Chapter 110: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 110: Dispersing Threats
"You, who are you..."
Seeing the man standing up and removing the cover from his head, it was obvious that he didn't resemble the criminal. Zhou Ping and his companions felt a sense of foreboding.
His voice trembling, Zhou Ping pointed at the man and questioned, "Who are you..."
Rustle, rustle!
At this moment, there was a strange sound behind them. Zhou Ping couldn't help but turn around and saw Xu Tian approaching with a group of bailiffs.
"This is a setup?"
Zhou Ping suddenly realized, seeming to understand that this was a trap.
"Speak up!" Xu Tian's face turned slightly grim as he looked at Zhou Ping, questioning, "Why did you kill Yu Biao!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Zhou Ping stubbornly retorted.
"Hmph!"
One of the Chen Yuans behind Xu Tian stepped forward, coldly snorting, "We heard everything, your excuses won't work."
This Chen Yuan was the same one who had previously mentioned Zhou Ping having a confrontation over a meal.
Hearing the Chen Yuan's words, Zhou Ping's face turned ugly, still refusing to admit his actions.
"Captain Xu, how should we handle this?" The Chen Yuan didn't waste time, directly asking Xu Tian. Xu Tian hesitated for a moment. Killing Zhou Ping was impossible, but letting him go unpunished was also not an option.
"Add another set of restraints on him, and let others feed him during meals!" Xu Tian eventually decided, unable to think of a better punishment for Zhou Ping at the moment.
Adding another set of restraints meant tying Zhou Ping's hands to his head, making it difficult for him to even eat properly, let alone harm others.
"I didn't kill anyone, you can't treat me like this..." Zhou Ping shouted, but before he could finish, one of Chen family's guards, who was disguised as a prisoner, kicked him to the ground.
The other bailiffs quickly approached and added another set of restraints on him.
After completing all this, the guard left to report to Chen Yuan.
Upon hearing Xu Tian's decision, Chen Yuan fell silent. Although he had expected it, he was still somewhat disappointed when he learned of Xu Tian's actions.
However, he didn't confront Xu Tian about it. He knew that Xu Tian would only change his methods after facing setbacks.
On the other side, after seeing Zhou Ping being restrained, Xu Tian reprimanded him and then left. He needed to find Yu Biao's relatives and friends to provide them with an explanation, whether it be financial compensation or reassurance.
Seeing Xu Tian leave, Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was restrained, at least his life was spared.
"I knew it would turn out like this..."
Zhou Ping couldn't help but feel smug. He had known Xu Tian's character for a long time, which was why he dared to gather followers and use Yu Biao's body as a decoy.
As expected, Xu Tian didn't kill him, and the punishment was even lighter than expected.
"Since that's the case, we have nothing to worry about. Let's continue to strengthen our forces..." others couldn't help but remark.
"We're just worried about the Chen family intervening..."
"Why worry? We have no grievances with them. As long as we don't provoke them, they won't come after us!"
The exiled group continued on their journey. Yu Biao's death didn't cause much of a stir, possibly because Xu Tian's punishment was too lenient, or perhaps Zhou Ping's associates suppressed it. In any case, few people knew about Yu Biao's situation.
...
"Sigh~"
"So cold!"
"Why is it so cold today!"
As they hurried along the road, the temperature suddenly dropped. Winter had not yet fully arrived, but the temperature had already changed.
Over a week ago, they had already felt the temperature dropping, but they didn't pay much attention to it. They didn't expect the temperature to drop suddenly today.
"Achoo!"
Even the weak began to sneeze, and children and the elderly felt the chill, but being exiled, they could only endure.
Moreover, in order to keep warm, they had to pick up the pace.
They were still in the north. As long as they reached the south quickly, it wouldn't be so cold. Otherwise, when winter fully arrived and it started snowing, they would likely freeze to death.
"The weather's changing!"
Chen Xue, holding hot tea, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside. On the undulating hills, they could already see a golden hue, and the road was filled with fallen leaves.
"The seedlings can be planted soon." Chen Yuan suddenly spoke up. "The vegetables we planted earlier can also be harvested."
"Good!" Chen Xue nodded. The whole process of farming, only planting seedlings was the easiest. Turning over the soil and harvesting were the most tiring.
Especially here, without a threshing machine from the previous life, after harvesting rice, they had to manually thresh it. This process would likely exhaust them.
Therefore, planting seedlings was the easiest.
If they didn't care about quality, they could even throw the seedlings directly on the shore. This was easier than hand planting, but unless they were thrown well, they would have to be picked up one by one and replanted.
However, if they didn't throw them on the shore but threw them while walking, the effect would be better and equally easy.
After briefly explaining to her parents, they were both surprised. They didn't expect their daughter, who had never farmed before, to be so knowledgeable about farming.
But what surprised them even more was that their daughter, who had never farmed before, knew so much about farming.
As usual, Chen Xue guarded outside, while Chen Yuan and the others went into the space to work.
But Chen Xue wasn't idle either; she also ran around to earn some contribution points.
"Huh, bamboo?"
Chen Xue suddenly saw bamboo in the woods and couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise. She had always wanted to build a bamboo house in the space, but she couldn't find any bamboo.
Later, they thought that it was normal not to find bamboo in the north, but now she actually found bamboo.
It turned out that there was bamboo in the north too, and she had thought that only the south had bamboo!
Although surprised, Chen Xue quickly reacted and led the guards and servants to cut down the bamboo.
Seeing Chen Xue's family deviate from the group, the nearby bailiffs didn't say anything, but some of them ran over to report to Xu Tian with some concern.
These Chen Yuans were the ones from Captain Sun's group before. Although the court had handed them over to General Pingwei for punishment, Xie Yunshang had not punished them and allowed them to continue escorting the group.
Xu Tian ran over and, seeing Chen Xue and the others cutting bamboo, couldn't help but speak up, "Do you need help?"
The nearby Chen Yuans were dumbfounded!
They thought Xu Tian would reprimand or get angry, but who would have thought...
"No need!" Chen Xue waved her hand, knowing that Xu Tian staying would only be in the way, so she said, "You go ahead, we'll catch up later."
Xu Tian glanced at Chen family's servants and guards, then nodded, "Alright, we'll go first. Just follow the official road, and you'll catch up with us."
After speaking, Xu Tian really led the other bailiffs away.
"Captain... them..." one bailiff couldn't help but speak up, "What if they run away...?"
Before he could finish, Xu Tian turned his head and glared at him, scaring him into silence.
"If it weren't for Master Chen risking his life, how could you have survived until now? But instead of being grateful, you question Master Chen..." Xu Tian was a little angry, but he found it hard to scold people. In the end, he sighed, "I'm very disappointed in you."
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