Huh? The Tyrant Cries After My Inner Thoughts Were Exposed!-Chapter 169: What’s With the Luggage?

Su Juan carried her backpack and took the horse from the groom. She had originally planned to leave after Duke Ping returned to the mansion, but the people from the Ministry of Justice were already preparing to depart.

She was really worried about Miaoying. If she didn’t leave with the people from the Ministry of Justice, she would have to wait until tomorrow to travel with the team escorting the relief silver, which was really not an option.

"Are you going alone?" Song Qianhang asked.

"Xie Xun said he wanted to come too, but he was too slow in packing, so I’m leaving first."

Song Qianhang was puzzled. It’s just packing a backpack, how could it take long?

Liu Xuan wasn’t surprised, "Take care along the way."

She mounted the horse and looked at the three of them, "Mm, I’ll bring Miaoying back, and then we’ll meet again."

After Su Juan left, Song Qianhang and Liu Xuan were about to leave when they saw Xie Xun hurriedly carrying two large backpacks and holding an extra two bags and a sword, "Where’s Su Juan?"

Liu Xuan pointed towards the city gate.

Xie Xun hurriedly pulled his horse and ran towards the city gate, grumbling, "Good for you, Su Juan, agreed to leave together, yet left without me!"

Two servants who had just come out carried a box and hurriedly followed, shouting, "Young Master! Wait for us!"

Song Qianhang and Shen Ruhui remained silent: "..."

Su Juan, a woman, only brought one bag, while Xie Xun, a grown man, with three or four bags wasn’t enough, still needed servants to carry a box.

This Heir Xie was truly pampered.

...

Without having prepared a carriage, Xie Xun eventually had the two servants carry the box back and rode his horse, leisurely following alongside Su Juan, "I’m telling you, you’re traveling far for the first time with no experience. What I’m bringing are treasures, you’ll need them."

Saying this, he patted the bag hanging on his horse’s back.

Su Juan turned away, [Don’t think I don’t know, those bags of yours are filled with clothes and silver.]

Xie Xun raised an eyebrow slightly, isn’t it reasonable to bring a couple of outfits when traveling?

As long as there’s silver, what can’t you buy?

Yu Zhong came over, "Miss Su, these few days, we’ll have to hurry along. If there’s any inconvenience, please excuse us."

Su Juan nodded, "Alright."

Yu Zhong glanced at Xie Xun.

This Heir Xie was famously pampered, fearing that these bumps along the way might be too much for the heir to handle.

Xie Xun waved his hand, "I can manage, just follow behind, don’t worry about me."

He, Xie Xun, had been riding horses since he was a child, surely he could endure this little hardship?

At midnight, after a whole day of travel, the group camped in the forest. Some were building a fire, some fetching water, even Su Juan took out a large pancake and sat by a tree nibbling on it.

Xie Xun, holding onto a pile of silver with nowhere to spend it, was dumbfounded, "Not staying at an inn?"

Yu Zhong explained, "We’ve just left Lai County, traveling through the mountains, and the next county is half a day’s journey away. We’ll rough it here for the night; I’m sorry for the inconvenience, Heir."

Xie Xun’s stomach growled. After a day of travel, he hadn’t even had a chance to drink water, as he hadn’t brought a canteen.

Su Juan took out another pancake from her bag and gave him her canteen, "We don’t know the situation with Miaoying and the others yet. We need to hurry to Xu State to find out what’s happening there, so we’re not taking time to stay at an inn along the way."

Xie Xun bit into the pancake. After a day’s journey, there was no sign of his earlier elegance, "I understand."

I, Young Master Xie, am not unreasonable. It’s just staying in the forest, at least there’s a pancake to eat, as long as I’m not hungry, it’s fine.

Xie Xun sighed, "I wonder how Liu Miaoying is."

Su Juan was silent for a moment, "She’ll be fine."

Yu Zhong, standing nearby, wanted to say something. According to information from the local government in Xu State, Liu Miaoying and her party dispersed after encountering an attack, and there had been no news since.

Miss Liu was different from the others, after all, she was a young woman. If she encountered bandits or rioters...

Yu Zhong decided not to mention these concerns and instead comforted Su Juan, "Miss Su, you needn’t worry. The local government has already sent people to search, and when we reach Xu State, we will also look for Miss Liu together."

He said this while handing a set of plain clothes to Xie Xun, "Heir, after tonight we will encounter many disaster victims. Please change into these plain clothes for the journey."

Xie Xun was puzzled, but seeing everyone, including Su Juan, wearing simple plain clothes, he agreed.

We’re already staying in the woods, just wearing plain clothes, surely I, Heir Xie wouldn’t be so delicate.

Su Juan looked at Yu Zhong, her gaze appreciative, "Thank you, Mr. Yu."

Yu Zhong felt uncomfortable under her gaze and turned his head away, just don’t keep staring at this official’s butt...

[Indeed, the person I have an eye for has a nice butt!]

Yu Zhong: "..."

Su Juan’s words significantly lightened the group’s previously solemn mood brought on by the matter in Xu State.

Xie Xun immediately glanced at Yu Zhong, was his butt really that big?

Yu Zhong kept his butt more guarded than ever.

...

The group traveled for three straight days, finally reaching Xu State before dusk, encountering numerous disaster victims along the way.

There were women in tattered clothes burning with fever, holding dying children, and entire villages hit by disaster, leaving only one person who escaped, having starved for several days.

There were also seven-year-old children faint from hunger on the road, and elderly people leaning on sticks, ultimately dying from illness on the road.

Bodies lay everywhere, disaster victims were everywhere, and some, driven mad by hunger, robbed food in the streets and killed for a bun.

As the heir of Duke Mansion, Xie Xun had never witnessed such scenes. He felt uneasy, so he gave away all the silver he brought, even the clothes in his bags.

During the journey, Yu Zhong’s subordinates had advised against it. This journey should be low-key, for fear of being targeted by giving away so much silver, even if helping one or two people, they couldn’t help everyone.

The current urgency was to quickly retrieve the thirty thousand taels of relief silver.

The group followed Liu Miaoying and the others’ route, entered Xu State, and found an inn in He County without alerting the local government.

Xie Xun didn’t understand, "Why not stay at a post house?"

Aren’t officials supposed to lodge at official post houses when traveling?

Su Juan whispered, "Mr. Yu suspects that the robbery of the relief silver is related to the local government."

Xie Xun was shocked!

[After all, without cooperation from the local government, it’s hard for so much silver to disappear without a trace.]

"Miaoying’s group ran into trouble near He County, and now staying on their turf, we can only investigate quietly."

Yu Zhong nodded, "Let’s have something to eat first, then you can rest at the inn, while we go out to find any trace of Miss Liu."

Su Juan: "I’ll go with you."

Yu Zhong: "Alright."

Just as Xie Xun was about to say he wanted to go too, Su Juan said, "You stay at the inn and look after everyone’s belongings."

Xie Xun instantly disagreed, "That won’t do, the old man told me to protect you, I must follow you."

We’re at an inn, not in the wilderness, why look after luggage?