Hu Bao was the most ruthless. He went up and stepped on a person's lower body:

"Pfft..."

The sound of breaking eggshells was heard, and the man pretended to be faint, but now he really fainted from the pain.

"You dare to rob someone with this little courage. They are clearly a group of people who bully the weak and fear the strong!"

Shen Yunying looked at the little eunuch. She blushed and immediately turned her head away, not daring to look...

Zhu Cixiang is also very angry and funny. Hu Bao himself is a eunuch, but he doesn't want others to do the work, and he only dominates the family...

"Come out, don't hide..."

Suddenly, Shen Yunying took out his pistol and pointed it behind a field bank.

Zhu Cixiang and the others hurriedly looked back, but found nothing. They couldn't help but look at Shen Yunying.

Shen Yunying pointed to the field ridge not far away and said:

"There is someone behind the field ridge. I just noticed that he sticks out his head and peeks at us from time to time..."

Before she finished speaking, two guards rushed over and quickly picked up a person from behind the field ridge.

"Good man, spare your life, I am digging wild vegetables..."

It turned out to be an old man who was so frightened that he could no longer walk. He was forced in front of Zhu Cixiang by two guards. He repeatedly begged for his life.

Zhu Cihong looked at the skinny old man in tattered clothes and waved to the guard:

"Let go of the old man!"

The two guards wanted to say something, but looking at the emperor's eyes, they had no choice but to let go, but they still looked at the old man warily.

Seeing the blood stains and dead people on the ground, the old man was so frightened that he trembled all over and knelt down in front of Zhu Cixiang and kowtowed repeatedly:

"Your Majesty, please spare my life, I have not offended you..."

Zhu Cihong knew that the old man thought they were bandits, so he smiled slightly and stepped forward to help the old man up:

"Don't be afraid, old man, we are not bad people, we just want to inquire about something."

The old man looked at Zhu Cixiang, then at Yue Yang and the others, then at the people on the ground, and then said cautiously after a while:

"You... who are you? If you have anything to say, just ask. I will tell you everything I know. Please don't hurt me. I have a granddaughter at home who is not adopted."

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly:

"Uncle, do you think we look like bad people?"

The old man looked at Zhu Cihong and the others, and then at the people lying on the ground. He nodded and shook his head.

To be honest, in this troubled world, among the officials and bandits, he couldn't tell who was good and who was bad. Even though he saw bad people being killed, he still didn't dare to say anything nonsense.

Seeing that the old man did not dare to speak, Zhu Cixiang was not impatient. He guessed that the old man did not trust anyone now, whether it was the government or bandits.

"Uncle, to tell you the truth, we are imperial ministers sent by the imperial court to investigate corrupt officials and those who oppress the people. You must tell the truth, otherwise the imperial court will not be able to make decisions for you ordinary people..."

After Zhu Cixiang comforted him with sincere words, the old man finally spoke:

"Are you really an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court? Can you fight against the officials from the emperor's hometown? If not, it's better not to ask again, lest everyone be implicated."

The old man's words made Zhu Cixiang's heart sink. He knew that the officials in Zhongdu and the guards were very corrupt.

But according to the old man, the degree of corruption here seems to be far beyond his imagination.

Zhu Cixiang said categorically:

"Yes, we will definitely be able to defeat them. Don't worry, old man, they will be punished soon, and the imperial court will definitely return a peaceful world to the people."

"Really? Then the little old man told the truth..."

The old man seemed to be moved by Zhu Cixi's tone, and finally told everything he knew...

It turns out that the group that just robbed was composed of Fengyang Guardsmen and some bandits. They have occupied the fields and harassed the people all year round.

Everyone knows that the bandits on the mountain are private soldiers of the Fengyang Guard. They occupy the fields and rob the people and passers-by, in fact, in order to increase the income of the guards' officers.

After Zhu Cihong heard what the old man said, he couldn't help but became furious. He personally stepped forward to catch a robber and slapped him awake twice.

"Tell me, who are you?"

Although the robber had just woken up, his words were very harsh:

"We...we are all ordinary people..."

