Chapter 16: Theft
This time, Shen Wan slept soundly.
In her dream, she returned to the battlefield filled with smoke.
Just as she was about to rescue the wounded, the enemy suddenly appeared...
"Wake up, it's time to leave."
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded in my ears.
Shen Wan suddenly opened her eyes and subconsciously raised her fist, ready to launch a fatal attack.
"Are you dreaming?" Seeing her reaction, Xie Mubai's pupils shrank slightly and he asked calmly.
After hearing that it was his voice, Shen Wan finally woke up completely.
It turned out to be a dream!
She said "Oh" and then silently retracted her fist, with a look of disappointment in her eyes.
Perhaps she will never be able to go back and fight alongside her comrades again.
Xie Mubai keenly noticed the disappointment in her eyes and couldn't help but feel confused.
In the past, when this ugly girl saw him, she would always look as if she wanted to offer herself to him, but now she is disappointed after seeing him!
Is she really Shen Wan?
It seems to be, but it also seems not to be.
Whether it was true or not, even if she was a monster, Xie Mubai had no intention of pursuing the matter.
Because he was sure that this woman treated him well sincerely.
However, her movements when she swung her fist just now were clean and neat, more skilled than those of ordinary soldiers. It seems that Marquis Xiangyang is really good at training soldiers.
"Hurry up and get up." Xie Mubai put away his thoughts and said lightly, "The officials have started to urge us."
After hearing this, Shen Wan hurriedly got up and went to wash her face in the ditch outside the door.
Just as he was about to get up, he saw Wang Qi squatting by the ditch.
"What a coincidence!" Shen Wan quickly greeted with a smile.
Wang Qi glanced at her coldly, and without even washing his face, he walked away, leaving behind only a faint scent of grass lingering in the sultry air.
"What a weird person!" Shen Wan thought secretly.
The villain was right, we can’t get too close to this guy.
She had just stood up and taken a few steps when she saw Li limping towards her.
Shen Wan was really surprised.
It's strange. After applying the medicine, the wound not only didn't get better, but it became more serious.
It shouldn't be the case. Her medicine is very effective.
Not to mention the blood blisters, even Xie Mubai's bloody legs showed obvious improvement after applying the medicine.
When he saw her, a look of panic flashed across Li's eyes.
Seeing that people were crowding around the officials to receive food, Shen Wan lowered her voice and asked, "What happened?"
Upon hearing this, tears rolled down Li's cheeks like pearls from a broken string.
She hung her head and choked up, saying, "Mrs. Zhou guessed that you gave her the medicine, so they covered my mouth last night and scraped all the powder off my feet with bamboo sticks. They also threatened me not to have any contact with you anymore!"
When Shen Wan heard this, scarlet blood quickly spread under her eyes like the veins of a dead branch, and the toxins in her body made her restless blood boil immediately.
"I'm going to settle accounts with them!"
She gritted her teeth and began to clench her fists, ready to move.
She wanted to hit someone, madly!
She wanted to punch every blade and make every blow draw blood!
Looking at the ferocious face, Li was so scared that her face turned pale.
“Don’t… please don’t go…” She mustered up her courage and hurried forward to stop Shen Wan, “The more you do this, the more they will abuse me.”
Shen Wan squinted her eyes, a sinister smile on her lips: "She's just a concubine, why are you so afraid of her?"
She had long found this strange.
It's okay for others to be nice to Aunt Zhou, but it's really a bit abnormal that a profit-seeking villain like Sun actually worships her as an ancestor.
Li looked around and saw that Concubine Zhou and the others hadn't noticed her. Then she started to cry and said, "Concubine Zhou used to be in charge of the household affairs and was the biological mother of several of us husbands, so no one dared to disrespect her."
"Besides, she had secretly transferred her property away before. I'm sure she will go and ask for it back during this exile."
"Sister-in-law, I know I'm useless. I can only rely on her to survive. I don't want to die!"
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but when Li said this, Shen Wan only felt two cold gazes passing through the layers of people and falling directly on them, which made her wake up instantly.
When I looked up, I saw Xie Mubai with his eyes closed.
It seems that it was her illusion.
Although it is not known whether the villain knows about this, one thing is certain, Sun must know about it.
Otherwise, with her snobbish personality, how could she be so humble and follow a mere concubine all the way?
