Usually, it takes two incense sticks for a prisoner to walk from Xiguanying to the county town.

This morning, the prisoners did not walk slowly as usual, but ran all the way. In less than an incense stick of time, all of them had run from Xiguanying to the farm.

As soon as Yu Jiuer walked out of the farm, she saw a group of prisoners rushing towards her excitedly, as if they were coming to rob her of money. Yu Jiuer was so scared that she took two steps back unconsciously.

Yueying drew out his sword and was ready to strike, as if he would kill with just one more step forward.

Fortunately, the prisoners wisely stopped in their tracks when they were a few steps away from Yu Jiuer.

"What are you doing? Rebellion?" Yu Jiuer was both amused and helpless.

The prisoner captain, Lu Xiyao, quickly shook his head and waved his hands, gasping for breath, and said, "Master, calm down! You are the person we respect the most, how could we rebel? It's just that we heard that the family has arrived, and we are eager to see them, so we ran all the way here. We can't persuade you, we can't persuade you at all!"

Yu Jiuer didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Who leaked the news? The family just arrived last evening, how did you get the news so quickly?"

Lu Xiyao finally recovered his breath and said with a smile: "Yesterday, the cook in Xiguan Camp met the family on his way back from Liangzhou Prefecture. He brought the news. We were so excited that we didn't sleep all night, and we were all discussing whose family would arrive first. Before dawn this morning, everyone got up and waited for departure!"

Yu Jiuer shook her head and laughed: "The family members won't run away, why are you in such a hurry?"

She looked at the other prisoners and saw that they all had hopeful faces, hoping to see their loved ones as soon as possible.

Considering how much they missed their parents, Yu Jiuer stopped wasting time and directly called out the prisoners' names, asking them to come out and reunite with their families: "Twenty people arrived yesterday, from seven families. They are Lu Xiyao's family, Chang Dechun's family, Wang Erma's family..."

The prisoner whose name was called jumped for joy as if he had won the lottery, and turned around in circles in excitement, unable to stand or sit.

How could they not be excited when they were about to see their loved ones whom they had been thinking about day and night?

Soon, family members came over from the east of the city and saw their loved ones, who had broken their hearts, standing in front of them from afar. However, they were too timid to move forward and stopped where they were, sobbing with their hands covering their mouths.

When the prisoners were called out, they saw the person they had been looking forward to day and night, tears welled up in their eyes. They clenched their teeth and dared not even shout out loud, for fear that it was all a dream.

Then, the prisoners ran up frantically, hugged the person they loved tightly in their arms, and cried hysterically.

A tall prisoner choked up and asked the woman in his arms, "How have you been these years?"

His wife covered her mouth and cried continuously until she felt the man holding her was soaked with sweat. Then she looked up at him timidly, reached out to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and said only one sentence: "It's hot, be careful of heatstroke!"

Yu Jiuer, who was standing by, could no longer control herself and started to cry.

At this moment, a line of poem suddenly popped up in her mind: Now I know the taste of sorrow, I want to say it but I can’t, I want to say it but I can’t, but I say it’s a great autumn with the cool weather!

How can I vomit out all the words that have accumulated over the years in one go?

Since then, Yinshan County has welcomed a group of families every few days, and the county often stages touching and tear-jerking reunion scenes.

The prisoners have been rushing to the county town recently.

Yu Jiuer couldn't help but think to herself: If I keep running like this, maybe I can become a few marathon runners in the future.

Jun Mo has not appeared since he suffered a setback in the Forest Palace last time.

Yu Jiuer had always felt a thorn in her heart. It would have been fine if she had lived in the palace that someone had conquered with great difficulty, but she also pulled the person's pants. It would have been somewhat inappropriate not to apologize.

She found an excuse and asked Yueying to help her make an appointment with Jun Mo to meet at the old place.

As a result, Jun Mo did not come, and sent Jian Er to come over and said to her: "The prince has left Yinshan County for something, and his return date is uncertain! He has instructed that after the three thousand cavalrymen pick up the prisoners' families, they don't need to return to the barracks for the time being, and they are all left for you to use!"

Just such a light sentence made Yu Jiuer smell something unusual.

If Jun Mo was only going to Liangzhou Prefecture, he would definitely not have asked Jian Er to come and inform him that his return date was uncertain.

And left three thousand cavalrymen to her for no reason?

If she said nothing happened, she really wouldn't believe it.

"Where did your prince go?" Yu Jiuer felt a sense of uneasiness in her heart.

Jian Er frowned and replied with only three words: "I don't know!"

His tone was cold, and Yu Jiuer caught a glimpse of the resentment that quickly flashed across his eyes.

After he finished speaking, he bowed, turned around and left.

Yu Jiuer asked from behind him, "The three of them followed the prince to make merit, right? Then why didn't you go?"

These words seemed to hit Jian Er's sore spot. He gathered his internal energy, stepped onto the big tree next to him, flew to the top of the tree, and flew away. The force was so great that the whole tree began to tremble, and leaves all over the sky floated down.

Chun'er came up from behind Yu Jiu'er and asked curiously, "Is he losing his temper with the adults? Is he capable of it?"

Yu Jiuer analyzed in a low voice: "He has unfulfilled ambitions. Others followed him to build their careers, leaving him alone to guard the palace! He must be feeling unfair, right?"

Chun'er saw Yu Jiu'er frowning and looking absent-minded, and couldn't help but worry: "My lord, are you okay?"

Yu Jiuer didn't hear Chun'er's question, she was very confused at the moment.

Various signs indicate that Jun Mo may have returned to Beijing without being summoned!

He knew that returning to the capital without being summoned was a serious crime, but he went there regardless of his life. It must be that something big happened in the capital, and he had a reason to go.

He left three thousand cavalrymen to her. Could it be that Yinshan County was also in danger?

Will the smoke of the princes' fight for the throne spread to this county that has finally gotten back on track?

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Yu Jiuer broke out in cold sweats and felt inexplicably anxious!

She had felt this kind of panic before, when the eldest prince instructed Pan Yang to poison the people of Yinshan. She felt the same panic.

All of this was sending her a signal: Yinshan County was in danger!

But this time she doesn't even know who the other party is, how can she guard against it?

How are they going to deal with the people in Prince Jing’s fiefdom?

Poison again? No, they couldn't use the same trick twice. Moreover, Jun Mo was not in Yinshan. Even if they poisoned the people of Yinshan, it would not mean much to them! They would not do such a thankless task.

Compared with killing the people, holding them hostage to threaten Jun Mo is more effective.

That’s right, they must want to hold the people hostage!

This is the only possibility Yu Jiuer could think of, but how on earth are they going to control Yinshan County?

"Lord be careful!"

Yu Jiuer staggered and almost fell, luckily Chun'er reached out and held her in time.

Seeing the county magistrate in such a daze, Chun'er's heart skipped a beat. She was used to observing people's expressions and she also noticed something unusual.

She asked cautiously, "My Lord, what happened? Why are you so pale?"

Yu Jiuer gave a soothing smile and shook her head: "It's okay, I'm just feeling uncomfortable because of my period!"

She hasn't figured out anything yet, so she naturally won't cause unnecessary trouble to those around her.

At night, Yu Jiuer ordered Yueying: "Go to the Yulin Army camp to see if most of the Yulin Army have left the camp!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, Yueying came back to report: "Sir, there are less than 500 Yulin soldiers left in the barracks!"

As expected, Jun Mo must have encountered something big, otherwise he would not have mobilized most of the Yulin Army.

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