Chapter 64 Staying in a Small Village
The prince had no choice but to compromise. He knew in his heart that his father was on guard against him: "Yes, your son obeys your order."
The ministers in the hall were all happy to see the two brothers fighting with each other. After all, there were always several such good shows to watch every day.
As long as the disaster in the northwest can be dealt with, that will be enough.
After the court session that day, the prince and Murong Yi immediately went to handle the matter.
The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief. The disaster in the northwest had been resolved, and the national treasury was also replenished at the same time.
As the saying goes, a person with food at home will not be worried. The emperor seemed to understand the feelings of ordinary people who had no money and no food.
Maybe the experience is one thing, he is the emperor, and the people of Xifeng Kingdom should serve his royal family like slaves.
As far as the disaster in the northwest is concerned, he would not go to provide disaster relief unless it was absolutely necessary. The people in the northwest are tough and unruly. As the saying goes, poor places produce unruly people, and this is exactly what the people in the northwest are like.
If he didn't provide disaster relief, if those unruly people rebelled against him, he would have to send a large army to suppress them, which would be a waste of money and manpower, and the losses would be even more serious.
It's not cost-effective. I can only go to disaster relief and gain a good reputation.
He also didn't want to be called a tyrant.
After three days of arduous journey, Su Yue and his party finally left Hutouling.
The exile team looked back at the tall Hutouling and breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they got out of Hutouling, there would be villages and towns, and they would have the opportunity to buy food and clothes.
Everyone, look at the shoes on your feet. Not only are they dirty, but your toes are even exposed.
They all sighed deeply.
Some even wanted to buy a few carriages and travel by them, but it was very tiring and it was difficult to reach the destination.
Despite their thoughts, everyone still dragged their exhausted feet forward. There was no village in front and no shop behind, and it was impossible to find a village to rest.
Before dark, we finally arrived at the first village.
The village is not very big, with only dozens of households. They also make a living by hunting in Hutouling. When they saw this large group of exiled prisoners, they hurried back to their houses and closed the doors.
It was Qin Lingtou who knocked on the village chief's door. When the village chief saw the officers with knives, he didn't dare to say a word and arranged the members of the exile team to each household.
Let everyone just take a good bath and have a good sleep.
If two or three people in a family do this, everything will be arranged.
Su Yue, her servant and Su Yan were arranged to live in a widow's house. There were only a mother and a daughter in the widow's house. When they saw Su Yue and the other two, the mother and daughter were trembling with fear and didn't even dare to look at them.
The mother and daughter boiled some water in the kitchen and asked them to wash up first, then they took the meat given by Su Yue and cooked a meal.
The three of them took a bath and had dinner. Su Yan and Caixia went to bed, and Su Yue sat in the dim main room.
The mother and daughter sat nervously, not daring to go to sleep, and from time to time they secretly glanced at the handcuffs on Su Yue's wrists.
Su Yue glanced at the timid mother and son, and took out a silver ingot from her arms. It was quite heavy and she put it on the table.
"Don't be afraid, sister-in-law. Take this money. We have some flour in our luggage. Please help me bake some pancakes."
Widow Yang took one look at the ingot, her eyes flashing with joy for a moment, then dimming again. She said, "Auntie, young lady, you gave me too much silver. It's no problem for me to help make the pancakes."
Su Yue was too lazy to say more to her. After stuffing the box into her hands, she went into the house and walked around outside. When she came back, she had a bag of flour and a pot of oil in her hands, which she gave to Widow Yang.
Widow Yang looked at the white flour in her pocket, swallowed her saliva, picked up the flour, took her daughter into the kitchen, and went to make pancakes.
Su Yue was not sleepy either, so she sat in the main room and released her mental power to check the entire village. Seeing that everyone was normal, she withdrew her mental power.
An hour later, Widow Yang and her daughter had finished baking the pancakes, filling a whole basket.
"Just put it here, sister-in-law. I'll put it up later."
Widow Yang nodded and went to bed with her daughter.
Su Yue looked at the hot pancakes and put them into the space along with the winnowing basket.
She just yawned and came to another room. The two people in the room were sleeping like dead pigs. She checked the surroundings with her mental power and then entered the space.
She continued to roast her meat, and then read the medical book for a while. When she felt sleepy, she slipped out of the space, fell on the bed and fell asleep.
The next morning, everyone quickly packed up and the team continued on their journey. They scared the villagers of this small mountain village overnight. If they didn't leave, the villagers didn't know what to do.
However, the people in the team also bought some food in the village and took it with them.
Only the Su family didn't buy anything, oh no, Su Yue baked a large basket of pancakes.
As we walked out of this small village, we saw more and more villages, and two days later we finally passed a county town.
"Miss, shall we resupply some supplies in this county?"
Not far from the city gate, leader Qin stopped the team and asked Su Yue.
Su Yue nodded: "We must replenish some supplies. You greet everyone and buy as much as possible after entering the city."
Su Yue felt that in a place like the Northwest, not only were supplies scarce, but they were also extremely expensive.
"Yuer."
At this time Murong Li ran towards her hurriedly.
"What's wrong?" Su Yue asked.
Murong Li had been following Old Madam Yun all the way from Hutouling. Now he was running here in a hurry. Could something have happened to someone in the Yun family?
Murong Li pulled her aside and whispered something in her ear.
"Is this confirmed?" Su Yue was surprised.
"I'm pretty sure the man in the court has already collected the silver and is sending it to the northwest. He's probably not far behind us."
Murong Li also received the news this morning that the northwest was hit by a severe drought this year, and the farmers had no harvest, and many victims had to move their families away.
Su Yue frowned: "Are we still going that way?"
Now that I am no longer under that person's control, I can choose another place to go. If I don't go to the south of the Yangtze River, I can go to the southwest.
Murong Li glanced at Su Yue and said helplessly, "It's only safe to go there."
"Okay, let's hurry into the city to resupply. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to buy things next time."
This county town is relatively remote and a little more isolated than other places. Before the news comes, it will be easier to buy things.
Of course she didn't need to buy food, but she had to buy some just to look the part.
Su Yue came to where the Su family was staying, brought a few servants with him, told the Su family to stay there, and then went to the city gate with Murong Li.
"Fourth Master, Miss, if you go into the city, please take this."
When the two men arrived at the city gate, leader Qin was waiting for them there.
"Okay, you don't have to wear this anymore." Su Yue nodded.
In fact, there is no use in wearing this. The handcuffs do not hinder her work, and she is used to it, so she did not say anything.
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