The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Ye Tianguan has been out a lot and has experience. Yongchang Prefecture is far away from the emperor and it is the largest prefecture in the northwest. The people inside are very arrogant and cannot be offended.

This year is different from previous years. They will celebrate the New Year here and do some shopping. The shops are closed during the New Year, so they may have to stay for a month.

Whenever the military farming team arrived at a place, the local government would arrange food and accommodation for them.

They are usually ordinary inns. If you want to stay in a better place, you need to pay extra.

Along the way, Ji Xiaobei paid for the children's living conditions out of his own pocket.

"Wait a minute, I'll go check its authenticity..." the guard said, and ran away with the pass.

"Hey, hey, hey..." Ye Tianguan was so anxious that he wanted to grab his sleeve, but was stopped by the guard on the side who shouted at him.

Ye Tianguan wiped his sweat and asked, "Sir, what's going on? Why are there so many people outside the city?"

"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Just wait patiently..." the guard said coldly.

Fu Jichang looked at the people gathered outside the city and felt a little puzzled. It was the end of the year, so why were there so many people gathering outside the city?

Ye Tianguan hadn't come back for so long, he dismounted and wanted to see what was going on.

When Ye Tianguan saw Fu Jichang coming, he straightened his back and explained the situation to Fu Jichang.

Fu Jichang stepped forward and asked:

"Where did the guard go with the pass? There is an official seal of the Great Northern Dynasty on it, how could it be fake?"

The guard felt a sense of pressure. The man in front of him was tall and mighty, with the fierce aura of a superior. He took a step back.

"Please calm down, sir. We are just following orders. There are too many people who want to enter the city recently, and many people have forged passes..."

He was trying to explain when the man who had just taken the pass came over slowly, waved his hand, and said impatiently;

"Let them in!"

Ye Tianguan bent down and took the pass from the guard.

Fu Jichang glanced at Ye Tianguan.

The group marched into the city in a mighty procession, making the people around them jealous.

Ji Xiaobei asked Jiaojiao to look after the children while she got off the car alone and took a walk.

After asking a few ladies, I found out what was going on.

Seeing the large army starting to enter the city, she hurriedly followed them through the city gate.

The situation inside the city and outside the city are completely different.

The people outside the city gate were ragged and had dirt all over their faces, while the people inside the city were all dressed neatly and walked at a leisurely pace.

The carriage entered the city at a very fast speed and soon arrived at the inn.

The people following behind also arrived at the inn one after another.

After entering the inn, Ye Tianguan explained the situation.

The young man looked at him and said, "We have not received any orders this year to not accept people from the farming community. Are you mistaken?"

Ye Tianguan was dumbfounded. This was the inn they stayed in in previous years, so he wouldn't have remembered it wrong.

"Please ask the shopkeeper, we have lived here in previous years."

Ye Tianguan was so angry that he cursed in his heart, thinking that every year when he went to Yongchang Prefecture he would be treated as a grandson.

This year, even the grandchildren have no place to live.

The young man ignored him and went back to his own business.

There are hundreds of people coming. The officials can pay for their own accommodation, but what about the farmhands?

Ye Tianguan became a little anxious. He grabbed the young man's hand and asked him to help ask again to see if there was a mistake.

The young man swung his sleeves impatiently: "What are you doing? Get up..."

He exerted force and pushed Ye Tianguan aside. Ye Tianguan didn't expect that he would use so much force, and he sat down on the ground with a thud.

After all, Ye Tianguan is also a Beijing official?

He was so angry that his face turned red, and he got up to argue with the young man.

"You can stay here if you want or not. The shopkeeper said that if you pay, you can stay. If you don't have money, you can leave. You people from outside the city are trying your best to get into the city. Yongchang City is ours..."

Ye Tianguan was filled with righteous indignation and went out to look for Fu Jichang, but he couldn't find him after searching for a while.

Ji Xiaobei happened to be strolling here, and when he heard what the young man said, he curiously leaned over and asked: "What's going on? Someone wants to occupy your Yongchang Prefecture? As far as I know, Yongchang Prefecture belongs to the Great Northern Dynasty and is the territory of the emperor. How did it become yours?"

The young man shifted his gaze to Ji Xiaobei, and saw that this man was strong and muscular, with a handsome face, and spoke with great authority.

He softened his tone and said, "Miss, you don't know that the autumn was dry and there was no rain. The surrounding counties suffered from drought and locust plagues, and the crops were basically destroyed. The court also requisitioned food to supply the Northwest Army. The people could not survive, so they all came to Yongchang Prefecture. Yongchang Prefecture could only restrict people from entering the city..."

What the young man said was basically consistent with what Ji Xiaobei had found out.

"We are not refugees from nearby areas. We came from the capital and are going to Ye County to cultivate land. We are passing through Yongchang Prefecture..."

Before Ji Xiaobei finished speaking, the young man's face changed again.

"You are in the same group. Whether you cultivate the land or not is none of our business. We will not receive anyone without orders." The young man was about to leave after saying this, but Ji Xiaobei grabbed his arm.

Ji Xiaobei applied gentle force.

"Ah..." the young man cried out in pain.

"I don't want to embarrass you, call your shopkeeper out..." Ji Xiaobei said viciously.

A hint of coldness flashed in the young man's eyes. He raised his hand, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and stabbed it into Ji Xiaobei's abdomen.

Ye Tianguan, who was watching from the side, screamed in shock.

"careful……"

Ji Xiaobei had noticed it a long time ago. Before the sharp knife touched her, she pushed the young man hard and kicked him in the butt.

The young man fell to the ground, stumbling like a dog.

He threw the sharp knife in his hand far away.

The other guy behind the counter hurriedly ran to the back.

After a while, a middle-aged man in striped brocade clothes came over with a few people in a menacing manner.

The young man got up from the ground and said in horror: "Shopkeeper Lu, it's her, they..."

Shopkeeper Lu looked at Ji Xiaobei with a pair of slanted eyes.

Ji Xiaobei glanced at him and immediately thought of the tiger with hanging eyes that was killed by Wu Song.

Ji Xiaobei asked loudly: "Are you the owner of this inn?"

Shopkeeper Lu bowed to Ji Xiaobei and said:

"Exactly! Why did the girl hit my guy?"

Shopkeeper Lu seemed polite, but there was a hint of evil and greed in his eyes.

Ji Xiaobei glanced at Ye Tianguan.

Ye Tianguan took the document and stepped forward, handed it over, and explained its origin.

Shopkeeper Lu didn't even look at him, he just stared at Ji Xiaobei from head to toe.

Ye Tianguan could only accept the document and wait for Manager Lu to speak.

Shopkeeper Lu smiled and said, "I have never heard that people who live in the countryside can stay in the hotel for free..."

With Ji Xiaobei's courage, Ye Tianguan stood up and said, "Why not? We come here every year. The imperial court has designated inns for the farming teams."

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