The little girl walked through the aisle between the two octagonal buildings with two hot steamed buns in her arms, panting and running to an old and dilapidated tiled house.

The tiled house was already a dangerous building, with walls made of stone and mud that had been badly dented and deformed inward, and seemed to be in danger of toppling at any moment. There are also many gaps in the roof tiles, and every time it rains, the room can be flooded.

With a creaking sound, the little girl pushed open the rotten wooden door and hurried into the house.

The house was very simple, except for a rudimentary wooden bed, a stove for cooking, and an iron pot hanging from the wall, which had not been used for a long time.

A thin, bloodless middle-aged woman was lying quietly on a shabby wooden bed covered with a tattered quilt.

"Mother, I'm back with steamed buns for you!" The little girl rushed to the broken wooden bed out of breath, and hurriedly stretched out her little hand to pull the woman on the bed.

But she tugged for a long time, and the woman lying on the broken wooden bed never responded.

"Mother, don't fall asleep, can you wake up quickly? I brought you steamed buns, please get up and eat, you haven't eaten in five days......"

The little girl hurriedly stepped forward to shake her mother, and when she touched her mother's body, she found that her mother's body was already cold.

The two steamed buns fell to the ground, and the little girl froze in place for an instant, and tears couldn't stop pouring out of her eyes......

……

on the streets of the city.

Thousands of iron horsemen in armor stood in a neat line, forming a line in the streets.

A middle-aged man in purple and gold armor was riding a tall and mighty war horse, sweeping back and forth through the streets.

This middle-aged man has a vertical sword mark in his left eye, which evenly separates the entire eye from the middle, looking very domineering and fierce.

The famine people who had been roaming the streets were so frightened that they huddled into the corners of the alleys, not daring to come out and show their heads.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe and a jade crown to arrive at the scene with a team of city guards.

"The city lord of Poplar City, I have seen the general of the Dian Fang." The middle-aged man in the brocade robe came to the middle-aged man of the sword mark, and immediately said to the middle-aged man of the sword mark respectfully.

The middle-aged man named Dian Fang was still riding on horseback, and looked at the middle-aged man in the brocade robe who claimed to be the city lord with a condescending gaze: "Are you the city lord here?" Then the matter of collecting resources for the empire, you will assist me in completing it. ”

Hearing the words of the pawn, the city lord was full of embarrassment, but he was a little afraid to speak.

"What? Didn't you hear me? Dian Fang said impatiently.

After hesitating for a moment, the city lord still mustered up the courage to say to the Dian Fang: "But Lord Dian Fang, didn't Poplar City only be expropriated once half a year ago?" ”

Dian Fang replied rhetorically: "Do you know how many manpower and materials the empire sacrificed in order to fight against the assassination society? ”

"If it weren't for the Imperial Army's fight against the Assassination Society, the territory of the Empire would have been captured by the Assassination Society, would you still be able to live and work here in peace? Isn't it the duty of the people of the empire to strengthen the military power of the empire? ”

The city lord said confidently: "But...... In that expropriation half a year ago, Poplar City had already contributed all its resources to the empire. ”

"Now the city is severely short of resources, prices have skyrocketed uncontrollably, and a large number of people are starving to death on the streets. If it is levied again now, I am afraid that more than half of the people in the city will be starved to death! ”

Hearing this, the pawn directly pulled out the war spear, and with lightning speed, a shot pierced the city lord's chest.

"For ...... Why ......" The city lord widened his eyes in disbelief, glanced at his own pierced chest, and then glared at Norikata.

Dian Fang looked at the city lord coldly and said: "The lack of resources, the skyrocketing prices, and the people are starving to death, which is enough to show that you have embezzlement." In the name of the emperor, I hereby correct you on the spot! ”

After speaking, the pawn pulled out the war spear from the city lord, and blood splattered from the city lord's chest in an instant.

The city lord snorted, spat blood from his mouth and fell to the ground, a pair of wide open eyes, staring at the sky.

"City Lord!" The city lord's guards immediately went up to check on the city lord's situation.

All the people in the alley turned pale with fright, and looked at the fallen city lord with tears in their eyes.

The fair, honest, and selfless lord of the city.

The city lord who once guarded Poplar City and lost both sides in a battle with demon beasts.

For the past six months, the city lord has appeared at the head of the city every day to give porridge to the famine refugees.

At this time, he died under the tip of the gun in such an unknown way!

"The Imperial Army listened to the order, the city lord of Poplar was suspected of corruption, first from the city lord's mansion to raid the house, and then collect resources from door to door, if anyone dares to disobey, they will be killed!"

With the order of the pawn, thousands of iron horsemen scattered in all directions.

One of them rushed straight towards the city lord's mansion, while the rest broke down from house to house, looting all their valuable resources, completely indistinguishable from robbers.

Whether it is a martial arts family with many geniuses and profound heritage, or a poor and difficult family, they cannot escape the fate of being ransacked.

"My lord! You can take other valuable things, but this one is the only thing you can't take, it's a family heirloom of my clan! If you take it away, our thousand-year-old family will be ruined! ”

"Please, my lord, my family is originally from a poor family. My child is very advocating martial arts, so I hope to use this Yuan Stone to step into the path of cultivation, please don't take it! ”

"Bastard! How dare you hide it! Kill me! ”

"Damn it, a bunch of shitty robbers! It's a big deal to fight with you! ”

Lin Yun and the others sat in the inn, coldly watching everything that was happening outside. Watch this so-called Imperial Army, like bandits, go from house to house to take away resources.

Some people who secretly possessed resources, after being discovered by the Imperial Army, began to desperately resist and fight with the Imperial Army.

Many of those who were defeated by the Imperial Army died tragically under the spears of the Imperial Army.

The patriarch of one of the families was a powerhouse of the Martial King Realm, and after he was completely enraged, he raised his knife and slashed down more than a dozen imperial army iron cavalry in a row.

"Bold thugs, dare to kill Imperial soldiers!" Dian Fang flew directly into the air, pierced the Martial King Realm powerhouse with a single shot, and then cut off his head and hung it on the tallest building nearby.

And the family of the strong warrior king was also completely wiped out by the iron cavalry of the imperial army, and even the women and children were not spared.

"See? This is the end of the rebellion! Hahaha! The rampant laughter of the pawn resounded throughout the street. Too...... It's too much! Where is this still like the army of the Empire? It's no different from a robber! Lin Ying couldn't bear to look at this scene, she couldn't believe that an imperial army would do such a brutal thing.

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