In his early years, Wu Yanzhuang was a widower, and most of the people he served around him were soldiers and not many women.
When Chen Ximei got married, she brought many wives and maids with her. Later, she added children and some servants.
Now none of these people can follow them. They are all sent to Mu Yunhan and she will deal with them on her behalf.
Also accompanying him was the leader of the thousand private soldiers, a black-faced man named Ou Qifeng, who was tall and thick as a farmer.
Ou Qifeng was wearing the clothes of an ordinary servant and looked rustic. If Mu Yunhan hadn't seen him before, he would never have thought that he was the leader of the private army.
But she knew that this seemingly dull and rustic man was extremely brave, proficient in the art of war, and extremely loyal.
She dispatched and settled this group of people.
Those who belong to local people and are willing to go home will be given money to Anjia, get back their body deeds, and leave on their own.
If her home is elsewhere and she doesn't want to leave or can't leave for the time being, she can stay in her village to work and be paid monthly silver on time.
As for these thousand private soldiers, they were broken up into pieces, and either joined her escort team, or went into her village, shop, or even in the fields and mountains and forests to do things.
Anyway, they are all children of farmers. They worked in the fields with Wu Yanzhuang before, so they all know how to do farm work.
Although it took a lot of effort to arrange these many people, her family couldn't afford to have a big business and had a lot of time, so they settled them in a leisurely manner.
During this period, Mu An walked around the military camp as usual and was on duty, quietly passing the news back to her.
After Wu Yanzhuang left, Meng Jia arranged for people to go into the mountain to inspect the dragon veins and royal tombs, under the guise of investigating the truth in order to clear Wu Yanzhuang's grievances.
Later, the frequency of going to the mountains and the number of people increased, and I even talked to Mu An several times to catch up on old times.
Mu Yunhan didn't feel well, so he asked someone to bring a message to Mu An and asked him to pretend to be sick and go home.
But when the messenger came back, the news he brought was that Meng Jia had taken Mu An into Xiangshan.
Mu An's letter to her made it very clear that if he didn't go with Meng Jia, Meng Jia would definitely come to harass her. Besides, he also wanted to see what Meng Jia wanted to do.
Mu Yunhan smiled bitterly.
This was Meng Jia's conspiracy. He was looking for someone to lead the way to Xiangshan, and he didn't have to worry about not being able to find him. The reason why he had to drag Mu An along was just to tie her up, and to keep her out of the situation.
She was always on tenterhooks, always afraid that something unexpected would happen.
After worrying for five or six days, Meng Jia's soldiers brought Mu An back. They said that Mu An was sick due to inhalation of miasma, so they sent him home to recuperate.
Mu Yunhan politely sent Meng Jia's people away and hurriedly asked Gu Changqing to diagnose and treat Mu An, but there was no problem.
Mu An talked about the cause and effect.
He led Meng Jia all the way to the valley and found that the pool was still there, but the entrance had been blown up and sealed by Wu Yanzhuang.
Meng Jia's men yelled and cursed, but Meng Jia remained calm throughout and asked him if there was any other way.
He said no, and Mengjia didn't embarrass him and led people to dig and clear the passage.
Mengjia was very violent and rude, and he didn't worry about being discovered at all. He wanted to cover up others' eyes and ears, and directly used gunpowder on places that couldn't be opened.
Mu An looked very worried. He was very familiar with the layout of the scene inside. He was worried that such a violent shock would cause a large-scale collapse, so he spoke tactfully.
Meng Jia did not express his position, only said: "I think you seem to be sick, go back and recover."
Without any explanation, he was sent down the mountain.