"Mother, when I grow up, I will work with my father to protect you and my sister!" Luo Haoran didn't know why his mother sighed like this, but he remembered his father's words, that is, he and his father should protect their mother.

Now, he knows that he also has a sister, so he will work with his father to protect his sister.

Jiang Yuer also knows that what she said, her son may not understand. smiled, squatted down, scratched his son's little nose, and said with a smile: "Okay, my mother and sister are waiting for our family to protect us when they grow up!" ”

What she didn't say was that when her son grew up, she would be old too.

At that time, she hoped that her children and grandchildren would be full and enjoy her family. And not troubled times.

When he returned to the prefect's mansion, Luo Haoran had already fallen asleep in the carriage.

Holding her somewhat bulky son, Jiang Yu'er returned to their residence.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the trees up the mountain are drying up. Lord Chen and Liu Mingcheng looked anxious. They wanted to discuss with Jiang Yu'er, but Jiang Yu'er would go out earlier than them and come back later than them every time.

Busier than them all day.

These days, Liu Mingcheng has faintly seen a trace of gray hair on both sideburns.

On this day, after the two discussed, they finally waited until midnight to wait for Jiang Yu'er. The two of them were like seeing a living bodhisattva.

"Princess!"

"County Lord!"

Jiang Yu'er was a little stunned, she was too busy during this time, and when she came back every day, everyone in the house was asleep. But what's going on today?

When two men saw themselves, they had such excited expressions?

"Lord Chen, Lord Liu!" Jiang Yu'er nodded in greeting.

"The county lord...... It's like this......" Liu Mingcheng hesitated for a while, not knowing how to speak.

Only Lord Chen spoke directly: "Lord Liu, the county lord will know about this sooner or later." It's better to tell the county lord earlier! ”

Jiang Yu'er was also a little surprised, and looked at Master Chen: "What's the matter?" In such a hurry? ”

"Princess, let's talk about it in the house!" Master Chen made a gesture of invitation and invited Jiang Yu'er into the room.

After entering the house, the three of them did their own thing.

The two told Jiang Yu'er everything they had investigated during this period of time.

But after seeing Jiang Yu'er's expression that was not surprised at all, the two realized that she had already knew.

This made Master Liu a little reluctant to Jiang Yu'er before for a woman to intervene in these things, but at this moment, he had to admire Jiang Yu'er.

She is a person from the capital, how long has she been in this Yixi City? Knowing so many things, and knowing these things before him. This made him a prefect a little embarrassed.

He walked up to Jiang Yu'er, clenched his fists and bowed deeply: "County Lord, it was the lower official who was clumsy before." I hope the county lord will forgive me. ”

Jiang Yu'er smiled: "Lord Liu doesn't need to be like this!" How could she not know that Lord Liu had always looked down on her?

Later, Lord Chen came, and she didn't bother to deal with him, so everything was done by Lord Chen. She calms down and thinks about her own affairs, and doesn't think about those things that are there or not.

"Master Chen, let's talk about it! What have you found these days? Let's see if we can synthesize it and catch the mastermind behind the scenes! "The reason why she didn't act for so long was because she still investigated who was behind the scenes.

The mastermind behind this scene is like a tumor, it must be uprooted, otherwise when the time comes, once it is infiltrated by this tumor, I am afraid that it will really be ruined!

She also knows that this person has been lurking for many years, and has not exploded, but there is no suitable theft machine yet!

She didn't know if the man would use this opportunity to incite the people to revolt. But what she can do is be prepared and prepared.

As for whether the Great Moon Kingdom can survive this difficulty, it depends on what the people think and whether the officials are united. You also have to see what the emperor thinks.

Lord Chen thought about it, but still spoke: "Back to the princess, Xia Guan and Lord Liu have recently sent people out to investigate, and there is no phenomenon of the old man's absence as the princess said in the villages within a radius of ten miles and eight. ”

"But in some remote villages, there are almost no people over the age of 60 in the village." Liu Mingcheng took Lord Chen's words and said.

"Have you found out where these old people are?" She asked.

Speaking of this, Lord Chen's old face completely darkened, and his face was full of anger: "These people are not people, they actually sent their parents to the mountains to starve to death with their own hands." Not only starved to death, but also left the old man in the grave and watched his children bury them stone by stone every day! ”

"Yes, the county lord, his subordinates reported that some of the families were quite rich, and the children were a little filial, and they would secretly bring half a sweet potato to the old man on the mountain. Some are starving to death in the grave every day watching their parents with a stone. Liu Mingcheng also said angrily. He is not young anymore, and when he is over fifty years old, he thinks about how sad it will be if his children bury themselves like this in the future.

"When the child was young, the parents worked hard to pull the child to grow up. By the time the child grows up, the parents are already old. If you don't get good support, you have to bury your parents alive. How many people's hearts have been chilled by this! Lord Chen was heartbroken.

Jiang Yu'er's eyes were tightly closed, and the scene of that year was vivid, and she still can't forget it.

What's even more pitiful is that the places where people are buried are all unified, and in order to prevent the old man from escaping, they actually arranged for people to guard the mountain. As soon as the old man was found to have escaped, the whole family was burned alive by the fire. ”

"The whole buried place is full of weirdness. Some old people were so hungry that they could only lie in their graves and moan lowly! Lord Liu closed his eyes, although he couldn't see it with his own eyes, but when the people below came to report the time, his anger at that time did not have to be less now.

He never knew that such a thing would happen within his jurisdiction. He never imagined that one day, such a thing would happen, and it would be only when someone else mentioned it that he would notice it.

If Jiang Yu'er hadn't mentioned it casually, they might have been thinking about how to deal with the blind drought and flood now.

The two of you talk about the current situation and what else makes them angry.

But they ignored that Jiang Yu'er had already closed her eyes and concealed all the anger in her heart at this moment.

She's angry with herself, and she's angry with the crazy people.

She was angry that she hadn't reported this matter to the emperor a few years ago, and she hadn't pursued it to the end.

These old people died, she felt that she had killed them. Because, this is it, she can't do anything but wait.