After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

"The Yin family, who run the rice business in town."

Li Yanqi hugged her, leaned against her neck, and took a few deep breaths.

"The Yin family father and son were transporting grain from another county back to Yunlong Town, and were robbed and killed on Qingshan Road."

"Qingshan Road?"

Lin Yanyu's heart tightened and her brows furrowed tightly.

How could it be Qingshan Road?

Although she was a woman in the boudoir in her previous life, she clearly remembered that the Yin family was killed by rebels who broke into their home in Yunlong Town, and the time was not right.

She asked again: "What about Mrs. Yin and Miss Yin?"

"Mrs. Yin took Miss Yin back to her parents' home. On the way back, they encountered a pack of wolves. Mrs. Yin was killed, and Miss Yin was never seen alive or dead."

Lin Yanyu frowned even deeper, and her fingers unconsciously scratched the hand that was holding her waist.

"Did you find out who did it?"

Li Yanqi felt itchy from the tickling of his soft fingertips and couldn't help but hold the little hand tightly in his palm.

"Our people went to check and found that the other party did not leave any traces. Qingshan Road belongs to Qingshan County, so it is not easy for us to cross the county to investigate the case. We can only wait for news from Qingshan County first."

He kneaded the tender little white hand and sneered, "Besides, those wealthy people who are so full of themselves that they want me to go to the county government office in such a hurry are not seeking the truth."

Lin Yanyu pulled her hand away, turned around and faced him, her eyes full of confusion.

"What are you doing so late?"

"The truth is really not that important. They are just afraid of death. The richer people are, the more afraid they are of death."

Li Yanqi propped up his head with his right hand and looked intently into her dark eyes.

"They want to pay money and ask the county government to organize people to escort their caravan."

Li Yanqi sneered and said, "But now there are more than ten caravans in Yunlong Town alone, not counting those from other towns and villages."

"So many?" Lin Yanyu widened her eyes slightly.

"I remember that the county government only had about a hundred runners. How could they escort so many merchant caravans here?"

The candlelight fell into Lin Yanyu's dark eyes, and her slightly frowned brows suddenly relaxed. As if she had thought of something, she sat up and looked at Li Yanqi with sparkling eyes.

Li Yanqi also sat up following her movements and asked in confusion: "What do you want to say?"

Lin Yanyu stretched out her hand and held his arm tightly, and said seriously: "I have an idea!"

"Tell me about it." Li Yanqi turned his head and glanced at the little hand holding his arm.

"Aren't there a lot of refugees coming to our town? These refugees have no source of income, and hunger forces them to commit crimes and cause trouble, which adds a lot of work burden to the yamen runners."

"Just imagine, if the wealthy merchants pay, you can use the money to recruit those refugees and then train them. Not only can it improve public security, but it can also prevent these refugees from starving to death, and the wealthy merchants will also have security guarantees. Isn't it killing three birds with one stone?"

The more she spoke, the brighter Lin Yanyu's eyes became. She grasped Li Yanqi's arm tightly and shook it hard.

He asked anxiously, "What do you think of this method?"

Li Yanqi's eyes were filled with admiration. He held her in his arms, rubbed her hard, and said, "Whose wife is this? How come she is so smart?"

"Those good-for-nothings couldn't think of it after thinking about it all night, but you actually thought of it. As a reward, let your husband kiss you well."

After saying this, he didn't care about the girl's reaction. He held her in his arms and kissed her pink red lips hard.

Lin Yanyu shyly hit him and said, "Stop messing around, let's talk business, what do you think?"

Li Yanqi grabbed the hand that hit him and gave a mischievous smile.

He said: "My wife must have good intentions, so I told those good-for-nothings that I will form a patrol camp after the New Year."

Lin Yanyu was stunned and stared at him with wide eyes, "You thought of that too?"

Li Yanqi grinned at her, leaned back on the pillow, and said, "When the time comes, we will recruit all these young and strong refugees into the patrol camp, so the relief hall won't have so much pressure. Don't you want to help the elderly, the weak, women and children?"

Lin Yanyu slowly shook her head and said, "That's not the way to save him."

