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Chapter 16
No matter what, just based on He Zhiran's performance of protecting the Mo Family people, and her merciless attack on Cao Ren, he could determine one thing at least.
That is, He Zhiran does not seem to harbor any malice towards the Mo Family for now.
Seeing that after hearing that muffled sound, all the officials ran towards the big tree, and the Mo Family's women were not in danger at the moment, Mo Jiuye leaped up and flashed away from his original spot.
No matter how chaotic it was outside, after He Zhiran entered the space, she obtained another big surprise.
The dagger, mini pistol and sniper rifle she had just taken out all had one extra copy.
For He Zhiran, these were the best things that could save her life on the road, the more the better.
After waiting in the space for about ten minutes, He Zhiran flashed out, and saw that all the officials had disappeared, and the Mo Family's women had also vanished from their original spot.
She immediately jumped down from the tree and returned to the bridal chamber.
She only saw that under the supervision of the officials, the sisters-in-law had already carried Mo Jiuye onto the door panel.
The four sisters-in-law were carrying the door panel with great difficulty and walking out.
The officials kept urging them.
"Walk faster, don't dawdle."
Mo Jiuye, carried by several sisters-in-law, felt extremely ashamed in his heart.
It was his incompetence that made these sisters-in-law face difficulties while still having to take care of him.
Seeing the sisters-in-law walking with such difficulty, He Zhiran suddenly remembered the wooden cart found by those officials when they were searching just now.
"Wait a minute."
The leading official looked back and asked displeasedly, "What's the matter?"
"Aren't you in a hurry to send us to the outskirts of the city?" He Zhiran asked neither hastily nor slowly.
"So what?" The official's first reaction was that this woman wanted to play tricks. They had witnessed her scene of yelling at General Cao with their own eyes.
He Zhiran pointed to the four sisters-in-law carrying the door panel: "You can see that except for the husband, the rest of us Mo Family exiles are all women. It is simply impossible to move quickly."
"What do you want?" The official asked.
"When you searched just now, there was a wooden cart, not worth much money. Why not use it to push the husband, so that we can travel faster."
The official rolled his eyes.
"Fine, that wooden cart is yours now."
After getting the wooden cart and lifting Mo Jiuye onto it, He Zhiran personally pushed it out.
The sisters-in-law looked at He Zhiran with admiration.
With the wooden cart, it saved both time and effort. Soon, the officials escorted the group to the front door of the Duke of Protector's Mansion.
At this moment, the front door of the Duke's Mansion was crowded with people.
Some were passing by and wanted to watch the excitement, while some were family members of the sisters-in-law, who rushed over after hearing that the emperor had ordered a raid on the Mo's residence to see their own family members.
As a result, before they saw anyone come out of the Duke's Mansion, they were shocked by a muffled sound.
Then they witnessed with their own eyes as a big bloody hole appeared on the back of Cao Ren's head, and his whole body fell off the horse onto the ground.
The Prefect of the Capital had already been summoned.
The Prefect of the Capital ordered the coroner to examine the injury without saying anything else. It was obvious that the wound that caused Cao Ren's death was the bloody hole on the back of his head.
However, the coroner was unable to determine what kind of hidden weapon had caused it.
After all, Cao Ren was an imperial official executing his duties. His death while on duty was no trivial matter.
Although the incident occurred outside the Duke of Protector's mansion, it was no longer a secret that Mo Jiuye had been severely caned with fifty heavy rods by the emperor last night and had to be carried back. It was simply impossible for him to make a move against Cao Ren.
Moreover, the only Mo Family members who could move freely now were a group of powerless women, who were even less likely to be suspected of attacking Cao Ren.
After thinking it over, the Prefect of the Capital felt that he could not crack the case, so he immediately ordered Cao Ren's body to be taken to the Supreme Court.
When the Mo Family members came out, Cao Ren's body had been taken away.
Most of the people who had originally intended to watch the excitement here had run to the Supreme Court to watch the excitement.
The few who remained were basically family members of the sisters-in-law.
The first to rush over was the Feng family, the family of Sister-in-law Feng Cuilian.
The Feng family's official rank and position were not high, and they did not have the qualifications to attend court.
They had found out about this news by sending someone out after seeing Cao Ren lead people towards the Duke of Protector's mansion.
Upon hearing this news, Sister-in-law Feng Cuilian's mother cried and begged her elder brother to accompany her here.
"Cuilian, my daughter, mother has no ability to help you...wuwuwu..."
Old Lady Feng held her daughter's hand and wept bitterly.
Seeing her mother, Feng Cuilian immediately threw herself into her arms crying.
This scene brought tears to the eyes of everyone present.
Old Lady Feng took out a purse from her arms with trembling hands and secretly stuffed it into Feng Cuilian's hands.
"Mother came out in a hurry and was not well prepared. These silvers are all mother's private savings. Keep them for unforeseen needs on the road."
If it wasn't for the silver hidden inside her clothes being searched, Feng Cuilian would not have wanted to take her mother's money.
In her heart, the Mo Family members did not bring anything out, and if she did not accept this silver, it would be difficult to survive the journey to the northwest.
She clutched the purse her mother had given her, choking back tears, "Mother, don't worry about me. With Mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, and Ninth Brother, we will definitely arrive safely in the northwest."
At the same time, Xiao Family, the family of Sister-in-law Xiao Qinger, also came and secretly stuffed Xiao Qinger with a purse too.
When they brought luggage to help prepare, they were rejected by the officials.
The reason was that criminals were not qualified to use these things.
The others without family members to see them off looked at the two sisters-in-law enviously.
At this time, He Zhiran was also guessing in her heart whether anyone from the He Family would come to see her off.
The result was that no one from the He Family came.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the officials urged the Mo Family members to leave and forcibly dispersed the Xiao and Feng family members who had come to see them off.
Taking one last look at the majestic gate of the Duke of Protector's Mansion, Old Lady Mo took the first step.
Mo Hanyue, still somewhat frightened, followed closely behind her mother.
Next was He Zhiran pushing Mo Jiuye on the wooden cart, followed by the eight sisters-in-law.
All along the way, looking at the prosperous streets, with vendors' shouts coming from both sides from time to time.
At this moment, the Mo Family members were extremely clear in their hearts that from now on, they would have nothing to do with the prosperity of the capital...
Under the gaze of the common people, the Mo Family members escorted by the officials had already walked out of the gate of the capital.
Except for Sister-in-law Feng and Sister-in-law Xiao who saw their family members, the other seven sisters-in-law including He Zhiran did not see anyone from their maternal families come to bid farewell.
The sisters-in-law who had still held a glimmer of hope originally were completely disheartened after walking out of the city gate.
They couldn't help but lament at the coldness of the world, that even the usually harmonious maternal families did not even dare to show their faces at this time.
He Zhiran was indifferent to this. After all, she still considered herself an outsider at present, and did not have high expectations for the original host's parents.
Everyone was lost in their own thoughts, and unknowingly they had arrived at the outskirts of the capital.
Unexpectedly, in addition to the officials responsible for escorting them, there were also many other exiled criminals waiting there.
And from the positions of those criminals, it could be seen that they were also exiled by whole families.