Chapter 5 Let’s see who dares to search!
"Um?"
Xu Yu didn't know when he woke up.
He was still wearing the same clothes as last night, but after a night, the snow-white collar was stained with messy herbal juice, and the faint green color made his face look even paler.
Sang Zhixia was stunned for a long time before holding her forehead with a slightly annoyed look.
"woke up?"
Did those things I found last night really work?
Xu Yu nodded faintly in response.
Sang Zhixia seemed to have a shadow in front of her that was big enough to cover her. Before she looked up, two half-green and half-red wild fruits appeared in her arms.
This obviously couldn't have been given by the jailer.
Xu Yu threw the fruit away and was about to leave, but someone suddenly shouted from a distance: "Sang Zhixia has silver on her!"
Second Aunt Xu pointed at her and said, "I saw it all last night. She bribed someone to find medicine for Xu Yu!"
"She has some good stuff hidden on her, why should she only give it to Xu Yu?!"
People who had not seen the scene turned around when they heard the voice, and Sang Zhixia, who had been invisible for two days, instantly became the focus of attention.
Sang Zhixia frowned deeply.
Xu Yu's voice followed closely: "Could it be that Second Aunt has fainted from hunger?"
"The confiscation of the property was done by the emperor's close associates. She is just a newlywed bride. How could she have the kind of things you mentioned?"
Second Aunt Xu was originally from a shrewd merchant family. She tried to commit suicide but failed, and without the constraints of being a lady from a wealthy family, she simply let herself go.
She said viciously, "What did I see yesterday?"
"Xu Yu, it's your father who caused the Xu family to become what it is today. Since Sang Zhixia married into the Xu family, you should give everyone a share of the things they have. You can't just keep them all to yourself!"
She took the lead and did not forget to fan the flames at the gloomy old lady: "Mom, I saw it with my own eyes, she hid something!"
"It's fine for us to eat something dry and rough, but how can you eat those pickled things? Ask her to take out the silver and buy you some delicious food as a filial gift. Isn't this what she should do as a granddaughter-in-law?"
"If she insists she doesn't have it, then search her! I don't believe we can't find it!"
The old lady's resentment was originally directed at Xu Yu, and no one cared about Sang Zhixia's life or death in the past two days.
But after this interruption, everyone's attention suddenly turned to Sang Zhixia.
Sang Zhixia was so angry that she sneered. Just as she was about to stand up, she was blocked by the shadow again.
Xu Yu stood in front of her.
She froze and didn't move.
Seeing this, the old lady said gloomily, "Xu Yu, the Xu family doesn't have such rules."
Xu Yu sneered, "But the Xu family doesn't conduct body searches without reason."
Second Uncle Xu looked at him coldly and said gloomily, "Protecting him like this, could it be that what he said is true?"
"Xu Yu, are you really hiding something for selfish reasons?"
Sang Zhixia couldn't stand it any longer. She stood up and pushed aside Xu Yu, who was like a mountain, and said, "Then, Second Aunt, who did I bribe?"
Aunt Xu pointed at someone without thinking: "Him!"
Sang Zhixia turned around and took a look, then said politely, "Sir, did I really bribe you?"
Of course, the jailer who was accused could not admit it: "That's absolutely not the case!"
"Isn't that enough?"
She spread her hands like a scoundrel and said, "Second Aunt, it's okay to be dazzled, and it's okay to talk nonsense."
"But speaking and testifying requires evidence."
If she was caught in person, she would have nothing to say.
But what is the reality?
She flicked her fingertips delicately and said lightly, "Sir, it's said that accepting bribes is a serious crime. If we allow some people to open their mouths and shout about it, who knows how many people will be implicated."
The jailers, who were supposed to share any benefits equally, immediately looked over with dark faces.
But Aunt Xu was still not convinced.
"Since you said you didn't hide it, do you dare let me search?!"
Sang Zhixia scoffed, "Why should I let you search?"
"When the emperor confiscated the house, the people he sent had already searched it. How come Second Aunt understood the emperor's intention in the wilderness and wanted to search it again here on his behalf?"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Uncle Xu, who had been silent the whole time, frowned and interrupted, saying with lingering fear: "The Xu family is already in great trouble, and we must not allow any more complications!"
The first thing Sang Zhixia blurted out was that he was acting on behalf of the imperial power.
If such words were to get out, it would be another catastrophe!
Xu Yu also turned around at this time: "Don't talk nonsense."
Sang Zhixia did it on purpose, and just smiled and pretended to be ignorant when she heard it.
But now that things have come to this, no one really dares to come and search anymore.
The old lady who wanted to exchange food was stopped in this way and snorted angrily.
"Hurrah!"
"I didn't realize before that you, the bride, are such a sharp-tongued troublemaker!"
"What a wonderful wife you have married for Xu Yu!"
Xu Wenxiu, who had been silent the entire time and had suffered an unexpected disaster, blinked helplessly and subconsciously looked at Sang Zhixia and said, "You..."
"No."
Sang Zhixia had limited affection for this weak and tearful mother-in-law, so she perfunctorily said, "Come and search if you don't believe me."
Let me see who dares to search!
The body search became a farce, but the dissatisfaction was silently accumulating.
In the next few days, Sang Zhixia couldn't count how many times she was looked down upon with fear and disgust, but fortunately, she didn't care at all.
Xu Yu's face was still pale and ugly, but he was still a silent mute as always.
If he hadn't been unable to help coughing up blood from time to time, Sang Zhixia would have had a hard time realizing that he was feeling so unwell.
In order to prevent Zhang Yang from causing further trouble, the jailer who had accepted her bribes did not dare to ask for a doctor. Sang Zhixia could only take on the task of finding herbs for him every day.
But as she moved from place to place, the herbs she found looked different every time.
Xu Wenxiu was timid and wanted to stop these unknown weeds when she saw them.
But Xu Yu chewed without blinking.
That day, Xu Yu continued to nibble on the grass. Sang Zhixia rubbed the herbal juice on his hands, which couldn't be washed off, and asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid that I'll find some poisonous weed one day and kill you if you eat it?"
Without even looking up, Xu Yu stuffed a piece of thorny grass into his mouth and chewed it like an old ox chewing the cud. He answered concisely: "The poison won't kill me, but the wound will heal."
He is the one who has tasted hundreds of herbs, and he knows best whether the herbs he eats have medicinal effects.
The effects of what Sang Zhixia found might not be that great, but the surging qi and blood did calm down day after day.
These are harmless.
He finally finished chewing the last piece with a wooden face, and when he stood up he suddenly asked, "How do you know about medicine?"
Sang Zhixia waved her hands and said in a cryptic way, "When I was a kid, I couldn't afford medical treatment when I was sick, so I could only find some dried grass to chew on."
Asking is the experience gained through tasting!
Xu Yu's eyes flickered between light and dark. He curled his fingertips and said, "Next time, if there's a substitute, could you not pick the ones with thorns?"
Sang Zhixia exclaimed.
"how?"
"That one pricks your mouth."
"What the hell???"
Xu Yu, who was pricked by thorns in his mouth, got up and left. Sang Zhixia was puzzled for a moment and suddenly felt a little funny.
Someone who vomits blood every day without blinking is actually afraid of getting his mouth pricked?
Are you playing me?
But no matter how interesting a person is, the journey must continue.
On the eighth day of exile, the old man, who had been in a state of confusion and could only be fed with water, finally began to wake up.
They finally left the prosperous Kyoto completely.
Further away lies the bitterly cold northwest...
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