While Zhao Yunqing was taking a nap at noon, Xiaoqin explained a few words to the guards guarding the door, left from Zhao Yunqing's room, and went to report the situation to King Cheng'an.

"Did she really say that?"

King Cheng An twisted a chess piece and asked thoughtfully.

Xiaoqin stood aside with her head down, nodded and said:

"It's true, the slave heard it with her own ears."

King Cheng'an naturally knew that Zhao Yunqing was a fool, and she would praise whoever was beneficial to her, but now she suddenly said that he was King Cheng'an better than her father, King Ruixian, which had to make King Cheng'an suspicious.

When King Ruixian wrote a letter before, Xie Yunshu reminded him to pay attention, and King Cheng'an was a little apprehensive for a while, so he sent someone to invite Xie Yunshu over.

When Xie Yunshu rushed over, he saw that Xiaoqin was also here, and he knew it immediately.

"The prince called me over because the county lord had something amazing to do?"

Xie Yunshu said bluntly, King Cheng'an was so happy that he didn't need to say much, and only let Xiaoqin repeat what he had just said again.

The front was okay, but when it was said that King Cheng'an had prepared so much dowry for her Zhao Yunqing, which was better than King Ruixian's father, Xie Yunshu couldn't help but chuckle.

"What do you mean by this......

King Cheng An shook his head amusedly and silently put down a chess piece.

Xie Yunshu rolled up his sleeves and played chess without a pause.

"This county lord is inevitably too outgoing, and he originally wanted to escape from the marriage several times, but now he is honest, and he even picks on the dowry, and I don't know if he accepted his fate or got some orders."

Xie Yunshu guessed.

"But she's ...... It's not very clever to be very smart, because it's not impossible to defect because of a rich dowry."

These words coincided with King Cheng'an's thoughts, he sighed and left a son:

"Exactly, this king can't see what path she has taken, he only thinks that what she has done is a bit deliberate."

Xie Yunshu pondered for a moment and said:

"There are still a few days before the wedding, if they really have any plans, I am afraid that they will only show their feet when the time comes, and the prince might as well watch it for a few more days."

This means the word "etc."

King Cheng'an and Xie Yunshu fought dozens of sons against each other, but they still didn't decide the winner, and he also understood that it was almost impossible to get out of the way now.

"You go out first."

King Cheng An threw away the chess pieces and waved his hand carelessly to let Xiaoqin leave.

"Continue to look at Zhao Yunqing, remember to report any troubles."

"Yes."

Wasteland.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture is inspecting the progress of the construction of the house.

The refugees gathered near the newly reclaimed wasteland, lazily carrying wood, and when they saw the head of the Ministry of Agriculture coming, they pretended to carry a few pieces normally, and when he left, everyone put down the wood again and sat on the ground to rest.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture walked slowly to the side, his eyes brushing over the refugees, he didn't really look at what they were doing, just a few casual glances.

However, it was this casual glance that made him see the problem.

"What's going on?"

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture called the head of the refugees and asked:

"Why is this the only person left?"

I saw that the people on the wasteland were sparse, and there should have been a hundred or so people, but now at a glance, there are obviously a lot less.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture roughly estimated one or two in his mind, and guessed that there were about a dozen people less.

If one or two people run away, they can still fool the past, but this time it is less than one-tenth of twelve, and no matter how bad Rao is, people with bad eyes should find out that something is wrong.

"This ...... The grass people don't know either."

The refugee leader was at a loss.

"The grass people have always been serious about their work, but they have never been distracted by the number of people."

"Dare to make a fool of the people!"

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture was furious.

"How could you not know that there are so many fewer people?"

Of course, the refugee leader knew, but at this moment he still knelt on the ground with an innocent face, and said with trepidation in his mouth:

"My lord, I really don't know, the grass people only think about building a house as soon as possible, and ignore other things, so the grass people will go back and count the number of people."

"Count the fart."

The chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture scolded and questioned:

"You really don't know why there are so few people?"

"I really don't know, my lord, my child is still sick, and the grass people go back to see the child every day when they finish it, so I didn't notice what you said."

The refugee leader said, cleverly pointing out that he also had a sick child.

When the head of the Ministry of Agriculture heard him say this, he thought about it for a while, this person's handle was still in his hands, and he didn't dare to lie.

"Alright, I see, you go down."

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture impatiently asked him to leave.

"The grass people are retreating."

The refugee leader snorted again and left quickly.

As soon as the people left, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture called the others to come in.

"You take someone to count the number of people in the wasteland, and don't let them count them themselves, but ask you to count them one by one."

If these refugees really wanted to shield those who had escaped, they might have deliberately released water when the number of people was counted.

The main book of the Ministry of Agriculture did not dare to take this risk, so he could only let people count carefully. But he didn't expect that he didn't know about it, and he was shocked that there were more than a dozen of those refugees.

"What did you say?!"

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture stood up from his chair in shock.

"Those women and children are almost gone?!"

"Yes, my subordinates have carefully counted and confirmed that it is correct."

"How so?"

The head secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture walked back and forth anxiously, he originally thought that there were only a dozen people missing, but he didn't expect that the dozen or so people were just men they could see, and those women and children who usually didn't come out to work took advantage of their insight, and they all ran away quietly.

