Jiang Yan looked around. Good, no one was around. She took seven or eight steps back to the corner, this time walking slowly again.

"You didn't count wrongly, did you? I also counted the cars in and outside the yard this morning, and not a single one was missing." Someone questioned the authenticity of what the old woman said.

"They were moving the luggage, not the car." The old woman lowered her voice.

Unable to hear clearly, Jiang Yan had no choice but to take two small steps forward.

"I'm a light sleeper. I woke up last night when I heard a noise outside the yard. I didn't turn on the light, I just kept my eyes on the wall."

No one knew which wicked person had dug that hole in the wall. She had lived in the house for several nights before she discovered the leak.

It was just that the weather was hot before, and the leak was cooler, so she was too lazy to fix it.

Thinking of this clever use, the old woman was a little proud. "I have good eyesight and saw it clearly. They secretly replaced all the wooden boxes on the five carts and transported them away with the carts they brought with them."

"This is considered stealing in our post station. Won't the officials cause trouble for us when they find out?" The man who spoke earlier was a little worried.

"You know, the leader is also the one they brought with them."

The sound in the kitchen gradually died down.

Jiang Yan read it silently in his mind for sixty seconds before walking towards the kitchen with heavy steps.

After taking two steps, a slender white hand reached out from behind and gently patted Jiang Yan's shoulder: "Why are you walking so hard?"

My God, Jiang Yan's heart tightened at the stimulation. After two seconds, she turned around and said, "Sister Yile, my feet are numb~"

Without waiting for Yile to ask in detail, he immediately changed the subject and asked, "Sister, why are you here? I came here to get breakfast today."

"The girl waited for a while, and seeing that the food hadn't been served yet, she asked me to come and take a look."

Jiang Yan was embarrassed, "Sorry, I overslept this morning..."

Yile didn't say anything more.

Later, Fu Weixin found out that Jiang Yan couldn't sleep well at night because there were too many people in the house and all kinds of noise. He was worried that it would affect her efficiency in working for him the next day, so he asked her to squeeze into the same room with Yile and the others, or sleep on the floor in his room.

When staying in a crowded place, for safety reasons, Fu Weixin must have a maid accompanying her in her room, and she doesn't mind adding another one for added protection.

Jiang Yan wanted to refuse, but after weighing the pros and cons, she chose to sleep on the floor in the triple room in Fu's room, or in the irregular four-person bed in Yile and the others' room, or in the ten-person room for third-class maids arranged by the steward.

She compromised firmly.

There are only five days left to travel to Dongjun Mountain Palace, so she can sleep on the floor for five days.

When setting off, Jiang Yan pretended to look back many times unintentionally, trying to see which cars had been blatantly replaced.

It’s a pity that I didn’t pay attention to it a few days ago, so I can’t see any difference now.

"What are you looking at? Get in the car quickly, we're leaving." Zhou Li urged.

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As the carriage approached the outskirts of Lanhua County, Jiang Yan did not see the bustling prosperity or cleanliness of a Kyoto county. Instead, there were unexpected refugees sitting in groups of three or two leaning against the wall.

When they saw the convoy coming, they got up from the ground, dragged their stiff steps closer, and muttered "Give us some food."

The guards held spears and drove away the refugees who intended to approach the convoy.

Jiang Yan looked at their hunched bodies, pale and thin faces, and dull eyes, and turned away reluctantly.

"Don't be too kind, or you might get eaten alive." Zhou Li reminded him that Jiang Yan was in the same car with him. If he did anything irrational, not only would he be in trouble, but Miss Fu and the two maids in the car would also suffer.

"I understand." Jiang Yan felt Zhou Li's kindness and responded dejectedly.

But she kept the words in her chest and hesitated for a few times. Finally, she couldn't help but ask Zhou Li: "Even in Ji County, the government doesn't care about them?"

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