In the courtyard where the men lived, the situation was quite similar.
Not only did the crowd stop the people from the second house, but Xiao Jingrui and Xiao Jingxuan even directly broke Xiao Bin's legs.
Xiao Jingrui stood in front of Xiao Bin, looking down at him as he collapsed to the ground, his eyes full of disdain. He said coldly, "I didn't kill you on the spot because our lives are much more precious than yours. Do you really take yourself seriously?"
When Xiao Bin was being beaten, his other two sons stood far away, with no intention of going forward to help. Instead, they looked as if they were afraid of being dragged down by their father, with indifference and cowardice in their eyes.
Liu Yong and Liu Gang witnessed Xiao Jingrui's actions but did not stop him.
In their hearts, Xiao Bin's family is truly hateful.
If this family hadn't caused so much trouble, the exile team wouldn't have been poisoned.
Moreover, Xiao Bin dared to do such a heinous act as patricide. Even if he was only the nominal father, such an act would surely be condemned before his identity was confirmed.
Now that the first and second branches of the Xiao family have become mortal enemies, Liu Yong and Liu Gang will naturally not interfere as long as it is within their control.
Xiao Jingrui turned to look at Liu Yong and Liu Gang, and said solemnly: "Sir, my wife has said that she doesn't want to give the antidote to the second wife."
In fact, Xiao Jingrui had already discussed this matter privately with the two officials, and now these words were just for everyone in the second house to hear.
Liu Yong looked embarrassed and said, "Although I understand your feelings, we have our own rules during the exile. Death during the exile is not uncommon, but now two people have died. If more die, we will not be able to explain ourselves."
Xiao Jingrui remained unmoved, his face firm as he gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, we really don't want them to succeed so easily."
At this time, not only Xiao Bin, who was lying on the ground, but even his two sons, were staring at them nervously, not daring to breathe.
Liu Yong rolled his eyes and said deliberately: "In that case, for my sake, how about letting them spend money to buy the antidote?"
Xiao Jingrui frowned slightly and replied, "To be honest, we don't care about their money. We just want them to get the punishment they deserve."
Liu Yong then suggested: "How about this, you name a price and ask them to pay double the silver for it?"
Although Xiao Bin was reluctant in his heart, no one cared about the second house's opinion at the moment.
Xiao Jingrui thought for a moment and said, "Since the official has spoken, it is difficult for us to refuse. However, they are not allowed to enter our yard."
Liu Yong looked at Xiao Bin and said bluntly, "You've seen it too. If it weren't for the mission, we really wouldn't want to care about your family's life or death."
At this moment, Xiao Bin had one leg broken by Xiao Jingrui and Xiao Jingxuan, and it was extremely difficult for him to stand up.
But his two sons were useless. Not only could they not help, but when they saw their father being beaten, they just stayed away.
Xiao Bin felt sad, and now he realized clearly that in many cases, he still had to rely on himself.
He gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll pay for it."
As he spoke, he forced himself to stand up despite the severe pain, while Xiao Jingren and Xiao Jingli stood there woodenly, watching indifferently.
Xiao Jingrui stared at Xiao Bin and said coldly, "Five hundred taels per person, double that is one thousand taels."
The price he proposed was neither so low that Xiao Bin would feel it was easy, nor so high that he could not afford it.
Their purpose was not to take the lives of the second wife, but to prevent them from getting the antidote without paying any price.
After all, this incident was caused by the second branch, and they must not be let off easily.
On the other side, the women had already started a fire in the yard to boil water.
Taking a bath with spiritual spring water will expel some impurities from the body, and the smell will definitely be unpleasant. This hot water is used for the final cleansing. The spiritual spring water used for detoxification in the early stage does not need to be heated.
The post station originally had two bathtubs, but there were not enough for the large number of people.
However, everyone in the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion knew the secret that Yun Ruoxi and Mu Ruxue had a space, including Yun Ruoxi's mother-in-law, Zhao, and Old Madam Xiao.
So, Mu Ruxue took out a clean bathtub directly from the space.
The three of them were divided into three rooms. Yun Ruoxi filled each bathtub with spiritual spring water and gave each person a water bag containing diluted spiritual spring water.
In this way, after taking a bath, not only can it have some marrow cleansing effect, but the venom can also be completely eliminated.
More importantly, Yun Ruoxi poured a cup of medicinal spring water from the five-colored pool in the space into each bathtub.
After doing all this, Yun Ruoxi watched everyone soak in the bucket, then she considerately closed the door for everyone and went to the yard where the men were.
Although they are all family, there are some things that Yun Ruoxi is not convenient to do personally.
So everyone waited outside, and Yun Ruoxi went into the room to mix the spiritual springs and medicinal springs for all the bathtubs before coming out.
She walked to Xiao Jingrui and said with concern: "Jingrui, you have direct contact with Aunt Zhang, the medicine in your medicine barrel will be more effective, you must soak it for a while longer."
Xiao Jingrui raised the corners of his mouth slightly, his eyes full of tenderness, and asked: "Madam, are you caring about me?"
Yun Ruoxi nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course. This is my first time getting married, and I don't want to be a widow at such a young age. You must live well and stay healthy."
Although Yun Ruoxi's words seemed tough, Xiao Jingrui knew very well that this was her unique way of caring.
Jamel Xiao watched from the side, pretending to have a toothache, and said, “Brother and sister-in-law, can you also consider me, a person who is not around my wife?”
Yun Ruoxi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Your wife is in the next yard. Why are you in such a hurry? I'll bring it to you cleanly in a moment."
Jamel Xiao's eyes lit up instantly, and he said, "Sister-in-law, you are really my dear sister-in-law! After this incident, we can be said to have a life-long friendship. Sister-in-law, if you have anything in the future, just tell me, and I will definitely do it for you."
Yun Ruoxi smiled gently and said, "From now on, just be nice to Xiaoxue. Although we didn't know each other before in this world, we were close friends in our previous life."
Jamel Xiao quickly assured: “Don’t worry, sister-in-law, although there is a prophecy before, I am sincere to Xiaoxue and will never let her down.”
Yun Ruoxi said disapprovingly: "If you want to disappoint me, that's fine. Xiaoxue is beautiful and capable, so it won't be difficult for her to find another man."
Jamel Xiao originally thought that Yun Ruoxi was on his side, but when he heard this, he felt something was wrong. "Sister-in-law~~~"
He stretched out his tone, his voice taking several turns. Yun Ruoxi quickly interrupted, "Alright, alright, save that trick for Xiaoxue. Xiaoxue loves it, and it works for her."
"Really? Sister-in-law didn't lie to me?"
"Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, try it tonight."
At this time, Mu Ruxue, who was soaking in the spiritual spring water in another yard, had no idea that her best friend had "betrayed" all her preferences.
Still enjoying the bath!
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