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

Pei Yan opened the door and motioned for the two to come in. The officials in the room sat up properly when they saw the two.

"Brother Pei, this is yours."

Ruan Yunsheng handed the silver to Pei Yan, who was surprised when he received it. "So much, isn't this too much? Sister-in-law, don't give me all of it just because I'm an official. I, Pei Yan, am not that kind of person."

Pei Yan wanted to return the money to Ruan Yunsheng, but Ruan Yunsheng pushed the money back and said, "Don't worry, Brother Pei, the 30% is what we agreed on."

"Is 30% so much?"

This is more than his salary for several years. If one third of it is this much, how much would it actually be?

"So Brother Pei, just take it with peace of mind. What were you looking at just now? Did anything happen?"

Ruan Yunsheng said so, Pei Yan put away the silver and shared it with his brothers later. Hearing Ruan Yunsheng's words, Pei Yan sighed and said, "Go and see for yourselves."

Lu Zhizhou and Ruan Yunsheng looked at each other and walked to the window together. The scene in front of them shocked them. "No one cares about this?"

"Where are the officials?"

"Alas, the government offices in these places are just for show. As long as the imperial court does not show up, they will just hide their heads and become turtles. How many of these local government offices are honest? Their wealth is enough for these people to have many full meals. But what does it matter? They are unwilling to give it out. It's just a pity for these people."

Outside the window, the ground was full of refugees, leaning against each other, lying next to each other. Ruan Yunsheng felt a little sad watching this scene. Along the way, there had been either drought or flooding. Farmland was the foundation of farmers, and the heavy rain and hail destroyed the foundation, leaving these people with no way to survive. Not only that, their homes were also riddled with holes because of the hail.

The village where the third brother lived was located at a relatively high altitude. In a county like Lin'an where the terrain was low, it would be easy for the water from upstream to wash down to them, causing the original surplus silver to be washed away.

"Why is there nothing happening in Lin'an County?"

Ruan Yunsheng couldn't help but feel strange. Logically speaking, if the location of Lin'an County was lower than that of Furong City, then Lin'an County should have suffered as well. However, it seemed that Lin'an County was not implicated at all.

"You guys, who have been in the capital for years, don't know that these local counties will have their own ways of dealing with floods. The Lin'an County Magistrate should have already made flood prevention measures."

“Then why are there so many refugees?”

"These people are all farmers. The county magistrate only cares about the lives of the nobles living in the county town, not the farmers who only know how to plant crops and weed all day. I think they should use flood diversion, that is, divert the flood water that originally flooded into the county town to the farmers' fields. This will not only stop the flood but also save their own money. They use the least money to do the best thing."

Ruan Yunsheng was very angry when he heard this. They sacrificed so many farmers' lives for their own interests, and made so many people homeless and lost their property for the stolen money in their warehouse.

Ruan Yunsheng and Lu Zhizhou returned to the house, and Ruan Yunsheng didn't eat a single bite until dinner time. She thought she was not a saint, but when she saw so many homeless people, she still felt a little touched.

She thought that the village of the third brother was the worst, but she didn't expect that there was a village worse than the third brother's. A rainstorm could actually cause a flood. The gate valves of ancient reservoirs were not in place and could not drain water in time. As long as there was a rainstorm, the water level would be too high and cause a flood.

"What's wrong? Are you still feeling bad for those people?" Lu Zhizhou sat next to Ruan Yunsheng.

"Well, I want to help them, but the things in the Prime Minister's Mansion and the General's Mansion cannot be revealed."

Lu Zhizhou flashed a wicked smile, "This is not difficult. The magistrate of Lin'an County should have a lot of treasures at home. I just wonder if my wife dares to go with me?"

Ruan Yunsheng sat up from the bed. Yes, how could she forget about the magistrate of Lin'an County? "I dare, I dare, I must dare."

"Get up and eat something, we'll set off when it gets dark."

Ruan Yunsheng immediately got up from the bed and drank three bowls of rice angrily. How could he have the energy to work if he was not full? "Why is this rice so bad?" Ruan Yunsheng took a bite and held it in his mouth.

"Heh, today's meal was made by my sisters-in-law. The food here is too expensive, so in order to save money, my sisters-in-law pooled together and spent some money to ask the shopkeeper to borrow the kitchen. You can just make do with it. It's definitely not as good as what you cook."

Ruan Yunsheng rolled his eyes at him. What was he doing?

There was no other way. No matter how bad the food tasted, she had to eat it. She still had to work at night. Ruan Yunsheng silently made a decision that she would be the one to cook the future meals as long as she could move. She would not let anyone else suffer but her stomach would.

Late at night, when everyone was fast asleep, two figures flew over the roof of the inn.

"Wow, Lu Zhizhou you are so amazing, you can fly so high with me."

It was Ruan Yunsheng's first time experiencing what it meant to fly over eaves and walk on walls. It was very novel. Originally, these were things she could only see on TV, but now she could experience them.

"My lady is attracted to your husband so quickly?"

Ruan Yunsheng was helpless, "You really can't be praised, hurry up and leave, that's not right, how do you know where the county magistrate's house is?"

Lu Zhizhou smiled but didn't say anything. Ruan Yunsheng understood instantly. Well, this was something she couldn't know for the time being. Ruan Yunsheng was panicked when she looked at Lu Zhizhou's profile. Not to mention that she really couldn't get enough of looking at this man's face.

"Does your husband look good?"

"nice."

Lu Zhizhou raised the corner of his mouth, seeming to be very satisfied with Ruan Yunsheng's answer, "If my wife continues to look at me like this, tonight's matter may not be accomplished."

Ruan Yunsheng understood what Lu Zhizhou meant and retracted her gaze. Lu Zhizhou looked at Ruan Yunsheng lovingly and took her towards the direction of the county magistrate's house.

Soon, under the leadership of Lu Zhizhou, the two arrived at the county magistrate's office. This time with Lu Zhizhou there, Ruan Yunsheng didn't need to do it himself. Lu Zhizhou alone dealt with the bailiffs guarding the warehouse.

Ruan Yunsheng took out a black U-shaped clamp from the space and poked the door of the warehouse twice, and the two of them quietly went in and closed the door again.

"Fuck, this damn county magistrate is really a jerk. He has so many treasures in his warehouse and he just lets those refugees lie there and do nothing."

"Shengsheng, rude."

Ruan Yunsheng became angry when he saw the room full of gold, silver and jewelry. A small local county magistrate had so many treasures. He didn't know how much he had embezzled in private. Thinking of this, Ruan Yunsheng didn't feel sorry at all. He just waved his hand and put all the things into the space.

"Lu Zhizhou, take me to the county magistrate's bedroom."

Lu Zhizhou didn't know what she wanted to do, but he had to do what she said. When the two of them were in the county magistrate's bedroom, a live pornographic scene was being performed.