Chapter 28 The disappeared Wei family’s food and salary files!
Although it is a water pool that is almost drying up, it is enough for people and horses to drink for several meals!
Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue got the order early in the morning, stopped the people who rushed to try to quench their thirst, took out two big black pots from the car and started to boil water!
"Our young master said that the water should be boiled for drinking. If we use unclean water to have diarrhea in the wilderness, even the gods will not be able to save us!"
Most of the prisoners were exiled. It was an official who understood this truth and endured waiting for the water to boil before drinking.
There are also some civilians who were exiled. They thought that they would not get sick if they ate it impurely. They did not listen to the advice and drank directly. They even laughed at others behind their backs because they were poor and sophisticated!
Liu Yan went back to say hello to the Yamen and came over to help boil water.
Shen Lanxi looked at it calmly without making any comment.
After a while, Shen Yuanjing and his brothers and sisters came to help. Shen Lanxi looked at the people who were working hard to collect firewood and decided to be extravagant!
"Mama Li, put in a few more pots to make porridge, put in more rice, and make it thicker!"
Mother Li quickly took her son and daughter-in-law to unload the cauldron on the carriage.
"Chun Xue, give ten peanuts to each person!"
"Qiu Shuang, chop up two dried chickens and make soup, put some dried vegetables in it!"
Liu Laohu was looking around early in the morning and saw everyone working in an orderly manner. He immediately brought the prisoners’ dry food over to heat it and help out!
It gets dark in a blink of an eye, and the aroma of food fills the mountains. This meal was the best and most delicious meal eaten by all the exiled prisoners.
Everyone doesn’t care about talking, they just focus on eating and drinking!
Liu Yanhui walked up to Shen Lanxi with the bowl in hand, and followed her example and sat on the big rock.
"Sir, I see wolf paw prints nearby. Wolves are nocturnal animals. We must be prepared at night!"
Shen Lanxi ate slowly: "You and Liu Laohu go there Said, he will definitely reward you!"
Liu Yanhui knew that Shen Lanxi still didn't trust him, so he took the initiative to expose his weakness.
"He will return to Beijing after sending the prisoners to Dongchuan. It won't do me much good to please him. It doesn't matter if I endure hardships. My mother and sister have no one to take care of them, so they will definitely not make it to Dongchuan!"
< br>Shen Lanxi's eyebrows moved: "Do you still have a mother and sister?"
Liu Yanhui looked guilty: "I wanted them to live a good life when I was studying, but I didn't expect that after only a few days of good life, they... Those who are implicated by me will have to go to a bitter cold place!”
The man didn’t shed tears lightly, and Liu Yanhui’s eyes were already wet!
Shen Lanxi doesn’t believe in tears. She believes that people who are bound by family will think twice before doing anything!
She made it clear: "Don't you hate the Shen family because you have been implicated by my Shen family?"
Liu Yanhui had an intuition that the person in front of him didn't like the arrogant statement. , she prefers sincerity.
"I hated it at first, but after I knew that the Shen family was not the real culprits in the theft of military pay, I stopped hating. The Shen family did not receive any benefits, but were exiled together. I feel sorry for the Shen family. The hatred has been resolved!"
Shen Lanxi raised her head and looked at Liu Yan.
"How do you know that the real culprits in the theft of military pay are not the Shen family? You are in charge of archiving military pay files. Have you noticed anything?"
She looked sharply at Liu Yan.
“I judged it through the assassination on the road, and the lost document. I manage the documents very strictly, and everyone must have a record when checking it. There are two locks on the file room door, and only a few people from the household department The adults still have the keys. During the period when the documents were lost, none of the adults entered or left the archive room, and there were no signs of damage to the door lock."
Shen Lanxi: "So, you, the person who holds the key, He was convicted?"
Liu Yan opened his mouth and wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know how to defend himself. He could only turn his grief and anger into food and took a few mouthfuls of rice!
"Have you read that file carefully?" Shen Lanxi asked.
Liu Yanhui quickly swallowed the food in his mouth: "I have seen it, it is a normal official document, with your father's handwriting and seal on it."
Shen Lanxi didn't believe it. Before the incident, This file is insignificant. After the incident, it disappeared. Apart from the evidence about the theft of salary in this file, she could not think of a second explanation!
“You want to overturn the verdict.” She blurted out decisively!
Liu Yan nodded back: "As long as the young master can help me reverse the case and restore my innocence. I am willing to be loyal to the young master for the rest of my life and work for him!"
Shen Lanxi stared at Liu Yanhui and chuckled. I don't have that much ability, you asked the wrong person!" Liu Yan replied firmly: "Even if the case cannot be overturned, as long as you can keep my mother and sister safe, my life will be yours from now on."
Shen Lanxi pondered for two seconds: "Your deal is not a good deal. Even if I arrive in Dongchuan and hire an accountant, it will only cost me half a tael of silver at most a month. Please give me your salary, and I will pay you back." I want to support your mother and sister. With this money, I can hire four accountants!"
Liu Yan gritted her teeth and knelt directly in front of Shen Lanxi, her head pressed to the ground in a sign of submission!
"Sir, I can not only be the accountant, I can also be your retainer. I am Renxiao's eighteenth year, and I know geography as well as astronomy!"
< br>"If I guess correctly, our diversion this time is towards Jinmen, and then we will take a boat from Jinmen all the way to Xiguan, and then take the land road to Dongchuan!"
Shen Lanxi raised her eyebrows and said: He really got it right!
"With a monthly salary of ten taels of silver, I will ensure that your mother and your sister reach Dongchuan alive!"
Liu Yan knelt down on the ground and said respectfully: "Thank you, sir!"< br>
From now on, everyone will be the accountant. Qiu Shuang went to the soup pot and fished out a full spoonful of chicken to Liu Yan.
Liu Yanhui shamelessly asked for two more spoons of soup and filled the bowl before going back.
Haruyuki, who was watching this move, kept twitching the corner of his mouth.
"How can there be such a thick-skinned Tanhua Lang?"
Angrily Bai: "Master, he brought the chicken and chicken soup back to share with his mother and sister!"
< br>Shen Lanxi returned to Chunxue: "If you are thick-skinned and can ask for accounts, being an accountant is just right!"
Chunxue thought for a while: "It seems so!"
In the evening, Shen Lanxi and Liu Laohu discussed finding four people. They took turns keeping vigil, promising to let them catch up on their sleep in the carriage the next day.
Some exiled prisoners wanted to sign up, but were directly snatched away by the government officials. It's so cool at night, but it's so hot during the day, how nice it is to lie down and sleep on the carriage!
Later in the middle of the night, the sound of wolves howling was heard not far away.
The four people on guard immediately woke up.
“Is there a wolf howling?”
"The sound is quite far away!"
As soon as she said this, Shen Lanxi jumped out of the carriage with a stick in hand.
"Wake up everyone, the wolf is coming!"
The four government officials were startled by Shen Lanxi's sudden jump. When they heard her shouting, all of them had a look on their faces. He hesitated.
"Mr. Lan, are the wolves still far away? What if they don't come."
Shen Lanxi's eyes penetrated the dark night: "They will be there in the blink of an eye!"
Spring Snow and Autumn Frost If you are woken up, go and call someone quickly.
Thirty meters, twenty meters, fifteen meters...
Time enough for everyone to wake up and pick up the available weapons!
"Awww..."
The wolf is coming!