Exiled to Lingnan, the Crown Prince's wife raises children, cultivates the land, and leads the

"Ah Gui, we are also very sad that Brother Zhang is gone, but the dead cannot be brought back to life."

Li Ba comforted them, saying, "Besides, if we delay for one day, or two days, and these prisoners aren't delivered to their place of exile, we'll all be dead!"

The guards and Donkey Egg Eight Pounds, who had been silent until now, immediately spoke up, saying, "Yes, Brother Gui, let's go bury Lord Zhang now, and when we get back, we'll bring him back to the capital."

"When the time comes, we'll bury Lord Zhang in a grand and glorious manner!"

The guards spoke up; they didn't want to die! They wanted to live!

"Yes, escorting the prisoners is the priority. If we fail..."

Before Li Ba could finish speaking, Zhang Gui slammed his whip onto the table, causing it to overturn instantly. Zhang Gui gritted his teeth and said, "I said I'm going to bury my father properly, and nobody's leaving!"

As Zhang Gui spoke, he turned around and led his guard uncle to bury Scarface Zhang!

Zhang Gui was accompanied by several guards. Donkey Egg and Three Jin looked at Li Ba and asked in a low voice, "Brother Ba, what do we do now?"

"The lord has treated us well, so let's hurry up and make preparations to properly bury Lord Zhang."

Li Ba spoke with a smile, watching Zhang Gui and the others drag the person away to bury them, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

Even in the most remote inn, Zhang Gui still managed to bury Scarface Zhang in the best possible way, in a grand and dignified manner.

As the yellow earth fell, Scarface Zhang died with his eyes wide open, unable to understand why he had died when all the medicine had been handled by his son.

With the scarred Zhang buried, the Jin family also got a chance to catch their breath and rest at the post station, especially the pregnant Gao Shenglan and the youngest Jin Sui'an!

Ever since Gao Shenglan found out she was pregnant, she has been extremely careful.

Jin Suian caught a cold due to the fluctuating temperatures, resulting in fever and cough.

Fortunately, Cheng Qiqi had medicine in her space, and after secretly feeding it to her, she felt much better.

Two days later, the team continued their journey: "A-Gui, with Big Brother gone, I'll have to take over for the team for now."

As soon as Li Ba opened his mouth, Zhang Gui disagreed: "Why? My father is gone, so this patrol inspector position can only be mine!"

"Ah Gui, you're young. Do you know anyone at the various post stations? Do you know who they're under in An'nan Prefecture? Do you know who to contact to take care of them?"

Li Ba finished speaking, and Zhang Gui immediately fell silent. This was his first time accompanying his father, all for the purpose of taking over the family business. Who knew that before they even arrived at their destination, his father would pass away.

"Uncle Ba, aren't you going to help me? You didn't say this when my father was alive!"

Zhang Gui stared at Li Ba. His father used to trust Li Ba and even told him to ask Li Ba to help him more in the future. Now it seems that his father misjudged him!

"Of course I'll help you, but the more important thing now is to finish this job first. I'll help you on the way back. This time we've wasted two days. If we don't get there on time, I'm afraid we might lose our lives."

Li Ba said earnestly, "The women of the Jin family walk too slowly, let them ride in a carriage."

"no."

Zhang Gui refused without even thinking.

Li Ba asked, "Then let's drag it out. If the prisoner isn't delivered by the time it's due, we'll all go to the underworld to keep you company, brother."

"..."

Before Zhang Gui could even speak, the others started saying, "Brother Ba, we'll do as you say, let the women ride in the carriage!"

"Can't!"

Zhang Gui felt that his words were no longer effective. He wanted to argue and make a scene, but the guards were almost all standing behind Li Ba, so Zhang Gui's words were like... a joke.

The women of the Jin family boarded the carriage one by one and set off on their journey!

Zhang Gui was about to hit someone with his whip when Li Ba grabbed him, saying, "Agui, Uncle Ba doesn't want to see you go down a dead path."

