Chapter 113 Something's Wrong!
Shen Yuanjing himself was a young man in his late twenties, and he was ashamed to talk about such things with his unmarried sister.
"Don't worry about this, I'll go talk to Grandma!"
Shen Yuanxin watched her brother's departing figure and smiled.
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"That bastard, has he forgotten how Zhang Zifen abandoned him when he was captured by the Third Princess?" Old Madam Shen was so angry that her chest ached!
“Mother, my elder brother is really something. We’re on the road to exile. Even though we’re safer now, he can’t be so lustful, stealing moments to do bedroom things with his concubines!”
"That's right! I was wondering why I didn't see him during the fight today. Turns out he was dragged into the room!"
"Mother, Zhang Zifen and my eldest brother grew up together; they're practically childhood sweethearts. Could it be that my eldest brother is taking advantage of the princess's loss of power to favor his concubine over his wife?"
Madam Shen slammed her fist on the table in a fit of rage.
"He dares!"
Putting aside who gave them their comfortable lives, what if the Empress Dowager and the Emperor remember their eldest daughter-in-law and summon them back to the capital?
"You fools! Go and bring your eldest brother here. Let me teach that idiot a lesson!"
The three Shen brothers immediately went to arrest the man.
The eldest brother can't control his lower body, the eldest son's family is in for a good show!
Shen Lanxi reread the books she had read before and gained a lot from them.
What I only vaguely understood before, I now understand completely.
Every time she read a page, if she had a different opinion, she would stop and write it down on a piece of paper. In just a few days, she had already bound it into a book!
After finishing the books she had read before, she started reading books she hadn't read before: landscapes, geography, travelogues, miscellaneous essays, and even the Book of Poetry and political essays. Whatever Xiaoxue sent her, she would pick up whichever book she wanted and start reading!
She gained a lot of experience from fighting Wei Dongzhu.
In the following days, she practiced martial arts in the morning and read books in the afternoon.
Such days lasted for more than ten days.
We've finally arrived at Huijiang Wharf!
Huijiang Wharf is one of the larger wharves on the way to Xiguan. You can see many large and small boats moored on the wharf from afar, and you can faintly hear the boatmen shouting slogans!
“My lord, there are many people at the dock, there shouldn’t be any refugees!” Liu Yanhui said, standing to Shen Lanxi’s right.
Wei Dongzhu frowned: "We still can't let our guard down!"
Shen Lanxi pointed to a nearby merchant ship that was about to dock and said, "Let them go and scout ahead!"
Located in the northwest and backed by the sea, this place is a refugee camp that would flee famine even without rioters!
really
As soon as the ship docked, the refugees hiding on the pier swarmed over and tried to steal business from the boatmen.
This was tantamount to taking food from the mouths of the local boat trackers, and the local boat trackers immediately started fighting with these refugees!
"They've been beaten like this, and nobody's doing anything about it?" Wei Dongzhu frowned.
In no time at all, the local boatmen won and began to drive away the refugees with a mix of cursing and kicking!
"We can't dock!" Liu Yanhui said bluntly!
Shen Lanxi: "There's no fresh water!"
They need to reach the shore to replenish their fresh water!
Liu Yan replied, "We can send a small boat down and buy water from the locals!"
Shen Lanxi nodded: "Okay, calculate the distance and have someone stop the boat!"
"yes!"
Having been adrift at sea for over a month, the people on board looked at the shore with shining eyes, all wanting to go ashore for a walk.
"Mr. Liu, let me go with you to buy water, I'm strong!"
“I’m strong, and I can swim and row a boat.”
Liu Yan replied, "As long as I can swim, row a boat, and fight, I might have to fight those locals first thing after we get ashore!"
Hearing Liu Yan's fierce words, those who had been clamoring to go earlier all backed down!
Shen Lanxi heard the eagle's cry and looked up.
"Young master, is Xiaoxue back?" Chunxue asked.
Shen Lanxi gestured to Wei Dongzhu: "Take it down!"
Along the way, Wei Dongzhu had already hunted down three carrier eagles, two of which had their information tied to their legs!
Although they had shaken off the pursuers, their every move was still under the surveillance of certain people!
Wei Dong shot arrows one by one, and after the hawk cried out in despair, it fell into the sea.
"Should we fish it out and take a look?" Wei Dongzhu asked.
Shen Lanxi shook her head: "It's the same no matter how many we catch." Without markings, we can't find out who's raising these hawks!
Wei Dongzhu frowned, his face grim: "They've followed us here. The people who went ashore to buy water will be in danger!"
Shen Lanxi stood up: "I'll go myself!"
"I'm going too!"
"good!"
Liu Yanhui was left behind; only Wei Dongzhu, Chen Lanxi, and a boatman remained!
After the two men got ashore, they watched as the boatman rowed the boat back before leaving.
The dockworkers, boatmen, and refugees all stared at them with scrutinizing eyes.
Shen Lanxi suggested, "You stay here and keep watch, I'll go for a stroll in town!"
Wei Dongzhu knew she was worried that the people at the dock might resort to desperate measures and attack the large ship, so he simply said, "Be careful!"
Shen Lanxi nodded and left!
As soon as she stepped off the dock, she noticed someone following her suspiciously.
I found a secluded, deserted alley and went inside.
"Where is he? He's nowhere to be seen!"
"This is a dead end! Where did they go?"
"This kid must have brought plenty of money with him when he got off the big ship. Let's find him quickly, don't let someone else get there first!"
Shen Lanxi stood on a rooftop not far away, watching the five men arrogantly kick open the door of a house, search it, and then leave.
They weren't the ones chasing them!
I wanted to take action and get rid of these people, but the family that got kicked reacted strangely!
They smiled and saw the people to the door. Although the five men acted arrogantly, they did not harm them. Instead, they acted as if they knew them and said a few words to them!
She lightly touched the rooftop with her toes and jumped onto a crowded street.
People on this street were in a hurry, leaving quickly after buying their things, and not a single person had a smile on their face.
"Uncle, where can I eat?" she stopped an old man carrying a bag of rice.
The old man was called to a stop and quickly waved his hand in fright.
"I don't know, I don't know anything. Don't ask me, I want to go home!" The old man turned pale with fright, lowered his head, grabbed the rice bag, and ran!
Something's not right!
Thinking of the people on the dock, Shen Lanxi turned around and ran towards the dock!
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After watching Shen Lanxi leave, Wei Dongzhu saw a general store not far away and wanted to buy some things to take with him.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the grocery store, I was surrounded by a group of people.
These people included both refugees and boatmen.
"You're all in cahoots!"
The refugees and boatmen laughed triumphantly: "Be smart and hand over your money."
Wei Dongzhu's eyes turned cold: "My brother just went to town. Aren't you afraid she'll report him to the authorities?"
"Officials? Where are there any officials here?" The refugees laughed disdainfully.
"Don't worry, our people will bring your brother over to reunite with you in a little while!"
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