After searching for herbs, her pants and socks were still wet. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, she secretly took out spares from her space and changed into them.
Because of the rain, lunch was difficult to prepare, so the officials only sold white flour pancakes.
Under the cover of the package, Mu Wanting took out meat pies and pastries from her spatial storage and distributed them to the third branch of the family. They were eaten with the wolf meat jerky from before, and the taste was absolutely amazing.
By the time the rain stopped, it was already the third day. The camp was muddy and flooded everywhere, and the convicts had nowhere to even stand.
In fact, this is the situation that exiled prisoners would encounter; those like Mu Wanting are still a minority.
Shen Yujiao smiled coquettishly, now clearly a big fan of Mu Wanting.
"I feel that as long as I'm with my second sister-in-law, my life is so comfortable."
Shen Mingjiao also laughed: "That's right. Before coming to exile with everyone, I thought about how hard exile would be, but my second sister-in-law is really capable. Our third branch hardly suffered any hardship."
Mother Shen smiled and said, "Then you two should treat your second sister-in-law well from now on."
Madam Shen closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, not participating in the conversation.
But she knew in her heart that if she wanted to live a good life, she could only follow the third wife.
The second wife's family members are impatient for quick success and cowardly, the first wife's family members are incompetent and lack their own opinions, while the third wife's family members are all capable people.
More importantly, there's Mu Wanting.
Her granddaughter-in-law is quite peculiar; she seems to have the ability to avoid misfortune and always manages to precisely evade certain calamities.
Even though she knew this, she just couldn't bring herself to like this granddaughter-in-law.
That night, just as Mu Wanting was about to go to sleep, Shen Yujiao rushed out of the tent, pale-faced, and vomited violently.
Immediately afterwards, Shen's mother, Shen Mingjiao, and Old Madam Shen vomited until their faces turned blue, looking as if they were about to collapse.
Mu Wanting was startled and immediately took her pulse, discovering that she had been poisoned.
She immediately took out antidote pills and fed them to the group, and their symptoms began to improve.
Turning her head, she saw Ma Dazhuang walking towards her with a stern face. He was accompanied by five or six officers, all of whom were glaring menacingly, their swords already drawn.
Mu Wanting quickly guessed what had happened, but showed no sign of it on her face.
"Sir, what brings you here?"
Ma Dazhuang sneered: "Mu family, I never expected you to harbor such evil intentions. Now the convicts have been poisoned after eating your herbs. You have to give them an explanation."
After saying this, he grabbed Mu Wanting's rough hand.
"Walk."
Mu Wanting remained calm and composed.
“Sir, the truth is still unknown. Such a hasty conclusion will damage your reputation and allow the real culprit to go unpunished.”
Ma Dazhuang raised an eyebrow: "Whether it is or not, a simple investigation will tell."
Mu Wanting said, "Please take me to the place where the medicine is being boiled, sir. Once I see the dregs, everything will be clear."
As soon as the dregs were poured out, Mu Wanting noticed that there was an extra ingredient.
“Sir, I did not request this kind of herb when I was looking for medicine. You were watching me prepare the medicine, and I did not add this herb.”
"This herb can cause vomiting and diarrhea. I can't possibly shoot myself in the foot. Please, sir, investigate thoroughly."
Su Yu said, "Boss, this herb is special. I really didn't see Mu add it. Mu went back to her tent after preparing the medicine. She didn't have a chance to commit the crime at all."
Ma Dazhuang frowned: "Who passed by while the medicine was being boiled?"
Zhang Caiyun, Xu Wencui, and several members of the Song family were all called to the dregs of the medicine and asked to identify them.
"Who added these herbs?"
Everyone looked at her with unfamiliar faces, and Zhang Caiyun cursed and swore.
"Mu Wanting brought this upon herself, and now she wants others to take the blame."
She had barely finished speaking when Su Yu lashed her with his whip again. She looked up and glared, only to be struck on the eyelid again, nearly blinding her.
Now, Zhang Caiyun dared not say anything more.
After questioning everyone, no substantial progress was made, and the investigation had to be put on hold.
The situation of the exiles could not be delayed any longer.
"Mr. Mu, treat the exiled criminals first."
Mu Wanting found some herbs, brewed them, and fed them to the exiled criminals, which finally stopped their illness. However, after this, everyone was still feeling sickly.
The rain stopped, and everyone had to continue their journey.
The road was muddy, and with each step, shoes would sink into the mud and become stuck. Many convicts fell down.
Mu Wanting didn't like taking this kind of road, so she sat in the front of the carriage with Qin'er in her arms, eating wolf jerky and enjoying the scenery.
Su Yu also squeezed onto the carriage and asked Mu Wanting for a handful of dried wolf meat.
"It will probably take several more days before it can walk normally again."
Mu Wanting hummed in agreement.
Su Yu smiled: "Do you have any candy?"
Mu Wanting grabbed a handful of candy and gave it to him. Su Yu peeled a piece of candy and put it in his mouth.
"You're really good at hiding things."
Mu Wanting was feeding Qin'er formula and ignored her.
Su Yu added, "The boss said that you weren't the one who poisoned me, but we can't find out who it was either."
“I know that throughout history, there have been many wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice, and very few cases have actually been investigated.”
Su Yu smiled, revealing a set of white teeth.
"If you give me another handful of candy, I can help you investigate for free."
Mu Wanting raised an eyebrow: "Are you soliciting a bribe?"
Su Yu laughed heartily, and just as he was about to speak, a large, well-defined hand parted the carriage curtain, and dark eyes stared intently at him.
His smile vanished, and he said nothing more.
Mu Wanting turned her head and saw the handsome Shen Xinglan with a sweet smile.
"You're awake?"
Shen Xinglan gave a low "hmm," and the surrounding air pressure was terrifyingly low.
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