Before the house is confiscated, the enemy's warehouse is emptied and exiled

The next morning, the sky was slightly bright and a thin layer of mist was still hanging over the mountains not far away.

At this time, the officials had already stood up and quickly gathered all the fugitives into the courtyard of the post station.

After a good night's sleep, the Shen family members were all in high spirits, neatly dressed, and stood calmly in the center of the courtyard.

In comparison, although the women and children of the Liu and Zhao families lived in a woodshed with a slightly worse environment, they were in good spirits. Their hair was just a little messy, and their clothes were decent.

The men of these two families slept in the stables, and they were aware that there was some smell on their bodies, so they tactfully hid aside and tidied their clothes.

However, when people saw the Wu family, they couldn't help but frown.

The entire Wu family spent the night crammed into an overcrowded stable. Now, they were all disheveled and exuded a strong stench that made people stay away.

Including Wu Yujie and the other young women, their originally pretty faces were covered with a black, dry substance like horse manure, and their hair was tangled and stuck with dry straw.

Their clothes were filthy, with some torn in places, completely losing their former splendor. They looked no different from refugees, dirty and smelly.

"You guys, quickly get out there and stand there, you stink!"

The officers made no secret of their disdain for the Wu family. They shouted at them loudly and forcefully drove them away from the crowd.

The Wu family was roughly pushed into a corner, not daring to say a word.

When the team was finally rearranged, the leader Wang Gui began to give orders:

"Today, we are going to the market in Yunlai Town to purchase supplies. Each family needs to hand over some silver, make a list of the items you need, and then hand it over to the official.

The Shen and Zhao families can each send one person to accompany the officials to the market to make the purchase. The others will remain on standby!"

The Liu family was fine. Their family basically consisted of women and children, and they had no intention of competing for this quota. After the family discussed it, they obediently followed the orders of the officials and handed over fifty taels of silver.

Li Tian took the silver and smiled with satisfaction.

The Zhao family, especially the head of the family, Zhao Du, went to the market. They were very happy when they heard the news and hurriedly began to discuss the items they needed to buy.

Only the Wu family, hiding in the corner, could not come up with any money, and finally handed over five taels of silver with great pity.

Li Tian couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw this scene, almost rolling to the back of his head: "You have fifteen people in your family, what can you do with this little money?"

Faced with the disdain of the officers, the Wu family members dared not even breathe.

Time was running out, so after breakfast, the officials took Shen Qingge and Zhao Du to the market.

Shen Qingge planned to buy a lot of things, so he spent one or two taels of silver in advance and bought an old wooden cart from the postman.

When she pushed the wooden cart to the entrance of the post station, she saw Ma Si and Zhao Du waiting there, with malicious eyes.

Shen Qingge pretended not to see it, walked around the two of them, and greeted Li Tian directly: "Master Li, let's go!"

"Okay, let's go!"

Li Tian then instructed two other officers to push two wooden carts and move forward.

A group of six people walked out of the wide road at the bottom of the valley, crossed a rocky road, and headed towards the market in the west.

After passing a winding mountain road, the group looked down from the hillside and saw more villagers coming and going. Shen Qingge knew that the market was approaching.

Li Tian made a stop gesture and pointed forward:

"The market is just up ahead. Once we get there, you two will follow us and buy what you need. Move quickly, don't delay, and don't play tricks."

The officers naturally wouldn't trust Shen Qingge and the others to go shopping on their own, but in order not to expose their identities, they still "thoughtfully" removed their handcuffs.

In order to save time, the six people were divided into two teams, Ma Si and Li Tian each led one team, and Shen Qingge followed Li Tian.

Everyone agreed to meet at the market entrance in two hours.

Li Tian took Shen Qingge and a constable named Niu Ergou to visit a clothing shop first.

With the arrival of autumn, the temperature would soon drop. Although they were heading to the south, they still needed to buy some thick clothes.

So, Shen Qingge bought two sets of plain coarse linen clothes for each family member according to their sizes, and two pairs of thick-soled cloth shoes for each person.

Before leaving, she specially gave Li Tian a set of dark blue men's ready-made clothes, the material of which was better than the ones she bought.

Li Tian took the clothes, smiled foolishly, and felt very embarrassed.

After buying these, they went to the grain store and grocery store to buy more.

Fifty kilograms of millet, twenty kilograms of cornmeal, twenty kilograms of rice, and twenty kilograms of flour.

Months of drought had led to poor harvests and a sharp rise in food prices. Shen Qingge had spent fifty taels of silver on this food.

Then she bought some oilcloth, iron pots and other useful items, and did not buy more, as she did not want to show off her wealth too much in front of the officials.

Anyway, this food is enough for her to take food out of the space with a legitimate reason.

Then she moved bags of food onto the wooden cart.

Li Tian, ​​who was watching her skillfully, couldn't help but feel puzzled:

"Madam Shen, what are you doing? How about I help you?"

"Don't bother your Excellency. I can handle it myself. Just don't treat me like a delicate young lady who can be easily blown away by the wind. Now that I am even lower than a servant, how can I be so pretentious?"

Li Tian didn't expect her to say that. Looking at her wiping her sweat while working, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

However, he shook his head again and turned back to continue shopping.

Shen Qingge noticed all his subtle movements, and there was a subtle hint of calculation in her eyes.

Soon, all the items that needed to be purchased were almost all bought, and the two carts were almost full.

There was still a little time left, and when they passed a tavern, Li Tian stopped. He insisted on taking the two of them in for a meal, saying that the journey was long and they didn't know when they would be able to have some food and wine again.

So the three of them went into the store, found a corner by the window, and sat down.

Li Tian also asked Niu Ergou to go to the time-honored Yunji Pastry Shop to buy some Yunpian cakes, jujube paste cakes and the like, and bring them back to give to Gui Ge as a filial gift.

He and Shen Qingge were the only two people left at the table.

Li Tian politely handed over a cup of tea, and the sharp-eyed Shen Qingge immediately saw a little white powder stuck to the rim of the cup.

She sniffed it and found it was datura pollen. It seemed that Li Tian wanted to give her a small dose of knockout drug to make her tell the truth!

She said nothing, drank it in one gulp, and then used her internal energy to force the tea out of her body. How could this level of knockout drug have any effect on her?

Then she held her forehead with one hand and pretended to be dizzy.

Seeing this, Li Tian thought the medicine was starting to work, and he immediately started chatting with her, starting with how much he respected Lord Shen and then lamenting Shen Qingge's miserable life...

After going around in circles for a long time, he finally asked, "Miss Shen, have you ever seen a carved rosewood box in the prince's mansion?"