Chapter 379: The Exiled General’s Cannon Fodder Wife (9)
Chapter 379: The Exiled General’s Cannon Fodder Wife (9)
Su Li and the "official" took the carriage and horses and slowly went out of the city.
Gu Shaoling was still selling the red gold bracelet and jade pendant on his hand in the pawnshop.
It was obviously a high-quality item made by the best jewelry store in the capital, but it could not be sold at a good price in the pawnshop in Anzhou City.
The pawnshop owner looked at it carefully and stretched out his right hand.
"Five hundred taels?" Gu Shaoling looked at his gesture and asked in a low voice.
"Five hundred taels? Why don't you go and rob?" The pawnshop owner looked at him with disdain, "Five taels, you can pawn it if you want."
When he saw Gu Shaoling entering the room, he looked at him and the official behind him and knew that they were exiles passing through Anzhou City.
Such people often have good things in their hands and can also earn a lot of money.
"Five taels?"
Gu Shaoling was anxious, "My mother's red gold bracelet is worth more than five hundred taels! And my brother's jade pendant is made of the finest mutton-fat jade, which costs at least three thousand taels of silver."
"It's only worth five taels in my opinion. You can pawn it or not if you want!" The pawnshop owner raised his head proudly.
"Fifty taels!" Gu Shaoling said gritting his teeth.
"Eight taels, you can take any more!" The pawnshop owner finally took a step back.
Listening to the urging voice of the "official" behind him, Gu Shaoling gritted his teeth again and decided to take the job, "Okay."
The pawnshop owner immediately picked up a brush and wrote it down, "A broken copper bracelet, a broken jade, eight taels."
Gu Shaoling: “…”
Then he walked out of the pawnshop with eight taels of silver.
Looking at the pharmacy not far away, he sighed helplessly.
Together with the small change from before, the total was only ten taels of silver.
I have to buy medicine and dry food, so I'm afraid I'll have to spend sparingly.
Half an hour later.
Gu Shaoling finally returned to the outside of the city carrying a small bag of multi-grain cakes, some medicine bags, and medicine jars.
"Why is there only so little stuff?" After checking it, Sheng Yunqi sat back with a pout.
"There's no other way. The pawnshop owner is too unscrupulous. He only gave eight taels for the bracelet and jade pendant. These are the only things I can buy." Gu Shaoling said helplessly.
"Oh, comparing yourself to others makes you angry."
Father Gu looked towards Su Li and said, "Look, they went to the city and even had a carriage. They also had a lot of rice, flour and meat."
Look at myself again, I feel annoyed.
Gu Shaoling frowned, "I'll go talk to my sister-in-law. Since they have a carriage, can I use the oxcart to let my brother and mother lie down?"
"I just asked and was rejected."
Father Gu sighed and said, "The official said that the ox cart is theirs, and they want to put the supplies they bought from Anzhou City, so there is no room for your eldest brother and your mother to lie down."
Gu Shaoling glanced at Su Li and said, "Sister-in-law is no longer the same as before."
The woman who used to be submissive, turns out she also has a temper.
Now that she is gone, life has become even more difficult for the Gu family.
"Oh!" Father Gu glanced at Gu Shaokang and Mother Gu lying on the ground, as well as Sheng Yunqi who was sulking beside them, and sighed.
"Let's go! Let's set off!" the "officer" shouted.
The place where they were stopping was not far from the city gate, and there were people coming and going, so it was not suitable for rest.
So, the crowd walked along the official road for a while and found a deserted temple.
At this moment, the sky is gloomy, as if it is going to rain.
The "officers" pulled the carriage, ox cart and horses into the backyard of the dilapidated temple and began to prepare lunch.
"If it rains, we'll rest in the dilapidated temple tonight and set off tomorrow!" Su Li said softly to the "official".
"Row!"
Looking at the people from the Gu family and Sheng Yunqi, Su Li decided to take action tonight.
She had already wasted quite a bit of time on the road.
Now that the carriage is out, the next step is to head to the place of exile as soon as possible.
After a while, thunder roared!
Not long after, heavy rain accompanied by lightning and thunder fell on the roof of the ruined temple.
"It's time to eat!" The "officers" shouted to Su Li and the others to start eating.
The Gu family could only eat mixed flour pancakes and drink cold water.
Next to it was a medicine jar, which contained herbs boiled for the mother and son of the Gu family.
……
That night.
It was still raining heavily outside, and snoring sounds could be heard from the dilapidated temple.
Su Li quietly opened her eyes, and a barrier enveloped the Sheng family's parents and the two little ones, inputting spiritual power so that they could sleep until dawn.
Afterwards, she carried Gu Shaokang and Gu's mother and disappeared into the ruined temple.
After taking the herbal medicine, the mother and son are now feeling better and their high fever has subsided.
When they were thrown by Su Li on the official road not far from the ruined temple, they were immediately awakened by the rain.
"Sheng Yunluo, what are you going to do?" Sheng Shaokang, who was unable to move, could barely see the person in front of him after adapting to the dark light.
"What? Of course, I'm going to send you, the scumbag, to hell!" Su Li sneered.
A faint aura surrounded her, preventing the rain from getting close to her.
He raised his foot and stepped on Gu Shaokang's injured legs, pressing down hard.
Click!
The bones broke with a sound and Gu Shaokang screamed in pain.
"Mmmm..." Mother Gu, who couldn't speak because her tongue was cut off, crawled over with a look of heartache and slapped Su Li with both hands, trying to get her not to hurt her precious eldest son.
boom!
Su Li kicked hard, and Gu's mother fell into the mud not far away, and the sound of broken bones came from her body.
"Sheng Yunluo, you and I are husband and wife after all, why do you have to do this..." After screaming, Gu Shaokang whispered in pain.
"We were husband and wife? So, you are planning to hand me over to those officials to be raped?" Su Li sneered.
In his original life, if he had not given his original body to those officials in order to please Sheng Yunqi, his original body would not have jumped off a cliff to commit suicide in order to abandon his innocence.
"I..." Gu Shaokang was speechless.
Then, he softened his tone again, "Luo'er, I know I was wrong! From now on, I will definitely treat you well, how about that?"
"Too late!" Su Li sneered.
She stretched out her hand and a pill appeared in her hand, which she stuffed into Gu Shaokang's mouth.
This is a poison that can make a person suffer from the pain of being eaten by thousands of ants before death. There is no cure for it.
Sure enough, not long after Gu Shaokang took the poison, he let out a low groan of pain, and his hands left scratches on the muddy ground.
Su Li looked at him quietly until he took his last breath in pain.
As for Gu's mother, Su Li ignored her and let her lie quietly on the ground, being pelted by the heavy rain.
With her injuries and a night of rain, she wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer given her physical condition.
After dealing with the mother and son, Su Li returned to the ruined temple.
The next person to be dealt with is Sheng Yunqi!
She had an idea and brought Sheng Yunqi back to the Sheng family in the capital.
While she was sleeping soundly, Su Li used his mental power to invade her dreams and weave a beautiful dream for her.
In her dream, she, Sheng Yunqi, became the queen who was second only to the emperor and above everyone else, stepping on everyone under her feet.
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