Chapter 226 Zhu Yixuan's Show of Good Will
Zhu Yixuan remained silent. These nice words were just used to fool an ignorant fool like Bai Feng. Since there was a war going on, how could there be any merchants staying at the border!
At this moment, a man came galloping over on horseback. I don’t know what he said to the military commander, but he was soon released.
When Zhu Yixuan saw the person coming, he immediately strode forward and asked, "Butler, why are you here?"
The housekeeper saluted to Zhu Yixuan with tears and snot, "Master, something happened to the young master, he's gone!"
Zhu Yixuan's body swayed, his face turned pale, and after a while he calmed down and asked in a low voice, "Is the disease gone?"
The housekeeper cried and nodded heavily, "The eldest young master's wife is ill, and the mistress is also ill. The master is too busy to take care of them, so he can only let me come here to announce the death to you.
Here are some clothes and food that the master has prepared for the young master. The master hopes that the young master will take good care of himself and return safely."
Zhu Yixuan nodded repeatedly, "I understand! Tell father not to worry, I will definitely come back alive! Also, remind my mother that she can open the brocade box I gave her."
The housekeeper took careful note and left reluctantly.
Bai Feng stepped forward and patted Zhu Yixuan's shoulder comfortingly, "Brother, I am deeply sorry for your loss."
Zhu Yixuan was speechless. He walked towards Shen Yi with the things in his hand and nodded politely to him. "My housekeeper just sent some food and food over. If you need anything, just come to me."
Shen Yi stood up and thanked him, "Mr. Zhu, you are too polite. If we need anything, we will definitely not be polite to you."
Zhu Yixuan smiled slightly, looked at Su Chunsen, and asked hesitantly, "Uncle, they..."
Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Su Chunsen guessed what he wanted to ask and subconsciously looked at Shen Yi.
Chen Yi understood what he meant and said politely to Zhu Yixuan, "Mr. Zhu, would you like to try the snacks we brought? They were made by my wife. After I came out, she was left alone to take care of the two children. It was really pitiful. Now that there are more people at home, it's more lively. She is also willing to help me think about food. This is braised beef, made from beef cattle on the ice field. It's delicious."
Zhu Yixuan took a bag of braised beef, and after a moment's pause, he understood the deep meaning of Shen Yi's words, and his eyes lit up a little more, "You are."
Su Chunlin stepped forward and explained: "This is my son-in-law."
Zhu Yixuan bowed solemnly again before leaving with the braised beef.
Seeing him coming back, Bai Feng questioned him dissatisfiedly, "Brother, those are low-class people, not the same as us, why are you so polite to them? If you hadn't restored Su Chunsen to good status, I could have ordered him to take care of us!"
He got angry whenever he talked about this. In the first few days after he set out, he really couldn't stand the hardship of the long journey, so he just wanted someone to serve him. The only person he could count on among the crowd was Su Chunsen.
They used both soft and hard tactics, trying to make Su Chunsen obedient, but not only did they fail, they were also secretly tripped up and taught a lesson by that group of people several times.
He went to complain to the officers and soldiers, but they didn't see anything and Su Chunsen and his group denied it, so the matter was left unresolved. After doing this so many times, the officers and soldiers became impatient and he was almost beaten.
From then on he had to accept his fate.
Zhu Yixuan looked at Bai Feng's silly look, his expression indescribable, and sat down to open the oil paper bag.
A rich aroma of braised beef wafted out instantly.
Bai Feng was so greedy that his mouth was almost watering. "Brother, is this what the housekeeper brought you? Can I have a taste?"
Zhu Yixuan shook his head and refused. "This is a gift from the lowly people you look down on. If you look down on it, I can eat it myself. There should be other food in the bag brought by the housekeeper. You can eat some if you are hungry."
Bai Feng was so angry that his face turned red, but he still opened the bag and found that it was filled with dry food. The food was hard and frozen like stones and was impossible to eat.
Taking another look at Zhu Yixuan's braised beef, he became even angrier. Su Chunsen, that ungrateful bastard, clearly did it on purpose! Since he gave it to Zhu Yixuan, he should have given him his share as well. How insidious!
Ma Xingfei and Sang Rong were staring at the braised beef in Zhu Yixuan's hand not far away, their eyes turning green.
"Cousin, I want to eat." Ma Xingfei grabbed Sang Rong's hand tightly.
Sang Rong swallowed hard and looked away depressedly, "I want it too, but we can't have it."
"Why! Go and apologize to them and admit your mistake, then they will give it to you!" Ma Xingfei pushed Sang Rong.
Sang Rong tried to hide backwards, "Cousin, please don't embarrass me! It was so ugly before, the people in Dongmen Village wanted to tear me apart alive. Now if I go over there, I will only be humiliated. Besides, they are outnumbered, how can we gain any advantage?"
Many people from Sangjia Village did come, but because of the fireworks and Ringo incident, the villagers no longer trusted their family and even wanted to drive them out of Sangjia Village. If a conflict broke out, no one would stand up for them.
Thinking of this, Sang Rong couldn't help feeling melancholy. He glanced at Su Sheng who was chatting in the crowd, and wondered if he had married Su Yan, would he have someone to accompany him and take care of him now?
The more he thought about it, the more he regretted it.
But Ma Xingfei beside him didn't give him any chance to think about it and started thinking about all kinds of things.
Chen Yi and his group naturally knew that the things they brought were eye-catching, so they naturally came together when they set out on the road. Twenty or thirty people had the same equipment, and they were well-maintained and strong. There was really no one in the team who was blind enough to provoke them. They only made small moves that were not presentable.
Shen Yi saw it and automatically ignored it.
He whispered to the Su Chunsen brothers, "It looks like something happened to the Zhu family. It's probably related to the child, otherwise Zhu Yixuan wouldn't suddenly ask about his cousin and the child."
Su Chunsen nodded in agreement, "I heard that his eldest son is not doing well. I guess something happened to him."
"Never mind. What we need to think about now is how to save our lives. We'll have a good rest when we get to the post station. I don't know how the officers and soldiers will arrange for us." Su Chunlin was worried.
Although he was fully prepared, swords have no mercy and he had to guard against the danger of being trampled to death by horses on the battlefield.
This successfully stopped everyone from gossiping.
When they arrived at the post station, this group of people and the clansmen from Shenjiazhuang in Dongmen Village all lived next to each other.
Shen Yi gathered together those people he was familiar with.
He spoke in a very low voice.
"I just spent ten taels of silver to get information from the soldiers. They said that we will have to go through a round of selection after arriving at the military camp. Those who can wear armor can stay in the military camp for a few days to train, and those who cannot wear armor will most likely go to the front of the battlefield."
"Hiss!" Chen Zhuang's face turned pale, "Isn't that just going to die?"
Shen Yi nodded solemnly, “So everyone should work hard to pass the test, at least don’t go to the battlefield as soon as you arrive, that would definitely be very dangerous.”
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