The population was originally small in ancient times, and many people died in the disaster. Now there are only a few households in the city. Jiang Yue was busy until the second half of the night and then finished.
She held her waist and thought that people really can't be lazy. She always felt that she had exercised too much recently.
"I'll massage you later and take a hot bath to make you feel more comfortable." Jiang Nian put his hand on the back of her waist, supporting her as she walked, and said.
When the two men returned home, they found that the three wild beasts had returned and were now staring at the mule in the shed in a daze/drooling.
Jiang Yue walked over, fed the mule that was almost scared to death some straw, touched its neck and comforted it.
"You guys came back pretty quickly. It looks like you didn't do anything bad except revenge, right?"
They each carried a bag on their backs, like the "traveling frog", which looked quite funny.
Several of them helped each other to unload the bundle, and dragged it to Jiang Yue and the others with their teeth.
She raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean? For me?"
Jiang Nian half-knelt down and opened several bundles. The first one had a strong bloody smell. It was a pure white fox skin, but it was stained with a little blood. I don't know if it can be removed. This fresh one looks a bit disgusting.
"Did you kill the white fox?" The technique was both brutal and efficient; she wondered who had learned it from. She had heard that to tannage animal fur, it was best to skin it alive.
The kitten meowed sweetly, as if it was quite proud and asking for praise.
As he wished, Jiang Yue praised him, "That's amazing!"
The second bundle contained a bag of jewelry. Jiang Yue checked it out and found more than twenty pieces of hairpins, hair crowns, hairpins, and earrings, made of gold, silver, jade, and agate. The craftsmanship was exquisite, and even she, an outsider, could tell that they were good things.
Jiang Yue smiled as she opened the third bundle. It was a bag full of pearls of all colors. She pinched one between two fingers; it was round and lovely. The pearls came in milky white, pale pink, lavender, and pale orange, each one beautiful.
Jiang Yue was very satisfied, "Okay, your debt is paid! I like it very much, well done!"
Perhaps it was because the people they came into contact with often carried these, so they also regarded them as the most precious things. However, the quality was good and the value was high enough, so Jiang Yue was indeed rare.
The space wouldn't necessarily store all of these jewellery, and even if it did, it wouldn't completely store them all, there would always be some left for her. She still had some love for beauty.
Back in the trading town, they had killed five mules and the meat was piled high without being processed.
Jiang Yue threw one to these mules, then stared into their eyes and said solemnly, "Don't stare at my mule anymore."
If her mule was really frightened, she would use a tiger as a mount.
They nodded reluctantly and began to share the food with the mule.
Jiang Yue felt that this scene was really uncomfortable.
"I'm going to sleep for a while. You're not allowed to make any noise, and you're not allowed to leave any blood on the ground." She looked at the sky. "After all that commotion last night, I guess the police will be searching the city today."
She didn't know if these had left any traces, but her mind was about to fall into a coma and she didn't want to think too much.
What she worried about did not happen, and God helped her.
After noon, there was a heavy rain in the city, and any traces were completely wiped out.
Jiang Yue lay in bed, listening to the sound of rain, thinking in her heart, "We can't leave the city today."
Jiang Nian hugged her tightly, "Then let's wait for two days. There's no rush. Just take a few days to rest."
In the afternoon, officials really came to search house by house.
Jiang Yue calmly put the three into the space, waited for the official to knock on the door, and opened it immediately.
The officers were drenched, but their faces were tense, their swords clenched, and they were even more nervous than the day before. She knew that this time it wasn't just about the loss of something, but about the loss of the prefect's life.
Without asking a single question, they rushed into the house and searched the cellar and the stables, leaving things scattered all over the floor.
Even the official who had arranged the house for them was called over to check. After checking everything one by one, no suspicious people or objects were found in the Jiang family.
Someone asked Jiang Nian, "Did anyone unusual appear last night?"
"I don't know. I didn't hear any sound."
He raised his chin and said temptingly, "If you know anyone walking on the streets at night, tell me and I will give you food."
Jiang Nian still shook his head, "I really didn't hear any sound, and we went to bed early and didn't go out."
This answer is impeccable.
Not getting any information, the officers did not pursue the Jiang family and rushed to the next house in the rain.
Still the same actions, still the same questions.
The man of the house had already hidden the food. When questioned, he shook his head and said he didn't hear anyone walking around outside.
The officer threatened them and told them to just starve and not have any inappropriate thoughts, then turned and left.
The man bowed his head and sent the person away, then stood up and looked in the direction of the Jiang family. He said nothing for a long while, closed the door and went home.
Jiang Yue didn't pay attention to what was happening outside, and didn't know who was in charge of the government. She only knew that the streets were raided several times by the police in the morning, noon, and evening, but after finding nothing amiss, they became quiet.
She didn't know that the prefect's backyard was a river of blood.
Jiang Nian would receive a handful of wild vegetables or firewood at his door every day. He didn't know who sent them, and he didn't tell anyone.
They delivered food to so many families, and it made quite a big noise, so there were bound to be people who saw it.
The spring rain continued for several days. Jiang Yue slept day and night at home, and Jiang Nian cooked every meal for her.
He was even more stingy than Jiang Yue, unwilling to share the meat. Every day, he only gave those few a little broth to drink, and ate vegetables and steamed buns.
But he was not polite at all when he ordered people around.
Jiang Yue distributed the rice and wheat she had grown in her own space to the people. They had high yields and were not sun-dried, making them suitable for seed. The grain she had looted from the prefect was just the right amount to exchange for them.
Jiang Nian took advantage of the helpers and ordered them to grind the mill, husk the rice and grind the wheat into flour. Only if they did a good job would they be rewarded with rabbit meat.
He even picked out the three thinnest rabbits...
Jiang Yue sometimes couldn't help but wonder if it was because she was too calculating that she had taught such a disciple.
On the fifth day after the magistrate's death, someone came knocking on the door.
Jiang Yue heard the knock on the door sound furtive, and it couldn't be the government officials coming to check. If it was an official, they would have just knocked on the door and shouted, not been so cautious.
She glanced at Jiang Nian. He walked over, leaned against the door, and asked, "Who's outside?"
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