"Does the Duke know about this?" She quietly put a pill in her mouth and then asked coldly.
Li shook her head.
"Then why didn't you say it?" Looking at her weak appearance, Shen Wan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Li smiled sadly and said helplessly, "What do you mean?"
"If this matter were to be made known to the public, Concubine Zhou would definitely be kicked out of the house by the Duke."
"But she is my husband's biological mother after all. She was the one he was most worried about when he was alive."
I don’t know if it was the effect of the medicine, or because Li was too pitiful, but after hearing these words, most of the anger in Shen Wan’s heart disappeared, and the hostility in her eyes gradually disappeared.
"Where is the fortune?" she asked coldly.
Li shook her head: "I really don't know."
"Sister-in-law, I appreciate your kindness, but I really can't have any more contact with you from now on."
Ever since the day she entered the Duke's Mansion, she has been disliked by Concubine Zhou. Moreover, this matter was done in secret, so even fewer people knew about it.
"Don't worry, I will keep my distance from you in the future." Shen Wan threw down a sentence and left.
When she passed by Hu Dahai, she greeted him.
Seeing that he seemed to still be troubled by his illness, Shen Wan gave him the prescription she had written in advance.
After finally calming Hu Dahai down, Shen Wan returned to the temple.
As soon as she entered the room, Xie Mubai handed her a white flour pancake and looked at her with a half-smile: "Did you mean to help but end up causing trouble for the other party?"
"How do you know?" Shen Wan looked surprised.
If she hadn't been sure that the villain had difficulty walking, she would have suspected that he was eavesdropping nearby.
Xie Mubai smiled calmly, his voice cool and clear: "What's so strange about this?"
"You are Hu Dahai's great benefactor now. Aunt Zhou doesn't have the courage to pick a fight with you at this critical moment, so she can only take out her anger on Li."
Shen Wan chewed the pancake and said unhappily, “It seems that I still can’t be a good person in the future.”
"Oh, by the way, I heard from Mrs. Li that Aunt Zhou stole valuables from the mansion and secretly moved them out."
Xie Mubai hummed and said nothing more.
"You knew it a long time ago?" Shen Wan was a little surprised when she saw his reaction.
Xie Mubai hesitated for a moment, but nodded slightly: "My father also knows about this."
Aunt Zhou is the cousin of the Duke of Zhenguo. After the Zhou family encountered trouble, she lived in the Duke's Mansion.
They grew up together and have a deep relationship.
So even if she did something like stealing property, the Duke of Zhenguo didn't take it to heart.
What's more, they already had four sons, so she wouldn't do anything like running away with the money, so they turned a blind eye and let her go.
When Shen Wan heard this, her eyes lit up: "Then can you take the money back now?"
The villain is the legitimate son of the Duke's family, so he naturally has the power to recover the property stolen by the concubines.
If the money is recovered, she won't have to hide even when eating a piece of cake.
Xie Mubai shook his head.
Since his own father doesn't care, he can say anything else.
Shen Wan wanted to speak, but Hu Dahai's voice came from outside.
"We'll be in town soon. If you need anything, just come over and pay me, and I'll buy it for you."
Except for a few people like Sun, the other prisoners had no money on them, so they could do nothing even if they were in urgent need.
"Sir, can you take me with you?" Sun walked forward, twisting her voluptuous waist and smiling sweetly, "I want to buy some clothes, but I'm afraid the ones you buy won't fit me."
"I want to go too!" Dabao immediately raised his hand and agreed, "I want chestnut flour cake, roast goose, and sour plum juice!"
Sun was annoyed and yelled, "Do you think we are still in the mansion? Why do you still want sour plum juice?"
"Besides, this money is mine."
"You eat and drink my food all day long, and you still have the nerve to ask for something!"
After being scolded, Dabao snuggled into Zhao's arms and started crying.
Although Zhao was very dissatisfied, she did not dare to show it.
Erbao was very well-behaved. He just sat next to Qian and didn't say a word.
Hu Dahai had never had a good temper, and now he was even more upset after being quarreled with by them.
"Shut up, everyone!" He roared impatiently with a gloomy face, "No one is allowed to go!"
Before he finished speaking, he looked at Shen Wan with a smile: "Sister, do you have time? Could you please come with me?"
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