Chapter 13: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 13: An accident happens
"Father!"
Just as Zhang Yiquan was speaking in a low voice, his son ran over, grabbing onto his clothes.
"Father, I'm hungry..."
"If you're hungry, ask your mother for food."
Zhang Yiquan didn't have time to deal with him at the moment; his priority was to purchase the Chen family's carriage.
"The food isn't tasty." The chubby little boy shook his head. "I want to eat fish fins!"
Fish fins?
Where the hell am I supposed to find fish fins for you?
Do you want a slap?
Zhang Yiquan was already troubled, and now his son was being unreasonable, not considering the situation they were in on this exile journey. Where could they find fish fins?
They couldn't even find fish poop.
If he didn't have only one son, he would have given him a slap.
Ignoring his son, Zhang Yiquan continued to negotiate with Chen Xue.
Seeing that his father was ignoring him, the chubby little boy wanted to throw himself on the ground and have a tantrum. However, he noticed a bundle on the carriage, revealing a pastry that looked delicious.
So, he ran over, reaching out to grab the pastry and then bit into it. Earlier, on their side, the surrounding smell was all donkey dung, making it impossible to eat, even if they wanted to, they'd just vomit it out.
So, the chubby little boy was very hungry at the moment, wondering if other people's things tasted better. As soon as he took a bite, he found it delicious and quickly began eating it in big bites.
However, after eating a few more bites, he felt that the taste was just average, not as good as fish fins. So, he threw the pastry on the ground and ran back to his father.
Thump!
However, the chubby little boy didn't know if he kicked something or for some other reason, he fell to the ground.
Hearing the commotion, Zhang Yiquan hurried over to help him up, but his expression changed immediately.
The chubby boy's eyes were closed, his face turning purple, and he was convulsing all over, clearly in distress.
"Wei'er, Wei'er, what's wrong with you? Don't scare father, wake up!"
"Open your eyes, please, father will buy you fish fins."
The sudden turn of events stunned Chen Xue. Chen Yuan stepped out of the carriage, his face darkening when he saw the situation. After a brief inquiry, he walked over.
"It's poisoning."
Chen Yuan looked at the chubby boy's purple face and then glanced around, spotting a half-eaten pastry on the ground, his heart sinking.
He immediately ordered the servants to keep an eye on the bundle on the carriage, not to touch it or let anyone else touch it.
"Go and call the official."
"Your son is poisoned, we must find a way to detoxify..."
Upon hearing Chen Yuan's words, Zhang Yiquan's eyes turned red, turning his head abruptly, "Did you do this? Do you want to kill my son to get back at me..."
"You know my character," Chen Yuan replied calmly.
Zhang Yiquan was speechless for a moment.
"Son!"
Suddenly, a mournful wail echoed. It was Zhang Yiquan's wife, who had been watching the situation and couldn't sit still when she saw her son in trouble.
"Son, my son, wake up, I'm your mother!" The woman hugged the chubby boy and cried desperately, but to no avail.
Then, the woman suddenly stood up and rushed towards Chen Yuan, "It's all because of you, you've harmed my son..."
Chen Yuan took a step back, and the servants immediately stepped forward to stop the woman. Seeing her blocked, the woman became even more furious.
"Do you have no humanity? My son is so young, yet you want to kill him... sob, my poor son!"
"You can eat a meal, but you can't say anything reckless." Madam Chen came forward, pulling Chen Xue behind her. "What evidence do you have to prove that it's us?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, but then screamed hysterically again, "I knew it, I knew it was you who did it, give me back my son's life!"
Like a madwoman, the woman rushed towards the Chen family, and the Chen family's servants quickly intervened.
Seeing that the woman didn't listen to their explanation at all, the Chen family felt extremely helpless, especially when she kept accusing them without evidence, which made them even more angry but didn't know how to refute it.
Seeing that the woman didn't listen to them, Chen Yuan turned to Zhang Yiquan, "Mr. Zhang, you've been an official for many years, you should know that we couldn't possibly do this..."
"Enough!" Zhang Yiquan's eyes were bloodshot, no longer the smiling face he had earlier, but full of hatred as he stared at him. "Chen Yuan, very good, I thought you were a good person, but you're even more ruthless than I imagined!"
Chen Yuan sighed, knowing that he wouldn't listen to his words either. If Snow had an accident, he would go crazy too, regardless of what others said.
But now the problem was that this matter was not something they did at all. Obviously, someone else wanted to poison them with toxic food, but they accidentally poisoned the child of Zhang's family, leading to this tragedy.
Unless they could save the chubby boy's life, Zhang's family would not listen to their explanation.
But the key was, he was not a doctor and didn't know how to detoxify.
So, the situation at the scene stagnated.
"Chen Yuan, this matter isn't over between us. From now on, even if I die, I will drag your Chen family down with me. Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you off."
Hearing Zhang Yiquan's vicious words, everyone, including the Chen family, shuddered.
Chen Xue sighed helplessly, completely unexpected to encounter such a situation.
Zhang Yiquan wanted to leave with the chubby boy, but his wife refused, "I want them to bury our son."
So, the woman lay on the ground, wailing and rolling around like crazy.
"Let's reason together. Even if our family is at fault, we shouldn't harm a child. My son is only ten years old..."
"Ten years old, the child is clearly innocent, yet they are so heartless, simply inhumane."
People always like to join in the fun.
Hearing the commotion, others from the exile team rushed over. They didn't see what happened, but seeing the people lying on the ground and hearing the woman's cries, they already pieced together the situation.
"This is too cruel!"
"To actually target a child, it's despicable."
"Yes, I thought Minister Chen was a good official? Turns out it's all a lie."
"Exactly, if he were a good official, he wouldn't be exiled with us."
The more people said, the more exaggerated it became, obviously, they didn't have any relationship with the Chen family, but were jealous that they were suffering so much, yet the Chen family seemed so relaxed. They could still afford to make carriages. Clearly, it was because of him that they and others were implicated, so they naturally wouldn't let go of any opportunity for revenge.
A bailiff hiding in the crowd saw that the poisoned person wasn't Chen Yuan, and his face turned unsightly.
This poisoning attempt failed; next time, the Chen family would be more vigilant, making it even harder to succeed.
So, no matter what, they must make Chen Yuan die this time.
However, although it wasn't Chen Yuan who was poisoned, he still had an opportunity.
"What's all this noise!"
He pushed through the crowd and walked out.
The woman saw the official as if she had seen a life-saving straw, "Sir, sir, please help us..."
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