After feeding the exiled criminals, she was forced to reveal herself

Chapter 31 Unpredictability of people’s hearts is a disaster
In early winter, the days are short and long.

It was half past Yin hour, and the earth was still shrouded in hazy night. Even the sounds of insects and birds were rarely heard, and the world was still awake.

The city defense soldiers still stood upright on the city wall on duty. Occasionally, when it was time to change the defenses, the prisoners sleeping under the city wall could hear a few shouts above their heads.

He was a light sleeper and was awakened from time to time. He looked enviously at the prisoners snoring loudly around him.

Having experienced windy nights sleeping outdoors, it was a rare opportunity to sleep for a while in such a wind-proof environment. Everyone took the opportunity to catch up on their sleep.

In a corner of the camp, most of the Xie family members were asleep. Only Xie Zhen and Xie Wenjie were awake and looking at something.

The resting places for the officers and servants were all outside, and it was cold tonight, so those with a little status were all in the tents, while the others, who had no foundation and were young, were forced to stare at the prisoners outside the tents.

After a long night of hard work, the tension was over and exhaustion came over. The servants stood back-to-back outside to keep warm, and every other hour someone would open their eyes and watch.

In the second half of the night, when the officers and soldiers at the North City Gate changed their defenses, most of them were lying forward and backward in sleepiness, holding the waist knives pierced to the ground and resting them on the backs of their folded hands.

Squint for a while and count.

Xie Zhen sat on the cold ground, opened the water bag and took a drink of water, then handed the water bag to Xie Wenjie, who was also awake like her.

"Thank you, second sister."

"My brothers don't need to see anyone outside."

Before Xie Wenjie drank the water, he squeezed the bag. There was not much water in it, so he only took a sip when he raised his head to drink.

Seeing this, Xie Zhen smiled and said, "It's okay to drink a few more sips."

Xie Wenjie returned the water bag to her, shook his head, and said softly: "There is no village or shop here. I don't know how long I will stay here. There are many people at home, so I can save some money."

Xie Zhen's eyes were a little surprised. The other party was right. She nodded and buttoned up the water bag.

Beside their feet and behind them were things belonging to the Xie family. All the bundles that could be used as pillows were used by their family members to sleep on, and the remaining ones with swollen heads were placed next to them to prevent others from stealing them.

In the night, among the loud snoring in front of me, there is a tiny sound hidden in it. You really can't make it out unless you listen carefully.

Xie Zhen was attentive. She squinted towards the sound, raised her head and said to Xie Wenjie, "Someone is stealing."

Xie Wenjie's eyes froze, and he saw Xie Zhen quietly raising his finger to point him in the direction.

Only then did Xie Wenjie follow the direction Xie Zhen pointed and noticed something strange.

"Several people died that night, some of them were the only men in the family. The remaining orphans and widowed mothers may not have an easy life on the road in the future."

"Then let's see what the officers do."

Xie Zhen was much older than Xie Wenjie, and she had once been a married woman. After a few years, she had lived a life of living under the roof of others, and her longing for life had long since disappeared along with the trivial things in her daily life.

Only Xie Wenjie, a young man who is full of energy and has not been tortured by the darkness of life, can express such empathic emotions.

Xie Zhen thinks this younger brother of the same race is a nice person! In times of crisis, he did not abandon the Duke Protector's office and turn to others, but instead protected his family all the way. Now he is unable to do civil service and has fallen into the trap of a guilty minister.

When life is bad, it is difficult to keep people's hearts unchanged.

She whispered to him, "People's hearts are unpredictable. Don't sympathize with others easily on the way forward. Even if you do, you must ensure that you are safe and have enough energy to care about others. Remember?"

Xie Wenjie turned to look at her. Seeing her serious expression, he nodded quickly and said, "Second sister, Huaizhang has been remembered."

"Yes." Xie Zhen nodded with satisfaction.

Xie Wenjie headed in the direction of the Songjiang government office, "I wonder when Brother Six and He Zhi will be able to come back safely."

"Yeah, it's almost time." Xie Zhen's heart that had just dropped in the afternoon couldn't help but come up again. Behind him, Xie's family members touched the wound when they turned over, and couldn't help but let out a hissing gasp.

Xie Zhen turned his head, handed over a bottle of medicine left by his younger brother Xie Yuchuan, and whispered: "Here is the medicine, take it before going to bed."

"Thank you, Miss Second."

Xie Zhen felt sad at the long-lost call and said with a smile: "Take the medicine before going to bed, otherwise it will be even more uncomfortable on the road tomorrow."

Xie Wenjie cleared his mind and looked around.

Inadvertently, I vaguely saw a group of officers and soldiers escorting a few people back. It seemed that they were the sixth brother Xie Yuchuan and the brother Xie Wuying who were walking in the same year.

"Second sister, sixth brother and the others are back!"

Xie Wenjie couldn't help but stood up excitedly.

The camp in the distance was dark and silent.

Xiong Jiushan brought Xie Yuchuan and others back from Songjiang Mansion. He did not bring them into the camp to continue questioning. He only pointed forward to the area where the prisoners rested and said, "Go back and sleep for a while. We will leave the city at dawn."

He glanced at Xu Su's men next to him and said, "My lord, please escort me. The prisoner has returned to the team. I wonder if you have any other orders?"

Xiong Jiushan's words were very polite, but no one present could tell that they were meant to scare people away.

That was what the military attache was most worried about. He was in a good mood and didn't care about Xiong Jiushan.

He bowed towards Xie Yuchuan and said gratefully: "Thank you, Master, for asking God to save the Captain today, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous! I was short of time and could not prepare a reward for the Master. I hope you don't mind. When the Captain wakes up, I will I will tell you the truth next time, and then ask the captain to make a decision."

Xie Yuchuan lowered his eyes, nodded, and responded softly.

"As long as Xu Su is safe and sound."

The military attache took out a letter from his arms and sent it to Xie Yuchuan with both hands, "Sir, this is a letter written by my captain before he came. After the master and his family arrive safely in Liaozhou, you can give this letter to Commander Xu Zhenxu over there, Mr. Xu is a branch of the Xu family, and he will be able to take care of him when the time comes."

Xie Yuchuan raised his hand to take it, and looked down at the handwriting on it. It was indeed written by his friend Xu Su.

When he raised his eyes again, he rarely said something long-winded: "Your captain has an old illness from previous years. If he wakes up in the next two days, he should return to Beijing as soon as possible and let Mr. Xu ask the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital to take good care of him."

"Subordinates, please keep this in mind."

"Then let's go. The dosage of those medicines must be taken according to the amount written on the paper."

Xiong Jiushan asked his men to check the bodies of Xie Yuchuan and Xie Yuchuan. Except for the wooden box sent by Li Zhouquan, there were no other sharp objects and sundries, so he released the two men back to the team.

Before leaving Songjiang Mansion Office, Xie Yuchuan went to check on Xu Su's condition. Judging from his expression, he was fine.

The god of the family gave him the elixir while others were not paying attention.

Tu Hua explained the usage of each medicine in his ear, and he told the people to stay next to him to serve Xu Su.

Time can no longer be lost.

It's almost dawn.

Xiong Jiushan went to Li Zhouquan to inform him that he planned to bring Xie Yuchuan and others back.

As he was leaving, the government servant next to him was carrying two bundles, each containing a human head.

(End of this chapter)