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Chapter 264: Food in Hand, No Panic in Exile 7

Chu Yuan asked about the departure time of the caravan and left the silver and people with her.

However, she was cautious and only gave a deposit of ten taels. The remaining ten taels would be collected from the Chu Mansion with her letter after the people arrived safely.

The aunt and her son agreed after discussing it. After all, they were not unscrupulous businessmen. Since they had accepted the job, they would definitely send the person there.

When Chu Yuan saw that the son of this auntie was the leader of the caravan, he became even more convinced that he had found the right person. He quickly pulled her aside and said a lot of good things to her. The auntie was smiling happily and promised her that she would never let these two people be neglected.

After resolving the issues with Chuntao and Zhuzi, Chu Yuan took Xia Yu away. She planned to find an inn nearby to rest for a few days.

The exiled prisoners will have to be detained in the Dali Temple prison for a few days for interrogation and will not be released so soon.

Chu Yuan put the things in the box in order and found that one third of the beef and mutton he brought from Bingzhou had been eaten in the past few days, but the pastries were hardly touched, and he had not drunk any of the kumis except for the two pots he gave to Shen Heyan.

She took out items of the same kind from the space and filled the box, and also took out some thick bedding and coarse clothes.

These will be brought to her aunt's family in the future. Her task these days is to work with Xia Yu to make these clothes and bedding look old, so that they look tattered and inconspicuous.

It is best to sew a few secret pockets inside to put some easy-to-preserve food and medicine in case of emergency.

Although she will accompany and protect them along the way, she can't be with them forever. There will always be things she cannot take care of, and Chu Yuan has to plan everything for them.

Now that there are no outsiders around me, it is much more convenient. There are no restrictions on the use of space. When something is missing, I can just take it out from it to fill it.

Chu Yuan waited in an inn outside the city gate for five days before she received the news from Xia Yu. She went out every day to inquire during these few days so as not to miss the opportunity for the prisoner to leave the city.

According to custom, exiles could have someone see them off after they left the city, and this was also the best opportunity for the officials escorting the prisoners to accept bribes.

However, since ancient times, among so many exiled prisoners, only a few have had anyone come to see them off.

Chu Yuan rode her horse all the way towards Changting, pulling behind her was a wooden cart that she had just bought from a nearby villager.

"Sir, please wait a moment, let me have a word with my friend."

Chu Yuan bowed to the leading official, and Xia Yu, who was following behind him, immediately handed over a bulging purse: "My lords, use this to buy some wine."

The officer weighed the purse in his hand and smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, if you have something to say, please speak quickly. We will set off in a quarter of an hour."

"Thank you for your consideration, adults."

After Chu Yuan arranged for the officials to come, he walked towards his aunt's family: "Uncle, aunt, cousin Hao Yuan, you have suffered."

Chu Tingshu didn't expect that someone would come to see them off at this time, and she didn't expect that this person was her niece.

It has to be said that this matter has gone through many twists and turns.

Originally, her husband had asked a good friend who was going to Bingzhou on business to help him, but he unexpectedly fell ill before leaving.

The servant who came to report said that his master had transferred the mission to Bingzhou to someone else, and also transferred the task of escorting his niece.

Since then, Chu Tingshu has never let it go, especially after she heard that the person who took over the job was the new Dali Temple Shaoqing Shen Heyan, she became extremely worried.

After all, her family has nothing to do with this adult. Will he really treat her child well?

But things have come to this point. When they learned the news, the adult had already left for several days. Nothing they do now will help. They can only ask her father to bring some useful people to Yuan'er's side and not let her be bullied.

After half a month of living in fear, he suddenly received news from his servants that Lord Shen, the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, had returned to the capital to report, and there was no woman accompanying him.

Everyone in the Lu family was in a panic. Lu Zhan went directly to Shen Heyan's residence to ask for a meeting. Unfortunately, he was too late. Lord Shen had already entered the palace and would not be back for a while.

He could only wait outside the door. Fortunately, he saw a tall man in armor not long after. The man claimed to be a subordinate of Lord Shen: "Are you Lu Zhan?"

"I am Lu Zhan, a humble man. Nice to meet you, sir."

"Get up, Lord Shen asked me to tell you that your young lady has caught a cold in a county outside the capital. She is unable to move around now, but will come to the capital in a few days when she is better."

Lu Zhan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, fortunately, no one was hurt.

"May I ask, sir, where is Yuan'er now, so that I can send someone to bring her back."

The man waved his hand and said, "No need. Just wait at home. I will give you a lively young lady in a few days."

Lu Zhan returned home with this answer, and the doubts in their hearts became even more intense. What does it mean to just wait patiently?

However, it wasn't long before they were detained. They could barely protect themselves, so how could they have the energy to think about anything else?

Now they were actually somewhat relieved. Fortunately, Yuan'er was sick and did not go to Beijing that day. They just hoped that after she got the news, she would hurry back to Bingzhou and not get involved in this mess.

Now, after meeting again after several years, Chu Tingshu held Chu Yuan's hand tightly and said, "Yuan'er, be obedient. After sending you off, hurry back to Bingzhou and don't make any futile efforts for our sake."

Chu Yuan was stunned when he saw her round belly. Is she pregnant?

With a pregnant woman, the road to exile would be much more difficult. But after all, she is the blood of their Chu family, and Chu Yuan cannot ignore her.

She whispered to comfort him, "Don't worry, auntie, I'll bring you something."

Then he signaled Xia Yu to hand the cart behind him to Lu Haoyuan. It was covered with thick hay and piled with the luggage that Chu Yuan had prepared for them.

The officers did not stop him because of the silver in their hands. They all turned their heads and looked away, pretending they saw nothing.

The other exiled prisoners looked at them with envy; to have someone come to see them off at this point was something they had been dreaming of.

But as for Lu Zhan, they looked at each other, but didn't recognize anyone.

Lu Haoyuan pulled the cart and looked at his graceful cousin with tears in his eyes: "Yuan'er, thank you so much."

"What are you talking about, cousin? I lost my parents when I was young. In my heart, my uncle and aunt are like my own parents, and my cousin treats me like his own sister. How can I stay away from you when you are in trouble?"