Noble Lady

Chapter 278: Killing is the Lightest Thing

In General Du's mansion, the fact that the young lady who was about to get married left a letter and ran away was kept secret. They told outsiders that the young lady was ill and the house was closed to visitors.

Actually.

Madam Du summoned a group of maids, servants, and the housekeeper: "Scatter those people out and find them! I want to see them alive or dead!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

The servants went down one after another, so naturally they couldn't see that Madam Du was so angry that her hands were shaking in her sleeves.

"Du Jingyuan, you've really grown up! You can do anything!"

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The ambitious Miss Du was caught up less than a hundred miles after leaving the city.

When she stopped to drink tea and replenish her dry food, she was surrounded by two carriages and a team of guards.

Everyone in the teahouse stared in amazement. A woman wearing a veil and a hat stepped out of the carriage. She was dressed in green and looked very calm. But she opened her mouth and shouted, "Well, you've become so bold now that you actually dared to run away from home!"

Du Jingyuan jumped up from the stool, almost unable to believe her ears.

She subconsciously wanted to slip away, but when she looked up, there was nowhere to slip away.

Surrounded on all sides, they could only watch the woman in green approaching step by step.

"You have nothing to say?"

"You, how come you are..." here?

Du Jingyuan felt extremely guilty.

Although he was half a head taller than the other person, he was inferior in momentum.

"If I hadn't come, how many more stupid things would you have done? Have you prepared any food or water? Have you brought any guards? You're planning to go south alone. How many lives do you have left?"

Du Jingyuan forced a smile, which was uglier than crying.

Xue Chenyu waved her hand, and Qiu Huaxia He immediately stepped forward and grabbed her.

"What are you doing?" There was a kind passerby nearby.

Without waiting for Xue Chenyu to speak, Qiu Hua said with a stern face: "This is my daughter's sister. She ran away from home because of her rebelliousness. We are not bad people."

The enthusiastic passers-by took a look at Xue Chenyu, who was wearing a veiled hat, and the two maids who came forward to arrest people. They were not wearing ordinary cloth, but silk and satin.

And there are servants and guards around him. To go out with such a grand ceremony, he must be rich or noble.

The key point is that there were guards there, but they let the maid go forward to arrest the person. There is no such thing as catching the criminal. Otherwise, they would not care about the difference between men and women and would just let the guards go up and arrest the person.

So, passers-by looked at Du Jingyuan inquiringly. Feeling guilty, Du Jingyuan could only smile dryly and nod, and was too embarrassed to speak.

"It's not convenient to talk here, let's get in the car." Xue Chenyu turned around and got on the carriage as he said this.

Du Jingyuan was held down by Qiuhua and Xiahe. She couldn't run away, so she got into the car obediently.

In the carriage, Xue Chenyu was not found, and Du Juan, who looked pitiful and excited, was also there.

"Girl!" Dujuan wanted to pounce on her.

However, Xue Chenyu took off her veil and threw it at Du Jingyuan, saying angrily, "You're leaving right away! Are you ready? How are you, a girl, going to get accommodation, food, and water along the way?"

"How can you ensure your own safety? Have you considered everything I've said? You haven't even prepared any food or water. Are you planning to die alone?"

Du Jingyuan tugged at her hand, "...Don't, don't be angry. I just left Beijing. Although I didn't prepare anything before, I can still buy it."

"Shopping, shopping, do you know what the world is like out there? A young girl like you will stand out wherever you go. If you go to some remote village to shop, what if you get targeted by a thief?"

Xue Chenyu was also very angry and couldn't control her temper at all when she spoke.

"I have no objection to fulfilling your wish before you get married, but you haven't made any preparations. You won't even have to leave these counties outside the capital before the little money you have is gone."

"Let's say you're incredibly lucky and have met some great people along the way, but have you ever thought about what would happen to Du Juan and the others if you ran away alone? Have you ever considered what your mother, Madam Du, would do to them after you ran away from home?"

