It's clear they encountered quite a few setbacks on the way!
Moreover, they first went towards Kyoto and then returned. Judging from the distance, they must have been traveling day and night!
I was so tired that I just found a place to rest!
I didn't see Yuan Fangqin anywhere. I don't know if she's dead or if she's still sitting in the carriage!
She looked at the steward's attire and walked towards a carriage!
She pricked up her ears to listen to the conversation that followed!
"Madam, dinner is ready. Please bring the young master down for a meal!"
Yuan Fangqin lifted the carriage curtain and led Yu Teng out!
Looking from afar, Lin Ru saw that Yuan Fangqin and Yu Teng had become incredibly thin, even though they had only escaped for a few days!
It's obvious that he hasn't endured much hardship before, and now that he's been working day and night, his body is naturally starting to feel the strain!
But it's a miracle we didn't die in this chaotic world!
What did you cook today?
"Why does it not smell fragrant at all?"
"Reporting to Madam! Our sudden decision to rest here is not ideal. If we cook food with a strong odor, it might attract the attention of people nearby!"
"Everyone is exhausted, we just shook off those people. If we get into a conflict now, we won't be able to handle it!"
Yu Teng rubbed his flat stomach!
He muttered under his breath, "A bunch of useless trash!"
"We've raised you all for so many years, and you're still afraid of a bunch of peasants!"
"You've made us look so pathetic!"
"My mother is such a pain! She insisted on going to Kyoto!"
"That guy's done for, he turned back halfway!"
"If we had known this would happen, we would have just gone with that little brat!"
"I think their team is full of brutes!"
"If we just give them some money, these people will treat us like royalty!"
"If you tell them to go east, they won't dare go west, and they'll be at the forefront if something happens!"
"They were willing to abandon them to shield us from harm at crucial moments, buying us time!"
Yu Teng was a well-known nobleman in Kangqu County. He had never suffered any grievances since childhood. He was a man of his word and never experienced any hardship. He always had the best food and clothing, and his subordinates had to be careful when they spoke!
Now he can only huddle in this carriage every day. No matter what opinions he makes, his guards will refute them. Even his meals are just a simple rice and a dish, without any soup!
Over time, resentment will grow!
Yuan Fangqin was an extremely intelligent person. Although she had been domineering before, she was very good at reading people and was very pragmatic!
They know when to do what, and even if they don't understand something, they try their best to listen to other people's opinions!
This is also the secret to her success today!
So when her son said those words, she immediately observed the guards around her to see if they showed any displeasure at what he had said!
If so, next time when this happens, we can put him at the forefront and let those peasants handle it for us!
If it weren't for her, she would pretend to scold her son to keep the guards loyal to her, since they would still be needed to protect her along the way!
"Teng'er! How can you speak like that?"
"Everyone has had a very tough journey!"
"How can you swear?"
"You can't do that again. We're all in this together now, we should support each other and go to a safe place!"
"And those peasants aren't as stupid as you think!"
"If it could really be solved with money, they wouldn't be showing up at the Yu family's house in the first place!"
"But those peasants do seem to have some skills. If we can catch up, we'll see how we can get them to work for us!"
Hearing his master defend them so much, the steward next to him felt a little better!
After all, they had been working themselves to the bone for so many days, just to protect this mother and child, and these two had been causing trouble everywhere they went!
Especially this second young master, who doesn't understand anything but wants to meddle in everything. If the servants don't do things his way, he will beat or scold them. Although he gets scolded by the madam every time, he still doesn't dare to do it!
As everyone knows, the lady's reprimands of the young master were only verbal and did not cause him any real harm!
Even though they were just servants, they were already quite content!
"Madam! If you catch up with that group of people later, just act pitiful, talk about how hard you've worked all these years, and offer them some benefits. That should be enough to win them over!"
"After all, they are a bunch of country bumpkins who have never seen the world. Even if they have some skills, they are only capable compared to those ignorant refugees!"
"If you really offer some money, I'm sure some people will be tempted!"
"Then the rest of the people can be disposed of by the madam!"
"Do whatever you want, and I saw that their truck was loaded with a lot of food and water!"
"Given their peasant nature, they're bound to be frugal. We can use a little trick to poison their food and kill these eyesores. Then their food and water will be ours, won't they?"
Yuan Fangqin felt this method was excellent!
"Okay, let's do it this way!"
"Then we need to hurry and get going!"
"Let's try to catch up with them as soon as possible!"
"After all, we don't have much water left!"
"When I escaped, I didn't expect the drought to be so severe!"
"Knowing this, we should bring more water with us!"
The person in charge wanted to say that they had actually brought enough water, more than enough!
But the two of them really got to do it all. They kept making sure to wash their hands and faces, rinse their mouths after meals, and take a shower every now and then!
If you can't give them a sip of hot soup, you'll get scolded!
Even if we bring a lot of water, it won't be enough for them!
But what could he do? He was a servant, and his words carried no weight, so he could only swallow them all.
Lin Ru never expected that these people would actually be so scheming to advance their careers!
We must not only scheme to take their lives, but also to take their food and water!
That's so shameless!
Ji Wenxuan observed Lin Ru's changing emotions!
I'm curious!
"Lin Ru! Did you hear something?"
When do we start?
Lin Ru sneered, "It's nothing, I just overheard them discussing how to get themselves killed."
"Get the archers ready!"
"Divide into two teams and take turns shooting arrows!"
"Don't give them any time to react!"
"Tell them to avoid the horses when they shoot their arrows this time!"
"Don't let things turn out the way they did last time; horses are valuable things these days!"
"Oh, right, leave the woman in charge to me! I have some questions for her!"
"You can do whatever you want with the rest of them!"
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