Chapter 69 Those who are despicable will be punished by Heaven!
Others may not know the story behind this, but Liu Yanhui does.
When Zhou Ruyuan achieved a great victory in the southwest, His Majesty personally praised him as the number one military general of the era, and from then on, he was known as the God of War of the Great Zhou.
Shen Lanxi's claim that he is the number one person in the Great Zhou is clearly an insult!
Liu Yan felt somewhat embarrassed as she recalled that the sarcasm might have been fueled by personal grudges.
“The Prince of Zhennan is the third prince, even if it’s because of…” Liu Yanhui was too embarrassed to finish her sentence.
Shen Lanxi bluntly added the finishing touch for him: "Divorce, and you'll call for water three times a night!"
Liu Yanhui was even more embarrassed. The version he heard was thirty times the water. He had originally planned to find an opportunity to sell the Rejuvenating Pill he had won at auction to Zhou Ruyuan.
Now it seems that what the young master said was the most truthful version. The thought that the exorbitantly expensive medicine might end up unsellable made his heart ache.
"Even so, His Majesty would never demote his son by four ranks!"
Shen Lanxi slightly raised the corners of her mouth: "Those who are shameless will be punished by Heaven!"
She won't tell anyone that she was involved!
Liu Yan looked up and felt that the person in front of her was almost supernaturally intelligent. Someone like her wouldn't let herself be taken advantage of.
He dared not speculate any further!
On the other side
Shen Yuanjing and his companions pawned all their valuables, bought a bottle of burn medicine at a pharmacy, and immediately went to Wei's army to express their sincerity after leaving the city!
"Master Hu, this is the burn medicine we bought!"
"We don't have much money left, we can only afford one bottle!"
"Next time we have a chance to make money, let's go and make some more so we can buy a few more bottles!"
Wei Dongzhu, who was using the alias Hu Zhu, and Wei Jiajun looked at the ugly bottle in Shen Yuanjing's hand with mixed feelings!
Since that night when they finally understood the true nature of the Shen family patriarchs, half of the hatred in their hearts had disappeared.
Seeing the Shen family children bringing them burn medicine, they felt very complicated!
They used to hate the entire Shen family so much they wanted to tear them to pieces, but now, amidst their complicated feelings, they were even a little touched…
"Didn't you buy any food?" Wei Dongzhu asked.
Shen Yuanjing blushed and lowered his head in embarrassment.
This one bottle of burn medicine alone cost them all the money they had, and even then it wasn't enough. They had to beg for a long time before the pharmacy finally sold it to them at a discount.
Looking at the distinctly different young men, Wei Dongzhu suddenly recalled the scenes of the Wei family army's casualties, and his heart immediately hardened.
"You can go back now. You don't need to send anything over again!"
Shen Yuanjing and the others looked disappointed. As they left, Shen Yuanqing snatched the medicine from her brother's hand, ran to Wei Dongzhu's side, put it down, and then grabbed her brothers and ran away!
Zhang Niu picked it up, smelled it, and laughed irritably, "Idiot, you've been fooled! It's just ordinary vegetable oil!"
Wei Dongzhu and the Wei family army had expressions that were hard to describe!
On the other side
When the Shen family went to town to buy things, they all stood still in front of the stalls selling steamed buns and pancakes.
No one took the initiative to say they wanted to buy, because everyone tacitly agreed that whoever spoke up would have to pay!
"My brother is really something, he can't even get money from a few kids, what a good-for-nothing!" Shen Conglian no longer hides his disdain for his older brother.
Old Madam Shen was unwilling to listen. Although she harbored resentment towards her eldest son, she had to admit that all the luxurious life she had enjoyed in the past was thanks to him. If she relied on her other sons, she might still be toiling in the fields for a living.
"Second son, shut your mouth. If your eldest brother hears this and angers the main branch of the family, I won't care about you!" Mainly out of fear of Lan Xi, Old Madam Shen thought to herself, but stubbornly refused to say it out loud.
No matter how arrogant Lan Xi is, she cannot disobey her parents. As long as she bears the surname Chen, they will be filial to her and will not tolerate her disobedience!
"Auntie, if you're not going to buy steamed buns, then don't block other people from buying them!" If the steamed bun shop owner hadn't seen that the group of people were relatively well-mannered, he would have chased them away long ago.
Old Madam Shen looked at her three sons, but they all kept their heads down and refused to look at her. A surge of resentment rose within her. She had always thought they lived worse lives than the eldest son's family, and she frequently used the gifts from the eldest son's family to support them. Yet, when trouble arose, they only knew how to scheme against her, this old woman.
She's not even as good as her boss!
Thinking of how her eldest son always presented her with the best things he received as a sign of filial piety, Madam Shen began to miss her eldest son again.
That's it, children are all a debt!
"Give me twenty vegetable buns and ten steamed buns!" Thinking of the servants who had been exiled with them, they also ordered some cornbread.
Mrs. Shen thought that the vegetable buns would be cheaper, so she bought them all before the shopkeeper told her the price.
"A vegetable bun costs seventy coins, a steamed bun costs sixty coins, and with the cornbread, the total is nine taels and eighty coins!"
Madam Shen was taken aback. So expensive?
The steamed bun shop owner is a shrewd businessman; he didn't agree on the price beforehand. If she says she doesn't want so many now, she'll definitely be ridiculed and pestered.
Madam Shen has lived a respectable life for decades, and her dignity is practically welded onto her face. She can't bring herself to reason with these scoundrel merchants!
"Hmm!" Old Man Shen reluctantly took out the money from his inner clothes and handed it over!
"Let's go!" Her heart felt like it had been stabbed, bleeding incessantly!
"Auntie..." the steamed bun shop owner suddenly called out.
When Madam Shen suddenly remembered the assassin her granddaughter had mentioned that day, she almost jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"What do you mean 'sink'? My family name is Tian, not Chen!"
The steamed bun shop owner felt wronged by the yelling and immediately withdrew his outstretched hand. Once the Shen family was far away, he spat and muttered, "I was going to remind you to give me change, huh, serves you right for being ripped off!"
After Madam Shen walked away, she became increasingly frightened and gave her descendants another dressing-down.
"Remember, our family name is Tian, not Chen. If our surname is revealed, it will bring about our deaths, and our whole family will be wiped out!"
Shen Conglian said somewhat dismissively, "Mother, is it that serious? We haven't encountered anything like that along the way. Could it be that Lanxi is just trying to scare us?"
Shen Congyi had already sensed something was amiss, and he unusually spoke up for his elder brother!
"Second brother, listen to Mother. Mother has eaten more salt than we have eaten rice. If Mother feels there is danger, then there must be danger!"
When Madam Shen heard her fourth son speak on her behalf, she felt much more at ease!
"Let's hurry back after we finish shopping. I don't feel safe in the city!"
The Shen family remained silent, obediently following the constables. Things in the city were too expensive, and the constables, having painstakingly saved some money, didn't want to be ripped off. They merely strolled around, asking about the prices of some items. Seeing that the Shen family wasn't buying anything, they lost interest and led their men out of the city.
After those refugees have drunk their fill at Moon Lake, they will surely go to the city to inquire about the situation.
After everyone had left the city, Shen Lanxi immediately ordered them to leave!
The prisoners actually wanted to stay a few more days; even camping outside the city was safer than being in the wilderness.
Since their word didn't count, I could only leave with constant complaints in my heart!
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