Chapter 45: How about going back to the village with my brother and becoming his wife?
The officers agreed and dispersed.
After walking for a while, we arrived at the foot of a mountain. The gloomy weather started to rain. There were also small pieces of hail in the rain, which hurt people.
Chen Wu had no choice but to ask everyone to stop and find a place to shelter from the rain.
Everyone rushed to hide under the tree.
Fortunately, although it was a rainy day, there was no thunder, otherwise taking shelter under a tree would be like talking to the King of Hell.
Chen Fenghe saw that the weather was bad early in the morning and bought a straw raincoat, which came in handy now. She, Qin Mengyue, Shen Yichuan and the other three little ones all put it on, and wore a big hat, but they didn't get wet at all.
Others were not so lucky. Even though they took shelter under a tree, they were soaked.
Fortunately, the rain and hail came and went quickly, and stopped after half an hour.
Chen Wu originally planned to order the prisoners to continue their journey, but many prisoners said that they really could not walk anymore. Besides, they would definitely get sick if they continued to travel in such wet conditions.
As he was speaking, the official who had been scouting the road ahead came back and reported, "Boss, the bridge on the official road ahead has been washed away by the water. I'm afraid we'll have to take a detour."
Chen Wu was stunned for a moment.
Could the little rain just now have washed away the bridge?
However, he didn't say much, just said: "Tell the brothers to cheer up and don't be lazy!"
The official continued, "After going around this mountain, there is a dilapidated temple ahead where you can rest for a while."
After hearing this, Chen Wu asked everyone to hurry on their way and continue resting at the dilapidated temple.
We soon arrived at the dilapidated temple. Although the roof was also broken, it was better than outside. More importantly, we found some broken wooden tables and chairs in the backyard, which we could use as dry firewood to make a fire and dry our wet clothes.
Chen Wu asked everyone to stop and rest.
Many exiled prisoners applied to go to nearby areas or mountains to see if they could pick some mushrooms or wild fruits.
Chen Wu did the same thing as last time. He sent a few officials to lead the way and guard, and asked each family to send people into the mountains.
Chen Fenghe took off his straw raincoat and went into the mountains. Qin Mengyue, Shen Yichuan and others made a fire in the dilapidated temple and boiled ginger soup.
Although they were not wetted by the rain because of their straw raincoats, the temperature suddenly changed after the rain and the clothes they were wearing were no longer warm. Drinking some hot ginger soup could warm up their bodies.
When Qin Huanhuan saw Chen Fenghe going into the mountains, she glanced at Lai Hu.
Sure enough, Lai Hu also looked at her, then got up and went up the mountain together.
Chen Fenghe picked some mushrooms just like last time and even caught a pheasant, making everyone else envious.
Isn’t this too good of luck?
Pheasant and mushroom soup is the most soothing thing in this weather.
Seeing that everyone had collected most of the fruits, the officers asked everyone to go back.
At this moment, a group of masked men suddenly emerged from the forest and surrounded the officials and exiled prisoners!
Upon seeing this, the officer immediately drew his sword and retreated, saying, "Who... who are you? You dare to rob the imperial court? Are you trying to kill yourself?!"
The leading gangster sneered at the sky, "Hahahaha! You don't want to die? Brothers, your heads are always on your belts! However, today, brothers, we won't rob money, only people. If you keep them here, everything will be easy!"
The officer said, "These...are all serious criminals of the imperial court..."
Before he finished speaking, with a whoosh, a sharp arrow pierced the officer's chest.
The officer fell to the ground and died without even a sound.
"Drop your weapons, or he'll be your lot!"
Seeing this, the other officers had no choice but to lay down their weapons.
The bandits had the officer tied up. Then they walked towards Lai Hu, bowed, and shouted, "Brother! I'm late!"
Chen Fenghe was shocked. It seemed... these people were here to rescue Lai Hu?
Lai Hu glanced at Chen Fenghe with a smug look before patting the bandit on the shoulder and saying, "It's good that you can come. It's worth my trust in you."
The gangster asked, "Brother, what should we do with these people? Kill them all?"
After hearing this, the other exiles and the bound officials could not help but tremble, and some even cried out of fear!
They don't want to die!
Lai Hu pondered for a moment and said, "These are both officials and serious criminals of the imperial court. Killing them would be troublesome. Knock them all out! Except for one..."
As he spoke, he glanced towards Shen Fenghe.
"Yes!" The bandit also looked over and immediately understood Lai Hu's meaning, so he agreed. His men had already started to take action and knocked out the officers and exiled prisoners.
Lai Hu took the knife handed over by the bandit and walked towards Chen Fenghe.
Chen Fenghe retreated calmly, thinking about how to escape.
As for escaping, she never thought about it from the beginning.
Shen Yichuan and Shen Qingxing, the original owner's twin siblings, followed her into exile because of what she said at the time. How could she abandon them and run away alone?
As for Qin Mengyue and Xiao Yunhao, since they have supported her all the way here, she can't possibly abandon them.
Even if I want to escape, I will definitely take them with me.
Lai Hu's face was grim as he smiled and said, "My dear, I've always been thinking about you! How about you come back to the village with me and become my wife?"
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