Chapter 198: Exile on the Post Road in the Snow
Fine snow fell all night long.
When I opened the curtains early in the morning, the ground was covered with silver frost.
The sunlight was still very dim at this time, and Tu Huan glanced at the time.
Hey, you’ve really made progress.
She can actually get up so early.
"The Xie family should be on their way at this time." She yawned and muttered to herself, then went to the bathroom to wash up with her phone.
Just open the music on your phone and play it out loud.
In the clean mirror, there is a sleepy face.
Energetic and rhythmic music played in the bathroom's surround sound. Tu Huan stood in front of the mirror, woke up, and lowered her head to splash cold water on her face.
call--
So cool!
So exciting.
The chaotic brain suddenly became clear.
While getting myself ready, I was thinking about what I was going to do today, and silently sorted the things to do in order of importance and difficulty.
First put two simple and easy-to-complete options at the front: one is to see how difficult the Xie family’s life is today; the other is to go and get the car back.
If I'm lucky today, I can pay off my mortgage at the same time. If not, I'll make another appointment.
As for the work and things that could not be completed in one day, she picked out the most important and core parts and planned to use the consecutive large blocks of time in the afternoon and evening to get some of them done.
After thinking it over in her mind, she packed up.
When she finally put on the bracelet out of habit, Tu Huan hesitated for a moment, and the next second she put it back into the system backpack intact.
I don’t know, never mind.
I know it's valuable, but I don't know what to do with my hands when I wear it, so I'll put it away for now.
"Miss Tu, you didn't know that your bracelet is very valuable, right?"
Qin Lang's words from last night were still fresh in her mind. His wide-eyed expression made her want to scream for help every time she thought of it.
Before seven o'clock, Tu Huan simply put on some light makeup and went out.
I went to a chain coffee shop outside the community and ordered a sandwich and coffee to replenish my energy.
The streets in the early morning were bustling with people, much more lively than she had imagined, and the air was filled with the unique coolness of winter.
"Hello customer, your coffee and heated sandwich are here."
Maybe there weren’t many people in the morning, so the waiter brought it to me very considerately.
Tu Huan said gratefully, "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Enjoy your meal."
Sitting near the window, one can see the scenery outside through the huge glass. Tu Huan checked her phone while eating breakfast.
Qin Lang left two messages, one message, and one picture.
Qin Lang: A jewelry collection from the same period of the Liang Dynasty, similar to yours.
Tu Huan laid her phone flat on the table and clicked on the picture with her fingertips. Hmm, it did look similar. Then she looked at the transaction prices in previous years and her heart started pounding.
It's early in the morning, don't look at such a stimulating picture.
After turning it off, I checked Xie Yuchuan's and found that apart from the brief emotional fluctuation yesterday, he had no other reaction.
After taking a bite of her ham sandwich, Tu Huan sent a message to Xie Yuchuan:
"Tu Huan: On the way?"
It was just after the hour of Mao, and the exiles had already been walking for nearly two hours on the post road leading to Panlong Ridge. Everyone, including the escorting officials, was starving and had not yet eaten breakfast.
What was even more unbearable was that the weather turned cold in the second half of the night and it started snowing.
Snow fell on the ground, making the already cool ground seem even colder. Frail bodies lay on the ground, unable to sleep, huddling together like shrimps to keep warm.
It was Xiong Jiushan who was woken up by the cold in the middle of the night. He went out of the tent to check the snow conditions and immediately asked people to wake up all the convicts, pack up their things and continue on their journey. It is much better to move than to lie on the ground and sleep in such weather.
Before daybreak, the exiles once again marched forward holding torches, just as they had done before.
Fortunately, we set up camp early last night, so everyone still had a good night's sleep. Even though there were some complaints in the team, it did not affect the team's pace.
Many people think it is better to continue on their journey than lying on the ground and freezing.
It’s just that I got up too early, and my already hungry stomach growled louder the further I walked.
As we reached the horizon, the sky began to brighten and gurgling sounds could be heard one after another.
Even in this situation, I still couldn't wait for the officials to prepare food. The expectations in my heart were gradually dashed with my heavy steps.
"How long do we have to walk before we can get something to eat?"
"Hurry up! Don't dawdle. There are many ferocious beasts in the forest. Why are you mumbling?" The officer's curse came from the side.
"Alas——" Everyone sighed.
From time to time, people in the team would faint from hunger after getting up early to travel. At first, when one of them fell, the yamen runners would come over to check, pinch their noses and give them some water, so that they could wake up and catch up with the team.
Later, other prisoners saw this and followed suit, lying down and saying they were drowsy and couldn't walk anymore, or just lying on the ground.
It's easy to deal with one or two, but when there are seven or eight, the officials start to get annoyed.
Once this measure was implemented, those who were not seriously ill were so scared that they no longer dared to pretend to be sick, and the team finally became much quieter.
Someone reported to Xiong Jiushan, who was also hungry. "Go a few more miles and rest in an open area."
Finally, there was something to look forward to, and the convicts felt more at ease, so they walked much faster.
The Xie family's condition seemed much better than that of other fugitives in the team.
With the feeding supplies from the household god, and Xie Yuchuan's request to add meat, salt and other ingredients to the Xie family's food in the past few days...it's not obvious on the surface, but in fact, the physical fitness of the Xie family members, regardless of gender, age or status, is slowly improving.
In addition, the elders and the weak also had some additional supplementary medicines. After the same ordeal, the spirits of the Xie family looked different, even though they had tried their best to conceal it.
But the complexion on a person's face is not so easy to conceal.
More and more people were looking at the Xie family.
Xie Zhen was a little worried, but Xie Yuchuan was very calm.
"Second sister, it's okay. What's coming will come sooner or later. It's come to this point now. There's no need to worry too much."
Xie Zhen did listen to it, but he didn't quite grasp the meaning of his sixth brother's words. He went back and told his grandmother, Old Lady Xie, about it, and muttered, "Sixth brother speaks strangely. How far has he come?" Aren't they still in exile?
Old Madam Xie thought Xie Yuchuan's words were because of the family god, so she said, "Maybe it's a matter of the gods."
Xie Zhen nodded repeatedly, "That should be the case."
As for Xie Yuchuan himself, after several days of repeated contemplation, he finally figured it out.
Some things cannot be avoided, so it is better to do the opposite and open up a new path.
The long team walked from darkness to light against the morning glow. The ground beneath their feet became muddy and soft due to the falling snow. Fortunately, the snow was not heavy and melted as soon as it hit the ground. The snow flakes of snow flowed down their necks and into their bodies, causing them to shiver from time to time.
The climate has been relatively cold in recent years, and snow falls in the capital around the end of the year.
Sometimes it snows big, sometimes it snows small. On snowy days, brewing tea around the fire and sitting with friends and family is a rare and elegant hobby for people in Beijing.
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