Huo Changhe walked over from not far away, looking at Yan Ruyu's back. His intuition told him that Yan Ruyu was not in good condition.

He gently put his arm around her shoulders and whispered, "Go and rest. I'll ask."

Yan Ruyu did not try to be stubborn. She nodded and walked over to the abbot.

The abbot was distributing water to everyone, and after drinking it, they felt refreshed.

When he saw Yan Ruyu coming, he didn't pay attention at first, but when he turned his head to take a closer look, he was shocked.

"You look very unhappy, what's wrong?"

Yan Ruyu shook her head: "It's a bit uncomfortable."

The abbot quickly found a place for her to sit down and took out a cushion for her to sit on.

"what happened?"

"Just take a break," Yan Ruyu chatted with him, changing her thoughts and trying not to think about what Hua Can said.

"Don't be so stubborn. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable," the abbot advised in a low voice. "There are so many people here. You are not a big deal. The prince is here too. Don't insist on going alone."

Yan Ruyu nodded: "We'll count the number of people later and let them go quickly."

"Don't worry, they are making arrangements and will leave soon. However, this may not be easy to handle. We need to be prepared."

Yan Ruyu remained silent, how could she not know.

It would be fine if this village existed independently, but over the years, they have intermarried and have married many women from other villages.

If they all leave, what will happen to those women?

They must face a choice.

"No matter what, they must go outside the Great Wall. We cannot be soft-hearted at this time," Yan Ruyu said firmly, "If they don't leave, there will be endless troubles."

Our ancestors often said that those who are not of our race must have different hearts.

Not without reason.

Yan Ruyu didn't want to talk about big principles like all people in the world are one family and the world is one family. She just wanted to look at the present.

The old prince proved with his strength that the dynasty has the ability to do so, and the people are willing to accept them.

It's them who don't want to stay here.

Backtracking.

In that case, let’s go back to where we were.

They do have good intentions, but they are not meant to be abused.

Instead of having this thought, it is better to benefit your own people. There are so many lovely people, like those in Youcheng, those who help build Xicheng, and those who come out to build roads, who are all working hard and sweating for the construction of their own cities and towns.

They are the ones who deserve love and respect.

Yan Ruyu made up her mind, asked Huo Changhe about it, and told the secret guards to set off immediately.

As soon as he moved, he started crying and shouting.

She was just sobbing quietly at first, but now that she saw that things were getting serious, she started crying and screaming.

Most of them were women and children.

Huo Changhe shouted: "If you want to cry or curse, cry to your headman or curse to your headman!"

"There are also those who want to go outside the Great Wall, such as Li Baru and his ilk."

"My father has made great efforts and spent a lot of time to ensure your safe and happy life. The people around here are also happy to accept you and live in harmony with you."

"It's these people, the majority of you, who only want to go outside the Great Wall and go back. Then I will grant your wish!"

Someone cried, "My Lord, I don't want to go back, I want to stay!"

When someone spoke up, someone else agreed: "I don't want to go back either, Your Majesty, let us stay."

"Those who want to leave can leave, and those who want to stay can stay. Let us choose for ourselves, isn't that okay?"

Before Huo Changhe could answer, Yan Ruyu came over and spoke.

"The whole village must relocate. There is no such thing as voluntary stay or leave. It was because some people pretended to enter the country and stayed that today's disaster happened."

"The old prince has taken endless risks for you, but what is his fate now? We don't know whether he is alive or dead, and his whereabouts are unknown. Your neighbor, the man, the head of the village, still has a long-standing grudge against him in his heart."

"Why? He deserves it. This is your own life, your own choice. Why should he be held responsible?"

"Before it was the old prince, and now it's the prince's turn? What do we owe you? We only do the same thing once, and we have done it for you. We have a clear conscience!"

Everyone was silent for a while.

After a while, a woman cried out, "I won't leave. I am a Han Chinese. I don't want to go outside the Great Wall."

"Go talk to your husband."

Yan Ruyu showed no mercy at all: "Let's go!"

Yan Ruyu has already handed over the household registration documents to the secret guards and let these people have a look at them. The official seal is a foregone conclusion.

The crowd was led out of the village, some crying and some in silence.

Soon after leaving the village, dust was flying in the front. Yan Ruyu looked carefully and saw that the person who came closer and pulled the reins to dismount was Cui Chong.

Cui Chong stepped forward and greeted them: "Your Majesty, Princess, the Lord is afraid that you two don't have enough people to take so many people away, so he specially asked us to come to help and obey the orders of the Prince and Princess."

The governor's office sent a total of fifteen yamen runners. When Cui Chong arrived, he took a detour to the county government under his jurisdiction and borrowed twenty people.

Thirty-five people in total.

Yan Ruyu felt relieved immediately.

The yamen runners wore official uniforms and the common people could recognize them at a glance. To them, even if they were just yamen runners, as long as they were wearing official uniforms, they were more intimidating than the secret guards of the palace.

"Thank you, Lord Cao," Huo Changhe said sincerely.

Cui Chong bowed and said, "Your Highness, you are welcome. You and the princess have worked hard on the journey. Please leave these matters to me."

The handover was done quickly, and Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu arrived at the team.

Feng Shao was in good spirits, walking with the abbot, telling jokes and laughing from time to time.

Yan Ruyu turned her face away and whispered, "I don't know if Miaomiao can solve it."

"Of course I can. Don't worry. Leave this matter to me," Huo Changhe gently held her cold fingers, "I will definitely do it and keep the bee whistle safe."

"As for Huacan, I will interrogate her again and find out who she belongs to."

At first, both of them thought Hua Can was Mr. Mo's man, but later Hua Can mentioned the poisonous insect, which was rarely seen in such a long period of contact with Mr. Mo.

Of course, Mr. Mo is a strange, cunning and cruel person, so it's not surprising that he uses anyone, but I just think this one is very abrupt.

In any case, it’s always right to ask more questions and get things clear.

It was not appropriate to continue this topic any further, so Huo Changhe changed the subject: "I'm afraid there will be more problems later."

"what?"

"Many of these women who married into Dachao Village still have family members in their families. I'm afraid they may not let them go easily."

Yan Ruyu nodded. The people from Dachao Village must leave, but the women’s families were Han people.

We are all blood relatives. If we leave now, we may hardly see each other again. Who would be willing to let us go?

I'm afraid it will be a grand farewell.

Yan Ruyu also felt uncomfortable and secretly cursed these people for committing such evil.

I'm afraid this was their original idea.

Yan Ruyu sighed quietly, "This evil man must be done for the sake of long-term stability in the future."

There is no other choice but to take drastic measures.

As expected, just two miles out of the village, I heard shouting ahead.

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