Du Jingyuan looked at Du Juan for a moment, then lowered her head. "You can scold me, I know I was a little impulsive."

"I, I thought that if I left a letter, my mother wouldn't make things difficult for them."

"Du Jingyuan, you are half a year older than me. What are you thinking about?" Xue Chenyu was so angry that she could die.

To put it bluntly, if something happens to Du Jingyuan when she is out alone, Du Juan and the others will not be able to keep an eye on their master. Even if this kind of servant is dragged out and beaten to death, no one would dare to say anything.

She should know this kind of thing without anyone telling her.

Her mother was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to beat or kill her servants, so at most she would sell them off.

Try changing someone else. No matter how innocent the servant is, if he is charged with the crime of "failing to look after his master", beating him to death would be the least he could do.

"...I, I was too impulsive. I'm sorry, Xue Xiaoyu. When you said that, I felt that I must not implicate you. But I also don't want to give up just like that."

"I thought about it all night and wanted to leave a letter for my mother so that she would know where I was going. In case of any accident, it would not implicate you. Dujuan and the others were suddenly gone. I, I didn't think of it..."

Du Jingyuan was already crying as she spoke.

"You still know how to cry? What do you have to cry about? Have you considered the consequences? Why don't you cry?"

Xue Chenyu had no intention of letting her go, and continued fiercely, "You said that yesterday, and I said I won't help you? If you had been more considerate and not been so impulsive, you could have given me a few more days."

"At least I can think carefully about how to make sure everything goes well. I won't have to rush off like this without preparing everything properly, and then have to buy more along the way, which will delay the trip."

Du Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly wiped away her tears, "You, you are not here to take me back?"

"I really owe you in my past life." Xue Chenyu rolled her eyes in annoyance. "You dared to run away from home with only two sets of clothes? Do you think you read a storybook? Who did you learn this from?"

"Xue Xiaoyu! I knew you were the most loyal person!" The tears on Du Jingyuan's face had not yet dried, and she grabbed Xue Chenyu and was about to jump for joy.

Unfortunately, this was a carriage, and she hit the roof as soon as she jumped.

“Ouch, it hurts…”

Xue Chenyu covered her face and said: I can’t bear to watch this.

"In order to get Dujuan out, I promised your mother that I would bring you back safe and sound, so please behave yourself on the way."

Next, Du Jingyuan was caught by Xue Chenyu and scolded for half an hour before he told her the arrangements for the trip south.

This time, the girls are not going alone. That would definitely not be an option, and it would not be safe even if they brought guards.

It just so happened that Marquis Xue was going to escort the grain first, and the escort agency's caravan of medicinal herb merchants would follow. Xue Chenyu and the others were going to pretend to be family members of the caravan and blend in with them with their guards.

Because the escort agency is involved, there is an extra layer of security.

There is also the grain escort team in front leading the way, which can be said to be a double guarantee.

Du Jingyuan was stunned when she heard this. "Xue Xiaoyu, how can you look down on me? How come you know everything? You arranged everything perfectly."

Xue Chenyu: "Stop flattering me and talk about something serious."

"What's serious?"

Xue Chenyu said seriously, "Father is the grain escort officer, and Instructor Chen will have to collect grain along the way."

"And their top priority is to ensure that this batch of food can be delivered to the drought-stricken areas as quickly and safely as possible. They definitely can't wait for us."

Du Jingyuan reacted, "That's right, the caravan's speed definitely can't keep up with their marching speed."

"Not only that, although the imperial grain transport team is usually not in trouble, there are always some ignorant people."

"So we also have to ensure that we can protect our own safety when encountering emergencies."

Du Jingyuan nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, I will protect you."

As she was speaking, a crisp voice came from outside, saying, "Sister, I'll protect you. Sister Du, just take care of yourself."

Then, a small figure got into the carriage.

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