Quick Transmigration: After the Backup Love Awakens, He Sacrifices the Official Partner to the Heave

"Where do you want to sleep?" Jiang Zui asked instead of answering.

"I...I don't know," Qi Chen hesitated. "It's so dark outside. Won't there be bugs when I sleep at night? Won't it rain?"

It was summer, and the weather was hot and humid with frequent rain. Qi Chen was worried about what would happen if it rained while he was resting in the open, without any shelter.

"No." Jiang Zui's voice was firm and unwavering, as if it really wouldn't rain.

Qi Chen raised an eyebrow and said, "How do you know it won't rain? I'm looking at the sky, and it looks like it's going to rain soon."

Qi Chen's so-called celestial phenomena were all nonsense. He had no idea whether it would rain or not; he just wanted to tease Jiang Zui.

"I said no, and I mean no." Jiang Zui raised his right hand and gently pinched Qi Chen's cheek.

Indeed, the weather is unstable, and there is a possibility of heavy rain.

But in fact, the rain came a month later.

For a whole month, not a single drop of rain fell, not even a drizzle.

But after a month of drought, suddenly, torrential rain came from the sky and lasted for five days and five nights.

The torrential rain caused the team to shrink to one-fifth of its original size.

The other people in the Great Xia region also suffered from the natural disaster, with the population declining sharply and the national treasury empty. No disaster relief funds were allocated. This event damaged the reputation and prestige of the Great Xia royal family and laid the groundwork for the protagonist's later rebellion.

In the end, Jiang Zui did not let Qi Chencao sleep in the open, but spent some money to stay at the post station.

When the officials saw the silver in Jiang Zui's hand, their eyes widened in surprise.

The officials knew Jiang Zui's identity, but they did not expect that he would be able to come up with so much money all at once.

Although it was only five taels of silver, in the officials' eyes, Jiang Zui was able to produce silver even after being searched, and he was good at hiding his abilities in the group. Such a person was worth giving "back doors" to.

Although, this "backdoor" requires benefits.

Qi Chen stared at Jiang Zui without blinking, and was immediately stunned when Jiang Zui took out silver from his pocket.

However, Qi Chen was carefree; he assumed it was money Jiang Zui had secretly hidden and didn't question it further.

Jiang Zui lay down on the comfortable bed with Qi Chen, covered with a soft quilt, and slowly fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zhou didn't have much silver left. Fearing that he would need more money as the journey progressed, he didn't buy a place to stay. Instead, he rested casually near the post station.

Although Jiang Zhou didn't spend money to buy a room, he did spend ten taels of silver to hire a doctor and buy the best wound medicine to apply to Jiang Hongsheng's wounds, and also to apply it to himself.

Although the soldier's whip had only injured his skin, he needed to keep his body intact on this uncertain journey in order to have a chance.

He didn't want to carry Jiang Hongsheng anymore, so he could only let Jiang Hongsheng's injury heal quickly.

Liu Yu, Jiang Li, and the others were dissatisfied with the place Jiang Zhou had arranged and became angry and annoyed. "Second Brother, how are we supposed to sleep in this awful place?"

Jiang Zhou went from heaven to hell overnight. In addition, he carried Jiang Hongsheng all afternoon and was exhausted. He didn't want to talk to Jiang Li and said directly, "If you don't want to sleep, you can find a place to sleep yourself."

"Second Brother, you..." Jiang Li frowned upon hearing Jiang Zhou's cold tone. What was going on? Why had Jiang Zui and her second brother both changed?

If it were in the past, my second brother would never have been so harsh on me.

"That's enough. I'm not in the mood to talk to you right now. Don't even think about me spending money to buy you a room. All my money went to my father's medical treatment. If you want to stay somewhere nice, you'll have to figure it out yourself. I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed."

After Jiang Zhou finished speaking, he leaned against a large tree and closed his eyes.

Jiang Li opened her mouth, about to speak, but was interrupted by Liu Yu, "Li Li, your brother has already worked very hard today."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li fell silent.

The Qi family was unprepared and had no money on them, so they had to find temporary accommodation near the post station, just like Jiang Zhou and the others.

Fortunately, apart from Yin Yue, who was a boy, everyone else was a man.

Jiang Zui had initially considered letting the Qi family stay in the rooms as well, but then he thought it would be too high-profile, so he dropped the matter.

The next day, at the crack of dawn, the soldiers woke Jiang Zui and Qi Chen, "Brother Jiang, Brother Qi, we're about to set off."

After chatting last night, Jiang Zui had learned about the leading official and some soldiers. "Thank you, sir. We'll get up now."

After hearing Jiang Zui's reply, the soldiers outside the room left.

Perhaps because he was too tired from walking yesterday, Qi Chen had not woken up yet. Jiang Zui looked at the time and could not delay any longer. He steeled his heart and woke Qi Chen up, "Ah Chen, wake up, wake up, we need to leave."

Hearing the sound, Qi Chen slowly opened his eyes, his ears drooping as if he hadn't woken up yet. He snuggled into Jiang Zui's arms, wrapped his arms around Jiang Zui's waist, and said coquettishly, "Husband, I'm sleepy, I want to sleep."

Jiang Zui looked at Qi Chen acting coquettishly and felt incredibly soft-hearted, but helplessly whispered, "Chen, be good, listen to me, we should get up now, otherwise the soldiers will come and whip us."

Upon hearing the crack of the whip, Qi Chen instantly sat up from Jiang Zui's embrace.

Yesterday, the officers and soldiers dealt with many disobedient people, which left Qi Chen with a lingering fear.

Jiang Zui and Qi Chen finished packing and had breakfast with the soldiers at the post station before assembling.

After the officers and soldiers finished counting the names, they found two people were missing. Without a trace of anger on their faces, they waved their hands, and then four officers and soldiers placed the two bodies before everyone, saying:

Did everyone see that?

Last night, Zhao Xiao and Zhao Da attempted to escape under cover of darkness, but were caught by soldiers and executed on the spot.

These words immediately sparked discussion among the group.

The leading official gave everyone ample time to discuss the matter before finally speaking, "Everyone, be quiet. Zhao Xiao and Zhao Da deserved to die. If similar incidents occur again, this will be their fate."

"As long as everyone listens and follows us well, you will be free once we reach Lingnan."

That's all I have to say. How you do it is up to you to take action.

Now that everyone is here, let's set off.

After saying this, the official left the post station first, followed closely by the large procession, with no one paying any attention to the two corpses on the ground.

Because of this incident, those in the unit who intended to escape gave up the idea and obediently followed the troops.

After the troops had marched for three hours, the officers and soldiers finally ordered the distribution of rations—a dry steamed bun.

Those who were exiled were only allowed two meals a day, so they only now have the right to eat.

However, Jiang Zui and Qi Chen had already eaten at the post station and were not hungry. They didn't want to eat dry steamed buns, so Jiang Zui asked Qi Chen to give their steamed buns to Qi Yi and Yin Yue.

The Qi family consisted of three men, and they were only eating one steamed bun each. How could that be enough to fill them up?

But Yin Yue still rejected Qi Chen.