Chapter 106: The Convicted and Exiled
The man looked very thin and almost disfigured. He was wearing the roughest linen and gray clothes, but his behavior was not like that of ordinary people.
"This is an antique shop." Meeting his searching eyes, Shen You continued to explain,
"You can exchange money, or the food and medicine you need."
The middle-aged man raised his weathered face and carefully looked at everything in front of him.
The exile team has left the capital.
Why is there such a strange shop next to the stable of the post house?
However, even if it was a chance encounter, there was nothing he could bring out.
On the day he was convicted, his mansion was sealed and he was in prison before being exiled. All his belongings were confiscated.
If it weren't for the care of old friends in Beijing, their whole family might not be able to get here.
It's windy and rainy outside now, and it's freezing cold. In a place like this, it's hard to find even a few sticks of firewood.
Among his family members, the frail ones have been infected with the cold.
The little money the family had left was enough to allow them to continue walking to the place of exile, and they would have to spend money on food and drink on the way.
"Excuse me, girl." He Haizhou said bitterly, "I don't have anything valuable on me."
After saying that, his thin back was bent and he was about to turn around and leave.
Listening to the clanking sound of the shackles dragging and shaking, Shen You suddenly thought of something and called him to stop,
"Wait a minute, sir, is he an exile from Beijing?"
He Haizhou was startled and nodded.
"What day was it and why was he convicted?" Shen You asked again.
Although he didn’t understand why the strangely dressed girl asked, He Haizhou answered them one by one,
"Half a month ago, at the palace dinner, he was convicted and exiled for admonishing."
If it hadn't been for the contributions made by my father's generation, I'm afraid more than just the whole family would have been exiled.
He Haizhou's face was bitter and desolate, but he had no regrets.
He had known that his behavior would offend the saint, but he really couldn't watch it, wasting people and money in this way.
The saint said that he ascended the throne during the crisis of Daqi and defended the country. His merits would last forever, and he wanted to build a gold-plated statue for himself in the Ancestral Temple.
The foreign tribes on the border are ready to make a move. He has also heard that foreign tribes invaded, massacred the city and looted, and Da Qi rested and recuperated for decades, but it still did not recover.
At this juncture, how can you still spend money from the treasury to repair some statues!
He couldn't bow his head and agree like those.
After reading He Haizhou's description, Shen You opened the calendar on his phone and checked the time. He might be the person Wen Zhi was talking about.
She thought for a while, took out a cardboard box from it, packed a few useful things in the warehouse, and finally put it on the table together with the medicine box.
"Winter has entered Daqi, and it is bitterly cold on the exile road. See if there is anything you need here."
Wen Zhi took her to a workshop set up by officials in the capital. If the people he mentioned didn't have anything to trade, she would help them.
These things are not very expensive either.
If you get the wrong person, think of it as a good deed.
Seeing He Haizhou looking at the contents in the carton with confusion, Shen You began to explain,
"These are the warm clothes and raincoats from the Western Regions. I guess you have seen them before."
He Haizhou nodded. Someone secretly sent something over the day before yesterday, including these two things.
The raincoat was too conspicuous, so he gave it to the escorting officer, and the family felt a little better.
The warm clothes were kept close to his mother, wife, and children at home. He had never worn them.
But on the way to exile, I also heard people say that the price of this thing was good and it was warm, and the people were very happy. They praised the court every day for not allowing the price to increase, and said they were grateful to the saint for his kindness. He also knew that these goods from the Western Regions were not purchased by the imperial court.
The merit of this matter can only be attributed to the saints, but it is also a good thing that the people actually benefited.
"This." Shen You picked up a piece of compressed biscuit and demonstrated how to open the package,
"It is a kind of dry food that can be stored for a long time without spoiling. One bag can be eaten for two or three days. It is very filling. You can try it."
He Haizhou did not pick it up immediately, but waited for Shen You to put it on the table before picking it up.
He was a round older and it was difficult for him to take things directly from the girl's house.
Looking at the strangely opened bag, there was a square piece of hard pancake made of unknown materials, and I was surprised:
Is such a small piece of cake really so filling?
He was not afraid of poisoning. He had already fallen to this point. If he wanted to kill him, there was no need to go to the trouble of poisoning him.
Thinking about it, He Haizhou took a small bite.
It was a bit dry, but it tasted delicious. My stomach, which had not had a full meal for a long time, started to scream because of this bite of pancake.
It would be great if this kind of dry food could be sent to the frontier, but I don’t know if it would be expensive.
"Is this thing also from the Western Regions?" he asked curiously.
"Yes." Shen You nodded and took out the next thing, the warm baby she bought as a steam eye mask,
"This can be attached to clothes and it will automatically heat up and last for several hours. However, you need to be careful when using it. It cannot be attached directly to the body as it will cause burns."
"Is there really such a good thing?!" He Haizhou was already shocked.
How well developed is the Western Region? Is it so far ahead of Da Qi?
In the past, he could help purchase products from the Western Regions and find people to study the craftsmanship of the Western Regions, but now.
If you can't protect yourself, how can you do anything else?
Besides, do these things really only come from the Western Regions?
He raised his head and glanced at the unheard-of magical objects in the shop, and thought of the entrance to the shop.
The shop itself is unusual, and the items sold inside are also unusual.
"You will know when you try it." Shen You replied firmly, "There is also this bag of air-dried beef and chocolate. You can hide it after you take it back."
As he spoke, he opened the lid of the medicine box and introduced several medicines, "Look at which ones you need. If they are not available here, I can find them for you."
As long as it's not illegal drugs, she added in her mind.
There are only three pharmacies on one street at the entrance of the alley, and common diseases can be solved with medicines.
He Haizhou looked at a box of packaging boxes that he had never seen before. He was stunned for a while, with expectation in his eyes.
"I wonder if there is any medicine to treat wind and cold?"
"Jingfang granules don't need to be boiled. Just drink it with hot water. If you have symptoms of body heat, just eat these two together."
Shen You took out his usual medicine, compound paracetamol tablets and antibiotics.
After talking about the dosage, each took out a plate. Jingfang granules are Chinese patent medicines. They took off the packaging and gave him the whole box.
"As long as you don't open these things I give you, they won't get soaked in water even if they get wet."
"Is this medicine the magic medicine used to treat epidemics before?!"
He Haizhou recognized the antibiotics and his tone speeded up unconsciously.
He knew that medicine, and several dignitaries in the capital had tried to collect a few pills.
"That's right." Shen You continued, "I have hot water here, as well as ginger and brown sugar. If you have a water bladder, I can fill it for you."
He was exiled with his whole family, carrying a few disposable cups and waiting to be reported.
"There is a water bag! But I need to go back and get it."
The whole family had brought two water bags with them, and they were worried about how to get some hot water at the inn.
(End of chapter)