"Incorporating these young and strong people into the patrol camp can certainly reduce the pressure on the relief hall, but it is not a long-term solution to keep helping these people. Why not let the elderly, weak, women and children in the relief hall sew clothes for the patrol camp soldiers, cook, wash clothes and take care of the wounded? These are normal expenses. Even if they are not from the relief hall, they still need to use other people."

Li Yanqi was stunned for a moment, then his eyes narrowed into a graceful arc and looked at the beautiful girl with black hair and pink cheeks kneeling in front of him.

He only heard the girl's sweet voice saying to him: "It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. In troubled times, one must save himself."

*

We had the New Year’s Eve dinner at Uncle Lin’s house.

With the previous experience as a lesson, when Lin Yong and Uncle Lin urged Li Yanqi to drink again, Lin Yanyu kept trying to stop them and even made up some high-sounding excuses.

"Brother, you still have to send your sister-in-law back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, and drinking will delay your trip."

"Uncle, you are old, don't drink so much. If you get drunk and have a headache, your aunt will be distressed."

"..."

Li Yanqi just stood there with his wine glass in hand, laughing silently.

The old lady was in good spirits and looked at everyone at the table with a smile.

Aunt Lin was holding Mother Lin's hand and laughing, but no one knew what she was saying.

Mr. Lin was clinking glasses with Uncle Lin, Lin Yong also pulled Li Yanqi to drink, vowing to get him drunk, while Lin Yanyu was urging them to drink.

Lin Yong's wife held the bowl and fed her son with a loving face.

Lin Jing was taking care of the old lady.

She seemed to have returned to her pre-marriage state, with a carefree smile on her face, and said, "Grandma, eat more. This egg custard is made specially for you by your mother. It's very soft and tender."

"Good good."

Old Mrs. Lin opened her toothless mouth and ate the smooth egg custard with a slurry, her teeth showing so much that her eyes were not visible.

The meal lasted until the evening. Lin Yong made Li Yanqi drink a lot of wine. Lin's mother was worried that it would be difficult to travel on the road too late, so she let them sleep at her mother's house.

The bedding in Lin Yanyu's boudoir was all newly made by Lin's mother. The whole room was filled with the fresh smell of new cotton mixed with sunshine.

Lin Yanyu lay down in the bed, feeling as if she was lying in a cloud, and was about to fall asleep comfortably.

Suddenly, her arm was touched by the person next to her. She opened her eyes and saw that the corners of Li Yanqi's lips were slightly raised, revealing a little white teeth. He looked at her with sparkling eyes. When he saw her looking at him, he immediately moved his whole body towards her. It was obvious what he wanted to do.

"Ma'am~ um!"

Lin Yanyu quickly grabbed his mouth.

"Can't!"

Lin Yanyu would not let him do anything reckless. With his way of dealing with such matters, it would be fine if there was no one else at home, and no one would hear it anyway.

But this is at my parents' house, if there's any noise...

"If you don't behave yourself, you'll go out and sleep with Snowball!"

"Humph, I should have gone home earlier. You won't even let me play with you here."

Li Yanqi bit her snow-white cheek. Seeing that Lin Yanyu was still serious, he knew that she would not let go. He hugged her tightly and said aggrievedly, "Humph, if you don't want to play, then don't play!"

Lin Yanyu breathed a sigh of relief and ignored his muttering.

Lying in Li Yanqi's warm embrace, she fell into a drowsy sleep.

The next day, when she opened her eyes, she saw Li Yanqi, who was neatly dressed.

He was sitting at the head of the bed, staring at her blankly.

Lin Yanyu was still a little confused, and asked him dazedly: "What's wrong? Why are you sitting at the head of the bed?"

Li Yanqi leaned over and grabbed her waist, half hugged her in his arms, and said without thinking: "I will always be by your side. Even if I die, I will take you with me, to heaven or hell, no one can separate us."

Lin Yanyu angrily hit his back twice and said in a muffled voice, "Why are you suddenly saying this on New Year's Day?"

Li Yanqi held the back of her head, tilted her head to the right, looked at her again, and said slowly: "Grandma passed away last night..."