Chapter 114 Money Makes the World Go Round
Xian Pingyan rolled his eyes and pulled off the jade pendant from his waist.
"Go away, I need to talk to my junior sister."
After all, the other party was the young master of the Xian family, and Luo Qing had to give him face.
Yun Zhao eagerly stepped forward, tilting his head back and asking, "What does Junior Brother want to say?"
Xian Pingyan was still not used to her calling him junior brother, and handed her the jade pendant somewhat awkwardly.
"This is a jade token from the Xian family. If you encounter any difficulties on your journey, you can take this token to Antaifang and Jishetang."
Whether it's Medicine King Valley or the disciples of the Xian family, anyone who sees this jade tablet will do their best to help you.
This is a jade plaque representing the Xian family, and he just gave it to himself like that?
Yun Zhao blinked at him, somewhat surprised.
Isn't he quite disgusted with himself?
Yun Zhao looked dazed, and Xian Pingyan thought she didn't understand what he meant.
Frustrated, he snatched the jade pendant, tied a knot in the rope, and put it directly around her neck.
"The disciples of Medicine King Valley are almost all martial arts practitioners, so there are some things they might not be able to help you with. But many of the disciples of the Xian family are officials, do you understand?"
After saying that, Xian Pingyan looked at Luo Qing.
The implication is that the Xian family is Yun Zhao's backer, and he should think twice before doing anything.
"I understand~ Junior brother, you're so kind!"
Yun Zhao held up the jade token and gave Xian Pingyan a sweet smile.
"If I could meet my master again, I would definitely put in a good word for you!"
Originally, Xian Pingyan couldn't help but smile at her lovely face, but upon hearing her words, his face immediately darkened.
"I don't need you to speak well of me!"
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything then~ Honestly, you're such a grown-up, and you still need your five-year-old senior sister to coax you~"
Xian Pingyan: ...
This kid must have come to cure him!
"Let's go, don't waste time!"
Luo Qing sheathed his sword and said in a forceful tone.
"Until we meet again, junior brother!"
Yun Zhao waved his hand, then lowered his head and said, "Hua Hua, let's go~"
The tiger carried her, and before they had taken two steps, the people on both sides suddenly knelt down.
"Many thanks to the young miracle doctor for saving my life. Respectfully seeing off the young miracle doctor, Lord Wei, and Young Master Wei!"
Yun Zhao turned to look at Wei Jingchen behind him, and saw that he and Wei Mingde accepted the kneeling thanks with composure, and returned the greeting to the people with their hands clasped together.
Seeing this, Yun Zhao returned the greeting to the people.
"Take care, everyone. Until we meet again!"
With the people kneeling in gratitude, the exile procession set off again.
This time, however, the Gao family received no special treatment.
They hadn't gone far when Gao Xi started causing trouble again.
"I want to ride in an oxcart! I want to ride in an oxcart!"
Before Yao Xinrui could even try to comfort her, Luo Qing lashed out with a whip next to Gao Xi.
"Keep an eye on your son. If he keeps making a fuss, he might get a lash from the whip!"
Luo Qing cursed viciously, and before they could speak, he shouted angrily again.
"Hurry up! If you don't get to An County before dark, you'll be in big trouble!"
Even by car, it takes most of the day to get from Yangguan County to An County.
So, they have to keep moving without stopping for even a moment.
"Tsk, we shouldn't have saved Luo Qing in the first place. Let him die at the hands of assassins. We can just wait for the court to replace him with a new batch of escort officers!"
Xu Yifei muttered in dissatisfaction.
"If we replace them with a new batch, they'll only be worse than Luo Qing."
Wei Mingde suddenly spoke up.
Why does Lord Wei say that?
Xu Yinan asked in confusion.
"We were temporarily exiled, and the Qi family hasn't had time to make arrangements yet."
But now they've all recovered, and if a new batch of officials is sent, replacing them with their own people...
They'll torture us on the road; they won't even need assassins, they can just torture us to death right there.
Luo Qing and his group could be bribed with silver, but if they were replaced by trusted confidants of the Qi family, they would be doomed.
