Chapter 70: Repeat offenders will be expelled!
After setting off, Shen Lanxi immediately convened a meeting with Liu Yanhui, Liu Laohu, and Wei Dongzhu to discuss matters.
Liu Yan asked, "The women of Liu Zhao Village, are we going to keep them with us forever?"
Shen Lanxi looked at Liu Laohu, whose blood had been boiling at the mere mention of the word "discussion," but now his enthusiasm had completely died down.
Wei Dongzhu: "If we leave them here, their fate won't be any better!"
Liu Yan replied, "But taking them with us will take a lot of energy on the way!"
Liu Laohu silently curled up into a ball. He understood that he had been called over not to discuss matters, but to discuss him!
Wei Dongzhu thought for a moment and said, "I suggest we go southeast a bit further and wait until we reach a place with abundant water and grass before putting them down!"
Liu Yanhui thought the same thing: "Using Yicheng as the dividing line, the closer we go to Tianjin, the lighter the drought should be!"
Shen Lanxi took the map out of the box and handed it to Liu Yanhui, who carefully took it and hung it up!
Shen Lanxi pointed upwards with a bamboo stick: "This is where we are now."
Liu Laohu and Wei Dongzhu had never seen the map in her hand before, and they were both staring at it in shock!
“Jinmen is here.” She pointed out the location of Jinmen by tracing a path with her bamboo stick.
"The closer we get to the coast, the less water we have. If we use the water we're carrying sparingly, we shouldn't have to worry about water once we reach the next location!"
Wei Dongzhu stared blankly at the map. The map was very detailed, recording even every village and every stream. Even when he was in the army, he had never seen such a detailed map!
Shen Lanxi called them over because she had something important to remind them of!
"Beyond Yicheng lies the fiefdom of the Third Princess. The Third Princess's mother came from a humble background and was raised by the Empress Dowager when she was young. Later, she was instigated by her maids to plot against Princess Minrou, but fortunately the Empress Dowager discovered it in time. Since then, the Third Princess has been sent to her fiefdom and has not been allowed to set foot in the capital since!"
The three were shocked to hear such a secret!
Liu Yan replied: "We absolutely cannot reveal the identities of the Shen family!"
Liu Laohu: "That makes sense!"
Shen Lanxi believed they all understood, and then began to plan the next route with them!
At noon, they arrived at a shady spot under a tree, and Liu Laohu began assigning tasks to the prisoners to boil water and cook!
While we're enjoying the shade under the trees, let's boil all the water!
During the meal, someone noticed something was wrong with the woman from Liuzhao Village and immediately reported it to Liu Laohu!
When Liu Laohu saw the woman shivering uncontrollably, her face pale, coughing and feeling nauseous, a bad premonition suddenly welled up in his heart!
"Everyone, disperse! Women of Liuzhao Village, stay where you are!"
He went to invite Zhang Niu in person.
After hearing Liu Laohu's description, Zhang Niu's face immediately darkened!
"Young master, I'll go with him to take a look!"
Wei Dongzhu nodded!
Zhang Niu took out a face towel from the medicine box to cover his face, an action that sent Liu Laohu's heart sinking to the bottom.
"Scatter, all of you, and go do what you were supposed to do!" When Liu Laohu saw that the prisoners were not working, he immediately pulled out his whip and lashed it a few times.
Zhang Niu: "You're all here, I'll go alone!"
Liu Laohu nodded with a worried expression.
Liu Yanhui has already informed Shen Lanxi of the news.
"As the saying goes, after a great disaster, there will surely be a great plague. Young master, do you think it might be?" Liu Yanhui's face also turned pale with anxiety.
Shen Lanxi: "Water and fire are merciless, disasters are merciless." It's best if that's not the case, otherwise, given the current conditions, they shouldn't leave, they might as well dig a hole on the spot!
She was actually more inclined to believe it was an illness, as the entire journey had been in a dry, sunny environment, which is not conducive to bacterial growth and transmission.
"I have a few bottles of medicine here, go and get them for Zhang Niu!"
Liu Yan recognized one of the bottles as an antidote pill that she had bought from Medicine King Valley at great expense.
"yes!"
Shen Lanxi went with Liu Yan.
After examining it carefully, Zhang Niu removed his mask and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"You're having trouble adjusting to the new environment, and you might have eaten something unclean, causing digestive issues. I'll prescribe some medicine to regulate your stomach and intestines. For the next few days, just drink plain porridge and avoid other foods. You should recover in a few days!"
The others breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
A woman from Liuzhao Village suddenly said, "Could it be because we drank some water from Moon Lake that wasn't boiled?"
Shen Lanxi's sharp gaze swept over them.
Qiu Shuang said loudly, "When we were getting the water, didn't our young master say that we shouldn't drink it directly, but should boil it first?"
The woman from Liuzhao Village who had received treatment quickly knelt on the ground, crying and apologizing, "I'm so sorry, young master, I'm so sorry to everyone. I'm so thirsty, I'm so thirsty..."
Many people sympathized with the situation; they were all so thirsty, not to mention the people of Liuzhao Village who had always been treated like animals.
"Young master, please spare her this time. Look how thin and frail she is, it's quite pitiful."
"They must have been so thirsty that they couldn't resist when they suddenly saw so much water!"
"Young master, please spare her this time!"
Shen Lanxi remained expressionless and silent.
Liu Yan stepped in to smooth things over: "See? This is what happens to someone who doesn't listen to the young master!"
"Young Master won't let you drink the water from Moon Lake directly because he thinks it's not clean. Think about it carefully, every time we've encountered water along the way, has Young Master ever let us drink it after boiling it?"
“We are fleeing from disaster, with no medical care or medicine. If we get sick, we will most likely not survive. Young master is thinking of us. Think about it, after drinking boiled water, have you ever had an upset stomach on the way?”
The prisoners, who had previously discussed in private that boiling water was like taking off their pants to fart—a waste of time—all lowered their heads in embarrassment.
After Liu Yan finished speaking, she looked at Shen Lanxi expectantly.
"This is a one-time offense. If you repeat this offense, you will be expelled!"
Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and called out, "Everyone must remember this!"
Wei Dongzhu, who was not far away, looked at the water bag that was handed to him and asked subconsciously.
Has the water boiled?
Wei Jiajun was taken aback: "No! We've been on the move the whole time, there's no time for that."
Wei Dongzhu looked at the water pouch and frowned, saying, "Let's boil it before drinking. From now on, we should drink boiled water!"
Wei's soldiers quickly went to find firewood and start a fire!
Even with Zhang Niu's guarantee, the prisoners still didn't quite believe him and were unwilling to live next to the villagers of Liu Zhao Village.
"Who knows if what that doctor said is true or false? What if it really is an epidemic? Wouldn't we all be doomed?"
"We must get rid of them. Keeping them around is not only dangerous, but also a waste of food and water!"
"We can't let them drag us down."
The person speaking did not try to hide it from the people of Liuzhao Village; in fact, they deliberately spoke loudly so that the people there could hear.
The sick young woman was both uncomfortable and regretful. If she had known that drinking a few sips of unboiled water would cause this, she would rather die of thirst than drink it.
"I'm so sorry, I've dragged you all into this. If I hadn't drunk any water, this wouldn't have happened!" The young woman kept apologizing to the villagers around her.
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