Enraged, the head of the Zhong family jumped up and down, cursing, "Damn it, when you were forcing us to sell our grain at low prices, why didn't you consider our needs?"
Inside the council hall of the Yu family in Nanzhou Prefecture.
After hearing the guard's report, Yu Shida fell into deep suspicion.
"Who else could it be but the Zhong family?"
Yu Xunmei frowned and asked, "Has the Zhong family in Huaizhou City made any unusual moves? What did the Zhong family head say?"
"No." The guard shook his head.
Yu Xunmei fell into deep thought. She felt that something was very wrong. Logically speaking, Xihe County and Huaizhou City were so close, it was impossible for the Zhong family not to have heard any news.
Or perhaps the Zhong family sensed something was wrong but kept it from the Yu family.
Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she stood up and walked to the map hanging at the head of the council hall.
Upon seeing Xihe County marked on the map, Yu Xunmei's pupils suddenly contracted, and her body felt as if it had been struck by lightning, rendering her completely unable to move.
How could she be so careless! She actually forgot about them.
Trying to steady herself, she said in a trembling voice, "Brother Da, come and see quickly."
Yu Shida waved away the guards, stepped forward, and stood beside her, asking, "What's wrong?"
“Look at this,” Yu Xunmei said, pointing to Longtan on the map.
"Dragon Pool?"
Seeing his confusion, Yu Xunmei explained to him in detail what had happened when she went to Longtan and was humiliated by them.
After listening, Yu Shida frowned and stared intently at the map.
After a long pause, he looked at Yu Xunmei's beautiful face and said, "You mean they are refugees from the north who built a high city wall in Longtan?"
"Yes, they even stood on the city wall to humiliate me."
Looking back, Yu Xunmei's bright, smiling eyes revealed a hint of fierceness.
"Who exactly are they?"
Yu Shida was completely baffled. He had always been in Nanzhou Prefecture, but he had never heard of any powerful figures who had come to the South.
“Oh, right.” As if remembering something, Yu Xunmei continued, “I heard my father mention that they are the nephews of Yun Zhentian from the Prefectural Governor’s Office, and their surname is Yun. Fan Xueli was even thinking of finding a son-in-law to marry Fan Yuejia to one of them.”
Of course, she concealed the fact that she coveted Yun Er.
Surnamed Yun, he came from the north and was Yun Zhentian's nephew. Yu Shida was struck dumb, his eyes fixed on the three characters "Longtan County" on the map.
"This...how is this possible?" he stammered, his voice filled with disbelief.
He immediately realized that this made perfect sense.
The bandits of Chi'an were wiped out without a sound, all the Japanese in Xihe County were killed, and even their ships were sunk. Only they could do such a thing in the entire Great Yan Kingdom.
Yu Xunmei looked at him with her bright, clear eyes. "Brother Da, what's wrong?"
Do you still remember the clouds?
Who are Zhentian's grandfather and eldest brother?
"I heard that Yun Zhentian comes from the Yun family of Shangjing." Yu Xunmei was not interested in Yun Zhentian's family background; he was just a puppet official controlled by powerful families.
“That’s right. The Yun family of Shangjing is a family of military generals who have guarded Yanmen Pass for generations.”
Yu Xunmei's eyes widened in horror. "Didn't they say that the Yun family was wiped out when the Hu people entered the pass, and even the women were killed by the Hu people during their exile? They all came to Longtan?"
“I think it’s definitely them,” Yu Shida said with certainty.
She had suffered at the hands of that gang in Longtan before, "So what do we do now?"
Yu Shida was also worried. They couldn't even get close to the edge of Longtan, and they didn't know how many people they had brought with them.
The southern region was far from the political center of the Central Plains. In the past, they only cared about living their lives behind closed doors, thinking that the emperor was far away and that they only needed to pay their taxes every year. They were not concerned about the affairs of the capital and knew nothing about the Yun family.
After the chaos in the north, many refugees have been heading south in the past two years. I heard that I had taken in quite a few refugees before I went there.
If the Yun family were to train a group of soldiers, the southern lands would be in grave danger!
Yu Shida felt a chill run down his spine at the thought. No, he couldn't just sit and wait to die. "I'll go to the Yun residence."
"Go where?" Yu Xunmei asked, her beautiful eyes wide with confusion.
Yu Shida: "Let's find out what's going on with Yun Zhentian."
He left in a hurry after saying that. He had dealt with Yun Zhentian quite a bit before and they were fairly familiar with each other.
When Yu Shida arrived at the Yun residence, Yun Zhentian was instructing his son.
Yun Kang knelt on the ground, his face full of arrogance.
"Lord Yun is so busy!" Yu Shida said with a smile.
Yun Zhentian looked ashamed and shook his head, sighing, "This unfilial son is disobedient and always causes trouble outside. He won't learn his lesson if we don't teach him a lesson."
After welcoming him into the hall, Yun Zhentian asked, "I wonder what brings General Yu here?"
He didn't have much official business with Yu Shida. In the past two years, although he held the title of Prefect, many affairs within the prefecture were actually handled by the Yu family.
"I heard that Lord Yun's son and nephew settled down in Longtan County, which is under the jurisdiction of Nanman Prefecture, last year?" Yu Shida didn't keep them in suspense and went straight to the point.
Yun Zhentian lifted his eyelids and glanced at him, then picked up the teacup lid and skimmed off the tea foam.
"Yes, that's true."
Yu Shida picked up his teacup and took a sip of water. The tea was too hot to taste, so he put it down and asked with feigned concern, "Nanman Prefecture is extremely desolate. Why doesn't Lord Yun leave the people in Nanzhou Prefecture? That way, you uncle and nephew can look after each other."
Yun Zhentian's heart skipped a beat, wondering why Yu Shida had suddenly come to inquire about the Yunye brothers.
"Sigh, the children are grown up and have their own ideas. How can I interfere?" Yun Zhentian slammed down his teacup, his tone tinged with anger.
"I heard they trained a team in Longtan?"
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