Chapter 66 This coward has the audacity to steal military funds?
The four village chiefs nodded in satisfaction!
They were placed at the very back of the line, while the refugees in front of them talked and looked back, clearly discussing them.
"Young master, we have successfully joined!"
Shen Lanxi: "Chunxue, pour him a cup of iced tea!"
Soon, Liu Yan had a cup of herbal tea in her hand. In addition to tea leaves, sugar was added to it to help replenish fluids and electrolytes!
Liu Yan took a sip, and her eyes lit up immediately.
So sweet!
Sugar was expensive, making it all the more precious under these circumstances. Liu Yan originally wanted to shamelessly take some back for her mother and sister to drink.
Then she thought again and decided to drink it herself. She couldn't always appear petty in front of the young master!
Holding the teacup with both hands, she carefully drank the tea and then handed the cup to Chunxue with satisfaction.
"Young master, a woman from Liu Zhao Village on the road had a miscarriage. She deliberately fell off the carriage to cause the miscarriage. Fortunately, Doctor Zhang was there, and she's out of danger!"
They are the children of wicked refugees!
Shen Lanxi: "It was Liu Laohu who sent those women and children to thank Doctor Zhang!"
"Okay, I'll go talk to him in a bit!"
Shen Lanxi closed her eyes, and her clear, cold voice traveled through the carriage curtain to Liu Yanhui's ears.
"If they want to attack us, they will only do so during our rest time these two nights."
Liu Yan replied, "I'll arrange for them to take turns resting!"
"good!"
After Liu Yanhui left, she immediately gathered the men together and divided them into four teams based on their fighting strength.
Those who know martial arts lead those who don't.
Those who aren't good at martial arts will be accompanied by those who know a little bit of fist and foot.
The men of the Shen family were all scattered and followed different people. Some followed Liu Laohu, some followed other yamen runners, and some followed Wei Jiajun!
Originally, Shen Yuanjing and his companions wanted to follow Wei's army, but unfortunately, they were assigned to the group with only rudimentary martial arts skills and were assigned to work with the yamen runners.
Several of the elders of the Shen family who did not know kung fu, along with several children who were not skilled in martial arts, were assigned to be trained by the Wei family army.
Wei Jiajun stared at the trembling Shen family members with a menacing green glare!
With such cowardly courage, how dare he steal military funds?
During the rest period in the middle of the night, more than twenty people took advantage of the dark clouds obscuring the moon and quietly sneaked towards the exile team!
They thought they were getting away with it, but in reality, they were already within the surveillance range of the sentry team.
These people split into two teams: one team's target was the two cars in front, and the other team's target was the two cars behind.
Shen Lanxi's carriage was the last one, and it happened to fall under the jurisdiction of both the Wei family army and the Shen family.
"What do we do when they come closer?" Shen Conglian asked tremblingly, clutching the wooden stick.
"Shh, don't talk. If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up." They don't need to lift a finger; someone else will do it for them!
Where are they?
When the men of the Shen family turned around, they found that the Wei family army, who had been guarding behind them, had vanished without a trace.
"We agreed to team up, how could they just abandon us?"
"Don't talk, we're coming!"
The men of the Shen family trembled with fear, almost dropping their weapons.
Some people were so frightened that they dropped the stones they were holding to the ground.
What was that sound?
"That sounds like you kicked a stone. Did anyone kick a stone?"
No one spoke.
"Keep your voices down!"
"Let's take some things; they won't dare say anything! Just keep your mouths shut!"
Soon, a dozen or so people found their way here. They hurriedly untied the ropes, carried grain, and fetched water bags.
All the men in the Shen family closed their eyes and pretended to be asleep; not one of them came out to stop them!
Wei's army, intending to teach the Shen family a lesson, all hid to the side and did not make a move. They watched as these people, laden with goods on their shoulders and in their hands, were about to return home with their spoils, and they no longer cared about teaching the Shen family a lesson, so they quickly took action.
Each person knocked out one of the Shen family members, and after they finished, they immediately began to angrily berate them in a low voice.
"Are you blind? They're right here in your hands, why aren't you doing anything?"
Looking at the horrific burned faces, the men of the Shen family, fearing the strong and bullying the weak, dared not confront the Wei family army and could only turn against their own family.
"Brother, that person is right under your stick, why didn't you hit him?" Shen Conglian questioned in a low voice.
Shen Congwen was also terrified. Without thinking, he blurted out, "I am a scholar. How could I secretly beat someone up?"
"Pah, if you don't dare, then you don't dare. You're just a worthless scholar. I think you've gone stupid from reading too much."
"Brother, if you don't dare to fight, how dare you steal military pay?"
Shen Congwen: "I did not steal. I am an honest official. Since I took charge of the Ministry of Revenue, I have never embezzled a single penny. If I have stolen military funds, may I die a horrible death!"
"Who would believe what you're saying? If you didn't steal, where did all the money in your house come from? Your meager salary isn't even enough to pay the servants' monthly wages."
"My family's wealth comes entirely from the Empress Dowager's gifts and the Princess's generosity; I am not short of money!" Shen Congwen argued.
Shen Conglian: "Get lost, you bookworm! You might as well have embezzled! Using a woman's money, you think you're so respectable and proud, huh? You're utterly shameful!"
Shen Congwen: "I have a clear conscience!"
"Shut up! Your family has been wronged! If you say another word, we'll beat you up..."
The men of the Shen family took turns criticizing Shen Congwen, as if they were disappointed in him and wanted to crack open his head to see what was inside!
Wei Jiajun, standing to the side, remained silent.
If someone like Shen Congwen could steal grain and salary, then they could go to heaven and pick peaches from the sky!
"You guys keep an eye on them, I'm going to find the eldest brother!"
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The other side went more smoothly; a dozen or so people had barely gotten onto the carriage when they were knocked unconscious.
"Mr. Liu, what should we do with these people?"
Liu Yanhui didn't want to let these people get away with it, but with over twenty lives at stake, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
"Young master, what should we do with these people?"
Shen Lanxi: "Those who kill will be killed in return. Food and water are life itself. Their theft of our food and water is tantamount to murder."
Liu Yan returned with determination.
"Young master, I know what to do!"
Shen Lanxi nodded, and soon the group continued walking.
The twenty people who were knocked unconscious were left where they were!
After a whole night of travel, the team stopped to rest and cook as dawn approached.
The families of more than twenty people waited anxiously all night. As the sun was about to rise, they finally began to feel afraid.
They just went to get some food and water; it's impossible that they haven't returned by now.
There's only one possibility: they've been discovered.
They didn't even dare to think about the consequences of being discovered.
Find the village chief! Find the village chief right now!
The team that merged the four villages was missing people from two of them, and the village chiefs immediately took it seriously.
Why did they all disappear at the same time? What did they do instead of resting at night?
"Village chief, it must have been those outsiders who did it. They must have killed someone. Village chief, you must help us!"
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