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Chapter 513 Good stuff

"It's alright. They were all focused on you guys just now and didn't really think much of me, their little follower." Zhu Yu turned around and showed me to them. "When they tied me up, I slightly opened my wrists, and they didn't notice, so they didn't find me tied up too tightly and I still have some room to move."

Lu Qing sighed softly and nodded to her.

Although he felt sorry for Zhu Yu being tied up like this, as she said, going with the flow was the safest course of action. They had to return to Jin Kingdom and the capital city first, which would be more advantageous for them.

Before long, everyone else was ready, and the convoy and its crew set off in a grand procession.

The people of the capital city of Brahma had no idea what had happened at Brahma's palace. The carriage carrying Brahma's coffin was also airtight, so no one could tell that there was a large coffin inside.

So, seeing this spectacle, the city's residents watching the commotion on the roadside thought that Brahma had organized an army to go to the capital to pay tribute to the current emperor, and they couldn't help but point and whisper among themselves.

Being locked in the prison van along the way was truly an unpleasant experience.

Zhu Yu never considered herself a pampered person. She thought she had experienced all kinds of difficult conditions and that it shouldn't be a big problem.

But after a day of running around, she was already feeling a bit drained.

There was no other way; the five of them were locked in the prison van, and even though fresh air could come in through the few small windows along the way, it was still unbearably hot and stuffy overall.

Zhu Yu was wearing an extra layer of clothing compared to the others, which was already very uncomfortable as it was tightly bound to her body. The strips of cloth were then soaked with sweat, making her feel hot and humid all over. Especially during the hottest part of the day, around noon, she even found it difficult to breathe.

That's only one aspect. On the other hand, when those people brought them water and food, they also didn't untie them.

Food and water were served in a few broken bowls placed in the middle of the prison cart. The ill-intentioned guards of the Brahma Palace then peered through the small window, waiting to watch the prisoners fight over the food like dogs.

Zhu Yu found this somewhat unacceptable.

She had always heard people say that a scholar can be killed but not humiliated, and she understood the meaning of this saying, but she didn't really understand it.

Things are different now, and she understands that very clearly.

Such an humiliating way of serving food is simply intolerable.

Before she could react, Lu Qing stretched out her long legs and kicked over the bowl on the ground, spilling the water inside and causing the dried biscuits to roll to the side.

"How dare you! Do you think you can humiliate and play with the Emperor's sons at will? If you can't even bring us water and food, we'd rather not eat at all," Lu Qing said to the people outside. "We've only been out of the capital for less than a day. If we don't eat or drink, we won't live more than five or six days."

"If we calculate it this way, before we even reach the capital of Jin Kingdom, the five of us will already be five starving corpses. At that time, it will be perfect for your Brahma King's nephew, along with his uncle's, to hand over all six corpses to His Majesty."

He spoke with neither servility nor arrogance, nor even with anger or resentment, but with a resolute determination to keep his word. The guards outside the carriage, hearing this, felt somewhat uncertain and had no choice but to run to report to Brahma's nephew.

Brahma's nephew, of course, dared not let anything happen to Lu Qing and the others, so he quickly sent someone over to feed them water and food.

But the guards were unwilling to do such work, so they reluctantly untied the ropes from the five men one by one, moved their hands from behind their backs to the front of their bodies and tied them up again. This way, they could just throw in the water bowls, bread, and other things, and the men could eat however they wanted.

Although his hands were still tied and he was only eating dried biscuits, at least having his hands in front of him was much more comfortable than having them behind him.

Zhu Yu and the others didn't say anything more. Regardless of whether they had an appetite or not, they still ate some pancakes and drank some water to replenish their energy.

Yan Daoxin had been sitting cross-legged in meditation ever since he got on the bus, as if he had entered a meditative state. He only opened his eyes when Lu Qing invited him to drink water and eat something. He drank a few sips of water, ate a piece of bread, and then remained silent and continued to meditate with his eyes closed.

After nightfall, I thought it would cool down a bit, but the prison cart was even more humid and stuffy. Although Zhu Yu was tired and sleepy, he couldn't sleep because of the heat.

Finally, the caravan stopped in a grove of trees and rested there for the night. The guards from the Brahma Palace had all found suitable places to sleep, and the surroundings were deathly quiet. Only then did Zhu Yu feel a little safer and carefully moved closer to Lu Qing.

"Given our current situation, we probably can't send messages out, right?" She tilted her head, revealing the lanyard on the whistle around her neck that allowed her bodyguards to appear, and asked meaningfully.

Lu Qing nodded: "That's true."

"What should we do then? In this situation, without a reliable person to help us out, I'm afraid our show won't be able to continue, right?" Zhu Yu was a little worried.

Seeing her frowning expression, Lu Qing lifted her bound hands, using the fingertips of one hand to support Zhu Yu's chin, and the fingers of the other hand to gently massage her furrowed brows.

Lu Qing's hands were slightly cool, and in this stifling and irritable moment, such a gentle touch made Zhu Yu feel exceptionally at ease.

“There are some places you can’t avoid when traveling from Shuo to Jin.” After rubbing his hands a few times, Lu Qing reluctantly withdrew his hand and said softly, “There’s always a way out.”

After saying that, he reached out and pulled Zhu Yu to lie down on her side with her head resting on his lap: "Go to sleep. No matter how uncomfortable you are, you still need to make sure you eat, drink and rest. There's no point in wasting your time."

Zhu Yu naturally understood his reasoning, and she lay down as instructed, curling her body slightly to avoid taking up too much space.

After an unknown amount of time, the sweltering heat finally gave way to drowsiness, and with Lu Qing's legs as a pillow, Zhu Yu felt much more at ease and gradually drifted off to sleep.

The next day, before dawn, Zhu Yu was woken up by Lu Qing. He sat up groggily, and before he was fully awake, a pill was stuffed into his mouth.

If it weren't for the instant coolness that cleared her head, she would have almost instinctively spat out the inexplicable thing that had entered her mouth.

However, Yan Daoxin still saw her pout, which startled him so much that he quickly lowered his voice: "My God! Don't spit it out! It's good stuff!"