Dalin has been suffering from the war on the northern border for a long time, and has been slightly neglectful of the western border, which has led to economic imbalance in the western states and the people's livelihood.
Jing Yu was ordered to go to the Western Regions to quell the demonic chaos and stabilize the people's hearts under the orders of the imperial court.
This time, he used his contacts to call Liufeng Escort Bureau to escort the official rations to the Western Regions for relief. I haven't seen Jiang Xiao for ten days, but his martial arts have improved a lot, and there are vague signs of breaking through to the fifth level of god refining realm.
A large army was quickly prepared and set out on the road.
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Shuzhou in the Western Regions coexists with Liangzhou. However, due to the negligence of the imperial court, the people of the two states are in dire straits. The first stop that Jing Yu and others came to was Xidu County, located to the east of Shuzhou. The place was deserted and desolate. The houses on both sides of the street collapsed. The civilians were all naked and living in shelters built by the government.
When the sallow-faced and skinny children saw a large number of strangers entering the county town, they were not overjoyed for the first time. Instead, they stared at them timidly and then shrank behind their mother.
This made Jing Yu feel helpless, so they had to find the local county government and cooperate with each other to distribute the first batch of official rations and make them into porridge.
"Line up one by one! Don't fight, everyone has a share!" Chen Xueyun shouted outside the porridge shop.
The escorts from Liufeng Escort Bureau were sitting on the yellow sand, drinking water and watching the refugees coming and going in a hurry. Jiang Xiao was an upright and kind man. When he saw some women's clothes were in tatters, he couldn't bear it. He took off his robe and put it on a pregnant woman.
The woman trembled all over at first, thinking that Jiang Xiao had other intentions. When she saw the other party put the clothes on her body and left, she burst into tears of gratitude.
"Boss, I'm afraid it's not good for you to share only one piece of clothing with that woman," one of the bodyguards said.
Jiang Xiao closed his eyes and rested his mind: "Then you should also learn from me and don't let others think that we are hypocritical."
"Okay." The escort also took off his robe and covered the ragged women.
The escorts one after another followed suit, and Jiang Xiao nodded with satisfaction. This was the only thing he could do.
"This official ration is not enough at all." Qiao Xu held her chin and looked angrily at the pot of porridge that was about to bottom out.
Jing Yu was well versed in the way of officialdom and looked gloomy: "The imperial court doesn't want to take care of Liangzhou and Shuzhou at all. Anyway, there is no war in the Western Region for the time being. Even if the demon country pounces on them, it won't hurt to abandon these old, weak, sick and disabled at worst. Again. In addition, some officials from the Ministry of Revenue enriched their own pockets and withheld food."
"Damn it, I'll tell my second brother and dad about these things when I get back." Qiao Xu pouted, unhappy.
Jing Yu patted his butt and stood up. He went to the county magistrate to exchange information.
The magistrate of Xidu County sighed softly and said thoughtfully: "Shuzhou is really not easy! There are enemies from the demon country that are constantly harassing us, and we have to beware of mountain bandits who take advantage of the situation. It is really difficult for me to be a county magistrate!" "
"Bandits? There are bandits in such a remote place? What can they rob? The city can't even afford food." Jing Yu couldn't believe that this situation still existed.
The county magistrate shed a tear and raised his head: "Women who rob people, those bandits in the village are so rich that they eat meat every day, but we can only dig wild vegetable roots to make soup..." After saying this, he showed his tolerance. The arms in the sleeves are as thin as wood.
Jing Yu's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be that they come every day?"
"That's not the case. Some time ago, there was a group of green forest heroes Luocao nearby. They helped Xidu County fend off several bandits' plunders. Unfortunately, their manpower was thin, so they were like a mantis."
Jing Yu comforted him and said, "Don't worry. As for me, as an official of the imperial court, I cannot allow bandits to run rampant. If the other party doesn't come today, I will lead a group of people to suppress the bandits in the mountains tomorrow, and I will kill him without leaving a trace!" "
"Then I will not thank you for your kindness, and I beg you to take action as soon as possible." The county magistrate bowed deeply and saluted.
The porridge was quickly distributed. All they could do was satisfy the refugees with food and clothing. The remaining official rations had to be distributed elsewhere. Jing Yu himself had a plan in mind. The food in the village might be able to restore the entire Xidu County to operation.
So the next day, he discussed the plan early and led the bodyguard to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits.
At this time, the cottage door was closed tightly, as if the banquet had been held yesterday, and the bandits in the early morning were still sleeping soundly. Jing Yu gave the order, and a large number of people behind him shouted "Get rid of the thieves", picked up their weapons and rushed in, kicking open the wooden doors one after another. The whole cottage was restless.
…
Chu Tu, the leader of the village, was awakened by the shouts of killing outside. He lifted up his pants and let go of the woman's arms. His broad palms were covered with calluses. He casually picked up a long knife and rushed out, heading straight for Jing Yu and his party.
"Fifth level, no wonder he can occupy the mountain and become the king." Song Qian sneered. He stood up with his sword, summoned a green bamboo, whittled it into a sharp point with his energy, and slapped it out.
