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

After her eldest brother got into an accident two years ago, her mother repeatedly demanded money and property from her, causing her to give birth prematurely and almost die.

But they are, after all, the only relatives I have in this world.

They were mother and daughter, and now that they are gone, she should buy a coffin and bury them properly to show her filial piety.

Yu Qiutao raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes and her throat was choked.

"Miss, I..."

Yu Xunmei weighed her head with her hands, narrowed her eyes, and looked at her with a faint sneer on her face.

Tsk tsk, the scar has healed and the pain has been forgotten.

"Housekeeper, ask a few people to help and ask her to go and come back early."

The butler said respectfully, "Yes, I obey your command."

Yu Qiutao ignored the pain in her knees, knelt down on the cold ground, and kowtowed heavily to Yu Xunmei. She knew that she had disappointed the eldest lady.

"Thank you, miss!"

The housekeeper took the lead and walked out. Yu Qiutou hurriedly stood up and followed.

Before Yun Er had finished clearing out the scattered bandits in the city, Yun Shiyi successfully took back the granary, and Yun Zhenchuan had already sent people to take over the inventory.

Yun Mo frowned as he looked at the map in his hand. The city of Nanzhou was very large, with four gates in the east, south, west and north. Several hours had passed, and he still didn't know which direction Morey had escaped to.

However, at this moment, Yun Qi came riding a fast horse.

"Master, we found a clue. At the end of the Yin hour, Morey led less than 10,000 people out of the city through the north gate and headed for Pingdu and Linjiang counties."

Morey is a sinister and cunning person, and he has so many people under his command. If he is allowed to escape, he will definitely come back in the future.

He couldn't create such a hidden danger for Longtan.

Thinking of this, Yun Mo said solemnly: "Yun Qi, Eleven, select one thousand elite soldiers and follow me to kill Morey."

"Yes, my subordinate will do it now."

The two men took the order and left.

The secret guards were very efficient, and Yun Mo quickly marched out of the north gate with a thousand elite soldiers.

After walking ten miles out of the city, they happened to meet the Yu family's carriage returning to the city.

Hearing the neighing of the horse, Yu Qiutou was so scared that she held on to the carriage tightly.

"What's happening outside?" she asked the coachman through the curtain.

"Aunt Tao, we met a group of soldiers leaving the city."

"Soldiers? Then let's hide."

As if she thought of something, Yu Qiutou lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw a handsome man sitting on horseback in front of her.

It's him!

"Stop, I want to get off."

The maid helped her out of the car.

As the saying goes, if you want to be pretty, be filial.

Yu Qiutao was dressed in plain white mourning clothes, with no makeup on her face. She had a plump figure and a slender waist after giving birth to a child.

She walked to Yun Mo as gracefully as a willow tree, bowed, and said pitifully, "Third Master Yun, can you give a message to my two sisters?"

Yun Mo frowned and stared at her coldly.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Yu Qiutou thought he agreed, so she said, "My mother and elder brother died tragically at the hands of bandits. If my two sisters are free, I would like them to come and burn incense for them."

After that she looked at him expectantly.

Yun Mo glanced at her, raised the whip in his hand, and the horse raised its front hooves, about to step towards Yu Qiutou.

Yu Qiutou was so frightened that she quickly moved aside with her maid, and the horse then rushed out with its hooves spread out.

The soldiers behind her hurriedly caught up, bringing up a fierce cold wind that made Yu Qiutou shiver. She clenched the handkerchief in her hand and gritted her teeth in hatred.

Longtan

It was ten days later that Lin Yinan received the news from Yun Mo.

Yun Mo led a thousand elite troops to pursue Morey. The two sides fought two major battles in Pingdu County and Linjiang County, reducing Morey's troops of more than ten thousand to less than a thousand.

Unfortunately, Morey escaped again with serious injuries.

Yu Qiutao did not give up after returning. She asked someone to take a letter to Lin Dongmei and her sister, informing them of Yu Suqin and Lin Chaohui.

Their mother and elder brother had never been kind to them when they were alive. They only regarded them as burdens and ordered maids around.

The two sisters did not go to Nanzhou Prefecture to pay homage, but kowtowed three times in the direction of Nanzhou Prefecture, as a way of repaying Yu Suqin for giving birth to them.

As the end of the year approaches, Lin Yinan is busy distributing New Year gifts and rewards to everyone.

In this battle to kill the bandits in Nanzhou Prefecture, due to the soldiers' hard training in daily life and the proper command of Yun Mo and others, only nine soldiers were sacrificed, more than twenty were seriously injured, and hundreds were slightly injured.

The families of the dead soldiers should be given generous compensation.

In the coming year, Lin Yinan will consider arranging appropriate jobs for the families of the fallen soldiers so that their families can have adequate living security.

The Nanzhou Prefecture was nearly massacred by bandits, which dispersed the refugees heading south.

After a long and arduous journey, they often appeared in groups of three or five in remote villages to rob villagers of their food. After they took the food, they would run away, making the villagers miserable.

The villagers had no choice but to unite and form a security team to patrol the village day and night and prohibit outsiders from entering the village.

Lin Yinan listened to the news reported from below and fell into deep thought.

As the saying goes, a thief can steal for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days.

"The New Year is coming soon. If these cancers are not completely eradicated, the people will always be worried."

Yun Ye also realized the seriousness of the matter, "Sister-in-law, I will count the troops right away and make sure the people have a peaceful New Year."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, second brother."

"You're a family, so don't be polite."

With Yunye around, Lin Yinan believed that those refugees would not be able to escape.

On the day of the Little New Year, Longtan County was not affected by Nanzhou Prefecture, and the people who had been busy for a year flocked to the county to buy New Year's goods.

For a time, Longtan County was bustling with people coming and going.

On the same day, Yunye tied up the looting refugees he had captured from various villages and displayed them at the city gate for public display. The people had thrown many rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs on them.

"It was them who stole the five chickens I raised!"

"They also stole our cows. Fortunately, the officials got them back for us. Otherwise, we don't know how we would live."

"All the radishes in my half-acre field were stolen!"

"These lazy beasts, beat them to death!"

"..."

The roaming and looting of refugees finally came to an end, and the people could finally have a good New Year.

After the last day of work, the county government will seal the office and stop working for the Spring Festival holiday. It will not resume work until the 20th day of the first lunar month.

Lin Yinan was writing down the last account when Qian Wu poked her head in from outside the door.

"Madam, Master Yunyu is back."

She put down her pen and rubbed her sore neck, "Please ask him to come in quickly."

Yun Yu brought someone back this time, that is Liu Sisi.

"Miss Liu, you have worked hard along the way."

Lin Yinan enthusiastically pulled Liu Sisi to sit down and looked up and down at the girl who was mentioned many times in Yun Sixin's letter.

Qianwu served tea at the right time.

"The road to Longtan is flat and wide, and the carriage is not bumpy." Liu Sisi held the tea, took a sip, and lowered her head shyly.