Before noon, the tenants hurried to the fields with the servants of the Hu Mansion to check on them. When the servant saw that the matter reported by the tenant was true, he did not delay and hurried back.

After the second hour, another servant of the Hu Mansion went to the houses of the tenants, talked with them for a while, and then departed.

After the servants of the Hu Mansion left, someone went to the tenant's house to inquire, and learned that it was the master's family who was sympathetic to the people's feelings, and after knowing the truth, he ordered someone to send money and exempt him from taxes for that year.

Although he is the son of a wealthy family, Hu Jushi does not have the inferiority of a gentleman's son. His people are usually kind and kind, and everyone in the county is well known. Therefore, the people in the county did not doubt or be surprised by Hufu's approach.

Less than two days after this incident passed, the same strange thing happened in the fields of several tenant households. As before, the men of these families did not delay and went to Hu Mansion to pay their respects.

After that, similar things happened one after another, until a month later, all over the county, even the public fields were not spared.

Things have developed to such a point that the lord of the Hu Mansion no longer despises them, and begins to order people to frequently run to various places in the county. At the same time, he reported to the county magistrate and waited for the official's family to show it.

Fang Yu County has never encountered anything similar since the establishment of the Qin Dynasty. All of a sudden, officials at all levels in the prefectures, counties, and counties had no choice but to report to the imperial court, waiting for disposal and relief at the same time.

A few days later, the DPRK and China sent supervision officials to Fangyu County. While inspecting the fields, many tenants were also asked in detail.

A few days later, the county issued a court proclamation to exempt the local tax for the year. As for the relief, there was no mention of it in the notice.

Although the people in the county were helpless after hearing this, they could only consider themselves unlucky.

In order to be rich, most of the people have surplus food and belongings in their homes. Since there is no relief, we can only take out the grain storage to survive, hoping that there will be a good harvest in the coming year, and there will be no such thing as eating grain.

However, the heavens did not grant people's wishes.

In the turn of the year, when it came to last year's spring ploughing, strange things happened.

After the tenants in the county buried the grain seeds in the fields and raised the seedlings, the seedlings, which should have been able to break the ground in more than ten days, still did not move after a few days. When everyone noticed the abnormality, they dug up the seeds, and found that the seeds had turned black and there was no possibility of germination.

When it came to a year's livelihood, tenants once again flocked to Hufu and the county yamen to complain. After hearing this, the officials in the yain had no choice but to report to the court again.

However, after this report, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no more news. Fang and the people missed the spring ploughing, and all the fields in the county were barren.

There is no need for the old woman to tell you about the future, Sima Qianzhi can roughly guess it.

After missing the spring ploughing, the livelihood of most of the farmers for a year turned into nothingness, and the scene of eating grain appeared. And soon the food ran out, and there was no relief, so he could only go out to escape the famine.

As for the people I saw at this moment, they were either too old and frail to travel far, or they were reluctant to go elsewhere. Even the government sent people to receive an order to deliberately restrict the movement of the people under their rule in order to maintain the establishment of the party.

"Ask my mother, the court doesn't care about the affairs of the county, didn't the local officials look for the reason?" After thinking about it, Sima asked the woman about it.

"The state sent people to see it a few times, but they didn't see it. The county lord was concerned, because he suspected that it was a demon, and he asked a master to do it, but it didn't work. To this day, notices to recruit talented people are still posted outside the county office. The woman responded.

After responding, she once again advised Sima Wenzhi to leave this place and find another place to reconcile. Then, without waiting for a response, he staggered away.

After the woman left, Sima Wenzhi did not listen to the persuasion and still went to the county seat. Halfway through the walk, I found a field and walked in to lean over to investigate.

Just looking at the appearance, there is no abnormality in the soil in the field. He picked up the hard object and dug down, stopping when he was less than three inches.

In Gopyeong-gun and its surrounding counties, most of the soil in the fields is yellow and red. But Sima Wenzhi gave up the surface, and the soil taken out from below was black.

Not only that, but there are also foreign objects the size of grains in the soil. If the woman's words are true, it should be the grain planted by the farmer.

Go forward again, go back in again. Multiple looks, the result is the same.

In addition to this, he was aware of other anomalies.

In some fields, many of the seeds near the head of the field have been lost. Presumably, there is something unknown in the black soil, turning the seed into nothingness.

Seeing this, he no longer doubted the woman's words and went on. The place is clear, it is the county government of Fang Yu County.

When he first investigated, he used fire to roast the black soil, and he gained a lot.

Among the five elements, fire can burn wood and soil, so if you burn the soil with fire, you will see changes in the soil.

But after the roasting, he didn't see any reaction from the black soil.

This result should be something in the soil that restrains the fire. And this thing is more domineering, overriding the law of the five elements.

There are not many things in the world that have this effect, and the correspondence with Tanaka's scene is even rarer. Sima Wenzhi had some guesses in his heart when he went, if it wasn't the qi of Xuanyin, it was a ghost.

The world is impermanent, and the world is unpredictable.

Avoiding Gao Ping's bend to Fang Yu, he originally hoped not to encounter trouble. I didn't think that after some calculations, I still didn't dodge.

And he couldn't turn a blind eye to it.

The Taoist adheres to the mandate of heaven and subdues demons and destroys demons. If there really is a ghost thing doing something here, even if he is defeated, he will do what he has to do.

There was something in his heart, and Sima asked him to speed up his pace. After a while, he still felt too slow, and began to cast spells at a rapid pace. Halfway through, he stood outside the county office in Fangyu County and looked inside.

Ordinary yamen, will choose Kong Wu powerful people to guard on both sides of the government to deter Xiaoxiao. If you meet someone like him who does not inform him in advance and wantonly investigates, he will open his mouth and scold him harshly.

But at this moment, there is only one official outside the county office, who is thin and has a dish. After seeing his movements, he just watched lazily. Neither scolding nor asking, no other response.

Seeing this, Sima asked, under the watchful eye of the officer, and walked to the place where the notice was posted. After walking over, he didn't hesitate, tore off the notice, and then turned back and walked towards the door.

When the official saw this, a fine light appeared in his eyes. Without waiting for him to get closer, he got up and walked into the house, as if to make an announcement.

It didn't take long for the sound of hurried footsteps to be heard in the palace, and after a few breaths, someone appeared. Sima Wenzhi looked at a few people and saw that the first one was a middle-aged man, like the chief official of the county, with a happy look on his face.

While Sima Wenzhi looked at several people, the middle-aged man also looked at him. A hint of disappointment appeared in the joy on his face when he first looked at it, but this disappointment quickly dissipated.

Although the middle-aged man's expression changed rapidly, he was still seen by Sima Wenzhi. He knew why this man was like this, and his reaction was neither surprised nor cared about.

Most of the practitioners who are good at doing things in the secular world are old Taoists and monks. And when he acts, he also has disciples by his side to assist. It is indeed unconvincing that he is young and alone.

Moreover, at this moment, the clothes on his body have not been changed, and they are in tatters before.