all go now, can you?"

The escort had a bitter face. No wonder Lord Hou couldn't get any benefits from Lu Wanyin.

This young lady's attack power is really strong.

The escort thought for a moment and realized that Lu Wanyin had always been at odds with the eldest branch of the Xie family, and she must be hoping that Zhou would not have a good ending.

He tried to guess Lu Wanyin's thoughts and said tentatively, "According to convention, seriously ill prisoners like this would usually be reported to the higher authorities and then thrown directly into a mass grave to die."

These words scared Zhou terribly.

She just can't move, but as long as she takes good care of herself, there is still hope that she can survive.

But if you throw it into a mass grave, that's the only way to die!

Zhou became anxious and sobbed, begging for mercy.

With the threat of life and death before her, she would even kneel down to Lu Wanyin right now.

Lu Wanyin said: "Then let's do it according to the usual practice. Don't say that Zhou has severed her relationship with us. Even if she hadn't, my husband and I can't make things difficult for you, right?"

The escort understood and nodded repeatedly, "Young Madam is truly a man of high character! I know what to do now!"

After he finished speaking, he kicked Zhou fiercely and cursed, "You useless thing! You're wasting time!"

He then ordered the terrified Xie Deyao and others: "Watch her here, I will report to Lord Hou."

Zhou knew that when the escort came back, she would be wrapped in a straw mat and thrown into a mass grave.

If it's even more miserable, there's not even a straw mat!

Zhou was so angry that she spat out another mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, Xuan Qi advised, "Madam, please save your energy. We'll have to fight the crows when we get to the mass grave."

When Zhou mentioned the crows, she recalled the miserable plight of Huo Kaicheng, Lin Wenbin and the others.

Zhou's eyes rolled back and she fainted completely.

Lu Wanyin glanced at Xuan Qi in a mock rebuke, "Look at you, why did you scare someone for no reason? Look at you now, you've frightened him to death."

Xuan Qi said: "Madam is right, do you want me to splash her to wake her up?"

It's so cold today. If Zhou drinks a basin of cold water, she might freeze to death.

The only people left in the Xie family's main branch looked at Lu Wanyin as if she were a devil.

Horrible, so terrible!

Women have the most vicious hearts, and this is no joke.

Lu Wanyin took out a pill from the space and threw it at Zhou's feet.

Xie Deyao's eyes lit up, thinking that Lu Wanyin had finally softened her heart and wanted to save Zhou, so he picked up the pill like a treasure.

Just about to feed it to Zhou.

Then I heard Lu Wanyin say, "This is extremely poisonous. If you eat it, you will bleed to death in just a quarter of an hour."

"ah!"

Xie Deyao was so frightened that he fell to the ground and threw the crematorium in his hand far away.

Xie Ziheng looked at Lu Wanyin in disbelief: "You actually poisoned my mother!"

They were simply powerless to prevent his mother's death, but Lu Wanyin was even more outrageous, actually wanting to poison her to death!

Lu Wanyin said disdainfully, "You don't have to eat it, then just watch yourself get eaten alive by wild dogs!"

Cruel killing is not Lu Wanyin's style. In the end, she gave Zhou a quick death, which is her bottom line as a human being.

These words made everyone feel a chill down their spine.

My scalp tingles just thinking about it.

After giving the medicine, Lu Wanyin and others turned and left.

As for whether to eat it or not, it depends on Zhou’s own choice.

Xie Jingci glanced indifferently at Zhou lying on the ground.

When he was young, he really thought that Zhou loved him on behalf of his own mother.

He also cherished her deliberate display of kindness.

But apparently, some people don't deserve respect.

Xie Jingci retracted his gaze and nodded to Lu Wanyin, "Thank you very much."

Lu Wanyin waved her hand: "What's there to thank me for? Let's go."

…

Except for Zhou who was delayed due to serious illness, the other escorts were already packing up with the prisoners.

Wu Fan followed Hou Yuanji's instructions and bought cotton-padded clothes and thick quilts for the winter from the villagers.

A huge amount of things were loaded.

Taking advantage of this moment, Lu Wanyin remembered the old man who had come to see the village chief before.

She asked what Xie Jingci meant, and Xuan Qi said, "The general has already sent people to follow the old man. Madam, shall we go there now?"

Lu Wanyin knew that with Xie Jingci's concern for the country and the people, he would definitely not ignore it.

Lu Wanyin nodded: "Let's go and take a look."

Liuying took the old lady to meet up with Xu Bo and the others, and Lu Wanyin and the other two went to the old man's house.

The old man's house is far away from the village, on a hill.

From a distance, you can see the mourning hall set up in his home.

The old man was sitting on the hillside at the door, scattering paper money handfuls by handfuls.

Lu Wanyin frowned: "Xuan Qi, go and ask what's going on."

Just as Xuan Qi was about to leave, a familiar figure appeared not far away.

When the man came over the hillside and saw Lu Wanyin and others, he was also stunned.

"General, Madam, Guard Xuanqi, why are you here?"

The person who came was the village chief who had just said goodbye. He was carrying a small pot of oil and a bag of flour in his hands, and was panting.

Lu Wanyin asked, "Are you here to give him something?"

The village chief wiped his sweat, knowing he could no longer hide the truth, and nodded: "Yes."

Xuan Qi took the thing from his hand. The village chief refused it for a few words, but finally gave it to Xuan Qi.

Lu Wanyin asked: "Now that we are here, you should tell the truth."

Mentioning this, the village chief sighed and said, "Then I won't hide it from you all. Old man Zhang is actually a pitiful man. His wife died early, and he only has one daughter. His daughter also had a miserable life. She married a bastard who usually likes to gamble when he has nothing to do. Later, when he lost all his property, he sold his wife as well."

When Lu Wanyin heard this, she frowned.

The village chief continued, "What the hell, they actually sold Zhang Ling to a brothel. Such a good girl, just gone like that."

Xuan Qi was furious when he heard this: "There is such a thing?"

The village chief nodded and said, "Old Man Zhang couldn't accept this, so he wanted to go to the city to file a complaint and asked me to write a petition for him. But I don't know how to write that kind of thing. Besides, even if I did, no one would take it."

Lu Wanyin looked at Xie Jingci.

Xie Jingci frowned and said, "According to the laws of the Dasheng Dynasty, selling one's wife is illegal. How come no one is willing to take the job?"

The village chief sighed again: "There is something you adults don't know."

Lu Wanyin understood that there was something hidden here!