"Cold? What's cold?" Liu Yaoyao moved closer, trying to ask Cui Ya's dirty face for a specific name. But this guy was like a slippery loach, tilting his head, curling his lips, and went straight away.

Liu Yaoyao stood up with a bewildered look on her face, patted the dust off her hands, and frowned: "She said she was cold or something, who could it be? I didn't expect them to... do such a little thing behind my back."

She suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, Wang Cuilu, where are the farm girls who went into the mountains with us? Are they okay?"

Ling Chenyu was confused by Liu Yaoyao's question, with a big question mark written all over his face: "Wang Cuilu? Who is she? I have no impression of her."

Liu Yaoyao slapped her forehead and explained, "Oh, it's the maid that Su Wenxin punished before, and the women who came with the bandits later. They all came together."

"Oh, those people are all dead." Ling Chenyu said lightly.

"Ah? How could this happen?" Liu Yaoyao exclaimed, her face full of shock, "They..."

Ling Chenyu gently hugged Liu Yaoyao and comforted her: "From the moment they chose to betray us, they were no longer the same as us. People like this can do anything for the sake of profit, and death is the easiest thing for them."

Liu Yaoyao sighed and shook her head, feeling mixed emotions. She was not a saint, but she was a little sad. She wanted to save their lives out of friendship as fellow peasant girls, but she didn't expect it to end like this.

Seeing Liu Yaoyao remained silent, Ling Chenyu thought she was too sad, so he glared at Leng Ying who was standing aside, signaling him to be more careful with his words. As Ling Chenyu's confidant, Leng Ying instantly understood what his master meant and quickly took over the conversation.

"Madam, after those thirteen peasant girls took refuge with the bandits, they allowed themselves to fall into depravity. Most of them offered themselves to the bandits and worked for them openly or secretly. I heard that there was even a woman who led the bandits back home and had her house robbed. It's a good thing for them to die like this." Leng Ying said it lightly, but there was a hint of disdain in his tone.

Liu Yaoyao was dumbfounded. She couldn't believe her ears. Those women were once peasant girls like her. How could they do such a thing? She couldn't help but feel an inexplicable anger and disappointment in her heart.

Leng Ying suddenly interrupted, "By the way, Madam, there is also a peasant girl named Zhang Lingling. She was not involved in those messy things. After we left, she disappeared."

Liu Yaoyao blinked and thought that Zhang Lingling was smart and her initial kindness was not in vain, so she no longer took this little character to heart.

At this moment, Leng Feng hurried over. Dense beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he looked like he had run a long distance. Seeing this, the three people in the room couldn't help but have a bad premonition in their hearts.

As soon as Leng Feng entered the room, he spoke breathlessly, "Something terrible has happened! Because of the hot spring water issue, we decided to dig a canal in Liangping Bay first. But we didn't expect that as soon as we got there, we were strongly protested by the villagers. Not only did they gather to cause trouble, they also injured several of our guards!"

When Liu Yaoyao heard this, she frowned and wondered how these villagers could be so ignorant. Digging the canal was for the benefit of everyone, why didn't they understand?

Ling Chenyu had a serious expression on his face. He said in a deep voice: "The guards can't even stop the villagers?"

Leng Ying was also indignant. He gritted his teeth and said, "These villagers are so despicable! We should teach them a lesson and let them know that we are not easy to mess with!"

Liu Yaoyao sighed, shook her head and said, "Forget it, let's not bother with them. Let's go check on the injured guards first. I hope they are not seriously injured."

So the three of them hurried to Liangping Bay, where they saw a group of villagers gathered, shouting something excitedly, while their guards fell to the ground, groaning in pain.

Liu Yaoyao looked at the injured guards with distress and walked up to them to inquire about their injuries. At the same time, she also did not forget to appease the excited villagers and tried to calm the dispute.

But no matter how earnestly Liu Yaoyao explained, the villagers of Liangpingwan just acted like "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen". If she talked too much, they even started pushing and shoving.

Fortunately, the big boss Ling Chenyu was present, and the villagers didn't even touch Liu Yaoyao's hair.

The scene was as chaotic as a pot of boiling porridge. The officials and guards were a little hesitant to take action because they saw that the other party was just ordinary people. But the villagers were not polite at all. They acted decisively and quickly as lightning.

Seeing this, Ling Chenyu frowned, and with a burst of energy, he instantly blocked the villagers. He stood there, his aura fully open, as if the whole world was under his control, and put on a domineering aura, and asked in a deep voice: "Why are you making trouble?"

When the villagers heard this, they were like a tinderbox that had been lit. A leading villager stood up, pointed at Ling Chenyu's nose and cursed: "You are the King Chen? A disaster star abandoned by the court! It's all because of you. God has made us lose everything. We are rebelling against you!"

"Yes, kill the disaster star! Kill the disaster star! Kill the disaster star!" The other villagers also echoed, raising wooden sticks towards Ling Chenyu clamorously. They looked fearless and confident as if they were the masters of this world.

Ling Chenyu, a prince, was actually scolded by a group of villagers. However, he was not the kind of person who was easily angered. He just glanced at the villagers lightly with a playful smile on his face.

"Humph, I am a disaster star? Nonsense! How can I control natural disasters and man-made disasters alone? If you are dissatisfied, you can go to the court to argue. Why are you making trouble here?"

Ling Chenyu's words were powerful, but the villagers were still aggressive and hit him with sticks, not taking Ling Chenyu's words to heart at all.

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