The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

This time, Zhou Shiyue did not bring Lu Zhaoling and the others to stay in the inn.

Since he was coming to the border town, he sent someone ahead early and arranged accommodation for them.

This is the house of a fellow villager.

Moreover, he was an old acquaintance of Yun Bo.

This man's surname is Kang, and everyone calls him Uncle Kang. Uncle Kang opened a steamed bun shop in the capital 20 years ago, but was later tricked by a competitor. He was so discouraged that he simply went to the border and has lived here for nearly 20 years.

At that time, Kang Shu's wife was so angry that she was depressed. She fell to her death when she got up in a daze in the middle of the night. From then on, Kang Shu never remarried. He adopted a brother and sister here, and now the brother and sister have started their own families.

The adopted son would sometimes go to deliver some things to the garrison, and it was said that the management was not very strict. Some people in the camp could not help themselves and would occasionally spend their own money to buy some things from the city, such as food, or some small toys like leaf cards.

Of course, there are also people who need to deliver messages or gifts to others, which all require someone to run errands.

Kang Le, the adopted son of Kang Shu, does these tasks.

However, there were people above him, so he was just assigned some tasks and it was difficult for him to come into contact with people in the military. Sometimes when he met them, he would just quickly hand over the things and leave.

He was often not at home, and Uncle Kang's house here was quite big, so he let them live in.

Some guards also lived elsewhere.

Lu Zhaoling and Zhou Shiyue did not intend to take the woman to Uncle Kang's house, so they took her to a teahouse nearby first.

The few of them asked for a private room. When the waiter brought in tea, he looked at the woman a few more times, then came close to Lu Zhaoling and spoke to her in a low voice.

"Sister, are you really going to buy her?"

The teahouse was not far from there, and the waiter was sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, so he had known about this matter a long time ago.

You will know it when you see Lu Zhaoling and others bringing this woman in.

After all, people with white hair on their temples are easy to recognize.

"What's wrong? Do you know something about this?" Lu Zhaoling also lowered her voice, "I just feel sorry for her."

"Well, sister, there are so many poor people in this world, can you help them all?"

The waiter lowered his voice again, "She's going to offend someone if she makes such a fuss. Don't let that get you guys into trouble."

"Little Brother, please tell me quickly, who could she have offended? Hearing you say that, why do I feel a little panicked?"

"You're panicking now? You guys look like you're from other places, so you definitely don't know the ins and outs of this place."

The waiter seemed to be a warm-hearted man and said a few words to her.

"Think about it, can the matter of Cuosha Village be spoken out so openly? Five taels of silver were claimed for each body, and we don't know who got the silver. Others would probably do it quietly, but this sister directly sold herself in the street to bury her father and exposed the whole matter."

"Sister, do you think those cashiers will let her go?"

Lu Zhaoling nodded, "Now that you put it, it's true. But didn't they say that the entire village of Cuosha was massacred? There wouldn't be many people left to claim the bodies, right?"

"That's not the case. Although everyone in the village was killed, many people left the village. Some work in our city to earn money, some are in the military camp, and some travel back and forth in and out of the pass to sell things."

The waiter's face didn't look very good when he said this. This incident was a nightmare for the people living at the border, and it was also something that had frightened them for the past few months.

"Even if some people's families died there, people from the same village would also want to help bury them. After all, they are all from the same village. To be honest, there is a kind-hearted person in our city who said before that he would pay for the burial of those people."

There are good people even among those who are not related to us.

Everyone felt sad when they heard that an entire village had been massacred, and everyone was willing to help in any way they could.

“But the officers and soldiers just didn’t agree. After the incident in the village, no one was allowed to enter the village again.”

Lu Zhaoling asked, "Then why do they disagree?"

There has to be some reason. It's impossible to just stop someone without giving any reason.

"It's dangerous. We don't know when those bandits will come again. Besides, it's snowing here, and some houses have collapsed. We're afraid that the collapsed houses will crush people to death."

The waiter said, "Moreover, the tribe has been disturbing us from time to time in the past few months, and there have been constant small conflicts. The officers and soldiers said it was for our own good."

They don’t know whether it’s really for their own good or just an excuse.

"Anyway, big sister, even if you are willing to pay five taels of silver for me, it is not enough. After all, we still need to find someone to find her father and transport him out. You can't go by yourself, right? Think about it, so many corpses, such a long time, no one knows what they are like now."

The waiter shuddered again when he said this.

Imagining that scene, it felt like the smell of tea in the teahouse had turned into an unpleasant stench of corpse.

Lu Zhaoling nodded, "Thank you, little brother."

She took out a piece of silver and handed it over. "Thank you for your hard work. Tell me if you have anything to say. After all, we are from other places and we are completely in the dark."

The waiter quickly took the change and said "eh".

"Sister, please sit down first."

In the room, Qingyin and Qingbao stood behind Zhou Shiyue, staring coldly at the woman who came in and sat opposite the prince.

Yin Yunting sat on the other side, using tongs to stir the charcoal in the small stove, preparing to make tea.

Zhou Shiyue sat there with a very low mood and said nothing, which made the woman feel uneasy and she looked towards the door from time to time.

She could see that the one who had the final say here was still the eldest sister.

It was hard to believe that with two grown men around, it was actually a woman who made the decision. She was actually quite envious.

After Lu Zhaoling walked in, he took a look and walked to the seat next to Zhou Shiyue.

When she sat down, Zhou Shiyue took a look at her, moved his mouth, but held back.

Now they are siblings, there is no siblings who are so close at this age, right? Originally, he wanted to ask her to sit next to him, but he was afraid that if she sat over, he would not be able to resist grabbing her hand and playing with it.

After Lu Zhaoling sat down, he looked at the woman.

"what's your name?"

"My husband's surname is Bao, and my name is Yu Cui."

The reason why Lu Zhaoling was willing to bring the person back was because he had looked at her face and saw that her mother had passed away and her father had died, so he was right.

"You are talking about burying your father. Where is your mother?" Lu Zhaoling asked again.

"My mother passed away a few years ago."

"But you seem to have brothers." Lu Zhaoling added. Yu Cui also has brothers.