287 A Touch (1)


    The dpidated and mottled low mud houses, the ck bottom of the stove, chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs were running around unscrupulously on the road. As far as the eye could see, the sand and mud piled up in a deste manner.


    Standing in front of the vige, Jiang Beiran frowned.


    The reason why he frowned was not because of the destion, because even if he implemented arge number of new decrees, it would not be effective so quickly. The destion of the countryside could not bepletely changed in a short period of time.


    The reason why he frowned was because there were almost no males in the vige. In broad daylight, there were only a few old women farming in the fields.


    Such a scene wasmon in Jiang Beiran’s era before he personally led his troops to war. Many ces were like a country of women, where not a single man could be seen.


    However, after he began his inspection, this kind of situation had be very rare. Most officials would put some men in the vige even if it was just for show. It had been a while since he had seen a ” vige of women ” like this.


    At this moment, Deng Xianghan stepped forward and said,””Emperor, I’m afraid…”


    “There’s no need to say anything.” Jiang Beiran reached out to stop Deng Xianghan.


    Jiang Beiran knew what Deng Xianghan was going to say. Under such circumstances, it was very likely that someone who dared to tantly ignore the new decree had the backing of a sect or a demonic sect. If they went in, it was inevitable that there would be conflict.


    However, Jiang Beiran would have to touch the sect’s territory sooner orter. It was just a matter of time. Now that they had bumped into each other, there was no harm in going in to take a look.


    The system didn’t give him any notifications anyway.


    He brought Deng Xianghan and the others into the vige. The children who were ying by the roadside immediately scattered when they saw Jiangbei, as if they had seen a ferocious beast.


    Then, the few women who were chatting quickly ran back to their homes and mmed the door shut.


    Jiang Beiran’s brows furrowed again. He had ordered people to post news of his inspection of the counties everywhere. Everywhere he went, the vigers would look forward to it, waiting for the Emperor to bring hope to them.


    However, this vige seemed to have never seen such a notice before. When they saw people dressed in luxurious clothes, they felt that they were here to harm them.


    “You bastard! How dare youe to our vige and harm the vigers! I’ll fight it out with you!”


    Just as Jiang Beiran was about to go look for the vige chief or the head of the security guards, a farmer suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of him. After a series of curses, he picked up a pitchfork and started stabbing him.


    However, the pitchfork pierced through his chest like a phantom.


    “Oh? Is this a spirit body?”


    Ever since he had obtained the [Psychic] point, this was the first time Jiang Beiran had encountered such a spirit, and he felt that it was rather novel.


    ‘It seems that the effect of telepathy is indeed tomunicate with the soul.’


    Understanding this, Jiang Beiran turned to Deng Xianghan and the others and said,””Go around the vige and take a look. If there are poor families, help them.”


    “Yes.”


    After the three women left, he looked at the farmer in his soul form and said,”Do you know that you are already dead?”


    “Yes, I saw it clearly.”


    ” People!!!!”


    The frightened farmers ran away like crazy.


    “You were clearly making a fuss just now…What a coward.”


    Jiang Beiran didn’t chase after the ghost. Instead, he wandered around the vige.


    The vige had all the basic facilities. There was a pond in front of the door, a paddy field and vegetable field behind the door, a yard outside the house, and fruit trees in the yard.


    Unfortunately, the pond hadpletely dried up, and the rice fields and vegetable fields had be barren. There were a few good fruit trees, but most of them were bare.


    “Sigh, this ce is too deste.” Jiang Beiran sighed.


    “It’s all because of you dog officials!”


    Turning around, he saw the farmer who had been scared away earlier running back and shouting at Jiang Beiran from afar.


    “You’re not running anymore?”


    The farmer straightened his neck and replied,””Anyways, I’m already dead! Do you still have the ability to make me die again?”


    “That’s indeed not possible.” Jiang Beiran replied.


    “What are you doing in the vige? The valuable things in the vige have already been robbed. What else do you want??”


    “Didn’t your vige put up a notice that the emperor was inspecting the counties?”


    “Notice? We can’t understand that thing, so why are we looking at it?”


    Just as Jiang Beiran was about to ask something, an old woman suddenly followed Muyao over. She knelt down the moment she saw Jiang Beiran.


    “Your Majesty! Please be merciful and save us. We really can’t live anymore.”


    Jiang Beiran quickly went forward to help the aunt up and said,””Aunty, if you have something to say, I will help you solve it.”


    “Aiyo! The heavens have finally opened their eyes. Your Majesty, all the men in our vige have been taken away, leaving behind some women who can’t do anything. The spring plowing is about to end, but the fields are still barren.”


    “Who kidnapped the men in the vige?”


    “We don’t know either! Last year, a group of thugs suddenly came to the vige and rushed in to capture my son. I chased after him to get my son back, but those thugs were very evil. In the end, we had no choice but to watch as the men in the vige were captured by them.”


    ‘Don’t you know…’


    As they spoke, more and more women and old women ran over and knelt around Jiang Beiran, crying and crying.