Chapter 387 Before the Exile Team Sets Off
Within half a day, word of Yucheng's miraculous event had spread throughout the surrounding prefectures and counties. Outside the main city, along the banks of the Erjiang River, many nearby villagers gathered to watch. Even those arriving late could see small stone "altars" built on both sides of the glacier, where people kowtowed, offered sacrifices, and made sincere wishes.
Tu Huan was in the basement. After listening to the conversation between Yu Ji and Wang Po, she casually placed a gold ingot that Han Qiguang had given her as a gift on a high table by the wall and left.
When she left, she did not let the system take her away directly, but sent her outside through the locked door.
A narrow and cramped staircase came into view.
She walked up the stairs, thinking she would appear in the Frost Courtyard, but unexpectedly she would be in another house.
Coming out from a secret door that was as tall as a person, I turned around and saw an extremely ordinary courtyard. The only thing that was the same as Frost Courtyard was that it was remote.
Tu Huan thought, the entrance and exit is here.
System Question: [Host, do you need me to take you directly back to the villa?]
"No, it doesn't seem too far. I'll just take a walk early in the morning."
When I came up from underground, it was already bright outside.
On the way back, she met two faces she had seen before. They were carrying food boxes in their hands and passed by Tu Huan. When Tu Huan saw them, one of them urged the other.
"After taking care of this person, don't delay for a while."
"After delivering breakfast to this fish girl, I have to go to that courtyard to be lectured. This life is not interesting at all. Let me tell you, they are both pregnant, this one is sensible, and the other one has no idea what to do with all the bossing around. She really thinks she is the boss. No one can be the boss, and she has no chance!"
"Be careful, the walls have ears."
"What are you afraid of? Who else would come to this broken yard except you and me?"
Tu Huan watched them both go into the house, close the door, and then turned around and walked back.
A system prompt came from my ear: [Host, your gold has been received by the other party.]
Tu Huan smiled slightly and went back to the villa to catch up on her sleep.
In the basement, not long after Tu Huan left, the sharp-eyed Mother Wang got up to clean the room and saw the gold.
"Girl! Look! Gold!"
Yu Ji was also stunned when she saw the gold that Wang Ma placed in her palm.
"Who put this...? Has it been put there before?"
Mother Wang shook her head. "Of course not! I know the room I cleaned."
Yu Ji lay silent on the bed for a long time. Then, clutching Wang Ma's hand, she went downstairs to the high table where the gold had been found. She stroked the smooth surface with her palm for a long time before turning around and saying, "Wang Ma, bring me my Bodhisattva jade pendant."
The jade-carved Bodhisattva, half the size of a finger, was carefully visited by the master and servant on the high table. Yu Ji personally filled a bowl with clear water, held it steadily in her hands, and placed it in front of the Bodhisattva statue for worship.
Just as he was about to turn around and kowtow to the gods, he heard footsteps outside the door.
The two men looked at each other, bowed, and put the gold away as if nothing had happened. When the door was opened, they did not see anything unusual.
Yu Ji ate this breakfast more seriously than any other day and had a good appetite.
The two maids who came to deliver food were surprised and couldn't help but look at Mrs. Wang who was being punished with admiration.
"I didn't expect that the lady sent you here to be of some use."
The two men watched Yu Ji finish her meal, packed up and left. The door was still locked, but the master and servant were under strict guard in the room. They sat quietly for a while, then turned over again and found the gold ingot.
Yu Ji held the gold that had come from nowhere and asked, "Mother Wang, do you think it was the Bodhisattva who appeared?"
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Early in the morning, the air was cold. Tu Huan returned to her room, took a quick shower, and went to bed.
After a day and night of exhaustion, she fell into a warm dream, completely unaware of how much impact her actions to satisfy Han Qiguang by the river last night would have on Yucheng and beyond in the morning.
When the Xie family woke up, the atmosphere in the inn was fine. However, during breakfast, the officials kept whispering to each other, which was a bit strange. They were a bit curious, but they didn't know what was going on.
After breakfast, everyone started working and packing up.
The burden on the team is no longer as heavy as before, and the supplies they carry along the way have increased a lot. The extra carriages and horses are managed by the officers who can drive carriages, and the other things naturally require some relatively strong people among the fugitives to come forward and help.
The whole morning, everyone inside and outside the inn was busy.
After Xiong Jiushan returned from the county government office, he briefly talked to Xie Yuchuan about Feng Chen's intentions. Xie Yuchuan had no objection, and the two of them made preparations separately. Xie Yuchuan also handed over the life-saving "equipment" sent by the family god Tu Huan to Xiong Jiushan in advance.
Xiong Jiushan called over several escorts who had "watched" the Xie family's miracle last time. After concealing the things, they put them on the carriage sent by the Tian family. When they got outside the city, they distributed them according to the number of people.
The two originally planned to have a hot lunch at the inn before setting off.
Xiong Jiushan specifically asked someone to hand over half a wild boar meat in the hands of their officials to the inn for processing, firstly to make some warm soup, and secondly to make it into dry food that was easy to carry on the road.
The shopkeeper Gan Rong and his kitchen staff worked in front of the stove for the whole morning and finally prepared the dry food that the escort officer Xiong Jiushan wanted.
He secretly prepared a lot of delicious food and took the opportunity to stuff it into the Xie family's backpacks.
"Madam, if Young Master Han hadn't asked me to stay here for a while longer, I, Gan Rong, would have gone with the Xie family."
Madam Xie said gratefully, "No hurry, no hurry. You've already taken great care of us. There's still a long way to go."
"Okay, old lady, once I finish taking care of Mr. Han's instructions, I, Lao Gan, will pack my backpack and go to Laozhou to find you!"
Mrs. Xie was moved.
After the exile team finished their work, everyone found that the attitude of the officials seemed to be a little strange this time, and the arrangements they were used to had other arrangements before they were ready to set off.
In the spacious and flat courtyard, all the prisoners were no longer divided into teams according to gender, but were divided according to age and weakness. Some people who were in good physical condition during their exile were picked out separately and stood together, and those who were neither good nor bad but looked healthy were put together. The remaining old, weak and sick were left where they were, looking at each other with horror.
For a moment, the yard was filled with noise and chatter, and some fragile people were even scared to tears.
From beginning to end, Xiong Jiushan stood on the front steps with the handrail, watching the officers below picking and pulling people away with cold eyes.
No explanation, no listening to complaints, forced separation and re-teaming.
The family was originally doing well, but was suddenly split into two. They were scared and sad. There was clearly nothing in between, and the noisy scene in front of them made it seem as if they were about to be separated forever.
Xiong Jiushan had a gloomy face and a frown on his face.
In just such a short while, he even discovered a lot of tricks in this seemingly ordinary team.
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