Although Hong Xiaoduo and her two carriages set off first, the镖局's carriages caught up in less than fifteen minutes. After overtaking them, they stopped speeding up. To onlookers, it appeared that the carriages and horses following behind were also with the镖局.
At noon, Tian Shu stopped the carriage to rest. Not seeing Hong Xiaoduo get out, he guessed she might still be asleep, so he quietly told his younger siblings to be quiet and not to disturb her.
After feeding the horses and donkeys, he washed his hands and quietly ate outside the carriage.
Tian Shu noticed that the caravan in front had also stopped to rest, but he couldn't understand why the woman in tight-fitting clothes on horseback kept looking this way. She looked quite unwell.
"Senior brother, aren't we moving too slowly?" Seeing that they had eaten their rations but hadn't ordered anyone to set off, the second wife asked casually.
“Third Senior Brother has traveled this road several times. There’s only one reason why he’s not in a hurry: at this speed, he can reach the town before dark. So there’s no need to rush and exhaust the men and horses,” a bodyguard said from the side.
Upon hearing his words, the second wife immediately glared at him: "Did I ask you?"
"Junior sister, Dazhi is trying to explain this to you out of kindness, what are you doing?" the third senior brother asked, frowning.
Seeing the reproach in her senior brother's eyes, the second daughter's eyes immediately reddened. She squeezed the horse's flanks with her legs and urged it forward.
"Third Senior Brother, I'm fine. You should hurry and go after her to check on her and comfort her. She got up in the middle of the night last night and saw you sitting and talking with that young lady. Her expression immediately turned sour," Dazhi said quickly.
Everyone in the escort agency knew that the second daughter-in-law had feelings for the third senior brother, but he didn't reciprocate her feelings at all, and instead went out to escort goods even more frequently.
The eldest brother likes the second wife, and the master also has the idea of having the eldest brother marry into the family, but the second wife doesn't like the eldest brother.
The relationship between the eldest and third senior brothers became somewhat awkward because of the second wife.
I don't know how Second Sister talked to Master, but she managed to get her to come along this time.
In the past, when I went out to escort goods with my third senior brother, although it was hard work, everyone was in a good mood.
However, this time, because Second Sister was with him, Third Brother rarely spoke.
Everyone knew the second wife's temperament, so they were a little worried for the young lady and hoped that they would reach the fork in the road soon and that the young lady would not walk on the same road as them.
Look, he explained it so clearly to his third senior brother, but he didn't chase after her. Sigh, let's not talk about whether Second Madam will get into trouble. Anyway, everyone knows that in the end, Second Madam will only blame them.
Why is this delivery so troublesome?
As the sun was setting, Hong Xiaoduo opened her eyes. To be honest, sleeping in this big carriage was quite comfortable.
"Mother, you're awake? Aren't you hungry since you haven't eaten lunch?" Yao Guang was the first to notice that she was awake.
Hong Xiaoduo sat up, and just as she was about to respond, she heard a horse neigh, then the carriage jolted and stopped. Immediately afterward, Tian Shu asked angrily, "What are you doing?"
Hong Xiaoduo got off the carriage, dragging her shoes, to see what was going on.
As soon as they got off the carriage, they saw a girl riding a horse beside it, looking indifferent, and Tian Shu looking furious.
"What happened?" Hong Xiaoduo asked Tian Shu.
"I don't know. I was driving the carriage just fine when she suddenly came over and whipped me. I don't know how much force she used, but it drew blood." Tian Shu pointed to the horse's hind leg, both angry and anxious, tears welling up in his eyes.
At this moment, the man in dark blue and several bodyguards also arrived.
Upon hearing Tian Shu's words, the man in dark blue immediately turned serious: "Junior sister, what's going on?"
"Third Senior Brother, I only helped this child because I saw he didn't know how to drive and was walking too slowly." Second Sister looked at her senior brother's face and felt flustered, but still explained innocently.
"Who said I can't catch a carriage? We're not in a hurry, so why do we need your help?" Tian Shu's face flushed red as she argued angrily.
Hong Xiaoduo reached out and gently patted Tian Shu's shoulder, then looked up at the girl who had done something wrong but still looked innocent, and then at the man with an angry expression.
At this moment, I think I understand a little why this girl is like this.
The man in dark blue jumped off his horse and clasped his hands apologetically to Hong Xiaoduo: "My junior sister is unruly and ignorant, please forgive her, young lady. I will compensate her for the horse's injury."
We brought some medicine for your injuries; we'll treat you with it right away.
Hong Xiaoduo laughed, pointed at the girl on horseback, and asked the man, "You think you can make me forgive you just because you say my junior sister is naughty and I'll compensate her with money and medicine? How old is she that she's naughty? Since you know she's immature, why don't you keep her in the manor and educate her properly? Why bring her out here to cause trouble?"
Even though she knew the man was a good person, and that he had kindly told her last night that she could rest since their men were on night duty, she still couldn't let him get away with arguing with this wicked girl out of consideration for him.
"My senior brother has already apologized to you on my behalf and said he would compensate you with money. What more do you want? Don't be so unforgiving." The girl was very happy to see that her senior brother had spoken up for her.
As soon as the girl spoke, Hong Xiaoduo looked at her: "There were seven children in my car. If you're not blind, you would have seen it clearly yesterday evening. Since you can ride a horse, you should know what would happen if a horse were whipped like that."
If it weren't for the fact that our horse is so gentle and understanding, a whip strike with such force would startle it and cause it to run wildly, putting my seven children in danger.
You actually have the nerve to ask me what else I want? Are you saying I'm being unreasonable?
"It wasn't startled, was it? They're all fine, aren't they? My senior brother has already apologized to you. You still want me to apologize? Don't even dream about it!" The girl retorted defiantly. She didn't know why, but she was the one who should be in charge, even though she was on horseback.
But why does looking at this woman standing on the ground with her head tilted back make me feel inexplicably uneasy?
Tian Shu, who was standing to the side, and the six children in the carriage who had heard what had happened, were all uneasy. Although they hadn't spent much time with her, they all knew that she wasn't one to suffer injustice.
They were afraid that Hong Xiaoduo would get into a fight with someone because there were too many people on the other side, but they also hoped that she could teach this bad wife a lesson.
"Why should I ask you to apologize? If you apologize and admit your mistake, will the horse's leg injury disappear? What's done is done, the horse is injured, and my child is frightened."
I just woke up, so naturally I didn't have any dreams.
"So don't be nervous. You don't need to apologize, and you don't need to pay any money. I have the fairest way to resolve this." Hong Xiaoduo said with a sneer.
As everyone listened to her words, and was still wondering what the fairest solution she had come up with was, they saw her reach to her side.
"Young lady, you mustn't!" The third senior brother was the first to react...
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