Chapter 6: Departure
The leader, surnamed Qin, had a square face and was about thirty years old. After speaking to Jailer C, he looked at the people in the Marquis' Mansion with a stern face and said, "I am the leader of the officers escorting you. As long as you behave yourself during your exile and don't cause any trouble, everything will be fine. You will arrive in Hanzhou smoothly."
Otherwise, they will suffer a lot.
After saying this, he waved his hand and asked his officers to put lighter handcuffs on everyone.
The heavy shackles can be avoided, but the handcuffs cannot be avoided. If one of them runs away, the officers will be in trouble.
Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion looked at the handcuffs on their wrists and accepted their fate. It was better than the heavy shackles.
Su Yue's eyes were slightly cold. This was clearly prepared long ago. Not only did he have to wear shackles, but he also had to wear handcuffs.
You really don't want to give the people in the Marquis' Mansion a chance to survive.
After everyone put it on, the officers escorted everyone from the marquis's mansion to exile.
Shili Pavilion outside the capital has always been a place where relatives send things to exiles. Before Su Yue arrived, she saw someone waiting there from afar.
But the person they were waiting for was not the one who delivered the things to them, but Grandpa and his people, Murong Li, and the people from Murong Li's maternal family, the Zhenyuan General's Mansion. They were probably waiting for the people from their Marquis' Mansion to join them.
"Yuer, are your father and the others over there?" The eldest lady saw them and asked with a sob.
"It should be them, Mom, don't worry." Su Yue comforted. She saw that grandfather and other men were being held up.
Murong Li was being led like a dog, and he really looked like a stray dog, making it hard to look at him.
But the officer who was leading him had an arrogant look on his face, like a dog owner walking a valuable dog.
Murong Li was like a puppet without a soul, allowing himself to be manipulated.
Su Yue's eyes flashed, she really wanted to blow the officer's head off, but if she blew one, there would be another one. Forget it, she would let the dog emperor keep this account first and let him clean his neck for her.
It would be a miracle if Su Yue let the dog emperor go.
Sure enough, as they approached, they heard an officer shout, "Let's go!"
They were not given any chance to look at each other.
Following the shouts of the officers, everyone had no choice but to continue on their unknown journey.
"Yuer, how can they be so cruel that they won't even let us take a look." The eldest lady saw Su Ningde being carried from afar and felt extremely heartbroken.
The old lady also saw the old marquis and fainted immediately.
The officers ordered the maids to carry the old lady and not to fall behind.
This walk lasted an hour.
The sun was high in the sky and the temperature was getting hotter. An hour ago, someone in front had fainted, but the officers simply poured water on him to wake him up and continued walking, showing no mercy.
There was no mercy shown to Murong Li. The officer who was holding him pulled the chain hard from time to time, causing Murong Li to be covered in sweat and blood in pain.
If anyone couldn't stand it and said something, the officer with the whip would whip them.
The old marquis, Master Su Da and Master Su Er were better off, as they were carried by the officers. The eldest and second brothers had no injuries, but they were also wearing heavy shackles and handcuffs.
It was already very good that the two weak scholars could hold on and not fall down.
All the male members of the general's family wore shackles and handcuffs, especially the general, who wore a wooden yoke, while the women and children wore shackles.
They were just as spoiled as the women in the Marquis's Mansion, but they had some brains and knew that their lives were different now and that their lives were in the hands of these servants whom they looked down upon on weekdays.
At the beginning, there were some people making noise and complaining like Su He and Su Yan, but they were forcibly stopped and were not troubled.
But some officers' eyes fell on the young and beautiful women.
The general's mansion has many more concubines than the marquis' mansion. At a glance, there are no less than a dozen of them, and each of them still has charm.
And the girls in the general's mansion are all as beautiful as flowers.
Su Yue saw the actions of the officers. This place was not far from the capital, so it was not suitable for her to take action.
She glanced at the energetic officers and saw that they had no intention of stopping to rest.
"Mom, Second Aunt, can you hold on?" Su Yue frowned as she looked at the First and Second Madams who were about to faint. Their lips were chapped, their faces were pale, and beads of sweat were running down their cheeks.
The two shook their heads. The eldest lady said, "You can still hold on. Yue'er, don't worry. But Yue'er, can you do it?"
The eldest lady was extremely distressed. Her daughter seemed to have grown up overnight and had walked for such a long time without complaining of being tired.
He kept holding on so firmly, which broke her heart.
Su Yue shook her head. She was not tired at all. With her mental strength supporting her, as long as her feet could walk, she could walk a hundred or eighty miles a day without any problem.
At this moment, all her mental energy was focused on the officers in front of her. She had to make them stop, so she had to find the leader to launch a mental attack on.
Only by attacking him can he order a rest.
Su Yue quickly found the leader and attacked his brain with her mental power. The leader yelled and then squatted down with his head in his hands.
This time, Su Yue was sensible and didn't let him faint from the pain, but she made his head feel like it was being pricked by needles.
Sure enough, the pain at that moment passed, and the leader stood up, tilting his head in confusion, as if wondering what was going on.
Su Yue attacked again, and the leader squatted down with his head in his hands again.
"Boss, what's wrong with you?" An officer saw him and came forward to ask him.
The pain he felt as the leader passed. He pressed his head, looked at the scorching sun above him, and said, "Maybe it's too hot and he has heatstroke. Go find a place to rest up ahead and we'll have something to eat."
Officer: "Yes, sir."
The officers were eager to do so. They didn't want to leave in such a hot sun, so they ran forward quickly after receiving the order.
There is a small forest in front where you can rest.
Seeing this, Su Yue stopped attacking the leader and helped the eldest lady walk forward.
The people behind saw that they could rest now and quickened their pace.
When the ones behind them arrived, the ones in front had already stopped and were sitting in groups in the woods to rest.
The officers took turns eating.
The first and second wives ignored their exhausted bodies and went straight to Master Su and Master Su II.
"Madam Song, please take good care of grandma. I'll go see grandpa." Su Yue said to the maid next to the old lady.
Nanny Song nodded: "Don't worry, Miss, the old servants will take good care of the old lady."
"good."
"Caixia, come with me." Su Yue called Caixia, and the master and servant first came to where the leader Qin was. As soon as the servants arrived, they drank water and ate bread.
The people from the Marquis' Mansion didn't bring anything with them when they went out, including food and drinks. Even if these servants had some, they wouldn't share it with the prisoners.
If you want to eat, you have to exchange something.
Su Yue stepped forward and said to Leader Qin, "Leader Qin, how much are your water and food? I want to buy some from you."
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