Shen Ruhai arranged for people to find the two spies and arrested them. Shen Mingzhu fed them hallucinogens and asked them about the secret of the spies' coming to Pu Shuangcheng.

"System, is there a pill that can make people obedient?"

"Yes, host. Ten taels of silver per pill. After taking the obedient pill, he will forget what happened before and only the words you tell him will come to his mind."

"Two please"

Shen Mingzhu gave the two spies an obedient pill and told them how to report when they saw General Mengli.

After letting the two spies go, Shen Mingzhu came to the city gate again. Her father had already sent people to arrest County Magistrate Zhao's entire family.

It turned out that Zhao Youde was a member of Zhao Yide's family. Zhao Youde and the prefect Zhao Yide had been communicating privately for a long time, and Zhao Youde's family had moved out of Pushuang County long ago.

"No wonder the Zhao family sold the property and land in Pushuang County. It turns out that they knew the Pyu Kingdom would invade."

"Humph! Selling out your country for personal gain is simply a crime worthy of death."

Wang Mang was very angry, but Shen Mingzhu thought of more.

Since the Zhao family is collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country, what about the other four major families?

Shen Mingzhu came to the county government office and saw the clerk Sun Jiahua working at his desk. She walked towards Sun Jiahua.

When Sun Jiahua saw Shen Mingzhu coming, he immediately stood up and bowed gently: "Greetings to County Lady Mingzhu!"

"No need to be polite, Sun Dianli. Your Sun family is in Pushuang County. How many people are on duty at the government office?

"Reporting to the county lady, we have four people from the Sun family on duty at the yamen now."

Shen Mingzhu thought for a moment and asked again: "Well, how many people are there in your family?"

Sun Jiahua didn't understand why Princess Mingzhu asked him about his family affairs, but he answered Shen Mingzhu's questions very seriously.

Shen Mingzhu already understood, and asked directly: "What do you think of Pushuang County now?"

Sun Jiahua said directly: "Our Sun family has lived in Pu Shuang County for generations. Pu Shuang County has always been poor due to various reasons, but now after the construction of the county magistrate and the county lord, Pu Shuang County is getting better and better."

"Our Sun family will live and die with Pushuang County."

When Sun Jiahua thought of the magistrate's expression today, his heart skipped a beat. He had some guesses and expressed his loyalty directly.

Shen Mingzhu saw that Sun Jiahua was not lying and said directly:

"The Pyu Kingdom's 100,000-strong army is about to attack our Pushuang County. What do you think?"

Sun Jiahua's heart skipped a beat and he felt a chill all over his body. He asked Shen Mingzhu in disbelief:

"Is what the county lady said true? How is it possible? The situation in Putshuang County has been particularly bad in the past two years, with natural disasters constantly occurring. How could the Pyu Kingdom attack us?"

"Of course it's true. Let me ask you, among the four major families in Pu Shuang County, is there any family that can be trusted?"

Shen Mingzhu stared straight at Sun Jiahua, not missing any of Sun Jiahua's eyes.

Sun Jiahua's heart was beating violently. He took a deep breath and then said:

"As far as I know, our Sun family is willing to be loyal to the county magistrate. Although the head of the Li family is wavering, he is now leaning towards the county magistrate. The Xu family of Lord Xu Tongchuan is in collusion with the Zhao family, but Xu Tongchuan is a very timid person."

"Many members of the Xu family have moved out of Pushuang County. Now, of the four major families in Pushuang County, there are only two families left: our Sun family and the Li family."

Shen Mingzhu understood that Xu Tongchuan was under her control, so she gave up on her wife and sent her concubine and other children to the capital of Southern Yunnan Prefecture.

Shen Mingzhu instructed Sun Jiahua to notify the people from the Sun family and the Li family to go to the county government for a meeting.

Shen Ruhai arranged all the men in the city to prepare for war. Pushuang County closed the city gates. People in the county realized that something was wrong. Was a war about to break out?

