The Ordinary Man's Guide to Fast Travel

Chapter 203 Exile 30

"Dad, are you going to repair the city wall again today? The wall you built is only about one meter high, why does it always collapse?"

Chao Yao decided to go with Chao Tiancai to repair the city wall today. Based on the accidents that had happened before, repairing the city wall would take up half of the time, and patrolling the border would take up the other half.

"Maybe it's because the mud wasn't mixed well enough, or it's not sticky enough, otherwise it wouldn't have fallen off. But we've been doing this for so many years, and we never saw the wall collapse, so I don't know why."

Chao Tiancai had suspected that someone else had tampered with his plans, but he could never find any evidence, and words were not enough to back up his claims, so there was no way he could do anything about it.

"Dad, how about I bring you food today? It's not far away anyway, I can drive the carriage over when the time comes."

"If you leave, what will your brother do at home alone?"

"I can just take him with me. We're not far away anyway, so it's okay."

"Okay, then I'll leave first."

Chao Tiancai took Yang Tiaotiao and Chao Qi's family to the place where the city wall was being built. When it was almost noon, Chao Yao and Chao Yuebai came over with food to deliver it.

The brother and sister drove the carriage to the place where the city wall was being built. There were quite a few exiled prisoners here, and it seemed that many people had survived all these years.

"Dad, Mom, we're here to bring you food."

Chao Yuebai ran over to find Chao Tiancai and Yang Tiaotiao, and got on the carriage amid the envious eyes of everyone.

Of course, other people didn’t have such good treatment. Not to mention whether anyone brought them food, just the fact that they could stop and eat was something that not everyone could have.

Who doesn’t eat two steamed buns with a little ice water?

Only these two people can eat something with the officers and soldiers every day.

It’s better now. My daughter even comes to bring me food.

Chao Yao didn't care what those people were thinking. She was carefully observing everyone here through her spiritual sense.

Nothing unusual was noticed today. Everyone was doing their own thing. Except for some people who did have jealous and resentful looks, no one else had much emotional fluctuation.

But she was not discouraged. After all, this was the first time and whether she could meet him was just a matter of probability.

But it doesn’t matter, she will come here every day from now on.

Wherever Chao Tiancai and Yang Tiaotiao went, she followed.

Chao Yuebai has to be brought along as well, because he is too young and it is not safe to leave him alone at home.

Chao Yao followed them for five consecutive days, and finally she discovered something was wrong.

Chao Tiancai and Yang Tiaotiao helped each other every time they repaired the city wall, and the people standing next to them were also fixed.

The group of people standing on the left are Tonghe and Chaoyao, a group of exiled people. Every time they apply mud, they will apply less and add some sand in it. In this way, the bricks will not be so sticky and will collapse if you apply a little force.

The group of people standing on their right happened to be young and strong. They would get into conflicts at any time, and they would do these things when the officers and soldiers were not looking.

Chao Tiancai and Yang Tiaotiao, who are caught in the middle, will suffer unexpected disasters. It would be fine once or twice, but this group of people will always have such conflicts every few days, and the victims are always the couple, which makes Chao Yao doubt their motives.

After everyone got off work, Chao Yao put spiritual marks on two people so that he could observe and monitor them at any time.

It was not until the evening that she realized something was wrong.

These two groups of people are actually from the same group, and no one knows when they mixed together, but it is true that these two groups of people know each other and have known each other for a long time.

Chao Yao thought that the group of people who were exiled with them would gather with them at night.

When the two sides are together, they will complain and mock Chao Tiancai's family, or Chao Qi's family, and treat them as fun and jokes.

Then they would discuss how to target them next time, and how to trick them when there is no conflict.

For example, move the brick a little bit and let Chao Tiancai move it, so that they have evidence of their alibi.

For example, when Chaotian was standing below to receive the bricks, they would secretly dig a small hole at the bottom of the bricks, causing the bricks to suddenly break during transportation, resulting in an accident.

In this way, even if someone has suspicions, they will not be able to prove it due to lack of evidence.

Chao Yao was so angry that he was thinking about what kind of quick ending to give them when he suddenly heard them talking about a poison. They said that as long as they smeared the poison on the bricks, Chao Tiancai and Yang Tiaotiao would be poisoned to death while moving them, and such a death would look like an accident and no one would suspect them at all.

Chao Yao felt a little strange after hearing this. How did they find these poisons in such a place?

The key point is why these prisoners who were once exiled would target them and their spouses?

She always felt that there was some reason to keep these people, so she decided to tell Chao Tiancai what she had observed.

Of course, she would not say that she used her spiritual sense to observe the two groups of people, but she said that she accidentally discovered these evidences every time she brought them food.

Chao Tiancai was also shocked after listening to Chao Yao's story.

He didn't expect these people to be so cruel and crazy that they would even resort to such means to exclude them.

"Yaoyao, this matter is of great importance. We must act with caution." Chao Tiancai said after thinking for a moment, "I think we should first find some evidence. It would be best if we could catch them in the act and then expose their crimes in one fell swoop."

Chao Yao actually didn’t want to do this. Since they had done all these things, what would happen even if they found evidence?

It’s such an elaborately designed process, and no one can do anything to them unless they deny it.

Besides, they are all exiled prisoners. Even if their crimes are more serious, what does it matter?

"Dad, they are very thoughtful and have obviously done these things after a series of arrangements. Besides, we are all exiled prisoners. It is difficult for us to even buy food. Where can we get these poisons?"

"This is also what I find strange. Why do they want to target us? Is it just out of jealousy? Or is it because we didn't help them in the first place, so they have a grudge against us?"

"Dad, have you ever thought about why those who were exiled here earlier than us targeted you?"

Chao Yao became more and more angry as she spoke. She always felt that there was a fog before her eyes, whether it was Chao Tiancai's life experience or the actions of these exiled prisoners.

Chao Tiancai may have seen through her, and quickly comforted her: "Yaoyao, don't be impulsive. Let's first understand the cause of the matter. If we can't find the big fish behind these minions after dealing with them, it will be a loss."