Chapter 30: Overnight in the Village
He Changqing pondered for a moment, "Miss Shen, why not just tell me what you want?"
"You're joking, Prince Consort. Do you think I need anything?"
He Changqing was speechless.
Indeed, they have everything they need, but this group of people has nothing they want and is a complete burden.
He racked his brains to think about his own value. When Shen Yunzheng passed by, he casually said, "Mom, are you really going to accept them? This group of people is really bad. They rely on their royal kinship and have always been against my eldest brother."
He Changqing was sweating coldly.
You are talking nonsense, I have never been involved in the affairs of the court!
Fortunately, Shen Xun understood the situation. She scolded him, "Yun Zheng, how can you say that? The Prince Consort is obviously not that kind of person."
He Changqing nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I am definitely not that kind of person!"
"Of course," Shen Xun changed the subject, "The Prince Consort also knows that I am the adoptive mother of these three children. Of course, I cannot allow others to bully them, whether it is you or..."
She looked in the direction of the capital.
"I can let you join Longao Village, and I can treat you all equally. We can help each other, but when we get to Youzhou, if someone betrays us and uses our situation in Youzhou to surrender to someone..."
He Changqing suddenly realized that Chen Xun meant that they should be absolutely loyal to her.
He said in embarrassment: "Miss Shen, you also know that people's hearts are unpredictable. I can only guarantee that I will never betray the girl after accepting her favor, but they..."
Even if it was his own son, He Changqing could not guarantee whether his son would defect to Prince Su.
Shen Xun said indifferently: "I know, I just want to ask the prince consort to convey it to me. If you want to join us, you have to take a poison pill."
"poison?!"
He Changqing was shocked. He knew there would be a price to pay, but was this... a bit too much?
He said awkwardly, "Miss Shen, I think everyone cherishes their lives. No one would agree to let their life be held in the hands of others for no reason, right?"
Chen Xun smiled and said, "I understand. It depends on your own choice. In fact, this journey will only be a little bit hard and tiring, but it will pass if you persevere."
"When we arrived in Youzhou, it was undeveloped. We could just open up the wasteland and plant crops and make a living there."
He Changqing stared at her, "Miss Shen, are you planning to live in Youzhou forever?"
"Who knows," Shen Xun said vaguely, "It doesn't matter where I live, but my three children can't bear to leave their hometown, so I'll go back to visit them when I have time."
Where is the hometown of Qi Yunzhou and the other two besides the capital?
He Changqing thought to himself, according to what Shen Xun meant, they would have to fight back to the capital sooner or later!
There must be someone in this group who wants to pass on the message to Prince Su for the sake of fame and fortune. They are not Shen Xun's confidants. Apart from killing them all and putting an end to it, the only option is to control them all.
He Changqing thought for a moment and said to Shen Xun, "Miss Shen, could you allow me to go back and discuss this with them?"
Shen Xun nodded with a smile.
After he left, Xie Lan came over and asked, "Axun, did he agree?"
Shen Xun shook his head, "He said he wanted to discuss it with the others."
Xie Lan affirmed: "They will agree."
Shen Xun had the same idea.
The officers came out on this trip just to collect some money from the prisoners. Shen Xun definitely couldn't get a penny, so he would definitely extort as much money as possible from the others.
The prisoners soon couldn't hold on any longer.
As they expected, He Changqing came again before nightfall.
He didn't bother with the pleasantries this time and went straight to the point, "Miss Shen, we agree to your request."
No matter how great wealth and glory are, you have to have a life to spend them. In the current situation, if you don’t find a backer, you will soon be skinned and stripped of your tendons by the officials, leaving no bones behind.
Shen Xun gave Shen Yunzheng a bottle of medicine and asked him to bring a few people to follow He Changqing. He distributed the medicine personally and watched them take it with his own eyes.
Naturally, this commotion did not escape Su Yang's eyes. He walked over to Su Song and told him what had happened.
Su Song waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about them."
He has become a Buddha. As long as Chen Xun does not escape, he doesn't care even if he puts on a yellow robe and ascends the throne to become emperor on the way.
Seeing that Su Song didn't care, Su Yang had to retreat.
Fortunately, he had already sent a letter to the emperor, and as soon as the emperor replied, he would take action!
Su Yang hid the fierceness in his eyes. No one could affect his future, including his master!
After walking another two miles, Susong saw a small village in the distance. He gave orders, asking everyone to speed up and spend the night in the village.
Shen Yunzheng shuddered and walked to Shen Xun's side, "Mom, it's too cold today. Let's buy a few carriages when we get to the next city."
"Okay, let's buy as many as we can and take turns riding them."
Shen Yunzheng nodded.
They soon arrived at the entrance of the village. There was a big locust tree at the entrance and several children were playing there.
Children are very strong and don’t feel cold even when wearing thin cotton jackets in such cold weather.
When they saw someone coming, they didn't run away, but boldly asked, "Who are you?"
Su Song said, "We are officials. Child, can you take me to see the head of your village?"
A child said, "The village chief's house is over there. I'll go call him. You wait here."
Susong smiled and signaled the team to stay where they were.
The other children continued to play nearby, glancing at them from time to time.
After a while, the child came back with a middle-aged man.
He claimed to be the village chief and his surname was Liu.
Su Song hurriedly said, "Village Chief Liu, we are officials escorting a prisoner and are passing through here. I wonder if we can stay here for a day."
Village Chief Liu smiled and said, "Of course you can. Sir Su, please come and have an empty house in our village."
Su Song led people into the village. As they walked along, Shen Xun discovered that the village looked quite wealthy, and almost every house was made of bricks and tiles.
Village chief Liu took them to an abandoned house and said that it was an abandoned house, but it was safe for people to live in.
Su Song looked at the number of prisoners and said in embarrassment: "Village Chief Liu, I wonder if there are any other houses. There are too many of us, and this house is definitely not enough for us."
"Don't worry, I will definitely give you enough money."
Village Chief Liu waved his hand and said, "It's not about money. There's only one empty house in our village...why don't you let some people live in my house?"
"It just so happens that my wife has taken the kids back to her parents' home. My place is big enough for them to stay."
Su Song pondered for a moment and decided to let Shen Xun and others go, and the other prisoners stayed here with them for one night.
Seeing him divide it this way, Shen Xun had no objection. The village chief stood aside and waited for them to discuss it, then took Shen Xun and others to his home.
On the way, King Hu, as the apparent leader, kept talking to Village Chief Liu. Village Chief Liu was very enthusiastic and answered all the questions.
Arriving at his house, Shen Xun took a look and found that it was indeed big enough. Not to mention them, even if more people came, it could accommodate them.
Prince Hu was shocked. "Brother, your house is too big."
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