Chapter 111: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 111: Getting Cold
"You guys are in charge of cutting bamboo, you're responsible for digging up the small bamboo shoots, remember to try not to hurt the roots..." Chen Xue instructed the guards, then turned to the Chen family servants, "You guys stack these bamboo together."
The guards were already aware before they came that they not only had to listen to Chen Yuan but also to Chen Xue.
So, upon hearing Chen Xue's orders, even if they had doubts, they wouldn't ask too many questions and would just work obediently.
Chen Xue had long known that with the passage of time, her abilities would be exposed. So she had discussed with her father and had been hinting to everyone that she was a disciple of the Kunshan Immortal and knew some magical techniques.
In this way, everyone took it for granted, and there was also a sense of awe, after allegedly, no one dared to use the name of the Kunshan Immortal lightly.
Of course, although it would eventually be exposed, delaying it as much as possible was still desirable. So, after they cut down the bamboo, Chen Xue asked them to leave first.
The guards naturally didn't dare to leave, as if Chen Xue encountered danger, it would be their negligence, but they still followed Chen Xue's instructions and didn't go too far, facing away from Chen Xue.
After Chen Xue collected the bamboo, she rejoined them. The guards escorted the carriage and continued on the road. They glanced in the direction where the bamboo had disappeared and were surprised to find it completely gone.
They were astonished. That was a big pile of bamboo, how could it suddenly disappear?
Then, they thought of Chen Xue's actions at the end and speculated that it was related to her, but they couldn't figure out how she did it.
This was simply not something an ordinary person could possess.
So, they thought of the recent rumors, saying that Chen Xue was the disciple of the so-called Kunshan Immortal.
Although they obeyed General Pingwei's orders to become the guards of the Chen family, it was only treated as a task. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
There was a bit of goodwill because Chen Yuan had saved Xie Yunshang before, and as Xie Yunshang's personal guards, they were very grateful and loyal to Xie Yunshang, so they also had some goodwill towards the Chen family.
But it was just a bit of goodwill; it was impossible for them to serve the Chen family as faithfully as they served Xie Yunshang.
However, now that they had discovered Chen Xue's secret, they felt a bit wary and scared. After all, they were also human beings. Although they had experienced countless battles and killings, in the face of unknown methods, they were still very respectful and afraid.
After all, this was just making bamboo disappear. If this method were used on them, they probably wouldn't even know how they died.
In this way, the group soon caught up with the main force, and the prisoners, seeing this situation, were envious.
They also wanted to be as free as the Chen family, but unfortunately, they could only think about it.
"Mom, I'm cold!"
A seven or eight-year-old girl, her cheeks flushed red, trembling and clinging to her mother, feeling very cold.
Her mother reached out to touch the girl's face and immediately felt the chill, quickly urging her to huddle closer to her body, trying to transfer the warmth from her own body to her daughter.
"I'll go find some food. Once we're full, we won't feel cold anymore!"
Seeing this, the girl's father walked towards the nearby woods. Fortunately, with Xu Tian as the captain now, the rules weren't as strict as before, so they could leave the group but not too far away.
And it was now lunchtime, so they could move freely.
The man entered the woods, intending to hunt, but he didn't know how to start. Plus, it was cold now, and there were no birds or animals in the woods; they seemed to have disappeared long ago.
Unable to do anything, the man could only leave in disappointment and look elsewhere. Although the exiled group was better off now because of Xu Tian, there were still some people who couldn't get enough food. And more importantly, they lacked warmth.
There was too little meat, so they couldn't supplement enough heat.
Going out to look for food was the favorite activity of the prisoners.
The man soon saw a small stream ahead, where there were already quite a few people on the bank trying to catch fish with sticks.
He had to go to a place with fewer people, so there would be less competition, and maybe he could catch some fish.
The stream was shallow and clear, and there were no fish to be seen. Perhaps because of the cold weather, the fish had mostly hidden away.
The man didn't give up. He picked up stones and threw them into the stream, as if trying to scare the fish out.
Unfortunately, after throwing for a while, the water only became muddy, and no fish appeared.
The man sighed and was about to leave, but thinking of his daughter, who was growing up, he decided to stay. Not supplementing a little nutrition would not be good for her future health.
So, he gritted his teeth, rolled up his trousers, and decided to go into the stream to catch fish.
The icy water hitting his feet made him shiver uncontrollably, but he persevered.
Bending down, he reached into the stream, even lifting up rocks to see if there were any fish or crabs.
"Hiss!"
Sure enough!
Not long after, the man's hand was pinched by a crab, causing him to suck in a cold breath of air. He wanted to shake his hand frantically to fling the crab away, but he stopped when he thought of his daughter. Although the crab was small, it was still meat, and it could provide some nutrition for his daughter.
So, he endured the pain, picked up the crab, and came ashore. Looking at the crab with meat pinched by it, he was considering how to remove it.
However, at this moment, the crab suddenly let go of its pincers and fell to the ground, trying to crawl back into the stream. The man hurriedly rushed over and caught it.
He found some grass and tied up the crab. A smile appeared on his face as he went back into the stream.
Whether it was because of being pinched by the crab or because he was too excited, he couldn't feel the cold of the stream anymore. He just wanted to catch more crabs.
"Hiss~"
He had no experience, so he didn't know how to catch crabs properly. He could only use brute force, letting the crab pinch his flesh with its pincers, and then bring it back to shore.
Using this method, he quickly caught four or five crabs, and although his hand wasn't completely numb, it was bruised.
After spending almost an hour and feeling his feet going numb from the cold, he felt like he couldn't find any more crabs, so he came ashore.
Then, he wrapped the crabs in his clothes and hurried towards his wife and daughter. He had already decided to give all of them to his wife and daughter. He would drink
only soup at most, and all the crabs would be used to nourish his wife and daughter's bodies.
"Stop!"
Suddenly, he hadn't walked far when he was stopped by someone. The man's heart skipped a beat, feeling his clothes being pulled, not letting them see the crabs in his clothes.
He had recognized these people; they were with Zhou Ping and the others. These days, they had been constantly recruiting people to join them.
Then they formed the "Meal" group. Yes, as the name suggests, it was just to eat. Zhou Ping and the others couldn't eat enough, so they came up with the idea of changing clothes to get more food.
So, they started recruiting people, and then, by diverting the attention of the guards, another group of people would go to get food. Not only that, they even let them change clothes to get food a second time.
As long as they handed over a portion of the food they got the second time, it was fine.
Through this method, they attracted quite a few people to join them.
Now, they had stopped him for the crabs, or to persuade him to join them, the man wasn't sure, but he knew he had refused once before.
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