Chapter 15: Each with His Own Agenda
The yamen runners had no choice but to promise benefits and not to humiliate the Lin family before they agreed to tell them the herbs.
Finally, the symptoms of the entire team were relieved, and the miasma in the forest gradually dissipated.
Among the team, only Lin Yiqing's family of four suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.
Seeing their miserable appearance, Lin Xiyan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Hahaha, you love eavesdropping, huh? You love talking dirty, huh? This is the result, you deserve it!
Jiang Moyu looked at the little girl's proud expression from the side.
Suddenly I felt that she was not a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, but more like... a woman in her thirties or forties who was in charge of the overall situation.
Jiang Moyu walked up to Lin Xiyan and asked curiously, "Xi'er is so smart. I wonder where did you learn these medical skills?"
Lin Xiyan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Jiang Moyu had figured out something?
She immediately calmed down and said with a smile, "Brother Mo Yu, I loved reading medical books when I was young. Over time, I have learned a little bit. I am sorry to have made you laugh."
Qingying behind him heard it and almost laughed out loud.
Where did the young lady learn this skill of lying without blushing or getting nervous? She is obviously the one who hates reading the most.
"I see, Xier is truly exceptionally intelligent! Such a rare talent!"
He praised sincerely.
Lin Xiyan's eyes flashed with a sinister look as she heard this: "Brother Mo Yu's horsemanship is also quite impressive. I wonder where he learned it?"
She had long been puzzled as to how a homeless orphan could know the art of riding.
Jiang Moyu was not panicked. She looked into Lin Xiyan's eyes and said slowly:
"One day, when I was being chased by those people, I fled to the horse farm and hid there for more than half a month before I recognized them."
After saying that, both of them looked at each other meaningfully...
An hour later, they finally walked out of the forest and returned to the official road.
The fat chief yamen runner breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, there was no danger. If I had known that this forest was so terrifying, I would never have taken a shortcut no matter who tried to persuade me.
Suddenly, the thin yamen runner drew his sword and approached the four members of the Lin family's eldest branch, asking hurriedly:
"Where is the property?"
Lin Xiyan couldn't help but blush, thinking to herself:
This skinny yamen runner was truly a heartless and ungrateful jackal, leopard or tiger. He couldn't wait to start interrogating before even setting foot in Zhuyang.
They completely forgot that if Lin Xiyan had not rescued them in the miasma, they would have all died long ago!
Lin Xiyan had never expected that the yamen runners whom she had just saved would all gather around her at this moment.
Each of them had a ferocious look on their face, and they shouted loudly:
"Hand it over!"
Lin Xiyan quickly gave her father a look.
Lin Wuyu understood: "It was so long ago that I can't remember the exact location of the hiding place."
The bailiffs glared at Lin Wuyu, their hands gripping the hilts of their knives as if threatening him: "Then think about it carefully!"
Mrs. Lin, who was standing by, immediately knew that there was no treasure belonging to Zhu Yang. It was all just a trick to deceive the yamen runners.
Lin Xiyan quietly walked behind him and said softly:
"Dad, just take me to a remote place. I have a plan."
"I only remember that it was in a temple south of Zhuyang City. I don't know if things and people have changed." Lin Wuyu's eyes were full of helplessness.
"Lead the way!" The bailiff pushed Lin Wuyu.
Jiang Moyu looked at it and thought:
I'm afraid there is no treasure at all. It's all Lin Xiyan's delaying tactic. This trick of quenching thirst by looking at the plum is really great!
He couldn't help but look at Lin Xiyan with more respect.
Lin Wu Yu had no idea what Lin Xiyan was up to, so he had no choice but to lead the team forward. After all, his daughter wouldn't harm him.
Finally, after another half hour of hard walking, the sky suddenly became overcast. As they hurried on their way, heavy rain began to fall.
Fortunately, a dilapidated temple appeared in front of them, and everyone hid inside in panic.
Lin Xiyan slipped away quietly while no one was paying attention, and threw an exquisite wooden box into the dry well of the temple.
Jiang Moyu couldn't find Lin Xiyan, so he went to look for her: "Xier, what are you doing back there? It's raining heavily outside, come in and take shelter from the rain."
"Okay, thank you Brother Mo Yu for your concern."
Lin Xiyan ran towards Jiang Moyu.
Brother Mo Yu probably didn’t see what she was doing just now.
When they returned to the dilapidated temple, they saw that everyone was soaked to the skin. The fat yamen runner cursed:
"Damn it, this awful weather is soaking me to the skin!"
He frowned and tried to wipe off the water on his clothes, but he could wring water out of them.
The Lin family, young and old, searched for dry grass and firewood in the dilapidated temple to make a fire.
After the fire was lit, the yamen runners pushed them away and made them sit outside the dilapidated temple, while they themselves sat around the fire to keep warm.
The dilapidated temple was not big and could only accommodate more than 50 people. Those sitting outside would be splashed by the rain outside.
Everyone looked at the yamen runner's face and became angry.
But he was unable to resist and could only sit on the outside with his back to the rain, shivering, his lips turning purple from the cold rain.
Looking at Lin Xihuan's trembling lips, Lin Xiyan really couldn't bear it. It would be troublesome if these children caught a cold and had a high fever!
The thin yamen runner waved his hand and called Lin Wuyu over: "How long will it take to reach the treasure hiding place?"
Lin Xiyan had already greeted Lin Wuyu.
Lin Wuyu looked around and then looked thoughtful.
Seeing Lin Wuyu hesitate to speak, the yamen runner suddenly became anxious and said, "Speak!"
"Let the women and children of the Lin family come in to warm themselves by the fire, and I will tell you!"
"Hey, you're still putting forward conditions? Don't push me too far!"
The thin yamen runner kicked Lin Wuyu to the ground.
"Otherwise, even if I die, I will never tell you the secret."
Seeing Lin Wuyu's strong character, he had no choice but to let all the women, children and young children of the Lin family come in to keep warm.
Everyone in the Lin family was filled with gratitude towards Lin Wuyu, the flesh-and-blood head of the family.
Only the people from the second house were unhappy. It turned out that there were no women, children or young children in the second house, and they were all standing outside in the rain, so they didn't get any advantage at all.
"Now you can tell me!"
The thin yamen runner stared straight at Lin Wuyu.
"In fact, what is far away is also right in front of us." He paused.
"The treasure is hidden in this temple."
The jailers' eyes lit up, and all the sleepiness they had felt along the way disappeared.
Lin Yiqing said sarcastically, "It's too much of a coincidence that the dilapidated temple we randomly entered to avoid the rain turned out to be the treasure hiding place."
The yamen runner was also puzzled when he heard this: "Tell me where it is? Then take us to find it now!"
"The box of treasure is not here, but in the well behind the ruined temple!"
But now it was still raining heavily outside, and there was no way to get out. The fat yamen runner raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly.
After hearing this, Lin Yiqing burst out laughing: "I wonder if it can be taken out."
"You have no right to speak. Shut up."
The thin yamen runner was very annoyed, and became even more annoyed when he heard Lin Yiqing's voice. This woman talked too much.
Although Lin Yiqing became obedient after being scolded, she was gloating in her heart, waiting to see the eldest wife of the Lin family make a fool of herself.
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