It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 152

Jiang Yan had been lingering outside the North City Gate since sunrise. She wasn't entirely sure Sun Yun and the others would come out through this gate, but she had chosen this as the most likely option based on everyone's personalities and the city's current situation.

She waited outside the north city gate for two days, but there was no one else there except a group of wealthy businessmen who left in a hurry and had to be slaughtered by the soldiers.

Jiang Yan's lingering presence undoubtedly attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the gate. On the first day, they sent people to check on her, but on the second day they simply ignored her.

Because there were not many people leaving the city and there was no money to be made, he was so bored that after accepting the "filial piety fee" of roasted wheat kernels that Jiang Yan had emptied his pockets to scrape together, he took the initiative to talk about what had happened in the city in the past few days.

This is definitely an unexpected bonus.

Jiang Yan listened to the talkative soldier with great enthusiasm, and his expression kept switching between surprise, admiration and anger.

When Jiang Yan returned to the farm and relayed the news to everyone, it also surprised everyone.

"You mean, Governor Chang and Commander Lu have both escaped from the city?" Fu Weixin couldn't believe it. Even Governor Chang, who usually didn't like to call out, blurted it out subconsciously.

Did she really think that among the two of them, General Lu could at least control the situation? After all, the soldiers in the city were under his command, right?

Jiang Yan thought about the reasons and consequences of Governor Lu being driven out of the city. Of course, she had to inquire and deduce some of the logic and details herself, and could only give a two-word evaluation - he deserved it.

According to the soldiers guarding the gate, General Lu was betrayed and besieged by his own officers while he was waiting for news of the quelling of the rebellion in the palace. In the end, he had to flee the city in a hurry under the desperate protection of his personal guards.

The person who took over the garrison in the prefecture city was Lu Xiaowei, a former confidant of General Lu. Lu Xiaowei claimed that he took this opportunity to launch a surprise attack for revenge, but who could have imagined that it would be so successful in the end.

As for the specific grudge between Captain Lu and General Lu, and why the other officers and soldiers were led by Captain Lu to attack their immediate superiors, the soldiers guarding the gate did not explain it clearly. They just lamented that General Lu was too cruel, allowing his loyal subordinates to take the blame and then having their bodies crushed to ashes.

Crushed to ashes? Chunying and Zhouli quickly thought of the case that Cao had sent to Heding Prefecture to handle years ago.

They received the news of the movements outside the mansion a day late, so they knew that the culprits they brought back were just scapegoats, but they did not expect that the people they pushed out would be people around them.

But think about it, it makes some sense. After all, without power or support, who could plunder people and mine gold under the noses of Governor Lu and Governor Yuan Fang?

It is always more innocent and upright to bear the responsibility of negligence than to be the mastermind or accomplice.

Zhou Li knew a little more. For example, after Commander Lu transported the body of the "culprit" to Kyoto, he quickly demoted or transferred all the guards and officers who were related to him and did not allow them to get close to him.

Although it is still unknown which of the three individuals Lu Xiaowei had a close relationship with, General Lu probably did not expect that he would suffer a setback one day because of this. It is unknown whether he regretted not being able to eradicate the problem completely at that time.

As for whether the power of Heding Prefecture had changed, no one could give a definitive answer. After all, there were many counties outside the prefecture. What if General Lu could gather a brave army and lead a counterattack?

Baoqin is quite confident about the return of Governor Lu and Governor Chang. She says that everyone can now stay at the farm with peace of mind. Once things are settled, she will be able to take everyone back to the Governor's Mansion and continue to live a stable life without worries about food and clothing.

Huanyan was a little confused. She thought that everyone could go and meet up with Governor Chang first, so that they would always have someone to rely on no matter what happened.

Fu Weixin did not express his opinion, but simply asked the remaining people: "What do you think?"