Zhou Fuan cursed in his heart, "You are obviously the deputy captain, and according to your duties, you should follow me, the captain, and escort the exiles on the road. But this gentleman, not only is it his job to escort the exiles, but he also has to assign officials to serve him."

However, Zhou Fuan didn't dare to show it on his face, even though he cursed in his heart. What if this third-generation ancestor caused him some trouble again? Well, forget it, it's better for him to leave, so that he can focus on escorting the exiles. The 150 miles from here to Yueyang Town are all difficult roads. He didn't have the energy to escort the exiles and serve this third-generation ancestor at the same time.

Zhou Fuan selected four officers to protect Chu Mingyang.

Chu Mingyang actually let the four officers climb directly onto the roof of his carriage, and then asked Xiao Ya Zhang to drive the carriage away.

Zhou Fuan was stunned by this outrageous move. The officials cursed in their hearts, but they were just like Zhou Fuan and could only feel uneasy in their hearts. It was not until Chu Mingyang's carriage drove away that the officials spat on the ground.

After walking for a whole morning, I just had something to eat and haven’t rested for long before I have to set off again.

The exiles all complained bitterly. They were either the families of demoted officials or the families of wealthy merchants who were exiled because of the Crown Prince case. Many of them had blisters on their feet from yesterday to today. They walked all morning today, and their feet were sore and rotten that they felt pain when they touched the ground. Especially some children, they were afraid to walk, cursing and screaming. The adults couldn't walk, let alone the men wearing shackles and couldn't carry the children. The women had to be tied up and couldn't carry the children either. The children hugged their mothers' legs and cried, refusing to move forward.

During the lunch break, the officers untied the women and children, but now they had to tie them up again. There were so many people, and Chu Mingyang took four more officers with him. They were in a hurry to leave, so the officers tied up the women randomly, and did not tie up the children under ten. The officers also knew that these children had been walking for a whole morning, and their feet were sore that they could not even walk, let alone escape. Even if they really escaped, they would die in this desolate mountain.

The fat little Su Sinnan took the opportunity to run out, completed the task assigned by his elder brother, and then quickly ran back, twisted his fat body, and climbed onto the donkey cart.

"I gave all the messages to that big, dark-faced officer."

Su Sinan had an expression that said, "I'm great, brother, please praise me."

Yue Feng?

Su Mibao looked at his elder brother with admiration, thinking how amazing it was that even though he was so ill, he was still able to arrange his own people among the officials.

"It was arranged by my uncle. My uncle said that Yue Feng is a ward of the Song family. His whole family lives in the farm in the Song family's hometown. My uncle arranged for Yue Feng to work in the government office three years ago. No outsiders know about his relationship with the Song family. He is loyal and can be absolutely trusted."

Su Mibao secretly complained in his heart, the whole family is in the hands of his uncle, how can Yue Feng not be loyal? His uncle is really amazing and thoughtful.

The four children were untied and squeezed into the donkey cart, which was extremely crowded.

【Let me find something good. 】

Su Mibao thought about it and took out a solid wooden table from the space. It was an ancient solid wooden calligraphy table. The legs on both sides were also a whole piece of wood. He put it in the donkey cart. The height was just half, and the two legs together took up half of the donkey cart. In this way, the mattress was spread on top, and it became an upper and lower layer. The four children squeezed on it and sat. Grandma, the eldest brother, and Aunt Qi were still sitting in the same place with Su Mibao in their arms. The space occupied by the table was the direction of their legs.

Such a small donkey cart, after Sumibao's efforts, was able to fit eight people. It didn't seem crowded.

The rain came suddenly, and there was no wind, so the rain seemed to be pouring down directly from the sky.

After a few thunders, a rainstorm suddenly came, soaking all the exiled prisoners.

The rain was so heavy that no one could see the road ahead.

Yue Feng followed Zhou Fuan, taking three steps at a time.

The rain was heavy. Zhou Fuan wiped the water off his face and shouted back,

"Just say whatever you want to say—"

Zhou Fuan cursed in his heart, damn it, the heavens are against me. Look, it's only more than a hundred miles out of the capital, and it's raining so hard. He put on a raincoat, but it didn't help. The rain still soaked his face and he couldn't see the road clearly.

The hats issued by the officers were covered with thick oil paper, but the hats were in the car in front and he had not gone to the front to get them.

This reminded him of the four officials who followed Chu Mingyang at this time, sitting on the roof of Chu Mingyang's carriage with their necks tilted up in the rain. When they left, they did not take their raincoats. It was impossible for Chu Mingyang to bring extra raincoats and oil-paper umbrellas. Even if he did, Chu Mingyang would not let the officials use them based on his character.

Puff,

Zhou Fuan was busy thinking about his own things while listening to Yue Feng's words. He didn't pay attention to his feet, slipped, and fell backwards.

Yue Feng reached out to support Zhou Fuan in time, but he used too much force, Zhou Fuan stopped, and he fell to the ground. He got up awkwardly and wiped his face, which was covered with mud and water, with only his eyes exposed.

Zhou Fuan was both angry and amused.

"I didn't hear what you said just now. Say it again."

Yue Feng thought, I didn’t explain anything clearly just now, of course you didn’t understand.

"I said, I have a friend in the Imperial Observatory. I didn't want to take this job at first, but he came to tell me a piece of news. He said he observed the stars at night and found that a dragon would turn over in the capital in a few days. Because it was a serious matter, he asked me not to tell anyone easily. He told me to take this job. He said I had no parents, was not married, and was alone. If I took this job and left the capital quickly, I could save my life."

Yue Feng secretly apologized to his parents in his heart: I'm sorry, in order to successfully complete the task assigned by the young master, mom and dad have to put you in an awkward position for a while.

"What did you say? The earth dragon flips over?"

Zhou Fuan's hat couldn't stop the heavy rain at all. It flowed down his face, making it hard to see the road. He didn't even bother to wipe it off and grabbed Yue Feng. "What did you say just now? Say it again? Did I hear you correctly?"

He can't be so unlucky, right?

Not only did he have to take on such a difficult mission, but it was also raining heavily and there were earthworms. It seemed like God really didn't want to leave him a chance to survive!

"Yes, my friend said that the earth dragon will turn over at the hour of Yin in the second half of the night tonight, and it will stretch for about 200 miles."

Two hundred miles?