Lu Zheng seemed to remember Meng Meng saying that there had been two betrayals in his village. The first time, the traitors took strong men with good skills to other villages. The other time, the remaining people drew a map of their village for the government and drugged the villagers, making it easy for the government to go up the mountain and arrest people.

Lu Zheng sensed that Gu Shouxin wanted to recruit Meng Meng for his own use, so he still gave him a reminder.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! None of the remaining people would betray us!" Meng Meng waved his hand, indicating that Lu Zheng was wrong.

"Alright, you trust them, and I trust you. Here's ten taels of silver. After you go back tomorrow, come find me at Sanchakou Village around the middle of the month, and I'll take you to the place I told you about. I'll have Lord He make the indenture for you at the yamen; you just need to put your fingerprints on it then." Gu Shouxin didn't dwell on it. Lu Zheng's serious demeanor suggested he was quite familiar with Meng Meng. Anything related to Lu Zheng should be recorded in the book; he could ask Gu Nian tomorrow.

"Thank you, Uncle Gu! Uncle Gu, Brother Zhou, I'll head back now!" Gu Shouxin accepted the silver, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the two men, and then left.

After Meng Meng left, Lu Zheng looked at Gu Shouxin.

"We just bought a farm for Niannian, so we plan to send these old, weak, sick, and women to the farm so they can farm for us!" This time, Lu Zheng didn't even need to ask; Gu Shouxin told him.

Anyway, Meng Meng will be bringing people over in a few days, and Lu Zheng will find out then.

"Oh, I see! Second Uncle really knows how to pick people!" Lu Zheng gave a thumbs up, then said, "However, I think Second Uncle should still be careful. Meng Meng is reliable, but I still feel there are problems with the people in his village. Niannian's estate is probably being used as a workshop, right? As for the toiletries and such, let's wait until we're sure everyone is behaving themselves before letting them work!"

"Thanks for reminding me! I know what to do. Go to sleep!" Gu Shouxin patted Lu Zheng on the shoulder.

Lu Zheng smiled and said nothing more.

...

The next morning, Gu Shouxin spent the entire morning talking with Lord He at the county government office and having lunch together before the family returned to the village.

Madam Li did not return home that night. After giving Cai Xiaolian some instructions on the way, she did not go to the village and went straight back home.

After entering the village, Gu Shouxin went to the old house to let his grandfather know he was safe before returning home.

Gu Xin didn't add the jade beads to her grandfather's medicine pot today, so she left them at the old house.

"Niannian, is there a person named Meng Meng in the book?" Gu Shouxin asked after returning home.

"Of course! Meng Meng is a character I really like! He's invincible on the battlefield! Without him, Lu Zheng would have a much harder time fighting. However, I didn't see his ending. Not long after the female lead died in the book, the new emperor ascended the throne, and Lu Zheng was still immersed in the death of the female lead and couldn't cheer up. So the emperor sent Meng Meng to lead the troops into battle! Before he went to war, he was a fourth-rank General of Might and Valor. The new emperor sent him to war and made him a third-rank General of Glory and Majesty! If he returns victorious, the new emperor will probably make him a second-rank general!" Gu Nian remembered this character and quite liked him.

"So what did you think of Meng Meng in court yesterday?" Gu Shouxin realized that this was his identity, and asked.

"What? Dad, you're not telling me that the simpleton from yesterday was Meng Meng? The mighty and invincible General Meng Meng from the book?" Gu Nian's eyes widened as the image of the simpleton she saw yesterday—wearing armor, wielding a large sword, riding a tall horse, and grinning foolishly—appeared in her mind.