The dilapidated and mottled low earth houses, the black pot bottom on the firewood stove, chickens, ducks, geese and dogs scurrying unscrupulously on the road, as far as the eye can see, the pile of mud and sand is desolate.
Standing in front of such a village, Jiang Beiran frowned.
The reason why he frowned was not because of the desolation, because even if he implemented a large number of new decrees, it would not be effective so quickly. The desolation of the countryside cannot be completely changed in a short period of time.
The reason why he frowned was that there were hardly any men in the village, and in broad daylight, there were only a few old women working in the farmland.
This kind of scene was very common in Jiangbei before the "Yujia's personal conquest". Many places were like daughter countries, and there was no man in sight.
But after he started to patrol, this kind of situation has become rare. Most officials will put some men in the village even if they pretend to be. He has not seen a "daughter village" like this for a while up.
At this moment, Deng Xianghan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid here..."
"No need to speak." Jiang Beiran reached out to stop Deng Xianghan.
Jiang Bei knew what Deng Xianghan was going to say. Under such circumstances, those who dared to so blatantly ignore the new decree were most likely backed by sects or demon sects. If they entered, conflicts would inevitably arise.
However, Jiangbei, the Zongmen's territory, will have to be touched sooner or later. It's just a matter of time. Now that it has happened, it doesn't hurt to go in and have a look.
Anyway, the system did not skip the prompt.
Taking Deng Xianghan and the others into the village, a few children who were playing on the side of the road saw Jiangbei and immediately scattered like birds and beasts, as if they had seen some ferocious beast.
Then several women who were chatting hurriedly ran back to their home, and closed the door firmly with a "bang".
Seeing this, Jiang Bei frowned again. Now he ordered people to post the news of his inspections in various counties and counties everywhere. Wherever he went, the villagers were all looking forward to it, waiting for him, the Holy General, to bring them hope.
But this village seems to have never seen such a notice at all. When it sees people in luxurious clothes, it feels that they are coming to harm them.
"You bastard! How dare you come to the village to harm our mother-in-law! I will fight you!"
Just when Jiang Beiran was going to look for the village chief or the security chief, a farmer suddenly appeared in front of him out of thin air. After yelling at him, he picked up a pitchfork and stabbed him indiscriminately.
But the pitchfork pierced through his chest like a phantom.
"Oh? Is this a spirit body?"
It was the first time for Jiang Beiran to encounter such a ghost since he obtained the [Psychic] point, and he felt quite novel.
'It seems that the role of psychics is indeed to communicate with the soul. '
Wanting to understand this, Jiang Beiran turned back to Deng Xianghan and the others and said, "Go around the village and look around, if there are poor people, give them a helping hand."
"Follow the order."
When the three women left, Jiang Beiran looked at the farmer in a state of soul and said, "Do you know that you are dead?"
"Of course I know I'm dead, but even if I'm a ghost, I won't let it go... Huh!? You can see me!?" The farmer shouted in horror.
"Well, I can see clearly."
"Human!!!!!!"
The frightened farmer ran away like crazy.
"Obviously just now you were blah, what a coward..."
Instead of chasing the ghost, Jiang Beiran wandered around the village.
The village has complete basic facilities. There is a pond in front of the gate, rice fields and vegetable fields behind the gate, a yard outside the house, and fruit trees in the yard.
But it is a pity that the pond has completely dried up, and the rice fields and vegetable fields are also deserted. There are a few good fruit trees, but most of them are bare.
"Oh, this is too desolate." Jiang Beiran sighed.
"It's not your dog officer's fault!"
Looking back, Jiang Beiran saw the farmer who was scared away just now ran back and shouted at him from a distance.
"Aren't you running away?" Jiang Bei asked with a smile.
The farmer poked his neck and replied, "Anyway, I'm already dead! You still have the ability to make me die again!"
"That's not true," Jiang Beiran replied.
"Why did you come to the village! The valuable things in the village have been robbed long ago, what do you want to do!?"
"Didn't your village post a notice that the emperor inspected counties?"
"Notice? We can't understand that thing, let's see what it does."
Just when Jiang Beiran was about to ask something, an old woman suddenly followed Mu Yao and knelt down when she saw Jiang Beiran.
"Your Majesty! Please show mercy and save us. We really can't survive."
Jiang Beiran quickly stepped forward to help the aunt and said: "Auntie, if you have something to say slowly, I will help you solve it."
"Ouch! God has opened his eyes. Your Majesty, all the men in our village have been taken away, leaving only the women who can't do anything. Now the spring plowing is almost over, and the fields are still barren."
"Who took the male from the village?"
"We don't know either! Last year, a group of murderers suddenly came to the village. They rushed in and arrested my son. I chased them out to get my son back, but the murderers were so vicious that anyone who dared to stop them would kill him." Who! In the end we had no choice but to watch all the men in the village being arrested by them."
'Do not you know… '
While talking, more women and old women ran over one after another, kneeling in a circle around Jiang Beiran, weeping.
Among the crowd, Deng Xianghan walked up to Jiang Beiran and said, "Your Majesty, we have sent some food to these villagers, and they already know that you are here to rescue them."
Jiang Bei, who hadn't seen such a fight for a while, asked Mu Yao and the others to help the villagers up, and then asked them one by one, and found that they didn't know where their man or son had been arrested.
"What about your village chief?" Jiang Beiran asked.
Hearing this question, the villagers were silent for a while, and finally a woman answered: "The village chief... the village chief was beaten to death when he stopped those villains."
'Oh, what a pity for a good village chief. '