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Xiao Qi: "The teacher's mother is seriously ill. If she wants to recover, she needs to be treated with the best herbs. Recently, the teacher got the money from somewhere and bought up half a year's supply of Zexu grass. Although Zexu grass isn't an expensive herb, it would still cost over a hundred taels of silver to buy half a year's supply."

"Nothing else was found in his house?"

"No, my subordinates have questioned the students at the private school, and it's true that Abao (Grandma's grandson) offended the teacher that day. However, our subordinates have observed for a long time, and we know that the teacher doesn't usually lose his temper easily. So, expelling the student from the private school for offending was obviously a deliberate punishment."

Luo Yao frowned when he heard this.

Xiao Qi continued, "Don't worry, Princess. I've had the teacher kidnapped. We'll have news tonight."

Luo Yao nodded and said, "Don't hurt anyone. The village chief's house is just ahead. Let's go and see how he is doing."

Ever since the village became uneasy, Luo Yao had consciously distanced himself from the villagers. When the village chief first fell, Luo Yao had accompanied his grandfather to deliver a large amount of medicinal herbs, but he had never visited him since.

It has been more than ten days since Grandpa Li fell. Previously, secret guards were sent to check on him. Today, Luo Yao still wanted to see Grandpa Li in person.

The two of them quietly ran to the back of the village chief's house, and with the cover of the locust tree behind the house, Xiaoqi Luo Yao flew onto the eaves.

The two men lay on the eaves and removed a tile.

The setting sun was bloodshot. Inside, the light streamed through the windows, scattering tiny specks of dust. No one else was in the house; the Li family had gone to work in the fields and hadn't returned yet, leaving a half-grown child of eleven or twelve to look after the elderly.

The child was out making medicine and was not in the house, so Luo Yao and Xiao Qiluo tiptoed into the house.

After not seeing him for more than ten days, the old man has lost a lot of weight and his previous good spirits have disappeared.

Xiao Qi keenly heard the Li family coming back from work outside the yard and urged Luo Yao, "Princess, let's go quickly. The village chief's family will be back from work soon."

Luo Yao looked at the old man deeply. As the two were about to leave, the old man started coughing violently.

Luo Yao stopped as he was about to leave. Xiao Qi stepped forward and felt the old man's pulse, his face looking heavy.

Luo Yao stared at Xiao Qi closely. Just as Xiao Qi was about to speak, several voices came from the gate of the courtyard.

"Mom, you're back!"

"Lin'er, has Grandpa prepared the medicine for today?"

Luo Yao was immediately dragged away from the village chief's house by Xiao Qi, and the violent coughing behind him faded away...

There was chaos in the Li family's house, and from afar they could be heard saying someone was coughing up blood.

The vague voice faded away, and Luo Yao shook off Xiao Qi's hand.

Seeing that the princess was about to go back, Xiao Qi's voice became very cold.

"Princess, the village chief won't live long. It will be useless even if you go back."

"What did you say?!" Luo Yao grabbed Xiao Qi's collar and collapsed, "I asked you to look at the village chief before, and this is how you look at him?!"

Xiao Qi knelt on one knee and said, "It is Xiao Qi's fault. The brother I sent over before did not know any medical skills. Please punish him, Princess!"

"What's the point of punishing you..." Luo Yao turned around and left dejectedly.

Xiao Qi hurriedly followed him, and after walking for a while, Xiao Qi mustered up the courage to remind Luo Yao that he had not yet gone to the potato shed to check.

Luo Yao didn't say anything and walked home. After walking for a while, Luo Yao suddenly looked at Xiao Qi and asked, "What's wrong?"

"He's not sick. The village chief is old and was frightened and fell. Although there are no external injuries, the fundamental damage has damaged his body. His body is weak and he has lost his vitality. If the village chief really vomited blood, it probably happened in the past two days."

Luo Yao lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. He paused for a moment and then continued walking forward.

The last ray of sunset light disappeared, and a cold wind blew across the fields, stirring up the dust on the ground and carrying dead leaves that had fallen from somewhere into the sky.

