Your Majesty, please come quickly

Chapter 322 Human hearts are more terrifying than natural disasters

Hexi County is located in the south of Xuzhou, almost adjacent to Yangzhou. Although it is not the most affluent place, it is still a good place.

It stands to reason that the people living here should live a good life.But judging from the situation along the way, the people's lives don't seem to be very good.

At least, not as good as they imagined.

"Junior Brother." After Tang Jin looked around, she turned her gaze back to Ling Zimo, "How is it compared to what you saw last time?"

Ling Zimo narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "It's very different."

I came to Hexi twice, with two different identities, and got two different answers.

"The last time you came, what did you see?" Xilan asked curiously.She also knew that he left early and returned late in those few days, but at that time, he went out with An Deshun.And she never entered his eyes at all.

"It's just pretending." Ling Zimo raised his eyebrows, "From their living standards to their mental outlook, there have been great changes."

"When I came last time, they agreed to everything I asked." He said as he motioned them to look around. "If you ask them now, the answer might be different."

"I'm just thirsty, let's go, let's ask." Tang Jin said, and knocked on a relatively remote door first.

"Who are these...?" The old woman who opened the door looked suspiciously at the people in front of her.

Tang Jin smiled lightly and said, "Grandma, a few of us passed by here on our way. Because of the hot weather, we came to ask for some water. I don't know, is it convenient for you?"

"So that's how it is." The old woman smiled, "Come in, everyone."

With that said, she opened the door and welcomed a few people in.After arranging them to sit down in the house, she went to the kitchen to get some bowls, poured water one by one, and handed them to several people.

"Grandma, I think your place seems to be a little bit depressed?" Xilan held the bowl and said, "Hexi County's geographical location is not bad. I haven't heard of any disasters in recent years. Why...?"

The old woman sat down at the side and sighed, "Oh, you are not locals, so of course you don't know the situation here."

Xilan asked suspiciously, "Am I not right? The harvest in Hexi County is not good, or has there been a disaster?"

"Young lady is right." The old woman said sadly, "It's just that what is more terrible than natural disasters is the human heart."

"People's hearts?" Xilan frowned, "You mean..."

"Although we don't dare to say that we are rich here, there is no problem with self-sufficiency. However, the government has demanded most of our rations for various inexplicable reasons."

The old woman sighed in a low voice, "According to their method of expropriation, it is not easy for us to have enough food. How can we dare to dream of a better life?"

"Is there no one to take care of these officials who are corrupt and pervert the law and increase the burden on the people?" Xilan asked angrily, "Could it be that no one has come to investigate?"

She knew it wasn't that no one checked, for example, Ling Zimo came to check once.But why are they unwilling to tell the truth when someone comes to investigate?

"Of course there is." The old woman said helplessly, "People come to ask about the situation every year, but most of them are their own people who come here to put on a show. A few people who really care about it won't be of much use. "

Xilan asked anxiously, "How do you know it won't work? If they report it to the court..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by the old woman, "Girl, it's not as simple as you think."

(End of this chapter)