Chapter 60: Ghosts and spirits?】
After hearing this, Yuan Xun pondered for a moment and said, "The winter clothes matter is what we should do. However, regarding the cart, I still need to consult with my superiors. I'm afraid the other prisoners will say that I'm treating you specially... But don't worry, I will speak up for you."
After hearing this, Chen Fenghe nodded and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Master Yuan."
Qin Mengyue, Shen Yichuan and others woke up only after Yuan Xun left.
Seeing that it was already bright outside, Qin Mengyue asked anxiously, "Why is it already this late? Feng He, are we leaving?"
Chen Fenghe knew that they had slept longer because of the smoke, so she smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry. I heard that the government office has been robbed, so the city is closed today and they won't leave until tomorrow."
Qin Mengyue heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this and said, "So that's how it is? That's good. After traveling all these days, it's a blessing to be able to rest for a day."
Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "That's right. Just now, Master Yuan said that they have already informed the people here and agreed to let the exiles use their small kitchen. I'll go make some food..."
Qin Mengyue hurriedly said, "Let's go and help too."
Shen Yichuan, Shen Qingxing, and Xiao Yunhao also got up in a daze and said, "Sister/sister-in-law, let's go help too, uh... help light the fire..."
Seeing that their eyes were half open, Chen Fenghe couldn't help but touch their heads and said with a smile: "I don't need your help today. You can sleep a little longer. When the meal is ready, I will call you."
I'm afraid these three little guys are the ones who have suffered the most along the way. Today we don't have to rush, so it would be good to let them sleep a little longer.
After hearing this, the three little guys rubbed their eyes and went back to sleep obediently.
Chen Fenghe had taken out some ingredients from the space early in the morning, saying that he had bought them from the manager here. Then he and Qin Mengyue took the food to the kitchen.
The kitchen manager had been informed by Chen Wu in advance, so he pointed to the stove reserved for the exiled prisoners and showed it to Chen Fenghe, then left.
Here, Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue began to wash and cut vegetables together. After the side dishes were ready, Qin Mengyue lit the fire and Chen Fenghe, the cook, started to stir-fry.
After a while, several dishes were ready.
Since it was morning, Chen Fenghe didn't prepare anything particularly greasy. She had a spinach and egg scramble, a plate of steamed bacon, and a few steamed buns made with a mixture of sweet potato flour and white flour, and a bowl of rice and sweet potato porridge.
The two of them took the dishes to their room and started eating.
The steamed bacon was the same wild boar meat from last time, which she had air-dried in the space.
"Sister! It's delicious!" Shen Yichuan and Shen Qingxing said as they stuffed the mixed flour buns into their mouths.
"Sister-in-law! Hao'er also thinks it's delicious! It's even better than what the imperial kitchen makes!" Xiao Yunhao also said.
Seeing them eating voraciously, Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue couldn't help but laugh and said, "Slow down, don't choke."
Qin Mengyue couldn't help but raise her hand to wipe away her tears.
In the past, there were dozens of dishes in a meal in the palace. In addition to the main meal, there were also various snacks. Haoer had always been picky and refused to eat them, but now on this road of exile, he was no longer picky about food.
However, although the journey of exile was difficult, she did not regret her decision to break with Emperor Cheng.
Even if the journey was arduous, it was better than enduring humiliation in the cold palace! Moreover, she... still had to find her child.
Shuo'er... may not be dead.
Qin Mengyue couldn't help but ask, "Feng He, we should be close to Jinzhou now, right?"
As soon as Chen Fenghe heard it, he knew what she meant.
Crown Prince Xiao Yunshuo was framed near Jinzhou and eventually fled into the mountains and fell off a cliff, his whereabouts unknown.
"Mom, it will probably take another month or so to get there..."
"It will take more than a month?" Qin Mengyue's face showed an anxious, desperate and miserable expression after hearing this.
Chen Fenghe sighed and said, "Mother, don't think too much. The prince is a lucky man, and God will surely bless him to survive the disaster..."
Although she tried to comfort Qin Mengyue in this way, she just didn't quite believe the nonsense that the prince was still alive.
After lunch, they rested until noon. The dog officer searched for a long time but found no suspected bandits. Instead, one officer, in order to complete his mission, brought back two assassins who had been poisoned by a venomous snake outside the city. He declared, "Sir, these two are likely the bandits who escaped. They were just unlucky and were bitten by a venomous snake, and then abandoned by their companions. In my opinion, the bandits must have left the city overnight and fled! Please understand!"
The county magistrate naturally recognized that these two people were the ones he secretly sent to kill the Queen and the Crown Princess. How could they die outside the city?
Moreover, he had just followed the Fifth Prince's secret order to attack the Empress and the Crown Princess, and not only had his family's wealth been drained, but he had also been beaten up! Isn't this too bizarre?!
The county magistrate suddenly remembered the rumors that had come from the capital some time ago.
After the Crown Prince was murdered for treason, many businesses in the capital, including the Imperial Palace and the Shangshu Mansion, were robbed! Rumors spread among the people that this was a ghost sent by God to the human world specifically to avenge the unjustly wronged Crown Prince!
Now, just when he was about to attack the prince's widow and the queen mother, he suffered such a great disaster. Even the assassin he sent was inexplicably bitten by a poisonous snake and died in the wilderness. Could these... be... also the work of ghosts and gods?
If he dared to listen to the Fifth Prince again and kill the Crown Princess and the Queen, wouldn't it be his life that would be lost next time?!
Thinking of this, the county magistrate could no longer sit still.
You can earn money again if you lose it, but if you lose your life, it’s all over!
He just pretended not to hear the fifth prince's secret order!
What prime minister? Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. It would be better to be his own emperor in Daming Prefecture!
The head constable asked, "Sir, these bandits...are we still going to pursue them? If we do, I'm afraid you'll need to issue a clearance document and notify Lin County and Lin Prefecture for cooperation..."
"Let's just leave it at that! Wasn't that bandit...wasn't he already dead from a venomous snake bite?! Let's just leave this case here, to avoid further investigation and the resulting waste of time and money!"
The chief constable was stunned for a moment.
When did his master start to care about the waste of money and labor? Shouldn't he have just used the excuse of catching bandits to plunder the wealthy families in the city?
"grown ups?"
"I said I won't investigate, so I won't. What's the point of talking? Get the car ready! I need to go to the temple to pray!"
Therefore, by the afternoon, the city-wide curfew was lifted.
Chen Fenghe, led by Yuan Xun and several other officials, went to the shops in the city to buy things.
Winter clothes, furs, cotton, etc. are all available in Chen Fenghe's space, but I still need to buy some so that I have a reason to take them out.
We first went to the silk shop. Ordinary cotton cloth cost 300 wen per bolt, slightly cheaper than the coarse linen, which cost 200 wen per bolt. As for silk cloth, made from southern silk, only the rich and powerful could wear it, and it cost 1,000 wen per bolt.
Even if the exiled prisoners had some money with them when they were exiled, they had already spent a lot of money along the way and were very short of money.
Therefore, everyone bought the cheapest linen, and they didn't dare to buy it in bulk. They calculated the number of people in the family and only bought enough for each person to make a winter coat.
But Chen Fenghe was different. She directly bought a piece of cotton cloth.
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