Chapter 37 Master, you can't be biased!
Shen Yuanjing and his three companions did not dare to stay too long. After talking for a while, they took the pastries and left.
While talking to her father, she remembered something else. This whole family on the road can't go on without a doctor!
They were heading to a harsh, cold place, a place that most doctors wouldn't be willing to go even if they were offered a lot of money.
This matter needs to be resolved before we reach the next city!
While Shen Lanxi was enjoying a comfortable bath and sleeping soundly, things were getting lively at the Shen family's main house.
“Master, Yuanqing and Yuanzhao are also your sons. You can’t just care about your legitimate children and ignore Yuanqing and the other one!” Wei Rulan couldn’t sit still after seeing Shen Yuanqing secretly eating pastries.
Shen Congwen had just been scolded by his parents, and now, hearing Wei Rulan say this, his face darkened.
"Wei, stop talking nonsense!"
Wei Rulan immediately threw a tantrum: "Master, you say I'm talking nonsense? Why do Yuanqing and the others get pastries, but Yuanqing and Yuanzhao don't!"
Although Zhang Zifen did not speak, she stared straight at Shen Congwen.
Shen Congwen turned to look at his son, Shen Yuanqing, and frowned: "Yuanqing, what's wrong?"
Shen Yuanjing answered for his younger brother: "This is a reward from my elder brother for practicing martial arts with me!"
Shen Congwen looked at Wei Rulan with a cold face: "Did you hear that?"
Unexpectedly, Wei Rulan found fault with him again: "Master, why do you only let the second young master and the others learn martial arts, but not let Yuanqing and Yuanzhao learn together?"
Shen Congwen was taken aback, then casually retorted angrily, "Did I give them permission? They fought for it. Even the preferential treatment the constables gave them was something they fought for themselves. I ask you, when the four of them went to Black Wind Stronghold to kill bandits, why didn't Yuanqing and Yuanzhao go?"
Wei Rulan's eyes immediately began to dart away.
"That's because...that's because I'm worried about the child's safety."
Recalling the questioning he had received from his parents, Shen Congwen immediately raised his voice: "You stopped your son from going, and now that others have benefited, you're going to blame him? You're utterly foolish!"
He said this deliberately loudly so that his three brothers could hear him.
"Foolish woman, I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to agree to personally teach your children. Look at the state you've created for them!"
Wei Rulan's face turned ashen, but she dared not refute.
Shen Congwen: "Yuanqing, Yuanzhao, and Yuanxin, starting tomorrow, you will all go with your second brother to find your eldest brother and learn martial arts!"
Wei Rulan, who had just been frowning, suddenly beamed with joy as if she had found a treasure. Her son was going to get on good terms with the young lady, and he would definitely benefit from it in the future!
Before dawn, the exile caravan was already fully prepared to depart. They dispersed the women and children from Black Wind Stronghold, burned the stronghold down, and continued their journey!
Ten tall horses, with carts harnessed behind them, carrying either supplies or prisoners, set off in a grand procession.
Shen Lanxi maintained a distance that was neither too close nor too far from them, except that there was now an extra person, Liu Yanhui, in the car!
“We’re short of a doctor in our team!” Shen Lanxi said, looking at the map hanging on the carriage.
Liu Yanhui's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "If I remember correctly, after crossing two more mountains and going fifty miles west, there is a place called Anzhen. This town is the largest supplier of medicinal herbs in our Great Zhou. Every year during the birthday of the Medicine King, a large number of medicinal herb merchants and doctors go to Anzhen to purchase goods!"
She had heard of this place before, but never had the chance to visit it.
Shen Lanxi began to ponder: "Aside from the Medicine King's birthday, are the medicinal herbs in Anzhen readily available at other times?"
Liu Yan replied: "We've come at the perfect time this time. The Medicine King's birthday is in half a month, and all the medicinal herb merchants must have already stocked up on their goods!"
Shen Lanxi nodded: "Find a way to get Liu Laohu to pass through Anzhen!"
Liu Yan went to do it immediately!
After they started traveling, the prisoners' food rations began to decrease. Those who had helped the yamen runners attack Black Wind Stronghold received the same food as the runners, while those who hadn't helped were still eating cornbread that would break their teeth.
During the lunch break, Shen Yuanjing and his siblings, along with their half-brother, found Shen Lanxi and recounted the events of the previous night with their heads bowed.
Shen Yuanqing apologized with a guilty look on his face: "Big brother, I'm sorry, it's all my fault for being greedy and letting them see me!"
Shen Lanxi patted his head and whispered comfortingly, "Someone is watching you, it's no use hiding anywhere!"
Shen Yuanqing was still upset because of the pastries; her father had scolded her last night and made them distribute the pastries to others.
That was given to him by his older sister!
Shen Lanxi gestured for Shen Yuanqing and his three illegitimate sons to come over and asked, "Do you want to learn martial arts?"
Shen Yuanqing nodded with certainty: "I want to be like my older brother, able to kill a wolf with a single blow. Once I've mastered martial arts, no one will be able to bully us anymore!"
Her gaze fell on Shen Yuanzhao: "And you?"
Shen Yuanzhao nodded: "I also want to protect my family!"
Their gaze finally fell on Shen Yuanxin: "Yuanxin, what about you?"
After thinking for two seconds, Shen Yuanxin said, "Big brother, we are prisoners, can we still take the imperial examination?"
Shen Lanxi: "They only exiled the Shen family, they didn't say they couldn't take the imperial examinations!"
Shen Yuanxin's eyes flashed: "Then I'll learn martial arts from my older brother first, and then study after we get to Dongchuan!"
Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Okay!"
After agreeing on the terms, she gave each of them two pieces of pastry and asked Chunxue and Qiushuang to teach them!
As soon as the people were sent away, the prisoners started making a fuss.
The incident started when the constables threw away the cotton quilts and clothes that Madam Song had hidden in the cart. The reason was that Madam Song had secretly hidden things she took from Black Wind Village in the grain transport cart, and the constables were afraid that the horses would get tired!
After arguing for a long time, the constables couldn't out-argue Madam Song, and in the end, no one knew how Madam Song ended up finding Shen Lanxi.
"Young master, you must stand up for me!" Madam Song plopped down on the ground and began to wail and cry.
Shen Lanxi glanced at Liu Laohu, who was already walking this way, and asked calmly, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Madam Song immediately raised her voice: "You said it yourself that day, whoever takes the things keeps them! How can you go back on your word?" As she spoke, Madam Song slapped the ground, putting on a full-on act of singing, reciting, and fighting!
Shen Lanxi asked Liu Laohu, "Did I say that?"
Liu Laohu was about to crack the whip when Shen Lanxi stopped him.
"He's a hero of Black Wind Stronghold after all. We've been through thick and thin together. It's not fair to punish him with a whip!"
Liu Laohu was only trying to scare her, and when he heard her say that, he put away his whip.
"Who gave you the audacity to come and harass Young Master Lan? Get the hell back here right now!"
Madam Song: "No, I won't go back. If you won't let me take those things, I'll just sit here and not get up!"
Shen Lanxi looked at Madam Song, her eyes flashing, and a smile playing on her lips!
"Madam Song, are you a prisoner?"
Madam Song froze and fell silent.
"Brother Liu, did Madam Song contribute to Black Wind Stronghold?"
Liu Laohu doesn't deny it either!
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