An hour later, Fang Datong and Yi Han, covered in blood, knelt down in front of Lin Qingwan and reported: "All 428 rebels have been put to death, our side has eight seriously injured, ninety-six lightly injured, and four dead!"

  Lin Qingyan let go of Lin Yuhu's hand, stepped forward and helped the two up, saying: "Those who are seriously injured will be taken to the side house for treatment by Dr. Xu. Whatever medicine is needed, just open the warehouse to take it. Those who are lightly injured will be treated by everyone mutually. The dead, their names will be recorded, I want to heavily compensate their families."

  Fang Datong should have gone down, and he retreated to one side. Yi Han suddenly stood up and looked towards the main road: "Auntie, there are soldiers and horses coming!"

  Lin Qingwan looked towards the main road, furrowed her brow and waited quietly. Soon, she also heard the sound of horseshoes galloping.

  Yi Han said in a low voice: "This is an official horse, young lady, the government's soldiers have arrived, and they've come quite quickly."

  This sentence is not sarcasm, but a sincere statement.

  Lin Qingwan nodded, with a somewhat pleased curl of her lips: "It's only right to thank Governor Zhou afterwards."

  Soldiers are not that easy to mobilize, and Lin Qingyuan didn't think the people she sent could really bring troops and horses. After all, the security in Suzhou City is not good now, and the government office only has a few yamen runners and soldiers who listen to orders. If they want to send troops to rescue them, they must be dispatched from the garrison.

  But to adjust the garrison troops requires another set of procedures.

  Lin Qingwan had thought that as long as the reinforcements arrived tomorrow morning, even if they couldn't drive away the refugees, they could still hold on for a day or two by relying on the other courtyard.

  I didn't expect it to go so smoothly tonight. After killing the troublemakers among the refugees, they would only rush around wildly and end up getting themselves killed by the blades.

  Lin Qingwan turned her head and said to Lin Yuhong: "Let's go, follow me to welcome the guests."

  Lin Yuhong's face had some color to it, she took a deep breath and tried her best to ignore the smell of blood in the air, holding Xiao Gu's hand as they climbed down from the wall.

  The army had stopped at the gate, and the generals looked at the corpses on the ground in a daze. Seeing that those who came to clean up the bodies were all wearing green clothes, they roughly guessed that they were Lin's family servants.

  Just as I was about to ask the question, a group of people suddenly swarmed out with two girls in the center. The two girls stepped over the blood-stained ground and skirted around the corpses on the road without even giving them a sideways glance.

  The torchlight shone on their faces, making them look even more delicate.

  But seeing the two of them walking over with their eyes fixed on each other, the soldiers on horseback didn't dare to look down on them, and Lin Run behind was even more stunned, for a moment unable to react.

  Zhou Cishi also stared blankly at Lin Qingwan, who was leading the group. Seeing her face lit up with a sweet smile, he couldn't help but feel a jolt in his heart. He immediately jumped off his horse, bowed and apologized: "Lin Gongzhu, I'm late to rescue you, please forgive me."

  Lin Qingwan quickly took two steps forward, stretched out her hand to stop him and smiled: "Lord Zhou is too polite, you arrived just in time. I originally wanted to wait for you to arrive before resolving the issue, but I didn't expect these refugees to rush over so quickly, and my subordinates couldn't stop them in time."

  Zhou Zhi's mouth twitched and he lowered his head, saying: "It is the Lin County Master who has a way to deal with this, we are no match for him."

  "But I'm just a young girl who has inherited the legacy of my ancestors. What do I know about ruling the country or fighting wars?"

  Looking at Lin Qingyuan's smiling face, the soldiers present did not dare to take this sentence seriously. Who didn't know that these long workers in the Lin family's other courtyard were all recruited this year? What ancestral prestige, what ghostly aura? This was exactly what Lin Qingyuan had trained them to be.

  Lin Run also came back to his senses, riding up from behind and jumping off his horse, saying: "Wan Jie!"

  Lin Qingwan was surprised, "Fifth brother? How did you also come?"

  Lin Run took another glance at the scene, and his heart skipped a beat as he said with a sigh of relief: "When your family's guard came to report, I hastily brought people into the city to find Governor Zhou. Fortunately, you're all right, otherwise, how could I have faced your brother?"

  "What's so easy to have something happen? Besides, didn't you all arrive in time?" Lin Qingwen looked at Zhou Cishi and hastily smiled as she stepped aside: "Since Lord Zhou has arrived, why don't we go inside and sit for a bit. The war just ended, the courtyard is simple, please don't mind it."

  Zhou Cishi saw that she didn't mind their tardiness, and heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he waved his hand towards the back and said: "Let someone help clean up, wipe away all the bloodstains on the ground, don't dirty the eyes of the county princess and the prefectural princess."

  Having said that, he brought two generals behind him and followed Lin Qingyuan into the other courtyard.

  Lin Qingwan stepped aside and invited Lin Run, "Fifth brother, please come in."

  The bloodstains were the most and the most chaotic at the gate, the bodies had been moved to one side, but the few people present were all veterans of the battlefield, and they knew that the battle here was the most intense.

  Lin Run wasn't a fool either. Seeing the bright red bloodstains and suspicious white flower-like things on the ground made his stomach churn, and he almost couldn't help but throw up.

  Lin Qingwan and Lin Yuheng had seen scenes of blood and brains splashing out, so they wouldn't be scared by this little thing, and just pretended not to see it as they walked past.

  Lin Run didn't say a word, but Zhou and the three historians looked at the aunt and niece with even more admiration, and they didn't dare to underestimate them just because of their young age.

