Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The head of the Zhong family was so angry that he jumped up and down and cursed, "Damn it, when you forced us to sell grain at a low price, why didn't you consider us?"

In the Yu family meeting hall of Nanzhou Prefecture.

After hearing the report from the guard, Yu Shida fell into deep doubt.

"Who else could it be if not the Zhong family?"

Yu Xunmei frowned and asked, "Has there been any unusual movement in the Zhong family in Huaizhou City? What did the head of the Zhong family say?"

"No." The guard shook his head.

Yu Xunmei fell into deep thought. She felt that something was very wrong. Logically speaking, Xihe County was so close to Huaizhou City, it was impossible that she would not hear any news from the Zhong family.

Or maybe the Zhong family noticed something was wrong but kept it secret from the Yu family.

Suddenly, as if she thought of something, she stood up and walked to the map hanging at the top of the conference room.

As soon as Yu Xunmei saw Xihe County marked on the map, her pupils suddenly shrank and her body seemed to be struck by lightning, completely unable to move.

How could she be so careless that she actually forgot about them?

Trying to calm herself, she said in a trembling voice, "Brother Da, come and see."

Yu Shida waved away the guards, walked up to her and stood beside her and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look here." Yu Xunmei pointed at Longtan on the map.

"Longtan?"

Seeing that he was puzzled, Yu Xunmei told him everything about his previous trip to Longtan and how he was humiliated by them.

After listening to this, Yu Shida frowned and stared at the map motionlessly.

After a while, he looked at Yu Xunmei's beautiful face and said, "Are you saying that they are refugees from the north and have built a high wall in Longtan?"

"Yes, they even stood on the city wall and humiliated me."

Looking back, there was a hint of hostility in Yu Xunmei's bright smiling eyes.

"Who are they?"

Yu Shida was puzzled. He had been in Nanzhou Prefecture, but had never heard of any powerful figures coming to the South.

"Oh, right." As if thinking of something, Yu Xunmei continued, "I heard my father mention that they are the nephews of Yun Zhentian of the Governor's Mansion, and their surname is Yun. Fan Xueli was thinking of finding a son-in-law at that time, and wanted to marry Fan Yuejia to one of them."

Of course, she concealed the fact that she coveted Yun Er.

His surname is Yun and he came from the north. He is Yun Zhentian’s nephew. Yu Shida was struck by lightning and stared at the three words "Longtan County" on the map.

"This...how is this possible?" He stuttered in disbelief.

Then he thought about it and realized that this made perfect sense.

The Chi'an bandits were wiped out silently, all the Japanese in Xihe County were killed, and even their ships were sunk. They were the only ones in the entire Dayan Kingdom who could do this.

Yu Xunmei looked at him with her bright eyes, "Brother Da, what's wrong?"

"Do you remember the cloud

Who are Zhentian's grandfather and elder brother?"

"I heard that Yun Zhentian is from the Yun family in Shangjing." Yu Xunmei was not interested in Yun Zhentian's family background. He was just a puppet official controlled by the aristocratic family.

"That's right. The Shangjing Yun family is a family of military commanders, and they have guarded Yanmen Pass for generations."

Yu Xunmei's eyes widened in horror. "Didn't they say that the Yun family was wiped out when the barbarians entered the pass? Even the women were killed by the barbarians during their exile? Did they all come to Longtan?"

"I think it's them," Yu Shida said with certainty.

She had suffered at the hands of the Longtan gang, "So what should we do now?"

Yu Shida was also worried. They couldn't even reach the edge of Longtan now, let alone how many people they had brought out.

The South is far away from the political center of the Central Plains. In the past, they only cared about living behind closed doors, thinking that the emperor was far away and that they only needed to pay various taxes every year. They were not very concerned about the affairs of the capital, and were completely in the dark about the Yun family.

After the chaos in the north, many refugees moved south in the past two years. Before I went there, I heard that they had accepted quite a few refugees.

If the Yun family were to train a group of soldiers, the South would be in danger!

Yu Shida shuddered at the thought. No, he couldn't just sit there and wait for death. "I'll go to Yun Mansion."

"What are you going to do?" Yu Xunmei asked with eyes wide open, puzzled.

Yu Shida, "Go find Yun Zhentian to find out what's going on."

As he said this, he left in a hurry. He had dealt with Yun Zhentian many times before, so he was quite familiar with him.

When Yu Shida arrived at the Yun Mansion, Yun Zhentian was teaching his son.

Yunkang knelt on the ground with a defiant look on his face.

"Lord Yun is so busy!" Yu Shida said with a smile.

Yun Zhentian looked ashamed, shook his head and sighed, "This rebellious son doesn't listen to discipline and is always causing trouble outside. If I don't teach him a lesson, he won't learn his lesson."

After welcoming him into the hall, Yun Zhentian asked, "I wonder what important matter has brought you here, General?"

He did not have much official dealings with Yu Shida. In the past two years, he was only the governor in title, but in fact many affairs of the prefecture were taken over by the Yu family.

"I heard that Lord Yun's nephews settled down in Longtan County under the jurisdiction of Nanman Prefecture last year?" Yu Shida did not keep the topic in suspense and went straight to the point.

Yun Zhentian raised his eyelids and glanced at him, holding the tea lid in his hand and skimming the tea foam on the teacup.

"Well, that's what happened."

Yu Shida picked up the teacup and took a sip. The tea was too hot to taste. He put it down and said with concern, "Nanman Prefecture is extremely desolate. Why doesn't Lord Yun leave the people in Nanzhou Prefecture so that you and your nephew can take care of them?"

Yun Zhentian's heart skipped a beat, not understanding why Yu Shida suddenly came to visit and inquire about the Yunye brothers.

"Alas, the children have grown up and have their own ideas. How can I interfere?" Yun Zhentian put down the teacup with a bang, with a hint of anger in his tone.

"I heard that they trained a team in Longtan?"

No matter how stupid Yun Zhentian was, he had guessed that the Yunye brothers must have done something that made the Yu family target them.

Affordable salt had not yet been launched, so Yu Shida was trying to defraud him.

A hint of sarcasm appeared on his lips. "General Yu, you are joking. My father, my elder brother, my eldest nephew, and all the Yun family soldiers died in the battle at Yanmen Pass. My two nephews were lucky enough to survive. When we arrived in the South, my wife used her dowry to subsidize them a lot. Now we have planted two crops of grain, which is barely enough to fill our stomachs. Where would we get the money to build a team?"

Yu Shida choked. The Yun family's purchase of grain several times was well known throughout Nanzhou Prefecture.

"The Zhong family in Huaizhou City said that they led people to wipe out the bandits in Chi'an. There was also an iron mine in Xihe County where my Yu family sent more than 30 people to transport goods a few years ago and they were killed. Only one person escaped." He raised his chin, stared at Yun Zhentian, and said through gritted teeth.

Upon hearing this, Yun Zhentian put one hand on his chest and stared at Yu Shida in disbelief, "General Yu must have made a mistake, right? I have never heard my nephews mention this."

Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, Yu Shida's facial muscles twitched and he snorted coldly, "Master Yun, you are too irresponsible as an uncle. If I find out that these were all done by your two nephews, I will definitely not forgive them."

He did not hide the murderous intent in his eyes. "That's all I have to say. Please pass on the message, Lord Yun."

This old fox was so careful with his words that Yu Shida left with nothing.

Watching him leave, Yunkang, who was kneeling at the door, stood up from the ground and spat at his back.

"Bah! So fake."

Yun Kang suddenly felt a chill on his back. When he turned around, he saw Yun Zhentian's face was gloomy and his eyes seemed to want to eat him.