Xu Yinan and the others immediately understood.
Luo Qing was just a petty person who had gotten his way and had suffered injustice in Yangguan County.
After a few days, once they have paid the full amount of money and Luo Qing has calmed down, everything will be negotiable.
At noon, everyone was starving, but Luo Qing only had them served hard, coarse grain buns, without giving them any choice.
What's even more frustrating is that they weren't given time for lunch; they were forced to eat their cornbread while walking.
It's fine for the adults to eat cornbread, but Yun Huaijin needs to drink milk. If you feed her while walking, won't the baby choke to death?
Hearing his younger brother crying out in hunger, Yun Zhao quickly said, "Second Uncle, why don't we give them some silver and ask them to give us some time, even just a quarter of an hour would be fine!"
"I'll give it a try."
Xu Yinan took the silver and went to find Luo Qing.
He was already eloquent, and with the generous sum of money he was given, the officers next to him stared wide-eyed.
Luo Qing was still seething with anger and was about to refuse when Xu Yinan spoke again.
"Lord Luo, it's still more than a month's journey to Lingnan. Look, my niece has already become a disciple of Medicine King Valley."
With the Xian family as their backers, they'll have no shortage of money along the way. This time, the brothers have faced both pursuit and plague.
It was also very cold during the snowmelt season, so how could we not make some money?
There's no need to let pride cause our brothers to lose their chance to make money, right?
Upon hearing this, the officers nearby hurriedly nodded in agreement.
They're just being bullied; it's not like they haven't been bullied before.
Money is more important!
Looking at his brothers' terrifyingly bright eyes, Luo Qing finally accepted the money.
"Everyone, rest for 15 minutes!"
Finally, they were able to stop, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhi Qiu and Zhi Dong immediately took down the charcoal brazier and set up a fire so that they could warm themselves by the fire.
Zhi Chun was thoughtful; she had already heated up some meat soup for them in the car, and as soon as they stopped, she picked up Yun Huaijin and carried him over.
"Let me feed the young master, Miss, please have something warm to drink!"
Zhi Xia was distributing meat soup and pancakes to everyone when Gao Minglang reached out his hand. She paused instinctively and looked at Xu Qingyi.
Xu Qingyi didn't know why, but she subconsciously looked at her daughter.
When Gao Minglang told them everything about the Qi family, they promised that the Gao family would have food to eat.
Yun Zhao is not a petty person, so naturally he would not deny it.
"It's okay, Sister Zhixia, give them to them~"
Zhi Xia then handed over the meat soup she was holding.
Seeing this, Gao Xi quickly reached out his hand: "Dad, hurry up, I'm hungry!"
Gao Minglang doted on his youngest son, and the first thing he did upon receiving the meat soup was to bring it to his youngest son.
As Wu Lianzhen gnawed on the hard cornbread, she saw Yun Zhao dividing the meat soup among the Gao family, and quickly kicked Xu Qingshi.
"The Gao family, without the officials protecting that wretched girl, even gave her meat soup, while you, as her aunt, don't even get a sip of water. Hurry up and go!"
Xu Qingshi was afraid of the tiger at Yun Zhao's feet and glared at her fiercely.
"Why aren't you going? You're still her aunt!"
He's afraid of tigers and doesn't dare to go himself, yet he's encouraging her to go. Does he think she's stupid?
Wu Lianzhen dared not, and her gaze immediately fell on her mother-in-law, who was sometimes foolish and sometimes normal.
She went to Old Madam Xu's side and placed her son in Old Madam Xu's arms.
"Mother, look, Qian'er is starving. Why don't you go ask Zhao Zhao for some hot soup?"
You're her maternal grandmother. She's such a young child; if you coax her a little, she'll definitely listen to you!
Xu Zhiqian woke up hungry and started crying, clutching Old Madam Xu's sleeve.
The old lady Xu, whose eyes had been vacant, gradually regained her gaze and looked down at Xu Zhiqian.
"Is Grandma's sweet grandson hungry?"
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