Chapter 7: Protecting the Shortcomings
"Oops! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Bai Li was extremely angry. He took two steps forward, bent down suddenly, and hit Ma's face with his head, knocking her upside down!
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I was just too anxious to get my brother's engagement letter.
Everyone saw it, right?
Bai Li blinked his black eyes with an innocent look on his face, and took the opportunity to ask the onlookers to be witnesses.
"That's right. It's obvious that the lady threw the engagement letter on the ground on purpose and even stepped on it. It's so insulting!"
"This little girl saw that she couldn't pick it up, so she went over to pick it up herself. What's wrong with that?"
"Isn't this the wife of the Minister of Rites?
Not long ago, at the Hundred Flowers Banquet hosted by Concubine Shu, his daughter even received a reputation for being virtuous and kind. Bah! She's clearly a snob!
The maids and servants brought by Ma wanted to step forward to argue, but were sprayed in the face by the onlookers.
Being pointed at and scolded by so many people, Hu Die could no longer hold back no matter how thick-skinned she was. She covered her face and ran away crying, not even caring about her mother lying on the ground.
"What an ungrateful person! He watched his mother fall to the ground without even helping her up!"
After running a few steps, Hu Die staggered, then sped up and fled!
Ma was helped up, but she was too embarrassed to argue with the Bai family, so she asked someone to carry her up and left in shame.
This scene was seen by two young men riding horses not far ahead.
"Prince, let's go, otherwise the roads will be blocked!"
Nangong Min, with deep eyebrows and a handsome face, had a little confusion in his eyes. The arrogant little girl in his memory slowly overlapped with the little face with bright white teeth that had just deliberately bumped into people and pretended to be innocent. Then he suddenly realized and nodded.
Is it her?
Arrogant and domineering, unwilling to suffer any loss, nothing has changed!
"Let's go!"
After saying that, he squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, and the two horses, one in front and one behind, slowly headed towards the city gate.
Without the excitement, the number of onlookers gradually decreased. The Bai family arrived at the crossroads and met up with another group of prisoners. There were also five more yamen runners, and the group officially embarked on the road of exile in Guizhou.
After they left, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Kingdom was so angry that he almost smashed the imperial seal!
"Waste! Are you all a bunch of waste?!
The huge capital city was emptied overnight without anyone noticing! ! ! "
Eunuch Li thought to himself: It's just clearing out a street, it's not that exaggerated.
He quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling fortunate that the thief had left him a way to survive. Otherwise, even if he had ten dog heads, he would not have enough to chop off just because the boxes and cages in the Bai Mansion were empty.
"And you, Eunuch Li, you led five hundred elite soldiers and fifty archers to guard the place day and night, yet you were still replaced. Are you just here for nothing?!"
"This slave is incompetent, this slave deserves to die!!"
Eunuch Li acted terrified and knocked his head loudly.
If being scolded once can absolve him of responsibility, he would be willing to be scolded ten times.
"However, Your Majesty, there is one thing I do not understand. Please make a decision."
"Captain Zhao's marriage proposal was rejected, so why did he repeatedly go to the Bai residence to cause trouble? Is he deliberately trying to confuse the public..."
The emperor is so angry, why not divert the blame to someone else to reduce his guilt?
"Bullshit! You, a pickled man, are incompetent, yet you dare to blame my son? Your Majesty, please understand!"
Zhao Yuntian's father, Zhao Gongsun, held the important position of Minister of Rites, so naturally he could not let his son take the blame.
His family was miserable enough. At daybreak, he climbed up from his concubine's bed. The entire mansion was empty except for the four walls and a few beds for sleeping. Even the autumn wind, carrying fallen leaves, mocked his home. The city was empty overnight.
But the guards he hired to protect the house looked confused, which made him so angry that he almost fell down.
It was at that time that his son Zhao Yuntian thought of asking to marry the daughter of the Bai family again, to get back the dowry and to make up for the loss to his family.
But this is not a glorious thing, and we can't let Eunuch Li talk nonsense anymore.
The court was in chaos. Emperor Zhou Yu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Finally, he issued an imperial decree to investigate!
Even if we have to turn the entire capital upside down, we must find the thief!
Passersby and vendors carrying goods must not be spared, and even flies flying by must be checked to see if they are male or female.
Everyone received the order and carried it out immediately, causing chaos in the capital.
Bai Li and others naturally didn't know about these things.
Because their bags and clothes were rummaged through before they left the city, naturally no one suspected her.
The sun is shining brightly in autumn. Walking outdoors in the scorching sun is unbearable for most people. Male prisoners have to wear shackles weighing twenty or thirty kilograms, and female prisoners have to walk with iron chains weighing several kilograms.
But Bai Li is different. This amount of weight is completely negligible to her.
Compared to the extreme climate of the apocalypse, where every day was either chasing zombies or being chased by zombies, now it is simply an outing with the family.
But her mother and grandmother are not in good condition, so she has to take care of them.
As soon as they left the capital, Bai Yue couldn't bear it anymore and screamed. After being whipped several times, she leaned against her mother and took numb steps, not even daring to cry.
The leader of the team, Li Dong, waved his hand to stop the team, and then asked two people to fetch water from a farmer's house not far away.
Only then did everyone get a break.
"Tsk, you little white flower, and you dare to be so pretentious!"
Bai Li looked at her tear-stained face and sneered. He was already angry just looking at her, and now he had to vent his anger when he saw her being humiliated.
"you……"
Bai Yue was furious and felt her back hurt even more.
Mu was very angry, but she subconsciously felt that Bai Li was not easy to deal with, so she attacked Li Mingyue who was sitting on the stone in front of her.
"Sister-in-law, your family's upbringing is terrible. Look at your daughter. She has no sympathy for her sister when she sees her sister getting hurt. She even speaks rudely. No wonder the Zhao family wants to cancel the engagement!"
“Bang!”
Breaking off an engagement is Li Mingyue's Achilles' heel, and Mu happened to encounter it.
Li Mingyue turned around and slapped him, then calmly withdrew his hand.
Bai Li silently withdrew his half-extended hand and gave his mother an appreciative look.
Tsk tsk, her mother was so cruel. A five-finger mark immediately swelled up on Mu’s delicate face. It hurt just looking at it!
Yes, this is like her!
"Li Mingyue! Why do you hit me? I'll fight you!"
Mu finally exploded at this moment, letting go of Bai Yue and pounced on Li Mingyue!
Bai Li misstepped and stood in front of her mother.
With a gentle push of his finger, Mu fell to the ground with a plop, crying out in pain, "Ouch, ouch!" Bai Li knew she was pretending to be dead.
"Bai Li, how dare you push your aunt down? This is extremely disrespectful..."
“Bang!”
"Your mother didn't teach you to control your mouth, so I'm here to teach you!"
"Ah!!! You...! Sir, Sir, she's disobeying discipline and deliberately causing trouble!"
The yamen runner who was enjoying watching the fun was just enjoying himself, but after hearing Bai Yue's shout, he decided not to be lazy anymore. He took a few steps forward, raised his hand, and whipped over with a whistling sound!
Bai Li dodged with incredible speed and grabbed Li Mingyue and Li Shi who were within the range of his whip.
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