Chapter 1695: 1692: Worry

Chapter 1695: Chapter 1692: Worry

There have already been state government troops sent to eliminate them, which is good news, but some have escaped, and that’s quite normal. The reason why there are always so many bandits in Rongzhou is because of the terrain, which makes it impossible to eradicate them completely.

At the same time, the military force in Rongzhou is not strong. Due to the low output of Rongzhou, it is a barren land with not many people. Although there are bandits, the issue has not reached a problematic level.

If it had really reached a level that threatened the imperial court, Chu Cai’s family might not have escaped safely from those bandits this time, and there’s even a high possibility of bloodshed.

“Are these bandits related to the ones who hunted you down before?” Ye Muyu was concerned about this point, but since that incident happened so long ago, she had always thought it was Prefect Lin’s doing. After Prefect Lin went down and ran into trouble, she didn’t think much of it.

Who knew that this time, when her second brother’s family came to the capital, they encountered bandits in a place less than half a day’s journey away. If it hadn’t been for Chu Heng’s arrangements, her second brother’s family might have suffered losses.

In any case, she now kept this matter in her heart.

Chu Heng thought for a moment and didn’t hide it from her, saying, “Those bandits before indeed had something to do with Prefect Lin, and not only with him but with other officials below as well.”

“Although there are many bandits in Rongzhou, they have never formed a considerable force. These bandits, to survive, clearly cannot unite, nor would they. If they did unite, it would create a crisis for the imperial court, and the likelihood of a crackdown would be very high at that point.”

“Those bandits aren’t stupid, and unless there’s significant profit, they wouldn’t cooperate easily.”

“However, these bandits might cooperate with officials since one side wants silver and the other wants to take advantage of the situation to get rid of people. Collaboration is quite convenient.”

“As for whether it has anything to do with me,” Chu Heng smiled briefly this time, but there was no humor in his eyes: “It definitely has something to do with me.”

“However, this time it doesn’t seem like a real attempt to target my second brother’s family, just likely a warning for me.”

“There are too many people who could do this sort of thing.”

Since Chu Heng became a favorite of the Emperor in the court, bringing down Duke Zheng and implicating so many involved officials, he has caused losses to many officials’ interests. Most people have suffered at his hands, and he has offended too many.

Ye Muyu frowned, somewhat anxious: “Have you looked into who is behind all this?”

“I’m investigating. Don’t worry, I will certainly narrow it down,” Chu Heng kissed her hand, trying to comfort her.

Ye Muyu was not comforted, still frowning slightly: “Ah Heng, shouldn’t you consider making more friends, or perhaps we should develop more manpower?”

In modern society, one can still forbid murder and arson, but in this ancient feudal dynasty, Ye Muyu was genuinely worried that one day someone might be bold enough to take a life. For her, it felt like a sword hanging over her head, making it hard to completely ease her mind.

Upon hearing this, Chu Heng looked up and saw the real concern in Ye Muyu’s eyes, intense enough to weigh heavily on her mind. It suddenly hit him that perhaps he had been doing things wrong all along.

Chu Heng reached out and held Ye Muyu’s hand.

Ye Muyu looked up at him, her eyes filled with a bit of confusion, seemingly puzzled by his sudden action: “What’s wrong?”