Chapter 424: The Demon Concubine Who Brings Trouble to the Nation vs. the Bandit Emperor of the Founding of the Country 35
Ji Liao knew that he couldn't hide it from Guo Yi, so he had to take the blame himself. Guo Yi became more wary of him, and he couldn't take off his shackles during the journey.
They walked until noon, when the exile team stopped to rest. Ji Yunhuan found a flat open space and was about to help his father sit down when a team of carriages and horses suddenly appeared on the side road.
Lin Yuan jumped off the carriage, looking surprised. He excitedly waved at Ji Yunhuan and said, "Miss Divine Doctor! What a coincidence, I meet you again. It must be fate. Why don't we travel together?"
The corners of Ji Yunhuan's mouth twitched, and he smiled awkwardly: "Well, it is indeed a coincidence."
The others had never seen Lin Yuan, so after Ji Liao explained it this way, everyone knew that the person in front of them was the "righteous man" who saved Ji Liao and Ji Da.
Fang Huijia took a step forward, put her hands down and knelt, and saluted Lin Yuan very solemnly, "Thank you for saving my husband. You are handsome, skilled, brave and chivalrous. We will remember this kindness in our hearts and repay it one day."
Lin Yuan scratched his head, so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. "Um... Madam, there's no need to be so polite. I'm just a rough guy, so don't be so polite."
"To tell you the truth, I came here just for your daughter. She followed me back that day and saved many of my brothers. I am grateful to her. Madam, please don't be so formal. There is no such thing as repaying a favor between us. I actually...ah!"
Lin Yuan was stepped on and gasped in pain. He looked at Ji Yunhuan with resentment and muttered in a low voice: "Why did you step on me? I didn't say anything wrong. I said it from the heart."
Fang Huijia thought her daughter was very strange. Huan'er had always been well-educated and well-mannered. Even if the person was an unrelated stranger, Huan'er would not do anything rude, not to mention that the person was the benefactor of the Ji family.
Huan'er seemed a little too presumptuous, but this hero was open-minded and didn't seem to be angry.
Ji Yunhuan explained, "When he gets nervous, he talks nonsense and doesn't get to the point at all. He saved Dad and Uncle Ji, and I helped him, so we're even."
"He is a bodyguard, and he is going back to Cangzhou now, which is just right for us. He lost a lot of people when he came here, and he was afraid that the road would be unsafe, so he wanted to go together. And he also needed a free doctor, so he came to us."
Ji Yunhuan spoke very fluently. Lin Yuan nodded beside him, "Yes, yes, that's right. You have a very good brain and remember it very clearly."
Fang Huijia knew it was a fabricated story as soon as she heard it, but Huan'er had only known this hero for a short time, so how could they be so familiar with each other that he even fabricated his identity and background?
Fang Huijia suppressed her doubts and nodded in sudden enlightenment, "I see, but we are in exile, so we still have to listen to the officials."
Guo Yi came over when he saw the commotion here. He felt that this group of people who suddenly appeared must be Ji Liao's people. Ji Liao really didn't even bother to pretend and just put his people out in the open.
He glanced at Lin Yuan and said coldly, "No! We are in exile, not a spring outing. I have never heard of an exiled prisoner bringing so many guards. I don't agree. Don't even think about following me!"
Lin Yuan got angry when he heard this. If he didn't follow, the woman he loved would be bullied by these officials! If he didn't follow, how could he get his future wife?
Lin Yuan's hand had already touched the butcher knife behind his waist. His eyes were sharp and he looked at Guo Yi without fear.
"No one in the government is a good person! This road is not opened by your family, I want to follow it, what can you do to me?"
Guo Yi had already raised his long sword, pointing it directly at Lin Yuan. He smelled a hint of danger, which made him even more excited. After hanging around in Luojing City for so many years, all he met were good-for-nothings. He almost forgot the feeling of this kind of blood-boiling feeling.
The man in front of me is no ordinary person. He is like a beast ready to strike. He is very suitable for a fight!
"What a big tone! Boy, tell me your name, I won't kill nameless people!"
Lin Yuan sneered, pulled out the butcher knife, and held it across his chest, "You government lackeys, do you think you know my name!"
There seemed to be the crackling smell of gunpowder in the air as the two men confronted each other, ready to fight at any time.
Ji Liao sat on a rock as if nothing had happened, with an expression of watching the fun. If it weren't for his inconvenient legs and feet, Ji Yunhuan suspected that his father would definitely want to go up and fight himself.
A bunch of crazy martial artists who only want the world to be in chaos!
Pan Ying came over with a bunch of keys hanging around his waist and an account book in his hand. He looked miserable. Seeing that the boss was about to fight, he hesitated and said:
"Boss Guo, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not. How about I tell you later..."
Guo Yi hated people who procrastinated the most, and said disdainfully: "If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have something to say, fart quickly. Don't delay my work!"
Pan Ying was so frightened that he trembled, feeling that the boss was going to chop him with a knife in the next second. He glanced at the warrior who was confronting the boss. He was really amazing. He was not afraid at all.
"I looked at the account book. At first glance, it seems balanced, but after a closer look, many items of income and expenditure do not match. Moreover, the actual items do not match the account book. They pass off inferior goods as good ones, falsely report grain and cloth, and secretly take kickbacks. For example, in this item, they bought in 200 dan of coarse grain, but in fact they only..."
Guo Yi was overwhelmed by what he heard and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't read the account book to me! I don't want to listen. If it weren't for the fact that you have studied for a few days and are still useful, I really don't want to keep you around to nag."
"Just tell me what the current situation is and how long we can hold on."
Pan Ying flipped through the account book in a hurry and said with a bitter face: "I checked the baggage lightly. Let's not talk about other things. Just talking about food, I'm afraid it won't last more than three days."
"According to the documents of the Ministry of Justice, we should replenish our food in Yuncheng. There is plenty of food there and it is cheap, but we can't hold on there, and... and we don't have much money left. I'm afraid we can't afford to buy so much food. Let alone these exiles, we don't even have enough food for ourselves."
Guo Yi's face turned black. Ding Wei was only concerned with money and didn't care about what would happen next. The road of exile was so long, was he going to let everyone starve?
Not all of the exiled people were serious criminals with heinous crimes. Some were officials who stood on the wrong side, some were ordinary people who offended the powerful, and some were exiled because of something they had implicated. Being exiled to Lingnan at least offered a way to survive. We couldn't let all these people die on the way.
Every prisoner has a quota. If a prisoner cannot afford the money, he will have to work to pay it back when he arrives in Lingnan. Ding Wei not only embezzled the money taken from the Ministry of Justice, but also the money paid by the prisoners. The bulk of the money must have gone into the pocket of Chief Ding!
Guo Yi no longer had the heart to fight, and cursed in a low voice: "The people are dead, and they still left such a big mess for me, what a piece of shit! The entire Ministry of Justice is a mess, there is nothing those people dare not covet!"
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