"Click..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Cihong broke his neck.

At this time, the other person next to him trembled slightly. It was obvious that he was pretending to be faint and was scared just now.

Zhu Cixi raised his foot and stepped between his legs:

"ah……"

The boy suddenly screamed in pain like a slaughtered pig:

"Oh, it hurts me so much. I said... we are the guards of Zhongdu. You will regret it if you do this..."

"Click..."

When he was about to die, he dared to threaten Zhu Cixiang. Zhu Cixiang stepped on his chest so hard that his sternum broke and collapsed.

Shen Yunying looked at Emperor Shenwu, who usually looked harmless to humans and animals, and finally saw how he exploded, showing his domineering power...

The old man witnessed Zhu Zhu Cihong killing two people in a row. At that time, his face was pale and limp on the ground. He was worried that people would take revenge and massacre the village. Some guardsmen were more ferocious than bandits.

"Yue Yang, leave no one behind!"

With horrified eyes and in front of their companions, they chopped off their heads one by one.

Although the old man hated these soldiers and bandits, he was just an ordinary citizen after all.

Seeing the heads being chopped off one after another, they had already collapsed on the ground and kept muttering:

"They will take revenge. They will take revenge. They will massacre the village. They will definitely massacre the village..."

Seeing that the old man suddenly seemed crazy, Zhu Cixiang squatted beside the old man and comforted him:

"Don't worry, uncle. They don't dare to kill people and massacre the village. As imperial envoys, we will handle the matter well. Please take us to the village to have a look!"

The old man was stunned:

"What are you going to do in the village? The village is very poor and has nothing. All the young people have fled, leaving only a few old people..."

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly:

"It's okay, I just want to know how your family is doing..."

The old man had no choice but to get up and take everyone back to the village. The journey was not very far, just through a forest.

There are not many families in the village, about 20 households, all of which are sloping mud houses.

Seeing a group of strangers entering the village, several children immediately stayed away.

Despite this, Zhu Cixiang still saw that they were thin and skinny, and they were all wearing tattered clothes...

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! These are the people of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing their appearance, Zhu Cixiang couldn't help but feel a little sad.

It seems that if we want to bring Ming Dynasty to a prosperous age where the country is prosperous and the people are strong, there is definitely a long way to go.

"Uncle, don't you have any land?"

"Oh, there is no difference at all whether there is or not. They have all been occupied by those people. Now the whole village is working for them. Many people are starving to death. Now young people who can walk are begging for food..."

Why don't you want the National Protector Army to enter Jiangnan? It's because the southern gentry are afraid that their land will be divided, and they are even more afraid that Emperor Shenwu will block their way to make a fortune.

Cutting off a person's wealth is like killing his parents. This sentence is most suitable for the southern gentry and landlords at this time.

Zhu Cixi patted the old man on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, good times are coming soon. I heard that every county in Fengyang will open warehouses to release grain to help the people tomorrow. Tell the villagers to go to the county to collect grain tomorrow!"

Before the old man could react, Zhu Cixiang and others immediately turned around and went back.

Seeing a group of people leaving, the old man still suspected that his ears had heard wrong:

"How is it possible to open a warehouse to stock up on food? So many people starve to death without opening a warehouse to stock up on food..."

Although he didn't believe it in his heart, the old man finally decided to go back and tell the villagers about it, just in case the grain was released!

The old man patted the dirt on his clothes and turned back to the village. As soon as he entered the village, people in the village gathered around the old man and kept asking questions.

"Grandpa, what did those people do just now? Look at their weird clothes. They don't look like poor people."

"Uncle, how do you know each other? One of them seems to be very rich and has so many soldiers."

"Old man, there are bandits making trouble ahead. You have to remind them to be careful."

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Everyone was chattering and asking questions, and the old man didn't know how to answer them for a moment. Did he tell the villagers that they were imperial ministers?

He himself didn't believe such nonsense, and the villagers would not believe it either. He heard that when the imperial envoy went out, he was accompanied by troops and many local officials closely following him...
To be continued...