"Ning Hai, tell me, did she cry just now?"
Xiao Junzhan's voice was extremely ethereal, with no hint of emotion. Ning Hai was frightened and hurriedly leaned in front of the car curtain and said carefully: "... slave, it seems there is none."
Fortunately, the Wei family girl had just avoided the Gu family's misdeeds. What if...
Ning Hai simply didn't dare to think about it, if she really held hands with another man in front of their highness...
The corner of the car curtain was slowly lowered, and Xiao Junzhan's faint voice came from inside: "Go back to the palace."
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There was still a bit of coolness in the early summer morning, and the sky had just cleared away the light. Not long after the heavy city gate was opened, a semi-old carriage had already parked in the open space on the side of the city wall.
The carriage was used by the stewards of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion to purchase items. Wei Hanzhang and his younger brother were sitting on one side of the carriage, while Wei Heng and Jiang were sitting opposite.
This car was specially arranged by Wei Heng. Since it was to see off the prisoners who were sentenced to exile, of course it should be low-key and not too conspicuous.
"Dad, aunt," Wei Yunpei got up too early today and was a little sleepy at the moment. He forced himself to ask, "When will uncle and the others come?"
"It should be soon." Wei Heng glanced at his youngest son and said, "My father inquired yesterday. The officer escorting the prisoner will set off immediately after having his meal, and there will be no further delay."
"Pei'er, are you still sleepy?" Wei Hanzhang put his hand on his younger brother's shoulder and said softly: "If you're sleepy, just lean on your sister and nap for a while..."
Jiang was dressed in plain clothes and her hair was combed in a very simple and unobtrusive style. Hearing this, she took a cloak and covered her youngest son. From time to time, she opened the curtain and looked out, with a somewhat anxious look on her face.
As the sky grew brighter, the city gate became more and more lively. Finally, the team escorting the prisoners arrived.
Wei Hanzhang gently shook his sleepy brother awake on his shoulder, and followed his parents out of the carriage.
Uncle Jiang's family was not the only prisoners exiled to Lingnan, but most of them had no relatives to see them off.
The whole family was exiled, and the prisoners dragged their families with them. The elderly and children were huddled together, standing there densely, and they were all lifeless.
Jiang and his biological eldest brother had not seen each other for many years, and suddenly they could not find him.
It was Wei Hanzhang who caught sight of his aunt Wan Shi and his third cousin Jiang Zhiqi standing in the crowd with disheveled hair, so he pulled her and squeezed in quickly.
"Brother, sister-in-law?" Mrs. Jiang simply didn't dare to recognize that this unkempt woman with shackles on her feet and a smelly smell all over her body was her eldest sister-in-law.
Wei Hanzhang also had a sore nose. Her aunt was such a capable and capable person. She had been pampered for most of her life, but she never thought that she would suffer such a disaster at the age when she was raising her grandson.
Wan was standing in the crowd with a dull expression when he suddenly heard a familiar voice. When he looked up, he saw a few people standing in front of him, and his eyes gradually became brighter.
"Sister, Ran Ran! Why are you here!" Wan held her sister-in-law's hand excitedly. She didn't expect that she would be able to see her relatives before being exiled.
"The official doesn't have much time to stay here. Please keep your story short." After Wei Heng greeted his uncle, he saw that he was deeply shocked and confused, so he stopped explaining to him and turned to tell his eldest son Jiang Shengwen. Come. He was also worried that the woman's crying would delay her time, so she reminded her specifically.
Jiang held back her tears, looked at the crowd around her, and took Wan a few steps toward a corner away from people.
"I got the news yesterday that you were going to Lingnan. I immediately sent a few loyal servants from my family to go there to take care of things. When you arrive, life won't be so difficult."
Jiang held Wan's hand, stuffed a bulging purse from his sleeve, and said in a low voice: "There are official guards along the way. I can't send someone to take care of you. You can keep the money for yourself. If you really encounter Don't be reluctant to use it for anything. Use the money where it should be used. There will still be money when you get to Lingnan."
"Hey, hey!" Mrs. Wan responded quietly, knowing that the money was a trump card for their family to settle down on the road, so she put the money away very neatly.
Listening to my sister-in-law's words, the despair and silence in my body gradually disappeared.
There is a way out!
Something happened to his family. He was escorted from Xuzhou all the way to Beijing. Not to mention his money, even his valuable jewelry was confiscated by the officers and soldiers. Not even bothered to answer.
It doesn't matter to her herself, she has enjoyed the glory and wealth for decades, but the life of her children and grandchildren has just begun. Since they have a way to survive, they cannot be allowed to die on the road to exile.
"Yes, that's it. My brother is not the one who can take care of things. I have to rely on you, sister-in-law, to take care of this big family on the road. If you lose your energy, then I won't be able to relax in the capital."
Seeing that her sister-in-law suffered such a catastrophe, she did not have her spine broken like her elder brother, and she was hopeless. Jiang smiled happily and took out an old ginseng wrapped in brocade from another cuff. and a small jar, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law once again exchanged the words in a tacit understanding.
Jiang said softly: "I don't know if you can bring anything, and I don't dare to prepare too much. I only prepared some life-saving tonics and gold wound ointment."
She hopes that these things can help, but also hopes that they will have a smooth journey without needing them.
After explaining everything she had brought, Jiang had time to look at her nephews, nieces, and grandnephews who were looking at her expectantly.
In the Jiang family's main house, the youngest Jiang Zhiyu is only two years old and is Jiang Shengwen's eldest son. Fortunately, the exiled woman only has shackles on her feet, unlike men who need to wear shackles, so now she can be held by his mother. In arms.
Even so, looking at her niece-in-law's ankles, which were bruised and bruised by the iron cuffs, Jiang couldn't help but wipe her tears with a handkerchief.
He had already burst into tears, but he was still trying to comfort him: "Don't worry, the Jiang family has not collapsed, and you still have a family behind you. I will send you away and go to Dali Temple to pick up your parents. I will send them away after the family is settled." If people go to Lingnan to see it, it will only last for ten years, so just treat it as a different place to live, and when you come back in ten years, you will still be the Jiang family."
"Really?"
The Wan family were in prison and were only released this morning. They had no idea how the case was decided. When they saw that only their own family came out, they thought that the Jiang family members were sentenced to be exiled to different places. At this moment, they heard Jiang's words. , overjoyed.
Even Mr. Jiang, who had always been confused, looked up, moved his lips and said, "Are mom and dad okay?"
His eyes were bloodshot. Since the incident, what he regretted most was that he had killed his parents and two younger brothers. The Jiang family, which had been inherited for hundreds of years in Xuzhou, was destroyed by his single thought.
If death could offset all guilt, he would have died to apologize.