Song Jingchen glanced at the ten guards coldly and said, “Since you’re back, let’s keep moving. We’ll go to the next town and sell the carriage for another one.”
It wasn’t a question. It was a statement.
Although the leader of the guards, Lin Mu, felt guilty, he still braced himself and said, “That would be inappropriate. This is a gift from His Majesty. Besides… completing the journey quickly is more important.”
Shen Yijia was unhappy. She swallowed the meat in his mouth and said angrily, “Hmph, you think that completing the journey quickly is important? We’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Moreover, that group of bandits was attracted by this carriage. Do you want to keep this carriage to attract more bandits to rob us?”
Shen Yijia only thought about things at the surface level, so she meant what she said.
However, those guilty people would think that Shen Yijia was mocking them.
Only Song Jingchen knew that Shen Yijia didn’t mean it that way.
Ignoring what those people were thinking, he said directly, “There are many bandits around here. You are all sacrificing yourselves to protect this party filled with the old, weak, sick, and disabled. His Majesty wouldn’t blame you when he finds out, right?”
He was basically implying that they should listen to him or die.
Song Jingchen followed Lin Mu’s arrangements along the way not because he was afraid of them, but because he couldn’t be bothered.
Since they’ve had a falling out, there was no need to be polite to them any longer.
Lin Mu knew that what Song Jingchen said was the truth. Even if he would be punished when he returned, it was better than losing his life here.
They initially thought that Song Jingchen, whose legs were crippled, was nothing to be afraid of. After this incident, he understood that even if the ten of them worked together, they might not be able to take down these people.
Shen Yijia was about to go over and pick up Song Jingchen like she usually did. However, he unexpectedly tilted his body slightly and avoided her hand.
Shen Yijia looked at Song Jingchen in confusion.
Song Jingchen coughed awkwardly and turned his head away. “Let Uncle Yang do it.”
Shen Yijia pursed her lips. He had let her carry him before.
It was noon when they arrived at the next town.
Song Jingchen ignored Lin Mu and the others behind him, and asked Uncle Yang to stop the carriage in front of an inn.
This time, without being instructed, Uncle Yang got into the carriage and carried Song Jingchen down.
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