The concubine escaped and cried when she met the prince again

He Cai bowed his head to his master and replied, "Yes, Master."

Mu Jinxuan, who had been observing Shen Ruolan secretly, came out after Shen Ruolan left. He looked at the direction the refugees left and fell into deep thought for a moment.

Li Heng came to his master and asked, "Master, what exactly is Fuzhai?"

After listening to his subordinates' words, Mu Jinxuan retracted his gaze and said to them, "If you want to know, send someone to follow them, and you will know."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." After hearing what his master said, Li Heng quickly put his hand in his mouth and blew a special whistle.

Suddenly, two people came out from the darkness and saluted to Mu Jinxuan, saying, "Subordinates greet the master."

Mu Jinxuan looked at the two and said, "You two go and see what the Fuzhai is."

"Yes, master." After the two men in black finished speaking, they turned around and chased after him.

Mu Jinxuan looked at their backs and warned, "Remember, don't let anyone see you."

"Yes, master." The two men in black responded loudly.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Mu Jinxuan returned to the villager’s home where he lived.

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The next day, the villagers of Nanfeng Village got up early and found that except for a few refugees occasionally around Shen Ruolan's house, all the other refugees had disappeared, which made everyone feel amazing.

Village Chief Wu was really worried, so he went to Shen Ruolan's house and asked her, "Miss Shen, where did all those refugees go?"

After he finished speaking, he paused and explained to Shen Ruolan: "I don't mean anything else. I just want to know where everyone has gone, in case a group of them suddenly come out and scare other villagers."

Shen Ruolan could understand Village Chief Wu's concerns, but she did not tell him where the refugees were going. She just said to him ambiguously: "Village Chief Wu, they can't find food here, maybe they went upstream."

When Village Chief Wu heard that the refugees had gone upstream, he sighed and said, "Alas, I just hope everyone doesn't go into Nanshan. It's too dangerous there."

Shen Ruolan said: "I hope so."

At this time, Lu Kai shouted to Shen Ruolan from outside: "Miss, we have collected 500 kilograms of fish today. What should we do with it?"

Seeing that Shen Ruolan was busy, Village Chief Wu stood up and said goodbye to her, "Miss Shen, you are busy. I have something to do and I will leave first."

Shen Ruolan said to Village Chief Wu: "Old man, take care."

After seeing off Village Chief Wu, Shen Ruolan called out to Lu Kai outside the door, "Lu Kai, come in and talk."

"Yes, girl." After Lu Kai finished speaking, he hurried in from outside.

Shen Ruolan looked at Lu Kai and asked, "You've collected 500 kilograms of fish so quickly today?"

Lu Kai told Shen Ruolan truthfully: "To answer your question, the villagers on both sides of the river caught this overnight."

The fish in the nearby rivers are no longer as easy to catch as before. Villagers on both sides of the river dare not go upstream, and they row boats to the downstream during the day and catch the fish back at night.

Shen Ruolan nodded to Lu Kai and said, "Go to the store on the other side of the river and buy me 500 kilograms of salt."

When Lu Kai heard his master buy 500 kilograms of salt in one go, he paused for a moment and asked her, "Master, does the store have so much salt?"

What he actually wanted to say was, would the store owner sell them so much salt?

Shen Ruolan said: "As long as they want to make money, they will find a way to get salt."

Shen Ruolan said this, she looked at Lu Kai and said: "You can also tell them directly that I bought so much salt, all because of the fish they bought. Now that the refugees have left, we can't eat all the fish we collect every day. If we can't buy salt, we can only stop collecting fish."

Lu Kai responded to Shen Ruolan: "Yes, young lady."

Shen Ruolan returned to the house, fetched two silver notes, handed them to him and said, "Go ahead, the salt can only be more, not less."

"Yes," Lu Kai said, then he took the banknote given by Shen Ruolan and left.

Shen Ruolan also quickly prepared to eat, and then continued to give acupuncture to the two patients.

The days passed slowly, and after a month, the poison in Mu Jinxuan's body was almost cleared.

At this time, Shen Ruolan, with her belly that was already more than seven and almost eight months pregnant, had difficulty walking.

However, no matter how uncomfortable she felt, she still didn't stop.

Because the autumn harvest was coming soon, she didn't dare to buy the grain from the people of Bei Ming, so she could only turn her attention to the other side of the river.

That day, just as she had negotiated the advance price of grain with the villagers on the other side of the river, Lu Kai came back and said to her, "Girl, we got the grain on the other side of the river first. Now I heard from the villagers on the other side of the river that someone else went to buy grain from them at a high price. They didn't return because they couldn't afford our penalty for breach of contract."

Shen Ruolan was silent for a moment after hearing what Lu Kai said. Then she asked Lu Kai, "Have you asked who are the people who collected the grain?"

Lu Kai shook his head and said, "I heard that they are very mysterious. Even the villagers on the other side of the river can't tell which country they are from."

Shen Ruolan thought for a moment and said to Lu Kai, "Okay, I understand. Keep a close eye on the food on the other side of the river. When you see the villagers starting to collect it, send someone to transport it over immediately."

"Yes, girl, I'll go right away." After Lu Kai finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door.

Shen Ruolan quickly stopped him and said, "Lu Kai, wait a minute."

Lu Kai stopped, looked back at Shen Ruolan and asked, "Miss, is there anything else?"

Shen Ruolan looked at him and asked, "Has there been any movement in Cangling City recently?"

Ever since she asked Ji Han to take that group of refugees away, no more refugees have come out, which made her feel something was abnormal.

When Lu Kai heard Shen Ruolan asking about Cang Ling City, he told her truthfully, "To answer your question, young lady, I heard that the imperial court has sent people to appease the refugees. Recently, all refugees who have entered the city and are willing to return home can receive two taels of silver each, and they will be provided with food along the way and sent back to their hometowns."

In fact, he was quite moved by the court's actions. He also wanted to take his wife back home, but he was reluctant to leave everyone. So, after discussing with his wife many times, he decided to stay with Shen Ruolan.

"I see!" Shen Ruolan paused and continued, "However, if it doesn't rain, the refugees will still not be able to change the problem of drought and lack of food."

Lu Kai smiled at Shen Ruolan and said, "Regarding the problem of lack of water, the court has already found a way to deal with it. I heard that the King of Han is leading thousands of soldiers to dig wells for the people in drought-stricken areas for free."

Shen Ruolan was stunned for a moment when she heard Lu Kai mention Jiang Dichen, but she quickly came back to her senses and said, "The court has thought very carefully this time."

Lu Kai nodded in agreement and said, "Well, I heard that the suggestion this time was made by King Han. It seems that our Bei Ming's brave and skilled general is not only good at fighting, but also cares about the people. He is a good man who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside."