As soon as Prince Consort Tang left, Madam Liao came over.
She knew that Su Yao had arrested people from the Qiu family, and she rushed over to ask if there was any new information.
Su Yao shook his head with a sullen face: "The information those people confessed is not particularly important. They just followed the instructions of their superiors. For the time being, we cannot find out who those superiors are."
Mrs. Liao was worried: "Will this make it impossible for us to sleep peacefully? What on earth are those people planning? Now, we heard that people are dying one after another in the scout camp. If this continues, we won't know the news from the front at all. This will cause disasters."
It’s fatal not to know the battle situation.
Su Yao asked Mrs. Liao, "Is there any progress from Lord Liao's side?"
"The master is now trying to collect food and grass, but unfortunately Mr. Ji's food and grass have run into trouble again, and now everyone is busy and overwhelmed." Madam Liao became even more annoyed: "County Princess, you have seen it, right? In recent years, we have been facing such a dilemma in Yunnan. There is no one available, and the orders we issued have never been executed... It is really difficult!"
This is indeed true, and Su Yao has also witnessed it.
Among the gentry, there are families like the Qiu family, which shows the sentiments of the people in Yunnan.
She glanced at Madam Liao and said, "But Madam, don't worry. As long as we win this battle, everything will be fine."
No strategy is as effective as force.
It is impossible to buy back land and obedience by reasoning, only force can.
Mrs. Liao was really at her wit's end. She stared at Su Yao for a while, wanting to say something but not being able to. Finally, she couldn't help but lower her voice and said, "But County Lady, it's not that simple. We only caught small fry like the Qiu family this time. Although they have admitted their crimes and told you some useful information, I thought about it carefully and found that apart from that, we didn't get anything else! Even with Prince Consort Tang, it's the same. Even if we ruined their plan this time, what can we do? Won't they come back again?"
It can be prevented once, but can it be prevented twice or three times
There was a noise outside the house, and soon someone came to ask Mrs. Liao to go out, as if something had happened.
Mrs. Liao sighed, said nothing more, and walked out tiredly.
When Madam Yuan came over in the evening, she explained why Madam Liao hadn't come back yet so late: "Yaoyao, something happened outside. I don't know who said it, but there was a problem with the division of the natives' property. Lord Liao and Madam Liao went to appease the natives separately, and finally calmed down the dispute."
Su Yao shook his head: "It hasn't subsided, this is just the beginning."
Mrs. Yuan was stunned. When she realized that Su Yao was saying that this was just the beginning, she couldn't help but look a little unhappy: "Yaoyao, is this matter really that difficult? Then..."
Su Yao didn't know why, but he actually smiled: "It's not a problem, it's a good thing."
Good thing
Mrs. Yuan looked at her worriedly, thinking that Su Yao had gone insane because of anger.
How can this be a good thing
However, Su Yao did not say anything more, but just comforted Madam Yuan: "Madam, don't worry, I know everything. You have been busy these few days. Go and rest first. Only when you are in good spirits can you take good care of the children."
Mrs. Yuan knew that it was useless to ask any more questions. After all, she couldn't help, so she had to agree. She told Su Yao to go to bed early and left.
The night was as dark as ink. When Su Yao opened the window, she couldn't see her own fingers. However, she still stared outside. After a while, she heard a knock on the door. She called for someone to come in and said to Yan Cao, "Go to bed first. We have important things to do tomorrow."
Yancao didn't know what else was important, but when she heard Su Yao say that he wanted to rest, she nodded hurriedly and immediately asked someone to prepare hot water.
Su Yao hadn't had a good sleep in the past few days, and he finally got to rest early today. Yan Cao felt tired just looking at him, and when he saw Su Yao close his eyes, he put his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name, praying devoutly to God to bless Xiao Heng and Su Rong with everything going well and to return safely after winning the battle.
Early the next morning, someone came from the front yard to report that Prince Consort Tang had arrived and asked to see Su Yao.
Su Yao looked calm, changed his clothes and went out to meet the guests.
After a while, Mrs. Yuan heard that Prince Consort Tang was going to be in charge of suppressing bandits. She was surprised and worried: "Now?"
Being robbed of food and grass is certainly a big deal, but now the city is entirely protected by Prince Consort Tang with 10,000 soldiers and horses. How can Prince Consort Tang go to suppress the bandits at this time
Speaking of this, even the staff and subordinates in front of Lord Liao had a lot of opinions: "How can this be the time to suppress bandits?! Right now, the front line is at a critical moment, and no one knows what will happen next. How can there be no guards in the city?!"
However, some people raised objections: "It's no wonder that Prince Consort Tang was so angry. Everyone knows that food and grass are important. Ji Yunting had already lost a batch of food before. Now, Mr. Ji finally raised a batch, but it was robbed by bandits. Those bandits are so bold that they don't take the court seriously at all! If we don't teach them a lesson, if they robbed food and grass today, what about tomorrow? Are they going to attack the city? Besides, without food and grass, what will happen to the front line? "
What everyone said made sense. Liao Jingxu was very depressed, but in the end he could not persuade Tang Yuan and agreed to let Tang Yuan lead 3,000 soldiers to suppress the bandits.
Those bandits were already old rivals. Liao Jingxu instructed Tang Yuan: "We must fight quickly and decisively. If we are not sure of victory, retreat immediately."
Tang Yuan agreed.
Afterwards, something happened to Tang Yuan. After about seven or eight days, news suddenly came back that Tang Yuan was chasing someone while fighting bandits, but he fell into a trap and was forced to jump off a cliff.
There are many mountains in Yunnan, and the mountains are high and forested, and there are many poisonous obstacles. If you fall off a cliff, there is no way to survive.
When the news came back, Liao Jingxu smashed everything in his study that night.
With the death of his son-in-law, his term as governor is really over.
Mrs. Liao was so anxious that her mouth was covered with blisters. She didn't care about anything else and came to Su Yao helplessly to tell him the news. She couldn't help but said, "Although we couldn't beat the Mu Mansion before, we have never been so embarrassed as this time. Could it be..."
Could it be that God really didn't favor Xiao Heng, so this happened
Su Yao lowered his eyelids to hide the expression in his eyes and asked Mrs. Liao: "Have you decided what to do now?"
Madam Liao looked very pale: "Master Cao can only transport the grain and grass out first."