More than twenty officers, led by the officer Jie, escorted four families exiled to Beiguan along the official road.
The Wei family has the second smallest population among these four households.
There were only seven people, including all the masters, big and small, including the six-year-old Jiayan and the one-month-old Jiarong.
Including the loyal servant who volunteered to follow and the three maids brought by Wei Yunlan, there were a total of sixteen people.
There is only one more person than the Bai family, where only the elderly, children, women and children are left at home.
The Liang family's carriage was in the front, followed by the Feng family and the Bai family.
The speed of travel was not fast. In order to save the mules some energy, Wei Yunlan and Suihe, who were originally driving the cart, did not sit on it. The two mules were left to Dong Da and Liu Quan to lead.
They were all the original guards of the Wei family. They were brought out from the Tianshi Mansion when Gao married into the Wei family. They were very skilled and much better than ordinary guards.
The mule was quite obedient in their hands.
The wooden planks covered with oilcloth were piled with things, making it inconvenient for people to sit on them, but the compartment of the other mule cart was still empty.
Seeing that her elder sister-in-law Cheng Yue'e was about to walk forward after taking the swaddling clothes from Nanny Wang's arms beside her mother, Wei Yunlan hurriedly called her back, "Sister-in-law, take Jiayan and Jiarong and sit on it."
Cheng Yue'e smoothed the hair on her forehead to hide the sweat on her forehead, then turned around and shook her head and said, "Let mother take Jiayan and Jiarong to sit."
Without waiting for Wei Yunlan to persuade her again, Gao, who was walking in front, turned around and said, "Yu'e, listen to Lan'er and take the two children in the car. I'm in good health and won't be tired even if I walk a few more steps. But you just came out of confinement, how can you bear such a long journey?"
"Sister-in-law, now is not the time to be stubborn. You still have Jiarong to take care of. She will get better only if you have a good rest, right?" Wei Yunlan glanced at the fair and tender little face in the cradle and felt pity for her.
In her previous life, until her soul was torn apart, she had no chance to see her little niece, nor had she heard any news about her. But it was easy to imagine that even the adults in the family ended up like that on the road of exile, let alone a baby who was just one month old?
Cheng Yue'e followed Wei Yunlan's gaze and looked into her arms. Her daughter in the cradle was not sleeping well.
The originally round and plump little face seemed to have become a lot shriveled in the past few days due to a series of misfortunes and the departure of the wet nurse.
Yun Lan was right. She had to cheer up. Only when she was healthy could she take better care of Jia Rong. Otherwise, if she had no milk, how could she feed Jia Rong?
"Yunlan, I will listen to you and mother." Cheng Yue'e got into the car holding the child and surprisingly did not feel any bumps.
I reached down and touched it, and found that there were several layers of soft muslin and cotton underneath.
The cold heart that had been chilled by the fact that no one from her parents' home came to see her off gradually warmed up at this moment. Cheng Yue'e lifted the carriage curtain and said gratefully, "Yunlan, thank you so much."
"We are a family, why should we be polite to each other?" Wei Yunlan curled her lips slightly, "Sister-in-law, just sit down and relax. I'll go call Jiayan over."
She took a few quick steps, caught up with Xiao Jiayan who was following Wei Mingxuan, and pointed at the mule cart behind.
The little man, who had just reached Wei Mingxuan's waist, straightened his back and shook his head: "Aunt, I am a man just like my uncle. I have to walk on my own!"
“Aunt, you and grandma go take the car, Jiayan won’t take it!”
"Jia Yan is really a little man." Wei Yunlan rubbed Jia Yan's head and praised him.
In today's circumstances, it is a good thing for the younger generation in the family to exercise their physique to be stronger.
There was still room for one more person in the carriage, so she didn't try to persuade the rest. Fortunately, whoever was tired could sit down and take a rest in turn.
The team marched north.
The towering city walls behind them became smaller and smaller, and finally merged into the night and could no longer be seen.
…
At this moment, in the Jinyang Marquis Mansion in the city.
After the wedding banquet, Marquis Jinyang and Qin personally saw off the guests. Just as they were feeling exhausted by the strange looks on everyone's faces when they left, they saw two housekeepers running in hurriedly.
"My Lord, Madam, something bad has happened!"
The breath of relief that Marquis Jinyang and Qin had just let out was instantly lifted up again.
Isn't today an auspicious day for getting married? Why are there so many accidents happening one after another?
Fortunately, the guests had left by then, otherwise there wouldn’t be so much laughter to be made!
"You are so flustered! How disgraceful!"
Marquis Jinyang lightly rebuked him and pretended to be calm, "Tell me, what happened?"
The housekeeper reported with a pale face: "My Lord, the storehouse in the mansion was robbed!"
"What?"
Marquis Jinyang stood up suddenly and asked, "What's going on?"
"The big storehouse in the mansion was robbed! Inside... everything inside was taken out except for a few folding screens near the door. Not a single box was left."
"The guards just discovered that the lock on the door was missing when they were on duty."
The big warehouse contained the savings of several generations of the Jinyang Marquis's family. Upon hearing this, Jinyang Marquis could no longer remain calm and immediately walked quickly towards the backyard.
At this time, another maid reported to Qin: "Madam, there are also many things missing from your small kitchen..."
Qin frowned and waved her hand. The few bird's nests in the small kitchen were worth some silver, but compared with the treasures in the warehouse, they were nothing.
Seeing Marquis Jinyang walking away, she quickly stood up and chased after him.
Looking at the empty warehouse, the couple's faces were as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"This... Could it be that the bitch Wei moved away?"
Qin's first reaction was to suspect Wei Yunlan, who had just left the Marquis' Mansion at noon.
Marquis Jinyang shook his head and said, "It wasn't Wei. We all saw her leave through the main gate. The maids and servants beside her only had a small bag in their hands. How could they take so many things with them?"
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