Chapter 33 Meeting Companions
It was really a disappointment to be suddenly stopped by someone while on patrol and see him crying.
The officers frowned, but still asked.
"What is it?"
Shen Xitang's tears rolled down her cheeks, and with her current unique look, she thought she looked very sad and beautiful.
"Sir, someone wants to kill me! It's Shen Jinan!" She revealed her covered neck.
The red and swollen marks on it became more and more obvious, but they were enough to explain everything.
She was already prepared to have these officers go with her to capture Shen Jinan, and at least make her suffer.
However, these officers just looked at their injuries and did not seem to be ready to take action.
"Why do you look so familiar? It turns out you're the one who caused trouble so many times. So, are you back to your old ways again?"
"I tell you, you're always looking for trouble, and you never get tired of it. But have you ever succeeded?"
"You still want to use us to harm others? Do you really think we are all fools?"
The constant ridicule from you and me made Shen Xitang's face turn pale. Why?
Why are they all on Shen Jinan's side? What's so good about her?
Gu Yanqing, who witnessed the whole process, had a complicated expression and pursed his thin lips.
"You seem to have changed a lot."
Shen Jinan hummed softly, thinking back, he didn't reveal anything: "We have experienced too many things during this period of time. If we don't change, then our family of four will have no food to eat, no clothes to wear, and will be bullied by others."
Isn't what she said true?
If the original owner were here, the two children would have been sold long ago, and Gu Yanqing would not have given her a good face.
"And I've figured it out. How could I bear to abandon such a lovely child like Sui Sui Huan Huan?"
After hearing this, Gu Yanqing couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips, and then put them down again. There is only Sui Sui Huan Huan, but no him?
"After you've rested, hurry up and continue on your journey. We haven't asked you to do any heavy work, so why are you taking a break all day?"
Not far away, soldiers kicked the prisoners leaning against a tree and told them to get up quickly and continue on their journey.
"It feels like life is being forced upon me all day long..."
The prisoners who were reminded grumbled but did not dare to protest loudly.
One by one they got up from the ground, brushed the dust off their clothes and hurried on their way.
"Little Huanhuan, we have to hurry." Shen Jinan picked up Huanhuan, holding Suisui's hand with one hand, and caught up with the team without waiting for their reminders.
In the dense forest, Chen Jinan gave Sui Sui Huanhuan different foods for several days in a row. Children are extremely sensitive to kindness. They know who is good to them and stick to Chen Jinan even more closely.
Until one day, the prisoner was resting when he heard a rustling sound not far away.
Everyone immediately became alert and watched motionlessly.
"What kind of monster is this?" Suisui's little hand tightly grasped Shen Jinan's hand.
Huanhuan was taken care of by Gu Yanqing, who fed her mouthful by mouthful, but her little eyes would look over there curiously from time to time.
To everyone's surprise, a man emerged from the woods over there. He was wearing prison clothes, but they were tattered and dirty.
Seeing the prisoners here eating, his eyes suddenly lit up and he kept swallowing his saliva, as if he had been hungry for a long time.
After the first one, the second and third soon followed, and more and more people came.
"Who are you?" Lin Xiaofeng put down the dry food in his hand and asked vigilantly.
"We are a group of exiles." Those people hesitated and looked extremely restrained.
The whole team was revealed.
After everyone saw it clearly, they realized it.
It turned out that they were a team escorting exiled prisoners, just like them.
"Are you going through the dense forest?" The man dressed as the leader of the team stood up.
Commander Lin nodded and whispered, "Exactly. It seems the Commander also needs to go through the dense forest?"
There was just one thing Commander Lin didn't understand. When they passed by every post station, they would rest for a few days to replenish their food.
Why does this team look particularly embarrassed?
The commander listened, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We have been here for a month, going around and around, but always back to where we started. We haven't left yet."
"Is there something strange about this forest?" This thought suddenly popped up in Lin Xiaofeng's mind.
The commander's name was Zhang, and he was not stingy in telling them everything that had happened in the forest.
"Have you encountered the legendary ghost wall?" Commander Lin thought thoughtfully. This kind of thing is not uncommon.
Otherwise, why would we keep going around in circles?
Since they entered the woods, except for the initial disturbance caused by snakes, insects, rats and ants, there have been no problems since Shen Jinan gave them medicine.
Commander Zhang said with an embarrassed look on his face, "We are running low on silver and have almost run out of rations. Although it may be a bit presumptuous, I wonder if I can go with you on the journey?"
After that, he explained, "We met another team a while ago. We can join them and go together. We can also look after each other along the way."
The thing he regretted most now was that he didn't travel with them when he met them before.
This resulted in the loss of many brothers when they encountered danger later.
Lin Xiaofeng looked at their team. There weren't many people, only about a hundred or so.
Most of them were prisoners, and there were only a few officials left, and they all had wounds on their faces and bodies.
In their current situation, without enough food, there was no way they could continue forward into the woods.
Although Commander Lin was embarrassed, he finally nodded.
They were all sent here to escort prisoners into exile because of unprovoked misfortunes.
If he ignored them, Commander Lin would not be able to get over it.
"I can go with you, but let me be frank. We don't have much food, so we can't share it with you."
After all, when they purchase things, they do so according to the standards of their own team.
There may be other accidents along the way, no one can predict, the more cautious you are, the safer you are.
Even so, Commander Zhang was very happy. The tall and strong man smiled embarrassedly: "Thank you very much for your help!"
After seeing Commander Zhang off, Lin Xiaofeng pondered for a moment, then came to Shen Jinan and his family.
"Commander, would you like to sit down and eat something?"
Other families serve dry food, but hers, with both vegetables and meat, is out of place.
"I came here today for an important matter." He told Chen Jin'an the news he had just received.
At the same time, Lin Xiaofeng glanced at Gu Yanqing from time to time. He just stood there, his demeanor and bearing were different from ordinary people. He couldn't help but be impressed when he saw him: "Do you have any ideas?"
"For now, we should go with them, but we can't let our guard down. We must follow our plan." Gu Yanqing continued eating, as if these were just casual remarks. "I think they've been circling in the woods for so long, their route is of no use."
This needs to be said openly to avoid disputes later on regarding the issue of hurrying on the journey.
There is nothing else.
Even if they are a group of old, weak and sick people, they can still be useful.
Shen Jinan didn’t have any ideas.
Lin Xiaofeng felt that it made sense. As expected of the former Prime Minister, he could point out the problem directly. So he decided to do as he said.
He had something on his mind and couldn't sit still, so he left after a while.
Gu Yanqing looked at Shen Jinan and the two well-behaved children, and said, "These days may not be peaceful, so be careful."
Who knows what kind of characters are in the new team? They look like they have been hungry for a long time.
Shen Jinan is a weak woman, and it would be easy for her to suffer losses if she faced them.
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