At that time, Wei Changtian happened to pass by Zhongling County on his way to Shuzhou when he was "assigned".

At that time, banditry was rampant in Zhongling, so Wei Changtian and Liang Zhen helped the local magistrate put on a play to "raise" the military pay needed to suppress the bandits.

After that, Wei Changtian never cared about the situation in Zhongling County.

I don’t know if the gangsters are in peace, but the thin county magistrate who is upright and honest, but somewhat stubborn is still there...

"Tell my dad that if the time is about the same, we can rest in Zhongling County tonight."

After thinking for a moment, Wei Changtian smiled and said: "But there is no need to notify the county government. Let's stay one night and then leave."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhang San replied, sounding a little excited.

In his opinion, Wei Changtian had rarely done such a good thing, and he would definitely be happy to see Zhongling return to prosperity.

So he also became happy.

Including Yangliu Shi was in a similar mood at this time.

They had all followed Wei Changtian to Zhongling, and saw with their own eyes that Wei Changtian helped the county magistrate make plans and collect money to suppress bandits.

Now, passing by this place again after two years, all three of them feel that even if Zhongling County is not particularly prosperous, it should at least be much stronger than it was two years ago.

but......

The three carriages drove quickly and entered Zhongling County two hours later, and soon passed through the first village.

It was dusk at this time, but the expected sight of smoke curling up from cooking pots and chickens and dogs sniffing each other did not appear.

There was not even a sound of closing the windows and doors after hearing the sound of the carriage.

The whole village was dead silent, with cobwebs covering all the broken courtyard doors, and dead leaves piled up several inches on the ground. It was obvious that it had been abandoned for a while.

At first, Wei Changtian only thought this was a special case.

But as they got closer and closer to Zhongling County, and encountered more and more villages along the way, they discovered that every village was like this and had already turned into a dead village.

Fortunately, there was still light on the county wall in the distance.
Chapter completed!