Confiscated the property and exiled? I emptied the warehouse and fled the famine.

Ye Yong, who was originally wavering, finally took a step forward under the encouragement of his wife, "Did she really tell you that there was a misunderstanding and asked me to go and clarify it?"

"Really? You and I have been married for many years. How could I lie to you?"

Ye Yong made up his mind and stood up and walked towards the Lu family, "General Lu, I have something to tell you."

Ruan Yunsheng and Lu Zhizhou seemed to know that he would come tonight. They sat here waiting without sleeping. "You tell me."

Ye Yong glanced at Ruan Yunsheng who was standing beside him. Lu Zhizhou was playing with her hands. "She is my wife, there is nothing I cannot know. Just tell me."

Ye Yong nodded, "Yes."

"Sit down and talk."

Ye Yong sat down, looking at Lu Zhizhou in front of him. He was a little timid. Lu Zhizhou saw his mind and said, "I have never seen you so timid in the barracks before. Just say whatever you want to say."

Ye Yong was a little at a loss, "That's right, that's right, I..."

"Are you going to ask about Lu Zhizhou's exile?"

Ye Yong nodded, "Yes, I want to ask why General Lu was exiled if he didn't commit treason, and why I was also exiled when I knew nothing."

Lu Zhizhou stopped playing with Ruan Yunsheng's hand and looked at Ye Yong.

"Whether I have really committed treason or not, the imperial court doesn't care at all. What he cares about is that my Lu family has shaken his prestige among the people, the court, and the world. He is afraid that one day my Lu family will even shake his throne, so he would rather kill us by mistake than leave us. As for you, you are just dragged into this together. You are the only capable deputy general beside me, and that deputy general is his man. Naturally, he will not touch you, but you are just a general promoted by my father, a general who truly belongs to the Lu family. If one day you raise the flag of rebellion, even that deputy general will not be able to suppress you. How dare he keep you in the barracks?"

After Lu Zhizhou finished speaking, Ye Yong fell into deep thought. He used to be Lu Zhizhou's subordinate, and was the most useful to him except for the deputy general. He was thinking of continuing to live a good life with Lu Zhizhou, but who knew that his plan was broken by an imperial edict. He was the one who was harmed by Lu Zhizhou in this exile, and he suffered because of his treason. The exile happened so suddenly that he didn't even have time to think about why the deputy general was not on the exile list. Later, so many things happened along the way that he gradually forgot about it. Who knew that they were all victims.

"General Lu, I believe you. I want to ask you, if the court has wronged you, why don't you just rebel and let someone hurt your leg?"

Ye Yong is now more sober than ever. Thinking back on what happened in the military camp, everything showed that Lu Zhizhou could not be a traitor. But he didn't understand that since the court was like this, Lu Zhizhou could completely rebel with his strength.

"The Lu family's ancestral precepts prohibit rebellion. Besides, that bastard emperor holds the lives of many soldiers in his hands. It's easy for me to say rebellion, but if someone secretly spreads my idea, what will happen to the lives of those soldiers?"

Ye Yong was silent. He almost forgot that the deputy general was the emperor's man. However, Ye Yong was very dissatisfied when he knew the truth. Lu Zhizhou glanced at him and said, "Why are you panicking? There is a long way to go. Let's talk about it when we get to Southern Xinjiang. Who of those people in the palace can sit on the throne?"

"General, what do you mean?"

Lu Zhizhou did not continue to explain, "It's getting late, go and rest, we have to continue our journey tomorrow."

Seeing this, Ye Yong didn't want to stay here any longer, so he bowed and left. As soon as Ye Yong left, Ruan Yunsheng came to gossip.

"Tell me quickly, why do you say that no one in the palace can sit on the throne."

Lu Zhizhou chuckled. As expected, nothing could be hidden from Ruan Yunsheng. Lu Zhizhou whispered something in her ear. Ruan Yunsheng was shocked. Just as she was about to ask, she was interrupted by Lu Zhizhou.

"Shengsheng, just know it, please don't bring any more disaster to your husband."

Ruan Yunsheng nodded. It was not a bad experience to travel through time. It was such a big melon, enough for her to eat for a long time. She could only say weakly that your palace was really a mess.

Lu Zhizhou found Ruan Yunsheng's expression funny as she wanted to say something but was unable to hold it back. He pressed her head on his shoulder and forced her to sleep.

The next morning, everyone was woken up by the heat again. Fortunately, the temperature at night was a little cool but still acceptable. This meant that they were quite far away from the dry area. When they woke up in the morning, everyone packed up and ate some dried fish to prepare for departure. They didn't have much dried fish on them, so they had to wait until the next stop if they wanted to eat.

The group did not rest for the whole day. After last night's experience, they only wanted to get to the next stop, the county town, as soon as possible so that they could at least have a place to sleep.

Finally, everyone arrived before dark, but this time Pei Yan did not take them into the city but chose to stay at a farmer's house not far outside the city. "Is anyone there? Is the third brother home?"

"Who is it? Oh, it's you, the officers. Why are you here to escort the prisoners again?"

The old man had no name and was the third child in the family, so everyone called him the Third Brother. When the Third Brother came out of the house and saw Pei Yan, he became very familiar with him, and it seemed that they had had many contacts with him before.

Ruan Yunsheng looked at the house. The third brother lived some distance away from other neighbors in the village. He lived at the easternmost entrance of the village.

"Yes, according to the old rules, give us two rooms, no, three rooms." Pei Yan took out a tael of silver from his pocket and gave it to the third brother with a painful heart. He didn't feel sorry at all before because he had a lot of benefits, but this time not only did he not get any benefits but he almost lost his life. In addition, he wanted three rooms because he had a little selfish motive. After all, Lu Zhizhou and Ruan Yunsheng called him big brother, and the couple saved him and cooked for him along the way.

"Hey, why do you want three rooms this time? The two rooms you usually use are right there and you can move in directly. As for the other room, there is no big one, only a small bedroom for you."

"Okay, small ones are no problem."

The third brother took the silver and went to prepare the room with a smile. Pei Yan sighed, "It's his money." After the third brother left, Pei Yan walked to Lu Zhizhou and Ruan Yunsheng and said, "We have one room for the officials and one room for the prisoners. There is also a small room left for you and your sister-in-law. It's not convenient for you two to sleep with so many people."

Ruan Yunsheng now understood why he wanted three rooms. It turned out that there was one room prepared for them. Not to mention, Pei Yan really looked a bit like an elder brother.

"Can this room be given to my mother and her family? She's old and it's not easy for her to rest when crowded together with so many people." Ruan Yunsheng looked at Old Madam Lu.

Madam Lu came forward after hearing this and said, "Good boy, mother doesn't need to. I'm used to sleeping with everyone else. What's wrong with having a good rest? Isn't it better to have a place to sleep than to sleep outside? Master Pei is right. You and Zhizhou are still young and it's not good for you two to squeeze in with so many of us."

Since Mrs. Lu said so, Ruan Yunsheng had no choice but to agree.

Lu Yunruo: They are young and I am old?