At noon the next day, the sound of gongs shook the sky. Luo Yao and his grandfather stood at the gate of Luo's house. Uncle Li, wearing a white mourning scarf, walked over while beating the gong and bowed to Luo Yao and Luo Lin.

Beating the gong when someone dies is the way people in the countryside announce important events. When every household goes out and sees the mourning band on the gong, they understand that something has happened to the village chief.

Although the village chief is usually strict, even rigid and inflexible, he helps the poor families in the village in his own way.

His death brought heavy grief to every household.

Poor country people don't have much money. Even if they live in a blue brick and tile house and take over the county restaurant business, the Li family does not have much money.

They sold everything they had to keep the old man alive for five days, and on the sixth day the villagers carried the coffin up the mountain.

After attending the village chief's funeral, Luo Yao planned to return to Lin'an County.

Li Village is the root of the Luo family. Compared with the Luo Mansion in Lin'an County, the villagers in Li Village are more or less related to the ancestors of the Luo family.

This is the Luo family's real hometown. There are fields and rivers here just like in the previous life. Grandpa and younger brother are both here. Although they really want the family to live happily in this beautiful village.

But after this incident, Luo Yao no longer wanted to bring misfortune to the people around him.

The people of Lin'an County and Li Village all love the Luo family. However, the love of the people of Lin'an County is different from that of Li Village. The love of the people of Lin'an County is a love with distance, while the people of Li Village do not have that distance.

Seeing that his precious grandson was in a bad mood these days, Luo Lin felt very distressed. He didn't know how to comfort him. After all, these disasters were indeed caused by the Luo family.

Unable to comfort Luo Yao, Luo Lin could only say something else.

"It's better to go back. This house is too small and too crowded with so many people. My house in Lin'an County is big and I can sleep in a big bed. Doesn't Yaoer always complain that the bed is too small?"

Luo Yao bit his lip and nodded.

Seeing the children looking at him worriedly, Luo Yao forced a smile on his face, "You kids, when we get back to Lin'an County, each of you will have your own room. You won't have to squeeze into one bed anymore!"

Luo Xinchen: "I want to sleep with Linlin!"

Luo Yao patted his brother's head and looked at Du Bing on the side. "Brother Du, did Ah Xian reply to your letter?"

Du Bing: "A Xian has found out the identities of those people. They are a few people who claim to be bandits. A Xian found some clues through them. Now they are investigating the group of people who followed the young master. It is not convenient for them to contact us..."

No way! Ah Xian went to investigate the Prime Minister alone?

"Don't worry, young master. We can go to Lin'an County anytime. When Ah Xian's problem is resolved, he will come find us..."

Is this the point? Although he mainly wanted to tell Li Xian that he was moving, the point was that Li Xian went into the den of thieves alone!

Luo Yao supported his head and thought about everything Bei Zhenqing had told him.

Of course, the Prime Minister would not care about such things. The people Li Xian went to investigate were probably just one of the unknown cannon fodder teams. If they were eliminated, they would be eliminated. Even if they were eliminated, no evidence could be obtained through them. The Prime Minister had ten thousand ways to find a reasonable scapegoat, but it would be good to be able to pull out a Prime Minister's power.

After thinking everything through, Luo Yao stopped worrying about it. He asked A Shi and Ma Xing to count the things they needed to bring, and then he communicated with Xiao Qi alone about the arrangements for the secret guards.

Eight people were left to guard the potato greenhouse, and two people from the village were also left to look after it.

When Xiao Qi heard that he was leaving and wanted the secret guards to protect the village, he immediately denied it:

"We are following the prince's orders to protect the princess. Now the princess has withdrawn ten people at once and disregarded her own safety. This is really inappropriate."

Luo Yao: "What's wrong with that? Potatoes benefit the country and the people, and the prince knows their importance. As for the village, if we leave, there's no guarantee that those people won't come and attack the villagers. These two people will stay to look after them. If someone really attacks the village, the ten people left behind are highly skilled in martial arts and can protect the village. I think even the prince will agree with my decision."