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Ghost personally cleaned up Madam Zou's and Granny's house.

Gu Danyan would definitely not interfere in this sort of matter and would only rest on a low stool at the door. When some passing married women heard that Madam Zou and Madam Ye had passed away last night, they wanted to come and mourn for a while, but unfortunately, they didn't dare approach when they saw Princess Jing sitting at the door.

His eyes were filled with fear.

Gu Danyan saw their expressions clearly and felt weird. He stood up and stopped a few muttering women, but before he could say anything, a few men beside him rushed over and stopped the women behind him.

However, this shocked Gu Daiyan.

"I just want to ask something." Gu Danyan's voice was soft, and he took a step back.

The few men looked at each other for a moment before a leading man stepped forward to look at her. "Your Highness Princess, our little temple can't tolerate a buddha like you. Since Aunt Zou and Granny have already left, you don't need to stay any longer.

This didn't sound like they were talking to an imperial concubine. They felt that these people really disliked them.

Gu Liuyan felt more and more that there was something wrong with this. He immediately frowned: "Did the people from the magistrate court bully you guys, or did something bad happen?"

This time, the group of villagers all revealed troubled expressions. They all kept their silence and kept telling her to leave quickly so that they wouldn't force them to take action. They even said things like "at worst, I'll just die a hundred times".

Gu Mingyan was afraid that they would cause a ruckus, so she could only lower her face. "If you don't speak today, no matter what kind of situation you'll be in in in the future, no one will be able to protect you."

The villagers all quieted down and stared at her.

If you do not speak of it now, within five years, no one will be able to solve the problem for you. "A hundred miles away, there were generals with military power, and Yue Shan City was an official who had not updated his status in the past ten years. If you were to speak of it now, there would definitely be no one to help you solve the problem. Gu Mingyan said as she pulled out a relatively young woman behind the men.

She cried out in surprise, and they all looked over warily.

Gu Danyan didn't do anything to her and just smiled helplessly: "What are you scared of? There are so many of you, but I'm alone."

The few of them thought about it and nodded.

Gu Danyan didn't care whether they let it go or not, he just dragged the young woman and sat on two short stools by the side of the road, talking.

The young woman didn't seem to be on guard, but after a while, she started talking.

So it turned out that the officers and soldiers of the Yue Shan City wanted to take back the Changping Village land as an important military land. As for them, all they wanted to do was to give each family twenty taels of silver.

It was just that at the beginning of the year, when it snowed, Qi Yubai sent a few officials to this place, saying that this would be the place where the troops would be garrisoned. By the beginning of autumn, there would be a fire here, but they were not allowed to leave.

After the snow, some people wanted to leave the village, but for some reason, the mountain collapsed and blocked their way. The people of Yue Shan City didn't care, once the road was cleared, they would be unable to leave. The only person they could see after that was the scholar who had come to write letters for Madam Zou and Grandma.

"We all rely on farming to survive, how would we even think of becoming soldiers or generals?"

"That's right, my family's little brat isn't even five years old yet."

"There are many widows in the village. If we really go to the military camp and start a fire to cook, who knows how much gossip would arise. It wouldn't be safe."

The few of them saw that Gu Liuyan seemed to want to be involved in this, so they started talking at once.

So it was like this.

The only place that could enter was the mountain road. If one wanted to go out, they would have to climb the mountain from the surrounding mountains. With a quick look, it could be considered a small basin, only there was a current in the middle.

It would be great if he could gather troops here, but if he didn't want them to leave, then it would be very strange.

It was obvious that he did not want others to know.

When Phantom Demon came out, he saw that more than half the people in the village had gathered around Gu Liuyan, telling him everything that had happened in the past year. He listened intently for a while, then walked over to disperse the crowd, lowering his head to look at Gu Liuyan who was sitting on the short chair: "Princess, it's time to go."

"The things here are weird, I have to deal with them." Gu Daiyan tugged his sleeve and asked him, "Who is the cause of this matter in Changping Village?"

The ghost also shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"Tonight, you will accompany me back to Yue Shan City. Just say that I am poisoned." Gu Danyan stood up and climbed onto the back of the ghost. She looked at the villagers of Changping Village and said, "When I have settled this matter, I will come over. The village chief is too old, find someone to contact me."

The few villagers discussed and finally found a strong man to stand up, "They call me Dazhuang, you can come find me anytime, my house is the one at the village entrance, the first one on the right."

"Can you really help us with this?"

Gu Danyan patted the ghost's shoulder and turned to look at them: "Not necessarily, but I'll try my best. You guys mustn't tell anyone about what I've asked you, or Lord Qi might not let me come at that time."

The few villagers all nodded in agreement.

Although Phantom Demon was curious, he still carried Gu Daiyan and left. The two coachmen from before didn't seem to have noticed the question as they quietly drove the carriage.

"The mountain they are talking about is ruined. It doesn't look like a mudslide." Gu Danyan said in a deep voice: "The one who stopped your mother from going to the hospital was not necessarily a natural disaster."

Although his mother knew that his days were numbered, if she had been able to find a doctor, she would not have left so suddenly, catching him off guard.

"Moreover, there should be many doctors in Yue Shan City. Since you asked the scholar to write a letter for your mother but didn't bring the doctor in, this matter should be related to Duke Jing." Gu Danyan said in a low voice.

If Duke Jing had nothing to do with this, even the scholar who wrote the letter wouldn't be able to get in. For some reason, doctors were not allowed to leave this place.

If they thought about it in a good light, they would only avoid having a doctor help deliver the message. However, Gu Daiyan was more inclined to think about the bad side of things.

"They don't want the people from Changping Village to go out with the news." The ghost took on the worst situation that Gu Daiyan had thought about, and clenched his fists tightly: "So they don't care if they live or die, it would be even better if they get sick and die inside."

Gu Liuyan also nodded seriously.