It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 269

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Yan, who was pulled out of the cellar by Jiang Lu, stared at the bearded man in front of him.

A small amount of blood was slowly flowing from the bearded man's head. His body was limp and hunched, and he was dragged away by Jiang Fu and his teammate who had three moles on the back of his neck.

The three moles first complained: "I missed one. I don't know who searched so carelessly."

Then he praised Jiang Fu: "Your niece from the same village is quite courageous and decisive in her actions. Why don't you bring her into the village?"

Jiang Fu didn't explain, but just smiled back.

As an important member of the successful subjugation of the hidden person, Jiang Yan ignored the disapproving looks of those present and followed the team leader and Jiang Fu into the interrogation room.

When he came out after a while, his face was pale.

Three moles walked over to Jiang Yan and said, "You've learned your lesson by following and looking around without permission."

Jiang Yan lowered his head and ignored him. After a long while, he adjusted himself and asked, "The people inside said they just found my family's food and were arrested before they could eat it. Can you return the food you took away?"

The three moles thought about the obviously larger meals last night and this morning, and looked up at the sky.

……

Not long after Jiang Yan returned home, Jiang Fu walked in carrying a bag of grain.

"Uncle?" Jiang Yan stood up.

Jiang Fu softened his expression, "This half bag is for compensation. The rest will have to wait until the stewards come."

"Stewards, come here?"

"Yeah." Jiang Fu forced a smile: "In a few days, everyone in the village will be able to come back."

Jiang Yan couldn't help but feel happy, but soon turned to worry. "What happened? Why did you move back now?"

Logically speaking, no matter whether they are bandits or have any other identities, they will not give up their strongholds easily.

Jiang Fu was not told the details of the decision, but he could hear and see. Before setting off, all the water sources found in the village had dried up. There were also a large number of disaster victims in the surrounding counties who could not find drinking water and ran into the mountains, then broke into and besieged the village.

Coupled with the tragic scenes and chaos they witnessed on their way here, as well as the several ambushes and interceptions they encountered, he had been unable to sleep well in the past two days.

But in front of Jiang Yan, Jiang Fu still wanted to hide all his worries and just said, "Don't worry, there are many people coming, and there are people escorting them on the way, so nothing serious will go wrong."

Jiang Yan lowered her head and looked quietly at the lines on her palm.

During the interrogation just now, the group of refugees who fled from Xiding Prefecture could not withstand the punches and confessed to some evil deeds one after another.

Not only a few mountain villages in Rongcheng County were affected. They fled from Xiding Prefecture, and due to drought and locust plagues, they could not find food and water in the mountains, so they turned their attention to remote mountain villages along the way.

The most common thing was to rob the village, but there were also some people who were too weak to compete and fell behind. When they were starving, they would drag the injured people who fell to the ground and hide in the mountains.

Although it was not stated explicitly, Jiang Yan could not possibly have guessed the tragic situation that would follow, and was completely unable to deceive herself with words of comfort.

Jiang Fu opened his mouth several times to say something, but was unable to close it. It was not until Jiang Lu noticed something was wrong and came over that he warned:

"We still have work to do. We'll be leaving soon, and we don't know when we'll be back. Please be careful. Be careful with anyone who speaks with an accent, whether it's from another place or a local."

After walking a few steps, he felt like he had missed something, so he turned back and whispered to the four people who had already left to see him off, "Even if the few people who came back with me today come here alone, don't let your guard down."

Jiang Yan nodded seriously. No wonder, Uncle Jiang Fu had an unconcealable polite distance when interacting with his teammates.