Confiscated property and exiled? I and the charlatan prince are competing against each other

It is now the third night of exile, and most of the food sent by the exiled prisoners' relatives has been eaten.

If he wanted to eat his fill, he had to do as the previous prisoner did and buy food with his own money.

They are all relatives in the capital. As long as they are not severed from the family or have committed a serious crime like treason like the Prince of Chen, their relatives will send them money.

In addition, some clever people hid the money when their houses were searched, so they could always take out some silver.

But even if he had money, he couldn't afford the high price that the official Mazi set for the steamed buns.

I could only scrimp and save and spend a few dozen taels to buy two or three multi-grain steamed buns, and then share them with my family when I get home.

Looking at the several thousand taels of silver he had harvested in just one night, as well as some exquisite, small and easy-to-hide jewels, Ma Zi nodded with satisfaction.

He said, so what if he is a noble in the capital.

Now that I have been convicted by His Majesty and am in his hands, no matter how rich I am, I have to listen to him.

I thought this group of prisoners could hold out for a long time, but who knew they couldn't hold out after just three days.

"Sir." A short, thin, middle-aged man walked up to Ma Zi, felt around his body, and said with a wry smile, "Can you give me two steamed buns?"

Ma Zi glanced at him and said nothing. He just rubbed his thumb and index finger together and said, "Twenty taels each. No bargaining."

The middle-aged man replied weakly: "I don't have any money."

Ma Zi's expression suddenly changed: "If you don't have it, get out of here. Don't delay others if you don't want to buy it."

"Sir." The middle-aged man carefully stopped Ma Zi and said hopefully, "Didn't you say that in addition to silver, women can also be exchanged for food?"

"I have a beautiful concubine in my house, with a good figure and good looks, I wonder if I can..."

"What's your name and where is that woman?" Ma Zi became interested and his attitude towards the person in front of him became better.

"My name is Wu Chi." The middle-aged man replied, turning around and pointing into the distance.

At the Wu family's resting place, a thin, dark child was breaking steamed bread for a gentle-looking woman.

"My beautiful concubine is a girl from Jiangnan. She is very gentle and affectionate." Wu Chi pointed at the woman.

Ma Zi took one look and his eyes lit up instantly.

"You are very good." Ma Zi rolled his eyes and took out five multi-grain buns and handed them to Wu Chi: "These are the buns you exchanged this time."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir." When he saw that Ma Zi actually gave him five, it was equivalent to one hundred taels.

Wu Chi was surprised and delighted, and said in a very attentive manner: "I will bring the beautiful concubine to you right away."

"I don't need your help." Ma Zi glared at him, recalling the stunning glance just now. The gentle face of the woman was in his heart, making him feel itchy.

"I'll go find her myself later," Ma Zi warned.

After getting five steamed buns in return, Wu Chi thanked the man repeatedly and left.

The exiled prisoner behind him found that one woman could be exchanged for five steamed buns. He thought that the journey would take more than two months and he would have to spend money when he arrived in Lingnan.

If I could just rely on a woman to get food, I couldn't help but feel moved.

Some people also despise and are disgusted by Wu Chi's actions.

But Wu Chi didn't care about these.

He returned to his family with the steamed buns.

There are a total of six people in the Wu family, including Old Mrs. Wu, Wu Chi’s wife Liu, his legitimate son Wu Tianbao, his concubine Liu, and his illegitimate daughter Wu Zhaodi.

When the family saw Wu Chi bringing back the steamed buns, they approached with surprise.

Old Mrs. Wu was even more surprised: "Son, where did you get the multi-grain steamed buns?"

The house search came so suddenly that they had no time to hide their valuables and take them out.

It was her married daughter who finally sent over 100 taels of silver and some dry food.

After three days, the dry food was already eaten up.

"I asked the police to exchange it." Wu Chi was vague.