I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

Village Chief Li opened his mouth when he heard this, then turned back to look at Jiang Qinyu. Seeing her calmly holding her child and following the crowd, he immediately felt relieved.

"Village chief, let's..." Liu Erlang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He whispered to Village Chief Li and looked at him anxiously.

Village Chief Li patted his hands and said, "It's okay, our ancestors are here to bless us."

The entrance to the ancestral hall's cellar is quite hidden, so this group of people might not be able to find it.

Liu Erlang gritted his teeth and whispered to the people around him, "Let's all grab something handy. If something happens later... we absolutely can't let them take it away!"

After saying that, he ran home quickly and carried a hoe out.

Village chief Li did not stop them. If the supplies in the ancestral hall were searched and they had a conflict with the officials, they would not be too passive because everyone had things in their hands.

Seeing this, the others also ran to find something handy, taking out hoes, sticks, axes and so on.

Captain Wang quickly noticed that the people in Dingshui Village were holding weapons. He raised his eyebrows and felt relieved.

They are so nervous about this place, could it be that the food is hidden in the ancestral hall?

"Lao Zhang, tell the brothers to search carefully. Don't let go of even a single ant in the ancestral hall!" Captain Wang shouted to his men.

When the people in Dingshui Village heard this, they became even more nervous. Even the women couldn't help but run back home to get out kitchen knives, spatulas and other things.

The more they did this, the more firmly Captain Wang believed that the ancestral hall must contain what the county magistrate wanted.

The other officers thought they came to Dingshui Village to collect taxes, but Captain Wang had received a secret order from Zhu Youcai, telling him to take back everything he found if he found anything unusual.

Although he didn't know what the abnormality the county magistrate was talking about was, he was sure that it was more than just food.

In addition to food, what can attract the attention of the county magistrate are of course things like gold, silver and jewelry.

I am leading a team out today. If I can really find something in Dingshui Village, won’t I be able to make a fortune too?

Captain Wang was making a loud calculation when the man wearing a bamboo hat behind him said, "Captain Wang, can you let me in and help?"

"Okay, I'll go in with you. We can't let go of any clues, understand?" Captain Wang adjusted the big knife on his waist, turned around to look at Village Chief Li and others, and then strode into the ancestral hall.

The man wearing the straw hat also looked back at the people of Dingshui Village. Under the straw hat was the iconic face of the One-Eyed King with an eye patch.

If he doesn't find the things he lost today, he won't be able to survive in the underworld anymore!

Seeing all the officials entering the ancestral hall, the villagers were immediately furious.

"Village Chief, are we just going to watch them go in and search?"

"What if...?"

"Will we run out of food again and have to flee famine again?"

"I don't want to flee from famine..."

Everyone was talking at the same time, and the situation was getting a little out of control.

Village Chief Li immediately raised his voice to comfort them, "Don't worry, everyone. Our ancestors are enshrined in the ancestral hall. They will definitely bless us!"

People of this era were very superstitious. Although there was no clear distinction between Taoism and Buddhism, they were all particularly reverent towards ghosts and gods.

When people are unable to fight against powerful enemies in reality, their subconscious reaction is to seek protection from ghosts and gods.

Village chief Li's words made everyone feel a little relieved. Everyone prayed in their hearts for their ancestors' blessings and that the officials would never find their supplies.

After Captain Wang and One-Eyed Wang entered the ancestral hall, they began searching room by room and soon found the cellar that had been dug not long ago.

"Boss, the cellar is empty, there's nothing in it!" someone shouted from the cellar.

How could Captain Wang and One-Eyed Wang possibly believe this? They immediately went down to the cellar.

When they came down, they looked around and saw that the place was empty. Everyone looked at each other in surprise.

Why are the people in Dingshui Village digging cellars? Why is there nothing in them?

"Boss, there's a cellar over here!"

At this moment, someone outside shouted towards here.

Captain Wang and One-Eyed King immediately climbed up and rushed to the cellar on the other side of the ancestral hall.

However, I was dumbfounded twice again, there was still nothing inside.

"What the hell... is going on? How come there is nothing here?" Captain Wang paced back and forth in a somewhat irritable manner.

The One-Eyed King's face was filled with cruelty. "They must have hidden the things!"

"Hide? Where else can they hide? We have searched every house in the village, but we haven't found any large quantities of food!" Captain Wang scratched his hair in annoyance.

It would be difficult for him to report back if he couldn't find anything, but he really didn't find anything in Dingshui Village. What should he do?

"Taxes and grain must be paid. If they don't pay, we will arrest them. I don't believe that their people can still hide the grain after being arrested!" said the One-Eyed King hatefully.

Captain Wang rolled his eyes. "Do you think we can just arrest people? Look at that group of people outside. Are they easy to deal with?"

Although there are only more than thirty of them today, there are estimated to be at least a hundred young and strong laborers in Dingshui Village. If these people really fight with them, who knows who will suffer!

The one-eyed king choked and wanted to cheat by saying that he would catch the person first, but he couldn't say it.

Only then did the One-Eyed King begin to wonder if he had really recognized the wrong person. Wasn't the person who stole food from Qinggang Mountain that night from Dingshui Village?

Otherwise it doesn’t make sense!

If this group of people had gotten so much food, gold, silver and weapons, they would definitely have used the silver to buy food everywhere, but they did not do that.

Not only that, the people of Dingshui Village actually dug up tree roots and leaves in the mountains to eat, which didn't seem like the reaction of someone who had obtained a large amount of food and gold and silver.

It’s really strange, where did those things go?

With endless doubts, Captain Wang and a group of officers came out of the ancestral hall.

Seeing that they were empty-handed, Village Chief Li felt relieved. He smiled apologetically and walked over to Captain Wang, saying, "Officer, you've searched, and our village really can't produce that much food. Look..."

Captain Wang glanced at the hoes and clubs in the hands of Liu Erlang and the others, and his original intention to show off his power was put away. "Don't think you can avoid paying just because you can't pay. If you can't pay this year, you can make up for it next year. There is no reason for you not to pay."

"Yes, yes, as long as God gives us food, we will definitely pay the grain tax!" Village Chief Li said immediately.

No matter whether he can hand it over or not, let’s get rid of this group of people first.

Captain Wang said a few more words, then led a group of officers out of the village, and Village Chief Li followed with everyone else.

They would not feel at ease unless they personally sent the person away.

Jiang Qinyu, who was behind the crowd, whispered to Shufan and Pan'er, "You go home first. Auntie is going to do something."

While the villagers' attention was still on the official, Jiang Qinyu ran to the ancestral hall and put the supplies back.

Fortunately, her space was large enough. When she collected the supplies, she placed them in two areas of the space as they were. Now when she put them back, she only needed to take them out in order to avoid making mistakes.

When she came out of the ancestral hall, she ran into Village Chief Li and others.

Village Chief Li saw her and asked anxiously, "Niece, didn't they find the cellar of our ancestral hall?"