Everyone was terrified, and after a short while, they received news that the magistrate had asked everyone to gather at the gate of the county government office.

When people in the city thought of the war, the women who had experienced robbery and harassment by Pyu soldiers began to cry.

Everyone came to the gate of the county government office, making a lot of noise. They were all worried that the Pyu soldiers would attack. What should they do?

Some women held their children in their arms, crying, and were terrified.

Shen Ruhai stood on the high platform in the square in front of the county government office and asked Li Xuanfeng to strike the gong three times. The scene instantly became quiet.

"Everyone be quiet and listen to what the magistrate has to say."

After Li Xuanfeng finished speaking, Shen Ruhai stood up and said to everyone:

"My fellow countrymen from Pushuang County, we just survived a natural disaster in Pushuang County. We haven't even had enough food to eat yet, but now we have to suffer the turmoil of war."

When the common people heard the word "war", they cried out in despair, like a drop of water dropped into a pan of hot oil, which instantly exploded.

"What should we do? God doesn't want us to live!"

"My grandson is so young, how can we survive?"

The woman and the child all burst into tears, and Shen Ruhai asked Li Xuanfeng to strike the gong again.

Shen Ruhai continued, "Don't worry, we already have a way to resist the attack from the Pyu Kingdom."

Hearing Shen Ruhai say this, everyone stopped crying and talking and looked at Shen Ruhai.

Shen Ruhai continued, "Pushuang is our home. We finally moved into a new house and were able to fill our stomachs. Now the Pyu Kingdom is trying to seize our home. We received the news too late, and we can't even escape."

"If we want to survive now, we have no choice but to fight to the death. Fellow villagers of Pushuang County, for the sake of our families and children, we must not let the Pyu people succeed."

"Yes, we can't let the Pyu people succeed. We can't let the Pyu people succeed."

Everyone shouted, fighting spirit rising in their hearts.

Everyone knows that if you can't survive, you can only fight to the death.

Shen Ruhai then talked about their plan and arranged where the common people would go.

The people all understood Shen Ruhai's plan and ran forward as if they were running for their lives.

All the people moved their children, the elderly, and valuable items in their homes to the industrial park in the west of the city.

Not only that, the heads of each street also arranged people to cook.

Although it was a bit messy, I finally managed to arrange these people.

Shen Ruhai arranged the common people and quickly came to the county government office.

At this time, the head and elders of the Li family, the head and elders of the Sun family, and Xu Tongchuan and others were all there.

When Shen Mingzhu saw Shen Ruhai coming, she immediately made way for her father to sit down.

Although Shen Ruhai didn't understand why Shen Mingzhu called these people over, his daughter always had her own purposes in doing things, so Shen Ruhai didn't say anything.

Everyone bowed to Shen Ruhai. Shen Ruhai asked everyone to sit down and asked Shen Mingzhu:

"Zhuzhu, if there is anything, just make your own arrangements."

Shen Mingzhu stood beside her father, glanced at everyone, and said directly:

"Now the Pyu Kingdom is about to send a large army to attack our Pushuang. What do you think?"

Everyone was shocked. Li Guohai, the head of the Li family, asked, "County Lady, is this true?"

Shen Mingzhu's expression was serious: "Of course it's true, what do you think?"

"But, we in Pushuang County don't have a single soldier right now. How can we resist the army of the Pyu Kingdom?"

Everyone was wailing in their hearts, what on earth was going on? Didn't the Pyu Kingdom come to rob things before the New Year?

Why is the army approaching now? Their families and property are all in Pushuang, and it is too late to move them now.

Sun Yongwei, the head of the Sun family, said directly: "County Lady, our Sun family is willing to live and die with Pushuang County. All of us in the Sun family will listen to the arrangements of the county lady and the county magistrate."

Li Guohai, the head of the Li family, weighed the pros and cons in his mind and stepped forward to express his opinion:

"We, the Li family, are willing to live and die with Pushuang County and follow the arrangements of the county lord."

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