The Queen Doesn't Want to Die
36. The Problem in Luhao Village
After the preparations were finished Lu Jing Yu went to the border with the escorted guards of the residence of King Rui in secret. Yep. Lu Jing Yu's departure to the border was kept secret. Lu Jing Yu also only brought Xiao Bei to serve him.
Concubine Su and the Emperor only got the news after the afternoon Aunt Wu came to report. The two old men were angry but could do nothing more. Lu Jing Yu had also left since morning. If the journey is smooth, tomorrow afternoon they will reach the border. The emperor finally ordered the addition of soldiers to help there.
In the afternoon when Aunt Wu reported to the palace, Lu Jing Yu was already halfway to getting to the border. Quan Yuan suggested to rest at the inn for the night and continue the journey tomorrow morning as it was the last city before arriving at the border that was across the forest.
Lu Jing Yu came disguised as a man for the sake of security. So did Xiao Bei. They rented two rooms. One room for Lu Jing Yu and Xiao Bei. While Quan Yuan and the other bodyguards got a room next to Lu Jing Yu's room and took turns to stand guard.
Early the next morning Lu Jing Yu continued on the way. And will arrive at the military base by noon after passing through the forest. Before arriving at the military base, they passed by a village called Luhao village.
Luhao Village was the last village before the border. So this village was affected by the war that occurred outside the border. Most of the villagers have a livelihood as farmers. Relying on the sale of agricultural products to meet their needs. But since the border raids began half a month ago, they can no longer sell their crops outside the village.
Due to the border attacks, the number of patrols around the area was reduced and almost non-existent. So rampant begalela haunts the villagers. Villagers take turns to stand guard day and night because the begal will come without time to disturb the villagers.
"Quan Yuan why is this village so desolate?" Lu Jing Yu opened the curtains of the carriage and looked around. Other than the men on the street there were hardly any women in the village.
"This village is the closest village to the border and also the scene of the war. So this village is most affected if the war occurs on the border. The women may be displaced in another village for safety." Answer Quan Yuan.
Lu Jing Yu felt something was strange. Because when he was just about to enter the village, he saw agricultural land that was not managed. All plants are not treated. Even those that were almost harvested were left.
"Quan Yuan stopped first in front."
"What's the matter young master?" Since the current Lu Jing Yu attacked disguised as a young man, Quan Yuan also called out to him with the young master.
"I will go down and ask what happened to the people. I feel like something's weird here."
"But..."
"Nothing but. Stop."
"Good." Quan Yuan could not resist. He could only stop the carriage as Lu Jing Yu had said.
Lu Jing Yu got off the carriage. Everyone around immediately looked towards him with a probing gaze. Their village had no walls that could deter outsiders from entering. Usually their village is safe because it is near a military base and many soldiers are on guard. So they did not build walls like other villages so that everyone could enter freely.
That was why every time there were new people entering the village, they could not help but be suspicious and raise their vigilance.
Feeling the gazes of the villagers staring at him suspiciously, Lu Jing Yu hugged his nose helplessly.
"Excuse me, sir. Can I ask you?" Lu Jing Yu approached the group of three men closest to her.
"You who? And what was the purpose of you coming here?" The men looked at Lu Jing Yu and the others suspiciously.
"Oh from the capital. I'm Luo Bai. The head of Luhao village."
"really. We're from the capital. We passed by this village and felt something strange. It just so happened to meet you village chief Luo. Did something happen in this village? If we could just know."
"Haah. Normally our village was always safe as many soldiers were patrolling around. But since the war half a month ago, almost all the soldiers were deployed to fight. So no more patrolling this village. We are used to getting protection from the soldiers and not building walls like other villages. So when the soldiers are busy fighting, supplies attack day and night and we have no protection at all. Even to go to sarah alone we're terrified."
"Where are the women now?"
"The women have been sent to the surrounding villages to take shelter. While we have to stay in the village to take care of the house and the livestock."
"Why not just make a wall? Isn't this village close to the bamboo forest?"
"really. But making a wall out of bamboo also takes time. We haven't tried building walls before. But not yet to the finished wall, the provisions will attack and damage the wall that we painstakingly built."
Lu Jing Yu saw the earnestness of them. He also saw bamboo debris scattered in several places that showed that what they said was true.
"Young Master. You want to go to a military base definitely have something important to work on. We recommend that the young master immediately continue the journey because usually during the day the supplies will come and attack. We don't want to hold the young master and entourage to arrive at the military base."
"No. We will not leave without doing anything for this village. What good are we to win a war if the people suffer. We'll stay to help build a wall that can protect this village." Lu Jing Yu was determined.
"But it seems like the wall will not be finished in a short time even with the help of the young master and the entourage." Everyone including Lu Jing Yu, there were only about ten people in existence. The ten shadow guards would not come out if there was nothing urgent.
"I have a way. You just have to do a few things. Are you ready?"
"of course. We'll do whatever the young master says."
"Good." Lu Jing Yu nodded in satisfaction.
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