Li Ba forced Zhang Gui onto the carriage, and the group set off again.

There were quite a few women in the Jin family, and with two horse-drawn carriages and a handcart, they had to squeeze in.

"My lord, I'd like to ride in that carriage." Lin Huilan pointed to the carriage that Liu Suyi, Cheng Qiqi, and the old lady were riding in. It was spacious and much better than squeezing in with those quilts and messy things.

"Okay, you can ride the cart."

Marquis Zhongyong said, "Runzhi's wife, you're pregnant. You should ride in the carriage!"

"Thank you, Second Uncle."

Jin Runzhi immediately helped his wife, Gao Shenglan, into the carriage, and didn't forget to say, "Thank you, Aunt Lin."

"Shenglan, I'll protect you."

As he spoke, Wen got into the carriage as well!

Li and Jin Qing also boarded the carriage.

Finally, only Lin Huilan and Jin Xue'er were left to ride on the cart. Jin Xue'er looked at the grain on the cart and immediately became furious: "Mother, the cart is so cold! And we have to sit on top of the grain!"

Jin Xue'er was furious and glared at Lin Huilan.

Lin Huilan wanted to argue, but the Marquis of Zhongyong's glaring eyes swept over her, and Lin Huilan immediately wilted.

Oh.

Liu Suyi watched this scene with a cold smile, and lowered the carriage curtain. Jin Yi, now, has no more pity for women?

Cheng Qiqi witnessed this scene and recalled the gossip she had heard at the Marquis's residence. Liu Suyi and the Marquis of Zhongyong were once a loving couple, but later, because of Lin Huilan... their relationship deteriorated to the point of being merely respectful to each other.

"Grandma, eating candy makes you happy."

Jin Suian playfully threw herself into Liu Suyi's arms, looked up at her with a smile, a small candy in her hand. With her sweet smile, Liu Suyi's low spirits were instantly dispelled by Jin Suian.

"An'an, be good. An'an can keep it for herself."

Liu Suyi looked at her soft-spoken granddaughter, then looked up at Cheng Qiqi. This daughter-in-law was quite thoughtful.

Once the Jin family members were in the carriage, they clearly felt that the travel speed was much faster.

Zhang Gui was making a lot of noise, but in the end, no one knows what Li Ba said to him, but Zhang Gui fell silent the whole way.

The women boarded the carriages, while the men walked; the journey to exile was indeed much faster.

Half a month later, they arrived at their place of exile in Lingnan, Annan Prefecture, Chaosheng County.

Kyoto.

"They ran into bandits? So, they didn't kill anyone?"

Cui Lie coldly stared at the two assassins in front of him, their heads bowed like quails, their entire bodies exuding a chilling aura!

"grown ups."

The two assassins knelt on the ground, heads bowed, and said, "Those bandits are too powerful, and there are too many of them. Our men are being held back. However, Marquis Zhongyong is seriously injured, and his illegitimate son has also lost a leg!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Another assassin chimed in, "Lord Zhongyong is seriously injured. Even if we don't kill him, he won't live much longer."

"Yeah?"

Cui Lie stood up and walked step by step towards the two assassins, looking down at them from his superior position. The two assassins trembled like leaves, begging for mercy repeatedly: "My lord, spare our lives! The bandits of Sanming Village are really too fierce. We are outnumbered and can't fight them at all..."

The pleas for mercy abruptly ceased, and a long trail of blood appeared on the window.

The two assassins lay dead on the ground, their eyes wide open in death.

"Go and take care of it."

Cui Lie dropped the knife, his voice as cold and calm as if he had just killed two chickens.

Two guards rushed out. One was cleaning up the corpses, while the other said, "Sir, Sanming Village is located in Lingnan and is notoriously fierce. The Lingnan government has tried to suppress the bandits several times, but has suffered heavy losses and has not succeeded."