The tyrant empress is my wife, I am invincible and have been hiding

"Don't worry, Lord Zhenguojun. All of us are law-abiding and dare not take a penny more from the people. We strive to be upright officials." Zhou Zhisong came to Ye Feng with a smile on his face. He was afraid that Ye Feng would see the flaw, so he quickly said, "Our county magistrate has already prepared wine and food, and is waiting for you, Lord Zhenguojun, to take the table. Please!"

Ye Feng looked calm, nodded without comment, and said: "Since the county magistrate has been waiting for so long, let's go quickly!"

When Zhou Zhisong heard that Ye Feng was willing to leave with them, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly walked ahead to lead the way.

Madam Xinling followed Ye Feng and said, "Master Ye, it seems that these officials in Liuchang County are really good and can win the love of the people."

"Madam, what you said makes sense. Even when we went to Changlin Jun's Yunshui City, we didn't see so many people speaking well of Zhao Changlin." Wang Changhao echoed.

Ye Feng's mouth curled up slightly, and he said slowly: "Sometimes what you see is not necessarily the truth. Look carefully at the surrounding villages, they are extremely desolate. It is noon now, and there should be little smoke from cooking everywhere."

After hearing Ye Feng's words, Madam Xinling and others shifted their gaze from the enthusiastic people around them and looked at the village in the distance. It was indeed as Ye Feng described.

At noon, if there are a lot of people in a place, it must be time for lunch, so naturally there will be little smoke from cooking. Now when we see those villages, there is no smoke from cooking, which means two things. The first is that those villages are deserted, and the second is that the people in those villages do not cook at noon.

"Zhang Yan, go and check out the surrounding villages. Find out what the specific situation is and then come to the county magistrate's office to report to me." Ye Feng looked at Zhang Yan who was not far away.

Among the people present, only Zhang Yan was relatively young. In addition, with the skills she practiced, she could easily escape the sight of Zhou Zhisong and others.

"As ordered!"

Zhang Yan nodded slightly, and her petite body slowly distanced herself from Ye Feng and the others. She quietly disappeared into the chaotic crowd around her.

In this way, Ye Feng led everyone to follow Zhou Zhisong and walked all the way to the county government office of Mengguan County. Wherever they went, there were cheers and excitement, which seemed extremely grand.

I saw a lot of people standing outside the county government office of Mengguan County early in the morning. Leading the group was a middle-aged man with a square face. The official uniform he was wearing was dull in color, and it was obvious that he had been wearing it for a long time.

When he saw Ye Feng riding a war horse, he was secretly shocked. It was rumored that this king was very young. But when he actually saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be stunned. He was really too young.

"Mengguan County Magistrate Wen Zhonghua leads many yamen runners to pay homage to the Lord of the State and respectfully welcome the Lord of the State!" Wen Zhonghua quickly came in front of Ye Feng, appearing neither humble nor arrogant, and bowed to salute.

"No need to be polite."

Ye Feng waved at Wen Zhonghua and the others, and scanned the area. Sure enough, everyone's official uniforms were very worn out. The gate of the government office in front of him was also plain in color.

"Your Excellency has traveled a long way, so I have asked someone to prepare some wine. Please take your seat!"

Wen Zhonghua half moved aside and made a gesture of invitation to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng did not hesitate, looking at Madam Xinling and Li Shanxiao behind him, and said: "Order all the soldiers to rest where they are, and the rest of you can follow me into the government office."

"As ordered!"

The mighty black-armored cavalry began to rest outside the government office with a series of rustling sounds. They took off the dry food carried by their horses and began to replenish their energy.

Ye Feng followed Wen Zhonghua all the way inside the government office, and was secretly surprised. This was not a government office at all, it was just a dilapidated house, and the various buildings inside revealed the vicissitudes of life and were dilapidated.

Then we came to the banquet prepared by Wen Zhonghua. The dishes were also very simple. He looked bitter and said, "Your Majesty, we have a small land area and a large population in Mengguan County. Our income is really limited. Please don't be dissatisfied with the simple food."

"How could that be? Lord Wen is so honest, it is a blessing for the people of the Song Dynasty."

Ye Feng remained calm and spoke slowly.

As a result, the food prepared by Wen Zhonghua was really hard to swallow.

Wen Zhonghua, on the other hand, ate without a second thought. He looked at Ye Feng and the others while eating and said, "My Lords, please don't look at me eating. I can only enjoy such delicacies occasionally. I usually just eat some coarse flour buns and some pickles."

"Ah, very good!"

Just like that, Ye Feng did not continue to stay in Mengguan County. He took a large number of cavalrymen and headed towards the next county in Liuchang County.

Liuchang County has a total of one city and six counties, and the scene is the same everywhere. Everyone is praising Yang Qingxiang. If Ye Feng hadn't arranged for Zhang Yan to secretly investigate along the way, I would have really believed it.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed. Ye Feng walked through the six counties of Liuchang County thoroughly, but there was murderous intent in his eyes.

"Master Ye, do we have any misunderstandings about Liuchang County? I have been here all this time and I feel that the officials here are all rare and honest officials, and they are deeply recognized by the people."

Madam Xinling was dumbfounded when she saw that Ye Feng's face looked heavy and he actually wanted to kill all the officials in Liuchang County.

Ye Feng looked at Zhang Yan who was not far away and said, "Zhang Yan, come and tell Madam in detail what is going on."

Zhang Yan immediately began to describe it to Lady Xinling and others.

Everyone listened in amazement.

According to Zhang Yan, all the people they saw along the way were people arranged by the county magistrate Yang Qingxiang in advance. Even some individual civilians had already been bribed by Yang Qingxiang with huge sums of money.

"Look at this."

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, Ye Feng handed a letter to Su Hong, Wang Changhao and others. When the two men opened the letter, they were furious and gnashed their teeth.

This letter was sent to Ye Feng when he passed through Yingkou County. The county magistrate Yan Shiqi was afraid that it would be discovered by Yang Qingxiang's men, so he quietly placed it under the plate in front of Ye Feng's seat before dinner.

"This Yan Shiqi is really cunning."

Su Hong couldn't help but speak.

Wei Xian sighed slightly and said, "If what Miss Zhang Yan said is true, then this Yan Shiqi is really amazing. He was able to do something secretly under Yang Qingxiang's nose."

"General Li, Madam Xinling, you each take your men and start from Mengguan County. Except for a few yamen runners trusted by Yan Shiqi from Yingkou County, all the others will be killed. No one should be spared." Ye Feng's voice was cold and murderous intent burst out from the depths of his eyes. This Yang Qingxiang was able to make such a precise deployment. He really had some skills.

"As ordered!"

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard Ye Feng's words.

If that was the case, I'm afraid that almost all the officials in Liuchang County would have been killed.

But thinking of what Zhang Yan had just described, everyone was filled with hatred. These officials did not treat the common people as human beings at all, and they bullied and plundered them wantonly.