Exile is exile, is half of the capital enough as compensation?

"Hey, who are you guys? Why are you still on the road in the middle of the night?"

Lele pretended to be scared and timidly turned back to look at Leng Youran in the carriage, "Miss, what should we do?"

The officers and soldiers relaxed a little when they saw Lele's look. In their opinion, the little girl was so scared, she must be a maid who had never seen the world.

Leng Youran hadn't expected Lele to be so talented, so he slowed down his voice and whispered to the two officers in front of him, "My apologies, sir. We came to the Baiyun Temple in Beijing to seek divination. We were led by a servant, but he died of a sudden illness on his way back. We weren't familiar with the route back, so we missed our place to stay. We just saw the light and came here. We didn't mean to disturb you, sir."

The two officers who came to inquire looked at each other, and one of them turned and left.

After a while, the soldiers who had left came back.

"Miss, over there is the leader of our escort. Please come over."

Leng Youran looked in the direction he pointed and saw the person standing in front of Zhao Xu.

A barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then she nodded.

"Okay, thank you, sir."

The two men got off the carriage and were taken to the deputy commander by two soldiers.

The deputy commander took a look at the two of them, then asked in a deep voice, "Who are you and why are you here?"

Lele hid to Leng Youran's side in fear, but half of his body was still blocking her.

Leng Youran was impressed by the little girl's acting skills. He pushed the little girl in front of him, took a step forward and bowed slightly, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm from Liangzhou. A few days ago, my grandmother had a dream..."

Leng Youran made up the lie slowly and steadily, and the deputy commander did not show much reaction after listening to it.

Instead, he quietly turned his head to look in the direction of Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and the deputy commander said, "Okay, since you are going to Liangzhou, you can rest there tonight. Go forward, there is still flat land over there, and there will be a hillside not far away. It is not a safe place. But don't get close to those people." The deputy commander pointed to the exiled crowd and said.

Leng Youran also looked in the direction he pointed, without showing too much surprise. He just glanced and turned his head, "Okay, we understand."

Then the two of them parked the carriage in the direction indicated by the deputy commander.

Soon the two men took a lot of things from the carriage and set up a pot.

After a while, waves of fragrance wafted around.

The people who were originally sleeping in the exile team were awakened by the fragrance. Even Zhao Xu, who had always had a cold face, couldn't help but sniff when he smelled the fragrance.

Damn, that smells like meat. I wonder what those two girls made.

It made the glutton in his stomach swell up a few times.

When they came out of the capital, they did not stop to rest in the first town. Although they had hot soup and hot meals along the way, the taste was completely different from what came from the pots of those two people.

The deputy commander also swallowed his saliva, "Brother Zhao, you said we..."

Before he could finish the rest of his words, he received a glare from Zhao Xu.

He is not a good man, but he would not do anything to take advantage of women.

If the emperor had not done him a favor in the past, he would not have agreed to make this trip. Everyone knows what he will have to go through along the way, but there is nothing he can do.

"If you have the nerve to eat a woman's food, then go ahead."

After saying this, Zhao Xu turned over and continued to lie on the ground and fell asleep.

But he didn't fall asleep. The fragrance was lingering in his nose. He didn't know if God was against them, as the southeast wind was blowing tonight.

"Sir, this is what the young lady asked me to bring. She wants to thank you for taking her in. She also said we have nothing to repay you with, so she'll just treat you to something to eat. I hope you don't mind..."

The deputy commander didn't expect that they would have a share of the broth. He swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to take it. Instead, he used his leg to nudge Zhao Xu who was pretending to be asleep.

Zhao Xu didn't expect that the young lady would behave like this. He stopped pretending to be asleep and turned over and sat up.

They were all stunned when they saw a big pot appear in front of them.

"Is this all for us?"

"Well, the lady is still cooking. If you don't have enough, there's more there." Le'er put the pot in his hand on the flat ground in front of them and pointed to a place not far behind them.

When everyone looked over, they saw that the veiled lady had prepared another big pot and was still cooking something.

The deputy commander couldn't care less. He stood up hurriedly and said, "Hahahaha, tell your lady to thank him. I've been craving this for a long time."

Lele smiled without saying anything and turned to leave.

After she left, everyone gathered around the pot and started eating.

Zhao Xu's eyes were always following Lele. He had an indescribable feeling in his heart, and always felt that something was wrong.

Thinking of this, he stood up and walked towards Leng Youran and the others, regardless of the people who were still eating with relish.

His footsteps were very light, and if Leng Youran hadn't been using his mental power to observe the situation over there, he wouldn't have noticed anyone approaching.

However, Leng Youran was still busy with the work at hand and did not feel restrained at all because of his arrival.

Zhao Xu watched for a long time, but didn't notice anything unusual about them. He couldn't help but put his fist to his mouth and coughed lightly.

"Ah, sir, why are you here?" Lele acted surprised as if she had just noticed the person behind her.

Leng Youran also looked up, her beautiful eyes filled with inquiry. "Master, we don't have enough soup over there. We still have plenty here. Come on, Le'er, find a set of bowls and chopsticks for you."

Lele obediently took a set of bowls and chopsticks from the carriage and handed them to Leng Youran. Leng Youran took them and served Zhao Xu a bowl of mutton soup.

"Master, you eat first. If you're not satisfied, there's more."

Zhao Xu took the bowl she handed him but didn't move his chopsticks. Instead, his eyes turned cold. "Miss, where are you from in Liangzhou?"

Leng Youran frowned at his question, and after a while she said, "Is it not proper for you, sir, to ask about my background?"

"It's just a small talk, what's wrong with that?"

"It's not that it's hard to say, but as you can see, there are only the two of us here, master and servant. I'm afraid..."

"It's okay, I won't tell anyone else."

Leng Youran looked behind him in disbelief.

"They can't hear our conversation. I'm just curious why you're here. You said you were asking for divination for your grandmother, which might be true, but your arrival is so coincidental that I have to doubt it. Also, you clearly came prepared for this tonight. I don't believe you and your servant would bring so much food with you on your journey."

Leng Youran pretended to sigh casually, "Looks like I can't hide this from you, sir."