Chapter 67 The Couple's Mixed Doubles Attack: Vicious Debt Relief
Shen Yan was beaten by Yun Zhaoxue and her husband in a double attack, and he shakily got up and stumbled back to the Shen family's group.
Shen Qingyu was still crying and shouting, "My wound hurts! I need the imperial physician! I need a doctor!"
Among the group was a royal physician who, unable to cure the empress's illness, was exiled and flogged twenty times, leaving him barely alive.
The imperial physician's relatives and friends came to see him off and gave him several bottles of wound medicine, but he was reluctant to use them and asked his family to pick herbs to apply to the wounds.
Shen Yan went to buy it from him.
The wound medicine that normally costs fifty coins a bottle is now being sold for five taels of silver.
Shen Yan was furious and cursed, "Five taels of silver for a bottle of wound medicine? Are you robbing me? Everyone says that doctors are benevolent and dedicated to saving lives. Don't you feel guilty for making this kind of black-hearted money?"
Physician Chen was injured and had been carried all the way here. His wounds had long since reopened, and he lay on the ground, wanting to rest.
Shen Yan came over and woke him up. He tried to persuade him to sell the wound medicine, saying he would pay any amount of silver. After Shen Yan set a price, he pointed at Shen Yan's nose and cursed him. He also said coldly, "I didn't intend to sell it. It was Young Master Shen who insisted on buying it. If you can't afford the silver, don't pretend to be rich."
Shen Yan clutched the loose silver in his hand; there were only three taels, far from enough. To save face, he sneered, "I'm just putting on a show. I don't want to be taken advantage of. You're not the only one with the medicine; I can buy it elsewhere."
Physician Chen felt he still had a conscience, "Whatever! It wouldn't be this price elsewhere."
“Of course others wouldn’t pay this price. Do you think everyone is as heartless as you?” After saying that, Shen Yan went to ask the escort.
Physician Chen smiled but said nothing. In his youth, he apprenticed under a master, traveled the world with his master, and ventured into the martial arts world. Later, he entered the palace as a physician and spent half his life experiencing the wickedness of human nature.
He felt that he had a conscience.
Shen Yan asked, "Officer, do you have any wound medicine? Could you sell me a bottle?"
The escort glanced at him and took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket.
Shen Yan glanced at the medicine bottle, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes. This was the cheapest and least effective hemorrhoid medicine, worth at most ten coins, but there was no other way at the moment, so he could only make do with it.
He reached out to take it, but then handed over the tael of silver he was holding.
The escort raised his hand to avoid giving it to him, saying, "Hey~ ten taels of silver!"
Shen Yan glared, "Ten taels of silver? Are you robbing me?"
In the past, he wouldn't have cared about ten taels, but now all their possessions amounted to only a little over a hundred taels, and there were many places where they would need to spend money on their way to exile.
The escort didn't hold back and kicked him hard. "Bang!"
Shen Yan stumbled and fell flat on his back, crying out, "Ouch!"
The guard stepped on his chest, looking down at him condescendingly, "You think it's too expensive? You still have to buy it for me!"
Shen Yan dared not offend the escort, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and spend ten taels of silver to buy it.
People around laughed, "Doctor Chen wouldn't buy good medicine for five taels of silver, but spent ten taels to buy the worst quality. How stupid! How foolish! Hahaha..."
Shen Yan was so angry that his face turned green. He took the medicine back to apply it to Shen Qingyu, but then complained that the medicine was too cheap and refused to apply it, crying and shouting, "I don't want this, I want the best wound medicine."
The people around need to rest.
"Shut up, you're so noisy! If you guys don't sleep, I still need to sleep..."
Shen Qingyu dared not speak out in anger, feeling extremely wronged. She bit her lower lip and silently shed tears, holding Yun Zhaoxue responsible for the incident.
It's all that bitch's fault for getting hurt; she'll pay her back tenfold or a hundredfold.
After resting for an hour, the group continued their journey. Some people were so tired that they fell asleep, sleeping very soundly. Because there were so many people in the group, those who were far away could not hear them. Some people did not move no matter how the escorts called them.
"Get up, all of you, let's continue on our journey."
Some people heard the commotion but didn't get up. They remained lying there, unwilling to move, their bodies aching all over, especially their feet, which were blistered and unable to walk.
The escort in charge of managing them kicked the man awake with a loud "Bang!"
The guards were all short-tempered and kicked him mercilessly.
"Ouch, officer, have mercy..." The person who was kicked cried out, clutching his wound. The others were instantly jolted awake. This time, pretending to be dead was no longer an option, and they could only resign themselves to getting up.
He complained under his breath, "Why is it so fast? Wasn't it supposed to be an hour of rest? I just lay down."
Yun Zhaoxue was pregnant and had walked for half a day. After eating, she lay down and fell asleep. She was sleepy and tired and didn't want to get up so early. She lay down for a while longer, with large leaves covering her face, as if she were still fast asleep.
Wu Chuang walked towards her, carrying a whip.
