Earlier, in a nearby mountain village, because of the drought, they couldn't pay the food tax, so the representative team of demon hunters brought people into the village, beat and smashed them.
Several elderly people in their 70s and 80s in the village were beaten to death.
As soon as the news got out, everyone in the nearby villages felt insecure and terrified, and the head of Pan Village was forced to go to Beicang to steal grain.
According to the village head's description, it was not just Pancun that encountered a similar situation, but some surrounding villages also suffered from drought one after another, and could not pay for food and grass.
Another team
Only then did everyone in Ye Lingyue know that there was another representative team coming to Fang'e County.
There are a large number of teams participating in the Jiuzhou Wild Hunt this time, and Huang Quan's team is just one of them. It is not surprising that they don't know the existence of the other party.
Recalling the county magistrate's reaction earlier, Ye Lingyue and the others realized that the reason why they were sent to Beicang to take care of the granary must be the trick of the representative team.
The other party's intention is obvious, that is to seize meritorious service and leave Fang'e County early.
"It's unreasonable. There are tens of thousands of tons of grain in the north granary. Even if there is a natural disaster, if the granary is released, it will be enough for countless victims in the eighteen villages in the three townships nearby. When an official doesn't do things for the people, he is still a shitty official. I'm going to arrest the county magistrate."
When Situ and Lanfeng heard this, their blood boiled with enthusiasm, and they were gearing up to teach the magistrate a lesson.
"Stop, both of you, calm down. This is not Huangquan City. Fang A has his own city lord and county magistrate. We are just an ordinary representative team now. If we really want to fight against the county government, we will destroy order. Being regarded as a bandit. Do you still want to continue participating in Jiuzhou Wild Hunting?"
Ye Lingyue scolded both Situ and Lan Feng.
"Lingyue is right. You two are not doing enough to succeed. I think this matter needs a long-term plan. Why don't we go around the village separately to see if the situation in the village is as the village chief said."
Gong Linxin suggested.
The crowd echoed, and each went to inspect Pan Village separately.
Ye Lingyue and Guangzi, together with Xiao Zhiyo and Xiao Wuya, inspected the wells in the village and the stream at the entrance of the village.
"The water has bottomed out. The water flow is very narrow and has stopped. There are also several main wells in the village that have also dried up. The drought is severe."
Photon looked around and turned back.
"The crops in the field are in the earing period, and there will be no harvest without water."
Ye Lingyue frowned, the more she looked at it, the weirder it became.
She remembered that it was recorded in the data that the weather in Fang'e County was smooth and there were several major rivers flowing through it. Because of this, the food crops in this area had been growing very well.
In the hundreds of years recorded in the county history, let alone such a severe drought, even a small drought has never been encountered.
Generally speaking, the climate of a region will not be abnormal for no reason.
"Boss."
Xiao Wuya, who was following Ye Lingyue, suddenly spoke.
"I think there is something wrong with this place. There is a lack of water spirit here."
Xiao Wuya's words awakened the dreamer.
Ye Lingyue realized it immediately, no wonder she felt that something was wrong, as Xiao Wuya said, there is a lack of water spirits in Pancun.
Except for a few cities in ancient Jiuzhou, such as Yanmen, Huangquan and other cities that lack spiritual power, most of the areas have fairly complete five spirits.
The more abundant the five spirits are, the better all things in a place can grow.
It's like Ye Lingyue's Hongmengtian, which is a rare blessed land of five spirits, so all kinds of crops and even spirit beasts in it grow very well.
Compared to the outside world, even in the Five Spirits City, Hongmengtian's five spirits are at least ten times or even dozens of times more abundant.
Of course, this abundance is only for ordinary people. For specific warriors and alchemists, if they want to practice the power of reincarnation, they should get some super big cities or treasure lands like Wuling City.
Xiao Wuya is a descendant of the ice and fire phoenix, and she is more sensitive than anyone else to the spirits of the five elements of water and fire.
When she followed Ye Lingyue to Pancun, she felt that the five spirits in this place were very unbalanced.
After careful consideration, she found that there were almost no water spirits in this village.
Water is the source of life for all things. Without the spirit of water, the whole village would seem to be dried up, and the spirits of the five elements of other attributes are also rapidly disappearing.
The trees began to wither, and the soil became barren. The gold and stone collapsed into the sandy soil of the city, and the river stopped flowing, making it a place with severe drought.
"Lack of water spirit..."
Ye Lingyue was deep in thought.
After a while, other team members also collected information and came back to meet up.
Through chatting with the villagers, the team members also found that what the village chief told was the truth.
"There is no way to continue like this. We have to tell the county magistrate and find a way to solve the drought in the inventory. The villagers have been staying here, and they will die of thirst if they don't starve."
Everyone agrees so.
So Ye Lingyue took the village head back to the county government office together, and told the county magistrate about the plight of Pan Village.
"Drought in Pancun? This is simply ridiculous."
"It has been five years since I was sent to Fang'e County. In the past five years, the weather has been smooth and there has never been any natural or man-made disasters. Besides, there are no reports of drought in the nearby villages. Could it be said that there are few Lilu will be different?"
When the county magistrate heard this, instead of showing the slightest sympathy, he reprimanded Ye Lingyue and Pancun Village Chief loudly.
"County magistrate, if you don't believe me, you can go to Pancun to have a look."
Seeing that the county magistrate was unreasonable, Ye Lingyue stepped forward and dragged the county magistrate to leave.
"Presumptuous, dare to hold the county magistrate hostage. Take them all down."
It's late, but it's fast.
But seeing the county office, more than a dozen burly men poured in at once.
These people are all tall and fat, and the leader is a man with a short beard, who is Captain An of the Sky Falcon team.
"Are you the captain of another representative team stationed in Fang'e County? I am Ye Lingyue from Huangquan's representative team. There is a drought in Pan Village, and the situation is very urgent."
Ye Lingyue looked straight at Captain An.
Unexpectedly, the other party saw that she was just a black-faced girl with a thin body and no power of reincarnation, so she gave a cold snort.
"What are you? How dare you compare yourself with this captain. I only know that drought is not a drought. If you don't pay the grain tax, it is illegal. As the captain, you are more guilty of resisting taxes with the villagers."
When Ye Lingyue heard it, her black eyes darkened. Suddenly, a strong wind swept past.
She shrugged her shoulders, immediately activated the "Ten Heavens" supernatural power, accelerated her body, and slammed her shoulders into the security captain.
Captain An's eyes were filled with disdain, and he didn't dodge, he was ready to wait for Ye Lingyue to humiliate himself.