  The four of them walked forward for a while, and the signs of fighting disappeared. The four were shocked and looked back, was this where the refugees were rejected at the gate?

  It had disappeared without a trace in just twenty steps inside.

  Lin Qingwan smiled and led the person to the flower hall, along the way they encountered servants hurrying back and forth.

  Everyone saw Lin Qingyan and her niece slightly bend their knees in greeting, then quickly leave.

  Zhou Zhi Shi looked at what they were holding in their hands and couldn't help but ask: "Are there many injured people in the mansion?"

  Lin Qingwan nodded, "Many, a total of 104 people."

  "Then this wound medicine..."

  Lin Qingyan sighed, "The storage in the mansion is insufficient, we can only wait until dawn and then go into the city to buy some."

  It's just enough, sometimes it's still not enough, but with give and take, relationships will gradually deepen.

  Through this incident, Lin Qingwan deeply felt the helplessness and danger of being in a chaotic world, and at this time it was still necessary to get along with the military.

  What's the use of having a wealthy family? Can they save you when it really matters?

  Zhou Zhi Shi immediately turned his head and said to the person next to him, "Vice General Meng, I recall that your army has just purchased a batch of wound medicine. Why not allocate some to Lin Junzhu first, and then return them when she is more convenient?"

  Meng said with a smile: "What's difficult about this? I'll send someone to fetch it right away."

  Lin Qingwan thanked him sincerely: "I'll first thank Lord Zhou and General Meng on behalf of my family, I will send someone to return the medicine once I've dealt with the matters at hand."

  "Lin Jun's guest was polite, and it would be an honor for Mo Jiang to do something for the county master."

  Walking beside General Meng was his lieutenant, who, after receiving his orders, bowed and retreated to arrange for someone to go back and fetch the medicine.

  Three people walked to the first gate, and the gatekeeper was also wearing a neat short suit. Zhou Zhi and Meng Fujiang were certain that they hadn't mistaken their eyes, as behind the gatekeeper lay a gleaming large knife.

  As soon as she saw Lin Qingwan and Lin Yuhong, the old woman immediately took out a key from under a stone at the side of the door and opened it for them.

  Lin Qingwan smiled and explained, "In order to prevent the refugees from rushing in, they hid the key. Even if they were killed here, they couldn't find the key, and it would take some time."

  Zhou Zhi Shi curled up the corner of his mouth and replied: "Miss Lin is very considerate."

  After passing through the second gate, you can directly enter the flower hall. Bai Mei and Bai Qing have already gone down to make tea. Zhou Cishi then asked about the specific situation.

  Lin Qingwan did not hide it, starting from when the refugees gathered around and began to speak, only subconsciously glossing over some situations related to the Lin family's other courtyard.

  Zhou Cishi furrowed his brow, "Is Lin Junzhu saying that these refugees were incited by someone?"

  Lin Run's face turned green with rage, and he couldn't help but slam his hand on the table: "Who is so vicious, not even sparing two girls? Is this bullying the Lin family because we have no one?"

  Lin Qingwan had Yi Han and Fang Dasong brought over, saying: "This matter is the responsibility of these two, and more specific details can only be asked of them. But if you say that no one instigated it, I don't believe it. Everyone knows that most of the Lin family's assets have been donated, and what's left isn't much, so how could they possibly come to rob me?"

  "More than a month ago, I had already spread the word outside that this year's autumn harvest grain would be used to offset debts and also paid a portion of it to the hired workers. There isn't much left in the mansion." Lin Qingyan said: "It must be those refugees who came on their own initiative, they must have inquired about the news in advance, so they wouldn't be unaware."

  "But they didn't even know that this was a branch of the Lin family, it's clear that they were deceived into coming here," Lin Qingyan furrowed her brow and said: "I just don't know if the person mixed in with them is from Liao, Nan Han, or another country. Fortunately, Yi Han killed all of them and left behind their corpses, afterwards he also asked Lord Zhou to help investigate, even if we can't catch the culprit, at least I'll have a number in mind, next time I won't be caught off guard."

  Zhou Zhi said solemnly: "Don't worry, Princess Lin, I will investigate thoroughly as soon as I return."

  The arrow in the corpse is different from the others, and as soon as you turn over the body, you can tell who it is.

  Yi Han had them draw their portraits and searched their bodies all over, but didn't find anything of value before handing the corpses over to Prefect Zhou for investigation.

  Zhou and Meng led the troops to come, as a result, they brought back more than 400 corpses without drawing their swords, but did not dare to take credit for this achievement, and were momentarily complex in their hearts.

  Lin Run stayed behind and took the initiative to help Lin Qingwen handle the affairs of the mansion.

  He received the news after dark, when the city gates were closed, but he brought young and strong men from his clan, using Lin's privilege to let soldiers open the city gate, then entered the city to see Zhou Cishi.

  He had originally planned that if Zhou would not send troops, he would bring the young and strong men of his tribe to rescue him, but unexpectedly Zhou was so eager that when he arrived, Zhou had already met with Deputy General Meng.

  After consultation between the two sides, Zhou and Meng agreed to dispatch 500 soldiers, which would render the young men he brought unnecessary.

  Lin Run left the others in the city and followed Zhou Cishi and the others here.

  But what he didn't expect was that Lin Qingyan was so formidable, without their help, she solved the matter by herself.

  This momentum is unmatched by anyone in the clan.

  Is it really easy for legitimate branches to produce talents? A girl is even more powerful than these men, and Lin Yuhong, who is younger, can also remain calm.