In a panic, Yang and the others quickly woke her up, "Xue'er, wake up, the escorts are here."
Xiao Xuance stood in front of Wu Chuang.
Wu Chuang raised his whip, trying to scare him away, "Get out of the way! If you don't, I'll whip you too."
Xiao Xuance remained standing still, his dark eyes fixed on the other person with a gloomy expression.
Wu Chuang smiled contemptuously, not taking him seriously at all. He was now a convict under Wu Chuang's jurisdiction, no longer a prince.
He lashed the whip at him.
Xiao Xuance grabbed the other person's wrist.
Their eyes met, sparks flying.
"How dare they! A criminal actually dares to resist."
Wu Chuang twisted his wrist back, and Wu Chuang used the momentum to dissipate the force. His knuckles gripped the whip like iron clamps, quickly wrapping it around his arm several times to tighten it.
Wu Chuang tried to pull out the whip, but it wouldn't budge.
He quickly chopped at him with his other hand.
Xiao Xuance sidestepped to block, their elbows and wrists clashing, their hidden forces clashing, resulting in a stalemate.
Wu Chuang suddenly felt a numbness in his hand, and the whip handle was jolted out of his grasp. "Snap!" The whip was flung to the ground.
He gritted his teeth, sneered, and nodded, "You... very good, you're practically asking for death!"
Having just exchanged blows with his opponent, he clearly sensed that the opponent's lower body was unsteady. A glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly raised his leg and swept it across the back of the opponent's knee.
Xiao Xuance took half a step back, a piercing pain shooting through his shinbone, rendering him unable to move. Just as they were about to make contact, his body swayed.
"Third Brother..." Xiao Xuanwu shouted anxiously upon seeing this, wanting to go forward to help, but he was too far away to make it in time.
They could only watch helplessly as he was kicked. If that kick landed, he probably wouldn't be able to walk anymore. His family, including the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, couldn't carry him. What were they going to do?
Suddenly, a slender figure flashed by, quickly shoved him aside, and kicked Wu Chuang hard in the knee, "Bang!"
Xiao Xuance swiftly punched Wu Chuangdang in the stomach, "Bang!"
Wu Chuang staggered in pain, and Yun Zhaoxue seized the opportunity to spin around and deliver a flying kick, slamming her foot hard into his chest. "Bang!"
He stumbled back several steps and crashed into a tree trunk, glaring at the two men with a mixture of shock and anger.
Previously, when he saw Shen Yan being beaten, he mocked him for being useless, being beaten by a cripple and a woman without any power to fight back. Now that it was his turn, he realized Shen Yan's situation. It wasn't that he didn't fight back, but that he couldn't win.
Yun Zhaoxue crossed her arms and stood with her back to Xiao Xuance, slightly turned to the side. Their eyes were filled with murderous intent as they stared at him.
This Wu Chuang has targeted them repeatedly and even wanted them dead. It's no use to keep tolerating him. It's better to break off relations from the start and show our strength so that the other party will be wary.
Wu Chuang, clutching his wound, leaned against a tree trunk, panting heavily. "You, you two are so insolent..."
Yun Zhaoxue said, "Officer, if you want to practice your martial arts, take us with you. If you're not as good as us, just accept it. Take advantage of the fact that no one is watching and leave quickly. Anyway, not many people will see you, and we won't tell anyone."
Just as Wu Chuang was about to call the other guards over to deal with them, he heard Old Liao shout:
"Get ready to go! Pack everything. If anyone says they forgot something and have to go back to find it, delaying our journey, I'll beat you to a pulp!"
Everyone, please check immediately.
Wu Chuang clenched his teeth and said fiercely, "You just wait!"
He left after uttering those harsh words.
Xiao Xuance glanced at Yun Zhaoxue. He had never known she was skilled in martial arts, let alone that she was quite capable...
He seemed to have never understood his wife of two years.
Zhuiying said that one of the conditions she had for going to the prison to save him was that Zhuiying teach her light-body skills.
"Thank you for saving me."
Yun Zhaoxue was angry with him a second ago, but the next second she saved him. Unable to swallow her pride, she said fiercely, "Don't be so polite. I was just worried that if your leg is broken, no one will push the cart. Hurry up and push the cart. Let's go."
After packing their things, the group set off.
They had barely set off when, less than a quarter of an hour later, Madam Yun fainted again.
The Yun family carried the unconscious Yun Jiaoyue to her side, where they begged the Third Prince to assign a guard to carry her.
The third prince refused, saying, "We don't have enough guards to carry things, so you'll have to figure it out yourselves."
The ministers who supported him in the court were all exiled. There were more than a dozen families who were assigned guards to the Yun family. Others also came to ask for them. Should he give them or not?
I am concerned about scarcity, not inequality.
The Yun family suffered another setback.
At this point, they came across a stream, and everyone was extremely thirsty. The escort ordered the group to stop and rest for a short while to fetch water before continuing their journey.
Yun Xiuwen had someone carry Old Lady Yun toward Yun Zhaoxue.
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