Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

into the night.

Shen Zheng locked the doors and windows, leaned against the head of the bed and looked at the system, but she couldn't calm down.

The words of Yu Shizhang and Yu Jiusi seemed to have magic, echoing in her ears.

The river is not quiet at night.

The river breeze blew the sails, the hull cut through the water, and the woods on both sides rustled.

The water in the river we sailed through today was not very turbulent and the boat was not shaking that much.

Shen Zheng looked out the window for a moment, finally got up, put on her shoes, and walked lightly to the deck.

It was a little cool at night, and the oil lamps on the deck were lit, like fireflies, flickering in the pitch-black night.

Yu Jiusi was leaning against the fence and turned his head when he heard the sound.

After seeing that the person coming was Shen Zheng, he showed an expression of "guessing it", "Can't sleep?"

Shen Zheng walked over and leaned against the fence with him, shaking her head, "I can't sleep. If they really want to attack, the farther away from Shangjing the better. Now they have already tried twice, and the time left for them...is not much."

Under the dim light, Yu Jiusi stretched out his hand and pointed Shen Zheng in a direction, "About half an hour later, we will pass by an abandoned dock, I think..."

If he were the one who did it, he would choose that pier.

It is sparsely populated, has conditions for anchoring ships, and is far away from home.

Shen Zheng's heart slowly sank.

Yu Jiusi added: "I have deployed the troops. Tonight... we will protect you."

The tower ship was a warship before. Although it has been improved, the ship's characteristic of being "easy to defend and difficult to attack" has been retained.

Shen Zheng looked up and saw that their people were quietly squatting in several hidden corners.

She raised her head and looked at the dark night sky. "Just now when I was in the room, I kept wondering who was secretly spying on us, what was their motive, and where did their hostility come from."

As the business in Tongan County grew bigger and bigger, it naturally took a share of the pie from many people.

Oh no, it’s not “divided”, it’s snatched away, the kind that is carried away on a plate.

"Have you figured it out?" Yu Jiusi asked.

Shen Zheng pursed her lips and nodded slowly, "Although the bookstore and the printing house are located in Tongan County, the roots of the printing house and the bookstore are me and my uncle..."

Now that they have left Tongan County, the printing house is actually safer.

Because printing houses and bookstores could be smashed and destroyed at will, and could even be reduced to ruins.

But as long as Shen Zheng and Yu Shizhang are there, the roots of the printing house and the bookstore will still be there and will not collapse no matter what.

But what if both of them are gone?

Then the deck of cards has to be reshuffled.

"So I think that my uncle and I have been targeted since the day the bookstore opened. His Majesty probably sent you here with this in mind..."

Yu Jiusi was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly, "The ones targeting us are the aristocratic families."

Family.

When Shen Zheng heard these two words, she became restless.

Aristocratic families do not exist to protect the world, but are bullies that run rampant and grab resources.

The wind messed up her hair, and she tucked it behind her ears. "It could be one family, or it could be many families. People's hearts are really profit-oriented, which makes people sick."

Yu Jiusi was silent for a long time, and finally turned his head to look at her and said to her, "As long as we reach Shangjing, we will be safe. The enemy's target is you, but we don't have many people. Later...you two should stay together, you should stay in grandfather's room, I will never let you fall into danger."

Shen Zheng spread out his palms and looked at his hands in the faint light of the fire.

The system could not give her a strong physique, nor was it like in the storybooks, where she had fantasy weapons to fight and space to save her life.

After all, she is still an ordinary person who has to rely on herself to exercise.

But at this moment, an idea gradually took root in her mind.

——If she doesn’t have weapons, she can make them.

Cold weapons don't have much killing power, so she... can also take out hot weapons.

"Wait a little longer." Shen Zheng said, "I'll stay a little longer. When we get close to the dock, I'll go to Uncle's room."

Yu Jiusi nodded, took out his sword and wiped it gently.

......

Three quarters of an hour had passed since Shen Zheng arrived on the deck.

During these three quarters of an hour, they did not encounter a single boat.

Abandoned dock...

Nearly.

It was a dark and windy night, and suddenly, there were sparks of fire in the dark ahead.

Shen Zheng looked closely and saw that the firelight illuminated the sky.

The reed marsh in April is a beautiful spring scene, a large natural green barrier full of vitality.

But tonight, they were ruthlessly trampled and cut down, and their vitality was destroyed.

"Go to Grandfather's room!"

Yu Jiusi's sword emitted a flickering fire. He turned around with a gloomy look in his eyes and quickly pushed Shen Zheng.

Shen Zheng ran two steps and looked back. In the sticky darkness, her eyebrows trembled slightly: "You... protect yourselves."

With the sword raised, Yu Jiusi's jaw tightened as he stared at the fire on the dock, "Don't worry."

On the wooden deck, the sound of footsteps "dong dong" sounded like a chaotic melody, or like the charge horn of a soldier.

The night wind slapped Shen Zheng's cheeks. She ran without looking back. Before she reached Yu Shizhang's room, she met him who was walking in a hurry.

"You're still running around outside!" Yu Shizhang's cheeks trembled slightly. He grabbed her wrist and took her to his room. "Xue Mai will protect us. We don't know how to fight. The best way is not to go out and cause trouble for them. Let's go back with Uncle Ben!"

"Boom-"

Yu Shizhang closed the door and locked it.

The two of them leaned against the door to catch their breath for a while.

Shen Zheng adjusted his breathing while helping him sit on the bed.

"They are coming for us." Yu Shizhang was very sure, "So we can't stay with others, Shen Zheng... If Xue Mai can't resist at that time, don't worry about Benbo, just run away first, remember!"

Yu Shizhang is old.

Even Shen Zheng didn't know how she could have the mind to look closely at Yu Shizhang's features at such a critical moment.

His forehead, corners of his eyes, and cheeks are all covered with wrinkles, and his pupils are light brown. Perhaps this is what people often call "aging and yellowing of beauty."

He is old, and he feels that he has lived most of his life, so he is willing to burn himself out and leave the opportunity to Shen Zheng.

But he doesn't understand.

I don’t understand what his existence means to Shen Zheng.

"I see." Shen Zheng pretended to smile, picked up the stool and sat down, then asked Yu Shizhang: "Master, if one day the world had a grain yield of 10,000 catties per mu, what would you do?"

Yu Shizhang just thought she was joking to lighten the atmosphere.

"Ten thousand catties?" He stared at the door with his eyes, pretending to be relaxed like Shen Zheng: "Then Ben Bo eats ten catties a day, steaming, boiling, or eating cold, whatever he wants."

"What about the people?" Shen Zheng asked.

"I just want you to survive." Yu Shizhang answered the question irrelevantly.