Chapter 29: Couple's Night Talk (Part 2)
He Zhiran then remembered that his father had stuffed a letter into Mo Jiuye's arms today.
Since the letter was addressed to Mo Jiuye, she had no habit of prying into other people's privacy. Although she was curious about what was written in it, she did not ask.
Since Mo Jiuye was able to mention this letter, he had no intention of concealing the contents.
"The letter was very brief. My father-in-law said he would privately collect evidence of my innocence to exonerate me, and he hoped I would treat you well."
"Is it that simple?" He Zhiran was obviously a little unconvinced.
Mo Jiuye answered affirmatively: "Yes, that's all."
He Zhiran fell into deep thought again.
After her parents came to see her off today, the first thing she thought of was her father's situation in the court.
He Yuanming is Mo Jiuye's father-in-law. Will the emperor vent his anger on him because of this?
If this is true, He Yuanming's future days will be like an ant on a chopping board, and he may be stepped on to death by Emperor Shunwu at any time.
Seeing He Zhiran in deep thought, Mo Jiuye spoke again.
"My father-in-law is an honest official and does things in an orderly manner. The emperor is reluctant to lose such a capable official, so you don't have to worry too much."
After hearing what Mo Jiuye said, He Zhiran felt a little relieved.
"It's getting late, go to bed early. We still have to travel tomorrow." Mo Jiuye was worried that He Zhiran couldn't take it.
After talking for so long and wasting a lot of brain cells on thinking, He Zhiran was feeling sleepy.
"Okay, you should rest early too."
I thought I could fall asleep just by closing my eyes, but He Zhiran kept tossing and turning. Even though he felt sleepy, he still couldn't fall asleep.
The space on the wooden cart was not very large, and she and Mo Jiuye were almost pressed tightly together.
Feeling each other's warmth, not only He Zhiran, but Mo Jiuye also suffered from insomnia.
Feeling that her breathing was not so steady, Mo Jiuye spoke softly again.
"Pretending to be unconscious isn't a long-term solution. I plan to find an opportunity to wake up once I'm out of the capital."
"It's up to you to decide the right measure." He Zhiran answered vaguely.
In fact, Mo Jiuye had selfish motives when he said this.
This woman was able to know in advance that the Duke of Huguo's mansion would be confiscated and exiled, and it does not rule out the possibility that she knew something else.
He said this in order to trick He Zhiran into talking.
Unexpectedly, the other party just asked him to make the decision and didn't tell him anything he didn't know.
"Aren't you curious about why I plan to leave the capital before waking up?"
"I guess you're worried about the Emperor's spies watching you."
This is what He Zhiran thought. Emperor Shunwu spared no effort in attacking Mo Jiuye and even wanted to take his life the night before confiscating his property and exiling him. How could he give up the opportunity on the road?
It would be different if Mo Jiuye was unconscious.
If Emperor Shunwu sent his spies to observe secretly and found that he was still unconscious, it would mean that his injuries must be very serious.
In such a situation, the possibility of surviving on the Path of Exile is almost zero.
Emperor Shunwu would most likely let it go, and their road to exile would be less bumpy.
Of course, if Emperor Shunwu does not play by the rules, it is not ruled out that he will send people to rob and kill Mo Jiuye on the road while he is unconscious.
Mo Jiuye’s goal may be to avoid any disaster as much as possible.
It has to be said that He Zhiran's guess is completely consistent with Mo Jiuye's idea.
“If I were alone, it wouldn’t be difficult to escape from here, and I wouldn’t be found forever.
But there are too many female relatives in the Mo family, and I can't guarantee that I can take care of them all.
What's more, your sisters-in-law and your family are all in the capital. Once I take you away, your relatives in the capital will probably be implicated.
I feel even more sorry for you. You just married into the Mo family, and now you are being exiled with them.
My mother and sisters-in-law are already pitiful enough, and yet they have to suffer like this."
These words came from the heart, showing that Mo Jiuye had begun to believe in He Zhiran.
He Zhiran could understand Mo Jiuye's helplessness.
After all, he had witnessed his martial arts with his own eyes, so it would be easy for him to escape under the noses of these officers.
From this we can see that Mo Jiuye is not a selfish person.
"It has already happened. All we need to do is protect our families and ourselves. Our first goal is to reach the northwest safely."
As for the subsequent understanding of history, He Zhiran did not mention it.
Because of her arrival, the number of times Mo Jiuye was beaten with a stick recorded in history has changed.
She believes that this history is likely to continue to change because of her arrival.
Mo Jiuye was actually already disheartened, and he didn't dare to guarantee that his family could arrive in the northwest safely.
However, after listening to He Zhiran's words, I felt more confident.
He is a man of integrity and the only hope of the Mohist school.
If he wants to go with the flow, what about his mother, wife, sister and sisters-in-law?
He must cheer up and face all the difficulties in the future positively.
"I will definitely do my best to help everyone survive."
Perhaps the content of their conversation was too depressing, which successfully diverted He Zhiran's attention.
At this moment she had forgotten the fact that she was sleeping next to a man.
The two chatted briefly about some future plans, and He Zhiran fell asleep unknowingly.
Mo Jiuye heard the even breathing coming from beside him, and considerately covered her with the quilt before slowly closing his eyes.
Although He Zhiran fell asleep, he did not lose the habit of getting up early in his previous life.
She woke up before daybreak.
While the others were still sleeping, she folded up the sheets covering her and Mo Jiuye.
Mo Jiuye was in a light sleep all night. When he felt the sheets disappear from his body, he knew that He Zhiran was about to get up.
He Zhiran looked around and saw that everyone was sleeping, and the officers on duty were not as energetic as they were in the first half of the night.
She took out two white flour buns and some braised beef again, and handed them to Mo Jiuye along with the water bag.
"While no one is awake yet, go eat something first."
"Okay." Mo Jiuye responded and quickly got out of the car with the food.
Not long after Mo Jiuye came back from eating and drinking, people started waking up one after another.
The officials began distributing black-faced steamed buns again.
Everyone looked at the black buns that were as hard as stone and felt extremely miserable.
But in order to survive, I had no choice but to swallow it.
The Mohist family was treated differently.
Zhou Laoba said that he would give them some white flour buns tomorrow morning.
He kept his word and left enough white flour buns for the officials to last until they reached Yunlai County, and gave the rest to the Mo family.
What everyone doesn’t know is that Zhou Laoba gave the white flour buns to the Mo family not because he and Peng Wang were so grateful to He Zhiran for saving their lives.
The real reason was that they miscalculated this mission.
In the past, before setting out, they would prepare two kinds of steamed buns: black-flour steamed buns for free, and white-flour steamed buns for earning some money.
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