He entered the room without saying a word, and the maid who followed behind him said to the doctor:

"Is there a private room? Come and show our lady her body."

The doctor stroked his beard:

"This isn't a restaurant, why would you need a private room?"

Ladies and young ladies of a certain status would have people come to their homes.

The maid insisted on going to a secluded place, causing the people around her to look at the tightly wrapped young lady.

The people queuing behind also started to talk:

"You're wrapped up so tightly in this hot weather. Could you be suffering from some kind of illness?"

"Could it be a young lady from Yanliu Lane? But don't they have a special doctor?"

When Xu Simei heard this, she wanted to curse loudly, but she was afraid of being recognized by others, so she could only grit her teeth and stand there.

The atmosphere was becoming tense.

The doctor stroked his beard:

"Come with me behind the screen."

I guess she really had something to hide, so I just took someone behind the screen and asked her to take off the veil on her head.

After observing, smelling, asking and feeling, the doctor wrote:

"Go back and drink more water."

Xu Simei nodded, then shook her head:

"What do you mean?"

"You seem to be too idle."

After hearing this, Qiao Simei was not angry at all. Instead, she asked happily and a little shyly:

"Am I completely fine? Am I still intact?"

The doctor's eyes widened, and after a long while he managed to utter:

"Yes, I'd better prescribe some more medicine for you to prevent you from having any crazy thoughts."

This young lady seems to have good teeth, as if she is pampered by a noble family. It's a pity that she has started to indulge in hysterics at such a young age.

After prescribing the medicine, Xu Simei snatched a silver bracelet from the reluctant maid's wrist and paid for the medicine.

The two of them sneaked back to the house, but were caught by her mother:

"What were you two doing sneaking around?"

Of course, Qiao Simei refused to tell the truth, and her mother was not so easily fooled, so she asked her men to investigate.

The capital city was in chaos at the moment, and all the houses that had not been robbed were worried that it would be their turn next.

Those who have been robbed have lost a large amount of money, but when they report the loss to the police they cannot disclose the details and can only suffer in silence.

.......

On the official road outside the capital, the sun was scorching hot, and the group walked slower and slower, and were occasionally whipped by the police.

Xu Zhiyi looked at Second Brother Lu pulling Lu Si's carriage, his face already pale. He took out three oranges from his pocket and handed them to him:

"Brother, eat something to replenish your energy. I'll pull next."

Brother Lu's hands and feet were indeed sore, but he didn't force himself to hold on:

"Then I'll take a break and come back to take your place later."

He took two of them and gave them to his wife and son, and gave the other one to Mrs. Lu.

His wife didn't say anything, but just shared the one in her hand with him.

Xu Zhiyi took a powerful pill and pulled him forward. When he pulled him up, he leaned close to his ear and said:

"I've worked so hard for you, do you want to pledge your love to me?"

An unnatural look crossed the man's deep-set face, and his fingers were slightly curled up. The weather was really hot.

According to his previous experience, if he suffered the same injury as yesterday, he would have a high fever within a day.

But now my butt feels like it's healed and I don't feel any pain even when the cart shakes.

I didn't even feel any discomfort in my legs. I don't know what medicine she gave me that was so effective.

It seemed like what she said was correct. He did owe her something. He couldn't give her what she wanted, but he would fulfill his duties as a husband.

From today on, all the previous glory is gone. Even the servants are taken back by the Royal Guards when they leave the city gate and are planned to be sold.

However, when he reaches his destination, he will ensure that his family can live a life without worries about food and clothing.

After walking for another half an hour, someone from the third room came over and walked up to Xu Zhiyi:

"Sister-in-law, let me help my brother."

The third branch of the family had a small population. Lu Fei was the only one of Lu Si's generation. He also had several older sisters who were already married, so they were naturally not counted in the exile.

Xu Zhiyi first looked at Lu Si, and only handed it over when she saw Lu Si nodded.

Lu Fei saw this scene and joked:

"My brother and sister-in-law do have a good relationship."

Xu Zhiyi took the water bag from the cart and gulped down two gulps. After finishing, he handed it to Lu Si and raised his chin.

"Drink it."

Lu Si wanted to say that this was her water bag, but he felt that he was being pretentious. The woman didn't say anything, but he started to be particular about it.

I tilted my neck back and took two sips. The moment I put it in my mouth, I felt that the water was as if it was taken out of an ice cellar. It was icy and the coolness went all the way to the top of my head. After drinking it, my whole body was filled with strength.

He lifted the kettle and found the weight was wrong. She had taken several sips, so it couldn't be so full.

But thinking about how she collected so many things with her bare hands last night, he could accept any bizarre thing.

At this time, the officer came up to Lu Si with a big knife on his waist and a whip in his hand. He was about to hit him with the whip, cursing:

"Why so slow?"

Lu Si directly grasped his whip with his hand, his eyes full of warning.

After all, he was a man who had been to the battlefield. This sight almost made the officer wilted. Even though he was lying down, he did not dare to really fight.

His hand holding the whip didn't move at all.

Forget it. Someone asked me to keep an eye on him anyway. It’s okay as long as he can’t stand up. His injuries are so serious. Even if I don’t touch him, I don’t know if he can hold on.

In order to save his own face, he cursed again:

"What a waste!"

He turned and left. As he left, Xu Zhiyi gently raised her hand in his direction, with a hint of teasing in her eyes.

Others didn't notice, but Lu Si noticed that she seemed to be very protective of herself...

Sure enough, after an hour, the officer who had just whipped Lu Si felt itchy all over and kept scratching himself. After a while, he scratched himself into a pig's head.

The other officers gathered together:

"What's wrong with you? It's the same food we eat."

The more I scratched, the more it itched I became, especially on my hands. There wasn't a single piece of healthy skin left.

"It must be Lu Si. I just went to his place and he looked like this when I came back."

The people from the second house were also watching the excitement over there. Didn’t everything stop after the noise started?

They quickly found a place in the shade to cool off.

A group of officers and soldiers came to Lu Si:

"What did you do to him?"

"I didn't do anything, didn't even touch him, how should I know what happened to him?"

Xu Zhiyi slapped his head:

"Isn't this disease contagious?"

After saying that, he took out a handkerchief and covered Lu Si and his own mouth and nose.

Upon hearing this, the officer who was originally holding Dahei was also shocked. Why did he feel his hands were itchy?