Chapter 108: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 108: Another Incident?
"What's going on?"
Xu Tian looked at the man lying on the ground with an unpleasant expression. Just overnight, someone died? And it was evident that this man didn't die naturally; he was killed.
Although he unexpectedly became the captain, it also made him happy as he could protect the innocent people in the exiled convoy. But who knew...
Who knew that not long after, someone would die in the convoy.
Although he knew that it was quite normal for people to die in the exiled convoy, not dying was abnormal.
However, when Captain Sun and the others were in charge, he couldn't stop it. But now that he was the captain, he still couldn't stop it. How could he not be worried?
"What exactly happened?"
Xu Tian questioned the person who first found the body.
That person was the one who disguised himself earlier and got an extra bowl of porridge. Xu Tian knew his name was Zhou Ping.
"I don't know..." Zhou Ping shook his head, "I woke up in the morning and heard a groan, as if someone fell, and when I came over to check, I found him dead. I hurried to find you guys..."
Xu Tian looked at the others, and they all shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know either. Many people were looking at Xu Tian in silence, some even opened their mouths but didn't speak, just giving Zhou Ping a glance.
Xu Tian didn't notice this and began inspecting the prisoner's injuries. Although he wasn't a coroner, after serving as a yamen runner for so long, he had seen many dead bodies and knew how certain injuries were caused.
After a moment, Xu Tian looked up at Zhou Ping, "You said he fell to his death?"
"I don't know!" Zhou Ping denied his earlier words, "I just found him dead in the morning. As for whether he fell to his death, how would I know?"
"Then why did you say you heard him groan earlier?" Xu Tian wasn't a fool; he could tell that Zhou Ping was hiding something.
However, no matter how he questioned, he couldn't get any useful information.
"I didn't say it was necessarily him; maybe I misheard, and someone else shouted."
Xu Tian's expression became extremely unpleasant. He knew that the man in front of him was murdered, and it might be related to Zhou Ping, but there was no evidence.
And Zhou Ping was too cunning; he couldn't get anything out of him.
He wasn't a county magistrate, he couldn't judge the case, let alone a coroner, unable to find more useful clues from the body.
For a while, the scene fell into a deadlock.
He wasn't Captain Sun; if Captain Sun were here, he might have already caught Zhou Ping and tortured him to extract the truth.
He couldn't do such things.
At this time, Zhou Ping suddenly said, "Captain Xu Tian, the injuries on his body were caused by the yamen runners before, and some were caused by bandits..."
"Is that so?"
Xu Tian frowned. If that were the case, it was unexpected.
"Since you know him, then help him bury properly."
After Xu Tian finished speaking, he left. He always felt that something was amiss with this matter, but he couldn't figure it out. He asked the people around, but they all claimed not to know.
This was unreasonable. How could a big living person inexplicably die, and no one around noticed?
Watching Xu Tian leave in a hurry, Zhou Ping and the others looked at each other and smiled.
Zhou Ping stared at those who hesitated earlier, "I know you want to inform on us, but think about the consequences. If it's not for ending up like Yu Biao, then keep your mouths shut."
The people shivered; they had guessed how Yu Biao died, but they were afraid of implicating themselves.
After all, Zhou Ping and the others had already recruited dozens of people, and Yu Biao didn't want to join them and even wanted to inform on them, which led to Zhou Ping and the others killing him to silence him.
In fact, Zhou Ping and the others didn't intend to kill him at first; they just wanted to beat him up.
But afraid that he would scream, they forcefully covered his mouth, and then...
Seeing Yu Biao dead, they panicked too. They considered whether to destroy the body and make it look like he had escaped the next day.
However, there were too many prisoners around, and there were bailiffs; they didn't dare to move Yu Biao's body, fearing being discovered.
So, they openly let Yu Biao's body lie there, pretending he fell to his death, and then they found Xu Tian the next day.
They also wanted to test Xu Tian's bottom line with this.
Seeing how carefree Chen Yuan and the others were, it was impossible for these prisoners not to envy them. Now that there was a new captain, the viciousness in some prisoners' hearts was unleashed.
"Are we in the clear now?"
The others looked at Zhou Ping, unable to contain their excitement. Zhou Ping also smiled but knew the urgency of the situation.
"Quick, help bury Yu Biao's body. Even if they suspect, they won't find any evidence."
The others' eyes lit up. Yes, now they could openly destroy the evidence.
...
On the other hand, Xu Tian, unable to figure out what happened, could only go seek help from Chen Yuan.
"Halt!"
As Xu Tian approached the carriage, he was stopped by the guards, not allowed to get close.
To be honest, these guards were General Pingwei's personal guards before, but now they disguised themselves as bailiffs to protect Chen Yuan.
So, officially, these bailiffs were under Xu Tian's command, but now these guards completely ignored Xu Tian. They only obeyed Chen Yuan's orders. So when they saw Xu Tian trying to get close to the carriage, they stopped him without hesitation.
Xu Tian didn't get angry at this; instead, he felt it was appropriate. After all, only in this way could Chen Yuan be protected.
"I'm looking for Master Chen!"
Xu Tian stopped and looked at these guards.
The guards nodded at him and then went to the carriage. Although their voices weren't loud, they could be heard inside the carriage.
"Master Chen, Xu Tian is looking for you!"
Inside the carriage, as usual, Chen Xue was outside, Chen Yuan was farming in the space, and Xiao Die was studying cuisine in the space, while her mother was helping her father.
So, hearing the guards' voice, Chen Xue nodded in response, "Wait!"
The guards heard Chen Xue's response and weren't surprised. They didn't wait any longer and returned to Xu Tian's side, saying, "Wait!"
Xu Tian nodded and stood aside, waiting.
Meanwhile, Chen Xue quickly entered the space and saw her father still in the field. "Dad, come out quickly, Xu Tian is looking for you."
"Looking for me? What for?"
Chen Xue wiped the sweat from her father's forehead, but because her hands were full of mud and water, it ended up smearing mud on his face.
"Who knows?" Chen Xue shrugged, "Anyway, he specifically mentioned you."
"Alright." Chen Xue's father walked towards the shore, complaining as he wiped the sweat off his forehead, "I'm tired from farming..."
Cough cough!
Chen Yuan suddenly looked at Chen Xue, "Hey, Xiao Xue, do you have any tools or something that can..."
Although Chen Yuan spoke plainly, Chen Xue understood what he meant; he was asking if there were any tools that could help.
To be honest, even people born in rural areas would feel tired from farming after a long time, but they could endure it, let alone someone who had never farmed before.
PS: Oh, I apologize to everyone. Ever since the royalties came out last month, I haven't had the motivation to write, plus I'm a bit stuck with the plot, so I've been doing single updates... Xiaoyu will adjust her state... Today, there's no choice, it's still a single update...
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