Chapter 132: Killing because of jealousy.
The Li family was crying and shouting. When Zhao Chunxiu saw Ran Qingxuan, she wanted to rush up and pass the blame, but was kicked away by Qian Zheng.
"It's you...or who among you, who still refuses to let my son go..."
Zhao Chunxiu pointed at Ran Qingxuan and the official in front of her one by one like a madman, and scanned everyone present with bloodshot eyes.
Unlike before when Li Yuan was still alive, she was unreasonable and accused Ran Qingxuan of being the murderer. Now her son is really dead.
Bu Wei stepped forward, took a look, and gave an order casually.
"Let someone find a place to dig a hole and bury him there. We'll report back after we get to Shuangling City."
The words sounded extremely cold-blooded, but these officers were already used to it. After all, people would die while escorting people.
Now there is no village or shop nearby, and Bu Wei cannot arrange for people to go back to Weishan County to find people from the charity cemetery to take the body away. Burying it on the spot will not waste time.
"No, no, you are not allowed to touch my son without my permission!"
"Get out of here, everyone..."
While crying and shouting, Zhao Chunxiu actually lay on top of Li Yuan to try to stop the officers from approaching.
Bu Wei became impatient and winked at Qian Zheng and Bu Fei.
The two men pulled Zhao Chunxiu away from the left and right, and then the officials came forward and carried Li Yuan away. There was no hoe to dig the pit, so the officials simply used their scabbards to dig a shallow pit in the soft place by the river and buried the man early.
This shallow pit is close to the river. Maybe after a while there will be a heavy rain and the river water will rise and wash away the body.
Ran Qingxuan watched expressionlessly. Gu Yanchen and several men happened to come back with the processed fish. After seeing this scene, he subconsciously looked at Ran Qingxuan.
Neither of them spoke. It was only after they returned to their own team that Gu Yanchen asked in a low voice.
"What's going on?"
"Li Yuan is dead. His throat was cut and he died of excessive blood loss."
After saying this, Ran Qingxuan asked in a low voice with doubt in his tone.
"Tell me, could it be Qi Jing or Qi Ren who did it? Are you the one they are actually looking for?"
Gu Yanchen thought for a moment and shook his head.
"No, there are so many of us living in tents. If it was an assassin, he would definitely make a fuss if he was looking for someone. It's impossible for him to kill someone quietly."
"Who could that be?"
While Ran Qingxuan was still wondering if it was another group of killers, Gu Yanchen taunted, "There is one person, I think it is very likely!"
"Who is it?"
He looked at the Li family with a meaningful look in his eyes, and Ran Qingxuan instantly widened his eyes and looked in the direction he was looking.
Except for Li Si, all the members of the Li family were immersed in grief, cursing or howling. Only Li Si stood there quietly, with an expression so sad that it was hard to tell, and he looked as if nothing had happened.
"No way! How do you know it was Li Si who did it?"
Gu Yanchen smiled very mysteriously, glanced at the people around him, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he leaned over to Ran Qingxuan's ear and whispered something.
This made Ran Qingxuan even more shocked. She never thought that someone was eavesdropping outside when they were talking last night.
"Maybe Li Si saw that we all went into the tent and wanted to steal the fish quietly, but he accidentally heard what we were talking about."
Ran Qingxuan didn't expect that Li Si was so bold. If he was discovered, he would be convicted of murder in ancient times and beheaded in public.
"I'm afraid Li Si has gone crazy. He has called me brother for so many years, so he has feelings for me. Even if he is jealous that his parents are focusing on Li Yuan, he won't kill him, right?"
For the first time, Ran Qingxuan felt that Li Si was extremely vicious, daring to kill people just out of jealousy.
When Li Yuan was carried away, the women of several families saw it all. The women of Gu family had just learned the night before that Li Yuan was not Li Xinyuan's son. Li Yuan was killed in the morning. God knows how shocked they were.
The third sister-in-law was observant. When she saw Ran Qingxuan and Gu Yanchen whispering with serious expressions and looking at Li Si with shock, she understood something instantly.
He pulled his two sisters-in-law aside and whispered something to them. They both looked at Li Si, who was sitting on the ground with an expressionless face, in shock.
Mrs. Xiao could no longer stand and sat on a rock, looking very worried.
When Ran Qingxuan passed by, he saw that she didn't look well, so he squatted down and asked with concern.
"Aunt Xiao, are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to take a look at you?"
"No...No problem, I'm fine."
Anyone could see the panic on Li Ping's face, but she didn't want to say it, and Ran Qingxuan didn't want to continue asking. He poured her a bowl of water and then waited with everyone to set off.
No one knew what Bu Wei said to the Li family. The Li couple no longer made any sounds of howling, but only occasionally heard low sobbing.
From beginning to end, Li Si kept her head down, as if she could not accept the scene in front of her. However, Ran Qingxuan, who had been paying attention to her from beginning to end, discovered that Li Si subconsciously raised the corners of her lips and smiled several times during the process, but soon returned to her expressionless state.
Until the team set off, the Li couple were still immersed in grief and unable to extricate themselves.
Bu Fei patrolled back and forth, and after a few words of reprimand, the team's speed increased.
In the eyes of outsiders, Gu Yanchen had not recovered yet, so he was still sitting on one side of the donkey cart. Old Madam Gu was old, so she sat on the other side. The real injured person, He Xun, was lying in the donkey cart.
The speed of the group gradually stabilized. Every day, apart from eating, everyone would travel. On the way, the Chen family and the Xiao family were too embarrassed to eat the meals provided by the Gu family for free. Under the leadership of Ran Qingxuan, whenever they had free time, the families would go to pick medicinal herbs and the like.
She also knows that everyone has self-esteem, so she tries her best to make everyone feel comfortable.
Chen Chengping was quite familiar with medicinal herbs. After walking for about a week, the two families had harvested several large bags of herbs, including several aged ginsengs.
The Chen and Xiao families would always take advantage of the night when they stopped to dry their produce. In Ran Qingxuan's words, as long as they arrived in Shuangling City, she would find a way to sell them.
As for who it would be sold to, it would naturally be the Qi family’s Baoning Hall.
She had signed a contract with Qisheng in Weishan County, and would provide enough quick-acting heart-saving pills wherever she went. Qijia Baoningtang was a store for seeing doctors and getting medicines, and although medicinal materials and the like were strictly controlled, they did purchase bulk goods.
In addition to her cooperative relationship with the Qi family, as long as the quality of the medicinal materials is not too bad, the ones collected by the two families along the way can also be sold for a lot of silver.
Since she hasn’t arrived in the Northwest yet, she can only use this method to help the two families who have no money.
Although the Chen family is related to the Gu family by marriage, they are a simple and honest family. They would not want to ask others to support them for nothing when they can get it themselves.
Although the Xiao family didn't understand, they have been helping with picking and drying, so they will naturally not be left out when the time comes.
In short, everyone is helping each other. Everyone knows that this is a difficult time, but they also know that only by working together to overcome the difficulties ahead can good days come.
However, on the tenth day of the team's journey, when Gu Yanchen and Ran Qingxuan were about to rest at night, they heard a very small sound of electricity coming from the walkie-talkie in his arms.
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