Chapter 464: Setting Off
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The official escorting them came over and tied their hands with ropes. They were strung together in two rows and then escorted forward.
Then, he took the doc.u.ments and looked at them one by one. After verifying their ident.i.ties, he filled in the information and made it into a customs clearance doc.u.ment.
After the stamp was stamped, the official walked over and warned them.
With a wave of his hand, he left the cell.
There were a total of 16 women in the Shu family. Shu Yu was at the end of the line. Six soldiers were escorting them. All of them were expressionless and looked very difficult to deal with.
Shu Yu originally thought that the man from the Shu family would also go on the road. However, after walking for a long distance, she did not see anyone else. It seemed that they were escorted separately.
The group of people quickly walked to the streets of the prefecture. Although the Second Young Lady had said that she would walk out in a dignified manner, everyone in the Shu family lowered their heads in the face of everyone’s gazes. They wished they could dig into the ground.
Shu Yu also lowered her head. Before she went out, she let down a large piece of her hair when no one was paying attention. When she lowered her head again, half of her face was covered.
The citizens of the prefecture naturally wanted to watch the show, but they only took two glances.
They knew that this was the Shu family’s woman. The matter of Magistrate Shu’s corruption and bribery had already been made public. Moreover, the people of the prefecture knew that Magistrate Shu did not do much, so they did not have a good impression of the Shu family’s woman.
Now that they saw them in trouble, they naturally clapped their hands and praised them, spitting at them one after another.
“Ah…”
The officer glanced at her. “What are you shouting for?”
The women of the Shu family immediately stopped shouting. The leading officer snorted coldly and then silently walked to the back, standing beside Shu Yu.
“Don’t dawdle. Hurry up. If you delay the time, you won’t have a good time.”
As soon as he stood there, the commoners naturally did not dare to spit in Shu Yu’s direction.
The others were more or less stained with filth, but Shu Yu didn’t feel anything.
She knew that the leading officer was Lord Jing’s man, but it was not convenient to communicate now, so she did not say anything.
After all, those commoners did not dare to go overboard and quickly restrained themselves.
Seeing this, the leading officer took a few steps forward as if nothing had happened.
When he walked to his colleague’s side, he heard two officers complaining, “In the past, I was the most willing to escort female prisoners to the exile area. Those female prisoners’ families would give us some silver. But look at today, everyone in the Shu family has been exiled. Who will give us money?”
“Isn’t that so? I heard that the Shu family was locked up in prison for a month, and no one came to see them, let alone send them food. That the Shu family’s old madam and two married daughters don’t care about this old mother. It’s a loss.”
“These Mothers have a lot of things to do along the way. We’re the ones who have to work hard. We’re unlucky.”
The leader of the officers berated them, “That’s enough. We haven’t even left the city yet. Don’t talk nonsense.”
The two of them immediately fell silent and their expressions became serious.
The journey was smooth. Only when they were out of the city gate did the disgusted gazes of the commoners lessen.
The group continued to walk forward. However, after a few steps, a middle-aged couple suddenly appeared in front of them.
Shu Yu didn’t look up, so she naturally didn’t see it.
The middle-aged couple quickly walked up to the leader of the officers and stuffed some silver into his hands. They said politely, “Officer, please take this. Our Shu Yu is young, so we’ll have to ask you to bear with her on this journey.”