Chapter 291 Heading to the Capital 2
The team set out again, mostly traveling in the second half of the night, and arrived at the next town at dawn. Lianyi then told everyone to go into the town to rest.
Of course, the money for renting the inn was paid by the Wu family. Luo Huai was still a little unhappy and complained to Lian Yi:
"Miss, the Li family is considered a wealthy family in the capital after all. We are their guests. Why do they ask you to pay for the inn?"
Lian Yi smiled and said:
"Luo Huai, we don't know how many of these guards can return to the capital alive. They are protecting us for a while, so why bother about these things?"
"They weren't doing their best. When they were attacked last night, they didn't protect the young lady. I saw them trying to escape, but they were held back by the men in black."
Luo Huai frowned.
She was in the car at the time, holding a dagger and observing the situation outside. She saw clearly what kind of people those guards were.
"Miss, you just do as she says."
Luo Ying rolled her eyes at Luo Huai. This girl has grown up, but has become more stingy.
"Luo Huai, go to the town's clinic and buy some healing medicines. Bring me some medicines for wounds, fevers, and swellings. I'm afraid the medicines I brought with me won't be enough."
"Yes, Miss! I'll go right away. Can you prepare some of these wound medicines for the Li family guards?"
"Prepare a copy for Manager Li. Just make sure it's acceptable for the sake of appearance."
"yes."
Luo Huai took Chu Liangchen, who had fed the horse, to buy medicine for the wound. Liangchen knew more about this.
The group rested for a day and a night, and set out on their journey again at dawn the next morning.
The Li family's steward and the old woman kept their noses down this time and walked obediently beside Lianyi's carriage, with an attitude of respectful guarding.
"Sister Luo Ying, weren't Manager Li and Mrs. Li walking in front of us before? Why are they walking next to our car now?"
Luo Huai asked knowingly.
"Of course it's safer to stay by the young lady's car! Although they are servants of the Li family, the Li family guards may not protect them."
Luo Ying knew what the other party meant and continued according to Luo Huai's words.
"Really? But when I look at those guards, they don't seem to want to protect the young lady!"
"So! It's better to rely on yourself than on others. Fortunately, our guards are not just for show."
"Sister Luo Ying is right!"
Lianyi listened to the two girls singing in unison and just smiled, without stopping them.
Before, the two maids had been bullied by that old lady Li, who was so arrogant that she treated her cousin as a poor relative who came to the Li family to get money. No one knew who sent such a fool.
The Li family is still eyeing her huge fortune, so they will definitely take good care of her and flatter her. They will only take action after she enters the Li Mansion, and they will not give her a cold shoulder right from the start.
Lianyi didn't know that this matter was arranged by Li Renyu's favorite concubine. After she made Li Qinshi angry and fell ill, she temporarily held the power of housekeeper. She didn't take this cousin seriously at all and just randomly assigned a maid to be her.
Manager Li and Mrs. Li heard the conversation in the car clearly and felt the pain on their faces, but they did not dare to show the slightest displeasure because they were afraid of death.
The sneak attack on the first night foreshadowed the unrest along the way. Before Lianyi left the Jiangnan area, he would encounter an attack almost every three to five days.
Some were dressed as bandits, some were dressed as robbers, and there were some starving beggars. There was also one time when a family of more than a dozen pretended to go back to their hometown to worship their ancestors and traveled with them. After two days of peace, on the third day they added something to the fodder for their horses and put drugs in their food.
The knowledgeable Wen Lu discovered it and immediately secretly reminded the Wu family's guards. As for the people from the Li family, she was too lazy to even say a word.
Don't think she didn't notice that when the team was attacked, these guards, in order to survive, led people into their own guard team, increasing their burden and injuring several guards. If the young lady hadn't stopped them, she would have killed these trash long ago.
Therefore, when the dozen or so people surrounded them, the number of Li family guards was reduced rapidly, and in the end only two people survived. It was because these two people ate little and the effects of the medicine were weak, so when they were hacked to death, the pain awakened them.
This time, the Wu family was still the main force. After completely wiping out those people, they rudely woke up Manager Li and Mrs. Li. The two were so frightened that they almost lost their souls. From the narration of the two remaining guards, they realized the danger that had just happened.
Mrs. Li wanted to ask why they didn't remind them when they knew the food was wrong, but the quick-eyed and quick-handed Steward Li stopped her and took her away.
"If you want to return to the capital alive, shut up! Why didn't they remind us? It's because you, a servant with high self-esteem, embarrassed the two maids around Miss Biao.
What is the status of a maidservant beside the lady in the mansion? She can't tolerate an old woman like you to show disrespect to her. That's not embarrassing the maidservant, that's slapping the master in the face. Think about it carefully!"
Mrs. Li's face turned pale at this moment. When she was sent out of the house, she was not happy about it. Not only was the journey long, but she also didn't get any extra money. However, the other maids had used the money to bribe the concubine, so in the end, this hard job had to fall on her.
She was filled with resentment, thinking that this cousin was an orphan and a poor relative, which was why she had embarrassed the two maids. Now she was deeply regretful.
Lianyi wouldn't care about these things. She would naturally take care of her guards first. After all, her guards were fighting for her, but the Li family's people didn't, so she didn't bother to think about it. Whether they could go back alive depended entirely on their abilities.
After leaving Jiangnan, the situation of Lianyi and his group improved a little. However, Manager Li and Mrs. Li were like frightened birds. They were both eager to return to the capital and urged Lianyi from time to time to speed up the team.
Lianyi pretended not to hear and continued moving at her own pace. Because they missed the town that day, everyone prepared to camp outside.
Chu Liangchen trotted to Lianyi's car and reported:
"Miss, there is a temple two miles ahead. It looks dilapidated, but it can shelter us from the wind and rain. Let's go there to rest! Master Wen just said it will rain tonight."
When Wen Lu was escorting a caravan, she often missed her place to stay in order to hurry on the road. It was common for her to rest in the open air. She also learned how to read the weather. Lianyi also felt the dampness in the air, so she nodded and asked everyone to walk a little further and stay overnight in a temple.
"It's rare to see temples these days."
Minmin whispered.
"Why?"
Luo Huai asked.
"The emperor is obsessed with refining elixirs to achieve immortality. The Taoist temples are so popular that almost all the temples have been demolished, and monks are even rarer."
"I see."
As they were talking, they arrived at the entrance of a somewhat dilapidated temple. The faded door was closed.
As soon as Lianyi's carriage stopped, the gate of the temple opened from the inside, and a young monk about the same age as Chu Liangchen came out and saluted to everyone:
"Amitabha! Master said that a distinguished guest will come today, so he asked me to invite the distinguished guest to rest for a night."
After hearing this, Manager Li and Mrs. Li felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.
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