My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

On a sunny day, the magistrate of Yanyun County went on a patrol to inspect the sowing situation.

In the county government office, the county captain Qin Junluo is in charge.

Several carriages stopped at the gate of the county government office, and five squires from the state capital came to visit, wanting to buy improved wheat seeds at a high price.

When Qin Junluo heard about his intention, he refused because of lack of grain.

In order to prevent the leakage of wheat seeds, the county government strictly guarded against the leakage and did not allow secret operations and enrichment of personal pockets.

In addition, a special decree was also formulated to prohibit people from trading wheat seeds privately. Violators would be compensated ten in exchange for one, and in severe cases, they would be punished by thirty pieces of hard labor and three years of hard labor.

Even so, as money and silk attract people's hearts, there are still some people who cannot resist the temptation and want to sell fine seeds to outsiders.

After all, compared with cash, it takes more than half a year from sowing to harvesting. During this period, we have to rely on the weather for food. It is still uncertain whether we will have a good harvest.

For this reason, Qin Mu led the entire battalion to dispatch to cooperate with the government officials in performing supervisory duties. Once captured, they would be executed in public.

Under heavy regulations, few people dared to commit crimes, and the gentry from other places could not induce them, so they had to come forward to purchase in person.

After being rejected by Qin Junluo, a few people got together and mobilized the tenant farmers on the farm to gather at the Yanyun County government office to cause trouble, asking them to treat everyone equally and open up grain crops.

Chu Yi was not one to seek peace through humiliation, and Qin Junluo was also a general. Together, the two of them treated him with courtesy first and then with force. When persuading them to retreat was ineffective, they directly used force to expel him.

However, the next day, more farmers poured into Yanyun County, and with them, there were officers and soldiers from other jurisdictions, euphemistically called to protect the people.

Seeing that the conflict was intensifying, Qin Junyi directly dispatched his army to expel all wandering outsiders from the county, closed the city gates tightly, and strengthened patrols in the outer city. Anyone who crossed the border without any reason would be killed or injured.

Su Yunwan heard the turmoil outside and immediately pointed out: "There must be someone behind them."

Qin Junyi nodded: "It's Zhou Mu."

"The drunkard doesn't care about drinking. What does he want to do?"

"Mr. Dongfang brought news that Zhou Mu suddenly went to the camp a few days ago. After returning, he became uncharacteristically worried."

Su Yunwan lowered her eyes and thought deeply, then heard Qin Junyi say: "Wanwan, don't worry, we can still be self-sufficient even if we seal the city gate."

"Then withdraw the people from the government office first?"

"I have asked Qin Mu to pass the order this morning to withdraw all visible personnel from the city."

At the same time, coughing sounds could be heard from time to time in a small courtyard in Fucheng.

Ruoshu sat on the bed, her face pale and sickly.

"Shu'er, what's wrong with you? Has the doctor come to see you?" Since all the power of the Qin family was transferred to Youzhou, Qin Mu, who was already busy with official duties, was even more unable to leave. More than ten days passed.

"I've seen it. It's just a little cold, so it won't bother me." Ruoshu smiled with a smile on her face and her eyes shone with surprise, "Why do you have time to come here today?"

Qin Mu looked into her eyes and said seriously: "The relationship between my family and Zhou Mu is tense, and a war may break out. Come with me to Beiling Village."

"How could this happen? Didn't you already have peace talks and live together peacefully? What happened?" Ruoshu asked repeatedly in surprise.

Qin Mu briefly told Ruoshu about improving wheat seeds.

Ruoshu frowned after hearing this, and Aman on the side asked innocently: "It would be nice if there were extra wheat seeds and sold at a high price. It has nothing to do with Mr. Zhou Mu, right?"

"Behind this incident, it is Zhou Mu who is adding fuel to the flames. Today is different from the past. Come with me. If you don't want to go to Beiling Village, you can go to Yanyun County."

Qin Mu invited Ruoshu to move to the county town as soon as Yanyun County was established. However, Ruoshu did not want to be attached to the Qin family and still engaged in acting in Zuiyuelou, leaving a way out for herself.

Even though Qin Mu told her that when she got to the county town, she could become a musician with both virtue and talent, specializing in cultivating women's talents. You can also be employed in a restaurant in the county town and do the same job as in the capital city. You can also buy shops to rent out and collect a steady stream of rent.

But Ruoshu insisted on her own opinion and was unwilling to use the power of the Qin family to make a living for herself.

She couldn't promise Qin Mu a future, so she could only muddle along and be prepared to leave at any time.

Now her relationship with Qin Mu cannot escape Zhou Mu's eyes. If she continues to stay in Fucheng, it will become a constraint for Qin Mu. However, if she goes to the Qin family's territory, there will be hidden dangers...

Ruoshu pondered for a long time, raised her eyes and said, "Qin Mu, I want to go to Jizhou."

"A rebellion broke out in Jizhou a few years ago, which made it even more turbulent."

"Then I will go to Jiangnan."

Qin Mu: "..."

The room was silent for a moment, and the birds on the branches outside made a chirping sound.

The flowers in front of the window were vying for beauty, and spring was in full bloom, but Qin Mu felt like he was in a world of ice and snow, with a bone-chilling chill.

The separation came unexpectedly and left him in pieces.

His heart felt like it was being gouged out with a blunt knife, and blood flowed gurglingly, dyeing the last warmth in his eyes red.

Qin Mu called in a low voice: "Shu'er, do you have to leave?"

Ruoshu lowered her head, tears falling down one by one towards the broken pearls.

"Miss, don't cry." Ah Man hurriedly stretched out the silk handkerchief and took her into his arms to comfort her.

Then he turned his head and looked directly at Qin Mu with pleading eyes: "Master, please take my young lady with you to a place where no one knows you, and live the rest of your life anonymously, okay?"

"Aman! Don't talk nonsense!" Ruoshu scolded, her heart pounding, her eyelashes quivering like butterfly wings, and she quietly glanced at Qin Mu.

The hope in her eyes made Qin Mu couldn't bear to look directly at her. He turned his back and said in a tight voice, "I can't leave the Qin family."

Ruoshu reached out and covered her mouth to prevent her from crying.

Ah Man shouted: "Why? You were kicked out of your home by the late prince many years ago!"

"Without my eldest brother, I would have died long ago. In this life, I will never abandon my eldest brother."

"Then where do you put my young lady? Is it worthy of my young lady traveling thousands of miles?"

Ruoshu took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Aman, stop talking!"

"Miss!" Ah Man stamped his feet anxiously.

Qin Mu raised his head, pushed back the heat in his eyes, and then turned to look directly at Ruoshu: "Will you do anything harmful to the Qin family for your mother?"

Ruoshu's face turned pale and she was speechless for a moment.

She was committed to not letting herself fall into that situation, but if she really fell into it one day, she would never abandon Qin Mu.

However, with her life experience there, even if she did nothing, once the Qin family leaked the news, she would be the first to be suspicious.

She didn't want to be involved in right and wrong, using pale words to prove her innocence, nor did she want to consume Qin Mu's emotions and make him exhausted.