Lin Jinyue had a feeling something was wrong.

Once inside the city, I felt even more oppressed than before.

The people all hung their heads and dared not speak.

Lin Jinyue saw a group of soldiers walking past the intersection. She looked at them from a distance and thought, "Why do they look so much like Deputy General Gao?"

Vice General Gao was Xie Hong's deputy general. Wasn't Xie Hong under house arrest?

Lin Jinyue quickened her pace and arrived at the camp.

To my surprise, I was stopped as soon as I got there.

Gu Shao scolded, "How dare you! Let them come over here!"

The two men completely ignored Gu Shao. "Young Master Gu, do you still think you're General Gu? If you were to back down now and kneel before General Xie to beg for mercy, you might still have a chance to live."

Gu Shao kept a cold face but made no other move.

Lin Jinyue's heart skipped a beat. Had something gone wrong in the capital?

Her brother hasn't come back yet!

Lin Jinyue hurriedly asked, "General Gu, my brother..."

Before she could finish speaking, the two men who had been holding Gu Shao captive walked towards her, intending to attack her.

Before they could even reach Lin Jinyue, they were subdued by the people who jumped out of the tent.

Lin Xueqing's face was cold. "You bastards, how dare you touch my sister?"

The two men's legs went weak.

He even wet his pants!

Gu Shao is just not easy to approach, but he is disciplined and will not lay a hand on his soldiers. Even if they make a mistake, he will be punished according to military regulations.

But Lin Xueqing, who was training soldiers in front of him, was different.

When this person goes crazy, they don't care about anything.

Lin Jinyue breathed a sigh of relief. "Brother, thank goodness you're alright. What happened?"

Lin Xueqing and Gu Shao then let the group enter the tent first.

Lin Xueqing said, "Xie Hong colluded with the capital and sent some kind of inspector to supervise General Gu. However, the inspector did not do his job properly and spent his days indulging in pleasure. He actually put General Gu under house arrest."

Lin Jinyue's worst fears have come true.

The dog emperor used Gu Shao, but he had reservations, so he deliberately sent someone who didn't get along with him to cause trouble.

But now, Xie Hong is no longer just causing trouble; he's directly placing him under house arrest.

This suggests that something has likely happened to the Gu family in Beijing.

Gu Shao looked grave; he had guessed that something must have happened to the Gu family.

However, he is currently under house arrest, and news from the outside cannot get through.

Lin Jinyue began to offer suggestions: "General Gu, how about... you bring your trusted confidants to our Yunhe Village?"

Gu Shao shook his head. "No, Xie Hong still has some reservations while I'm here, and can continue training his troops. If I'm not here, I don't know what Xie Hong will do."

Lin Jinyue then looked at her brother, "What about you?"

Lin Xueqing: "I'm not leaving either."

Gu Shao's eyes darkened, and he said to them, "Have some tea first. This matter needs careful consideration. Also, I will station five thousand troops in Shawan County, and so will you..."

Gu Shao said a lot.

Lin Jinyue frowned. Why did she feel like Gu Shao was giving his last words?

Lin Jinyue continued, "General Gu, Xie Hong will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. If you encounter him, I'm afraid... It would be better to go to Yunhe Village first and we can discuss this further."

Gu Shao shook his head again, "I can't leave."

He was a general.

The soldiers forcibly conscripted from Lingnan were already unsettled.

If he leaves, these people will probably lose even more fighting spirit.

Moreover, the leather armor and weapons he ordered from Yunhe Village probably wouldn't be available to these lower-ranking soldiers.

He absolutely cannot leave.

Lin Jinyue guessed what was going on and said to him, "General Gu... if it really doesn't work out, why don't my father and I stay in Guangcheng as well?"

Gu Shao remained silent.

A short while later, Lin Xueqing, who was sitting next to him, fainted.

Gu Shao reached out to help them up and said, "These are just some calming medicines, they won't harm your health. As a general, I have my reasons for not being able to leave, but Brother Lin has already written a book on training troops and wilderness survival methods, and now everyone has a copy. He has done all he can, so you should take him back."

Lin Jinyue wanted to say something more, but Gu Shao said, "Xie Hong wouldn't dare to do anything to me. Take the silver back and remember to hand over the leather armor to me."

Lin Jinyue then left the residence.

However, she was still very worried, so after leaving the camp, she found Ji Zixuan's shop.

The shop is still open today, selling some groceries.

Ji Zixuan had already spoken to Lin Jinyue about this shop; if Lin Jinyue needed it, she could use it for whatever purpose.

Lin Jinyue came to the backyard and, after confirming that no one was there, said, "We can't just sit here and wait to die. The situation is probably more dangerous than we thought, otherwise General Gu wouldn't have knocked my brother unconscious."

Lin Shucheng also felt a pang of pity. "Yueyue, what are your plans?"

Lin Jinyue thought for a moment and began to persuade her father, Liu Dazhuang, and Lin Fugui, all of whom were influential figures in their village.

Important decisions in their village are not made unilaterally by Lin Jinyue. There is usually a vote. For example, the election of the Women's Federation director and the security captain takes up a relatively large percentage of the vote, while the votes of ordinary people take up a slightly smaller percentage.

This is why Lin Jinyue's decisions are often more in line with the realities of people in ancient times.

This time, she also held a meeting to ask Liu Dazhuang and the others.

"Here's what I'm thinking: it's one thing that our village can't even protect itself, but now that we've developed artillery shells and gunpowder, the village is doing quite well. I think General Gu is a good person, so if we can lend a hand, we should help him out."

Liu Dazhuang was the first to agree: "General Gu is indeed a good person and he takes care of our village. I am willing to stay in Lingnan."

Lin Fugui: "General Gu stayed here voluntarily for the sake of Lingnan. Although we came later, we have settled in Lingnan, so we are Lingnan people. I am also willing to contribute."

Lin Shucheng: "Your brother and I will handle this, and you..."

Lin Jinyue interrupted, "Dad, have you forgotten that I own the farm? I'm the safest person here."

Lin Shucheng thought about it and agreed. As long as his daughter wasn't caught and killed immediately, she had a chance to survive.

Even so, he was still not entirely at ease.

Lin Shucheng thought for a moment and said to her, "Yueyue, how about this, you... why don't you stay in the rear and I'll run back and forth to send messages whenever I need to?"

Lin Jinyue thought about it for a moment, and finally nodded.

If she doesn't go back, the villagers on shifts won't be able to enter the space.

Although the teleportation point in her office in Yunhe Village has been activated, anyone with an ID card can enter freely.

But a single card costs ten thousand taels of silver, which Lin Jinyue couldn't bear to part with.

She thought for a moment and finally said, "How about this, we'll use the recording bug to communicate. Let me see... If it's fast, we can get from Guangcheng to Yunhe Village in an hour?"

Lin Jinyue gritted her teeth and spent 1,500 taels of silver to buy the communication bug.

As she spoke, Lin Jinyue immediately bought a recording device.

She was nearly scared to death.

"Aaaaaahhhhhh—"

Suddenly, a huge cockroach flew out, and the whole room was filled with Lin Jinyue and her father's screams.