You are not exile, you are clearly traveling!

Chapter 12
When the servants said that someone was looking for them, the Chen family was a little curious and got out of the carriage, but they didn't see anyone.

I didn't see it, but I saw a baggage. According to the servants, it was sent by the Yamen servant.

Chen Xue and others looked at each other and thought of Xu Tian. Although they were a little curious about why he didn't come over, they thought about it. They had to keep an eye on the exile team, so how could they have time to stay with them.

They opened the bag and saw that there was food inside, such as steamed buns, sesame cakes and the like, and they were immediately not interested.

In the carriage, they were all full, mainly because after Chen Xue revealed what was going on in his sleeves, he simply didn't hide it in front of them and brought out all kinds of food anyway.

Eat cakes for a while, eat preserved fruit for a while, eat fruit for a while, or chat with melon seeds.

Anyway, I was full of food in a daze.

It doesn't matter if they are overfed, the most important thing is that they are suffering for the people next to them.

Those exiled prisoners were already dizzy from hunger, and some of them had good noses, so they could smell the smell of cakes from time to time. Before they could taste it, it turned into the smell of melon seeds.

In short, all kinds of food smells lingered in their noses, hooking out the gluttons in their stomachs.

It's just that, looking around, they couldn't find the source of the smell, they just thought it was the officials in the front and rear carriages eating, and there were countless resentments in their hearts.

Closer to home.

Before Chen Yuan could think about what to do with the food, he saw someone coming and was immediately curious.

What day is it now and why is everyone coming here?

Could it be a housewarming celebration?
Isn't it just another carriage?

When the man came closer, he could see clearly that it was Zhang Yiquan, his colleague. He was the Minister of Left Hubu, and Zhang Yiquan was the Minister of Right Hubu.

The two of them were familiar with each other, but he rarely interacted with him because he felt that he often flirted with others and was hypocritical and not worth interacting with.

This corruption case almost touched upon the entire Ministry of Household Affairs, because the investigation revealed collusion between the upper and lower levels, which led to the embezzlement of disaster relief grain.

In fact, Chen Yuan was ill at the time and asked for leave, so he did not discover the behavior of the Ministry of Revenue. Otherwise, given his character, he would definitely report it.

When he recovered from his illness and went to work, something serious happened.

Corruption of disaster relief food was exposed.

And the mastermind is Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan looked dumbfounded. Faced with the admission in black and white by everyone in the household department that he was Chen Yuan's mastermind, he was speechless as soon as he had any idea. A hundred mouths were useless.

And the most important thing is, because all the witnesses are there, the verdict is quick and the verdict is final.

If some officials who were close to him knew about his character and knew that he would not be corrupt, and wrote letters to plead for mercy, he would not have been simply exiled.

In any case, the person who took the lead in admitting that Chen Yuan was the mastermind was none other than Zhang Yiquan.

"Brother Chen!"

Zhang Yiquan was thick-skinned. Although he was a little embarrassed, he still came over. But as soon as he got closer, he saw Chen Yuan's expression of "What are you doing here?"

"Now that you and I are both exiled, what can we do if we hold on to the grievances of the past, why not let go..."

"lay down!"

Chen Yuan didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but when he heard his words, he suddenly felt very angry.

"I was framed by you and lost my official position for no reason. How could you let it go?"

"Besides, my wife and daughter are so innocent, but because of a few words from you, they are implicated here. They are exiled to the southern barbarian land three thousand miles away, and their good years are wasted. If only you could let them go!"

"I'm not a saint, I'm a human being, a husband and a father. It's already good that I didn't settle a score with you, but you still want me to put down my hatred!"

If it weren't for the impulsiveness of raising a knife for revenge, losing one's life is a trivial matter, but having no one to protect one's own wife and daughter is a major matter, and he would not have looked at Zhang Yiquan with a knife.

However, Zhang Yiquan didn't pay attention to Chen Yuan's scolding, and even smiled.

"Brother Chen, if you feel that you can vent your anger by scolding a few words, feel free to scold him. After the scolding is over, we will discuss it..."

Facing such a thick-skinned person, Chen Yuan restrained his anger, flung his sleeves and got into the carriage.

"Not negotiable!"

Although he didn't know what he wanted to discuss, he just didn't want to agree.

"Brother Chen, don't rush to refuse, listen to me, I know that Brother Chen's family is struggling..."

There is no end!
Chen Yuan was speechless. Why did it feel like the whole world knew that I was penniless and that my family was in financial difficulty? No, when did I say that my family was in financial difficulty?

Zhang Yiquan didn't know what Chen Yuan was thinking, so he continued, "The road to exile is a thousand miles long, and there are countless hardships and dangers along the way. If Brother Chen doesn't think about himself, doesn't he think about his wife and daughter?"

"I am willing to pay 100 taels to buy Brother Chen's carriage, and I am also willing to give a donkey cart as a gift, so that Brother Chen still has a means of transportation and can still get 100 taels."

"With these 100 taels, it will not be difficult to make arrangements for the trip, or buy food and bedding..."

Inside the carriage, hearing Zhang Yiquan's words, Chen Xue and the others' expressions darkened. He is so thick-skinned that he made us fall into this situation, and still wants to buy our carriage?
Moreover, he looked kind-hearted and kept saying something about giving away a donkey cart, which was simply humiliating.

"Too deceiving!"

Chen Yuan was immediately furious, turned around and wanted to get out of the carriage to settle the score with him, but was held back by Chen Xue.

"Father, I'm coming!"

Chen Xue got out of the carriage and looked at Zhang Yiquan, "Master Zhang is very rich?"

Zhang Yiquan didn't expect that Chen Yuan didn't come out, but his daughter came out. He frowned suddenly. Did Chen Yuan not want to talk to him and let his daughter reject him?

However, no matter who the daughter is, she seldom sees visitors, especially when meeting other men, she always stays in the boudoir.

But thinking about being in exile now, there are not so many rules.

But I heard that Chen Yuan loved his daughter very much, so how could he let him see her.

He couldn't understand, but he heard Chen Xue continue, "Master Zhang is not short of money, but short of carriages. If we sell it for 1 taels, I wonder if Master Zhang is willing to buy it?"

Think beautiful!
Zhang Yiquan almost blurted out, but he sneered, "1 taels, if you don't want to sell it, why bother opening your mouth?"

Chen Xue did not pay attention, but showed a look of realization on her face, "It turns out that Mr. Zhang has no money. I thought that only our family was poor, but it turns out that Mr. Zhang is also very poor."

fart!

Whose family is as poor as yours!

No matter how thick-skinned and tolerant Zhang Yiquan was, he couldn't help but defend himself when he heard these words.

"Are you kidding me? Even if our Zhang family is in dire straits, we can still afford 1 taels."

As he said that, he sneered, "It's just that you two are not worthy of the broken carriage."

"Really!"

"Then I wish Mr. Zhang that all his wishes will come true and he will get out of the donkey cart as soon as possible!"

When he heard the word "donkey cart", Zhang Yiquan seemed to smell the stench on his own body, and his expression suddenly changed. His original aloof attitude was instantly knocked down, and he quickly said with a smile.

"Well, Ms. Chen, you have something to talk about, and something to discuss!"

Seeing that their daughter easily manipulated the once prosperous third-rank official, Chen Yuan and his wife looked at each other in blank dismay, both surprised and relieved that their daughter had grown up.

(End of this chapter)