Chapter 466: Will
The meat is cooked and served to you, how could it not go well?
When it was almost dawn, Zhou Yunshu and his group arrived at the city gate. However, within half an hour, Zhan Chuan and his group returned covered in blood.
Behind the cavalry came the infantry, and behind the infantry came the sparsely distributed victims.
Although they were covered in blood and looked miserable, everyone had a happy look on their face, especially those who had ears hanging all over their bodies.
Food, all food!
Zhou Yunshu met Zhan Chuan and others at the city gate.
Zhan Chuan said, "We killed 653 enemies. We have already led people to chase the few tigers who escaped."
He glanced at the disaster victims behind him and continued, "The exact number can be determined by counting from the hands of the disaster victims and their ears."
"As for the body, it has been burned on the spot."
Incineration is the best solution for disposing of corpses.
"What about the casualties?"
"If Hu Zi had no casualties, we would have had forty-six casualties and two deaths."
Zhan Chuan glanced at the victims and said, "As for the number of casualties, the number has not yet been counted."
When this group of disaster victims caught up with him, Zhan Chuan didn't know how many there were, and now when he goes back, he doesn't know how many there are either.
However, he still knew the dead, so he would know the answer after checking the number.
"Okay, go and rest first."
As for the arrangement for Zhan Chuan, Zhou Yunshu wanted him to stay in Yuncheng to guard the city, and when the time came to go out to sea, she would take Hu Zi and Du Mazi with her.
Compared to Zhanchuan, Hu Zi and Du Mazi, who have already had experience at sea, may know more about things at sea.
Zhanchuan led his men back to the city, and some people came out of the city to settle food accounts with the victims on the spot.
Zhou Yunshu has always been efficient in her work and always keeps her word.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Zhou Yunshu can use food to make these disaster victims obedient, so of course these disaster victims will fall out with Zhou Yunshu because of the food.
Furthermore, if credibility doesn't work once, it may not work every time thereafter.
Zhou Yunshu still cherishes her reputation very much.
While waiting for Hu Zi to come back, Zhou Yunshu asked Fang Huiwen to prepare luggage and vehicles for them as they were about to go out to sea.
This time, Zhou Yunshu planned to take 300 people away, 100 of whom were brought back by Hu Zi and others, and the other 200 were elite soldiers trained by Zhan Chuan and Zhou Yunzhi.
Hu Zi did not disappoint Zhou Yunshu. He chased the pirates and brought their heads back to Yuncheng.
During this period, many new victims arrived one after another. When they saw that the people of Yuncheng were more bloody and ferocious than bandits and pirates, they began to wonder if they had accidentally entered the base camp of some banditry.
Just one glance and they were so frightened that they immediately turned around and left, fearing that if they were a little slower they would also become the victims of this group of people's knives.
It's scary, really scary.
Thanks to these people's propaganda, there were no disaster victims coming to Yuncheng for nearly two months. Most of them went north to find shelter.
After Fang Huiwen had packed Zhou Yunshu's luggage, Li Jialan took her daughter's hand and said, "Do you really have to go? Can't you just not go?"
She really didn't want to live in fear anymore.
When Zhou Yunshu was away, Li Jialan never felt completely at ease, fearing that one day she would receive news of her daughter's death.
If this situation of an elderly person sending a young person to their death happened to her, Li Jialan felt that she would definitely not be able to bear it.
"Mom, I have to go."
Since she wanted to take control of Haizhou as soon as possible, she should also check out the islands around Haizhou as soon as possible. She couldn't just leave everything to others and be in the dark.
Seeing Li Jialan's worried face, Zhou Yunshu comforted her, "Mom, don't worry."
"Didn't Wu Ciyi say before that there aren't many people left on those islands? We'll just be there to mop up the remaining people, so there won't be any danger."
She smiled and touched Li Jialan's hand, "Please help me take care of Kang Kang at home. I will bring you some local specialties when I come back."
"I heard from Wu Ci that the Dongzhu there is the most beautiful. I will bring some back to make you a head ornament."
Li Jialan felt helpless as she saw Zhou Yunshu trying to coax her.
She also knew that she couldn't persuade Zhou Yunshu, so she could only say: "Put your own safety first. Don't let your mother, at this age..."
Before Li Jialan finished speaking, she started to curse.
"Look at my mouth, what nonsense is it talking about!"
Zhou Yunshu held Li Jialan, who looked worried, in her arms and said, "Mom, don't worry. With you and the children, I will definitely value my life."
After she finished speaking, she let go of Li Jialan and said to Fang Huiwen and Zhou Yunzhi, "I reckon the news of the Zhou family overturning the verdict will be spreading soon. By then..."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Li Jialan, Wu Yue and the others and said, "You should take the children back to Beijing."
Although the capital city is full of twists and turns, the emperor is Xixi after all, and as the emperor's in-laws, no one will bully them.
Besides, Zhou Yunshu did feel sorry for Xixi because she didn't have many relatives in Beijing. Perhaps if Li Jialan and others returned to Beijing, Xixi would feel more at ease.
The most important thing is that Yuan Li and Yuan Yi can also enter the palace to accompany Xixi.
Compared with the ministers in the court and the descendants of those powerful people, Zhou Yunshu certainly trusts her relatives more.
After Zhou Yunshu said this, Li Jialan subconsciously looked at Wu Yue. Are they going back?
Fang Huiwen looked at her husband.
Zhou Yunzhi also said to Li Jialan: "Mom, when the time comes, you guys go back and I'll stay."
When Li Jialan heard that Zhou Yunzhi was not leaving, she immediately said, "If you don't leave, then I won't leave either."
Her children are all here, she won't go anywhere.
Wu Yue on the side pursed her lips. Her eldest son was not ambitious and married a pirate; her second son was very ambitious and is now a hero; her youngest son was relatively ambitious and was preparing for the exam in the capital.
She also has a daughter, but she has not heard from her daughter since the Zhou family was confiscated and exiled.
In addition to her husband who has come back from the dead, Wu Yue wants to return to the capital.
Li Jialan knew that Wu Yue wanted to return to the capital, so she said, "You take the child back, and I..."
"Mom, you go back too." Zhou Yunshu looked at Li Jialan and said, "Take the children with you."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Li Jialan who was about to say something and said, "The children are all in the capital. I won't be at ease if you don't go, mother."
Not only were they worried, but because Li Jialan and the children were there, Zhou Yunshu and the others were always cautious about doing things in Haizhou.
Li Jialan thought so too, so she nodded and said, "Okay, Mom will listen to you."
They thought that news of rehabilitation would come, but they didn't expect it to come so soon.
As soon as Zhou Yunshu led his men to leave Yuncheng, an express horse with an express speed of 800 miles arrived in Yuncheng.
What they brought was not only the news of the Zhou family's rehabilitation, but also the decree to bring the Zhou family back to the capital.
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