Shengjing Noble

"What about the people in the county government?"

"Before, Wang Tao stole things from his employer and oppressed the people. After he was exposed, he fled. He took 50 or 60 people with him."

"If we mobilize troops, how soon can we get support?"

"It will take at least three to five days, and at most seven to eight days."

"How many people are there in the city now?"

"During this period, some civilians have fled, and the remaining ones are about 500 people."

Fu Wuyang held his chin and fell into deep thought. Su Lanyin saw through his thoughts at a glance.

"Your Majesty, you don't want to fight head-on, do you?"

Hearing this, Fu Wuyang turned around and looked at her, his eyes dark and surging: "Why? Do you have a better idea?"

Su Lanyin said bluntly: "Most of the people in the city are old, weak, women and children. They are powerless, how can they fight against the ruthless bandits? Moreover, you have heard that those bandits have weapons in their hands."

"Do you think I don't know this? But right now, we can only try our best to defend the gate of Qiu County and delay time, preferably until reinforcements arrive."

“Can we relocate the people?”

"I can't do that. Not to mention that there is no place to put these people, and as you said just now, they are all old, weak, women and children. How can they escape from the bandits? Once they are caught outside the city, they will be dead!"

Su Lanyin smiled and shook her head: "Who said we're going to run away? We can use the empty city strategy against them."

"Empty city plan?"

"I know that this county government has an extremely hidden dungeon. It has three floors and can easily accommodate five or six hundred people."

"Then how do we solve the problem of food and drink for so many people?"

"Of course, we'll use the disaster relief grain."

"Relief grain?"

Su Lanyin nodded. She was unwilling to hand over the relief grain just now because she was afraid that Fu Wuyang would take it for himself or give it to the prince, thus embezzling the life-saving food that belonged to the people.

But right now, Fu Wuyang also has to protect himself. If he lets the bandits massacre the city right under his nose and the news gets to the emperor's ears, it would mean that he is incompetent.

So, now they are grasshoppers on the same rope.

"I am willing to hand over the treasure map, but all the relief grain must be transported to the government dungeon."

Fu Wuyang nodded immediately: "I agree, there is no time to lose, take action immediately!"

At this moment, he didn't care about why she deliberately concealed the truth just now. There was nothing more important than saving the people of Qiu County.

"Wait!" Su Lanyin suddenly thought of something and grabbed Fu Wuyang's sleeve.

"what happened?"

"Don't tell Su Yongcheng and others."

"Why?"

"No reason. Anyway, please arrest them and lock them up first, and don't let them know the place of refuge for all the people."

Although Fu Wuyang was puzzled, he still nodded: "Okay, can I leave now?"

"And one more thing……"

"You said it all at once!"

"Your Majesty, I just want to tell you that you should put the people first at this time. If these people still die tragically under your protection, the emperor will definitely investigate it thoroughly, and you will not be able to escape responsibility."

Fu Wuyang frowned, pinched her soft little face with his backhand, and said angrily: "In your eyes, this prince is a bastard who takes human life lightly?"

Su Lanyin stared at him without blinking, making one last gamble for the people.

"I dare to say that the Crown Prince is a bastard. If you are in league with him, you are certainly not a good person!"

Hearing this, Fu Wuyang was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter and let go of her face.

Su Lanyin rubbed her cheeks and looked at him angrily: "Why are you laughing?"

Fu Wuyang restrained his smile and looked much more serious than before.

"To tell you the truth, I never associate with bastards."

After saying that, he turned around and strode outside. Looking at his back, Su Lanyin's heart finally settled down.

Fortunately, he and that dog prince are not in the same boat.

When the secret guard came to report just now, he did not choose to abandon the city and flee. Instead, he tried to find a way to protect the people as soon as possible.

That's why Su Lanyin dared to gamble.

It seems that she made the right bet this time!

Without further ado, Su Lanyin immediately found paper and pen to draw the details of the treasure map, and then specially asked Su Shengming to bring a group of secret guards to transport the relief food.

Fu Wuyang had already sent people to lock up Su Yongcheng, Liu Ruyan, Su Lanxin and others in a courtyard of the county government office, and had ordered them not to leave without his permission.

Su Yongcheng and others naturally obeyed his orders.

Then, Fu Wuyang met up with Su Lanyin and dispatched all the officials to go door to door to inform everyone of the bandits' coming.

Fortunately, most of the remaining people were the elderly, the weak, women and children, many of whom had received favors from Su Lanyin, so they followed the officials to the dungeon without hesitation.

After all, more than half of them had been imprisoned here before, and it was Su Lanyin who rescued them.

There are three floors in the dungeon. The first and second floors are for living, and the third floor is for storing food for disaster relief, which is just enough.

Fu Wuyang also took all the weapons that could be found in the yamen. Those who were strong enough took one each. If there were really no weapons, even sickles and hoes would be used. Some children even picked up rice shovels and were ready to fight at any time.

These people have experienced the most difficult famine. In the eyes of dignitaries, their lives are worthless, but in their eyes, the chance to survive is extremely precious.

Even if they cannot protect themselves, they must protect their loved ones and children.

Fu Wuyang didn't expect that these people would obey Su Lanyin's arrangements so much. For a moment, he felt a little admiration for this girl who had not yet reached the age of marriage.

In the dungeon in Hunan, Su Lanyin and the group of women from before began to cook porridge and steam buns to provide food for everyone.

Fortunately, there were some ventilated rat holes in the dungeon, and most of the holes were far away, so the smoke could be discharged without arousing suspicion.

After half an hour of struggling, the sky outside gradually became gloomy.

Soon, the sound of groups of footsteps running back and forth overhead could be vaguely heard.

Su Lanyin and Fu Wuyang came to the first floor and chose a place closest to the top to listen.

I could vaguely hear the conversation of people outside.

"Boss! We caught three people, they look like a family of three!"

"Take him to the government office. I will interrogate him personally."

Fu Wuyang was a little worried: "You asked me to leave Su Yongcheng outside, what if he reveals the location of the dungeon?"

Su Lanyin smiled and said, "There are two prisons in this government office. They only know the one where I am imprisoned but don't know this one. Even if they knew, they can't find it. Those three are as stupid as pigs. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry."

It's not that she looked down on the three people from the Su family. Any smart person would know that they should appease Lu Wanjun, but they were stupid enough to challenge them and ended up in this situation.

The reason they were able to win in their previous life was entirely because Lu Wanjun was too soft-hearted, not on guard, and full of trust.

In this life, he hardly used any tricks, but the Su family was trapped in their own web.

A truly smart person would not do such stupid things.