If you let the nobles know about this, can you still do it?

A cold sweat broke out behind the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, fortunately, he found out in advance today, if it was a few days later, I was afraid that all the people would run away.

"How is this good, no one will come to build a house after they have run away, and in a few days the nobles will ask about the situation, what can the official do!"

The head secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture was helpless for a while, and only hated that he couldn't arrest all those people.

It stands to reason that the refugees have run so much is a big deal, and it should be reported to Ye Hao, but the head of the Ministry of Agriculture knows that he has missed the best time to report before, and now the mistake has been made, and he will report it at this time, for fear that Ye Hao will think that it is his problem, so he will withdraw his work to purchase timber.

In that case, where else would he go to earn oil and water?

The main secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture finally climbed these two nobles, and naturally refused to leave a bad impression on them, but if they didn't report it, how could they hide it?

"Your Excellency."

Someone from below suddenly spoke.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture himself was restless, and when he heard someone talking, he scolded:

"What a noise!"

"Your Excellency."

The man was not afraid, but took a step forward, knelt on the ground and said in a loud voice:

"My subordinates have a plan to solve this matter."

"Stop arguing, shut up—wait,"

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture stopped abruptly and looked at him.

"You think you have a solution?"

"Exactly."

The chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture didn't care about any face at this time, so he rushed to the doctor when he was ill, and hurriedly said to the man:

"Say, what the hell is going on?"

The man looked up at the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, with a flattering smile on his face:

"Don't worry, my subordinates' plan is simple. My subordinates heard that there are many refugees fleeing outside the next county, most of them want to try their luck in other places before they can't wait for the city gate to open, aren't we just short of refugees now, so it's better to go there and search for some refugees, anyway, ......."

Before the man finished speaking, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture already understood what he meant, and struck the palm of the other hand with a fist in one hand, and said:

"Anyway, the noble man can't remember what every refugee looks like."

"Yes, yes!"

The man nodded violently and boasted:

"Your Excellency is really wise, that's exactly what your subordinates mean, as long as the total number of people is enough."

This person's method is also very smart, it turns out that there are more than 100 refugees, Ye Hao really can't write down each of them, he can only remember the number, and he won't look at the people one by one, just look at the big difference.

It doesn't matter if these people are the same people or not.

The master of the Ministry of Agriculture figured out the joints in this, and his heart couldn't help but move, but after thinking about it carefully, he was a little hesitant.

"If this is discovered by the nobles, then the problem will be even greater."

In fact, if they reported the situation at this moment, maybe they would be fine, but the head of the Ministry of Agriculture was selfish and unwilling to give up this noble person who had climbed up with great difficulty, so he didn't even think about reporting it, but just said a word verbally.

The man smiled shrewdly and said:

"My lord, if you are afraid of being discovered, you can ask them to arrest people according to their original number, gender, and age."

He paused, adding:

"When the noble man asked, you said that they were cleaned, so they looked different."

The fact that this wasteland is so far from a water source that refugees don't have access to bathing is a wonderful story.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture was really persuaded at this time, he pondered for a moment, pretending to think, and after a long time, he said slowly:

"This method is not bad, but I just went over there to arrest people, I am afraid that I will not let those officers and soldiers pass, otherwise it will be easy for the nobles to know, and I still have to hand it over to someone who has believed in it."

That person was a subordinate privately raised by the chief bookkeeper of the Ministry of Agriculture, and when he heard the chief bookkeeper say this, he immediately recommended himself:

"My lord, let your subordinates bring someone over."

"Okay."

The main book of the Ministry of Agriculture is waiting for this sentence.

"I'll leave this matter to you, and I'll be relieved."

There was some reassurance in his words, and the man looked happy, knowing that he was right in this plan, and shouted loudly:

"Yes."

Turning to go out, the man found the other men, informed them of the incident, and then quietly led them to the next county seat.

They thought they were doing it seamlessly, but in fact, these things were all looked at by Lin Bin, who was hiding in the shadows.

Lin Bin noticed early in the morning that some refugees had quietly escaped.

At first, it was one or two, and when they left, they were extremely nervous, and those who were left were also nervous, for fear of being discovered and implicated.

But after a few days, they were still calm here, and no one noticed that there was no one missing.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture came to see it every day, and the number of people was not counted, and the refugees gradually relaxed their hearts. There are one and two, and since they were not discovered the first time, soon another person escaped.

Although Lin Bin knew all this, he didn't stop it.

When Ye Hao sent him over earlier, she gave him an extra explanation, saying:

"If they're leaving, you don't have to stop them, you just need to figure out why they're leaving."

Lin Bin was obedient, Ye Hao said not to stop him, he didn't care, just secretly observed these refugees, wanting to investigate why they left.

Because the main book of the Ministry of Agriculture has not been discovered, so people left one by one, until they are found today.

Today, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture suddenly summoned someone to count the number of people, and this abnormal situation attracted Lin Bin's attention. He had been observing the refugees in the dark, but suddenly out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the head of the Ministry of Agriculture had sent someone to count the number of people, and secretly guessed that they had found that there were fewer people.

Lin Bin followed them back to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, wanting to hear what they were discussing.

Unexpectedly, when he heard that they were going to the next county town to arrest people, he thought about it for a while, then made a decision and followed quietly in secret.