Chu Tu slashed down with his long knife and cut the bamboo in half. Then he slashed horizontally and spread his true energy in a half-moon shape. Song Qian held the flying sword and struck a meteor from the sky, directly shattering Chu Tutian's spiritual cap, killing him on the spot.
The leader is dead, and the minions have completely lost their morale and are at the mercy of others. Another bloody storm.
Jing Yu found the cottage's granary, and sure enough it was filled with grains and bacon. He ordered everyone in the escort agency to get food and go down the mountain first, while he went to Chu Tu's bedroom to search again.
As soon as he opened the door, there was the pungent smell of rouge and the unique smell after clouds and rain. Jing Yu covered his mouth and nose, rummaged through the room for all useful things, and threw them outside for everyone to collect. Finally, he took a closer look and saw a disheveled woman sleeping in the corner of the bed. She had a pretty face, and there was a circle of flushing on it.
"Are you a commoner who was kidnapped from the city? I am sent by the government to suppress bandits. Follow me down the mountain." Jing Yu said to the woman.
The woman's eyes filled with tears: "Really?"
"Really, your family must still be waiting for you to go back." Jing Yu felt that this woman must have been ravaged and had a fragile mentality, so she needed to be enlightened.
"Oh? Then I won't go back." The woman began to laugh, her lips split, her eyes widened, her body twisted, and began to swell into a monster.
Jing Yu found something squirming under the quilt that was originally covered with it, and the quilt was getting more and more protruding, and there were even vague signs of bursting. He quickly threw out a thunder and lightning charm, and then ran towards the door quickly.
"It's useless, you can't escape once you come in." The monster smiled evilly and closed the door with spiritual power.
Jing Yu found that the door couldn't be kicked open, so he had to take out a long sword and split the wooden door with force. Then he pulled out his firecracker and kept firing at the monster.
The monster swallowed those psychic bullets with ease, chewing them like delicacies.
"Why is there a monster!" Jing Yu ran out of breath. He turned around and saw that the monster did not chase him out of the room, so he stopped to breathe.
Ningqu rushed over to support him and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
"Then...there is a monster in that room." Jing Yu panted, pointing to the leader's bedroom.
Ning Qu went to check and found that there was no monster mentioned by Jing Yu. He shook his head and led Jing Yu back to the city along the way.
From that night onwards, Jing Yu kept having nightmares. Every time he would see the distorted face and hoarse voice, he would wake up instantly.
Fortunately, Ning Qu was also woken up. She coaxed Jing Yu to sleep with her soft words, and Jing Yu was relieved and fell asleep again.
Frequent awakenings made Jing Yu's nerves fragile, and poor sleep caused him to occasionally see hallucinations. In the eyes of others, Jing Yu would suddenly startle, and even pull out a blunderbuss and aim it at unrelated passers-by.
"What's wrong with you? You've become like this since you came back." Qiao Xu asked dissatisfied.
Jing Yu always spoke vaguely: "I don't know..."
Huang seemed to be a little different. He could smell a curse from Jing Yu.
One night, he quietly found Jing Yu, woke him up, and took him to an open area.
Huang continued to smell the smell on Jing Yu's body and confirmed again: "You have the smell of a curse, and I was the only one who smelled it. What exactly did you encounter that day?"
"I don't know. I can't describe the appearance of that monster. I just think she is scary." Jing Yu put his head in his hands and squatted on the ground.
"You were cursed, no wonder you have no impression at all."
"so what should I do now?"
Huang spread his hands and revealed his sharp claws: "Find her and kill her."
…
Due to the confidentiality required by Jing Yu, only Huang knew about this matter, so the two of them went out together to look for clues during the day, while Huang patrolled the city at night.
However, the behavior of the two people attracted the attention of several other people. During the day, everyone gathered together to speculate on what secret happened to Jing Yu. Judging from the information given by Ning Qu, Jing Yu's recent mental state was very unstable. Every day Nightmares wake me up every night.
"I can't even tell him if I ask him, but his condition is so bad and he will go to other counties soon. What should he do?" Chen Xueyun said helplessly.
"Why don't we ask Huang?" Qiao Xu gave a plan.
So the innocent Huang was tied up in a house and interrogated by four people.
Song Qian pulled out his sword and threatened him: "Tell me, what happened to Jing Yu? Why does he sneak out with you every morning?"
"I have no idea."
"Don't tell me!" Song Qian put the sword on Huang's neck and asked sternly.
Seeing Song Qian's realistic acting skills, Qiao Xu snickered facing the wall. But Huang was really frightened and trembling: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" He told Jing Yu's experience and then lowered his head.
Ningqu said worriedly: "Really, if such a big thing happens, you won't tell us and you will take care of it yourself."
"Maybe he also knew that he was about to leave and didn't want to have unnecessary worries." Song Qian took back his sword.
Jing Yu didn't wait for Lai Huang today and walked aimlessly on the road. He started having nightmares since that day, but he never saw the monster.
"No, I have to go back to the mountain again." Jing Yu made up his mind and said to himself (to be continued)
