If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

Facing the stares of everyone in the room, Captain Li swallowed his saliva and said, "Two days ago, the soldiers in charge of surveillance reported that they had found a group of people on the back mountain of Yuanzhou Prefecture. From the accent, they sounded like people from the other side of the mountain."

"My brother and I were worried, so we went to verify it ourselves yesterday, and sure enough..."

"Are you serious? How many people are there?" Situ Yidun asked.

"Looking at the size of the camp, a conservative estimate is no less than a hundred people." City Lord Li lowered his head and thought for a while before giving the answer.

Meixiang's eyes flashed, and her temperament suddenly changed. Situ Yidong, who was sitting next to her, noticed her abnormality at the first moment and instinctively held Meixiang's hand quietly under the table.

The heat from the man's palm burned Meixiang and brought her back to her senses. She took a deep breath and spoke with a hint of awe, "Based on your understanding of Yuanzhou Prefecture, do the city lord and the captain know about this?"

As the two people in power in a state, knowing and not knowing are two completely different coping strategies, so Meixiang asked this question at this time.

The three city lords exchanged opinions with their captains in a low voice. City Lord Wang spoke first: "City Lord Ji of Yuanzhou Prefecture is a henpecked man. Madam Ji was born and raised in Yuanzhou, and her ancestors all grew up in Yuanzhou. Captain Liu was transferred here five years ago. He doesn't like to talk, so we don't interact much on weekdays."

He was the first to speak, but he did not explicitly state his evaluation of the Lord of Yuanzhou Prefecture and the Commandant. He just gave a relatively objective introduction to the two men's situations.

Meixiang couldn't help but look at City Lord Wang twice more. He was a smart man. He not only answered her questions, but also did not deliberately guide her judgment.

Upon seeing this, the other two city lords instantly knew how to answer this question, and they followed City Lord Wang's words and added some details.

At this time, Li Chengzhu of Lizhou Prefecture patted his head and added, "In all these years, I haven't seen the family of Commandant Liu of Yuanzhou Prefecture, and there has been no relevant rumors."

"Yes, I once asked him this question quietly during an exercise. I felt that his expression was extremely unnatural for a moment, and I never asked him again afterwards." City Lord Sang added.

Chu Zeming and the other four exchanged glances. Situ Yidun nodded slightly, signaling to the other three that he would take charge of the matter.

Even if this topic was temporarily put aside, Meixiang turned the topic back, "Today, City Lord Wang, City Lord Sang and the two captains also came here for this group of 'tails'."

The Li Kui brothers widened their eyes, and their gazes towards the other four people had a slightly different meaning.

"God bless us Haoyue. Just when we were worrying about where to start, City Lord Li showed up at our doorstep. It's really like 'a pillow sent just when you're sleepy'!" Meixiang continued with a smile, as if she didn't notice the expressions of the four people.

Feng Yizhen made a very flattering excuse, "What do you mean?"

Then he followed Mei Xiang's gaze and stared at the wound on City Lord Li's face, and understood the deep meaning of her words, "Wonderful, wonderful!"

The lord of a city and the captain were attacked on the way to Liuzhou Prefecture. Could there be a better excuse than this?

Of course, it would be even better if we could ignore the two Li brothers' angry faces! What everyone in the room can be sure of is that for a long time in the future, the two will not want to mention this matter.

At the same time, some people behind the mountains of Liujia Village will not want to recall this history for a long, long time in the future.

The next day, many people in Liuzhou Prefecture saw the City Lord and the Commandant of Lizhou Prefecture leaving the government office gate with injuries, especially City Lord Li, who only showed half of his face and was escorted by hundreds of soldiers when he left.

At the same time, the purpose of the two people coming to Liuzhou Prefecture and their experiences on the road also spread. The princess was furious and ordered Liuzhou Prefecture, Xuanzhou Prefecture, and Yuanzhou Prefecture to jointly investigate this group of daring thieves and restore peace to the people. She also ordered Suzhou Prefecture, which was out of Liuzhou Prefecture, to cooperate in the investigation.

It is said that the imperial edict delivered to the four prefectures was a bright yellow imperial edict with the seals of Empress Haoyue and Princess Chang on it. The two seals that the beautiful woman had kept at the bottom of her box for many years were put to use for the first time in more than ten years.

Afterwards, the soldiers from the four prefectures seemed to act quickly, searching everywhere for suspicious persons. Once found, they would throw them directly into the Liuzhou prefecture’s prison, which had been heavily renovated.

Affected by this, the group that was closely following had to temporarily hide in the back mountain after five of them were arrested, and did not dare to take any action.

After confirming that no one had entered or left the place for three consecutive days, Situ Yidong and his men rounded up the whole group on the fourth night. After interrogation, not a single person escaped.

Following the trend, the four states took over the checkpoint connecting the two sides of the mountain without making any noise. Instead of the previous four months per state, the four states sent people to guard the checkpoint every day, making it extremely difficult to let people in and out quietly.

Situ Yidong also took advantage of the situation to station his own people on the hillsides behind both sides of the checkpoint. While keeping an eye on the movements of the hidden country in the back hills, he also monitored the people on guard.

This series of actions seemed to happen in an instant. When everything was settled and could not be reversed, some people realized it belatedly.

In the study room of Yuanzhou Duwei Mansion, Duwei Liu held the small piece of letter in his hand for a long time, unable to recover from his shock.

"Master, what do you think about this?" The trusted servant looked at his dazed master and couldn't help but remind him.

"What do I think? Judging from the eldest princess's actions this time, it is obviously not a sudden idea. One thing leads to another, and even I feel inferior to her." Captain Liu, who had come back to his senses, said with a gloomy expression.

This time the attack was swift, ruthless, and accurate. It took only four days from issuing the imperial decree to closing the net, and no one escaped. This shows how meticulous the mind was and how ruthless the attack was.

Thinking of this, Captain Liu's heart trembled violently, and his expression became even gloomier.

"What do we do next?"

"What else can we do? I guess not even a fly can get through that checkpoint now. If you don't believe me, try it?!" This was one of the things that made Captain Liu admire him from the bottom of his heart. He didn't even need to find a second excuse. He naturally controlled that important checkpoint, leaving others speechless and convinced.

"What should we do, young lady?" the trusted servant asked anxiously. He knew the pain and helplessness of his master.

"Let's take it one step at a time. There's nothing I can do now."

Ever since he received the cloth bag handed to him by a stranger on his way home a month ago, he knew that he was trapped and there was no way out.

However, his belief as a soldier prevented him from completely betraying his country, but his inner hope also prevented him from leaving it alone. What if, what if it was true...

After several days of sleepless nights, the hope and luck in his heart prevailed, and he asked his confidants to quietly put some water at the checkpoint.