Jiang Yimian glanced at him before giving a curt reply.
Lin Yan'an looked unconvinced and asked suspiciously, "You really didn't secretly feed it anything else? Like meat?"
He simply couldn't believe that a rabbit could grow so fat just by eating grass.
Jiang Yimian found it amusing; what kind of decent family would feed meat to rabbits? She asked curiously, "You've fed them before?"
Lin Yan'an was somewhat proud, his handsome face full of smugness.
He quickly opened his folding fan and then smiled, saying, "Of course."
However, the laughter quickly subsided, and he left with the words, "But the rabbit died later," before moving on to look at other novel things.
Jiang Yimian's lips twitched as she looked at the straight back. This guy must be missing a screw! He really is a rich kid, stupid and rich.
Master Song was looking around at the houses when his attention was drawn to the crooked writing on the ground by Ono and his friends.
Although the words on the ground were crooked, it was clear that the writer had practiced diligently for a long time. It was just that the tree branch was not a good fit for his hand, which made the writing look bad.
He quickly greeted the children with a smile, "Can you read?"
Ono glanced at the other person nervously before nodding and saying, "I only know a few words."
Master Song nodded, pointed to the words on the ground, and asked gently, "Did you write all these words?"
Ono shook his head and pointed to Daya and Xiaonuan'er, "It was written by the three of us."
Master Song looked at Xiao Nuan'er and Daya in surprise and praised them, "They're really amazing."
It's not easy for farmers to even know a few words, let alone teach their daughters to read. These families, however, are more open-minded than he expected.
After asking a few more questions to the children, Master Song got up and looked at the others in the courtyard.
Although everyone was busy with their own things, they were all clearly a little nervous and uneasy, except for the girl they met at the beginning.
The other person looked delicate and frail, but showed no sign of nervousness. They simply fed the chickens casually, as if they didn't exist, which contradicted their initial fear and unease.
Combined with Lin Yan'an's statement that the other party killed the wolf with a single blow, he simply shook his head and chuckled. This girl probably already knew their identities. Her initial feigned fear was just to lower their guard, and she only brought one attendant in.
The girl in front of him was indeed extraordinary, not as docile and weak as she appeared. She might actually be able to help him.
After thinking for a moment, he walked over and lowered his voice, saying, "Miss, may I have a word with you in private?"
Jiang Yimian raised an eyebrow and nodded, feigning hesitation.
She's about to lose her act if this person doesn't reveal their identity.
The two walked to the vegetable garden not far away, and then Master Song asked, "Are you all from Xinghua Village at the foot of the mountain?"
Jiang Yimian nodded and said, "The three brothers, Da Shu and his brother, are not. They are refugees who came up the mountain. We met them by chance and decided to let them stay here with us."
Master Song nodded, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Does the young lady know anything about the bandits down the mountain?"
Jiang Yimian didn't say anything.
Master Song sighed before saying, "To be honest, I am Song Quanzhao, the newly appointed magistrate of Qingshui County. The reason I came to find you is twofold: first, I am worried that you are involved with bandits, and second, I would like to ask for your help."
He wasn't from Jincheng Prefecture. If he hadn't offended someone, he wouldn't have been transferred to Qingshui County as magistrate. Based on his achievements, he should have been promoted, but instead, he was demoted to Qingshui County, which was plagued by bandits.
He was already thinking of a way to deal with the bandits the moment he learned about them, but the bandits were cunning, and their stronghold was backed by a series of mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Even the road leading to the mountain stronghold was blocked, and a watchtower was even set up nearby, clearly indicating that they were a group of experienced mountain bandits.
Their people will be discovered as soon as they take any action.
As for the situation on the mountain, they didn't know anything about it and dared not go up the mountain rashly, for fear that they would become wild animals before they could find out anything about the bandits.
Last time, we finally managed to arrange for someone to infiltrate the mountain stronghold, but not only did we fail to get any information, the person also disappeared and remains missing to this day.
Moreover, as far as they knew, there were many women who had been forcibly taken from the mountain village, as well as many ordinary people.
If they rashly attack, these people will likely lose their lives.
Jiang Yimian pretended to be surprised and widened her eyes. After thinking for a while, she said, "I only know that the leader of those bandits is Zhao Sandao, and that they escaped from Tianyue Prefecture. I don't know anything else."
She didn't know much. At first, because her strength hadn't recovered, she hadn't inquired about the bandits. Recently, she had been busy with other things and hadn't inquired about them either.
Surprisingly, even the government was not very clear about the situation in the mountain stronghold.
Song Quanzhao frowned, finally understanding why the bandits had built such a complete structure in just over half a year.
Tianyue Prefecture was the site of the outbreak of war. Bandits roamed the area, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress them several times, but all attempts ended in failure. If it weren't for the war and the bloodlust of the soldiers, the bandits wouldn't have fled.
Unexpectedly, they gathered here, which really presented him with a difficult problem.
After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Does the young lady know anything else?"
Without knowing the specifics of the mountain stronghold, no countermeasure can be devised to deal with those people. The stronghold will continue to exist, the refugees will not dare to return home, the town will need to spend more manpower to maintain order, and more disaster relief funds will be needed to provide porridge to the refugees.
Jiang Yimian thought for a while, hesitating about how to say it without arousing suspicion, yet still smoothly pointing out the right path, when she heard Old Man Liu calling them to eat.
Song Quanzhao then glanced at the sky. It was already past noon. Because he had things on his mind, he hadn't felt hungry until he heard the call to eat and realized that his stomach was empty.
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