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.
