The villagers spread the word, and soon they all gathered here at Hongxuan. Liu Yunxiang looked at the past, and there were all old people, none of them young, none of them children.

Taking advantage of Hongxuan's approach, Liu Yunxiang sneaked away with Zijin. Changhe Village is not big, and there are not many houses, the two of them are looking for each other separately, from this end of the long street to the other end, and the last time they meet, both of them shook their heads.

"Girl, isn't Gongzi Xue here?" Zijin scratched the back of his head and asked.

Liu Yunxiang was also puzzled, and when he didn't know what to do, he saw a figure heading out of the village. Zijin was excited, and guardedly protected Liu Yunxiang behind him and drew his sword at the same time.

Liu Yunxiang's mind turned around, and he patted Zijin's hand holding the hilt of the sword, "Let's follow." ”

"Huh?"

"That guy won't hurt us, don't be too nervous."

Liu Yunxiang took Zijin to the outside of the village, and after walking a short distance, he saw thousands of acres of fields, as far as the eye could see, and the crops were green and lush, and the growth was very gratifying.

If you look closely, there are two people in the distance, a woman and a man, the woman is pulling weeds and the man is irrigating. At this time, it was not the man who did anything wrong, the woman grabbed a handful of grass and smashed it on him, while he squatted down with his head in his hands, looking really a little wretched.

"Girl, the man seems to be ...... It's Xue Gongzi. Zijin was a little incredulous.

Liu Yunxiang could see it clearly, "It's him." ”

The master and servant walked towards that side, the sun was warm, the breeze was blowing, and there was a fertile field next to it, Liu Yunxiang didn't feel that his mood was much lighter.

"Hey, it's ...... growing in this field It's not a crop, it's grass! Zijin was shocked.

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he was also taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a look. She was born in the Shilang Mansion, how can she be regarded as a lady of the official eunuch, and she has never been to the ground, so at this time, she can't tell whether the clusters in front of her are crops or grass.

"The ground should be planted with wheat, and by this season the seedlings should have ears of wheat on them. You've seen ears of wheat, and there's a bundle hanging at the door of our grain store. Zijin said.

Liu Yunxiang thought about it for a while, and then looked carefully at what was in front of him, it was not just a clump of grass. When she looked again, the whole field was covered with grass.

"This ...... These fields were deserted. ”

"The village is full of old people, and they can't walk steadily, let alone farm, and these fields can only be barren."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, this is indeed the case, she looked at the two people in the distance again, "Let's go, let's take a look over there." ”

When they got closer, they found that the piece in front of them was wheat, which was much shorter than the weeds, and the growth was quite good, but there was a lot of grass in the wheat field.

The woman commanded Xue Changfeng while pulling the weeds: "Quickly change the ditch, the irrigation is too full, and the water has washed down the ridges and flowed to the grassland!" ”

The woman was in a hurry, Xue Changfeng was a little panicked, and as soon as the shovel went down, the water scattered and washed away like a beast out of the cage. He blocked in a panic, but blocked this side, that side collapsed, blocked that side, and this side collapsed again, and he was so anxious that he began to shovel soil everywhere, so there were openings everywhere.

When the woman saw this, she was so angry that she threw another handful of grass at him, and then snatched the shovel and skillfully blocked the hole, and at the same time the water flowed to the next ridge.

"You are so stupid, how can you be an official!" The woman reprimanded Xue Changfeng.

Xue Changfeng was a little embarrassed, "Compared with dealing with official business and farming, it is too simple. ”

"Stupid!"

"I can only blame the water for not listening to me."

The woman threw the shovel to Xue Changfeng and asked him to continue watering the ground.

"When will you let me go?" Xue Changfeng asked as he poured it.

"You will die of heart, marry me obediently, and farm here for the rest of your life."

"You rob the people, it's a crime!"

"If you can get out, let's talk about it."

Xue Changfeng glanced at the iron chain on his feet helplessly, it was obviously impossible for him to escape by himself.

At this time, hearing footsteps, Xue Changfeng raised his head, and when he saw someone coming, his eyes widened at first, and then he was ecstatic.

"Princess!"

When the woman heard this, she hurriedly turned her head, saw Liu Yunxiang and them, got up suddenly, copied the shovel in Xue Changfeng's hand, and blocked the front.

"Who are you?" The woman asked angrily.

This woman is in her twenties, and she is estimated to be the only young person in Changhe Village.

"We're here to save him!" Zijin pointed to Xue Changfeng behind her, but as soon as she finished speaking, the woman actually shoveled over with a shovel, Zijin grabbed it, flew away, grabbed the shovel, and kicked the woman away at the same time.

The woman staggered, and was about to rush up, but Xue Changfeng hurriedly stopped her.

"Xiuniang, they are my friends and good people!"

The woman glared at Xue Changfeng, and she had to rely on brute force to fight, Xue Changfeng had to say helplessly: "They are also from the government." ”

Hearing this, the woman's face turned blue, and she thought of something, and hurriedly ran to the village.

Liu Yunxiang asked Zijin to hurriedly disconnect the chains for Xue Changfeng, "We have to hurry back to pick up Daoist Hongxuan!" ”

Untie Xue Changfeng, and the three of them ran to the village together.

Xue Changfeng talked about what happened in these days while running, it turned out that he and Hongxuan went to visit an old gentleman who had worked as a bookkeeper in the government office that day. When he came back, he passed outside Changhe Village, only to feel a puff of smoke drifting in, and he fainted in a daze, and when he woke up, he was in the village, with chains on his feet.

"What are they kidnapping you for?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

Xue Changfeng coughed dryly, "Their village is full of old people, only Xiuniang is a young woman, and she has already reached the age when she should get married, so they want to kidnap a man." One is to be a husband to Xiuniang, and the other is to farm. As far as you can see, it is the ration of the whole village, but the old people are getting older and older, and they can no longer get out of the land, so the surroundings are deserted, and they need young laborers. ”

"Why did they turn this place into a ghost village?"

Xue Changfeng sighed and said: "They can't get into the land, and it's a problem to be full, but the government still wants them to pay taxes and grain, so they came up with this idea, so that the government thinks that the people in the village are dead and dare not enter the village to verify." ”

"So those who captured a lot of young adults, sucked their spirits, and then made them into dried corpses, these are all fake?"

"They made it up and spread it."

After entering the village, Xiuniang had already told the old people that they had been deceived, and the old people were excited at the moment, surrounding Hongxuan, and they were about to drown him.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly asked Zijin to knock on the courtyard door next to him, making a clattering sound.

Because of this movement, the villagers looked over to them.

Liu Yunxiang looked at these old people, and he really couldn't move, so he could only scare: "The officials are at the entrance of the village, and after an hour, if we haven't gone out, they will break in and burn down your village, see how you white-headed ghosts are still making waves!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the old people, you look at me and I look at you, obviously I am really afraid.

The people do not fight with the officials, and it has always been so.

Xue Changfeng stepped forward and said: "Grandparents, we are here in Yanzhou to investigate the case of Lord Yang He Yang, you have received the grace of Lord Yang, so don't embarrass us." ”