162. Chapter 162: Pitch a Tent



Not to mention eating one melon a day, she can even eat two or three.

Hehe, look at all these people, there are more than 600 of them, who doesn't have a few melons in their life. If we calculate it on average, each person can have three melons, one a day, she will have to eat for two or three months. She must meet people on the way to exile, right? She can find a few people to eat melons from, so one melon a day is not a small matter.

"Oh, by the way, one melon a day, is there any limit to the audience range?"

Su Mibao almost forgot the most important thing. If she had to have one melon every day and six hundred people had to eat it together, she would be in trouble.

"No, there are only five conditions: one melon a day, nothing else."

"open!"

Su Mibao really couldn't help it. As the rabbit started talking, she giggled and danced with joy.

"Look at how happy our baby Mi is. It looks like something good is happening again."

Aunt Seven Ye Ranqing looked at Mi Baobao’s chubby face smiling like a flower, and her mood also improved.

[I heard a dog official in front of me suggest that there is a deserted temple not far ahead, so we can stop to rest and eat, and then continue to set off.]

Ye Ranqing's face changed. He looked at his mother-in-law and Su Zhenbei and said, "Mi Baobao said that an official suggested that we stop by the deserted temple ahead to rest, eat, and continue our night walk. And that deserted temple is only big enough for the officials to take shelter from the rain, so everyone else can only get wet outside."

"There's nothing we can do. Since we're just going to rest for a while and eat and then we have to keep going, let's all rest on the donkey carts and catch some rain."

Old Madam Su was worried. When she thought about what Mi Baobao said, the earthquake would happen in the second half of the night, and they were still in the epicenter, it was raining so heavily, and she didn't know how long it would take to reach a safe area.

"The area ahead is all hilly, with more lush vegetation than the area we've come from. There are no deep ravines or steep slopes, so there shouldn't be natural disasters like landslides. The road is fairly flat, and we can walk another 20 or 30 miles in the dark to completely get out of this hilly area. Further ahead is a vast plain of several hundred miles. Only further ahead will there be mountains."

Tsk tsk, Su Mibao listened to Su Zhenbei's analysis, her elder brother was really amazing, an ancient man actually knew so much geographical knowledge. It seems that this genius boy, the title of God of War General, was not earned in vain.

[We'll find a spot close to the mountain wall and use the donkey cart as a shield. I'll get a piece of rainproof canvas to build a temporary shelter so we can keep out the rain.]

As for others, Sumibao is not a saint, she can't care so much. Her family is all exiles.

[Butler Su——]

Su An was a smart boy. When he heard what the young master said, he immediately lifted a corner of the car curtain and told the steward Su who was walking next to him about Su Zhenbei's arrangements.

"I know."

Butler Su responded.

[I have been escorting for decades and have seen all kinds of terrain. In this kind of terrain, there must be a lot of small caves ahead. When the time comes, we can find a small cave close to the mountain walls on both sides so that the host can take shelter from the rain. I hope we can have better luck and find a larger cave so that we can drive the donkey cart directly into it.]

Su Mibao heard what Butler Su was thinking. Hey, it turns out that Butler Su was a bodyguard before. No wonder grandma said that Butler Su knows Kung Fu and can help big brother? It seems that grandma knows Butler Su's identity. How can a bodyguard who doesn't escort well enter the Zhenguo Mansion to be a servant? After all, even if he is a butler, he is also a servant. You know, no matter how noble a servant is, he is still a servant. How can it be better to be a free citizen?

What's more, the identity of a slave means that not only he himself is a slave, but his descendants are also slaves. How can they be called house-born children?

Hey, why is Butler Su alone? He is already a big butler, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to find a wife, right? He is so old, and according to common sense, he should have a large family of children and grandchildren.

I can't remember.

Butler Su was just a supporting character in the original book with only a name and a few appearances. The author didn't write much about him, and she was a rough reader, so how could she possibly remember him clearly?

Soon, the team stopped.

As Zhao Xiaoqi expected, at the end of the forest was a deserted temple, surrounded by mountains on three sides, steep cliffs on two sides, and a deep ditch on one side. Only the road they had taken led to the outside. This was a good place to escort prisoners to spend the night. As long as a checkpoint was set up on the way back, the prisoners would not be able to escape.

As expected of being veterans on this escort road, Liu Laoer and the other two are very familiar with this road.

Lu Zan and Ji Tai followed here with 200 prisoners. When they saw this deserted temple, they felt that Zhou Fuan was really capable. Although the troops they brought were stronger than Zhou Fuan's and their food and grass were more abundant, they were not familiar with the road.

Besides, their mission was to follow the group of exiles and wait for an opportunity to kill the Su Wang and the two families and the remnants of the crown prince.

Lu Zan brought 20 Zhaowei, Ji Tai brought 20 imperial guards, plus Zhou Fuan's 36 escort officers, 76 people squeezed into the temple, plus their horse area and food and fodder vehicles. The main hall, nunnery and courtyard of the small deserted temple were all packed.

Exiles and prisoners were not allowed to enter the temple. More than 600 people could only squeeze into the woods and open space in front of the temple.

The rain was so heavy that no matter how dense the leaves were, they couldn't block the rain. It was just better than the open space outside.

Some of them were smart enough to look for caves on the mountain walls on both sides.

But reality still gave these prisoners a loud slap in the face.

This forest is very large, the slopes are very gentle, the walls are very low, and there are only a few small holes that rabbits, birds and the like can get in. People definitely can't live in them.

Fortunately, housekeeper Su acted early. While everyone was looking around, he stopped his donkey cart at the angle between two mountain walls, using the donkey cart to block the space and form a triangular space. Su Mibao immediately took out the rainproof canvas from the space, and everyone worked together to quickly erect a triangular tent. The door was facing the curtain of the donkey cart.

People outside could only see the shed on the other side of the donkey cart, and nothing inside. Moreover, the rain was so heavy that it blocked people's view.

In addition, at this time, everyone is exhausted and desperate to find a place to rest. How can they have the mood to meddle in other people's affairs?

Since the Su family was looking for a gap between two mountain walls, the donkey cart blocked the gap and the sail inside lowered to the ground, so people outside could not see a thing.

"Ouch, I'm so tired."

Su Chengyi was wearing the shackles and really wanted to sit down on the mud.

He was so fat that he had to walk in the rain all day with such a heavy yoke on his body. It was really hard for him, a lazy man who always loved to eat.

[Don't sit on the ground. It's all muddy and it will get your clothes wet and uncomfortable.]

Su Mibao quickly took out a row of iron chairs from the corridor of their hospital from the space, and took out three rows in total, arranged them into a triangle, and then took out the mattress from the hospital ward and spread the painted fan on top. Everyone quickly took down their raincoats, and Su Mibao was afraid of getting the mattress wet, so she put the wet raincoat into the space.

Everyone took off their plastic raincoats and put the Sumibao away so that everyone could sit on the chairs cleanly. Then Sumibao took out the folding table and quickly filled it with food.


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