Chapter 22 Why is it different from the previous life?
Lin Fu was helped onto the cart by his children.
The cart was covered with thick bedding, so the passengers would not suffer from the bumpy ride.
On the road, the two brothers Lin Xiuran and Lin Xiuyan and Chai Ya took turns pulling the cart, so it wasn't too tiring.
Just as Lin Zhiyi was about to follow the team, a Jinwu Guard's broadsword was placed on his neck. "Please leave immediately."
Lin Zhiyi saw the sharp blade out of the corner of her eye and didn't dare to move. She hurriedly explained, "Sir, I told Eunuch Wang that he promised me that I could go with the exile team to take my injured father to Fangzhou."
There was a list of names for the prisoners, and all the people who came to see them off were driven away by the officials, leaving only Lin Zhiyi, Chai Ya and Lin Jingshu.
"If you don't believe me, ask Eunuch Wang."
"You wait."
The Jinwu Guard ran away and came back a moment later. He glanced at them and said, "Let's go."
Lin Zhiyi also breathed a sigh of relief.
Along the way, the team walked neither fast nor slow.
After three to six months of concentrated exile, the group was estimated to be very large, with as many as two or three hundred people.
Among these people, only a small number were ministers and their families who were implicated because of the dethronement of the crown prince. Most of them were exiled to Fangzhou for other crimes.
Almost all of these people were convicted from official families.
Although both were exile and hard labor, the punishments were different depending on the severity of the crime.
According to the Dagan Law, if these prisoners were exiled, they had to walk fifty miles every day. However, considering the prince's health and weather conditions, they were allowed a few days to reach Fangzhou.
Even so, they have to complete the task within a month.
But these women were used to a life of luxury and had never suffered such hardship. They usually went out in carriages or sedan chairs, and they were very delicate and frail. After walking a few steps, they felt they could not go on and cried out in pain.
The delicate girl started sobbing.
The men around them were either coaxing them or cursing them impatiently, and for a moment the team became lively.
At the back, some people just sat down on the ground and refused to get up no matter what.
The bailiff whipped the ground with a whip and shouted fiercely with a ferocious look.
Instead of scaring these people, they even tried to take the whips from the officers and soldiers.
Those who were close to him cursed directly: "You dog slave, how dare you hit me?"
The guard snorted coldly, "It seems that even today you still don't know your own identities."
The escort whipped the man directly, and he screamed in pain.
People with different views really do hit people, and the crying women finally stopped crying.
I got up from the ground and continued on my way. Even though my legs felt like they were filled with lead, I endured the pain and kept moving forward.
In the entire team, only Eunuch Wang was sitting in the carriage, sipping tea comfortably.
He was sent by the emperor to escort the prince to Fangzhou. Even if Li Wenjing was deposed, he was still his son.
But Eunuch Wang knew in his heart that it was more like surveillance than escort.
The emperor was very suspicious and he couldn't help but doubt even his own son.
Lin Zhi felt that Mrs. Song really couldn't walk anymore, so he went to see Eunuch Wang again.
Eunuch Wang stared at Lin Zhiyi.
She instantly understood that Eunuch Wang was asking her for money again.
She had no choice but to take out another ingot of silver and put it in Eunuch Wang's hand, "This is my daughter's filial piety to you, Eunuch."
"Only one female relative can be shackled."
"What? So expensive?"
Lin Zhiyi opened her eyes wide and looked at Eunuch Wang.
I cursed in my heart, what a greedy eunuch.
I don't know why he needs so much money. He can't take it with him to spend when he dies.
"Don't want to? Then forget it."
"Yes, yes."
Lin Zhiyi had no choice but to take out two silver ingots from his bag again, but in fact he took them out from the space.
"I have some more here. Help me open the ones for the eldest and second sister-in-law as well."
Eunuch Wang then put on a smiling face and said, "Sure, sure."
"What about my father and two brothers?"
"Men are not allowed."
Lin Zhiyi had no choice but to give up.
It would be fine to only remove the shackles from the women. After all, women are weak, and even if they are wearing light shackles, it would be half their life if they walked to Fangzhou.
When someone in the group saw the Lin family's women being uncuffed, they immediately expressed their displeasure, "Why can they remove their shackles, but not us?"
The guard scolded: "If you give me some benefits, I can open it for you."
Looking at everyone rushing to pay money and want to remove the shackles, Lin Zhiyi secretly cursed these people for being so ruthless.
If the officers were escorting ordinary prisoners, they would not get any benefits, so these hard tasks were usually given to ordinary yamen runners.
But these nobles are different. They can make money from them, so they all rush to do this job.
After a while, many female relatives took off their light shackles.
Eunuch Wang and the officials also agreed.
The reason was that Eunuch Wang took into consideration that these family members were just weak women, and they were just being implicated.
If he doesn't agree, let alone one month, it will take him two months to reach Fangzhou at this rate, and he will have a hard time explaining himself.
He also wanted to send these people to Fangzhou as soon as possible so that he could come back and enjoy his life.
Men normally wear light shackles.
I believe they would not dare to escape easily. If they were caught by the court, they would be executed on the spot.
Sure enough, after some of the female members took off their light shackles, the team moved forward faster.
Fang Luo walked up to Gu Wanyun and said, "Sister-in-law, when did our aunt become so kind?"
Gu Wanyun snorted coldly, "No matter what she does, it can't make up for what she did in the past."
Not only did she take away her dowry, but she also took away the money she had saved for Zheng'er to hire a famous teacher for his enlightenment.
My daughter was seriously ill that year, and the money for her medical treatment was ruthlessly taken away by this aunt.
As for the good things in her room, as long as she liked them, her husband would always give them to his sister.
Completely disregarding the life and death of the mother and child.
Fang Luo nodded, "That's right."
The team continued to move forward, neither fast nor slow.
"Sister, we are all that's needed for father. You and mother just need to take care of yourselves."
The two brothers said.
Lin Zhiyi agreed, but when the road became difficult, she still couldn't help but lend a hand.
Even after the light shackles were removed, the team had just started walking, but if you listened carefully, you could still hear sobbing.
Mu Yunzhao kept looking at Lin Zhiyi. She deliberately lagged behind her for a few steps and came to her side, asking, "Sister Lin, is it really you? Aren't you married? Why are you going to Fangzhou with the Lin family?"
Lin Zhiyi suddenly realized that the original owner not only knew the heroine in the book, but was also a close friend of hers.
At this time, Mu Yunzhao had probably just been reborn, and encountered the Mu family's misfortune.
And she was the concubine of the Mu family, so she just hid the few silver coins she had.
This small amount of silver allowed her to persevere and reach Fangzhou, and also helped the deposed prince.
Lin Zhiyi's eyes moved slightly, "I was divorced by the Qin family."
"What? Break?"
Mu Yunzhao was surprised. Why was it different from his previous life?
In her previous life, Lin Zhiyi was not only not divorced, but also gave birth to a son.
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