You are not exile, you are clearly traveling!

Chapter 10 The Carriage
Chen's father flattered him and offered him some money. Although he refused, he was still persuaded by Chen's father. After all, it was rare to find a government servant who was easy to talk to, so he had to be on good terms with him.

After Xu Yuan left, several people gathered around the big baggage to study it. After unpacking it, they found that there were many things, including pots and pans, grains, rice and noodles.

Of course, there are also a lot of dry food and cakes.

In fact, the government officials would not care about the prisoners cooking at home during the exile, because the prisoners cooked their own meals, and the government officials could easily find opportunities to eat and drink.

Moreover, prisoners can save a lot of food by finding ingredients to cook by themselves. After all, in order to prevent prisoners from starving to death, the court will also arrange their meals on the way to exile.

Although it was just steamed buns, whole grains and pancakes, there were also several carriages. If the prisoners didn't want to eat, the yamen officials could secretly take them out and sell them, and the money would be divided among themselves.

Therefore, they do not care about prisoners cooking their own meals.

Father Chen checked and found that in addition to the basic bundle of firewood, rice, oil and salt, the other bundles were filled with steamed buns, sesame cakes and even preserved fruits.

The most important thing is the jerky.

And even though they are the same pancakes, these are made of thin noodles, have different tastes, and come with various fillings.

Without Chen Yuan's instructions, the servants had already taken the initiative to pick up the pots and pans and lit a fire to cook. The steamed buns and sesame cakes were already cold and had to be eaten with hot soup.

Of course, it was also because there were so many of them, and this little food was simply not enough to feed so many people, so they had to save a little. After all, the road to exile was long.

The masters can eat steamed buns and stuff, but the servants can only drink more hot soup to fill their stomachs.

Fortunately, Chen's father was not the kind of harsh person, so he asked his servants to cook some rice porridge to fill his stomach, so that he would not starve to death.

Chen Xue did not interfere when the servants were cooking. Instead, she gathered in a circle with Xiaodie and Chen's mother and ate pastries secretly.

After all, the steamed buns and sesame seed cakes were so hard that they couldn't eat them. In order not to force themselves, Chen Xue started to move things from the space.

Anyway, they were in a circle, and everyone saw the government officials giving them food, but they didn't know what they were giving, so even if they were seen eating, they didn't have to worry about being exposed.

"Girl, you eat first!"

Seeing the pastries wrapped in a handkerchief, Xiaodie didn't do anything, instead she planned to wait for Chen Xue to eat first, lest she would be hungry if she ate it herself.

"Don't worry, there are plenty."

Chen Xue was a little moved when she saw her caring expression, and touched her head with her little hand.

Then, as if she was changing her ways, she took out a few pastries from behind. Not only that, she also took out grapes and other fruits.

If you set up a barbecue grill, it will be like an outing.

By the time the servants prepared the food and asked them to eat, the three of them were already full.

However, they didn't say that. They still pretended that they hadn't eaten anything, and each of them took a bun to count as their meal.

Father Chen was wondering why the three of them had such a tacit agreement to only eat one bun. Just when he was about to ask, his daughter gave him a look, and he thought of her magical means and didn't say anything more.

After he was full, he asked his servants to eat the remaining rice porridge and steamed buns.

"Dangdangdang!"

At this time, the government officials were already beating gongs and drums, indicating that they were ready to set off. Everyone quickly packed their things and prepared to continue on their way.

"no!"

Father Chen suddenly frowned, "If we go like this, we won't be able to finish the journey of several thousand miles before we collapse."

It doesn't matter if he is tired. His wife and daughter cannot be exhausted. Therefore, he must find a carriage. No, a carriage will definitely not work, but a donkey cart will also work.

Thinking of this, he discussed it with his wife and daughter. Chen Xue nodded. She had already had this idea.

"Dad, take this money, you will definitely need it to do things."

Chen's father took the silver and went to Xu Tian, ​​the yamen servant just now. After saying a few words to him, he patted his head.

"I made a mistake. Why did I forget this? Mr. Chen, don't worry, leave it to me!"

We haven't left the capital yet, there are people everywhere, and there happens to be a village nearby, so Xu Tian spent money to buy an old carriage.

Everyone in the Chen family did not expect Xu Tian to be so efficient in doing things, and he actually got a carriage, which made them very happy, and finally no longer had to walk.

Although they had only been gone for less than two hours, they felt like they had been gone for a century.

Seeing Xu Tian getting a carriage for the Chen family, Zhao Guang suddenly became anxious. He also thought that the Chen family could not bear the torture and died of exhaustion. With the carriage, how would he achieve his goal.

"Xu Tian, ​​what are you doing!"

"Don't you know, these people are prisoners? Who let them ride in the carriage!"

Xu Tian had been entrusted by several adults to take good care of Mr. Chen, and he also admired Mr. Chen very much, so when he heard Zhao Guang's words, he responded unceremoniously.

"What's wrong with the prisoner? Who said prisoners can't ride in carriages? Who made the rule?"

"Didn't you arrange carriages for prisoners to sit in before? Why, you can do it, but I can't?"

"you……"

Zhao Guang's face was very ugly. He had indeed done this before. After all, it was the order from above, and it was mainly because he gave too much.

"What are you arguing about, what are you arguing about!"

At this time, the captain of the government office came over, and Zhao Guang quickly ran over to complain.

The captain glanced at Xu Tian and then at Chen Yuan, then turned and left, "Continue on your way. If you are delayed, let's see how many lives you have left to kill."

Obviously, he did not express any opinion on the Chen family's carriage ride.

After all, they didn't do anything wrong, and there were no rules.

Besides, although someone above asked them to stumble Chen Yuan, several adults also sent him letters asking him to take care of Chen Yuan.

On the one hand, you have to make him stumble, and on the other hand, you have to take care of him.

What can he do?
Neither party can afford to offend them, so they can only accept the money, turn a blind eye, and ignore everything. Anyway, outsiders cannot know what happened on the Road of Exile.

When Zhao Guang saw that the captain didn't care, his face turned black and he left angrily. Immediately, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, "It seems that I still have to do it myself."

…………

Chen Xue and others ignored Zhao Guang's departure and came to Xu Tian to express their gratitude.

He was praised to the heavens by Mr. Chen, and his daughter told him how awesome he was. He was so praised that he felt so happy.

Seeing this, other prisoners approached Xu Tian one after another and asked him to help find a carriage. They were not short of money.

Ha ha!

Xu Tian sneered, I'm sorry, I'm not short of money either.

Seeing Xu Tian throwing away his sleeves and leaving, everyone looked at each other in confusion, wondering why they were helping Chen Yuan when he and others even gave him money and he was unwilling to help.

Could it be because I gave you the money?

In desperation, they could only ask other government officials for help.

(End of this chapter)