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Chapter 273: Food in Hand, No Panic in Exile 16

When they heard that they were poisoned, the officers panicked: "Excuse me, young lady, can this poison kill people?"

"Please rest assured, my lords. This will not happen. Besides, when you vomited just now, some of the toxins were excreted. The remaining toxins will only make the body weak. Just keep a light diet and avoid strenuous exercise."

"That's good, that's good." The officers now realized the importance of having a doctor in the team, and their attitude towards Chu Yuan and the others became much more polite.

In the following few days, they no longer dared to eat and drink as recklessly as before. Although they were jealous of the food that Chu Yuan and others brought out, they just watched from a distance and did not get close.

Moreover, because of their weak bodies, the supervision of the prisoners was relaxed a lot. At least no one would be beaten or scolded for no reason anymore.

It was not until they reached the next town that the officials' symptoms were alleviated after they took the medicine prescribed by Xia Yu, and they gradually returned to their original condition.

Just like this, six days have already passed.

After this incident, the officials had some kind of stress response and never dared to eat anything from the wild again.

Several times, Chu Yuan brought back wild rabbits and wild fruits picked from the mountains, but they all waved their hands to indicate that they were not worthy of them. They would only have a big meal in a regular restaurant or inn after entering the city.

And because of Xia Yu, their attitude towards Chu Yuan and his group has improved a lot. As long as the demands are not excessive, they will turn a blind eye.

After all, you can offend anyone along the way except the doctor, who can save lives at the critical moment.

Chu Yuan tasted the sweetness of this, and would occasionally poison the officials in various ways for fun, so as to remind these people at all times not to forget the pain once the wound has healed.

This also made the road to exile smoother, at least for Chu Yuan.

Seasons change, winter goes and spring comes.

The further south you go, the more you can feel the vitality of spring. The trees here are still lush green, and there is no heavy snow like in the north to stop people from moving forward.

Seeing that two-thirds of the exile journey had been completed and the weather was no longer so cold, many people had relaxed.

But Chu Yuan knew that the real difficulties were still ahead.

The remaining one-third are mostly mountain roads. Now is the season when all things come back to life, and the wild animals in the deep mountains will come out to look for food.

However, many of those implicated and exiled were close relatives of the general’s mansion, and they also had some skills.

With so many people uniting together, as long as they don't encounter man-eating beasts like lions and tigers, or social creatures like wolves, they should have a chance of winning.

In the last town at the foot of the mountain, Chu Yuan went out for a whole day on the pretext of replenishing supplies. When he came back, the backs of both horses were full of bags.

As the horse-drawn carriage was inconvenient to travel on the rugged mountain road behind, Chu Yuan sold it, along with the wooden cart that Lu Haoyuan had pulled, to a nearby farmer.

Now all their belongings have to be pulled by two horses, so in order to reduce the burden on the horses, Chu Yuan often gave up riding and followed the team to hike in the mountains.

Since entering the mountains, Xia Yu has been on level one alert, and Chu Yuan's mental strength is also ready at all times, in case of any emergency, so that he can protect his family without exposing his abilities.

However, they were still at the foot of the mountain and had not encountered any large wild animals. Occasionally there were a few hares, squirrels, etc., but Chu Yuan did not take any action.

It is easy to kill a wild animal, but it is not so easy to deal with the big guys attracted by the smell of blood. Chu Yuan does not intend to take the risk while they still have food to eat.

But she has this awareness, but not everyone else has it.

Along the way, everyone could only fill their stomachs with dry biscuits distributed by the officials. Now that they finally saw meat, how could they resist?

Although there was a precedent of all the officials suffering from collective food poisoning, people would not care about so many things if they were not full for a long time, so some men who had practiced martial arts for many years began to think about eating wild animals in the mountains.

But they had neither weapons nor tools, so even if they could catch prey, they had no way to clean it. After all, the amount of drinking water each person could get was limited, and no one would waste precious water resources to clean them.

So even if people have this idea, no one has put it into action yet, and everyone continues to move forward peacefully.

But all that changed when they came to a small stream.

With an inexhaustible source of water and various small animals often appearing around the water source, some people's minds began to become active.

No matter how much the officials drove people away and prohibited people from staying by the water, there were still people willing to take risks for food.

In these mountains, places with water sources are likely to be the habitats of some wild animals. If you dare to hunt for food in the wild animals' territory, you may lose your life if you are not careful.

Chu Yuan didn't believe that they didn't even know this common sense. They were just hoping for the best and thinking that such an accident would not happen to them.

These people were seeking death, Chu Yuan didn't care. The worst that could happen was that after they died, he would take their bodies with him to the place of exile and explain the situation to the local authorities.

But they should never disregard the lives of everyone in the team.

If they attract a large wild beast, everyone in the team will suffer along with them.

Chu Yuan raised his eyes slightly and glanced into the woods. Xia Yu immediately understood what his master meant, and with changing steps he grabbed people one by one and threw them to the ground.

"Hurry up and get going. If I find any more poachers, I'll send them deep into the mountains to keep the tigers company."

The people who were captured were of course indignant, but they were not brainless and reckless. The maid's lightness skills were so beautiful, and her master must be no ordinary person.

It is better to have less trouble than more on the road to exile. Anyway, I will not starve to death relying on the dry food distributed by the officials. There is no need to offend these two female evil stars.

And since hunting is not allowed, it should be okay for them to dig up some wild vegetables and pick some wild fruits to eat.

Chu Yuan had no objection and even sent Xia Yu to teach them which plants were edible and which were poisonous.

Anyway, she doesn't rely on these things to make a living, so she might as well find something for them to do to avoid causing trouble for her every day.

Lu Haoyuan was amazed by Xia Yu's skills. He only knew that his cousin's maid was good at martial arts, but he had never seen her fight, so he thought she was just showing off her skills.

Now I suddenly realized what was going on. No wonder my cousin didn't seem worried at all along the way. It turns out she really had the confidence.

So he began to hover around Xia Yu intentionally or unintentionally, which made Xia Yu very confused, and he kept complaining to Chu Yuan with his mind.

Chu Yuan also didn’t understand his cousin’s behavior. Could it be that he had a crush on Xia Yu?