It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 134

Fu Weixin woke up feeling refreshed, but found that his personal maid and the ordinary servants who came to deliver meals were all exhausted.

"Did you go out and steal last night?" Fu Weixin looked through the bronze mirror on the dressing table and clearly saw Tingying covering her face with her hands and yawning twice while setting the table.

Baoqin put down the sandalwood comb in her hand, took a step back, and then respectfully told Miss Fu everything that happened last night.

Fu Weixin stood up from his stool in displeasure: "Such a big thing, and none of you thought of telling me?"

Being a maidservant to Fu Nulang was a taboo for acting on one's own initiative. Baoqin and Tingying both knelt down and explained in a low voice, "We came to report to the girl as soon as we discovered something unusual last night."

"Why don't I have any recollection?" Fu Weixin frowned. She had always had a shallow intuition and it was impossible for him not to wake up.

Baoqin observed Miss Fu's expression and carefully helped her recall: "After being awakened, the girl was a little irritable and didn't want to hear anything unclear. She just said that she would wait for Zhou Li to come back after investigation... and the servants did not dare to disturb her again."

Fu Weixin was even more unconvinced. This was definitely not her style. Could it be that the two people in front of her were colluding to deceive her? "I am, irritable?"

Tingying nodded and added, "The girl... also smashed a porcelain vase, and the servants have collected the fragments and haven't thrown them away yet."

Then, with Miss Fu's permission, she brought out a basket of broken porcelain pieces from the ear room. Fu Weixin picked up a few pieces through her handkerchief and examined them carefully. They were definitely the decorations on her bedside. Could it be that he had really wronged them?

Before Fu Weixin could examine his mental state in detail, Zhou Li came back with news, more than an hour earlier than the latest time he had given.

It happened so quickly that Jiang Yan's heart finally relaxed. It seemed that things were not as bad as she had imagined.

But she was too relieved. Zhou Li's opening words were a heavy blow: "Last night, several counties, including the prefectural capital, erupted in civil unrest. Looting, smashing, and burning were rampant. Commander-in-Chief Lu has ordered the blockade of several major roads leading to the prefectural capital, and is currently sending troops into the counties to suppress and clean up the mess."

Fu Weixin stood up this time and knocked over a chair. She looked serious and asked, "Is the damage to the city serious?"

"Because the city was discovered and stopped in time, the rioters only had time to set fire to the periphery. The fire was not large, and I had put it out by the time I arrived, so the damage was not serious. However, several nearby counties could see flames rising to the sky, and they were still blazing when I returned."

Zhou Li started to persuade her, "Girl, you should move back to the Governor's Mansion immediately. This place is no longer safe."

"Hasn't Commander Lu already taken control of the situation in the city?" Although Fu Weixin asked this, he immediately asked several maids to pack their luggage to return to the city.

Zhou Li thought of the people he had witnessed fleeing from the outskirts of the city, only to be publicly beaten and killed by soldiers for their unusual behavior. "There will always be people who avoid it out of fear. The area outside the village is flat and open, with no strategic locations to defend."

Jiang Yan knew that the victims who had evaded the government would eventually find their way here, where they would lose control due to hunger. If they didn't want to die here or flee in panic, they had to seize the remaining time and hide in the city.

In addition to Fu Nulang and her thirteen indentured slaves, there were also thirty temporary workers hired to harvest wheat in the fields.

After Jiang Yan paid the temporary workers their wages and told them to go home and take precautions, Jiang Da felt reluctant and asked, "Are you going to throw away this wheat?"

Although the wheat doesn't grow well, it can be eaten for a long time after being ground. It's a pity to just leave it in the field.

Sun Yun rolled his eyes and muttered to Jiang Yan, "Your grandfather is old and his brain is not very sharp. He doesn't know that life is more important than wheat. How can a girl go without food?"

As she spoke, she couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Yan'er, do you think we can pack a few bags and take them into the city?"