The bailiffs wrapped Cui Zhehan's body in a straw mat and sent it out of the city.
Meng Zilu and Su Ningwen followed closely behind in a carriage.
When Cui Zhehan was buried casually in a mass grave, Su Ningwen's heart settled down and his tightly furrowed brows relaxed.
He is dead and there is no way he can come back to life!
Su Ningwen retracted his gaze and said, "Dad, let's go see Mom."
"Okay." Meng Zilu bent down and picked him up, "Let's go talk to your mother..."
When the father and son returned to the main road, they ran into the exiled Cui family and their in-laws, totaling more than a hundred people.
The Meng family's coachman quickly drove the carriage aside and made way.
Su Ningwen quickly noticed that Liu Yue and Meng Yunqian, mother and son, were bidding farewell to the third branch of the Cui family.
"Is your injury still healed?" Meng Yunqian gently touched Cui Yuan's butt with his small hand. "I heard that the place of exile is very far away. It will be very difficult to walk there. Will the old injury be aggravated?"
Cui Yuan was very pleased that his son cared about him.
"I've healed. Even if the road to exile is difficult, the old wounds will not recur."
His son was safe and sound and was able to take the imperial examination. Even if he died on the road of exile, he would have no regrets.
"Yunqian, can you call me daddy?"
Cui Yuan looked at Meng Yunqian with expectant eyes. After being exiled, he would never return to Huayang County in his life.
"Daddy." Meng Yunqian threw himself into Cui Yuan's arms.
This is his biological father. They recognized each other but could not be together. He felt very uncomfortable in his heart. Some things could not be perfect after all.
The word "Daddy" touched Cui Yuan's heart, and he felt his heart was filled. "Qian'er."
"Dad, please take care of yourself on this journey."
"Yeah, you have to take good care of the mother and daughter too."
"I will!"
"Yunqian."
Hearing this, Meng Yunqian raised his head from Cui Yuan's arms. Cui Runyu and Wang looked at him with loving eyes.
The expectations in their hearts are self-evident.
"Grandpa, grandma."
Cui Runyu and Wang Shi dared to touch Meng Yunqian, "Good grandson..."
Bang!
The officer cracked his whip and said, "Alright! It's time to set off. Be obedient, or you'll suffer!"
"Yue'er, take the child and go back quickly..."
Liu Yue watched Cui Yuan disappear before she withdrew her red and swollen eyes.
After Liu Yue and her son left in the carriage, the Meng family father and son set out to the Meng family ancestral tomb...
"I'm back late..."
When Zhu Xu saw the Cui family being exiled, he muttered to himself and then rode his horse at full speed to Lu Mansion in Huayang County.
"Guard Zhu, where are you from?"
Zhu Xu said, "Master Si, I just came back from outside the city."
"Alas, you are back late. Cui Zhehan has been beheaded. Master Su and Madam Su have taken the children to Anyang County and are not at home right now."
"I wonder why my wife went to Anyang County?"
Si Chuyu came closer and whispered, "Your wife's father came to look for your wife the day before yesterday."
"My wife's father, you mean General Xiao... Master Xiao?"
"Yes, it was him. Madam Su was anxious to see her grandparents, so she took the children and the medicine box to Anyang County."
How come the Xiao family is in Anyang County?
Zhu Xu quickly turned around and rushed to Anyang County.
"Guard Zhu, don't worry. Madam Su said she'll be back today."
"Then I'll go meet him outside the city."
On the way out of the city, Zhu Xu was puzzled. When the prince sent people to look for the Xiao family, the Xiao family seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
The emperor actually exiled the Xiao family to Anyang County!
But the place of exile is a cold and harsh place that needs to be reclaimed. How could it be Anyang County?
The second prince framed the eldest prince for rebellion, and the most innocent person was the princess.
The prince and the Xiao family were both recalled to the capital, but the emperor had no order for the princess!
This matter seems strange no matter how you look at it.
Zhu Xu immediately took out a pen and paper from the bag on his horse's back and wrote a letter to Feng Jinyu, telling him everything.
A moment later, Zhu Xu blew the whistle into the air.
Soon, a unicorn pigeon flew over from a distance and landed obediently on the back of Zhu Xu's hand...
"Mother, the big bird on the cloud has gone south to deliver a letter."
Xiao Lingyu looked up at the bird in the sky.
"How do you know it was delivering a letter?"
"It said so itself."
"Oh, that's a carrier pigeon, a bird used to deliver letters."
"Where is the letter?"
"The letter is tied to its leg."
Little Xier touched her chin and saw that the big bird was about to fly away. "Should we shoot it down? Maybe the letter is for us. After we read the letter, we can stew it and eat it. Hehehe..."
Xiao Lingyu shook his head. "No, it's not sending a letter to us, it's sending a letter to someone else. If we shoot it down and the letter isn't delivered in time, won't that delay their important business?"
"But I want to eat it. Its meat must be delicious."
Xiao Lingyu pinched her little cheeks and said, "It really smells good. When we get to Huayang County, I'll have someone buy a squab and stew it for you. It's very nourishing."
Little Xier thought for a moment, "Will my great-grandmother get better faster if she eats squab and drinks squab soup?"
"Of course, my mother wanted Grandma to stay because she wanted to make nourishing soup for her every day, which would help her recover faster."
"Xiao Yu," Su Xingyi whispered softly in her ear, "Once we return to Xishui County, I'll handle the customs clearance paperwork and accompany you back to Beijing as soon as possible."
Xiao Lingyu turned his head to look at him and said, "Don't worry, there's still time to do it now." After that, he rested his head on his shoulder and whispered something in his ear.
It was a good time for Xiao Xier to make trouble while her parents were talking.
He tilted his little head back and looked towards the capital.
This way, my grandfather and his family had enough pigeon meat to eat.
"Daddy, Mommy, look, there are so many pigeons flying here. No need to buy any more, just grab one and eat it."
Soon, the carriage stopped and Su Xingyi took the children to catch pigeons.
At the same time, the Xiao family was on their way back to Beijing, passing through a bamboo forest, when countless snow-white pigeons fell from the sky.
"Brother, why are there so many pigeons flying here?"
The five carriages of the Xiao family were surrounded by pigeons, especially the carriages of Old Lady Xiao and Mrs. Liang, whose roofs were covered with fat and big snow pigeons that could not be driven away.
"Be careful there's an ambush."
When Yang Shenglin's vigilant voice sounded, the Xiao family members immediately became extremely alert.
Half a cup of tea later, Xiao Su came to his senses, "It's alright! We can set off now."
"Brother, these are all meat pigeons. They came to our door on their own to serve as our food. They are perfect for stewing squab for Mom and Dad."
Half a cup of tea later, the Xiao family cleared out most of the carriage to hold the pigeons...
When the Su family was catching pigeons, Zhu Xu came galloping over on his horse.
"Mother, it's Uncle Zhu."
"lady!"
"Guard Zhu, you must have worked hard on the journey. We'll talk when we get back."
"yes!"
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