It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Xingchen sipped his tea and looked at Feixue with interest.

"The so-called daughters of the three masters are not their biological daughters at all. They were bought from somewhere else at random." Feixue complained with a smile.

"No wonder Qi was destroyed. Such a stupid person could be the commander."

"Those three old guys are so cunning and treacherous, how could they be willing to marry their daughters to Guan Yue?"

"It's unprecedented that one family is willing to marry their own daughter to him, but three families are marrying together. It's obvious that these women are definitely not their own daughters."

Lu Xingchen had an expression on his face that showed he was powerless to complain.

Lu Feng was very capable and quickly set up a team in Yongzhou City.

Because every time he arrived at a new place, Lu Xingchen asked him to build a team first. So Lu Feng had been deliberately paying attention to those young people with management skills in the army.

Among their army, the bravest in battle were those led by Zhang Fan, and the most stable were those led by Wei Hu.

But the most versatile ones must be the soldiers under Lu Feng.

Lu Xingchen sent someone back to Jizhou City to transfer Lu Yunfeng to Yongzhou.

With Lu Kui in charge of Jizhou City, and with the help of Mr. Liao, there will be no problem in stabilizing Jizhou.

When his father Lu Kui was in Xing County, it seemed that he would soon meet his doom, but now he is alive and well, and his health is getting better and better.

Seeing that Lu Kui was in good health, Lu Xingchen also asked him to come out and work.

Sometimes people cannot be too idle, as being too idle makes it easier to get sick.

Lu Xingchen was not in a hurry about food and fodder. The rations they brought were enough for the next few days.

Besides, He County is not far from here. Mr. Guo sent them another batch of food and grass.

The ones who were more anxious were the three masters.

After Lu Xingchen sent them home, he threw them aside, as if he had forgotten about them.

At first, the three masters thought that Lu Xingchen would definitely come to find them in a day or two.

After all, Yongzhou City would be impossible to operate without them.

Of course, this is all wishful thinking on their part.

Four days had passed and Lu Xingchen still hadn't come to see them.

The three masters began to get anxious, they couldn't eat well, couldn't sleep well, and they were restless.

The three of them always felt that things were going to get worse, but they didn't know exactly where.

However, the three masters were also confident that the hidden gold, silver and food would not be so easy to find.

It’s a pity that they underestimated Ling Xiao’s methods.

Silver and grain were found.

The situation in Yongzhou City was similar to that in He County at the beginning. The people closed their doors and windows and dared not go out.

Later, when the common people saw that Lu Xingchen's troops were in good order and did not harass the common people, they gradually came out of their homes.

Before, the entire Yongzhou City was almost controlled by the three families of Liu, Zhao, and Wang.

The three shops were closed, and ordinary people could not buy anything even if they went out, let alone food.

At first, the people still had food stored at home and were not panicked. But after four days, the food at home ran out and they began to panic.

The brave common people came and wandered around in front of the yamen.

Lu Feng had two civilians arrested and brought to the yamen to question the situation.

"Are all the shops on the street owned by the three families of Liu, Wang, and Zhao?" Lu Feng asked.

The common people didn't dare to answer at first, but finally nodded.

"The entire Yongzhou City belongs to these three families."

"Have they levied taxes on shops in recent years?" Lu Feng asked.

The common people nodded. "Not only do they tax shops, they also tax small stalls, and the taxes are very high."

"What are you doing here in front of the yamen?" Lu Feng asked again.

"We have no food left at home and we can't hold out for two days," the people replied.

"Don't worry, there will be food in two days." Lu Feng comforted the people and sent them out.

However, Lu Feng's comfort did not have much effect on the people who had no food. They were anxious when they could not see the food.

However, at this time Ling Xiao had already rushed into the prefectural government office excitedly.

"Girl, we found it. It's a big warehouse with lots of food inside." Ling Xiao said as he ran.

"Slow down. I told you last time. Don't worry. Once we find it, it will be ours." Lu Xingchen took out his handkerchief and handed it to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao didn't care at first, so he grabbed a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

However, the rich fragrance on Lu Xingchen's handkerchief rushed directly to the top of his head, making his cheeks suddenly hot and causing him to sweat even more.

His hands dropped the handkerchief as if he had been electrocuted.

The handkerchief fell on the table.

Ling Xiao was at a loss for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Lu Xingchen had no choice but to grab the handkerchief and wipe the sweat off Ling Xiao's forehead.

I don’t know if it’s because I ran too fast and my heart beat faster, or because I felt Lu Xingchen’s tenderness, that made my heart beat faster.

He just felt his heart pounding against his chest, as if it was about to jump out of it.

"Girl, I stink so much. I'll go wash and come back." Ling Xiao turned around and rushed to the backyard, just in time to bump into the oncoming Feixue.

Feixue was knocked off balance by him and fell heavily to the ground.

"What are you doing?" Feixue looked at Lingxiao and asked with a red face.

If it were the Feixue of the past, she would probably start cursing as soon as she opened her mouth.

At this moment, Feixue's heartbeat accelerated, and she was in a state of confusion.

Ever since she saw Ling Xiao washing himself with his upper body naked that day, she would blush and her heart would beat fast whenever she thought of it.

Feixue felt like she was going crazy.

Ling Xiao went to the backyard and buried his head completely in the cold water.

It is early winter now, and the weather in late October is very cold.

"You'll get a cold on your head if you do that." Feixue chased after him, and seeing Ling Xiao like this, she pulled him out of the water.

"Crazy, I don't want my life."

"It's too hot..." Ling Xiao wiped the water off his face with his sleeve.

"You can't wash like that. It's winter now and the water is cold." Feixue brought a towel and stood on tiptoe to wipe the cold water off his face.

Feixue's face felt hot from Lingxiao's hot breath.

"Wipe it yourself." Feixue handed the towel to Lingxiao and turned to leave the yard.

Ling Xiao wiped the water off his face, slowly calmed down, and then came to find Lu Xingchen.

"Girl, we have found them all. The warehouses where the grain is stored, and the warehouses where the gold and silver are stored, we have found them all."

The three old guys were smart men. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. They did not hide all the things in their own house.

What's more, hiding in one's own house is the most unsafe.

They found a very secret place in the city and hid the food, gold and silver there.

"Let's go and take a look." Lu Xingchen followed Ling Xiao and quickly arrived at the place where the three masters hid food and gold and silver.

"It's really a lot. Much more food and fodder than in He County." Lu Xingchen said excitedly as he looked at the mountains of food.

"Those three old guys are so cunning that it took me four days to find this warehouse." Ling Xiao said with gritted teeth, but his tone was full of excitement.

"Move all the grain, fodder, gold and silver to the yamen, and do it openly and with drums and gongs..." Lu Xingchen ordered.

Ling Xiao nodded in agreement.

So, a group of people carrying food, gold and silver passed through Yongzhou City and finally stopped at the gate of the government office.