Chapter 80 Turning the Enemy into Your Own!
Shen Lanxi raised her hand: "Slow down, light the torches, and illuminate the Yuezhou banner a little!"
Wei's army immediately complied.
They arrived quickly, and after seeing clearly, Shen Lanxi raised an eyebrow.
It was also a procession delivering birthday gifts!
"Who goes there?" The person on the other end immediately drew their weapon and became alert.
Spring Snow and Autumn Frost carried a large flag and documents as they passed by.
"We are from Yuezhou delivering birthday gifts to the Third Princess. Who are you?"
"We are from Dengzhou, and we are also delivering birthday gifts to the Third Princess."
"Great, we're family!"
After checking their documents, the other side immediately smiled and put away their weapons.
Are you still traveling at night?
Chunxue: "There's nothing we can do. Yuezhou is located on the outskirts. If we don't hurry, we'll fall behind."
The people on the other side looked at them curiously: "What are you delivering? Why is there no box or food?"
Chunxue said awkwardly, "As you all know, Yuezhou has suffered a disaster. We have no money or food. We can only send some handsome men, hoping they will catch the Third Princess's eye and help Yuezhou in the future..."
The soldiers opposite him twitched their lips. Everyone else was offering gifts, but Yuezhou was doing the opposite, demanding money and provisions from the Third Princess.
However, these officials from Yuezhou are quite capable, sending so many people as a gift.
It's too dark to see clearly, so if you're going to give something away, you should definitely give it to someone good-looking.
The leader of the opposing team felt sorry for Dengzhou for all the treasure and grain they had given away; they should have sent a few handsome men along with them.
If I send one item, I'll receive one less box of good stuff; if I send two, I'll receive two less boxes...
"It's still a long time before the Third Princess's birthday banquet. Why don't we travel together in both groups? That way, we can look out for each other on the way!"
"That would be great!"
The next morning, the soldiers from Dengzhou finally got a clear look at the group of people and saw their burned faces, which made them all uneasy.
Chunxiao couldn't help but offer another explanation.
"Our Yuezhou is about to descend into chaos; many refugees are starving and desperate..."
The soldiers from Dengzhou also encountered refugees on their way here. After hearing Chunxue's explanation, they understood without needing to say anything more.
Refugees will do anything to survive!
"You people from Yuezhou have really worked hard!"
Chunxue: "It's no trouble at all. Once the congratulatory gift is delivered and the Third Princess is satisfied, we'll send people to provide disaster relief. Then the disaster situation in Yuezhou will be easily resolved!"
The soldiers in Dengzhou secretly scoffed; none of them believed the Third Princess would provide disaster relief!
After walking for another half day, we finally arrived at Beiheng Town!
These soldiers on missions entered the city for free, and their food and lodging at the post stations were also free. Naturally, after entering the city, they went to seek refuge at the post stations.
At the entrance of the post station, Shen Lanxi saw the Shen family members locked in a prison cart!
Aside from being somewhat listless, they were otherwise fine.
Wei Dongzhu and his group were so easy to recognize that Shen Yuanjing immediately leaned excitedly against the prison cart bars when he saw them.
Shen Lanxi gave him a look that said "Don't be impatient," then turned her head and followed the Dengzhou soldiers into the post station without looking to the side!
Besides them, there were two other groups in the post station who were also delivering birthday gifts. Knowing that they were also there to deliver gifts, they immediately seemed to have something in common to talk about, and in no time the noise of drinking and talking in the post station was twice as loud as before!
The waiter received orders from the escorting officers to deliver food and water to the people in the prison cart!
I suddenly twisted my ankle halfway through and almost dropped my food on the ground.
Shen Lanxi steadily pulled the waiter along.
"Brother, are you alright?"
Upon seeing that Shen Lanxi was dressed as a soldier, the waiter immediately said respectfully, "It's alright, it's alright."
Shen Lanxi: "I see your foot is a little uncomfortable, I'll go deliver it for you, you wait here!"
The waiter quickly refused, "Sir, how can this be?"
Shen Lanxi grabbed her things and left, saying, "Just consider me doing a good deed every day, sir..."
The waiter felt a sharp pain as soon as his foot touched the ground. Seeing that she was actually carrying the food over and not doing anything else, he muttered a few words and sat down to wait.
Using the gesture of concealing herself with her wide sleeves, she replaced all the cornbread with steamed buns filled with meat, and also put some salt and sugar into the water jug and shook it well.
"Big brother~"
Shen Yuanjing had already told his family that his older sister had arrived, but none of them believed him!
Now that they see the older sister bringing them food, do they believe it now?
"Keep your voice down and eat quickly!"
There were two prison vans in total. After delivering the prisoner's belongings to Shen Yuanjing, she went to deliver them to the other prison van.
Besides Zhang Zifen and her child, the entire eldest branch of the family was gathered here.
"Big..." Shen Yuanxin burst into tears as soon as she saw it clearly.
"Eat, and don't talk!"
Seeing her older sister dressed in a soldier's uniform, Shen Yuanxin finally felt a little more at ease. The idea of using bait was her older sister's; she was sure her sister could rescue them!
After distributing the food, Shen Lanxi poured water for everyone!
The steamed buns were stuffed with lots of meat, and the water was sweet. The Shen family members, who had been exposed to the wind and sun for two days, ate without even looking up, not even noticing when Shen Lanxi left.
After eating and resting for an hour and a half, everyone set off on their journey.
A meal brought the escorting soldiers and the gift-giving soldiers together like brothers, and they agreed to go to Tianjin together.
Shen Lanxi's group brought up the rear. They had no treasures, only a cartload of people. Fortunately, the soldiers were wary of the congratulatory guests' appearances, and outwardly treated them as brothers, not daring to do anything to them.
Next, whenever she had the chance, Shen Lanxi would send some food and water to the Shen family, and sometimes she would send Chunxue and Qiushuang to deliver it!
Aside from the first two days, the main branch of the Shen family had been living a life where they had plenty to eat and drink, and even had carriages to ride in.
Putting everything else aside, the food and transportation are much better than in the exile groups. In the exile groups, they had to work to earn food and constantly worry about the dangers of other refugees. Now, not only do they not have to work, but they also have soldiers protecting them.
After figuring this out, the members of the Shen family's eldest branch all relaxed. The more optimistic ones even joked around from time to time, and some even gained weight in just a few days!
They encountered refugees on the way, but because there were many of them and they were all soldiers, the refugees avoided them from a distance.
Inside the prison cart, Shen Yuanjing and the others whispered among themselves.
"If only we hadn't been sent to the Third Princess!"
"So many refugees, a dark mass of them, they all try to avoid us when they see us."
"Do you think our eldest brother might be using these soldiers to escort us to Tianjin?"
Is this what's written in the book, turning the enemy into your own?
"Big brother is so amazing! If it were me, I wouldn't have thought of these things..."
After traveling for another four days, they passed through a market town.
"After passing Yanjiaji, it will take another three days to reach Tianjin!"
"Once we get to Tianjin and receive our reward money, I'm going to stay in that brothel for a whole month..."
"Look at how pathetic you are!"
Just as Shen Lanxi sat down in the tea stall, another group of people delivering congratulatory gifts arrived!
The cracking of whips and the cursing echoed from afar.
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