Chapter 69 Dilemma
"But, nothing happened yet?!"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Du Juaner's face, but she quickly came to her senses. She bit her lip and argued in a low voice with some unwillingness: "You, you can forgive my stepmother and help her."
After treating Du Ling'er, why can't you also show mercy to me and my sister?!
If my stepmother hadn’t forced us hard and left us with nowhere to retreat and no choice, how could we have done such a thing of sacrificing our face and being despised by others?!”
"Miss Du, I think you may have misunderstood!
I went to see Du Ling'er because your stepmother, Mrs. Du Wang, paid for the consultation. In this world, the chips used when asking for help are nothing more than two types, one is for love, the other is for profit!
There is definitely no friendship between us, so what benefit can you give me to let me let your sisters go?!"
Faced with Du Juaner's rebuttal, Lin Suisui was not angry, but stared at Du Juaner as if she were a fool and slapped her in the face very rudely.
They were not familiar with each other, and even had some incomprehensible hostility.
Naturally, there is no need to be so polite to her.
Du Juaner blushed at the rebuke, but looking at the silver bracelet that Lin Suisui took out to show her, even if she didn't want to, she had to admit that Lin Suisui's words were not wrong.
So in the end she covered her face and ran away crying, not even bothering to get the scar-removing medicine that Lin Suisui mentioned before.
Lin Suisui didn't think anything of it. When she returned to her oxcart, Lu Ze was picking up the wind-blocking curtain and walking out. He looked like he had just returned.
Seeing that she was safe and sound, Lu Ze was obviously relieved.
But when he walked over to look at her, there was still a bit of disapproval in his eyes: "Why did you go there alone?!"
"I just went to check on Du Ling'er's condition. It's okay." Lin Suisui took a few steps to meet Lu Ze, smiled and reassured him: "I know the severity, and I won't alert the snake.
After all, if I go to a woman's house, even if something goes wrong there, it won't cause the other party to be too alert; on the contrary, if you accompany me, it will easily make the other party wary."
Lu Ze protected Lin Suisui all the way back to the campfire and sat down, and then continued to ask her: "Looking at you now, could it be that this trip has been fruitful?!"
Lin Suisui nodded and did not hide anything. She told Lu Ze exactly what she saw and heard when she just went to Du's house, and then said: "I checked the injury on Du Miao'er's neck, and there was no
I saw something was wrong; later, I asked Du Juaner to take me to the place where Du Miaoer fell and was injured, and indeed I found relevant traces there.
So, for now, the two sisters should still be the same person.
However, Du Juan'er said that Du Ling'er has a young lover, and she came out with them this time just to meet her young lover by digging wild vegetables, so this should be a clue that we can use now."
Although it is not very useful, it is better than finding a needle in a haystack with nothing.
"We don't need to be so anxious about this matter." Lu Ze served Lin Suisui a bowl of soup, and then slowly said: "Since the wolf guard chose to disguise himself and sneak into the refugee camp, it means that
He had a plan for this trip.
The woman who died in vain was the tool for her to enter the refugee camp. The wolf guard took over that woman's identity, so now the people in the refugee camp are still the same for the time being. Naturally, there is no clue for a while.
But you also said that the human skin is not maintained by the secret medicine, and it will be exposed within a short time!
So in order to continue to lurk in the refugee camp, she will definitely look for the next target! In this way, there will definitely be a vacancy in the personnel!
There is a certain number of refugees in the refugee camp, and if they disappear, it will naturally cause alarm and riots! By then, it will be impossible for the wolf guard to hide so safely!"
Lin Suisui nodded, and what Lu Ze was thinking coincided with hers.
The two discussed for a while, and then Lu Ze got up and went to find Pei Gan.
This matter needs to be thrown out to Pei Qian at least! There are Wolf Guard spies from the Northern Barbarians who have sneaked into the refugee camp. It will be difficult for the two of them to handle this kind of trouble comprehensively.
However, if it were left to Pei Gan, it would be relatively simple.
Lin Suisui didn't go over to join in the fun. She simply tidied up. Seeing that it was getting late, she thought she should wash up early and go into the carriage to rest.
Seeing that the night was getting colder day by day, Lin Suisui was now somewhat worried about what would happen next.
According to what Lu Ze told her before, at the current speed of travel from here to their destination, it would take at least one and a half months.
It is now mid-October. It is said that snow will begin to fall in the north by the end of October, and it will be even more snowy in the winter months. What will refugees like them do at that time?!
Lin Suisui huddled in a corner of the carriage with Xiaobai in her arms, thinking about the current situation and the troubles she would have to deal with next. She didn't even notice when Lu Ze came back.
"What are you thinking?!" Lu Ze saw Lin Suisui frowning and looking bitter and resentful. He raised his hand and waved it in front of her eyes, and asked with a bit of worry.
"It's nothing, I'm just thinking that the weather is getting colder day by day, and it will probably start snowing in a few days! By then, food and clothing will probably become a big problem again."
Lin Suisui sighed and put her hands under Xiao Bai's warm belly. It was actually warmer than holding a stove.
Although she doesn't have to worry about food and drink for the time being, she still wants to be prepared for danger in times of peace. She and Lu Ze are now refugees, so naturally the entire refugee camp must be safe, so that they can be safer!
If something goes wrong in the refugee camp, the lives of these people will actually be worth nothing in the eyes of those in power!
"Pei Qian has already thought of what you are worried about. That's why he arranged to stop and rest for a few days. He just stayed with me, which means he was discussing with me how to take people into the mountains to hunt."
Lu Ze spoke in a low voice and explained to Lin Suisui what he had just mentioned in Pei Qian's account. His biggest purpose was to reassure her.
"Even if we go into the mountains to hunt, how many prey can we catch? There are thousands of mouths waiting to eat in the refugee camp!" Lin Suisui admitted that hunting is indeed a solution to the current crisis, but it is too little. .
"According to Pei Qian, the imperial court sent people to transport food and grass. It should arrive in the next two days." Lu Ze stuffed the hand stove with charcoal into the quilt where Lin Suisui was hiding, and stretched out his hand to touch her habitually. He rubbed the top of his head and said slowly: "Don't think about it, the boat will straighten up when it reaches the bridge. Go to sleep!"
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A bolt from the blue, my computer’s hard drive is broken. The manuscript of more than 10,000 words is gone and I have to rewrite it^^
Chapter completed!