The convoy ran for ten miles in one breath before gradually getting rid of the crazy refugees.
After finding a relatively safe place, Tian Mingwu began to check the number of people.
After checking, they found that five people had been left behind in the chaos. Tian Mingwu originally wanted to send people back to rescue them.
But the people who were in the car with them said they escaped on their own.
"Run away? Why would they run away? I'm here to save them, not a human trafficker who kidnapped them." Tian Mingwu said angrily. What do these people think of him?
"Ever since Master Li and Master Zhang knew that their families had committed a crime and had been exiled, they had already planned to escape on the road." said the person who was in the same carriage with Masters Zhang and Li.
"So you knew about it but didn't report it, letting them escape?" Tian Mingwu glared at the remaining young masters.
Whether His Majesty will hold them accountable for their crimes, whether he will eventually make them implicated, or whether he will acquit them, that is all up to His Majesty to decide. Now that they have escaped halfway, all the charges will be confirmed, and from now on, even if they are innocent, they will become guilty.
What stupid, selfish and heartless people they are. To be honest, it was because of them that their family went astray. Now they just run away without even asking their parents and brothers.
Several young men in the same carriage were frightened by Tian Mingwu and trembled, saying tremblingly: "General, we didn't know they were going to escape beforehand. They got off the carriage on their own. We thought they were thrown out, so we reached out to pull them out, and then they told us."
As he spoke, the young man stretched out the back of his hand to show Tian Mingwu, "Young Master Li scratched the back of my hand to make me let go."
Tian Mingwu lowered his head to glance at the wound. There were five large, burning red lines on the back of his hand, which were still bleeding. It was undoubtedly caused by scratches by fingernails, and it looked quite serious.
"Give him a bottle of medicine later." Tian Mingwu said to the soldier beside him.
"Thank you, General." The young man didn't expect that Tian Mingwu would give him medicine, and he thanked him happily again and again.
In addition to Zhang and Li, Tian Mingwu also questioned the other three people in the carriage one by one.
It was learned that the remaining two men had escaped on their own after finding out about the situation at home.
When they came to Qiulan and the others, they were inspired and had already reached a consensus on their statements.
Qiulan, who was still calm, took the initiative to say, "At that time, the refugees surrounded us, so we threw out all the uneaten buns to attract their attention.
As soon as the refugees left, the minister's daughter took the opportunity to jump off the carriage and ran away. She also said that she wanted to go back to the capital to find her father.
We didn't dare, so we could only stay in the carriage and wait for rescue."
When Tian Mingwu thought that the chaos was caused by that idiot, he was so angry that he wanted to curse.
"Forget it, forget it. Since they left on their own, let's not meddle in their affairs and let them fend for themselves."
Letting them go is also giving them a way to survive. They choose their own path, and they have to bear the consequences whether it is good or bad.
After that, Tian Mingwu jumped on his horse and said, "Let's continue on our journey."
As soon as he left, Qiulan and the other girls in the carriage all breathed a sigh of relief.
"No one should mention this matter again in the future," Qiulan warned solemnly.
The carriage continued to move forward until the evening when the horses could no longer run and they stopped to rest at the edge of a forest.
The food distributed to everyone in the evening was still steamed buns, but after the lesson at noon, no one dared to say a word more, or complain that the steamed buns were cold, hard, or not tasty.
Since the nearest town was at least half a day's walk away and they hadn't found any villages nearby, they had to spend the night here.
Fortunately, it didn't snow today. Tian Mingwu asked people to go to the woods to find some dead branches to make a fire, and reluctantly made a bowl of ginger soup for everyone to keep warm.
After eating steamed buns and drinking ginger soup, the people in the carriage leaned against each other to keep warm and sleep.
Except for the soldiers on night watch, the rest of the people also took the time to rest.
When everything was quiet, a soldier heard footsteps in the distance.
He looked straight in the direction of the sound. When the footsteps got closer and he was sure they were coming towards him, he stopped them and said, "Stop, who is it?"
"Ouch!" The woman holding the child screamed and was so frightened that she fell to the ground on the spot. The child in her arms was also scared and burst into tears.
"What are you doing? You scared my wife and child and made them fall down. You have to take responsibility."
Before the soldier could react, he was entangled by the child's father.
"You, please stand up first! The ground is cold." The soldier was still a little confused, but he immediately wanted to help the other person up, but the man reached out and grabbed him, saying shamelessly: "What are you doing? Do you want to hit me again? I'm telling you, this matter is not over yet."
The quarrel here quickly attracted Qin Wen's attention. He came over and asked, "What's going on?"
The soldier quickly explained, "I thought it was a criminal, and as soon as I shouted, the woman and child fell to the ground. I tried to help them up, but he accused me of hitting them and held me tightly, refusing to let me move."
Qin Wen looked at the family of three and immediately recognized that they were the family from Wu Shi. He politely performed a scholar's salute and said, "May I ask what your name is, brother?"
The man looked at Qin Wen warily, not letting go of the soldier's hand. "What's your name? Stop trying to get close to me. Pay me back now."
Seeing this, Qin Wen didn't bother to argue with him. "How do you want to compensate?"
The man thought for a moment and casually gave a figure, "Ten taels of silver, not a penny less."
Hearing this, Qin Wen looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Brother, you must have escaped here!"
"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me whether you will give it to me or not." The man said as if he didn't want to say more.
Qin Wen ignored him and continued, "Do you know how much silver it costs to buy a living person now?"
Then he looked at the woman and child lying on the ground and said, "Even if I buy them all, it won't cost ten taels of silver.
Besides, are they really injured? It’s too dim now, why don’t I ask someone to bring a torch to take a closer look.”
The man suddenly felt guilty, and his arrogance weakened a bit. "Then how do you say you want to compensate me?"
Qin Wen stretched out a finger towards him, and the man immediately said unhappily, "Only one or two?"
Unexpectedly, Qin Wen shook his finger and said three words: "One hundred coins."
"Are you fucking kidding me?" the man said as he wanted to attack Qin Wen.
Qin Wen didn't even blink, and said with a half-smile: "Are you sure you want to do it here? The people behind you are all ours."
The man paused and then looked towards their gathering place at Qin Wen's reminder.
His eyes rolled and a mercenary smile immediately appeared on his face: "One hundred coins is fine, but it's too late now. We can't buy food even if we take the money. My wife and children are hungry and cold. Give us something to eat and let us go over there to warm ourselves by the fire, and then we'll forget about it."
"Well, there's no problem with food, but as for roasting a fire! Wait a minute, I'll go and ask." Qin Wen said with an embarrassed look on his face.
After saying that, he walked towards Tian An and the others' carriage.
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