Chapter 35: Turning Back on Someone
Captain Sun was a little hesitant. Opening the shackles was risky. Who knew if the Chen family would escape?
However, he thought about it and realized that it was impossible for the Chen family to escape, and they had nowhere to run to. Moreover, if they didn't run away, they still had a chance to survive. Once they ran away, they would be dead. Anyone who was not a fool would know what to choose.
So he agreed, but he did not open the shackles of everyone. He only agreed to open the shackles of Chen Xue and her parents. Of course, at Chen Xue's strong request, Xiaodie and Yang Xiaohua also opened their shackles.
However, Chen Xue demanded that the person who untied the shackles must be Xu Tian. Although Captain Sun was a little confused, he agreed considering that their cooperation was needed at the moment.
Although Xu Tian was a little confused, he was naturally very happy to help Lord Chen unlock his shackles.
However, when he was untying Chen's mother's shackles, he was stunned because the weight of the shackles was not right.
He had been a yamen runner for so long that he was very clear about the weight of shackles, but the shackles in front of him were lighter than paper. Was there a problem?
"hurry up!"
Chen Xue naturally knew that Xu Tian had discovered something wrong, and hurriedly urged him. Only then did Xu Tian react. Although he was confused, he still obediently helped Chen Xue and others to unlock the shackles.
The weight of Yang Xiaohua's shackles is normal, but Xiaodie's is not.
Xu Tian was a little confused, and until he untied Chen Xue's shackles, he felt even more that something was wrong.
One is okay, but two or three means there is really a problem.
However, as soon as he looked up, he saw Chen Xue's eyes, and then he became a little dazed. He heard Chen Xue's voice in his ears. After a moment, Xu Tian shook his head and came back to his senses.
After coming to his senses, Xu Tian no longer wondered about the weight of the shackles.
Chen Xue breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was worth the huge price she spent to exchange hypnosis from the space.
Hypnosis requires 5,000 contribution points to redeem. She and Yang Xiaohua collected medicinal materials with great difficulty, but it was not enough. She had to deduct some from her private money to make up the 5,000, which made her very distressed.
It also made her more determined to collect medicinal herbs as soon as possible.
Fortunately, hypnosis is a long-term therapy, not a one-time thing, so it is not a loss.
However, this hypnosis technique has a flaw. It requires the other person to look directly into your eyes, and only one person can be hypnotized at a time.
In addition, the less resistance you have towards yourself, the easier it is to be hypnotized.
That's why she chose to let Xu Tian untie the shackles. Firstly, he was nice to her and others, and secondly, even if he found something wrong at the first time, he would not shout loudly.
Fortunately, she made the right bet.
After untying the shackles, Chen Xue stretched and felt much more relaxed, like a monkey that had just escaped from the Five Finger Mountain. She couldn't wait to run around and jump to express her happiness.
Although I used weak water to lighten the shackles before, I still felt restricted. Now I don’t have that feeling anymore.
"Okay, now quickly ask your doctor to point out the medicinal herbs around." Captain Sun urged hurriedly, as if he would lose one or two pounds of profit if he delayed for one more second.
Chen Xue didn't want to delay either. She was hoping to collect more medicinal herbs and exchange them for contribution points.
Contribution value is a good thing, comparable to silver.
If you have less silver, it's gone, but if you have less contribution points, you can earn them back, so unless it's absolutely necessary, Chen Xue will choose to exchange things with contribution points.
After all, there are so many good things in the system, like milk tea, ice cream, and well... besides food, there are other good things.
Let’s get back to the topic.
Chen Xue quickly asked Yang Xiaohua and her father to point out the medicinal herbs around them, and then Captain Sun had people pick them and hand them to the prisoners, asking all the prisoners to remember them.
Not long after, a notice came from the exiled team that medicinal herbs could be exchanged for food.
For a moment, the entire exile team was in an uproar.
You know, they only provide one steamed bun and a little porridge or congee per person every day, which is not enough to fill them up.
Rich people could privately ask the yamen runners to buy more food, but the yamen runners were too greedy and they would only buy one or two more steamed buns for a few taels of silver.
After finishing this meal, if you want to eat a full meal next time, you have to spend a few taels of silver to ask the yamen runners to buy more food.
But they had already been exiled and did not have much money on them, so they had to starve.
Now, they have the opportunity to eat their fill and collect medicinal herbs. Although it takes some effort for them, it is nothing compared to the harvest.
Even if they didn't find any medicinal herbs, they could take the opportunity to look for wild vegetables and fruits. After all, under normal circumstances, they could only move around when they were resting. When the exile team was walking, they could not leave the team for too long, otherwise they would be regarded as running away and killed.
Now that this notice is released, they can leave the team openly and collect supplies around them.
Regardless, it's a win-win situation.
Therefore, not many prisoners objected to this notice, which made Captain Sun very satisfied.
"Captain, do we really have to give them half of the profits?" Qian Yayi couldn't help but speak out. In his opinion, there was no need to share it with the Chen family.
Captain Sun looked around and said disdainfully, "You're overthinking it. How can we possibly give it to them?"
Captain Sun’s plan was simple. They wanted to take the medicinal herbs to Nanman to sell, but after arriving in Nanman, the Chen family and other prisoners would be handed over to the local county government.
However, after the handover, the Chen family still cannot leave, so they will just take the medicinal materials away directly, and what can the Chen family do even if they know about it.
Besides, the Chen family may not be able to survive until the Southern Barbarians?
Captain Sun was very clear about how determined Guo Qiang was to kill. With the current strength of the Chen family, it was impossible for them to withstand Guo Qiang's pursuit.
Therefore, the Chen family might be gone before they reach Nanman, and by then these medicinal herbs will belong to them.
In the following days, just as Chen Xue had expected, many medicinal herbs were collected and sent to the carriage where Captain Sun and others were.
Seeing this, Chen Xue naturally couldn't sit still. She proposed this cooperative business not for the purpose of making money, because it was difficult for them to make this money.
Not to mention that even if they got the medicinal herbs, they would be confiscated by local yamen runners after arriving in Nanman.
Even if their property had not been confiscated, they would not have had the opportunity to sell it, because when they arrived in Nanman, they would be assigned to the villages to open up wasteland.
There are prisoners everywhere, how much money can they have to buy medicinal herbs?
Moreover, they cannot leave the village and go to the county town, so they cannot sell the medicinal herbs.
Therefore, Chen Xue could only rely on Captain Sun's power to collect these medicinal herbs and exchange them for contribution points.
Of course, this was only done secretly.
"What are you doing?"
Qian Yayi is now in charge of the collection and management of medicinal materials. When he saw Chen Xue coming, his face suddenly turned cold, and it was obvious that he wanted to turn against her.
"I want to see the herbs!"
"impossible."
Qian Yayi refused without hesitation. They had already planned to exclude the Chen family and work alone, so how could they let Chen Xue interfere?
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